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Show ix new exhibits at Art Museum Vj.i 1 Ka py s Four very important Russian items were added to the permanent collection at the Springville Museum of Art in 2004. This is one of them, a large oil by Fedor Vasilevich Shapaev titled,"Country Doctor" and painted paint-ed in 1967. Some 115 new paintings and sculpture were acquired, valued at $780,000. Citizens are invited to visit the museum and see the new acquitions along with four other exhibits now on display. Council changes the residency requirements of 'at will' employees Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD The Springville City Council Coun-cil voted at their last regular meeting to allow "at will" employees to live within a "reasonable" distance from the city and threw out the re- 3uirement that they be resi-ents resi-ents of the city. The matter has come up because present "at will" employee em-ployee Jo Evans, city What can schools do to promote Caring Climate? Last week in the newspaper, newspa-per, the Springville Youthnet organization introduced Asset As-set 5 from the 40 Developmental Develop-mental Assets they are emphasizing em-phasizing to help young people peo-ple in our community. Asset 5 deals with a Caring School Climate. Youthnet is emphasizing a different asset every month in an effort to help children succeed. The assets are taken from the book, "What Kids Need to Succeed." "Young people who possess pos-sess more assets are much less likely to get involved in problem behaviors," said Kevin Scholz, who heads up Youthnet. "We want parents, Applications available for the Springville Youth City Council The Springville Youth City Council will be accepting applications for consideration January 18 through January Janu-ary 29. applications and details of this organization will be available at the Springville High School Administration Administra-tion Office as well as at the Springville Junior High School Administration Office. Any 9th, 10th or 11th grade student may apply. The Youth City Council is an organization dedicated to participating in and supporting community events, providing pro-viding hundreds of hours of service, and enhancing personal per-sonal knowledge of city government through active participation. par-ticipation. The council meets two to three times a month and has at least one service project per month, but usually more. Elections by the members determine who holds the leadership lead-ership positions of Mayor, Recortder, Historian and Par-liamentanian. Par-liamentanian. All members will have leadership opportunities. Come and be a part of a great organization. All applications must be returned to the school office or to Keri Gordon by Saturday, Jan. 29. vovy YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. JANUARY 13. 2005 50 CENTS ''"Vatfr hi, a i J V recorder, has announced her retirement as of February 18 of this year. Staff members told the council they want the best employees they can get and the residency requirement would limit that possibility. Should the replacement for Evans position come from anywhere besides Springville, it would be the first time in the 154-year his teachers and the community to become familiar with a framework of positive experiences expe-riences and personal qualities they can use to help young people to grow up healthy, caring and responsible." Scholz said that kids need to feel that their school supports sup-ports them, encourages them and cares about them. Things that schools can do to promote a Caring School Climate include the following: Learn the names of as many students as you can. Smile at them and greet them by name when you see them. Start a lunchtime study-hall, study-hall, or after-school discussion discus-sion group for students who AN EDITION OF ii irif u ii ii ii I I II II Ji 7. r tory of the city. "At will" employees include in-clude the treasurer, recorder, attorney, judge, and the police chief. In other business, the city council agreed to go along with Spanish Fork City and accept a state grant which will provide $80,000 for the construction of several chain link fences around the airport. air-port. want to "just talk." Get to know your students stu-dents on a personal level. Ask them about their interests inter-ests hobbies, passions, goals, hopes and dreams. Nurture sense of school ownership in students by involving in-volving them in decision making. Examples: Have students stu-dents create their own list of class or school rules; invite their input on ways to improve im-prove the cafeteria, gym, school grounds, or media center. Create an environment where everyone - students, teachers, administrators, staff, visitors, parents and other volunteers - feel welcome. wel-come. Plan extracurricular activities ac-tivities that bring students, teachers, administrators and staff together for fun and fellowship., fel-lowship., Conduct a school-wide survey to learn student's opinions about the school climate. cli-mate. Work with the youth to frame the questions and look of the survey. Questions might include, "What do you like best about our school?" "what do you like least about our school?" "What would you change to make our school more caring?" Tabulate Tabu-late and publicize the results. Then form student-teacher-staff committees to address areas of concern and implement imple-ment ideas gathered from the surveys Youthnet encourages encour-ages all parents in Springville and Mapleton to be aware of the 40 Developmental Assets and visit the website: search-institure.org search-institure.org WWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COM THE Ik ff I LJLL s Mil HIP II s Jason Russell HERALD CORRESPONDENT The Springville Museum of Art rang in the new year with six new exhibits-all featuring fea-turing Utah artists. The exhibits ex-hibits will run through Feb. 1 and include a showcase of new acquisitions from 2004. "Last year was one of the top four or five years for the museum in terms of new acquisitions," ac-quisitions," said Vern Swan-son, Swan-son, museum director. "Our collection has been greatly enriched. Among other things, we've added four very important Russian items to our permanent collection, col-lection, and we've expanded our collection of paintings and sculptures by Utah artists." Swanson said the 115 acquisitions ac-quisitions in 2004 represented represent-ed an appraisal value of approximately