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Show ft rfcd mriWfiT rfn y uuucw auim uyyj r.r,rnrsn UTAH 100 city, in tJ1 .... . bHl- . ... 2mlu.Hcmlii EDITION YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURn ay, OCTOBER 30, 2008 50 CENTS VOL. 120 NO. 44 SPORTS GENERAL NEWS i u roirran(oi flfc r INGMLLi: YOUT II FC0RALL CITIZENS SHARE VIEWS ABOUT SUCCESSFUL YEAR - So? r-go 19 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - See Library bond for construction of buildin Sam Scorup STAFF WRITER Supporters of a library bond in Springville say the bond is necessary , despite a weakening economy and the tax increase that it would mean, because it will create jobs and enhance the community. The $9.8 million bond, which is on the ballot this year, would cover the cost of constructing a new library. The 35,000- to 45,000-square- Springville Playhouse production 'The Crucible1 opens this Friday Springville Playhouse's production pro-duction of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play opens this Friday evening, Oct. 31, in The cast of the Springville Playhouse production of "The Crucible" are shown here rehearsing for the play which opens Friday, Oct. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the theater under the Springville Public Library. Tickets are available at the door. Mapleton City Councfl hears about Springville's road construction Debra Wells SPRINGVILLE HERALD At the October 15 meeting of the Mapleton City Council, representatives repre-sentatives from the Utah Department Depart-ment of Transportatio (UDOT) presented information about the upcoming reconstruction on State Route 77 - the southern Springville 1-15 exit. The project will include rebuilding the exit itself it-self and making it a single point urban interchange (SPUI) - similar simi-lar to the one at 1200 South in Provo, and building a new bridge at 1500 West, over the railroad trscks . The entire stretch of 400 South from Main Street to the freeway will be widened to four lanes with a turning lane, and the current cur-rent bridge over the tracks at 400 West will be replaced. In the original construction plan, UDOT had thought to keep 400 South open during the construction. con-struction. The current plan is to "close 400 South just east of 1750 to Main Street for 11 months, beginning be-ginning in early January 2009, and opening again next November Novem-ber by Thanksgiving. "The official detour route will foot facility would be much larger than the current 8,000-square-foot library, which spills into the City Council Coun-cil chambers and other areas of the city offices. It will have auditoriums that can be used after-hours and separate areas for children's rooms and study rooms for adults. The library bond would increase in-crease taxes by an estimated $2.26 a month per $100,000 in the theater under the Springville Public Library. This exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is both a gripping his- be SR-75, 1400 North to Main Street," said Brian Adam, UDOT representative. The compressed construction schedule will limit the impact of the closed road and will not effect ef-fect the Christmas shopping season sea-son for either 2008 or 2009. See MAPLETON COUNCIL on page 9 ) t V SHS in State Playoffs The Springville High Football Foot-ball team has made the State Playoff Finals. The first round game will be against Dixie High at Dixie in St, George this Friday, Oct. 31, at 4 p.m. Citizens are encouraged en-couraged go down to Dixie to support our team. valuation. The median home price in Springville is currently $233,332. The bond wouldn't cover the total cost of building and furnishing fur-nishing the new library. The total budget is estimated at $14,074,000: construction, $9.8 million; architects, $690,000; site work, $1.8 million; fixtures and furnishings, $784,000; contingency, contin-gency, $1 million. According to Springville's Web site, the city has committed torical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society. The story focuses upon a young farmer John Proctor, his wife and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest ar-rest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrify-ingly terrify-ingly depicted. Director Al Ricci has assembled assem-bled aft -exceptional cast that has worked tirelessly to stage this classic piece of American theater. This play is frequently frequent-ly studied in jr. high and high school literature classes, but rarely seen performed on stage. This is a fantastic opportunity for students and their parents to see this play as the author intended. in-tended. Members of the cast include: Tiia Hollingshaus, Lance Peterson, Peter-son, Stephanie Cleghorn, Kristin Bauer, Manica Parkins, Emily Spackman, David Chapa, Susannah Susan-nah Hicken, Rachael Joy Jackson, Jack-son, Steve Binch, Marie Davis, Bill Brown, Thomas Skidmore, Morgan Mallory, Rhett Dorfee, Joshua Wright, William McAllister, McAl-lister, Mel Taylor, Adam Cannon Can-non and Marilyn Brown. "The Crucible" is recommended recom-mended for adult and teenage audiences, and may not be suitable suit-able for pre-teens and younger children. The production will run Oct. 31 through Nov. 22 (Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays) Mon-days) at 7:30 p.m. at the Springville Spring-ville Playhouse located at 50 S. Main, Springville, (under the library). Cost is Adults-$8 and Seniors Students-$7. Additional information infor-mation can be obtained online at springvilleplayhouse.org or by calling Daryl Tucker at 427-9318. . T - , I S. jfr:-i: ' tx ... Children love to dress up and especially at Halloween. Several parents even at the Camelot Clubhouse in Springville. Don't forget the Safe Halloween from 3 to 5 p.m. A fun time for everyone to dress up and collect goodies. to paying the balance of the project proj-ect costs through other funding sources. The City Council hasn't made a final decision about which source to use, but there P -I! J U1 .w ill m t 1,1' " ' 5 ' A ; --w ,v ': vj liy,;;.; f- I"iv, .... ' - v w jiiKfe.-- V ;v':.s v 4- ' l, - : ' ' Come as a bag of popcorn or whatever you want, but come and bring your kids and enjoy a SAFE HAL0WEEN in downtown Springville on Friday, Oct. 31, from 3 to 5 p.m. As in recent years, Springville merchants will be handing out goodies to everyone dressed in costume from 400 South to Center Street on both sides of the Main Street It is a great time for families to enjoy a "Safe Halloween" while it is still daylight and you can see everyone's costumes. We are moving! It has come time, again, for the Springville Herald office to move to another location. After five and a half years occupying the front half of the medical building on 400 South, we are moving this week - across the street. Our new address in 230 E. 400 South. We will be in the front half of that building also, the white building with the red tile roof. One of the advantages to this new location is that there will LIBARY BOND WITH pages 2, 3, 9, 10 & 11 are a number of choices available avail-able to them. There are funds anticipated an-ticipated to remain in the building build-ing reserve after the current See LIBRARY BOND on page 9 ill j : l"1 T 3iJW btl h.J3LJ3 J U ! be plenty of parking in the rear of the building, a problem at our former location. We will be operating at the new location as of Monday, Nov. 3, so bring your news items to that office. We will continue to check the drop box at 269 E. 400 South until we get a new one in place across the street. You can e-mail your news items to artcityavpro.com, See MOVING on page 9 f ' J1 dressed up for this neighborhood party event in downtown Springville Friday 1 I 3 v ' . IK 055"0005 0"" 8 |