Serve Daily Volume 9, Issue 92 January 2020

VOL. 9 ISSUE 92 | JANUARY 2020 | SERVEDAILY.COM

YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE SERVING SPRINGVILLE, MAPLETON, SPANISH FORK, SALEM, PAYSON, SANTAQUIN, NEPHI, EUREKA

New Year, New You? Setting realistic goals

Trades in Need New series on trade skills in demand

I Was Served Thanking the Baby Boomers

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SERVE DAILY FROM THE PUBLISHER

Sharing a positive story of our community

By Chris Baird

I’m Chris, Publisher and your friend in sharing the positive and good things in our community.

I’ve been printing Serve Daily for more than seven years now, and how the time has flown by.

It has been amazing to meet so many people in the community, share their stories, and make a positive impact in South Utah County and surrounding areas.

Moving into 2020 (haha the year of perfect vision), I am ever excited to continue serving the community. Let me take you on a short journey through the years of Serve Daily by sharing with you the subtitles on the cover of the paper. r June 2012: The Project with a Purpose r August 2013: A Newspaper Serving Southern UTAH County r November 2013: The Voice of your Community r February 2014: Your Voice. Your Community. r November 2015: Your Voice. Your Community. Your Newspaper. r May 2016: South Utah Country’s January 2020

Source for Information & Inspiration r June 2017: Your Source for Information & Inspiration Serve Daily is still a project with a purpose. It was started to promote local business and positive happenings in your community. It continues to serve south Utah County and additional areas and is a valued resource for information and inspiration.

You may have noticed on the cover of this issue that “Your Source for Information & Inspiration” has been replaced with “Your Community Voice”. Serve Daily is here to provide you an avenue to share your message with our tens of thousands of readers in print and online. We distribute papers at more than 150 locations and growing, as well as post the articles online at servedaily. com and social media.

Share your voice with the community by heading over to servedaily.com/submit to submit content about the good things going on in the community.

We want to share your stories about athletes making progress, neighborhood news, achievements in education, business spotlights, family spotlights. etc. Soon we plan to start a pets section and a tributes section. Since Serve Daily

is a monthly paper and can’t provide a timely resource for obituaries, it seems right to provide a free alternative for submitting tributes for those who have passed.

Watch for the upcoming column by me for information on the Serve Daily

Cards that invite people to Remember to Serve Daily and to do an act of kindness for someone as they pass the card forward.

Until next time find someone to Serve Daily. (Baird is the publisher of Serve Daily.)

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New Year, New You? When setting goals for the New Year, it’s important to set ones within your reach

By Arianne Brown

The city of Spanish Fork recently received a grant from Utah League of Cities and Towns in conjunction with Intermountain Health Care to promote active and healthy living in the community.

The grant was spearheaded by councilman Mike Mendenhall, with the help of Spanish Fork City Wellness Coordinator, Susan Chapman. Together, with the help of several other community members, they run a Facebook group called, “Spanish Fork Active and Healthy Community” to encourage residents to live a healthful life.

According to Chapman, rather than focusing just on physical exercise, people should make goals toward overall wellness.

With the New Year underway, Chapman offered the following tips for individuals as they approach this time of year with wellness in mind.

1. Make SMART goals When setting goals, use the SMART acronym to help make your goals more feasible.

SMART stands for: Simple, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timetable. Making goals around these elements can create a more successful New Year’s plan.

2. When it comes to nutrition, don’t diet, but strategize Diets can be perceived as a temporary mindset and involve only food. Instead, make lifestyle changes with environments of success that are strategic. Choose strategic modifications to food choices that you can maintain. If your goal is weight loss, make nutrition your primary focus with exercise taking a supportive role.

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loss because they begin to try to achieve weight loss with aggressive exercise routines while neglecting nutrition. In fact, people can eat in five minutes what it takes two hours to burn off in the gym. To see desirable results for weight loss we have to learn how to eat strategically and be patient with the process.

3. Don’t wait on weights It’s a myth that cardio is the best way to be fit, especially for women. Strength training, or at least weight bearing exercise, has generous benefits for both men and women.

Women do not tend to build bulk like men, but can benefit from lean muscle mass, especially long term. When you make New Year’s goals, you will see optimal results if you

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include strength training and proper stretching in your routine and not just cardiovascular exercise.

4. Fit Mental Fitness into your New Year’s Resolutions When we think of physical fitness, we often think of running, sports, exercise, or even doctor check-ups. When we think of the words mental health, we might think of words like depression or mental health disorders. In truth, we should be thinking about mental health in a more positive, preventative way like we do physical health.

This is why I’m using the term mental fitness.

Make goals for regular sleep, self-care, family connection, stress management, appropriate

social media use and community connection. These actions are very much preventative and enhance mental fitness. If you feel you are struggling in this area, don’t wait. Get help now.

The app 211 is a great resource for help.

5. Take an online self-assessment and see your doctor Fitness and health extend further than regular exercise and nutrition. A person should be proactive about their health and be their personal advocate.

Know your biological age to determine where you could improve habits by a review of your personal and family history.

Also know appropriate time frames and number ranges for cancer screenings, blood cholesterol, blood pressure checks

and other health markers which can help strengthen resolve and direction while making New Year’s resolutions.

6. Fail upward, Fail often According to a US News World Report 80 Percent of New Year’s resolutions fail in February. Don’t be a person that abandons resolutions at the first missed workout or nutrition mess-up. Expect failure but realize failure is not a terrible thing.

Failure is something that happens to people who are trying to succeed at change. Those who don’t fail are those not working against change. When we anticipate that failure is part of the process of success, we are less likely to let it derail us. (Brown is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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The real treat of visiting Thanksgiving Point’s Butterfly Biosphere is the beautiful butterflies that will land on you if you are standing still.

Drive a Few Miles to the Tropics this Winter

By Ed Helmick

January is the coldest month of the year in Utah, and it is a wonderful time for a change of scenery and a visit to a tropical jungle.

An easy trip up I-15 to Thanksgiving Point’s Butterfly Biosphere will take you to the 85 degree humid and lush green environment of tropical flowering plants and butterflies, more than 1,000 butterflies. The biosphere also has 20 species of tarantulas and a few other (harmless) crawly creatures.

You quickly forget the ice and snow you came from The Thanksgiving Point Butterfly Biosphere opened

a year ago, Jan. 18, with a 40,000 square foot facility that includes a 10,000 square foot temperature and humidity-controlled greenhouse that is a USDA approved containment facility, because none of the butterflies are native to Utah.

Essential to the educational mission of the facility is a 7,500 square foot play and exploration area for young people to learn about insects and their environment. There is also an interactive “Discovery Zone” that will fascinate all ages. This is a world-class facility in our back yard worthy of a visit.

The real treat of visiting this tropical get-a-way is the beautiful butterflies that will even

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land on you if you are standing still.

The best time to see the butterflies flying around is mid-day, later in day they are doing more resting and, in that respect, somewhat easier to photograph. To limit the number of people in the biosphere all tickets are timed for entries.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for children 3-12 years and seniors 65 and over. Twice daily, at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday they release new butterfly’s and those tickets are an additional $4 per person. Strollers are available for $5 and wheelchairs can be rented for $10. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

The best time to see the butterflies flying around is mid-day, later in day they are resting and, in that respect, somewhat easier to photograph.

