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Hello Community, Welcome to Summer!

With plenty of fun things to do from Bar-B-Q’s, family outings, city celebration events, family vactions and more, I hope you have a fun and happy summer.

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One of the top things in my mind to do is to attend and celebrate with your local community in your city during the city celebrations.

Springville: Art City Days Celebration June 5-12 Mapleton: Heritage Day Celebration - July 24 Spanish Fork: Fiesta Days: July 10-25.

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Salem: Celebrating the City of Peace: August 7 - August 14 Payson: Golden Onion Days: September 3-6 Santaquin: Orchard Days: July 31 - Aug. 7 Nephi: Juab County Fair: August 7-14 Find more information on each of the cities website about the events and celebrations to take place. Head out, join your friends and family and have a fun summer. Find new friends, make new connections in the community.

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School changes lives through ‘Make A Wish’

By Shellie Peterson

Since Salem Hills High School opened during the 2008-2009 school year, it began an association with Make-A-Wish Utah.

Chad VanLeuven, a Social Science teacher at the school, explains, “the school was looking to partner with a charity that we could raise money for, and their goals and ours aligned.”

Each year, the school helps grant the wishes of children and families in need.

So far, the school has directly helped grant 13 wishes.

The Student Council at SHHS usually organizes the events for each Make-AWish week, but the entire SHHS student body and faculty also get involved.

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throughout the week, donate money, and attend the Salem Hills Make-A-Wish events.

VanLeuven explains that the Salem Hills MakeA-Wish program offers a unique advantage to the Student Council at SHHS. They not only get the honor of helping a child in need, but they also get to spend a week with that child.

“It’s awesome being able to meet the child and their family that we are helping.

It makes it much more personable,” VanLeuven says.

The most recent recipient of the Make-A-Wish funds is Aubrie. She is a 10-yearold girl with a genetic nervous system disorder that causes tumor growth on her face. Her wish was to go on a shopping spree and get new shoes, boots, and

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Make A Wish faculty at Salem Hills High School, more than $18,000 was raised to help Aubrie receive her wish.

Nicole Burk, a two-year member of the Student Council at SHHS and next year’s Student Body President, explained, “Every year at Salem Hills, MakeA-Wish is a huge deal. Our school really gets into it and it is a blast. … It’s a week of coming to school early, staying late, and maintaining full school spirit at all times.

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It’s hard, but so worth it.

The way that the student body and community come together to grant a sick child’s wish is incredible.

Personally, I see a lot of division in the world around us, but this is one week where everyone is fighting for the same thing.”

Braydon Adamson, this year’s Student Body President at SHHS said, “MakeA-Wish Week changes you. … Make-A-Wish Week has taught me a great deal

... I’ve learned that all it takes is a few people to start something big. All it takes is a few people to change the world, and I have seen this throughout Make-A-Wish Week. … I have learned so much about life just by listening to our Make-A-Wish kids. Each one of them has the will of a lion.

“They’ve taught me that we don’t give up when times get heard. In fact, it is only then when we can change the world.”

Megan Mayo, VP of Community Service at SHHS, had this to say about her Make-A-Wish involvement: “I wanted to be super involved with Make-A-Wish Week because I wanted a close enough relationship with the wish kid that they might consider me a friend.

I often went to Aubrie’s house for spa nights … game nights, or photo shoots. …

She’s such a light in my life because she has a gift to make everyone feel loved.

Even though she’s been through a lot, she keeps a smile on her face.”

These students and everyone involved with the Make-A-Wish program illustrate how much good you can do when you put your mind and heart into it.

As Megan Mayo so stated, “When you’re looking out for others and putting their desires first, it changes you and helps you for the better.” (Peterson is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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Mountainland Headstart has provided the space and Provo Food Pantry set up a freezer, refrigerator, shelves and other equipment to provide on-going

The Potluck Canada. Now that Omanee Foods is up and running successfully, they plan to add more products to their lineup.

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Positive in the Present Beloved principal says goodbye to his school but continues to champion mental health

By Shellie Peterson

Bart Peery, the beloved principal at Salem Hills High School for more than 10 years, is saying goodbye this year to the students he has come to love. He is going to the Advanced Learning Center, which is located two blocks from the high school.

The Advanced Learning Center is where students from five local high schools (Payson High School, Maple Mountain High School, Salem Hills High School, Springville High School, and Spanish Fork High School) can come to take specialized early college classes (such as robotics, aviation, and engineering).

