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AF Chamber Presidents Message ...................... Page 6

Lone Peak High School .................................... Page 19

PG Chamber Executive Director’s Message ... Page 7

Pleasant Grove High School ............................ Page 20

Shop Local ............................................................ Page 8

Education Listings .............................................. Page 21

Chamber Calendar of Events ............................ Page 9

AF Chamber Business of the Year .................... Page 22

AF Mayor’s Message ......................................... Page 10

AF Chamber New Business of the Year............ Page 23

American Fork City ............................................ Page 11

AF Chamber Business Person of the Year........ Page 24

PG Mayor’s Message......................................... Page 12

PG Community Partner: doTERRA .................... Page 25

Pleasant Grove City ........................................... Page 13

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Highland & Alpine City ...................................... Page 14

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Kristin Page named new AF chamber president Throughout her career, Kristin Page has loved customer service and interacting with the community. With that desire to serve at heart, Page has accepted the leadership position at the American Fork Chamber of Commerce.

Page was named president of the chamber in March 2015, replacing Debby Lauret who served as the chamber’s executive director for more than a decade. An American Fork resident since the age of 3, Page said she loves her community and is excited to get to know the area’s business leaders and work to help them succeed. “I love working with people. I love working with and just being able to make people smile,” she said.

Page was an employee at the American Fork Albertsons store for 15 years, working her way up to customer service manager. After Albertsons, she worked as a teller at the Lehi and American Fork branches of Alpine Credit Union. A friend then recruited her to work in a doctor’s office in Provo.

Even when checking customers out at Albertsons, Page loved helping people and interacting with them. “I felt really honored sometimes because people trusted you and even though I was a checker, I felt like I was giving back to them,” she said. “I was Kristin Page making them feel like the most important person.”

Page has worked with the American Fork Steel Days committee for eight years and seen Lauret in her role of chamber leader, and Page was intrigued. “I honestly said to myself, I could do that one day,” she said. When she learned the job had become available, she applied.

As chamber president, Page said she wants to help businesses as much as possible, taking stress off their owners and employees so they can focus on making their business successful. She also wants to focus on encouraging residents to shop local and keep their money in their community.

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PG Chamber moving forward I have had the chance to tour a number of construction sites during my time as the executive director of the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce, and I’ve come away with the conclusion that these wonderful new facilities are simply an accommodation for people – they do not have absolute value in and of themselves. This realization has made me even more grateful that the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce has always been about people. We are focused on individuals, not products and people over processes. We have not gotten distracted by the allure of revenue or special events. We have not lost track of that which is most rewarding in business and life – relationships with other people!

These relationships define, explain and exemplify our passion. Business transactions are the hoped-for peripheral benefit of the more meaningful quest for lasting, meaningful relationships. In the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce, I’ve been able to witness high-level business leaders lay aside “deals” for the betterment of individuals. I’ve witnessed relationships started, nurtured, deepened and bearing fruit. Most importantly, I’ve developed these relationships myself.

Relationships matter ... a lot. My hope is that residents and business leaders will prioritize relationships when schedul-

ing meetings, conferences and webinars. This does not mean we sugarcoat explanations of difficult decisions and avoid uncomfortable information and discussions. In fact, it means we have those critical conversations as soon as we can, being completely candid AND respectful.

It means that we don’t inadverDavid J. Larson tently lay aside relationships by avoiding the very thing that develops the necessary strength of deep, powerful relationships – those that help see us through the most difficult times of life.

The Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce is where business relationships matter. It’s about gaining friends, associates and even advocates. I wish that all business leaders, and really everyone, were able to gain what I’ve gained as the executive director – lifelong memories and friends.

David J. Larson Executive Director Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce

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10 reasons to shop locally (Source: Buy Local First Utah) 1. You kept your money in our economy. Studies show that for every dollar spent in a locally owned business, three times more of that dollar stays in our economy than would be the case with a national retailer.

2. You embraced the character of our community. We wouldn’t want our houses to look like everyone else’s. So why would we want our community to look that way?

3. You created local jobs. Local businesses are far better than chains or giant online retailers at creating more jobs per consumer dollars spent.

4. You helped the environment. You conserved energy and resources in the form of less fuel for transportation and less packaging. Walkable business districts reduce sprawl and automobile use.

5. You benefited from our passion and expertise. As your friends and neighbors, we have a vested interest in knowing how to serve you. We’re passionate and knowledgable about what we do - why not take advantage of it?

6. You kept your tax dollars here. Spending locally instead of online ensures that your tax dollars are reinvested where they belong - right here in our community!

