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Show k r 1 iV V V , YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 2006 50 CENTS VOL. 108 NO. 38 GENERAL NEWS 4 I cro5sfnnf&) ii ii i a i y l. j i 1 1 x i i i n KW 1 1 1 I 1 1 IX U JJ M ... k S BaiJii, Springville artist conunemorates early handcart pioneers' sacrifice Almost two years in the making, mak-ing, a sesquicentennial tribute to the heroism, vision and sacrifice sac-rifice of the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies is nearly complete. "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story" was begun by documentary documen-tary filmmaker Lee Groberg and author Heidi Swinton in 2004. What was then only an idea, is now a PBS documentary, a book with numerous works of original art, and an art exhibit to display the newly crafted masterpieces. Springville resident Robert Marshall is one, of the artists commissioned to paint artwork for the book, "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story," which went on sale in bookstores September 19. The book contains 80 works of art by 43 artists, detailed maps, rarely seen pioneer photos, pho-tos, journal entries and historical accounts. Members of the rescue res-cue party, the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies, and the Hunt and Hodgett Wagon Companies Com-panies are also listed. Marshall said he tried to understand un-derstand the thoughts and feelings feel-ings of the handcart pioneers so he could better portray their Sixth Grade Band, Orchestra program now underway in Nebo School District Nebo Performing Arts Council Sixth grade band and orchestra orches-tra instruction is under way at Springville and Mapleton Junior High schools, and excitement is high! More than 150 sixth graders grad-ers from all elementary schools in Springville and Mapleton are traveling to the junior high schools early in the morning, A) I t I Band teacher David Booth instructs sixth-grade flute players Tuesday about how to hold their instrument Nebo School District is offering sixth-grade students an opportunity to participate in band and orchestra through early morning classes at Springville Junior High School and Mapleton Junior High School. L 1 A A A .A. d. A J ' J 'I i'i , A A J J S J NEBO EDUCATION FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH INDIVIDUALS TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO SEVERAL LOCAL STUDENTS -See page 3 hardships. He described painting paint-ing one of the farms left behind in England. "I expect the journey jour-ney West was very difficult, almost impossible at times, so I wanted to paint the farm how they would have remembered it. It looks very pastoral basking in the light of the late twilight hours." Another of Marshall's paintings, paint-ings, depicting a fatherless family fam-ily pulling their handcart, shows the "ability of women and children chil-dren to carry on," he said. The Sweetwater Rescue documentary docu-mentary will debut on KBYU Sunday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m., followed fol-lowed by a national PBS release December 18. The documentary will be available on DVD September Sep-tember 27. The original art pieces featured fea-tured in "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story" will be displayed at the Museum of Church History and Art and the Museum of Utah Art and History in a unique simultaneous simulta-neous exhibit from September 29 to October 31. The Museum of Church History His-tory and Art will continue exhibiting exhib-iting this series until January 2, See ROBERT MARSHALL on page 2 twice a week, instruments in hand. They're learning how to play clarinet, trumpet, flute, trombone, violin, viola, cello and string bass. But they're learning learn-ing more than how to play an instrument - they're developing discipline, cooperation, an appreciation appre-ciation for beauty and a host of other qualities that making music mu-sic fosters. And they're having w I- 115 w mm - :t v I 'M irinllllliJ "in ii i f fc i iiM mi ii i a --mr urn i m'r-r. i ,. ,i-r i iiar $ Springville artist Robert Marshall is shown here with two of his grandchildren, Ethan and Haley, children of Dr. Kyle and Misty Marshall of Springville. He let them put some brush strokes on the huge mural he painted for the Sacramento LDS Temple. Marshall recently completed artwork for the book, "Sweetwateer Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story," that went on sale this week. fun! The sixth grade bandorchestra bandorches-tra program provides a wonderful wonder-ful opportunity to receive quality qual-ity music instruction at a very reasonable cost ($30 for the entire en-tire year). Parents also need to provide an instrument and transportation. trans-portation. If you would like your sixth grader to be a part of this great program, it's not too late! Point Qffispcc&iGTD Simply contact the teacher for the program that interests you (see lists following), or find further fur-ther information and registration registra-tion materials available in your elementary school office. The sixth grade band and orchestra programs are held from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., two days See BAND, ORCHESTRA PROGRAM on page 2 17T3 17 n Me of Natalie Evans STAFF WRITER Mapleton's Planning Commission Com-mission is set to make a decision deci-sion about a snake farm and a dairy farm at its meeting tonight, Thursday, Sept. 21, . at 7 p.m. The mayor will also hold an information meeting regarding the snakes at 6:30 p.m. The commission holds the fate of two established businesses in its hands. Paul Opfar opened his dairy farm Aug. 5. He said that he talked to city planner Matt Evans about what he'd need to build it and run a business. Dan Sutherland was scheduled sched-uled to move his snake farm from California to Mapleton in September. He worked with Evans as well, to make sure that he met all the requirements. re-quirements. In both cases, they got building permits and permits See MAPLETON COUNCIL on page 2 055'0005 V.'..-r . c ' -r- 0"8 t |