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SERVE DAILY I WAS SERVED

I was served by the Baby Boomers in my life

By Arianne Brown

“OK Boomer” is a popular statement that is making its way around social media and in conversations nationwide.

The two-word phrase may sound benign, but it really isn’t; it is blatant disrespect for the Baby Boomer generation born between the years of 1944 and 1964.

Many are using the phrase to discount anything that our parents and grandparents say -- even blaming them for recent economic hardships and unhealthy diets.

I became aware of “OK Boomer” during one of my favorite past times: having a text conversation with my daughter, where we communicate entirely in GIFs. During our conversation, she disagreed with something I said, and big “OK BOOMER” flashed in bright colors on my phone.

I had no idea what that meant, so enlisted the help of Google to translate what my daughter meant. While I took no direct offense to the message, as one who sits right on the border of Gen X and Millennial (1982), it bothered me.

Despite what the younger generation may say about the Baby Boomers, I’ll say that I’ve been served my whole life by people born in this era.

It was the Baby Boomers who came about after war, the Great Depression, and more war and heartache to bring a rising generation of hope to a country that needed just that.

Baby Boomers were raised by parents and loved ones who were doing their best despite being subject to mankind and devastation at its worst.

It was during their time when a country that was wrought with racism, that the idea of equal rights was brought to

light, and we began to see each other as brothers and sisters.

Peace, love and rock-and-roll took the country by storm as teen and young adult Boomers tried to make sense of a world of senselessness. Some took to exploring the great outdoors like my dad, becoming a river guide on the Snake River. My mom immersed herself in the arts.

There were those who threw themselves into work, trying to create a better life for themselves and their children. Things like student loans were put in place to allow everyone a chance at a quality education to provide more gainful employment. Each scenario progressed with Baby Boomers growing through adulthood taking with them experiences from years previous into family and work life. And they did their best.

As a beneficiary of those life experiences having been raised by two Baby

Boomer parents and countless other aunts, uncles, neighbors and teachers, I am forever grateful. And just like it was the responsibility of their generation to carry the torch that burned heavy with a hardship, it is my duty to carry the torch that also carries with it lessons to be learned.

As I carry that torch, I hope to make it a little lighter for the generations that follow, but I’m sure I will make mistakes that will inevitably need to be fixed. My kids and grandkids may mock me, and I them.

So, rather than ending the conversation too soon with a callused two-word phrase, how about we take a look at the service that was provided to us by people doing their best to make life better as we work toward doing the same for those to come. (Brown is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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The landscape gets a new coat of beauty and brings forth a sense of cleanliness and purity in the winter.

Winter Beauty

The wonder of the season is often missed as we huddle away from the cold

By Ed Helmick

We are blessed with four seasons to entertain us during the year. Winter is a cool season (pun intended) because it has some unique features for us to think about and appreciate.

The visual impact of winter is multifaceted and gets frozen in our mind (pun intended) for us to take into old age and use wisely.

The weather forecast tells us a snowstorm is coming, and it may be the largest storm of the season. We anxiously wait, periodically looking out the

window to see if it is snowing yet.

When we go to bed, we get up with great curiosity to see how much snow has fallen. Then we ask ourselves how long the storm will last. Snow is something we can see, measure, touch and taste. A snowstorm brings out emotions we don’t experience in the spring, summer, and fall seasons.

The landscape gets a new coat of beauty and brings forth a sense of cleanliness and purity. Then the question, are we going to be able to get out of the driveway today. Driving can be an adventure in terms of traction and defensive mindset about other drivers on the road.

On the lighter side, it is time to make snow angels and snowmen.

Now there is a winter sight for you. Then there are the action shots in our camera or at least in our minds eye of sledding, skiing,

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snowboarding and riding the snowmobile in the winter wonderland. There is just no other season like it.

The winter nights are long, in Utah County we have about 15 hours between sunset and sunrise.

With so much darkness it has always amazed me that the Creator’s wisdom has provided us with a blanket of white snow to reflect the limited light that is available.

Just look at the magic of a full moon on a winter night.

Winter is a wonderful season to be cherished and appreciat-

ed. Human nature is such that we will soon be ready for change and spring weather and its attributes. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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SERVE DAILY TRADES IN NEED

Electrical lineman trade in growing need of workers, particularly in Utah Valley

It was a work of precision that required the

ployee, Mark Holdaway, this was a job that only those with the right skills and knowledge could do.

The problem the company ran into was not enough skilled hands to do it all in a timely manner, and with the population growing, the issue may worsen.

“What you have to understand is that along with the work that needed to be done on West Mountain, there were regular, everyday house fixes that our workers needed to attend to,” Holdaway said. “With the valley growing, and more and more residents needing power to be connected, among other things,

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So, what is a lineman?

A Lineman is responsible for the install, repair and maintenance of high-power above or

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Electrical lineman is one trade in increasing demand, particularly in Utah Valley with its booming population and demand for power.

below-ground electrical cables and distribution lines (cable, internet and phone) and distribution lines.

Places of employment include utility companies, electrical contractors, telecommunications companies or local or state government agencies.

What does it take to become a lineman?

Entry level workers usually require a high school diploma and extensive on the job training and even apprenticeships under a Journeyman lineman.

A two-year degree in electronics or electrical contracting is helpful but not required.

If the eventual goal is to become a journeyman lineman, four years of paid apprenticeship onthe-job training (7,000 hours) as well as in-classroom training will be required.

What is the average pay of a lineman?

According to Glassdoor. com, apprentice linemen can make between $36,000 and $66,000 a year with the average being $60,000 nationwide.

A journeyman lineman can make between $52,000 to $130,000 per year, with the national average being $88,000.

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we need more workers to be able to do that, and as it stands, there simply aren’t enough people getting into the lines worker trade.”

What Holdaway said is true, and there are numbers to prove it.

According to recent growth reports in Utah, Utah County alone is projected to add more than 1 million new residents to reach 1.6 million by 2065.

Reports also found that over the next fifty years, 37 percent of the state’s population growth is projected to be in Utah County.

This means a growing number of residents will need power connected, more poles will need to be placed, more lines will need to be maintained.

Add to that natural disasters, weather and other means having the potential to cause power outages, not to mention the retirement of older line workers, the need for more skilled linemen is growing.

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skilled workmanship of employees of South Utah Valley Electric Service District.

A fire burned nearly 9,000 acres on the southeast side of West Mountain last August, causing electrical lines along the hillside to burn. Hundreds of West Mountain residents were out of power, and the only way to restore it was through the skills and know-how of SESD linemen.

Due to the nature of the hillside, with loose rocks and dirt, helicopters had to drop the poles to the placement areas so workers could hike up the hills to post the poles by hand.

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This is part one of a Serve Daily series on trades and the need for more skilled workers.

In 2019, the Department of Labor reported the US economy had 7.6 million unfilled skilled labor jobs, but only 6.5 million people were looking for work.

With population growing, and skilled workers decreasing in numbers, Serve Daily hopes that through this series of articles, it will encourage individuals to consider learning a trade and pursuing a future in the labor workforce.

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Family reflects on year of service to prevent teen suicide

By Arianne Brown

In the fall of 2018, a Springville High School student by the name of Kaden Garcia, along with his father, Jorge Garcia, embarked on a mission to educate and empower people struggling with suicidal thoughts and tendencies with their clothing line, “YourTribe Clothing.”

