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Show Volume One Hundred Seven Looking back at the year 2002, in January the state was cracking down on drunk drivers and the first paper of the year was full of ways to keep those new year's resolutions and lose weight. At the first of January Mark Balzotti was welcomed as a new member of the Springville City Council and Jay Knight, Dianne Carr and Mayor Fritz Boyer were sworn in to serve for another term. In Mapleton, the city council welcomed Lori Allen, Mayor Dean Allan, Ben Card and Cyn PJlapleton approves by Anne Woelkers In a rather short meeting, the Mapleton City Council approved next year's meeting schedule and changed the budget. The meetings will continue to be held on the First and third Wednesdays of the month and start at 7 p.m. The council will continue to have discussions prior to meetings. All public comments will be heard during the public forum in the regular meeting that starts at 7 p.m. There will be only one meeting in January since the first Wednesday falls on New Year's Day. The Springville Mayor, City Council and city Emergency Preparedness Committee are urging all citizens to spend time during the coming year, 2003, to become better prepared in the event of a city-wide or personal disaster. There are four areas that people need to know about and learn skills in order to plan for the safety of their families. The committee will inform citizens by publishing information that you and your family need to know, they will also be conducting conduct-ing drills, and or practices, in . four areas of concern. During January, February and March they are asking everyone to prepare, rc-do or update their 72-hour or family disaster kits. During April, May and June citiens will he helped to learn and practice basic first aid skills and CERT training. i Ti mlS V i Little Kyle Duffin is happy to be ushering in x'yT:-ljV ; . ' i CVNs.A his first New Year. He will be two months old f jk v V Vl fVv X' . A A yAi i sif January 5, 2003, and will be learning many , j X 4 ' ' v " iH new things in the upcoming year. His parents v V M - 'ivP 5 'tliSw K ViV are Mike and Camille Duffin of Springville. Till ff Tfi T fftf 1 1 ffltf iWtf' d JST nt aft thia Edmonds. The Springville High School Booster Club continued contin-ued their monthly Spirit Nights with motivational speaker Sean Covey, and the Springville Chamber Cha-mber of Commerce honored Gary Price, sculptor, as the Citizen of the Year; The Springville Herald Her-ald as the Business of the Year; and Andrew Vernon and Jerah Patterson as Youth of the Year. The most important art exhibit ever to come to the Springville Museum of Art opened in January Janu-ary with the Utah ArtUtah Artists Art-ists show for the 2002 Olympics. Gouncil selwM The council also decided to only hear zone change requests three times a year. These dates will be Jan. 23, May 22 and Sept. 25. Any requests must be submitted to the city office no later than 5 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2002, April 10, 2003 and Aug. 14, 2003. Information for the first rezone of 2004 must be submitted by Dec. 11, 2003. The budget change was to allow an allocation of funds to go to the public safety department. The police department will be using the $23,702 to purchase a new truck. In July, August and September Septem-ber the focus will be on utility awareness and writing a basic family emergency plan. October, November and December De-cember will be spent learning and practicing skills of sheltering in place. Citizens should watch for There will be a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) class beginning January Janu-ary 7 and 9, 2(X)3. It will be held in the training room at the fire station at 7 p.m. . The first week is an introductory intro-ductory class. Then in the following six weeks skills in fire suppression, light search and rescue techniques, basic SPRINGVILLE, UTAH The art museum was an official Olympic venue and brought many visitors to jthe city. Construction began on the new Hobble Creek Elementary in Mapleton. And one of Springvil-le's Springvil-le's great citizens, Evelyn Vest, passed away. She gave much to the community for years playing "Artie" and Mrs. Santa Claus. It was announced in January that Ann Anderson would take over the principalship of SHS in Sept. as Mike Hicks was retiring to a district job. Police were busy with a huge drug bust in Springville in which they discovered 500 marijuana plants growing inside a shed. And city crews were busy hanging hang-ing Olympic flags throughout the city. Gary Price announced a new recognition program at