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Show Page 4 OREM TIMES WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S HAPPENING Big Amazon Fish fetes advemtyirers to Brazil Jackie Springgay NORTH COd"- SWf Taking a trip to the Amazon can be quite simple when help comes from Big Amazon Fish owners Naldo Esteves, a Brazilian Bra-zilian native, and Ben Nolte of I indon. They take clients on fishing trips and eco tours on the Amazon Am-azon River in Est eves 's home country. "Our guests experience the rainforest jungle, catch big peacock bass, and give humanitarian human-itarian sen ices and resources to developing communities." said Nolte. who is the company's compa-ny's managing director. Nolte had met Esteves on his Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints San Paulo mission and remained friends. Noire graduated from BYU and worked as a civil engineer for five vears. ticker Reality Town The Lehi Area Chamber of Commerce co-sponsored a Reality Town at Willowcreek Middle School today. Geared towards ninth graders, grad-ers, the program instills an appreciation for the laws of finance and the advantages to a higher education. Each student received a job based on their grade point average and is asked to meet several requirements for their "adult" role play including buying buy-ing a home, getting a higher education, securing insurance, taking care of medical bills and more. Some students found buying the car of their dreams did not meld with their salary and had WMTODD WATER, WELL RIGHTS & IRRIGATION. Call Ross at 642-0119 Cheaper Than Rent! Limited Time Offer! No Money Down Loans Available. SELLER brook 'Wl, 400 South 2250 West Springville (801) 592-4430 www.broolclinc41 1 .coin Benefit Controls C O i PAN 1 F. S WE DELIVER STRATEGIC BENEFIT RESULTS! Large and Small Employer Groups (fully-insured and self-insured plans) Individual Plans & Family Claris Medical Disability Hospital Income Prescription (LTDSTD) Benefits Dental HSAHRAFSA Long Term Care Vision Cancer (LTQ 'L'fe Medicare Accident He visited Naldo in fall 2005 and the idea for Big Amazon Fish LLC began after Esteves shared with Nolte a trip up the Amazon River. "I was awestruck and moved by the experiences of not only catching nine different differ-ent species of fish, including the mighty peacock bass, but also visiting native villages, trekking through the rain forest for-est jungle, observing birds and wildlife, including the pink dolphins, dol-phins, and catching and holding hold-ing a Brazilian alligator," Nolte said. "Moreover, I was moved by integrating with the culture of the Amazon." Nolte said Naldo and he wanted others to experience what they did, so they wrote up a business plan and won business start up money as runners up in the BYU Global Business Plan Competition. "We were also semif inalists to reconsider other transportation transporta-tion options. The Lehi Area Chamber consists of members throughout Utah County and sponsors Reality Town at Lehi Jr. High School as well as at Willowcreek Middle School. Miss Utah will be guest speaker Women in Business Busi-ness Conference is hosting Miss Utah 2007 Jill Stevens as its guest speaker on May 15 at Tahitian Noni in Orem. To register go to lehiareachamber. org and sign up on line under "Women's Conference". For the past six years, Jill Stevens has been serving in the U.S. Military as a combat medic in the Utah National Guard, while earning her degree de-gree in nursing at Southern Utah University. In November 2003, Stevens was deployed to Afghanistan, returning home in April 2005. She has earned five medals for her outstanding sendee, and Pays for Buydown! in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge Chal-lenge and also in a national competition in New York City, we were one of the top 24 for that." Nolte said. Their success of their plan on paper later was later reflected re-flected by the plan in action. During the late summer, they take guests along the Brazilian-Bolivian border, the Rio Madeira-Rio Uatuma in the fall and the Rio Negro in the winter win-ter months. "We've had an NBA basketball basket-ball coach, engineers, developers, develop-ers, insurance agents, bankers, students, families," Nolte said of his guests. "There is a lot of variety." Operating out of a 100-foot houseboat, they take clients in smaller tributary "john" boats for day-to-day adventures. "They are very nice accommodations." ac-commodations." Nolte said of the houseboat home base for was the first female finisher of the inaugural Afghanistan Marathon, making a total of 12 marathons she has completed together with earning the highest high-est Fitness award during Army Basic Training. In representing the Army National Guard, Sergeant Stevens recently addressed Generals from 40 different nations na-tions gathered at Hill Air Force Base. In addition to her US Military Mili-tary service, Jill recently graduated grad-uated Suma Cum Laude from the nursing program at Southern South-ern Utah University on a four-year four-year leadership scholarship. Last summer, she placed third in the Cinco De Mayo Sailboat Regatta in Mexico, and this summer, Jill was chosen