Quick Fix Local Businesses

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes 1. Pioneer Books: Best place for a book with a past You know how Savers is totally ripping you off on used book prices? Pioneer Books offers trades as well as purchases with books that aren’t just the latest Dan Brown easily found in the clearance bin at some of those corporate booksellers.

Poetry page

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cookie Cutter Chaos Jack Waters Elitist minds hiding in a fa?ade of faith Duplicitous factions feign to exonerate Launch the oxymoron, Pre-empted holy war. Opposition claiming victory While never checking score. Ammunition fires to conquer future dreams Armed with bullets, blasphemes, and bigotry.

Wall to Wal-Mart

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes You hear a lot about the need to support local businesses lately, but rarely do you hear about those unsung heroes of local business: Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is as local as it gets. No matter your locale, bam, there’s a Wal-Mart. Orem, Lindon, American Fork, Saratoga Springs, even the cross-eyed illiterates in my hometown of Payson have one (it’s right next to the corpse of the ill-fated Starbucks.

Mr.E’s deals the cards to sports fans

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes You’re a sports-loving fanatic and it’s the summertime, which means it is downtime for many professional and collegiate sports. What should you do to pass the time while you wait for them to start up again? Collecting sports cards and memorabilia is how college students are still able to enjoy sports during the off-season in the summer.

East coast pizzeria offers Utah Valley a slice of fresh air

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Boston stares away from Orem at a roughly 2500 miles. Italy, much farther. Luckily, a man named Nicola DellaCioppa Jr. has transplanted a little slice of both to the happy confines of the Orem/Provo area. That slice, (offering slices) is Nicolitalia Pizzeria, which provides – per its tagline – “Homemade Boston Italian Style” pizza.

Interview with Nick of Nicolitalia

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes How did you get started in the pizza industry? Well, it actually all started with my family. My family has had a pizzeria in Arlington, Massachusetts for about 36 years now and so pretty much me and my sister were raised in the business. Before we could drive or anything else we were making pizza at the shop.

The Valley Guide

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 8 minutes There is a lot going on during the next few weeks. August 1 is the final showing of the Walter Wick exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art. Wick, who is also the author of the children’s books, “I Spy,” and, “Can You See What I See?” incorporates this style of artwork treasures including buttons, marbles, and dice into his collection.

Owlz fight to stay afloat

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute It took all six of the Owlz’ runs to close out their series with the Great Falls Voyagers in winning fashion. A bomb of the scoreboard in left center by Orem?s Justin Bass in the fifth, along with Casey Hearther’s two extra base hits led the Owlz to the 6-5 win in the final game of the three-game series.

Price re-signs with Jazz

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Utah Jazz announced that the team has re-signed guard Ronnie Price to an undisclosed contract extension. “Keeping Ronnie on our roster was important to us,” said Utah Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor. “He is someone who knows our system and has proven capable of stepping in whenever called upon.

Wolverines officially join NCAA ranks

July 20, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley University athletics department was notified Tuesday by NCAA Membership Services of its unanimous approval to lift the school’s provisional status and accept it as an official member of NCAA Division I. The move completes the University’s unprecedented move straight from NJCAA to NCAA athletics.