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Show Page Two The Springville EDITORIAL inij17 liesifil? Bin) We went to the opening night of the Springville Playhouse Play-house production "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" and spent a delightful evening laughing! This play is not a musical comedy," It is a wonderfully funny comedy about a group of people who produce and act in musicals. We were not only pleased with the production, but were pleasantly surprised at the new set at the Springville Playhouse. Play-house. Retired Springville High School Drama teacher Roger Nelson has joined ranks with the playhouse and his expertise at building sets lends a professionalism to the playhouse production. The playbill lists David Hanson as helping Nelson with the set as well as directing this funny piece and acting in it. Hanson is a veteran actor but new to the playhouse. We hope that he will make many more appearances here. All of the acting was good and strong due to the fine talents and experience of all of the performers. Many are new to the playhouse, but those who go to this play will appreciate, again, the talents of Robinne Booth and Jeremy Showgren, both of Springville. Booth is continually in plays and puts her heart and soul in every one. Showgren, in addition to being a great actor, is a fine musician. We laughed and enjoyed both of these great performers. We urge everyone to get out of their easy chairs and go on down to the Springville Playhouse to see "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940." We have two theatres in this community, each producing a play right now. "A bad Year for Tomatoes" can be seen at the Little Brown Theatre through Nov. 24, and the Springville Spring-ville Playhouse production plays through Nov. 21 on Mon., Thur., Fri. and Sat. evenings at 7:30 p.m. The Springville Playhouse has been producing plays since 1947 when a group of citizens decided to promote and produce drama in Springville. They have been doing three or four shows a year since that time, and are the longest, continuously-running community threatre group in Utah. Community theatre is a fundamental part of Utah's heritage. Wherever the Mormon pioneers established a colony, a theatre was one of the first public buildings constructed. Why did they do it? The leaders recognized then, as they do now, that theatre is not just entertainment, but can be used to convey messages, lift spirits and take us away from our outside cares. As I said, get out of your east chairs and go out and enjoy some theatre in Springville! Model railroad items wanted in Editor: My name is Patrick Anderson. An-derson. I am one of the officers in the 142 MI (Utahn National Guard) here in Iraq. Along with a handful of soldiers from the 141 MI out , of Provo, and our soldiers, I have put together a model train club. The club was created with the hopes of finding something positive we could do with our spare time and to help keep the guys out of trouble. We are building model' railroads in N HO, and O scale. I am writing to see if anyone could send us railroad rail-road items. Apart from missing miss-ing our mountains and the snow, I am hoping for train related items that we could use to plaster our walls with and help lighten the mood a bit. We have already had the' chance to expose quite a few ' new people to tl?e hobby and . random contractors and ' individuals from other parts of the US that are stationed Oft (USPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah Publisher.. Kirk Parkinson Editor Patricia Conover Periodical Postage Paid in Springville, UT 84663 Postmaster send change of address notice to: The Springville Herald, 161 S. Main, Springville; UT 84663 Subscriptions in Advance per year $20 Out of County Subscriptions per year $23 Per Copy 50 C delivered by carrrier, per month $2 Member Utah Press Association Herald - November 13, 2003 Iraq here drop in to help out or just to see the trains. Any help that can be offered would be appreciated. appreciat-ed. 2LT Patrick Anderson 1IHC 142 MI Bn BIAP APO AE 09335 patrick. i.andcrson us.army.mil It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable inevita-ble in retrospect. -Robert L. Stevenson The word astronaut comes from two Greek words that mean "sailor among the stars." The ancient .Greeks named the Arctic region for a constellation that they called Arktos (the bear). Ribbon Falls in California's Califor-nia's Yosemite National park is the highest waterfall on the North American Continent, 1,612 feet. Springville Police report Three male juveniles are being referred to Juvenile Court for throwing rocks at vehicles. The boys are 13, 14 and IS years of age. Springville Police had 250 calls last week including 33 of them for animal problems. A male juvenile was. arrested for an outstanding warrant, possession of alcohol alco-hol by a minor, interfering with arrest and assault by a prisoner after a vehicle was stopped. The juvenile was an escapee from , a juvenile rehab program in another state and was a passenger in the vehicle. Tia J. Ferguson, 571 N. 200 East, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Quinn Michael Hatton, 390 S. 300 West, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for a warrant. Nathan P. Haupt, 1216 E. 50 North, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Steven Ste-ven C. Hone, 782 E. Center, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Christopher Leroy Isaacson, Isaac-son, 900 S. 545 East, Springville, Spring-ville, was arrested for two warrants, and Cassidy Allen Shearer, 835 E. 400 South, Springville, was arrested for a warrant after a call from Brookside Gas about the two. Reed Orvil Jeffery, 1828 S. 400 East