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Show UTAH Prq :KT L0rc-nffl 84124-1501 EDITION YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2006 50 CENTS VOL. 118 NO. 4 GENERAL NEWS II i GENERAL NEWS r PARKIN ex ' K Hftf r wwa- I I I I , HJS K h IVl I ll 1 1H 1 1 I IH WI I V I H K ' A L, 1 PARKING & SN0WPL0W ROUTES See page 10 "RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT" CLEAN AIR RFftT TT , ATTONS TAKT? FFFFPT NOV 1 - Spp Pad 7 SI- New departments formed in City The departure of Alan Curtis this summer left a big hole in the Springville City organization. The City announced this week that two new departments have been created within the organization organi-zation to fill that gap. The Parks & Recreation Department has been divided into the Recreation Department and the Building and Grounds Department. Alex Roylance has been named Director of Buildings and Grounds, and Charles Keeler has been named Recreation Director. He will also have responsibility for Community Events. Alex Roylance has been with the Parks Division for almost 20 years. He grew up in Springville Spring-ville City and graduated from the University of Utah. Charles "Chuck" Keeler graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Recreation Management. Manage-ment. He comes to Springville with 20 years of experience in recreation, youth programs and community services and worked most recently in North Ogden. "Both of these gentlemen bring a wealth of experience and expertise ex-pertise to these important positions," posi-tions," commented Troy Fitzgerald, Fitzger-ald, Interim City Admmistrator. "We are pleased to have professionals profes-sionals with the experience and qualifications Mr. Roylance and Mr. Keeler exhibit joining our staff." Mr. Roylance. took over his new position October 30th. Mr. Keeler will join the staff on No-See No-See FREE INTERNET on page 10 Free, mreless Internet access at Springme Library Springville City Library is now providing free Internet access at City Hall, and in the Springville City Park surrounding City Hall, through a wireless connection for appropriately equipped and configured laptops and wireless devices. Customers must have an assigned proxy number on their wireless device and should pick up an Internet "how to" sheet from the city before connecting. Library Director Pam Vaughn anticipates that this will be extremely ex-tremely successful and well re ceived. "You are invited to explore ex-plore the Springville Library's fast Internet network using your own wireless-enabled laptop computer," said Vaughn, "Free access is provided in the public area in the building and also in the city park at all times the library is open. Simply, launch your web browser and your computer's home page will appear and you may begin surfing surf-ing immediately." Users should keep in mind that the connection is filtered and L " ) i " AAA''A:.'. - V ;.. . I hill i " I " , f . ' I ' A , i K:miimkiis&J :-oT.-...--A.--,i iyi:;.VT'': ''a -:a-"'' '". ' Uj ' A - ' lliiillllli mm a:- A A ' ,l W L-'',-.1;V.i...J. .A'AAV,;AAA: - Springville resident Vern G. Swanson poses with his new book "Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism's Saaed Bloodline." The book presents Swanson's exhaustive research into the question of whether Jesus' bloodline exists today. Next to Swanson is a painting by artist James C. Christensen titled "Jesus and Mary Magdalene" that appears on the cover of Swanson's book. Comprehensive study of sacred bloodline subject of new book Christi C. Babbitt SPRINGVILLE HERALD After 28 years of research, a Springville author au-thor has concluded that Jesus Christ was married mar-ried and had children whose descendants took part in the formation of the LDS Church. "Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism's Sacred Bloodline," written by Springville resident resi-dent Vern G. Swanson, is being published by Cedar Fort Inc. in Springville. The hefty hardback hard-back pulls together information from a variety of sources including legends, LDS literature and scientific and historical writings. Swanson has also based his conclusions on the 400 books written by scholars that he has read about the Holy Grail and the bloodline of Jesus.' "Dynasty of the Holy Grail" is expected to be available online at www.cedarfort.com within a week and in bookstores by the end of November. No-vember. "This is an historical investigation into the many enigmatic threads that are complex and confusing and this is the most comprehensive study yet attempted and completed on the whole Holy Grail question," Swanson said. Much of his life has been spent doing research re-search for and writing his book, but Swanson said he never intended to publish it until the novel "The Da Vinci Code" came out and he was "angered by its reception." That novel discusses dis-cusses the bloodline of Jesus and the nature of the Holy Grail. "Many people thought that that (novel) was true when it was so patently false and anti-Christian," anti-Christian," Swanson said. "So I've written this book to promote the concept that Jesus is In fact the Christ and the savior of this world, not through just the blood that he shed, but through the blood that he shared." A devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Swanson said he believes in the doctrines of the church and does not believe that his book is doctrine. Swanson rejects the ideas that the Knights Templar, the Freemasons or Leonardo da Vinci had anything to do with the bloodline of Jesus. See DYNASTY OF THE HOLY GRAIL on page 3 Watercolor and song at Community & Family Night Monday A' Ds k' iA 07 V ' ' r fePSv w -I3 i '''vis These youngsers and their parents are shown here making their own works of art at last months Community & Family Night held each month at the Springviille Museum of Art Gtizens are invited to attend this months event this Monday night at 6:00 p.m. at the museum. Community and Family Night will be held on Monday, Nov. 6, at 6 p.m. at the Springville Museum Mu-seum of Art. This free event will include a presentation by water-color water-color and pastel artist Jolene McQueen Mc-Queen and a vocal performance by Mindy Boyce. Following the entertainment portion of the evening, the Museum Art Education Educa-tion Department will lead an art project for children in the Youth Gallery. ; f v McQueen was born in Provo in 1958. She attended Brigham Young University in the illustration illus-tration program, studying under un-der James Christensen, Richard Hull and Robert Barrett. She has worked in graphic design and illustration for many years, as well as other assorted odd jobs, such as driving a boat on Utah Lake. She now lives in Mapleton with her husband, Grant, and her four children. She spends most of her time doing mom stuff, but as her children have gotten older, she is able to spend more time painting and drawing. Mostly she works in pastel and gouache, and currently cur-rently is fascinated by the play of light and shadow and the transformation of objects with the changing of light throughout theday. Wanting to share her love of art, McQueen has volunteered as See FAMILY NIGHT on page 10 mil! mi 6 ",B61055 "0005ff V . : i i V 13 t . . J V .... . J 1. A 7 Day Exzchdnco Pc3Cc7 1X15 |