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Show These young people are the newly appointed 1999-2000 Mapleton Youth Council. They not city council meetings and learn about how government works, but they volunteer their time j in giving service to the community in may different ways. Lauren Swan, Brian Swan, Triana Tanner, Jenny Dunkley, Andrea Keddington, Jessica James, Brady Jensen, Kevin Somerfelt and Jana Bird. . t -1 1 lis, i :nv a i'a fa i- -4 ' f yvj I 1 is : i f r I ji 1 yi if y l f F ill ' I. lFf-vn 'iir ! 1 4 ' - : W (( FRi f ! V' .? ( A f I -C. 1 r .'.. ""Tf Volume One Hundred Four by Jenni Jones City Council approved an agreement with Spanish Fork to exchange a small piece of land during the March 16 meeting. Springville agreed to1 give Spanish Fork an area of land near ; Springuille's pioneer photographer topic at historical leGture tonight The Anderson Sisters, Brenda Blackwell and Pamla Nau, granddaughters grand-daughters of Springville's famous photographer George Edward Anderson, will present the Springville Sprin-gville Historical Society's lecture this evening, Wednesday, March 24, at the Springville Civic Cen-'ter, Cen-'ter, 50 S. Main at 7 p.m. George Edward Anderson, handsome, witty and a genius with a camera, dedicated his life to skillfully and artistically documenting docu-menting the turn of the century. At the early age of seventeen, he set up his own portrait studio in Salt Lake City and received the first place in the Territorial Fair for tintype photography, when only 19 years old. Anderson is said to have been the First in Utah to use the new "dry plate" method for portrait purposes. He devised portable studio vans and tent galleries and began traveling extensively through small southern Utah communities, taking photographs George E. Anderson 2 J T IM Dry Creek in the Southwest . corner of Springville in exchange for an equivalent area of land. This exchange makes sense because be-cause both cities can provide utilities for the land they received easier than the other city. Admin of common folk in their natural environment. Anderson's diaries, covering nearly 25 years, describe routine secular and church duties. Recorded Re-corded within the diaries are names, dates and locations of the photos he took and he also documented docu-mented his seven-year mission to England. From 1900-1904 he served as Bishop of the Springville Second Ward. He solicited funds, organized orga-nized workers and oversaw the construction of a new meeting . house which still stands today on Springville's South Main Street and has recently been renovated. In 1907, Anderson received a mission call to England. The first year was devoted to pictorially documenting Church History sites in Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, New York and Vermont. Ver-mont. The following year, the L.D.S. Church published Anderson's Ander-son's photos in a beautifully illustrated booklet, The Birth of Mormonism in Pictures. Anderson Ander-son served in England until 1911, at which time he returned to the United States. He spent an additional addi-tional two years photographing Mormon Church sites in Vermont. Ver-mont. He was later to travel to Canada to photograph the dedication dedica-tion ceremonies of the Cardston, Alberta Temple. In the fall of 1927, although seriously ill, he traveled to Arizona to document the dedication of the Mesa Temple. Tem-ple. On May 9, 1928, shortly after he was brought home from Arizona, he died. Nearly two-thirds of his total output of approximately 40,000 photographs are studio portraits. Hundreds of old family albums boast one or more examples of his craft. Desiring to learn more of their heritage, two granddaughters, granddaugh-ters, Nau and Blackwell, have become fascinated with this man and his art. They have gathered Members of the council are: Jennifer Warren, '"". i n v A SPRING VILLE, UTAH istrative Services Director Cameron Came-ron Gunter said. This exchange would prevent Springville and Spanish Fork from possibly providing utility services for areas outside their city limits. Gunter said this al- information, compiled diaries, letters and histories, plus a photo display into a presentation about George Ed's life. They have given the presentation throughout the state of Utah. This will be a fascinating look into the life and times of Springville's Spring-ville's most famous photographic artist. "His is a beautiful legacy to our history," said Glenn All-man, All-man, president of the Springville Historical Society. "Come and Enjoy! The Anderson sisters would like to express their gratitude to Rell Francis of Springville. He published the book The Utah Photographs of George Edward Anderson from which some of the above text was taken, and for all his help in the past. Happenings The Springville Seals Aquatic team still have a few 1999 Happenings Hap-penings Books to sell. This is a fund-raiser for the team and they would really like to sell the remaining re-maining books that they have. Stop by the city swimming pool and pick, one up. Burn period for yard trash Springville Fire Chief Phil Whitney has announced the Utah County burn period for this spring. This