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Show Page A2 THE DAILY HERALD, (ww.heraidextra.com, Provo, Utah. Friday. November 12, 1999 fP0Uw.uMT' I By ANN POTEMPA The Daily Herald Utah County PROVO will gather in the Timpview High School cafeteria, 3570 N. 650 East, Provo. The last class will focus on Fetzer said the CERT train- like she could help someone in ing complemented the neigh- need. borhood preparedness meetTd feel pressure, but I'd feel confident that I could be of ings. "The local neighborhoods Bome benefit to somebody," she had been getting organized for said. disaster preparedness," Fetzer Neighbors Uafting Provo said. "I thought the additional' 'wilrtontm'ue 'to teach emertraining would be worthwhile, gency skills after the new especially when I saw how lit- year. Watkins said community tle people knew about it." members tstill have a lot to Gunderson said the train- learn, so 6he'll continue the ing will help her feel comfort- monthly sessions on Jan. 8, able when she encounters an 2000, emergency. Before the train"They need support. We witshe'd have a lot of plans for stuff said Gunderson ing, nessed car accidents and peo that we want to teach," she said. "We want to have the Red ple fainting. "All I could do was bow my Cross corns and tsach classes. head and wish that I could We desperately need to teach help," she said. Gunderson the public about sanitation. realized she couldn't. And we need to teach them a Now, Gunderson wants to lot more about water purificatake more training. She feels tion." Booklets that explain the 3 Steps program are still sold for $3 at the Provo School District one more a national training program chance to learn emergency called CERT, which stands for Office, 280 W. 940 North. Information Is also posted on Emergency preparedness skills before the Community the Web site. Response Team. new millennium arrives. The Los Angeles Fire http:www.3steps.org. One year ago, Neighbors started CERT Department Provo started sponUniting soring monthly sessions to after the Mexico earthquake teach preparedness skills to killed thousands of people and County are teaching the seven neighbors throughout the val- volunteer rescuers in 1985, classes that go along with CERT training. She said resiWatkins said. The department ley. The community organization's program is called "3 knew many of the rescue dents would like to start a proand workers could have survived if gram in Provo after January. to Steps Family Forty Utah County resiNeighborhood Emergency they knew certain skills to use dents recently graduated from disasters, she said. Preparedness." during "" Kisi Watkins, who repreCERT in Now, the national CERT a program search and teaches sents Neighbors Springville. Phylliss Uniting program Gunderson and Dan Fetzer, Provo, said the group's last rescue, fire" suppression, medboth of Provo, will join other class this year will be held ical operations, personal safea.m. Saturday. As usual, ty and other skills. Watkins graduates at the meeting people attending the meeting said some cities in Utah Saturday. residents have . 1 DANCY Continued from A I "After 26 years of being caged, they walked to freedom but weren't exactly sure what to do," Dancy recalled. But that is only one of his many adventures. ' Quieter times And after 31 years of traveling all over the world, getting shot at in foreign countries and dredging stories from White House politicians, Dancy's life has taken a calmer turn. . He has come to BYU to teach Students of real-lif- e journalism. V Dancy hopes to bring his adventures to the young broadcasters and help them learn from his experience. I". He is instructing basic broadcast journalism and serving as of the director interim International Media Studies j! So far, his students love him. "John Dancy knows firsthand because he's experienced said Jodi Hansen, 25, a sen- j t" ior from Weimar, Calif. Paul Romer agreed. "I like John Dancy's class because he brings years of real-tjf- e experience in the business," Said Romer, who is 29, a senior from Livermoore, Calif., major-ih- g in broadcast journalism. J "John Dancy is very profesa mentor someone I sional rjan look up to and follow," said John Howe, 25, a senior from est Jordan majoring in broad- cast journalism. " Starting out small No jobs were available but they let Dancy be a "spotter" at high school football games. This entailed his watching the game and keeping his fingers on tags that listed the players' names and numbers so the real reporter could keep the numbers straight. He soon became a paid employee and then headed off to college with a bit of media expe- J i 1- A maroon car MINOR INJURY and a ..Mta uan wjArn involved in a traffic accident near 800 W. 1200 N., Orem, t; about 6 p.m. inursoay. une person requested to be taken to Orem Community Hospital for evaluation. A man riding a bike was CYCLIST hit by a car in the area of 900 East neat BYU campus Thursday afternoon. The accident broke the man's leg. No other information was available. A white Honda Accord CAR THEFT was stolen from Rick Warner dealership at 115 E. University Parkway, Orem sometime between Oct 