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Show V. ", ok r:zs:-::: T fir: ::05" b eal: :a::e city, a-:: , ...,.. , w ll'-' Viii W " T if f V? I V . ;;t 1, ! 7 If 3 J x i , ,XW'" , I ..L...X11. ..itsL 1 I J . r. ' : 1 I Springville Mayor Delora Bertelsen, second from left, and1 . , i, . . , "'' j ; ' I- . ' 11 Councilmen Glade Creer, left, and Gordon Smith, were sworn-in ,Lw-vt-I f ' - , " ' 7 1 I " ' " v to office January 1, 1994 for their second terms on the Spring- 1 jr ville City Council. Judge William Duncan, right, did the honors. v. - ... -. s - r - yu'W-wrr? V7"r- ' " jr ! I f , ' 1 I gf ,: b-;'.v, w J: ' ! Volume Ninety-Nine Utah County The Springville Museum of Art is sponsoring an exhibit that has been currated from the art collections of the Alpine, Nebo and Provo School Districts. The exhibit will open January 7 and will continue until February 6 in the Music and West galleries at the museum. This exhibit evolved as part of the Statewide Outreach Partnership Partner-ship Committee's effort to bring together the schools' and the museum's resources to enhance the art education of Utah students. stu-dents. The process has involved the inventorying and current appraisal apprais-al of the works that are in the schools. An evaluation of the condition of the works has been determined by director of the museum, Vern Swanson, and many of the works that were in poor condition have been restored as part of preparation for this exhibit. Funds from the state : legislature and a Utah County Art Board grant are making the restoration resto-ration project possible. A total of 371 works from Provo District, 185 from Nebo and approximately 200 from Alpine District have been inventoried. inven-toried. From that amount, 120 works were selected for consideration consider-ation to be in the exhibition, then 60 works were chosen and actually actual-ly borrowed from the schools and cleaned, restored and displayed at the museum. Throughout this country no state has brought more art into its public schools than Utah. Since the 1920s public schools in Utah have been actively collecting art. ' Mandatory infant car seats, ' prohibition of discrimination in ' housing, school fee waivers for low-income children, . reporting requirements for money lobbyists .' spend on legislators these laws : that bind all Utahns today were 1 once bills considered by a Utah - Legislative Session. -r Most bills introduced by legis-: legis-: lators never passsomewhere ; between 500 and 1 ,000 bills are I introduced during every general 'session these days but all bills ever introduced go through at least some of the steps described below. It's important for citizens to understand the process. There are many oppr tunities along the way for citizens to voice their views. Bills originate with an idea for a law. That idea can come from a citizen, a legislative interim study committee or individual legislator, legisla-tor, a task force, a group in the community, a . corporation, the Governor, a state agency... there are many possibilities. CM si schools Alice Merrill Home of Salt Lake and Mae Huntington of Springville Spring-ville led the way in building art collections in the schools throughout the state. In the Utah County schools, Lars Eggertsen, Orson D. Campbell, Camp-bell, Samuel H. Jepperson, Bessie Bes-sie E. Bourley, Celia Van Cott, J.W. Thornton and Floyd Brein-holt Brein-holt among others have spurred the collecting effort. Jane Vance and Lorna Teeter at Farrer Junior High have been shining examples of how to maintain large art collections. In the 1930s, Farrer, under the direction of principal J.W. Thornton, purchased works each year to put in their halls and library. Librarian Jane Vance catalogued and photographed each piece to keep track of the large amount of works. Currently the school has 124 art works in their collection. The school has a painting by J.T. Harwood titled, "Terraces of Gold," that has been appraised at a value close to $15,000. Most works aren't in that price range, but are valuable and should be preserved and displayed. The mission of having art collections in the schools throughout Utah basically reflects John Hafen's injunction that art "could refine the minds of the youth and build character in all people." It was felt that original works of art by competent artists could inspire students to a greater appreciation of the creative process. pro-cess. This mission for art has never had greater application than today. A bill can only be introduced by a current member of a legislative legisla-tive body, so if you have an idea for a bill, talk to your Senator or Representative about it and ask that they "sponsor" such a bill. Staff (lawyers) in the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel write bills requested by legislators. Sometimes other interested parties can have input on what bills contain. Bills sponsored spon-sored by a Senator are called Senate Bills (SB) and originate in that chamber. They must be passed by Senate before they can be considered by the House of Representatives. The same rules apply to House Bills (HB). Some bills are "prefiled" before be-fore the session begins and you can get a copy in either the Senate Sen-ate or House offices. Most bills emerge after the session begins. Bills are "introduced" during floor time (actions "on the floor" are those that take place when a chamber-the House or Senate-is in session). This is called the lis SPRINGVILLE, UTAH Sadly, the good intentions of some of the schools were not translated into effective educational educa-tional and artistic use of art collections in their keeping. Works became mere decoration, lost in the shuffle, forgotten and cast aside. As educators are transferred from one school to another' school art works have been know to travel with them. Stories of art works disappearing, perhaps going home with retiring teachers or administrators, are fairly common. In one particular school, no one knew where the art works were. "They are someplace in the building, you're welcome to scout around". One junior high had a painting that was in the refuse pile to be thrown away. The painting was in very bad shape with large tears, punctures and spattered chemical spots, so it looked beyond repair. The painting turned out to be by John B. Fairbanks, one of the Utah