Saturday, August 31, 2013

Doing Business in Town: Permanent Cosmetics by Trudy LLC

Trudy is photographed in her stylish shop on Utah Avenue, Payson.

Trudy Barrick is a Payson native, with a long history of family who have owned and operated businesses here. Her great-great-grandmother opened a millinery in the late 1800s on Payson Main Street, where she specialized in hat-making. The business was owned and operated all by women. It later evolved into a high-end dress shop called Wilson's Style Shop, which was passed down to her great-grandmother, Clyde Wilson, and later to her grandmother, Kathryn Brown.

Trudy has been in the cosmetic tattooing industry for the past thirteen years. She started her career at Haven Salon in Provo, but moved her shop to Payson over three years ago.

Trudy specializes in permanent eyebrows, eyeliner, and lip color, but also does pigmentation and cosmetic reconstructive work. Because of her affordable pricing and quality workmanship, she has been able to make permanent cosmetics a full-time career.


Her shop is located at 145 East Utah Avenue in Payson. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday. Please see her website at www.permanentcosmeticsbytrudy.com.

Be sure to check out Trudy's ad, as well as all of our other advertisers' specials, in our Onion Days edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Payson Firefighters Hosting Open House

The mission of Payson Fire Department is to protect the citizens of Payson from all emergencies, both natural and manmade, through dedicated, highly skilled and motivated firefighters, while acknowledging the public’s support, trust, and confidence. Drop by the Fire Station, at 100 East 100 South, and get to know your local firefighters at an open house on Saturday, August 31, from 9 AM to 12 PM. The event is free of charge.

Harvest Time


Thursday, August 29, 2013

Open Mic at Joe Coffee & Espresso Among Onion Days Features

Two of the beautiful baristas at Joe Coffee  & Espresso Bar (pictured left-right): Kasey Rogers and Rikee Wing.
You’re writing, you’re rehearsing, but where can you PERFORM in front of a live audience? At Joe Coffee & Espresso Bar, located at 145 East Utah Avenue, Payson. Local musicians are invited to perform their original music on Sunday, September 1, from 11 AM until 1 PM. Guitar players, keyboardists, folk singers, rockers, and musicians of all styles and skill levels can showcase their talent.

Golden Onion Children’s Parade Leads Up to Monday's Main Procession

Everyone is welcome to join the Golden Onion Days Children Parade! Decorate your bikes, tricycles, wagons, and come parade them around for everyone to see. Dress up as your favorite rodeo champion, pop singer, or a Payson founding pioneer. Prizes awarded for different categories! No motorized vehicles are allowed. This year’s theme is: “The many layers of Payson - historical figures past and
present.”

The parade will be held Saturday, August 31, with the line-up time slated for 9 AM and procession time, 9:30 AM, starting at the north side of Park View Elementary. For more information, please contact Kim Lefler at 801-921-9779.

Final Touches Being Made for Tonight's Deana Carter Concert

Crews are busy today working on the finishing touches for CMA Award Winner and CMT Female Video Artist of the Year,  Deana Carter's live concert at the Peteetneet Amphitheater this evening. Overseeing some of the efforts this morning were Payson City Councilman Scott Phillips (pictured left, in heavy equipment bucket) and Mayor Rick Moore (right, standing on roof). Presented by Mountain View Hospital as a kick-off to the upcoming Payson Onion Days Celebration, tonight's free concert will begin at 6:30 PM, with doors open at 5 PM. Blankets and chairs are recommended. For further details, please check out this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Pick Up a Good Book, CD, or Movie During Onion Days Book Fair

There will be thousands of used books at bargain prices at the Onion Days Book Fair, including, novels by all major writers, non-fiction, children’s, LDS, “How To” books, and paperbacks, as well as CDs, and DVDs. The event is presented by the Payson Library Board, Friends of Payson Library, and Lions Club. It will take place Saturday, August 31 thru Thursday, September 5 (except Sunday), from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Payson Library, located on Historic Main Street, as well as in the breezeway.

