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Show S- 6 lift. 500 Per Issue Online: www.HarkTheHerald.com an edition o f THE DAILY HERALD rearNumber 9 THURSDAY, February 27, 2003 538 South State Street, Orem, UT 84058 (801)225-1340 K.; iiss Orem candidates get advice SCARLETT M. BARGER 'ft at;. Times Reporter ach for the Stars" is ' heme for the Miss et Scholarship Program ear, and according to "'iit Executive Director 3 Sandstrom, it ;s exactly what con-' con-' .ts need to do. 1 idstrom and other nt and city officials lti: with contestants fesday, Feb. 19 at a .rand Mingle" event, to ie young women what y;Dect and how to pre-.hemselves. pre-.hemselves. "idstrom said that, in 'She chose a theme that Rented current Miss Brittany Wiscombe. " goes outside of her- . Sandstrom said. "She ays thinking of other t, she added, contest-:an contest-:an also learn from the j 3. The purpose of the la.jit is to bring what's p! of them, out. She told etitors that as they jjj for the stars by giving themselves and ei!ig others, "(the light) ,j eflect and become part ;7.scombe also spoke to :;stants. She explained v; of the stress involved -preparing for the pag- t . r - .! ; .... f Vt- - v tit - i Photo by Scarlett M. Barger The contestants for the Miss Orem Scholarship Program: Front left to right: Bethany Moore, Amber Tippets, Rebecca Nelson, Ashlyn Smith, Marie Claire, Camille Mahlum, Brandy Smith. Back left to right: Shalon Gibbons, Ashlee Barrett, Gwendolyn Bushman, Keara Ellertson, Ashlelgh Ingersoll, Kara Haney, Laura Cherrington, Aioxis MacNeill, Khristen Millecam. "The scariest part of it is yourself," she said. Wiscombe warned the women to not compare themselves with others and to not doubt themselves. "Each of us has so many abilities," she said. "Yet, all of us attain one common ability the ability to serve." Sandstrom stressed that contestants ' attend workshops work-shops held each Wednesday to prepare them for the pageant. pag-eant. Time and effort will pay off, she said. She reminded candidates that they are now in the public eye. "People are really real-ly going to notice you, whether you realize it or Continued on page A8 Council looks at requests for grants REVA BOWEN Times Reporter Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Orem City Council held the first of two public hearings on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Grant Proposed Uses of Funds, 2003-2004. A second public hearing is slated for March 11 at 6:15 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Orem City Center. The CDBGHOME Citizen Advisory Commission has spent several sev-eral months meeting to listen lis-ten to funding proposals from a variety of community communi-ty applicants. The commission commis-sion first presented its recommendations rec-ommendations to the city council in a Feb. 18 work session. In Tuesday night's council meeting, the recommendations recom-mendations were reviewed for the public, and the council coun-cil received public input. The council will vote on the final dispersion of funds after the second public hearing March 11. The CDBG funds were outlined as follows: 2003-2004 2003-2004 federal entitlement -$76.4,000; funds available for reprogramming $250,524; and Revolving Loan Fund Program income $212,085; total $1,226,609. HOME Investment Partnership Act funds are: 2003-2004 consortium share - $290,464, and funds . available for reprogramming reprogram-ming - $901,255, for a total of $1,191,719. The commission's commis-sion's recommendations were given for the $901,255. The $290,464 will be allocated allo-cated to projects approved by the Utah Valley Consortium of Cities and County (UVCCC). By law, 15 percent of the $764,000 CDBG entitlement, entitle-ment, or $114,600, is the amount of money that can be allocated for public service serv-ice programs. This year, the commission received requests for three times that amount of money, and commission members expressed regret that they were not able to give funding fund-ing to more programs, or to fund some at a higher level. The commission made the following public service funding recommendations: Center for Women and Children in Crisis, $10,000; Children's Justice Center, $15,000; Community Action Continued on page A8 . 1 I jPlEASANTjj j Glen I Vista t 154M I ftO STATE Photo by Clyde L. Weeks, Jr. ileasant Glen Vista, 1545 North State Street, is one of )rem trailer parks. The supervision of these parks may med over to Orem City. gislation may affect em trailer parks DE E. WEEKS, JR. mes Correspondent the community of l a city that has i from less than 3,000 i in 1943 to more than 0 people in 2003 the trailer, also known as obile home, has played ificant part in housing iportant part of that h. less than 11 trailer have been developed rem over the years. 