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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Friday, January 29, 2016
Lions Discuss Financial and Societal Investments at January 28 Meeting
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| Lions and colleagues, Adam Sevy (left) and Bill Loucks, CFP (right), photographed together during the January 28 Payson Lions Club meeting held at the Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center. Mr. Sevy and Mr. Loucks share membership in LCI (Lions Clubs International). Sevy is a Payson Lion. Loucks is with the newly formed Provo Lions Club, which is currently a branch of the Payson charter. The Lions’ civic affiliation branches into the realm of career through their work at Mountain America Credit Union. A Senior Wealth Advisor, Mr. Loucks was invited by his colleague to join the local meeting and discuss investing in volatile times with Payson members. The meeting concluded with talk concerning Provo Lions’ investment in knowledge in the realm of the area's youth. A book drive is currently being conducted. The goal? Seven hundred books for students at Walden School of Liberal Arts in Provo. Roughly 300 of the 400 books already collected have been contributed by Cathy Adams of the Nephi Lions Club, according to Jennifer Huff, Payson Lions Club Secretary. More to come in the upcoming edition of The Payson Chronicle. |
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Working Together for Success: Key For Women Group Coming Together to Make Things Happen
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Business women throughout Utah County have a lot in common. They are mothers, daughters, neighbors, friends, community activists, active in their faiths, sports enthusiasts and enjoy a variety of hobbies. So it’s no surprise that when a group of them come together amazing things happen. Meeting together monthly, Key For Women members connect with women in a variety of industries to learn what products and services they can provide to support one another. Find out more about this and other groups working together in the community in the next edition of The Payson Chronicle. |
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services
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Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may be found in The Payson Chronicle and on our website at paysonchronicle.com.
JERRY EDWIN BUYS |
Taste of Local History
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As one of the longest-running Payson establishments, Wee Blu Inn has built a solid reputation as the go-to place for good food and hospitality that dates back to its days under the ownership of the late Merlin “Mo” Phillips, who originated many of its recipes. Pick up a copy of the January 27, 2016 edition of The Payson Chronicle for a full taste of local history.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Payson Historical Society: Yesterday and Today by L. Dee Stevenson
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| Pictured is the William Douglas Store, built around 1870. To the rear of it is the Union Hall, built around 1860. To the left is the old Post Office, and on the end (left), the local tin shop of Payson. Discover the location and what else was located on this site in this week’s edition of The Payson Chronicle. |
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
Local Student Pens "Poetry for the People"
Mrs. Bragg's 8th grade English classes had a competition--whoever wrote the best argument essay would have their essay submitted to the newspaper. Here is Olivia Dopp's. She did an excellent job arguing the importance of reading poetry still today.
Olivia Dopp's "Poetry for the People"
“I want them to waterski/ across the surface of a poem/ waving at the author’s name on the shore./ But all they want to do/ is tie the poem to a chair with rope/ and torture a confession out of it.” (Billy Collins “Introduction to poetry”). Some people feel that they really know what is embedded behind the riddles of a poem's words, while some people feel like they are worthless, complicated, and demanding, that we are only taught poetry for some odd reason that they don’t care to understand. But there is a reason to why people “torture” you with poetry: It’s because of what’s hidden deep inside a poem. Poetry is worth reading because there is more to poetry, poetry is powerful, and poems tell stories.