Check out this week's special edition of the Chronicle for even more events going on in the Payson community through Labor Day!


Grand Parade Lined Up for Monday

April Jones (walking, far right) and the Payson City Recreation Centennial Dancers, photographed here while participating in last month's Santaquin Orchard Days Parade, are now preparing to join the lineup at the annual Payson Onion Days Grand Parade. Monday's parade will begin its Main Street procession at 10 AM. Pick up a copy of this week's special edition of The Payson Chronicle for a complete Grand Parade lineup.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Peteetneet Amphitheater Gets Extended Roof

Hanson Welding constructed the metal backbone of an extended roof over the Peteetneet Amphitheater stage last week. The new addition is expected to be completed in time for the Deana Carter concert Thursday night.  Check out The Payson Chronicle for concert details.



Community's Talents Showcased at Onion Days Art & Flower Show



Do you have a talent for growing beautiful flowers or HUGE onions? Or do you have a talent in art? Then the Payson Onion Days' annual Flower & Art Show is the place you’ll want to be!  Come share your unique talents with the community. Pre-registration is required. Please call Alice at 801-465-5200 for details.

These events will take place Sunday, September 1, from 2-6 PM, and again on Monday, September 2, from 12:30-6 PM at the Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center, located at 10 North 600 East, Payson. They are free of charge.

Read about other fun Onion Days activities in this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Larry and Leila Houser Named Grand Marshals of Onion Days Parade

A well loved and respected local couple, Larry and Leila Houser were selected to ride as Grand Marshals during the 2013 Payson Onion Days Parade. 
One hundred entries are expected to ride in Monday's parade. Riding in the most honored seat in the lineup will be Larry and Leila Houser. The couple have been chosen as Grand Marshals for the 2013 Payson Onion Days Parade.

The honor came as a surprise to Larry and Leila. They were attending a Father’s Day celebration in Payson Canyon in June when their granddaughter, Nicole Kunzler, shared a nomination letter she had composed in their honor, which spoke heartfelt words on the couple's behalf. She wanted permission from them before submitting it to the Onion Days Celebration committee.

“It was such a neat tribute- it was awesome,” said Leila. “Before she got through [reading it], we were crying. So Larry says, ‘Yeah, go ahead [and submit it], if you want to'.”

“They’ll never pick us for it anyway,” Larry added, recalling his thoughts at the time. “When they called us, I’ve got to admit, I was quite surprised.”

But they were called. It arrived in the form of a mysterious invitation to have dinner with Mayor Rick Moore. Though they wondered why he wanted to dine with them, they agreed to join him. Once seated to share a meal with Payson's mayor, he told them they had been selected as Grand Marshals of the Onion Days Parade.

Having a deep connection to the community, the Housers were honored.

Payson has everything one needs, according to Larry, a lifelong Payson resident: Scenic mountains, wildlife for fishing and hunting, and no shortage of wonderful people that he and Leila have been proud to call friends.

Larry, whose parents are the late Don and Shirley Carter Houser, is a Paysonite through and through. “I was born and raised here and never left,” he said. “Worked here all my life and went to school here.”
While a student at Payson High School, he was employed at a nearby ranch. “Then I went into the grocery business,” he said. It is from his long career as a butcher in a local grocery market that a great many people came to know and respect him.

After forty-eight years in the business, Larry retired from Payson Market in 2010. “When I started, it was Roy’s Market, run by Roy Rogers- not the cowboy,” he said, smiling. “I worked for him, then worked for six different companies and never left that building.” The grocery store was located at 190 East 100 North, in the building now occupied by the NAPA Payson Auto Supply. “I stayed there all those years, until they built Payson Market, and then I went down there. I was there fifteen years before I retired.”

Leila is a Santaquin native, raised there throughout her youth by her parents, late James Eldon (“Chick”) and Wanda Jensen Greenhalgh. “I went to school there,” she said. “At that time, we graduated from junior high, and then went over to Payson High School.”