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7. You encouraged innovation and product diversity.

Whether brick and mortar retail or local online, service providers or manufacturers, local business innovators ensure marketplace diversity - important in any economy.

8. You loved your neighbors. We know you and you know us. Locally owned businesses link us together in a web of social and economic relationships. Studies show that locals donate to community causes at twice the rate of chains.

9. You kept the American dream alive. You nurtured entrepreneurship, which fuels prosperity by serving as a means for families to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class. This is the foundation of our American economy.

10. You made us a destination. The more interesting and unique we are as a community, the more we will attract new neighbors and visitors. This benefits everyone!

Abbreviations: AFC- American Fork Area Chamber, PGC- Pleasant Grove Chamber, CC- Combined Chambers

June 10- American Fork Area Chamber Golf Tournament at Fox Hollow June 17- CC- Business After Hours June 26- Morning Mingle July 2- AFC- Monthly Lunch & Business Training July 2- PGC- Monthly Lunch & Business Training July 15- CC- Business After Hours July 31- CC- Morning Mingle Aug. 6- Tri-Chamber Lunch & Business TrainingGuest speaker Chad Lewis, “Surround Yourself with Greatness” Aug. 19- CC- Business After Hours Aug. 28- CC- Morning Mingle Sept. 2- AFC- Monthly Lunch & Business Training Sept. 3- PGC- Monthly Lunch & Business Training Sept. 4- American Fork Area Chamber “Legends for Autism” Golf Tournament at Thanksgiving Point Sept. 11- Pleasant Grove Chamber “Chamber Challenge” at Fox Hollow Sept. 16- CC- Business After Hours Sept. 25- CC- Morning Mingle Oct. 1- PGC- Monthly Lunch & Business Training Oct. 7- AFC- Monthly Lunch & Business Training Oct. 9- North Utah County Business Summit- Guest speakers Scott Mitchell (former NFL quarterback and contestant on Greatest Loser) and Michael Janda (Founder of Riser and Author of “Burn Your Portfolio”) Oct. 12- CC- Business After Hours Oct. 30- CC- Morning Mingle Nov. 3- Tri-Chamber Bowling Networking Event Dec. 3- CC- Christmas Lunch and Networking Event Jan. 6- AFC- Monthly Lunch & Business Training Jan. 7- PGC- Annual Awards Banquet Jan. 20- CC- Business After Hours Jan. 29- CC- Morning Mingle Feb. 3- AFC- Annual Awards Banquet Feb. 4- PGC- Monthly Lunch & Business Training Feb. 17- CC- Business After Hours Feb. 26- CC- Morning Mingle March 2- Tri-Chamber Lunch & Business Training March 16- CC- Business After Hours March 25- CC- Morning Mingle

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Mayor James. H. Hadfield To all those who live here, to those who work here, to those visiting and to those yet to come, welcome to American Fork City!

American Fork boasts of its ideal location. It is located 30 miles south of Salt Lake City and 15 miles northwest of Provo. It is bordered by Utah Lake on the south and by the Wasatch Mountains on the east.

American Fork reflects an ideal urban community with excellent schools, quiet, friendly neighborhoods, and a growing number of businesses providing jobs and convenient shopping opportunities.

American Fork’s population is about 30,000. As American Fork grows, it continues to maintain that small-town feel with all the big-city amenities. The citizens of American Fork have a great deal of pride in their city and in being friendly and service-oriented.

American Fork is fortunate to have a generous number of volunteers that make the community what it is today. Whether it is organizing our annual Steel Days celebration, fundraising to increase the library collections, serving on the city’s Parks and Recreation Committee to enhance open space and recreational opportunities, spending time tutoring students at the Bryan McKay Eddington Learning Center, working to preserve our history as a Historical Commission board member, spending time planning and organizing various arts and cultural events, or serving on the Planning Commission to ensure that developments are carefully planned and provide the most for our community, our residents get the job done.

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Since 1903, American Fork has been a community known for strong public education systems with the building of the Harrington Elementary School, which was among the first wave of public schools built in Utah. This tradition of strong public education continues today. American Fork is home to the Alpine School District, which serves 14 communities with 73,000 students and more than 7,000 employees.

American Fork City government is committed to delivering the highest quality public services to the community. We are constantly striving to ensure that American Fork remains a welcoming, livable and attractive environment for all our residents, businesses and visitors.

As mayor, I welcome you to our city and invite you to discover the many great things American Fork has to offer.

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Again, welcome to American Fork City!

