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Show Page 2 0 R E M TIMES Thursday, August 7, 2008 NEWS AND NOTES TO KEEP YOU Series' fans stay up Brittani Lusk DAILY HERALD On the eve of the release of the fourth and final installment of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, "Breaking Dawn," fans of the books lined up Friday to get the book at local bookstores book-stores at midnight. The Orem Barnes & Noble store held a party for those waiting to purchase pur-chase the book, complete with costumes inspired by the novel. In honor of the release of the vampire-themed novel, the Brigham Young University Bookstore hosted a blood drive just before its own launch party par-ty Friday afternoon. Phleboto-mists Phleboto-mists from Mountainstar Blood Services said they're used to the vampire nickname. "I call myself a vampire," said phlebotomist Natalie Jones. In Utah County the excitement excite-ment for the book's release was nearly bigger than it was for the seventh installment of the Harry Potter series that came out last year. Courtney Alameda, community com-munity relations manager for Barnes & Noble in Orem, said Friday morning that Twilight has gripped women in Utah County more than the dark-haired dark-haired wizard ever did. "This is bigger than Harry for us," Alameda said. Award Continued from Puge 1 their children were the last ones to ask. They are needy, humble, out of work for a time, or not making a lot of money." The creation of Kids Cause grew out of the fact that teachers teach-ers every day see children in their classrooms in these circumstances, cir-cumstances, Peterson said, and "feel so helpless" to address the needs on their own, although many have spent considerable money out of their own pockets. pock-ets. "I've talked to teachers who said they had a child in their class with an ear infection, who Arrows Continued from Page 1 cause it's flashing and because it's an arrow rather than a ball," Lough said. "It's proven to be the safest and most easily understood configuration." 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Jy 'i lY-"f m akimam I jl qp y iwkjAi I Li I if,' - I k refg Jenahsea Long, 13, (left I and her scavenger hunt items during a Friday. Jenahsea dressed up as She said about 500 people had lined up outside the store seeking wristbands enabling them to purchase the book the minute it came out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. The Orem store on University Parkway had more Twilight reservations than any store in the company and more reservations than any store company-wide had for couldn't hear because their families couldn't afford medical care," said Peterson. "I heard of a girl who had both parents in jail, and was the oldest in the family, living with a grandma who could barely keep things going. The girl wanted to help the family by getting a lawn mower and mowing neighbors' yards. I've heard of whole families who couldn't register any of their children for school because they had no shoes." "Basically, it was teachers in Utah County who got together to do this to be more involved in the community," Peterson said. "It came down to, 'If we could just help the kids in our own classes.' That's how Kids Cause arrow-equipped traffic signal in Orem will be activated on Aug. 15 at the intersection of 1000 S. 800 East just east of the University Mall on the corner of where a new Cinemark movie theater complex is under un-der construction. Three more signals will go online this fall at new traffic signals at 800 S. Phone:756-7669 Fax:756-5274 DAILY HERALD PUBLISHING CO. Jennette Esplin 756 7669 Office Manager Megan Carleton 344 -2558 Project Coordinator, DesignerCopy Editor Allison Davies 344 2570 DesignerCopy Editor Ashley Franscell 344 2585 Photographer 1 Issue 32 INFORMED AND for 'Breaking Dawn' release MARIO RUIZDaily Herald mother Danna Long of Spring City search shelves for hook - release party for Stephenie Meyer's vampire series, on Bella for the anticipated wedding in the fourth book. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." At about 2 p.m. Friday nearly 700 people had requested a midnight copy, and Alameda was looking forward to the launch party. "Oh we are so, so busy. We are going to have so much fun tonight," she said. At BYU, Meyer's alma mater, reservations hadn't sur came about." Peterson said her goal was to see that a child recommended by his or her teacher under the program could have a need filled in three days, without having to "go through hoops" or endless red tape. Through the program, any teacher in Utah County can go to their principal and report a need. "If a teacher says they need it, they need it," Peterson said. Although Peterson feels humbled and honored at receiving receiv-ing the award, she added, "I just think it's part of what we all ought to be doing, and I'm not special. It's like 'Teacher of the Year.' How do you choose 400 West, 400 S. 1200 West, and 400 N. 400 West. Taylor said the flashing yellow yel-low arrow is being heavily used by the Oregon Department Depart-ment of Transportation. The new format is also currently under consideration by UDOT for possible use at traffic