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Show DAILY HERALD Sunday, August 24, 2008 13 Huntsman letting people know we are here and we take this camseriously even though paign Continued from B1 ' we are way ahead in the polls. pointing to Marvin Teuschera We know it is important to stay in touch with the University of Utah hat. He then thanked the couple. 'Im constituents." Neither Huntsman nor honored that you came out. I Herbert ever gave a speech at that." appreciate With those comments, the event, where parents ate BYU Creamery ice cream and Huntsman moved into the children played on an inflatcrowd of more than LOO people who came to see able slide brought in for the . him. Asked if she was pleased occasion. with her encounter with the Herbert said energy and the price of gas had been, state's leader, Ruth Teuscher was all smiles.1 : foremost among the topics of We didn't come because conversation on Saturday, and we have a complaint of any he said people were appreciative of what the state has ackind, die said. "We have never involved ourselves in complished "A lot of people have been politics much and I think it is .. wrong not to have at least an nice, saying We like what you are doing and giving us a pat idea of what is going on." She paused, a wide grin on the back, which is nice, he said. "It makes us want to try .. breaking her lips. But isn't he a charming fel- harder. low she said. Jeff and Carol Semmens of Lehi said they moved to Utah Sitting down for an inter-view with the Daily Herald, three years ago and wanted Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert called to become more active in local Huntsman's forthcoming v. politics. address at the Republican "We enjoy being at the grassNational Convention "a great . roots level," Carol Semmens said. "It was fun to watch him C honor for him and for the . ' state of Utah. Saturday's Huntsman, especially talking event was less about money V to the kids. He is so personaL I than just "meeting and greeting, think it was great." , ; . -- . ' Govcnor Jon Huntsman 2nd right Alpine on Saturday. and Gary Herbert center taIk with a group of their supporters at an CMM IMUERMy HmM ice cream social in V. : Garden Spoon Me Continued from Bl Continued from Bl divorced and he is divorced and widowed. Three years ago, they began dating by working together on Marys garden plot on the church land. One day , Ron brought her a handful of dirt. "Isn't this beautiful? Mary recalledRon saying: She agreed, but he asked her to look closer, and then asked her to stir the dirt with her finger. Inside was a diamond ring.. "I was so shocked I couldn't . speak, she said. In the excitement, Ron didn't realize he had actually forgotten to pop the question. After a " few moments he asked her for her answer and she said with a ..laugh that he hadn't asked her anything.' Maty has been gardening here since the church opened the garden site four dr five. years ago. .; "I love fresh produce, she said. It's better than store-bougand I don't have to spend all that money. We live off the garden most of the sum: - . eat row com in their family garden plot provided by the tehl South Stake bn Friday evening. Brothers Porter, 5, and Nkk, 3, Scorasby of Lehi .Since the couple have a hand ful of chickens at home, they that shares the garden apparently announced that members: could help themselves to the community garden ' Problem was, most did not know which sertions were . community and which were private, When Mary returned S couple of days later, "they : had picked all but two," she said. "I was sickThat is where forgiveness comes in." Karl and Betty Pearson also grow a large plot. Happy to have extra space and produce, they have actually spread out into areas abandoned by other ' . : . 1 their customers. That's really what we're lacking today in America in business, Gombe said. We kind of went in Mindly. We said, Well be the ones that will kind of Mte the bullet on it The first store opened in Salt Lake City last October. Then one in Sandy followed, and Provos pew location made it a trio. But the train doesn't stop rolling there. Combe and crew , are opening another location in St. George on Thursday, and there are others in development in Las Vegas; Phoenix; and Austin, Texas. Combe said he plans to open one or two stores a month for the foreseeable future, Were proving that you can be successful doing little. things, he said. Walking into a Spoon Me shop, there isnt much that immediately screams environmentalism. A simple menu adv ertises the goodness of the product, but that's just the . Now that so many people are using UTA buses, TRAX and FrontRunner, we're refining the system Id make it even better. To learn more about these changes,, visit rideuta.com. Changes effective August 24, 2008. plan your next trip on UTA, visit Aspect. In fact, Combe said he hopes his enterprise will inspire other businesses to pick up the same torch. He predicted that in five beginning. .. 