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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - Thursday. August 29. 2002 - Page 7 Getting Out I ---- " - "V "''?JCjC' '-J ' '". :i" -v" - .TV 4 I'JSV.;-"-!' . ' el 1 --v at?; id 7 sty) 5' I! rite rt! 4 ll1' Photo by Kalyn Secretan ...u Mi-rnl A rm nnH Air 2.wnrM flnl . u . ... flguian imumw ' winwui vYun me oweepstQKes tropny at the Straw berry Days Parade. Two Pleasant Grove floats continue to win parade awards By Kalyn Secretan The Utah National Army and Air Guard float won the Sweepstakes trophy at the Strawberry Days Parade an(j it has continued to receive awards in other parades. The float received the Civic Award in West Valley and was awarded the Sweepstakes in the Freedom Free-dom Festival parade in Provo. Adjutant General Tarbet of the Utah National Guard requested the float be built, so the plan and design was already completed com-pleted when Sgt. Major Mike Johnson from Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove was asked to help. The float depicts the wars from the Mormon Battalion Bat-talion to the present day war on terrorism, beveral people from both the Air and the Army Guard helped make the float. Sgt. Johnson John-son organized the work and made sure it all happened. Specialist Jerry Johnson, also from Pleasant Grove, did the backdrop, which is styrofoam made to look like the rubble after the Sept. 11 tragedy. The beautiful float portrayed por-trayed the burned twin towers, tow-ers, a fireman, a policeman and the four branches of the Armed Forces. There was a cannon on the front with sagebrush and the theme, "We'll Take It From Here." September 11 had an impact on the 2002 Strawberry Straw-berry Days Parade this year with the theme, "Pleasant Grove Grows With Everyday Every-day Heroes." The Strawberry Day's Queen's float received the Mayor's Choice Award. It featured a big garden with seed packets and the packets pack-ets had pictures of some of Pleasant Grove's everyday heroes. The 40-foot long self-propelled float was created cre-ated in shades of green with pink accents along with a gazebo and a bridge with water running under it. The Strawberry Days Queen, Angela Sanders, wore a blue dress and the attendants wore pink dresses. dress-es. The float was built locally local-ly by Hal and Terry March-banks March-banks and Teresa and Jody McClellan. This float has also been receiving awards in other parades. Terry said her daughter helped her come up with the unique idea about using a garden and the pictures of local citizens as seed packets pack-ets to carry out the theme "Pleasant Grove Grows with Everyday Heroes." PG scouts go to Camp Jeremiah Johnson By Harlow Clark l With the start of school, Camp Jeremiah Johnson will close for the season. The camp, up Hobble Creek Canyon in Springville, serves Cub and Webelo scouts mostly in Utah County, with some from Sanpete County and Delta, and Wasatch County, says Sandy Lamb, office manager manag-er for the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America. With 771 units in Utah County there are enough scouts in the area to keep the camp going six days a eek, and provide summer jobs for a whole group of teens, who took charge of scouts from Pleasant Grove, Friday, Aug. 9, dividing 'hem into groups like the Rangers and the Explorers, leading them from one post to another. Naomi, the guide for the plorers started them at the BB gun range. The plas-tlc plas-tlc rifles shoot only one BB at a time, which has to be zzle loaded. The gun has be Pumped before it can phot, and there's a safety or the pump, and another ,0r the trigger. Pulling the trigger engages the safety again. Naomi warned the boys against shooting her or each other, and had them stay behind a firing line and put on goggles, then showed them how to sight the cans they were shooting at. This is a well-used part of the camp. At the next station, the boys learned about flags, flag etiquette, and how to fold the U.S. flag, then had a milk break and climbed up a treehouse to Polly's Pantry to smash strawberries strawber-ries and sugar together for jam and crackers. There's also a fire pole and a maze, and a hose to wash out the mixing bowls. Over at the hogan the scouts did sand painting with index cards, glue and glitter, then headed for the bow and arrow range to shoot at suspended milk jugs or the bull's-eye on the canvas backing for the range. After lunch the boys made snakes or lizards out of beads and sinew string, then went boating on the lake. After that there were some team games, including tug of war. The last station for the Explorers was the slingshot range, where they used wrist rockets to try and hit cans and things across a stream. After closing ceremonies, the boys stopped by the trading post one last time, then went home. Next year they'll be in 11-year-old scouts, ready for the next camp just east of Jeremiah Johnson. ..