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Show 14 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday June' 19, 2008 Carol Condie retires from teaching Carol Condie, second- grade teacher at River-view River-view Elementary, is retiring re-tiring from Nebo School District after 11 years of service. Condie taught first, grade for 10 years at Brockbank Elementary and second grade for one year at Riverview. Condie stated, "I love helping my students prepare pre-pare for future years in school and beyond to recognize their great value. The wonderful people peo-ple I have worked with have had a huge impact on my life. Their friendships have helped me through many difficult times. Their willingness to share materials mate-rials and learning has made teaching almost a piece of cake. Thank you Nebo School District for giving me a chance to make a dif- Sheryl Wilson ends teadiingcamr Sheryl Wilson, first-grade first-grade teacher at Brock-bank Brock-bank Elementary, is retiring re-tiring from Nebo School District after 24 years of service. Wilson said, "I have tried to help children feel successful suc-cessful in what they do. I feel that 'success brings more success'! I have loved working at school. It is a very happy place to be." . Wilson has received the Crystal Apple Award. She belongs to the NEA and UEA. . Sheryl enjoys family, fam-ily, reading, traveling and sewing. She is married to Herbert, and they reside David J. Espiin O.D. 794-EYES (3937) 24 North 100 East Spanish Fork, UT 84660 " Maple Mountain rirepiaces Quality Fireplaces at Discount Prices rm, . 801-798-0488 414 South Main Spanish Looking for a Great Garage Door? 1932 N. MAIN St. 798- John Paystrup , p .TO , WMMftillIMM i I A ' I - t t Carol Condie ference in more children's lives." Condie enjoys music, reading, BYU football and community Softball. She resides in Springville and has eleven children and eighteen grandchildren. Sheryl Wilson in Springville. They have four children. ' Fork, UT SPANISH FORK S P hi N E YE CENTER Pro Mortgage of Springville will Donate 1 0 of its profits to Springville High School Sports Program. John Paystrup a Native of Springville, Owner of Pro Mortgage, wants to give back to the community that has been such a big part of his success. With mortgage rates at a 4 year low, John can help you find the best rate to fit your refinance, or purchase needs. Give us a call today. 801-830-3400 or email us at johnpromortgageinc.com SNIPPETS olSprillgville Helen Beardall This story was sent to me by Glenn Frandsen, son of Vic Frandsen, and it is worth sharing. A story of the Frandsen Family in the early days by Vic Frandsen. Back in 1894 life in these little Utah towns was much different. There were no paved roads, no piped water, wa-ter, no electric lights, no automobiles, no telephones and no public welfare to take care of poor people. There were very few doctors. doc-tors. My sister, Mable, was just three years old. She was a very sweet little girl, just like your three-year-old or your grandchild. Every Ev-ery moment seemed full of joy. Just six months earlier her little brother had been born and she was proud of him. No other little girl was more zestful of life. Mable always felt she must help her daddy do chores. There were eggs to father, and being a brave little girl, she would reach right under the chickens on the nest to get the eggs. The chickens accepted her as a friend just as did all the other animals on the farm. When her daddy milked the cows she had her own little milk stool and sat on it to watch her daddy., When he milked Old Beaut, she would sit on the opposite side and squeeze. With each practice she could get a little more milk, and Beaut was tolerant. toler-ant. When the chores were done she raced her daddy to the house and always won. Mable had just had measles mea-sles and had not recovered rapidly as her parents thought she should. The first time after her measles that she went to the barn, her daddy had to carry her back all exhausted. Two days later, which was Dec. 14, a heavy snowstorm snow-storm covered the valley. But the next day the sun came out warm and bright. So Mabel's daddy, John, came in and said to Alice, his wife, "It is so pretty out Gas-saving tips to NAPSI- Gas prices are through the roof and are only expected to rise in the future, so it's more important impor-tant than ever to learn how to conserve gas dollars. While everyone is aware of the obvious ways to reduce gas expenditures, such as biking to work, taking public transportation transporta-tion or buying a more fuel-efficient car, these may not always be practical practi-cal options. When driving is a must, there are a few simple gas-saving tips that will help reduce transportation costs and put hard-earned money back into a bank account. Maintain the car. Improve Im-prove fuel economy by doing do-ing a few small checkups on a car, such as changing the oil regularly and having hav-ing the engine tuned. Maintain the proper tire pressure in the tires. When it's time for new ones, switch out old wheels for some low-rolling resis- there. Why don't we pack a lunch and take the sleigh up to the hills to get a load of cedars and stumps for our fireplace? We could bring back a pinion pine for a Christmas tree. It would be nice to burn these stumps in our fireplace for the holidays." "If sounds great," agreed the mother, "but do you think Mable is well enough?" v "Surely. It is just what she needs. Besides she looks better this morning. morn-ing. I got a real scare last night when your mother came over, and after holding hold-ing Mable she said, T am afraid the Grim Reaper had put that pallor in Mabel's Ma-bel's cheeks.' I wish she wouldn't say that." They had a really fun day. Mable