Springville, has been referred to the city attorney for assaultdomestic violence. Linda Louise Medley, Med-ley, 1010 S. .400 East 15, Springville, is being referred to the city attorney for custodial custo-dial interference. Kory Robert Olsson, 925 E. 1060 South, Provo, was arrested for a warrant. Charges have been filed on Aubrey Suzanne Palmer, 235 S. 400 East, Spanish Fork, for two counts of prescription forgery. Sam Stuart, 302 E. 200 South 2, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Larry Scott Chidester, 2070 S. State, Springville, was arrested arrest-ed and released on a citation for criminal trespass. A female juvenile was caught shoplifting at Wal-Mart. Some $2000 worth" of CDs, a camcorder;' knife and other items were taken from a vehicle. A window was broken and a radio was taken from another vehicle. Yearbooks and an antique nightstand were taken from a storage unit; and lots of cameras, jewelry, passports and camera equipment were taken from a home; and a gun, stereo, VCR TV and CB control box were taken from another home. Other thefts included several gasoline skips; an air compressor; wallet from a home; miter saw; and a credit card that has been used in numerous places. City workers reported that several copper wires had been cut and taken from the Dry Creek Substation with $700 damage. Prescription plan spells disaster Congress appears about to make its biggest mistake since LBJ's Great Society legislation which launched this nation on the biggest welfare spending binge in history. Congress is currently considering the addition of prescription drug coverage to the already fiscally-challenged Medicare program. Ultimately, the prescription drug plan is expected to cost as much as a full percent of Gross Domestic Product. Most fiscally conservative groups believe the prescription prescrip-tion drug proposal is absolutely abso-lutely unaffordable and irresponsible, irre-sponsible, especially for a Republican President and Congress to be proposing. It seems that Republicans and Democrats alike are dialing for votes. If Congress really wants to do something to help with medical costs they should immediately eliminate income taxes on money spent by individual citizens for health insurance and cut the strings loose from Medical Savings Accounts. (Submitted by the Utah Taxpayers Association) COMMENT Sood odsus mmm Editor: Four headlines and a caption in last week's Springville Sprin-gville Herald have prompted me to write this letter connecting con-necting good news in our community with opportunities in our future: "Nebo sets schedule for lO new schools", "High school to do 'Guys and Dolls' November' 19-22", "Band returns triumphant!", trium-phant!", "Nebo looking for ways to continue 6th grade music", "Sage Creek Elementary Ele-mentary jump started their "Say No to Drugs" week". , Enrollment in Nebo School District has increased nearly 50 in the last 15 years. It is expected that in 2007 there will be nearly 30,000 students enrolled. Along with the new students will come more taxpayers to help pay the bill. The schools must grow with the population. popula-tion. We will need the 10 new schools and reconfiguration reconfigura-tion that , eliminates middle school putting the sixth grade baclc into the elementary. One of the shining points of excellence in Nebo School District is the SHS music program. This is seen in the preparations for the musical "Guys and Dolls" as choir, drama and chamber students pool their talents and efforts. And the band trophies, from the giant sweepstakes trophy to the brilliant drum line award gleam on the counter in the office. The Tribute Editor: SpringvilleMapleton PTA Council would like to pay tribute to our friend and colleague Lynne Herring. We were saddened along with the rest of the community at the tragic death of Lynne ant her husband, Dave,- in September. Septem-ber. We express our condolences condo-lences to their children and grandchildren. Lynne was a tireless volunteer for many, many years i Her service in behalf of children, youth and educators educa-tors will not soon be forgotten. forgot-ten. Lynne served on many Priori theory in ridiculous! Editor: My letter is in response to Paul Prior's letter in Friday's Daily Herald. After reading Paul's comments, I think he needs therapy more than Robert Allen Kartchner does! It is absolutely ridiculous to think that a school mascot "possessed" "pos-sessed" Robert so that he was drawn to the MapletonSprin-gville MapletonSprin-gville area to commit such a crime. How do you explain Robert being drawn towards Provo? Did the Bulldog mascot make him attempt Wmm Intermountain Regional Forester Jack Troyer has announced the release of the Cascade II Prescribed Fire Review Report. The Intermountain Inter-mountain Regional Forester chartered the interagency review after the Cascade II Prescribed Burn escaped on September 23, 2003 in the Uinta National Fdrest. The review team concluded the primary cause of this escape was the decision to ignite and additional 400 acres (outside the originally planned Cascade Cas-cade II Prescribed Fire Burn unit, but within the contingency contin-gency area). This are was burned without an analysis of holding and contingency force needs. The initial planning did not consider the additional acreage, greater fire perimeter perime-ter and its proximity to a steep uphill slope, which required additional resources. work of Mr. Tsuagwa, Mr. Tobler, Mrs. Crockett and the students involved in the band, orchestra and choir are truly a precious asset to our community, truly good news. I submit that these same students are found numerous times in the columns of the newspaper, in honor rolls, receiving awards and doing service. Participation in ' music reorganizes the brain., on a cellular level. Music is a basic building block of intelligence. - It improves spatial reasoning. It improves flexibility of thought. It builds abstract reasoning skills. Playing music develops devel-ops critical neural connections. connec-tions. I heard a commercial this week on the radio and the line that caught my attention was, "Involved parents, the anti.