1 - the rate they're going, ft might not be too long before people ; everywhere are eating their silverware, "We want to spoon everyi one," Jaynes said. "We're gonna spoon the world. . . Savvy S hop per : Making Your Money Buy Morel SAVVY SHOPPER DEALS Sign up to receive Weeldy Dis Email by emailing Shopper . rideutaxom or call . ' .' tom. 0I. Mi ' ' '' ' i ' ; Arrival and departure times have been slightly adjusted to improve reliability. First trips northbound leave slightly earlier. ; Route 805. 808 . Arrival and departure times have been slightly adjusted to improve reliability. Routing in Span- ishFork has changed, buses will use 400 Nonh SOO East Church Park and Ride permanently. . . Route 832 , de of Provo Routing has been slightly adjusted to improve reliability; buses will use north Towue Centre Mall instead of south side. Route 850 . ' ' ' - ' r Arrival and depanute times have been slightly adjusted to improve reliability. CUE trip will leave at 2:40p.m. instead of 252 p.m. V . ' Blau VT f tisutll A W 0 v, . . r' S ' ' I I Brought to y: The I 'Umm, .. (tin-- ' t. shopper . said. Both Combe and Jaynes ek-pressed ambition in expanding Spoon Me to become a national, maybe even a global, name. At day-toda- he . ft-ov- . ... connections. To We really wanted to be a progressive company and v do more than other people," Combe said. By no means do we want to be unique in this . . . Im . tures kitchen sink. : . : j bor-row- from under Mother Na-- worth it. Knowing that spoons and bowls from a couple's date wont still be rotting in landfills when their have passed is tough to put a price on. he said. Inw little as 90 days, the remnants of your date win nqt exist anymore," he said. "1 can home at night and say, At Im doing my part.' The third leg of Spoon Me's mission, complementing its . focus on the customer and the " earth, is making a different! in the community. Each month, every location picks a local cause and puts bowl on the this counter for donations store is rais-in- g month, funds for the Provo High School cheerleaders. Gombe said hid stores have raised as much as SI,000 s month to re-turn to the community. That's why 1 think people' have gravitated toward us," he . years, thanks to growing con-sumer awareness, ecofriendly commerce will be the norm rather than the exception, That would make Spoon y Me's operations easier, Combe admitted. He said he battled conventional wisdom in the industry when he dreamt up the idea and still pays a 25 to 50 percent premium on green supplies. "The convenience aspect of it is frustrating, he said. "If we run out of forks, we can't just run to Costco and get more. But, he insists, the move is paint adorns the . . The indoor and outdoor lights were chosen because they demand less energy. The same is true of special breakers installed in back that power the yogurt machines. . ' Employees wear shirts made of recycled linen and other green materials. The cleaning supplies might have been . ;. grew huge sunflowers so they would have food to feed the chickens this winter something especially important this mer." .. year because of the rising price of chicken feed. She and Ron don't have the They also planted dent corn space for a garden at their to grind and use to make their home, she said, and the church land has been an opportunity. bwncornbread and tortillas, and grew beets for the first to take Care of their family. time this year. ") hope they never stop pro-1 canned two quarts of pick- -' viding it, she said. It's wonder- -' fuL Most people today don't -led beets, Betty Pearson said. "f was to proud of myself. ; have big yards, "We eat better thanwe Their beet patch is still thriv-in- g and the couple will pickle would if we went tothe store," families. - The has been espeRan Smalley said. more, looking forward to eat-- . garden : To make the garden even cially important tothe familys . ing a jar at Thanksgiving, a jar at Christmas, and a jar on her bottom line this year because more economkal, Mary even Karl ig unemployed. saves her own openpoDinated birthday, she said. ; "We need the food, he . The couple has had a garden com, squash, and bean seeds to use to grow the next years said. "We are not really , every year of their 31 years Of crop. While the garden is paswealthy. We are able to have marriage, they said. "I love fresh garden food," ; toral, especially in August, it is at least one meal a day from not always idyllic. A couple of the garden with the squash Betty Pearson said. Then, in reference tothis summer's .. years ago Mary had planted an and the corn... enormous and successful patch . The family Isis grown a gar- national salmonella scare, she den on the church land for the added, "I can eat it and not of watermelons, and between 30 and 50 melons were just rip-- . past four years, and this year worry about a tomato poisoning me." ening when one of the wards they tried some new things. ht ; . . . walk David, to capitalize on the popular frozen treat market while treating the earth as well as .. . . . iDnil:; . |