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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday. February 9. 2006 NEWS A U D JJ O T S TO KEEP YOU INFORMED A f J D INVOLVED Master storyteller Donald Davis tells a story to children at Shelley Shel-ley Elementary in American Fork Thursday. Davis is in town for the Midwinter Mid-winter Story telling festival in Orem. See Page 4 Mmo muz tmirtti Cojut, Miss American Fork Scholarship Pageant scheduled Winner of local competition will move on to Miss Utah pageant for the right to participate in Miss America pageant Barbara Christiansen . The 2W Miss American Fork Scholarship Schol-arship Pageant will be April 15 at 7 p.m. m the American F'rk High ScJyxil auditorium. audi-torium. Thrive interesting m partiapanrig are anvited to the- firyt pageant orient aty i workshrp. Feb. 15 ait 7 pra m theoom-inun'trty theoom-inun'trty room at the east entrance of the American Fork Public Library, M S. 100 Last. American 5 uric. The pageant is qien to young women between 57 and 21 and have already graduated or wiD graduate Um American Ameri-can Fork Higti StticwJ Viy June, 2i. They must be reside wit h m the tit y limits of Ameixa Frk and have resided there for at least six months. "We invite every eligible young women f our city 1o partkipate with us in this great oj if rt unity to share their talent s. increase in-crease their knowledge, seek scholarship ijtf ir unit les. server their community, meel new pe iple and have an experience of a Wei tme," Lisa kHey said. The pageant is part of the Miss America Organization The winner will participate in the Miss. Utah pageant . from which one young woman will giMirito participate in Miss Amenta. CITY NOTES I Candidacy announced Ken Sumsion. a cert if led public account ant and consult con-sult ant hi BYU Financial Solutions, an-rxunced an-rxunced his candidacy if or the Republican Republi-can rumination in District 56 of the Ut ah State House of Representatives. The seat, held by Representative David Da-vid Gx. includes the cities of Saratoga Springs. Lehi Eagle M ount aim. Cedar Valley. Fairfield and three precinct s in American Fork, A first time candidate, the American Fork resident is a former Republican st ate delegate and devoted party activist activ-ist and said he is committed t'j speaking about issues that would strengthen Utah's eoonomx- and educational opportunil ks. Enck jt sed by American I ork M ayor Heber TTw impson, Sum.sk 'ia will be campaigning cam-paigning to run as a Republican Part' candidate at the party's April caucus convent xm. He must get 40 percent of the vote in order So run in a party primary in June. "1 feel trial my chances are good on the issues that I am running on." Sumsion said. ""Asa parent 1 sb mid be able to chouse how mv children should be educated whether il is public school, charter school or home school, as a parent we should have free choice." He also said the schools need to "beef up their science and math on the elementary el-ementary school level I Parks, trails and open space American Ameri-can Fork City has hired help to update the Parks, Trails and Open Space element ele-ment of its general plan. A amsuking firm. Bear West, wfll help the community do revisions of the plan. It is the same firm which created the F995 plan and a subsequent revision. Firm representative Rulon Dulson asked the Planning Commission on Feb. 1 to decide what members wanted updated up-dated and what format they wanted. One task he was assigned was to update the inventory of the property the city has for parks, trails and open space. Another is to prepare the vision the community has for the area south of the freeway, and in some cases south of . State Street, that has yet to be developed and provide a plan for the amenities as development occurs. The element of the general plan also forms a basis f or the impact fees the city charges developers to help offset the expenses ex-penses of parks, trails and open space. When the city started charging im pact fees, the price it paid for property was $40,000 per acre. That went up to $70,000, but that has been exceeded with today's prices. Dut son's updates will allow the city to modify the price it charges for the fees to more accurately reflect property values. I Shadow Ridge development questioned A proposed three-lot subdivision at 853 N. 350 East has been put on hold, in part because of concern of possible impact im-pact on the neighbors. Lot three of the proposed development develop-ment would not be built on at this time. It would face an extension of 290 East, but there is a considerable slope to the land, which needs to be resolved before engineering can occur. "We don't really know what the elevation eleva-tion is," said Planning Commission chair James Hansen. . I Northhampton House to expand The Planning