1 trailers first came to of Orem in 1943, 400 house trailers moved in together, fthe Orem Town Hall, ise 1,600 construction irs, who came from all the country to help ict the Geneva Steel During the early days of trailer parks in Utah, the State Legislature enacted legislation that placed such parks under the regulation of the state, rather than the cities or counties where they were located. That situation sit-uation has continued for more than 60 years, giving local governments little or no oversight over these unique housing developments develop-ments developing throughout through-out the state. Each of the eight Orem mobile home parks has a sign prominently posted that requires mobile home owners to register and gain approval from management before purchasing or occupying occu-pying a home in the park, as required by state law. However, new legislation Continued on page A8 Man sought by police found in California SCARLETT M. BARGER Times Reporter A man Orem Police have tried to track down for three years was arrested by police in Pasadena, Calif. Sunday morning. Reinhold Chris Neuman, 27, is wanted by Orem Police on warrants for second sec-ond degree felony aggravated aggravat-ed assault and for attempted attempt-ed homicide, a second degree felony, said Doug Edwards, Orem Police public pub-lic information officer. Police officers in Pasadena saw Neuman in a car reported stolen out of their jurisdiction. After a high speed chase, Neuman was eventually arrested. Officers soon found the NCIC (nationwide computer system) warrant for his arrest out of Utah. "We'll have to wait and see what California is going to do with their charges before we get a chance to extradite Neuman back to Utah to face our charges," Edwards said. According to Edwards, Neuman ran over Orem Officer Garret Smit in a dark blue Chevy Suburban in November 1999. The inci dent occurred when Officer John McCombs arrived at an Orem residential driveway drive-way to investigate Neuman's vehicle, which had been parked there for at least three hours. The driver appeared to be asleep and smelled of alcohol. When McCombs tried to turn the car off, Neuman bit him, drawing blood. The fight for control over the vehicle continued. Officer Smit had been sent to help McCombs, but after a long struggle, Neuman hit Smit with the front right bumper of the car. Smit held onto the front of the car as it dragged him about 40 feet down the road. He then fell under the wheels of the Suburban, and it ran over his chest. Neuman successfully escaped, while both officers were taken to the hospital. In November 2002, officials offi-cials from the Idaho State Police Crime Lab told Orem Police that they had positively posi-tively matched DNA from McCombs' uniform with that of Neuman's. Police issued a warrant for Neuman's arrest that month, Edwards said. Art marks 58 years since flag-raising on Iwo Jima CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent The year was 1945 the last year of World War II although no one at the time knew yet that it was really the last year of fighting. The Armed Forces of the United States were turning the tide of battle in the South Pacific. However, the most optimistic prospects for victory vic-tory against the Empire of Japan, included an invasion of Japan, itself, with expected expect-ed losses in the hundreds of thousands of American troops. A pivotal battle of 1945 was the invasion of Iwo Jima, which began Feb. 18, 1945, and involved hundreds hun-dreds of American Naval forces and thousands of Army and Naval troops. It was a fierce and protracted pro-tracted battle, against well-fortified well-fortified Japanese forces, .X: r V - Inscribed with the names of survivors of the battle of Iwo Jima Is Larry Nielson's painting of . the memorable memo-rable flag-raising flag-raising ceremony cere-mony that took place Feb. 23, 1945. Courtesy of Larry Nielson determined to face suicide, rather than defeat. And it was very costly, in terms of the number of wounded and lost American lives. The celebrated American flag-raising ceremony cer-emony on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, took place on Feb. 23, 1945, during the fifth day of the battle. The battle continued with increased intensity for a month more. Nearly 7,000 Americans were killed in action, including includ-ing two of the five Marines, who were photographed pho-tographed in the memorable flag-raising ceremony. At the end of the fierce battle, it was found that nearly one-third of all Continued on page A7 m ALPINE ZaXLJ UUUi4YMUU U LaLUUlJL:UY UL" WidiALJ KKJJLJk ii You can now enjoy membership with ALPINE CREDIT UNION OREM AMERICAN FORK and soon in LEHI EDIT I IMIOKI Call for details 225-0256 1 TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE 0REM-GENEVA TIMES, CALL 375-5103 |