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Pictures Tell The Payson Story: Iliff Academy

Pictured above is the Gothic-style Iliff Academy building, built by the Methodist Church in Payson in 1890.  The building is no longer standing.  Do you know where it was located?

Read about it in The Payson Chronicle.

Photo courtesy of the Payson Historical Society.

Artist Reception October 10 for Featured Peteetneet Artist Andrea Kirk and Students

The art of Andrea Kirk and her students will hang in the Peteetneet Art Gallery from October 3 thru November 18. “There will be a reception for the artist Monday, October 10,” reports Rebecca Lee Peery, Peteetneet Art Director.

The Artist Reception will run from 6-PM that evening. The Peteetneet is located at 10 South 600 East, Payson, Utah. The Museum is open Monday-Friday from 10 AM - 4 PM.

More to come in The Payson Chronicle.

Pictured (left): Artist Andrea Kirk; (below) "Kirk"

Sisters of the Moon: Rising Utah Charity Hosts Parties With Purpose Fourth Annual Halloween Party Invites Women to Get Their “Steampunk Witch” On For A Great Cause

Three among many Sisters of the Moon (pictured left-right): Adrienne Dixon, Debbie Jensen, and Mindi Memmott.  Look for them at the upcoming Steampunk Witch Party, October 15, at Noah's Event Center in Lindon.  They and fellow Sisters of the Moon committee members will be the witches wearing handmade purple hats, courtesy of Adrienne’s mother-in-law, Karen Dixon. Read more about the event, the Sisters, and the causes they serve in this week's print edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Community Comes Together for Spring Lake Days

Spring Lake Days in full swing, these gentlemen handled the grilling details outside the LDS church this afternoon.  A large crowd gathered inside the warm gymnasium on a cool autumn day to break bread as friends and raise money as a community, buying homemade treats and bidding on goods in a live and silent auction. Pictured (left-right) are Doug Huff, Ross Wilcox, Dale Scott, and Ken Lance.  More to come in the print edition of The Payson Chronicle.

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

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.

CLYDE STARK JASPERSON

1922-2016

Clyde Stark Jasperson born Aug 13, 1922 to Stephen Johnson Jasperson and Emma Stark Jasperson in Mona Utah. He was raised in Goshen Utah and was the 8^th child in a family of 6 girls and 4 boys. The son of a share cropper, he learned early the value of hard work raising sugar beets, grains, hay, and farm animals.

While attending high school in Payson, he occasionally went to dances in Tintic where we met his sweetheart Lorna Jean Mickelson.  Soon after they were married Clyde was drafted into the Army.   When WWII ended they bought a little house in Payson to raise their family.

Active in the LDS church, Clyde held numerous callings including Stake High Councilor and high Priesthood group leader. By far, their most cherished calling was being foster parents for Indian placement students Rachel, Charlotte, James and Larry.

Clyde worked over 35 years as a maintenance welder for Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company.  He enjoyed restoring old cars and doing wood working projects. For more than 30 years he had been a mainstay in the Payson Golden Onion Day parade, either carrying the American Flag for the American Legion or driving his restored Model A Ford.

He lived serving others welding broken equipment, making and giving away replica wagons and hand carts and sharing his garden with neighbors. Clyde and Lorna also volunteered many hours to help preserve and maintain the Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center in Payson. After 56 years of marriage Lorna suffered a stroke and was taken from him. Clyde enjoyed life and loved talking to family and friends.

On September 21, 2016 at the age of 94 Clyde quietly passed from this life to the next. He will be welcomed by the loving arms of our Father in Heaven, by his sweetheart Lorna Jean and other loving friends and family who have gone before him. 

He often spoke of his love for his family.  Surviving are his three children,  Andy Jasperson, (Joye) Jasperson,  (Curtis) Shirley Barrett, Jeff (Wendy) Jasperson, Brother, Kenneth (Barbara) Jasperson, 17 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren, and 2 more babies on the way.

He was preceded in death by his wife Lorna, sisters, Alice, Lilian, Norma, Sadie, Lavon, Leona, brothers, Bert, Don, and a some perfect great-grandchildren who died before birth.

The family would like to thank members of the 3rd ward, neighbors and many friends including staff and patrons of Parkway Health who cared for Clyde with such warmth and kindness. 

Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept 26 2016 at the Payson 3^rd Ward, 274 South Main St.  A viewing will be held Sunday, Sept 25, 2016 at Walker Mortuary 587 S 100 W Payson from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and the day of service at the church from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Huntsman Cancer Foundation.  Online condolences at www.walkerpayson.com

Family Day of Discovery Planned in Salem

By Sue Hughes, Salem Family History Center Director

The Family Day of Discovery jointly hosted by the Salem West Stake Family History and the Salem Stake will be held on Saturday, October 15, with the theme “Like Branches on a Tree, We All Grow in Different Directions, but Our Roots Keep Us Together.”  The Day of Discovery will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Salem West Stake Center, 695 South 300 West, Salem, Utah.  The Day of Discovery event is free to the public, and a light snack will be provided.