The father-son duo each had experiences related to suicide that compelled them to start this brand that features powerful words like, fighter, living, survivor and beautiful, with a semicolon in the place of the letter i, signifying the need to pause.

Part of the sale of the shirts would go to provide QPR trainings to schools and individuals to help reduce suicidal behaviors and save lives.

Serve Daily first wrote about the Garcia’s in December 2018, and recently caught up with them to see how things have gone over the past year. We are pleased to report that their message of hope and strength is growing.

In March of last year, Kaden was named one of Utah Valley Magazine’s Fab 40 for his efforts. In July, a father who lost his son too soon donated a classic Chevy to YourTribe Clothing to help spread the word of suicide prevention. Singer, Alex Boye invited YTC on stage with him on Aug. 22 during his concert for Suicide Prevention.

And on Sept. 18, the organization held its very first benefit concert and car show to bring awareness to the movement.

While the above were all great honors and events, according to the Garcia’s it’s what happened in between those things that was the measure of their success.

“It’s been slightly over a year since we started, and we have learned so much,” Jorge Garcia said.

“These past 14 months we have been able to be a part of hosting and perhaps being able to instigate well over a dozen QRP trainings in Utah county alone.

“One of our own members of our ‘Tribe’ has become certified to help us continue offering these trainings to schools and businesses alike. Because of this, we’ve had the opportunity to teach a class to a group at the Army National Guard in Salt Lake County. We have shipped shirts all over the nation to New Jersey, California, Oregon, Alabama, Texas, Idaho and Tennessee. We also have local people buying them and mailing them to friends and family.”

As t-shirt sales as well as donations came in, YourTribe Clothing was able to buy the proper equipment, laptop, sound equipment, projector and canopy to be able to host events at any location moving toward.

“We have plans to host multiple YourTribe ‘RMH’ Running, Music, Health Fests across the county including one at Springville High and a spring event in Eagle Mountain at Cedar Valley High,” he said. “Our focus will continue to be high schools as well as ju-

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nior high’s, bringing awareness through shirt campaigns, music festivals, and health fairs that bring resources into our communities.

“We look forward to being able to continue to go out into our communities and yours to not just talk about Suicide and how help people when they are struggling, but to be able to actually do something about it and help people heal and get the help they need through the resources and information we

provide” As for Kaden Garcia, who recently graduated from Springville High, he is attending business classes at Utah Valley University while mother, Holly Garcia and brothers Nicolas and Jackson start learning how to make shirts and fulfill orders at home. Kaden is grateful for what he has learned and said he hopes to continue his efforts.

“We never saw ourselves impacting so many lives, especially

when this was intended just for my community and friends,” he said.

“We love hearing how much each custom piece means to people from the notes of healing we receive from people. We love hearing the stories of survival and hope,” To stay up to date on what Your Tribe Clothing is doing, follow the organization on Instagram @yourtribeclothing.

(Brown is a Serve Daily contributor.)

Spanish Fork Airport manager plans monthly breakfast for flying enthusiasts

By Ed Helmick

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 pro-

mote the airport and the biggest example is the annual Airplanes, Trains, and Automobiles event.

Now he has another idea, a monthly airport breakfast for pilots, airport users, and aviation enthusiasts. Six airport

businesses and organizations have sponsored two breakfasts a year; Utah Aviation Services, Platinum Aviation, EAA Chapter 753, Springville Flying Club, Phoenix Air Academy, and Rick Strong.

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The breakfast is free, but donations are welcome and encouraged. If donations exceed the cost of the food, any excess will be donated to the Gail S. Halvorsen Aviation Education Center.

Pilots from out of town

are welcome to fly-in and join the breakfast.

The fist Spanish Fork Airport breakfast is scheduled for Jan. 18, and will be held the third Saturday of each month, from 9 to 11 a.m. in Hangar #6.

The monthly airport

breakfast also provides an opportunity for Nebo School District aviation students to get uniquely acquainted with local pilots who love to inspire young aviators. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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Historic Farmer Cooperative in Springville being transformed into art foundry

By Arianne Brown

Just west of the dairy on Main Street in Springville, a renovation is about to begin, giving the former farmer cooperative a whole new look and purpose developers hope will please residents.

The project that will begin in the coming months, pending permits, will transform the building into a modern, fully functional art foundry.

Originally built in 1946, the co-op served as a point for farmers to buy and sell farm supplies.

On the north end of the building are two tall square silos that were used for grain, and on the south end, there was a truck scale so that farmers could weigh the contents of their trucks.

According to the general contractor over renovating the historic building, Rich Lewis of R J Lewis Inc., the co-op was a staple in a community that values farming and agriculture.

But if there’s something that the city of Springville also values as part of long-standing history, it’s the arts.

It is because of the city’s dedication to the arts that new owner, Baer Bronze has purchased the building for its foundry.

“Baer Bronze has been a Springville based business for many years,” Lewis said. “Fine art is synonymous with Springville.

This location will allow for needed expansion as demand grows. I consider this renovation an investment not only in Baer

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“We hope that the transformation to the building will add value to the community while preserving our history. We hope that the building itself will be as classic and timeless as the bronze that will be cast within its walls.”

Lewis said the plan is to preserve as much of the building as possible, including the look of the building inside and out, as well as repurposing parts of the old truck scale for the stairway inside. Upgrades would be done to increase its efficiency while still preserving the interior brick walls and rustic plank floor.

And while retaining the integrity of the building is what Lewis has been

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The former farmer co-operative on Main Street in Springville will be transformed into an art foundry in the coming months.

commissioned to do, Mike Baer of Baer Bronze hopes focus on having quality art created within its walls and maintain the art history that he says had been part of the building for years.

“We are excited about this project because it will be a beautiful addition to Art City,” Baer said.

“What some people may not know is that the building was an art foundry for one of Utah’s greatest sculptors, Hughes Curtis. When

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while at the same time keeping the small town feel of historic Springville.

“We are grateful to be able to expand the space for our growing business, servicing sculptors around the West as well as other parts of the county,” he said. “We love the smalltown, country feel of this area, including the four acres our building sits on, which includes a pond and horse pasture. We are excited to continue the historic art tradition of Springville.” (Brown is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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he first cast his sculptures in bronze, there was not an art foundry in Utah, so he built his own foundry in his backyard in Springville. After he started working with other artists, it got to be too much for his backyard.

That was about the time that this building stopped being a farm supply store, so Hughes moved his foundry here, making it the second location of the first art foundry in Utah!”

Baer said he is grateful for the opportunity to expand his bronze business

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Chairbound Sportsman Organization celebrates end of year with hunts for disabled

By Ed Helmick

The Chairbound Sportsman Organization, following a successful annual Christmas Dinner on Dec. 7, held its last ram sheep hunt on Dec. 14.

The ram sheep hunt was on Dave Shaperd’s Water Hollow Ranch for the benefit of Jack

Charlesworth, a paraplegic from polio; Derek Barney a paraplegic from a car accident; and Todd Lobato, a wounded warrior. All three got their ram sheep.

The past year was busy for the Chairbound Sportsman, with 37 hunts, including 11 turkey hunts, four pheasant hunts for

29 members, one antelope hunt, three elk hunts, one moose hunt, and 11 ram sheep hunts.

They also had six fishing trips involving 31 members. The only requirement to be a participating member is an injury or disability that qualifies you as a handicapped.

