Donations sought to renovate historic theater in downtown Spanish Fork

By Christi C. BabbittCurt Gordon has helped the music hap-

pen at Boothe Brothers Theatre for 16 years. Now, after purchasing the facility, he’s look-ing to the public to help make the music continue into the future.

Gordon became the owner of the theater, located at 165 N. Main in Spanish Fork, in February and renovation work is now un-derway. The foyer has been redone and the show room repainted. A new proscenium for the stage is under construction and should be installed by early June.

To raise money to complete all the work that needs to be done, Gordon started a fund-raiser on www.gofundme.com. He hopes to raise $25,000, which would pay for a num-ber of projects including:l Restoring the building’s façade and

marquee to era-appropriate design.l Completing four rooms on the second

floor to accommodate music lessons and re-hearsal and event space.l Installing a modern state-of-the-art

sound and recording system.l Repairing the roof.l Improving acoustics in the show room.“It’s just a way for people to try and get

involved and try and team up on this historic theater and make it into the environment we all want to hang out in,” Gordon said.

The theater was originally built in 1914 under the name Angelus Theatre. It was

Sp. Fork rodeo named to ProRodeo Hall of FameBy Christi C. Babbitt

The Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo, a tradition in Spanish Fork for nearly 75 years, has been selected for induction into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, Class of 2016. It is the first rodeo in Utah to re-ceive this honor.

The ProRodeo Hall of Fame is locat-ed in Colorado Springs, Colo. Since the hall’s opening in 1979, 23 rodeo com-mittees have been inducted. The Spanish Fork rodeo and its organizing committee will be the 24th inductee in that category. The hall of fame also honors individuals in categories such as announcer, clown and stock contractor as well as contestant categories such as steer roping, bull riding and saddle bronc.

Representatives of the Fiesta Days Ro-deo will travel to Colorado Springs to at-tend the induction ceremony on Aug. 6.

“They’ve made some pretty major im-provements to their facilities and to their rodeo and they continue to sell out their performances and they’re just doing really good things,” said Kent Sturman, director of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.

The Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo was started in 1942 by a group of resi-dents that met together and decided to or-ganize a rodeo to go along with Spanish Fork’s annual city celebration. They used their own money to fund the first rodeo and organized the Diamond Fork Riding Club to support it, said Steve Money, ro-deo director and fairgrounds manager for Spanish Fork City.

In the 1980s, the club joined forces with the city and the rodeo continued to

grow. In July of 2012, following a $3 mil-lion donation from an anonymous donor, a new arena was opened at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds, giving the Fiesta Days Rodeo a world-class facility with seating for 8,500. Scheduled for July 21, 22, 23 and 25, the 2016 Fiesta Days Rodeo will

be the rodeo’s 74th year in operation.Money said he was notified of the hon-

or on April 21. “The director of the ProRo-deo Hall of Fame called me and congratu-lated me,” he said. “After I picked myself off the floor, I just said, ‘Thank you.’”

Credit for the award belongs to many

people in the community, Money said, from the riding club and city administra-tion to the rodeo sponsors and fans. “I think everybody on the committee, every-body involved in it, wants the rodeo to be number one,” he said. The Diamond Fork Riding Club continues to provide all the volunteer help for the rodeo from ticket taking and ushering to parking cars and running the queen contest. Spanish Fork City has provided great support for the event, including owning and maintaining the facility and paying for Money’s salary.

Sponsors of the rodeo have made it possible to bring in the best contestants, which leads to having a better show and also gets the cowboys competing on a national level talking about how great it is to come to Spanish Fork, Money said. Receiving the donation for the new are-na also provided a big boost for the event, allowing construction of what is now one of the finest rodeo venues in the United States.

The best thing about the rodeo, how-ever, is the fans. “Our rodeo, we have the best fans that there is,” Money said. The popularity of the rodeo is apparent in the record of its ticket sales. “When you have 40 consecutive sell-outs, that right there, there’s nobody in the PRCA that can say that they have that,” Money said. That means with four nights of action each year, the Fiesta Days Rodeo has sold out every night for 10 years. All tickets are now sold online; there hasn’t been a tick-et sold at the fairgrounds for five years, Money said.

To purchase tickets for the 2016 Fiesta Days Rodeo, go to www.spanishfork.org.

Photo by Greg WestfallThe Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo will be inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame this August. It is the first rodeo in Utah to receive this recognition.

Curt Gordon plays his guitar in the Boothe Brothers Theatre in Spanish Fork. Gor-don became the new owner of the theater earlier this year and is now searching for donors to help fund renovations at the facility.

Public invited to Revere Health campus opening event

Revere Health will host a communi-ty-wide festival celebrating the opening of its new campus in Salem on Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Re-vere Health Salem Campus is located at 555 W. 2000 North in Salem.

The public is invited to attend this event, which will include fun carnival activities such as bounce houses, face painting, a portable climbing wall, a photo booth and more. Self-guided tours of the new facil-ity will be available with Revere Health staff stationed in key areas throughout the building. Attendees may also stop in for a wellness check.

Revere Health broke ground for the Salem campus in August of 2015. The current building has a total of more than 89,000 square feet, and the campus ex-pected to grow up to 150,000 square feet over the next 20 years to meet the pro-jected population needs for southern Utah County and its surrounding areas.

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Celebrating 4 years in publication!

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Editor:The students and staff at Bridges Tran-

sition School would like to thank the lo-cal businesses who have supported our program for the 2015-2016 school year. These businesses have provided on-the-job training opportunities for special needs students ages 18-22. These oppor-tunities allow our students to learn and strengthen job skills that will assist them in finding permanent employment. This year we were able to secure paid jobs for approximately 10 of our students. Thank

you to the following businesses:Nebo Credit Union, Orchard Hills El-

ementary, Maple Mountain High School, Oakridge School, Brookside Elementary School, Brockbank Elementary School, Park Elementary School, Westside Ele-mentary School, Maple Ridge Elemen-tary School, Summit Center, Spanish Fork High School, Nebo Transport, Big O, K-Mart, Cary’s Floral, State Farm Insurance-Lance Wilson, Spanish Fork City Ambulance, One Man Band, Jake’s Brookside, Tesoro, Cal Ranch, Anytime Fitness-Salem, Tags, Utah County Animal Shelter, Art City Dental, Corn Wagon and Restore.

The success of our program greatly de-pends on the students’ opportunity to learn

in a work environment. We are grateful for your support. If you are a business that would like to get involved and help our students, please contact Kay Thomas-Per-kins at kay.thomasperkins@nebo.edu.

Students and StaffBridges Transition School

Editor:Many people whom I’ve talked to who

have grown up in Utah County will ask me where I live. I hesitate a bit to let them know I live up Hobble Creek Canyon, which really should be called “Paradise Canyon.” For the old settlers who had to hobble their horses to keep them from running off, they named it Hobble Creek Canyon. To my surprise, very few of those I spoke with knew anything about the can-yon.

There is an important purpose in writing this expose about where I live. It’s not meant to be a travel guide, al-though it will let many Utah County residents know we are here just east of Springville. If you drive into the canyon on our little two-lane paved road, you will marvel at the diversity of the things you will see. Large and beautiful homes, smaller well-kept dwellings and yards, and lovely pasture lands where horses abundantly roam. It sports one of Utah’s prettiest golf courses and also offers large camping and family picnic grounds maintained to perfection.

Many will see the wildlife that make their homes in the canyon and not under-stand the secret of the wonderful variety of those species. You see, the canyon, where there is a year-round, clear wa-ter, fish-filled creek that runs through the whole canyon, is a wildlife refuge for wild turkeys, plentiful deer and their offspring, herds of elk, an occasional moose with her calf, raccoons, skunks, squirrels and a marvelous variety of birds.

What is the secret to all this for ev-eryone to see? Well, it’s the people who live in the canyon and provide for the well-being of its beauties. They make sure the wildlife is cared for in the cold win-ter months and they allow these creatures to thrive in the pastures and abundance of green lawns, not to mention the choke

cherries. All of this is here for everyone to enjoy.

Unless you were told, you wouldn’t know the whole story. Even though the “old timers” and new neighbors give their support without compensation, pay their property taxes and spend much of their monthly income in Utah County, they ba-sically get nothing in return. In the win-ter, the county does a half-hearted job of keeping the left-hand fork passable. When you get to the gravel road that runs all the way to Strawberry Reservoir, you’ll find it in tip shape all summer, even for the few people who use it during the hunting season. Part of this road is in Utah County and part “state,” I suppose. These people include the ranchers who run their cattle up the right-hand fork.

However, the main purpose of all this is to address the 50 or so families who live up Bartholomew Canyon Road, a gravel road belonging to Utah County, depend-ing on which day you talk to those who have authority over the Utah County road system. They have been asked to pave the dirt road up to the gate where one passes into Hobble Creek Haven. Again, depend-ing on which day and to whom you speak, they say that they will get the road paved or offer some excuse about why they can’t pave it, let alone why they don’t keep it graded so that people can avoid wrecking their vehicles.

Then there is the issue of the children who are bused into the canyon and don’t have safe passage in any season of the year because of the ongoing traffic on the road. It is especially dangerous in win-ter because of slide-offs, which do occur regularly in winter. Also, there is always the chance that a cougar or bear may be lingering nearby. The Haven HOA takes good care of our own roads for parents to be able to pick up their children at the bot-tom of the road near the bus stop.

So let me take off my gloves a mo-ment. If the county commissioners and road maintenance people can’t provide us the same consideration as they do oth-er taxpayers, then possibly it’s time the people in Utah County gave us a little help in November. Those of us in Hob-ble Creek Haven would surely respond with a big thank you and an invitation to come and discover this whole, beautiful canyon.

Gary HeeschHobble Creek Haven

Thank you from Bridges school

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Canyon residents deserve help too

Daughters of Utah Pioneers plan convention

By Judy ElsnerThe Springville/Mapleton Company

of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers is hosting its Two-Company District Con-vention with the Provo Company on Sat-urday, May 21. This is a shared yearly event where the two groups meet together and receive instruction and enjoy fellow-ship with one another. This year, the event will be held in Springville at the LDS Chapel at 1785 E. 400 South. The book sale will start at 8:30 am. There will also be pioneer-related items for sale that are of interest to all ages. At 9:15 a.m., camp

and company officers will meet together for discussions, learning and answering questions. The general meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. All members and those in-terested in learning more about DUP are welcomed and urged to attend. Special guest Jeanie Bowerbank, who is the In-ternational Society of the DUP’s outreach board director, will be a speaker. Noreen Petersen, president of the Provo Com-pany, and Joy Pinckney, president of the Springville-Mapleton Company, will each present information about their group. Re-freshments will be served and a pioneer heirloom table will be on display.

