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Show Events and Accomplishments of Local Citizens Page 12 Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, February 7, 1996 ( Y r ' j TAYLOR MARK OLDROYD Orem author to sign books February 10 LDS romance author Anita Stansfield will be autographing her new book, Now and Forever, in Orem on Saturday, February 10, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Media Play, 130 E. 1300 South, and on Valentine's Day, February 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Deseret Book Store in the University Mall. Now and Forever is the newest book in Stansfield's First Love series that concludes the remarkable journey of its characters, char-acters, Michael and Emily. While supplies last, Stansfield will pass out Emily's favorite chocolate an orange truffle to those who stop by and meet with her. Stansfield's books First Love and Forever and First Love, Second Chances have sold over 24,000 copies since being initially initial-ly released in August of 1994. In 1995, First Love and Forever was the recipient of the Best Fiction Fic-tion Award from the Independent Inde-pendent LDS Booksellers and the Golden Quill from the League of Utah Writers. Stansfield and her husband, Vince, live in Orem with their four children. Volunteers needed Volunteers ages 55 and older are needed to tutor students in the Alpine School District. We especially need people for Scera Park arid Vineyard Elementary Schools. If you have a couple of hours or more a week, please call Sharon Smith at 785-6079. n (L to R) Helen Keith Beaman(Clairee), Nancy Stewart Ste-wart Douglas (Truvy), Karen Baird (Ouiser), Sara Stauffer (Shelby), Stephanie Foster Breinholt (Annelle) and Laurie Harrop (M'Lynn) star in SCERA's production of the contemporary comedydrama about six very different Southern South-ern women "Steel Magnolias," playing Feb. 7-12 at 7:30 p.m. at Orem High School. Photo by Mark Philbrick. t ( ' i ! I ; r AND MEREDITH WRIGHT Dixie College to host a Northern Utah reunion The Dixie College Alumni Association is hosting an indoor Reunion Picnic for northern Utah alums and their families followed by a Rebel basketball game against UVSC. The reunion is planned for February 10 at 4:00 until 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center (second floor cafeteria) of Utah Valley State College. The picnic is provided by the Alumni Association and is free of charge. "We only ask for your chants and cheers at the basketball games following the picnic," said Jill Alhtqoist , alumni alum-ni specialist. The women's basketball game will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the men's game will follow at 7:30 p.m. in the David O. McKay Special Events Center, Tickets will be $5.00 for general admission admis-sion and can be purchased at the Special Events Center Box Office. Of-fice. "We want to cheer our Dixie teams onto victory together, so, when purchasing your tickets, please mention you are from Dixie," explained Almquist. "This will help keep us seated in the same area." For more information about the Northern Utah Reunion, please call Jill Almquist at 652-7538. 652-7538. More men become good through practice than by nature. Deniocritus of Alxlera j M i. 1 so fil ,-..u.. P I XAR & tfto. Evenina 6:45 9:00 Sat. Matinees 12:45 3:00 Hearing Impaired Systems Available Meredith Wright to marry Taylor Oldroyd February 10th Meredith Wright, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David N. Wright of Provo, will marry Taylor Mark Oldroyd, son of Mark and Virginia Oldroyd, also of Provo, in ceremonies to be performed in the Provo LDS Temple on February 10, 1996, by President Phil Shumway. The couple will be honored at a reception that evening from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Manavu Ward, 395 East 600 North, Provo. The bride-to-be graduated from Utah State University with honors. She was involved with Mortar Board and the USU tennis ten-nis team. Her fiance graduated from Brigham Young University in political science. He served an LDS mission to Santa Rosa, California, and is the campaign field representative for Chris Cannon, a U.S. congressional candidate. The newlyweds will make their home in Provo. Jr. Miss Utah County Pageant lists entry deadline The Second Annual Junior Miss Utah County Talent and Beauty Pageant will be held April 13, 1996, at Payson High School. Preliminary deadline for entering the competition is February 15, 1996. There is a non-talent division for girls 3-6 years old, and a talent division for girls 7-16. For more information call Charlotte at 465-9818 or Diana at 465-4724, or write to: Junior Miss Utah County, P.O. Box 142, Payson, Utah 84651. Women's Council to meet Due to the unprecedented snow storm, the regular Feb. 1st meeting of the Women's Legislative Legisla-tive Council of Utah County, was postponed until Feb. 15th, . at 9:30 a.m. at the Women's Cultural Cul-tural Building 310 W. 500 N. Provo, Utah. Gary K. Dalton, Director of the Division of Youth Corrections Correc-tions for the state of Utah will be the guest speaker. The public is cordially invited in-vited to attend. 