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Show 63-83002.00 Utah P-ress Assoc. 307 Uest 200 South 15005 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 The Celebration Begins First Ever 'P 0 Ho' ; v Jji ' Hii u uii-if.-.) y y Orem High won the State Baseball Championship by defeating Mountain View 6-3. The high schools of Orem made a statement to the state of Utah that baseball in the city can compete and usually win with any community. The second place trophy to Mountain View is the highest finish for the Bruins in the state tournament. tourna-ment. Congratulations to Orem and Mountain View See City Sports tabloid for additional tournament coverage - t m n i i i r j r j i f s j ? i f mm Li Ijlmi o by REVA BOWEN City Editor In opening an art gallery and custom framing store at 176 West Center Street in Orem, artist Gayla Prince Wallace has achieved ,k,, Congressman Bill Orton dedicated the Freedom Shrine at Oak Canyon Junior High School last Friday. The Freedom Shrine, a collection of replicas of historic American documents, docu-ments, was a gift to the school from Western Community Bank. Principal Jim Starr, Guy Fugal of the Alpine District Board of Education, Superintendent Steven C. Baugh, and bank president presi-dent Craig Forsyth also gave brief remarks at the program. Times begins new feature to help shoppers, businesses With State Street reconstruction reconstruc-tion in full swing for the second year, the Orem-Geneva Times is beginning a new feature designed to help both Orem shoppers and State Street businesses. Under the logo, "Let the State Street Construction Save You $", the paper will be focusing on bar-gains bar-gains being offered by State Street merchants encouraging patrons to come and shop by rewarding them with significant savings for their efforts. For example, parents who might be dropping off children for the SCERA Summer Shows this year might want to park their Hip 111 " ''" ' f'fWIIMirii- mirfi-MiiwiM., , , him n-,.-- j-ir.M.V--Jiinirrt -m "ifc ji -li iimn Mill i IWiHiln ft r?r? a personal goal to offer beautiful works of art to fit any pocketbook. The artist and business owner said that a customer walking through the door of the gallery can pay anywhere from $3 up to $4,000, and walk out with a work 11 v. cars and explore some of the nearby near-by businesses while the movie runs, rather than dodging detours and cones in order to make a second trip to pick the children up. This section of the ism 'Mm'iiil paper will give some ideas and suggestions. So, when you see this heading, remember that "this is the place" to watch for savings. As one of Orem's most important commercial commer-cial areas, State Street is home to some of the city's oldest businesses, busi-nesses, along with newer ones. Let's make an effort to support these merchants and businesses during the reconstruction time! ' ,. Ill M v x rJ I : i V-t of art to be proud of. Gayla stocks open edition, limited edition, and original works of art which provide the wide range of possibilities in the shop. She said there are some purists who feel that if an artist is going to sell prints, the prints should be limited,, but she also noted that selling open edition prints in her business has not restricted the sales of the limited editions. The majority of her space is,? Gayla said, set aside for religious art aimed chiefly, but not exclusively ex-clusively at the LDS market "A lot of people are interested in having a focal point in their home," she said. "Visual arts teach values both consciously and subconsciously. sub-consciously. They are a very power- MRS. JANEY COHEN Orem Junior High honors four at retirement Orem Jr, High School will honor four individuals who have dedicated themselves to serving the students of Alpine School District Dis-trict with a combined service of over 77 years. Principals come and go but a good secretary stays aboard the ship and helps to maintain stability. So it has been with Rita Williams who will retire after 23 years of continued service and five principals later at Orem Junior High. After working for a number of years in the private sector in both Utah and California Califor-nia and after picking up classes in accountancy, Rita began working work-ing at Orem Junior. While she was raising her young family and working at the junior high school she also picked up a part-time position at ZCMI as a switchboard operator and secretary for 20 years and recently recent-ly retired from that position. Rita enjoys her five children who live in Orem, Alabama, And Germany. Ger-many. Rita's hobbies include working in her garden, reading good books and providing Church service. She enjoys her 21 grandchildren, and hopes to do more genealogy work and even looks forward to trying her hand 1 --3cv 500- ; ill Girt ful teaching tool." Her gallery, she said, provides a place for customers to