27-2The keys were taken from the office and used to steal the car. LX y Report." That stint earned him contacts with NBC and his foot was in the door; in 1965 he entered the world of NBC news. He has anchored for "NBC Nightly News" and "Meet the Press." Dodging bullets This led him to the White "' An Olympus AUTO BURGLARY camera was reported stolen from an unlocked car while It was parked at 975 S. State Street, Orem, on Tuesday. ml Book shows how to teach Bible legally t ' NEW YORK (AP) Yes, yotf can teach students about the Bible in public schools without breaking the law. There's even S "l guide to tell you how. Endorsed by everyone froSf, Luck and hard work different stations, integration and civil rights was his middle name as the racial fracas continued. He worked in Louisiana, Alabama and finally Ohio. At the last station, he reported locally for the national NBC's 1 A CONSTRUCTION HOLE . "vw at Kama iiviiiw imh 'di intrk i'w o KstW struction site near 5665 W. 10680 North, Alpine, at about 6 p.m. Thursday She was taken to American Fork Hospital fcf treatment After attending two universities in Tennessee, Dancy started his first job at a small station in a sleepy little town in Arkansas. However, it was Little Rock, Ark. in the late 50s. The Civil Rights Movement and integration violence was in full swing. Dancy said starting out his career amid stories on racial tensions taught him a lot about life and the power of television. "By sharing pictures of an event, it was possible to transport people from their living rooms and let them see the emotions on the other side," he said. "Television is a medium " of ' emotions," he continued. "We take people to an event and give them the experience of being there." As Dancy moved on to three j OtU Kill rience. "Huntley-Brinckle- Dancy started out like many working for free in reporters an internship of sorts. At age 16, Dancy was enthralled with radio. He approached a small local station; it was 250 watts and didn't Beach much farther than the Outskirts of town. A aco US ACCIDENT dent at the soumoouna interstate 15 exit at about 6:30 Pmuo Center Street n m. Thursday resulted in two men bar Utah Medical . to Regional valley taken Center. Both were minor injuries with one having a neck Injury and the other hurt snouioei. Tnr Li 8 1 A gray Honda Civic COLLISION and a silver Plymouth Acclaim collided the intersection of Bulldog Boulevard and University Avenue at about 7:30 n m. Thursday. Lt Lynn SchofieW said the condition of two people were evaliJ ated but neitner was laxen to tne hosptl tal. Christian educators and Jewisfi BRIAN FHZGERALDThe In and out: BYU professor John Dancy video project with his broadcast journalism noon, he said. Dancy also covered the 1987 a hearings and won the among other awards Everett McKinlqy' Dirksen Prize. ... ..; Hello Happy Valley ' House as well as reporting in foreign countries during which he became an impromptu war correspondent as bat-- ; ties broke out in front of his Iran-Contr- eyes. .". ,, ; , One of his 'most dangerous assignments was Lebanon in 1975. There were no front lines; : instead snipers were everywhere. One even shot at Dancy's head as he sunned himself on a hotel balcony. "You can't cover a war without getting shot at," Dancy said. "And if you can't get to where you see and hear the shooting, you aren't doing your job." Reporting during wartime Israel in 1973 was a "surreal" experience, he said. The news crew would get up at the crack of dawn, film amid gunfire, package up the news piece, send it off on a plane, then be safe at the hotel, lounging by the pool, by early after discusses a c i... Dancy said he has visited Utah as a White House Correspondent when former President Jimmy Carter spoke in Salt Lake City. He has also frequented Utah's ski resorts; he's already bought a season pass to Park City. Dancy is Presbyterian but has enjoyed the Mormon atmosphere at BYU so far, he said. "I think he loves it here," said BYU communications department chair Laurie J. Wilson. "He is so enthusiastic and so committed and has wide, diverse contacts throughout the industry and is making a tremendous contribution," ' . Daily Herald class. Wilson said. Dancy said his wife, Ann, of 42 years likes Utah so far. They have four adult children, one of whom is a producer for NBC, They also have eight grandchildren. In his honor Dancy's teaching time at BYU will last about two years depending on when John Hughes, who is currently working as editor and chief operating officer at the Deseret News, returns to his BYU post. Dancy was formally introduced to BYU alumni, media and other invited guests at a special reception Thursday at the Deseret News in Salt Lake : City. groups to school boards and unions, The Bible and Public Schools: A First Amendment; Guide," was released Thursday, in New York. The guide lays out a middl ground between those who want Bible courses in schools to pw? mote faith and those who prefer God is never mentioned in the classroom. It encourages schools to offer courses in the Bible as literature, explain the role of religion in political and social ' nwe4 ments such as