signals sig-nals across the state. Hitting the local bike trails gave up my gym membership earlier this year and decided to get my exercise by riding my bicycle. I found the public gym unpleasant too many people, too much sweat, not enough exercisers willing to clean up after themselves. After reading a story about hot tubs, 1 couldn't bring myself to dip into the bacterial stew at the gym, and even the showers seemed questionable. So I took to the road. Since running run-ning is too hard on less-than-perfect knees, I ride the bike. There are a few of us older and overweight cyclists cy-clists out there, but only a few. Most folks my age get their exercise in a less public fashion. It's hard to blame them. For one thing, most of the clothing worn by bicycle enthusiasts nowadays is unflattering un-flattering for those of us with figures over 50, be it years or waistlines. Those form-fitting biking shorts, while they may flatter those with a firmer figure, create unpleasant sight lines for those of us with a fatter form. I solved that problem by finding a pair of mountain biking shorts that have the padded, form-fitting part of the garment hidden discretely dis-cretely underneath the baggy exterior. I can wear these almost anywhere without drawing undue attention. Another challenge is the traffic you meet. One feels very fragile when sharing the highway with Hummers, SUVs and those large pickup trucks so popular with many local drivers. Most motorists give bicyclists a wide berth, but you always sense a bit of hostility real or imagined from many of those hulking vehicles. That's why I favor local trails the paved ones that are becoming popular in many of our towns. I know this isn't true for the real road cyclist the ones you see running down the road in packs at high speeds. These riders seem to prefer public streets, and the steeper the better. I've seen dozens making the ascent to Suncrest on Saturdays, and am passed by them frequently fre-quently when out for a ride. Nor is ft the choice of the mountain biker INVOLVED passed Harry Potter by mid-afternoon mid-afternoon Friday. Linda Brum-mett, Brum-mett, manger of the general book department at the BYU bookstore, said there were only about 500 reservations for "Breaking Dawn." Alameda, who has read the first three Twilight books, said the series has grabbed the imagination of women every just one? ... This could be any person in our community who's contributing ... Maybe the whole secret is that we do what we do when we can, but we all need to be more in tune and more sensitive to the people who have needs around us. We do what we can to help. That's what gtxKl citizenship is all about." Now retired, Peterson taught junior and senior high school in northern California for 10 years before returning to Utah County, where she taught art at Farrer Jr. 1 ligh and Timpview High for 18 years. She was president of the Provo teachers' organization and a teachefs' advocate in state and national "I wouldn't be surprised if we see a lot more of these in the future," he said. Paul Goodrich, Orem's transportation trans-portation engineer, said the city will measure the new signals' performance oyer a time period by monitoring traffic congestion conges-tion levels and accident rates. "Then, in a few years, we'll Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN where because they're in love with the character Edward. In this last installment, the main character Bella has to choose between two men: Edward Ed-ward the vampire and Jacob the werewolf. BYU senior Carson Johan-son Johan-son said she read the first three volumes of the Twilight series during finals week instead of studying, and she's rooting for the vampire. She said she'd even date a vampire if she could date Edward. "I'm an Edward fan because he is, I think, the quintessential chivalrous man, and I think that Jacob is a little immature," Johanson said. "I think she has to end up with Edward, and if she doesn't, I will be really upset." Brummett said she decided to host a blood drive along with the launch party while conversing with some friends who own a bookstore in Tem-pe, Tem-pe, Ariz., near where Meyer lives. Blood drives are common at BYU, but Johanson, who didn't have the fourth volume reserved, rushed to participate in this one even though she hit her head so hard Thursday that she might have had a concussion. concus-sion. When Johanson's roommates room-mates urged her to stay home she told them she couldn't. "No way. It's a vampire blood drive," Johanson said. capacities. In 1991, she became director of Bonneville UniServ and worked with teachers and administrators in Alpine, Provo, Nebo, and Carbon school districts. dis-tricts. Peterson's own art has been exhibited locally. She has traveled trav-eled extensively and enjoys family, friends, hobbies, fishing, gardening, yard work, golfing, reading, and wintering in St. George. "In the end, it's all about family fam-ily and enjoying life clean water, parks, nice places to live, quality of life," Peterson said. "And it's not like it is all ours. We're stewards, and we have ah obligation to pass it on better than we found it." determine if it's