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Show "TrTrl ITS? a rf rf 5IO " . - . . , V 'I ' ' ' ' ' '"' ' , . . . VII s-i"T '-r!'""; -y - . I; - ; - ; S- - -Ox.. : : j. .. ..' ' - mMjittjt Volume Eighty-Nine Bish Snelson Bradford Gowen, nationally known pianist to perform The Alpine Community Arts Council and ICM Artists will present Bradford Gowen, pianist, in recital at the Springville Museum of Art, 126 East 400 South, Springville, on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. The public is invited. Tickets are $4, available at the door or by calling 756-4807. Works by Cowell, Keeney, Welcher, Gowen, and Adler, will be performed along with pieces by Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Every once in a while a pianist comes along who catches the eyes and ears of the musical world as no other has done previously. Such is pianist Bradford Gowen, who won First Prize of $10,000 in the 1978 Kennedy Center-Rockefeller Foundation International Competition Com-petition for Excellence in the Performance Per-formance of American Music, triumphing over 89 contestants. : Since winning the prestigious Kennedy Center honors, Mr. Gowen has very quickly established himself as a major exponent of the keyboard. Memorial Day 1980 was a particular highlight of Mr. Gowen's career when he was invited to perform with the National Symphony Sym-phony Orchestra under the baton of Bradford ;;;i j in, in i , i i i ii.nii.iii rim Kill..!. nnimiiiiBiMMMiiiiniiMinra-iiiiiniTiiir nr i retires after 28 years W. L. 'Bish' Snelson, Springville's J. C. Penney manager for 28 years, announces his retirement effective January 31, 1984. His retirement coincides with the closing of the Springville Store on Jan. 7th. Snelson has been with Penney's for 38 years, starting his career in Payson, and then working in Milford, and in Preston and Pocatello, Idaho stores before coming to Springville in 1955. When he first started working for the company, Penney's was strictly a cash store, but Penney's followed the marketing trend and moved quickly into the credit lines, which permitted the company to carry more expensive items. The "catalog store" in Springville was particularly par-ticularly successful because of its Aaron Copland on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington D.C. One year later he again appeared with the National Symphony, this time with Maxim Shostakovich conducting. con-ducting. In between the two Memorial Day concerts, Mr. Gowen played three subscription concerts with the National Symphony under the baton of mstislav Rostropovich. The 1983-84 season has been a busy one for Mr. Gowen. His recordings for Piano Quarterly have been included in the past three issues of the nationally distributed magazine. In addition to his concerts and recitals throughout the country, he is Professor of Music at the University of Maryland. Calling Cards offer savings and convenience Mountain Bell's new Calling Cards are on their way to more than 92,700 customers in Utah. The credit cards are being mailed to current Calling Card holders. Gowen SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 - Janu;m 18, 1!)81 convenience of "at home" buying of a large range of goods. Penney's stores in adjacent towns closed long ago, but the Springville Store remained open because of its favorable profit picture. "Bish" Snelson was born in Payson to Len and Margaret Snelson and graduated from Payson High School. He then learned aircraft mechanics and joined the Air Force where he became a flight instructor. Upon his release he attended Utah State University where he met his wife, the former Bonnie Blackner, and was married on July 1, 1946, and returned to Payson to begin his career with Penney's. He is the father of six children, Mrs. Kim (Nedra) Bean, Carson, Nev., Mrs. Jack (Jane) Widdison, Mapleton, Mrs. Gary (Jeanette) Herbert,, ji cut, mi a. icii jp ifia 141 ecu 1 itiu, Springville, Clark Snelson, Salem, Ore., and Rob Snelson, serving an LDS Mission in South Carolina. He has 21 grandchildren. He has been active in church all his life, serving in various positions including ward clerk, Bishop, and High Councilman. An avid golfer and handyman, he is looking forward for-ward to pursuing these and other hobbies in his retirement. Snelson expresses his gratitude to the townspeople for their friendship and support during his years on "main street." His family is honoring him at a family dinner and open house this Saturday, Jan. 21. 1984 and invites all friends to call at his home, 134 Brookside Drive, between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. SHARE aid helps pay electric bills Utah Power & Light Co. shareholders have donated another $25,000 to SHARE, the voluntary contribution program that helps pay electric bills for people who are in genuine need. Since the program began in December 1982, UP&L customers and employees have donated about $175,000, in addition to the money Five burglaries and four minor traffic accidents reported this weed The Stoker Club, which was burglarized a few weeks ago, was again the target of theft on January 13th when Ted Stoneman, employee, reported someone had gained entrance en-trance to the club and taken a small amount of cash and 36 cases of beer. Total loss was estimated at $400. Brad Thorpe reported the burglary and damage to his truck while it was parked in the commuter parking lot. Taken were tools', chains, a stereo, gun and other items valued at $700. Dave Gabbitas, owner of the Circle Cir-cle C Mini Mall Car Wash reported an attempted theft from the car wash towel dispensers. The dispensers were broken into and damage to them was $51.75. Mr. Tubb's Speedwash was the target of a burglary when the storage room was broken into and $7.00 taken. Ray Barker of 895 East Center had a radiator and car battery taken from his car while it was parked in back of his home. Value of lost items was $170. Two traffic accidents were reported to have happened in the Springville High School parking lot. . One, was a hit and run resulting in damage to the vehicle owned by This was the scene at the home of Owen and Marion Christensen at 999 Hillcrest Drive in the center of the city yesterday. Mrs. Christensen said that they have been feeding up to 27 deer in their back yard. There were 22 deer trying to find food there when this picture Animal Control report for 1983 Charles Kirby, Animal Control officer for the Gity of Springville, reports a 47 percent rise in tickets issued in the city for the year 1983. 