Peery is excited about this new venture in his life but will surely look back with nostalgia at his time with the students and faculty at Salem Hills High School.

Peery is known for his rigorous attention to the mental health of his students.

“We try to be very open about talking about mental wellness.

When I first came here, we had a suicide about three years in and it rocked my world. So, we did some research and found some stuff from Shawn Achor who wrote The Happiness Advantage,” he said.

Pulling inspiration from Shawn Achor’s book, Peery helped imple- Bart Peery ment an initiative in Salem school] teacher, I could Hills High School. influence 30 people, “We call it being posbut as a principal I can itive in the present,” he influence the whole said. school.”

As part of the iniPeery realized that as tiative, each student a high school teacher, is given a handbook he could influence the and encouraged to lives of 200 kids, but write down and do the as an administrator, following five things he had the potential every day: to influence the lives 1-Write down three of 1,400 kids. That things they’re grateful thought helped him for. make up his mind 2-Write down one about becoming a positive experience that principal. happened in the last 24 Peery initially had no desire to pursue administration.

But he discovered after getting administrative licensing through SUU and doing some internships that he loved it.

When he was still considering going into administration, his 5th-grade teacher told him something that would change his life: “As an [elementary

“I’m a firm believer that we can change the world, and I think we can do that one person, or one student at a time.”

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Principal Bart Peery (center) is honored with the Secondary Principal Crystal Owl Award 2021.

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3-Exercise.

4-Meditate.

5-Do a conscientious act of service.

Peery explained that doing these small things can make a big difference in mental health.

To help in this effort, Salem Hills High School has hosted some parent wellness nights over Zoom.

“I just think really it’s the culture that needs to change. If you break your leg, you don’t try to hide that. And if your mind is broken, we need to talk about that. I think we need

to work to end the stigma of mental illness and just talk to people,” Perry said.

Peery encourages parents to talk to their kids about mental health. He also urges students who know someone who’s struggling with mental health or who are struggling themselves to talk to an adult.

Peery explains that although he’s not qualified to help someone with mental health challenges, he can serve as a liaison to get them the help they need.

As Peery closes out

the school year and prepares to move on to the next opportunity in his life, he wants to thank the students and parents at Salem Hills High School.

“It’s been a marvelous journey these past 10 and a half years and they’ve helped me grow and I hope I’ve helped them grow and together we’re making the world a better place.

“I’m a firm believer that we can change the world, and I think we can do that one person, or one student at a time.” (Peterson is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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2. Fill your cup so you can fill theirs Now that you have your kids with you fulltime, it is important to find time for yourself.

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Community rallies to help boy after his bike is stolen, and he pays it forward

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River Peacock (11) of Payson was devastated when his bike was stolen, and after his mother suggested opening a lemonade stand to earn money for a new bike, the community responded so overwhelmingly that he was able to help others as well.

leven year old River Peacock of Payson woke on April 29 to find that his brand new bike had been stolen.

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so she posted those pictures on the “Payson News and Goings On” Facebook page.

What came next was something Carrie didn’t expect.

“As soon as I posted about River’s bike, I had comments and messages from strangers asking if they could donate to help buy

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River Peacock (left) and his brother and sister and his new bike used money they earned from a lemonade stand to purchase him a new bike to buy one for another boy who had his stolen.

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With all of the public support for his lemonade stand, River Peacock was able to buy a bike for another boy who had his stolen as well.

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him a new bike,” Carrie said.

“The support was wonderful and humbling. We have been in the position of wanting to offer help to others, so we didn’t want to deny these individuals the chance to help. I told River about all of the people who wanted to buy him a new bike, and he said that he didn’t just want to take their money, but he wanted to do something to earn the money.

“He also expressed his concern that if his bike was returned, that he would feel bad taking people’s money.

We decided to hold a lemonade stand so people could come buy lemonade and cookies.”

So, they did just that, and according to Carrie, there was a steady stream of cars for hours.

“We were there for several

hours, and so many people came,” Carrie said. “There were people who would buy a cup of lemonade for $20!

When it was all counted up, we ended up with over $600.”

But it wasn’t just money that was donated.

When they were just about to close up the stand, a large pickup truck pulled up. It was one of River’s dad’s cousins, who said he wanted to buy some lemonade for his kids.