Memorial Day programs planned in Santaquin, Springville on May 30

Santaquin American Legion Post #84 will be presenting a Memorial Day Program at the Veterans Memorial in the Santaquin City Cemetery, 100 E. 300 South, on Monday, May 30, at 11 a.m. The public is invited to attend.

***The Springville American Legion will present a Memorial Day program at

Springville’s Evergreen Cemetery on Monday, May 30, at 10 a.m. Guest speaker will be Robert “Bob” Davis. The public is invited to attend.

The program will also include a flag-raising, remarks by Springville Mayor Wilford W. Clyde, a rifle salute and patriotic music.

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Spanish Fork’s only movie theater until 1948 when it was destroyed by fire. It was reopened in 1950 after being rebuilt on the same site. Renamed Main Street Movies in about 1984, it continued as a movie theater until 1999. Early in the 2000s, it was operating as the Royal Palace Theatre and presenting live music performances. It then became known as the Boothe Broth-ers Performing Arts Center, operating just down the street from Boothe Brothers Mu-sic, a retail music store.

Gordon, who has worked full-time for Boothe Brothers Music for many years, has been running the theater for Boothe Brothers since December of 1999 when he started a program called BLUESJAM. On the first Thursday of every month since its inception, BLUESJAM has been a place where local bands and musicians could join together and perform. A host band opens the evening with a performance and during its set, Gordon goes through the au-dience and signs up other individuals and bands that want to play.

In 2006, the second Thursday of the month became Classic Country night, the third Thursday became Classic Rock night, and the fourth Thursday was set aside for songwriters. All of these events continue and are free to the public.

In 2008, Gordon started a program called Real Rock Band through which young musicians are put together in bands and guided through their rehearsals until they are ready to perform in concert.

Gordon, who grew up in Lake Shore, has always had a love of music. His father was a singer and guitarist in a local band and started making Gordon sing with the band when Gordon was only 2 years old. Guitar is Gordon’s main instrument and

he joined a band while in his late teens. He’s played in bands ever since.

His service at the Boothe Brothers The-atre has given him a deep love for the fa-cility. “This is kind of like the muse that has always kept me interested in the mu-sic business, which can be pretty harsh at times,” he said.

He explored the idea of buying the the-ater back in 2006, but he and the Boothes eventually agreed the time wasn’t right. Ten years later, Gordon inquired again about making the purchase, and the swap in ownership was completed.

“I just decided over the course of sever-al years that what I wanted to do was to go ahead and buy this theater if the opportu-nity was there so I could have something to do for the next 20 years that I was pas-sionate about,” Gordon said.

All the programming that Boothe Brothers has had operating in the theater will continue. In fact, even if he decides to eventually change the the-ater’s name, the theater will “still be a Boothe Brothers environment.”

“I want to model things after what I think they would have done,” he said.

Gordon began taking guitar lessons from Steve Booth at age 8 and he con-

siders himself lucky to have spent his ca-reer working at the store. He will continue working full-time at Boothe Brothers Mu-sic as he doesn’t view the theater a prof-it-making venture.

“What I’d really like to do is go non-profit,” he said, adding that he’d like to see the building become similar to a con-servatory for the arts at some point. He en-visions future events at the theater might include concerts by touring bands or inde-pendent film screenings. The facility will also be available for rent for family parties or other events.

To donate to the theater or watch a short video about the project, visit www.gofundme.com/bootheatre. Residents can also donate or go on a tour of the theater to see the renovation’s progress by visit-ing Boothe Brothers Music and asking for Gordon.

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velopment in the history of Salem.Services at the new facility will include

an ambulatory surgical center, dialysis center, imaging center, physical thera-py, laboratory and pharmacy. Plans also include medical offices for orthopedics, internal medicine, family medicine, urolo-gy, gastroenterology, ophthalmology and a specialty suite for rotation of several other specialties. A connected building on the campus will house a 16-bed post-surgical and observation short-term rehabilitation center.

A final farewell given from Miss Payson 2015

By Jenna WrightMiss Payson 2015

Being Miss Payson was a life-changing experience. I got to fulfill my childhood dream of being Miss Payson and learned so many wonderful things. My reign as Miss Payson was one of the hardest and most rewarding years of my life. I had no idea that when I received a crown and local title that I was entering a world of empowered women that work together to better the world.

The Miss America Organization allowed me, as well as other title holders, to help serve others and help make a difference in our communities. As part of my platform, titled Time for Talents to HELP, I was able to spend a lot of time with young children and teach them the importance of gaining personal talents. It gave me joy and hap-piness in knowing that I was able to teach and to be an example to them.

I was able to meet many wonderful people that live in Payson during my reign as well as the people who run it. So many different events took place throughout the year such as the Salmon Supper, the Scot-tish Festival and Onion Days. I would like to say thank you for all the hard work and dedication that those people put in to make the events so enjoyable. I would also like to thank Margaret and Janean and those who worked so hard to make such a beau-tiful float for the royalty. We were able to receive eight awards for our float and it was an honor for me to have the opportu-nity to be in the parades over the summer. I am grateful for the people I was able to get to know throughout my reign and the challenges I went through.

Thank you to my directors who were so helpful and insightful on my duties as Miss Payson. Thank you to my parents for giving me the support and help I needed to get through the year. Much of what I ac-complished would not have been possible without them. And lastly, thank you to my attendants, Camri and Mckayla, for the joy and happiness they bring. They were such big helpers and supporters throughout the year and I wish them the best in life as they graduate and continue to succeed. Good luck to the new Miss Payson 2016, Camri Jensen. You have a wonderful year ahead of you and will learn so much not only about Payson but about yourself as well. Thank you Payson City for allowing me to be your Miss Payson 2015. I hope I can represent Payson well at Miss Utah in June.

Jenna Wright Miss Payson 2015

American Legion District #4 (Santaquin to Lehi) held its Spring Convention in Spanish Fork on April 23. New officers were selected for the coming year: District Commander Roger Archibald from Spanish Fork, First Vice Commander Gary Herbert from Payson, Historian Keith Davis from Springville, and Gary Schwartz from Payson. New officers for the American Legion Auxiliary were elected at the District #4 Convention. They are: President Glenna Archibald of Spanish Fork, 1st Vice Linda Schwartz of Payson, 2nd Vice President Carma Herbert from Payson, Secretary Judy Daybell from Sandy and Chaplain Sharon Gansauge from Taylors-ville. A memorial service honoring deceased members of both the Legion and Auxiliary was conducted by Chaplain Marva Davis from Springville.

Scout to help veterans through Eagle project

By Ethan GognaThe project I have chosen to do for my

eagle is helping our military veterans who have served for our country. My dad and I first went up to the veteran’s center in Pro-vo and we talked to them and they gave us more information on the veterans and how they help the veterans with military and veteran’s affairs. They gave us a list of contacts and told us about the veteran’s home in Payson and we scheduled an ap-pointment with Katie Partridge who is the recreation therapy director at the veteran’s home in Payson. Katie showed us around the facility, showing how the veterans live and how they are taken cared of and how there are activities for them to do.

After going, we went to see the office of Congressman Chaffetz in Provo and the staff who worked there gave us information of what they do to help the veterans. Also, we scheduled a appointment with Tony Trevor, the community relations director at the Payson veteran’s home. He told us about a car show fundraiser they will have on June 25. This fundraiser will go toward the veterans so that they will have gifts to choose from so that they can select gifts for their families during Christmas.

My project is to promote and help this fundraiser. First, I will have fliers about the veterans car show to give out to businesses here in Provo and Orem so that more peo-ple can find out about this fundraiser for the veterans. I will get my troop involved so that I can split people into groups so that they can cover a certain amount of

businesses in the two cities. This will draw more people to the event so that more peo-ple know more about our veterans and how we can help them. The next thing is my troop and I will be helping out in this fund-raiser on June 25 by helping them out with the booths and also by helping them set up for the event and getting everything orga-nized and telling each young man what to do during the fundraiser.

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Cycling America to support Alpha-1 research effortsBy Robert Brigance Jr.

In May of 2015, I left San Francis-co, Calif., for Jacksonville, Fla., to raise awareness and funds for Alpha-1 Antitryp-sin Deficiency. Alpha-1 is a genetic disor-der affecting the lungs and liver which has no cure at this time.

After reaching Pueblo, Colo., in July, I took a leave of absence from my fundrais-ing effort and headed home to Springville. I was able to raise $900 during my first segment (with a final goal of $1,500). My experience was too much of a positive life experience not to include my wife. So, I spent the rest of the summer and fall pre-paring Linda, mentally and physically, to join me for the final phase of the ride. We started this preparation with a four-day trip to Gunnison from Springville last October. In your travels around the south end of Utah County, you may have seen two cyclists training with loaded bicycles. That’s us!

So, you might be asking, what is Al-pha-1 and what are the symptoms? Many individuals with Alpha-1 do not know they are living with it until tested. Affected in-dividuals can experience serious lung dis-ease as adults or liver disease at any age.

More specifically, the most common lung symptoms of Alpha-1 are: shortness

of breath, wheezing, chronic cough and sputum (phlegm) production and recur-ring chest colds. Liver symptoms related to the disorder are: eyes and skin turning yellow (jaundice), swelling of the abdo-men, vomiting blood or passing blood in the stool. The good news is that testing is available via your family physician. Early diagnosis can help an Alpha (indi-vidual living with the disease), consider different lifestyles, professions or other personal decisions that could maintain or improve their health. We all want to live our lives as completely as possible.

You can learn more from the Alpha-1 Foundation at www.alpha-1.org.

My extended family in Maryland lives with Alpha-1, including two youngsters 3 and 5 years old born with this genetic de-ficiency. They both have a full life ahead of them but will need careful management of their condition. There is a growing na-tionwide community as new diagnoses are made.

As an avid cyclist with more than 20 years of riding experience, I have done fundraising rides for multiple sclero-sis as well as commuted to work, done day-touring in Idaho, Arizona and Cal-ifornia, and enjoyed a week-long tour of Southern Utah’s national parks. A cycling highlight was touring with my

wife in Provence, France. I have occa-sionally peddled with the Boat Dock Bandits cycling club in Utah County. My cross-country tour is my first but will not be my last.

Reflecting on my tour of America, I am grateful to celebrate retirement, health, faith, family and the love of cycling. At the same time, looking beyond self, I

have reflected on how I might give back to the world community by asking myself, “What greater purpose can I combine with this epic adventure?” Alpha-1 came to mind and the rest is history.

If you feel you might be suffering with chronic respiratory and liver issues, please see your family physician to test for Al-pha-1.

Springville-Mapleton American Legion reports

By Keith DavisThe Springville-Mapleton American

Legion and Auxiliary Post and Unit #28 held their monthly meeting on April 13 in their Club Room. They were entertained by Gwyneth Hawker, age 11, who played the harp. She began playing the harp at age 6. Gwyneth is the daughter of Scott

and Luann Hawker.Guest speaker was Mark Bake. He

spoke about his life as a teacher for 38 years. He went to a small school in Idaho, attended Brigham Young University and taught mostly in the Nebo School District.

