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Every day can be a better day, despite the challenge.

By Chris Baird

Life is full of challenges. We knew that last year and we know that now. Life, at any time, has at least two choices we can make in any given situation.

To keep things simple those choices may simply be yes or no.

As in Yes, I will choose to show love and kindness to my family, friends, neighbors, and community.

Or no, not the right option.

Sometimes this is harder than we think.

Sometimes, that comment we make on

Facebook or other social media outlet ends up not being the kind thing to say Sometimes that little thing we have to say or do to protect our ego isn’t the right way to show love.

Love and kindness has to be a daily occurrence. Desmond Lomax said, “The capacity to have love and engage in love has to start with you and it has to be a day-to-day thing.” You will find this quote in an article in this paper from a family that knows the real day to day struggles of life.

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There could be a lot of explaining to do and ways to be nice, but I think the simplest way is to go to a playground and watch kids play. You see kids of all colors and ages running around playing tag, swinging, creating games out of the blue, and simply just having fun. Then, years later, it seems, that as adults we have to complicate things and cast blame, judgement, always be right, or so forth. Let’s revert back to childhood.

For those that read my columns, it takes a lot from me to put my thoughts together and to share something with you and I hope you find it worth while to read. What I hope most, is that you find it inspiring and that my thoughts may lift you or a loved one and make a positive difference in your life.

I found another

song in the last couple weeks that I listen to daily as its helps pick me up and provide hope for continual improvement.

“Every day can be a better day, despite the challenge. All you gotta do is leave it better than you found it. . . .

Hey, feeling good, like I should. Went and took a walk around the neighborhood. Feeling blessed, never stressed.

Got that sunshine on my Sunday best. . .

Everyone falls down sometimes. But you just gotta know it’ll all be fine.” The song is “Sunday Best” by Surfaces.

Serve Daily Cards are available for your walks around the neighborhood. Serve Daily cards have positive thoughts on the front with an invite to perform an act of kindness for someone each day on the back.

We have thousands

of these cards and they are available at White Feather Rocks in Santaquin, Macey’s in Spanish Fork and the Serve Daily office in Springville.

Be then change in the world and choose love and kindness. Start with your own life, being kind to yourself on your looks, your weight, your job, your station in life, then spread to your family, friends, and community. Together we can make a change for the best and have a community that shines.

However, I do believe our community already shines in so many ways. I see kindness everywhere I go.

People holding doors open, donating cash to people in need, food for the hungry (Way to go Tabitha’s Way and other organizations), helping with yard work, and so forth.

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month and go give Sunday Best a listen.

Find the pinned post on the Serve Daily facebook page and leave a comment about the song, or an act of kindness you have been the recipient of and how it made you feel.

As always, go out and find someone to Serve Daily, it’ll put a smile on their face and yours.

Until next time, find more great local stories in the remaining pages of this paper and visit our site at servedaily. com. (Baird is the publisher of Serve Daily.)

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A Journey to the Past Nine Mile Canyon Ranch offers guests the opportunity to visit another era

By Ed Helmick

On the other side of Soldiers Summit, 10 miles past Price on Highway 6, a left turn at the Wellington Miller Chevron station and 24 miles more will take you to a unique experience.

Nine Mile Canyon Ranch, which has three beautifully restored pioneer cabins to rent. These are not your KOA type rental cabins. These are the actual cabins from early homesteaders in the canyon. Each cabin has its own history and was disassembled at the original location and reassembled on Ben and Myrna Mead’s Nine Mile Canyon Ranch. What is impressive is the interior decorating. It creates a wonderful old west experience.

The larger cabin is the Glen Edwards Cabin and it can

accommodate up to six people at $60 per night. The middle cabin is the Theodore F. Housekeeper cabin that will accommodate eight people at $60 per night. The small cabin is the Al Thompson cabin that will accommodate up to four people at $50 per night. The Mead’s also operate a small campground for RV’s and tents. There is even a small playground for children. The campground is a good place to serve as a base camp while exploring the prehistoric and pioneer history of the canyon.

On Saturdays, Nine Mile Canyon Ranch offers horse drawn wagon rides and horseback riding, provided

by Randy and Alicia Melton.

This is a big weekend attraction and you usually need to make reservations in

Nine Mile Canyon Ranch offers restored pioneer cabins tor rent and wagon rides.

There are three restored cabins on Nine Mile Ranch available for rental.

advance. Just remember this is the family stuff that memories are

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Nine mile canyon is rich in pioneer history

and has the largest concentration of prehistoric rock art any place on

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the planet. Ben Mead at the age of 80 has been a lifelong resident of Nine Mile Canyon.

He is available for guided tours that will show you things that most people never get to see. He is also quite a storyteller who will keep you thoroughly entertained.

For more information contact Nine Mile Ranch at (435) 650 5398 or email ninemileranchutah@gmail.com . For the wagon and horseback rides contact Flying J Outfitter at 435-646-3208 or http:// www.flyingjoutfitters. com. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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Fiesta Days loom with some cancellations due to Coronavirus With the current COVID-19 conditions, the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Executive Committee has evaluated all of its events and determined which ones can be held this year and which will have to be canceled.