“When I was growing up, I worked at the canyon,” she said. “I would go down to Cedar Breaks and work there in the summertime.”

She also worked for her uncle, Roe Wilde, at his Payson Main Street bakery, Roe’s Bake Shoppe. “I’d walk down from the high school and then I’d clean up the bakery,” she said. “There were some ladies who worked in Forsey’s. I’d ride home with them, rather than ride the bus, because I didn’t have a car.
“[Larry’s] mom worked at the bakery and that’s how we met. She introduced me to him and I thought, ‘Hmm. He’s tall and good looking.’ He’d come and get me on my breaks and we’d go up to Milt’s [diner] up on the hill. I think my breaks were longer than ten minutes. More like a half hour, but that was okay, because his mother covered!”

Larry and Leila were married in the Manti LDS Temple in 1963- in fact, they will celebrate their golden anniversary just days after riding in the Payson Onion Days Parade, on September 6. After their marriage, Leila took time off to help raise the couple’s three daughters. She returned to work outside the home later, first in the local school lunch program, then back at Roe's Bake Shoppe, the bakery at Ream’s grocery store in Springville, and later as bus tech for Nebo School District, “I enjoyed that,” she said. “I had a lot of fun.”

She retired a year before Larry, in 2009. The Housers settled easily into a life well spent with children and grandchildren who reside close by.

“We enjoy going and following our grandkids with sports,” said Larry.

“Football, basketball,” Leila noted.

“We try to make it to all their events and we enjoy doing it,” Larry said. “It’s a lot of fun to go to all
their games and be with our grandchildren.”

Their children, Brenda Mangelson, JoAnn Kunzler (and the late Rick Kunzler), and Julie Christensen, reside in Payson with children—and a few grandchildren, of their own. Some of the Houser grandkids have attended and continue to study at their alma mater, Payson High, while some have gone to Salem Hills High School.

Their grandchildren are: Megan (Jordan) DeGraw, Karlie, Derek, and Kyle Mangelson; Jessica, Nicole, and Braden Kunzler; Krista (Chad) Moore, Kaitlyn (Dallen) Fiscus, Kenzie, and Dalton Christensen. They have two great-grandsons, Kason and Briggs DeGraw, and a great-granddaughter Moore expected in October.

The Housers have fond memories of Onion Days celebrations throughout years. “I remember when I was a younger boy,” Larry recalled, “I used to love to go down to the carnival and ride the rides. They had horse races on Labor Day and we’d do that. Then when we met, we’d go to the carnival and the band concerts.”

“We used to always come over to the parade,” said Leila. “If I had girlfriends who had cars, we’d make it over to the band concerts. And we’d come over to the carnival.” The latter marred by a sickly spin on the Tilt-A-Whirl, Leila has not liked carnival rides ever since. She prefers the band concert, the flower and art shows with the community’s talent on display.

“I’ve been here all my life, so it’s just part of my life,” Larry added.

Seated as Grand Marshals at this year's festivities, they will travel along Monday's parade route in an antique convertible. The ride will no doubt create new memories for the respected Payson couple to cherish, as they join the celebration among family and friends in a community they love.

“We really feel honored and appreciate it very much,” said Larry.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Further Water Restrictions on the Agenda Tonight in Payson

The Payson City Council will wrap up tonight's regularly scheduled meeting with a discussion and, possibly, a proclamation pertaining to a critical issue within the community. Further water restrictions.

The meeting will begin at 6 PM.  The Payson City Council Chambers are located inside the City Center, at 439 West Utah Avenue, Payson.

Cristie Peterson's Charming Cottage Garden is Yard of the Week

Charm and creativity abound at the home of Cristie Peterson, who we now honor for Yard of the Week.  Art and handiwork blend in beautifully with assorted perennial plants and flowers growing there.  Built by James William Huish in 1863, the home itself carries the distinction of being among the oldest still standing in Payson.  It is located in northeast Payson. Take a look, but be prepared to look twice, as there is a surprise around every corner. 
Written by Cristie Peterson

Our family moved back to Payson in 1985. Bob and I had loved this old house every time we drove past it. When it came up for sale, we had to have it.

