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Show vf vf 2mUtsBemlf edition YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER -.TV EBRUARY 14, 2008 50 CENTS VOL 120 NO. 7 RfWS rflMPtf TI7 TM rnMPtfTTTTHXT QUEEN CHOSEN IN ANNUAL THIS SATURDAY-See page 12 FFA CONTEST - See page 11 t J$- ' SK V I Volunteers honored at museum Jessica Tyler As the sun set and the stars began to shine, another group of stars gathered for a glitzy and glamorous party at the Springville Spring-ville Museum of Art. The 2008 Benefactor & Volunteer dinner, with a classic Hollywood theme, honored community members who donate their time and funds to make the museum one of the best in the state. Just as Hollywood Holly-wood cannot survive without its charming group of actors, directors, direc-tors, producers and writers, the Springville Museum of Art cannot can-not function without its dedicated dedicat-ed volunteers, donors, patrons and board members. Attendees, who came dressed as their favorite movie star, received re-ceived full star treatment, beginning begin-ning with a camera flash-filled walk down the red carpet into the museum where images of old film stills and jazzy piano music filled the galleries. Guests then had a chance to vote on the best of the . museum's new acquisitions, acquisi-tions, before they were seated to enjoy a California-inspired Marsala Mar-sala Chicken dinner. SHS welcomes Mitchell Christi C. Babbitt SPRINGVILLE HERALD Wearing a Springville High School basebaU cap and surrounded sur-rounded by signs proclaiming "Welcome Home Coach Mitchell," Mitch-ell," former NFL quarterback Scott Mitchell formally announced an-nounced his hiring as head football foot-ball coach for the Red Devils. "After 22 years, I'm coming back," said Mitchell, who graduated gradu-ated from SHS in 1986 after leading lead-ing the SHS football team to a state championship during his senior year. Mitchell made the announcement with SHS Principal Princi-pal Rick Robins on Feb. 7 during a press conference in the media center at Springville High. "This is a historic day," Robins If i Former NFL quarterback Scott Mitchell answered questions from reporters last Thursday during a press conference at Springville High School formally announcing his hiring as head SHS football coach. The awards ceremony commenced com-menced with Associate Director Natalie Petersen announcing Les Kowallis as the Volunteer of the Year, and Kayla Weisler as the Youth Volunteer of the Year. Museum Director Vern Swan-son Swan-son was honored with a lifetime tribute award, for more than 25 years of devoted service to the museum. "Vern had a dream for this museum mu-seum - a new wing - and it happened. hap-pened. He has a love for the museum mu-seum and has brought so much energy to it," said Cheryl Stewart Stew-art who presented the award to Swanson. After the short presentation, Evan Monson and Melissa Chapman Chap-man delighted the audience by singing songs from such films as "My Fair Lady" and "Casablanca" "Casa-blanca" accompanied by Jessica Tyler. Keeping with tradition, Kathy Burke, the outgoing Hafen-Dallin Volunteer Guild President, introduced intro-duced Shari Woodward, the new President for 2008. An invalu-See invalu-See VOLUNTEERS on page 3 said, adding with a laugh, "This free agent contract may be a little less than the last free agent contract he signed." Mitchell, who has lived with his family in Orlando, Fla., for the past several years, was in Springville for the press conference confer-ence and a meeting with Red Devil football players and their parents on Feb. 8. He spent 12 years playing for a total of four different teams in the NFL. Mitchell said he is currently assessing as-sessing what resources are available avail-able to him, including personnel, and how to combine those resources. re-sources. "I think one of my great assets is bringing people together," togeth-er," he said. When asked what he wanted rr 1. -agaaa. i prom w 11 11 m Donnttd by S H S. PooMer 4 hl ti w'w.SmartpriCDtif oS.ccsn - OAC Sr.- diafsr for details. r I 1 -j j Kayla Weisler, left, was named Youth Volunteer of the Year at the Springville Museum of Art. Standing next to Weisler is Les Kowallis who was named the Volunteer of the Year at the recent Benefactor & Volunteer dinner. Also in the picture are Kathy Burke, 2007 Hafen-Dallin Volunteer Guild president, Shari Woodward, 2008 president. Museum director Vern Swanson who was honored for his 25 years of devoted service to the museum, and Debbie Balzotti, known that evening as Paris Hilton, who helped present the awards. mm his program to stand for, Mitchell Mitch-ell said, "I want this program to be known that we start and finish." fin-ish." Successful people, he explained, ex-plained, have goals and are willing will-ing to take the first step toward those goals, then follow through to reach them. Regarding the SHS team's record, re-cord, Mitchell said all wins and losses are in the past. "From this day forward, we're moving ahead and we're not focusing on the past, and we're really not focusing fo-cusing on the future either," he said. "I think it's really important that we focus on today." Mitchell is not certified to teach in a formal classroom setting, set-ting, but he said that as coach, See MITCHELL on page 2 3 rt 11 um " 1 , -j The'Stattfofourcity The first half of this article by Springville Mayor Gene R. Mangum ran in last week's issue (Feb. 7) of the SDpring-ville SDpring-ville Herald. THE PRESENT Where are we today? Our last independent audit report gives Springville high marks for accurate financial reporting report-ing and conservative management. manage-ment. Our balance sheets are strong and our city is well structured to continue meeting the additional growth expected in 2008. Like many of us, much of our city is reaching old age and with old age comes different challenges. Our infrastructure, our streets, pipes and buildings all need more attention than they did when the city was younger. While the "outer" appearance appear-ance may look pretty good overall, we know that unless we take care of what the citizens don't see, that what they do see See MAYOR'S ADDRESS on page 19 Kendall Oldroyd to speak at Historical Society lecture The public is invited to the Wednesday, Feb. 27, lecture of the Springville Historical Society. Soci-ety. Springville resident Kendall Kend-all Oldroyd will be the featured speaker. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the City Center, 50 S. Main, Springville. Oldroyd is a prominent pharmacist phar-macist and former owner of S.O.S. Drug store located on Main Street. He will give historical histori-cal facts about the drug stores in Springville, especially his store, and relate stories regarding pharmacology and dispensing of drugs through the years down to modern times. A very informative evening is in store for those who attend. The average person does not realize how drugs came about. dinner , ''' Vs. V ; r4 " 1 il 4, f i 1 iJ f g' 4 : V - T V A We need something to cure a cold or a cough or pneumonia, etc., and we visit the doctor or the pharmacist for a quick cure. The word drug comes from the Dutch word, Droog, which means to dry, and probably came about because most of the early drugs were made from dried plants. Drugs can be in two forms, one to fight disease, and one to fight pain. As we know the drug world has expanded greatly from pioneer pio-neer days to 2008. The old peddler ped-dler who brought snake oil, as it was called by many, into little settlements across the country, certainly had in his possession a remedy for many ailments. 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