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Local businesses join forces to promote local community events On February 25, the Spanish Fork-Salem Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Villager Magazine to the business community. Members of both the Spanish Fork and Payson chambers attended the event to celebrate the occasion. Attendees enjoyed lunch and met the owners of Villager Magazine, Angie and John Bynum, along with the area sales manager, Kathy Anderson. Angie and John started a local business in 2007 in Cedar Hills and needed to advertise. In researching their options, they found that direct mail magazines and other mailers were expensive because the distribution areas were much larger than they needed. In addition, door hangers were effective but were incredibly time consuming for their small staff. From those frustrations came the idea for Villager Magazine, a local advertising publication and directory that was not only targeted but was also affordable for local business owners. Villager Magazine was launched in 2009 and delivers a high quality magazine full of local coupons, deals and offers to local residents and businesses. Their magazine is centered on local businesses since studies show that people prefer to shop within a five-mile radius of their homes and/or work. Currently, Villager Magazine is being delivered from the Orem to Lehi area and the local businesses have benefited so much that they have asked Kathy Anderson of Local Cheddar to bring the magazine to southern Utah County. Look for the first issue of Villager Magazine in your mail-
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These business people have joined together to promote community events. They are, from left: Chris Baird, Serve Daily; Pete Hansen, SFCN; Kathy Anderson, Local Cheddar; Angie Bynum, Villager Magazine; and Norm Wilkinson, Thrifty Nickel.
box this March in Spanish Fork, Salem, Woodland Hills, Payson, Elk Ridge and Santaquin. “Our hope is that Villager Magazine will be a welcomed asset in all of the communities in which we market and help build a sense of local pride, loyalty and a thriving local economy!” Anderson said. Anderson is currently the owner of Local Cheddar, which offers online deals, coupons and freebies to help residents shop local and save “cheddar.” She also co-hosts some fun community events including a Small Business Saturday Turkey Bowl, the Arrowhead Chalk Art Festival and the Elk Ridge City Celebration Car Show. She is a strong advocate of shopping local and sup-
porting community events. Kathy chose to partner with Villager Magazine because they had the same goals for her local communities: to help residents shop local and grow the local business communities. “I hear all too often that someone didn’t know a particular business that was located in their city,” Anderson said. “And I want to be part of the solution to let everyone know of the great businesses and services we have right in our backyard. I am here to help people shop local, save cheddar and feel gouda.” Villager Magazine and Local Cheddar have also joined forces with local marketSee BUSINESS on page A6
Worthen inducted into Hall of Fame Payson During halftime of a recent Payson High School basketball game, Joe Worthen was inducted into the Nebo Athletic Hall of Fame while surrounded by a large group of family and friends who were in attendance. Worthen graduated from Panguitch High School in 1957. He played basketball for Panguitch High, earning all-state and MVP honors his senior year. He also took State in the high jump. Worthen attended Dixie State, the University of Utah and Utah State where he played basketball. At Utah State, his basketball team placed third in the National Invitation Tournament. This tournament was played at Madison Square Garden. In 1961, Worthen graduated from Utah State with a degree in physical education and mathematics. He taught math, coached all sports and drove the bus for Escalante High School. In 1963, he accepted a teaching position at Payson High School where he taught PE and math for 21 years. In 1980, he became the community school/ city recreation director for Payson City. See WORTHEN on page B2
temple open house planned
Joe Worthen, a former PE and math teacher at Payson High School, was recently inducted into the Nebo Athletic Hall of Fame.
The free open house for the Payson Utah Temple will open to the public on Friday, April 24, and run through Saturday, May 23. It will be available every day except Sundays. The cultural celebration will be held Saturday, June 6, and the temple will be dedicated in three sessions on Sunday, June 7. The dedicatory sessions will be broadcast only within the Payson Utah Temple district, and the three-hour block of meetings for those congregations will be canceled for that Sunday. President Thomas S. Monson announced the temple on Jan. 25, 2010, See TEMPLE on page B2