The outdoor sportsman

events are free to participants and entirely funded by donations.

January 2020 is the 10-year anniversary of the Chairbound Sportsman Organization under the leadership of Springville resident Kenneth Vaughn.

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They are currently looking for donations from individuals and businesses that can be auctioned during the banquet. They also have dinner packages and corporate tables available for the banquet by contacting Kenneth

at (801) 499-9770 or visit their website at www. chairboundsportsman.org . These folks are doing more than any other organization in the state of Utah to help the disabled enjoy outdoor activities such as target shooting, hunting, fishing, and camping. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

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Facing a 950-mile grueling race, Utah competitor brings home the gold

By Camaron Clark

Josh Knight, a local native from Harrisville, was awarded a prestigious gold medal on Nov. 16th, for finishing the ISDE in the top 10 percent of his class.

At the ISDE, 510 of the best motorcycle racers in the world, representing more than 32 different countries, raced more than 950 miles of grueling, technical course to compete for this award.

Competitors are put to the test as they race hundreds of miles each day over the course of the six-day event. Each year the race is held in a differ-

ent part of the world and can sometimes see entries from more than 35 different countries.

One must compete in qualifying races throughout the year against the best riders in their country to be selected to represent them at the ISDE. This event is not for the lighthearted and pushes the athletes to their limits. Each day brings a new series of tests and timed events that each rider must be physically and emotionally ready to conquer.

“The contrast between day five and day one is significant,” said Michael Knight, Josh Knight’s fa-

ther. “Bikes are looking ragged, bodies are worn down and if riders are not careful, their mental focus can become dulled, which can result in trivial mistakes that may compromise their entire week.”

“It was a lot of fun working with Josh this year in preparation for the ISDE,” said Kevin Egbert, Owner of the MotoXperts. “We decided to buy a new bike for Josh to take in order to minimize potential mechanical issues during the event. We spent a lot of time with Josh in the months leading up to ISDE, testing the bike set up and tuning the suspension on a

variety of terrains and obstacles. Our number one goal was to ensure that Josh could go to Portugal and confidently compete at his highest level for six days on this bike no matter what tests and terrain the event might bring.

It was such a rewarding experience for us to get updates from Josh’s family throughout the ISDE and, ultimately, to see him finish with a Gold medal.”

The ISDE runs rich in history and is the oldest organized motorcycle race in the world. The first being held more than 105 years ago in 1913. (Serve Daily submission).

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Motorcycle racer Josh Knight from Harrisville, won gold racing more than 950 miles with competitors from around the world.

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Author shares forgotten Utah history through book series

By Arianne Brown

In the summer of 1847, thousands of men, women and children entered the Salt Lake Valley after traveling thousands of miles to escape religious persecution.

The accounts written by these Pioneers has given the state of Utah a rich history to be proud of. In fact, many settled in the south end of Utah County, building historical buildings that have lasted over a century, with stories to last the ages.

There is some history, however, that isn’t taught in a middle school Utah History class, that author and historian, Roger Blomquist wants to share through his book series, “South Pass.�

The series now has three books beginning with the first handcart company in Volume I, and going through the military saga of Johnston’s Army in Volume III. And while Blomquist has created his own characters and storyline in the series, he did all he could to keep it as historically accurate to teach the readers some history of Utah that is often overlooked. “The South Pass series begins with the first handcart company, which has all-too-often been passed over for the more famous and ill-fated Martin and Willis handcart companies,� he said. “One thing that most people don’t know

is that Butch Cassidy’s father came across with the Daniel MacArthur company. Butch’s uncle, who was 6 years old at the time, became lost and his father (Butch’s grandfather) had to go look for him as the rest of the company continued on. Volume III, Johnston’s Army begins the military saga of the Utah Expedition, where 2,500 soldiers, one-third of the United States Army marched on Utah to put down the imagined and exaggerated uprising and goings-on in the Great Basin.

This is a history that has been overlooked for many years and it is time the people of Utah reclaimed that history.�

Blomquist, who has his PhD in American Frontier History, and taught at the university level for several years, says he wanted to find a way to share the history of Utah in a way that people could understand.

And while he is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he says there is so much more to the story that he hopes can enrich people’s lives. “Utah history, while rich with history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also has a rich history that includes the Gentiles,�

Blomquist said. “As the series continues beyond these three books, it will look at Colonel Patrick Conner coming into occupy the Utah Territory during the Civil War, the mining operations that took

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place, the Native Americans who lived with and against the Saints, and of course the joining of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit in 1869. “We have a great and diverse history in this state that we still have yet to claim and celebrate and I would love to see us do just that.�

As for the storyline, Blomquist said he set out to create the books for his granddaughter, Kalin, who he and his wife have adopted, and anyone who is searching for identity and purpose in life.

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end result is an engaging and entertaining story, the heart of the series is to help others find their way through life. I hope that readers find the epic journey enjoyable, and in doing so, are able to learn much of this forgotten history. I also hope that regardless of religious affiliation, that readers will find pearls of wisdom that will enrich their lives.�

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He hopes that those who read the books will come away not only learning history, but gaining understanding of some of life’s toughest challenges. “Through the South Pass series, I want my granddaughter, and others to learn that even with great tragedy, there can still be great triumph, especially with the love of family,�

Blomquist said. “I hope that anyone who may be struggling with identity or Gospel questions, may be able to find some commonality with the characters and their actions in this book. While the

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History professor to speak on Utah’s outlaws at Springville Senior Center

By Dianne King

Dr. Jay Buckley, associate professor of history at BYU, will speak on Utah’s outlaws on Feb. 5, at 6 p.m. at the Springville Senior Center, 65 East, 200 South.

This event is free and open to all. Was the Utah Territory a violent and lawless place? Or was it a peaceful and lawful one?

Or a bit of both? Separating fact and fiction about

colorful and notorious outlaws such as Matt Warner, Butch Cassidy, the McCarty Gang, Isom Dart, Elza Lay, Ann and Josie Bassett, and the Wild Bunch is a fascinating challenge.

In fact, sometimes these outlaws were in-laws! We will embark on a journey through outlaw hangouts such as the Bassett Ranch, Brown’s Hole, Hole in the Wall, and Robber’s Roost as we seek to understand

what drove these men and women to crime, and why some went straight and others went to prison or met death by a bullet or at the end of a noose.

Buckley grew up in Bridger Valley, Wyo. He studied history at BYU before earning his PhD at the University of Nebraska.

Buckley is an associate professor of history at Brigham Young University, where he teaches U.S.,

American West, and American Indian history courses.

At BYU he directs the American Indian Studies minor. In addition, he is the director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies.

Professor Buckley also directs college-credit field studies every summer for the Driven2Teach program (www.driven2teach. org) which gives Utah educators, specializing in

American history grades 5 through 12, a hands-on learning experience at historical sites around the country.

Buckley has written seven books and is currently working on two more.

He is a popular lecturer, speaking at meetings for many diverse historical organizations. He truly makes history come to life for his audiences. (Serve Daily submission.)

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Professor of world religions speaks during Sons of Pioneers meeting The Mt. Nebo Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers had Alonzo L. Gaskill as the guest speaker at its monthly dinner meeting in December.

Gaskill is a professor of World Religions, Evans Fellow, in the Office of Religious Outreach at Brigham Young University, and the title of his

presentation was Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Temple Symbols.

