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Show Janaury 13, 1983 - The Springville Herald - Page Seven CO Two mornings a week Mayor J. Brent Haymond sits at his desk in the Community room of the Civic Center. It's been one year since Mayor Haymond took office and it's the first time, people say, that a mayor of Springville has had a desk he could call his own, or kept any semblance of regular office hours. But Mayor Haymond feels it is important to make himself available to the public he serves, so that anyone who wishes might walk in, sit and chat, make a complaint, or offer input which might help the city run more smoothly. He wants to open up the channels of com-munication-and make sure that city government is not "in here" and the citizens "out there." The Springville Progress, a monthly tabloid newsbulletin which goes out to every household in the city, is another way Mayor Haymond has opened the lines of communication. It's his means of getting city oriented news to all the people, a way to communicate to the people activities going on within the city. This month two more pages will be added, a cultural page and a recreation page, as well ,as a calendar and comments on community com-munity activities. The news bulletin is produced completely through volunteer efforts. Getting the volunteer concept back into the community is another area where Mayor Haymond has shone his colors. "We live in a society where people want a lot," he said. "But we can't buy everything, so some of it has to come through volunteers." Two sodding projects, one on North Main Street and another at the Museum of Art-Middle School complex, were completed almost entirely by volunteer efforts of students. Nearly an acre of lawn was sodded at a cost of only eight cents a square foot because of the volun teers used in laying the sod. In addition to, or perhaps even better than, the economical advantages ad-vantages of volunteering are the results that come from personal time investment. If people volunteer to do a project, they tend to think twice before they would do anything to destroy it, Mayor Haymond believes. Mayor J. Brent Haymond greets the public at his desk in the Community room at the Civic Center on Tuesday and Thursday mornings each week. He is the first Springville mayor, people say, who has had a permanent desk and any semblance of regular office hours. Photo by Craig Conover. Museum of Art inservice meeting set Jan. 20 By Sherrill Sandberg The Springville Community Progress Cultural Enrichment Committee, whose aim has been to improve the level of aesthetic excellence, ex-cellence, and in this instance visual arts, initiated the concept to form a board of art instructors to review and suggest ways to improve the existing arts education in the Nebo District. 7 .v' u: o plpii s!ii! iisipi Judy Gresko, left, one of the Museum of Art inservice presenters, explains ways to improve existing art education in Nebo School District. City league basketball TEAM STANDINGS Pioneer Motor Vu 11-0 Steffen's Realty 10-2 C&A Realty 8-5 Ronzos Pizza 8-5 7-11 7-5 Lutz Cleaning 6-5 Larry Gibson explains the city's new IBM personal micro-computers to Mayor J. Brent Haymond, Rayma Allred and Sherrill Sandberg of the Museum of Art staff. Chief of Police Leland Bowers, and Jonell Ahlstrom, city courts clerk and secretary to the mayor, and Verl Dallin, city Campaign promise Nor has Mayor Haymond forgotten a campaign promise he made to improve the arts. The Museum of Art collection is the finest in Utah, he said. No other city has been so successful in its artistic efforts as has Springville. "Art," he adds, "is the root of culture bred into us since the turn of the Centruy." We should make the Museum the "living room" of our city, and bring art back into the roots of our children. If we do this, he added, they will come out, as we did, with a sense of culture other communities can't provide. The Museum is now working for accreditation and a new level of excellence. The board consists of art teachers, Community Progress representatives, PTA, school district officials, and art museum curator. A proposal drawn up summarizes the need as follows: "There is a critical need in the Nebo District for teacher training in the arts. Although every classroom teacher has the responsibility to provide aesthetic education for his Coaches Corner 6-5 Circle C 7-6 Happy Service 6-6 Tip Top Shoe Repair 5-7 Luxury Mobile Homes 3-10 M&R Equipment 1-11 Bona Signs 0-12 I' -71 IJ ' Excellence in recreational activities ac-tivities is another phase of the volunteer effort Mayor Haymond believes in so strongly. Jolley's Ranch, a great winter recreation , . 1 - livj? v.vi ft. frT Mayor J. Brent Haymond shows off new city logo chosen following a recent contest. The new logo shows part of the Museum of Art building being painted by a large artist's paint brush. The new logo is very effective ef-fective in color and design in advertising Springville, the Art City. Photo by Craig Conover or her students, there is a sad earth of preparation to enable them to do so. The arts can provide unifying horizontal bands that cross all curriculum areas. Teachers can receive the necessary experience, knowledge and understanding through inservice. It offers teachers the opportunity to strengthen and broaden their arts backgrounds, thus enabling them to use the arts more effectively in their classrooms." As a result of this proposal, art inservice workshops have been set up with topics that relate to a curriculum Art is Elementary, designed and written by Charles Stubbs, Nate Winters and Daryl Allington. Dr. Allington, media coordina'or for the Granite School District w ill be the keynote speaker at a workshop Thursday, Jan. 20 at 3:30 p.m. The workshops, reports Sherrill Sandberg, Curator of Education, have already had a very strengthening effect of the enthusiasm en-thusiasm and interest of the teachers. j The workshops are being held each month for eight month at the Museum. Sponsored by the Nebo District, inservice credit has been allowed to those successfully meeting requirements. Material supplies are also furnished. Thursday's meeting topic will be "Composition." This is one of three general meetings open to the public. The invited guests include school principals, community representatives, represen-tatives, PTA leaders, Museum of Art representatives, along with the 32 elementary workshop participants. A granted honorarium has been provided for speakers by Springville Community Progress. recorder. The city purchased the computers to upgrade data handling in the police department, art museum, and city courts. Photo by Craig Conover. area, opened recently because of the volunteer efforts of many, coor dinated by Harold recreation area is Whiting. The still basically undeveloped and will serve as a , - - v- Dealing with to be workshop topic A workshop series on "Dealing with Depression" sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Family