The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its annual Poppy Fundraising Spa-ghetti Dinner on May 11 at 7 p.m. in the

Springville Senior Center at 65 E. 200 South. All Legion and Auxiliary members and guests from Spanish Fork, Payson and Springville are invited. Funds raised will go to children and youth programs and the Central Utah Veterans Home in Payson. For questions, call Marva Davis 801-489-6017 or Charmian Taylor at 801-489-6676.

Mark BakeGwyneth Hawker

Linda Brigance and Robert Brigance Jr.

The pelicans are backBy Ed Helmick

My wife and I have noticed that the pelicans have returned to Utah Lake. They migrate south in the winter and can be seen in Utah waters starting in about April. They are large birds, which makes them easy to find and photograph with a reason-able telephoto lens.

Their feathers are all white except for the wing tips and underside of the outer wing, which are black and only visible when the pelican is in flight. They are actually noted to have the second-largest wingspan of any North American bird, exceeded only by the California Condor. The wing span of the American White Pelican is about eight to 10 feet. This long wingspan allows the pelican to soar very well, which helps their long dis-tance migration.

The length of a pelican is about four and a half to six feet, which is contributed to by its long beak measuring 11 to 15 inch-

es long. The body weight on adult birds is typically between 10 and 20 pounds. De-spite their size, the internal structure of the bird allows the pelican to be remarkably buoyant in the water.

They arrive in groups of four to 12 birds and like to fish in groups. They are fascinating because they will cooperate and corral fish to one another. An adult pelican will eat more than four pounds of fish per day. The spring of the year, April through June, is breeding season. During this period, both the male and female have a very noticeable bump on the top of their large beaks. Notice that feature in the pho-to. After the breeding season, that growth is shed. The female will lay two or three eggs, and both parents share in incubating the eggs for about a month. The young leave the nest three to four weeks after hatching.

The American White Pelican is a beau-tiful bird, whether we see them swimming or in flight.

Photo by Ed HelmickPelicans have returned to Utah Lake after migrating south for the winter.

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Amilyn Gardner-Jones with Prudential Utah Elite was honored with the award of April Business of the Month on April 20 by the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce. The award was presented during the chamber’s April Noon Net-working meeting.

On April 20, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new Quick Quack Car Wash being built at 400 E. 1000 North in Spanish Fork. The new car wash is scheduled to open sometime this summer.

Nebo Comfort Systems is named Business of the Month

Nebo Comfort Systems has been named Business of the Month by the Payson & Santaquin Area Chamber of Commerce. The public is invited to come celebrate the honor at the shop on Monday, May 16, at noon. Nebo Comfort Systems is located at 630 Shuler Lane, Payson.

Keeping your family comfortable is Nebo Comfort Systems’ mission. Giving back to the community that has given them so much is Nebo Comfort Systems’ passion. With almost 50 years of experi-ence in the heating and air conditioning industry, the Nebo Comfort Systems fam-ily knows what your home or business needs to keep the systems you rely on the most running smoothly and efficiently.

“We love working together as a family. It’s what drives us and why nothing means more to our family than keeping your family comfortable,” said Lorene Moore, marketing director for Nebo Comfort Sys-tems. “We believe customer service is as simple as treating our customers the way

we would want any company to treat our own family.”

Believing where much is given, much is expected, Nebo Comfort Systems creat-ed Nebo Cares to work with programs that are giving back to our community. Nebo Cares has raised money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, Shop With a Cop, the ALS Association, United Way and other programs.

As a small, hometown business, Nebo Comfort Systems supports the Payson & Santaquin Area Chamber of Commerce and is committed to working with its members and their customers, neighbors and friends to make southern Utah County thrive.

“Don’t wait for some company you find in the yellow pages to drive down from Salt Lake or Orem,” Moore said. “If your furnace, AC or water heater aren’t doing their job, call your neighbors at Nebo Comfort Systems and let our family take of your family.”

Nebo Comfort Systems in Payson has been named Business of the Month by the Payson & Santaquin Area Chamber of Commerce.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for XPO Logistics in Spanish Fork recently to recognize its new membership in the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Com-merce. XPO Logistics is a top 10 global provider of transportation and logistics solutions. They provide services for truck brokerage and transportation, less-than-truckload, intermodal, highly-engineered supply chain solutions, contract logistics, last mile, expedite, global forwarding and managed transportation. XPO serves more than 50,000 customers with a highly integrated network of 1,469 locations in 32 countries. The company’s Spanish Fork office is located at 457 N. Main.

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Driven Auto Sales named Springville chamber’s Business of the Month

By Shirlene JordanDriven Auto Sales of Springville has

been named Business of the Month by the Springville Chamber of Commerce.

Driven Auto Sales opened for busi-ness in Springville a year ago in Febru-ary and they haven’t looked back since. What started as an idea to help people find great deals while being treated with re-spect has evolved into much, much more. They have clean, low-mile vehicles ready for buyers. Driven Auto Sales is helping people get into a quality vehicles, and it’s not surprise that many of these great cus-tomers are from right here in Springville and Mapleton.

Owner John Kramer said, “Our biggest problem right now is not being able to have enough inventory to satisfy the de-mand. What started in ‘the old bookstore’ is something that we could not have pre-dicted, and we are very happy that we are

here and are grateful for those that support us.”

At Driven Auto Sales, it’s about fam-ily. John and his brother-in-law Keaton started Driven Auto Sales together. Cus-tomers will also find John there with his brother Nate working by his side. Nate is in charge of marketing and takes all the pictures and he does an outstanding job.

Driven Auto Sales specializes in new-er used trucks, SUVs and cars. All cars are inspected, have their CARFAX re-ports pulled, and are mechanic inspected to ensure customers are buying the best car without any concern or reservations. Driven Auto Sales focuses on the custom-er, making sure they have a low-pressure sales experience with all their questions answered. Come see what a non-commis-sioned car buying experience feels like, and remember, if they don’t have the ve-hicle you are looking for, they will find it for you.

Driven Auto Sales has been named Business of the Month in Springville.

The Springville Chamber of Commerce welcomed Stonehenge of Springville with a ribbon cutting ceremony in April. Springville Mayor Wilford W. Clyde attended along with city council members and members of the chamber’s board of direc-tors. Stonehenge specializes in post-hospitalization care and rehabilitation, and the Springville location will offer services including physical, occupational and speech therapy, private patient rooms, daily activities and transportation to and from doctor’s appointments. Stonehenge of Springville is located at 909 W. 450 South.

Look for this logo as you travel around Springville and Mapleton. The businesses displaying this logo are proud members of the Springville Chamber of Commerce. Keep your money here in our economy where it benefits you the most. Local busi-nesses are the ones that support you and your family by creating jobs, donating to many local causes and events and building our community.

Stonehenge of Springville rehabilitation center opens

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British and Canadian census information is available

By Ginny Ackerson

Canada has done a nationwide cen-sus every 10 years since 1881. Be-fore that, censuses were taken at the

provincial level. The 1871 census includes Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario and mortality schedules. 1921 is the latest census available as Canada only releases them every 92 years.

Information included in each census consists of name, age, occupation, birth place and religion. 1871 and 1881 include fathers’ ethnic background. Added in 1891 were relationship to head of household, parent’s birthplaces and whether people were French Canadian. 1901 includes the complete date of birth of everyone in the household, the year of immigration and the year of naturalization. It also asked if they were of French Canadian descent and the ethnic or tribal background of the father.

In 1911 and 1921, questions were asked about their earnings, their employment and occupation, literacy, language spoken, and whether blind, deaf or dumb, lunatic or idiotic. Early censuses include the 1825, 1831, and 1842 censuses of Lower Can-ada (Southern Quebec and Labrador re-gions). The 1851 Census is incomplete but contains information on Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The 1861 Census was provincial in nature and includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Is-land and Quebec.

There were two spe-cial censuses taken in 1906 and 1916 in only the prai-rie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Canada had instituted a land settlement program in these provinces and wanted to

see how effective it was by taking these interim censuses. In England and Wales, censuses were taken every 10 years start-ing in 1801, though the 1841 census was the first one where all family names were recorded. In 1841, the only information recorded was name, gender, occupation, whether born in the county of enumera-tion, whether born in Ireland, Scotland or Foreign country, and age (rounded down to the closest five after age 15).

The following was recorded between 1851 and 1901: full name, age, gender, re-lationship to head of house, marital status, occupation, county and parish of birth or country of birth if they were born outside the country, language spoken, address and medical disabilities. Prior to 1911, British censuses were taken by dropping off the census form a couple of days ahead of time for the householder to fill out. Then the forms were collected by the census takers. Once each form was entered into the census ledgers, the forms were de-stroyed. The 1911 forms still exist so you can see your ancestors’ handwriting.

Contest open to local portrait photographers

By Steve ParsonsDoes Utah have talent? We at The-Pho-

to-Shop in Payson believe that question is answered with a resounding yes. We are so confident that we have offered up a cash prize of up to $1,000 to prove it.

Most artists are motivated by one of two things: 1. Money, and 2. Recognition. That is why we are offering a contest that will provide both to the winner. The prize is big enough to draw outstanding artists from all of our communities, and the win-ner is also going to be recognized in the Serve Daily newspaper as well as an offer for a gallery showing.

At The-Photo-Shop, we have a tra-ditional studio space that can be rented complete with lighting and backdrops. We also have a huge natural light studio up-stairs with 10 big picture windows letting in that natural light, and the walls are ex-posed brick and lath for a fresh look. We also have props and backdrops you can use upstairs or you are welcome to bring your own.

Are you tired of shooting all your fa-vorite places with your models and having all of your work look the same? Here is a great opportunity to expand your portfolio and the look you can offer your clients.

The rules of the contest are simple. Bring your model to our studio and create some great work. If you don’t have a great deal of experience, we have expert pho-

tographers on hand that can give you some advice and direction as well as some tech-nical help. Post your image to our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/The-Photo-Shop-428541150688120), like our page, and be sure to like the Serve Daily Facebook page and sign up for the news-letter (https://www.facebook.com/wserve-daily/?fref=ts), then spread the word far and wide with your network. Have your friends and family like our page and like your image to cast their votes. The image with the most likes wins. Use your social network prowess to propel your creativity into the spotlight.

You can find more details here: http://the-photo-shop.com/contest/.

Nebo Chiropractic opens clinic in Spanish Fork

Nebo Chiropractic is excited to an-nounce that their new Spanish Fork clinic is up and running in addition to its clinic in Payson.

Nebo Chiropractic is located at 800 N. 100 East where Courtney Chiropractic previously resided. With the retiring of Dr. Courtney, Dr. Brian Oldroyd is now available to provide care for those dealing with back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain and other joint pain.