However, rather than paying in dollars or cents, he brought out a brand new bike.

“My husband’s cousin

had seen the Facebook post about River’s bike being stolen and decided that he was going to go buy him a new bike!” Carrie recalled.

“This was a wonderful sur-

Carrie said that she reached out to her son’s elementary school to see if there was anyone in need of the money.

Just a few days later, however, news of another stolen bike in the area surfaced.

“Just a few days later, an 8-year-old boy down the street from us had his bike stolen,” Carrie said. “I reached out to mom, and - Carrie Peacock his this was the second time that he had his bike stolen this prise, and River was just so year, and he was really sad. excited!”

“We decided that this With a new bike and would be the perfect oppor$600, the Peacocks knew tunity to pay it forward, so that they needed to pay it we went and bought him a forward somehow. new bike and a few acces-

“I told River about all of the people who wanted to buy him a new bike, and he said that he didn’t just want to take their money, but he wanted to do something to earn the money.”

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sories to go with it to help keep it locked up and safe.”

The same day the 8-yearold boy’s bike was stolen, River’s stolen bike was found dumped in the parking lot of the Polar Queen with only a few scratches and picked up by an officer and returned to River.

Carrie said that she was so overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity by the community, and she and River will continue to pay it forward.

“There is still money left over from the lemonade stand, and we have been looking for opportunities to use the money to continue to pay it forward,” Carrie said.

“This story may have started out sad, but because of the goddess of so many people, it has turned out to be a very happy story.” (Brown is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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Hope Recovery and Healing opens in Springville Hope Recovery and Healing has opened in Springville. To celebrate their new opening a Ribbon Cutting was held at the Chamber Office at Springville City building.

Hope Recovery and Healing was founded to address the growing need for quality mental health resources in our community and provides one of the state’s only intensive outpatient programs for mental health issues, including depression,

anxiety, and trauma disorders.

With programming fully online, clients connect with expert practitioners from home or another safe place to receive personalized treatment. They can choose from individual/couples/family therapy, group therapy, assorted support groups, and classes to help develop coping skills and healthier connections with self, others, and their higher power.

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Hope Recovery and Healing recently opened in Springville to provide mental health resources to the community.

Healing is one of the newest members of the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce.

“We care about Springville and want to contribute to our community in a meaningful way. This is one reason we’re so excited to be new chamber members,” said Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan, PhD, Co-founder and Program Director.

The Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce is excited to have Hope Recovery and Healing in our community as mental health resources and supportive members of the chamber and community.

The next few months they are focusing on awareness and prevention. June is PTSD Awareness Month, and September is Suicide Prevention Month. For each of these months, they are running educational articles around the state to help employ-

ers know how to spot signs and how to help, to educate families and individuals about how to know when it’s time

to get help.

You can learn more about Hope Recovery and Healing at HopeRevoeryand-

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Local student state finalist in essay contest

By Lana Hiskey

Diamond Fork Junior High student, Lexie Antonino, is a state finalist in the Utah’s Challenge to Do the Write Thing Essay Contest, sponsored by the governor each year.

Lexie wrote a paper entitled “Youth Violence.”

Lexie and Principal Dr. Brenda Burr, as well as her teacher, Reilly Ryan, will attend an 2021 DtWT Award Recognition Event provided by the Utah State Board of Education and Utah’s Do the Write Thing Committee.

Lexie will also receive a scholarship for winning. (Serve Daily submission.)

Two high school seniors place in top 20 at national competition

By Lana Hiskey

Maple Mountain High School’s DECA Club (a business and marketing club) had two senior students, Isaac Smith and Isaac James, win as a team at the State DECA Competition in the Business Law and Ethics Division.

At Nationals, this team competed with students from every state as well as many other countries--thousands of students compete in a variety of topics. MMHS’s team of Isaac and Isaac competed in the preliminary round and placed in the top 20 teams. The competition included an objective test and several role plays. (Serve Daily submission.)

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6th grade student wins for both literary excellence and music composition

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Boston Flake, a sixth-grade student at Hobble Creek Elementary was a double winner in the 2020-21 PTA Reflections contest.

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Boston’s award winning poem: I Can Do Anything “I was born vision impaired.

“I didn’t think I would go anywhere.

“It seemed like nothing was fair.

“I felt like a tree that would never grow.

“The doctor said I would never see.

