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Show tod Half-a-million stitches mark Elizabeth Smart's absence 1 arn By Kalyn Secretan Ptti;. Trudi Levin of Pleasant tat throve set a goal to make 3r r;!81 crocheted hats, and injifter six months and half-a-aH pillion stitches along with t!) p.A little help, she met her easE;;oal. ;ing , She presented 280 of the i lats to the LDS Humani-ors,p'arian Humani-ors,p'arian Services to be distributed dis-tributed wherever they t eflt-yere needed, artjj. Levin was so thankful raiB;vhen Elizabeth Smart was ha-bund and returned home he wanted to do something lat tin her honor. isesf She set a goal to make a Dspec'iat for every day the 13-ors 13-ors .ear-old was away from her ove alt Lake City home. At the U c ompletion of her goal, a hat inft.ras sent to Smart to tell d SOf ier about the donation. Levin presented the idea clj to her family, neighbors and js p,vard members and hoped )ut veryone would be as excit-aWajd excit-aWajd as she was. t ' Her family discovered hat trying to crochet was a ot of work. About 60 of the lats were made by neigh-ors, neigh-ors, ward members and 5thers. i ar Levin completed hats of st0prarious colors and sizes, ir hopping around, she found divots of yarn on sale and at mgpeseret Industries, and 30rt?nded up with more yarn for han she . had when she gene;)egan. v The first hat Levin made he lit and 1: Roads nor ;sue; :itize: i am: is it st Recently bought the corridor g jjjom Union Pacific, but IV0(JTA is not yet responsible Tjy,br.. fixing the damaged jjjj.treet. The city has dumped jjiry asphalt in the hole to pjaake it a softer ride, but it's e(j.nly a temporary fix. The Streets Department has "Started directing residents o UTA and Union Pacific to "target their complaints, 3-lot Valker said. ith ttf So far this winter, Pleas-jrpefcmt Pleas-jrpefcmt Grove has patched pot-e pot-e se'toles with at least 55 tons be s;f asphalt and will end up outteaying at least $20,000 in e bu upplies and labor. Some tubborn potholes, also :nown as chuck holes, eturn days later. The livis! 'rain-rattling potholes omp!;tart out as a crack in the ook'.sphalt. Water seeps big (through the crack and then f r0!T xpands as it freezes. When ajr05:he ice thaws, it leaves the e steakened asphalt vulnera-n vulnera-n Qof'le to the heavy cars driv-ins driv-ins 2;;ng over it, and as a result, papeihe road erodes and sinks, j (j;vs the chunks of asphalt n ftear away, a new pothole is ackH?orn- siap(: If one rock shakes loose rom a car driving over the etched area, water gets in g nd the process starts over. gjjt; "If one rock pops out, the ' hole thing will start pop- uCteing'"Walker said- During the wintertime, jiaintenance crews can only 'i-'Ut a cold-fix asphalt on the lCoads, in essence putting on . bandage and holding out fell"1 'pr better weather, Walker sixats -aid. in. 0' "The cold fix is a Band- dd throughout the winter," e said. i In one day last week, 'rovo streets crews fixed 30 otholes with 2.5 tons of sphalt. Though the patch upplies are about $40 a on, the budget drainer is in WgT - t I 8811 :J i - - J Photo by Kalyn Secretan Trudi Levin of Pleasant Grove donated 280 hats to the LDS Humanitarian Center in honor of Elizabeth Smart. took six hours, but later she was able to complete a hat in three hours. Some people make hats on looms, but Trudi said they would stretch to fit more sizes if they were crocheted without a loom. She took the hats to the LDS Humanitarian Center in Smart's name to be distributed dis-tributed wherever they From Front Page the amount of time it takes to fill all the chuck holes, said Tom Manzanares, Provo streets manager. Provo, like other cities, has had more potholes this year than the past few years. Many of the chuck holes are on streets that are scheduled to be repaved this summer, such as Bulldog Bull-dog Boulevard, Canyon Road and 920 South, he said. Though Pleasant Grove and other cities' potholes return to bruise the backs of those driving over them, Manzanares said Provo's superior pothole patch truck dries and packs the material so well a repeat fix isn't necessary. "When we fix a pot hole, they're permanent," he said. County