Dr. Brian Oldroyd graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, Calif., where he became a board certified chiropractic physician. Previous to chiropractic school, he received his bachelor’s degree from Southern Utah University in human performance and ex-ercise science.

Dr. Oldroyd is trained in treating acute

and chronic musculoskeletal disorders, sciatic pain, headaches, shoulder pain and knee pain. In addition to chiropractic ad-justments, he uses decompression therapy as well as physical therapy techniques to get his patients back to performing the things they love to do. Dr. Oldroyd is RockTape certified and has had a lot of success treating athletes and getting them back into action.

Dr. Oldroyd grew up in Springville where he enjoyed spending his time out-doors and participating in basketball and golfing activities. He continues to enjoy spending time in the outdoors with his wife and three boys.

Nebo Chiropractic is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call for an appointment today at 801-798-2482.

Nebo Chiropractic has opened a clinic in Spanish Fork at 800 N. 100 East.

Photo by Steve Parsons

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It’s spring in Utah - or maybe it’s still winter

By Joe Capell

It’s spring in Utah! The sun is shining. The temperature is nice. It’s time to put away all your winter coats and gloves

and boots. No more long sleeves.Spring is here and it’s beautiful. The

grass is growing. Flowers are blooming. Popcorn is popping on the fruit trees. (Note: That’s not really popcorn! Please don’t eat it.) It’s a wonderful day!

Wait.Snow? Really? Yes, snow. It’s really

coming down. Get out the snow shovels. We might get several inches, especially up in the benches. Hey, aren’t we supposed to have an Easter egg hunt tomorrow? Who-ever heard of having an Easter egg hunt in the snow? This is crazy.

Wait.It’s nice again. All eight inches of snow

melted off before noon. Put the snow shovels away, we won’t be needing them anymore. It’s about time to get the sprin-klers ready. Where are my shorts?

Wait.It’s just a little rain storm. We can use

the moisture. (Nine days later.) Is it ever going to stop raining? I don’t know if I remember what the sun even looks like. Everything is so wet. And why are that guy’s sprinklers on? Nine straight days of rain and his lawn needs more water?

Wait.My, the sun has really dried out the

lawn. 85 degrees in April? Wow, that’s pretty hot. Why don’t they open the swim-ming pools? Can’t they see we need the swimming pools open? I have to turn on the air conditioner.

Wait.Snow? Again? I really shouldn’t have

my sprinklers going when there is snow on the ground, should I? (But those icicles sure are pretty, aren’t they?) Brrrr, I think I need to turn off the air conditioner and get the furnace fired up again.

Wait.It’s just a little breeze. Okay, that’s not

a breeze, it’s a gust. It just blew over the swing set. I think the trampoline from three doors down just landed in our back-yard. My sprinklers are on, but all the wa-ter is blowing onto my neighbor’s lawn.

Wait.It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining.

There’s a light breeze. Gee, those flowers sure look pretty. It’s not too hot. It’s not too cold. Everything is perfect. Welcome to spring in Utah.

Wait....For more funny-ish stuff, go to slow-

joe40.com.

The Funny-ishFiles of Joe Capell

Scrapbook fundraising crop scheduled for May 21

Do you miss the camaraderie of getting together with your friends to scrapbook or make cards? When the brick and mortar scrapbook stores began closing their doors in favor of online sales, it left a void in the scrapbook world with no place to go to crop with your friends. Scrapbooking and cardmaking is a social activity as much as a creative outlet as scrapbookers sharing ideas and suggestions and learn new ways of doing things.

This is about to change. Creatively Car-ol Scrapbooking and Papercrafts is host-ing a fundraiser for Operation Smile and the Utah County Fair on Saturday, May

21, at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds. The event will last 12 hours and the cost is $65 for four feet of table space, goodie bags and dinner.

You can register by either calling Car-ol Gomes at 801-597-4896 or by visiting www.CreativelyCarol.com/FairCrop.

Creatively Carol also offers open crop times, classes and more in Springville. Visit www.CreativelyCarol.com for more information.

***We hold our heads high, despite the

price we have paid, because freedom is priceless. - Lech Walesa

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Museum’s annual Art Ball planned on May 14

The Springville Museum of Art will present its annual Art Ball on Saturday, May 14, at the museum, located at 126 E. 400 South in Springville. The public is in-vited to attend.

The 2016 Art Ball’s theme is “On a Starry Night” as an homage to Van Gogh’s famous painting “The Starry Night.” Ad-vance tickets are now on sale at $30 for adults and $25 for students. Advance tick-ets can be purchased online at www.smo-fa.org or in person at the museum. Tickets will be available at the door the night of the event at $35 for adults and $30 for stu-dents.

The doors will open at 6 p.m. with a light buffet served at 6:30 p.m. and a mu-sical program at 8 p.m., during which the new Art Queen and her court will be crowned. There will also be dancing with music provided by the Danny Newell All-Star Big Band inside the museum and a DJ outside in the sculpture garden.

The Art Ball is a fundraiser held each

year with proceeds used to support the museum and its exhibitions and programs. Activities are going on throughout the museum during the evening, ensuring there will be something for everyone to enjoy. Those attending will be able to bid on items in a silent auction that will also raise money for the museum.

The Art Ball also serves as a public grand opening event for the museum’s an-nual Spring Salon exhibit, a juried exhibi-tion showcasing the diversity and quality of contemporary Utah art. First held in 1922, the salon was started by students and teachers at Springville High School who wanted to exhibit and promote orig-inal artwork. The salon has been held an-nually since that time except during World War II when fuel and other goods were ra-tioned nationwide. The tradition continues today; this year will be the 92nd year of the salon.

For more information, call the museum at 801-489-2727.

Public invited to opening of new Spanish Fork park

Spanish Fork City Parks and Recre-ation has announced the grand opening of a new park in the city. Sierra Park, located at 130 N. 1960 East (north of Sierra Bonita Elementary School), is a seven-acre park complete with re-strooms, two shade structures, picnic tables, benches, a walking path, open fields and an interactive playground.

The playground will have a component for 2- to 5-year-olds as well as struc-tures for 5- to 12-year-olds. It also in-cludes two triangle shade sails.

A grand opening ceremony and cel-ebration will be held Monday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to celebrate this exciting new amenity in the community.

Tickets for Champions Challenge Rodeo now on sale

The 2016 Wrangler Champions Chal-lenge Rodeo will be presented on Satur-day, June 4, at 8 p.m. at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds, 475 S. Main, Spanish Fork.

Tickets can be purchased at www.sf-citytix.com. Prices range from $13.50 to $18 for adults while children ages 3 to 11 are $13.50.

This is the third full season for the Champions Challenge and it should be an exciting event. The Champions Challenge features the PRCA’s best contestants com-

peting on the sport’s best stock.Seven of the eleven spots in most events

are reserved for the top finishers in the previous year’s world standings. The re-maining four qualifiers will be comprised of the leaders in the 2015 world standings and Wrangler Million Dollar Tour stand-ings one month before the event, and last year’s Fiesta Day’s Rodeo Winners.

The Champions Challenge is a made-for-TV event and will be broadcast on CBS Sports (SFCN channel 67).

The 2016 Wrangler Champions Challenge Rodeo will be presented on Saturday, June 4, in Spanish Fork.

Payson theater plans auditionsPayson Community Theatre will hold

auditions for its 2016 production, “Into the Woods,” on Wednesday and Thurs-day, May 18 and 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. each night in the Payson High School choir room. The auditions are open to those age 16 and older. The cutoff date for being 16 is May 31.

Those auditioning should be ready to

perform 16 to 24 bars of music from a Broadway musical. Callbacks will be held on May 21. Auditioners should bring sheet music accompaniment for a pianist to play or there will be a jack for an iPhone avail-able. Do not plan on singing a cappella.

Those interested should visit www.paysoncommunitytheater.org and fill out an audition registration form.

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Nebo hosts first Elementary Keyboarding Championship

On April 13, hundreds of fourth- and fifth-grade students and their parents gath-ered at Spanish Fork High School for Nebo School District’s first-ever Elemen-tary Keyboarding Championship. Students were selected to represent their schools in the championship based on their remark-able keyboarding skills.

After three rounds of competition, 14 fifth-grade students and 17 fourth-grade students were announced as winners of this year’s championship. The top key-boarder in the fifth grade keyed over 100 words per minute. The top fourth-grade keyboarder keyed over 90 words per min-ute.

Thanks to the generosity of Nebo Credit Union, a total of $800 was awarded to stu-dents. Each first-place winner was award-ed a $100 gift card. Second-place winners received a $75 gift card, third-place win-ners received a $50 gift card, fourth-place winners received a $25 gift card, and places fifth through 16th received a $10 bill. Thanks go to Macey’s Grocery Store for providing water and snacks as well as Spanish Fork High School for allowing use of their computer labs and cafeteria for this great event.

Fifth-grade winners were: First, Fran-cisca Hernandez; second, Kayla Huish; third, Aiden Atwood; fourth, Caleb Isom; fifth, Sean Chandler; sixth, Brycen Asay; seventh, Savannah Stinson; eighth, Nique Dixon; ninth, Sueisen Garcia; 10th, Jake Yoder; 11th, David Bartholomew; 12th, Kim Saili; 13th, Ashlyn Boyes; and 14th, Sam Whitaker.

Fourth-grade winners were: First, Brit-ton Childs; second, Hannah Beecher; third, Ashton Beehre; fourth, Matthew Mellinger; fifth, Tyler Phelps; sixth, Mck-enzie Cook; seventh, Eli Elder; eighth, Hailee Evans; ninth (tie), Paris Terry and Emily Gwilliam; 10th Mika Krommen-hoek; 11th Kayden Labrum; 12th Noah Butler; 13th Maci Nielson; 14th Nathan Swinford; 15th Joren Rowley; and 16th, Victoria Liddle.

Nebo has a remarkable team of key-boarding teachers each of whom is re-sponsible for four elementary schools. Each one helps every fourth-grade student and every fifth-grade student develop a keyboarding skill that will help him or her be efficient and effective in today’s tech-nology-based society.

Nebo’skeyboarding specialists are Ran-dy Bartholomew, Deb Bigler, Kim Clyde, Haley Hales, Patty Holt, Lorraine Tuttle and April Williams. Nebo uses its own keyboarding materials – which were de-veloped to meet the specific needs of Ne-bo’s keyboarding programs – to help stu-dents develop their keyboarding skills.