The house was built by James William Huish in 1863 and had been occupied by his descendents until 1985. The realtors had advised the family that they could get more money if they tore down the house and sold it as two building lots. Thank goodness they wanted to keep the family home standing.

With large trees, more weeds than grass, and violets, this old house was a dream in the making. I always wanted an old-fashioned cottage-garden look. With so many trees, there were many areas that never saw the sun. It was impossible to get annuals to grow, so I started reading up on perennials. I planted tons of them, but only the strongest plants survived.

Ours is not your average manicured yard. In fact, it can get a little wild and overgrown, but we love it. There is always something in bloom and it requires minimal care until about mid-summer, when many plants need to be trimmed back.


I love my yard. It's like my own secret garden, with trees and plants popping up that I didn't plant, wild roses, and a grapevine arbor covered in grapes that my grand kids love. My son, Nick, built the pergola over the deck with salvaged porch posts to frame it up. I love the old buckets, birdhouses, washtubs, and windows, which add interest to the yard, with a little something unexpected wherever you look.





Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Lightning Sparks Multiple Fires Over Weekend



Photo and film courtesy of the Santaquin Fire Department

Read a detailed account of the fires in Santaquin in this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle.  Subscribe today at paysonads.com

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Discussion Sparks Question of Changing Downtown's One Way Street

Should Payson City alter the one way flow of Main Street in the Historic Downtown to accommodate two way traffic? The question arose in a discussion among local leaders and business owners at last week's Payson City Council meeting and is expected to be readdressed in the near future.

Locals Take Part in Tour of Utah

The Tour of Utah's Stage Three stop last week put Payson in the national and international cycling spotlight.  Drew Poulson (pictured right), who works as the web designer for an event sponsor, Payson's own Utah Trikes, joined in local activities held that day.  Poulson is pictured with Stage 3 Winner Lachlan Morton (left).  See complete story in this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Congratulations Yard of the Week Honorees: Jack and Lynette White



Sweetly scented butterfly bushes draw fluttering creatures. Ample petunias and an appealing array of other plant life draw the eyes of passersby. The site is the lovely home and hand-creation of Jack and Lynette White, who are honored for Yard of the Week.

“I like lots of color,” Jack said, explaining his approach to the selection of blooms that grow in planter and flower gardens spots. His grandson, Ethan (pictured near several planters that rest on the front porch) loves to lend a hand when the planting begins in spring. This year, their colors ranges from white to pink and purple. Last year, Jack planted a patriotic array of petunias, all red, white, and blue, to honor the couple's son, Justin, an Army Warrant Officer II, who graduated from flight school.

The couple built the home in the winter of 2002 and began the endless landscaping work that spring. A vegetable garden has been among the features. This year, the Whites are tending tomatoes, beans, raspberries, and strawberries along the fence and in a plot south of the home.
Jack has kept the grass growing longer this year, adjusting his lawnmower blade to match a call for less water in a very dry season. Rawling's Lawn and Pest Control fertilized it earlier in the season to give it a boost and help alleviate the need for moisture.

The White home is a welcoming space for not only passersby, but family. In addition to son, Justin, the Whites invite their grown children, Jeremy and Joshua and their families, including eight grand kids there to enjoy its beauty.






Brigg Terry Called To Mission in Zimbabwe


Brigg Archie Terry has been called to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Zimbabwe Harare mission. Brigg is the son of Paul and Lisa Terry. He will be speaking on August 18th at 9:30 a.m. in the Santaquin Stake Center, located at 45 South 500 West. Elder Terry will enter the South Africa MTC on September 5th.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Onion Days Just Weeks Away

Representing the Miss Payson Royalty in the recent Santaquin Days parade were First Attendant Paige Downey, who was accompanied that morning by her little sister and Little Miss, Ireland Parra (pictured above).  The float carrying Payson  royalty will no doubt be highlight of the Onion Days parade on Labor Day morning, with Miss Payson Emily Hayes (not pictured) joining in the procession.  Be sure to check out The Payson Chronicle for further details on the parade and a host of fun activities lined up in the community as family and old friends come together for the Onion Days Celebration. 