the wave of the future," he said. The flashing yellow arrow traffic signals don't cost any more than current models, which for a new city traffic signal sig-nal can range anywhere from $125,000 to $150,000, Goodrich said. Retrofitted traffic signals run considerably less. who yearns for rugged terrain and requires a bike that is accustorfted to hard use. But I own neither a road bike nor a mountain bike. What I ride is called a hybrid by some, a comfort bike by those who are deluded de-luded into thinking any bicycle seat can be comfortable. I once described it for a mountain-biking mountain-biking friend as a cross between a road bike and a mountain bike with ' the benefits of neither. That being said, I love my bike, and enjoy seeking those paved city trails that are perfect for an hour of exercise. This summer I've tried to ride at least three times a week, more often if possible, and I've found that I am fortunate to live only a block away from Highland, which has had the foresight to include trails in most of its new subdivisions. I'm also a short ride from Alpine, which has many nice trails, although you never know when they might end. American Fork doesn't have any trails. It has a trail plan showing where trails will go, but no plan to build them. So when I ride, I head north. Saturday, I headed out for an hour and found myself drawn to the Suncrest road But the closer I got to leaving Highland and entering enter-ing Draper, the steeper the road looked. So at the last minute, I took a left turn toward Alpine and went about exploring instead of climbing. I find that more fun anyway. Near Timberline Middle School I found a trail I'd never seen before, and turned off looking look-ing for adventure. Within seconds I was out of sight of the road, and cruising above Dry Creek, which is actually dry right now. I heard a noise below me and figured I wasn't alone, and then I saw a doe and her two fawns working their way along the creek bed. We looked at each other for a moment, and then the deer were running with an elegant bounce. It was a magical moment. A good urban trail will do that take you out of your world without making you leave the city. You cant find that in the gym. Library Continued from Page I brary programs of very high quality and that are unique. Programs you don't just find anywhere," Wallace said. "We've tried to really crank it up a notch." Paula Thomas, chairwoman chair-woman of the Orem Public Library's Library Advisory Commission, said high attendance at-tendance at some programs, as many as 125 to 507 participants partici-pants at single events, along with limited space to house the library's growing collection collec-tion have contributed to staff and city officials eyeing possible pos-sible future expansion. Earlier this year, Karen Ashton, founder of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Fes-tival, proposed a $13 million storytelling and conference center to be built on the city center campus to augment storytelling and library activities activ-ities as well as host performing perform-ing arts events and traveling exhibits. "In the past year we've drawn audiences far beyond be-yond our current capacity," Thomas said. "It's a matter of funding." The library has also introduced in-troduced a new bi-monthly newsletter for patrons, acquired ac-quired a large CD sheet music mu-sic collection, and provided access of leading family history electronic database services to patrons, Wallace said. For the second year in a row, the library has secured grant funding from the National Na-tional Endowment for the Arts to help host September's upcoming Big Read community com-munity events surrounding the reading of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." The monies will allow the library to once again provide thousands thou-sands of free copies of the books to individuals, schools and retirement centers in addition ad-dition to dozens of programs and activities surrounding the event. Later this year, patrons will benefit from the installation instal-lation of a Radio Frequency Technology that will replace the current checkout system allowing much faster collection collec-tion check-outs and general library transactions. An entire en-tire stack of books can be checked out with a single swipe, Wallace said. The library received a federal grant of $242,685 to purchase and install the system. "By year's end, it should be OREM PUBLIC LIBRARY BY THE NUMBERS 2007-2008 Circulation - 1,179,365 Collection size - 295,029 Collection acquisitions 28,000 Registered borrowers -76,243 Number of patron visits 464,960 Cultural programs offered -253 In-house Internet sessions - 38,670 Reference questions asked - 183,309 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival attendance (including (in-cluding Midwinter event) - 40,259 Big Read attendance 5,800 Children's story times 270 Volunteer hours 11,448 CD sheet music collection pages - 165,000 Free film screenings 77 Donations received $32,261 Donated collection items -4,492 Grants - $295,450 Source: The Orem Public library annual 20072008 fiscal year report "Remarkable "Remark-able Firsts" . 11 ill , I a.tl) TO .10X01,1 |