Scheduled Events Events to be held include: Baby Contest, July 15; Car Show, July 11; DUP Baby Quilt Sales, July 21; Fireworks Spectacular, July 24; Food Truck TakeOut, July 24; Golf Tournament, July 25; Kickball Challenge; July 14; Men’s Softball Tournament, July 11; Pickleball Tournament, July 11; Pioneer Day Pool Party, July 24; PRCA Rodeo &

Xtreme Bulls, July 20-24; Sidewalk Sales, July 21-25; Speedy Spaniard 10K & Kid’s Mile Run, July 24; Spikeball Tournament, July 15; Tennis Tournament, July 25, 27-31; Western Zone ATA Shoot; Youtheatre “Frozen Jr.” with Community Theater Pre-Show, July 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25.

Cancelled Events The following events for Fiesta Days have been cancelled for this year: Adopt-a-Duck Race; Carnival; Children’s Parade; Children’s Tent; Craft Fair; DUP Museum Tours; Entertainment in the Park; Fireworks Concert;

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The Fiesta Days Rodeo will be held this year in Spanish Fork, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be requirements for masks for all visitors.

Fish Rodeo; Flag Retirement Ceremony;

Food Vendors in the Park; Grand Parade;

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Aviation enthusiasts gather for breakfast and to discuss future events at airport

By Ed Helmick

The Spanish Fork Airport Manager, Cris Child, not only manages the airport for Spanish Fork, but he is also a pilot and aviation enthusiast.

He is always thinking of ways to promote the airport and of course the biggest public examples have been the annual Airplanes, Trains, and Automobiles event.

That event will be renamed Wings and Wheels and is now scheduled for Sept. 26.

Child has come forward with another idea, a monthly airport breakfast for pilots, airport users, and aviation enthusiasts.

This idea was put on hold for a few months due to COVID-19 and the

social distancing guidelines.

With social distancing policies loosening up, a breakfast was held June 20. Local EAA Chapter 753 cooked a breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon.

The breakfast was free, but donations were welcomed.

The aviation enthusiast community was ready to mingle with one another and share their passion for flying machines.

Sixty-five people showed up for the breakfast.

Donations exceed the cost of the food, and the excess $100 will be donated to the Gail S. Halvorsen Aviation Education Center proposed by the local Civil Air Patrol Squadron.

(Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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Nephi’s Whitmore Mansion echoes with historic past

By Ed Helmick

My wife and I are studying the pioneer history of Nine Mile Canyon and as a result just learned about the Whitmore Mansion in Nephi.

Two brothers, George, and James Whitmore from Nephi were the first to graze cattle in upper Nine Mile Canyon. Another young Nephi resident, Shadrach Lunt was also a pioneer cattleman in Nine Mile Canyon, and we will discuss him in the August issue of Serve Daily.

In 1879 George Carter Whitmore brought the first cattle to the Mountain Meadow area, now known as Whitmore Park.

Today that area is about 15.5 miles northeast of Wellington on the Solider Creek Road.

Several cabins in the area are attributable to the Whitmore cattle operation, including one that dates to the 1880’s.

George’s father James Montgomery Whitmore had a cattle ranch in Texas when they became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1856.

They migrated to Utah with a group known as the Homer Duncan Company

and initially settled in Salt Lake City.

In 1861 James Whitmore was called to serve the Dixie Cotton Mission to establish the town of St. George. He became a cattle rancher with some land in Arizona.

In 1866 James was killed by an Indian assault on his ranch. Six years later George, now 18 years old, moved to Nephi and in 1875 he married a local girl named Mary Elizabeth Hague and together they had eight children.

George and his brother James established the Whitmore Cattle Company and reportedly ran 10,000 head of cattle. Their operation expanded to Whitmore Canyon, which is now called Sunnyside because it was located on the sunny side of the Book Cliff Mountains.

In 1886 George established the First National Bank of Nephi and remained its president until his death in December 1917. The bank grew to three branches, The State Bank of Payson, Fillmore Commercial and Savings Bank, and Fountain Green State Bank.

His son George Montgomery Whitmore served as president until the bank collapsed during the economic

Photo by Ed Helmick

The Whitmore Mansion in Nephi was placed on the National Historic Registry in 1978.

depression of 1935.

George C. Whitmore was elected to two terms to the Utah State Senate from 1900 to 1908. He was on the board of trusties of the Utah Agricultural college from 1902 until 1906. He was on the University of Utah Board of Regents from 1910 until his death in 1917.

George also served on the board of the Utah State Hospital in Provo for several years. He was asked to run

for governor of Utah but declined because of poor health.

The house that George C. Whitmore built and is now known as the Whitmore Mansion was built between 1898 and 1900. The house was designed and built by Oscar M. Booth, who was a carpenter-builder in the Nephi area.

It has an octagonal corner tower and other elements of Queen Anne style archi-

tecture. Interestingly, it has been reported that Booth lacked formal architectural training. The house was placed on the National Historic Registry in 1978. It certainly illustrates the wealth of the Whitmore family in rural Nephi in 1900.

The house is located 110 South, Main Street, in Nephi Utah. Call 385-201-9073 for tour or lodging information. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

Happiness for Heroes Campaign gives hope to veterans in isolation

By Ed Helmick

The veteran’s home in Payson is an excellent facility, as anyone who has visited knows. However, because of the COVID pandemic our veterans have become isolated and cannot

go on field trips or receive visitors.

To combat the loneliness and boredom the veteran residents are facing, the Utah Department of Veteran Affairs and the Utah Elks Veterans Program has launched the Happiness for

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Heroes Campaign.

The purpose of this campaign is to “rally friend and coworkers to send messages of support and gratitude to our amazing veterans.” The following forms of encouragement and well-wishing will be welcomed: videos,

letters, postcards, pictures, and artwork. In support of our local veterans’ home your items can be sent to the address below.

