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Show Page 2 Nephi, Utah je Wednesday, September 9, 1998 fJi0CH0 PGgSgOgkO GKTJGPdcd 3dk7GI? DGGK7GD1 Zk"J0?Gj Richard "Rick Schnurr, Mona, received the Silver Beaver Award from the Utah National Parks Council recently. The Silver Beaver Award is scoutings prestigious award for leaders who have devoted many years of time and service to the Boy Scouts ofAmerica. The Silver Beaver Award is presented annually to a limited number of registered Scouters by the Utah National Parks Council. It is the highest award a council can bestow and is for noteworthy service of exceptional character to boyhood. Those receiving the award have shown exceptional service to boys over a period of time or by a significant act of service. Schnurr first became a scout leader soon after he was married when an adopted son was a cub scout in Oregon. He has since been involved in scouting wherever he has lived Oregon, Springville, Orem and Mona. Rick does not have to be asked to do things, he volunteers. He does the extra things: like making a plaque for his ward to post which has all the Eagle Scouts in the ward (past included), read presenters when making the award. In addition, Schnurr goes to watch his scouts participate in school activities, picks up supplies or awards at the scout office, makes certain all boys are receiving wards and is enthusi- He has served and helped a great number of boys receive their Duty to God Awards and achieve their Eagle Scout Awards. Schnurr has been a Blazer Leader, a Scoutmaster, and Ex- - Rick Schnurr miles), the World Jamboree in Canada, and to the National Jamboree and has helped countless scouts receive Eagle Badge Awards. Schnurr is currently on the Mona City Council, and has been on the Planning and Zoning Board in Orem and was a homeowners Association President for seven years. In addition, he has been a Little League Coach and Commissioner. He has been a Young Mens President four times, a stake mission president, Elders Quorum President and Councilor, a councilor in a bishopric, a ward and stake clerk, a stake Young Mens President two times, a councilor in the Young Mens organization, a Seventies President, and a High Priest Group Leader. He has been a member of the Kiwanis, the Key Club, and the Jaycees. He works for the Daily Herald, has worked for Burrelles, and worked as an educator. He has received the employee of the year award. He and his wife, Shawna Kay Schnurr, are the parents of three children: Shannon, 29, who is ah Eagle Scout, Joshua, 7, and plorer Advisor, a Webelo Leader, an Explorer CC, was an I Rep and has been a bishopric member over scouting. He has attended Eli and Little Philmont TVaining, and has re5. ceived basic training for Cubs, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Ml. Nebo Thriftway Explorer Scouts. He has received the Wood with Badge, the Philmont, the Second In Miler, the District Award of Mer- Governor's Office God On his to his astic. Award, Gift of it, Share Duty He helps coach and referee My Honor Adult Award, and the Knowledge Program basketball games, and helps with Order of the Arrow. Associated Food Stores has other scouting organization he is Schnurr has taken scouts on teamed with Governor Mike the Cascade Trail Hike (106 not involved with. Leavitt in Septembers Share the Gift of Knowledge program by providing book and magazine collection sites at each of their more than 300 Utah stores. September is National Literacy Month and the Share the Gift of Knowledge project is a state- wide book and magazine drive donated reading maten- als are given to various commu- nity resource centers. Mt. Nebo Thriftway, 965 North Main, Nephi, will have a collection box located near the entrance of the store or donations. The Governors Office will disAm-berl- teams the Area Forecast National VJfpathcr Service From the Internet tribute the reading materials through a joint effort with the Utah PTA, the Adult Education Department, the Utah Depart-ment of Corrections, Adult Literacy Programs and Senior Centers. Community members are encouraged to donate new and used books and magazines at any of their local Associated Food Stores. Additional participants in the book and magazine drive are the Radio Simmons Group, Kimberly-ClarShasta, National Home Advantage and several state agencies, including the Utah State Office of Education, the Adult and Family Literacy Group, as well as the Coalition for Utah Families. 1 Wednesday... with scattered mainly afternoon thunderstorms. Windy Highs in the 80s to lower 90s. Extended forecast Thursday... Windy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. 55-6Highs in the 80s. Lows 5. Friday... 5. Saturday... Fair. Lows 40-5- 0. . k, Partly cloudy and cooler. A chance of showers mountains and east. Lows Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. 