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Show Covering what matters most orts SP WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008 • B l Dream LOU CRANDALL AND THE ART OF MOTIVATION Chad Vest STAFF WRITER Lou Crandall was raised in Utah County and has lived in Mapleton for 22 years of his adult life. As a young boy, he learned that he too, just like his father, had a passion for photography. It was in the third grade when he first dreamed of becoming a photographer. During high school, he fell in love with photography all over again, realizing that it was one of his callings in life. For the first 20 years of his married life, he worked for companies in the business world as an art director, graphic designer and even with the newspaper. He also worked with his father in the advertising agency where he was responsible for hiring photographers. But after 20 years, he wanted to make a career change to get away from the rat race of business. One day when Crandall was pondering which career to choose, his neighbor mentioned to him, "You ought to be a teacher." At first, he thought it was silly because he'd done business his entire life, but after awhile, it sunk in. "By talking with him, it kind of put an idea in my head," said Crandall. "It would be really cool to teach what I love and that's photography, graphics, printing and art." Soon after, he went to UVSC to find out the requirements to become a teacher. While there, he bumped into the school's dean over the art department. What happened next must have seemed like divine intervention for Crandall because after explaining his plans, the dean said, "You're in luck because we just See CRANDALL•B12 ges courtesy nj 1,<IU ( 'ra All Star gam< Courtesy photo SHARP SHOOTERS: Pictured, back row, left to right, are Coach Kim Syndergaard, Tristan Lybbert, Coach Brad Nelson, Chalese Andrew, Steven Syndergaard, Stephanie Syndergaard, Jerett Taner and Takota Sanderson; front row, Wyatt O'Brian, Jaydon Christensen, Kolten Christensen, Preston Nelson, Jacob Sabey and Kaiden Peterson. State competition held at Gun Club The Scholastic Clay Target Program state championship shoot was held Saturday, May 31 at the Spanish Fork Gun Club. Over 80 kids participated in five divisions from fifth through 12th grade. Thirteen kids represented the Spanish Fork Gun Club. Each squad consists of five mem- bers and each member shot at 200 targets during the day in two 100target events. Fifth grade and under only shoot at 100. Trophies were awarded to the first three squads in each division, the high over-all shooter, and high over-all shooter in each division. The top three squads in each divi- sion qualified to go to the national championships in Sparta, III. Of the 13 kids that represented the Spanish Fork Gun Club, 10 of them were on qualifying squads, both of which placed second in their See GUN CLUB • B12 Numon Bills / Spanish Fork News ALL STAR: Spanish Fork High School's Whitney Holm participated in the Utah Softball Coaches Association senior all star softball game. The 4A team edged out the 5A team, 7-6 on Friday, May 23, 2008. |