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Show ii e DmUtHcmtfi AM EDITION OF T Am YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2006 50 CENTS Mai IB TOWN HALL: Preparing, licensing AF paramedics SCHOOLS: Orchestra to play franklin's birthday bash SPORTS: B ball teams made good account of themselves V' - v ' I2a i Ji FAIRY TALE BOOKS AND SHOES AT SAME LOCALE Science service success Shannon Babb Trixie Walker NORTH COUMTY STAFF Shannon Babb's interest in science sci-ence started at an early age. "In first grade my nickname was 'dinowoman,' " she said. "I loved puddles, fireflies and dinosaurs. I played more with dinosaurs than with Barbie Bar-bie dolls." As a young teenager, her science experiments sometimes met with failure. When she tested a local river for dissolved oxy gen levels, she tested in the afternoon af-ternoon and received an abnormally abnormal-ly high result. She excitedly shared her findings with her teacher, only to be told that in Utah the oxygen levels needed to be measured before be-fore dawn to be accurate. "I've had a lot of mishaps," Babb said. But the 18-year-old American Fork High senior persisted and her efforts were rewarded March 14 when she won the 2006 Intel Science Sci-ence Talent Search and received a $100,000 college scholarship. Babb was excited about winning the competition. "This is the junior Nobel Prize," she said. "I'm going to study science sci-ence at Utah State University, and with the scholarship I have plenty of money to get a masters and hopefully a Ph.D. That would be cool because people listen to you more when you have a big academic aca-demic stick rather than just being in high school." Her winning project involved studying the Spanish Fork River and developing a plan to protect the water quality through environmental envi-ronmental actions and education. It required years of research and getting up at 3 or 4 a.m. to test the water quality. See BABB, Page 2 rSw"'"'' 'm Y g jjjj - gumma- ROBB COSTELLONorth County Cemetery stroll: Scott and Connie Ormond walk through the American Fork cemetery on Saturday morning. The pair takes a four-mile walk whenever they can, Scott Ormond said. "We come through the cemetery because it is so peaceful." AFtrail to see some changes Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Like many Hollywood movies, the concept plan for an American Fork trail will have a sequel. The initial plans for the trail on the city's Center Street from 600 North at the cemetery to Greenwood Park on the north side of the freeway will face a revision. The plans were presented to the City Council on March 14, following an open house during which the public could study the plans and prepare comments. After the hearing, Director of Public Works Howard Den-ney Den-ney said he would work with M.W. Brown Engineering to incorporate" suggest ions given by the public into a new concept plan. Some residents made comments at the council meetings; others submitted written responses. Many of the comments were about safety. Paul Menlove presented information to the council members, which included information about a study in Palo Alto, Calif., which showed streets with bike paths carried 15 percent of the city's bicycle travel, but had 70 percent of the reported accidents involving bicycles and motor vehicles. One of the major areas of concern about safety is on the south end of the trail. At 400 South, the trail is planned to go from Center Cen-ter to 100 East, where it would head south toward the freeway. Several residents expressed concern about the safety of that route, saying it was heavily traveled with vehicles, and had many school buses coming from and going to the Alpine School District bus garages. Leroy Webster, whose home faces 100 East, agreed. "There is traffic going back and forth all the time now," he said. "I would worry about kids and buses. I would take it another block east and go right into the park." Denney said it was in part because of the amount of traffic that the trail was put in the 100 East See TRAIL, Page 2 Speak out Responses may be given through April 3. Those interested interest-ed may contact UDOT project manager Lori Dabling at 227-8000 227-8000 or Russ Brown with MW Brown Engineering, Inc. at 377-1790. They may also e-mail Brown at rbrownmv Comments Com-ments may also be mailed to MW Brown Engineering, Inc., 31 S. 400 West, Orem, Utah 84058. Co m mu n t y Briefing SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD BOND INFORMATION IN-FORMATION MEETINGS - The Alpine School District Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools, Vernon M. Henshaw, are hosting a series of public meetings to present preliminary plans for a bond election in November. - Suggestions from the community are sought before district officials proceed with plans to bond. Meetings will be held today at Lone Peak High School, 10189 N. 4800 West, Highland; March 30 at Pleasant Grove High School, 700 E. 200 South, Pleasant Grove; April 4, Mountain View High School, 665 W. Center, Orem; and April 6, Lehi High School, 180 N. 500 East, Lehi. All meetings will begin at 7 p m. Patrons are welcome to attend any of the meetings. meet-ings. TOWN HALL MEETING PLANNED, The American Fork Police Department is working with the Utah County Division of Substance Abuse to present a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at American Fork Junior High School, 20 W. 1120 North. The public is invited to participate in the meeting which is geared to adults who wish to prepare to prevent substance abuse or combat existing abuse. American Fork Police Department spokesman Sam Liddiard said the Utah County Department of Health brought the idea to the city's police, asking for support. He said American Fork does not have a higher than average incidence of substance abuse, but wanted to offer preventative pre-ventative measures. Following the presentation, presen-tation, there will be a question and answer period. According to information provided by the county, more youth from 12 to 20 use alcohol (29 percent) than tobacco (24 percent) per-cent) or illicit drugs (14 percent). DREJ COMPETENT - The 32-year-old American Fork man who is charged with killing his younger brother has been deemed competent to stand trial. Fourth District Judge Samuel McVey set Eryk S. Drej's next courtroom appearance, Eryk Drej a waiver hearing, for 10 a.m. Tuesday. In Tuesday's review hearing, Anthony An-thony Howell, Drej's attorney, announced his client is now competent to stand trial and understands his right to proceed with a preliminary hearing. Drej is charged with the'death of his younger brother, Lukasz Drej, 25. American ' Fork police found Lukasz gunned down in the backyard basement stairwell of his mother's home on June 1, 2005. CANDIDATES FILE FOR 2006 ELECTIONS ELEC-TIONS Candidates who have filed for the 2006 general election in the American Fork area are as follows: House District 27: Candidates are Republicans Re-publicans John Dougall of Highland (incumbent) (in-cumbent) anu Jason K. Vaughn, Highland, and Democrat Elisabeth Ann Rice-MacFar-lane, also of Highland. House District 56: Republicans David Cox, Lehi (incumbent) and Kenneth Sum-sion, Sum-sion, American Fork are running, as well a Libertarian candidate Bryan Livingston of Lehi and Constitution Party candidate Michael Barron, Lehi. House District 57: Incumbent Republican Republi-can Craig Frank of Pleasant Grove is running run-ning unopposed. Running for the Alpine School District are Tim Osborn, American Fork; and Keith Swain, American Fork (incumbent). County races are as follows: Utah Coupty Commission Seat A: Jerry Grover, Orem (incumbent); Gary Anderson, Ander-son, Springville; Howard Stone, Provo. All are Republicans. Utah County Commission Seat B: Republicans Re-publicans running are Steve White, Provo (incumbent); Bill Ellis, Orem; and Shirrel Robinson Young, Thistle. Joseph Brierley of Spanish Fork, is running as a Democrat and former commissioner, David Gardner, of Springville is running as an unaffiliated candidate. County Attorney: Incumbent Kay Bryson, Orem, is being challenged by fellow fel-low Republicans Jeff Buhman, Orem; and Curtis Larson, American Fork. ClerkAuditor: Running are Cary McCo-nnell McCo-nnell and Bryan Thompson, both Republicans Republi-cans and both of Spanish Fork. 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