special burn will be for yard cleanup debris. de-bris. " Whitney said that burn permits will be issued by the Springville Fire Department for individual yard cleanup in the city. The burn period will begin Saturday, April 17, at 8 a.m. and end Sunday, May 16 at sunset. only attend and talents Allen, Jacob 84663 - March 24, 1999 ready happens in some instances but efforts are being made to avoid this in the future. The council also approved a grant from the Federal Aviation Association for the improvement "of the. SpnngvilleSpamsh Fork Airport. Council member Rodney H. Oldroyd said this means federal fed-eral money, not Springville money, mon-ey, will be used to remodel and improve the airport. The council deliberated over whether they should accept a piece of land from Lonni Oman that was leftover after he had planned out phase two of his Hidden Ride Subdivision. If the council accepted the land, they would plan to build a park on it. but they felt that it was too secluded se-cluded to be safe for children to play in. The land was too enclosed en-closed to allow police and parents to easily look in and make sure everything was okay. The council emphasized they did not want to shy away from accepting the land that could be as a park, but they also wanted to make sure the park would be safe. Oman said he would be glad to take the land back and reconfigure recon-figure his subdivision plan, but Art Royalty applications due Sat. Applications for Art. Royalty Royal-ty . for 1999-2000 may be turned into the Springville Museum of Art until Saturday, March 27, at 5 p.m. If you still need an application or have questions, phone Dianne Carr at 489-4230 or Sharon Grey at the museum, 489-2727. 489-2727. Applications may also be picked up in the high school office. Since the ACT test is. being given on April 10, the time for judging and luncheon will be moved to 1 p.m. Finalists will be chosen from the applications and be invited to the luncheon at the Art Museum on April 10. The candidates and their escorts will be guests at the Art Ball on May 1 where the Art Royalty Roy-alty for 1999 will be introduced. intro-duced. All interested sophomore sopho-more or junior girls at Springville Spring-ville High School are invited to submit an application. Information on joining the Junior Art Guild may also be obtained by phoning Dianne Carr or anyone at the Springville Spring-ville Museum of Art. UTAH PRESS ASSOC 307 y 200 S SUITE 5005 SALT LAKE CITY, UT Price 500 the city could have it if they wanted it. The council eventually decided decid-ed to accept the land but would decide whether it was park mate Public input Invited on Hobble Creek Trail The public is invited to comment com-ment on a proposed trail in Hobble Hob-ble Creek Canyon. The trail would look similar to the Provo River Parkway, be funded and built through donations and be managed and maintained by the county. The trail would start at the mouth of Hobble Creek Canyon Can-yon at a proposed Bonneville Shoreline trailhead and continue east three miles to Rotary Park. The Hobble Creek Canyon Parkway committee has been working closely with the Spanish Fork Ranger District, Utah Division Divi-sion of Wildlife and Utah County engineers to negotiate a suitable site for the path. The proposed trail is on public land. Denis Poulsen is retiring in June from Nebo District by Jenni Jones After 32 years in the field of education. Nebo School District Superintendent Denis Poulsen is retiring the end of June. Poulsen put the students in Nebo School District first during his nine-year term as superintendent, superinten-dent, said Frances Larsen, the public relations director for the district. "The emphasis I've always tried to place is students," Poulsen Pou-lsen said. Even though money was tight, Poulsen always did his best to make sure the students didn't suffer for it, Larsen said. Poulsen is excellent with the students because he builds respect with them, said Collin Allan, president of the Nebo School District Board. He said Poulsen was always completely honest with the students. When they came to him with an idea, he told them exactly what he thought of it whether it be bad or good. One of the hallmarks of Poul-sen's Poul-sen's term was his extensive building program. Allan said. 31 Dc 93 S 84101 Number Twelv e rial after enlisting the advice of the Parks Board and Planning Commission. If the city decided they didn't want the land, they would give it back to Oman. Comment sheets are posted throughout the city in businesses, schools and public buildings for your remarks and signatures. The bulletin board at the Springville City building has a map of the proposed trail. Please show jour support for this trail by signing a comment sheet. All ages are invited to participate since the trail will be for everyone. Public support of a trail is crucial for progress. If you prefer, you may send your comments directly to: Spanish Span-ish Fork Ranger District, 44 W. 400 North. Spanish Fork. Utah 84660. All comments should be submitted by April 9. Poulsen used the money from three bonds that were passed to Continued on page 3 Denis Poulsen SIM ; ; - j : I - I I I - i v . 1 OR COPY |