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Show Heavy rain and lots of wind prevented the closing performance of the Springville World Folkfest Saturday evening, but Cloggers West, a group from the USA, didn't let that stop them. They came to dance, and dance they did, in the pouring rain. Their musicians are shown here huddled under umbrellas while they played for their dancers. Those diehard Folkfest fans who were still waiting and hoping hop-ing the show could go on, crowded around the stage, along with the visiting dance groups, to watch and cheer fro the Americans and their enthusiasm. Volume One Hundred Six 9 Mapleton will be 100 years old on September 3, and they are going to start celebrating on Tuesday, July 24, at their annual Pioneer Day Celebration. Many events are scheduled throughout the day to celebrate the pioneer heritage and this, their centennial year. Mapleton was founded September 3, 1901. Ye, Kim Temporary fireworks ban in certain areas by Brinton YVilkins At its regular meeting the Springville City Council approved ap-proved an ordinance amending the existing city fire code regarding fireworks. Because of the extreme fire danger facing the city during the upcoming July 24 holiday, Police Chief Scott Finlayson and Fire Chief Phil Whitney worked on the ordinance that allows the City Council to temporarily ban fireworks if deemed necessary. The Council also accepted a resolution placing a temporary ban on both legal and illegal fireworks in the foothills and the West Fields area until July 30. ' "On July 4 we found an awful lot of illegal fireworks in the foothills, " Chief Whitney said. " "V So far, efforts to prevent wildfires have been successful, he said. "We're out on constant con-stant patrol". Even so, the influx of illegal fireworks over the July 4 holiday has made the fire department wary. Though fires Ann Seely is shown here with the quilt she and Joyce Stewart made and entered hi the annual ' Quilt Show now at the Springville Museum of Art. Their work of art, "Friendship Garden," Mm This year's events will begin July 22 at 6 p.m. with a special pioneer fireside put on by The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints via Church Satellite at the Mapleton Maple-ton Stake Center, 970 N. 400 East, and Mapleton North Stake Center, 475 N. 1600 West. Featured Fea-tured speaker will be President like the one that engulfed the mountain last year have been avoided, conditions are ripe for a replay. "We just went to a red flag fire condition today in the forest service," Whitney said in an interview Tuesday. Under the resolution, all fireworks will be banned in the foothills, areas west of 400 west, and in some residential areas near the mouth of Hobble Hob-ble Creek Canyon. While this might sound drastic, it is actually in line . with similar actions throughout the county, according to City Recorder Jo Evans. "There is a firework ban in effect m all of the unincorporated unincorpo-rated areas in Utah County," she said. Whitney emphasized that, though the ordinance allowing the City Council to ban fireworks fire-works will be permanent, the ban itself will only be temporary, tempo-rary, depending on conditions. "You just have to look at it every year," he said. "Right now it's just dry and scary." "4; SPRINGVILLE, UTAH Gordon B. Hinckley. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and The Orchestra at Temple Tem-ple Square will combine to perform per-form rich music in the tradition of our Pioneer Heritage. Bring your families and friends. The festivities will continue on the morning of July 24 with an early wake-up call at 6 a.m. by a street-by-street siren sounding sound-ing courtesy of the Mapleton City Fire Department. A Pancake Breakfast will be served from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. A patriotic flag ceremony will begin that day at 7 a.m. at the City Park on the Corner of Maple Ma-ple and Main Streets. At 7 a.m. the Mile Fun Run will begin at 385 N. Main (Central (Cen-tral Bank). At 7:30 a.m. the 5K Peiats&a- i mMidii Marilyn Spencer Petersen will be honored at the Mapleton 24th of July celebration by leading the parade as Grand Marshal. She will be further honored after the parade at 10 a.m. at the City Park Gazebo. Marilyn is well-known in Mapleton for her service to the community. She has served on the Mapleton City Council where she was involved in Planning and Zoning and Parks and Recreation. Recre-ation. She was Mayor pro tern, Mayor, helped with the Vision Statement for the city; negotiated location of the Utah County received "Best of Show" in the exhibit. Visitors can visit the museum and see the popular quilt show until August 24. If. e. 84663 - July 1 8, 2001 , Run will begin at Central Bank. Pre-registration forms can be found at the Mapleton City Offices Offic-es and in the newspapers. i Pre-registration entry fee is . 