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ancient and current religious practices throughout the world, including their rituals, symbols, and clothing. He used to belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, and had a good understanding of the importance of the symbolism in their ceremonies.

He expanded that knowledge by studying religious ordinances, ceremonies, and symbols

of other churches in the world, including the Old Testament. Gaskill was careful to only cover public information that had been referenced by LDS church leaders about our temple ordinances, but the door to understanding was opened wide as he referenced other religious traditions.

It was amazing to see parallels between LDS temple symbols and cov-

enants as he explained other religious practices, both ancient and modern.

The Mt. Nebo Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers meets monthly with their wives to enjoy a guest speaker and a catered meal. If anyone is interested in more information, call or email Dan Howlett (801) 361-0108, DVHowlett@gmail.com.

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Family struggles through difficult year to establish new medical practice in Payson “You’ll be just fine, I’m right behind you” Jesse Riley reassured his then 10-year-old daughter at the top of a steep slope at Brighton Ski Resort.

He watched tentatively as she made her way slowly back and forth down the mountainside until she was near the bottom.

Starting behind her he suddenly lost sight of her as she fell, but heard her scream.

Hurrying to the bottom he found her lying on the ground with one ski off and one still attached. She had fallen and her binding had not released, resulting in a serious fracture of her leg that left her in a cast from her hip to her toes for three months.

This was the beginning of a very long year for the Riley family. In addition to this injury, the Riley’s would face challenges that would be difficult alone, let alone stacked in the same year. Renovating a home (doing the work themselves), struggling for six months to sell that home in a waning market in Wyoming, uprooting and moving the family and starting the kids at a new school in a new state, starting a new doctor’s office on their own from

scratch, remodeling said office, totaling one of the family cars after a driver ran a red light, and ultimately culminating in a fire in the newly renovated office.

“Luckily the fire is the one that we can actually laugh at, as there was no structural or significant damage done. At that point (December 2019) if the fire had looked hopeless, I may have just locked the front door and let it burn!” Riley jokes.

It would be hard to imagine all of these challenges in the same year, but the truth is that all of these challenges combined paled in comparison to the event that would dominate 2019 for the Riley family, the year that would change their family forever.

At approximately 11 in the morning on April 20, the day before Easter Sunday, Caysie Riley received the call that every parent dread and never thinks will happen to them. “I answered the phone and it was one of Avery’s friends who simply said ‘Avery fell and she’s really hurt.’”

Caysie felt her stomach drop but still hoped for the best. After being told that somebody would call

her right back with more details her phone rang again.

“I watched as she listened to the person on the other line when she suddenly looked like the life had gone right out of her.

She managed to stammer the words ‘life flight’ at which point I grabbed the phone from her. I always thought that in those emergency situations the doctor brain inside me would be automatic and take over. I was 100 percent dad in that moment.”

Their daughter had been rappelling with friends that morning in the Heber area as part of their prom date. She had suffered a fall of approximately 25 feet, hitting her head twice as she fell and miraculously being caught by her friend at the bottom without dropping her.

“I’m convinced a third hit would have definitely killed her,” Jesse Riley said. She did in fact die and was resuscitated on the life flight to the hospital. Their 18 year old daughter was in a coma for 12 days and the Riley’s were told that there was a 90 percent chance she would not wake up from the coma, based on her

MRI results, and that, if she were one of the 10 percent that did wake up, she would likely be in a permanent vegetative state. They were told she would never walk again.

Two months later, on her own strength, their daughter did walk out of the hospital. She has made a miraculous recovery that, while incredibly difficult, is defying all of the doctor’s expectations.

“So, in consideration of the rest of 2019, opening a new practice from the ground up has been the easy part,” Jesse Riley said.

Dr. Jesse Riley and his wife are both originally from Payson and Riley credits the long, hard hours working on the family fruit farm as giving him what it took to make it through school and his surgical residency. The family were thrilled at the prospect of coming back to their home community and decided to take the leap and strike out on their own.

Dr. Riley is a Podiatrist, specializing in both surgical and non-surgical treatments of the foot and ankle. “Everything from an ingrown toenail to a total ankle joint replacement!”

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Riley said.

Dr. Riley graduated from the Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine with honors after four years, which included training at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic, and completed a three year surgical residency in Indiana, with not only forefoot surgical training, but rearfoot, ankle and reconstructive training as well.

Prior to moving to Payson Dr. Riley was part of a podiatry group based out of Salt Lake City and while there he was ranked the number one Podiatrist in the Salt Lake City area

by RateMDs.

He was then employed at Evanston Regional Hospital in Evanston, Wyo., where he also served as the chief of surgery for the hospital.

Dr. Riley’s new office, Summit Foot and Ankle, is located in Payson on Utah Avenue, directly across from the City Offices at 41 North 400 West. They are accepting new patients and can be reached at (801) 218-3338 or on Instagram @drjesseriley and Facebook, Dr. Jesse Riley. The story of their daughters harrowing journey can be found on Instagram @forthestrengthofavery.(Serve Daily submission.)

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Spring Creek Mortuary employees strive to help families in their time of need

By James L. Davis

A funeral home is unique in that it’s the one place no one wants to visit, but everyone knows they will, eventually.

Working at one means that every day you face what no one really wants to face: mortality. Yet, funeral home directors find solace in the service they provide. Such is the case for Steve Schultz, director of Spring Creek Mortuary, which recently opened in Springville.

“I know I am doing something for someone that they can’t possibly do for themselves,” he said, sitting in a conference room in the new funeral home on Springville’s Main Street.

That connection to those facing emotional upheaval is what convinced the Springville native to leave retirement life behind and take on the role of funeral director. It came after a friend introNanette Tanner duced him to Nanette Tanner, owner of Spring Creek Mortuary. After a few conversations, they realized their approach to managing a funeral home were aligned. Compassion. Empathy.

Patience. Love.

Being a funeral home director wasn’t Schultz’ first career, it was his second. A lifelong resident of Springville, Shultz retired after a 30-year career as a manager for the state of Utah and found that he wasn’t quite ready for the retirement life. He had family who worked in funeral homes and decided to take on another career, so returned to college and graduated from the Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago Ill., in 2011. After several years working as a funeral home director, he decided perhaps now he was ready to retire.

Then he met Tanner.

Tanner, and her husband, Mark, and their children moved to Springville five years ago from the small town of Orangeville to help care for ailing family. A business owner with 10 children and 10

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grandchildren, she juggles being a wife, mother and grandmother with an easy smile.

“I have worked in the funeral service field since 1998, when I began my mortuary science education. I was initially tutored by a second-generation funeral director and exposed to the great feeling of compassion and care that is needed by those families we serve,” Tanner said.

Tanner established the Heritage Funeral Home in Huntington in 2009 and purchased Fausett Mortuary in Castle Dale and Price in 2015. After moving to Springville, she was afforded the opportunity to purchase Legacy Funerals and Cremations in Spanish Fork in 2018, and after studying the ever-growing population of Springville, realized the city was in need of a second funeral home.

Spring Creek Mortuary, located at 737 Steve Schultz North Main in Springville, was almost a year in construction and is a mirror image of the one the Tanner’s constructed in Huntington. Tanner said when trying to decide on what she wanted, she realized she already had, so she used the same blueprints for the new funeral home.