Mervyn Sharp Bennion Veterans Home, 1551 North, Main Street, Payson, Utah 84651

Think about what might cheer up a veteran and put a package in the mail to let these folks who have done some much for our great country know they are thought of and appreciated.

(Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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Love, Heartache, & Hope After the loss of their son, Desmond and Alison Lomax strive through their grief to spread message of compassion, understanding and shared humanity

By James L. Davis

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ometimes, from the depths of despair, comes a glimmer of hope that things can be different.

The Lomax family knows something of despair and are now trying to turn that despair into hope not just for them, but for everyone.

Desmond and Alison Lomax of Spanish Fork have endured hardships before in their 23 years of marriage.

A black man married to a white woman in a predominantly white community in a predominantly white state, Desmond and Alison and their four children faced both open and veiled racism over the years.

Each time they did Desmond and Alison struggled to protect their children and explain why the world was the way that it was.

But mostly, they rolled with the punches, hiding their anguish behind smiles

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and good humor.

Until the day they were knocked to their knees.

Mateen Lomax, the oldest of their children, committed suicide on Nov. 20, 2019.

He was an exceptional student and athlete, haunted by a lifetime of not only feeling like he didn’t belong, but often reminded that he didn’t belong.

Lost in grief, the Lomax family faced a new year of constant change.

In January, Desmond retired after a 20-year career in law enforcement and started new careers as the executive director of Steps Recovery Center and as a consultant. Next came the Coronavirus pandemic and the adjustments to “normal” life that was already far from normal.

Then came the death of George Floyd, a black man, by a white police officer, and the nation was embroiled in turmoil over racial divisions

Photos courtesy of Desmond and Alison Lomax

Mateen Lomax committed suicide in November 2019 after a life where he didn’t feel like he belonged.

and the treatment of African Americans. It added an extra bit of agony to the suf-

fering of the Lomax family, and gave them a vision for the future.

“People are so quick to choose sides,” Desmond said. “When at the core of

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For Alison and Desmond, the debate over police brutality and race is deeply personal because they can see it from both sides.

“I have an understanding of what it’s like to be a law enforcement officer. I don’t want that to be misunderstood. I’m also an African American who has had crazy racial things happen to me a lot. Things I would never tell people because I don’t think people would understand exactly how difficult it is.

“I called my son’s manager and asked him if he could walk my son out to the car because I don’t want him out at 10 o’clock at night, worried about whether he’s going to make it out to his car without being treated poorly. That’s like a real thing,” Desmond said.

“We also know there’s law enforcement officers and their families terrified to send the law enforcement officer out because they don’t know what’s going to happen to them,” Alison added.

As protests were organized and the debate for police reform became polarized, Desmond and Alison began to wonder if there was something their perspective could add to the discussion. They found that there was, and it started with the understanding that the only solution was for everyone to begin to find the humanity in each other and be willing to have a conversation.

Desmond and Alison created the Facebook Page IlluminaTEEN Unity in honor of Mateen to share thoughts, feelings, and experiences and to discuss problems and together find solutions to racism.

Since the page was created on June 6, there are now more than 1,200 members and hundreds of posts.

Many of them are podcasts

by Allison and Desmond, where they share their story and their perspective.

Alison was also prompted to share what she believed Mateen might say if he were able.

When she sat down at the computer, the words flowed; not her words but Mateen’s.

Things he said to her or Desmond over the years, the struggles he sometimes quietly endured and how it led him to his decision.

When she finished, Alison posted her son’s story on their Facebook page.

But choosing to lead a conversation about racism was a difficult decision for them.

“Things are not easy in the Lomax home right now,” Desmond said. “which is why I didn’t even want to

The family of Desmond and Alison Lomax.

than 30,000 times and led to the kind of discussions they hoped to start.

“No one would do any-

town I grew up in,” Alison said. “Marrying Desi and different life experiences opened my perspective to

“The capacity to have love and engage in love has to start with you and it has to be a day-to-day thing. I’m not about picking sides.

I’ve been on both sides of this thing.”

- Desmond Lomax post, because if someone got negative when I tried to post something, I am just not in a place, I’m just not in a place.

“But we felt inspired to share. If you are so far over on one side that you can’t see the other side as a living human individual, then you are part of this institutional problem we have,” Desmond said.

They uploaded the first post on their page on June 4, and it has been viewed more

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thing to anybody if they felt that person was a true human being in that moment.

We are often so blind to the ills in society that we might not be a part of. To simply say that one side is right can be a slippery slope,” Desmond said.

For Alison, it came down to changing your perspective of the world around you.

“Growing up I was raised very conservative. And I was raised with a certain perspective in the tiny little

the way I was raised. There was more out there than my one little perspective. Being around Desi’s family there have been a lot of things I could open my mind to and be aware of those challenges that come from being a minority in this country. But I had to be willing to allow myself to be able to hear him and listen.”

The couple shares their perspective, their love and their humor in part because they worry if they don’t,

nothing will ever change; it will just continue on the same cycle it has been. They believe the change that is needed is a change of heart that can only be made one heart at a time.

“What to do? People go what do I do?” Desmond said. “I think it’s a little simpler than we make it. Education is key. The capacity to have love and engage in love has to start with you and it has to be a day-today thing. I’m not about picking sides. I’ve been on both sides of this thing. My concern is you don’t see me.

I believe life is about looking ugliness in the face and achieving despite it.

“That’s what my mama taught me. Find the good.

Within 30 minutes you can sit down with anybody and find humanity. In the midst of this, let’s find humanity.”

