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Show Li The cast of the Springville Playhouse production "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" have had a great time rehearsing and putting on the hilarious hi-larious comedy. It is a non-musical, fast-paced play and runs until Nov. 21 every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the theatre below the Springville Library. Enter through the west door. Tickets are available at the door. Volume One Hundred Seven Rflaplaitori mm Starting July 1, 2004, the Mapleton City Mayor and City Council members will get a pay raise according to action taken at last Wednesday Wednes-day evening's council meeting meet-ing held at Mapleton City Hall. After discussion and looking at surrounding cities, the council voted to increase to mayor's pay from $1,200 per year to $2,000 per year and the council's pay from $600 per year to $900 per year. The decision to hold off until July was to allow the pay increase to appear in next year's budget. New. Judge .... , Springville City Judge Dean Olsen will serve in two cities. Olsen was appointed by Mapleton Mayor Dean Allan and the City Council to the position of Mapleton City Judge. Following his appointment he was sworn in to that position at the council meeting. Newspapers now mailed to subscribers Starting this week all subscribers to the Springville Spring-ville Herald will receive their newspaper through the mail. Those living in Utah County will get it in their normal mail delivery on Thursday of each week. Included in the newspaper each week subscribers will also get the TV Guide, the Daily Herald Marketplace ; section and numerous advertising for area businesses. busi-nesses. Copies of each week's Springville Herald Her-ald may be purchased at the local grocery stores or convenience stores as well as the Herald office at 161 S. Main. To subscribe sub-scribe call 375-5103. ' The Blaine and Louise Clyde Gallery was dedicated Sunday, Nov. 9, in the new wing at the Springville Museum Muse-um of Art. On hand for the special event were friends and family of the Clydes. Blaine Palfreyman Clyde (now deceased) and Louise Christensen Clyde have been long-time givers to the community com-munity and the art museum. "In the years since I came to the museum, the Clydes have donated 25 works of art for the permanent collection," said Museum Director Vern Swanson. "Louise has been a fabulous fabu-lous volunteer at the museum in addition to their donations. lam mm l.'Uk ; f He replaces Judge Timothy Timo-thy Haveron following action taken by the mayor and council coun-cil to terminate an interlocal agreement with Santaquin and Genola in which Judge Haveron was working for all three communities. Judge Olsen's appointment appoint-ment was deemed official as of November 5, 2003. Signs In other action taken at . the meeting, the city council moved to control signing in the city. No exemption will be given for schools any longer to place any signs as they see fit. ,. Real estate signs will be. better regulated as well as "low profile" signs. The ordinance will also allow for abatement of signs and will allow for the appeals of signs. Community service opportunities in city The Springville Arts Commission is requesting interested persons to apply to serve in various positions to assist in sponsoring programs that enhance the lifestyle in the community . The commission is responsible respon-sible for coordination or the various arts and humanities programs in the city and to assist with some funding through its regranting pro- gram. Through commission the years, the has assisted groups such as the arts program pro-gram at Springville High School, the Reflections Program Pro-gram sponsored by the PTA, die concert series at the art museum, plays produced by the Springville Playhouse and the villa Theater, the children's child-ren's art festival during Art City Days, the Springville World Folkfest, the Historical Society Lecture Series, the Statues-to-Live-By program and Historic Preservation She has been president of the Hafen-Dallin Guild and still works hard to serve here," said Swanson. Swanson said that the first donation by the Clydes was Fantasies of the Sea by James C. Christensen. The museum did not have a work by this important Utah artist, art-ist, and Swanson approached the Clydes about donating it. They did, and the giving continues. con-tinues. After cutting the ribbon to officially open the new gallery gal-lery that is located on the second sec-ond floor, Louise said, "I am only following my husband's example of giving." Carl Clyde, youngest son SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 - November 13, 2003 9MM Those concerned with signs are urged to contact the city office for copies of the new ordinance and to find out how their particular situation situ-ation may be effected by the council's action. Temporary uses Over the past several years the city has been allowing allow-ing temporary seasonal uses due to the sale of agricultural products and produce. The council felt that some control of this activity should be made and an ordinance was passed to help control these activities and place them on a consistent basis. Those who have been selling agricultural products should Contact the city concerning con-cerning next year's season and what the city is asking concerning this activity. Sewer bonds The council agreed to projects. The commission was organized or-ganized in the mid-eighties as part of the requirements of a National Endowment of the Arts grant, the first given to a city of Springville's size. Normally the grants go to major ma-jor metropolitan areas. The commission has been involved with the development develop-ment of the Arts Park and its use as a venue for concerts, programs, old car show, the