Poetry is worth reading because there is more to poetry. According to Billy Collins, poetry gives him pleasure and, “That pleasure is a mix of feeling, thought and language. A poem is conscious effort to create that mix of feeling, thought and language. A poem is a conscious effort to create that mix, to use language almost to fuse thought and feeling together. The perfect blend is the pleasure for me --- the marriage of thought and feeling.” (Reardon). Collins states an aspect of poetry that people may not always think about. He is saying that there is more to poetry than just words, there is feeling, thought, and language. Billy Collins wrote a poem called the “Introduction to Poetry”. “ I ask them to take a poem/ and hold it up to the light/ like a color slide/ or press an ear against its hive./ I say drop a mouse into a poem/ and watch him probe his way out,/ or walk inside the poem’s room/ and feel the walls for a light switch./ I want them to waterski/ across the surface of a poem/ waving at the author’s name on the shore./ But all they want to do/ is tie the poem to a chair with rope/ and torture a confession out of it./ They begin beating it with a hose/ to find out what it really means.” (Reardon). This poem describes how you feel when you read a poem and how you should feel, it also shows the imagery created by the poem’s words . It takes your assumptions and turns them into a new world to explore, inside a poem. It shows a pathway that you can follow to imagine something different, something that you can control and create as your own. That is what most people don’t see in words and poems, they just focus on what it really means, not what it can mean.
Poetry is worth reading because it is powerful. Collins also claims, “The other 17 percent of poetry isn’t just worth reading. I couldn’t live without it,” (Reardon). Collins states that he couldn’t “live without it,” even though this sentence isn’t literal, it still shows how powerful poetry can be. Collins believed that 83% of poetry is not worth reading but also believed 17% was so good that (as he said) he couldn’t live without it. He believed this because of how powerful poetry can be. Even know that 17% is much smaller than the other 83%, that small portion could have been smaller if it wasn’t for the power of those poems. These opinions from Collins say that, “There is another aspect to poetry [beyond searching for it’s meaning], which is simply to take in a poem just to hear a poem...”...“All you need is a pair of ears and a mind and a heart to be able to take these poems into yourself.” (Reardon). All you need to take in a poem and to actually hear one, are ears, a mind, and a heart. Poetry is powerful enough that when you actually hear the poem, think about it, take it into your heart and feel it you will be able to take it in and have a better understanding of what it might mean.
Poetry is worth reading because poems tell stories. Amal Kassir wrote a poem called, “"My Grandmother's Farm" describes a farm taken over by a violent "tyrant."” (Newsela). If Amal didn’t write this poem about her grandmother’s farm and something happened to her the knowledge of what happened would probably have been lost. By writing this poem Amal shared the story about her grandmother’s farm even though it wasn’t directly telling the story. “My grandmother knows Syria better than anyone./ It is the arthritis living in her knees./ She had a farm whose dust she knew by name./
... And the tyrant,/ The dirt is waiting for him./ Like the rest of us,/ He will learn his grave,/ Feel the weight of the entire country on his chest.” It may be confusing by there is a story hidden inside those few short lines. Mohja Kahf says that, “Poetry is a witness,” (Newsela). Poems are stories witness to events that happened, can happen, and are happening. Poetry tells stories of things that people have seen, they are witnesses to events good and bad.
In conclusion, poetry is worth reading because poetry is more than just confusing words they're powerful stories, witnesses, and worlds, they’re things you need to think about and take in not just try to understand. Most people will probably think differently one reason would be is that they seem boring and confusing. When someone says something like “now some poetry” or “let's write a poem” the majority of people will moan and groan. Everyone has their reasons why they moan and groan when poetry gets involved, but all they're doing is, “tie the poem to a chair with rope/ and torture a confession out of it./ They begin beating it with a hose/ to find out what it really means.” (Collins “Introduction to Poetry”)”. Maybe poetry is worth a try? Maybe poetry shouldn’t be beaten with a hose to find out what it really means? Sometimes poetry can be boring and confusing but if you really feel it you can understand it. Some people hate poetry because of how difficult it can be to write, but if you understand it and feel it you could write something incredible. Poetry can be hard to write but in those few simple words is a world of possibilities. It’s a whole story a whole time a whole new place waiting in that one little poem. Poetry is worth reading because there is more to poetry than what you may think, poetry is powerful it encases you in a sea of words and literature, poems tell stories some true and some not, introducing a new world of words, ideas and events.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
PowerHouse Diesel Performance: Not Just Diesel
New Veteran Owned Business in Santaquin Provides Full Service for Diesel, Gas, and Agricultural Needs
Pictured at 315 East Main in Santaquin last Wednesday, L-R Mok McCray (paint and body expert), Stetson Allan (social media tech), Ben Vasquez (manager), Ty Davis (owner), Andrew Kaplan (owner), and Eliza Phillipson (emissions tech). The dog is Atlas.) Read more about this in next week's edition of The Payson Chronicle.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller
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Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may be found in The Payson Chronicle and on our website at paysonchronicle.com.