“I felt like I didn’t have the key.

“I felt the music inside me.

“I felt like I was at an all time low.

“Don’t you see?

“I don’t because I’m blind, “But that’s fine.

“Why blend in when you were born to shine?

“I was born without sight, “But despite the light, “I will always fight.

“Holding on forever.

“Holding strong forever.

“When do I fall? Never.

“Don’t you see?

‘I don’t because I’m blind, “But I can always believe.

‘I can always be what I want to be.

“If I truly believe, “I can always achieve.

“I can reach for my dreams.

I can do anything, “Even if I can’t see.

“I know I am blind, “But I will always shine “For my friend till the end,

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Payson Student Places 2nd in State Track Meet

By Anderson and Arianne Brown

High school athletes from around the state attended the 2021 state track meet May 18 at Davis High School/ For many athletes, including Payson High School senior Colby Orton, it was a day he had looked forward to for two years.

With the COVID 19 pandemic cancelling last year’s state meet, it left Colby without the chance to compete against the best in the state. But this year would change all that.

This year, he would have his moment that would materialize in a second place finish in the 800 meters at state.

According to Colby, his love for running began as a child.

“I started running in my early years of elementary school with my dad,” Colby recalled. “He would take me to 5Ks all over the county and run

them with me (he’d of course let me beat him at the end, being the great man he is). In sixth grade, my teacher, Dan Hansen, had the entire class run a mile nearly every day, and I would sometimes lap the others, and this is what truly crafted my love for running.

He encouraged me to run cross country the coming fall, and that is where my path to state truly began.”

Colby’s path to state, like any other athlete, would require that he run a qualifying time or place in the top four at region. He did both. Colby was able to qualify for state in the 800 meter by over four seconds with a time of 1:53.86. Additionally, he won each of the 400, 800, and 1600 meter events at the region meet. And while he was able to qualify for state in five total events, it was the 800 meter that he said he was gunning to win

at the state meet.

Going into the race, he knew what and whom he was up against, and he figured he had really good odds. He knew he had endurance and speed and was going to use them to his advantage.

“My plan was to draft behind the top runner the first 700 meters, and swing around the last curve, sprinting home,” Colby said.

“This all went according to plan until the last 20 meters, Henry (the leader) found something left and surged, leaving me .25 seconds behind for a second place finish.”

Even though he wasn’t able to reach his goal of becoming a state champion, Colby says that it was one of the best experiences he has ever had.

“The 800 is probably the most difficult race in all of track and field,” he said. “If you go out too fast, or too slow, there’s no way to

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recover. Perfect pacing, speed, endurance, a strong kick, and smart racing tactics are all required to be a good 800 runner. This makes it the hardest, yet the most fun race.

Winning state had been my goal since my sophomore year, and when I came into state being seeded second, I felt well prepared.

Even though I couldn’t run away with the win, my placement wasn’t

disappointing, and state was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had.”

The second place finish at state was a very respectable 1:55, and Colby says he hopes to improve if given the chance to run in college.

“Running never turns its back on me,” he said. “No matter how I’m feeling, what’s going on in my life, or where I am, I can

hit the road and clear my mind. … With friends, by yourself, or racing, the feeling after completing a run is not to be competed with.

That is the best feeling in the entire world, whether you PR, or just jog with friends.

“I’m attending UVU in the fall, and would like to run there, but I’m planning on coaching Payson starting this fall and for years to come.”

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Student Earns International Recognition in Science

By Lana Hiskey

Jesse Shepherd competed in the International Science and Engineering Fair in May. He won Second Place in Animal Sciences, earning $2,000 and a full tuition to the University of Arizona.

Approximately 1,900 students qualified and competed at the 2021 Virtual Regeneron ISEF. Jesse finished in the top 40 students.

“I am so excited to represent Spanish Fork and the State of Utah for the third time,” Jesse said.

Jesse’s project studied the quantity of antibodies in egg yolks compared to the antibody count of sera for Infectious Bronchitis Virus,

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Newcastle Disease Virus, Avian Encephalomyelitis, and Mycoplasma gallicepticum, all of which are viruses of concern in the commercial poultry industry.

He collected more than 1,500 data points and was

able to create a procedure to accurately test egg yolks for antibodies for the aforementioned viruses, a procedure that could potentially revolutionize antibody testing in poultry throughout the world, making it easier for farmers, veterinarians, and laboratories.