arid Zoning Commission approved ap-proved an expansion for the Northhampton Northhamp-ton House, 198 W. 300 North at its Feb. 1 meeting. The center has had a 500 square foot kitchen, which will be changed to a food preparation area. There will be a new 600 square foot kitchen added on the north side of the building. I Napa Auto Parts to move Napa Auto Parts is planning a move to a new building which will be constructed at 265 E State Road, American Fork. The site was previously previ-ously occupied by two historic homes. NorthCounty NEWSPAPERS 339 E State St Pieattt G'Cve Phone: 756-7669 Fax: 7 5274 Kirk Parkinson 7 ?G69 l it :e Presider n'Put w ,.T'Vrisoriheraldfj'",'a com Marc Haddock 7X 7069 tJiirti County f dti:r rin&i ft'!' jefa com 1 ' .A ..tit Jfc.,-....:k...i.JiM.. Cathy Allred 7 7669 Len. iarifl:Kja Springs, PI Grove calif edfi't it?' akfcwn a com Barbara Christiansen 756 7G69 Arrencan fort., Alpine. Cedar Hills tckff!St.an'jer'i&rKjalcietta com Chris Peterson 344-2556 Orem, Vineyard .cpetwsorife her aide tra com Beky Beaton 756-7GC9 Sports btn.yr'-tie'aiclei"tTa com Let me tell you a story or two Lane Dubois 750 7669 Adveitsmg Account wutw ldubois,vieralcletra com DttLT HEBALD rClLIIBUO CO. Jennette Esplin 756 7069 Oice Manager Chris Peterson 344 2556 Desigrier "Copy E dtor Casey Rogers 344-2570 DesignerCopy Editor Rachel Rybicki 2558 Designe' 'Copy Editor Jeremy Harmon 344 2545 P'tfcg-apher NEWSSTAND PRICE: $0 50 SUBSCRIPTION RATE I rear (in Utah County) - $46 80 Sunday. Triirriday and holiday deliveries (which includes the week of faster plus Memorial, Independence. Pioneer, iBbor, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day). 1 yr (otftsiae Utah County) - $68.20 OSP PIC-MO IBM W714MEI hnixt. ix'SUf utirtr t"fKr jw MJ3 went to Fiear Drmald Davis teD stories at Shelley FJementary laa week. Davis is a master storyteller -, who is in town to apj ear at a 1, .a Mid-Winter Storytelling event sponsored by the Friends of the Orem Llirary. I've heard him bef ure. so I had a pretly good idea of what to expect, and 1 knew the kids at the school were m for a treat. Da is explained 1 o t he children thatt he had a few cardinal rules he always followed. Unlike some storytellers who spin fantastic yarns about make believe be-lieve people or those who tel folk tales, Davis's stories are of a most personal nature. Not to detract from people who teB those kinds of stories. Fach can enchant, all can teach us great lessons. But Davis told the students that whal sets his stories apart from some other storytellers is that every one is true, and every one either happened to him or he was there when it happened. Also, he told them, each one was triggered trig-gered by trouble usually trouble for him. Now, the frst thing you might think is that Davis Da-vis is interesting simply because he tells the story so wel His technique is flawless, as is his timing. Flach story is punctuated with facial expres-sians. expres-sians. voices and gestures that make the stories come alive. But Davis's stories reach far beyond the simple skills used in the telling. The stories are simple, but they are .also common. And while there is warmth and humor in the telling, the emotional connections connec-tions comes because the stories create a connection connec-tion with the listener. We have these stones, too. And as we listen to Davis recreate his childhood, our childhood is reborn re-born as wel even if we are 0.21 kids. This was evident as Davis told his stories to an audience of kids from classes that ranged from kindergarten to sixth grade. At first, the children sat listening carefully , many erf them unwilling to risk triggering a reaction from a nearby teacher. But Davis wasnt interested in a passive audience audi-ence He engaged the children wilt questions that mvfled a snouted response, and even welcomed . '' J:-f : Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN the noise. I didnt see anyone kis interest n the the library at 229-7436. stories, but by the end of each, the kids were talking as well as fastening. They weren't bored, however. Instead they were thinking about the stories in their own lives simple memories triggered trig-gered by the storyteller's tale. And in the end. Davis sent them back to their classrooms with instructions to write down the stories that were triggered trig-gered by the experience. You could almost see some of the kids reaching for a penal A few years ago, my oldest daughter daugh-ter asked me to write a personal history his-tory for my granddaughters baby books. I responded by telling my story, as I saw it. Last week, I pulled those papers out again for a church project, and found my life story was colorless and bland. I had told my story, as I saw M. with dates and places, schools and jobs. It might be utilitarian at some f uture date