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Show Review an edition of THE -DAILY HERALD "Online: www.HarkTheHerald.com CENTS Vol. 25, No. 7 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2003 Nat'l Guard battalion deployed s By Cathy Allred and Barbara Christiansen Last week they were I grocers, roofers, dentists Ijand accountants. Today they are soldiers. And' 'they are on their .way to Ft. Lewis, Wash., ready ' for mobilization with their National Guard Battalion. Members of the 1457th 'Engineers, with headquarters headquar-ters in American Fork, gathered Saturday at the e Readiness Center at Camp ;;Williams to finalize arrangements including insurance, wills, medical and dental preparations and immunizations. The largest single battalion bat-talion in Utah receiving jmobilzation orders, the 1530 members of the group does such an exercise in readiness each year, and just completed one last "month, but this time it is real. After a stay of undisclosed undis-closed length at Ft. Lewis, they are headed to an unknown destination. I The soldiers ranged ifrom young to near retirement retire-ment age, and their experience expe-rience varied as greatly. One had been in the guard for only two months; others oth-ers were seasoned veterans veter-ans with other similar deployments. But all appeared ready and anxious to do their job -and the unknown was not Ja deterrent. I "I believe in my govern-iment," govern-iment," said one. "Wherever "Wherev-er they send me, I am jhappy to go." .J "I feel wonderful," said iSgt. Matthew Graham of-ehi. of-ehi. "I am worried about my wife and kids, but I will go where I am need- X xi V Photos by Barbara Christiansen Sgt. Matthew Graham of Lehi manages to smile through his anthrax immunization, given by Spc. Randall Perry. ed." Adam Crenshaw, an E4 from American Fork, said, "It will be a good experience experi-ence to put my skills to use. I hope for a successful mission. It will be exciting to return." This is Crenshaw's Cren-shaw's first deployment in the five years he has been in the guard. David Liddle of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove has been in the military nearly 10 years and just missed the Desert Storm deployment. V !'.. ,-, '. j . ':- i ... j ; I i See GUARD on Page 10 E4 Adam Crenshaw of American Fork listens to instructions during readiness activities. This is his first deployment. Commission gives go-ahead to add accessory apts. By Ruth Turner In a 4-3 vote Thursday night, the Pleasant Grove planning commission passed an ordinance adding accessory apartments to the city code. Pleasant Grove currently does not have an accessory apartment ordinance, thereby making all accessory accesso-ry apartments in the city illegal. "This would allow us to get more of them in compliance compli-ance with the law," said Stan Klemetson, community communi-ty development director. The city is currently losing los-ing an estimated $1.3 million mil-lion a year, in city utilities, permit and impact fees and renewal fees for illegal accessory apartments. The new city ordinance Would give requirements for building legal accessory apartments. These requirements require-ments would cover entrances, size of the unit, See APTS on Page 10 City providing annual rabies clinic By Ruth Turner Animal control just may be one of the busiest areas in the Pleasant GroveLin-don GroveLin-don Public Safety Department. Depart-ment. With 153 incidents in January, one full-time officer, offi-cer, and a junior officer helping each shift, problems with animals keep the department hopping. These problems can range from small nuisances What: Rabies & Licensing Clinic Where: Pleasant Grove Fire Station, 86E.100S. When: Feb. 22, 9 to 1 1 a.m. to serious health or safety problems. The small prob- See CLINIC on Page 10 Stringtown to have meeting on Neighborhood Watch Program All Stringtown neighborhood neighbor-hood families are invited to a Neighborhood Watch Meeting Feb. 19, 8 p.m., at the new church on 800 S. Locust Avenue. "I will be talking about the new neighborhood watch program and educating educat-ing the residents on the crimes that are happening in their neighborhood and what they can do about it," Captain Cody Cullimore said. "There are things the neighborhood can do to help the police." Neighborhood Chair Bar bara Wells is encouraging every family to come. "We had over 100 incidents inci-dents in our neighborhood in just one month's time," she said. "This is definitely something we need to have in our neighborhood." They will also discuss high school programs currently cur-rently in place including the "Why Try," "Quit Smoking," and the drug and alcohol programs. "This meeting will involve the whole family, everyone in our neighbor-. neighbor-. hood," Wells said. Children discover answers to science mysteries By Linda Butler More than 125 students at Central pementary discovered answers to triguing questions as they participated participat-ed in the recent science fair, j Sam Castagna and Jantzen Uberti :apped plants with electricity as they pondered, "Does electricity enhance he growth of plants?" j As they compared the growth of two louseplants, they learned that a small jimount of electric current does, indeed, nelp a plant to grow. "Maybe this can help solve world jiunger," said Sam and Jantzen. Many projects addressed less eighty concerns than world hunger, jmt were nonetheless fascinating. Students Stu-dents studied which type of seeds were jaost favored by birds, j "Sunflower seeds," said Dustin toung and Austin Heder. Students also studied erosion, bubblegum, crystals, crys-tals, and rats' ability to smell. Working as a team was an important impor-tant part of the solar powered car project proj-ect by Jake Horsley, Devin Latu, and Shawn Willet. "We split the research up," said Jake. The boys admitted that researching the best kind of light power was sometimes boring, but perseverance paid off. They learned that natural light produced pro-duced the most power for the small car, while under fluorescent lighting the car just sat there. The trio's project is one of the projects that qualified to go to the district science fair on Feb. 25 at Pleasant Grove High School. Other qualifying projects from Central Cen-tral Elementary include "Lung Capacity" Capaci-ty" by Jandy and Shelby Jorgensen, "Acid Race" by Felicia Castillo and Shawntel Callister, "Marshmallows Away" by Marshall Nielsen and Colton Cobbley, "Zapping Plants" by Jantzen Uberti and Sam Castagna, "Lava and the Lamp" by Kayloni Mikalauski and Katie Mitchell, "Go to Bed!" by Joel Johnson, Colby Richards, and Craig Young, "H20 Where Did It Go?" by Lauresa Cook, "Oops! There Goes Gravity!" by Koedy Jermain, and "How Crystals Grow" by Zach Burnett. "The children are excited about science," sci-ence," said Central science specialist Janeal Nuttall. "The students get curious curi-ous and have unique ideas. We had good, original projects this year." The students' enthusiasm was contagious con-tagious as they explained their projects to judges, students, and visitors. Shawn Willet summed up the science fair experience as he grinned and said, "We like science." ' 'VVr- - " ' : 1 " 11 " ' ' "1 lb - ' ! i - a r ? 1 i .. i v Photo by Linda Butler Left to right, Devin Latu, Jake Horsley, and Shawn Willet Wil-let demonstrate which lights give the most power to a small solar car at the Central Elementary science fair. s v ' SIMIWR TO MOOE1S SHOWN. KALER RFAINS REBATES I INtENTTVE. ZERO PERCENT RNANCNC IN UEU OF AVAUABlf REBATES. SUBJEO TO PK0R SAIL PUJS TAX AND LKENSL OJLC PRKB IN EFFECT THRU FEBRUARY 1 8, ?003 WFU BE THERE JjJ |