JO ANNE WITT MATTINSON
Jo Anne Witt Mattinson returned to her heavenly home on January 17, 2016 at the age of 84. She was born to Kenneth and Theora Witt in Heber, Utah on October 10, 1931. She loved Heber Valley and had many fond memories of her siblings, relatives, and especially her grandmothers Humes and McDonald. During her elementary years her family moved to Payson, Utah. While at Utah State she met and married Lt. Richard James Kohlwey in 1952. They had one son Randy Kohlwey. Richard was killed in The Korean War. She later married Faye Mattinson on December 23, 1957 (the boy next door). Friends and family may attend a viewing 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. the funeral will follow at 11 a.m. held Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Payson 14th Ward Chapel, 100 South 300 West, Payson, Utah. Interment will be in the Payson City Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.
What's for dinner?
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You'd be hard-pressed to find a more satisfying meal than a "Big Mo Burger" with a side of hand-cut fries at one of Payson's longest running establishments. The Payson Chronicle will be serving up its story soon.
Art Exhibit Opens at Peteetneet
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Pictured: Rebecca Lee Peery (left) with husband, Hal Peery (right), stand beside a few of the artist’s oil paintings, which are on display at the Peteetneet Museum Gallery through the end of February. |
Peteetneet Museum Gallery was a buzz Friday evening as a new art exhibit opened for public view. The art of Rebecca Lee Peery, on display through the end of February, is comprised of landscape and figure paintings in oil. Each painting comes with a story, be it from Ms. Peery’s travels abroad or her connection to themes familiar to the local culture. Many are available for purchase. More on the Rebecca Lee Peery Exhibit to come in The Payson Chronicle.
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| Artist Rebecca Lee Peery shares the story behind a painting in oil now on display at the Peteetneet Museum Gallery. |
Monday, January 18, 2016
Visit Pioneer Book While You're In Provo Visiting the New Provo City Center Temple
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| Pioneer Book General Manager Scott Glenn with a copy of PROVO'S TWO TEMPLES by Dr. Richard O. Cowan and Justin R. Bray. Read more about the Provo bookstore in this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle. (Photo by Michael Olson) |
Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller
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Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may be found in The Payson Chronicle and on our website at paysonchronicle.com.
REED MENDENHALL PAGE
Reed Mendenhall Page passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the age of 82. Reed was born on November 27, 1933 in Payson, Utah to Earl Leaver Page and Reta Mendenhall Page. He married Rae Ann Hill in the Manti Temple on September 18, 1953 and they raised six children together. There will be a viewing Tuesday, January 19th from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, January 20th at 11:00 a.m. at the Page Ward LDS Chapel located at 711 South 600 East Payson, Utah. Family will greet friends from 9:45-10:45 prior to services. Interment will be at Payson City Cemetery following the funeral service.
PASSION REITZ WINS LOCAL COMPETITIONS IN LIONS INTERNATIONAL PEACE POSTER CONTEST
Find the complete story in the print edition of The Payson Chronicle and on our website, at paysonchronicle.com.
Salem Hills High School Wins First Place Saturday against Twenty Schools Participating in The 4A Southern Region Cheer Competition
Coming up in this week's print edition of The Payson Chronicle:
Pictured: Three of the top five competitors in the individual jump off competition who advance to the state competition are from Salem Hills High School.
Pictured: Three of the top five competitors in the individual jump off competition who advance to the state competition are from Salem Hills High School.
Photo by Todd Phillips, more at SalemHillsPhotos.com
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