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Show Page 14 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, October 4, 2007 Community Action Services celebrates 40th birthday Joe Pyrah In I!i7, the; 2.rth Amendment Amend-ment wits ratified, I he Dnors's self-tilled debut album was released, and in Utah County, ('(immunity Action Services was launched. Community Action is celebrating cel-ebrating its 40th birthday all week with series of ( lasses from mortgage counseling lo energy conservation. While predicting the next tour decades is nearly impossible, im-possible, executive director Mvla Union said they expect housing issues to dominate I he next sever al years. The sub-prime mortgage debacle combined with Utah County's skyrocketing housing prices are pulling I lie crunch on home ownership. Community Action will wor k with anyone looking lor a home, for years if necessary. neces-sary. "We're 10') percent for I hem. We don't have any vested vest-ed interest other than their well being," I hit ton said. Community Action is perhaps per-haps most well known for its food bank. What started in a small closet now entails 2 million mil-lion pounds of food each year. Support the future of your community, give the gift of literacy. m For more Information ft u t it. allsC call 344 2923 DttUjHfcHcrttUl "X "Slipped, Herniated, Or Bulging Disc Pain?" UTAH- A new free report has recently been released that reveals how break through medical technology is offering of-fering surgery free new hope for disc pain sufferers. Research Re-search has proven that FDA approved ap-proved non-surgi cal spinal decompression decom-pression has a 86 success rate for treating debilitating back pain including sciatica and multiple herniated disc. It looks like another NASA discovery has lead to the most Wildflower- Single Family Homes priced from $350-$500,000 Sikerfeaf- Single-Level Living priced from $2 59-$4 50,000 Located 6 miles south of Provo on Hwy. 89 in Beautiful Mapleton (801)491-3300 ww.HarvestPark.net For the first time since the great depression, the personal savings rate in America has fallen to below 0. Stress over money and other financial disease has reached epidemic proportions. If you're tired of financial bondage and desire true financial freedom, call eProsperTools for a true, once-in-a-lifetime financial opportunity to build wealth for you and your family. (801) 407-8505 Mi 1 it E Most often families need the fcxxl because money has to go somewhere else, like transportation transpor-tation to get to work, or rent. "The first thing to go is food," Dutton said. While the food bank helps thousands of families a year, Community Action's services help thousands more through things such as rent assistance and the 1 1 EAT program, which provides a one-time allotment to help pay utility bills during the winter months. More than 4,000 households take advantage of the program pro-gram every year. Community Action helped H00 refugee Vietnamese families in the 1080s who were having hard time navigating government and culture in the United States. The program was successful, so successful they were able to drop the program as the families adjusted. ad-justed. "You don't see that very often," of-ten," Dutton said. Donors sometimes find themselves in need as their world changes. Those who donated for years as well-paid employees at Geneva Steel found their way down to Community Action Ac-tion as the plant struggled to promising non-surgical disc treatment today. For your free report entitled, "How Space Age Technology Tech-nology Is Solving Solv-ing Back Pain Without Drugs Or Surgery!" call 1-800-893-7644 and listen to the toll-free 24 hr recorded message mes-sage for all the details or go to www.911backpaininfo.com. These free reports are available avail-able for a limited time. ft 1 r?i?jfc 3eFree 5 stay open through the 90s. They came for food or for classes. "Some of them read at the second- or third-grade level," Dutton said. Recipients don't have to be from Utah County. Community Com-munity Action covers Summit and Wasatch counties as well in seven locations, though the Provo building is the only one open full time. The non-profit raised $5.6 OnMfevdMe selection of fadoween Over 800 varieties nd styks to choose frown in ll sizes. Halloween Decorations Colore AH your prty uedsl Conic see ms today! 1306 N Redwood Rd. (Next to Smiths) Srtoc, Springs 766-4931 1 'irV hi ( 4 f ' r 7 Begin luurmcmini " s Pheasant TOWNHOMES AT 806 South 1840 801-598-8183 DAVE 801-598-1510 DOUG vvvvw.BuildingDynamics.com Iff Excavating Operated Equipment Rental Equipment Hauling Dump Trucks Erosion Control i"'JS rU fry"" mm,m M.m,m,lm,w,m Wiiu. ...jiil V '4 SPRINGVILLE.UT 801-794-2880 million, according to their 2006 Form 990. The idea behind Community Action Week is to get people who may not feel needy to look at their situation and find a weakness to improve on. "If everyone does something some-thing about their own situation, situa-tion, then when something happens, maybe they won't need us," Dutton said. The week will also kick off the organization's "I Care" Costumes 4 a. mm w i. i urmeanniare career invLessunaniaiiear ..:WhKyrrainihg From AineriTecHtCoIlege : it : Meadow SIBEPY RIDGE West, Oram drive. The goal of the drive is to have at least 20,000 people in the Utah Valley community show they care by donating $5 to help increase the organization's organiza-tion's efforts in building self-reliance self-reliance in individuals, families and communities. Participants can donate cash or check at Community Action Ac-tion Services and Food Bank or give on-line at community-actionuc.org. community-actionuc.org. There are more than 1,100 Accessories! Vt ssi ml imjjr . k to ur 250FF My 1 Wilton ltkn ( Likvit one coupon per customer 4 J per visit. Expires Oct. 8, 2007 f 7 .lllMIIIHMIIMIIMIIIMilllllllllllllllinnilHIIIIHMIMIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiniMIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIf,,, tllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIf. ''', Your Source for Remote Control HelicoptersPlanesTVucks, Pine-wood Pine-wood Derby, Rockets, Board Games, and much more! f 648 East State Rd., Suite G, American Fork www.apexhobby.com 801-492-9210 J Community Action Agencies across the country who are working to increase self-reliance. The Utah County agency was started as a government govern-ment program but went to a non-profit, privately funded format in the early 1990s in an effort to get more funding, which turned out to be rather effective, "People don't donate to government," gov-ernment," Dutton said. AMERITECH COLLEGE 4? ",!'"""" IIHIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII MIIIIHIIIIIIim.v '''IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIlim i |