45-5- Highs 75-8- 5. Nephi weather Levan weather Norma Sherwood, reporter y, Alfred Godek, reporter LdujChOgS OeOO We by no means, want city residents to think we, as a council, are endorsing the practice because we have been somewhat lax during the past summer in calling for enforcement of our ordinances, said Chad Brough, mayor. In addition to the problem the city council sees in having un--' used vehiclescparked on the city think a Call: (435) 623-052- 5 FAX: (435) 623-473- 5 5 for subscription, news or advertising INTERNET timesnewsnebonet.com gibsontnnebonet.com Nnri, R 0. Bos 77, Nephi, Utah 84648 Deadlines: News and advertising, dose of business, Monday prior to publication. When a holiday falls on Monday, the deadline is the Friday prior to publication. Subscription prices: Sis months, $16 in or out of Juab County: one year, $21 in $26 outside Juab County, payable in advance. No subscriptions accepted for lees than sis months. Single copy price, 75s. Juab County. Advertising rates available upon request. All articles and photographs submitted for publication are subject to editing and only will be used if the editor deems them newsworthy. The editor re- ins right to hold submitted news items for space reasons. re -- to use the. street as an OHV track .' and this creates an unsightly mess, said Brough: During the winter months, and during the times when the city streets are being repaired, said Brough, residents needed to be careful to move unused vehicles from the city It is Brough . said .he thought difficult to move snow around Brights idea of having the police unregistered vehicles parked on officers take advantage of an as- city streets. It seems to be a continuing sembly at the high school and middle school to explain the problem, agreed Richard rules surrounding the use of the council member. OHV streets in the city would be A lot of residents moved traila good idea. ers and old, unused vehicles from They should have a D.A.R.E. the city streets on their own afDay at the schools soon, and that ter the last article was published would be a good time to have the about it, said Jim Wilkey, counpolice also explain the OHV or- cil member. dinance, said Brough. Brough agreed. We need to Nephi City Council members encourage residents to move requested Nephi City Police their vehicles, he said. crack down on all owners of unPolice will be requested to, once and vehicles travel registered again, ticket those who are in vitrailers parked on the city olation of the city ordinance. streets for more than two weeks. 15 or so Another problem, he said, was that underage drivers did not honor the ruling that they must be accompanied by a licensed driver whenever they took their OHV out for a ride. They must always be accompanied, he said. -- right-of-wa- y. Pax-ma- n, O reHaem 0 030m So you wanna be in pictures? insiders. But many films never make it to a theater, let alone television or video distribution. Even if a film succeeds at the box office, financial backers usually ers let on. Indeed, according to are the last to recoup their inthe Federal Trade Commission, vestment from the project. Pitchinvestment opportunities in the men also hawk the profits to be entertainment industry may made in special interest televisound glamorous, cutting edge sion programming. But the sucand cant-misbut films, info- cess of any new network venture mercials and the Internet are requires a rare combination of among the most risky of ven- creative programming, an abilitures. ty to get access to cable systems Potential investors need to be and an ability to draw viewers on the alert for grifters who take and advertisers. their money and promise the In addition, fraudulent gold, glitz and glitter we all as- telemarketers are marketing sociate with the entertainment opportunities to invest in Interworld, said Jodie Bernstein, D- net gambling operations and the irector of the FTCs Bureau of occasionally profitable world of Consumer Protection. Unfortu- infomercials part of the direct response innately, titanic profits are reserved for very few investors or dustry. Potential investors in cygroups of investors generally, bercasinos should know that Inpeople who know the industry ternet gambling is not legal in very well and who take a very any state and that fraudulent cautious and studied approach to promoters traditionally overstate the profitability of casinos. investing." Promoters often invite con- As for infomercials, legitamate sumers into the lucrative world industry members estimate that of entertainment with promis- only one infomercial in 30 is suces of projects that have already cessful in generating enough ' generated profits for industry sales of the featured product to s, 623-019- reg-whe- streets, are those problems caused by residents of the community having several abandoned vehicles on one lot. Several, personal. lots seem 0G0G?08 C2S(pm?8 tte-j- Opportunities for investors abound, but many of them are far less entertaining and far more likely to fail than their promot- Allan R. Gibson, Publisher Mariann C. Gibson, Editor Myma Trauntvein, Correspondent Nephi, gat bunch of the kids would go along with the ulations if they knew what they were said xjoyd Bright. But most, of them dont know, what the regulations are because no one has told them what they are. He said often parents just assumed their young people knew what the regulations were but had never taken time to explain. the restrictions to them. The information may not be being passed along to the kids, he said. His wife, Marilyn, reported that several young people were riding low and fast along city streets. My observation, since we passed the OHV ordinance, is that we have seen more violators than there were before, said Chad Brough, mayor. We cant have the ordinance abused. It is time now to have officers actually issue a ticket. He said he knew there would be a learning curve but after one month, in his opinion, police of--1 ficers should be requested to is- - fast-growi- 8o borra make any money for investors. 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