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Show QUR TOWNS D Dailys Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2006 METRO EDITOR Joe Pyrah - 344-2586 - jpyrah@heraldextra.com USINGTHEIR RELIGION BYU professors happysharing beliefs Anna Chang-Yen DAILY HERALD tute survey that shows that more faculty at BYU report overall job satisfaction than do their counter- BYU faculty are a contented bunch, and someprofessors say it’s because they can share their beliefs with their students. | | Brigham Young University recently shared the results of a Higher Education ResearchInsti- parts at other American institu- tions. Of morethan 1,100 BYU faculty who responded to the survey, 89 percent rated their job satisfaction as very satisfactory or satisfactory. At other privateinstitutions, 80 percent of respondentsfelt the same way, compared to 75 per- centat public Ninety-two percent said they weresatisfied with the quality of their students, compared to 78 percentat other private schools and 52 percentat public schools. And 67 percent of BYU’sfaculty said ary and benefits, compared with 56percentat private schools and 47 percentat public schools. Arnold H. Green, a history pro- fessor who's been at BYU for21 years, said professorslike being able to blendtheir religious beliefs into their teaching. they weresatisfied withtheir sal- See BYU, D3 ROBB COSTELLO /Daily Herald Scott and Connie Ormond walk through the American Fork cemetery on March18: Thepair takesa four-mile walk wheneverthey can and Scott Ormond said, “We comethrough the cemetery becauseit is so peaceful.” AF. Center Street trail plansrevised Barbara ee NORTH COUNT After residents argued it was unsafe, American Forkis taking anotherlookatplans for a trail. Initial plans called for the 1.5-miletrail to run along Center Street from 600 North to Greenwood Park on the north side of the freeway. But at a recentpublic hearing about the plan,residents said they thought the trail was a promptingthe city to go back to the drawing boar« Resident Paul Menlove said a study ofa similar trail in Palo Alto,Calif., showed streets with bike paths carried 15 percentof thecity’s bicycle travel, but had 70 percent of the reported acci- dentsinvolving bicycles and motorvehicles. Several residentsex- pressed concern about the safety ofthe south end of the trail, whereit turns onto400 South, running from Cen- ter Street to 100 East, then : Speak up | Residents may still commenton the projectuntil April’3. To com- ment, call UDOT tis || Broieet snanaaer reer oe i ne Mall Wworownengineer- | & MATT SMITH/Daily Herald | | ing.com oF mail toward the freeway. That to MW Brown Enportionofthe trail would gineering,Inc., be adjacent to heavy traffic 31S. 400 West, and school buses coming Orem, Utah from andgoing tothe Alpine | 84058. | rict bus garages. | | “Thereis traffic going acer) back andforth all the time now,” said Leroy Webster, whose homefaces 100 East. “I would worry about kids and buses. I would takeit another block east and gorightinto the park.” But the trail must take that route ip order to eventually go under the freeway, said Howard Denney, director of public works. “When the Heeeeyis redone,we will have a wider crossing there,” he said. Tobuild the trail, the city would removethe existing sidewalk on 100 East from 400 South to 500 South and replace it with a 10-foot wide asphalt path, a fivefoot landscayped area and newcurb and gutter, he said, On 400 South, the trail would be on the south side ofthe road, separated from theexisting pavement by five feet, with a bridge south of the existing bridge over the American Fork River. From 200 South to 350 South, the trail would be on See TRAIL, D3 Ce tion zone: A up of ¥ d Hills residents work to securea truss as they help to build a section of the town's newfire station, Friday afternoon. The town has had more than 100 residents volunteer to help with the construction of the new facility has had more than 7,000 man hours donatedsincethe start of the construction in September. ‘Batmanand Robin’duoservein building community center Katie Ashton| oavy wera. Lee Tinley can bendnails and make sawdust — andthat’s what theretired farmer-goneconstruction volunteer offers Woodland Hills every week. Nicknamed Sawdust,Tinley, 75, volunteersfive to six days a weekhelping his fellow neighbors build a community center for WoodlandHills. As an extension to the existing fire ae this remodeled building will house officesforcity officials, a meeting area, a small kitchen and increased roomforfire and maintenance equipment among otherthings. “If I'm Batman,he’s Robin,” Project ManagerBert Cherry said of Tinley’s work. Cherry,a retiredfire chief from California,said he saw a need for a community center anda larger spaceto housefire equipment: Sincelast spring, Cherry has been onthe project site working side by side with volunteersto build a city center that will, hopefully, bring the west side and east side of WoodlandHills closer. WoodlandHills is split into sides because of LDS warddesignations, hesaid, and without a city center the community has remained divided. The budgetforthe building, which is on WoodlandHills Drive, is a mere$.5 million, Cherry said. Butthecity can’t affordto hire construction workers to complete the project. Through Cherry and the other volunteer's determination andtenacity,this effort will save the city more than $700,000. “It's amazing the people that comeout of the woodwork,” Cher- ry said ofthe 110 volunteers who have helped log morethan 7,000 “It’s amazing the people that come out of the woodwork.” Bert Cherry project manager See CENTER, D3 Utah County senior services to stay with MAG Appealof second decision may be unlikely ” Alan Choate DAILY HERALD decision was appealed to the federal Administration on Ag- igand recently upheld, Utah County’s nearly yearit means MAGwill conlongquest to take over senior tinue to administer services services from the Mountainland like Meals on Wheels, health Association of Governments is education ahdlegal and nursing at an end for now. services for Utah, Wasatch and County leaders sought to ‘Summit counties. make the county government “Myindications are that it’s the designated “ag onagnot intended to be pursued furing”for Utah County, the’ —_ther atthis point,” Utah County ition was turned down at Commissioner Larry Ellertson the state level in December. The said. ie The county could appeal the decision todistrict court, but that’s not likely, said Commis. sioner Jerry Grover. “T’m not so inclined,I don’t think it would slpae) anything forus,” he said. The county could still reapply to pursue the changein the future. Clarity is really what the —_county wanted inappeaiiig the __state’s decision, he added. “Certain elements inthe de- a When programs are being changed, op governmentisnt always that good at changing.” g ging. Jerry Grover Utah County commissioner nial weren't clear,” Grover said. For example,the state Aging and Adult Services Division decision said that the changes WWAW.HERALDEXTRA.COM —CALL 375-5103 TOSUBSCRIBE|. and improvements the county wanted to make could be done through MAG— changing the service provider wasn’t neces- needto be takento improve and expand Utah County’s senior offerings. “Wehavebeenrecognizing sary. that there are-somethings that does “necessary” mean? What's the standard? That’s still “nebulous,” he said, andthe county mayseekclarification throughthe state rulemaking process. “When programs are a changed, governmentisn't Ee that good at changi he said. Inthemeantime, steps,do been doing,” Ellertson said. “That's ne ’s fault except thatthis is an evolutionary process.” Commissioner Steve White said MAGhadidentified senior projects totaling $600,000, andthatthe nextstepis “the process of MAG and Utah But what, Grover asked, need to bedone that we haven't See SENIORS, D3 rer] |