Opening remarks will be by the two Stake Presidency’s and the keynote speaker will be Ron Tanner Product Manager for Family Tree at Family Search, in the Cultural Hall beginning at 9:00 a.m. After the opening and keynote speaker the classes will begin at 9:40 a.m.

There are 20 classes scheduled that are perfect for all abilities, from beginners, intermediate and advanced researchers, and that will cover a wide variety of topics which include: Fast Accurate Research with Family Search, Affiliate and Other Genealogy Websites, Fast Accurate Research with Google, Utah Research Beyond LDS Records, U.S. Vital Records on the Internet-Lesser Known Sources, Family History While You Sleep, How to Find Out More About Your LDS Ancestors, Planning Your Heritage or Roots Travel, U.S.-Mid West Research, How to Identify People in Old Photographs, Merging Duplicate records, Finding “Cousins” using Descendency Research, Mobile Apps – Tree & Memories, Maintaining and Protecting Your Computer, U.S. Census: How to Use and Mine It for Family History Clues, Deciphering Handwriting, Scandinavian Research, The Value of the Family Search Wiki, and there will be a youth track with classes aimed at involving youth in family history and it’s technology.

The presenters are experts in their fields, they are: Van Celaya, Laurie Castillo, Deborah Glenn, Paula Jewett, Todd Powell, Jerry Castillo, Colleen Stutz.  Their bio’s will be in the syllabus handout. There will be free hardcopies of the presenters syllabus’s available on the day of the event.

Mark your calendar and plan to spend the day learning, and enjoying the company of other’s involved in doing genealogy and family history.  It will be time well spent and an opportunity to learn and become involved in finding your ancestors.

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

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.

MANUEL STEVE TAFOYA

Manuel Steve Tafoya, 68, passed away peacefully on September 18, 2016 from pancreatic cancer at his home in Payson, Utah.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at the West Mountain Church, 5327 West 10400 South Payson, Utah. There will be a viewing preceding the funeral from 9:00- 10:30 am.  Interment will be next to his parents in the Orem City Cemetery.

To read full obituary and share condolences visit www.serenityfhs.com

One of Payson's Cherished Events, Arnie B's Car/Truck/Motorcycle Show and Famous Mount Nebo Cruise Set For Saturday, September 24th

Pictured from the 2012 Car Show: L-R: Jayden Ellsworth, Sam Ellsworth, Arnie Beddoes, Tess Beddoes, and Brennan Beddoes.  See story in the September 21, 2016 edition of The Payson Chronicle.

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Phase One: Side Show

Phase One: Side Show

Constructing the Dream: Work on the Huish Performance Arts and Cultural Education Center Continues Under Guidance of Richard Lindsey

By Denise Windley

Once finished, the Huish Performing Arts and Cultural Education (PACE) Center will serve nearly 100,000 people in Payson and the surrounding areas, according to Richard Lindsey, Huish PACE director. “There won’t be a day that goes by that we won’t have something going on in here,” he said. “That’s the dream.”  

Constructing the dream calls for the usual ingredients for success: A lot of commitment and a lot more hard work.  For the Huish renovation project, the recipe also calls for a bit of strategy.

One such strategy designed to open up much needed revenue sources, which can then help further the project along, involves gaining access to building spaces that can be put to use now.  Before the building can be opened for occupancy, its public restrooms will have to meet ADA (American with Disabilities Act) standards.  Ultimately, the center’s public restrooms will be located in main part of the building.  But for now, says Lindsey, the former salon located below the Huish board room offers the quickest and easiest solution.  Once the restrooms are compliant, the Huish will rent out the two empty building spaces located to the east of the theater for use by smaller performing events or a comedy club, to name a few performance possibilities.

“Going along with Gordon’s philosophy, like he did at the Peteetneet- the first thing he did was he fixed up the auditorium, so now he could have family reunions, parties and all this other stuff coming in, and get a cash flow,” said Mr. Lindsey.  “As soon as we do that, then we can start raising funds and getting grants and all the other stuff.  Then we could finish up the rest of the project, which would be to add a whole new building to the north here, between us and One Man Band, and then that will become the lobby area, it will become the stagecraft where we build sets and stuff like that.”

A green room, practice rooms, and restrooms will follow suit. “There will be an elevator, a grand staircase,” said Lindsey.

“So it’s going to happen in three phases,” he explained.  “Phase One is what we call ‘The Sideshow.’  Phase two is getting the main auditorium ready to go.  Then phase three would be to add the extension to them.  

