Payson

A Payson city councilman says he confronted two teens who were tagging his truck, but Ali Ludlow and Cody Baumann say there were standing in the shade on the side of a building in Payson last month when someone grabbed their necks from behind and attacked them.

Payson's first schools were not the largest or the most famous in Utah. But no city was more typical of pioneer enterprise than Payson. The first school was not free to the public. The training of each student was paid for by the parents who had foodstuffs, or labor, or perhaps a bit of each with which they could barter with the teacher.

The year was 1968. The new Payson High school had just finished construction and the school year had just wrapped up. Four Payson High School students, Jay Jolley, Jamie Marvin, Lemuel Harsh, and Robin Anderson were pondering the long, hot summer ahead.

The 111th annual Iceland Days -- Iceland Days 2008 -- will be held in Spanish Fork on June 20-22. Spanish Fork is the oldest continuous Icelandic settlement in North America. Families and friends are invited to attend free workshops on Friday night (June 20, the Family and Friends Fair on Saturday, June 21, and the Icelandic Heritage Fireside on Sunday, June 22.

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The South Utah County Relay for Life will take place June 20 at Payson Memorial Park. Activities begin at 5:30 on Friday, June 20. The Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's signature fund raising event. In 2007, the relay raised more than $1.6 million to fund research. The goal for 2008 is $1.84 million.

The South Utah County Relay for Life will take place June 20 at Payson Memorial Park. Activities begin at 5:30 on Friday, June 20. The Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's signature fund raising event. In 2007, the relay raised more than $1.6 million to fund research. The goal for 2008 is $1.84 million.

The 111th annual Iceland Days-- Iceland Days 2008 -- will be held in Spanish Fork on June 20-22. Spanish Fork is the oldest continuous Icelandic settlement in North America. Families and friends are invited to attend free workshops on Friday night (June 20, the Family and Friends Fair on Saturday, June 21, and the Icelandic Heritage Fireside on Sunday, June 22.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Troy C. Jones has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

"For a child who cannot see as he should, there is a critical window when a corrective lens would solve what may be a minor problem. If that window is lost, it may cause the child permanent eye damage."

People from all over the Country come to Santaquin to visit the Chieftain Museum. One reason are the settlers of Santaquin. Benjamin Fanklin Johnson one of the settler was a member of one of the largest families in the LDS church. There are many descendants of the Johnson Family who are interested in seeing the history of Santaquin. Benjamin was a son of Ezekiel and Julia Hills Johnson. Three of their sons came to Santaquin and Spring Lake. Benjamin, Joseph Ellis Johnson who had the first printing press, and George Washington Johnson, Who went on to settle Mona and Fountain Green. There was one daughter, Esther Malita who married David Tally LaBaron. There was also a son-in-law George Deliverance Wilson. George's wife Mary Ellen Johnson died in Illinois. George was in the Mormon Battalion and joined the family in Utah. George married Martha Ann Risto in Santaquin and moved on to raise a large family in Nevada and Southern Utah.