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Show Thursday. February 5, 2009 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 3 Thanks to all who stand by their word should know by now, but I si III get niW.cd every ev-ery time it hiipiK'tw. The people I work with tire fiuit iwl ic, And I know I'm not iilone. Most of you could come up with stories slmllur to these nbout your co-workers, friends, neighbors, members of your church congregation, or ny other category you would like to name. Not too long ago, one of our writers, Ashley, prepared us for when she would need to take some time off. It seems she was expecting her fourth baby, She covers school news for us In the Uue Peak newspaper, news-paper, so we asked Knrlssa to cover for her during January, The baby was due In late December, De-cember, so It appeared things would be taken care of. However, babies have n mind of their own, as we all know. This one decided he would come early, Ashley found herself In the hospital not too long alter she had Interviewed someone for a school event and was starting to write the story. This was all news to us until the next day, I got the first e-mail that showed photos of the baby mid said he was born at 4 something p.m. We were all Honor Continued (mm foge J ness to a thriving downtown Icon, employing many groom-ers, groom-ers, We applaud her entrepreneurial entrepre-neurial ami generous spirit." biuret also complimented her character. "She has a heart of gold," she said, When she was young she had her own animals, "I nudum) of ets," she said, "I just kind of dreamed of having it store, even to what the layout would te and what animals 1 would have," Her dream changed u lilt le, "1 got u job working for my dog's groomer when I was M," she mild "She gave me n lot of Information, She had me take care of a lot of the business things, I learned the way she ran things," She moved from Taylorsvllle to U'hl, but her dream followed her. "In 10th grade 1 started grooming dogs out of my home," (laudio said. "It was L'wspancrs My ItWllll M,k(U I d )W I. IK M, . 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That's not a bad turnaround to have u baby and six hours later be submitting your newspaper news-paper article, We joked with our next person to have n baby due that we would give her the same six-hour maternity leave, but she didn't go for it, I wonder why, Just last week I got another my IT' A project." When she was a senior she won first place In the state M A for her record keeping of her projects, After she graduated from high .school, her customers asked where they would get their dogs groomed, She filled In the void, and Precious ivt Paradise In-gan that year as u product of her high school project. "I ocncd up shop In u small building and started college at UVU," she said. "1 had to move my business to u bigger building, build-ing, and I have been In this locution eight years." She was not content to remain re-main at the status quo, "I got cert ll'ical ions, made an employee handbook, did research on economic studies and made a business plan," she said. "When I saw problems, I tried to fix them." The business started with Just one person and quickly grew to employ others. Ire-tiotis Ire-tiotis IVt laradlse hosted workshops from 2002 to 2007 to train other groomcrs from across the slate. I ler staff has also added to STEEL Buildings All Sizes Discounted Can Construct Local Dealer Consultant Save-Save Deal ol Deals www.scg-grp.com 10PM 801-734 9263 Auto Pormariy Located In American Pork i lwllWlfcir,iio(iiiOii.nnilllinlii,M mra Orthodontics PC iOMIM - r . ; i Specialist in Orthodontia You will m rh doctor tvery oppolnlmunt Corfu! icheduling with minimal wait W tral oil oge Monthly iPOD drawing (or good bruiherj Poymsnl plant or discount for full payment Lot Doctorei Hablon Etpahol "Htmmbr, Nothing Straighhmi Your Wh lib BraW Call Us Now 361. 11001. Suite A. American Fork e-mail that also had some news. While not In quite the same vein, it also Included a hospital stay, Karissa, the one who covered for Ashley when she had her baby, sent us n note saying she had undergone an emergency appendectomy, ap-pendectomy, There was, of course, no gestation period for us to get used to the Idea and prepare for It. Despite that, she was back In the saddle, so to speak, and providing information to the newspaper only n few days later, During her absence we had one person fill In for her and go to the Cedar Hills Planning Commission, Another reporter, Christie, took on another additional duly on short notice and covered cov-ered an event happening at a school, She did her usual great job of Interviewing organizers organiz-ers and participants and then, unlike "normal" Journalists, turned the story In well before deadline, She's always great at that and has been extremely devoted devot-ed to getting her work done, no matter what the obstacles in her way. One time she did her usual assignment of going to n I Ugh-land Ugh-land City Council meeting on a Tuesday night, And when I their knowledge. There