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Show SECTION SUNDAY, MAY 13, METRO EDITOR W Joe Pyrah 344-258- 6 2007 jpyrahheraldextra.com Salt Lalte to train at Thanlisgiviiig Point Mass grading already completed for field least several years, and possibly longer, he said. RSL representatives presented plans to Lehi city for the Major League Soccer training field land is owned by Xango. inlateApriL Xango, the official Real jersey "I finished it last Friday," Fenn said. "They're sponsor, is a key player in the move to build a getting ready to put in the sprinkler system, put RSL training field in Lehi. in the topsoil and the sod" "We're still finalizing the agreement and you will have more information in the next two RBI Inc., based out of Draper, is the general contractor for the project. weeks," Xango spokesperson Allie Bowman but we're working tosaid. "We are still wrapping up the contract. "It's pretty ward the end of June to have it completed," said That's all we want to say right now because we Robin Ralphs, RBI president and owner. are still finalizing up the details." For now, Xango leaders are taking a low-The team will use the field for practice for at Cathy Allred NORTH COUNTY STAFF While the Real Salt Lake soccer team's stadium has found a home in Sandy, it appears they will train in Lehi at Thanksgiving Point. Dave Fenn of D&D Excavating of Lehi has already completed mass grading for a soccer field situated south of Xango's corporate offices at the Thanksgiving Point Business Park. The fast-trac- Concert to benefit Utah's key approach to the announcement about the field, hoping to have a media blitz on June 1 with Real team members as guests during a groundbreaking ceremony, according to Bow- man. City leaders have not seen the soccer field plans because it wasn't necessary, according to Lehi planning staff. Xango presented the plans to city staff on the Development Review Committee. "Basically, because it's not a building," said See REAL, B3 Celebrating Prehistory week V WWII veterans Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAFF 4 A Utah County based organization whose sole mission is to send. World War II veterans to see the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, is putting on two concerts so that 130 veterans can make the trip this month. Hero Flight, founded by Maple-to- n resident Paul McSweeney, organized a trip that sent nearly 200 veterans and a companion on a tour of the memorial last Veterans Day. The popularity of the experience led other veterans of the war from around the Beehive State to register for this year's trip, slat-- , ed for Friday and Saturday. On this month's trip, the group will participate in a solemn wreath-layin- V I"? - h o's; a. I - "Instead of giving a history lesson, we f I a : . . wanted to show the I ' ' ?'"'' ' ' ' ' human story." r " - - - v V- MARIO RUIZDaily Herald Rob Gardner Paola Raquel Jimenez pulls Kama fur out of a brush at the Hutchings Museum in Lehi on Saturday. The Hutchings Museum hosted events Saturday for Prehistory Week, with llama and bird presentations, a fossil lecture and a presentation on Native American culture. ld concert creator g ceremony at the memorial complete with a regiment of honor guard bagpipers, attend the U.S. Marines' Sunfit Parade, and take a r bus tour of Washguided Museum teaches about American Indians four-hou- ington. Through donations, fundraisers and sponsorships, Hero Flight pays for the veterans' airfare, lodging and meals on the trips. Escorts who accompany the veterans must pay their own way, approximately $900. Twenty of the veterans signed up for this month's trip are from Utah County, McSweeney said, mostly from Orem and Provo. "We've got a waiting list a mile long," he said. "We could do another trip the day after if we had the resources." To help finance this month's trip and future similar excursions to the memorial, Hero Flight is holding one was two benef it concerts over the weekend in Ogden and the other is May 26 at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theater in Orem. See CONCERT, B2 CALEB WARN0CK L J l Daily Herald J ore than 300 people came to the John Hutchings Museum of Natural History in I Lehi on Saturday for the final events of Utah's Prehistory Week celebration, part of a statewide effort spanning several museums. Guests attended lectures on Plains Indian culture, the ice age, and fossil hunting, saw a live birds of prey demonstra( jVlJ GEORGE KNOWIDEN OF SALT LAKE City spoke on Plains Indian culture, and encouraged those gathered to spend less time in front of their televisions and more time out of doors being curious about the natural world. "Every day you have to learn something or it's a bummer day," he said. "I'm going to make it a good day for you today." In addition to showing examples of Crow Indian clothing and ritual objects, he demonstrated drumming and taught some sign language. American Indian culture teaches us that rather than squishing ants or flattening a spider, we become educated when we take time to observe a spider spin a web or watch an ant at work, he told those gathered. County apartments use new tactics to attract students they want to live there," Freeman said. Happy renters come back in The Lodges at Genwood are subsequent semesters, bringfilled with amenities like a grill, ing their friends and ultimately Jacuzzi, outdoor pool and sand more rent. According the Census Buvolleyball courts. The complex hosts parties with reau, young adults moved more drinks and tenants play by the than any other age group. Thirty percent of 20- - to pooL In the summer there are told the census in 2003 also movie nights in the lounge that they had moved in past and basketball tournaments. Owner Dave Freeman said percent of year. Twenty-eigh- t 25- - to he offers those amenities beresponded the same way. That's twice cause he wants to tell the residents that they are appreciated. the national rate of geographic It also doesn't hurt if it mobility. The most popular times to tempts them to stay or move move in Utah County are April back into the place after a and August, the end and besummer break. With tens of thousands of college students ginning of semesters. Though in the valley, landlords do what Freeman, who also owns two they must to keep them coming other complexes, said students are always moving in and out. back. "In reality, the happier we See APARTMENTS, B3 make our residents the more T Brittani Lusk DAILY HERALD crafts such tion, and children got to pet. llamas, ferrets and make American Indian-theme- d as pinch pots and dream catchers. . "We have to be curious about everything around us," he said. "It's important." Ben Woodruff of Skymasters Wildlife Foundation brought children and adults into the world of the ice age by showing stuffed and live examples of modern animals that lived See PREHISTORY, B3 Area letter carriers collect food donations Caleb Warnock DAILY "if MARIO RUIZDaily Herald Glenwood Apartmtnts in Provo off en discount spring and summer contracts as well as swimming pool, volleyball and billiard amenities for its tenants. Student housing complexes offer similar deals to attract students during the busy moving season. . HERALD "It would be a sad day if people came in and we said we had no food." So spoke Jim Thomas, director of the Provo-baseCommunity Action Services food bank, on Saturday evening as thousands of pounds of donated food were loaded into warehouses here. More than 50,000 pounds of food had been dropped off by letter carriers, who collected the donations along their routes across the county on Saturday, Thomas said. Officials expected donations to continue to flow to the food bank throughout the evening and also on d Monday. Eventually, 150,000 pounds of food were See FOOD DRIVE, B3 |