American Fork Mayor James. H. Hadfield

AF City serves local residents Since being discovered by fur trappers, settled by Mormon pioneers and incorporated in 1853, American Fork has grown to become home to 30,000 people. The city, which takes its name from the American Fork River, balances small-town charm with big-city job opportunities. Conveniently located just off Interstate 15 between Provo and Salt Lake City, it is an ideal location for commuters, families and businesses. Many businesses are choosing to relocate to American Fork because it offers a quality workforce and way of life.

Serving more than 135,000 residents in the surrounding northern Utah County area, American Fork is the economic hub of one of the nation’s fastest growing communities. Large-scale retailing has come to the west side of the city with The Meadows shopping center, while the city’s downtown area still maintains its historic character. The Utah Valley Business Park is home to a variety of technology companies such as Dentrix Dental Systems, Twin Labs and Symantec. The city is a regional hub for education as well, serving as home to the Alpine School District headquarters.

Recreation and leisure needs are met by a fitness center, year-round recreation programs and the popular Fox Hollow Golf Course. The city boasts more than 25 parks, including many playgrounds. Recreational and camping opportunities abound, from the American Fork Boat Harbor at Utah Lake to Timpanogos Cave National Monument and the Alpine Scenic Loop located in beautiful American Fork Canyon. The quality of life is enriched through a variety of arts organizations. Every Monday night throughout the summer, free concerts are held at the outdoor American Fork Amphitheater featuring groups such as the American Fork Symphony and Wasatch Winds. Each summer, residents enjoy Steel Days, American Fork’s annual city celebration, with parades, cooking contests, dances and fireworks.

A.F. CITY INFORMATION Mayor: James H. Hadfield City Council members: Carlton Bowen Brad Frost Robert Shelton Jeffrey Shorter Clark Taylor

City Hall: 51 E. Main (801) 763-3000 City office hours: Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Fridays.

City website: www.afcity.org

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Mayor Mike Daniels As a resident, volunteer, two-term mayor, and business owner, I’ve had a front row seat to the progress of Pleasant Grove for 23 years. I’ve experienced the population double to 35K residents, saw the first traffic light installed, witnessed the construction of a freeway interchange, and participated in the ribbon cutting of a billion dollar business on what used to be farm land with no street access. During these same years we’ve raised 6 children, worked for 5 international companies, been asked to relocate three times, and resurrected a business in Pleasant Grove while remaining in the same home.

Pleasant Grove is a great place to live, raise a family, work, and own a business. It is local and international. It is a balance between bedroom community and growing economic center. It extends from the freeway to mountains with smooth transition between commercial and residential. There is a healthy mix in the demographics of its people. The City provides all essential services and many desirable amenities for arts and recreation. It is home to the longest continually running celebration in the State, Strawberry Days, complete with PRCA Rodeo.

Pleasant Grove is the fifth largest city in Utah County. It is now interconnected with adjoining neighbor cities; American Fork to the West, Cedar Hills to the North, and Lindon to the South. Northern Utah County is nearly a single metropolitan area, with a county wide population of approximately 550K, and expected to double in the next 15 to 20 years. Pleasant Grove is located just 36 miles or 50 minutes south of Salt Lake City.

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Mayor Mike Daniels

Pleasant Grove, city of trees, strawberries Pleasant Grove City, known as Utah’s City of Trees, was settled by Mormon pioneers in September of 1850. The pioneers were attracted by a small grove of trees which provided hope for a land with water and rich soil.

The city was incorporated in 1855.

Because of the abundant strawberry crop each summer, the city began celebrating “Strawberry Days” every year. Strawberry Days is now the longest continuously running community celebration in Utah.

Approximately 34,000 people now call Pleasant Grove home. The city has experienced growth in both its residential and commercial areas in recent years, with a new commercial area adjacent to Interstate 15 receiving attention from many different businesses looking for a great place to call home.

High mountains, scenic canyons and foothills extend along Pleasant Grove’s eastern boundary, placing outdoor recreation opportunities literally minutes away from residents.

The beautiful Battle Creek Falls are within a half-mile hike of the city and additional trails extend up Grove Creek Canyon. Inside the city limits, the recreation opportunities continue with a variety of choices ranging from fitness classes at the Pleasant Grove Community Center to swimming at the Veterans Memorial Pool. Pleasant Grove is fortunate to be home to one of the most unique and popular parks in Utah County: Discovery Park, an area featuring a huge wooden castle and “discovery” zones where children can learn and explore while they play.

