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Show Dorothy Kennedy to retire this year Dorothy Kennedy, Spanish and language arts teacher at Springville Middle School, will retire on May 30, 1997. She has taught for 27 years, and one of her major contributions has been her involvement with the Shakespeare Shake-speare Theater. For the past seven years, Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Linda Lewis have produced and directed an outstanding Shakespeare Shak-espeare play at the school. Dorothy Doro-thy also developed the Middle School Spanish program. Kennedy grew up on a fruit farm in north Provo and graduated graduat-ed from Orem's Lincoln High School and Brigham Young University. She lived 30 years in Provo and has lived the past 30 years in Mapleton. She studied abroad for two summers at the University of Salamanca in Spain; one year was on a Ful-bright Ful-bright Scholarship. She is married mar-ried to Leon Kennedy, and they have six children, 12 grandchildren grandchil-dren and two great-grandchildren. After retirement, Dorothy and Leon plan to move to St. George. They love to travel and hope to visit Lake Powell often and go on a mission. Dorothy also looks forward to having more time to pursue her many hobbies: reading, read-ing, painting, sewing, crafts, travel, genealogy, boating,, biking, bik-ing, swimming and studying Spanish. Of her teaching career, Doro- Leon Kennedy to retire from Leon J. Kennedy will retire from teaching at the Springville Junior High this year. He has taught algebra and geometry for the last 12 years. He has a great love for teaching and has tried to bring enjoyment to learning with humor, a little song and even a little Cowboy Poetry into the classroom. He has many fond memories of his students and of his colleagues who will miss his jokes and pranks. Kennedy comes from East Prarie, MO, and as a young boy, ' lived on several military bases across the country. They moved to the Provo area in 1944. While in high school he was the radio announcer for the local high school radio news show, and he worked for the Provo City Airport Air-port and obtained his pilot's license. Later he belonged to a local flying club and did a lot of flying with friends and family. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Orem and Brigham Young University with a degree in secondary education with a mathematics major. He spent two years in the military at the end of the Korean conflict in the Army Security Agency in Fort Devens, MA. He and his wife have spent many vacations traveling in the U.S., Europe and to Lake Powell. Pow-ell. After spending 27 years in the retail business, he decided to go back to what his education background back-ground had prepared him for, teaching. Mr. Kennedy is married to Dorothy Kennedy. They have six children, 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. They J-ill Una Eric Raine has been appointed Assistant Principal at Springville Spring-ville High School. Raine was a teacher at Spanish Fork High for six years. He enjoys photography, photog-raphy, ornithology and mountain moun-tain biking. Eire and his wife, Margaret, are the parents of two children, Nathan and Hannah. Han-nah. Photo by Laurel Brady " Time and tide wait for no man. Dorothy Kennedy thy states, "I have enjoyed all my years of teaching sixth grade at Springville Middle School. They have been productive years, full of memories of good friends, colleagues and the wonderful students whose lives I have touched, hopefully for the best. I have learned from many things with them, and I have shared my life with them. I do not regret having walked this path. I only hope that in our pursuits of learning learn-ing and growing, I have lifted some students to better heights of achievement." jr. high Leon Kennedy have lived in Mapleton for the past 30 years. Mrs. Kennedy is retiring at this time also, and they both are looking forward to moving to St. George. He hopes to travel and work on projects like writing, learning German, going on a mission, taking up flying again, boating and reading. Ask about our $200.00 CASH REBATE on select Bryant Air Conditioners Free Air Conditioning Seminar-See how Brent Harvey can save you money on your energy bills, June 26th at 7:00 p.m. Limfod seating. Call today. necmng & - 4 -"iimKHIlM Air Conditioning "Quality Service at a Fair Price' 225-7088 489-7088 Buyers can finish their new home When developer Cris Child of Prestige Properties was planning his Lynnbrook twin home community com-munity here, he wanted to build a neighborhood that was affordable and would encourage its residents to feel pride in their new home ownership. His efforts were rewarded recently when