That is what keeps the Lomax family pushing forward through despair, and gives them hope for the future.

(Davis is the editor of Serve Daily.)

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Organization fulfills dreams of chair-bound hunters

By Ed Helmick

The Chairbound Sportsman Organization of Springville has been arranging hunting and fishing events for the physically handicapped for 10 years and I have covered almost every event they have had since 2017.

On May 23 a turkey hunt took place on a private ranch, the Big Mountain Hunting Ranch in Elberta, for two young people. This hunt was a different and rewarding experience to witness than the other events that I have covered.

The hunt was arranged for 13-year-old Taige, who has a physical disability where she has difficulty walking.

She was accompanied by her mother and father and two younger brothers.

Her dad and grandfather are hunters and she has been on family hunting trips.

She was excited to hunt a turkey from an Action Tracker Off-

road Wheelchair.

A young man by the name of Spencer who also had a mobility challenge and has had an active life in a wheelchair since age 4.

He was accompanied by his father. Spencer has always just wanted to do what other kids do and he and his father have some remarkable stories about his accomplishments.

He was also excited to use one of the two Action Tracker Off-road wheelchairs provided by the Chairbound Sportsman Organization.

The hunt began with a safety briefing and action plan by the ranch owner, Kelly Prestwich. The turkey hunts were carried out separately with Taige getting her bird first.

Spencer, who had five shots in his shotgun, blasted away at a tree a turkey was hiding behind, bringing down several branches before the turkey was brought down.

Each turkey weighed

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Spencer and his father, Ryan.

Taige and her family after a successful hunt.

about 30 pounds and Kelly helped the hunters, assisted by family members, dress out the turkeys so the meat could be taken home.

Taige and Spencer were excited to be accomplished hunters.

Both participated in the dressing out of the birds and obviously enjoyed the entire afternoon at the Big Mountain Hunting Ranch.

What was really rewarding was to see the loving care and support of the parents of these two young people who

about parents with special needs children who have spent years providing special atten-

wanted the experience of a turkey hunt.

It was not just about a turkey hunt; it was

tion to meet the needs and desires of their children. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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History of successful rancher is classic pioneer story

By Ed Helmick

In studying the pioneer history of Nine Mile Canyon Shadrach (sometimes spelled Shedrach or Shedrack), commonly known as “Shed” Lunt is credited with being the first to establish a ranch in the canyon.

He and his older brother wintered cattle in the Price area in the winter of 1876/1877 and in the summer pushed the herd into Nine Mile Canyon for grazing.

They established a camp at Minnie Maude Creek.

Shadrach moved on down the canyon to just above Gate Canyon and established the first ranch in Nine Mile Canyon.

This ranch shows up on an 1878 U.S. Survey map by Augustus Ferron. This ranch was later sold to William Brock and eventually became the Nutter Ranch. All

that is a fascinating story for another time.

The story of Lunt family migrating to Utah is classic Mormon history. Edward Lunt and his wife Harriet converted to the LDS faith in Willenhall, England.

They traveled from Liverpool to New York between Feb. 18 and March 27, 1856 on the ship Caravan with 457 LDS passengers.

The Lunt family of six traveled to Salt Lake City as part of the Israel Evans Handcart Company, departing Iowa City, Iowa May-23, 1857 and arrived Sept. 12. In 1859, the Lunt family moved to Nephi.

The adjacent fields were green and the range land free. The Lunt family acquired some cattle and were on their way to developing a large herd.

In 1865 while herding cattle in the Eureka area Shadrach

Lunt was the first to discover gold ore. The Mormon community wanted that information kept quiet and Shadrach was a loyal church member. It was four years later, in 1869, when a non-Mormon cowboy by the name of George Rust rediscovered the Shadrach find.

The weather and the economic climate favored the ranchers in the late 1800s.

Lunt’s cattle herd reportedly exceeded 2,500 head.

Shadrach expanded his range land by exploring the Tavaputs Plateau, and Desolation Canyon. In 1886 the U, S. Army improved the foot trail through Nine Mile Canyon and Gate Canyon to a become a wagon road and major transportation route.

This further increased the development of Nine Mile Canyon. Shadrach Lunt was a major pioneer influence.

He was obviously a suc-

Photo by Ed Helmick

Shadrach Lunt, a successful rancher, built a home in Nephi in 1893.

cessful rancher based on the small mansion he had built in 1893. Shadrach was 43 years old when the house was built. The house was designed and built by Nephi architect Oscar Booth. It appears no expense was spared.

The house has four large bed-

rooms and two baths. While Shadrach spent most of his time, spring through fall, as a cowboy and herd manager, his wife and children all lived in Nephi. Shadrach Lunt died Aug. 21, 1933 at the age of 83. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

Chair-bound sportsman prepare for new fishing trips

By Ed Helmick

Kenneth Vaughn of the Chairbound Sportsman Organization has announced they now have a 24-foot pontoon boat with a new Yamaha 80 four-stroke motor for the 2020 fishing season on Strawberry Lake.

The boat has been modified to accommodate up to five wheelchairs, including electric wheelchairs.

In addition, the boat can carry six escorts to accompany the physically challenged in addition to the captain and first mate.

The pontoon boat is a stable platform that will allow the Chairbound Sportsman Organization to provide

more fishing opportunities.

They plan on providing free fishing for disabled people, veterans and combat wounded servicemen this summer.

A typical group fishing event involves the pontoon boat and a couple other volunteers with their boats to accommodate five to six in wheelchairs, three to four with physical disabilities, one to two children with terminal illness and four to five veterans.

