Tuesday, April 29, 2014

NEBO HIGH SCHOOL ART CONTEST DRAWS OUT BEST IN YOUTH TALENT

"Cool Brother" by Mahealani Takako Tukuafa, First Place (photo cropped)
Some portray objects, others portraits, and scenes, but all share in the condition of being remarkable.  These are the student entries that make up the 2014 Nebo District High School Art Show, now open to the public at the Peteetneet Art Gallery in Payson.
“This is our 8th annual show and we have had more entries this year than any other before,” said Donna Corno, Peteetneet Art Council President. “The gallery is full of beautiful paintings and sketches on the walls, plus more 3D sculptures than ever shown before.  The quality of the work continues to impress everyone. “
For their exceptional artwork, Ms. Corno awarded ribbons to first place winner Mahealani Takako Tukuafa, Sierra Davis, second place, and Jessie Barahona, who was awarded the third place honor. Ribbons were also handed to eight others whose amazing pieces of art were awarded honorable mention prizes in this year’s show.
“This show is unique because it is the only high school art show to feature our own Nebo School District art students in the State of Utah,” Ms. Corno said.  “The art teachers work hard and help to inspire wonderful creative talent in their students.”
The Nebo District High School Art Show is open to everyone and can be viewed at the Peteetneet Gallery, from 10 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday, through the end of April.

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

PCT Presents Les Miserables


Corinne Facer Wins Miss Santaquin Title

Corinne Facer is crowned Santaquin's new queen by outgoing Miss Santaquin, Kristen Robbins, April 26, 2014.
Miss Santaquin 2014 Corinne Facer (left) and First Runner-up, Alexis Drummond.
Miss Santaquin 2013 Kristen Robbins gives her final performance as queen, playing a traditional fiddle tune.

The Miss Santaquin Scholarship Pageant wrapped up this evening with Corinne Facer (pictured second from left) crowned as Queen. Alexis Drummond (far right) will join her in Miss Santaquin duties throughout the coming year, as she was named First Runner-Up.  Mary Hernandez (second from right) received the Miss Congeniality Award and the Director’s Award was presented to Megan Snow (far left).  First Runner-Up Alexis Drummond also received this year’s Miss Photogenic Award.





Thursday, April 24, 2014

SABIN FAMILY AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS TACO TIME GOLDEN CACTUS AWARDS

Pictured in front of the Payson Taco Time restaurant: (left-right): Shandy Olsen, Misty Sabin, Ross Sabin (behind), Calvin Sabin, Jed Olsen (behind), Julie Sabin, and Kami Hurst.

