Juab County offers community garden to residents

by Arianne Brown

If you’ve had dreams of growing an outdoor garden, but have no place to have a garden, there may very well be a solution for you (at least if you live in Juab County).

For the past several years, Juab County has had a community garden, allowing its residents to grow fresh produce in their own outdoor space.

In fact, the community garden that is run by a Utah State University extension program has been operating since 2012.

And according to Agg agent Ruger Carter, the garden is something he hopes more residents will take advantage of.

“The garden is a great asset to the community, particularly for those who live in apartments, or in a place where they don’t have outdoor space,” Carter said. “Not only do we offer the space, but we are here to help educate you on how to grow a garden.”

The Juab County Community Garden has been made possible by county grants, and it provides the land, water, and gardening tools on site.

There are 20 raised beds that are available to rent with just a $25 plot deposit fee that is fully refundable if you clean out your garden at the end of the season, and all you have to do is bring your own seeds and plants.

And while Carter says that the garden is in an area with plenty of sun and water, there are some plants that don’t generally do well.

“Many plants do well in our climate, while others don’t,” Carter said. “This is why it’s such a great place to start a garden if you are new to gardening. My staff and I are here to help you with any questions you might have. We also offer consultations to people who have home gardens, and who might need a little help improving it.”

Having a garden, whether in the community or at home, Carter says, is more than just growing food.

“Gardening is such a great experience, and I believe that the food you grow always tastes better because you put in the work,” Carter said. “You’re going to eat healthier when you know what it took to grow that vegetable.”

To reserve a plot, residents need to fill out a gardner application by going to https://

Photo by Arianne Brown

Juab County residents can take part in a community garden to grow their own vegetables.

extension.usu.edu/. More information can be found on the Juab County Community Garden Facebook page. (Brown is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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SERVE DAILY PJHS Band delights with concert devoted to the oldies

by Janice Helmick

I am a baby boomer. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it means I am the daughter of an American GI who was fortunate enough to return home from World War II, marry and start a family.

My mother had no musical talent, but she could make our home rock with music on the phonograph. I grew up on Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman.

Connie Ericksen has become a good friend when my husband, Ed, and I enjoyed her Payson Junior High School jazz band concerts at a fundraising event in February 2020. The 10th annual Jazz Band Dinner Dance was planned for April 2020. That event was cancelled because of the COVID pandemic. We were pleased when she invited us to sit at her table for the 2021 Deseret Dance on April 17 of this year. There was no dinner served, due to COVID, but the refreshments were wonderful, and the music was fantastic.

She was unsure she was going to be able to hold the concert this year because of the covid problem, but at the beginning of April she was told she could do the performance. There wasn’t time to pull everything together as she had in the past, but it was a great event just the same.

The concert honored Glenn Miller and his band of renown. Glenn was on a flight to a performance near the end of the war when his plane went down in the English Channel. That was a great loss to the music world, but his music lives on today.

The theme for this year’s concert was Get Happy, based on the song of the same name. The band played such greats as Little Brown Jug, Tuxedo Junction and The Last Dance.

Connie’s husband, Boyd, served as the emcee, and he was excellent, with just the right amount of humor and seriousness in his presentation.

At one point in the concert, Connie joined the band and played the drums for one number. And of course, she and Boyd danced the last dance to the song of the same name. She is retiring from the Music Department at Payson Junior High School leaving the band to teach Archeology at UVSC in the fall. Connie Ericksen will be remembered by the many students she has inspired.

It is our hope that someone has been trained to continue holding the jazz concerts in the future.

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The PJHS band devoted their concert on April 17 to the music of Glenn Miller.

Art show displays artists imaginings of a ‘Heavenly Mother’

Art published in the Boys’ and Girls’ Guides to Heavenly Mother will be on display in an exhibit at Writ and Vision (274 West, Center Street, Provo).

The public is welcome to attend an opening reception on May 7 from 6-9 p.m.

The gallery will showcase dozens of portrayals of Heavenly Mother and Heavenly Parents, from artists such as J. Kirk Richards, Howard Lyon, Heather Ruttan, Rose Datoc Dall, and other artists from around the world displayed here for the first time.

The art revisits the timeless questions of how a brush on a canvas can give form to the infinite, or provide a window in which to see God?

Christian artists struggled with this, but over centuries developed religious symbols to identify Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

“The Latter-day Saint faith uniquely believes that God is a joining of a Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother,” explains LDS scholar, Martin Pulido. “In this case, the divine feminine lacks the rich artistic cultural heritage enjoyed by the divine masculine, fueling LDS Christian artists to creatively explore how to ‘solve’ displaying a Divine Mother.”

Artists portraying Heavenly Mother now grapple with questions of age, culture, race, and how to point to the transcendent with the rituals and of a fallen world. Guests will see how this conflict has caused artists to consider not only how they envision Heavenly Mother, but Heavenly Father as well.

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Mother’s Dream Realized

The Whole Family Working in the Family Business as Son Comes on Board as HVAC Project Manager

By Sara Harvey

Have you ever wanted to work with your family? When Brent and I started Spring Creek Mechanical, we envisioned working with all 6 of our children. Now that our son, Adam, has joined the family business we have seen that dream become a reality. We get to work with our five sons and daughter every single day.

When Adam was 13 he began learning heating and air conditioning as a helper for his dad and his grandpa, Don Harvey. He started as an air duct cleaning assistant, moved onto system installs, and eventually learned all aspects of the business. Brent taught Adam tin-smithing. He has mastered design and installation of ductwork. You would be hard pressed to find someone who makes more beautiful ductwork - except maybe his dad or brother, Ben. Don taught Brent heating, air conditioning, and controls. They taught my sons and now our sons are teaching them.

Until recently, Adam worked designing and installing HVAC for residential new construction and then he moved onto ventilation for shooting ranges. When Adam started doing new construction he did many of the HVAC systems in the Heritage Park subdivision in Mapleton. More recently, his work has included start-ups and commissioning for shooting range ventilation, traveling to many states over the last few years. He even worked many months on the ventilation of a shooting range in the United Arab Emirates.

Adam has trained his brothers on shooting range ventilation. They travel in teams around the country setting these up, which has been a fun new direction for our business. Adam’s knowledge of new construction design and ventilation controls allows us to better serve our customers. He is our project manager on new construction jobs, including basement finishing, additions, and custom homes.

Adam is married to Courtney Laidler Harvey of Orem and they are expecting their first child in September. They have two dogs: Ace, a very small and feisty Yorkie and Moe, a brindle chihuahua who is a snuggle buddy. Adam enjoys disc golf. He and his friends have volunteered many weekends designing, setting up, and maintaining several disc golf courses around the state. His favorite course - and the one he is most proud of - is the course at

Jolly’s Ranch in Hobble Creek Canyon. Adam also enjoys motorbiking, sport shooting, playing Magic the Gathering card game, and spending time with family and friends in the outdoors.

We are so happy to have Adam joining us full time at Spring Creek Mechanical. Now our whole family is working together. People ask me how we get along. I say, “It helps if you like each other!” The Harvey’s have been serving Utah County since 1990, the year Adam was born.

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Left to right, Adam Harvey with his wife Courtney. Adam working for the family business.