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Show rd Springville Mayor Fritz Boyer officiated at a ceremony ceremo-ny at Springville City Hall on Monday, Jan. 5, at noon, as three new councilmen were sworn in by Judge Dean 01-sen. 01-sen. Rodney Burt, J. Niel Stong and Phil Bird all took the oath of office in preparation for their four-year terms. Mayor Boyer thanked all the candidates candi-dates for taking an interest in serving the city of Springville by signing up to run for office, and having the willingness to commit the time and energy to make Springville a better place to live. . Councilman Bird said he had never planned to get as involved in city politics as he is now but promised to "do my best to do the things that will help the city grow and be succesful." "Having lived in Springville Spring-ville all my life I am gald to have the opportunity to serve the citizens of Springville," said newly elected councilman Burt. "The citizens need to get involved in the community and help with what they would like to see happen in Springville," indicated Burt. "I hope I can make a contribution con-tribution to the community," said councilman Strong, "I want to hear from the citizens, citi-zens, I want to know what others think, and through that make a good contribution to the community." Each of the new coucil-men coucil-men indicated that they are looking forward to working with city staff and the other council persons in trying to manage the growth and many problems that seem to come to each city. by Caleb Warnock Staff Writer Four months after the failure of a bond election that would have allowed Springville Spring-ville to build a new library, the library board is embarking embark-ing upon a public relations campaign designed to smooth the way for another try at a new building. IV VIP Arts announces the opening of "The Nerd" at the Little Brown Theatre in Springville. Written by Larry Shue and directed by local theatrical veteran Cameron Sevy, "The Nerd" is one of the funniest plays ever written and will bring the audience to its knees laughing. The plot of "The Nerd" L.-1 mom J The dance, "Walla Walla," is something all of them can do, and they do it in the upcoming upcom-ing production of "The Nerd" at the Little Brown Theatre in Springville. The play opens Friday and plays Friday, Saturday and Monday through Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. Shown here are, from left: Tansy (Beth Pryson); the nerd (Cameron Sevy), Waldgrave (Ben Wake), Willum (Brent Anderson) and Axel (Tom Leake). f YOUR TOWN, YOUR n They were in agreement that they would like to hear from the citizens about any concerns that they might have. They can be reached at these numbers: J. Neil Strong 489-6833, 489-6833, Phil Bird 489-4880 and Rodney Burt 489-5564. In Mapleton, Mayor Dean Allan introduced three new councilmen, Francis Gibson, Ryan Parham and Keith Stirling. Stir-ling. He thanked them for their willingness to serve, and the ability to give up their time for the citizens of Mapleton. After Judge Dean Olsen gave the oath of office to the new councilmen they each were given time to express their thoughts for the com-ming com-ming years. Councilman Gibson said "It's an honor to be elected, and I am comming into this with an open mind to do the best for everyone and make Mapleton a better place to live." Coucilman Sterling indicated indi-cated that he would probaly know more of how things worked in the comming weeks, but was grateful for the wonderful won-derful traditions in Mapleton and would like to see them continue. "I feel we are going to hit the ground running with a meeting in the next 30 minutes," min-utes," said new councilman Parham, " I have lived in Mapleton Ma-pleton for eight years now and have ejoyed them all, I would hope that I can make the next four just as enjoyable." Numbers where the new Mapleton Councilmen can be reached are as follows: Francis Fran-cis Gibson 491-3763, Ryan Parham 489-9760 and Keith Stirling 489-7786. On Aug. 5, residents defeated three separate bond issues, including one for $7.5 million that included monies for a public safety, library, city hall and municipal court center. About $2 million of that amount would have gone toward a new library. The bond issue failed by 64 percent. era" olsen revolves around an aspiring young architect, Willum Cub-bert, Cub-bert, played by Brent Anderson. Ander-son. Willum has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, played by Cameron Sevy, a fellow ex-GI ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. AN EDITION OF r vfvf NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER VOL. 108 -8 JANUARY, If i I Rodney Burt, J. Niel Strong and Phil Bird were sworn