Spanish Fork Main Street rehabilitation beginning May 9

Beginning May 9, the Utah Department of Transportation will begin rehabilitation work on Main Street in Spanish Fork. This work is part of a larger project that will see roads in both Spanish Fork and Ma-pleton repaved and resurfaced during the summer. The Spanish Fork Main Street work beginning in May will include the following:

• Reconstructing existing pedestrian ramps from 300 South to 1000 North

• Add second northbound right turn lane from Main Street to 1000 North

• Curb and gutter work at 10th North and Main Street

• Replacing the storm drain between 800 and 900 North along northbound lanes

• Reconstructing driveway approaches between 500 and 600 North

• Replacing one and a half inches of as-phalt from 300 South to 1000 North

The work will consist of replacing one and a half inches of pavement from 1000 North to 300 South along Main Street and the addition of a second northbound right turn lane at 1000 North. In addition to replacing the roadway surface, crews will reconstruct existing pedestrian ramps throughout the project. Curb and gutter, storm drain and driveway approaches will be replaced or repaired at specific loca-tions. During this project, on-street park-

ing will be affected in the areas where crews are working. Access to businesses and residences will be maintained during business hours. There may be short delays when crews are removing or replacing pavement or trenching in front of drive-way approaches. Spanish Fork’s Main Street between 300 South and the I-15 interchange is scheduled to be complete-ly redone this summer by UDOT, with the old asphalt removed and new asphalt laid.

Spanish Fork’s 400 North is also sched-uled to be torn up and repaved. This proj-ect will include all of 400 North in Span-ish Fork and continue up the road east into Mapleton where it becomes 1600 South. In Mapleton, the resurfacing work will continue east on 1600 South to Main Street, where the work will turn north and Main Street from 1600 South to Maple Street will be repaved. In addition to these major projects, some roads in the Spanish Fork area will receive a new road surface over the top of the existing road. This will happen on US 6 between the I-15 inter-change and the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon as well as on Spanish Fork’s Main Street south of 300 South to Arrowhead Trail Road. Also, Highway 77 through Lake Shore will be resurfaced.

To help the public stay informed about the work as the summer progresses, a pub-

lic information team has been put together by UDOT to act as a consistent source of information for residents and businesses. This team will be sending out weekly emails to the public provid-ing updates about construc-tion and potential traffic de-lays. To sign up to receive the email, send a message to sfmainstreet@utah.gov or call 1-855-307-9363.

The fourth-grade winners of Nebo School District’s first-ever Elementary Key-boarding Championship were: First, Britton Childs; second, Hannah Beecher; third, Ashton Beehre; fourth, Matthew Mellinger; fifth, Tyler Phelps; sixth, Mcken-zie Cook; seventh, Eli Elder; eighth, Hailee Evans; ninth (tie), Paris Terry and Emily Gwilliam; 10th Mika Krommenhoek; 11th Kayden Labrum; 12th Noah Butler; 13th Maci Nielson; 14th Nathan Swinford; 15th Joren Rowley; and 16th, Victoria Liddle.

The fifth-grade winners of Nebo School District’s first-ever Elementary Key-boarding Championship were: First, Francisca Hernandez; second, Kayla Huish; third, Aiden Atwood; fourth, Caleb Isom; fifth, Sean Chandler; sixth, Brycen Asay; seventh, Savannah Stinson; eighth, Nique Dixon; ninth, Sueisen Garcia; 10th, Jake Yoder; 11th, David Bartholomew; 12th, Kim Saili; 13th, Ashlyn Boyes; and 14th, Sam Whitaker.

Compete in the Utah County Fair Talent Show

Talented Utah County individuals are encouraged to start thinking about shar-ing their talents at the Utah County Fair. This year’s fair will be held Aug. 17-20 at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds and ap-plications are now be accepted for partic-ipation in the fair’s Talent Show. The first round will be held on Aug. 17 and the fi-nals will be held on Aug. 20 at 6 p.m. on the fair’s main stage.

Age categories are under 15, 16-54 and 55 and up, with prizes awarded in all three categories.

To obtain an entry form, contact Carol Gomes by calling 801-597-4896 or send-ing an email to Fair@CreativelyCarol-Gifts.com.

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Sheldon Bladh to perform at museumBy Ginny Ackerson

On Sunday, May 15, the Springville Arts Commission will present a perfor-mance by Sheldon Bladh as part of the 2015-2016 Sunday Concert Series. Come to the Springville Museum of Art at 4:30 p.m. and enjoy a memorable evening of song. These concerts are free to the pub-lic. The museum is located at 126 E. 400 South in Springville.

Sheldon Bladh (formerly Boone) was born and raised in Provo. She began sing-ing with her daddy (Jonathan Boone) at a young age and became a featured soloist on the CD “Songs With a Pinktwist Vol-ume III,” which sold worldwide. At age 11, with the dream of playing Broadway’s next Annie Warbucks, she auditioned for the Little Brown Theatre in Springville and made her acting debut as Laura in “The Merry Nutcracker.”

She went on to perform in several local productions and attended Merit College

Preparatory A c a d e m y , where her love for the per forming arts flour-ished.

In 2012, she was ac-cepted to B r i g h a m Young Uni-versity-Ida-ho’s per-f o r m i n g arts program and plunged into the acting scene. After performing at the college and in the community and competing in East Idaho’s regional vocal competition, she was offered an audition with The Great Bear Folk Theatre Company. Sheldon landed the role of Charity in “Bielzy and Gottfried” and traveled with the company to New York City to participate in the Off,

Off, Broadway Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2015.

On May 15, 2015, Sheldon married her high school sweetheart Joshua Bladh, and the pair returned to BYU-Idaho to com-plete their studies.

Set to graduate from the university this fall, Sheldon plans to return to New York City with her supportive husband to pur-sue her life-long dream of being a Broad-way star.

Her past roles include: Fantine in “Les Miserables,” Fruma Sarah in “Fiddler on the Roof,” Rita in “Lucky Stiff,” Jack’s Mother in “Into the Woods,” Kaye in “The Taffetas,” The Leader in “Antigone” and Charity in “Bielzy and Gottfried.”

There are no concerts scheduled in June or July. The 2016- 2017 Sunday Concert Series will begin on Aug. 21 with excit-ing new talent and favorite performers. Thanks to all who come and support the performers who so graciously share their talents with us.

Sheldon Bladh

By Spanish ForkCouncilwoman Stacy Beck

By an official resolution from Mayor Steve Leifson, Spanish Fork Arbor Day 2016 was observed twice this year. On April 27 and April 29, students from Riv-erview and Larsen elementary schools participated in Arbor Day programs by planting trees in two of the city’s parks as well as having programs at their schools.

Spanish Fork City has met the four stan-dards to become a Tree City USA Com-munity, which are having a tree board, a tree care ordinance, a comprehensive community forestry program and an Arbor Day observance. The Wasatch Front Com-munity Area Forester made the Tree City USA Award presentation to Spanish Fork City during a luncheon attended by rep-resentatives of Utah cities and towns on April 12. This marks Spanish Fork City’s 17th consecutive year receiving this na-tional recognition.

Students from Larsen Elementary School planted trees in April in recogni-tion of Arbor Day.

Students plant trees for Arbor DayBoyack honored as Athletic Director of the Year

Dave Boyack was honored recently as the Athletic Director of the Year by the Utah Interscholastic Athletic Administra-tors Association in St. George.

Boyack is a graduate of Spanish Fork High School where he was a multi-sport athlete, participating as a member of the baseball, football, track, basketball and golf teams. He attended Snow College for two years and was a member of the football and track teams. Boyack was a conference champion in track at Snow College.

Boyack worked at Spanish Fork High School for 27 years as the head coach of track and cross country. His teams won 30 region championships in cross country and track along with one state champion-ship in cross country and five state cham-pionships in track and field.

Boyack has been the athletic director at Maple Mountain High School since it opened seven years ago. The athletic de-partment at Maple Mountain has won 32 region titles and six state titles. In just over six years, Maple Mountain High stu-

dent athletes have been awarded 97 A c a d e m -ic All-State awards.

C o a c h Boyack was named Cross C o u n t r y Coach of the Year in 1993 by the Utah High School A c t i v i t i e s Association and Utah Track and Field Coach of the Year in 2006 by the National Federation of State High School Association.

He instituted a service initiative for stu-dent athletes that has included elementary school reading, lunchtime activities at ele-mentary schools and the Superstars Track and Field Day for special needs students in Nebo School District. He also brought

on the Especially for Athletes program that involves athletes in reaching out to students who need a friend. Go to www.especiallyforathletes.com for more details.

Maple Mountain’s athletic department has won the UIAAA Directors Cup in 2012-2013 and 2014-2015. This award recognizes the top 4A school in overall athletic accomplishment along with aca-demic success. Last year Maple Mountain also won the Deseret News 4A All Sports Award.

Boyack has been recognized as a Certi-fied Athletic Administrator; only approxi-mately 5 percent in Utah have this certifi-cation. He serves as the current president of the Utah High School Athletic Direc-tors Association.

Dave is married to Michele Boyack. and they are the proud parents of Jamie, Kourtney, Tyler and Alisha.

***May we think of freedom, not as the

right to do as we please, but as the oppor-tunity to do what is right. - Peter Marshall

Dave Boyack

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Life Events

Jacob Wilcock, Miranda Grigg to marry May 14

Stuart and Jennifer Grigg, of Springville, are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Miranda Diane Grigg, to Jacob Rollin Wilcock, son of Blaine and Beverly Wilcock of Pinetop-Lakeside, Ariz. Jacob and Miranda will be sealed in the Payson Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, May 14, 2016.

They will attend Brigham Young Uni-versity and live in Provo. Jacob served an LDS mission in Guatemala and Miranda served an LDS mission in the Philippines.

Miranda Grigg and Jacob Wilcock

Ora Houtz Hardy turning 100 years old on May 10

Ora Marie Houtz was born in Provo, Utah, on May 10, 1916, to Ira Houtz and Mary Ellen Walton. She was the second eldest of eight siblings and grew up on a farm during the Great Depression. She graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1934. Ora married the love of her life, Don Hardy, in 1935, and with jobs being scarce, they moved to Los An-geles, Calif., when a relative offered Don employment.

Ora found a job working in Hollywood at the Owl Drug Store. When World War II and the draft started, she began work-ing for the Selective Service where she registered and processed hundreds of young men for military duty. When the war ended in 1945, she transitioned into a job as a union negotiator for FMC Cor-poration, holding that position for 30 years. Although Ora and Don didn’t have children, Ora helped to raise her younger siblings, offering help in times of need and illness.

Don died in 1967. Ora retired in 1975 and returned home to Utah to live in Springville, where she still resides to-day in the same home. She began a new chapter in her life, traveling the world with various organizations. And boy did she travel, spending her 50s into her 90s exploring the world, including trips to Hawaii, England, Scotland, France, Italy, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, the Nether-lands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, the Panama Canal and Egypt, where she rode

a camel to the pyramids in Giza.Ora Marie Hardy is a beloved pillar of

her community. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and she attends church every Sunday. She has been blessed with good health and is “Aunt Ora” to dozens of nieces and neph-ews. She is a generous donor to the Prima-ry Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City and to the VFW.

