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Show life Ctliilsi, to. Eta - Hi ffiltn v . . --ji1Dl. i - '. 'i 1 i if:' .1 ' ' V ; i ., ; ' ',...:'"-:i-r V- , ' 'a.T v ' t i t - -X -7 -X " -'. A'ew o rte Jubilee is rock climbing, carriage and covered wagon rides, pioneer stories told by costumed historical commission members, and information about how each neighborhood got their name. The event will also include, potato sack races, brick making, and the traditional log cutting, tomahawk throwing and other fun acivities. by Heather Pack What happened to the Heritage Festival? This spring, due to low attendance at-tendance at the 2012 Heritage Festival, Heather Pack was asked by the City of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove to evaluate whether the Heritage Festival was still meeting the needs of the community com-munity as it has in years past. She formed a committee with those who had frequently attended at-tended the Heritage Festival, those who had never attended the Heritage Festival, and those who were new to the city and had never heard of the Heritage Festival. She also received re-ceived input from the Historical Histori-cal Commission. The committee agreed upon three main objectives for this annual event. 1. To help residents understand and appreciate ap-preciate the heritage and legacy leg-acy created by former Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove citizens. 2. To help residents feel that they are part of a community that extends ex-tends beyond their own street or church congregation. 3. To show residents how they can become more involved in their community in the future. The name "Heritage Festival" only seemed to encompass en-compass one of the three objectives. ob-jectives. Consequently, the committee decided to rename the event Jubilee which means "an occasion for rejoicing and celebration." Those who have attended previous Heritage Festivals will find many of the favorite activities still remain, like brick making and sawing saw-ing logs. New to this event is rock climbing, carriage and covered wagon rides, pioneer stories told by costumed historical his-torical commission members, and information about how each neighborhood got their name. Did you know that Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove is divided into 12 neighborhoods' Do you know which one is yours? Come find out at the PG Jubilee Saturday, September 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Downtown Park. Each neighborhood will host a different activity that is free for the whole family. Those who come to the Jubilee will receive a free colored wristband identifying their neighborhood. Anyone who doesn't live in Pleasant Grove can adopt the neighborhood neighbor-hood of their choice. The wristbands are. important im-portant because the neighborhoods neighbor-hoods are competing to find out who has the most participants partici-pants at the Jubilee. In addition ad-dition to the day's activities, the city is currently holding a contest to see which neighborhood's neighbor-hood's photo gets the most like on the PG Jubilee Facebook page. Jubilee free activities include in-clude rock climbing, carriage and covered wagon rides, potato po-tato sack races, brick making, and the traditional log cutting from the Heritage Festival. Water bottles and snacks will be available for purchase to support the Kiwanis Club. The Lions' Club will be selling sell-ing Jubilee scones made with their secret recipe fruit sauce , for just $2.50. The PG Jubilee committee commit-tee is looking for tweens and teenagers willing to help with the different activities. Anyone ages 1 1 to 1 8 who volunteer for at least three hours will receive a free cupcake at Cravings and a free Jubilee scone. To volunteer volun-teer contact the Jubilee Chair Heather Pack at packofkids gmail.com or the Cultural Arts Director April Harrison at aharrisonpgcity. org. |