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Show weM . KIRSTEN SHAW COURIER STAFF } | : rbanites moving into the valley may be accustomed to big city brights, with their operas, Britney Spears concerts and hour-long waits at five-star restaurants, to County for one thing: comm, Wasatch but they come peace. So, peace prevails. The [t towns remain quiet and the simpler things, the such as flyfishing middle fork of the a Clydesdale or in the t caressing Provo Pioneer Days parade, garnered great attention last year. Last winter, while most people spent spare moments huddled in front of fireplaces.to escape the cold, some trekked to Soldier Hollow to watch the national Nordic championships and got a little taste of what the Olympics might bring. Others chose to lis- ten to young musicians at the new Mountain Valley Beginning - Orchestra concerts or join hun- opps tr dreds of locals at Wasatch High School’s theological Saturday Warrior. Often, the valley’s favorite past time is helping others, and last 4: pth iaemeap a wiht spring the charitable trend con- il tinued. In May, following a benefit. concert and Boy Scout carnival, Hearts and Hands for Humanity held its second Books and Bloom fundraiser at the Inn on the Creek. Two hundred sixty people donated more than $15,000 while ee anes having a good time. ‘As snow disappeared, events popped up like wildflowers. Farmers markets, musicals such. as “Fiddler on the Roof’ and out- . peas rd |