With the funeral home complete and open for service, Tanner and Schultz have decided to hold an open house for the public. The open house will be held a Jan. 10-11 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Everyone is invited to visit the funeral home and learn more about the services that can be provided.

Schultz said there are many plans that can be put in place now to prepare for the inevitable, and during the open house Schultz and Tanner and their staff of five will be happy to explain what they are.

“Too often people don’t think about it until they have to think about it, and there’s an easier way,” Schultz said.

(Davis is editor of Serve Daily.)

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Spring Creek Mortuary recently opened its doors in Springville and plans an open house for Jan. 10-11.

Spring Creek Mortuary Open House Spring Creek Mortuary, 737 North, Main Street in Springville, will hold an open house Jan. 10-11 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., for the community to learn about the new facility and pre-need plans that are available. A highlight of information that will be available includes: Pre-Need Insurance An insurance policy that secures future funeral expenses you select at today’s prices. While those services you select may increase over time, the policy ensures that you pay nothing more for those guaranteed services you selected, even years down the line.

All funeral homes fall under this Federal Trade Commission umbrella, and most, if not all funeral homes including Spring Creek Mortuary will accept a competitor’s pre-need policy. The policy belongs to the consumer, and you are free to select or deselect the mortuary you initiated the policy with.

Cremations Cremations are a growing and accepted option for consumers. Many religious organizations have softened their stance on the practice as more and more people are looking to not only save money, but looking for an ecological alternative to a full-service burial Green Burial For those concerned about not leaving an environmental footprint, a green burial may be a good option. Typically, a few cemeteries in Utah have a section dedicated to green burials where a grave is often dug by hand, the body is not embalmed, then placed in a biodegradable container(wood, wicker, reeds, linens, etc), no outer burial container, grave refilled, then the body returned back to nature.

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American Leadership Academy recognizes Rick Robinson as Teacher of the Month American Leadership Academy would like to recognize Rick Robinson as the December Teacher of the Month.

Robinson has been teaching at ALA since 2008. He currently teaches Hip Hop, Ballroom, and Jazz. You may also see him teaching his dancers ballet, lifts, and tumbling skills. Robinson studied Philosophy, History, Dance and Portuguese at BYU. He received a minor in Dance in 1994, and is currently working on finishing his

Bachelors in History and Portuguese.

His love for dancing began in 1986 when he took a ballroom dance class at BYU. He continued dancing as a member of the BYU ballroom dance team, and in 1992, was part of the Latin Formation Championship team who competed at the Black Pool England Event. In 1993, he was part of the U.S. Amateur Latin American Champions team.

Robinson joined the Odyssey Dance Theatre

in 1994 dancing hip hop and ballroom. He tried his hand in choreography in 1996 when Thriller made its debut. Since then, he has choreographed seven other pieces for Odyssey. He has made appearances on Star Search, Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and Live to Dance.

His greatest accomplishments have been teaching and mentoring students of dance. Some of those students are Derek and Julianne Hough,

Mark Ballas, Lindsay Arnold, Whitney Carson, Brittany Cherry, Jaymz Tuaileva, Tanisha Belnap, and several more. When Rick is not teaching dance at ALA, you can find him at his studio, Center Stage in Orem, The Vibe studio, Charisma and The Dance Club. He also enjoys reading Aristotle, Socrates, Tolstoy, and many other philosophers.

He and his wife have five children, all dancers.

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Students create Christmas Cards for school district

By Lana Hiskey

First place, Heather Gunnerson, a ninth-grader at Salem Junior High. Heather’s art teacher is Scott Shaffer.

Nebo School District received entries for its Christmas card.

This year, junior high school students competed for the honor.

All of the following students received recognition and some money for their talent and hard work.

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Heather’s art teacher is Scott Shaffer.

Second Place: $75 to Kenadi Squires, an eighth-grader at Diamond Fork Junior High.

Kenadi’s art teacher is Ashley Mickelson.

Third Place: $50 to Leah Ford, a seventh-grader at Salem Junior High.

Leah’s art teacher is Scott Shaffer.

Heather’s artwork went out to more than 4,800 Nebo School District employees as the Nebo School District Christmas card as well as to other school districts across the state.

Kenadi’s artwork is on the Nebo Education Foundation’s Christmas card and went to hundreds of generous people and businesses that donated throughout the year to the Nebo Education Foundation for students and teachers of Nebo School District.

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Local student makes her mark in trampoline and tumbling during World Championships

By Anderson Brown

Shelby Nobuhara (15), of Mapleton took sixth place in the floor event at the World Age Group Competitions for trampoline and tumbling in Tokyo, Japan on Dec. 15. According to Shelby, competing at the World Championships was something she wanted and worked hard toward for many years.

“I started taking tumbling classes when I was 8-years-old, but I flipped around my house for a while before my mom decided to put me in a class,” she said.

For the past several years, Shelby has been training at High Altitude Tumbling in Provo, and competing in trampoline, double mini and power tumbling. In order for her to qualify for the World Championships, Shelby

said there were many local and three national competitions throughout the season leading up to it.

“To qualify for worlds there are three national competitions throughout the season,” she said.

“The selection procedures change from year to year, but it usually is based off of your two highest scores out of those three meets.

When the scores are added, the top three highest are selected and there is usually a discretionary position for the fourth spot.”

Shelby said that just qualifying to compete at World’s was an honor, so making it to the final and placing was icing on the cake.

The sixth-place tumbling pass consisted of five whips, a back handspring and a dismount with two fulls and a straight.

“Getting sixth place

was honestly unexpected, especially for floor as it’s my weaker event, but that made it even more rewarding,” she said. “I was so nervous going into finals, but then again I wasn’t expecting to make it that far, so I just decided that if I left everything on the floor, I’d be happy, regardless of the numerical results. Overall I was thrilled that I placed sixth and I was very proud of all of my competitors that are more like friends that I got to compete with.”

While Shelby is a fierce competitor, she said getting to know the other tumblers made it feel like family.

“World’s was an unforgettable experience,” she said. “I love being out on the competition floor at an international level, it’s such a different atmosphere. It’s not like you’re

competing against the other athletes or countries, it’s like you’re competing with them. We all want everyone to do their very best. All of us understand the amount of hard work that got us to this point, so we are all genuinely supportive of one another.”

Shelby said that it was through the help and support of her family, teammates and coaches that have gotten her this far.

“This may be considered an individual sport, but my teammates and coaches have truly made me into the athlete I am today,” she said. “They push me to not only become a better athlete, but also a better person.

They help me through the worst days and celebrate with me on the best. I will never be able to thank my family, teammates, and

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coaches enough for all the support and love they’ve shown me since day one.”

As for future goals, Shelby says she will be setting her sights on being selected to represent the USA in Baku, Azer-

baijan in 2021. (Anderson Brown is a sophomore at Payson High School. He enjoys learning about other accomplished athletes through his Student-Athlete of the Month column.)

Captains’ Academy gathers athletic leaders to discuss ways to encourage sportsmanship in youth

By Lana Hiskey

Athletic leaders from secondary schools in Nebo School District gathered Nov. 20, for Captains’ Academy, a program implemented to

increase communication and friendship among student athletes and encourage sportsmanship and leadership.

Nebo School District held the Captains’ Academy for all Nebo junior

high and high school sports captains participating in winter sports. This event, held three times a year, helps the student athletes focus on leadership and sportsmanship.