A gathering will take place in Springville at the Hobble Creek Stake Pavilion, 495 S. Canyon Rd., on May 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friends and family are invited to this open house celebration to mark her milestone 100th birthday.

Ora Hardy

The Miner’s Diner in Eureka is in full swing for the coming summer and open from Tuesday to Sunday. Its menu items have been improved. The new hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Miner’s Diner hours update

UDOT, Payson City closer to identifying future of Interstate 15 interchange

The Utah Department of Transpor-tation, in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration, has announced that it has selected four alternatives for more detailed study as part of the I-15 Payson Main Street Interchange Environ-mental Impact Statement.

“These four alternatives were selected after working closely with city officials and community members,” said UDOT Project Manager Justin Schellenberg. “The next step is to determine which al-ternative will best meet the community’s needs now and in the future. Our goal is to improve traffic flow and enhance safety in this area.”

In December of 2015, UDOT, FHWA and the study team originally proposed a list of 17 potential alternatives. They narrowed the list to a reasonable range of alternatives based on the results of pre-liminary environmental screening process

as well as input received from the public, agencies and Payson City. Four alterna-tives are being carried forward for consid-eration: C1 Braided Ramps, C3 Frontage Road Ramps, C4 Split Diamond, and I1 Long Span Structure. Details regarding each of these alternatives can be found at www.udot.utah.gov/paysoneis.

The study team will now analyze the environmental, social and economic ef-fects of these alternatives. The findings of this analysis will be presented in the Draft EIS, which will be available for public review this fall. A public hearing will be held at that time to gather public comment.

The public is welcomed and encouraged to provide input throughout the EIS pro-cess. To see details regarding each alterna-tive, provide feedback or stay up-to-date on the project, visit www.udot.utah.gov/paysoneis, send an email to paysoneis@utah.gov or call 801-859-3770.

A semi truck turns at the Payson Main Street I-15 Interchange. Four alternatives for improving the interchange are now being considered.

Get antiques appraised at expoShop for unique antiques and homemade

crafts or get your own antique appraised at the Peteetneet Antique & Vintage Expo to be held on Saturday, May 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Peteetneet Museum & Cul-tural Arts Center, 10 N. 600 East, Payson.

The expo will feature vendor booths from all over selling antiques, vintage items, homemade crafts and food. Don’t forget to bring that “one” item in your home that you know is worth some money. The expo will have nationally renowned antique appraisers on hand to give you a verbal history and value of your unique treasure; appraisals will be $5 per item and offered on a first come, first served basis. The appraisers will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vendor booths and muse-um tours will be available from 9 a.m. to

5 p.m.All proceeds from this fundraiser will

benefit the historic Peteetneet Museum & Cultural Arts Center which was estab-lished in 1901. The actual building be-gan in 1897 as a solution to replace four one-room schools existing at that time. In 1988, the school was restored and turned into a cultural center and museum offering plenty of ongoing activities and instruction for the community.

The museum and cultural arts center hosts more than 34,000 visitors each year, with volunteers donating almost 12,000 hours of their time to share the museum with visitors.

For more information, call Janeen at 801-358-3357 or send an email to events@payson.org.

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Spanish Fork FFA has success in competitionsBy Kaylee Liddiard

Students from the Spanish Fork High School FFA had the opportunity to show off their skills at the recent Career Devel-opment Competitions. Students compet-ed in a variety of contests that help them learn skills directly related to future ca-reers. Students competed in the following areas: Farm Business Management, Flori-culture, Food Science, Horse Evaluation, Livestock Evaluation, Meats Evaluation, Milk Quality and Products, Nursey/Land-scape and Poultry Evaluation.

Congratulations to the following stu-dents who excelled at the competitions.

The Livestock team, consisting of Amanda Olsen, Britton Redd, Payton Redd, Mallory Sorensen and Stran So-rensen, was the third-place team at State CDEs. In addition, Britton Redd was named third-high individual. This team also was the winner of the Utah Invitation Contest with Stran Sorensen being named high individual, second place at the De-seret Peak Invitational, and third place at Snow College Judging.

Chase Holt, Jessica Olsen, Porter Ol-sen and Brooke Sorensen made up the Poultry team. They were fifth place at the state competition. In addition, they were the third-place team at the Deseret Peak Invitational.

The Floriculture team, made up of Ka-cie Jones, Lindsey Olsen, Tori Rucker and Kalli Unopulos, placed fifth at the state competition. They were also the sec-ond-place team at the Deseret Peak Invi-

tational. Kacie Jones was named the high individual at the Utah Classic Invitational.

Kendrie Barber, Randall Huff, Jackson Stewart and Kirsty Stubbs showed they know their meat when they were named the state champions of the Meats Evalua-tion Contest. Jackson Stewart was named high individual and Kirsty Stubbs was named second high. In addition, they were the winning team at the Deseret Peak Invi-tational and Jackson Stewart was high in-dividual. The Meats Evaluation team will get the chance to represent Utah at the na-tional convention.

Students were also able to compete at the Utah State FFA Convention. Students were able to receive awards individually and as a chapter. Spanish Fork was recog-nized as a superior chapter. Kalley Stubbs represented our chapter in the creed com-petition and did a very good job. Brooke Voorhees was selected to be part of the first-ever state choir. Bailee Argyle, Jake Jones, Jorgen Olsen, Lindsey Olsen, Tori Rucker, Jackson Stewart and Kalli Unopu-los received their State FFA Degrees.

Proficiency awards allow students who excel in their Supervised Agriculture Ex-perience to be awarded. Kaitlin Hallam was recognized for her work in Diversi-fied Livestock Production. Tori Rucker was recognized for her work in Landscape Management. Kirsty Stubbs was recog-nized for her work with vegetable produc-tion. These girls will have their portfolios judged in June and, if chosen as a top-four winner, they will represent Utah at the Na-tional FFA Convention in October.

Grissom’s ‘The Kitchen House’ will haunt you

By Debbie Balzotti

“For the most part, Lavinia and Belle dictated the story to me. From the be-ginning, it became quite clear that if

I tried to embellish or change their story, their narration would stop. When I with-drew, the story would continue. Their voic-es were quite distinct. Belle, who always felt grounded to me, certainly did not hold back with description, particularly of the rape. Lavinia, on the other hand, felt less stable, less able to cope; and at times it felt as though she was scarcely able to relate her horror.”

This statement appears at the end of “The Kitchen House” in an interview with author Kathleen Grissom. It explains why this work of historical fiction haunted my dreams. It was dictated by ghosts! I should probably stop reading tragic books at night before I go to sleep.

Lavinia, one of the voices the author heard, is a 7-year-old Irish girl when the story begins. She has arrived in a state of shock and cannot remember who she is or where she came from. The captain of the ship brings her to his plantation as an indentured servant after the death of her parents. Her life in the kitchen house un-der the care of Belle and her loving fam-ily of slaves is filled with confusion and fear as well as love and kindness. Later,

as she is ac-cepted into “white” so-ciety, she cannot un-d e r s t a n d her forced segregation from them. They have become her family.

Belle, the other voice d i c t a t i n g the story to Grissom, is a slave and the illegitimate daughter of the master of the plantation. Her view of life from the kitchen house is very different from Lavinia’s. She gives heart-rending descriptions of the treat-ment of slaves in the American south and the indignity of being owned as a piece of property.

Having both women narrate the story allows the reader to view events from two very different perspectives. Although La-vinia is a servant, she is not a slave and

she has a naive view of life. Belle is a strong woman who longs for freedom but fears separation from her family and those she loves.

The characters, the sto-ry and the writing style all make “The Kitchen House” impossible to put down. When you start dreaming about the book at night – and you will – remember I warned you.

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May 12l The Book Club at the Santaquin Li-

brary will meet on Thursday, May 12, at 7 p.m. The May book is “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova. The library is located at 20 W. 100 South, Santaquin.

May 14l The Mapleton Fire Department As-

sociation will host its Fireman’s Breakfast on Saturday, May 14, from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Mapleton Public Safety Building, 305 N. Main, Mapleton. The menu will include ham, eggs, pancakes, milk and or-ange juice. Cost will be $4 per person or $20 per family (up to six people). Those attending can enter to win dozens of do-nated prizes. All proceeds will benefit the Mapleton Fire Department Association.l Spanish Fork City will host its Adopt-

a-Planter planting days on Saturday, May 14. Come help plant flowers in the flow-erbeds along Main Street as well as at the senior center, cemetery and fairgrounds. Bring a shovel, broom and hand trowel. Flowers will be delivered to the flower-beds by 8 a.m. For more information, send an email to adoptaplanter@spanishfork.org or call 801-865-4731.l The Springville Museum of Art’s

annual Art Ball will be held on Saturday, May 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the muse-um, 126 E. 400 South, Springville. Ad-vance tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for students. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the museum or online at www.smofa.org. For more information, call the museum at 801-489-2727.

May 15l The Springville High School Cham-

ber Orchestra will present a free concert on Sunday, May 15, at 4:30 p.m. at the Springville Museum of Art, 126 E. 400 South, Springville.

The Springville Historical Society will present its May lecture on Sunday, May 15, at 7 p.m. at the Springville Museum of Art, 126 E. 400 South, Springville.

May 17l The Springville Public Library, 45 S.

Main, Springville, will host its Books & Bites event on Tuesday, May 17, at noon. The public is invited to enjoy great book conversation during the lunch hour. The ti-tle for May is “The Kept” by James Scott. June’s book will be available for checkout

any time after this meeting.May 18

l Learn about Utah art trends at the State of the Art Panel Discussion on Wednesday, May 18, at 7 p.m. at the Springville Museum of Art. The panel members will be Susan Meyer, owner and director of Meyer Gallery in Park City; Amy Jorgensen, co-director of Granary Art Center in Ephraim; Felicia Baca, visu-al arts representative of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums; and Rita Wright, di-rector of the Springville Museum of Art.

May 19l The Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra

will present a concert, “A Night at the Movies,” on Thursday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Springville Public Library, 45 S. Main, Springville. This family-friendly concert will feature music from “Star Wars,” “Fro-zen,” “Jurassic Park” and more.

May 21l Spanish Fork City will host its

Adopt-a-Planter planting days on Satur-day, May 21. Come help plant flowers in the flowerbeds along Main Street and at the city library. Bring a shovel, broom and hand trowel. Flowers will be delivered to the flowerbeds by 8 a.m. For more infor-mation, send an email to adoptaplanter@spanishfork.org or call 801-865-4731.l The Art City Ukelele Fellowship is

now meeting regularly at the Springville Public Library, 45 S. Main, Springville. The next meeting of this group will be held on Saturday, May 21, at 11 a.m. All skill levels are welcome. Bring a ukulele if you have one; if not, there will be a few there to try out. Beginners may come 30 minutes early for basic chord instruction.