A small crew works in an open kitchen, preparing orders streaming in through drive-up traffic which wraps around the vibrant stuccoed Payson Taco Time.  Super Soft Tacos, Big Juan Burritos, and Mexi-Fries, a local tater tot delicacy, are wrapped and then tucked into brown paper sacks handed to the lunchtime diners lining up outside.  Calvin and Julie Sabin, who co-own this and two other Taco Times in Utah Valley, step out from behind the counter.  They are soon joined by daughters, Shandy Olsen and Misty Sabin, on what is a typical spring day at the local fast food chain.
Only on this day, something extra special is cooking inside. And it’s not the daily special.  Two of the Sabins family’s three franchises had recently received the prestigious Taco Time Golden Cactus Award.
The Golden Cactus is awarded yearly to franchise owners whose Taco Time eatery is maintained with superior service and quality.  The Sabins’s restaurants in Payson and Spanish Fork each ranked high and well worth the honor this past year, and the family was presented their Golden Cactus honors at a March ceremony in a venue facilitated by food vendor, Nicholas and Company, in Salt Lake.
“They’re hard to get,” Julie said last week. Golden Cactus Award recipients must earn the honor, she said, as opposed to having been nominated and voted on by peers.
“They’re based on cleanliness, quality of the food, and customer service,” Shandy explained. She manages the Payson restaurant.
Customer feedback is yet another factor used to determine whose restaurant will receive the award, and they arrive arrive unsolicited.  “[Customers] just go out of their way to make the compliments,” Shandy said.
The quality and service warranting these awards arrived for the Sabins after a long experience working with and investing in the popular local fast food franchise.  After co-owning and running a cafe in Santaquin, the Kountry Kitchen, in the early 1990s, with mom, Maureen Clements, Julie started working at the Spanish Fork Taco Time, at the time located just off Expressway Lane. That was back when it was owned by Utahna “Tauni” Young, who also owned the Payson Taco Time franchise.
“I said to her one day, ‘If you ever decide to sell Taco Time, Tauni, I want it’,” said Julie.  “She just laughed at me- kind of chuckled. And then, two or three days went by, and she says, ‘Are you serious about buying Taco Time?’”
So long as the sale was made outright, and not on contract, they had a deal, Julie recalled.  With that, she and husband, Calvin, purchased the Payson restaurant, outright, from Ms. Young, in 2001.
They invested in the two additional franchises, in Spanish Fork and Nephi, in the years subsequent.   By doing so, they made not only an investment in their own economic futures, but those of their three children, who have since been made partial owners and current managers of each chain.
Daughter, Shandy, is at the helm in Payson, with Misty at the Taco Time in Nephi, which is currently being remodeled, and their son, Ross Sabin in Spanish Fork, each positioned to take over as owners once their parents retire. Though retirement is not imminent, when it does occur, Julie and Calvin will pass the investments to progeny raised in the business and who have followed a path tread by hardworking parents.
Shandy, Misty, and Ross have all worked at Taco Time since they were adolescents.   “Shandy started through Tauni, too,” Julie said, “when she was fourteen.”  
Misty started working at Taco Time as a youngster, as well, “in the Playland,” at the Spanish Fork Expressway restaurant, said Calvin, where she served as protector of the meek.
“When any of the big kids would go in and start pushing around the little kids, it was my daughter who had to go in and get them out of there.  So she was the bouncer!” her dad laughed with a hint of pride.
“You have to work hard,” Misty said of her long history working there. Work that, at times, seems endless, as unexpected needs are combined with the expected requirements of running a restaurant open seven days a week and now includes morning breakfast fares on the menu.
“Me, Ross, and Misty, all three of us work full time,” Shandy followed. “But, then, if there’s supplies we need to get or something like that, then we’re always there to get them.  So we’re pretty much always working.”
“It has its ups and downs,” according to Misty. “But it is fun.  You get to know a lot of people, meet a lot of people.”
Getting to know people in the community is a benefit Julie seems especially to cherish.  Working in Payson part-time these days, she prefers to do her job at the drive-through, Shandy explained, where she is able to meet the people the restaurant serves.
People who have become loyal customers, friends, and like family, over their deep investment in the community.  People like Clark Kay, who resides a short distant from the Payson Taco Time, the Sabins noted.  Others live far away, driving some distance to get there. Customers like a Mr. Parker, who bypasses town after town from his home in Provo, to arrive, like clockwork, to order his favorite menu items from the Payson Taco Time.
The appreciation the Sabins have for each other and the customers they serve extends to employees who work with them.  “It feels like, when you work here, you feel like family,” Shandy said.  “Because it’s a family run business and--you do--you feel like family when you work here. Most kids, when they leave, they still feel like family. They still come and visit us. We don’t call us team members. We call us family.”
“I’ll tell you what, though,” said Julie, “if it wasn’t for my kids, I don’t think I ever could have done it.  Because they basically do it now.  I just work part time and they are basically doing everything.”
“I told Misty one day,” Calvin said, “I give you the opportunity to write your own paycheck--it’s what I give them the opportunity for.  And I wish I had that when I was working as a mechanic, because I worked way too hard.”  Calvin’s role is as maintenance man today for the family’s Taco Time businesses.
“I’m grateful for it,” said Shandy.  “Sometimes it’s difficult, but that just, you know, comes with the territory.  But I’m grateful for it.  I’m glad my parents did it for me.”
The love and hope the Sabins have for their three children grew especially evident as the Golden Cactus Awards were presented last month. Julie recalled an outpouring of emotions expressed by a proud father when the ceremony took place. “I used to be rock hard when I was younger,” Calvin explained. “But I think that, as I get older, I am getting to be a softy.”

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Chronicle Award Calls for Community Celebration


Payson Chronicle Named Business of Month; Plans Community Open House to Celebrate the Honor
Fortuitous April showers arrived in the form of the honor Business of the Month for The Payson Chronicle this year. Colin Logue, Payson Chamber of Commerce President, presented the award, along with the plaque (pictured here) at a recent city council meeting in Payson. Dawn Davis later delivered two lovely gift bags (pictured here also) to the Chronicle, on behalf of Dr. Gunnerson Dental, where she is employed as marketing director.

The Payson Chronicle would now like to turn the honor toward those who support the local newspaper.  You.  Please join us this Friday, April 25, for an open house celebrating the local community, from 11 AM - 1 PM.  There will be treats to eat, drawings to enter, and conversations to be shared among friends.

The Payson Chronicle office is located at 145 East Utah Avenue #5, Payson.  We look forward to seeing you!


Getting Around Central Utah Veterans Home Made Easier, Thanks to Disabled American Veterans


Wasatch Chapter #1 Disabled American Veterans (DAV) drove in two special deliveries that are destined to make getting around the Central Utah Veterans Home a lot easier for residents and their guests.  See upcoming edition of The Payson Chronicle for details on today’s event in Payson.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Matt and Mike Holt Open "Mr. Automotive" in Payson

Brothers Matt and Mike Holt have opened a new automotive business in town.  Mr. Automotive, to be exact.  Check out this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle for more details.

