“Turning about to trust” Lee Caldwell
Lehi’s Lee Caldwell can be described in one word, trusting. For 30 years he has been the Executive Director and CEO of Stillwater Academy, in South Jordan, a school that provides one of a...
Susan Says: Strategies for Overcoming the “Holiday Blues”
Holidays are supposed to be a time of joy, and celebration, but for some people, they are anything but! For those struggling with mental or physical health issues; loss of a loved one; being...
Vintage Vignette: A not so “fast” Fast Sunday
As a small boy I quickly learned how good home-made meals could taste after fasting and being deprived of breakfast. It took me quite a while to understand what the spiritual blessings of the...
Vintage Vignette: “Take that gun dad!”
When mom and dad sold their 340-acre farm on the Lehi north bench in 1957, they used the proceeds of the sale to buy a house, a new car, and a semi-truck with a...
You Better Believe It: Fall brings memories of preparation for the winter
This column was first published by the Lehi Free Press on September 12, 1990.
This is the time of year when we used to worry about ordering a winter’s supply of coal. We’d see to...
Vintage Vignette: Paper boys never go to jail
It was 5:00 a.m. New Year’s morning 1959. There was a howling blizzard freezing the darkness. Blinding snowflakes prevented me from being able to see more than thirty feet ahead of me as I...
Susan Says: Surviving back to school anxiety and stress
It’s that time of year again and the start of school can bring excitement and anticipation, as well as anxiety, fear, and psycho-somatic complaints in children. Our culture has evolved in a way that...
Hero Highlights: Rich with wisdom and kindness, LHS Counselor Kathy Rich
If you’ve attended Lehi High School over the last several years, there is a good chance you have met this week’s hero highlight. Kathy Rich has been a counselor at Lehi High School since...
Sheep industry, an important part of Lehi history
Ralph Davis’ long journey started in the Strawberry Valley, traveling down Daniels Canyon, Provo Canyon, then west to Lehi. The sheep were herded for twelve to fifteen miles per day and nibbled grass as...
Vintage Vignette: A 1960 “Five Dollar Bill” and a 12-year-old boy in Lehi
Dad handed me a five-dollar bill one Saturday in the Summer of 1960. I was twelve and had worked with bronze turkeys in Cedar Valley since school let out two months earlier. I expected...