In addition to Strawberry Days, Pleasant Grove residents enjoy the annual Pleasant Grove Promenade, an event held every Thursday evening throughout the summer in the city’s Historic Downtown Park. The Prom-

enade features local entertainment as well as food and craft vendors and local farmers selling fresh produce. In September, the city hosts the Pleasant Grove Jubilee, an event celebrating Pleasant Grove’s past and present by bringing together neighborhoods and community partners in competitions,

historic site tours, pioneer games, a quilt show and more.

Pleasant Grove has a strong tradition in the arts, serving as home for the Pleasant Grove Orchestra and the PG Players theater organization.

Outdoor concerts are held throughout the summer.

P.G. CITY INFORMATION Mayor: Michael W. Daniels City Council members: Dianna Andersen Cindy Boyd Cyd LeMone Eric Jensen Ben Stanley

City Hall: 70 S. 100 E. (801) 785-5045 City office hours: Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fridays: 8 a.m. to Noon.

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Police Department: (801) 785-3506 Fire Department: (801) 796-9496 Senior Citizens: (801) 785-2818 Library: (801) 785-3950 Parks Department: (801) 785-7275 Recreation Department: (801) 785-6172 Veterans Memorial Pool: (801) 785-9660

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HIGHLAND CITY INFO Mayor: Mark S. Thompson City Council members: Brian Braithwaite Dennis LeBaron Tim Irwin Jessie Schoenfeld Rod Mann City Hall: 5400 W. Civic Center Dr., Suite 1 • (801) 756-5751 City office hours: Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Fridays.

Utilities: (801) 756-5751 After-hours utilities emergencies: (801) 420-2553 Fire (Lone Peak Fire District): (801) 763-5365 Lone Peak Police Department: (801) 756-9800 Park pavilion rentals: (801) 772-4523 Library: (801) 772-4528 Senior citizens: (801) 772-4523 City building rentals: (801) 772-4523

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ALPINE CITY INFO Mayor: Don Watkins City Council members: Roger Bennett Kimberly Bryant Will Jones Lon Lott Troy Stout City Hall: 20 N. Main • (801) 756-6347 City office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Utilities: (801) 756-6347 Fire (Lone Peak Fire District): (801) 763-5365 Police (Lone Peak Police Department): (801) 756-9800 Animal Control: (801) 756-9800 Park Reservations: (801) 756-6347 ext. 1

CEDAR HILLS INFO Mayor: Gary Gygi City Council members: Trent J. Augustus Rob Crawley Mike Geddes Jenney Rees Daniel Zappala City Hall: 10246 N. Canyon Road • (801) 785-9668 City office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Youth orchestra program is world class At a private school in American Fork, a world-class orchestral program for students ages 5 to 18 is attracting participants from all over Utah, with some traveling so far that attending rehearsal requires an overnight stay.

The American Heritage Lyceum Orchestras program includes five youth orchestras ranging in ability from beginner to advanced. Four of the groups include only stringed instruments; the fifth and top group, the American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic, is a full orchestra with winds, strings, brass and percussion. The program is offered by American Heritage School, an LDS Church-oriented private school for kindergarten through 12th grades located in American Fork, and operates as a school community outreach program.

The Lyceum Philharmonic performs at an amazingly high level considering it is a student orchestra. It has performed in concert with a long list of professionals including the Piano Guys, David Archuleta and Peter Breinholt.

The philharmonic has also released two commercial albums distributed by Deseret Book and a third, titled “Holy Night,” has been recorded and will be released in time for the 2015 Christmas season.

“We’re kind of one foot in education, one foot in professional music making, because they have to sound like pros if we’re going to play for 15,000 people at a Piano Guys concert,” said Kayson Brown, program director for the American Heritage Lyceum Orchestras.

Running the orchestra program is a full-time job for Brown, who holds a master’s degree in orchestra conducting from Brigham Young University and arranges music for his youth orchestras to play.

The Lyceum program grew out of a youth orchestra founded by Brown and another program that Brown took over. The combined programs were offered a home at American Heritage School and became the Lyceum Orchestras. While students at American Heritage participate in the program, anyone is welcome to audition to be part of the Lyceum Orchestras.

This year, approximately 225 students attend Lyceum rehearsals from more than 75 schools. The majority of the students come from Utah and Salt Lake counties, but students also travel from areas as far away as Tooele, Park City and Tropic. For more information, visit www.LyceumPhilharmonic.org.