in as new city councilmen in Springville Monday. They will serve for the next four years and were sworn in by Judge Dean Olsen. They invite citizens to voice their concerns about the city to them and encourage people to attend city council meetings. -I -... v.... Judge Dean Olsen was in Mapleton Monday to swear in three new members of the Mapleton City Council, from left: Francis Gibson, Ryan Parham and Keith Sterling. They will serve for four-year terms. Former Councilman Mark Balzotti said the board is mounting a public relations campaign to garner support for the library in its bid to get a new building. "We feel like there is still a lot of support," he said, noting not-ing he believes the bond issue would have been accepted by the voters had it been for just Willum has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, "you will have somebody on earth who will do anything for you"so Willum Wil-lum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday part. But his delight soon fades as it becomes be-comes apparent that Rick is a Maw V' I j . NX '4 , P'Ar,. '"I 2a THE 0 a new library. "We feel a huge need there. It is my belief that we will ultimately have to look at the library again. We have to regroup." The library board is now working on a draft of a pamphlet that will review the services the library provides, including Internet access, books on tape and story-tell hopeless "nerd"-a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading lead-ing to one uproarious incident inci-dent after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence vio-lence which is staved off by the surprising "twist" ending of the play. Some of the characters of the play have been double cast: Becky Gardner and Beth Bryson as Tansy, Tom Leake and Richard Keele as Axel, Ben Wake as Waldgrave, Sheri Cluff and Marie Knowl-ton Knowl-ton as Clelia, Skyler Bagshaw and Aaron Leak as Thor. The show starts Friday, Jan. 9, and runs each Friday, Saturday and Monday evening through Feb. 7. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Little Brown Theatre, 239 S. Main in Springville. Ticket prices are $8.50 general admission, ad-mission, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 for children ages 3-11, $35 for a family. Ticket reservations may be made in advance by calling 489-3088. ir i r'v i 1 j'; j i ' . . ' ft SPGVOUT CARRT L0TC-007 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION l 307 W 200 S STE 4006 SALT LAKE CITY, LIT 84101-1977 till v-v ii "v 2004 . NO. 2 50 CENTS i - ing time for children, Balzotti said. Library board members will likely begin speaking to community groups in upcom n Support music education by voting h. 3 by Nebo Parents Music Coalition As residents of the Sprin-gvilleMapleton Sprin-gvilleMapleton Community, our students have the opportunity oppor-tunity to participate in excellence excel-lence through music. Music education not only enriches their school experience and is enjoyable, it also improves flexibility of thought, spatial spa-tial reasoning, discipline, teamwork and test scores. Students involved in music are much less likely to have problems with drugs, alcohol alco-hol and other social problems common among teens. Local communities are experiencing rapid growth. It is projected that by 2007 Nebo School District will have 30,000 students. 2002 enrollment was 23,087. The growth is coming and we must plan accordingly. Nebo School District is asking voters to approve a bond to build 10 new schools (Mapleton Jr. and Sr. High among them) and a leeway to run the new schools. Part of the bond will remodel existing schools including an addition of a performing mm ing months and distributing the brochures at those meetings, hoping to garner support for Continued on Page 14 arts building at SHS. New schools and a new format (K-6, 7-9, 10-12) mean new possibilities. Most as most of us cannot pay cash for a house or even a new car, school districts must borrow for new buildings and major renovations. If no new buildings are added, schools will not only be overcrowded, but creative scheduling such as track systems sys-tems and extended days are inevitable. Such scheduling does not allow the consistency consisten-cy needed for quality music programs. Music is not "fluff" as some other writers have indicated. It is a valuable educational tool that will enrich lives for many years to come. Our excellent music mu-sic programs also enhance the quality of life in our community, commu-nity, the "Art City." Please vote on February 3 and encourage friends and family to vote also. There is a voter registration form in your phone book. Registrations Registra-tions must be in by January 15 to be eligible to vote on February 3. |