It would also prove to be a satisfactory procedure for animal rights and anti-vivisection groups.

Jesse received more than $7,000 in funding from the Western Poultry Scholarship and Research Foundation of the California Poultry Federation and Pacific Egg and Poultry Association, Farm Credit and National FFA and various private donors.

Recently, Jesse received the opportunity to publish a paper for the project through the Western Poultry Disease Conference. He was also able to present his research at the conference, which was made available to poultry veterinarians throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Jesse is the youngest person to ever attend or present at the conference in its 70 years of running.

He presented among leading poultry veterinarians from throughout the world.

Awards attributed to his project included the Utah FFA Agriscience-Animal Systems 1st Place Winner.

The project will advance to National FFA in October.

He placed first at the Nebo School District Science Fair and received the Nebo Distinguished Award of Excellence for devoting more than 100 hours to STEM research, using a mentor in the field of study (Dr. Mark C. Bland, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Poultry Veterinarians and Dr. David D. Frame, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Poultry Veterinarians) and for qualifying for the International Science and Engineering Fair twice.

Jesse will be continuing his research this summer and will publish in Poultry Science, the leading journal in the poultry and agriculture industries. (Serve Daily submission.)

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What social media apps are teens using and what for?

By Aspen Brown

This month, a parent of two teenage boys asked me about social media apps that teens are using, and what they are using them for. It’s true that social media apps have different uses for different teens.

This isn’t an everybody take on things; It’s a me take on things. So, take it for what it’s worth.

Tik Tok Tik Tok, formerly known as Musically, is an app that has a lot of funny videos. I’d describe it as the new and improved Vine.

It isn’t a bad app, but it has some things on it that

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some teens shouldn’t watch, but you see what you want to see like on any other app.

Teens use it to post funny videos and watch funny videos.

There is a funny side, a dance side, a political side. I like it for the funny videos, but it’s got something for everyone, really.

It can be a waste of time, but it’s so funny. I feel like this app is where you can be yourself and not care what people think.

Instagram Instagram is where you post what you want people to see to get a lot of likes.

It’s kind of like your main account where you can’t

Instagram can be a happy place if you get a lot of likes, but you feel stupid if you don’t.

It’s not my happy place.

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really be yourself, but where you have to show a more serious self.

I don’t post much on Instagram because I don’t want people to get annoyed by me. I try to like things that people post because I don’t want them to feel bad about themselves.

Snapchat Snapchat is an app where you snap pictures while texting. You can have streaks with people, which means that you have kept up an amount of consecutive days that you have snapped each other.

The picture you snap goes away after it’s opened, which can be a bad feature if you use it that way.

I like Snapchat because It’s like my journal.

I take videos I take and save them to memories,

but people don’t have to see them.

There are so many features to the Snapchat app that I like, and it’s my most used app, and probably the most used teen app next to Tik Tok. Facebook Teens do not usually use Facebook. I bet you we all have it for family reasons, but we don’t use it. It’s for old people. (Aspen Brown is a sophomore in high school.

She enjoys cheering on her high school cheer team, running track and spending time with her friends and family. Her monthly column, “Ask Aspen” is an advice column for parents raising teenagers.)

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Dad Taught Me What Matters Most

By Shellie Peterson

My dad taught me a lot of things.

He taught me the importance of getting up early to start the day off right with scripture, prayer, and exercise. He taught me that you can come from a rough background with few words of affirmation and still choose to be a loving, kind person to others.

My dad taught me how to dribble a basketball, how to whistle with a blade of grass, and how to make a killer tuna fish sandwich. But one of the most important lessons I learned from him occurred when he didn’t even intend to teach me one.

It was during my teenage years. I had just come home from a long and

difficult day at work, and I sunk exhausted on the rocking chair in the living room to take a nap. My mind was heavy with the stresses, insecurities, and pressures that are not uncommon to most teenage girls.

As I started to fall asleep, I thought I heard footsteps approaching me on the carpet. A moment later, my dad gently kissed my forehead, unaware that I was still awake. His action wasn’t intended to be seen by others or to even be noticed by me. But his simple and quiet act of love had a profound effect on me as a teenage girl and helped me realize that the smallest acts of kindness often mean the most.

What he didn’t see as he walked

quietly away from the rocking chair were the tears pooling up behind my closed eyelids. It turned out that a tender forehead kiss from a loving father was exactly what my troubled heart needed at that moment. It was such a small thing, but it meant more to me than he could have ever known.

