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Show Free Press - Wednesday, April 8, 1998. - Crime Continued from front page her service project for the upcoming Miss Utah Pageant. Volunteer students from Lehi High School are assigned to be mentors to children who may have special needs. According to Tucker, the older students play games, read and be a friend to these children. "It helps us to find out who we are," Tucker told the audience. "Hopefully we can help children before problems start." seen in courts are functionally illiterate. 1 don't think thaf s a coincidence," she said. "I truly believe that if we help our youth to become more literate, we will decrease the need for juvenile courts." Peggy Adams, the North Utah County Coordinator of the Attorney General's Safe At Home program, announced that Diane Cornell had been appointed as the Victim Right's Advocate and would be coordinating efforts to assist victims, particularly women who are victims of violent crimes such as rape. Smith encouraged all those who attended the meeting, many of whom were assigned to attend as representatives of their LDS with wards,' to proceed commission members unaniSteve approved mously Schoonover's request to operate an office for S.S. Transport Inc. brokerage company from his home located at 511 S. 600 East in an existing zoning district, and to create one lot out of two for Roger and Rebecca Merrill, for property located at 800 E. 1475 North in an zoning district. After the couple was married, Anaconda, Mont. the family (with Marilyn's chilThe World's Fair A resume and a letter of recdren from a previous marriage) n moved to Las Vegas. ommendation from a Not interested in the casino friend landed Reid a job scene, Reid started a new career at the 1964 World's Fair in New in real estate. As his new venYork, where he served as directure was starting, Marilyn tor of the Better Living Center, worked as executive secretary to which had the distinction of notables such as Del Webb of the making a profit during the Sahara Corporation. She start- exhibit. ed at The Mint, then later went The building feato the Thunderbird and the tured an Arnold Palmer Putting Aladdin, the latter of which she Course on one floor, an extensive chocolate exhibit by Hershey, a was head of the sales department. display by Borden that included "At that time, there was nothElsie the Cow, and, at the top, ing to Vegas," said Reid of the Restaurants of the World operreal estate market. "You could ated by the Hilton Corporation. drive all the way across Las "That was a city unto itself," Vegas in 15 minutes. We Reid said of the Better Living watched it grow." Center, where he gave his stepReid's real estate career grew daughter her 'coming out party' along with the city. He and a "That was a ball," he punned. partner had a standing tee time Literary forays In addition to his other interat the Tropicana Country Club every day at 6 a.m., where they ests, Reid decided to venture would play 18 holes before going into writing, and has already to the office. published another book entitled Both his career and his hobby Exceptions to the Rule. The book is the story of a he has shot "below improved Southern Negro his age" since he was in his seventies and has had four holes in woman whose mother took her one and two double eagles (a to New York; later, not wanting score of two on a par five hole). to return to the South as an He taught real estate courses she took on a at a community college in Las persona. After completing his Lehi Vegas and later received an offer from the Jockey Club, a Jones project, Reid has now fincondominium company based on ished his third book, Hell's the Strip. After selling all 350 of Bedroom, which takes its name the condos, he took a job with from the nickname given to the the real estate arm of First talc mines of California. The book is now being edited in Security Corporation for publication by someone Reid trusts implicitly, his wife, Marilyn, who completed a course in editing. Citing alarming statistics about literacy of prisoners and youth who interface with the court system, Hesther Rippy announced that the Family Literacy Center will start training its first tutors on April 13. She said that 75 percent of prison inmates are illiterate; in addition, 85 percent of the youth Neighborhood Watch programs. Mink Continued from front page that the two could not work out a deal in the two weeks before the next meeting, but Berg was confident that the two could reach an agreement concerned within two hours. To give the two time to make satisfactory arrangements, the commission tabled the issue for two weeks. In other Planning issues, R-l- -8 Reid 0 Continued from front page ized on the phenomenon. The local newspaper ran a story on him and WSPA, a new radio station in the area, broadcast from the base of the tree and featured Carl Gosset and His Troubadours, a group Reid's father also performed with. Reid's local Baptist children's group would come to the tree each Wednesday to hold Sunbeam class so he could continue to participate with them. From the tree, he would join in singing hymns and hearing the Sunday School lesson. What makes the story even more unusual is that Reid did not have the luxury of a solid, covered tree house, only a sack strung between two limbs as a hammock. When he finally came down from the tree at the end of the summer, he found that he had lost his equilibrium and could not stand, but he had honed his tree swinging skills during that time. To mark the occasion, he went on stage (in a theater he later would manage) to tell of his exploits. Lights, camera and action. Reid went to work for Paramount Pictures as city manager of their theaters. After the war, he moved to Florida to run drive in theaters. One evening, he had the privilege of presenting a gold watch to a lovely woman named Marilyn, who later became his wife. 1 well-know- d African-America- n, Latin-Americ- 112,560 AND fit TOUGH f The Salt Lake woman was found to have one previous drug charge and the man had had several drug and weapons charges on his record. An American Fork man" received two double citations in connection with a traffic accident that caused $1,500 damage each to his and his victim's vehicles. The man was allegedly following too closely behind,the car in front when his vision was obstructed by the rising sun. included Citations having no Utah driver's license in his possession, no proof of insurance, following too close and giving false information to a police officer, the latter which he later told officers was intentional. Sparks were flying, literally, as an officer pulled over a car on State Street because the muffler was dragging on the ground. While talking to the Provo driver, the officer could smell alcohol on his breath. The man could not perform field sobriety tests and was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol under the Not a Drop Law. An interpreter from the Utah County Sheriffs office assisted the Lehi officer by reading the man his rights; after being cited, the man was released to the custody of a sober responsible adult. , About eight years ago, Ernie and Marilyn decided they had had enough of hustle and bustle of Las Vegas and looked around for a quieter place. "We wanted to go someplace where it wasn't so busy" he said. With the couple's two sons now living in Utah, they decided to look around Utah Valley for a suitable location for their retirement. After looking at homes in various locations, they were taken by a log home fronted by several pine trees, with fruit trees in the back yard. They were also taken by Lehi and have enjoyed the area ever since their move. "I love people," said Reid. "There are wonderful people around here." Ernie still enjoys golf, and plays regularly at the Alpine Country Club. He and Marilyn both enjoy gardening they have apples, plums, pears and and Marilyn has sucgrapes cessfully learned how to bottle their own produce. The Reids have two sons, one in American Fork and one in Orem, and a daughter in California. They , also have 11 grandchildren and will soon have 10 For more information on Lehi Jones: A Man of Grace, call n. Burning permits available An open burning period has been set by the Utah County Fire Marshall for Lehi residents who want to prepare their yards for spring cleaning. Open burning will be permitted from Saturday, April 18 until Sunday, May 17. 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