when a grandchild or great grandchild dug out the genealogy and wanted to know who I was. Unfortunately, while they might find out what I did, they would never know who I was through the threepage retelling of the high pointts of a pretty low hf e. What I had failed to do was teS my stories, and by reducing my life to dates and such. I had failed to make any attempt at showing my grandchildren grandchil-dren that I shared marry human experiences of joy and sorrow with each one of them. It made me think that maybe it's time to forget the story, and concentrate on the stories. Like that time my best friend, Abby. and I made the try to day HiBand Donald Davis and his fellow storyteller. Carmen Deedy, are making the rounds this week to local schools, hoping to inspire some future storytellers. They wiB entertain adults and kids 8 and" older this Friday night at 7 at Mountain View High " School. Seats are stiS available. For those nt crested an learning more about telling tell-ing their own stones, a workshop is scheduled for Saturday at the Orem Ciry Building and Library. I cant think erf a better way to spend a Friday night or a oalurday. For mlonnatxe. vkS wwwumpfestxjrg or cal Seniors Continued from Page 1 implanted in October. "We are so proud of him," Funk said. "He has been trying try-ing to work hard at it." Funk customizes the exercises ex-ercises for the participants' situation and has a routine in which Lee Gray does some of the exercises while remaining seated. He gets the work on his extremities while alleviating pressure on his heart. Familiar with the members mem-bers and relatives, she asked one man where his wife was. When he replied she was sick, she told him he would have to exercise twice as hard Rod and Myrna Turner are also participants in the class. "It is fantastic," Rod Turner Turn-er said. "She pushes you and she doesn't push you. She encourages you, actually. I think that is why we are doing do-ing so well" Funk, who along with being be-ing a fitness instructor is a nurse, said seniors face challenges chal-lenges in addition to those of younger people. "Balance is a big issue," she said. "They also have to be careful with stairs, getting get-ting in and out of cars, and performing basic daily routines. rou-tines. Lifting and reaching can also be challenges. Of course, they may face additional addi-tional health issues." To help them with balance, bal-ance, she encourages them to stand with their feet ' shoulder-width apart. "Stand like that for the rest of your lives," she said. 'You will always be in balance." bal-ance." Beth Hatch was one of the participants who said she enjoyed the class. "If this place ever closed, we would be dead," she said. This is wonderful." She started in January with the senior fitness class. "I didn't hear about ft right away." Sessions began in November Novem-ber with only one participant. Through word of mouth, the number has increased steadily. Webb Continued from Page 1 He got started in the group while he was looking for company in playing. "I had tried to find somebody some-body to practice with," he said. "I didn't want to be in a band where you were tied up every weekend. I don't really have the time." The association sounded just about right. "You practice a couple of times a week," he said. You are really not locked in if there is a gig. There are enough of us." The Utah County chapter has about 28 families or more than 45 individuals who are members. Some of those members take things very seriously and participate in national play-offs. "I enjoy playing and staying stay-ing in the background," WebbsakL "I haven't been to the nationals. We have people who are very, very versed good singers and good musicians. They don't mind flaunting it. It is easy to let them have the floor." The association released a CD in October and Webb has a track on ft. It's called "I Left My Gal in the Mountains." Moun-tains." That song was originally origi-nally copyrighted on Aug. 4, 1890, he sakL Gene Autry performed it from 1929 to 1934. In the late '40s and early 50s the Sons erf the Pioneers Pio-neers did ft, he said. "I think the songs we do are really traditional songs," he said They have a way of hanging hang-ing on. When we perform them they perk the interest of the people." Keeping that interest is one of the goals of the group. Webb often combines his interests. He has friends in the Utah Old Car Oub and about once a year they go on trips. "We sit around the park and we howl at the moon," he said. Once they were in Panguitch and had others come over, bring instruments and join the impromptu festivities. fes-tivities. The association is a non-prof non-prof ft organization. I To book an appearance for events such as church activities, family reunions, 80th birthday parties, call Larry Webb at 756- 7H9Z Pr 1 81 TOOR |