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Show 3 .mi i 0'-' lrfrt)nH.vflrrrrti V-1550 1 IX II II II II .11 II 3DaHti$iHcrol edition YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 50 CENTS i i in i i rn i SCHOOLS: AFHS presents 'Thoroughly Modern Millie TOWN HALL: Talent show brings out the best SPORTS: Hoop stars show off in classic BUBIIIESS AVON STORE MAKES UTAH COUNTY DEBUT Courtesy photo Shari Hamilton's sculpture of Hans Christian Andersen portrays him with "The Ugly Duckling." Sculptor makes Am. Fork home Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF i She has lived in American Fork less than a year, but many of the city's residents are probably familiar with her work. Shari Hamilton is a sculptor sculp-tor and painter and has done trim for sealing rooms in the Salt Lake IDS Temple, and a statue of Mary Elizabeth Eliza-beth Rawlins, a youth who helped rescue the Book of See HAMILTON, Page 2 f .-- , ; I, (a1 I v i ' Shari Hamilton Broadband provider search continues Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALO - American Fork is again looking to sell its fiber-optic network. In October, the city entered into a $2 million agreement to sell and lease portions of the network to Sweden-based PacketFront Inc., and its partner company, Homeport. On Tuesday, the city announced the deal had fallen through, and council members voted unanimously to try See BROADBAND, Page 2 Painting the town 4 0. Si V fa tit I': i v, W. in ! I 5 ?f : 1 r 1 y BRAD SHARPNorth County Mary Ann Judd stands in front of one of her water color paintings, part of an exhibit sponsored by the American Fork Art Council, featuring 37 of her paintings of old houses and buildings in American Fork. The exhibit will be on display in the American Fork City Hall building for an indefinite period. City Hall displays artwork of former Steel Days queen Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF ragsfAraerican J Cr Frk by an artist raised E- J in American Fork are on display at the city's recently restored Qty Hall for an indefinite time. Thirty Hseven paintings by Mary Ann Judd have been hung in the historic building. I REPRESENTATIVES OF THE American Ameri-can Fork Arts Council have said they were pleased to have the exhibit. "We are just really happy to be able to do this," Sydney Thomas said. "It is an opportunity opportu-nity to do something that we have never had before. It just seems to fit in the building. It is a beautiful exhibit. Mary Ann is a former Steel Days queen and we are happy to show her work." Although the display has just officially opened with the addition of the last 10 paintings, paint-ings, many have been shown for several weeks. "We have had a lot of compliments on it," Thomas said. Many of the paintings are of American Fork landmarks homes, farms or other scenes Judd remembers. "They are out of the way places that I think are beautiful and they are almost gone," she said of the farms. Artist reception When: April 7, 3-5 p.m. Where: City Hall, 31 N. Church (50 East), One is the Vest farm, north of the freeway. "I used to work on that farm," she said. "We were paid $2 a day. We hoed cabbage and onions." Another painting is of a waste ditch from the farm that flowed to the lake. It was located lo-cated on the other side of where the freeway now is. "There are buildings all around there now," See ART SHOW, Page 2 COMPUTER CLASSES - There will be computer classes at the American Fork Public Library, 64 S. 100 East, American Fork. A beginning computing class dealing with e-mail, Web surfing and word processing will be offered Friday Fri-day morning from 9:30-10:30 and Saturday Sat-urday morning from 9-10. Class size is limited, and potential participants may sign up by phone at 763-3070. They may also just come to either of the classes. An introduction to Linux operating system will be offered Saturday morning morn-ing from 10 to 11. STORYT1ME Target store employees employ-ees of American Fork will be presenting present-ing a Dr. Seuss storytime Monday at 6:30 p.m. This is-in conjunction with the "Read Across America" program. Those who wish further information may call 763-3070 or come in to the library at 64 S. 100 East in American Fork. They may also visit the Web site at afcity.com. SCOUTING FOR FOOD - Boy Scouts will be delivering plastic bags to homes Saturday for the annual Scouting for Food Drive. The Community Action Services and Food Bank needs nonper-ishable nonper-ishable food and hygiene items. Residents Resi-dents are asked to leave their donations .ynity.Briefing . m V;:- : v ik At1 V s l -- Courtesy photo Senior members of the Timpanogos Chamber Orchestra. on their front porch for pick up on the morning of March 24. CONCERT PLANNED -The 12th annual an-nual spring concert for the Timpanogos Orchestras will be held Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Mountain Ridge Junior High School, 5625 W. 10400 North, Highland. . Three orchestras will be performing perform-ing string music. More than 125 Utah children of various ages and skill levels participate. ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The BYU Alumni Association is announcing an-nouncing new opportunities to get involved in-volved in its Utah County chapter. There will be numerous opportunities to serve and be a part of the spirit of the Y. New chairs of the Utah County Chapter are Scott and Sarah Reed with co-chairs, Brett and Paige Beal. Scott and Sarah currently reside in Alpine, and have six children. Scott is a regional consultant for Fidelity Investments, Invest-ments, and Sarah is a busy mother and home manager. Brett and Paige currently reside in Cedar Hills, and have four children. Brett is a senior manager of training and organizational development for XanGo in Lehi, and Paige is a busy mother and home manager. Both couples said they are extremely excited and anxious to get things going in the Utah County Chapter. Several positions po-sitions within the chapter need willing volunteers secretary and treasurer with a 1-3 year commitment, 3-6 hours each month; coordinator of activities, a 1-2 year commitment, 3-5 hours each month; coordinator of annual giving, 1-2 year commitment, 2-4 hours each month; BYU alumni mentor, 1-2 year commitment, 1-2 hours each month; and coordinator of chapter replenishment replenish-ment grants, 1-2 year commitment, 1-2 hours each month. Those interested can send an e-mail e-mail with a short bio of themselves to lafamiliareedsbcglobal.net by March 31. INTERFAITH EVENT - The Interfaith Celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus is March 25 at the Lehi East Stake Center Cen-ter building, 900 N. 1200 East, Lehi, from 6-9 p.m. Carl Mellor will be exhibiting his colleciton of olive wood figurines and showing his photos of Jerusalem. There will be a Children's Activity Room where children and families can get a photograph taken of themselves and kids can color pictures of Jesus, a Liz Lemon Swindle Exhibit, Simon Dewey display of art and a children's art show, v Concerts will be on the half hour with the American Fork Children's Choir at 6 p.m., Lehi City Chorale at 6:30, Lehi Children's Choir at 7; Vocal Works with Janilyn Anderson, Ruth Ellis, M. Ryan Taylor and Sarah Thomas at 7:20; and the Lehi West Stake Choir at 8:05. 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