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Watering Restricted to Two Days a Week in Payson

Pending Mayor Rick Moore's signature, Payson City Council has approved a measure to further restrict irrigation watering to two days per week per residence. The emergency decision was made during last night's Payson City Council meeting, following discussion on the fast-depleting secondary water supply and a lack of conservation within the community.

Watering times, which allow for 20 minutes or less per area or station, from midnight to 10 AM and 6 PM to midnight, are expected to remain.

More information on watering schedules and what the emergency proclamation entails to come.

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Don and Caren Kirk Honored for Yard of the Week


Moving into the brick bungalow at 280 North Main ten years ago meant returning to the home of his youth for Don Kirk, Jr. What it also meant was that he and wife, Caren, would walk into a ready made landscape, one that had established itself as among Payson City’s best kept lots for decades.

His dad, Don Kirk, Sr., was an immaculate groundskeeper at the home in which he and his wife, LaVois, raised their family since 1959. “He lived for the yard,” Don, Jr., said. “It was his life.”
Don, Jr., and Caren moved into the home after he passed away. They maintain the yard much like he had, all out of a sense of honor for a father who cared deeply about the place he called home.

Perennials started by the elder Kirk continue to thrive on the spacious corner lot: Bishop’s weed, myrtle, lilies, peonies, “Indian tobacco,” a backyard thick with vines and bamboo-like plants they and their grandkids at play refer to as “the jungle,” and the four o’clocks which bloom in morning at night, that Don, Sr., loved dearly. Old fruit trees continue to bear new fruit: apples and apricots among those borne in the recent hot summer weeks.

New varieties have arrived in part through the guidance of Caren’s good friend, Christie Peterson, whose work at Olson’s Garden Shoppe puts her in the know when it comes to what is ideal for local planting. Her recommendations this year have spurred continuous blossoms--all season long--through a variety of plants that awaken at different times. They guarantee there will always be some blooming going on at the Kirk’s Main Street home. A novelty this year, yet to appear on the scene, is a flower that Caren refers to as her “goblins,” unique flowers that are orange in hue and scheduled to blossom during the Halloween season.

Whatever the season, the Kirk home, with its cheery cherub statues, towering shade trees, and fragrant, alternating blossoms, is a delight and an asset to North Main. The landscape legacy started by the late Don Kirk, Sr., has been carried on by his loving family. Be sure to take a moment to appreciate the spirit that continues to grow as we celebrate the Kirk Home as Yard of the Week.











Payson LDS Temple at Evening Twilight

Photo by The Payson Chronicle (8/6/2013)

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

New Business Recognized in Payson

A new business on the local scene, Payson Deals received the traditional Chamber of Commerce welcoming treatment last week, with pizza and cake, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pictured (front row, left-right): Elaine Williams, Gordon Hansen, Miss Payson Royalty Paige Downey (First Attendant) and Miss Payson Emily Hayes, co-owners Colin and Shessann Logue, Kathy Anderson, Amy Bartholomew, Brandee Stock, JoLyn Nielsen with Brooke and Dakoda Wentz (front), Brea Wentz with baby Chloe Wentz, Carolyn Bowman; (back row, left-right) Zach Voorhees, Todd Lambourne, Nelson Abbott, Councilman Mike Hardy, Dawn Davis, Lisa Handley, Marci Aston, Jan Lucas, Andrea Cotton, and Rory Adams. (Photo to be published in the Chronicle soon.)

Monday, August 5, 2013

Upcoming Yard of Week a Welcoming Sight to See

Our upcoming Yard of the Week is a welcoming sight to see.  Be sure to pick up this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle to find out where it is.  Nominate your pick for an upcoming honoree, too, by emailing us their name, address, and phone number to paysonchronicle@gmail.com.