9 Evening 7:15 Sat. Matinees 1:15 3:30 Evening 9:15 Babies born at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center January 19 Boy to Jamie and Stewart Nelson January 20 Girl to Jillanna and Scott Mansfield Boy to Robyn and Lance Taylor January 21 Boy to Steffani and Kevin Raff January 22 Girl to Nancy and John Williams Wil-liams Girl to Jennifer and Walter Wagner January 23 Girl to Janice and Jason Crosby Girl to Nanci and Michael Andersen Boy to Kathryn and Rourke Mace January 24 Girl to Flauia and Ismael Meneses Boy to Donalee and John Penrod - Girl to Elizabeth and Luis Londono January 25 Boy to Shannon and Richard Grigsby Boy to Marva Spresser Utah Valley PAF users group to meet Feb. 10 The next regular second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting of the Utah Valley PAF (Personal (Per-sonal Ancestral File) Users Group will be Saturday, February 10, 1996 from 9 am until noon in the "Red" LDS Chapel at 4000 North Timpview . Drive (650 East), in Prbvo. TheJ main presentation will be by Carlos Packard, Sales Manager for the new Family History Division of InfoBases. He will discuss the new Folio Ancestry Books and other new Infobase family history products. After the opening presentation there will be several classes at levels from beginning to advanced, all relating to computing and genealogy. The public is always invited whether members of the Users Group or not. Eileen Phelps, the Group's monthly PAFology Newsletter Editor will have copies of the current issue for distribution to members at the meeting and the Shareware Librarian, Gerhard Ruf, will have copies of the more than 200 genealogy shareware auxiliary computer programs in the library. If you have access to the Internet In-ternet the Users Group now has a home page at httpgeneal-ogy.orgUVPAYUG. httpgeneal-ogy.orgUVPAYUG. This will , give you further information about the meetings and will lead . you to other genealogy reference material, as well. For telephone information about the meetings or about the Users Group, call the BYU Family History Library (Diane Parkinson, Family History His-tory Librarian) at 378-6200. ;7 mtCf lli,:fr . . Year "Run in tandem" concept intrigues women leaders Enthusiasm for running for elective office mounted as Women In Leadership (WIL) listened lis-tened to intriguing concepts presented by Genevieve Atwood , chair of the 100 Years-100 Women committee, at the January WIL luncheon held in Provo. Run in pairs (two women opponents) op-ponents) and don't trash each other, Atwood said . She said women win as evenly as men, they just don't run as often. Nationwide, only about one-fifth as many women run as men. "But when women are elected, they are just as effective as men." Atwood was accompanied by Utah Legislator Katie Dixon who also is one of eight volunteers volun-teers and five interns on the committee. "I can't begin to tell you how many things wouldn't have happened in Utah without women in office," she said. For 18 years she was the only full-time woman in political office. "The goal is to be up-beat and positive," said Atwood. I"t's about running for change, goals and programs. It's not about running against an individual, a man or an incumbent." She said to avoid thinking that only one candidate can be supported and that the other New presidency selected for writers league In November and December, nominations were held for the new presidential board of the Utah Valley Chapter of the . League of Utah Writers. The new presidency will consist of several talented people who are all excited about the coming year. Richard Grant Thayne, photographer and author of many short stories, will be the new president for 1996. He is thrilled to be taking over this year and has added a lot of new ideas to the writers league. Valerie Holladay will be the new secretarytreasurer. Sauna Baumgartner will hold the office of publicity chairperson, and the new contest chairperson will be Stephanie Hicken. Meetings will be held the third Wednesday of every month in the auditorium of the Provo City Library at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The League of Utah Writers is a non-profit organization devoted to encouraging people in the field of writing. For any further fur-ther information about the League of Utah Writers, please contact Sauna Baumgartner at 785-1585. Utahns Value Education The budget proposed by the governor and the legislative leaders this year reflects our state's strong value public education. It asks the legislature to fund: 1000 new teachers 5chool construction funds Technology, textbooks and class supplies More counselors, better school libraries and more Legislators: The Centennial , Is an Historic Opportunity to Improve Our Schools. Your Kids Are Counting On This message is from the Utah Education Association, Utah's Teachers candidate has to be torn down. "We will be delighted when we , have several good women candidates can-didates running for the same office." of-fice." Atwood said it is not realistic to run for national office unless you have money. It costs about $500,000 to $1 million--the money will own you! "Run for state office. You can easily raise $10,000 and it will realistically cost about $4,000. " She said it's not just about winning. It's about learning and experience. At wood has won some and lost some. Losing hurts but we need to learn how to deal with it, she said. , WIL officer Jan Lewis pledged a goal that six women from WIL will run in the next election. "It can change the face of politics. It's a whole different orientation and will just blow people away-a clean campaign!" , 100 Years-100 Women is a non-partisan supportive team approach to encourage and train women candidates. "This Centennial Cen-tennial celebration is an opportunity oppor-tunity to train future candidates, can-didates, as well as today's winning win-ning and losing candidates . This year, just running is winning!" said Atwood. For more information contact con-tact Jeanne Thayne, 225-2717 or Bonnie Palmer, 489-5328. Dancing Friends to host Sweethearts Semi-formal The Sweethearts Semi-formal -Dance,, for., the Dancing Friends organization will be held Friday, February 16, 1996, at the Eldred Center, 270 West 500 North in Provo, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. There will be a foxtrot dance instruction at 7:30 p.m. The orchestra or-chestra will be Dennis Miner. Cost is $10 per couple; students are half price. Direct questions to Gale Anderson, 225-2658. ft l J wsmnoevemrtm MICROWAVE SERVICE SHAVERS SALES & SERVICE CLOCK REPAIR VACUUM SALES & SERVICE LAMP REPAIRS on n on -3 a |
