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Show Public invited Pionsar lay ra by Debra Wells A full-blown pageant with over 200 performers depicting scenes from pioneer life, including includ-ing dance interpretations and an orchestrated musical score, will be held on Pioneer Day, July 24, on the outdoor stage in the Spring Acres Arts Park (behind the high school in Springville). The pageant, entitled "Pioneer Legacy" is in its second year in Springville but may be a new discovery for many people. "I hope people who are looking look-ing for an appropriate way to celebrate Pioneer Day will attend 'Pioneer Legacy," said pageant director Lynn Thompson. "This pageant really pays tribute to the pioneers and the sacrifices they made. This pageant captures and pays tribute to their great pioneering pio-neering spirit." "Pioneer Legacy" is sponsored spon-sored by the Springville Arts Commission and the Academy of Ballet, which operates studios throughout Utah Valley including Springville, Spanish Fork and Orem. Dancers from the studios will participate as will other community members who have volunteered their time. "Having a local pageant gives people living here a chance to Mapleton Continued from page 1 and Young Attitude. Members of the Parade Committee Com-mittee are: Chairpersons, Joseph and Nancy Park; Vice Chairpersons, Chairper-sons, Kirk and Amy Skinner; FinanceTickets, Bill and Nancy Haines; Fun Run5K RunT-Shirts. RunT-Shirts. Ashley Bankhead; Publicity Publici-ty and Signs, Ron and Louise Weeks and Bob and Sharon Lape; Flag CeremonyEntertainment, Danny and Merilyn Raymer; Parade. Holly Petersen; Breakfast, Break-fast, Jim and Melody Ashman; Lunch, Mike and Jackie Bullow; Games, David and Lisa Engler; Food PurchaseDrink WagonDesert Wa-gonDesert Bar, Kathy Ainge; and Set Up and Take Down Arts and Crafts, Roy and Chrys Bates. Come to Mapleton for a fun-filled fun-filled day of activities, games, food and entertainment at the ritv Park' - : Mens Wrangler Boot Cut & f99 & Cowboy Cut Jeans Ay 38" Lengths -W Mens Wrangler Gold Buckle Cowboy Cut .38" Lengths-26". Mens Twenty X and Relaxed Fit Jeans 38" Lengths - W participate with their entire family fami-ly in something that can be very meaningful," said Thompson. "Rehearsals are kept to a minimum mini-mum and everyone from babies to grammas are involved in the project." Thompson took her inspiration for the pageant from a statue of a pioneer woman, Elizabeth Jones Fox, who is depicted on her knees, holding her baby in her , hands, with her arms stretched upward as if appealing to God. "The look on her face is one of serenity, as if she has accepted the trials in her life," said Thompson. Thom-pson. "When I saw it, I knew instantly that I would someday create a performance based on that sculpture." The role of Elizabeth Fox Jones will be played by Jessica Simmons and Brett Monson will play her husband, George. The pageant narrates events in their lives, including the birth of a baby at sea, and a time when Elizabeth lost her senses and became separated from the wagon train. Peterson Continued from page 1 drawing and painting, sewing and family history projects. Marilyn was born in Salt Lake, spent time in southern Idaho and lived 15 years in Logan Lo-gan where she attended school. She received a four-year scholarship scholar-ship to Utah State University where she was a member of the activities committee, class officer and an Associated Women's officer. She graduated with a degree in elementary education. She married Rod Petersen in 1964. While Rod was attending medical school, Marilyn taught in two elementary schools. They lived in Torrence, California, BeavercreA Township, Ohio, and Provo before moving to Mapleton 21 years ago. The Petersens have three married children: Ann (Clark); Matt (Wendy); Jane (Jeff); and ji-'Andi, Emily, Robbie and Spen-; r,ter. They have four grandchil- dren. Marilyn has worked hard for her church and her community all while fighting ill-health. I 1 aLi $2499 200 West Main, Lehi 768-9581 1350 N 200 W, ProTO 375-1230 753 E 400 S, Springrflle 489-3552 ( f qq - dfQ The music for the pageant was composed by David Thompson and will be performed by Katie Thompson who is well known to Utah audiences for her role as Constance in Michael McLean's "Forgotten Carols" concerts. Katie Thompson has also produced pro-duced CDs entitled "Connie Lou's Christmas," "Safe Harbor" and her newest, "What I've Done Right." "Pioneer Legacy" will begin at 9 p.m. (dusk) and last for one hour. Admission is free, and everyone is invited. A dress rehearsal will be held the night before, July 23, and the public is also invited to attend at 9 p.m. that night. For more information about the pageant, contact Lynn Thompson at 225-1775. subsidies by Howard Stephenson After years of haranguing from the Utah Taxpayers Association Associ-ation and others, the first resounding re-sounding vote in opposition to property tax subsidies for private developers occurred in May at the taxing agency committee of South Jordan City's RedevelopmentEconomic Redevelop-mentEconomic Development Agency (RDAEDA). Now it appears South Jordan is threatening threaten-ing to retaliate against the school district. Davis and Jordan School Districts came under fire by the Taxpayers Association last year for either voting in favor of nonessential RDAEDA subsidies or failing to show up to even vote. Both school boards were upset