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Show 4 MX T IMPAWN O G OSfTIMES - . November 3, 2010 ii - m a Z Three New Members Are Elected to the Pleasant Grove Library Board - , t i V for Utah at the National Associ-ation of Mortgage Brokers. He is the branch manager for Bank of England dba ENG Lending in Utah. In addition to his ecclesi-astical service and his family, John enjoys kayaking, fishing and has a true love for the lit-erature. He will help the city of Pleasant Grove to have a world-clas- s library capable of holding literature, educational programs and technology that will enable our children and adults to go as far as their imagination will al-low them Pam Sorensen The Pleasant Grove Library has recently added three new members to its board: Pam So-rensen, Taffy Lovell and John Glen Stevens. Pam was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. After gradu-ating from high school, Pam came to Brigham Young Uni-versity and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elemen-tary Education with a minor in Early Childhood Education. Upon completion of her de-gree, she was hired by Alpine School District to teach fourth grade at Hillcrest Elementary. While teaching school, she met and married her husband, West Sorensen. They have been mar-ried for 34 years and they have three children, two wonderful s, and six delightful grandchildren with the seventh on the way. Pam's always been in-volved in education whether she was teaching, volunteer-ing in schools being a private tutor, substituting or writing educational books. Pam has a particular interest in teaching and promoting reading letters. She loves reading, her children love to read and her grandchil-dren are developing an interest in reading. She had the wonder-ful privilege of being raised by a mother who read to her, took her to the library or bookmobile ev-ery other week, and taught her how fun it was to let her imagi-nations take her anywhere she wanted to go with a good book. Currently, Pam is working as a teaching assistant at one of the charter schools in Pleasant Grove while taking classes to rectify her teaching certificate. Pam has had her own day care business, threw newspapers and milked cows. She has also been an' office manager for a large international software com-pany with offices in Denmark, Holland, India, and the United States. Pam's been an assis-tant mortgage broker as well as a front office receptionist for a very busy pediatric office in American Fork. "I'm excited about the opportunity to serve on the Pleasant Grove Library Board as an alternate board member," Pam stated. Taffy Lovell, a Pleasant Grove resident for the past 10 years, is the mother of four chil-dren who are students at Central and Pleasant Grove Junior High. Her husband is the regional manager with Wal-Ma- rt Stores Inc., so moving was a regular part of their early family life. With each move, Taffy acquired a prized library card and became familiar with many aspects of the libraries. Taffy is a Utah native and a graduate of Mountain Crest High. She taught English in Taiwan where she met Garth, who was also teaching English. They returned to Utah and were married in Salt Lake City before attending Utah Valley Com-munity Council where Taffy was active in student govern-ment. Currently, she is active in the community with PTA and School Community Council as well as with the youth at her church. Taffy is an avid reader (just ask the librarians). She can be found reading at least five dif-ferent books at one time. She is an unpublished author who is working on several story ideas for her first published work. Taffy belongs to several writ-ing groups like the League of Utah Writers and enjoys learn-ing more about her chosen craft. She also can be found editing, critiquing and reviewing books through her blogs. Being on the library board seemed like a natural step in her literary pursuits and she hopes to serve the Pleasant Grove committee through her efforts and time. John Glenn Stevens was born in Heber City, Utah, and has lived in Germany, Roma-nia, Layton, Utah, Provo, Utah, and Highland, Utah. He moved with his wife, Mindy, and son to Pleasant Grove in December of 2006. Since then they have had another child, their daughter, and have decided that this is the place where they want to plant their roots and raise their family for generations to come. He graduated from Wayne High School and attended Utah Valley State College. John is the president of the Utah Association of Mortgage Brokers and serves as a delegate 4 u --" if ' J La& ....... . John Glen Stevens Taffy Lovell "Hey. ...Can We Roast Our Hot Dogs?" and side roads that turned into narrow trails. Since we had actually believed the weather-man and his prediction (guess) of snow the following day, we were a bit surprised to see it be-gin half-wa- y up the mountain. The higher we got, the heavier it was snowing and with at least 3" accumulating on the roads, Rodger was wishing he had brought the snow chains. I was wishing I had brought a heavier coat. Actually, it wasn't too bad. The deer must have sensed that hunting season started