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Henshaw retiring after 15 years as superintendent After leading Alpine School District through a significant growth period that saw more than 26,000 students and 25 new schools added to the district, Alpine Superintendent Vernon M. Henshaw is retiring from his position as the district’s head administrator.

Henshaw will leave the district July 31, 2015, after serving as superintendent for 15 years. During that time, Alpine student enrollment increased from 47,000 to more than 73,000. To accommodate the growth, more than $640 million in building projects were completed, including 25 new schools and eight remodeled and rebuilt schools. The projects were funded through three successful bond elections.

“Here’s the thing that’s phenomenal: during all this period of growth, the achievement of students increased during that period of time and the graduation rates increased,” Henshaw said. “I think that’s a direct result of the focus that as a whole the system put on student learning and those outcomes of improvement taking place in every classroom.”

End-of-level test scores in language arts, science and math steadily improved during his time as superintendent, and graduation rates rose from 73 percent in 2008 to 90 percent in 2014.

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He obtained his first teaching job in Alpine School District when he was hired to teach social studies at Lehi High School. He later became an assistant principal at Provo High School, then a principal at American Fork and Timpanogos high schools and assistant superintendent of 10th- through 12th-grade schools for Alpine Vernon M. Henshaw district. In 2008, he was named Utah’s Superintendent of the Year.

The most enjoyable part of his job has been working with the people in the district and the community. “I’ve also enjoyed watching the district, if you will, evolve where the focus has been more direct on student learning. … Just to see that whole evolution has been exciting,” he said.

He expressed gratitude to district patrons for their support over the years and willingness to provide the financial resources that allowed the district to keep up with its growth.

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AFHS cross country competing at a national level In 1999, the second year after Timo Mostert took over as American Fork High School’s Boys Cross Country Team coach, his team won second place in the state. Over the next decade, the team kept repeating its second-place finish at state, just missing the top spot in 2004, 2007 and 2008.

“The boys were eager to get to the next level, because we kept getting beat by nationally ranked teams,” said Mostert, who also teaches AP statistics and honors math at AFHS. The coach and team decided to make some changes in their training regimen, incorporating strength training a few days a week and making the team’s Saturday runs a bit longer.

“They were willing to put in the effort to get to the next level,” he said.

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team has been competing and winning at the highest levels every since. The AFHS boys cross country team has taken the state title six years in a row, making it eligible each year to attend the Nike Cross Nationals Southwest regional championships. This event is one of nine regional competitions Nike sponsors throughout the nation, with the Southwest region including Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. Each of the last six years, the AFHS team has followed its state title with winning first place at the Southwest regionals, then gone on to place within the top eight at the Nike national competition, including a second-place finish nationally in 2012.

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The American Fork High School Boys Cross Country Team has taken the state title six years in a row.

complishment. Last year at the Nike regional competition, six of the teams placing in the top 10 were from Utah, while at nationals, 10 percent of the athletes competing were from Utah despite the state having less than 1 percent of the nation’s population.

A lot of the talent is concentrated in Alpine School District; last year, 5A teams from the district took first, third, fourth and fifth place at state while Alpine district 4A teams took first, fourth and seventh place in their classification.

Mostert attributes Utah’s success in cross country to two things: good coaches and students who are willing to put in the work. AFHS boys cross country team members run twice a day, doing an easy half-hour run every morning and a big run and workout after school. Their training continues through the summer; the goal for its varsity athletes is to run 750 miles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, with most athletes beating that goal.

The team’s success hasn’t gone unnoticed by the AFHS girls cross country team; they asked their coach if they could make similar adjustments in their training and won state for the second time in 2014 after taking the title in 2009. They won regionals for the first time last fall and placed 22nd at nationals.

LPHS raises $50,000 to aid other students A record-setting fundraising effort by Lone Peak High School students has helped other students both within the local community and hundreds of miles away while changing some LPHS students’ lives forever.

Each winter, LPHS conducts its Gold Rush to raise money for a charity. Having selected the theme “Reaching Students Near and Far,” students decided to benefit two organizations through the 2014-15 Gold Rush: Cedar Valley Elementary School in Cedar Fort and Foundation Escalera, a Utah-based organization that builds secondary schools in rural Mexico.

The entire LPHS student body was involved as students conducted a long list of events and service projects to raise money, including a 5K run, a silent auction, Christmas caroling and a benefit concert. In the end, the students raised $50,000, the most ever raised in the history of the Gold Rush.

“Our goal this year was, we wanted to help students like us,” said Tim Pead, LPHS assistant principal and student council advisor. As a result, $10,000 was donated to Cedar Valley Elementary for improvements to their playground.