start or ending of races, etc. The commission is cur-rendy cur-rendy recruiting for the following fol-lowing positions: music representative, rep-resentative, at-large member, secretary, historian, publicity representative and performing arts. Interested parties should contact Delora Bertelsen (chair) or Teddy Anderson (director). Letters of interest inter-est should be sent to either party in care of city hall, 50 S. Main, Springville, or call 489-2726. of the couple said, "Mu dad always gave 100 percent in church and in the community. He enjoyed serving and was a hard worker. And he was dutiful du-tiful to the responsibilities we have as citizens to make the community better. He started a great tradition of service in our community," he said. A daughter, Dianne Carr, talked about her mother and how she learned early to work and be resourceful and community minded. "My mother belonged to a Federated Feder-ated Women s Club years ago and has always helped at the art museum. She and dad believed that they needed to . Continued on Page 7 ( b-PGVQUT n.mtHK-m , UTAH PR,,SS ASSOC A ?nC-00 I 307 W 200 S ST? iTION 1 I I SA1 T i STE 4(X6 I I SALT LAKE CITY, in- I I 'V UT 84101-1277 v purchase $1.1 million in sewer revenue bonds from the state of Utah payable at 2 interest over the next 20 years. These bonds will cover the city's share of the upgrading up-grading of the Spanish Fork Sewer Plant and will amount to about $2.80 per month to the sewer cost for Mapleton residents. This action was taken after long consideration by the council and is needed if the city is to continue with its sewer agreement with Spanish Span-ish Fork City. The council also met last Saturday to officially canvas the recent election. No significant sig-nificant changes were found. u MMH aft dm The annual exhibition of spiritual and religious art by Utah artists is now on display at the Springville Museum of Art. A record of 259 works were submitted to the exhibition, exhibi-tion, which was curated by Vern Swanson, Ruth Allred, Jessica Weiss and Amanda Toler. This year's show includes 156 accepted works which fill three galleries, one foyer and an exhibition hallway. As in the Spring Salon, the Step Down Gallery is also used as an award area. Most of the artwork is charged with powerful personal per-sonal beliefs and spiritual aspirations, both orthodox and heterodox. "Unlike regular regu-lar exhibitions where artists mainly address aesthetic issues, is-sues, this show deals mainly with the artists own heart and soul," notes Museum Director, Vern Swanson. "It is refreshing to see artists abandon artistic restraints and Louise Clyde of Springville, third from right, is shown here about to cut the ribbon Sunday Sun-day to officially open the Blaine and Louise Clyde Gallery at the Springville Museum of Art. Her children, from left: Wilford. Barbara, Dianne, Paul and Can, helped her and talked of the dedicated service of their parents to the community and the art museum. Blaine passed away several years ago, but Louise has continued to donate artworks to the museum. Price 50tf Some property tan notices returned The Dec. 1 property tax payment deadline is less than a month away, ' and thousands of Utah County property owners haven t received their property tax notices. Utah County Treasurer Mel Hudman said between 2,000 and 3,000 tax notices that the county mailed have been returned without forwarding for-warding addresses. The tax notices were mailed earlier this month. "We'd like to reach those people," Hudman said. People who haven't received their ; tax notices let their message completely overwhelm staid formalist concerns." The exhibition includes such notable artists as Gary Smith, Robert Barrett, Pilar Pobil and Larry Christensen. The Director's Ward was given to Gary Price of Springville Sprin-gville for his life-size configuration config-uration in bronze, aptly entitled en-titled "Joyful Holy Family." This engaging and symbolic work is typical of the artist's style, both in the technical skill and interactive arrangement arrange-ment of the modeled figures. Joseph and Mary look upon Christ with expressions of wonder, concern and positive expectation as he tenderly interacts in-teracts with his flock. There were two First Place Awards given: Gary Earnest Smith's engaging and creatively rendered painting of Christ entitled "Seek My Face" and Layne Brady's realistic bronze of a tender interaction between f mother Number Forty-Six can call the Treasurer's Office at 851-8261.They can also request a duplicate notice by calling or at the county's Web site at ww-w.utahcountyonline.org. ww-w.utahcountyonline.org. Utah County property owners who don't want to bother with mailing their taxes can pay online at www.utah.govutahproptax. But people who pay online will be charged a fee to cover the bank charges, Hudman said. That fee varies with the tax amount. The fees range from $1 for up to $25 in taxes to $2,152 for up to $99,999in taxes. and her infant entitled "Only for a Moment." Other awards were Second Sec-ond Place: J. Kirk Richards, "Laborers in the Vineyard" (The Eleventh Hour). Second Place: Leroy Glen Transfield, "Thief on the Cross." Third Place: Joseph Franklin Brick-ey, Brick-ey, "The Good Samaritan." Third Place: Lynn Hilton Bennett, "Lamb and Lion." This will be the public's best opportunity this season to view works of a religious nature. "Most artists hesitate to: put their deepest spiritual selves on the line in a work of art. They normally rely upon artistic conventions, soit is E ratifying to see so many of Ftah's best working in this area," said Swanson. . ; The museum is closed on Monday and is open from Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 3-6 p.m. Admission is free. Address is 400 S. 126 East, Springville. S9UIII i " o4 Vs. |