12 tickets were passed out opposed to 53 in 1982. There were 487 dogs picked up in 1983 opposed to 491 in 1982. One hundred and eleven dogs were released in 1983 and 99 in 1982. The percentage of dogs put to sleep remained about the same, with 349 in 1983 and 346 in 1982. Eighteen dead dogs were picked up last year, one less than 1982. There was a 61 percent decrease in cats received by the department. Mike Jacobsen. The other involved a car owned by Walter Barrus. Natalie Phillips was involved in a one car rollover at 800 South Main during the week. The vehicles of James Sumer-sheim Sumer-sheim and Scott Austin collided at 70 North and 300 West. In another traffic accident, the vehicles belonging to Louise Nelson and Robert Findley collided at 102 West 200 East. Dr. G. Wesley Johnson, noted historian to speak All of the citizens of Springville are invited to hear Dr. G. Wesley Johnson speak on "Community History" at the meeting of the Springville Historical Society tonight, January" 18, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Springville City building, 50 South Main Street. Dr. Johnson is a native of Phoenix, Arizona, and recently returned from an assignment in Europe and Africa, where he lectured on community history. He has also authored many Price 30' J! i?rt '- V W ' " r J Councilpersons sworn in Two incumbent councilpersons and one new councilman were sworn into office by Judge Wally Peterson at the city Council meeting held Tuesday evening Jan. 3 at city hall. Delora Bertelsen in making a comment said that She enjoyed her first term and looks forward to working again with Springville citizens. Councilman Max Knight said that he loved to serve the citizens of this great city and make it a better community. The new councilman Pete Roundy noted that he had learned a lot the past two months, is amazed at the changes taking place, and the things going on here in the city. He expressed ex-pressed a desire to do a good job to represent the Springville citizens on the council. The mayor deferred making appointments until the next meeting as he has not yet firmed up his ideas about the coming assignments to the council for the next two years. Ray Klauck met with the council and requested that the city sell 13 acres of land in the industrial park located south and east of Valtek to Fibertek Inc., a division of TRE Corporation for the stipulated $5,000 per acre. The council approved the sale. Klauck- noted that TRE corporation cor-poration has branches in Brazil, Utah and California. Clark Palfreyman was granted a license to operate a day center in the basement of the Racquetball Center located on south main. Ross Steffens presented an offer by an unspecified person to pur- historv books and papers and is presently advising the Family and Local History Studies at BYU. He has been appointed dean of that department starting spring quarter. The Springville Historical Society are working hard to update the history of our community and would appreciate the help of all of those interested in this endeavor by holding meetings every other month with guest speakers from both the professional and non-professional community. MWiimmMmmmm Number Three iiiMii'y'Miiim: was taken. Scenes like this are reported all over the city ci-ty and caution should be taken when driving as the deer become confused and will run right into a moving vehicle. Many people are feeding these starving animals until the winter subsides and they can find their way back to the mountains. chase seven acres of ground west of the Evergreen Cemetery for $65,000 cash. The council took the matter under advisement. Bob Gunnell's Engineering firm met with the council and discussed the new sewer plant and proposed expanding the present facility as the best way to go rather than trying to change processes at this time. They noted that the city knows how to operate the present plant and that expanding it will be no problem and the least expensive way to go. Also under the present system they feel that enough methane gas will be formed in the sewer process to run a 500 kilowatt generator which would be a bonus in revenue to the city. A pre-treatment plant for the Stouffer operation was also included in the new addition to the plant and could be built for around $4 million. Business licenses were granted to the two new businesses in the Art City Pharmacy building on Main Street. Both businesses are related to health care. They include a company interested in selling breathing equipment and a company concerned with home health care. Work is progressing on the new public safety building addition. The council voted to retain Kent Walker as the architect for the project. After much discussion it is felt that the building can be built for about $510,000 rather than the $600,000 as passed during the recent bond election. In final action the council voted to change it's previous action allowing Bish Harward to place cattle on the sanitary land fill owned by the city. Free blood pressure clinic Thursday High blood pressure contributes to the Nation's two top killers - heart attack and stroke. To educate people on the importance of detecting and controlling this disease, free blood pressure checks will be held on Thursday, January 26. Testing will take place at The Medicine Shoppe, 780 North 500 West, Provo, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. No appointment is necessary. More than 40 million people suffer from cardiovascular diseases and of these, over 35 million are related to high blood pressure. |