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Show Page Fourteen - The Springville Herald - October 3, 2003 Oat o Mil Power Ueek Family and Community Night ctofeer 5 -11 The Next Family and Community Night will be; held on Monday, Oct. 6 from 6-8 p.m. at the Springville Museum of Art. Bruce Smith,; resident of Springville, will be the featured artist for this event. The entertainment will! consist of several musical performances by local high school students, and a children's child-ren's art project will also be a part of the evening. Bruce Smith is a graduate of BYU and the U of U and currently teaches drawing and painting at BYU. He originally leaned towards non-objective art; however, after several years Smith shifted his focus from abstraction, ab-straction, he is currently pursuing the spiritual in a style he calls "academic objective realism." Smith relies heavily on repetition and begins all of his works in a relaxed, uninhibited manner. man-ner. He likes to combine modernism with older ideas of art. Smith will be present and available for discussion and questions about bis art. The program portion of the evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with performances by several students from Springville High School. Members of the cast of "Guys and Dolls" will perform per-form numbers from the show. In addition, members of the SHS orchestra will perform instrumental pieces. These students will be showcasing show-casing their natural talent and it will be a rare treat not to be missed. To make the evening interesting for all ages, there will be a simple art project for children. It will be available avail-able in the museum atrium, under the direction of Vicki Gehring, an elementary teacher at Grandview Elementary. Ele-mentary. The Springville Museum of Art is establishing a monthly mon-thly tradition of featuring a local artist, providing musical musi-cal entertainment and offering offer-ing art activities every first Monday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. This upcoming Oct. 6 Family and Community Communi-ty Night is a wonderful chance to enjoy special featured fea-tured artists, music and dancing entertainment, an art project and the professional art exhibitions currently hanging in the museum. Please come and bring your family and friends! For additional information, call 489-2727 or see our website at www.sma.nebo.edu. " J i ; 1 J 3 P t f J- f t Bruce Smith Business owners community meeting The October Main Street Business Alliance meeting will be a special one. Springville Spring-ville is officially a member of the state-wide "Main Street Program." The state staff is putting on a community commu-nity orientation presentation for business owners on Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Oct. 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hippodrome Studio, 284 S. Main, Springville. Spring-ville. Six people from the state office will be here to explain the program and answer questions. Food will be provided by The Trolley at no cost to attending alliance members and guests. They are scheduling three hours, so come rested and hungry. The objective for the night is to organize three main committees: 1. Design Committee 2. Promotion Committee 3. Business Growth Committee. Be thinking think-ing of which one you would like to be involved in. There will be breakout sessions and training for each committee. Remember, the objectives of the Springville Downtown Business Alliance are to lay a foundation for focused economic eco-nomic growth in the Main Street District, create a downtown dow-ntown shoppingwalking district that offers distinctive shopping and civic events to a growing population of customers, tourists and local citizens. Objectives will be met as business owners and citizens help make it happen. The SDBA is a private business ' organization comprised com-prised of business owners, concerned citizens and elected elect-ed civic leaders. They complement, com-plement, not compete with, the other business sectors and organizations in the community. commu-nity. Call Daniel L. Bolz is you have any questions, 801-465-3000, 801-376-5214, email, danielbolz07yahoo.-com danielbolz07yahoo.-com Adversity introduces a man to himself. Used book sale inMapleton Mapleton Friends of the Library are hosting their annual - book sale. The proceeds fund the Summer Reading Program and other activities at the library. Come and check it out at 305 N. Main in Mapleton. The sale will run October 6-17. The library is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday -Thursday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hurry in for the best selection. Get ready for the winter months with a good book. Donations of used books are always welcome. I have been in Springville since I was three years old. I started and finished my secondary education in Springville and have raided six children here. Springville has been, and will always be, my city of choice. I was self-employed in the insurance industry for 35 years. I owned insurance agencies in Ogden, Layton, Orem and Provo. I have managed budgets, people and resources. Money is a resource that needs to be managed very carefully. I am running for a position on the city council because I am concerned about the direction our city is going and the way it is being managed. Over the next three weeks I'll be publishing a series of articles on the concerns I have with the City of Springville. Complete with recommendations on how to remedy some of the issues we face. Springville City Special Bond Election: Over the last couple of months, we as a city were told that we needed new city, offices, new fire and police station, new library, an aqua and recreation center. As justification, we were told a man who inspects buildings for earthquake safety believed our current city center so unsafe he refused to enter the building. I suspect the same man slept that night in an unsafe earthquake home, cashed his city check in an unsafe bank and visited our art collection in an