Volunteers Play Valuable Role in Salmon Supper's Success

The annual Salmon Supper has become such a popular event that it requires a small army of volunteers to ensure its success. Among them were Tasha Walsh (left) and Megan Carlisle (right), who greeted guests and signed in volunteers as they arrived to assume their part Friday evening.  Folks arrived by bus, car, and foot to enjoy the food, music, and company.  Some reported waiting in line for nearly two hours just to have the once-a-year opportunity to dine on grilled salmon with a flavor like no other.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Salmon Supper Almost Here


Gloria Perry's Xeriscaping Earns Her Yard of Week Honor

Gloria Perry's place is a model for xeriscaping in Payson.  She shares a wealth of information on the plantlife growing there, with very little water and maintenance.

When Gloria Perry moved from the lush New York landscape to the desert of Utah twenty-four years ago, she was surprised by the vast, green lawns she saw growing from city to town. Aware of resource issues akin to the area, she was determined to create for herself a water conscious landscape. Upon completion of the home she designed for herself at 304 South Loafer View Drive in Payson eight years ago, Gloria set out to surround it in landscape that could weather the dry climate, as well as abide with the sloping hill on which her home sits.
As concerned as she was over water issues, she did not want to give up the possibility for a plant-based place. “Most people think of xeriscaping as rocks,” she explained, “but there are hundreds of wonderful flowers for all year.”
Her place has since become a showpiece for many of them. But determining what would work best for our region required research. Gloria traveled to Cascade Gardens in West Jordan, where she learned about native plants and growing techniques, then purchased starts and seeds here and from other nurseries with varieties suitable in a dry climate. High Country Garden, based out of New Mexico, has been the most valuable source, she said, providing her with an abundance of plants growing in both the front and back of her of her home.
What has resulted is a desert-friendly garden-scape, with blooms rising and setting in stages, from spring to fall. Some come with the added splendor of fragrances akin to cinnamon, such as a Fernbush Gloria calls “Cinnamon,” and chocolate, found with the Moonlight Broomplant, a bush at the corner that is covered with tiny yellow flowers. Then there is the brilliant orange of the Zauschineria plant, which draws countless hummingbirds. Blue persimmon blooms in early spring, she notes, while the magenta Poppy Mallow blooms in late June and through most of July. There are Blue Salvia growing on her property, along with yellow Ozark Sundrops in bloom from mid-June to mid-July, ornamental oregano, purple Russian Sage, a plumbago that awakens in late summer through early fall, a wild Mullein herb which takes the stage in the fall, graceful and delicate Guara with its tiny apple blossom-like flowers, and tall, spike-shaped species she simply refers to as “my candlesticks.” Climbing and winding around beams and trellises, a Calmatis Vine, native to the area and requiring little water, frames her front porch. It is in full bloom in June, Gloria noted, with an abundance of vibrant yellow flowers. Rabbit brush native to this area and feathery Apache Plume, with white flowers that turn to soft pink in the fall and shimmer in the sunlight, out back. Wild species occasionally find their way to Gloria's place, which she welcomes, allowing them to incorporate to the scene.
After these distinct blooming seasons end, she takes care to ensure regrowth. “You have to let them go to seed to propagate them,” Gloria explained. ”Then you cut them back.”
Importantly, she notes, all the plantlife on her property require a scant amount of water. “Last year, I only watered three times,” she said. As for this year, she has not watered once, she said.
As Gloria pursued water conscious growing when her home was built, the property’s steep slope out front was addressed with the construction of rock walls. Mark Tyler built them for her, she said, thus segmenting off approachable spaces for beds of desert friendly plants. Mark shares the home as a boarder with Gloria, along with a cat, and a gentle brown-spotted Dalmatian-mix dog named Abbie, who she adopted from a Paws Rescue Shelter.
Gloria added her own handmade skills to the outdoors by including some of her artwork. Her favorite is a horse she painted on purple-tone tiles perched not far from the front door. It adds an extra splash of color to the natural environment- an environment worthy of Yard of the Week.






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