-'.5 V- Photo by Linda Butler A youngster is fascinated by Ray and Frances Savage's garden train. n Train runs in Midway Editor's note: This is part two of a two-part two-part series. By Linda Butler A small train and a magical garden, nestled about three miles up Snake Creek road in Midway, has been lovingly built and cared for by Ray and Frances Savage. The train and gardens surround their home at the Utah Power and Light Mill Flat Plant. The train or trains, as there are five of them run on track through a beautifully landscaped miniature garden. gar-den. The trains are G gauge, a scale of 1-22.5. 1-22.5. Freight trains and a circus train travel trav-el amongst a beautifully landscaped section sec-tion of the yard. A small truck circles in a loop among the trains. "I just put that in for fun," said Ray. The Savages open their garden to guests on Saturday afternoons. after-noons. Visiting children and adults were fascinated fas-cinated by the small buildings and tunnel. tun-nel. Miniature children play in a miniature minia-ture treehouse. A beautiful waterfall adds a harmony to the "choo-choo-ing" of the trains. The care and detail that Ray has put into his train layout make it a work of art. The cool mountain air is conducive con-ducive to quietly studying Savage's fine craftsmanship. A sign by the house points to the gardens. gar-dens. These gardens are beautiful and unique. Incorporated amongst a variety of lovely groundcover and flowers, are statues, old utensils and tools. A sculpture of rusted saw blades is quite attractive in its outdoor setting. A scattering of glass capacitors amongst the flowers is unique and quite appropriate appropri-ate for a garden that sits at a power plant. Several street signs "direct" but mainly main-ly decorate. You know you've come to a quietly magic spot when streets named north and south intersect each other. A second garden area, consisting of handmade birdhouses and a unique "flower bed" is nestled among the pines. Ray and Frances have spent 15 years working on the train and the garden landscaping. Their children and grandchildren grand-children have helped. Now, as Ray nears retirement, they feel it's time to wind things down. This is the last summer that the garden trains will be running. Visitors are welcome to come on Saturdays, Sat-urdays, from noon to 5, through Labor Day. The Savage's train and gardens are located about three miles west of Wasatch Mountain State Park in Midway. Mid-way. Follow the signs to the park, but continue con-tinue straight on Snake Creek road, rather than turning into the park at the pond. Their home is at the Mill Flat Plant, just off to the right of the road. Linda Butler can be contacted at lin-dasbutlerjuno.com. Italian street artist visiting Oak Canyon tomorrov Street-painting artist, Julie Kirk of Chino, California, Califor-nia, will be at Oak Canyon Junior High tomorrow to talk about Italian street painting and conduct a workshop for students. The art of street painting uses colored chalk, and Kirk said that she'll show slides of her work and work of other artists, including children, chil-dren, "The students get a good overall concept of what the art form is and what capabilities it has." Kirk will present to three classes in the morning, then give a short demonstration at 11:15 a.m. of "blending techniques and the layering they need to do to get a good painting. The best way for them to learn is to just try it themselves." The artist will paint Saturday Sat-urday at the Festival di Ragazze, at The Shops at Riverwoods, 4801 N. University Uni-versity Avenue in Provo. The festival is a fund raiser for Project Kids USA. For more information call 224-5137 (KIDS). Those interested in volunteering at the festival can call Marcy Bonham at (714) 608-1656. To learn more about Julie Kirk and her art see www.juliekirk.com. Harlow can. be reached at harlowclarkjuno.com all Happy th birthday , .uu ana wisn a Happy Birthday 756-0536 ML A urn ,.ii"'r,.i L fX- In" Fv "!-- ts?:-i" M O lis Willis T 2002 we in Western op Tech se L 1 Matt is one of seven selected from among 1 1,500 professionals throughout North America in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning ( II VAC) industry to participate in the third annual NATE-Certified Technician Olympics. The NATE Certified Technician Olympics is a competition that challenges participants through timed, hands-on testing. 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