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Show I . 11 Jri-i-- Vi'";-Vi:-i.s l l I 4 - V' I ""Jij f 1 SOTEMBHi 2004 lK ' CITY EWTOR "TTiifiT- i . iTTiiiTiirrm ' ' r,xV "uTri''n -r FRANK 344-253- inllehefaldextico 6 . BOnDaily Herald Gordon Vincent of south Spanish Fork, has been busy getting his tractors ready for Payson's Onion Days parade and the Antique Farm Machinery Show in Salem. Vincent's tractors will be part of the 75 to 100 tractors expected in Salem on Sept. 11. combines, binders, engines and chain saws. "We're trying to keep alive some of the things they did in agriculture 100 years ago," said Farrell Jensen, a group member. The group has three of its own shows per year to display and demonstrate antique equipment, and it wants a permanent home. The group planned to hold shows on more than 30 acres it leases in Lake Shore, but will need the county to change its zoning ordinance to make it happen Group members Lake Shore land would become agriculture entertainment complex Machinery Association, consists of about 90 members in Salt Lake, Utah and Tooele counties. The group is part of the national Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association. Group members display their equipment in shows and parades, including the Payson Onion . Days Parade today. In addition to tractors, they display and demonstrate threshers, Amie Rose Tm Mac Haddock hope city OKs zoning change . mmmwwwb I Antique farm equipment fans if i I I I HERALD DAILY A group of Utah County residents is trying to keep agricultural traditions alive with antique farm equipment demonstrations, and it wants to use its 30 acres in Lake Shore as an agriculture entertainment complex. The club, called the Utah Antique . See TRACTORS, D5 A DIFFERENT KM) OF COURT o 7 ' JEREMY HARMONDaily Herald a good week during Mental Health Court Participants see the judge weekly to insure they are meeting with counselors and Fourth District Judge Steven L Hansen applauds an individual for having following their doctors' orders. The program is designed to treat the mentally VI for minor offenses so they don't commit more serious crimes later. ,..'" "l V M ill the ouf jail mentally Keeping v ') Justin Hill ' hoedprogrcmpre d$endmts for relatively m offenses before serious crimes land them behind bars ; 4thDistrki Judge Steven Hansen called Michael Matthews forward, referring to him by first name. "How are you, Mike?" Hansen asked "You're looking better every week. ... What's new in your life?" Matthews, who suffers from schizophrenia, told the judge he's taking classes, getting treatment and taking his medication. he wrote about, people with mental "I will surely read it, and we'll talk about it next time," Hansen said. Welcome to the 4th District Court's Mental Health Court, where applause is part ofIhe proceedings and participants are dismissed with encouraging words from the judge. The court has been under way for around six weeks, and it is still being . "Okay. Keep it up," Hansen said. Matthews then approaches the bench and hands the judge a booklet ; Elisabeth Nardi DAILY ' . HERALD DerrickWakamatsu is disap' pointed that he wont be 18 until February, four months after the . presidential election.' i "lam interested in this stuff," he said. Too bad I can't vote in this r. election. But I win vote." "i t- Already student body president at Orem High School the senior likes not only politics but the leadership challenges that come with tweaked. There are currently about a dozen participants in Mental Health Court, said Juergen Korbanka, director of adult services for Wasatch Mental Health. He is shooting for 15 to 20 people in the court. The response, so far, has been positive. People in the mental health field and judicial system said the program treats mentally ill defendants for rela 7TT" Politics is paramount for Orem High senior ' iH-- v , I I J I the job. And Derrick has become even more dedicated to leadership ; and politics since he was one of two Uah students chosen to attend Boys Nation in Arlington, Va., ear- In fact, even as a young child . ' , coiH Jerry Grover. "I think there's a need for it," said Utah County prosecutor Sherry Ra-g"And I think it can be a good Korbanka said he is reserved but '; vmm ''t'w.-ut ? I --- ' ,T . i Wakamatsu, seen here during a student body meeting ui ! OremHigh school, is the Boys Nation winner for Utah. Derrick one of two was ' selected to represent Utah I for the program, . J. g snonaored bv tion program, . . : . SeePOUTICS.DS FKANK BOTT OaUyHwaltf COURT, D3 Jill Fellow DAILY ' "vC JtheAmertam See Writing takes center stage for Pleasant Grove High students Detrkk 1 1 1 f '. Legion educa- - t - ' aa iriHWl w;- ; Derrick's dad, CHe Wakamatsu,wcwkl some- - knew tl his son do m the poHtkal arena. ' "He has aspired to be the prestdent since he was six," Charlie '. tively minor offenses before they commit more serious crimes. In addition to preventing crime, the program also saves money, since the cost of treating these defendants is less than the cost of putting them in" jail, said Utah County Commissioner . rthissummer. . ; thing for the community if it keeps these people from getting more seriously 31 and committing more serious crimes," Wasatch Mental Health is absorbing the program's costs, for the most part, and if Mental Health Court is going to continue, the county will have to get money from somewhere, Grover said. New appropriations for the court will be discussed as part of the process for next year's budget, he " HERALD Whether students at Heasant Grove High School are in the gym, the science lab or the choir room, they never get a break from writing. "Starting last year, our students had to have at least one writing assignment in every ' See WRITING, D3 jmmm KG " v.-- |