“I’ve got pages and pages of things we want to do in here,” said Lindsey.

More to come in the next edition of The Payson Chronicle.

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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

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.

CAROL ANN GEE COOMBS

The Payson Chronicle Blog

Compelling Telling

Constructing the Dream: Work on the Huish Performance Arts and Cultural Education Center Continues Under Guidance of Richard Lindsey: !!!

Richard Lindsey (photographed in front of the Huish in August of 2016) assumed Dr. Taylor’s duties as President of the Huish Performance Arts and Cultural Education Center renovation project earlier this year.

Dr. Gordon Taylor pictured seated inside the Huish Theatre board room during an August 2012 meeting with business leaders who made up the Payson Chamber Leads Group, a group that is no longer active.

3-On-3 Tournament and 3-Point Shootout Raises Funds and Level of Fun in Payson

Pictured are Adult Group A Winners: (L to R) Seth Taylor, Cameron Cusworth, Jake Tipton, and Chris Beckett after having played a great game in the Labor Day weekend scholarship tournament. Proceeds are to go towards the Power of Vision Scholarship. Pick up a copy of this week's edition of The Payson Chronicle for more.

South County Concessions & Catering: Proud Onion Days Vending Tradition Since 1998

Larry and Cheryl Brown prepare their booth, South County Concessions & Catering, for the busiest day of the Onion Days Celebration.  They, along with their children and grandchildren, have made the event a family tradition since 1998. For more on this story, pick up a copy of this week's print edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Photos by Denise Windley (see more at Virtual Vaksen)

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

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.

Darthella Butler Hanna Cook

Our loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Darthella Butler Hanna Cook, age 91 of Goshen, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016, surrounded by her family.

She was born April 14, 1925 in Santaquin, Utah to William and Fanny Viola Huish Butler. 

She married William Grant Hanna. He preceded her in death. She married Kenneth Pershing Cook, August 25, 1956 in Ely, Nevada. He preceded her in death March 26, 1996. They were later sealed in the Provo LDS Temple.

She attended schools in Spring Lake and Payson and graduated from Payson High School. She was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Spring Lake Camp. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in numerous callings and was an avid Genealogist and served as Ward Historian. 

Survivors include: her children, Roger (Loy) Hanna, Cypress, California; Sharon (Ron) Hurst, Spring Lake; Sarah Mckowen, Goshen; Donna Lance (Larry), Goshen. A step-daughter, Kayleen (Buck) Peak, Boise, Idaho. She has 13 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren and one on the way. Brother, Jay (Carol) Butler, Henderson, Nevada. She was preceded in death by: a step-son, Paul Cook; her brothers, Noal, Elvon, Arvill “Bill”, Thirl “Sid” and Lavell “Bud” Butler; sisters, LaRae and Verna Butler and Viola Cowan.

Funeral services will be Saturday, September 10, 2016, 11:00 a.m., in the Goshen LDS Ward Chapel, 90 South Main Street, where friends may call Friday, 6-8:00 p.m. or Saturday, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Burial will be in the Goshen, Utah Cemetery. 

The family would like to express special appreciation to Christine and Brittney at the Utah Valley Specialty Hospital in Provo for their loving and compassionate care.

Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.walkerobits.com.

Picture Perfect Onion Days Weekend

Photos by Denise Windley (see more at Virtual Vaksen)

Constructing the Dream: Work on the Huish Performance Arts and Cultural Education Center Continues Under Guidance of Richard Lindsey

Richard Lindsey (pictured above) lays out the plans guiding a transformation of the old Huish Theatre into a venue that will attract not only the performing arts, but will also fulfill educational, cultural, social, and informational programs.  According to Mr. Lindsey, the restoration committee is already receiving rental requests, including a dance instructor who will soon be teaching lessons in an adjoining office space.  This will bring in revenue to help pay for the costly project.  Additional funding is needed. For those who would like to contribute to the Huish PACE Center project,  A Go Fund Me account has been established and can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/27z6xzr9

In a room above the red and white marquee that had, up until fourteen years ago, announced motion pictures playing inside the Huish Theatre and, now, note performances held at other venues, Richard Lindsey unfolds the plans directing a revival of a building long left silent.  Mr. Lindsey had been named Onion Days Grand Marshal and was set to ride in the Labor Day parade not long after The Payson Chronicle met up with him in late August for a story.  Before his grand marshal induction, he had also assumed the monumental role as committee chair overseeing the restoration of the former theater into the Huish Performance Arts and Cultural Education (PACE) Center. Find the rest of the story, the first of a multi-part series, in the September 7, 2016 edition of The Payson Chronicle.

Photo by Denise Windley (see more at Virtual Vaksen)