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Show Thursday, August 23, 2007 Page 2 0 R E M TIMES NOTES TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND INVOLVED Orem group's Web site Jeremy Duda Willi more than a sear to go '-nf tin- L'lMiK presidential i-U i 1 1 ti the 2 ! -hour saturation i over .ij'.i- ol the candidates is hatd to avoid. Mut with Utah's muni' ipal elections ust three months awav. a name on a sie.n mav he all some voters know .-it m nit lo al i it v council i amlldales In ( r -it i . however, the Southwest Alliain e is putting mloi mat ion ahout the candidates candi-dates online to make it more aci essihle to voters. With 12 candidates vying for I hl'ee ( it v ( ' nine il seats t he iminhei i ecent lv decreased I I urn I i w lien I inane .l.u obs droiied out ol the race ihe neifjihot IiikmI oi)',;iniation I IH in es votei s could use all Ihe help they ' an j'.ct "It s overwhelming to say, 'Well, there's 12 people out t here I don't know and I need Officer ( 'onliniicil from I'lie I go inside the house to call her son tor advice, so Mvgare decided de-cided to arrest her. Police said she pulled aw ay while I lygare was handcutling her and fell, causing scrapes and cuts on her elliow, knee and leg. Police also said she rolled onto her stomal h and put her hands underneath un-derneath her body to prevent ITvgaie from handcuffing her. I'erry denied resisting arrest, ar-rest, hut told reporters that she "tried to sit down and get awav It'om him." Yel the I )1'S report places the blame squarelv at I'errv's teet "Ms IVrry's non-cooperation was the single most aggravat- Festival ( onlniifci from I'uge I " I his Side I p." the unfortunate traveler spent 12 hours on his head during one point in the journey, I ow said. festival fan and tent sponsor spon-sor Michael ( trgera is thrilled that )onald I )avis, who i etells humorous tales I mm his own childhood and life experiences, is on this year's festival docket. "If you get to hear Mr. Davis, Da-vis, you'll be hooked," he said. "I've never laughed so hard before. 1 thought I'd lose my breath. I looked over at my wife, who is an attorney, and she was bent over. We had NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS !'H :,Mtc ('-as,!' Grove Marc Haddock 113 3?68 North dhinh fd-toi mhaddock'iShouidi'xtra.com IJilu3IIIl&; Cathy Allred 1133202 Loin. StVXoti.i Sp'ings, PI Grove callrod'-rt'hi'Midoxtia corn Barbara Christiansen 443 3264 American Fork. 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The Web site includes personal per-sonal profiles of candidates and lets them explain where they stand on the issues. The Southwest Alliance asked each candidate their positions posi-tions on a new school district, roadways, Orem's relationship relation-ship with Vineyard, school vouchers and residential density. It also asked two advocacy groups to submit opposing viewpoints on the controversial school voucher referendum that will be on the ballot in November. The online forum will likely be complete by today, Washburn said. ing factor in the escalation of the incident," the reHrt said. Orem police spokesman L.t. Doug Ldwards acknowledged that the situation could have been handled better. "We have maintained from the beginning the administration's administra-tion's belief that there were other w ays to handle this situation short of taking Betty I'erry to jail," I xlwards said in an e-mail on Monday. I .dwai ds said ITygare has been counseled about his decision making and "the appropriate ap-propriate supervisory actions have been taken." He also praised the officer's seven years of service with the Orem police. I lygare resumed his duties with the Orem police division on T uesday. tears in our eyes. It was such gix)d therapy." ( )rgera. who owns a Utah wholesale soap manufacturer, was initially a festival skeptic, but reluctantly attended for the first time eight years ago at the urging of a friend. He is now an enthusiastic festival supporter who never hesitates to introduce friends, family and clients to its magic. "Once you sit there and close off your cell phone and the busy world and these people start spinning their yarns with emotions and feeling, feel-ing, it just changes your life," he said. "You come to a stop in your life and your experience now." Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 756-5274 DAILY HERALD PUBLISHINO CO. QZJJ Jennette Esplin 756 -7669 Office Manager Julia Fullmer 344 2570 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Megan Carleton 344 2570 'iittifeairiiMlJ DesignerCopy Editor Jeremy Harmon 344 2585 Photographer Issue 85 spotlights city council The Southwest Alliance first put a candidate forum on its Web site for the 2005 election, and Washburn said it was well received by voters. With 12 names on the ballot, there are few, if any, places in Orem where all the candidates could gather to explain their positions to voters, Washburn said. Lven if there were such a forum, many voters may not have the time to attend. "Here, anyone can participate partici-pate thoughtfully and peruse what the candidates have said in the convenience of their own homes, when it's convenient conve-nient for them," Washburn said. Most of the candidates took part, though Steve Hemingway Heming-way and Tom Fifita Sitake did not reply to an e-mailed request for information, Washburn