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Show ommunity lews A2 • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2007 -N E W S- Spanish Fork 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, UT 84660 Lane Henderson Scevc Hardman Namon Bills Publisher Editor Assoc. Editor The Spanish Fork News is published each Wednesday for $37.50 per year in area and $41.50 our of area by J-Mart, 280 North Main St., Spanish Fork Ucah 84660. Email stories to edi tor@sp fo rknews -co m Email ads to ads (5>spforkn e\vs. com Call us at 794-4964 POSTMASTER Send address changes to Spanish Fork News 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 The entire content of this newspaper is Copyright© 2007 Spanish Fork News. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the editor or publisher. DEADLINES Weddings, anniversaries, missionaries, 1st birthdays, articles, photos, letters to the editor Friday, 12 p.m. Display advertising and classified advertising Friday, 12 p.m. Letters to the editor do not necessarily ' reflect the views of The Spanish Fork News. Attending the parade Youth conference great-grandmother and all of her children in all their Ramblin' Roads celebration finery sitting Charla Zccmaii and standing in rows on the porch. Ma was always When I was a little in the middle. Some of the girl, I remember sitting on spouses of the children my great-grandmother 's are there also. Consider, porch watching the parade if you will, that when that with all the aunts, uncles, picture was taken, there nieces, nephews, children, were 11 children, three grandchildren and whoever spouses, and Ma, making a else was there. total of 15 people. Another The kitchen chairs joined picture shows the oldest the porch swing and all the grandchildren and a greatoutside chairs on the east grandchild making a total porch and out onto the lawn. of seven additional people. The younger children sat on Twenty-two adults plus the laps or the steps or on the lawn. The picket fence kept younger children all spread us all inside its confines, so out on the side lawn to see the parade. no one got lost. Eureka brought their high The city had signs up school band down every all along the parade route year. Let me rephrase that. restricting the parking of Eureka brought the school cars on the sides of the roads so we had a clear band down. The youngest view of whatever was members could march just going past the house. It's as well as the older children interesting, but I don't and always did themselves remember anyone standing proud as they played their on the sidewalk in front favorite marches. It seemed of us. Maybe people were they always stopped outside there, but if they were, I the fence and waited for a time to continue on up the don't remember them. It was a given that no street. During these breaks matter what went past, one of the aunts would rush we all must clap loudly. into the house and back out If whatever passed was with a picture of ice water especially exciting, you and two or three cups. After would hear a hoot or a shout a mile and a half march the from one of the extended band got a welcome drink. I often wondered why no family members. After the parade, Mother one else was so privileged. and some of the other Those kids would strain family members would line their necks as they came us all up for a picture. One watching for her to appear of my favorites shows my out of the door. North Park Safety gear based clientele and stay in business doing it. They don't need to compete with Home Depot. For the most part, they carry different inventory for a different customer than a Home Depot would. The same is true for the Builder's Supply store. They haven't had what I've needed and they haven't done anything to help me get it. America is based on enterprise and competition. These two "home stores" have done nothing to meet the needs of the average home improvement customer and left lots of room for a "bigger, better mousetrap" to come in. They've continued to stay in business while not meeting my needs. Having my needs met elsewhere in town may not affect them at all. You can't lose something you've never had. In an article against North Park, Kevin Payne said he believes most residents are against the project. I think the opposite is true. Most residents are for the project because we would like to keep our shopping dollars in town. I encourage the residents that are against North Park to quit fighting against what the majority of residents want. Don't pursue lawsuits. Focus instead on making the project more to your liking. Accept that North Park is going to change, but let your voice be heard on how it should change and what you want to enjoy there. Encourage the city to keep Main Street alive and well. Shop there. Just because we don't currently have these "big box stores" in town now, doesn't mean the local stores aren't competing with them. We all shop at big box stores now and still are able to keep great mom and pop stores in business. With the North Park project, we will be able to drive out of town less and keep even more of our money here. I hope the project goes through. Beth Pearson Spanish Fork N E W S News about you know. other items. This class has, through the past five years, raised enough money to offer Kathleen Olsen three $1,000 scholarships this past year and now have raised A final reminder to the more money to give another young men and young women, $ 1,000 scholarship during the ages 14 to 18, of the Spanish coming year. Fork West Stake Youth ••• Conference being held on The class of '87 held Thursday, Aug. 2, and Friday, its 20th year reunion at the Aug. 3. The conference Provo Library. Attending begins Thursday evening from Benjamin were Dirk and at 7 p.m. with a fireside Christine Winn (Christine is featuring Jenny Phillips and a class member.) There were her group. The fireside is other Benjaminites who were for everyone 12 years and also members of the class. older (this differs from last Those who attended were week's information). Friday's Joe and Nellie Jensen of the activities start at 7:30 a.m. Layton area, and Mike and at the Lake Shore pavilion Kathy Bennett of Spanish where the activities for the Fork. Joe and Mike grew up day include a service project, in Benjamin. The class of river rafting