510. After July 18, fees are $12. You can also register that morn- Jng between 6:15 and 6:45 a.m. at Central Bank. T-Shirts will be given to all who participate. For .more information, contact Ashley TBankhead, 491-7392. ; : - - The annual Pioneer Day Parade will begin at 9 a.m. at 1600 N. Main, Heritage Church, and ends at Mapleton Elementary. Elementa-ry. All residents, churches and organizations are encouraged to submit an entry presenting the theme which is "Pioneer Heritage-Past and Present." Marilyn Petersen has been chosen as this Bookmobile to Mapleton; served on the Beautification Committee and the Board of Adjustment. She has also worked for years in the FTA serving on the Mapleton Maple-ton PTA Council and as Mapleton Maple-ton PTA President. She started the Young Author's Writing Project, and served two years as Middle School PTA President and on the SpringvilleMapleton PTA Council. Marilyn and her family have hosted for the World Folkfest for several years, and she has served on the Art Ball Committee and on the SHS Orchestra Advisory Board. She has held many positions in her church and enjoys tending her garden and yard, canning, Continued on page 3 Marilyn S. Petersen Price 500 Hid) year's Grand Marshal. For more information, contact Holly Petersen, 489-8500. Games and entertainment will be ongoing throughout the day at the City Park. A barbecue beef and hot dog lunch will be available. avail-able. There will also be a desert bar. An Arts and Craft Show will be displayed at the Old Town Hall. All local artists, young and old-, both professional and amateur, ama-teur, are encouraged to display their talents, painting, sculpting, drawings, cross stitching, needlepoint, needle-point, crocheting or quilting. Entry deadline is Sat., July 21. Mo! dampened uround but not soirlt of Folkfest by Christi Babbitt Heavy rain and wind forced cancellation of the final performance perfor-mance of the 20Q1 Springville World Folkfest Saturday evening. Die-hard Folkfest fans and host families clustered under umbrellas and blankets around the Folkfest stage for about one and a half hours hoping the weather weat-her would ease up and the show could go on. A large number of cars filled the parking lot with people staying dry inside. The final Folkfest performance traditionally tradi-tionally experiences the festival's highest attendance. The rain began at approximately approxi-mately 7 p.m. and seemed to come down harder as time went by. The performance was set to begin at 8 p.m.; Folkfest officials decided to wait until 8:30 p.m. to see if the rain would stop and the show could go on. Although the rain did stop at about that time, the show was prevented from beginning at that point by strong winds that kicked up as the rain decreased. Two of the large military-style tents set up for the dance groups at the park were blown over during the evening. Although everyone at the park was disappointed by the weather, the spirits of the dancers and musicians weren't dampened much by the storm. Laughter and song could be heard among the tents. At one point, a few members of the group from Belgium peeked into the tent for the Philippines Phil-ippines and asked if there was room to come in; the Belgian tent was leaking water. The six representatives repre-sentatives of the Philippines offered to share their space and soon the entire Belgian group and the Philippines dancers were crowded into the tent, singing and having a grand time together. Cloggers West, a local clog WiBIUIil Number Twenty-Nine p Displays will be set up on Monday Mon-day at 1 p.m. Displays only, please no sales. For more information, infor-mation, contact Roy or Chrys Bates, 491-9101. A youth dance for 14-year-olds and up will be held on the city tennis courts at 8:30 until 1 1 p.m. A dance card is required from an LDS bishop. Please no shorts or tank tops. This year's entertainers are: Ozark Mountain Cloggers, Jessica Jes-sica Huffaker and Biyce Mortimer, Morti-mer, Kurt and Michelle Evans, Peg Carter, Organic Greens Band Continued on page 3 ging group representing the United States at the festival, decided they weren't going to let a little rain prevent them from doing what they came to do: dance. In full costume, the group jumped onto the Folkfest stage and were thoroughly soaked as they did two numbers in the heavy rain. People holding umbrellas um-brellas shielded the clogging group's band as best they could while the band played for the impromptu performance. Audience Audi-ence members remaining in the park crowded around and snapped pictures. The gift exchange between the various performing groups and the Folkfest, traditionally held on stage just before the final performance, perfor-mance, could not be held because of the rain. When it became clear the performance would have to be canceled, the Folkfest board of directors gathered in one of the tents with the directors of the various dance groups and held an informal exchange of gifts. Some beautiful items were presented to the Folkfest, including includ-ing a statue from Greece, a bag made of hand-woven flax from New Zealand and a medicine pouch from Morning Star, the Native American group from Orem that danced representing the USA. The Folkfest gave the performing per-forming groups small bronze replicas of the sculpture of Mas-sasoit Mas-sasoit by Springville sculptor Cyrus Dallin. There is a large version of this statue at the Springville Sprin-gville Museum of Art and at the Utah State Capitol building. Those fortunate enough to attend the Folkfest before Saturday Satur-day saw a wonderful show that included energetic performances by groups from Greece, Israel, New Zealand, Belgium and the Philippines as well as the USA. |