early the next morning and were hid-ing (just as believable as the weatherman), and the hunt-ers were huddled next to roar-ing fires hoping they wouldn't be snowed in come morning. Thus, the road was not cluttered with deer and hunters. We even toyed with the idea of stopping at one of the camps and asking if we could roast our hotdogs, which we would share with them. It would have given them something to talk about! When we got over the summit and half-wa- y down the mountain, the snow disap-peared and wet, oozy mud took its place. In a moment of weak-ness,! even contemplated asking Rodger to drive home, but the thought was quickly suppressed when I remembered only hours before I had adamantly declined his suggestion that we go home. I was on an adventure and noth-ing could make me want to go home. I've already said enough, so you will have to guess what I considered my dilemma and when a dark, scary-lookin- g, snow-surround- outhouse was spotted, I declined. Oh the vani-ties of old age! When we finally stopped for the night, everything seemed perfect, including the graveled side-roa- d that no hunters in their right mind would camp in. We moved everything to the front seats to prepare our bed, then remembered we hadn't eaten. There was no way we were go-ing to move everything again, so we set up the camp chairs, sat in the dark and ate our cold sup-per. Remember the hot dogs? We had planned on making a fire and roast our dogs while keeping toasty warm. Thank you weatherman! Rodger is 6'3" and sleeps with his knees bent. I am 5 '10" and sleep with my legs straight unless I'm in the back of a Ta-h-that is 5 '8" and then I either sleep on an angle or wake up ev-ery time I hit the back door. I'm not complaining. I slept toler-ably well and was glad I hadn't chickened out and begged to go home. That probably would have curtailed future invitations. Although we ate our cold breakfast, my sweetheart wanted something hot, so we stopped at Mayfield's fin-est restaurant, actually their only restaurant, and got a hot breakfast sandwich and hot chocolate. There's something to be said for warm food on a cold, wintery morning. Next time we'll bring our . own wood! By the time we reached Pleasant Grove, it was raining like crazy, just as the weather-man said it would, and as we ran into the house, that still didn't have the heat turned on, I couldn't help think about my pioneer ancestors and how lucky they were that no weatherman could give them false hopes for dry weather. side roads and drive until we get tired, then we can sleep in the back of the truck." I looked deep into the eyes of the man I love, first trying to determine if he was mak-ing a joke and then wondering how old he thought I was. He was serious, and bless his heart, he was pretending I was much younger, just to make me feel that way. (A very big birthday was coming the next week). He had it all planned, the air mattress, sleeping bags, cooler full of good eats, binoculars, and the best part, just us. That's what I fell for, just us two riding for hours without cell phones, TV, interruptions or deadlines. I can never get enough of just being with my man and even though he doesn't talk all the time, I've learned how to ride in silence and just enjoy the beau-tiful surroundings with him. I gave up tent camping after I had a knee replaced eight years ago because kneeling became almost impossible. That really wasn't the biggest concern. Out in the middle of a canyon you don't often find a rest room. Enough said. I would reach deep inside my formerly adven-turous spirit and find the power and patience to. ..wait. The first glitch came when we couldn't find a full-siz- e air mattress. Twins were too small and queens too big, so we set-tled for foam mattresses from our trailer and several quilts to cushion the floor. I figured we had slept on worse beds in mo-tels than this could possibly be. After getting packed, the sleep-ing arrangements were forgot-ten, for the most part. With a general idea of where we wanted to end up, we explored canyons, lakes by Geri Taylor I understand adventure. At the tender age of 49 I not only got remarried after 22 years of single parenthood, but I stored all my belongings, became a li-censed truck driver and literally drove off into the sunset with my husband. For the next three years I had adventure, some-- times coming out my tailpipe, as I learned how to shift 12 gears, navigate narrow roads that big trucks were never meant to tra-verse, and how to live with a man in a 7' X 8' X 9' truck. Did I say I understand adventure? But, that's a story for an-other day. I want to share our latest escapade into strength-ening one's marriage by doing something crazy and exciting. Perhaps you'll understand bet-ter if your husband has ever said, "I wonder where that road goes." My husband can see an th road as well as he can spot a deer on the mountain-side. They seem to jump out at him. I am certainly not adverse to exploring new roads, espe-cially with 4 wheel drive, but this particular invitation added a touch of adventure I ques-tioned. 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