on the Provo 1977 held its reunion at the River and a luau. Sounds like Benjamin Park with Rick excellent experiences are in Jensen and Beth Bartholomew serving on the committee. store for those attending. Rick and Julie Jensen and ••• The time around July 24, Ken and Beth Bartholomew, seems to be not only time of course, were in attendance for pioneer remembrances, along with former Benjamin members, Dennis but also for class reunions. class The Spanish Fork class 1957 Wride and his wife, Kathy, of held its 50th year reunion on Spanish Fork, and Dan Peay Saturday, July 2, 2007, at the and his wife, Kami, of Alpine. Salem Civic Center. Those Among those attending the attending from Benjamin 35th year reunion of the class were Jim and Jacky Caras and of 1972, were Blaine and Sheldon and Carol Hansen, LuAnn Wride. Blaine was with Jimservingon the reunion a member of the '72 class. committee. Jim and Carol Now, if we have missed were members of the class. anyone, please let us know. ••• In addition to seeing former classmates and visiting, the Wayne and Diane Miller class enjoyed a Dutch oven and Boyd and Janet Reynolds supper, a program with music recently returned from a B YU reminiscent of the 50s, and an auction which included a See YOUTH • A3 quilt and a painting, among 'Round And About Benjamin Letters to the Editor regular basis. I've written letters and talked to others praising the likes of Stone Drug, Outer Beauty, Danny's Gifts, Maceys and other locally owned stores. I do hope the City Council, Chamber of Commerce, etc. are taking steps to help ensure quality stores can stay on Main Street. That doesn't mean, however, that I don't think any other stores should be allowed to come into town. I have shopped at Cal Ranch and Spanish Fork Builders Supply many times and the fact is, they don't carry what I need. I almost always have to continue my way into Provo to a Home Depot or Lowe's to get what I need. Home Depot and Lowe's are stores for homeowners; Cal Ranch is a store for farmers and ranchers. The majority of I am a big champion of residents now in Spanish the mom and pop stores Forks are homeowners, and Main Street, Spanish not ranchers. I have wished Fork. It is one of the best Cal Ranch would change things the town has to their inventory for years to offer. I put my money better match my needs, but where my mouth is and they haven't.They continue shop at these stores on a to cater to an agricultural By people The parade route began at the high school, moved north to Utah Avenue, over to the highway and on north to 400 north, then east to Main Street again and back to the foot of the high school hill. Or did they march back up the hill? That would have been about a three-mile route. They passed through part of town and past the park twice. The delay in front of Ma's house occurred while they waited for the end of the parade to turn the corner on Utah Avenue. After the parade, we all went inside for lunch. The dining room table sat 12 and the rest of us took our lunch outside, in the kitchen or wherever we could find a place to eat. Often someone's friends or relatives would join the family. They all fit right in with the crowd. I thought of this on the 24th, when I was privileged tojoin a friend's family to see the parade and have lunch afterward. In the middle of the parade, they came with a pitcher of lemonade and several paper cups for anyone who needed a drink. There were an estimated 30 people there. Thanks for reminding me of a pleasant memory and letting me be a member of your family for a day. The shade of a huge old tree covered us all. It's good to know that the spirit of my family exists in other families today. Letter to the Editor The increased negative propaganda going along with the proposed North Park development has prompted me to write to voice my support of the project. I find the "Save North Park" slogan ridiculous as North Park isn't going away. It is changing and shifting a little, but it will still be there. The two neighborhoods where I've lived in Spanish Fork had no parks. I think the residents are lucky to keep a park close by. The new North Park will still have gathering places, playground areas, and places to relax and play — I think that is what most area residents do there anyway. Spanish Fork is a baseball town; I have no doubt that baseball games aren't going away. They will just be played at a new location. people you know Covering what matters most Spanish Fork JL Locally owned and operated. What do you think of the "mutton bustin'" held in conjunction with the Fiesta Rodeo? I asked this question of several people and got quite a variety of answers. Some thought it was funny and fun. Some thought it was dangerous. Others thought it was child abuse, because the kids were not required to wear protective head gear. We put helmets on the kids when they ride their bikes, roller blade or skateboard. We buckle them up in our vehicles. It got me thinking. A swift kick to the head by a hoof could cause more injury than just a little "owie." A few of the kids wore helmets, but the majority didn't. Maybe it should be requirement for helmets in the "mutton bustin1" before some child gets a "head bustin'." C.C. Berrett Spanish Fork Vouchers Every July 24 we legislative session, Utahns light fireworks, lawmakers crafted march in parades, and legislation that would give flowery speeches restore some degree of to celebrate the arrival parental agency through of the Mormon pioneers school vouchers. Under to their new home in the the program, parents desert. We remember would receive a voucher their bravery, sacrifice, ranging from $500 to endurance and courage. $3,000 to educate their Too bad we don't children in private emulate them. schools. The money Thedictionary defines would come from "pioneer" as someone the general fund, not who goes before, from public education someone who removes funds. Utah spends obstructions, someone around $6,000 per who prepares the way for year per student in the others to follow. Among government schools; the the state's entrenched difference between the education bureaucracy, voucher and the $6,000 the pioneering spirit is would stay with the dead. Thankfully, a few schools. pioneers can be found in the Utah Legislature. See VOUCHER • A3 During the last |