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Show Sports: Baseball Preview, A12 | Schools: Nebo R1 Utah Press Association Tear Sheets 1521 E 3900 S Ste 100 Lake City UT 84124-1550 Guardian of Your Communit^ SERVING SPANISH FORK SALEM • MAPLETON •WOODLAND HILLS • ELK RIDGE /~y VOL. 5 / NO. 10 ^ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 M Lindsay B. Wolsey STAFF W R I T E R More than just the evening gowns sparkled at the Miss Spanish Fork 2010 on Saturday, March 6. The 10 contestants shined as they competed in the pageant. The evening started out with an opening number "I Got a Feeling" performed by all the contestants. The girls, all wearing cocktail dresses, were joined by the outgoing Miss Spanish Fork 2009, Ginger Christopher. Christopher is the daughter of David and Fawn Christopher and will be competing in the Miss Utah Pageant in June. The pageant was emceed by Christopher and Miss Utah 2010 Whitney Merrifield. The friends and family of the contestants, as well as those who just came to enjoy the pageant were an enthusiastic crowd. There was definite support for the contestants, and only a few empty chairs in the room. The first portion of the competition was the Lifestyle and Fitness portion, also known as the swimsuit competition. All of the girls wore one-piece bathing suits, and most went with solid colors. While the girls got ready for the Artistic Expression portion of the evening, Heart l N' Courtesy photo MUSIC MAN: Jamie Glaser's guitar has been heard around the world. He now calls Utah home. Guitar hero teaches at ALA Christy Hardman STAFF WRITER Kaleb Davis / T)ie Sentinel See PAGEANT • A10 EXTRA MILE: Salem officer Roger Lowe and David, age nine, are all smiles SF soldier completes tour of duty Namon Bills EDITOR On Thursday, March 4 Staff Sergeant Jesse Davis returned home after a tour of duty in Afghanistan with the 2nd Bravo Company of the 121st Battalion 48th Brigade. He was greeted with a parade down Spanish Fork Main Street courtesy of Spanish Fork's fire department, police 'and emergency response crews. Also joining the procession were trucks from Rocky Mountain Power, Davis' employer. Davis was deployed almost a year ago, March 22, 2009. This was his third deployment over the course of his five years of active duty in the army. His first tour was in Iraq, while the last two have been in Afghanistan. Davis served in the infantry, providing training for the Afghan national army and military police. He said progress in Afghanistan is i Namon Bills / Tfie Sentinel WARM WELCOME: Staff Sergeant Jesse Davis is surrounded by family and friends at his homecoming on Thursday, March 4. slow, but steady. "I think it's going good — as good as it can be," he said. "The people are stubborn, but they're coming along." Davis said it "feels awe- some" to be home, and that this will definitely be his last deployment. His wife, Kellie, is excited to have him home. They were married in October of 2008, and have been apart for much of that time. Davis said he plans to take it easy for a few weeks and then continue his apprenticeship with Rocky Mountain Power to become a lineman. Jamie Glaser has played the guitar since he was a young child, and his talent opened opportunities for him to play for big names like Bryan Adams and JeanLuc Ponty. His television credits include "Seinfield," "Saved by the Bell," "Dateline," and many more. Glaser could do anything with anyone, but what he's chosen to do is teach at American Leadership Academy in Spanish Fork. Glaser's father, Hy Glaser, was famous in his own right, writing songs for stars like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. Hy introduced him to Joe Breeze, who worked with Rogers and Hamerstein and played the guitar for the Ed Sullivan show. "[Breeze] was wonderful, one of my guardian angels," Glaser said. "He mentored me until I was 13 or 14 years old when he died. I'd go to his house for a one-hour lesson and it would turn into four or five hours." When Jamie was 12 or 13, Hy took him to the local music union where he played for some of the professional musicians there. They put him into the band where he played with much older, experienced musicians, many of whom were 60 years old. "I earned a wallet full of money," Jamie said, "and had the opportunity to learn from consummate professionals, adults that mentored me and kept me safe. I don't know how to explain how fortunate I was." In 1977 Jamie graduated from Berklce College of Music in Boston with a bachelors of music in composition. In the beginning of his musical career, he switched back and forth between the guitar and the upright bass, but once he hit serious education, he needed to choose his instrument. His decision was based on one key factor. u Guitar players have more girlfriends," Glaser said. He learned career networking at college, and because his focus was in composition, he had an edge over the other graduates. From there Glaser's career opened into unlimited opportunities. He played and toured with big stars, composed for hundreds of television shows and released his own albums. He lived and worked in LA, never dreaming that his life would take him to Utah to teach at a charter school. In 1984 he got a call from the Brunson Brothers, four trumpets players located in Utah. They wanted Glaser to do an album with them. When he came to Utah he didn't know anything about the LDS Church. He was comfortable in the Hollywood culture, and casually hung out with people like Magic Johnson. In his first music session with the Brunson Brothers, they asked him to give the prayer over the session and he didn't have any idea what they wanted him to do. He thought the only ones who said prayers were rabbis or the Pope. In spite of their differences, Glaser became "unbelievably wonderful" friends with the Brunsons, and in 2001 they talked him into moving to Utah to be their house arranger and coproducer. Their Provo studio is up to LA standards, and Glaser said he's been thrilled with the great talent in Utah. "I bring a little of an edge to the mix," Glaser said, "But I've worked hard to understand the culture here. I really studied the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine See GLASER • A10 |