Payson Junior High Teacher Heading to Scotland for Cycling National Championship
By day she is a junior high school biology teacher and mother of three young boys. By morning, she is an avid cycler, logging hundreds of miles per week on the roads of south Utah County. But, by August, she will be competing at the UCI Grand World Cycling Championships in Glasgow Scotland. 35-year-old Stephanie […]
Nebo School District and the Utah Food Bank offering free summer meals to students
The Nebo School District is partnering with the Utah Food Bank again this year to provide free summer meals in four of Nebo School District communities. These fresh and free summer meals will be offered to children up to age 18 every Monday through Friday beginning on May 30 and ending August 11 at the […]
Millet family HalfPenny Youth Theatre seeks theatre fans
The Millet family has always loved theatre. Sandy Millet, a high school theatre teacher of 16 years and a founding member of Salem Community Theatre, has always encouraged her daughters to appreciate the arts, and is grateful that all of them love theatre as much as she does. From the time they were small, the […]
Mt. Nebo Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers
Our Mt. Nebo Chapter had Dennis Shirley speak at our dinner meeting recently. He is a wildlife biologist and renowned bird expert, and recently returned from an expedition to Antarctica. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed his PowerPoint presentation about that formidable piece of the world. Naturally, he had some amazing bird photos, but the scenery was also […]
Mother-daughter duo hosting paranormal investigation at Peteetneet
If walls could talk, the Peteenteet Museum and Cultural Arts Center in Payson would have some stories to tell, and one mother-daughter duo hopes to play a role in telling some of those stories through some special equipment and most importantly, their gifts. One June 17 at 9:45 p.m. Jennifer and Mary Heath from “Pair-o-Normal […]
Nebo Elementary Students Compete at Seventh Annual Keyboarding Competition
Nebo School District’s seventh annual Elementary Keyboarding Competition was held on April 18-19 at each elementary school in the district. In order to qualify for the competition, students were tested on their keyboarding speed and accuracy, and were selected based on that criteria by their school’s keyboarding specialist. A total of 523 students were selected […]
Local High School Students Receive Business Grants
High school business students from around the state had the opportunity of presenting their proposed business plans for investment consideration at the Advanced Learning Center Business Competition. The Competition was similar to the TV Reality show Shark Tank, with the winter receiving a check to develop their business and education. This opportunity comes from the […]
Four community productions to watch for or participate in this summer
It’s nearly time for school to end and summer to begin, even if Mother Nature seems to be a bit confused this year. This also happens to be the start of one of my personal favorite seasons: Big Summer Community Theatre Production Season! OK, so it’s not an actual season – but it should be! […]
Local musician and author Ryan Stream continues to rewrite his own story while encouraging others to do the same
From drug and alcohol-addicted parents, to losing his mother to suicide, to living destitute and often homeless, to struggling with his own drug addiction, Ryan Stream’s life was one crisis after another. Stream said that while he and his brother were adopted into a marvelous family, by the time he was in high school, he […]
The Art of Drumming & My Journey
The art of drumming has been around for thousands of years. People have always hit different things to create new and interesting sounds, whether they use their hands or some type of stick. Some people at the age of 3 (like myself) just picked up a couple wooden spoons from the kitchen drawer and set […]