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Show usiness A6 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 Guardian of Your Community News Recycling in Mapleton Hickory Kist Judith Everett STAFF WRITER Kayla Neves / The Sentinel FREE FOOD FOR HEROES: Hickory Kist supplied free food to EMT's, police men and fire fighters as gratitude for their service to the community on Friday, Sept. 11. Pictured are Misty Ford, Brian Gartick, Angie Mattinson, Lance Johnson, Chris Mattinson, Kyler Mattinson and Wade Knapp. Exit Realty Showplace Dana Robinson / The Sentinel SALEM OFFICE: Thursday, Sept. 10, 33-year realty veteran Kaye B. Jones, owner of Exit Realty Showplace in Salem, was joined by agents Holly Gill and Rebecca Anderson, along with board members of the Spanish Fork-Salem area Chamber of Commerce, for her official business ribbon cutting. District: From OBAMA • A l At 8 p.m. that evening they were able to see the outline and the title of the speech on the website, so they didn't even know what the speech would be until 8 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday, Sept 2. "We should have received something from the Office of Education of the United States, but we didn't," Hiskey said. "It left the school board scrambling with insufficient information, and they didn't want to air it without parents' release. We didn't want to play that political game." Hiskey said she spoke with another district over the week and they didn't know about the speech either. Tuesday, Sept. 8, the morning the speech was to be aired, Hiskey said they still hadn't received official word. On Sept. 9, the day following the speech, the school board met again and they issued a statement. A portion of it is quoted below: "In hindsight we realize that this decision may not have been the best one possible and may have sent a message to students and patrons that we do not respect the office of the President. This was never our intent. We also realize that this decision denied students, who were interested, the opportunity to participate in this live historic event. We regret that our decision had this affect. While we cannot turn back the clock, we desire to make this opportunity available to our students." The school board elected to rebroadcast . the speech on Thursday, Sept. 17. The district encourages parents to view the speech prior to that time to assess its content, by visiting www.whitehouse.gov. Hiskey said to remember to type the address correctly with .gov at the end instead of.com. Prior to the Sept. 17 showing in the classrooms, parents will have the opportunity to sign parent request form if they opt to not have their child see the President's, speech in school. "We're taking the heat on both sides," Hiskey said. "It doesn't matter which way we decided, we'll still take heat. We want parents' input, and we want what's best for the children. We don't know why other people had information about it and we still haven't received any." cycled, even boxes with a plasticky feel to them (like butter or lasagna boxes). There can be no food particles on the paCurrently, there is no citywide recy- per, however, as Green Fiber cannot use cling program in Mapleton. But Merrell contaminated paper in their insulation. Recycling, a family business, offers curb"Sugar or pet f6od bags can't be used," side recyclables pickup on a weekly basis said Merrell. for less than the cost of a second garbage Plastics marked recyclable one through bin. seven can be taken, in addition to baggies, Merrell Recycling offers bread bags, grocery bags and two services, paper and Styrofoam containplastics/metals, at $5 ers. Metal food each per month. cans and alumi"We do not make num are also takmoney off the recyen. In fact, nearly clables. That's all plastics or metals why we are recyclable, as have people long as they are pay us," said emptied and Lana Merrelatively rell. clean. E v "If your ery week, recycling Merrell rebin smells assesses her bad, then the list of customrecyclables ers, tweaking aren't clean the pickup route enough," said if needed. Then Merrell. her kids go out afItems that combine ter school with their dad to metals and plastics should up the recycling. be approved by Merrell Re"The whole process takes about five cycling before being put in the hours," she said. bin. Items that have electrical components They drop the paper products off at are not recyclable. several collection bins around town. There "I'd prefer if people are in doubt, call are bins at every school and at the fire de- or leave it out," said Merrell. partment. Those agencies sell their paper Merrell Recycling does not take glass to Green Fiber, a company that turns the for several reasons. There is nowhere paper into insulation. within a reasonable distance that takes "I think it is wonderful that the schools glass for recycling. Also, a special permit and fire department can make money off is required to transport glass in Utah. And, people's garbage," Merrell said. glass often breaks in the bins. The plastics and metals are taken up "I have my kids doing this and I don't to Rocky Mountain Recycling in Salt want them to get hurt," said Merrell. Lake City. RMR sorts over 50,000 tons The Men-ell's main motivation for of recyclables each month, then sells us- starting their business was a desire to imable plastics, metals and paper products prove the environment. When their famto companies that turn them back into ily of seven was considering ordering consumer goods. The Merrells simply another garbage bin, they decided to try drop the recyclables off there, no profit recycling and now fill their garbage bin involved. only every other week. "The purpose behind this is for my Those who are interested in recycling children to learn to work," said Merrell. can call Merrell Recycling at 801-491• Any clean paper products can be re- 2257.' Harvest Moon Hurrah: three best friends (who were musicians) to