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Easter Egg Hunt Fun for Families and Friends

Paige Downey, Payson Royalty First Attendant (left), and Renee Crouch, of the Miss Payson Scholarship Pageant Board (right), pointed the way to the eggs that lay at Hillman Field this morning.  They were but a few of the volunteers who stepped up to ensure local families would have fun at the Payson Community Easter Egg Hunt.




A sea of ten thousand plastic eggs awaited youngsters in Payson Saturday, during the Community Easter Egg Hunt at Hillman Field.

The event was sponsored by the Payson Chamber of Commerce, with volunteers engaged in preparation to provide plenty to local children in the weeks preceding.  Colin Logue, Chamber President, emceed and made the starting cry from a booth for his business, Local Cheddar.  Joined by Kathy Anderson, employee, they offered hot chocolate to the youngsters and parents after the fast-paced race for eggs was finished.

Prize eggs were redeemed after, also, by children who were fortunate in their findings.  They walked away with large gifts and Easter baskets, presented to them by newly crowned royalty, Miss Payson Cassidy Gull, First Attendant Paige Downey, and Second Attendant Makala Swalberg, who were there to lend a hand.

Friday, April 18, 2014

FEATURED EATERY

Los Amigos has been a local dining hotspot since the authentic Mexican restaurant opened in Payson in 1984.  They offer a menu rife with enticing options: tamales, chimichangas, chiles rellenos, enchiladas, tacos, tostadas, and their ever-popular smothered burritos, with cheese and onions or without.  Everything is delicious and it isn’t easy to choose just one.  Served hot, à la carte or in a combination complete with sides of rice and beans, to name a few, leaving Los Amigos hungry is a rarity.  Takeout boxes are the norm.  Generous lunch specials alternate daily, Monday through Friday, and a few American fares and kids meals offer accommodating selections to diners who prefer less spice. All meals come with tortilla chips and tasty salsa: their famous chunky or smooth.   Now in its thirtieth year in Payson, Los Amigos continues to please patrons old and new.  If you have not dropped in lately, we recommend you do.

Pictured (left-right): Los Amigos owner, Jose Muñoz, Roxana Monje, and Irma Muñoz inside Los Amigos, at 110 North 800 East, Payson.

See also on our website at http://www.paysonchronicle.com/south-county-dining/ and in next week's edition in print.


Ready Your Baskets: Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at 9 AM Sharp

Ten thousand plastic eggs were filled with goodies for gathering earlier this week, all in preparation for this Saturday’s Payson Community Easter Egg Hunt at Hillman Field.

The folks of the Payson Chamber of Commerce, along with a few friends, are to be thanked for their efforts in seeing to it this local tradition continues. Among volunteers joining the Chamber in the Easter Bunny’s bidding this week was Payson City Councilwoman Jolyn Ford. Her remarks at last night’s council meeting noted the joy she experienced working in the interest of local children, seeing to it there will be plenty of eggs and prizes to go around.

For more details on Saturday's Payson Community Easter Egg Hunt, check out this week’s edition of The Payson Chronicle and our website, found athttp://www.paysonchronicle.com/

Miss Santaquin Pageant Planned for April 26

Pictured are outgoing Miss Santaquin Kristen Robbins (left) and First Attendant Jakenzie Brown (right), following last year’s pageant.
Miss Santaquin Kristen Robbins is preparing to pass down her crown to a new queen in town, when four lovely contestants compete for the title at the 2014 Miss Santaquin Pageant. The competition takes place April 26. Find out who these contestants are on our website at http://www.paysonchronicle.com/, as well as in next week’s edition of The Payson Chronicle in print.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Barret Peery Accepts Assistant Coaching Position at Arizona State

Spring Lake native Barret Peery (pictured, left) heads to PAC-12's Arizona State after completing what he considers to be his finest season as a head basketball coach, leading Indian Hills Community College of Ottumwa, Iowa, to the NJCAA National Championship game.  Photo courtesy Josh Peery

Pick up a copy of this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle for the complete story.  It's available on stands now.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

LEGISLATOR MARC ROBERTS PART OF "MARCH FOR MEALS"


