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Show PROFILE _What’s 2c of a Nice Girl from Chicago Doing © Sundance Farms Liz Sprackland Jean Croasmun, Liz Sprackland never at Home l sony Tending Fields in harleston? in the Middle of Nowhere i Courier staff ak E es LA. i, ‘The General Manager of Sundance Farms never expected to find herself in the Heber Valley. But twenty years ago, ‘herb seasonings, and t teas. - Always with a a trip to visit her parents who had just were going to be sensitive to the enyi-, | The i Sprackland: felt for the area soon: transferred into a love for the land, as Sprackland found herself in charge of a small garden in Provo Canyon. A gar-. den that would ultimately grow into Sundance Farms. | , Sprackland and a crew of seasoned | employees, including Lyn Walker, who has worked with Sprackland since the. - - beginning, plus an ever-growing crew of employees, have managed to keep | ronment,” she says. 4 hee : Sprackland didnt come to her job at Sundance -Farms completely unarmed. | She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a ; concentration in horticulture from Western Illinois University. “I always wanted to be a_ teacher,” says Sprackland. But like the rest of the peo-ple who didn’t have trust-funds handy when they move to Park City, Sprackland turned to waiting tables to make a quick buck. And there she found opportunity. | | : | ry _ : | | Sprackland started working at Sundance the business growing year-round, even when | ) —. : scene eed “I knew Redfords vision, and knowing that he’s an environmentalist, I knew we ‘moved to Los Angeles, also included a stop over in Park City. “I fell in love with the area,” says 35 ewe So she stayed. 7 . | ic age | resort in the mid-1980s. “I was the only _ | female waiting tables,” says Sprackland, . the flowers and vegetables have stopped Spr ackland sa nid ae poy look « over a re of Bachelor Buttons that = of her first position in Sundance’s for the s season. , _ have held up amazingly well ee recent frosts. upscale Tree Room. Later, Sprackland gory cane rit as credit. » - protests = first ‘etarred: “Bas humility : sae, Siinidanas: which includes homemade 2 = uti oe. ae oa. ae Sprackland who claims to have known _ Sprackland has played a huge role in the — soaps and bath products, dried flowers, a es Pemehe selon ae e os SUCCESS. of thes homens pr side of ...wreaths and.-home..decorations, dried. FIELDS continued on page = 18 — . i CMON / yr par sr | ne r mre EEA oars a vailake we | oni sew mer 7 Space available fron nm LOC 00 to 2186 Se yn ‘rime location centrally located(Midway I ; THT >a NT Tt cen "y oe . |