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Show PI DAILY pin a A 20 to put in the lift station that & Spa. will also service surrounding More information on the y Business subdivisions. 'For years this area has been Award is available online at www Jehicity .com. Award part of the American Fork sewer system but they have recipients receive a framed L certificate and a window reached capacity now. This is part of our agreement with Interested businesses are American Fork to get off their invited to apply. system," city engineer Matt WW hi n Modi ft 2007 HERALD Famjfy-friendl- de-ca- Shippsaid. OREM LEHI I BYU film professor Dean Duncan will dive deep into the ancient annals of film history today at 7 p.m in the media auditorium of the Orem Public library to discover Treasures of the Silent Era. The host of the ongoing film lecture series at the library, Duncan helps guests explore some of the I The Lehi Community Counand mothers, visits from Mr. Ganbat. Consul General in the I The Mongolian Association of Utah will hold a Women's Day celebration today at 650 E. Stadium Ave. (LDS chapel) in Provo from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Mongolians celebrate Worn en's Day to honor womanhood, motherhood and women's rights. Even though March 8 has been designated a state holiday only within the past 100 years, motherhood has been revered by Mongolian culture for centuries, and much cil presented the first Business Awards at the Lehi Area Chamber of Commerce's meeting March 6. The nominees were Thanksgiving Point Institute; Costco; McCoy's Flooring, Furniture and Cabinets; Utah Community Credit Union; Camp March 17, the shelves will be put in by the Scout and his group. Any books left over will then be returned to the room. Until then, while supplies last, hardback books will be sold for $1; paperback books are 50 cents. Magazines will be sold for 25 cents, videos will be available for $1 and video cassette cases are 10 cents. Mongolian Embassy in Washington, and Honorary Consul for Mongolia Mr. Malan Jack-so- a For more information about the event visit www. utahmongols.com. AMERICAN FORK I The American Fork Public library, 64 S. 100 East, is conducting a sale of donated books. Those books had been placed in the room on the library's south side, under the music and folklore is dedicated jurisdiction of the "Friends of to praising and worshipping the Library." An Eagle Scout motherhood. This holiday has a candidate has undertaken a project to construct shelving deep cultural meaning in Monfor that room, so the books golia, and a special program has been prepared to celebrate have been moved to the rothis occasion. tunda for the sale. The program of the event Library staff members includes Mongolian musical will paint the room before and literary tributes to women the shelves are installed. On lions Get the full story and other newt of local interest in your community newspaper. 3 . Daily Digest COUNTYWIDE XiSAXUI Family-fri- endly FloydStagecoach Inn State Park; Metalmart; Brooks Advertising; Flowers on Main; Lehi Rippy Literacy Center; Lon W. Sorensen Insurance Agency Inc.; Lehi City Police Department; Mark A. Insurance Agency; Clear Water Solutions; Salvador Ramos Insurance Agency; Mountain Medical Urgent Care; Gifts That Lift; Taz Business Solutions; Thanksgiving Point Dental; Everything Logos; Pinnacle Chiropractic HIGHLAND I Residents on the south end of Pheasant Hollow in Highland as well as golfers on the Gal-lach- er y Golf Course will soon be impacted by the construction of a lift station and sewer connection between the golf course and the subdivision. The Highland City Council approved a bid for not more than $511,000 to the Jay Diggs Excavating Company on Feb. Tri-Cit- & Spinal Rehabilitation; Bella Spa; Talk Solutions Today; and La Villa Salon Medica-Me- d greatest drama, horror and comedy films of all time. I There will be a sale fundraiser for Cameron Sevy from 8 am to 4 p.m on Saturday at 903 S. Orem Blvd. Sevy, father of nine, was paralyzed from the chest down after a nearly fatal sledding accident on Feb. 3. PLEASANT GROVE I The Pleasant Grove Business Alliance will hold its monthly meeting today at 7:45 a.m. Larry Friis, from Zions Bank, will speak about "Financing your business." The meeting will be held at the