residents, dubbing dub-bing Payson the pothole capital of the county, say the southern city isn't as prompt in fixing its chuck holes. "One guy broke a shock absorber hitting a pothole," said Shaun Martin, part-owner part-owner of Autoworks Car Care in Payson. Residents will bring a car in and say the mechanics need to drive it on a smooth surface to be able to hear the noises, at which Martin said they joke they won't be able to find. Residents throughout the county are bringing in cars with bent rims, bent frames, suspension problems prob-lems and unbalanced alignments. align-ments. Dan Morck, owner of Advantage Automotive in Orem, said he has had at least 200 more vehicles in his shop for under-car repair this winter than in the past few years. "I've seen a lot this year," he said. Peter Pan PG Ends Thuri. 3-11-04 Nightly (Mon.-Thurs.) 7 1 9:1 5pm Cheaper By The Dozen PG Nightly Mon.-Sat.l h v:li pm Catch That Kid PG starts Frf. 3-12-04 Nightly (Mon.-Thurs.) 7 4 9:15 pm Fri. 1 Sol. 7 pm only Sat. Mat. 3:00 I 5:00pm were needed. Levin was impressed with the center, everything is so organized with all kinds of clothing, and the center takes people on an interesting tour. "It is no wonder that the LDS Church can respond to disasters immediately," Levin said. Funshine Preschool fills niche By Robert Cunningham Running. Kicking. Throwing. Catching. On Friday morning, the children of Funshine Preschool had a ball. The preschool, located in the Pleasant Grove Community Com-munity Center at 65 E. 200 South, gave its students the chance to participate in a one-day version of the Itty-Bitty Itty-Bitty Ball program usually offered by the city as a separate sep-arate class. The children rotated through five stations proving prov-ing their skills in basketball, basket-ball, baseball, football and soccer. "The Itty-Bitty Ball activity helps the kids get exercise and learn balance," said teacher Starr Hofheins. This is just one of the many activities that the city-sponsored school has to offer. The students have also visited the museum at Thanksgiving Point, watched movies at Cinema 6, and annually decorates one of the city trees for Christmas. Besides these outings, the students also receive a healthy dose of academic and social training. Recently, Recent-ly, they've been learning about letters, numbers, poetry and winter. School director Miriam Tomlinson said that the preschool fills a great niche. "We needed a good preschool pre-school for the community that was reasonably priced," she said. Only nine classes are 1 I I . $E00 OFF ! ZjJ State Inspections 1 Viii with Emissions I Appointments only 492-6300 South of Kohler's in Highland I With this coupon Expires 3-31-04 Smile Johnson got to choose which mission they wanted to participate par-ticipate in. On the mission, 45 medical med-ical professionals from throughout the world volunteered vol-unteered with Cook and Johnson in Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua and for two days they screened hundreds of applicants appli-cants who had traveled from all over the country for the corrective facial surgeries. surger-ies. "They were so happy to see us," said Cook, "Some of them had traveled for days on foot and by donkey just to have a chance for the surgery." sur-gery." "This one lady walked for 11 days carrying her small child," said Johnson. "Then they rode a bus for two days and traveled several hours by taxi just to get to the clinic." While medical professionals profes-sionals screened potential patients, Cook and Johnson kept the children entertained. enter-tained. "Even though we didn't speak Spanish we could still blow bubbles with them, play catch, and color. We gave them stickers and they loved those," she said. Each morning they were up at 5 a.m. and put in 13 to 15 hour days. Besides entertaining enter-taining the children, their duties also included assisting assist-ing the doctors and nurses and speaking at schools and orphanages. A b-if J Photo by Robert Cunningham The children of Funshine Preschool practice for their futures in the NBA. offered, with around 20 children chil-dren each, and the limited space fills quickly. Registration Registra-tion is the last week in March. Classes are held for two age groups, 3 to 4 year old and pre-kindergarten children, $36 and $70 respectively. The preschool began participating par-ticipating in Itty-Bitty Ball during the 2002 Olympics. "We made it a big event," ( CINEMA Movies for Mar. 12"1 - Mar. 181 Hidalgo (pg-13) Daily: 4:10 7:00 9:50 Sal. 1:00 4:10 7:00 9:50 Sum.