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in the winter academy include boys’ and girls’ basketball, wrestling, drill, boys’ and girls’ swimming, band, and debate.

The student athletes were welcomed by Dr. Everett Kelepolo, principal at

Springville High.

All of the student captains sit with their peers.

They listen to each presentation, and then work collaboratively to present back to the entire group their position and ideas.

“Through Captains’ Academy, we hope students get a better idea of what it means to lead and the role of sportsmanship in athletics and activities,” Kelepolo said.

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Nebo Credit Union helps ‘Warm the Soles’ during holiday season

By Lana Hiskey

Nebo Credit Union, with the help of local businesses and community members, has participated in “Warm the Soles,” during the Christmas season for the past 20 years.

Warm the Soles is a

fundraiser organized to provide new shoes for students. Beginning in 1999 with only 25 pairs of shoes, the effort has grown to providing 1,248 pairs of shoes for students in 46 schools.

With planning beginning in January, teachers search for students in

need, get their shoe size, and send the information to Nebo Credit Union.

Nebo Credit Union employees, in turn, purchase the shoes right before Christmas.

After the shoes have been wrapped, they are delivered to the appropriate school. East Mead-

ows Elementary, Rees Elementary, and Spanish Fork Junior High all donated the money they earned through their schools’ Penny Wars. Students from Maple Mountain High in the FBLA and marketing classes helped wrap the shoes.

Additionally, Nebo

Credit Union customers had the option of deferring a loan payment to donate money to Warm the Soles. Nebo Credit Union had 20 employees, nine youth, and eight Famous Footwear employees from the Spanish Fork store that helped with shopping for the shoes.

“For many students, this will be the only wrapped Christmas gift they receive,” said Mary Ann Eyres, of Nebo Credit Union. “We are grateful we can help play a part in helping brighten their lives this Christmas season.” (Serve Daily submission.)

Law enforcement joins forces with high school students to spread the word on seatbelt safety during holidays

By Lana Hiskey

Members of the Utah Highway Patrol and local police officers in partnership with the Utah County Health Department, Utah Valley Medical Center Trauma Unit, and Nebo School District gave high school-aged students a seatbelt safety reminder.

As school let out at the high schools on Dec. 10, including Springville High, Maple Mountain High, Spanish Fork High, Salem Hills High, and Payson High Schools, approximately 100 officers and student council representatives handed out more than 10,000 candy canes and 8,000 Lifesaver

candies to students.

The student council also created motivational signs to remind students the importance of wearing a seatbelt, especially this time of year.

Trooper Blake Bradford, Utah Highway Patrol, said the best Christmas gift “would be to have no fatalities in the

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Salem Chief of Police, Brad James, said, “This is a great opportunity for us to interact with our students in a positive way as we promote safety.”

“We are grateful to partnership with the Utah

Highway Patrol and local law enforcement in keeping students safe,” said Superintendent Rick Nielsen.

“We encourage all students and staff to wear seat belts and save lives especially during this holiday season.” (Serve Daily submission.)

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Loved by Many: One More Tragic Loss

By Karen Baird

Tage Elias Edmond (Pedro) Keele’s life was taken too soon, by his own hand. Tage passed away on Dec. 9, 2019.

Tage will always be remembered for his strength and courage during challenging times. Tage was just 17 years old. He was born to Tasha Ann Keele and Jason Ron Peck on May 20, 2002.

He was welcomed with open arms by his big sister, Shalice Peck. His Stepmother, Kim, loved Tage like her very own.

Tage loved the great outdoors. Going up in the canyon and enjoying nature with his friends and family was his happy place. He had an adventurous spirit and prided himself on making everyone smile.

Tage had a real gift with making all those around him feel loved and valued.

He was known for going out of his way to make those who struggled in life or had few friends feel included and important. If you were having a bad day or going through a difficult time, you could always count on Tage to randomly show up at your door with a warm hug of comfort, uplifting words of encouragement or a text message to let you know that everything would be okay.

Tage was always the peacemaker and one to smooth rough situations over and to bring people together by making everyone laugh. He had the natural ability to find humor in everything while turning around awkward situations with his goofy sense of humor.

Even though Tage was so young, he learned the value of service more than most adults do in a lifetime. He was always very generous with helping those in need. You’d always hear about him going out of his way to make someone else’s day brighter, even when he was struggling. Never would you hear him complain about his own problems while in the service of others. He would gladly serve you with a happy heart while making sure you felt cared about and valued.

“The loneliest people are the kindest.

The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do” – Anonymous.

Everyone who knew Tage is completely heartbroken. The world is a little less bright without him here.

He will be missed by so many people, but those who knew him can consider themselves blessed, for he touched the lives of many.

Often times, when we hear of something tragic (although our heart goes out to those who are mourning), we don’t think that it could possibly happen to someone we love or know. It can be your sibling, your child, parent, friend, neighbor or even the person you pass in the grocery store who appears to have it all together.

If you know someone who is struggling, reach out to them and show your love and support. If someone confides in you that they are depressed or feeling hopeless, it’s important to take them seriously. If you are having thoughts of

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suicide, please reach out for help. You are not alone. You are loved. You are valued, and you are important.

A memorial service was held for Tage on Dec. 17. Interment was at Spanish Fork City Cemetery. Leave a memory at walkerspanishfork.com.

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Will I Live to See the Year 2000?

By Ed Helmick

Annually, when the calendar rolls around to a new year, I am reminded of asking my parents if I would live to the year 2000.

I was probably about 10 years old, so that would have been 1954. At that time, there were a lot of newspaper and magazine articles on rockets and space travel. Stories that captured this kid’s imagination about lunching man made moons called satellites, space stations orbiting the earth and travel to the moon.

It was forecast that a lot of amazing

things were going to happen by the year 2000. For a 10-year-old in 1954 the year 2000 was a long way away. My parents explained that I would be 56 years old and very likely to see the year 2000.

Now, as we enter the year 2020, I wonder if anyone my age ever wondered, as I did, if they would see the year 2000. I was fascinated with airplanes and space travel and growing up in the 1950s and 60s was the era of aviation records of faster, higher, and further.

I had no idea how beneficial this advancing technology would become.

Today, we have come to expect naviga-

tion by GPS. When I travel in the back country, out of cell phone coverage, I carry a satellite phone for emergency use. I read the other day there are more than 800 satellites circling the earth including a manned space station. Our nation just created a U.S. Space Force.

I am thankful I am alive and well to see all this. I have lived during the best of times.

However, at age 75, when I look at the larger picture of our nation, I am concerned about the moral decay our country has been experiencing. I am concerned about religious persecution that seems to be growing. I appreciate

our Christian values that this nation was founded on.

At my age I have seen a lot of history and as a pilot I have traveled throughout the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. I am glad I have settled in rural Utah County. Not only is it a beautiful area, it feels safer than many other places in this country, and I appreciate the values and patriotism of our community.

I am looking forward to the year 2020 and now ask myself will I see the year 2030? I certainly hope so and I will do my best to be there. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

With a New Year Upon Us, Let’s Look Back to Look Forward

By Ed Helmick

As one calendar year ends and another begins, it is typical to look back to consider what has passed as we move into a new year.

As a writer for Serve Daily, I have realized some amazing people stories in our community. Ordinary people who have excelled because of their passion for what they are doing. People with challenges who have established a remarkable achievement because of determination and sometimes with the help of compassionate individuals in our community.

