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Show DAILY Friday, May 30, 2008 HERALD B3 Graduation Continued from Bl Timpview High HCRALD DAILY Provo High Principal Sam Ray lauded the achievements of the Bulldog class of 2008 including Trevor Tippetts, a graduating senior who never missed a day of school since kindergarten and who gave the pledge of Allegiance at Provo High's graduation ceremony Thursday. Ray commended the students for their millions of dollars in scholarship offers and several sports victories. "Even our chefs are the best in the state," Ray said. Student Body President Vanna Cox wrote an ode to her classmates inspired by Dr. 's "All the Places You'll Go." "And so it seems that high school has ended, but trust me college will remand it," Cox said. "I think of these years as four of the great. For them I thank the class of 2000 and eight." Senior Class President Emily Ojiika told graduates to look for "diamonds" in their own experiences instead of searching for 'them in far away places. Provo High School Graduates of Timpview things are required. High School remembered the achievements of their tenure as thunderbirds at a graduation ceremony Thursday. Home of the Bulldogs I No. of graduates: 389 Timpview High School Student body president Chantel Olsen chronicled the class's achievements: a 3.2 average grade point average, six National Merit Scholars, 118 honors graduates, more than $3 million in scholarship offers and at least three state athletic championships this year alone. Valedictorian Daniel spoke to his fellow graduates about the things he learned but doesn't quite know what to do with, like the definition of hyperbole: an extreme I Student speakers: Ivette Peve and Rebekah Hafen I Graduation theme: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover." Attributed to Mark . Twain Home of the I Emily Ojuka Ensign-Bickfor- Lewis I Graduation Theme: "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." Anatole France dream and believe and plan and act, do something to make things better for another person, for another culture or for a nation. Go "As you out and make the world a better place than you thing great. "We have been prepared for greatness, and now it's our turn," Sorensen said. "Let us stand up and be great." Timpview Principal George Bayles told students that they must do more than act, dream, ston Churchill in striving for noble causes. Nathan Thatcher Five hundred one graduates urged the students to reach for made th$ short walk across the goal of excellence. Merrill also gave a "Class of 2008 the stage' and into the rest of Excellence Award" to teacher their livei at the 95th annual DAILY HERALD Sam Beeson. He received the commencfement exercises for AmericanFork High School on most votes from the class Taking 13 years of public education and almost $1.5 milmembers and Merrill said he Thursday. lion in scholarships, Lehi High The theme of the ceremony was "talented, creative and School's graduating class will was taken from a quote by Ed- engaging." Beeson is known at the school for his creativity be closing the doors on its high die Robinson, the famed footschool years. in writing, including winning ball coach of Grambling State limerick contests. What they have done with University in Louisiana: "The will to win, the desire to sucthat time, however, has been and each individual's choice ceed, the urge to reach your full potential ... these are the what is to come is also in their hands, said senior class presikeys that will unlock the door American dent Chad Sloan. to personal excellence." "We have all been given the Valedictorian Conner HarpFork High same amount of time," he told er referred to other, similar the class, "and where we are keys to success. School "It has been said that the key tomorrow will depend on what we do with that time." to realizing your dreams is to Home of the Cavemen dismiss them as mere dreams Showing touching support, I No. of graduates: 501 more than 300 graduating girls and instead convince yourself of their inevitable reality," he put on masks to support fellow I Valedictorian: Conner said. "Once this barrier beclassmate McKenzie Truth Harper tween our wildest aspirations Houghton, who was diagnosed I Salutatorians: Paris with and what we perceive as our LymphoEvans, Erin Mower, ma during her sophomore year likely reality is broken down in at Lehi. Geoffrey Bodily, Nathan our own minds, then it is easily Thatcher broken down as we continue Setting the bar of bravery our progression in life." high, Houghton recently unI Graduation theme: transderwent a Principal Carolyn Merrill "The will to win, the is continuing her and said she was pleased to be able plant desire to succeed, the second round of treatment. She to recognize four salutatorians urge to reach your full instead of the usual one or plans to continue her education potential ... these are after graduation. two. Paris Evans, Erin Mower, the keys that will unlock Geoffrey Bodily and Nathan Encouraging the 519 gradu the door to personal Thatcher each gave salutatory excellence." addresses. Paris Evans said the Eddie Robinson will to win came through as the "As we move forward in students completed their tasks, life we must remember showing the desire to succeed. Erin Mower told about Shun to make our dreams our Continued from Bl Fujimoto, of the Japanese reality." Valedictorian Conner gymnastics team in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, who gets a better setup for storm Harper drainage than before, he said. competed with a broken leg. "It's a tremendous improveGeoffrey Bodily quoted Win- ment for this particular site," No. of graduates: 418 Salutatorian: Benjamin he said. As he pondered why he had stuffed his head with what seemed to him to be senseless information he realized that he had learned to become a lifelong learner, and he could do somesomething with that "A world of opportunity lies here right beneath our feet." Senior Class Presi-de- Thunder-bird- s I Valedictorian: Daniel Sorensen exaggeration. "I could go on for days with random bits of information," American Fork High School DAILY found it by accomplishing great things." Lehi High Broadband 's bone-marro- w School ating students not to sell themselves short of their potential, classmate Todd Lenhart spoke of the "millions of doors" that have opened for them. "Imagination is only the starting point for something else, everything else," he said. "After you imagine, you have to get out and explore life and all of its wonderful opportunities." Lehi High No. of graduates: 519 I Graduation theme: "Imagine, explore, be brave, discover. The world is waiting for you!" "We all have been given the same amount of time, and where we are tomorrow will depend on what we do with that, time." Chad Sloan, senior class president T Sherwood N. 650 East to enjoy public park amenities. Once the land was acquired, a designer was picked in February 2006 and a contractor in April 2007. The park represents two firsts for the city: the first public park to be funded