unsafe art gallery. The cost for construction to be $25 million dollars of which $19.9 million would be bonded, and Springville City would come up with the remaining $5 million dollars. City planners did not even have a proposed location for the aquarecreation center. We were told the city had done a survey showing a high percentage of Springville residents in favor of the aquarecreation center. When all the votes were counted, the bond was rejected by a three to one margin. To make matters worse, we were told by an unhappy mayor that the bond was defeated because the 'New Springville turnout was low and the 'Old Springville' turnout was high. Mayor Boyer was personally upset and made claims of unthruths in the flyer against the bond. Conclusion: The council and mayor were elected by voters of Springville - not 'New Springville' or 'Old Springville' - simply citizens of Springville. The mayor's disappointment and unhappiness on the bond issue should have stopped the second the votes were counted, he was elected to represent the wishes of the majority of the citizens of Springville. Bad planning, a rushed presentation of the bond, too many unanswered cost questions, and a cost that was too high to its citizens. Priorities of the citizens were 'solve our water problems first,' and then we'll talk about other needs. New buildings for the city will come, maybe at a less magnitude and size! but they will come. An outdoor swimming pool should be looked into, but only after careful planning and cost analysis. The mayor and city council have the duty to represent the wishes of its majority even if it is not their personal desire. Obviously the city council and mayor were out of touch with its citizens. It Is truly time for a change. If you are happy with the city as it is, then vote the same councilmen back. However, if you think like I do, it is time for a change. We want results not excuses. The Springville City Light and Power Department will celebrate Public Power Week next week, Oct. 5-11. They are anxious for citizens to become acquainted with the facilities at the Whitehead Power Plant. All citizens are invited to attend a public open house at the Whitehead plant on Saturday, Sat-urday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The plant is located locat-ed at 450 W. 60O North. Activities at the open house will feature a tour of the plant; an electric system power point presentation; high voltage hazards demonstrations; demon-strations; and electrical safety information for home and yard. Power department staff will be available to answer any questions. On Oct. 6, 7 and 8, from 1 to 5 p.m. electrical workers work-ers will be conducting group tours of the Whitehead plant. Group tours are available by appointment only. Call Kami, 489-2750, ext. 10 to arrange a tour. On Oct. 9 and 10, all fifth grade elementary students stu-dents will tour the Whitehead plant. The acquiring of culture is the developing of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. Bennett The only way you can truly control how you're seen is by being honest all the time. ". Hanks In order to be irreplaceable, irreplace-able, . one must always be different. Chanel Help troops phone home Citizens may help our troops phone home for the holidays by donating phone cards or money at the SpringvilleMapleton Senior Se-nior Citizen Center. The center will be collecting phone cards or monies to help towards the purchase of phone cards to help our troops and are asking citizens to please participate partici-pate in this worthy project. The project is part of Make A Difference Day and is sponsored by Moun-tainland Moun-tainland Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and the Corporation for National and Community Service. For more information informa-tion contact RSVP at 229-3810. 229-3810. Bring your donation to the Senior Center at 65 E. 200 South in Springville. 0 CRMO (BOMOVER SERVES SPRINGVILLE! Over the past 4 years I have had the opportunity to serve the great citizens of Springville, and have enjoyed that opportunity. I have come to know so many wonderful won-derful people in our community and have to admit that Springville is one of the best cities in the State of Utah. We do have our problems, just like any other town in the state, and it would be safe to say that we will probably always have problems. I can see no reason to focus on the few negatives we nave. I have chosen to run a positive campaign and focus on the good that is happening in Springville. Over the past 4 years we have gotten a lot done as a city council. We have had numerous planning meetings to try and make the future for Springville as bright as possible. We have added numerous parks, playgrounds and ordinances that encourage green-space so that as Springville continues to grow, our quality of life will grow with the community. We have also added many great summer events to encourage families to stay here in town and enjoy the many things that Springville as a community has to offer. I have found that we have an army of volunteers in Springville and I would put them up against any town in the country. Having sat on many committees in my term in office, I have seen so many people put forth their time and effort to get things done for the benefit of the community. If elected to a 2nd term of office, I will continue to put forth the effort that I have over the past 4 years to make Springville a community that we can all be proud to live in. FOR CRAIG CONOVER October 7th Primary SPRINGVILLE CITY COUNCIL rJmm PA10 POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT W IP rh : : : : tsi FM1EIE DfldDMIE HI- Skip up to 6 mortgage payments this year! Let us pay for three of those payments! Simply refinance up to 3 times a year. Absolutely no closing costs! 30 year fixed rates. CALL JOHN or PAUL 801-830-3400 801-427-2761 If your hone loan balance is over $ 1 50,000 and have good credit you may be eligible. Subject to Pro Mortgage lender requirements. 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