May 26l The Springville Communities that

Care Monthly Coalition Prevention Meet-ing will be held on Thursday, May 26, from noon to 1 p.m. in room 208 of the Springville Civic Center, 110 S. Main. The coalition strives to bring community members and partners together to improve the health, safety and well-being of youth and families in Springville.

June 7l The Santaquin Library’s summer

reading program for youth will hold a kick-off event on Tuesday, June 7, from 3 to 6 p.m. This year’s theme is “On Your Mark, Get Set … READ!” Each week youth will exercise their minds by reading and participating in activities. Age groups include pre-school through 12th grade. For more information, call 801-754-3030.

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Spanish Fork FFA had 39 students compete in 12 different competitions at the State Career Development Events.

Family Concert Series planned in Salem

The Family Concert Series, a new event in Salem, will be presented this summer at the Knoll Park Outdoor Stage in Salem. The concerts will be-gin at 7 p.m. Come join with friends and neighbors and enjoy a selection of phenomenal local talent. Bring chairs, blankets and picnics and enjoy the

evening. Admission is free.The concerts will be as follows:June

13: Erica Gebert, Shannon Abbott and Maddie Wilson.

July 11: Dylan Robertson, Colton Simons and Steve Dunford.

August 8: Branson and Maisy Mer-chant and FIREFLY.

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Barbara Ward solo art show planned at Peteetneet

By Rebecca PeeryArtworks by Payson resident Barbara

Ward will be on display during May and June at the Peteetneet Museum and Cul-tural Arts Center, 10 N. 600 East, Payson. A reception with light refreshments will be held on Friday, May 6, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Barbara Ward was born in a small ru-ral town in Southern Alberta, Canada. She spent her youth outdoors where her favor-ite activities were hiking, skiing, riding her crazy Arabian mare across the prairies and swimming in the cold glacial Cana-dian lakes. Although she was passionate about art and drawing from an early age, her life took an interesting detour.

Her husband, a UPS driver, was laid up for several months because of knee replacements. Because of this, she was recruited as an art director in the commer-cial film world. She began to do archi-tectural renderings as well as pick paint, fabric and floor covering. She became in-volved in landscaping concepts, signage, faux painting, design work, props, dec-orating and shopping. She was involved with feature films, commercials, indus-trial films and episodic television for 29 years. This experience, although it took away from her actual time pursuing the miles of canvas an artist is beholden to, gave her an opportunity to develop in col-or and design principles. It also gave her the ability to produce under deadlines and pressure.

After an accident sidelined her film ca-reer, she began to seriously attack the can-vas with her brushes. Her work has most recently been featured in the Utah Wom-en Juried Artist Exhibition and at Payson City Onion Days.

Although Barbara is mostly self-

taught, she has been influenced by sev-eral contemporary artists, a few of which are Kathyrn Stats, Scott Christensen and Lindsey Bitnar Graham.

Barbara’s medium is oil. Her passion is plein air painting. Combining her love of the outdoors - the sights, smells and sounds found there - with the challenge of capturing an often fleeting moment of nature is her quest.

Barbara lives in Payson where she shares her five-acre mini ranch with her husband, four horses, one overactive bor-der collie named Lennie and a pampered Westie named Lucie.

***History has taught us over and over

again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they’ve answered the call in bravery and sacrifice. - Tim Pawlenty

***What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, lib-erty is to the soul of man. - Robert Green Ingersoll

Artworks by Payson resident Barbara Ward will be on display during May and June at the Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center.

ALA students earn college degree before high school diploma

At the time of this photo, it is the end of April and these nine students from American Leadership Academy in Spanish Fork have earned their Associates Degree from Utah Valley University. They don’t receive their high school diplomas for another month!

How can this happen? Well, it starts once they become freshmen and soph-omores. They begin attending a dis-tance learning class called Ed Net. In an agreement with Utah Valley Uni-versity, high school students can sit in a classroom in Spanish Fork and

interact with an actual college class taking place live on the campus in Orem. They see their professor in his classroom on the big screen and they can ask him questions and he can give them answers.

The tuition and the testing fees are a fraction of what a traditional stu-dent pays. ALA also offers concurrent enrollment classes that are cashed in for college credit. In the end, they en-ter the college or university of their choice with an associate’s degree and a two-year head start on everyone else. Congratulations double graduates!

These nine students at American Leadership Academy have earned their associate’s degree from Utah Valley University before graduating from high school. Pictured are, back row, from left: Emmalee Dorius, Kenzie Howells, Manon Nauta, Isabella Torres, Julia Becerill and Camilla Morley. Front row, from left: Joshua Tukuafu, Collin Anderson, Devin Johnson and Instructor Pam Pappas. Utah State Junior Livestock

Show set in Spanish ForkBy Kaylee Liddiard

Five hundred and forty 4-H and FFA youth from throughout the state of Utah will be at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds May 4-7 for the 92nd Annual Utah State Junior Livestock Show. The youth will ex-hibit the hog, sheep and beef projects that they have been working with for the past few months.

Youth have been spending countless hours in preparation. They spend time feeding, grooming, walking and training their projects to be able to show them off. A judge will select the top 12 animals in the market and breeding divisions, with the top animal being named Grand Cham-pion. In addition, the youth will compete in the Showmanship division where their skills are judged and a champion in each age division selected. More than $4,000 in awards will be given to those who excel.

The livestock program is a great way to teach youth to develop responsibility, gain knowledge and skills in the livestock industry, make management decisions and become contributing members of society.

Many of the youth have gained lifelong friends and contacts throughout the state.

Mallory Sorensen, who will be exhib-iting a hog, steer, heifer and bull at the show, feels that the she has gained a lot through the program. “I have had to learn better communication skills to talk to the judge and those around me. I like showing because it’s something my family can do together,” she said.

Other youth like Amanda Olsen like the responsibility it teaches them. She said, “I’ve gained the knowledge of how to work hard. I show because of the ex-periences it has given me to make new friends, be closer to my family and learn to work hard for something.”

The culmination of their year of re-cord-keeping and livestock management comes with the livestock auction, held on the Saturday of the show. Individuals and business will support these youth by bidding on and purchasing the animal. All of the shows and the auction are open for the public to attend. For the schedule and more information, visit Utah State Junior Livestock Show on Facebook.

Youth exhibit Market Lambs at the 2015 Utah State Junior Livestock show. The 2016 show will be held May 4-7.

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Old photos reveal clues to history of PaysonBy Steve Parsons

The best treasure hunts have interest-ing clues, and a hunt to learn more about Payson’s history is no exception. Through researching centuries-old photographic techniques, we can learn how Payson be-came what it is today.

Photo A is a tintype, a photography technique that was very popular in the late 1800s. The Polaroid of its day, tin-types produced an actual image instead of a negative that then had to be printed out to be displayed. The photographer was able to send an image home with his client right when it was taken that was “printed” on tin instead of paper. This was a relatively affordable process, so many people of the day were able to me-morialize things that were important to them.

Tintypes, however, are reverse images, which meant that people appeared on the print as their mirrored reflection. Since to-day we’re used to seeing lifelike represen-tations, these mirror images feel very off, but back then people really only saw their reflected visages. Of course, text in these images is also reversed.

Ken Schuwer of Provo, who deals in rare pioneer-era photos, acquired Photo A,

which is believed to be the earliest photo of Payson’s Main Street.

When Ken posted an image of the tin-type on Facebook (the miracle of technol-ogy revealing the secrets of the past), I was thrilled. I shoot modern-day tintypes and restore old photographs, so seeing this image really got my blood pumping! I begged him to bring the image in to be restored, which started me on this treasure hunt of early Payson history.

My new shop (The Photo Shop) is on historic Main Street in the old Skaggs Gen-eral Store (also known as the old liquor store) and I’ve learned that the more time one spends in this historic area, the more important the town’s history and buildings become. So when this remarkable tintype depicting several early Payson buildings crossed our path, we knew the treasure hunt was really underway.

The image had to be enhanced, en-larged and then reversed so we weren’t looking at a “backwards” picture. Once that was done, the words “La Belle Wagon Depot” could be discerned. A quick read of Payson history (I recommend “Peteet-neet Town” by Madoline Dixon) reveals another interesting image with the same sign, as seen in Photo B.

With this clue, we earn the first prize

in our treasure hunt. The building pictured here is the William Douglass store, which became the Payson Cooperative. Next to it is the post office and to the left of that is the tin shop, likely the source for the very tin this image was made on.

Come back next week to see how the treasure revealed in this clue began to re-write Payson history.

Steve Parsons lives in Payson with his family. He is attending the Academy of Art University and is slated to earn his

master’s of arts degree in photography in 2016. He owns and operates The Photo Shop, located on Main Street in historic Payson, which offers quality fine art, pho-tography lessons, custom photography sessions (specializing in landscape, aerial images and pet portraiture), photobooth rental and photographic editing/resto-ration and printing on a variety of sur-faces. The Photo Shop also offers studio space for photographers to use. Parsons can be reached at 801-609-8039.

Photo A - courtesy of Steve Parsons Photo B - courtesy of Steve Parsons

Lou Ballamis receives Central Bank’s Good Citizen Award

Central Bank is pleased to honor Lou Ballamis for the positive impact he’s had on the Payson community by presenting him with the Central Bank Good Citizen Award. Ballamis received the award on April 14 at an open house at Central Bank in Payson.

Born and raised in Sandy, Ballamis has been a Payson resident for 12 years. He and his wife, Cherie, own and oper-ate Lou’s Barber Shop on Payson’s His-toric Downtown Main Street. The barber shop has been in business for 20 years as

of April. Ballamis said he loves living and working in the Payson community and en-joys rubbing shoulders with the great peo-ple who live here.

Ballamis has served on the Payson & Santaquin Area Chamber of Commerce board for the last five years and sits on the board of Communities That Care in Payson. He also serves actively in his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints.

Central Bank’s Payson office is located at 182 N. Main.

Lou Ballamis, owner of Payson’s Lou’s Barber Shop, was honored in April by Cen-tral Bank for his service to the community.

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All Things Art celebrates 20 years helping youth

How does a small dream crash out of its borders to become successful beyond your imagination? In the case of All Things Art Studio in Springville, which began op-erating in 1996, it happened with art in-struction that started and stayed personal as each student was assisted in achieving personal goals one step at a time.

Now the studio is celebrating 20 years of helping local students develop their ar-tistic talents.

All Things Art Studio began small, adding mediums most students had never used before and building their confidence and talent while aided by teachers who be-lieved in them and had the tools to help them realize their artistic potential.

The studio has enjoyed many won-derful community partnerships to aid the youth of the area. Some of these include the Springville Arts Council, Springville Museum of Art, local Boy Scout Troops, Springville High School (having served SHS as an enrichment art instructor for 16 years), Snow College and many others over the past 20 years.