-drug." I see real life evidence in this not only at Sage Creek but also in the PTA sponsored activities at Mapleton and Hobble Creek Elementary where I spend my days. Yet, I contend that the ultimate anti-drug is music education, where parents, students and school come together. "Los Angeles public schools recently calculated that every child that drops out of school between the ages of 12 and 18 potentially costs the taxpayers about $200,000 per student in lost education dollars and likely welfare and or criminal procedural costs-retention is to Iprnxs PTA boards in elementary and secondary schools in Springville and Mapleton, and had served for several years on the Springville-Mapleton Springville-Mapleton PTA board. She als o,.wSe,LVd... ,a. SchoolCommunity , Council member. . Even though her children are grown and finished with public education, Lynne was still anxious to be involved and contribute to the good of schools and youth. Dave Herring supported his wife in her volunteer efforts. For many years he kidnappings in Provo as well? To further illustrate how ridiculous your theory is Paul.... I was raped by a BYU student who was an active LDS member and was married in the temple! I was raped in Paysonhe was from Provo. Was my rapist drawn to Payson by the Lion mascot? Did the Lion mascot possess this guy to use his animal instincts to attack me like a wild animal, beat me black and blue, violate me and then run like a hunted released Ronnie Raum, team leader, said "An error in judgment was made by fire personnel to burn the additional 400 acres." The interagency review team concluded an inadequate inade-quate burn plan and inadequate inade-quate pre-burn weather monitoring moni-toring and analysis, contributed contrib-uted to the escape. The interagency inter-agency team concluded that although the experience level of the employees responsible for implementing the prescribed pre-scribed burn was considerable, consider-able, in some cases, incorrect certification procedures were followed by the agency. Troyer said, "I believe strongly in the importance of the prescribed fire program in fire dependent ecosystems. I feel equally strongly that our program must be implemented imple-mented in a professional and accountable way, consistent with our policies and regula- mumMI critical aspect of education."'" Music gives a student a . sense of belonging andsue cess that keeps them inv school. I also support the; idea that music education saves money. Reducing or eliminating 6th grade music"1-will music"1-will cause a 50-65 decrease" in music student enrollment" in five years throughout the1! district. Not as many . 7th ; graders are willing to take-music take-music as 6th. Fine motor skill develop-, ment is more effective i'r younger students. 50 re- duction in music means 63 . additional class periods and, 10.5 new teachers x $35,0-! 00$367,500 per year..; Large music classes alleviate, large class sizes in other'.; classes. This results in i' saving in staffing costs. 'j I challenge your readers,, to mark Feb. 3 on their,' calendars and to vote for the,' bond and leeway that will; fund the new schools anjet! keep the good news coming! ' I invite your readers to attend, a performance of "Guys and" Dolls" Nov. 19-22 and or;; one of the Christmas concerts' by their choir, concert and philharmonic orchestra. ' Experience the good news first hand; it will refresh your soul. Vote yes on Feb 3 to ensure the opportunity for students in our community communi-ty to participate in excellence. excel-lence. Carol Day Mapleton Herring made beautiful wooden, plaques that were awarded, each month to an outstanding educator or an outstanding volunteer from one Springr ville or Mapleton School. an.Lynne, wasalsp,iactive in PTA legislativeissues,,i work ing to help create policies, that would be beneficial to all, Utah children. We will miss Lynne's thoughtful, dedicated contrh bution to our PTA Council, Thank you Lynne and Dave. Springville-Mapleton Springville-Mapleton , PTA Council animal? . Give me a break! The, Lion mascot no more cause this horrible man to attack' me any more than the Red Devil mascot at Springville caused Robert Kartchner to; kidnap that boy and assault, him! - , If you don't like the Springville mascot and think it is the reason for the probj lems in Springville then please, by all means, move.'- A Springville High Graduate, Grad-uate, 'i Name Withheld ' tions." We will be taking immediate steps to ensure that plans are reviewed rot policy consistency and com-; pliance and the Forest Ser-i vice reviews qualification systems for employees involved in-volved in prescribed fire."' Mr. Troyer continued, "I ,i understand appreciate the concerns raised by residents' in Utah and particularly residents in Wasatch, Utah and Salt Lake Counties about the Cascade Ii Burn. I regret the negative impacts from Cascade II Prescribed Burn.' I will take appropriate ad1-ministrative ad1-ministrative and accountabili: ty action ensure that our well established systems and procedures as well as oversight over-sight remain fundamental to implementation of prescribed fire." The planned 600-1000 acre prescribed burn became a 7,828 acre wildfire that was contained seven days later. The review team was an interagency team and included representation from the State of Utah. |