ap-proximately $780,000. This exhibit is in the Dumke Gallery and the museum foyer. foy-er. One new painting is a figurative figu-rative by John Hafen, co-founder co-founder of the museum. "Hafen painted 'Childhood Memories' in France in 1890 for the Paris Salon art competition," com-petition," Swanson said. "This is a remarkable paint- Of the $80,000, $72,000 will come from the state and the airport will provide the remaining re-maining $8,000. The rest of the meeting was taken up with technical changes in the zoning code mostly concerning the west fields overlay. Anyone interested in the changes should contact the planning and zoning department depart-ment of the city. CERT classes to start The Springville Emergency Emer-gency Preparedness Central Committee announces the start of a new seven-week CERT training course, open to anyone who wants to learn how to prepare for earthquakes, floods, chemical chemi-cal spuTs and severe storms, just to name a few of the disasters dis-asters that are possible for Springville. The training will teach you how to take care of your own family first and then Wendell Dangerfield is shown here in front of some old granaries and barnyards dating back to the Depression De-pression years of the 1930s. Many still remain in Springville and Mapleton. Dangerfield has many memories of the events and places of those lean years and will talk about them at the upcoming meeting of the Springville Historical Society on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at the Springville City building. The LI!. 'm. I m. puDiic is invited io arcenu. CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE CPGVOUT CAR-RT LOTC-018 UTAH ASSOCIATION 2 1521 E 3900 S STE 100 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84124-1501 I mm ing but it wasn't accepted. But, if it had been accepted. Hafen might have been a different dif-ferent artist. After this experience. expe-rience. Hafen focused on painting landscapes." Swanson highlighted several sev-eral other pieces in the new acquisitions exhibit. "Indian Encampment on the Ogden River" is a piece by Frederick Freder-ick Schager, painted in 1891. "This is one of the most significant sig-nificant paintings we have in bur collection. Its date, size, subject and lighting make it one of our treasures." Soon to arrive from Massachusetts, Mass-achusetts, "Sleeping Woman with Poppies" is a sculpture by Cyrus Dallin, one of America's most famous sculptors and co-founder of the museum. "Dallin was born in Springville in 1861 and is one reason why Springville is called Art City, Hafen being the other," Swanson said. "This is actually an unknown Eiece. It wasn't included in a ook detailing Dallin's works, but it is an original." "Moon Pool" is a sculpture by Lehi resident Andrew Smith involving several hundred hun-dred gallons of water. "This is a remarkable 'found objects' sculpture, a Rube Goldberg-type device," Swanson said. "I think it will probably become the most Eopular piece in the museum ecause people, especially children, are captivated by its motion and sound" Smith's sculptures focus on kinetics. His "Bearing See" sculpture was previously featured fea-tured at the museum. "I start out with a rough drawing of the piece, then start to put a framework together," to-gether," Smith said. "As I'm putting the piece together, some elements work, others have to be reconfigured. With my works, form really does follow function. The pieces seem to 'grow' on their own." The museum's newly acquired ac-quired collection of drawings by E.J. Bird has its own exhibit ex-hibit in the Music Gallery. A how to function as a member of a trained team of volunteers volun-teers to help your neighbors. The $25 registration fee includes in-cludes a training manual, expert ex-pert instruction on all topics, light refreshments each night of class and a realistic, hands-on final dealing with a mock disaster situation. Couples Cou-ples signing up together can use the same manual, and can get the training for the reduced price of $40. Classes are taught twice 1 fm:' 6 'i"6'J055 00050" " 8 Work Projects Administration Administra-tion artist from Utah, Bird was the director of WPA's Federal Art Project in Utah and then served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. This exhibit focuses on drawings draw-ings form his war years. "Bird captured life in the military through drawings," Swanson said. "Some of his drawings show soldiers dancing with girls at the USO and you can almost feel the beat. Once he got to Okinawa, Oki-nawa, his drawings turn very serious, depicting the lot of refugees. Several museums mu-seums in Utah were able to choose works from his estate, es-tate, and we were fortunate to be able to choose first." Fans of the classical form will enjoy "Student Academic Academ-ic Studies from the Ateliers." This exhibit is curated by Ryan Brown, director of the Classical Drawing Academy in Springville. This exhibit features student work from the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy; the Water Street Atelier in New York City; the Kamille Corry Studios Stu-dios in Salt Lake City; and Brown's academy. Several historical pieces in the exhibit exhib-it also come from the museum's muse-um's permanent collection. "The student work highlights high-lights the focus these academies acade-mies have on teaching students stu-dents good visual skills, or how to see very accurately. Good drawing is a product of accurate seeing, and the curriculum cur-riculum of these academies is in place to teach students how to see," Brown said. "The method taught gives students the ability to understand under-stand how to develop a drawing and give focus to the process of creation rather than the product." Brown said students at the represented academies begin by coping drawings from the Charles Bargue drawing course, first published in 1867. Students then move to three-dimensional copies of casts, which are usually lit with natural light. This helps See NEW ART EXHIBIT on Page 3 this week each week, either Tuesday or Thursday evening, allowing allow-ing participants the flexibility flexibili-ty to chose the night that is best. The first class will be January Janu-ary 11 or January 13 at 7 p.m. Classes meet in the training room of the Public Safety Building at the corner of Center Street and Man in Springville. They need your help. You need this training. See you there. xxxj |