-4:10 7:00 50 First Dates (PG-13) Dally: 4:55 7:20 9:45 SaL 12:10 2:30 4:55 7:20 9:45 Sun: 4:55 7:20 Starsky & Hutch (PG-13) Daily: 5:00 7:15 9:30 SaL 12:20 2:40 5:00 7:15 9:30 Suit 5:00 7:15 Agent Cody Banks 2 (PG) Daily: 4:45 7:05 9:20 SaL 12:00 2:15 4:45 7:05 9:20 Sun: 4:45 7:05 Secret Window (PG-i3 Daily: 4:50 7:00 9:15 5rt. 12:15 2:25 4:50 7:00 9:15 Sun: 4:50 7:00 The Best Two Years ; Miracle (PG) Daily: 4:45 IPG)! Daily: 7:05 9:45 SaL 12:00 2:20 4:45 i SaL 7:00 9:45 Smb.- 4:45 ! 5n.- 7:00 Bargain Night is Wednesday Night! All Shows: $4.50 .mmmmm, Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - They taught lessons about basic nutrition, hydration, fire safety and dental care. "The kids would fight over the toothbrushes and stickers we gave them. They had so few things that really real-ly belonged to them," said Johnson. Local LDS missionaries serving in the area also volunteered vol-unteered time to translate for the doctors and nurses. During the two weeks, doctors performed more than 150 surgeries to correct cor-rect cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities. "Many of the children didn't know that they had a deformity but the look on the parents faces when they came out of surgery was so great. Their lives had changed in a week," said Johnson. Both Cook and Johnson were unprepared for the reality of the poverty that they faced in Nicaragua. "Everyone was nice but it was so depressing," said Cook. "I couldn't handle seeing see-ing the poverty. People living liv-ing in little shacks that a dog wouldn't sleep in. I cried all the way home. Still, the people were happy." Johnson agreed. "I learned that I was so thankful thank-ful for what we have in the US," she said. Each student stu-dent was invited to choose a child and follow them through the whole process. Tomlinson explained, "We gave out awards and had a special guest hand them out. 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All Shows: $4.50 All shows before 6 pm: S45U Shows after 6pm: Children 2-12 s45 Adults s650 Seniors s450 :! - 7j I vf I i ! I ? . Thursday, March 1 1 , 2004 - Page 3 From Front Page Cook chose a 12-year old boy named David, and Johnson chose an 18-month-old baby boy named Winston. They followed each child through screening, screen-ing, watched their surgeries and stayed with them through recovery. Both girls became very close to the children they worked with. "Winston's mother wanted want-ed me to take him home because he had come to love me so much," said Johnson. "When we left," said Cook, "I asked our chaperon to translate for me. I told David that I loved him, and I would miss him and I would never forget him. This was one of the best and hardest things that has ever happened to me. "They were just like me, everyone is really the same." Besides their work with Operation Smile, both students stu-dents made a trip to an extinct volcano, spent some time shopping and went out to restaurants where they were exposed to local cuisine. cui-sine. Both girls are interested in pursuing medical careers and Johnson would like to go back some day on another anoth-er mission for Operation Smile as a nurse. For more information on Operation Smile please visit their web-site at http: www. operations-mile. operations-mile. org. i Pleasant Grove Review 59 W. Main American Fork, UT 84003 An edition of The Daily Herald, Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. Subscriptions & DcliveryScrvice.. 375-5 1 03 News & Advertising 756-7669 Fax : 756-5274 E-mail callred'a heralde.x lra.com USPS 018-580. (ISSN: 1521-6845) Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 59 West Main, American Fork, Utah 84003. Periodicals postage paid at American Fork, Utah. Postmaster: Send address changes to 59 West Main, American Fork, UT 84003. 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