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Show a Daily d Herald SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2006 METRO EDITOR| Joe Pyrah - 344-2586 - jpyrah@heraldextra.com City, residents reach noise level compromise forcannon Caleb Warnock schoolgroups visit mise as tourists walked back and Saturday's tests got off toa A half-ounce,tops. Membersof the Fairfield Town Council met with CampFloyd of- ficials and representatives of the Utah Civil War Association on Saturday afternoon to shoot gunpow- der from a one-third scale Napo- Jeon cannon until] everyone could agree on an acceptablenoise level for future cannon demonstrations. MATT SMITH/Daly Herald Fire away: Kris Larson, at left, watchesas Russ Neff, center, and Mark Trotter, prepare acannonto befired, in Fairfield Saturday afternoon. Some Fairfield residents have concerns about how loud the cannon can be and wouldlikeit to be quieter if possible. In October, after a Fairfield resident complained that frequent can- nonfire was disturbing livestock, Officials of Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park placed a moratorium onusing the cannon when forth to visit the park restrooms and a groupofvisiting scouts ate rocky start when Mayor Lynn Gillies arrived at the park with cop_ies of state nuisanceordinances, their lunch nextto the cannon. Council members quickly agreed which he said proved the town. could prosecute the park with a that a half-ounce was the most they ing residents if too manyresidents complained. But once everyone gathered in The council has nojurisdiction overthe state park, but park offi- would allow state parkofficials to shoot off for schoolvisits. Class B misdemeanorfor harass- cials have been working with town the park for test firing, the mood turned jovial andjokes were told officials as a goodwill gesture and said several times on Saturday that the future successof the park depends ona good relationship with the town. In a compromise, an exception back and forth. After testing quarter-ounce,half-ounce, three-quarter and ounce charges, council members, park officials andcivil war association membersstood around See NOISE, B5 a picnic table to hash out a compro- ‘The road to recovery Slight of hand BYUstudent — one paw at a t] me raises pageant fundsafter her Brenda Armstrong| nats county starr On March2,3-year-old Riley — a bordercollie trained as a therapy dog for special education students in American Fork — was hit by a car. His sinuses were shattered,his muzzle and jaw broken, someteeth knocked out. . owthestu- n Forkare hopingtheir AILY HERALL Miss Utah USA Soben Huon got little lost in transition. The Brigham Young University senior, wholeaves next week for Baltimore to participate rane os |f WiPecson | Donations se aeace || Afundhas been |) set up by UAATA Wi 6 help eae | with the medi. his tie a ites no indication of brain damageorlife-threatening injuries. But the cost fo} heal him has hit $3,200 || eo may be made at any Wells Fargo Bank branch under the name Ser , | | 7 JE sqearmesimrs Seren therapy dogwillheal ongeant fram Wednesday hands and roomat Pro- | vo's Acad Bic waned: denly without | &my Square; | | tickets are | anos || available for So she | | | | testo Jean Riches, who also | | of her LDS ities" caidhis owner, teaches at the school. turnedtoher 2 minimumof cedetend | donation now Rick | | contact UAATA at | | information, | 280-1855. ic at on regen, en | and could rise enereee Therapy Dog “We worktogether with chldrenwwbohave | Fund. Formore severe, profounddisabil- Dinner rene | miteMiss ean.wiat | | “A good portion of our ——4 students are medically fragile.I bring Riley to schoolto help my students learn to respondin a gentle, loving way. Theskills implemented byRiley are so valuable at school and for some children the only wordthey.can speak is ‘Riley.’ “Riley showed whatan exceptional animal he truly is after the accident,” said Riches. “He came whenhe was called and obeyed all vet commands. Riley is very valuable to myself and to my students. I was going to doall that I could to save him.” Principal Brent Taylor said the school has 125 spe* cial education students ranging from 5to 22. Riley is the school’s only therapy animal and the trained dog helps children overcome many oftheir fears, Taylorsaid. “Someof our students are reaching out and touching for the first time. Therearenoreal challenges in having him at our school because there is* so muchtime andeffort involved in training and it is quite the process just preparing him for school. This is a really neat program andour kids just love ||) \ ats | Kinateder, b Tickets are | | calling 491- ward,pulled | 5052, # | | out all the | | stops to re | throw Huon a festive fund-raising dinner party on Wednesday and sendheroffin style. “I knowthat she’s verysensitive to not badmouth the former group or hurt the nameof the program,” he said of Huon, whom he knownfor about twoyears. “I think it was just kind ofan in-between unfortunate thing thatjust happened.” Huondeclined to talk about the mishap,preferring instead to focus on the fund-raising effort and the ROBB COSTELLO/Daily Herald Riley, an injured therapy dog on the road to recovery, with his ownerJean Riches in Salem on Monday. him,” Taylorsaid. Riches said she realized Riley had therapy dog po-_ tential when he was 4 months old. After much trainwenthe Riches-Riley team became certified with the ‘ah Animal Assisted Therapy Association, a nonpant organization dedicated to bringing comfort, love, hope andhealing to thosein need through the human-animal bond. Likeall professional therapy, animal assisted therapy requires staff supervision, establishment > of goals and methods and careful documentation of progress. Deborah Carr, UAATA board member andsite evaluator,said the organization places a ‘strong emphasis on advanced training, high standards, and adherenceto a rigorous set of policies and procedures, which guideall actions of the team. UAATAcertifies all types of animals for the therapy program including dogs, guineapigs,birds, | See RECOVERY, BS | pageant, shesaid. The Miss Universe organization awardedthe franchisetoa different company this year, which had sponsorships lined upfor next See FUNDS, BS ° oye Donate Hood drive serves up enough food to feed 80 families for 3 months 0 Dry or : canned goods may be taken to the Community Action Food Bank, 815 S.Freedom Bivd.in Provo from 8 a.m,5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. he Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD. pounds of food fromthe porches of 30,000 homes in Utah, Wasatch food and the food is distributed to them according to their needs.” underemployed and doesnot make enoughto paythe bills, he said. about equal to or just slightly more than the amount gathered during On Saturday, one bag of groceries left on a porch became et to feed 7,200families. Ina massive effort, about5,000. Boy Scouts andtheir leaders, along with the National Guard and a platoon of volunteer truck-’ ers, ham radio operators and forklift drivers gathered 300,000 annual drive netted enough food for the Community Action Food Bank in Provoto feed for the next three months the 80 families who come here every dayfor groceries, said director Jim Thomas. “This food will serve the hungry,” he said. “People come infor lies register for the service, he said. “Thereis a great need,” he said. Counselors meet with families in crisis to be sure they qualify for the free food, he said. A typical family may be one wheea provider has lost a job, medical bills makeit tough to make ends meet,or the family is a weekor once every two weeks and they continue to come inuntil their crisis is over,” he said. The food bank provides donated dry and canned goods as well as fresh vegetables donated by area grocery stores and hygieneitems, he said. 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