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Show Lehi Free Press New Utah! - Wednesday, Literacy Continued from front page to tell of a painful jaw disinte- Kassing who helped her locate books and resources. She talked (a lot) to Rachel McOmber, the author of the 72 books in the beginning reading program the center uses to teach. At the mayor's request, Glenn Smith allowed her to share space at the Lehi Arts Center at 685 North Center. Then there was the Micron Golf Tournament sponsored at Thanksgiving Point last summer. Mayor Greenwood made sure the center was named as one of the recipients of money raised by the tournament. As a result, Lehi's Family Literacy Center, under Rippy s direction, opened its doors for the first time last July. It is currently open from 3:00 until 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, in the Literacy Center, with a satellite program available at the Junior High from 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. those same days. In an effort to meet the needs of the community, Rippy announces the Center will also be opening its doors in the evenings now from 7:00 to 8:00 Tuesday p.m., through next Thursday, starting Tuesday, February 2. One of the Center's first students was Joe Pratt. (See related story on page 5.) Of the Literacy Center, his mother Jan says, "This reading program is so great! We're so excited he's in it!" Joe's current tutor is a young woman from Salt Lake City who met Rippy while visiting her fiance in Lehi. Leone Cagle has her own storv gration requiring extensive surgery while she was yet in Junior High. Cagle was the recipient of a novel new approach to recon- structive surgery using bone taken from her ribs. Her case became a textbook example written up in the Baylor Dental Journal. Her own experience has left Cagle open to the needs of others. After a full day of working as a hair dresser, she comes to Lehi twice a week to spend time with Joe. They have developed a special bond typical to that of other tutorstudent pairs at the center. Lori Carpenter's bond with her student goes that, however. She has been tutoring her fourth grade son Kevin at the Center since they returned to Lehi after living in Germany for several years. Since German was Kevin's primary language while the family worked overseas, Lori now uses the resources available at the Center to go back to the beginning and help him understand English structure and language. Amie Hoki, school psycholo- gist for both Lehi and Sego Lily Elementary, and her sister Jodi, who teaches second grade at Eaglecrest, also tutor at the Center. Both educators stay in Lehi twice a week to tutor students before returning to their homes after work. They are just a few of the over fifty tutors who volunteer at Lehi's Center. Rippy says that isn't enough, however. soft-spok- 9 January 27, 1999 - Page 12 With 75 students now who are currently being tutored or waiting for a tutor, the needs of the Center are growing beyond its capacity to serve. Rippy encourages anyone interested in giving just two hours a week to help a student to come to a special training session for potential tutors this Thursday, January 28, at 7:00 p.m. or on Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. Both training sessions are conducted at the Center. The Literacy Center is available for anyone in the community who can benefit from its resources. The youngest student they have right now is seven years old. The oldest is 62. Age is no barrier for either receiving or giving help at the Center. Of the students, Rippy likes to call them The miracle of the program, she says, is that all students who come as learners can become teachers and continue the renewing cycle. Rippy is especially pleased with the response she has received from the High School. "Tutors-in-Training- teacher English ". the testing scores. One of Rippy's concerns, as a result, is in reaching students at a young age and helping them so they will continue to grow, stay in school, and become productive adults. And every day, there are miracles happening at the Center in doing just that. Brenda Petersen has been a strong supporter of the program and many of her students volunteer their time as tutors. Lee Adamson, President of Lehi's National Honor Society, assists as leader of the youth volunteers at the center. "There are so many good people who have come forth," says Rippy of those who help at the Center. All workers except for the Center's secretary are volunteers, including Rippy, ' What: Where: When: Continued from front page "There's a lot of unanswered questions," said Mayor Cook. "I want vou to understand the 'ifs' and 'ands.'" Cook said she had asked the district if the residents could provide their share of the cost of shelving by contributing the labor to build the shelves, with library board, a requirement for development of the new facility. to Cook, the district and the town would each contribute half of the cost of shelves, books and According school wages for one employee. All of the books would be computer barcoded to reflect the. .proper ownership,, and if the district does build a new school, it would take the books belonging to the school. In that event, the town of Cedar Fort would have the first right of refusal to purchase the building at fair market value. the district purchasing the materials. She also indicated that the district would provide computers for Internet access for schoolchildren during the day, which could be used by the public in the afternoon and evening hours. "I feel Fire that it would really be beneficial to our kids," said resident Lori Adams, "not only the elementary, but the older kids, too." Suzanne Miller told the audience that she had attended a meeting where the group was told that such a library would have modern technology and up to date books. "I hate said taxes," Councilmember Miller, "but this is one of the functions of government." Any citizen interested in participating in the library project or serving on the library board, should call Julie Sorenson, Tutor Training 685 N. Center, Lehi Thursday, Jan. 28 7 p.m. Each Wednesday, 4 p.m. The Lehi Family Literacy Center is open from 3 to 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Phone: man killed occurred. They looked up to see sparkles from glass falling from the addition's upstairs window. Clint's wife then