entirely he said. from park impact fees, and the Land for the park was dofirst one to be built from start to finish by a private contracnated by LeGrand Woolsten-hulmin this case, Allstate Conwho worked out a deal tor with the neighborhood to trade struction. his lot for the one on which a Billings said the park will be an asset to the city for years smaller private park used to sit. Woolstenhulme said he was to come. "This is a place where motivated by his wife, Leslie, who responded when asked people will come to renew," he said. "This is a place where whether they should help the young people will come on a neighborhood build a new it takes." "Whatever date, and they'll probably hold park: Before Sherwood Hillside hands. I hope they won't kiss, but maybe they will. This is opened, neighborhood resi dents would have to make the a place where frustrated city trek to either Riverview Park council members will come !at 4620 N. 300 West or Timp after long meetings and walk jKiwanis Bounous Park at 3250 the trails."' e, Christmas gifts for 495 people through the Angel Tree Foundation and folded 300 pocket Continued from Bl flags for freedom week in supclass donated 213 units of blood port of American troops. Although the class has during school blood drives, raised $2,000 that provided already shown what it is immunizations for an African capable of as a whole, honored graduate Chad Jacobs tribe and donated another warned the class that such $2,000 to an African charity. Nine girls each donated 10 accomplishments aren't just handed to people, they are inches of hair for Locks of earned. Love. 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Contact us today, and n a a SICKPerhaps we can help. we can go to market," he said, noting some of the fiber connections are still under conContinued from Bl struction. remaining fiber and get Speaking in a council meetenough revenue and then pay ing this week, Thompson said off the bond and then we'd city officials "are relieved that we don't have responsibilhave a revenue stream that would benefit the city for oth- ity for the current network. We have sold it to er purposes," Gunther said. someone who has the capabilJust after the city purchased its networks, the state ity to develop it." Budget director Cathy Legislature effectively tied Jensen said the city still owes the city's hands, passing a law that cities could not retail $4,385,000 on the bonds. "We will be able to lease broadband services. As a reour fiber network and as sult, the city had to find ISPs those leases come about that forthe system. "The retailers American should get us enough revenue Fork was able to attract were to make the bond payments," p small sort of Thompson said. "That's the operators and many were un- plan. It's an emerging marable to pay for the service and ket." He said George Schade, there were a lot of delinquent the city's broadband director, accounts," Gunther said. would work toward creating In addition, the city's neta marketing and business work had been connected to individual homes with copper plan. Schade said the residents fibers, which wore out, and would not notice much of a service became unstable, he said. change in their broadband service. The two ISPs which "When it storms and lightcurrently have contracts to nings the system goes down so it is very maintenance provide the service will still be able to continue those. intensive," he said. "Basically "That company will honor we have an auto dealership with Model-- Fords trying to the ISP contracts that were in place and continue to move compete with Cadillacs and Lexuses." forward," he said. Meanwhile, American Fork Thompson said future plans has been making annual bond call for Surpha to provide adpayments of $580,000 and the ditional services. business was doing so poorly "They eventually want to offer the triple play for the that some of the borrowed bond money had to be used citizens," he said. The triple to pay the bond payments, he play includes Internet, telesaid. phone and television. "That will take some time to get "So it was a bad business some fiber to the homes. This investment from the get go," Gunther said. organization is going to work at getting fiber to the home. The city's remaining fiberoptic strands are its richest as- It would have the bandwidth set and the city hopes to begin and speed to offer all three services, I don't think the citileasing them in the coming zens are going to notice any months. "We are right near where blips at all."' mom-and-po- School I d Ensign-Bickfor- Timpview Principal George Bayles HERALD c an ODD Wayne Andersen asked how and Hazardous Waste, and cil that the water problems Jack Evans, managing partner of Presidio Capital, said mainly affected Mapleton representatives from the state because of the direction in have been heavily involved in which the aquifers flow. The ensuring the property is being flow is to the northwest, so by the aquifer's nature, cleaned up to standards. It's a process that we've Spanish Fork is largely unaffected. However, Evans said been going through step by the company is filtering the step and hand in hand with water to clean out any conthe regulating authority, tamination. which is the state," Evans The water is being cleaned said. Much of the contaminaby carbon filtration, Barnett tion comes from old settling said, which leaves the water 100 percent drinkable. The ponds which were in the area for decades before they were contaminated water moves removed by through recovery wells to a filtration system, after which For such a long period of contamination, Barnett said, it it is pumped into the pressurtakes time to completely clean ized irrigation system. the area. The company began Despite the measures taken thermal treatments of 100,000 to clean the water, Counciltons of soil from the site in man Richard Davis expressed 2006, and an additional 40,000 concern with building resitons were removed in 2007. dential homes above contamiBarnett said it does not take nated aquifers. Davis asked much heat, only a little more whether the chemicals that than a standard oven, to clean had seeped into the ground the soil. from settling ponds could Barnett said some soil seep back up through the will be remediated to a point ground. where they will be permitted "With the remediation of the site, the geotech, the fault to place residential buildings, while others will be cleaned line and everything, we've and remain open space. The already strategically placed these homes where they're open space requirements are not as stringent, but Barnett clean and safe," Evans said. assured the council that all areas in the development will be On the Web: safe for people to use. I Updates on cleanup at the A major source of concern site can be for council members was viewed at www.deq.utah. possible water contamination govlssuesEBCo. school plan and believe to achieve greatness, though all those HERALD n the water would be filtered and how they could be sure it will be clean. 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