Lynnbrook was named "Community of the Year" during the semi-annual meeting of the National Builders Advisory Board in Florida. The award centered on Child's unique concept con-cept of enabling home buyers take over the final stages of construction on their new home just prior to completion. Child's Equity Builder Program Pro-gram allows home buyers, under professional supervision, to put the finishing touches on their home. Typically these homeowners homeown-ers are responsible for such tasks as insulating the attic, painting, installing window sills, vinyl, carpeting, light fixtures, appliances, applianc-es, door knobs and mirrors. They may also do t he finish plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning condi-tioning and do the fencing and landscaping. All materials, tools and instruction are supplied. "Just by doing these it ems, which are relatively easy for the purchasers our buyers can save thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket down payments costs," said Child. "It makes it possible for them to get into a new home for about the same cost as getting into a rental," he said As the Lynnbrook community progressed. Child found another benefit his project was producing fellowship. Neighbors were building positive relationships as they helped each other complete their homes. "We found a bonding you don't normally experience in a Springville native named Dixie teacher of the year Dixie College in St. George recently re-cently bestowed the Outstanding Teacher Award to Patricia Ann Roper, the daughter of Dale and Edith Whitney of Mapleton. The presentation was made during the annual Rebel Awards in May. Roper has been with Dixie for 25 years as an assistant professor of physical educationdance and director di-rector of the Rebelettes dance team. She also served 17 years as the director of the cheerleaders. Roper is a Springville High graduate who received her B.S. from USU in 1968 and was a member of Chi Omega. She later Completed her M.A. at BYU and also served as an officer in the Women's Dance Consortium. She was chosen for the award by a panel of representatives from i in : i in i i Hi "fcflf new neighborhood," said Brian Holman, who moved in last October. "We developed a bond as we helped each other because we were all in this situation of using sweat equity to get into a house," he said. "We're now friends with a lot of neighbors now even more so than in our previous neighborhood." "People were very supportive of everyone else," noted his wife. Julie. "There willing to lend tools, supplies and advice," she said. "It was a very supportive atmosphere. By the time we moved in we had made quite a few friends. It was very worth doing, all of us were glad we did it and we'll never have to do it again because now we have quality which can be transferred into a future home if we decide to move," she said. Susan Hyers and Millie Wek-ler Wek-ler agreed. "From the time all the neighbors neigh-bors first met each other they had an instant bonding because we had the home in common. We were all doing the same kind of work on our homes," Hyers said. "People sought each other out to see how they were handling their projects and getting advise from neighbors who had already been through it." "We had a neighbor up the street who helped out a lot," said Welker. "She showed us how to do the sprinkling system and the carpeting, plumbing and electrical work." Holman found another benefit that came from finishing his own home. "There's not anything I can't fix," he said. A new model home is now open daily except Sundays on 442 E. 250 North in Springville. For information call 801-798-2633 or 377-0890. each facet of the college. Among the characteristics that garnered her the recognition are devotion to quality education and expressing express-ing a genuine interest in the success suc-cess of each student. She spends weekends and summers traveling with the Rebelettes to away games and camps in addition to taking on a regular teaching schedule. She is one of the most well versed educators edu-cators on campus and has taught courses from folk dance to advanced ad-vanced tennis. She and her husband. Marlin, a pharmacist and 1965 graduate of USU. have three sons and three grandchildren. The couple reside in St. George. . .. ..-:,.. tjaf ' a "fas .mr-J - - W-, - V. .Av, . ..p X"'rt " ------ fmmif,l!ml't' aptmammawammakmmwm RHaBkaaBMHHHIIHBBIMMHHHHaMMBHMaH mamammmmmmmaamammay f " ,T3S3i5SSS!?'''3 " tr- n n 4- f it )tt. Hobble Creek Professional Plaza Now Available Premier Office Condominiums Turn Key Finish All Brick 9 Foot Ceilings Abundant Storage Double Locks 1900 sq. ft. 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