OCR Text |
Show -NEWS- Spanish Fork Covering what matters most WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008 • A5 ma Local farmer brings corn mazes to Utah maze West of the Mississippi. So it really got a lot STAFF WRITER of attention, even at the One family activity that beginning." is beginning to be synonyPeople started calling mous with Fall and Hallow- Herbst and asking advice on een is the corn maze. For creating their own mazes, the last several years, corn and this led to the formamazes have been cropping tion of a corn-maze consultup all over Utah, but until ing company Herbst named twelve years ago, this phe- "The MAiZE." The comnomenon was nearly un- pany helps design and cut heard of. The man respon- mazes all over the world— sible for bringing the corn in fact, since 1996, Herbst maze to Utah is Lakeshore and The MAiZE have deresident Brett Herbst. signed over 1200 corn mazHerbst says the impetus es all over the world. "The for his first corn maze came farthest away we've done after he had graduated from a maze is Poland," Herbst BYU and read an article in says, "but we've done them a magazine about a com in England, Canada, Meximaze in Pennsylvania. "It co—really just all over." was just one of those ideas Nearly all of the mazes that keeps you awake at are cut into corn, but Herbst night," says Herbst. "I kept says he has also done a few thinking about it, and say- in sunflower or sorghum ing to myself, 'You've got fields. to do that!'" Now, in addition to his. Drawing on his knowl- consulting work, Herbst edge of agriculture, manages the Cornbelly's gained from agribusi- Corn Maze and Pumpkin ness classes at BYU and Patch at Thanksgiving Point his growing-up years on in Lehi. "We work on that a ranch in Idaho, Herbst in the Fall, and we design rented a field in American all year round, as well as Fork and created his first maintaining our farm, so we maze. "That first year, keep pretty busy the whole 1996, we had 18,000 visi- year long," says Herbst. tors to the maze in three Maze locations and weeks," says Herbst. "It more information about got picked up on the AP The MAiZE can be found Wire, because it was a at Herbst's website, www. new thing—the first corn cornfieldmaze.com. Marilyn Nielson A REAL PIECE OF WORK: Just one of the many mazes Bret Herbst has designed, this new maze in Pleasant Grove is a tribute to David Archuleta. CARTER Quality Photography .•.-: a Engagement Pictures K • Bridal Photos rf Weddings!Receptions " Chad Carter • 801-794-2122 '-;/.-}/-•,'• WWW.CARTSPHOTO.COM LIFELONG DREAM: Bret Herbst stands on top of a wagon and smiles for the camera as local residents try to find their way out of one of his masterpieces. ,'•="' Legal Tips by: ^*"^ A T T 0 R N E Y ^ ~ ^ hm AT LA , ' *" 798-8201-743 N. Main, Spanish Fork Another lesson from mediation •With most disputes that I see in niy office, people have a tendency • rant to address the largest, most glaring item of dispute with their \ fponent Immediately. After all, this is what they are really upset about> - the other, sometimes numerous, issues are almost trivial in comparison) . However^ my experience and the experience of seasoned veterans o f . .; • mediation shows that a counterintuitive approach is better - that is, most ... of the time, resolving afewof the smaller, more trivial items first creates a &• better atmosphere to settle a dispute. • , ; . f Because smaller items in dispute are notas important to either p a t t ^ £., a willingness to compromise on these smaller items is often manifest b| * ; both parties. Aftera fewsmaller Hems are settfed, the parties establis ^ s o m e degree of trust and they haVe proven thatthey havethe abiiityjo |together>lowards a mutually acceptable solution. These small successes, therefore ejtablish.a precedence that the parties are capable of resolving a dispute so when the larger dispute Is put on the table, feelings tend to be ; less inflamed and a newly found openness of mind may alfow a resolution - v of the larger dispute that may notjuyeb6en possib|e£a^ej < nialler Items : been ignored. >«t!^S•;^ ^ ^ For more information about t h j benefits of mediati ^••call(80l)798-8201. ' , ^ i HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING •Custom Homes "Additions ^Finishing Basements • Service • Furnace Replacements • A/C Add Ons • Green Sticker • Financing OAC "Thank You Spanish Fork and Salem for making us your Home Builder choice for 2008. We will continue to work hard to deserve your confidence in us." -Robert Nelson Best landscaping, runner up best interior, best overajl home in the 2008 Parade of Homes Scenic Lots $79,800 WHATEVER bryant Hasting & Cooling 3yatom» IT TAKES -1700 Call for Info. 423-1141 Salem, Utah discount on lots over $85,000 (Omit one riot • robertnelsonconstruction.com The Spanish Fork News SOCKS |