The event always includes a free lunch where fishing stories can be shared.

If you know someone who would like to go fishing or if you would like to make a donation to support this

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Photo by Warren Vaughn

With a boat modified to carry wheelchairs, the Chairbound Sportsman Organization will start making dreams of catching the big one come true.

nonprofit organization contact Kenneth at www.chair-

boundsportsman.org. The next fishing trip at Strawber-

ry Lake is July 11. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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Springville CERT Disaster Drill Springville is planning a city-wide Community Emergency Response Team Disaster Drill for Sept. 5.

At 7:30 a.m. that morning, hundreds of block captains will start walking their blocks.

They will be checking the status of every household in their block by looking for a color marker posted in a front window or door.

If they see red, it is a signal immediate help is needed. Yellow indicates help is needed but can wait until later, green tells the block captain all is well, and

no help is needed. A black marker is to be posted if there is a death in the household.

Organizers ask the public to post markers this way so block captains can quickly check on a household without having to go up and knock on each door.

It also allows block captains to gather a lot of information in the shortest amount of time.

The best time to post your marker cards would be Friday evening, unless you want to get up early before 7:30 a.m. on Saturday.

The city prefers that the markers be on 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheets of

colored paper.

If you don’t already have a kit with red, yellow, green and black sheets there is still plenty of time to buy what you need at any place selling colored paper. For this drill, all citizens are asked to post a green card. However, a certain number of citizens will be asked beforehand to post a red marker.

The number will be reported to the City Emergency Operations Center. Then when the block captains report how many red markers they saw, the effectiveness of the block captains and their communication with the City

Emergency Operations Center can be measured.

This drill depends on a lot of people participating, including the public, so please mark your calendars for Sept.

5, and then get your marker kits. This way you will be ready just in case there is a real disaster.

Springville Farmers Market The farmers market is still set to start July 6.

Stubbs Farm, Hatfield’s Farm, Stratton Farm, Ramirez Farm, Carter’s Family Farm Fred Openshaw Farm, Hobble Creek Homemade,

Wild and Peachy, Honey Man and many more local farmers will be on site every Monday evening July through October at Springville Civic Center.

Salem Days Canceled Salem City leaders had been planning on holding Salem Days, but with the COVID-19 situation, dates for the event were continually pushed back.

With the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in Utah, the Salem City Council, COVID-19 Committee and Mayor Kurt L. Christensen have decided to cancel

all Salem Days events for this year.

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The group has been able to construct more than 400 masks so far. The group consists of about 100 women in Santaquin.

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The Squeegee Boys Young entrepreneurs take window washing to a whole new level

By James L. Davis

They have been friends since high school and are now partners in a growing business providing a service for a task few people want to do for themselves.

They wash windows.

Brothers Brycen and Jordan Woods and Jordan Humphreys opened The Squeegee Boys window cleaning service in July of 2018 and with a strong work ethic and meticulous nature, have watched their business grow.

All in their 20s, the friends and partners recognized the possibility to create a business and embraced the entrepreneur spirit.

“Brycen had the idea,” said Humphreys. “We partnered up and decided we would go for it. The hard part was coming up with a name for the business.”

They now work full-time providing commercial and residential window cleaning services for a growing base of loyal customers, primarily in Utah and Salt Lake counties.

The business has grown in the past two years and they now have eight employees working with them.

Although they don’t provide window cleaning services for high rises, it is a skillset they plan to pursue in

the future.

The Squeegee Boys also provides post construction window cleaning for residential homes and commercial buildings and with the booming construction market in Utah Valley, business for their services is also growing.

Humphreys said the winter months are the slow period for their business, but their commercial jobs carry them through until springtime, when things can get hectic.

“It’s been a journey. It’s back and forth all the time, but its consistently going up,” he said.

Taking the leap into entrepreneurship came at the right time for Humphreys, who wasn’t finding what he was looking for in college.

“I don’t know how many times I changed my major. I went from medical to accounting to business management. Nothing really felt like what I wanted to do,” he said.

Humphreys said he might go back to college one day and get his degree but mused that there were a lot of avenues available for education.

“You learn a ton just from doing.

There’s so many educational things out there,” he said.

Cleaning windows on a post construction home in Payson, Humphreys did so with a smile and said

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Jordan Woods and Jordan Humphreys, along with their partner, Brycen Woods, started The Squeegee Boys window cleaning service in 2018 and have been happily busy ever since.

he and his partners enjoy the work and the opportunities it provides not only for them, but their employees.

“It’s fun to grow something that gives people an opportunity for work.”

One of the most rewarding aspects of being a business owner is the interaction with their customers, and it is what keeps the three men

smiling while they work.

“We have some awesome relationships with people,” Humphreys said. “We don’t call them customers; we call them fans. We’ve got some awesome fans.”

For more information about The Squeegee Boys, visit their website at thesqueegeeboys.com. (Davis is the editor of Serve Daily.)

Computer application helps remind people to make kindness a daily activity

By Daniel Whitlock

Kinding started as a project for me to practice my design and front-end development skills.

I wanted to build something that would delight people and be free and easy

to use. Thus, the idea for a random acts of kindness generator was born.

Kinding was designed in a software called Figma and built using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. The app is a Google Chrome Extension.

Users can get their kind-

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ing challenges by installing the app to their Chrome browser (on either PC or Mac). From the app you can commit to the challenge, receive encouragement, or, if the challenge is too difficult, refresh the app and get a new one.