rehearse my new songs, and I was so shocked at wife, Becca, have been mar- how good the songs sounded ried for 11 years and have three that I went home frightened," children: Nate (10), Will (7) he said. "I thought 'If people and Mary (5). hear this album, I'll have to beLike most parents, Brein- come a musician, and that's not holt has thought a lot about my plan.'" the best way to balance his Just as he had suspected, career with his family life. He Breinholt's album was wellrecorded his firsfalbum while received, and he decided to single and in college, but be- temporarily continue with his cause he was already thinking music, thinking it would be "a about what kind of a dad he one-year fling after college." wanted to be, he didn't plan However, Breinholt said, on making music his profes"one year turned to two, and sion. then five, and now 16.1 came "In high school or college, I to terms with this 'chapdecided to put the music dream ter' in my life and saw it as behind me in favor of the dream something that would run its of trying to give my kids the course, but it still hasn't. I same kind of childhood I was got married, had children and given. I'd have a conventional now it sort of feels like a callnine-to-five job and I'd come ing to me, not a job." home and be a focused, steady Breinholt talked about the dad," he said. struggle to stay involved and But after making this de- close to his family while maincision, Breinholt "wandered taining a busy performing from major to major" in col- schedule. lege, unable to find something "It frames the way I have that really seemed right for approached my career. I him. have tried desperately to bal"In the midst of that, I ance this career with family. decided to let some people A few years ago, my second hear some home recordings son asked me when I was goof some of the original songs ing to write him a song. So I I had written ... and they wrote a song that night called freaked out," Breinholt said. 'Little Bird' about this very "They immediately started subject. This is me up on the campaigning to have me do stage performing, and loving an album. So now I was all it, but there's this little fourmixed up: I was failing in the year-old boy standing in the area where I wanted to suc- wings waiting for his dad to ceed, and succeeding in the finish up so they can go do area I wanted to put behind something together." me. But it was enough that the Breinholt said he tries to music part of me came back to life, and I decided to record maintain consistency with his family life by not traveling too an album." often, and by making only short The practice prior to the re- trips when necessary. cording was an eye-opener for He also occasionally has the reluctant musician. i chances to involve his family "The night before I entered with his work,*as he did this the studio, I assembled my summer when one of his sons From BREINHOLT «A1 accompanied him on the cello at a concert. He said that his wife Becca gives him the most valuable feedback when he's working on a song. "She'll say, 'You've used that line too many times. How about this one instead?' And it helps that she has terrific taste in music," Breinholt said. Even Breinholt's latest projects reflect his interest in and priority towards families. He said that many of his audiences have evolved from the high school and college-age students who used to come and dance at his shows, to adults in their thirties who bring their own children to the concerts. "They still come, but now it's their kids who dance — little kids " Breinholt said. And these parents are excited'about the way Breinholt's music is "kid-friendly" while still being enjoyable for the adults. "With my own kids, I've watched them gravitate to music that, while not technically children's music, has this sort of playfulness that appeals to all ages," said Breinholt. "They're not kids' songs, but they have the soul of children's music. Good music is good music, in my opinion, and that's how I approach it." With that in mind, Breinholt said his next project is a new album, which he describes as a story album for children. "Not a kooky kid's album where you do sing-alongs about macaroni and crossing guards (not that there's anything wrong with that), but something closer to rhy style. Acoustic and simple, like my first album, but for kids. I'd like it to be a children's album that's really for adults. Or an adult's album disguised as a children's album." Breinholt, who has wanted to do this project for many years, said he'll be writing the new songs this fall, trying them out on audiences during Christmas shows, and recording at the beginning of next year. Breinholt also has other plans for the future, although they aren't as immediate. "I have about three directions I'd like to take my music all at once," Breinholt said. "I would love to really master a two-man show (like Indigo Girls do so well) with two guitars and lots of harmonies. I'd also like to do a very resourceful four-piece band where the players all swap instruments up (might use that band for the children's album), and also some more soundtrack stuff, which is what I listen to the most these days. In general, I'd like to pare down and become a little more minimalist with our live shows." Breinholt's musical credits include six albums, a concert DVD, guitar songbooks, film scores, Pearl Awards, song writing awards and concerts with several symphony orchestras and choirs, including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. When Breinholt is not writing or recording songs, he enjoys film and video production, which he said was a childhood obsession. He also loves enjoying nature. "If I didn't have to do anything for a living," he said, "I'd trail run, read all of C.S. Lewis' books, hike, mountain bike, spend as much time on a beach as possible, go to England with my wife, and continue to try to do some good with my music." i |