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Show Utah Press Assoc. 3Q7 West lIUu South litvtiBu J&it Lake City, UT U4.I.U1 i f kfEs 4 " 83sr ; It it ! i v . r I Get a busy Signal? I On strike... Earl Tenney and striking workers to send a message at US West's offices on State Street in Orem Monday. f Approximately 50 US West employees in Utah County are striking to protest a contract the company offered its Network Employees. 7 The last strike lasted more than three weeks. ? if. 50e f Is sfonf Mfm'.ff iiiiif endina HUM City Editor Orem resident Keith Heber had his life take an unexpected turn this year when the city began be-gan work on the road bond project taking 800 South over the hill to Provo. He put in a bid on an almost-new home at the corner of 800 South and Palisades Drive that was to be removed for the construction. Heber's bid was accepted, and Valgardson Housemovers were enlisted to lift the home from its original foundation and transport it to a new location about a block away. David Valgardson, whose local, lo-cal, 52-year-old family business is one of just two outfits in the state of Utah to handle structural moves, said Heber's move was a "smart" one mainly because of the condition of the home and the short distance to relocate it. "We're thankful Keith came along and we were able to get the job," Valgardson said, noting that he hates to see a new home have to be demolished. ; The Valgardsons move structures struc-tures ranging from 25 tons (portable (por-table classroom units for the school districts) to heavy brick homes weighing as much as 100 tons. Valgardson estimated that Continued on page 9 SCERA enters agreement with "Trail of Dreams" producers SCERA will offer original works, including plays, literature, litera-ture, poetry, visual arts, and more in its future schedules, according ac-cording to a recent announcement announce-ment by Norm Nielsen, SCERA president. The move is SCERA's effort to provide opportunities for playwrights, authors, composers, compos-ers, artists, and other creative people while focusing on edifying community values. Many of the plays will be presented pre-sented in its new, 500-seat 'showhouse at the SCERA Center. Cen-ter. "We are especially looking for original works that are G-rated, entertaining, and with an emphasis em-phasis on uplifting stories, values, val-ues, and role modeling," Nielsen says. "In the wake of so much inappropriate material surrounding surround-ing our culture, we need more places for finer work. We hope this grows to be a place where many authors, composers, artists, art-ists, and others can showcase their works." "We are very happy to announce an-nounce that the first original work to be presented will be James Arrington, Marvin Payne, and Steven Kapp Perry's production produc-tion of "The Trail of Dreams' in October and November," says Nielsen. The critically-acclaimed pro duction will kick off SCERA's 1998-99 Encore season, which will highlight a variety of events, including the Peking Acrobats, Reunion, Michael Martin Murphy's Cowboy Christmas, the U.S. Army Field Band & Chorus, Cho-rus, Nachtmusik Chamber Orchestra Or-chestra (with a special guest medalist from the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition), Competi-tion), and 1997's women's barbershop bar-bershop top ten international finalists, fi-nalists, the Mountain Jubilee Chorus. "Trail of Dreams" evolved serendipitously, say the show's creative trio. "At the Days of '47 Parade, I saw James leading the parade as Brigham Young," says Perry. "Behind him was Marvin playing play-ing a banjo and singing his original origi-nal song, 'Trail of Dreams'. I wanted to use it on a pioneer project I was doing, and when I talked with Marvin, he suggested we do a' show and set it up in a format kind of like "Spoon River Anthology'. A week later, I talked with James and he suggested the same thing. He even used the words 'Spoon River Anthology'. I thought we might all be headed in the same direction and said, , -Let's have a meeting. We're talking about the same thing.'" "We were," agrees Arrington. "Marvin's idea had the story line, and mine had additional richness and texture." Framing the story is Payne's real-life great-grandfather, John Brown. By happy coincidence; Brown was with Orson Pratt to capture the first view of the Salt Lake Valley, said Payne. "He also made several treks across the plains 13 total. The last time he crossed those same plains was in 1869 with the introduction of the railroad. Although this is not just his story, he makes the quintessential quint-essential captain for the story." The three combined their talents tal-ents in an easy collaboration. Payne and Perry had worked together to-gether many times, and, says Payne, "James was shocked at how easy this was." The team took stories from different dif-ferent years from the vanguard company of 1847 and one front the handcarts in 1856. "There is sort of a surreal feel to the way we have combined it," Perry says, "but it came together in a really interesting way. People have told us it has a feel to the language that seems authentic. Most of the words you hear on Continued on page 12 j i j r ? - $ 'J : j y W . It J . . V.,.. i $Sy.xi - - - (Left to right) In SCERA's effort to open their doors to original, uplifting works, James Arrington, SCERA President Norma Nielsen, Steven Kapp Perry, and Marvin Payne have entered into an agreement to showcase the critically-acclaimed pioneer musical, "The Trail of Dreams", in SCERA's new indoor showhouse. t t ' - t I 5,.- f ..- Antique structures pose unique challenges in the house moving business. Open house held for Lakeridge Jr. Seminary An open house will be held this Sunday, August 23, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Lakeridge Jr. Seminary at 320 West 900 South, Orem. All incoming 9lh graders who will be attending Lakeridge Jr. High School and their parents are invited to come and tour the building and meet the teachers, principal and secretary. The teaching materials to be used this year in teaching the Doctrine and Covenants will also be on display. Students who plan to attend seminary will be able to learn which teacher and classroom they have been assigned. The faculty fac-ulty members are: Michael Morris, Mor-ris, principal; Chad Conrad and Les Campbell, teachers. Refreshments will be served. City cJeecJs land parcel The Orem City Council voted August 11 to approve a property transfer by quit claim deed. Stephen J. and Lisa R. Lesser requested that the city deed the difference between its needed ' right-of-way and the amount of property belonging to the city in the vicinity of 1504 North 1200 West in order to clear up a title gap.. OJH slates "Back to School" night Orem Junior High School announces an-nounces its "Back to School" night, to be held Thursday, August Au-gust 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. ! A general PTA meeting will be held in the auditorium from 6 to 6:15, then students and parents will be free to tour the school and meet the teachers. Issuance of second set of road bonds okayed In a 5-0 vote August 11, the Orem City Council authorized the issuance of the second portion por-tion of $10.65 million in road bonds approved by voters in 1996. City Manager Jim Reams explained ex-plained that the'bonds were divided di-vided into two sets to give the city advantages in terms of interest rates. The first set of $6 million in bonds was issued in 1997. The Series 1998 bonds will be issued for not more than $4,650,000.'The interest rate is not to exceed 5.5; years to maturity ma-turity will be 20. Pricing was set at not less than 98.5. August 25, 1998, was scheduled sched-uled as the date for the bond sale, with bid openings to be at 10 a.m. A final bond resolution authorizing authoriz-ing the sale of the bonds will be on the city council agenda that night. hj t iff! It r'mim mm :iT; -nri "MYSTERY" BUILDING... What is this? What city was it in? What street was it on? It's Lincoln High School. The city, of course, is Orem, and the school was located on Lincoln Street east on 800 South just off of State Street. Wesley Kitchen and Dean Adams (Class of ,47) invite all those Lincoln attendees who'd like to reminisce to join them at this year's annual dinner ($15 each), to be held at Utah Valley State College September 19. Call Dean Adams for reservations at 801-224-5494. Reservations and money need to be sent to Dean Adams, 124 North 750 East, Orem, UT 84097-4962, no later than Tuesday, September 15. Be there for a night of nostalgia. fSuEscnHe:to"tlic Orem-Geneva Times by calling 225-1340 - per Year! H |