A “kinding challenge” is essentially a random act of kindness. These challenges need to have the following attributes: - is challenging can be done in a day - is an act toward someone else - is not specific to one demographic - anyone can do it

regardless of age/location/ resources/etc You can visit the website at kinding.app to download the Chrome Extension.

Help make the world a better place one kinding challenge at a time! (Serve Daily submission.)

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Achiever Preschool closes after 36 years Achiever Preschool of Spanish Fork is closing its doors after 36 years.

The preschool was started by Beverly Anderson. The first three years she worked with Linda Bartholomew, Rae Shepherd and Di-

ane Hill. Julie Ward was a regular substitute.

After three years, Linda and Julie took over the preschool and it moved to Canyon Road.

They were planning

on retiring in May 2020, but instead abruptly retired in March. It was a hard way to do it. Linda and Julie loved teaching. They had awesome children and wonderful families. They appreciate the support of the

families and will miss them all. There was going to be an open house for all alumni and families, but due to restrictions it was not possible. Thanks to everyone for a great run.

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Copies Plus celebrates 36 years of business in Springville

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dren in Springville, where all their children kept up the tradition Mike set years ago graduating from Springville High as a Red Devil and a Red Devil fan.

All their family have worked in one form or another for the business and to this day three of their sons still work for Copies Plus Printing.

Sharon will tell you that all of their 15 employees are family. And although she was raised in Arizona, Springville has long since become her hometown.

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Some of their services include digital printing, marketing materials for your business, business cards, and business manuals. Are you having a birthday party or anniversary or maybe you want to support your local political candidate? They can print vinyl yard signs as well.

Maybe it’s your special day and you need wedding or graduation announcements; they cover that as well.

From large posters and blueprints to badges and bindery, Copies Plus Printing can do it all.

Their talented graphic arts department can take your idea to a finished project all the while keeping true to your vision.

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Voted number one printer in Utah Valley in the Daily Herald’s best of Utah Valley for eight years in a row, they have become a positive fixture in the community.

Mike and Sharon Ewing started Copies Plus Printing in June of 1984. Mike, who already worked in the printing industry, decided his commute to work in Salt Lake City was too long of a drive away from his home and family in Springville.

Friends warned Mike and Sharon that a printing business would never make it in the small community of Springville and encouraged them to try a location further north, like Provo or Orem, but the Ewings were determined to make a go of it in Mike’s hometown of Springville.

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A little taste of heaven in Nephi Open Hearth offers great sandwiches and tasty treats for locals and travelers alike

By Ed Helmick

As I have said many times before, the part of this job that I love is meeting interesting people in interesting places.

This proved true when we were returning from a trip to Nine Mile Canyon and decided to find the Whitmore Mansion in Nephi. When we reached I-15, instead of turning right to go

home, we turned left and went to Nephi.

After finding the Mansion, and taking lots of photographs, we decided we were hungry and wanted a place we could sit inside and be served. We found one restaurant that was takeout only, so we continued to look. We found a little place on a corner called Open Hearth Sandwich and Pastry Shop that advertised inside seating

and decided to give it a try. That turned out to be a monumental decision.

Brent Anderson owns and operates Open Hearth, and his love for baking radiates from every pore in his body. We sat down and had a great sandwich. Brent came out to our table and asked if we were enjoying the sandwich. As it turned out, it was the first day of operation,

Open Hearth recently opened in Nephi.

and before we knew it, we were scheduling an appointment for an interview.

We met with Brent on July 1 and the first question we asked was why he settled on a little out of the way place like Nephi. He said it was the first place he found where the property owner would work with him, and he thought the town needed a bakery. He also wants to demonstrate that a bakery, donut, and sandwich shop can be a viable business for young people.

Brent has been baking since 1960. He started out working for Spudnuts and became a manager consult-

ing with franchisees throughout the region.

He taught culinary arts classes in the prison in Gunnison. He sees it as a way for paroled prisoners to make a living for themselves.

He wants them to be able to own their own business and become a positive part of the neighborhood.

The buns are amazing because he makes his own dough, which is a basic roll dough recipe.

To achieve the degree of volume and freshness he desires, water is 65 percent of the weight of the ingredients, because the dough must be slightly wet. We commented on the buns and got an

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enthusiastic dissertation on bread making.

At Open Hearth one can choose between raised or cake doughnuts, glazed or frosted doughnuts, a single doughnut or a dozen. In addition to the doughnuts, you can order several different sandwiches including Roast Beef, Turkey Malibu, Ham and Cheese, Turkey Breast, and Turkey, Ham and Swiss Cheese.

For a unique eating experience at a real bakery, give Open Heath Sandwich and Pastry Shop in Nephi a try. Open Hearth is located at 290 South, Main Street. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.

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Kara Poulsen of Diamond Fork Junior High named Drama Teacher of the Year

By Lana Hiskey

Kara Poulsen, drama teacher at Diamond Fork Junior High School, was honored

by Sorenson Legacy Awards for Excellence in Arts Education, as Secondary Drama Teacher of the Year for 2020.

Poulsen taught at Diamond Fork Junior from day one–literally.

She started the drama department in 1996.

This drama program is one of the best junior high departments in the state.

“Becoming a teacher was something I always

wanted to do. Being a teacher has been more than I ever expected,” Poulsen said.

“My students over the past 32 years have taught ME more than I ever taught them.

Watching them struggle, work, and then achieve and succeed is pure joy. They are still my favorite people, from 1988 to 2020!

Their stories feel like my story and I couldn’t have written a better one.”