About $37,000 went to Foundation Escalera to build two school buildings in Chojolho Chiapas, Mexico, and $2,000

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The opportunity for service continued, however, when Foundation Escalera offered to take a small group of LPHS students to Mexico where they could help con- LPHS Students in Mexico. struct the school buildings themselves. Ultimately, a total of 26 students and eight adults, including school administrators and parents, traveled to Chojolho Chiapas in mid-March.

Pead said in the rural areas of Mexico, the government only provides buildings for preschool and elementary grades; providing buildings for secondary school helps children extend their education. The Lone Peak visitors assembled and painted the school buildings during the day and slept on the floor of one of the other school buildings at night. Although they couldn’t communicate through words with their Mexican peers - the people in Chojolho Chiapas speak a Mayan dialect - LPHS students who went on the trip said they loved interacting with the students there and gained an appreciation for what they have in Utah.

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HOPE Squad: Students encouraging students at PGHS When people feel suicidal, they also feel invisible. For that reason, a group of Pleasant Grove High School students is making sure that every student at PGHS is seen and given hope.

The 2014-15 school year is the second year PGHS’s HOPE Squad has operated. In cooperation with teachers and administration, this group of about 30 students has the goal of helping peers who are suffering from depression and possibly considering suicide. HOPE Squad members meet twice a month at lunchtime with their faculty advisor, PGHS English and Communications teacher Ruth Stanton McAtee. Squad members learn about interpersonal communication, healthy ways to deal with stress, empathy, confidentiality and other topics that can help them assist their fellow students. This year, particular empha-

sis was given to the potential damage of social media and cyber bullying.

The HOPE Squad program was created by Hope4Utah, a statewide suicide prevention organization.

PGHS Principal Tim Brantley began looking into the program after PGHS experienced seven student suicides in one year. He asked Stanton McAtee to head up the program, and since its implementation, there have been some suicide attempts at the school but no successes.

HOPE Squad members are chosen through a student survey. The goal is to have about 10 HOPE Squad members from each grade join the squad each year.

Once on the HOPE Squad, students help with events such as HOPE Week, a week-long series of activities and guest speakers focusing on bonding

Members of Pleasant Grove High School’s HOPE Squad teach life skills in the school’s health classes.

students together and reducing stress.

They also host the school’s HOPE Walk at the end of the year, an event that promotes suicide prevention awareness.

Next year, PGHS will make the HOPE Squad a formal class through which students can earn credit toward graduation. Stanton McAtee, who will teach the class, said she is excited about having more time to instruct HOPE Squad students.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS Alpine School District 575 N. 100 East American Fork, Utah 84003 (801) 610-8400 www.alpineschools.org American Fork High School 510 N. 600 East American Fork, Utah 84003 (801) 756-8547 afhs.alpineschools.org Pleasant Grove High School 700 E. 200 South Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 (801) 785-8700 pghs.alpineschools.org Lone Peak High School 10189 N. 4800 West Highland, Utah 84003 (801) 717 4568 lphs.alpineschools.org

CHARTER SCHOOLS Aristotle Academy (K-8) 704 S. 600 East American Fork, Utah 84003 (801) 763-7286 www.aristotleacademyk8.org Canyon Grove Academy (K-9) 588 W. 3300 North Pleasant Grove, UT 84062

John Hancock Charter School (K-8) 125 N. 100 East Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 (801) 796-5646 www.johnhancockcs.org Lincoln Academy (K-8) 1582 W. 3300 North Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 (801) 756-2039 www.lincoln-academy.org Mountainville Academy (K-8) 195 S. Main Alpine, Utah 84004 (801) 756-9805 www.mountainvilleacademy.org Odyssey Charter School (K-6) 738 E. Quality Drive (700 South) American Fork, Utah 84003 (801) 492-8105 www.odysseycharter.net Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts (9-12) 555 E. Main American Fork, Utah 84003 (801) 768-8787 www.pioneercharterschool.org

PRIVATE SCHOOLS American Heritage School (K-12) 736 N. 1100 East American Fork, Utah 84003 (801)642-0055 www.american-heritage.org

Liahona Preparatory Academy (PK-12) and Liahona Distance Education (6-12) 2464 W. 450 South Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 (801) 785-7850 www.liahonaeducation.com

LIBRARIES American Fork Library 64 S. 100 East American Fork, Utah 84003 (801) 763-3070 www.afcity.org Hours: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

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Highland City Library 5400 W. Civic Center Dr., Suite 2 Highland, Utah 84003 (801) 756-6903 www.highlandcity.org Hours: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

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COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Brigham Young University Provo, Utah (801) 422-4636 www.byu.edu Mountainland Applied Technology College 766 E. Bamberger Dr. American Fork, Utah 84003 (801) 753-6282 2301 W. Ashton Blvd.

