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Show WW r rvfvf 351 1V EDITION lOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, MAY 8. 2008 50 CENTS VOL. 120 NO.j GENERAL MEWS u M m - m B V; fill II II II II X -wA .7 I I . III V I I ' V- z. u ;z LJ UU ULi LLiJ AMANDA GRONEMAN WINS STATE WRITING CONTEST - See page 11 HANNAH SERR EARNS TO PIANO AWARD - See page 21 ,W 1 TT TIT! 1 JbOlKt est in orin once again gvule o m The Springville World Folkf est will again bring cultures from around the world to Utah County this summer. ' Difficulties in obtaining visas for folk dance groups attempting to travel to the United States for the Folkf est forced the cancella-tion cancella-tion of the week-long festival in 2007. Members of the Folkfest's board of directors are happy to announce, however, that it has commitments from several folk dance groups for this year's festival fes-tival and is making preparations to host the Folkf est in Springville from July 12 to July 19. "It was a huge disappointment to have to cancel the Folkf est last year, but the board is thrilled to let the public know that the festival will be returning to Springville in 2008," said Martin Conover, chairman of the Springville Spring-ville World Folkf est Board of Di- Q 7 I . t " J ! ; These six young women from Springville and Mapleton were named Art Royalty for 2008 at the Art Ball Saturday. They are, from left, Stephanie Richey, daughter of Jonathan and Marilyn Richey; Rachel Thompson, daughter of Daylor and Debi Thompson; Libby Jensen, daughter of Blake and Kelly Jensen; Tairsa Brown, Art Queenm, daughter of Garrett and Kali Brown; Nikki Erekson, daughter of David and Cheri Erekson; and Amberly Asay, daughter of Dwayne and Suzanne Asay. The girls will represent the museum at various events and give service during and year. Photo by Roger Layton rectors. "This event has become a tradition in Springville that we hope will continue for many more years." Since its first performances 1986, the Folkf esLhas offered a unique opportunity for Utah residents resi-dents to experience first-hand a variety of cultures from around the world. During its more than See WORLD FOLKFEST on page 3 SHS Senior Jason wins national westh Chamberlain ingaward N-f " i'arf . ... 'if ' x ' V?S'-' i ) .. i5 . ; : Jjg I X':' 1'-i;;,r; "":'vV; Jennifer Parks and Madelyn Tucker - . ' . SHS STAFF WRITERS Jason Chamberlain, a senior ' at SHS, has been chosen by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as the winner of the 2008 Dave Schultz High School Excellence National Award. The award is named in honor of Olympic and World Champion Dave Schultz. The recipient is chosen for excellence ex-cellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, character, citizenship, citizen-ship, and community service. Chamberlain was chosen from among the 49 state winners and five regional winners. He commented, com-mented, "I was shocked When they told me I had been selected select-ed for this award. There are so many good wrestlers; to be se lected is such an honor." Chamberlain's record is 192-2, 192-2, including 98 pins and 4 state championships. He has been captain of Springville's wrestling wres-tling team and has won numerous numer-ous state and national awards. He has also been the recipient of the Academic All-Region award from the Utah High School Activities Ac-tivities Association for the past four years. 6 Chamberlain is involved in many extra-curricular activities as well, including service as a volunteer youth leader for his church and coaching and officiating offici-ating youth wrestling activities. He is also a good student and has a 3.75 GPA and will attend Boise See JASON CHAMBERLAIN on page 2 Jason Chamberlain Utah letter carriers lookinj stamp out hunger on May Utah letter carriers will hold collection in the nation, their annual food drive on Satur- All of the f ood will be distrib- day, May 10, and Utahns are en- uted to local food banks whose couraged to participate by plac- shelves are traditionally bare ing non-perishable food in a bag this time pf year. Last year Utah A folk dance nroun from Mexico rjerformc at the Cnrinnuilla unrlrl Enllrfac . . " ' i - -r "3 " . .--. After being canceled last year, the Folkfest will again be presented this year from July 12 to July 19. near their mailbox prior to mail delivery. The drive, in its 16th year, is the largest one-day food letter carriers collected more than one million pounds of food - nationwide the drive delivered f 2lL .n,,. -ii. , -- ... .. ri J The Musettes ladies singing group will present their spring concert on Friday, May 9, at 7 p.m. in the Springville Senior Citizen Center. It will be an evening of patriotic music, and the public is invited to enjoy it Everyone who has served in the armed forces are invited to come and wear their uniform nr hate Th Musettes will honor them. I 70.7 million pounds. Postal employees in all 50 states will participate in the world's largest larg-est one-day food drive, which has resulted in delivery of more than 800 million pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries over the last 16 years. An estimated 35 million people are at risk of hunger in America, including 12 million children. "This is a great opportunity for us to serve those in our community commu-nity who need a helping hand," said Mike Miller, Salt Lake City Letter Carrier and President of Branch 111 of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALQ, who expects another tremendous response from the caring citizens of Utah. The NALC is a postal labor union representing more than .300,000 members' who have a long history of service to their communities. uiiinii " 6 H'-61055"0005C)llil8 1 r 1 . I """" 1 1 r n ! t 1" O L J i L L., J Jul k.... L. |