Institute, will be held January 16 and 26 at 7 :30 p.m. at Orem Senior Citizen Center, 93 N. 400 E., Orem. The workshops are free to the public and are offered each January to help participants cope better with the past holiday "let down." January is an especially difficult time according to Jack Jensen, psychologist at the Institute. He feels the increased emotional conflict might be due to the sudden absence of goal oriented expectations, ex-pectations, that tend to peak out during the holiday season, the bleak weather, and the financial difficulties dif-ficulties many find themselves facing when dealing with Christmas bills. Depression is a treatable, clinical condition and although the genesis of all depression cannot always be treated directly (even though more often than not it can) we can learn to deal more effectively with those conditions that cannot be changed. So whether the cause of the Girls basketball off to winning start By Andrea Matthews To start off the Region 8 tournament tour-nament right, the Springville girls' basketball team beat Payson last Thursday at Payson. Both the Varsity and Junior Varsity teams had excellent games. The Varsity team won by 24 points with a score of 56-32. Beth Hagan great opportunity for citizens and clubs to donate time and effort to make it a great year around park. This is the type of recreation citizens can enjoy without money, the mayor said. The whole family can spend a couple of hours tubing free of charge, whereas a movie or similar activity could cost a family a great many dollars, he said. Improvements at the Community swimming pool are also being directed through the volunteer efforts ef-forts of some citizens. Air movement problems at the pool seem to have been solved, and making the interior more presentable with a new coat of paint is next on the agenda. This huge map of Springville City details streets and even houses. It hangs on the wall in the Community room of the Civic Center. Mayor Haymond points to Hobble Creek Canyon area, site of recent winter recreation improvements. Photo by Craig Conover. Depression depression is obesity (a condition that can be changed) or the death of a loved one (a condition that can't be changed) there should be hope dealing productively with depression. Jensen feels that with the proper tools, depression can be controlled. The purpose of this workship series is to provide those tools. The topics to be discussed at the workshops are "What You Should Know About Depression," "Overcoming "Over-coming Depression Through Self Knowledge and Self Control," "Ingredients of a Fulfilling Life: Intimacy, Spontaneity and Fun," and the "Relationship Between Guilt and Depression." The entire staff of the Institute will be involved with the workshops. There will be several therapists directing each workshop. The workshops are geared to help the participants find practical application ap-plication to their individual challenges. They are encouraged to ask questions and to become involved in-volved in the discussions. For more information call the Rocky Mt. Family Institute, 224-5160. 224-5160. was the high scorer with 18 points. The Devil team left the Lions in the dust during most of the game. The J.V. team also won by a wide margin. Camille Larsen played an excellent game and led the scoring with 10 points. The next girls' basketball game is in Carbon on January 13. Let's have a winning season. The city has also taken on some care of school recreation parks, mowing lawns in the summer in exchange for use of the parks, the mayor said. Power studies The city has recently undertaken some power improvement studies on how city-owned power facilities might be improved Owning its own power system has helped the city survive economically, Mayor Haymond said, as he praised the foresight of past city fathers in establishing city-owned power systems in Hobble Creek, Spring Creek, and Bartholomew Canyons. The systems have not been upgraded in 40 years, he said. Now producing a limited 500 kilowatts, the present system has a ptential of increasing to 2,000 kilowatts production. Funding for the project could be paid out over a 10-year period, with the improvements making the city self-sufficient in power, water, sewer and solid waste disposal, the mayor said. Some 25 acres of property have been purchased in a joint venture with Spanish Fork for the purpose of solid waste disposal. Officials committed Mayor Haymond and the present city council are committed to improving im-proving the city and to getting people involved in helping with the improvements. Specific city-related problems the mayor and council have committed themselves to in 1983 include: Road improvements-particularly in bringing Plat A roads to a proper standard. Emphasis on hydro-electric upgrading. Active promotion of the volunteer program. Installation of computers in the city court, police department, and Museum of Art as a forerunner to other improvements in data handling. han-dling. A continuation of efforts by the Museum of Art programs to reach the people effectively. Upgrading of the community swimming pool with necessary improvement to make the pool a positive element in the community. Community P' aers, The winners have been drawn for the annual Springville Community Birthday Party Drawing. Winner of the six-month individual pass was an exchange student from Finland who is now living in Mapleton at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Arbon. The winner of the one-year individual in-dividual pass was Margret Nielson, an avid swimmer from Springville. The winner of the one-month family pass was Chris King, a member of the Springville High School Swim Team. The three-month three-month family pass winer was Peggy Johnson. The six-month family pass was won by Kate Tenny. And the first prize winner of a year family pass went to Judy Brunson who comes over to swim everyday from Salem. Congratulations to all the winners. Remember, this is an annual giveaway and you could be the next big winner. Also there are some new classes scheduled to begin at the pool this coming Saturday, Jan. 15. There will be a Boy Scout Lifesaving Merit Badge Program starting at 8 a.m. This will run for ten hours of instruction in-struction or until the necessary skills and practice are completed. There will be a swimming merit badge offered at 10 a.m. the same day. This will take a total of five lessons. There is also a Cub Scout Learn-to-Swim Session that will start on Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. This class will run for four Saturdays for an hour a lesson. For the cost of the classes or to sign-up, please call the pool at 489-3201. 489-3201. The ACES (Art City Expert Swimmers) has started for the January session, and they are looking for young boys and girls who would like to better their swimming skills and maybe move up to the Springville Seals Swim Team. This class runs every Monday, Wednesday, Wed-nesday, and Friday from 5 to 6 p.m. |