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Show mil SECTION SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2008 METRO EDITOR HUMAN BILLBOARD I Amie Rose arosehefaldextra.com 344-253- ON CORNERS E-m- ail scam targets uccu A 'mi'r yiU j y members Janice Peterson DAILY HERALD Many Utah County residents have recently been the recipient of suspicious that are supposedly from a local credit union. --- Utah Community Credit Union FAST members have received numerous asking for personal information that could lose them a lot of money, said Dallas Proctor, assistant vice president of electronic ACCURATE services for RUIZDaily Herald MARIO Dressed as the Statue of Liberty, Twayne Need waves to vehicles on State Street in Orem to promote Liberty Tax Service on Friday. Statue of Liberty serves as tax reminder Brittani Lusk DAILY HERALD Last year, the IRS received almost 134 million individual income-tareturns, according to www.irs.gov. Twayne Neal is doing his part to make sure drivers on Orem's State Street know they don't need to fill x out those forms on their own. Whether it's sunny or snowy, Neal will be there. Most days between and April 15, the man is standing outside, wearing snow pants, work gloves and a green velour Statue of Liberty costume outside Liberty Tax Service. "I'm basically just a billboard, just y Budget, Buttars are on the mind for legislators Rette Speight DAILY HERALD 9 state budget The will be revealed on Monday, and everyone is trying to get a piece of the pie. 2008-200- Intermountain Healthcare in Provo opened its IHC Plaza doors a little wider on Saturday anticipating an increase in participants at its weekly legislative wrap-up- . Rep. Stephen Clark, said the real issue spoken about every week is the funding needed for Utah County. "We need funding for roads, our radar, funding for a study on Utah Lake, and to get that funding, we've got to make some convincing arguments that we need it." ' Sen. Howard Stephenson, said "a lot of pork" has been asked for in regards to the budget. Stephenson said he is proud of Utah County legislators for not asking for unneces inter-state- s, a human billboard, " Neal said. He's usually waving a sign equipped with handles entreating drivers to come in and file their taxes, but sometimes he just has a giant, red, foam hand. "Human beings are visual creatures, and our eyes are attracted to motion," Neal said. Neal, along with another Lady Liberty impersonators.employed by the franchise, is a chief marketing tool for the company. Greg Moser, s Neal's boss, said of the tax service's first time customers come because they saw the Statue of d three-fourth-- See STATUES, B2 B2 PROJECT DOWNTOWN PROVO Community discusses revitalization plan sary funding just because they have the power to do so. Even though much is asked for from the budget, Rep. Rethe becca Lockhart, vice chairwoman of the executive appropriations committee, said that some of that pork really is legitimate and deserves funding. Among the funding requests will be a $3,100 teacher salary increase, said Rep. John Dou-gal- l, Clark reminded the group that most of the bills talked about are treated "like they have been passed," but the truth is that most have only been passed in a committee, or the first house. "The second house is the tough sled. They take a little more time, they're more deliberative. We're telling you the progress, but the end result is a lot further on down the line," See STATE, B2 UCCU. "Basically, it's just a phishing attack targeted at the UCCU members that we've been addressing for the last week and a half," he said. ' The people behind the obtained the costumers' addresses from the black market and have sent messages telling members their accounts have been suspended or that some validation is required. Once users click on a link provided, they are asked to log in and provide Social Security numbers. and credit-car"They'll ask them for just about anything they can get, financially," Proctor said. Once information is pro-Se- e Caleb Warnock Daily herald f ' s ST5""" Tf ' ! A stew of frustration, anger, hope and goodwill spilled over in Provo on Saturday morning at a public meeting about whether Provo's downtown can be revital-ize- d and how. So many people turned out for what organizers had expected to be a smaller, quieter meeting that extra chairs had to be brought in, refreshments ran out and the meeting ran over time, to the delight of organizers hired by the city. The meeting was held in a room at the Provo Library. Three more meetings, focused on coming up with a Hst of action items, are expected to begin as early as next month. Covering part of a wall in blue and green sticky notes, business owners and residents spent hours listing examples of thriving down-Se- e fT si- r- . MARIO RUIZDaily Herald Provo community member Marsha McLean explains some of her concerns to dozens of downtown Provo community members and business owners at the Provo Library on Saturday. The Salt Lake City firm Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates ied an open discussion on the concerns and needs of downtown Provo residents and business owners. 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