artists sent to Paris by the LDS Church to broaden his skills and return and paint murals in the Salt Lake Temple. The painting is a copy of Maeve's Shepherd Scene, and when cleaned is valued val-ued at about $700. "The original art in the schools' form a priceless repository reposi-tory of our cultural heritage. Having original art is not as. important as caring for it and using it for some positive educational educa-tional purpose. We have seen the destruction and the melting away of too many works of art by well-intentioned but ill-informed "first reading" of the bill and no other action is taken. They go immediately to the chamber's Rules Committee. The Rules Committee (there's one for each of the House and Senate) get bills after their first reading. Although it's often said that the Rules Committee studies bills to assure their constitutionality, constitutional-ity, the Rules Committees are far more powerful than that. All of their deliberations are secret. Rules Committees decide which' Standing Committee will consider an individual bill and when, or they can prevent a bill from ever coming before a Standing Committee Com-mittee by "holding" the bill until the last days of the session when Standing Committees no longer meet. Many bills are "held" throughout a session and "never see the light of day." So, their major function is "gatekeeping" a necessary task, given the large number of bills introduced-but the power and secrecy of the Rules Committees offer opportu- tagii)(g $4663 - January 5, 1994 toims schools. Now is the time to save this treasure and to come to grips with this crisis," said Vern Swanson. A database has been created that will be on file in each district and each school will now have a state-of-the-art report of the condition and value of their paintings and sculptures. This information will also be used to create a catalog of works that will be distributed in the districts and available to the public. Biographies Biog-raphies of some of the prominent Utah artists will be included as well as the historical background of Utah's heritage in art. The committee is also working to create a policy guide for schools to follow in regards to the care and handling of art works and school art collections. Committee members include Dr. Sharon Gray, Robert Nickelson, Sterling Swenson, Roger Weight, Robyn Card, Ray Harrison, Lane Reinwand, Lorna Teeter, Neil Johnson, Joseph Germaine and Cindy Clark. "We're trying to help bring an awareness of the art heritage that exists in the schools and to let these art works become a more prominent part of education. We're also rinding that many of these paintings are in great need of being cleaned or repaired. Some have been stored in custodial custo-dial closets, boiler rooms or just disappeared. We see this in part as a "save the art situation", said Sharon Gray, Curator of Education Educa-tion at the museum. Some schools have had very active programs to acquire art by nities for political maneuvering and "horse-trading" that has been the subject of much criticism. Bills to create laws that will cost money to implement are given a "fiscal note' by the Office Of-fice of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst. Legislative leadership usually sets a dollar limit on bills with fiscal notes, and those with a note above that limit are often held in the Rules Committee until late in the session when the business busi-ness of spending available revenues reve-nues for the upcoming year becomes be-comes the major activity of the legislature (largely as the State Budget is being decided). At that point, members of each chamber declare their priority bills with fiscal notes, and those without significant popularity never reappear. reap-pear. Bills are available for study after they've been "printed" by the Legislature's Printing Office. Then copies of the bill are available avail-able in the Bill Room (Room 423). Bills that are amended in Price prominent Utah artists. The inventory and catalog will help educate the community and schools about the value and im ' V 1 t f " "V. ' I f Sterling Swenson, Nebo School District art representative, Sharon Gray, Curator of Education at the Springville Museum of Art and Vern Swanson, director at the museum, are shown above as they inventoried the art work at a Utah County school. Many schools have been actively collecting art for years, and inventories of all the schools have been made. The works from these collections have been brought together for an exhibit at the Springville Art Museum. It opens January 7 and will hang until February 6. Dots either a Standing Committee or on the Floor are reprinted (on different colored paper depending on how many times they are amended), making all earlier versions obsolete. Bills assigned by Rules Committees Com-mittees to Standing committees get their first formal legislative consideration there. Standing Committee schedules are set at the end of each week for the subsequent week, but their agendas agen-das (which bills they will consider) consid-er) are developed on short notice. By law, all legislative meetings (except those of the Rules Committee) Com-mittee) must be posted at least 24 hours in advance, but if you're watching a particular bill, you'll need to keep a close watch on Standing Committee agendas. They're posted in central locations loca-tions near the Senate and House on the 3rd Floor. Citizens can request an opportunity to speak on a bill at Standing Committee meetings when it's on the agenda, continued on page 5 $.50 Number One portance of the art works. It will also assist in knowing where the art works can be found. Five year olds can celebrate at library Due to overwhelming patron requests the Springville Public Library will begin January 17, 1994 to check out books, books on tape, cassettes and CD's for three weeks instead of two weeks. Video's will still be checked out for two days. Starting in January the library will hold a monthly birthday party for all five year olds with a birthday that month. This month the birthday party will be held on Saturday, January 22. at 2 p.m. There will be stories, songs, crafts and the opportunity for the child to receive a library card. If your child would like to come to the party, please call and sign up for it. The library phone number is 489-2720. t |