Lehi, UT 84043 www.mlatc.edu Stevens-Henager College 1250 E. 200 South, Suite 1G Lehi, Utah 84043 (801) 768-7072 www.stevenshenager.edu Utah Valley University 800 W. University Parkway Orem, Utah 84058 (801) 863-4636 www.uvu.edu

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Doug Smith Autoplex Business of the Year 2014 Since opening in American Fork in 1997, the Doug Smith Autoplex has combined good business practices with supporting the community that has embraced the business from its beginning.

“We feel like we’ve been very blessed in this community and we try to give back into that community,” said Frank Smith, general manager of the Doug Smith Autoplex.

Located at 501 W. Main, the dealership operated in Bountiful and Orem before consolidating its efforts at its American Fork location. It currently sells Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Subaru and Kia brands as well as offering a large selection of used cars to customers. The autoplex has a service department that offers parts for and repairs on all makes and models of cars.

The dealership is truly a family business, with all five of owner Doug Smith’s sons working there along with Frank Smith - Doug Smith’s brother - and three other Smith siblings. “I believe we try and treat our employees like family as well and take good care of our employees,” Smith said.

Each year, Doug Smith Autoplex is involved in the American Fork Steel Days celebration. It is also in charge of the American Fork Chamber of Commerce’s annual

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trunk-or-treat event, with the dealership opening up the trunks of cars on its lot so local businesses can hand out candy from them to young trick-or-treaters. Thousands of people attend the trunk-ortreat event each year.

However, the business’s main focus for providing community service has been through education. “We do a lot to try and help our local schools,” Smith said. Through donations and other assistance, the dealership has helped support a variety of local school programs ranging from band to sports, science and reading. “We just like to be involved in the success of the schools,” he said.

Smith is a member of the American Fork chamber and serves on the chamber’s board of directors. “I don’t think it’s best to just receive. It’s good to be a giver and I think the chamber is a nice organization where you can give back to the community,” he said.

In January of 2015, the dealership opened a new location in Spanish Fork. For more information about the Doug Smith Autoplex, visit www.heydoug.net.

Edible Arrangements, New Business of the Year 2014 Heather Fellows-Kessler had been working as an accountant for more than a decade when a delivery arrived at her office for a coworker - a delivery that changed her life.

It was a fruit bouquet from Edible Arrangements.

“I’d never seen it before then. I’d never heard of it,” she said, adding that she was greatly impressed with the tasty and beautiful arrangement. “I started sending them to everyone for everything. I was like obsessed.”

She and her husband were coincidentally considering the idea of opening a franchise at around the same time, so when Fellows-Kessler became an Edible Arrangements fan, they checked into it and decided to open their own store.

Fellows-Kessler opened her Provo store in January of 2011. Business went well, and after a few years she decided to open a second store in northern Utah County to better serve her many customers in that area. Her American Fork Edible Arrangements store began operating in February of 2014 at 51 NW State Road in a shopping area just east of Target.

People are probably familiar with Edible Arrangements from its television ads, but many aren’t aware that the company has actual storefronts where customers can visit, see the products and pick up orders. Fellows-Kessler’s American Fork store offers fresh fruit smoothies as well as individual-sized fruit salads and fruit sundaes - bowls of fruit with hot fudge topping, whipped cream and nuts or coconut on top. Customers can also stop in for a box of chocolate-dipped fruit or even for a single dipped strawberry or a pineapple pop.

“Our smoothies are the best,” she said. “The difference between fresh fruit and frozen fruit is massive. We don’t use any sugars, no preservatives, everything we use is fresh and all natural. So you don’t have to feel bad about it.” One of the most popular smoothies is made with pineapple, honeydew and kale. “We have some combinations that I think people aren’t used to, but they’re really good,” she said.

Edible Arrangements is most well known for its arrangements of fresh fruit, and the American Fork store can provide them in sizes appropriate for one person or as many as 100 or more. Every occasion can be accommodated as well, from birthdays to weddings, anniversaries and even sympathy arrangements, and the store offers balloons, plush bears and cards, making it a one-stop shop. “You can even get a free sample, just in case the person doesn’t share with you,” Fellows-Kessler said with a smile.