Wash-burn said. Others were enthusiastic about the opportunity. "I think it's a great idea. . w i, mm 'MWt...,M m iinim J JEREMY HARMON 'Daily Herald Betty Perry, 70, stands in her front yard in Orem and talks about her experience earlier in the day with an Orem police officer July 6. An officer stopped to talk to her about her dead lawn, the situation escalated when Perry refused to give her name to the officer and tried to go back in her house to call her son. Perry fell, getting various cuts on her body, and was taken to jail. Continuing this year after its smashing success in 2006 is the Thursday night "Look Who's Talking" medley, a virtual smorgasbord of short stories from all 10 featured national na-tional storytellers and several regional tellers that festival event vice president Marina Spence calls the perfect festival fes-tival introduction for the uninitiated. The tellers rotate through three different tents, and the audience gets to enjoy a sampling of the best of festival, festi-val, she said. Spence said the "connectedness" "connected-ness" felt by tellers, the audience audi-ence and volunteers during the festival that enables all to share in a mutually amazing experi For the love of roller m y first experience with a roller coaster still lives with me, even though it took place almost 50 years ago. I was 8 at the time, but the event is burned in my memory. Still, it was not much different from the experience I had last week with my 8-year-old grandson, Scott. In 1959, as I remember, I was with my brother, Jimmy, who is seven years older than I am. We were on a family trip to Lagoon, but it was a very different Lagoon from the one we visited Thursday. Only a few rides remain from those early days, the most notable being Lagoon's signature white wooden roller coaster. That white roller coaster was the big ticket ride, and for the first time I was tall enough to ride. As the youngest child, and something of a Momma's boy, I must have annoyed my older brothers. Maybe that's why Jim had goaded me into taking a seat next to him on that white roller coaster. "It's no big deal," he told me. "It will be fun." But when the car took the turn around that first corner and then started clickety-clacking its way up that first hill, I wasn't having fun any more. I wanted out. "Get me off!" I screamed. "I don't want to do it any more. Please get me off." "What do you want me to do?" asked my brother. "Throw you out?" He said it with the bemused, big brother smirky tone older brothers broth-ers have that tell you they are having the time of their life watching you suffer. Of course I didn't want him to throw me off. But I screamed, "I don't care! Do anything you have to do! Just get me off!" Of course, he didn't. On the contrary, once we reached the top of that first hill and started speeding down, and I realized I wasn't going to die, I fell in love with that sensation. I ended the ride happy and hoarse. I rode it five more times that day. I think that any grassroots participation in the democratic process is wonderful," sajd candidate Carl Hernandez. "I have no problems or concerns with discussing my position on issues with any resident of the city of Orem, and I welcome the opportunity." Derek Whetten, another candidate, felt the online forum was a good chance for candidates candi-dates to tell voters what they stand for. "An election like this, a lot of it's based on name recognition and I think that everything we can do to get the issues and candidate platforms talked about seriously is helpful," Whetten said. "Certainly we don't get the coverage that a presidential or gubernatorial election might get related to the issues and positions and campaign platforms. A lot of it's name recognition and signs." Orem's primary election is ence is what keeps her coming back year after year. "It connects to your humanity human-ity in which different cultures, religions, and political orientations orienta-tions come together," she said. "That moment where we're listening connects us in a way that's remarkable." For those who need at least a brief break in the action, there's a full slate of musicians and entertainers, including puppeteers, jugglers and a ongoing group clay sculpture area for adults and children. There's plenty of food vendors ven-dors at the picturesque Mt. Timpanogos Park in Provo Canyon and even a popular venue called the Swapping Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN 2v TO ; M candidates I have no problems prob-lems or concerns with discussing my position on issues with any resident of the city of Orem. Carl Hernandez CANDIDATE on Sept. 11, and the general election is on Nov. 6. To visit the forum, go to www.southwestalliance.com. Grounds where impromptu festival-goers can tell their own 5-minute stand-up folktales and narratives. Though in the past, Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Fes-tival has had a thematic art poster for each festival year, Low said that many fans' walls were getting crowded. The art reproductions of past festival posters are still available, avail-able, however the festival now puts out iconic charms for purchase pur-chase that can adorn jewelry, tietacks and pins. Past charms have included frog princes, the old woman in the shoe and treasure chests. "This year's charm is a wishing wish-ing well," Low said. coasters And I