Serve Daily Volume 5, Issue 51 August 2016

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New elementary opening in Springville Spanish Fork Farmer’s Market now operating

By Christi C. Babbitt School will begin for Nebo School District students on Aug. 23, with some children in Springville starting class in a brand new school. Meadow Brook Elementary School, the district’s 29th elementary school and Springville’s sixth elementary, will officially open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m. The public is invited to attend the ceremony, which will include musical numbers by students. Those attending will be able to walk through and view the school after the program. Meadow Brook is located at 748 S. 950 West, Springville (just south of the site where the new Smith’s Marketplace is being constructed on 400 South). Serving as principal of the new elementary school is Ryan Pitcher, who was hired to the position in February. Before starting his work to open Meadow Brook, Pitcher worked as principal at Rees Elementary School in Spanish Fork for five years. Prior to his time at Rees, he served as principal at Barnett Elementary School in Payson for five and a half years and as a teacher of fourth and fifth grades at Barnett for five and a half years. Pitcher said he was enjoying his time at Rees Elementary when the district called and asked him to help open the new school in Springville. “It’s been busy, but it’s been good. I’ve met some of the parents and the PTA and

Meadow Brook Elementary School in Springville will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Aug. 22, officially opening the school.

I’m excited,” Pitcher said. Meadow Brook will serve the area of Springville west of Main Street and south of 400 South. It is expected to open with between 550 and 600 students. “I predict more toward 600 based on the new homes I see going up like wildfire around the school,” Pitcher said. The area has seen a great deal of new construction in recent years. Most of the students who will attend Meadow Brook attended Cherry Creek Elementary School in Springville last year. Pitcher said the Meadow Brook has the same floor plan as Maple Ridge Elemen-

tary School in Mapleton, which opened in the fall of 2015. That school has 86,000 square feet of building space. “They really just have outdone themselves on the school. It really is amazing to walk through,” Pitcher said of Meadow Brook, adding that the construction is high quality and one can tell that a lot of care was taken make the school nice for the community. The principal said he’s excited for the students and parents to meet the teachers at Meadow Brook. “I think they’re going to be really happy with what we’ve assembled here,” he said.

The annual Spanish Fork Farmer’s Market is now operating on Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market is held in the parking lot behind the Spanish Fork City Building, 40 S. Main, Spanish Fork. This popular market features a wide variety of vendors offering fresh, locally grown produce as well as items such as honey, salsa, kettle corn and baked goods. The market is a Utah’s Own-certified market; only locally grown and produced consumable products are allowed (no craft items). The market will continue to be fered each Saturday through Nov. 5. The Spanish Fork Farmer’s Market is hosted by the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce. Growers are welcome to register to be vendors at the event. Application and registration are required. Vendors may register by contacting the chamber of commerce office at 801-798-8352 or info@spanishforkchamber.com. Vendors wanting to sell baked, cooked, packaged or samples of products must contact the Utah State Agriculture and Food Office for licensing and also the Utah County Health Department for kitchSee MARKET, Page A3

Beardall honored for service to Santaquin Donations By Christi C. Babbitt sought for Salem library auction set on August 13 Who doesn’t like a good book? Anyone able to read this note right now owes it to some great teachers and books to learn from that you have the ability to do so. So, here’s your chance to step up and say “thank you” for having that ability. A call for entries into this year’s Salem library auction is being made, with the auction planned on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Salem Community Center. As the library’s primary source of funding, this auction is important and if a business is willing to donate a service or any item to the auction, all are welcome and needed. Any contribution will go far in making a difference and in a way be your chance to say “thanks” to a parent, teacher or librarian who taught you how life is just not the same without knowing how to crack open a good book and read. Contact City Councilmember Cristy Simons at cssalemcitycouncil@gmail.com to help by donating to the auction.

A man who was well-known to the entire Santaquin community for his service and love was honored at the 2016 Orchard Days Little Buck-A-Roo Rodeo on July 30 when a plaque with his name and picture was installed at the Santaquin Rodeo Arena. Dale Todd Beardall passed away Oct. 7, 2015, at his home in Santaquin at the age of 53. Beardall was born with a condition called cranial stenosis, which causes the bones in a newborn’s skull to fuse together. Normally, the skull has areas of flexible cartilage and tissue which accommodate the baby’s brain growth; if the bones fuse together, it can cause problems such as an abnormally shaped head or pressure on the brain. By the time he was 12 years old, Beardall had undergone 15 major operations on his head. One of those operations left him severely paralyzed on his left side. Mentally, he reached the functionality of about a 10-year-old. These challenges, however, did not stop Beardall from becoming a force for good in his hometown. “He was probably the epitome of a good citizen of Santaquin,” said Roger Kaufman, Beardall’s brother and guardian after their parents passed away. “Give, give, give, and all he expected was maybe a pat on the back, maybe a cup of coffee and a hug.”

A plaque honoring Dale Beardall, right, was installed at the Santaquin Rodeo Arena as part of the 2016 Orchard Days Little Buck-A-Roo Rodeo.

Beardall wasn’t able to drive, so his parents got him a four-wheeler, and he put it to frequent use around town. Kaufman said his brother would do daily rounds to everyone he knew and would often stop to help mow a lawn or fix something that had broken. Eventually, he began building patio benches out of 2x4s and his creations became so popular that his work grew into a business known as Dale’s Benches.

One of Beardall’s greatest loves was Santaquin’s Little Buck-A-Roo Rodeo. Farrel Craig, who with the Santaquin Roping Club started the Little Buck-A-Roo, needed help getting donations from local merchants for rodeo prizes and thought Beardall was a good candidate for the job. “I thought, well, you know, Dale Beardall won’t take no for an answer,” Farrel said. See BEARDALL, Page A3


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