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Show Page 14 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, June 5, 2008 1 i,llill U I Relay for Life to help cancer survivors North Utah County residents will participate in the American Ameri-can Cancer Society Relay for Life this weekend at Lone Peak High School, 10189 S. 4800 West in Highland. The relay is an overnight event designed to celebrate cancer survivors and raise money for research and support sup-port programs. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times. The Lehi Relay for Life encompasses Lehi, Saratoga Springs, Eagle Mountain, Cedar Fort, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Ljndon, Highland High-land and Alpine. Teams have been raising money for the last 6-8 months and will meet together on Friday evening, starting with a survivor's reception re-ception at 5:30 p.m. All cancer survivors, those currently battling cancer and their families are invited to attend. at-tend. At 6:30 p.m. the actual relay re-lay starts, with the first lap being walked by the cancer survivors. After that, each team keeps a member on the track at all time throughout the night. There will be games and activities for all ages. A local band, Manage This, will be performing. At 9:30 p.m. there will be a luminaria ceremony to remember re-member those who have lost the fight to cancer. The teams then continue on throughout the night, with music provided by Terry Bishop of Thunder Sound. The event will culminate with a closing ceremony that will be at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The money generated by the teams and by fundraising at the actual event goes to fund cancer research and to run local programs like "Look Good, Feel Better" for women going through chemo treatments; treat-ments; "Road to Recovery," where volunteers drive cancer patients to their appointments; the 1-800-ACS-2345 number that can be called for cancer information at any time; the "Man to Man" support group for men with prostate cancer; and numerous support groups for both canter patients and their families. P events Service-oriented professor wins two Best of State awards Marty Val Hill, a professor in UVSC's Woodbury School of Business, was recently nominated nom-inated and won two Best of State awards in the category of Community Development. I Ie walked away with the Individual Indi-vidual Volunteer award for his volunteer service in the community com-munity and Appointed Official award for his service on the Utah State Board of Pharmacy for the past six years. Diagnosed with stage III cancer in late autumn of 2006, Hill was given an 8-percent chance of surviving the winter by one of the world's leading cancer centers in the Northeastern North-eastern United States, but overcame the odds and said he's actually feeling really good. "I determined to learn from my experience. I redoubled my efforts and continued to build better tomorrows, even tomorrows my physicians doubted I would ever enjoy," said Hill. "My trial is no greater great-er than anyone else's. I'm still here, so what with the life that I've been extended, I help contribute con-tribute in making this world a better place." The White I louse also recently re-cently recognized Hill with the President's Lifetime Call to Service Award, as well as three Presidential Volunteer Service Awards. Since the awards were established in 2002, Hill has contributed more than 6,000 hours of volunteer service to the community. com-munity. Nearly half of his service was rendered in the creation of free community-based computer labs and career education centers for underprivileged un-derprivileged and minority youth throughout Salt Lake Valley. This summer, Hill is working on completing a two-week two-week training project for Boy Scouts of America as part of a UVSC-sponsored Faculty in Industry and Business Extern-ship. Extern-ship. "I feel like, as a facultyjmem-ber, facultyjmem-ber, I have an obligation to teach outside the classroom," said Hill. "It's a matter of making mak-ing the world a better place." UVSC rodeo team competing compet-ing in college national finals UVSC's rodeo team, ranked first in the nation, will be participating in the College National Na-tional Finals Rodeo June 15-21 in Casper, Wyo. The Rodeo Team recently finished with top honors at the Rocky Mountain Regional rodeo March 27-29 in I leber City, participating against a number of schools that were up to take away the returning champions' title, including Weber We-ber State University, Southern Utah University, Dixie State College, Salt Lake Community College, Utah State University, Utah State University-Uintah Basin, College of Southern Idaho, Idaho State University and Boise State University. "Cur team held strong this season by winning in our region re-gion and still maintaining the No. 1 ranking in the nation," said Steve Fordham, UVSC college rodeo team advisory committee chairman. UVSC came out on top with 7,166.50 points followed by Weber State University with 6,258.50 points. "We walked away with a trophy and plaque for our first -place accomplishment," Fordham said. The following students who placed in the top three positions in their events in the region will represent UVSC at the College National Finals Rodeo: Tyler Evans from Bluffdale and Taylor White from Richfield in saddle bronc riding; Colton Bair from Benson Ben-son and Kaycee Feild from Elk Ridge in bareback riding; Wacey Allred from Cleveland Cleve-land and Taylor White in bull riding; Baylor Roche from Tremonton and Carson Miles from Mountain Home in steer wrestling; Carson Miles as the team roping header and Chad Heat on from Lehi and Kaycee Feild as team roping heelers. For more information, visit www.collegerodeo.com. UVSC to hold annual Alumni Golf Classic UVSC's Alumni Association will host the 16th annual Alumni Golf Classic on June 25 as part of the college's UVUphoria! celebration. The event will be held at Soldier Hollow in Midway and will begin at 7:30 a.m. The tournament will be a four-man scramble. In addition to the tournament, golfers will also be provided with breakfast break-fast and lunch, as well as gifts and giveaways. Winners of the tournament will receive UVSC jackets and will have a scholarship awarded to a UVSC student in their name. Funds from the event go toward UVSC scholarships, which are awarded by the Alumni Association to approximately approx-imately 20 students each year. "The Alumni Golf Classic is a blast," said Jeri Allphin, director of alumni relations at UVSC. "The golfers love this event. Staff and student volunteers help, and it's a really re-ally fun, friendly environment. We make sure that the golfers have a good time in addition to supporting a good cause" The cost of participating in the event is $600 per team or $ 150 per individual a reduced price due to the UVUphoria! UVU-phoria! celebration. Players interested in participating should register early. Spots in the tournament are filled on a first -come, first-served basis and are already beginning to fill up. To register, contact the Alumni Office at (801) 863-8179 863-8179 or visit www.uvualumni-classic.com. www.uvualumni-classic.com. Registration ends June 23. Its Back THE STEP-UP CD 36 Month High Interest CD lU )o ALoJJ APY Don't worry about what interest rates are going to do in the future. You have the option to Step-Up the interest rate of your CD to a new higher rate one timeany time during the life of your CD. You can also deposit additional funds to this CD once each year without opening another certificate. Open your new CD at any one of our 9 convenient offices. Utah County's Small Business Bank Orchard Park 1SSSSP t Care Center FXPFRTC IN REHARI1 ITATION t L v CV JLlillin LHriL J-i. 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