the high school, "Synergy in Action," and placed a bronze statue of "Synergy" "Syner-gy" at the school. In January a letter-to-the-' editor concerning the renaming of the Red Devil Mascot at Springville Spring-ville High School promoted a barrage of letters for and against the popular mascot that continued for several months. In February the newspaper was filled with local citizens who had been chosen . to carry the torch in the Olympic run, one of them, Len Moon, worked as a volunteer operating and coordinating coordi-nating the 13,500-mile torch run from Dec. 4 to the end in Feb. And local schools were accepting information and practice with their family. And please take-advantage take-advantage of more training if necessary. "We want everyone to become a safer and more prepared pre-pared family in a safer community," communi-ty," said Jackie Billings of the Springville Emergency Preparedness Prepared-ness Committee. medical training (which is taught for two weeks), and disaster psychology and team organization. The seventh week will Ik a disaster simulation. simula-tion. All citizens are invited to take advantage of this opportunity opportu-nity lo learn skills that will help you and your family. mm 84663 - January 1, 2003 no ou Olympic flags and participating in Olympic programs. Springville High named the 2002 Sterling Scholars: "Diana Bate, Scott Huff, Jana Bird, Gavin Ful wider, Katie Hulse, Michael Coe, Randy Boyer, We WiSh father" opens Friday in Bpriagvills Bill Brown, founder and managing director of VIP ARTS, plays the lead role of Father in the Little Brown Theatre season opener "Life With Father" written writ-ten by Howard Lindsey and Russell Crouse. This delightful family comedy was the longest running Broadway show in the 1940s and was later made into a film starring Irene Dunn and William Powell. The show opens Friday, Jan. 3, and plays each Monday, Friday Fri-day and Saturday through Feb. 8 at the Little Brown Theatre, 239 S. Main, Springville. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 general admission, admis-sion, $7 students and seniors and $6 for children. There is a family pass available for $35 for family members residing in the same home. Group rates are available. The Day family watches Father (played by Bill Brown) read the newspaper. Mother Vinnie (Susan Phelan) looks on while Nora (Jasmine Milius) pours the colTcc. The hoys are all residents or past residents of Springville, from Price 500 u P3MQ Trent Clifton, Devin Averett, Daniel Jenson, Angela Ercan-brack, Ercan-brack, Daniel Strange and Andrew An-drew Vernon. Jackie Billings received the Utah Emergency Management Assoc. 2001 President's Award Call 489-3088 for reservations. This play is based on a true story of Clarence Day, Jr., as he recalls his father's revelation that he has not been baptized nor would he ever be. Vinnie (played by Susan Phelan) uses all of her feminine instincts and ingenuity with the support of her faithful cook (Fran Hoffman) to trick Father into being baptized. The zany antics of Vinnie and her inability to keep accurate household expense records causes the blustery father to get quite upset and frustrated. This wealthy couple and their four sons, Clarence Jr. (played by Mike Roberts), John (Bronz-son (Bronz-son Woods), Whitney (Ryan Turley) and Harlan (T.J. Beach) live in a Manhattan brownstone in New York during the 1890s. Because of Father's fiery personality, they have trouble " "ij jr Se ft J Number One for Outstanding Achievement in Emergency Management. The All-State High School Art Exhibit opened, and Wes Ruff, former resident and TV personality was named to emcee the Paralynipic Continued on page 3 keeping their maids (Emily White, Ashleigh Restadt, Jasmine Milius and Margaret Milius). We see a new maid in almost every scene. Father in one of his tirades berates his visiting relatives as Cora (Midge Johnson) and Mary (Joanna Wilcox) invade their home "without any warning - the gypsies." A budding romance between Clarence Jr. and Mary, a Reverend Rever-end Dr. Lloyd (Mike Black) urging Father to get baptized, and doctors (Neils Adair and Victor Karcich) trying to take care of a poisoned Mrs. Day all provide a barrel of laughs. The audience is invited to get a glimpse of a Victorian family in an era gone by. "This comedy is one the whole family would enjoy,", says Brown, who also directs this classic. let!: Ryan Turley as Whitney; T..I. Beach as Harlan; Mike Kohcrts as Clarence; and Itrou.-son Itrou.-son Woods as John. "Life With Father" opens Friday, Jan 3, 2003, at the Little Brown Theatre Thea-tre in Springville. See story for details. |