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Show OURTOWNS Dp | DailySHerald WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2006 METRO EDITOR | Joe Pyrah - 344-2586 - jpyrah@heraldextra.com } Provo Board of Ed approvesS11Mbond proposal na Chang-Yen DAILY HERALD Provo’s west side in the Lakeview neighborhood andrebuild Tit 0S Elementary at a price of $11.3 million. It would also provide about $10.6 million to remodeland upgrade schools across the district over three years. Member Sandy Packard, who made the motion that passed unanimously, wanted to makesure her constituents knew Grandview Elementary School's futureis at stake. The school would likely be closed unless the new Lakev- . The ProvoCity SchoolDistrict will askvotersin June for $35 million to build and upgrade schools and for more moneyto run a new schoolif the bondis approved. Board of Education members approved the bond proposal on Tuesday night that would provide $11 million for a new elementary school on Former UVSC student is capacity te there was ew a ling need elsewherein the district for that school, she said. She included that statement in her motion andsent letter to her neighbors on Tuesday warning them of that possibility. If Grandview and Westridge elementary schools remained opened,they wouldbe severely underpopulated, and students would haveto be bused in from other their neighborhood feel, Packard wrotein theleter, She said she wanted tolet the those residents decide by voting for or against the bond with the understanding their schoolcould be closed if the bond’s approved. The district also would ask for $1.5 million annually in voter leeway,including $400,000 for operation of the Lakeview elementary, which would be removed if Grandview was closed. The rest of the money would payforutility costs and recruiting and retaining teachers. Lakeview area resident Kevin Garver pledged the neighborhood's support for the bond and asked the board to build a large school quickly. “We will Support you in whatyou need us to do to acquire the money to be able to affordit. We would encourage you to See SCHOOL, D3 GOVERNING THE COURT charged =aE for theft Katie Ashton DAILY HERALD A former student was charged Mondaywith thethefts of $12,000 worth of UVSC projectors. Roan James Alexander Petgrave,28, faces charges of burglary, theft, disarming a peace officer, attempted theft, tampering with evidence and manufacture/ possession of burglary tools. He's accused ofstealing five ceilingmounted projectors on Oct. 8 from Utah Valley State College andselling them on eBay. Hewas arrested Jan. 28 andis being held in the Utah County Jail on $10,000 cash- only bail. In January, UVSC police responded to a security alarm indicating a projector was being handled,said college spokesman Derek Hall. Uponarrival, officers found the suspect in the hall and questioned him, howeverthey did not detain him atthat time. The officers, who knew the suspect from a previous speeding | See THEFT, D3 Defendant in sex abuse case found incompetent Michael Rigert DAILY HERALD A child sex abuse case languishing for four yearsin the court system suffered another setback Tuesdayafter a judge found the defendant mentally incompetent The judge ruled that Amber Childs, 29, of Palmyrais incompetent to proceed with the case based on the recommendation of two independent psychological evaluations conducted by the state. Judge Samuel McVey ordered Childs to report to the Department of Human Services for a ion to the Utah State Hospitalin Provo no later than Feb.13 at noon. Thomas Means Childs’ public ee told McVey thatCChilds had same-day surgery scheduled for the end of this week and that she was getting married on Friday Childs is charged with first-dept a bg Tie ee sex abuse of a child, a child and a third-degree felony tampering with a witness charge. eS sexually abused a vember I and April 2000. She is accused of telling the alleged See INCOMPETENT, D3 hit MELINDA HOM-WILLIAMS/Daily Herald H: may not be exactly ‘like Mike,’ but Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert looks fora pass at a basketball game between Capitol executives andlegislative officials at the Delta Center on Tuesday night. Herbert headlined the event, along with Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, Speaker of the House Greg Curtis and Senate President John Valentine. The event, which takes place annually, provides an arenafor cheap shots, jabs and blocksin a friendly gameof hoops. “| think a lot of people tend to minimize the effect of influenza, and yetit can be a very severeillness." Dr. Susan Mottice, Utah Departmentof Health epidemiologist ‘Doctors recommendflu shot for season's end Heidi Toth DAILY HERALD The 2005-06 season was moresevere The brunt of the flu season is over — but that's no reason to put off getting a flu shot. While coming downwith the influenza is still a possibility, state health officials say the numberofvirusincied several weeksago to | continue what has been an averageflu | | season. “It came bbout when we expected it, | it lasted about as long as we expected it to and affected about as many people robapeope 8 said Dr. Susan Motice, an with the Utah Depart of Health. 1a than the 2004-05 season, which was uncharacteristically mild. One pediatric flu-related death has been reported in the state, “They're kind of funny with the pediatric deaths especially,” said Lance Madigan, spokesman for the Utah County Departmentof Health; the medical examiner's office is now testing all pediatric deaths for the possibility of the flu, “It’s out of the fact that influenza’s now ranked in the elite category of nationally reported conditions.” The number of deaths associated with the flu will not be determined until after the season is over, Mottice said. That number, which is expected to be between 30,000 and 35,000 people nationwide,is determined when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention look at the number of excess deaths, or how mani le died that exceed the expect umber during that period. Many people whose deathsarerelated tothe flu don't die of the virus, though. Some haveserious health complications triggered by influenza, some have a weakened immunesystem because of the flu and contract pneumonia, which their body can't fight off and some arejust too old, young or sick to successfully combatthe virus. “I think a lot of people tend to minimize the effect of influenza, and yet it can be averysevereillness,” she said. The spread of the virus peaked in the last week of December, whichis slightly earlier than normal. Incidences ofthe virus have continued todecline throughoutthe state; Utah Countyis average, according to the health department. Sanpete Countyis the only countyin the state listed as above normal, Utah became the first state in the nation to report widespreadflu activity in late December, but incidences ofthe virus are nowsporadic, according to the health department. 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