Some of the productions she produced most recently include: Joseph and the Amazing Technocolor

Dreamcoat 2008; Fiddler on the Roof 2011; Beauty and the Beast 2012; The Little Mermaid 2013; Aladdin 2015; Lion King 2016; Thoroughly Modern Millie 2017; Mulan 2018; Shrek 2019; Poulsen’s drama students continuously place at the top in the state’s Shakespeare competitions.

“Kara Poulsen is simply the best of the best.

She is more than drama. She is art, dance, acting, lighting, cos-

tuming, music, set design, screenwriter, playwright, coach of adolescent novice budding thespians, therapist — she is a magician,” said Principal Brenda Burr.

“Her students adore her because they feel part of the magic. Her classes are bursting.

Drama programs live and die by the drama teacher. She chooses junior high. High schools and theater companies have come calling, but Kara has found her calling — working with the awkward junior high age.” (Serve Daily submission.)

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It is still not to late to make your garden grow

By Jennifer Durrant

There’s still time to get your hands dirty!

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, green beans, peppers, squash, carrots, beets, zucchini—these veggies and more are growing in gardens all over.

Garden season is officially underway, and people everywhere are patiently watching their plants grow and flower. It’s not too late to get your vegetable garden started, though.

In some areas, it’s barely past the last

freeze date, so now is still the perfect time to get some veggies in the ground. Are you ready to get your vegetable garden started?

You don’t need to be a certified master gardener to start a garden.

But it’s essential to have a little gardening knowledge before you begin planting. Here are some basic tips: Know your dates.

When’s the average last and first frosts of the year? That indicates when you can start planting warm-weather veggies like tomatoes

and when you need to pick everything or cover plants before the first frost destroys your crops.

It’s also important to know the days-to-maturity for everything you plant. If the number is higher than the number of days until the first frost, you probably won’t get anything from that plant.

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true gardening method may be your best bet for a successful garden if you’re a novice.

There are a lot from which you can choose: Mittleider, square-foot, no-till, straw bale, hugelkultur, and more.

There are books and step-by-step instructions available online for more information.

Decide what to grow.

It may sound like a good idea to grow parsnips and turnips, but if you and your family won’t eat them, it’s a waste of time, space, and energy. So only choose veggies you want to eat.

Map it.

If you’re planting

multiple varieties of plants that look alike, make a map or list of what everything is and where you planted it. Then you’ll know where everything is and when to harvest.

Watch for bad bugs.

Aphids, slugs, and snails will destroy your plants and fruit before you have a chance to harvest.

Luckily, there are easy and safe ways to kill these bugs without pesticides that could upset your garden neighbors. For aphids, make an insecticidal soap with a few teaspoons of dish soap and a quart of water. Spray the solution on your

aphid-infested plants.

Ladybugs and lacewings also will eradicate bad bugs in your garden, and you can buy them on Amazon.

A bowl of beer is an easy way to get rid of slugs and snails. Put out a shallow bowl filled with beer. Slugs and snails are attracted to the liquid and will drown.

You also can start canning what you don’t eat.

Water bath canning can be easy and safe— though sometimes time-consuming—with the right recipes.

Now, are you ready to get your hands in the dirt?

It’s still the right time to start planting. To

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The Secret is to Give and Receive

By Danie Davis

The common phrase of “there is always give and take” just doesn’t sit well with me anymore. I will explain why.

In the last couple of weeks or so, the idea of receiving has popped up in various ways that has changed my perspective. It has caused me to stop and reflect on that word, what it means and why it is different from “taking.” In my pondering, I have had several moments where nature has taught me a few things that I would like to share.

Yesterday, a small thunderstorm rolled in and there was a light drizzle of rain, and my family and I sat outside and enjoyed the storm. After the rain stopped, my husband told me that before it started raining, it was like the grass, trees, and flowers were in patient anticipation for the rain that was about to fall. Then, after it rained the plants rejoiced in what they received.

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attention and I thought about how right he was. The plant life doesn’t take the rain that falls. It receives and then rejoices. My thoughts have kept dwelling on this concept and I have gained a couple of more examples from nature.

A tree, for example, doesn’t take the sunlight that is readily available.

It instead receives the sunlight, and there is no less light when it does receive. The tree rejoices from what it has received, and with that light, it grows and gives back to the world in its own way. A tree does the same with the air surrounding it and the water that gives it nourishment from below.

Another example comes from the bird feeder hanging from a tree in my backyard, because I love watching birds. This afternoon, while I sat in my patio chair and watched the birds come to the bird feeder, I realized that they were receiving what I had put there just for them.

All they had to do to receive it was to show up at the bird feeder

and eat. They chirped happily and bounced from branch to branch around the feeder, and I felt such joy knowing what I gave was being received.

From my pondering and joyful moments with nature, I have come to learn that receiving has a feel to it that is vastly different than the feel of “taking.” Receiving feels like being open, selfless, joyful, and purely grateful. There is an acknowledgment of abundance when one receives, while “taking” seems to be linked to the idea of scarcity, selfishness, fear, and greed.

Just like I have learned how to breathe in joy, I am now learning how to breathe in receiving. It has been a neat experience so far, and I am trying to make some personal shifts where this topic is concerned.

A friend of mine recently stated the perspective of how we need to not just be givers by doing, doing, doing.

Rather, we need to have that balance of being a giver and a receiver.

This made me ponder on how true that is and that I want to be both of these things.

This balance is so important because with it we are able to do and be more.

Let’s go back to the example of a tree to illustrate this balance. A tree that receives light and water is a tree that can grow.

