Watch out for your kid’s dusting activity By Corrie Lynn Player Jan. 11, 2018 Nope, this column isn’t about monitoring your kid’s helping around the house. It’s about a deadly fad among kids, especially those between the ages of 8 and 18, even good kids who proudly wear their “D.A.R.E.” buttons. A couple of…
Too much is never enough – the paradox of abundance By Corrie Lynne Player Mar. 8, 2018 Much of the U.S. economy has sputtered and stumbled for the past several years, shocking those of us who’ve been accustomed to ever-increasing real estate values and soaring stock prices. Bailouts and entitlement programs were touted as…
Is that really Willie Nelson’s ranch? By Randal B. Thatcher Dec. 14, 2017 I like to keep an eye out whenever I go traveling around Sanpete Valley for those big, iconic ranch gates that dot this agricultural county. I love to read the names of these sprawling ranches on the big gate-signs that…
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus visit Spring City as part of KSL Quarters for Christmas drive
Ephraim Christmas light parade
Reflections on Blessings and Thanksgiving By Corrie Lynne Player Heaven Help Us Nov. 23, 2017 The month of November, with Thanksgiving, starts what I believe is our most important holiday season. I thoroughly enjoy reflecting with family and friends about just how blessed I am. I live in one of the most beautiful…
Ruth Kjar of Mt. Pleasant is woman of many talents By Emily Staley Staff writer Nov. 23, 2017 MT. PLEASANT—Ruth Kjar is a woman of many talents. Ruth Kjar was born in Provo, Utah on September 23, 1919 to Eric Olaf Bylund and Sophia Johansen Bylund. On her 98th birthday this year,…
‘Temple Light and Train Tracks’ is coming to local book outlets By Robert Stevens Managing editor Nov. 23, 2017 Author David Mackey has released his second volume of Sanpete history, Temple Light and Train Tracks. In his first volume, Rattlesnakes and Axe-heads, Mackey uncovered the county’s beginnings to about 1879. In this second volume,…
Well-Situated Sanpete Gateway to Scenic Splendors of the World By Randall Thatcher Nov. 9, 2017 Convincing friends from faraway places to come visit us here in lovely Sanpete is usually not a difficult proposition. But, for the more reluctant, I tend to sweeten the proposal with two further inducements: First, I offer to…
‘Rivals’ face off in Snow Theater comedy that places 18th-century play in Wild West setting By Robert Stevens Managing editor Nov. 9, 2017 EPHRAIM—This week, the Snow College Theatre Program began a production of a comedic reimagining of “The Rivals,” written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in the late 1700s. But in the theatrical…
Optimism is much more comfortable than pessimism By Corrie Lynne Player Oct. 26, 2017 Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Do you see the glass as half full or half empty? How you perceive the world will affect whether or not you can be happy, no matter what happens around you. Research…