The studio measures its true success in helping give a voice to children who may be shy or unsure of themselves. It helps them develop talent in a safe studio envi-ronment where no bullying is allowed or tolerated and students support one anoth-er. Trying new mediums, studying master artists and learning techniques and their histories help encourage the student to grow in their confidence. They learn the universal language of art, which is under-

stood by all people.Many of the studio’s apprentices have

gone on to apprentice with outstanding artist like Jeff Hein, J. Kirk Richards and Casey Childs, to name a few.

Former advanced students at All Things Art are living their own dreams in the art fields they chose as a profession. They in-clude Brandon Gonzales, matte painting supervisor at Stargate Studios in Los An-geles; Kent Miller, a designer for 7D8 in Salt Lake City; Bill Sturgis, a patina artist at Baer Bronze; Dallin Slater, a landscape designer at LOCI in Salt Lake City; and Kaeley Fawcett, an art teacher at Hurri-cane Junior High School.

The studio’s mission is to help each stu-dent become their own artist with a unique voice within a safe studio environment which promotes the expansion of their talents without them becoming a copy of someone else.

As students progress, the studio’s ad-vanced class helps them prepare for schol-arships, jobs, commissions, art shows and other opportunities in the art world. The studio looks forward to accepting new stu-dents as its high school seniors move on to their next stage of education and life.

Summer classes at All Things Art will begin May 30 and run Monday through Wednesday from noon to 1:30 p.m. The advanced class is on Thursday only. There will be one class per week per student.

To sign up or for questions, call Mary or Doug Reeder at 801-491-5074 or visit the All Things Art Facebook page.

Student Anna Lewis is shown working at All Things Art, an art instruction studio in Springville that has been helping art students achieve their goals for 20 years.

Nebo Education Foundation gives grants to local teachers

By Lana HiskeyThe Nebo Education Foundation has

awarded grants to several Nebo School District teachers to support a variety of programs and projects that will help im-prove students’ education.

The foundation is made up of 20 vol-unteer board members who live in cities served by Nebo School District. Board members meet each month to review and award grant requests, consider fundrais-ing avenues and discuss other items that advance the educational opportunities of Nebo School District students. Many of the donations received are for selected projects, yet a substantial amount is avail-able for the greatest need. Greatest need monies are considered for grants submit-ted by area schools.

These grants are funded through the fundraising efforts of the Nebo Education Foundation board. One fundraising effort is the annual “Green Fever” golf tourna-ment. The 2016 “Green Fever” tournament will be held Thursday, May 19. Also, the foundation accepts donations from indi-viduals and businesses to support projects.

Congratulations to the following teach-ers that continue to bless the lives of stu-dents.

RyLee Reid, Riverview Elementary School, Spanish Fork

Second-grade teacher RyLee Reid said this grant will be used to purchase infor-mational leveled books on animals of dif-ferent habitats. Students will have the op-portunity to research animals as teachers integrate science, writing, geography and reading into one fun project.

Danika Nuttall, Canyon Elementary School, Spanish Fork

Third-grade teacher Danika Nutgall said this grant will be used to purchase a year’s subscription to Storyworks Jr. Mag-azines. The articles inside the magazines will be used to build essential analytical reading, writing and learn-ing skills that are crucial for test readiness.

Dana Beckert, Sierra Bonita Elementary School, Spanish Fork

Dana Beckert, a facili-tator at Sierra Bonita said this grant will be used to purchase 38 copies of “The Reading Strategies Book” by Jennifer Serravallo. This book provides 300 differ-ent strategies for teachers to help students develop 13 crucial reading skills.

Teachers will discuss each of the 13 cru-cial reading goals during staff develop-ment meetings throughout the year and opportunities will be provided for teachers to share experiences as they implement the step-by-step strategies in the book.

Stephanie Anderson, Payson Junior High School, Payson

Stephanie Anderson, a science teacher at Payson Junior High School, said this grant will be used to purchase digital dis-secting microscopes. These microscopes can be used for biology dissections and inspections of animal specimens, dirt, rocks and mineral samples. Students will be able to view live images on an LCD touch screen. This means students will be able to capture images of their specimen and view images as a group.

Lisa Christensen, MapletonElementary School, Mapleton

Lisa Christensen, a fourth-grade teacher at Mapleton Elementary School, said this grant will be used to purchase Level N, O, P and Q books for the school’s leveled library. The new titles will be used while working with students in Guided Reading Groups. Obtaining the new books will en-hance teachers’ ability to work with stu-dents in small group reading instruction.

Tami Evans, Brookside Elementary School, Springville

Fourth-grade teacher Tami Evans said this grant will be used to purchase ear-canceling earmuffs for her students to use during independent work. The class already has a few pairs of earmuffs, but they are so popular that there are never enough to go around. Students especially love using them during writing activities as they block out distracting noises. Evans said some of the benefits from what her class calls the “funny ears” include better reading comprehension, higher math con-cept retention and more fluent writing.

Canyon Elementary School in Spanish Fork was one of several Nebo School Dis-trict schools to receive a grant from the Nebo Education Foundation recently. The grant received by Canyon Elementary will be used to purchase a year’s subscrip-tion to Storyworks Jr. Magazines. Pictured are Lana Hiskey, Chris Smiley, Danika Nuttall, Laura Taylor and Dave Harlan.

The Diamond Fork Riding Club will present its fifth annual Ride of Hon-or for Veterans on Tuesday, May 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds, located at 475 S. Main in Spanish Fork.

Volunteers from the Diamond Fork

Riding Club will have their horses available at the event and help veter-ans, family members and anyone else to enjoy a peaceful, comforting ride. Hamburgers will be served free for all veterans. Others are requested to make a donation.

Ride for Veterans planned May 10 in Spanish Fork

Springville City will host its third an-nual Bike With the Mayor event on Satur-day, May 21, beginning at the Springville Civic Center, 110 S. Main..

Residents invited to Bike With the Mayor on May 21

Those participating are asked to arrive

by 9:30 a.m.The ride willbegin sharplyat 10 a.m. for

the smallerchildren who will

ride around the block

with Springville Mayor Wilford W. Clyde. Those that are able to ride further with the mayor will be given a police escort as the bike ride continues an additional two to two and a half miles around parts of the city. Free bike licensing and goodies will be availalbe for the participants.

Starting at 11 a.m. the city’s splash pad will be reopened for the summer, so those wishing to get wet should bring swim-ming suits and towels. The splash pad is located next to the Springville Civic Cen-ter building. The Springville Chamber of Commerce and the Springville Youth City Council will be providing free hot dogs.

***Liberty is not the power of doing what

we like, but the right to do what we ought. Lord Acton

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Nebo district Trike Fest releases competition results

By Shaun BlackOn April 23, the Nebo School District

collaborative welding team held an event that drew quite a crowd at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds. They had a competition where students from around the state com-peted through blueprinting, innovating and fabricating motorized and non-mo-torized drift trikes. Shaun Black, one of the coordinators of the event, said, “The whole idea behind this event was to ex-pose the students to opportunities beyond the classroom setting, to help bridge the gap between education and the industry.” The Nebo welding teachers invited more than 20 industry-driven companies to re-cruit, educate and inspire future welding career pathways.

Nebo welding teachers would like to express their gratitude for the support from the many people involved, especial-ly the sponsors. The many sponsors made it so there were ample of prizes to be giv-en to the participants, rewarding them for their efforts. More than $5,000 in prizes were donated for this event.

The winners of the motorized drift trike race were: first, Connor McConagie, Ma-ple Mountain High School; second, Tay-ton Hair, Spanish Fork High School; third, Kayden Johnson, Spanish Fork High School; fourth, Matt Buckley, Spanish Fork High School; fifth, Porter Neilson, Maple Mountain High School. The top 10 in this category were awarded auto dark-ening helmets from the many sponsors. The overall winner for Best Design i n the motorized categorywas Lucas Adams, Salem Hills High School. Miller Electric awarded him a new welder.

The non-motorized winners were: Best of Show, Colton Stulce, Spanish Fork High School; Best Design, Alex Cook, Spanish Fork High School; Most Unique, Kade Richardson, Salem Hills High School; Best Workmanship, Nate Perkins, Spanish Fork High School; and Freestyle, Jarom Tasker and Elise Baur, Salem Hills High School.

Thanks go to the many sponsors, ad-ministrators, participants, spectators and parents of these students for supporting Nebo welding programs.

The Nebo School District collaborative welding team held the Nebo Trike Fest at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds on April 23.

Nebo School District to change collaboration days to Mondays this fall

By Lana HiskeyNebo School District’s district-wide

collaboration day, which is currently held on Wednesdays, will change to Mondays at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year. As has been the case on Wednesdays, all students will be dismissed 45 minutes early from school on Mondays.

Nebo District implemented a highly successful, district-wide collaboration time in 2008. Collaboration time is specifically used for teachers to focus on improved stu-dent learning and quality instruction.

The district-wide collaboration provides time for teachers to meet with other col-leagues in the same department or grade

level to discuss assessments, core curricu-lum standards, student learning, needs for re-teaching and enriching the curriculum. It continues to be in the best interest of students, families and teachers to have a consistent collaboration time throughout the district.

“We know that giving teachers time to collaborate together about quality instruc-tional practices, with a focus on individual students, is one of the most important fac-tors affecting high student achievement,” said Nebo Superintendent Rick Nielsen. “Our collaboration time throughout the district helps us in our goal to meet the academic needs of every child in every school.”

Registration begins May 11 for Youth Arts Festival

By Whitney HancockHave you ever wanted to illustrate your

own comic book? Or perform amazing magic tricks to astonish your friends? Decorate extravagant cupcakes, or maybe make your own quilt or perform on stage? Then come join in the fun and creative-ness of the Youth Arts Festival planned June 6-17 in Spanish Fork.

The Youth Arts Festival is a two-week creative arts experience for children ages 18 months to 18 years that aims to engage and enrich young children through music, dance, art, literature, drama, photography and more. Class topics will range from playing the ukulele to magic, drawing, comic design, 3-D design, floral design, cupcake wars (decorating), adaptable art, jewelry design, charms, crochet, knitting, piecing a quilt, basic sewing, creative writing and tole painting.

There will also be classes in break dancing, hip-hop dancing, tumbling and Tae Kwon Do.

There will also be many classes for younger children from kinder arts to mom-and-me quilting, basic sewing, art, tumbling and dance. There will also be a few classes offered for parents.

Online registration for classes will be-gin just after midnight on May 11 and reg-istration in the Parks & Recreation Office will begin at 8 a.m. that day. Classes will fill on a first come, first served basis. Reg-ister online at reconline.spanishfork.org or register in person at the Parks and Rec-reation Office at 775 N. Main in Spanish Fork.

For more information, call 801-804-4600, send an email to yaf@sfcn.org, or visit www.spanishfork.org.

To check out the available classes at the festival, go to www.spanishfork.org.