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Show Wwsyni Grove Libnio 1VP I REE M)E-- Comer Siavi ' . " - Weasuni Grove. IT MOW X VOLUME 5 NUMBER 108 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2013 timpanogostimesyahoo.com 1 I It I i ' ; ll" " ' B ; 1 I V, 'II 1 1 r " mi iwiu g.i i , 1 1 mm Hrfrs Mil u v ..-- - W k V. .. . ..... :.- p r. - - ictii w"7 r , f i V'vv " a I ' ! I i 1 I (' " - ' ' 1 ' ' I . t I ' ' J , i , 1 I ' I r I tm t" I If . , : ' J ,. . V, .r. v . '" - tl . , , - -- l f sr. r : - i vr V 1 : J 51 5ae Champion Vikings Volleyball Team celebrates their 2013 win. This year the road to that championship went through Davis, Brighton, Fremont and Bingham. by Angle Walker The Pleasant Grove High School Girls Volleyball Team took state at the championship playoffs on November 9 at the UCCU Center at UVU. With Bingham as their opponent, the final score was 3-- 1 (25-1- 7, 25-2- 7, 25-2- 1, 25-17- ). The team members are Sara Hamson, Brielle Fowler, Bai-ley Nixon, Brooklyn Dahl, Na-tasha Su'a-fil- o, Jeniel Biggs, Emilee Anderson, Whitney Anderson, Lauren Trane, Alis-s- a Alger, Brooklynn Bodily, Alexus Sharp, Jenna Johns-Captai- n, Rachel Gale-Captai- n, Brisa Winterton-Captai- n, Ashli Draney-Captai- n, Mea-ga- n Carper-Captai- n, Madison Wolford-Captai- n, and Stacey Dahl-Captai- n. When the girls won, they all dog piled on each other on the court screaming at the top of their lungs "WE DID IT!" Coach Allyce Jones com-mented on what she felt con-tributed to their success. "As for the championship match the team played phenom-enally," she stated. "Part of the reason why we won is be-cause the girls know 'who we are'. Our theme this year was 'We Are Fighters' which is a strong mentality that only our program understands and it makes us a very tough compo-nent to beat. These girls are truly champions on and off the court," she added. With 16 teams in the play-offs, PG won their first match against Davis, 3-- 1, second match against Brighton, 3-- 1, semifinal .match against Fre-mont, 3-- 0, and then Bingham in the final. The PG' girls team went into their final match with a lot of confidence and energy. "We have had goals all year round that have been leading up to the way we ended," said Jones. "One of our goals was to be region champions and we were one match away from sealing that when we were playing at Lone Peak on Oc-tober 29. We were down 2-- 0 and Lone Peak only needed one set to make a four way tie with the region crown, but we rallied back to become re-gion champions winning 3-- 2. We knew we could win. With achieving that goal, our state goal was now in our reach," she stated. With a week and a half to achieve their last goal of state champions, the girls overworked themselves in and out of the gym. Jones commented on achieving their goal, "It's amazing to do it back to back. As coaches we are so proud, of our girls and the achievement of our goal! Our seniors lead our team strong all the way to the end! Our 2014 season has already begun and we are hun-gry for a three-peat- ," she noted. During the season, the girls practiced about four times per week when they had one match and three times a week on weeks when they had two matches. Each practice went from two to two and a half hours. Allyce started coaching six years ago for Club Utah Volleyball Club. In 2010 she was the health teacher and head coach for American Fork High and then became the health teacher and coach at her alma mater, PGHS, in 2011. She and her coaching staff and have currently been at Pleasant Grove for three seasons now. "My staff and I have already been planning for next year! We LOVE what we do!!", Jones com-mented. AT A GLANCE PAGE 2 LIFESTYLE RG. Blab Life's Moments Thoughts From The Garden. . . "Berry Merry Christmas" SOCIAL PG Residents Help in the Philippines PAGE 3 OBITUARIES LIFESTYLE "Life in the Granny Lane" "Bliss Bits" MILITARY SCOUTING SOCIAL Senior News PAGE 5 SOCIAL PG Christmas Past Jackman Electronics Moves to New Location PAGE 6 CITY PG Gets New Council Members and Mayor PG Approves Budget Amendment PG Selects New Arts Director PAGE 7 CITY Free Thanksgiving Dinner Brings Linclon Community Together RG. City Calendar New Business Licenses Issued Lions Club Provides Eye Glasses to Needy PAGE 8 CITY Cedar Hills Approves Conservation Advisory Committee Scott Day Proclaimed by Cedar Hills CH Looks For Long Term Fixes to Golf Course PUBLIC SAFETY PG Police Beat Lindon Police Beat PAGE 9 SOCIAL Mayor and Council Member Open House Invitation PGHS Calendar PAGE 1 0 PGHS Fall Sports Wrap Up r , v..;; w r i . i f ' i I J--- ; - ; Lilin City let Liii ImIm tftiliiii by Tonya LeMone December 2 marks the 20th consecutive year that the City of Lindon has car-ried on an old tradition that began during the Great De-pression. Every year John Fugal has read the Christmas story from the Bible, Pastor Mike Tharp has given the prayer on our community. and the history of the event is reviewed by a member of the Historical Commission. A short musical pro-gram from one of the schools adds such a delight to the festivities, and this year Lindon Elementary, under the direction of Mrs. Humble, led