with the Association for claiming they were willingly giving up millions of dollars to private developers which should have been used to educate kids. We have been slowly educating educat-ing school boards across the state to the fact that most of the development devel-opment projects receiving these subsidies would have occurred somewhere in the area as a natural natu-ral product of market demand. Rarely are projects deserving of these tax subsidies, at least when looked at from an economic 0 4NS Deadline Due to the July 24 holiday, the deadline for next week's newspaper will be Monday, July 23. at noon. Items needing need-ing to be in the paper can be brought anytime before then. The paper will be published on Wednesday morning as usual. perspective. Additionally, when these subsidies cause developments to occur ahead of market demand, already-existing enterprises suffer and sometimes close their doors, causing blight the very thing RDAs are supposed to eliminate. In a state which spends less per student on public education than any state in the nation, it just doesn't make sense for conscientious con-scientious school board members to vote to give this money away. Annually Utah school districts give up approximately $25 million mil-lion to fund RDAEDA subsidies. We were able to get the RDAEDA RD-AEDA law changed to allow representatives from the various taxing agencies which lose the tax dollars to vote on the projects before the tax increment subsidy could be taken. However, a provision requiring requir-ing 20 of RDA funds to be given to low-income projects was later put into the law. It makes no more sense for housing developers devel-opers to receive subsidies which siphon off precious education tax dollars than it does for developers develop-ers of retail, office, or industrial projects to get the subsidy. In the vote on the South Jordan Jor-dan project's taxing agency council coun-cil the representatives of the Jordan School Board were joined by "no" votes from the State Board of Education, Salt Lake County and the special district representative. Perhaps the worm has finally turned. But not so fast. Following the vote to reject the subsidy, South Jordan City sent a letter to Jordan School Superintendent Barry Newbold saying that the city may cut off funding for certain school programs unless the city gets "remuneration andor reciprocal services" from the school district. Are cities now going to blackmail black-mail school officials into giving them education tax money? 24ttlto GlfflnRfijlfP 20 off all red tag cLJLjauiJU3 clearance items on 35 East 4oo south the 24th of July only! Springville . 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"This seems strange , since grass is the cheapest investment in the landscape, while trees are the most expensive and last the longest. Why do we damage or kill our trees just to keep the grass happy? How sad to make 30-year-old trees suffer, while we strain to care and pay for the upkeep of a lawn that can be replaced in a matter of months." So, how do you keep the grass happy and the tree thriving? One trick is to understand how each one grows, Goodspeed explains. Grass has relatively short roots. Normally they should grow somewhere between six and eight inches deep. Grass also is resilient, drought tolerant and can survive long periods with little moisture. "When I say it is drought tolerant that doesn't mean it will stay green and lush when water is limited," he says. "It will go brown. Some of our cool season grasses even go somewhat dormant dor-mant or brown when it gets hot. This is simply a defense mechanism mecha-nism against the heat-a little like taking a nap in the middle of the day instead of working hard. When grass goes dormant it limits new growth and saves it energy in order to stay alive. Once water or cooler temperatures tempera-tures are restored, it begins to grow and turn green and lush again." A better way to buy and sell a home mm Springville Herald - Page Three a chance Trees, on the other hand, are not as forgiving. Goodspeed says. Seventy to 80 percent of their roots are found in the top 18 inches of soil. They can be watered wa-tered deeper and less often because be-cause they have a larger reservoir of water. It is also true that all roots (whether for grass or trees) need as much oxygen as water. Too much water in the top few inches of soil and not enough deeper water causes tree roots problems. The top roots can rot while the lower roots get no moisture. "So, to help both trees and grass survive in the same area, train the grass roots to grow deeper and allow enough time between watering so the upper tree roots can enjoy some oxygen," oxy-gen," he says. "One way to help trees is to give them a good deep drink once or twice a month. Place a hose at the base of the tree and leave the water running slowly for two to four hours. Make sure the water runs slow enough to penetrate into the soil and not just run off. Another good method is to separate trees from the grass. Remove the grass from around the base of the tree, allowing about three feet of space between the tree and the grass if possible." Water the lawn deep, making sure that the water penetrates the soil a good six to eight inches, he explains. Then encourage grass roots to grow down to the water level by letting the sprinklers rest a while between watering. 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