Customers can pick up the arrangements in store or have them delivered. Fellows-Kessler’s stores deliver throughout Utah County, from Goshen to Lehi and west to Eagle Mountain. They will even take deliveries to Heber. Opening

the American Fork store has made it easier to cover such a large delivery area, she said. Ordering can be done in the store, by phone or online at www.ediblearrangements.com. If their friend or relative lives in another area, customers can order at the American Fork store and have the order transmitted to an Edible Arrangements store in that area. If preferred, boxes of dipped fruit can be shipped Heather Fellows-Kessler overnight.

Fellows-Kessler said she recently opened her second Edible Arrangements locaenjoys the “wow factor” tion in American Fork. that comes with her store.

“When people see our product, it wows them. They’re blown away by it,” she said. “It puts a smile on people’s faces every time.”

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Lane Kiriyama, Wahoo Studios Business Person of the Year 2014 About 14 years ago, Lane Kiriyama started an Internet service provider business in American Fork called AFConnect. With a desire to network with other business people and find customers for his new business, he joined the American Fork Chamber of Commerce. That decision led Kiriyama to donate hundreds of hours of community service through the chamber as he worked in leadership positions and helped organize and support various chamber activities.

“The chamber is the main outlet for me to be involved,” Kiriyama said. “The greatest experience is just meeting the people, people who are either involved directly in the chamber or are involved in chamber events.”

A resident of American Fork, Kiriyama is originally from Los Angeles, Calif., and attended Brigham Young University, earning an MBA. He worked at various corporate jobs before a friend started a video game development company called Saffire Corp. and Kiriyama moved his family to Utah to join that company in 1996. In 2001, he decided to move to a start-up video game development company called Wahoo Studios where he works today as the business’s chief financial officer.

Within his first year of chamber membership, Kiriyama was asked to serve on the chamber’s board of directors, a role he continued in until earlier this year when he was asked to serve as secretary of the chamber’s executive board. During his more than a decade of chamber service, he has supported and Lane Kiriyama helped with many chamber activities.

For about eight years, he was in charge of the chamber’s Steak Fry held during Steel Days. He also served as president of the chamber for one year.

Wahoo Studios is located in Orem, but Kiriyama has continued his chamber membership and service despite his job being located in another city. The company specializes in downloadable console games that are downloaded via the Internet onto devices such as the XBOX 360, the Sony PlayStation and the Nintendo Wii. The company focuses on building broad market games that will appeal to all ages while avoiding violence and mature themes. Its most famous game, called “Kingdom for Keflings,” is a whimsical city-building game that has had more than one million copies downloaded.

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He and his family were also experiencing the downturn of the California economy, however, and when the state send an IOU instead of a check for their tax refund, they knew it was time to leave. “I moved to Utah about six years ago and I thought I was seriously going to hate it,” Frisbie said. “I have eaten a ton of humble pie in the last six years and been pleasantly surprised with the amount of things to do and the business growth” in Utah.

Frisbie was soon to be part of that growth when a friend approached him with an idea for a small business. Still working for Paramount out of his home, Frisbie had grown disenchanted with the entertainment industry and decided to pursue the new idea. The business, called Chief M.O., was founded in October of 2010; Frisbie now serves as its CEO. Located at 538 E. 330 South, American Fork, Chief M.O. acts as an outsourced marketing director for its clients. Most

small businesses don’t have a marketing director - or the budget for one - or even a marketing plan, Frisbie said. Chief M.O. (as in Chief Marketing Officer) fills that role, providing a marketing strategy that is affordable and effective.

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One of the greatest advantages to a micro-home is the flexibility they provide. Life Starter Homes start out with a single unit that is 8 ½ feet wide, 13 feet tall, 18 feet long. All homes contain a kitchen, living room, a full bath and a loft bedroom.

The homes are made with interchangeable parts, which means that they can be easily expanded as the need arises. Two or more units can be built together, and new stories can be added to the top of the home as needed. Homes can be built to be portable, so that you do not have to buy land, or can be set up permanently on a foundation.

These homes can also be constructed to be “off the grid”, meaning that they sustain themselves. They can be equiped with solar panels on the roof to generate enough electricity, and can have a roof system to collect and purify rainwater. There is an optional greenhouse extension, which can provide a year-round indoor garden. The houses can also be built with its own septic system. All of these factors combine to create a money-saving, self-sustaining lifestyle.

Finally, the price range makes these homes incredibly affordable. Pricing starts at around $21,000, which means that with payments of around $400/month, an owner could pay it off in only 4-7 years, instead of the typical 15 to 30.

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