SportsmanLions Club at 600 E. Center St. in Pleasant Grove. Lehi Free Press Pleasant Grove Review Pony Express Cathy Allred 756-766-9 Lehi, Cedar Valley, Saratoga Springs, Pleasant Grove or Undon American Fork Citizen Lone Peak Press Barbara Christiansen 756-766-9 American Fork, Highland, Alpine or Cedar Hills Orem Times Michael Rigert 443-326- 5 Orem, Vineyard Spanish Fork Press Debbie Chandler 798-101- 1 ext. 10 Spanish Fork, Salem, Payson, Elk Ridge, Woodland Hills, Genola, Santaquin The Springville Herald Pat Conover 489-565- 1 Springville, Mapleton Daily Herald Amie Rose 344-253-0 Provo, countywide Prepare to pay schools when pulling kids out for play Juliet Williams THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -T- ired of parents pulling their kids out of school for a ski trip or a visit to Disneyland, the local school system is billing them for the missed class time at $36.13 per day. That is how much the Scotts Valley district calculates it loses under a state formula that doles out school funding according to daily attendance. - r, .y X. r I chocolate;. I Stan Wilson took his two children to Hawaii for a week earlier this school year. Connor, 6, and Courtney, 8, missed community 30 miles five days of school. When the south of Silicon Valley are family returned, the Wilsons received a note from the school ease to their guilty up paying consciences. Others are refussystem asking for compensation. The letter did not specify ing, saying the request is offensive in a state where nearly how much, but it would have half the annual budget totaled more than $360. $66 billion Wilson happily gave even already is devoted to education. more, writing a check for ' "dona"I tossed it. It's a public $500. The school. I'm not going to be told tion" was a bargain compared to pay when I have my kids to the private school tuition he and his wife were prepared out," said Helene Handy, who to pay before they decided to received the explanatory letter three times, once for each keep their children in public of her children. "We've got to school, Wilson said. "We saved so much money, have a better way to pay for we decided it was fair," he our schools." said. School officials said the purSan The pose is twofold to discourMateo-FostCity elementary age parents from aiding and abetting hooky, and to recoup school system started doing the same thing a few years money lost to absences. The district ago, when Silver was an which is populated with a large administrator there. Reprenumber of high-tecspecialists sentatives of the associations and managers and had a merepresenting state and national dian household income in 2000 school boards said they had of more than $72,000 sent not heard of any other districts a letter of explanation in Janutrying to recover costs when ary to parents. It was titled "If students miss class. You Play, Please Pay." Charlotte Mutter, a member "Are the ski slopes calling? of the PTA at two Scotts ValIs the beach beckoning? Are ley schools, said the request for reimbursement is fair. you taking the kids to Disneyland midweek to avoid the "Our schools are crowds?" the letter asked. "If together and they're in portables. It's a shame. We need so, we would encourage you to reconsider. When your child every penny we can keep," she misses school, there are consesaid. "If you can afford to go quences for the student and the to Disneyland or go on a ski district." trip, maybe you can afford a In California, under a fordonation." mula that dates to the 1930s, how much a school receives On the Net: in tax dollars is based on how Scotts Valley district: www. svusdsantacruz.k 12.ca.us many students are in class on any given day. keypad Music & video player -- VZ Navigator1 capable Bluetooth stereo headset capable 99 Only J149.99 rebate. New get up to 3 FREE camera phones when you buy ANY phone starting as low as W FREE 549" activation required per phone. New price less $50 1st phone $99.99 mail-i- n rebate. New price less $50 mail-i- n activation required. well-to-d- Plus Bluetooth stereo headset capable 99 - LGVX5300 Music & video player V2 Navigator5" capable . ft- "SSI i LGVX8300 'Touch-sensiti- t J K rKtfc. t uJB.,.- Silver. In truth, the bills are merely a request; no one is actually required to pay. 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