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After waiting more than 100 years, Mapleton gets its own cemetery Chris Hash MapletonNews.com
Mapleton, founded in 1902, is the only Utah city of its age without its own cemetery - that is, until now. The beautiful new Mapleton Cemetery is now a reality and an official part of the community following its dedication and ribbon-cutting on Friday, July 24. “This is a special day for our community,” said Mapleton resident Collin Allan. “We met in committees and talked about having a cemetery here in Mapleton for 30 years. But it took a couple of entrepreneurs to actually bring it about.” The entrepreneurs are Ben Peay and Dallas Hakes. “When I bought the property, I originally envisioned putting in a subdivision,” said Ben. “But the idea kept coming to me, ‘Mapleton needs a cemetery.’ So I approached Mapleton City about the idea.” “We talked about developing a cemetery together,” says Mayor Brian Wall. “But there were a few hiccups, and it turned out that a private venture was the better way to make it happen. Even so, Ben and Dallas have worked with us every step of the way, and we are very pleased with how the Mapleton Cemetery has turned out.” Indeed, the Mapleton Cemetery, located
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A memorial to veterans is part of the new Mapleton Cemetery located at approximately 600 W. Maple.
at approximately 600 W. Maple, is state of the art with some very unique features. One of them is an interactive kiosk where cemetery visitors can see memorial photos and videos, obituaries and life stories of the deceased. Visitors can also use
the kiosk to locate specific burial spots, searching by name. The cemetery also features a veterans memorial with memorial markers for each branch of the military. The names of those who have served will See CEMETERY on page A5
Former Cancer: How should we react to the news? By Dawn Davis Springville resident provides new tech to soldiers By Amy Walker, PEO C3T Former Springville resident Lt. Col. Joel Babbitt, outgoing product manager for the Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 1 program, has brought several of today’s advanced commercial technologies, such as secure in-flight Internet and Command Post Wireless capabilities, to the battlefield. These new capabilities greatly increase throughput to bandwidth hungry forces; help extend network communications to forward operating bases and small teams; and reduce size, weight and power to See ARMY on page B3
Once upon a time, there was this guy and this girl who fell in love. As most happy endings go, they were married and both were starting new careers. They soon found out that they were expecting their first baby. The big day came and it was a boy! Happy birthday little man! This baby boy was perfect! He was handsome, smart, active and a quick learner. His parents could only dream of how far he could go in life. Then one day, before he turned 2, he got the flu for the first time. After about a week, he was still sick, so his mom took him to the doctor like all new moms would. The doctor assured her it was just a bad virus going around and it could take as little as another day or as long as 6-8 weeks to run its course but to keep in touch to make sure he got better. Eight weeks came and went along with multiple doctors visits, and their perfect little boy was still sick. They took him back to the doctor, who insisted it was another virus and wouldn’t even poke his finger to check his blood, even though their son no longer had the energy to play, sit up or even eat. The next morning, when his mom woke him up, his tummy was so large that he looked like a 2-year-old who was nine months pregnant. So his mom took him to another doctor, who sent them straight to a hospital to meet a pediatric surgeon for a CT scan. In less than an hour, their world came crashing down. During the test, the sur-
Dawn Davis’s son was diagnosed with cancer at age 2, but through a new treatment from the American Cancer Society, he won his battle with the disease and is now 21 years old.
geon pulled them in to watch the scan and told them, “Your son has cancer.” To him, it looked like a very common cancer, but in the worse case, the cancer had an “evil twin.” Their son was scheduled for immediate surgery and chemo. The massive tumor was removed and sections were overnighted to multiple labs, including the American Cancer Society
and a renowned doctor in England. Within two days, they had all come to the same conclusion. It was the “evil twin.” Not only did their son have cancer, there are no known survivors of his cancer. That’s when the doctors told the little boy’s parents that the American Cancer Society had just come out with a new protocol of cheSee CANCER on page A5