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Show SECTION THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. CITY EDITOR I Marc Haddock New schools planned for Nebo District growth," said Sorensen, who has worked wkhin the district for more than 25 years. "We're grateful for the citizenry that passed the bond for these new schools because it's critical to the growth that we're experiencing." The first three elementary schools will be completed by spring 2006 and will be named Aspen Meadows Elementary (Spanish Fork), Foothills Elementary (Salem) and Orchard Hills Elementary (Santaquin). The new elementary schools will help take the brunt of increased populations when are moved down from middle schools to elementary schools in the fall of Todd Hollirtgshead DAIY HERALD Nebo School District isnl wasting any time putting its $140 million bond to work to alleviate what Superintendent Chris Sorensen calls "maxed out" district schools. Starting in February 2005, the district will begin construction on three $8 million elementary schools in Spanish Fork, Salem and Santaquin, the first of 10 new schools to be built within Nebo in the next decade. Those projects will be coupled with the construction of a $14 million junior high school in Mapleton. That construction will begin in March 2005. ' sixth-grade- Construction timolino February 200 5: Construction begins on three schools Aspen Meadows Elementary (Spanish Fork), Foothills Elementary (Salem) and Orchard Hills Elementary (Santaquin) March 2005: Construction begins on Mapleton Junior High See NEBO, Maple Mountain High School Fall 2007: Sixth grade drops from middle schools to elementary schools Fall 2008: Salem Hills High . School completed Fad 2009: Maple Mountain High School completed Fab-Marc- July 2006: Completion of Mapleton Junior High Fall 2006: Junior High, elemen "We're building schools where the most growth is," said Nebo spokeswoman Lana mhaddockOhefaldextra.com firmer football 2007: Construction begins on h 2006: Completion of three elementary schools rs 2007. Sorensen said the new schools are absolutely necessary as the district is growing by 1,000 new students a year. "Nebo is experiencing unprecedented tary schools open for operation 2006: Construction begins on Salem Hills High School 344-258- 6 2004 C3 Nostalgic Flyer player appears in court Whalen loses final year of eligibility Justin DAILY Hill HERALD The legal proceedings against former Brigham Young University running back Marcus Whalen have cost him his final year of college football eligibility. Whalen, who with former teammate Breyon Jones has been charged with felony robbery and misdemeanor counts of simple assault and false statements to police, had plans to play ball at Southern Oregon University. He is no longer going to attend the school, however, because of the court proceedings. Whalen said he can't play football with a felony pending against him. "I'm not going anywhere now," Whalen told reporters outside the courtroom Wednesday after 4th District Judge Lynn W. Davis scheduled a preliminary hearing in Whalen's case for Oct. 13. The preliminary hearing screens felony cases by determining whether there is enough evidence for a trial See C3 WHALEN, Committee tours Photos courtesy of The Arizona Wing , This World War II B-- bomber, The Sentimental Journey, will be on display with other WWII vehicles and planes at the Provo Municipal Airport this weekend. WWII history to be displayed at Provo airport David Randall DAILY Commemorative Air Force, based in Texas, handles some 160 World War II planes that are stored throughout the world. Visitors can look through the plane for a suggested donation of $5 or take a flight for $395, provided four others can be found that are willing to pay the same fare. Visits will run from noon to 8 p.m. on Friday and 9 am to 8 p.m. Saturday through Monday. "People by the thousands show , up to these (war plane shows),said Don Norton, a retired Brigham Young University professor who studies and collects oral war history. "There's just a tremendous interest in World War II aircraft." HERALD It may guzzle 200 gallons of fuel and cost $2,000 per hour in the air, but members of the Com- memorative Air Force are convinced that keeping their vintage World War II 7 bomber airborne is well worth the effort. Sentimental Journey, a semi-trucof an airplane, now spends summers flying to 60 cities across the country and will be stationed at the Provo Municipal Airport this weekend along with other World War II planes and vehicles. Sentimental Journey was restored to its World War II glory -by the CAF in 1982 and is one of about a dozen of its type in the world that are still airworthy. The n, k See WWII, L""I,L " in ii in ii.ii Mini i.Wiiii " iii ..uimi.ui in X & t j, 'V h . During WWII, a ball turret gunner viewing the targetwatches as a C3 falling bombs, plunges out of control B-1- 7, damaged by schools to assess building quality Jill Fellow DAILY HERALD The quality of a school building makes a difference in the behavior of the students, said Philip Lott, the Provo School District director of facilities and buses. "I used to think that if you had a good principal and a good teacher, kids could learn in a barn," Lott said from Spring Creek Elementary, Provo's newest school, while on a tour of Provo schools Wednesday. "But it is not true. Those same kids that we brought over here from Maeser who used to write on the walls and mess in the bathroom well they are here and there is none of that." Lott accompanied members of the Provo School District master plan committee on a bus tour of the See BUS, C3 County gets tentative OK to build road in Provo Amie Rose ,' DAILY HERALD , . A 4th District judge ruled Wednesday that Utah County can take immediate oo ' cupancy of property or a road connecting University Avenue and Canyon Road in Provo, but then stayed that decision 20 days while the property owners file a petition for appeal with the state Supreme Court. The road would use about 2H acres, running through the north end of a acre property called Spring Canyon, which is an island of unmcorporated property in a sea of city land. Provo city already owns the property it needs for the road on either side of this property The road is in Utah County's master plan. The property owners, who keep sheep on the property oppose the. county's at a tempt to take the land for a road process called condemnation. An appraisal says that the county should pay $600,000 for the property and severance damages for the condensation. Fourth District Judge James Taylor made the decision Wednesday afternoon after denying a motion from the property owners that would have ended the condemnation case. He heard arguments on the occupancy motion over the objection of Dayle Jeffs, attorney for the property owners, who wanted Taylor to wait at least 30 days before hearing arguments on the motion. But the decision wasnt the final ruling in the case. It only grants Utah County. ' after the the right to start construction 20-dstay provided the state Supreme Court doesnt allow an appeal. Provo already tried to condemn trie land ay for the road, but the state Supreme Court ruled earlier this year the city couldnt take property outside of its boundaries. That case was sent back to the 4th District, and nothing has been done in the . case since then. "(Provo) had the arrogance to build to the edge of the Spring Canyon property," Jeffs said. "They're drcurnventmg the ruling of the Supreme Court." Before the ruling, Jeffs said that dam-- , ' ages to the land could be irreparable if road ccnstruction starts and a judge later rules the county cant condemn the property. The owners run a sheep operation on the property, with more than 300 sheep. Hal Hintze, representing Utah County, said there were no sheep on the JOSHUA BROWNDaily HeraM detour riga marta the intersection of 4800 South and University See ROAD, C3 Avenue. 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