the children as they performed three mu-sical numbers. An added treat this year was the Utah County Skyline Choir. As tradition has it the Little Miss Lindon court hands out candy canes to all in attendance and Police Chief Cody Cullimore and officers provided hot choco-late to everyone. This year marks the end of the term for Mayor Jiiri'Dain who has served the City of Lindon for over twenty years. He gave an emotional address that was felt by everyone in atten-dance. Mayor Dain talked of the importance of this tradition of the tree lighting and how traditions such as these help to bind a com-munity together. With the help of a child from the au-dience, they proceeded to light the tree for his final time as mayor. The new historical commission museum was opened for all to view. It is the new home for the com-mission to have on display historical artifacts and pro-vides a new meeting place as well. All of these events "Lindon" continued on Page 7 by Mary Bui gin It seems that everyone has some kind of story or tradition when it comes to this time of the year. Initially if you ask them if they have a story to share, they will say, "oh not really any-thing special " and they go on to tell you great stories that are far more unique than they think they are. The following are some fun stories that were recently shared. Lynda Monson said that over the years she and her husband, Dave, would have a get together a few days before Christmas where Santa would visit. She said each grandchild would tell him what they would like for Christmas. She then told a great funny story of when she was a young woman. She said two of her younger sisters, ages 12 and 14, were given their yearly new pajamas from their Mom that she had made. Monson said that when they put them on, the 12 year-old- 's PJ's were way too big and the were way too small. Despite this, both still and moving pictures were exten-sively taken of the family in-cluding the girls in the PJ's. Later, another one of the siblings suggested that they switch PJ's, which they did. Shortly after the holiday, the family went to a large Sears store in the area where they lived in Raleigh, North Caro-lina. Monson said the store was packed with people returning and exchanging presents. Her dad took their movie camera to the camera bar because he was having some problems with it. They asked if her dad had any recent film that they could look at and diagnose the problem. He said yes, they had some from Christmas. Monson said that they put the film in a projector, showing it on a large screen for all to see. She said there were her two sis-ters in all their glory wear-ing the PJ's . To this day, she said it is a funny story shared often in her family. Rachel Runge's mother was raised in Hawaii and Rachel lived there as a young girl. Each year the family would go to the beach and enjoy the beautiful warm weather. Now, as a young mother, Runge and her husband, Greg, participate in the Elf on the Shelf fun tradition with their two little girls. Starting on De-cember 1, the girls get up each morning and look for their girl elf, named Ruby Lucy. She said their elf does good things and is never naughty. Runge said the girls really look forward to this tradition each year. Barbara Johnson and her family start the holiday by go-ing to her father's grave in Le-va- n and putting decorations on his grave. They then return to her home here in Pleasant Grove and have a Christmas morning breakfast for the whole family. This includes a Dutch oven dish along with sourdough pancakes and more. She said that her grandchildren are still small, so they have a house-fu- ll of at least 20 people each year. Former Mayor Ed Sander-son and his wife, Denise, have a fun Christmas breakfast for their family as well. She said they have been doing this since their own children were young, and now do it for the grandchildren. She said the original intent was for the family to get filled up on a good, nutritious breakfast before they were tempted by candy. PG City Building Inspec-tor Dave Houston said he and members of his family go to the cemetery on Christmas Eve and put candles on the graves of family and good friends. On that evening, he and his wife, Lori's children and grandchildren, come over and they give them new pa-jamas for the holiday. On Christmas morning they make a large traditional breakfast for family consisting of sticky buns, ham and pancakes. They then host a nice Christ-mas dinner that evening at their home. In my large family with six siblings and growing up in the 60's, we would get up and have the normal organized pan-demonium that most have on Christmas morning. However, my younger sister would be so excited that she would lie on the couch watching us open our gifts while she fought back nausea because she was literally shaking from the excitement! My heart always went out to her until she finally outgrew it. Enjoy Christmas and make memories for all to enjoy this year and for the years to come! N PLEASANT GROVE WEATHER Today H - 34 L -- 18 Sunny '' Thursday H 34 Partly Cloudy Friday L- -- H - 36 Partly Cloudy Saturday '''V Sunday fY H 3S) L -- 18 Partly Cloudy |