are two Nationally Certified Master Mas-ter ( iroomers on the payroll and the company has assisted in training 10 groomers, (iau-dio (iau-dio has received her NCMli status, and a diploma as an obedience Instructor, In September, Sep-tember, (laudio comHted at Siiier (iroom, an international grooming comx?l it Inn and trade show, and won first place In both the non-sporting and sporting dog cometl!ions, She plans on expanding the business, with more griming, grim-ing, more retail, and adding obedience training and doggie daycare. "We will also offer self serve grooming where cople can come In and use our tubs, dryers, dry-ers, table iind shumxo," she said. "When they are done, we clean up the mess. It makes It a lot easier for the average person per-son to do It. You are looking at half the cost of full-service grooming," They will, of course, continue con-tinue to offer that full-service grooming, Other changes will include Aspen Mortgage Your Home loan Spvchlists rth tt wi -win,.! ii.m p't Where do I start? How much motwy trill 1 need? s How much loan can 1 qualify for? )How much will the monthly payment he? Call us today for free answers with no obligation, tt'eW loiv to Help yon buy f f Borl . Bruce Wilson ' .! "? (f Unnnkn, 2 " ' PLM if. say night, I mean that Instead of evening, because those meetings often go into the wee hours. Not long after the meeting, however, she was called to go to California to assist her (laughter who was expecting twins, Despite the upheaval to her life, a couple of days later In my e-mail came the report of the I lighland City Council meeting as Christie followed through on what was expected of her. II 's not a generational thing, because these reporters cover o couple of different eras. It's more of a dedication Issue. These women believe in being trustworthy, It's not for the money, because we aren't able to pay them much certainly not what they are worth. Not only do they believe In being good to their word, they believe In the Importance of what they are doing. They are representatives of the public in keeping an eye on local government and making sure we all know what is happening. happen-ing. What Is known as the Sunshine Law requires almost all work of the government to take place In the open to the public can be aware. My hat's off to those who work so hard to make this happen for all of us. a larger retail area, with new lines of dog and cat food, Training dogs is another expanding ex-panding service, "Training Is a new passion of mine," she said. "I nave been reading and learning and I have really gotten Into finding out how dogs learn, They have different ways to change behaviors and doing It In a way that Is very positive," posi-tive," She said owning her own business is worth it. "It is a lot of work, small business is really about work," she said. "You have got to really re-ally like what you do and do It, It Is not a vacation. I work like six days a week and pull hours between 8 and 8, 1'.ven on Sundays 1 am still doing something, some-thing, either thinking about it or checking something on the computer," IX'spite the demands, she said she loves the work. "1 get to do what I want to do," she said, "I can do it my way. The good parts are my customers. And I love actually grixmiing the dogs," 'nil 1 (i 4 Ibc homo oj ymir dreams, lilwkali Qoab Fort tAr.u Mountain Amcvicmi iFovk cfCituct) Amirican Fork Cioar Hjiii Library Conliiuwd from i'uge will change to 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and noon to (i p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, starling Feb. !), That Is a 28-percenl reduction In hours. The budget for purchasing books and other media will also be cut by 10 percent, but "It Is not going to affect our quality of service," Parker said, noting thai no programs will be dropped. "It is not just American Fork," Parker said. "It's nationwide." nation-wide." "Knock on wood, I hope we don't have to do that," he said. Hagle Mountain, which Is not open as many hours us either hovo or American Fork, said they have no plans to cut budgets bud-gets or staff. 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"We are here when we are here, and we will serve them the very best we can," Parker said. "We appreciate their understanding," un-derstanding," Library patrons in American Fork lamented the announcement announce-ment and said it was a sign of the limes, "It Is not a problem for me personally, but I would think in general in economic downturns the library services are needed more," sa'id Wendelln Knob-loch, Knob-loch, who was reading newspapers newspa-pers at the library on a recent day, "It's too bad these tyjM's of things have to happen." "They have to do what they have to do," said Dan Weir, who said he has been going to the library for "more than a couple of decades. "II Is kind of a shame, but limes being what they are." Phone: b0 (iG9 Fex: bC WM DAILY IIBKALD rvBLuntMa oo. Jennette Esplin m nm CI, umIhhIh, Obihiiiiios, Cvk'twitions. 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