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|&nbsp;</font> <font color="#ffffff" size="2"><a class="navwhite" href="Washington_s_Prayer.htm">Washington's Prayer</a> |&nbsp;<font color="#c0c0c0">&nbsp;</font> <font color="#ffffff" size="2"><a href="Danger_Gallery.htm"><font color="#ff0000">Danger Gallery</font></a></font></font></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0"> <h1 align="center"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"></v:shapetype> </span> </h1> <h1 align="center"> <font size="7">Mendon City Trails</font> </h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p align="right"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="9" width="100%" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33%"> <h2 align="center"> <font color="#800000">Our Goal</font> </h2> <p align="center"> <font color="#800000"><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Our goal is to provide a safe route for&nbsp;the children of our community to and from school.&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently, hundreds of local kids are now trying to&nbsp;work their way to and from school&nbsp;through all kinds of obstacles, including cars, busses, trains, ditches, and snow.&nbsp;&nbsp;The danger is escalating with more and more traffic driving&nbsp;through droves of </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> students who have no safe place to go.</font></strong></font> </p> <p align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span><font size="2">The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has created the Student Neighborhood Access Program (SNAP) and awards funding to some community proposals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Also- possibly available to Mendon will be some funding through<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cache</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place> restaurant/RAPZ Tax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>There have been valiant efforts by many in Mendon to secure these awards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; <strong><font color="#a5162c">And with many thanks to Stephanie Driessen and Tim Watkins, we have recently heard that their submitted proposal has been accepted!</font></strong>&nbsp; </span> But there&nbsp;is still&nbsp;almost $100,000 to raise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"> Mendon</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on"> City</st1:placetype> </st1:place>council has formed the Mendon City Trails Committee to help raise the additional funds needed.</font> </span></font> </p> <p align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <img style="width: 248px; height: 193px" height="482" hspace="0" src="LaFevre 2E.JPG" width="720" border="0"></font> </p> <p align="center"> <img style="width: 256px; height: 178px" height="480" hspace="0" src="2009 04 20_2818.jpg" width="720" border="0"> </p> <p align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In many cases, students encounter roadside hazards such as this one that the following photo points out.&nbsp; There is nowhere for kids to go except&nbsp;to the middle of the road, where the drivers vision is even sometimes limited.</font> </p> <p align="center"> <img style="width: 280px; height: 186px" height="482" hspace="0" src="LaFevre 4E.JPG" width="720" border="0"> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="Danger_Gallery.htm">Click here to view additional photos.</a> </p> </td> <td width="33%" bgcolor="#000000" bordercolor="#000000" valign="top" v> <h2 align="center"> <font color="#ffffff">Washington's Prayer</font> </h2> <p align="center"> <a href="Washington_s_Prayer.htm"> <img style="width: 204px; height: 280px" height="876" hspace="0" src="Washingtons Prayer Esize.jpg" width="580" border="0"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#ffffff">Mike Malm of<st1:city w:st="on">Wellsville</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Utah</st1:state> </font><font color="#0000ff">(</font> </font><a href="www.mikemalm.com"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#0000ff"> www.mikemalm.com</font></a><font><font> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#0000ff"> )</font> is an award winning, well-known artist who has generously donated a beautiful painting entitled  <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:state> s Prayer .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>This is an&nbsp;original framed (20 x 30 canvas)&nbsp;piece that stunningly depicts President Washington s famous prayer at <st1:place w:st="on">Valley Forge</st1:place> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>It immediately quiets all the noise, chaos, and confusion surrounding our country; planting hope and rekindling patriotism. &nbsp;Mike has captured something private and stirring in this one-of-a-kind painting that links viewers to this great nation s powerful beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>When asked about his painting, a quiet and humble Mike simply stated that he hopes it speaks for itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font></font></font></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font color="#ffffff">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Mendon City Trails Committee is working to get the word out about this&nbsp;painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>If you can t make it to Mendon s&nbsp; May Day celebration to sneak a peek on May 2, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> &nbsp;</span>it will also be shown at the Mountainside Elementary s Open house on May 7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"> Washington</st1:place> </st1:state> s Prayer &nbsp;is up for auction&nbsp;May 2, 2009&nbsp;through the end of May 11.</font> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <font color="#ffffff">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><a href="Washington_s_Prayer.htm"><font color="#0000ff">Click here</font> </a> <font color="#ffffff">to view Washington's Prayer and get information on how to place</font><font color="#ffffff"> your bid. </font></span></span> </p> </td> <td valign="top" width="33%"> <h2 align="center"> How You Can Help</h2> <p align="center"> <img style="width: 144px; height: 205px" height="848" hspace="0" src="hands.jpg" width="566" border="0">&nbsp; </p> <p align="center"> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Mendon's Traditional May Day Celebration is scheduled to take place on May 2, 2009.&nbsp; <strong>We will be showing "Washington's Prayer" and many photos donated by the Mendon Photography Guild at the Mendon Train Station.&nbsp; The painting and photos will also be shown on the night of May 7, 2009 as part of Mountainside Elementary's open house.</strong> &nbsp;<strong> </strong></font></font> </p> <strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <p align="center"> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <img style="width: 258px; height: 178px" height="2592" hspace="0" src="05 03 08_3169.JPG" width="3872" border="0"> </font></font> </p> </font></strong> <p align="center"> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong>Please come and take part in the celebration and view the beautiful art.&nbsp; We will also be grateful for monetary donations of any size.</strong> &nbsp; To view and purchase the Mendon Photography Guild's photos that are currently up for sale please <a href="Mendon_Photography_Guild.htm">click here.</a> </font></font> </p> <p align="center"> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></font>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </table> <ffont size="1"> SG Hansen</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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