cho-sen one of four women for the "Women of Strength" featured in Muscle and Fitness Hers Magazine SeptemberOctober 2007 issue. Additionally, Jill has been Excavating Operated Equipment Rental Equipment Hauling SPRINGVILLE, UT 801-794-2880 "Slipped, Herniated, Or Bulging Disc Pain?" UTAH- A new free report has recently been released that reveals how break- througn medical medi-cal technology is offering surgery free new hope for disc pain sufferers. suffer-ers. Research has proven that FDA approved nonsurgical non-surgical spinal decompression has a high success rate for treating debilitating de-bilitating back pain including sciatica and multiple herniated herni-ated discs. It looks like this breakthrough in medical Locally Hand Made GENUINE LEATHER GUN BELTS & HOLSTERS Pack Saddles Panniers Stoves Sleeping Bag Covers ( mmtm j 1274 West 300 South lindon, Utah 801.922.4234 guests while on the trip. "And they get some Brazilian cuisine." cui-sine." Usually two cooks supply the daily exotic fare. Every two guests are accompanied by one guide and each travel group averages 10-20 people. The houseboat provides guests with private rooms, bathrooms and air conditioning. condition-ing. "Nice luxuries in Amazon," Nolte said and chuckles. Big Amazon Fish offers three packages: "Jaw Droppin' Sportfishing," "Ben 'n Naldo's Fishin' and Adventure" and "Fishin' with a Mission." Guests catch up to 15 different differ-ent species of fish including the world famous peacock bass, saber-toothed salmon, piranha and red-tailed catfish with their Jaw Dropin' Sportfishing package. pack-age. Ben 'n Naldo's Fishin' and a fitness instructor for Gold's Gym for several years, as well as a bread baker for Great Han'est. Possibly one of the most unusual adventures for Jill though, has been her unexpected unex-pected experience in becoming Miss Utah 2007, which took her to the national competition in the Miss America Pageant, January 2008, ending as a finalist fi-nalist and winning "America's Choice" for Miss America. 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Maple Ridge Spinal Pain Center David Cook, DC ft tear Adventure gives clients a combination of fishing and eco-tours, eco-tours, where they visit native villages, trek through the rainforest rain-forest jungle, hold then- first baby alligator, and observe birds and wildlife. Fishin' with a Mission provides pro-vides guests with the opportunity oppor-tunity to complete a half -day humanitarian service project for the natives as part of their five-day fishing and adventure trip. "To see our guests catch a 20-pound peacock bass and then go into a village and give a life changing micro-loan to a young family to initiate small commerce is extremely gratifying," grati-fying," Nolte said. "In some cases we do micro-loans and in other cases we will provide humanitarian sen-ices and donations. We assess the needs of the village and the talents of our guests and cater a service ship at New York's University-Hospital University-Hospital Syracuse, where he sen-ed as the chief resident. He also completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine's DeBakey Heart Center and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. McCann and his wife. Mary Holland McCann. are the parents of five children and live in Orem. Family First Credit Union names new chair Terry D. Thomas was elected by the board members of Family First Federal Credit Union to a one-year term as its new chairman. chair-man. Thomas replaces Dale K. Poulson. who will now sen-e as vice chairman of the board. The credit union has branches branch-es in American Fork, Pleasant Grove. Orem. Springville. Pay-son, Pay-son, and Lindon as well as a home and business loan center in Orem. it . UTAH "Ha fcZ, PREMIER 3s MAGA7IKF T?TABCOl "Bta ll limillllMIBHI.il MiLBIIH RMMHnBMHnRMHWMM mi 1B11 tlisngs 0 little liif better - ART CULTURE OEOGRATHY ' 1 HMD A "WIDE WORLV) OF 00? If you go Name: Big Anwon Fish LLC Owners: Ben Nolte, Naldo Esteves Address: 415 N 800 E, Lindon Web site: www.BigAmazon- Fish.com Contact: 801-921-3311 or toll free 1-877-921 -3474 that is beneficial for all." Big Amazon Fish LLC plans three to four trips per year and is listed in the Sportmen's News Journal as the platinum approved outfitter. "In all our trips, we help our guests feel the 'Lewis and Clark' mentality in finding their own little 'secret spot on the Amazon.'" Nolte said. The board of directors include: in-clude: Thomas, the board's chair and an engineering and information systems manager at EG&-G Defense Materials since 2001: Dale K. Poulson, vice chairman, who is currently current-ly director of transportation for Headwaters Resources Inc. in South Jordan and owner of Countryside Cleaners in Highland: High-land: Lee Huish. the board's treasurer and a senior financial analvst at Geneva Steel since 2001; Michael J. Sperry, the board's secre;ary and vice president of Juab Title & Abstract Ab-stract Co. Other board members mem-bers include: Curtis Marsh, a postmaster for the U.S. Postal Sen-ice: Andrew Williams, a Novell employee; and Perry Bronson. a real estate agent at Century 21 All Pros Realty. .VALLEY'S REM ESTATE Ti |