Pictured left-right: Zions Bank Manager Todd Lambourne, Meals on Wheels Volunteer Jackie Hone, and Utah State Legislator Marc Roberts (District 67)
Stephanie Benson, Volunteer Program Coordinator, Meals on Wheels, Mountainland Association of Governments, reports, “Meals on Wheels helps seniors maintain their independence by providing hot, nutritious lunches. The program serves more than 450 seniors daily, and provided more than 118,000 meals to homebound seniors in 2013 in Utah County. We deliver to 20 seniors just in Payson City.
“We rely on 300 volunteers spread among 28 volunteer routes to deliver the meals. Volunteers deliver 50 percent of the meals. I don’t know what we would do without them.
“This is our fourth year hosting March For Meals. This year we have 21 elected officials in Utah County delivering meals this week.”
One of those elected officials is Mac Roberts of Utah House of Representatives District 67 (comprising Elk Ridge, Payson, Santaquin, Genola, Goshen, Fairfield, Cedar Valley, and part of Salem).
Wednesday morning, he and local volunteer Jackie Hone delivered Meals on Wheels to Payson seniors.  They met at Payson’s Zions Bank where they gathered the prepared meals for delivery.
Story and photo published in the April 2, 2014, edition of The Payson Chronicle.  Subscribe toThe Payson Chronicle at paysonads.com.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Cassidy Gull Crowned Miss Payson 2014

Contestants and queens came together for a photograph at the close of the 2014 Miss Payson Scholarship Pageant: (pictured left-right): Kennedy Aagard, Danielle Gubler, Kimberly Marvin, Kate McClellan, First Attendant 2013-2014 Paige Downey, Miss Payson 2014 Cassidy Gull, Second Attendant 2014 Makala Swalberg, Anna Fordiani, Paige Deuel, Miss Payson 2013 Emily Hayes. See complete story in this week’s edition of The Payson Chronicle, available on stands now.  

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Planning Commission Members Swear Oath to Serve

Two residents were sworn in last night as Payson’s newest Planning Commission members.  Check out next week’s edition of The Payson Chronicle for details.  
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CLOEY'S SKINPOREIUM: A COMFORTING SPACE FOR ESCAPE


At a cozy spa on Utah Avenue, clients arrive to push pause on the frenzied world outside.  They find it at Cloey’s Skinporeium, under the care of a polite and talented esthetician named Cloey Roper, a young businesswoman with great promise for a long career ahead.  
“I, first of all, enjoy what I do, and I’m confident in it,” says Cloey. “I’m doing something that I love, and I am comfortable in my element.”
Cloey graduated from Payson High School in 2009, and spent the following year searching for a career that would be a good fit.  Having been raised in a family of small business owners, owning her own shop had an appeal.
“At the time, it kind of seemed like the natural thing to do,” she said.
The trade of an esthetician seemed to be a perfect fit.  “I’ve struggled with acne for most of my life,” she said. “Skincare was always something that I’ve had to do.”
Before opening her spa in 2010, Cloey enrolled and completed a program certifying her as a Master Esthetician from ACAYDIA School of Aesthetics, located in Provo.  She received training, too, and became fully certified to perform permanent cosmetics.
Cloey’s Skinporeium has since grown into an invaluable part of a harmonious group of businesses operating inside Commercial Place complex, a building at 145 East Utah Avenue that is shared by The Payson Chronicle, Permanent Cosmetics by Trudy, a business owned by Cloey’s mom, Trudy Taylor Barrick, and aunts who each have their own businesses to run. These are Joe Coffee & Espresso, owned by Cloey’s aunt, Colette Wing, and a hair salon, Curl Up & Dye, that first opened decades ago by Sue Brown Taylor, Cloey’s grandma, which continues today under the ownership of Cloey’s aunt, Buffie Quist.
Historically, the Commercial Place housed Snow White Dry Cleaning, a business owned by Cloey’s great-grandpa, the late Wallace Brown. Then there was the old millinery of the late 1800s, just a few blocks away on Payson Main Street, where Cloey’s great-great-great-grandmother, Clyde Wilson made her mark as one of the community’s first businesswomen.  Later, the millinery would evolve into a high-end dress shop owned by Cloey’s great-grandmother, the late Kathryn Brown, leaving little doubt that business runs in the family’s veins.
“I think I’ve been fortunate, having a lot of influences,” said Cloey. “They’ve been supportive and helpful. I think it’s cool that I get to be here with my aunts, my grandma, my mom. I think I am lucky that I do have so much family here. We’re all friends.”  
Friendliness extends into the atmosphere  her spa.  The walls, painted in soft olive green, are complemented by calming greenery and wispy white lace curtains, providing a welcoming feel. Her tools of the trade are neatly stored inside, waiting the next client to step in, kick back, and enjoy restorative respite, regardless of time or reason for their stay.
“I think that there are a lot of people who don’t take advantage of making time for themselves and I have seen it transform them,” she said.
The transformation comes through any of the “head to toe skin care” services at Cloey’s Skinporeium.  These include a variety of facials, microdermabrasion treatments, chemical peels, back treatments, manicures, pedicures, eyelash extensions and fills, and eyelash and brow tinting.
Mattie Nielsen, of Payson, is there part-time, lending her talents to the business’s work of treating and transforming clients.

Cloey admits that running a business can be challenging.  Business owners have responsibilities that requires consistent attention.  Nonetheless, “It’s been fun,” she remarked. “My favorite part has been meeting people. A lot of my clients, I consider family now.”


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