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Show (Oil TOWNS SECTION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. CITY EDITOR I Marc Haddock 344-258- 2004 rfibaddodffihefaldeJttra.com 6 Group devotes itself to stopping pet euthanasia Amie Rose l DAILY ' i JOSHUA BROWNDaily Herald , Two newborn kittens wait to be adopted at the Spanish Fork Animal Shelter. The new , No More Homeless Pets in Utah, a group dedicated to reducing the number of pets killed in animal shelters, is focusing on a hot spot of pet euthanasia Utah County. The organization is working on contracts with the Utah County Animal Shelter in Spanish Fork for two programs. One would keep animals that are on the euthanasia list and take them to special adoption events. The other, a first-o- f program in the state, would provide a veterinarian at the shelter ts-kind ' 'facility has been openfor more than ayear. Cars could drive local students to succeed HERALD the commissioners' agenda for Tuesday. Commissioner Jerry Grover isn't dogs! sold on one of the contracts, Utah County is an area the organization wants to focus on because though, because he's not sure Utah its euthanasia rate is higher than County would get enough of a reother parts of the state, saidNikki turn for the shelter space it would Sharp, adoptions director for No give the organizatioa More Homeless Pets in Utah. In the ' "It's not that I don't appreciate rescue groups," he said. "We can't past four years, euthanasias have gone down 20 percent around the give free anything to anybody state. without a fair market return." The organization approached The contract, as it's written now, Utah County about the programs would give the organization space in the shelter to house adoptable during spring, and now needs approval from the Utah County comSee PETS, D5 missioners. The contracts are on five days a week for discounted spays and neuters for cats and A Downhill Climb 1 Todd Hollingshead ' DAILY HERALD In nine months, one Spanish Fork High School student will walk away from the school with a diploma, memories and a free car. So will one from, Payson High . School. ; L - n ' . .. f ' And another from almost every other high school in Utah County for that matter. As part of an initiative to get high school students to make positive academic changes, Gov. Otene Walker and Ken Garff Automotive have launched a program that will give 50 students across the.Wasatch Front a free car for hard work and a little hick. "It's every kid's dream to go home with a car," said Rick FoOcerson, vice president of Ken Garff. "It's difficult to motivate a ' kid to jump through a lot of soda or a hoops for a candy bar. A car provides motivation." The program, unlike anything ever done before in Utah, will also give 25,000 students across the Wasatch Front chances to win tickets to college sporting events, symphony performances and professional athletics, among other things. . ' : This is how it works: , ; For each participating school available there are 500 for students to earn. High school s students can get the , academic improve-by showing ment through things like grade point increases, perfect attendance or reading and tutoring to elementary students. Students then submit their ' key-caronline for prizes like tickets to collegiate sports .. and, in doing so, enter to finalists for a free car, . v. Teachers and administrators win ff:', ' Jjfvfi:!. 50-ce- . - "' ' key-card- s . key-card- .Mus6iWUbs-t- CARS, ' , Todd Hollingshead DAILY Peteetneet Academy fund-rais- HERALD er to help facility purchase elevator D5 For the past five years, the Peteetneet Academy in Payson has been a second home of sorts for other disabled patrons who can't ; Spring Lake historian and votun--' . "teer Marva Loy Eggett. climb the stairs, " v; ' ' Since Aug. 15, Eggett has headBut at times, the three levels of : stairs have become too difficult ; ed up the donation-collectin- g projfor Eggett, who has been fighting ject for the hew $130,000 elevator an increasingly worsening case of J by planning community events,, i' " Parkinson's disease for the past : wcrking with local banks and .? , s, even pushing around a collection . .; 23 years. By fan 2006, the museum hopes jar in her walker during Payson's -elevator - OnionDays. to have a : that would make visiting the :i; "Most of the volunteers say academy easier for Eggett and they hope they can take a ride in . Another police officer to patrol Woodland Hills : state-of-the-a- rt , DALY HERALD Woodland Hills residents will ' now have more police protection. CoundhvomanJody Stones said the city has negotiated with I the Utah County Sheriffs Office -. to get more police coverage. For years the dry has been patrolled only four days' a week, withoffi. cerson can the rest of the time. ' " But now a second officer wiD be assigned to the city, Stones " : said The officers will still patrol the two cities about 20 hours a ' week, as they have always done, but those hours win be spread v out over seven days. Woodland Hills city councfl-- , man Todd Ruppef Said officers. V ij have always responded when v someone from the city called for help, but having two officers will mean more consistent coverage "By having two different offr; cers,ricw there wifl be a specific -officer assigned to the community more often," he said "Before we ' just had one officer and if some- one called or there was a problem, they would send someone."' - , ; ; the elevator before they take the last big ride in the sky" Eggett said Friday as she painfully climbed up the Peteetneet stairs. "They "ve had the idea for several years. Finally they dedded to let Marva Loy do it because shell get it done." ,y So far Peteetneet has collected $2,500 in donations, but it's only a start to what they need Utah Community Credit Union has - s 'r agreed to match the money raised for the project, which means museum personnel need to raise $65,000 to make the project a reality. Plans to raise the money include a celebrity golf tournament, a Mayor's BaU and a program called Pennies for Peteetneet, in which students from the five Payson elemental schools win compete to collect coins. "No one collects pennies anymore, so we might as well," ' Eggett said ' The new elevator, if buflt, ' at or the Peteetneet Academy at 465-942- the separate owners to seU at the same time. Gardner decided to buy the land once both plots became available, After 17 years of waiting and planning, developer David Gardner even though he hadn't yet run his plan for the land past the Provo plans to start work this fall on a $16 million condominium develop City Council. The council approved ment at the north end of Freedom t ( r the DuiWing earlier this month. ' Boulevard 'w ,"I think the councfl felt it was a The upscafe Trellis on the Green, ' quality product," he said though he admitted he was nervous about the , mtendedforempty-nesters,wisoon be overlooking the third and presentation. fourth boles of the Riverside Coundry Ccwndlman Dave Knecht V :.;U said he couldn't find anything ' try Club. Gardner has been hoping to de- wrong with the development and velop the property, occupied by ' liked the proximity to area busi-two homes, since the late 1980s, but !l See CONDOS, D5 until recently he wasnt able to get DAILY K.J I 1 HERALD . !;: , Courtesy Imag arfisf s ration of Trt on the Green, a hih-encondominium, development p be '; constructed near Riverside Country Club in Provo. " ' ; An Loy Eggett 465-982-4 See ELEVATOR, D5 David Randall It People who are interested in the Peteetneet elevator project can contact Marva condomiium to be putujpriear Provocbuntryclub ? 'AC To donate Hi d, . I. J; BOTTDaily Herald get a lift 6 be-co- See FRANK ( Payson resident Will Puhrer, left, watches his close friend Marva hoy Eggett work her way down the second floor stairs of the Peteetneet Museum. The facility lacks an elevator buU with tty help of the community, office A. 1 .V J ' 7: . |