select works of art that can have meaning to them individually, and influence them every day. Types of art In addition to religious art, the gallery has Victorian art, Southwest South-west art, folk art, fantasy art, contemporary con-temporary art, and children's art, as well as portrayals of wildlife, landscapes, and seascapes. . The decision to sell seascapes in the gallery was a bit of a risk, according ac-cording to Gayla. Seascapes are more commonly for sale in California Califor-nia and on the East Coast, she said, but she thought about this area as being somewhat of an "international "internation-al hub" with Brigham Young University, Utah Valley State Col ANN HILL at writing. Over the years, Mrs. Williams has seen thousands of students attend the school. Many students of today are children of students who attended Orem Jr. when she started. She has enjoyed en-joyed working with the many teachers and admires their dedication to children. Johnnie Willard will retire after 24 years of service in the food services department. Johnnie began working at Sharon Elementary, then transferred trans-ferred to Westmore Elementary School as a lunch worker. While at Westmore she was appointed to the lunchroom manager position. posi-tion. She was also responsible for a satellite lunch program at Spencer Elementary. Later Johnnie was a duel manager of Westmore and Orem Elementary for one year and coordinated both programs. Six years ago, Johnnie came to Orem Jr. High School as a manager and will complete seventeen years as a manager when school ends this year. Johnnie has directed the lunch program effectively and efficiently efficient-ly and has been willing to accommodate accom-modate school schedules and students' needs in a cheerful way. Over her many years as a food 1 - a- V In.' S .afftfi n p r mm lege, and the LDS Missionary Training Center being located here and the decision was made to offer a selection of seascapes. "It has been quite fun," Gayla said, "as word has gotten out" Seascapes Sea-scapes are now one of the best sellers in the gallery. "It is a very basic, beautiful theme for oil painting," paint-ing," she said. An emerging trend in the business busi-ness is the world of Russian art, which is just now coming into its own, according to Gayla. "It is an elegant, beautiful style. Russian art is very refined and detailed," she said. The artist said she expected to see clashing elements in Russian art, similar to what she has seen in art in Israel blues and oranges JOHNNIE WILLARD service worker Johnnie has seen many changes in the nutritional programs offered in the schools. Johnnie and her husband, Morris are the parents of three sons and two daughters. They enjoy their eleven grandchildren. The Willards plan to do a lot of travelling and have volunteered to serve as church building construction con-struction missionaries for the Provo Seventh-Day Adventists. Anne Hill began working for the Alpine School District offices in 1986 as a receptionist She then transferred mid-year to the Young Mother's High School where she was a secretary. In 1988 she transferred to Orem Jr. High School to become the counselling coun-selling center registrar, a position posi-tion she has enjoyed for the past eight years. In June, Anne will resign her position to become a full-time homemaker and looks forward to doing those things she enjoys most: sewing, cooking, knitting, and reading. She enjoys providing church service to others and has an interest in furthering fur-thering her efforts in family histories. his-tories. Anne plans to re-join the Utah Valley Symphony as a violinist and plans to pursue cello lessons this summer. Anne and j I ; U traces coming together to express frustration. frustra-tion. "But Russia has retained a calm under the storm. There is peace, simplicity, and a gentle sadness in the art but still a gentleness," she observed. Russian Rus-sian art is coming to the states now and is big in Park City. Gayla said she is planning to go to Russia in September and will visit St Petersburg and Moscow and travel down the Volga River into the Russian heartland. Tm hoping to acquire some Russian art," she said. A level of excellence The gallery owner said she See Prince Gallery on page 6 RITA WILLIAMS her husband, Jack, plan to enjoy his retirement with their six children and two grandchildren. Orem Junior will also honor Mrs. Janey Cohen, a veteran English teacher. Mrs. Cohen completed her undergraduate work at Louisiana Tech and completed com-pleted graduate studies at See Retirements on page 7 Next issue of paper to bo June 1st The next issue of the Orem-Geneva Times will come out one day late Thursday, June 1, 1995, rather than Wednesday, due to the Memorial Day holiday. The deadline for articles ar-ticles to be included in that issue of the paper will be Tuesday, May 30, by noon. , i ,.....JJJJ.J. |