had on her snow clothes and boots. The baby was wrapped warmly and the others mainly rested while John cut the wood, except Maple Ma-ple ran around trying to put salt on the blue jay's tails so she could catch them. (This was an old pioneer joke.) She begged her daddy to catch a little cottontail which ran by. She chased it and almost touched it, but it got away. By the time they reached home it was time for barnyard barn-yard chores. The horses were unhitched and the load of wood with the Christmas tree on top was left for later unloading. The children were taken to the house and the fires roused to make the house warm. Before John left for the barn he promised Mable that if she would rest until he came back in she could help him make lead bullets, bul-lets, as was done in those days. As he left, Mable brought her old doll and said, "I have asked Santa to bring me a new doll, but I will still play with Betty." Then she threw her arms around her daddy's neck and whispered, "Mommy and I have a secret. It is about your present-and that's all I'll tell." When John came back-from back-from the chores Alice told iljliiK a,.i-',',Mff t --- - - -" - " -- -' Jt. .. 0 f j tance tires, which are designed de-signed to improve the fuel efficiency of a car by minimizing mini-mizing the heat energy expended ex-pended as tires roll down the road. Also, spring for a better air filter. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Commis-sion, replacing a clogged air filter can increase gas mileage up to 10 percent. m iT WWPCi - -! W U , Iff u- That means that you can call on me to fill your needs with the coverage you want and at the lowest possible cost. Farmers Insurance Group specializes in Auto, Fire, Life and Commercial insurance and is famous for fast, fair, friendly claims service. I'd like to meet you. Why not give me a call today. I think you'll be glad you did. him, "Just after you left, Mable was so all in and feverish that I put her to bed. She seemed so very ill." They picked up the lamp and went in to her bed. As the light shone on her peaceful little face they sensed that something was wrong. When John picked her up he cried, "The angels an-gels have been here for our little girl!" While they waited her burial little thought was given to Christmas, except ex-cept Mable's new doll was buried in her arms. The Christmas' tree lay beside the woodpile where it had rolled from the sleigh. The big turkey strutted about as if he death had never been contemplated. The parents shook their heads, and without words said, "Christmas can mean nothing noth-ing this year." Two days before Christmas Christ-mas the sad parents were eating breakfast when a knock came on the door. Two of the boys of Mrs. Sims from down the road were there. Dell spoke hesitantly, hes-itantly, "Would you please sell us a dime's worth of hay? We know that we can't get much for a dime, but it is all mother has. We brought an old blanket to carry it in. Our old cow is so hungry that she had dried up, nearly. We have weeds and corn stalks and everything we can find but she needs hay. The baby is sick and need milk." Before John could answer, an-swer, Alice spoke, "Of course John will help you. If you will help him, he will take a jag of hay down for you. Give the money back to your mother." When John came back from delivering the hay, he told his wife, I had no idea what circumstances Mrs. Sims was in. Steve was ill all fall before he died and I guess he did not have much to leave her. Those boys and Karen seem to have no warm clothes. There didn't appear to be any food or fuel in the house. I asked mike what they were going go-ing to have for Christmas dinner and he said, "Bread reduce the guzzle Buy a GPS system. Whether doing errands around town or taking an extended road trip, GPS software can easily map the best route and some can even help drivers dodge snarls and other hang-ups. GPS mapping software with a points-of-interest database can help ind gas Karen Snow 25 East 200 South Springville, IT (801) 489-8000 History and milk if the cow gives milk." "Couldn't we do something some-thing for them?" asked Alice. "It seems that they must have help from somewhere." some-where." "We will do something for Mable's sake. I know it will not bring her back, but we can't spend all our energy feeling sorry for ourselves when poor people peo-ple need help. We can give the toys we had for Mable to Karen and also some of her clothes. 'We must look on the brighter side. We still have a beautiful little boy, and we had Mable for more than three years. We must thank Heavenly Father Fa-ther for that." Alice added, "I believe that Mable's sweetness should make us appreciate the world we live in. This year we had good crops and we were so busy being be-ing happy in our own little world that we did not notice no-tice the Sim's and other poor people. "I will tell you what we will do," announced John, "We will go down and buy each of the children some warm coats and gloves, and come candy, nuts and oranges. We will pop some corn and decorate that tree just as we had planned. We will kill the turkey and have a feast for us and the Sims family. On our way to town we will invite them. This is going to be the very best Christmas it can be with mable away." Alice agreed, "Our little girl seemed to make everybody ev-erybody happy with her 'I love you' she had for everybody. That seemed to cure the troubles of the whole neighborhood. We will show Heavenly Father Fa-ther that we can echo that 'I love you' by being good to somebody. I feel for the first time since Mable left us that she is looking down and with her angelic smile she had for everybody she is saying 'I love you.'" 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