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Show N E W S Spanish Fork A6 • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008 Covering what matters most Miss Salem Courtesy photo / Lana Hishey HONOREE: Alan Griffin, Utah State Board of Education, presents Eileen Quintana with the Life Skills Achievement Award. Eileen Quintana: From AWARD • A l Nebo District Federal Programs Administrator J. Lynn Jones nominated Quintana for the award and said. "It is difficult to describe the dedication and passion with which Eileen does her job. She works countless hours, visits hundreds of classrooms, and is a very effective advocate for her students." "I am so surprised," Quintana said. "This is such an honor. I enjoy my work so much. It's not even some- thing you should receive an award for." Quintana said that most of her students move on to college, and many even receive scholarships due to their bi-lingual training and reasoning training. When Quintana started her part-time job as Title VII American Indian program co-coordinator, her goal was to try and teach American Indians how to function in both the white mans world and their native world. Nine years later, Quintana, a Navajo, has helped high school graduation rates among the American Indians in Nebo School district increase from a dismal 37 percent to an impressive 97 percent. The American Indian program operates Tuesdays and Thursdays at the old Grant school in Springville, after regular classes have finished. The program also has summer hours. Quintana brings in specialists to teach students (ranging from preschool to age 18) a variety of subjects, including Navajo, English, math, history and other subjects from a Native American perspective. Chad Carter / Spanish Fork News PAGEANTRY: Miss Salem 2006 Tiffani Lytle crowns current Miss Salem, Ashley Alanis, In April 2008 Alanis will pass on the title to a new Miss Salem. Applications are now available for the Miss Salem Scholarship Pageant at the Salem City Office, Spanish Fork High School, and American Leadership Academy. They need to be turned into the Salem City Office by Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. The pageant will be held Friday, April 4, at American Leadership Academy and will begin at 7:30 p.m. If you have any questions please contact Ronda Hansen at 368-4800. Puppy love: From DOG • A l AVAILABLE WITH SYMC TECHNOLOGY o° © control officer, tried again. For two days Lisa agreed not to feed Brewster in hopes that hunger would lure it into the trap where a tempting hot dog was waiting. Lisa was at her wits end when she left her friend in the snowy, 15 degree weather and headed home. She had only been there a brief time when a neighbor knocked at the door and excitedly exclaimed. ''The dog is in the trap!" Brewster, they discovered, is a girl, and it is thought that she may have been abused, which would explain her strange behavior around people. Charlyn Cordell and her boyfriend, Rod Taylor, noticed the dog and its shelter in the woods while driving up Canyon Drive one day. When they found out what was going on with the animal, they volunteered to adopt her when she was finally captured. Charlyn owns a Courtesy photo / Lisa Oakley TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT: Lisa Oakley built this shelter for the dog that made her neighborhood its temporary home. dog grooming business in Spanish Fork. After a week in the shelter, Charlyn and her neighbor were able to adopt the animal. They renamed her, Kila, more fitting for a female that Brewster. The day after her capture. Lisa Oakley, her daughter and friend, Mitzi, went to the shelter to hold for the first time her small gray and white friend. Lisa feels very strongly that pet owners should seriously take the responsibility that comes with pet ownership. Dogs make a significant contribution to our society and should never be mistreated or abandoned. She encourages pet owners to have their animals spade or neutered so that the numbers of former pets that end up in shelters and have to be euthanized can be sharply reduced. OR Salem City Council: office improvements and the city library improvements." The full Resolution is in the works for about six available to the public durmonths. The city will not ing business hours at city ofbond more than $3.5 million, fices. A public hearing will be and the bond will be closed held on Wednesday, Feb. 20, Feb. 27, 2008. Along with 2008, at 7 p.m. in the Salem that, Salem is also looking City Offices during regular into refinancing the existing council meeting. Sales Tax Bond, because the The short, night-time city improvement bond will power outage in Salem was be paid for by sales tax and caused by a goose that flew public safety impact fees. into the wires while coming "In order to reach into the lagoon. Power accreditation, we need to was restored quickly and make improvements," said safely with the bucket-truck Henderson. "That money is purchased last year. going to be used for the city "We reduced the risk with From SALEM • A l BEST SELLING TRUCK FOR 31 M S STRAIGHT! *See dealer for details. Not all customers will qualify, OAC must finance with FMCC 2534 NORTH 200 EAST • SPANISH FORK • 798-3553 the new bucket truck. It was safer than being up on the poles with all the ice and wind and snow," said Henderson. The promised ice-skating rink has been put at Salem's new ballpark. This place was chosen because the projected spot, Salem's old ballpark, had too much slope. The size may be increased. "We'll put a pavilion and a place to sit and warm up," said Henderson, who is excited about the new addition and attributes the work to Public Works Director Dave Johnson and City Engineer Bruce Ward. |