Dads, you don’t have to live up to unrealistic expectations or try to be the “perfect dad.” The truth is, it doesn’t take a lot to become a hero in the eyes of your children. I never cared that my dad wasn’t wealthy and couldn’t buy us expensive things or take us on expensive vacations.

I did care, though, that he took the time to have tickle fights with us and invite us to come with him to

take the dog for a walk. I cared that he would watch silly cartoons with us and laugh just as hard as we did.

I cared that he would try to play card games with us, even though he absolutely hated card games.

All it really takes to be a good dad is to spend time with your kids, love them, and teach them by example how to be good humans.

Dads like that are getting harder to come by. So this Father’s Day, I want to thank all the kind, hard-working, wise dads who understand the honor and responsibility that comes with the title of fatherhood.

You’re making a difference, even when you think no one notices. (Peterson is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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There are Thousands of Bad Photos on my Phone

By Joe Capell

These days everybody has a camera in their pocket. If you want to take a picture of something, you pull out your phone, take anywhere from one to 47 photos, then slide your phone back into your pocket.

Next, you look at the pictures, decide which one or two you like the best, and delete all of the rest. Ha ha!

Just kidding.

You keep all of those pictures on your phone until the day you have a really important picture you want to take, but you can’t take a picture because your phone

memory is too full of all those pictures you never got around to deleting.

Back in the day, we didn’t take as many pictures. Why? Because we were limited by the number of photos available. Usually, a roll of film or a disposable camera (remember them?) would hold 24 pictures. Because of the scarcity of available pictures, we were much more selective as to what we would take pictures of. (Not nearly so many selfies, or photos of food.)

That’s not to say there weren’t any bad pictures taken back then. (I’ve always had the skill of not quite

being in focus.) It’s just that we didn’t have so darn many of them! (And we didn’t know how bad they were for at least an hour (if we splurged on the one hour photo developers) or maybe even a week or two (if we sent the film off in the mail.)

Today, we can take as many pictures as our phones will store. That’s hundreds of pictures, or thousands of pictures, or maybe even hundreds of thousands of pictures. As a result, we are not very discerning about what we take pictures of.

If it’s a useless picture, we’ll just ignore it. But we’ll still carry it around on our

phone for months, and we’ll still download it onto our computers.

Some time ago, one of my kids got hold of my phone for about 30 seconds. In that short amount of time, he was able to take 114 blurry pictures of what I think is my nightstand.

Several months later all of those pictures are still on my phone. They will remain on my phone until it dies (or I do.). These pictures will never be deleted. Oh, we’ll say things like, “one of these days I’m going to go through all of my pictures and organize them,” but it won’t ever happen.

The pictures of my blurry nightstand will forever be a monument to how terrible we are at photography. (and when I say, “we,” I mean “me”). (Capell is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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SERVE DAILY TRIBUTES Samuel Rodger Barker Samuel Ro d g e r B a r k e r, 68, completed his soj o u r n on this e a r t h May 8, 2021 in Ephraim, surrounded by loved ones.

He was born in Provo. Sam was raised in Hobble Creek Canyon.

He attended Springville High School, where he excelled in drafting and orchestra playing the viola.

He attended Snow College and graduated with a General Associates Degree in 1976. It was there that he met the love of his life, Vickee Mellor.

In 1983, Sam and Vickee settled down in Hobble Creek Canyon where they raised nine wonderful children.They remained there for 38 years and only recently moved to the town where they met and fell in love: Ephraim.

Sam is survived by his wife, Vickee Barker, two daughters Julane (Josh Walker) and Keeara (Brian Terry), seven sons Glen (Missy), Samuel (Katie), Hyrum (Cassandra), Jesse (Ann), Brandon (Delicia), Brigham (Kaeli), and Jacob; three brothers James (Sandy), Steve (Shirleen), and Dennis, one sister Evelyn (Morris) Howard and twenty-six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by

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his parents Glen and Lois Barker, a brother Roy, and a sister Pat. Condolences can be offered at www.springcreekmortuary.com.

Seamues Jose Ramos Seamues Jose Ramos completed his earthly journey on April 30, 2021 after an intensive fight with COVID-19. Seamues was a fighter.

