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Show It TOWNS H 1LW JL HJ' LIOITDAY CLOSE-U- F SECTION 4 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1 Dancins' through the golden years I METRO EDITOR 1 Joe Pyrah 344-258- 6 2007 jpyrahheraldextra.com m- STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARIO RUIZ Whether family, friends or strangers, one thing binds us together: Utah Valley is home. Here is the story of the Eldred Senior Center Dance. "Even after my 92 years J still move around pretty good," said Milton DeGering of Orem, who's been dancing at least once a week since he was 13. 'vis I I - 1? t Jay Haueter at the Eldred Senior Center on Tuesday. Hathaway recently had a "You never get too old to dance," said Zelna Hathaway as she danced with hip replaced but still manages to go dancing once a week. "We still come down here to dance because we like to dance. .. It's like a family reunion every time you go on Tuesday night," Arlene Chandler, dancer 6 r! feel like I've been overhauled," J says I Zelna Hatha-- I "I way who recently had a hip re- I I placed. Now I can go again. New knees and hips keep this I group of avid dancers meeting every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. for some good, boogie. Couples show up to Provo for the live band, Come Dance With Us, who are themselves reaching the golden years of life and play to the crowd. Big Band, polka, country and Cash is strummed and sung by the five band members from the stage as dancers cuddle closely to each other and prance around the dance floor to the beat of the band. Ruby Young of Organized by Provo, couples show up to the Eldred Senior Center in Provo swinging, swaying, and sing j Foot surgery hasn't stopped Ruby Young from running the Eldred Senior Center dance in Provo. She's pictured removing her dancing shoes after a night of dancing Tuesday. Establishment of Utah Lake Commission in final stages Stacy Johnson NORTH COON1Y ilAJf Utah County and several of its cities are in the final stages of establishing the Utah Lake Commission. The agreement for the commission will be official when the state Legislature, which is In session now, approves it. Lehi, American Fork and lindon have already signed the agreement which, once finalized, I officials say will help maintain the best use of Utah Lake. Pleasant Grove and Saratoga Springs are discussing it. "It's a very, very good thing," Lehi Mayor Howard Johnson said. "It's something that almost every area with a large lake has run into," citing Bear Lake as an example. Mayor Lewis Billings of Provo, chairman of the Utah Lake Study Committee, group which has been meeting since 2004, sent a letter to several Utah County mayors last month about the proposed commission, inviting , participation. He said lake preservation is important. "Utah Lake is truly a remarkable and important natural as set," he wrote. "Aa pressure for growth and development continue to mount and to impact almost all . that surrounds us, we will have no . See LAKE, D3 ing on the dance floor. "It's for anyone who likes to dance," says Young, who is always just a little worried about . attendance. Keeping the dance alive is difficult when, according to Ruby, a lot of the couples keep dying off. "It used to be elbow to elbow in here," she says, as only a few couples manage to trickle in Tuesday. She struggles to get even half a dozen couples every week, some nights having to shut down. Eleven couples showed up recently and shuffled their way through a polka and a waltz. That was a surprise for Ruby. Still, there are a few regulars who rarely miss a Tuesday night. See DANCE, D3 Springville 'Cradled in Literacy' class involves parents with reading Brooke Barker Menlove and Keri Huntsman, another teacher in the Nebo District, are teaching the class. They will focus each class on Kids naturally love to read it's just different aspects of literacy, including lissomething parents aren't making enough the importance of reading, writing, and interactime for these days. using tening, comprehension tive stories. That's the message Darlynn Menlove, a kindergarten teacher from Spanish "We need to take advantage of every minute we have with our kids and make Fork, is hoping to get across to parents In a "Cradled in Literacy" class at West-sid- e reading fun," Huntsman said. On Thursday night, parents had a Elementary in Springville. "Children naturally respond to readchance to get Involved by reading stories ing, and we just arent giving It the time with each other and practicing interacit needs," Menlove said. tive reading techniques. Several of the The class began on Feb, S, and runs evSee LITERACY, D3 ery Thursday night until March 1. DAH.Y HtRAlO , |