As it grows it has the capacity to give more and receive more. This balance is beautiful and right and joyous. It is a pattern that I can see in many different ways.

One more thing I want to mention is the balance of receiving and giving within human relationships. I find myself asking, “Do I allow myself to be received by others when I authentically offer myself? Do I receive others – not just their actions and loving intentions – but truly receive them in a way that they feel like they belong and are accepted?

How does this balance of giving and receiving work in my relationships?”

(Serve Daily submission.)

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Life as a Fashion Consultant isn’t Easy

By Joe Capell

I have two daughters, ages 12 and 5. Their Mom keeps them well-supplied with nice, cute, clothes.

When they coordinate those clothes properly, how their Mom intended, they look very nice.

However, sometimes the girls mix and match the clothing into outfits that should not be worn together.

Often, it falls upon me, the fashion-challenged Dad, to set things right. I don’t always succeed. (I also have two boys. I don’t worry about them.

Put boys in a T-shirt and jeans and they’re set.)

The girls (especially the 5-yearold) sometimes go out in public in questionable clothes. I don’t always catch the bad outfits. Part of the problem is I don’t quite know all of the terminology.

On the lower half of their bodies, girls can wear dresses, pants, jeggings, leggings, tights, skirts, shorts, skorts, jorts, sweats, or some other thing that I should probably know the name of but quite clearly do not.

And only certain tops, shirts, blouses, dresses, tunics, muumuus, or whatevers are supposed to match up with each specific lower-half-covering unit, and I don’t know all of the correct combinations.

For example, I’ve been told that leggings are only supposed to go

with longer shirts, but I’m not sure what length the shirt needs to be to meet the cutoff point, and now that I’ve said “cutoffs” I’m even more confused than I was before.

A fashion faux pas needs to be extremely egregious for me to catch it. But, yes, I do occasionally catch them.

A while back, the younger girl was getting dressed for church. She had on a lovely pink floral dress, and I told her to go get some shoes.

She came back with black Sunday shoes and a pair of green and white athletic socks. Even I knew that was a bad idea.

Over the years I have picked up a few little rules that help me. Girls love pink, and girls love purple, but pink and purple don’t go together (unless they do).

Also, red and pink don’t go together (unless they do.) Stripes and polka dots don’t go together, either (unless they do.)

I don’t know when the exceptions for these rules apply, only that I’m not qualified to apply them.

The biggest problem in trying to be a fashion consultant for my daughters is that I’m so fashionably challenged myself.

I’ve been wearing some of the same shirts since 1997. And really, what’s the worst that can happen?

My girls might go out in public wearing outfits that don’t match.

If anyone calls them on it, they can always just point to me and say, “Hey, at least we don’t look as bad as that guy.” (Capell is a Serve Daily contributor. For more funny-ish stuff, check out slowjoe40.com.)

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Finally Accepting that I Might be a Hoarder

By Casey Wood

“Okay, why are we keeping this empty box?” asked my wife as we were packing our things.

We had just bought our first home, and this was our first time packing up all our belongings together. When we married, I had been done with school and living on my own in an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment for about a year and had acquired enough stuff to fill said apartment until it was bursting at the seams.

My wife, however, was a sophomore in college and could fit pretty much all of her worldly possessions in three and a half boxes. Not a lot of adjustment was required to combine our households, and so,

apart from trading my video game, movie, and comic book ‘bachelor pad’ décor for more tasteful, ‘family’ décor and photos, nothing was really packed, unpacked, or sorted through.

“Well, that’s a good box.” I said, grabbing the box from her.

“A good box? What does that even mean?”

“It means that it’s sturdy, looks nice, and we’re not throwing it away. Besides, that’s our Instant Pot box!”

“Yes…And our Instant Pot has not been in that box since our wedding.”

“That’s because we haven’t moved since our wedding. But now is the perfect time to pack our Instant Pot into it!”

“You’re a hoarder.”

“No, I’m not!”

I am. Yet, only recently, after taking a look at our belongings as we reorganized our garage, was my wife able to convince me that I am,

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in fact, a hoarder.

As a small child, my mother and I visited my great aunt. In passing, she mentioned that she had finally replaced her old hairdryer. I asked her if I could have the old one and, for some reason, my great aunt agreed, and my mother let me take it home. I don’t know what need a young boy has for a hair dryer, but I do remember storing it in my bedroom.

As I was a teenager, I was known for carrying an inordinate number of things in my pockets. On any given day I carried (at a minimum) two pens, two mechanical pencils, spare lead, spare erasers, lip balm, mints, gum, a small bottle of White-Out, a miniature stapler, and a keychain (with no keys, because I didn’t have a car or house key yet) in my right pocket, a full-sized TI-86 graphing calculator loaded with video games in my left pocket, a huge wallet filled with every photo I’d ever been given, but almost no money, in my

back right pocket, and any spare change or other items I wanted to carry in my back left pocket.

To this day, I have every birthday card, letter, kind note, or Valentine’s Day card (yes, even the mandatory ones from elementary school) I have ever received sitting in a box in my garage. I have, sitting next to it, four huge boxes full of DVD cases (the DVDs themselves were moved into a large disc wallet in my living room years ago).

“Fine, we’ll keep that box. But surely, we can throw this junk away,” said my wife, pointing to a small pile of old, unidentifiable cables and a rubber band.

“No! Those cables are still useful!” I exclaimed.

“Fine…” She sighed, “then I’ll just throw this rubber band away.”

“No!” I shouted, snatching the rubber band and stretching it around my wrist, “That’s a good rubber band!” (Wood is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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