Just like he had given everything he had to overcome the adverse effects of this novel virus, he put everything he had into providing the best life for his surviving children and the ultimate treasure of his life, his Wonder Woman, Laurie. Additionally, Seamues would not want us to forget his partner in crime, Odin the Wolf Dog, who dearly misses him.

Seamues was born in Torrance, Calif., on June 16, 1966 to his surviving mother, Freda, and father, Jose.

Seamues grew up primarily in West Valley City. He was the oldest of six children. Seamues was truly the best older brother. His siblings will forever treasure the memories of raiding neighborhood cherry trees, sneaking into hotel water slides, and riding motorcycles.

He married Laurie in 1990 in Payson.

They made their

home in Santaquin, where he has thrived for the past 26 years.

To leave condolences and share memories of Seamues, visit www. legacyfunerals.com Sharron Lee Christensen O n May 6, 2021 our beautiful M o m , Grandma and Grandma Great Sharron Lee Nielsen Christensen passed away peacefully at her home in Salem.

Sharron was born Aug. 18, 1948 to Jack Ray and Lois Marion Nash Nielsen. She was the oldest of six children.

She grew up in Spanish Fork and graduated from Spanish Fork High School in 1966. It was there that she met the love of her life Steven Lynn Christensen.

They were married Dec. 9, 1966, in Spanish Fork. They were blessed with four amazing children Cory, Ashley, Shad and Alisha.

Sharron was an excellent homemaker and she loved staying home with her children when they were little. After the passing of Steven, she had to go to work to provide for her family. She was employed at Burrelle’s Press Clipping Service in Provo for more than 20 years. She made many lifelong friends while working there.

Family was the most important thing to

Mom, She loved being together with her family. She wanted to be involved with everything the Grandkids were doing. She was blessed with 9 Grandkids Weston, Whitney, Braden, Cadry, Sydnie, Tyler, Kiery, Hayden and Teyven. She tried to attend every sporting event, dance recital, motorcycle race, band competition, concert, and rodeo she could.

Her presence at her grandchildren’s events was well known by all of their friends and teammates. She got to know all of the kids in the community and loved cheering them on. Through her years she gained many “bonus grandchildren’’.

She would always say kids were great, grandkids are wonderful, but being a Grandma Great is the best. To leave condolences and share memories of Sharron, visit www.legacyfunerals.com Steven Richard Miller S t e ve n Richard Miller was born July 23, 1 9 3 9 , in Ogden, to Arnold Franklin Miller and Erma Burnett Miller.

He has two brothers Neil (preceded him in death) and John and three sisters Audrey, Carma and Shirley (who died in her infancy). He grew up in Syracuse near the

Great Salt Lake. He graduated from Davis High School. He married Linda Joan Tams the love of his life on January 16, 1959. They have been married for 62 years and were High School Sweethearts going through the journey of life together ever since.

They have had five children: Jeffrey (Jill), Jill (Dave Johnson), Jodi (Todd Marvell), Marci (Shawn Nielson), Mindy Smith. Also 25 outstanding grandchildren and soon to be 8 fantastic great grandchildren.

Through the years Steve always had a dream of building a cabin. He loved the mountains-wildlife-nature and the beauty.

He finally chased his dream and started to build the cabin. It took 20 years of working non-stop summers and weekends. But it was the journey that made it fun. He loved the wildlife, elk, moose, deer, and even several bears that visited the front porch. Family, friends, grandchildren, and even strangers loved coming and spending time at the cabin.

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age of 65. He was born to Charles Henry and Alfreda Waters in Springville, on April 30, 1955.

Charles married Debbie Beardall on April 29, 1975. They would have been married 45 years on April 29, 2021.

He is survived by his wife, Debbie.

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Charles Dee Waters

Jerry Don James

Charles D e e Wa t e r s passed away on April 23, 2021, in Provo at the

Elizabeth “Bess” Mae Weston (Whittington) Eliza b e t h “Bess” M a e Weston, 97, died on May 2 3 , 2021, in Springville. She was born on May 14, 1924 in Maple Hills, Kansas, to Fred L Whittington and Nora B Griffing Whittington.

Elizabeth worked as Head Secretary at BYU for many years.

She has a large and loving family, who were a blessing to her all her life.

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J e r ry Don J a m e s met his Redeemer at his appointed time early M o n d ay

SERVE DAILY morning, May 17, as he slipped peacefully into the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Jerry was born on Oct. 30, 1943 in Grandfield, Okla., to Jewel Thomas and Nora Aleen James.