raced up the stairs to get her husband out of the building while Mary says all she could think to do was to call 911. Clint got down the stairs just before the second explosion occurred, engulfing the stairs in flames as well. In the meantime, Leo raced outside the building to shut off the natural gas. Having done so and aware that Clint was outside and safe, Leo entered the studio with a fire extinguisher in an attempt to put out the flames. He wouldn't leave until ordered to by Lehi's firemen. According to Johnson, a third explosion blew out the east wall of the. second story room, causing the false ceiling to collapse to the floor. Bartholomew, 26, Fork, was killed Saturday at about 10:15 a.m. when he accidently drove his ATV into a mine shaft in west Cedar Valley. Bartholomew was riding with his father and brother-in-lawhen the accident occurred. According to reports, the group were riding in a rocky area. They came up on top of what they thought was a flat area, but instead was a mine shaft, said Tooele Frank Sheriff County Scharmann. the pipes. Though Mary says Clint corrected the problem, he didn't recognize the danger he was in when he went to ignite the fireplace. Johnson says she and Clint's wife were in the kitchen when the first explosion r Mi! i i wi rfltiii ir nil r INN J-ltr- Private rooms Furnished or unfurnished rooms Maid & laundry service Daily activities & recreation Personal care lir: 215Jfortli Center Street J'ehi f2ffif( ment will help them in those 1 efforts. Calling storm drainage a "problem whose time has come," Greenwood said the city council Versar directed to do on a study Engineering drainage; he said the next step in the process would be to find for the actualization of the project, and estimated that it would cost around $2.50 per Lehi household to complete it. The mayor also spoke highly of the water and power mine shaft in departments, the library and the other public safety departments, among which he said provide "the finest service in the state." "Lehi just keeps getting bet- ter," he concluded. "I miss the open fields and always will. But some of my best friends are people living where those fields used to be. Given a choice, I guess I'd take the people." The Lehi City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m. in the council chambers, 153 N. 100 East, as well as on 'the first Tuesday of each month ih a work session at 4 p.m. The public is invited and encouraged to attend and participate in all public meetings. on f I: Robert Bartholomew uin 5455 West 11000 North Highland, Ut 84003 Quickly becoming for North Utah County V n rrs m if Thursday, January 28th 9am to 7pm Most reasonably priced! Newly remodeled historical building at- - roads, such as they did last year on 200 South and 700 South. Other roads, he said, singling out 1200 East, 1500 North, 2100 North and Cedar Hollow Road, have risen to the top of the priority list for projects. upcoming large-scal- e Greenwood also commended the police department for their efforts in fighting crime, notably the drug problem, and said that additional personnel, and state of the art equipment, such as computers and video surveillance equip- - AMERICAN LENDING NETWORK, TITLE WEST & WESTFIELD REAL ESTATE ML "J'grc is Spoken, Continued from front page f Open House for IAL ColONanor RETIREMENT City w 768-358- With the fire came the destruction of treasured family antiques and over 100 art prints purchased over the years from friends. About ten of Mary's collection of original paintings were also destroyed. (Her original paintings of local homes were stored in another part of the home and were not harmed by the accident.) "But nothing in the house is of value compared to human life," said Mary, concerned about Snyder's injuries. As to whether they will rebuild, Mary's not sure right now. After working on the addition for over a year, it's hard to think of starting over again. "You know," she said, "those stoves weren't hurt at 311." They stand in silent mockery of the destruction which rained down around them. too-youngi-sh Robert American Continued from front page work and a studio in which to create new pieces. Now both she and Leo are numbed by the experience which they say they are simply grateful no one was killed in. It could have been so much Leo and Clint had worse. entered the studio addition to complete work on the fireplaces, when they smelled the strong odor of natural gas. Leo checked the bottom level for while Clint went leaks, upstairs where he realized an installation error had allowed natural gas to leak from one of one-headlig- ht on-boa- rd 766-182- 6 AF Library fKttM. who is always working to keep it going and helping it grow. Rippy sees the project as a community effort that can help curb youth crime and strengthen our neighborhoods. When she was getting statistics from the school district, Hesther learned there was a huge drop from eighth grade to ninth grade in the number of students who were reading below level. She thought there might be some great program there she could pattern the literacy center after, until she learned the reason for the drop was that students who couldn't read by that time in their life simply dropped out of school and were no longer included in A local grocery store reported an instance of receiving a to be bogus check from a customer. The check appeared business the of name the but drawn on a company account, and the address was apparently printed by a computer, inciand the clerk, dentally, there was no city listed on the check unfortunately, did not ask for identification. When store officials contacted the bank, they, were told that the account did not exist, and after talking to police, they were told that a man bearing the same name was currently incarcerated in the Duchesne County Jail. car for excessive speed, an Stopping a in the back seat of officer got more than he bargained for a pack of cigwith man the car was a looking arettes in his hand. Perhaps more importantly, he was also in possession of an conoutstanding warrant from Payson for $530 for illegal sumption and failure to appear. The man was booked into the Utah County Jail on the warrant. A Lehi man, originally stopped for excessive speed, was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and in possession of an open container of beer. 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