Stay on Track this Summer by Choosing Healthy Alternatives
Summer is fast approaching. Grilling, warm weather, and even outdoor fun is on the horizon! Though it can sometimes be challenging to stay on “track” during this season, there are plenty of fresh, healthy choices available. By having a plan for every special occasion, you can reach your health goals while enjoying yourself at the […]
Nebo Cycling Provides Exercise Outlet for Riders of all Abilities
There’s a lot of benefit to exercising in a group and Nebo Cycling can help fill that need. Nebo Cycling is a bicycle club based in southern Utah County and northern Juab County that offers regular rides as well as participates in competitive events. Club member Randy Chipman, a Spanish Fork resident, said there isn’t […]
An ‘Extreme’ Sport Finds its Niche
Extreme sports often have a way of morphing into other extreme sports, and such might be the case with dry tooling, a niche sport that is growing in popularity. Originally practiced as a way for ice climbers to train in the off season, athletes use ice axes and crampons or climbing shoes to scale rock […]
Shelter receives $55,000 lifesaving grant from Petco Love
South Utah Valley Animal Shelter is set to receive a $55,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love during a special celebration at Spanish Fork Petco at 1118 Canyon Creek Parkway on June 16, at 11 a.m. in support of their lifesaving work for animals in South Utah County. Petco Love is a national nonprofit […]
Book review: ‘You’re Not Listening’ shares valuable insight
Kate Murphy’s “You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters” is an eye-opening book, especially if you think you’re a good listener. In a day in which social media, pithy headlines, and streaming video are ubiquitous, listening—really listening—is becoming harder to do, and that’s not a good thing, writes Murphy, a Texas-based journalist […]
Mapleton Student wins in STEM Fair
Paiton Baker, a ninth grade student at Mapleton Junior High School, won at the Central Utah Stem Fair at Brigham Young University. Paiton’s STEM project is a computer created from recycled parts (e-waste). The computer was powered 100 percent by solar energy. She developed this project to help people in developing countries with limited money […]
Insurance agent retires to pursue her passions and chase her grandchildren
It is with sadness and excitement that Leavitt Insurance and Central Bond Services announces the retirement of Kristyl Ripplinger. Kristyl has worked with Leavitt Insurance since November 2010 when she moved to Santaquin from Colorado. In Colorado she and her husband Curt owned and operated the family insurance agency located in Lafayette. She has been […]
Tiny Homes Offer Huge Possibilities for those Struggling
One of the exhibitors who will be present at the Home and Fun Expo at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds June 24-25, will be Houdini Housing, creator of “tiny homes.” These tiny homes can offer a glimmer of hope for people often without one, and, for event planner Sylvia Andersen, they presented a chance to make […]
An Expo Designed with Family in Mind
The 29th Annual Home and Fun Expo will drop at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds June 24-25, which organizers envision as an opportunity to bring families together to embrace an event designed with them in mind. Spanish Fork has been home for the expo from its inception, and the Home and Fun Expo has always embraced […]
Spanish Fork Legion Hosts Freedom Walk
The Spanish Fork Legion Post 68 organized the Fifth Annual Freedom Walk for Spanish Fork and Salem fifth-grade students on May 10 and 11. Members from various branches of the military came and told stories to almost 1,350 fifth-grade students from13 schools over the past two days. Nebo fifth-grade students prepared in advance of the […]