Jerry is survived by his sweet wife, Carla, and his four children and grandchildren.

Jerry was faithful to the end. Loving his wife as Christ loved the church, serving the Lord willingly and a faithful encourager to all who knew him.

Well done dear brother, we’ll see you in Glory someday soon!

In lieu of flowers, Carla has requested contributions be designated to Faith Baptist Church Memo: Summer Missions Trip - Lighthouse Baptist Press.

Jerry and Carla desired to help in the purchase of one roll of paper which costs $950, for the printing of over 12,000 international gospel booklets. Your gifts will impact eternity.

To leave condolences, and memories of Jerry, visit www.legacyfunerals.com Leonard Lee Lilienthal O u r Fa t h e r, Leonard Lee Lilienthal, 82, returned to He ave n and to his soulmate, on April 26, 2021. Leonard was born Aug. 8, 1938 to Abel and Cleva Figueira. He was born in Oakland, Calif.

At the age of 13, Leonard was adopted by Otto Henry Lilienthal, who became his stepfather 10 years prior.

Leonard had two sisters and two brothers: Sylvia, Otto Henry Jr., Patricia and Carl. Among the children, Leonard was the second oldest.

From a young age he had a deep love for nature and animals, inventions, and machines.

He was married to Mary Dahl Lilienthal for nine years and had four children and eventually seven grandchildren. He later married his soulmate and love of his life Jean Barber Flynn (Heineman) on Dec. 10, 1988, and they shared the next 27 years together until Jean passed in December 2015.

Leonard gained another son through marriage and eventually two more grandchildren.

To leave condolences and share memories of Leonard, visit www. legacyfunerals.com Luke Carter L u ke M a sakazu C a r t e r, 18, born July 26, 2002, in American Fork, died in Aubrey, Denton County, Texas on May 18, 2021.

Luke was the second of seven children of Joshua and Paulette (Watabe) Carter. He lived most of his 18 years in Springville.

He and his missionary companion, Elder Eli

Fowler died in an automobile accident on May 18, 2021, while travelling home after serving the homeless people of the Denton, Texas area.

Luke enjoyed playing soccer, ice hockey, and working at Hogi Yogi and later Gandolfos for a bit. He also enjoyed meeting and making new friends when he worked for BYU Dining Services and Special Events.

Luke blessed us with many ukulele and guitar songs. He radiated a love that made anyone he met feel like an instant friend. Luke loved people, so serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was something he was so excited about and looked forward to doing.

He was so happy to learn Japanese in order to teach the people in Sapporo, Japan about Christ, but was equally excited to serve in the Texas Fort Worth mission.

Condolences can be offered at springcreekmortuary.com.

Ronald Henline Warner Ronald He n l i n e Wa r n e r, loving f a t h e r, brother, friend passed a w a y May 6, 2021 from a sudden heart attack.

He was surrounded by his loving children.

Ron was born June 9, 1965 to Reed Hodson

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Warner and Alma Bernice Henline.

He was the youngest of six children and was a bonus child for his parents. Ron attended schools in Spanish Fork and graduated from Spanish Fork High School in 1984.

After graduation Ron enlisted in the United States Army. While he was stationed in Denver, working as an operating room specialist, he met his wife Vannesa Sharon Lawton.

They were married in April 1987 and started their family.

Ron was a US Army Veteran with nearly 23 years of service in both the regular Army and Utah Army National Guard. Ron was

a mentor to many and served his community throughout his lifetime.

He was a healer. Ron was very accomplished during his military career receiving numerous decorations, medals, service ribbons and expert marksmanship awards.

He was trained in the medical field taking many courses of which he always excelled. After serving 6 years active duty Ron received an honorable discharge.

He and his family returned to Spanish Fork where he enlisted in the Utah National Guard and he continued to serve his county until he received an honorable discharge in 2012.

Ron’s last act was vol-

unteering with his softball team, made up of folks recovering from various health problems who he was coaching, working with, encouraging, and mentoring.

Those who were lucky enough to interact with Ron got to experience his dry wit and humor.

He always had something to say and usually got the last word in.

Ron is preceded in death by his wife Vannesa Warner, parents Reed and Alma Warner, and his brother Bradley Warner who passed away on the same day 32 years ago.

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