abolition, temper ance and civil rights, and expose students to the basic ideas of the world's major religions. Si '' CbnmcdAdvertbiag RttaUAdnrtniM 0 5 SrineriptmiidBttmTKffkt For Dtptrtrana FAX tat Kited ibint Hughes and the International Media Studies Program in the of Department Communications at BYU. J73-- ! Mee&mUttinjtm ri The reception was hosted by 3 Newman PuWUheff? (ISSN: 3Muraay, oy mornings, Sunday Pulitzer Community Newspapers, Inc., 1566 North Freedom Boulevard, Provo, Utah 84604. Periodicals postage paid at Provo, Utah. POSTMASTER: Sesd address changes to; The Wy Herald, P.O. Box 717. Prove Utah USPS " 84603-071- EstablblwdAfiitl,ir73. pIBLE TRIAL Continued from A 1 Continued from A 1 Billings said it would be imprudent for the ACLU to sue the city over this. "I would hope the ACLU would carefully consider their decision to seek litigation," he said. Wing said he plans to declare Bible Week, just as he did last year. And most people agree, Wing said. American : "The ACLU Criminal' Liberties Union i$ a vocal minority," he said. JJWe didn't receive one from anyone last year com-jjlai- - other than the ACLU Bible Week: Nov. WHEREAS, the teachings of the Bible inspired the Pilgrims and others to settle this great nation to escape religious persecution and to find and establish religious freedom; and let- Wing added the Bible is die No. 1 bestselling book in die world. "It is a standard by which fliost of the free democracy overnments have been set lp by," he said. J And Wing isn't about to jack down. 1 "Until someone can prove me we're wrong, we'll keep going that way," he said. 3 The Laymen's National Bible Association sponsors the Bible Week proclama-(Jon- . 25, 1999, has been proclaimed and set aside as a national holiday and a day of thanksgiving and prayers as well as a day to remember the sacrifices of the early settlers; and; system, but has also made a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a distinctive nation of people, profoundly influencing our art, lit erature, music, and laws; and the Bible, as well as other good books, have influenced the morality of this nation, and continues to provide hope, comfort, and moral guidance to millions of WHEREAS, Americans today. WHEREAS, in giving thanks for the freedoms and prosperity we enjoy as a result of the democratic government they established, we acknowledge the contribution of the Bible, especially those teachings that inspired concepts of civil government that are contained in our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States; and can copy or use as a basis for creating their own. The association is a New educational nonprofit group made up of men and women of faiths that use York-base- The group issues a Bible Week proclamation that cities WHEREAS, the Bible has not only informed our democratic WHEREAS, Nov. nt ter." 2 22-2- 8 NOW, THEREFORE, I , LEWIS K. BILLINGS, Mayor of the City of Provo, do hereby proclaim Nov. 1999, as Bible Week and encourage our citizens to participate in the observance of Bible Week by discovering for themselves the important formative influence the Bible has had, and continues to have, on our nation. 22-2- a firebreak. Officers called to the scene say the commissioner smelled of alcohol and failed field sobriety tests administered by Utah Highway Patrol drug specialists. Leavitt has said tests show Gardner's level was at or above the legal limit of .08 percent, but he has refused to release the actual results. Gardner's attorney, Mike Esplin, sought to have evidence against the commissioner thrown out because of the actions of Utah County deputy blood-alcoh- blood-alcoh- tures. The association has organized Bible Week from Sunday to Sunday of Thanksgiving week since 1941. fRICE NEWSSTAND rwtK, .. Weekdivs C...J. " ouuuay m. CTTnriBtTsnM . .ai.n t ATtfC "'' - Mail, in US.A. Oat Year a. .km) Daily and Sunday . Maa, iaUS.A. Sunday otWUT, " ' ; WY) Seven days (UT, ID, WY) rfaua rill . K 'il3.C '. '. 399H ..; ..) ID, " s .....SIMM .'. .HS1M 1 CHI to X CA sion." The case could be settled by Gmnofccd ddher, newsuerer stoatf arrive by 6:30 un. If you do not receive your,' plea agreement right up to the time of the trial. gtiaranteed. u. hv inner, nleate oil weekdays and 10 un. on acekenk Ddivery -. ForCTSBjerlptlorestam,honKdelrverJ infonnanon, or bUling mlrximition, call 513 weekdays from 6K a.m. to 5:J0 pjn. Member Audit Bureau of Ciicoiation Reports from The Associated Press were used in this story. H To place a danHed ad, ctB 373-betwafcJ am. to pm. weaUayi and SatwdayH lZnooa. om:uuajftto 6) fv Protect Your Business 8, Hebrew or Christian scrip- sheriffs who investigated the incident, but Bullock denied the motion. Utah County political leaders are waiting for a resolution of the case. "As Republicans we believe in the due process of law," said county party chairman Stan Lockhart this week. "It's premature to say anything before the courts make thejr deci- csU aiaj-advrrosin- Contingency Planning Seminar Monday, November 15 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. ' c . Hampton Inn 852W. 1250 S. 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