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Show 8— For the week of October 17, 2008 ST. GEORGE NEIGHBORHOODS The Spectrum — www.thespectrum.com Local man finalist in online competition BY BOB HUDSON bhudson@thespectrum.com ST. GEORGE — Nearly 10 years ago, Ryan Henke of St. George traded a Play Station system for “a cheap guitar” He did so because he was trying to win the heart of his wife, Yeimy. Henke met his wife while he was serving an LDS Church mission in Costa Rica. However, she is not S Earlier this year, he became involved with an online contest called Rally For Music, at www.rallyformusic.com. It is sponsored by LG Electronics. He is now one of four finalists for a How To Vote To vote in LG Electronics’ Rally for Music, click on www.rallyformusic.com. You will be required to register. After you do so, you can click on the various performances, then vote for your favorite. i If you like Ryan Henke’s music, you can download it free at www.soundclick. lees anhenke. grand prize of $15,000. The finalists performed in New York City in early September. Fans can listen to the performances and vote for their favorite on the Web site once a day until Oct. 22. Henke is the only solo performer. The other bands are from Illinois, lowa and Oregon. Henke became involved in the contest through sharing his music on soundclick. com. “I started getting a lot of good feedback, he said of the experience. “When I put my music on soundclick, people started encouraging me to enter the contest. I entered it as I was working on an album? The first three weeks of the contest, he ranked first. He wound up as one of the four finalists and headed to New York City to perform. “Thad never been on stage before,’ Henke said. “There were a lot of circumstances that made it quite stressful” Among those circumstances were late-arriving | equipment and an inability to do a sound check at the performance venue. “TI just. plugged it in and e See RALLY on pg. 9 r Vision ¥ . ag oat — C oe et Seungenry Laver Leves) heeraceplaey) * Glaucoma and Laver ‘ Saumgary * Casmeriic Eyelid amd F acial Suugary J.B. Spilker / For St. George Neighborhoods Jacob Condie mentors children through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Finding time to bea big brother to those who need one By J.B. SPILKER For St. George Neighborhoods ST. GEORGE — One person without family fills his spare time with service, and is considered one of the best volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Utah. #* Reninal Sprecialiins Jacob Condie, 28, lives in ; 0000003712C9K? Bloomington Hills and started volunteering in February as a mentor for a child through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Condie always knew about the program, but the decision to join was a sudden impulse. “Everyone has kind of heard about it before, maybe Big Brothers Big Sisters commercials or something like that, but the idea just popped into my mind one day.’ Condie said, “I put in about 45 hours of work per week, and I don't have family or.anything,-so.Lhad the spare time. You can only go to the gym and hike for so long; it gave me something else to do’ Condie moved here for a job opportunity with TCN Broadcasting, leaving family and friends behind. “I’ve got some family in Salt Lake, but I'm originally from Texas, said Condie. Volunteering as a positive role model for a child has been a good experience for Condie. “It’s been great seeing a difference in the kid. Seeing him gain a different perspective on life” Condie said. “Usually these kids don’t come from ideal situations because they haven't had a good role model? One thing that surprised Condie was his little brother in the program lives only a few minutes from Snow Canyon, and had never been hiking there. Condie said, e See BROTHER on pg. 9 |