Based on what we have seen in 2019 there are a lot more amazing people and events to be discovered in 2020.

In 2019 we found the story of a family birthday party that turned tragic when a huge tree fell and crushed a grandmother and two granddaughters. A

4-year-old granddaughter survived with paralyzing injuries.

Out of this tragedy a mountain trail wheelchair was developed by a couple of firemen who rescued the little girl.

Then a BYU accounting graduate realized there might be a need among the handicapped population to create a business to manufacture and market the off-pavement wheelchair.

This special wheelchair is now called the Extreme Motus.

The company has continued to refine the chair and now have a power assisted model. Out of tragedy came something good for many mobility challenged people who want to get out on the backwoods trail.

Then there was the young man who had just graduated college with a degree in forestry science and just received news that he was hired in what he described his “dream job.”

Celebrating he accidently

broke his neck, which left him completely paralyzed. He went through a variety of emotional cycles before he realized he had to make something positive with what he had. Jake French has now become a national and international motivational speaker. He was in Utah in July 2019 for a ram sheep hunt arranged by the Springville based Chairbound Sportsman Organization.

Thanks to Trackchair mobility he was able have a successful hunt, which had been a goal since his accident. Jake is the author of a motivational book titled Life Happens, Live it and the weekend after his Utah hunt, he was scheduled to be in Boston to give a motivational talk. Jake French was an amazing guy to meet and another example of the Chairbound Sportsman Organization helping the handicapped enjoy the outdoors.

2019 was also the year that this author discovered Little Warrior’s Camp. This is an outdoor experience for the children, surviving spouse and parents of a fallen Utah service member. It is a three-day event held at Camp Wapiti; a 50-acre mountain retreat operated by the Utah Elks.

It is a wonderful family weekend with numerous scheduled activities, plenty of great food and interaction with caring volunteer staff who truly put the children first. It is also an opportunity for the adults to meet new friends in a supportive and deeply understanding environment where no one will ask difficult questions or make cruel comments about the loss in their lives. What is really striking about this event is how our great nation has service organization that care about our veterans and their families.

The most amazing veteran

story is 99-year-old Gail Halvorsen, locally known as the “Candy Bomber” and to the kids of 1948 Berlin as “Uncle Wiggly Wings.” As a 28-yearold Lieutenant flying a C-54 he conserved the idea of dropping candy to the German kids watching the airplanes landing in Berlin during the Russian Blockade from the fall of 1948 to the spring of 1949.

Halvorsen did not have approval of his commander initially, but shortly became a hero of U.S. good will. The wonderful part of this story is that Gal Halvorsen remains active and recently returned from London, where he was featured in the Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance.

Based on what I have seen in 2019 there are a lot of interesting people and events to be discovered in 2020. (Helmick is a Serve Daily contributor.)

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.” ― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets 22 JANUARY 2020

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If we’re going to make this work, Happy New Year has to be more than a wish

By Joe Capell

“Happy New Year!”

How many people wished you a ‘Happy New Year?’ Do you think they are wishing you to be happy just on New Year’s Day, or are they wishing that you be happy for the whole year?

Is it even possible to be happy all year? Probably not, but, you can definitely be happier. Here are a few ways how: 1. Try to make the people around you happier. One way to be happy is to surround yourself with happy people.

And that’ll be easier to do if you can be the source of some of their happiness. This doesn’t mean to subvert your will and always do what someone else wants. But it does mean to do little things (or occasional big things) that

will bring a smile to their faces. Surprise your spouse with flowers. Play a board game or read a book with your kids. Do something to help a co-worker.

Heck, just smile at people. (It might be unnerving at first, but eventually they usually smile back.)

2. Step away from your rectangles. We spend way too much time staring at our rectangles. We have many rectangles: cell phones, laptops, and/or televisions.

(Some people even stare at the microwave oven, waiting impatiently for food that is taking too darn long to heat up!)

These rectangles can be entertaining and informative, but they often divert our attention from the real world.

Interacting with people and/or nature is a bit more difficult if our face is transfixed on a rectangle.

3. Don’t focus on the negative. It’s amazing how much the negativity of others can change our own attitude.

Maybe you really liked a movie...until you saw how much some other people

disliked it. If you’re always looking for what’s wrong with something, you won’t be able to enjoy what’s good about it. (Oh, and stay away from online comments sections. That’s where nastiness goes to breed.)

4. Try something new. It’s pretty easy to get stuck in the rut of our everyday life. Stepping out of your comfort zone and trying something you’ve never done before can add a thrill and maybe even a bit of happiness to your life. I read a book once by a philosopher that emphasized how if we try new things, we might actually like things we didn’t think we would. (I believe it was called “Green Eggs and Ham.” Look it up if you get the chance.)

So, if we want our “Happy New Year” to be for the whole year and not just New Year’s Day, it really isn’t that difficult. (The rest of January deserves a little happiness too!) For more funny-ish stuff, go to slowjoe40.com.

(Capell is a Serve Daily contributor.)

Find a reason to smile this year. Even if it’s frightening.

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The worst time to find out you have problems with your home title is when you’re most in need of selling

By Adam Hall

Brent’s parents had lived in their house for more than 30 years together before his dad passed away. They’d had a mortgage and refinanced it a time or two.

After his dad went to heaven, it wasn’t very much longer before his mom started to have health problems.

They had been by each other’s side for many decades and with the loss of her dearly beloved, Judie began to fail. The family had to choose where she would be staying and decided it would be best

if she moved in with Brent. Then, if needed, she could go to a care facility of some sort.

Since Judie had been living on social security for quite a while, her house hadn’t been very well cared for. Add that to the fact that Brent’s younger brother had been freeloading off his mom, in her house for many years, and the house was in rough shape. Brent and Judie just needed to get the home sold. They didn’t want to bother with kicking out his brother, fixing the house, working with real estate agents

or people getting a mortgage. He talked to an agent and got an idea of how much they could sell the house. Then he talked with Peace of Mind Houses, a local house buyer.

They worked out an installment sale that got the family more than they would have by selling it with the real estate agent. And, they would be getting money the next week. Or so it seemed…

Then, they discovered that Judie didn’t own her house. The title company found that when Judie and her husband had bought the house, they hadn’t been put on the title correctly. In order

to remedy the problem, Judie had to go through probate to get the deed corrected so she could actually sell her house.

During the time it took to process the probate, Judie’s health got even worse.

Brent was worried he would have to pay for a second probate for him to get the right to sell the property. Luckily, her health held out and the sale took place within hours of the probate being completed. If you have any questions, most local title companies would be glad to take a quick look at your property’s information on the county records to make sure you are okay to sell your house. (Serve Daily submission)

LETTERS

Taxes As a concerned tax payer in a year when the legislature is looking at tax reform, I think they should look at IHC and their tax-exempt status.

I see they compete with the private sector, that pays taxes in numerous health related businesses, but they take the windfall or surplus of revenue to our neighboring state of Nevada and spend millions of dollars to sponsor the Raiders professional football team.

These dollars should be spent in Utah by the different governmental entities Competition in business is good, but taxes and the regulations should be the same, not allow one entity to have an unfair advantage, and try to create a monopoly.

It is obvious to me that the nonprofit corporation has become very profitable and should pay its fair share of taxes.

- Dr. Richard A. Johnson

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