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Show 3- col i T DIBIT 841 mickqskaphil. 2m uiFSTERi' mm -- LftKt More LOCAL news i r. iid'iiiiiiiiiiTarrmgSSl - l than any other source! i I For home delivery call or see our web site 756-766- Vol.20, No. 46 Wednesday, November 50 cents 18, 1998 a single copy 9 at www.newutah.com Do you know someone who needs help this Christmas? This newspaper is seeking the identity of needy families in this area for Christmas. "We need the names, address, telephone, ages, clothing sizes, and any specific needs of the family," says Publisher Brett Bezzant. "Many organizations and families come to the newspaper seeking this information to do their own projects. We try to match each needy family with a sponsor." "If you know of a family who, because of unemployment, illness, injury, or some other reason, may be looking forward to a bleak Christmas, please give us as much information about them as possible. Please include your own name, address and phone number so the sponsor can use you as a confidential contact person. This way the family's Christmas can be a welcome sur- prise." Readers who do not wish to - i ininn ii imiii i""-- Monetary project for one or more of the suggested families, please stop into our office at 59 W. Main, American Fork anytime after Dec. 2. There is no specific deadline, but most sponsors want to start working on their projects soon after Thanksgiving. - Photo by Kay Shelton, Doris Woffinden, Julie Berry, Becky Felix, Jennifer Gray and Laurel Kirk assemble newborn kits to places around the world as part of the Lehi 2nd Ward Relief Society's effort to provide humanitarian aid. City votes to tighten Russ Daly be sent to building requirements Service of local women being felt worldwide who participated in a project for the international organization C.A.R.E.; Woffinden got her fellow Relief Society Russ Daly City Editor Can one person make a difference? By If you don't think so, ask members of the Lehi 2nd Ward, who have all been touched by sponsor a family but would like to help may contribute cash. donations are divided among the sponsoring organizations to be given to the families with contritheir own butions. Please submit information on needy families or cash donations to: Christmas Family, P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah 84003. If your family or organization would like to do a the efforts of one their ward members who that Relief Society should be more than just crafts. "I was frustrated because Relief Society was a 'craft club,'" said Doris Woffinden, who was asked by the president at that time what she thought they accomplish in the organization. "I felt like we needed to get back to what Relief Society should be. The next week I was the felt Humanitarian Aid specialist." Woffinden read about a project taken on by Rose Ann Gunther of American Fork, of -- members interested in joining forces with Gunther and started they creating birthing Klts'arid educational ' kits. Not only did the group have to produce the kits, but had to raise money to purchase supplies where necessary as well as pay for the shipping. The birthing kit contains soap, washcloth and receiving blanket, baby nightgown, hat, stocking, diapers and pins, a bulb syringe and other rudimentary medical equipment. After the ward members helped with Gunther's project, they felt confident enough to take on some of their own. hand-towe- l, For two years, Woffinden joined forces with the ward Activities Committee to create a different kind of Christmas party that would allow ward members the opportunity to give service to others while fellowshipping with each other. This year, the sisters have been working since September on various projects, meeting at the church each Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until noon. When some of the sisters "complained" that they could not attend during the day, the group added a second session in the evening, working from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. Their most recent project was completed Saturday after a Visiting Teaching Conference. Since most of the members were already in attendance, Getting a building permit in Lehi has become more complicated. At the recent meeting of the Lehi City Council, councilmem-ber- s approved a measure to tighten Aip certain requirements during building. Only These are some of the items that the Lehi 2nd Ward has-- sent out in humanitarian aid: Councilmember Carl Mellor Educational kits Newborn kits Hygiene kits Quilts, sheets and blankets Wooden and soft toys Surgical covers Hospital gowns Medical equipment Leper bandages Children's clothing voted against the motion. The change in the ordin'ance which now stipulates that "untreated gravel base must be placed and graded, and sanitary sewer lines, storm drains, water lines and power lines must be completed and tested before any building permits will apply to will be issued" all those projects which have Pajamas not yet received their final approvals. The changes were made so that emergency vehicles could gain access, if need be, to new knew she had a captive audience; she also felt that it was important for Woffinden See AID on page building sites during construc s In other city business, City Engineer Lorin Powell recommended that the city apply for grant funding monies from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) small cities program for FY to replace the old water mains on Third South, Fourth South and Fourth North. Powell noted in his report that the replacement of these small water lines was a much needed upgrade to the fire protection service needs for these 1999-200- two-inc- h neighborhoods. The council approved the submission of this request with Councilmember Frances Comer abstaining. Two properties consisting of about two acres of land were approved for annexation, while Mike Dubois was given an extension on his annexation request until the end of December 1998. Planners reject design for Main Street business 1 When groups started sending were disappointed to find that humanitarian aid abroad, Doris there were 61 children, Woffinden related, some officials They counted and recounted the questioned the value of sending number of items, each time comtoys. ing up two toys short of being able Despite the difference of opin- to provide each child with his or ion, one shipment to Bosnia did her own special toy. Finally, in include some toys, 59 to be exact. desperation, the officials decided Relief workers who received the to distribute the available toys shipment were delighted to see and hope that the two children that the aid included toys, but who would be left out would some subdivision housing 12 miracle of the 6 toys The modem-da- y tion. By Kent Davis how be able to "just understand." As they passed out the toys to the children who had seen so much devastation around them, they found that each child did have a toy of his or her own. "We think of the miracle of the loaves and fishes as just being in New Testament times," said Woffinden. "But the miracles continue to happen today." Kent Davis By Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission sent two groups back to their drawing boards before they would give approval on two projects. Officials with Checker Auto Parts presented their concept for their commercial project at 500 E. Main, a standard of the store facing east. Public comments and comments made by commission members favored a building with more personality, such as a design that matched the Lehi Roller Mills motif; commissioners also felt that the building would look better if it faced Main Street. box-shap- building with the front Helping Hands -- - Healing Hearts District program provides training for area adults with special needs By Julie Loveridge For small students, they're the silent heroes of the school. I still remember mine. He was' the age of my grandpa and spoke with a thick Danish accent. We were entertained by his artistic caricatures of the teachers. He whs there the day I got sick at school and didn't make it to the restroom in time. He came with a mop and bucket to clean up the mess and never once made me feel bad about my "accident." Today's custodians carry on a tradition, of maintaining school pride passed down POOR COPY B 12 SHsmiliMHHHMH!4:: Sili r Ilffif Hi v 4? 1H M M II i 1 mil i 1 IsS I V B M S i r ; lif ft i j District, the Alpine Transitional Educational Center (A.T.E.C.) sends two shifts of adults with disabilities to the school daily. There they experience training that will help them gain marketable skills and help prepare them for an independent adult life; The morning shift brings' Lisa Preston, David Spencer and Jennifer Bollard, who arrive on the UTA bus from through generations. The schools' halls of learning don't stay clean by themselves. In fact, with hundreds of muddy feet, and tons of worksheet assignments, it's amazing the schools can be found amid the debris. They wouldn't if it weren't for the custodians. At Sego Lily Elementary, a small group of enthusiastic workers have come this year Orem. to assist Chuck Harvey, the, They know their job and school's head custodian. See ATEC on page 12 Through the Alpine School See PLANNING on page i i: - r i f Photo by Julie Loveridge workers David Spencer and Jennifer Bollard take their custodial responsibilities at Sego Lily Elementary seriously. The adults with special disabilities enjoy their jobs and their interaction with the students. ATEC v |