haven't stopped. I still enjoy en-joy a good roller coaster ride. The one time we visited Coney Island, I made Sharon and Kari ride the granddaddy of all wooden roller coasters, the Cyclone, with me. It still thrills. My favorite roller coaster ride of all time was Superman at Darien Lake in upper New York. It's just what I like fast, smooth and with lots of wide turns and a high point of 200 feet before you launch into the breathtaking ride What I don't like are the rides that take you round and round. They make me sick. Put me on the Octopus once, and I'm done for the day. And I don't like going straight up and straight down again. I like to be moving forward. So when we drove by Lagoon and saw the new ride, Wicked, for the first time, with its preposterous first hill, which goes straight up, makes a 180 degree turn and goes straight down, it looked like trouble. I figured I was safe though until Scott's family fam-ily invited us to join the family at the amusement amuse-ment park. He knows I love the coasters, and said he wanted to go on Wicked with me if he was tall enough. Just my luck, he was tall enough, by about half an inch, and that's how I found myself sitting sit-ting next to an 8-year-old screaming my lungs out. "Get me off," I screamed as we turned the corner, but there wasn't time to say any more. Because Wicked doesn't drag you to the top of the hill and then drop you. It launches you straight up at about 50 mph, throws you over the top, and drops you straight down into the rest of the ride. That first hill was over so fast, all I remember remem-ber is that I almost lost my hat at the top of the hill and I ended the ride happy and hoarse. I took the ride twice that day; Scott rode it five times, and didn't scream once. He's a lot braver than I was at that age. But then, he had a better fellow rider than I did, tx. Rebate Continued from Page 1 following year), the district ; Was paid out $8,500 in rebates to 95 rebate applicants. Last year, 122 homeowners got back $9,700 in rebates, and in 2005, 44 rebate applicants were reimbursed $4,000. When people invest in a system and get decent equipment and it's used the way it's intended, they can save water." wa-ter." Nancy Hardman CONSERVATION PROGRAMS COORDINATOR "So it's doubled, easily," Hardman said. The rebated components include 14-day calendar smart controller clocks (up to $75 depending on how many watering stations), weather stations or soil moisture mois-ture sensors connected to the controller clock that regulate water use based on current , conditions (up to $100), pressure pres-sure regulators (50 percent up to $45), and low precipitation precipita-tion stream-spray nozzles, bubblers, and xeri-sprays and drip emitters (50 percent up to $100). Hardman cautions homeowners, hom-eowners, however, that the smart controller clocks don't conserve water if they're not attended every few weeks and if the times and schedules sched-ules aren't regularly adjusted based on weather conditions. To get the rebates, indi- viduals simply purchase and install the parts (examples ' of water-efficient models and brands can be found at ', www.cuwcd.comrebates or; at the Central Utah Gardens . in Orem), download and fill out the application form -from the Web site, and mail it along with original product receipts to address on the form. The total rebate maximum for the program is $250. To receive rebates, homeowners hom-eowners consent to provid- , ing water use information through billings March through October to program administrators so they can determine the water-saving . effectiveness of the program. "(It's) specifically designed or hoped to encourage people to try different technologies to help them save water," Hardman said. "When people invest in a system and get decent de-cent equipment and it's used the way it's intended, they can save water." The rebates, she said, are ; intended to off -set the cost to individuals for installing . more sophisticated, water ; efficient parts to make them more affordable to residents Though there's been abus-; es to the program and some '. applicants have under-cut its ; purpose by purchasing the most inexpensive parts that may not be water efficient, ; Hardman said annual tweaks to the program's specifics ; have curbed misuse. Andy Wade, assistant ', manager at sprinkler supply ; company Ewing Irrigation- ' Golf-Industrial in Orem, said '. they inform customers about; the savings they can get by participating in the Central ', Utah Water Conservancy District program. '. "They get half off and it ' helps them out a bit and gets them to buy a product that ". are more water saving," he said. ' Though many customers' I purchases are still dictated by low price, he said water shortages will come to Utah as they have in California and Arizona where people ". have had to rip out their turf to reduce water usage. I "It will happen," but "the ; only thing right now is the money that registers with '. them," he said. "As far as the homeowner type guys they don't seem to care as much, ; at least right now." Though district officials won't know for sure exactly how much water the program is saving until after this third season for comparison pur- poses, I lardman anticipates I dal a will show at least a 25 IM-rcc-nt water-use reduction. I "I think it citn U-drumati- cully tmirc Hum Hint," she said. |