Newsletter June 26, 2006

Welcome to Ideal Living Updates – June 26, 2006

A free monthly newsletter from Ideal Living in Central Utah, www.ideallivingmedia.com, formerly known as RichfieldMall.com.

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Hello from Ideal Living Media!

We continue to make upgrades to the former RichfieldMall.com site, streamlining things to help provide more helpful information than ever before.

Update: The site now works with two URLs: www.RichfieldMall.com and now, www.IdealLivingMedia.com. Several new areas have been added and some others have been rearranged.

Next up: Video segments for and about our community! Also, look for our special Summer Kids’ Issue of Ideal Living magazine, coming out soon! Ideal Living magazine is free, thanks to our many great sponsors, and available at many local businesses! Also, be sure to catch the latest — including last Friday’s 222 Welcome Home Parade — on CentraCom cable’s Local10 (more info below).

Stay tuned and see what’s new on http://IdealLivingMedia.com !

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ELECTION SPECIAL EDITION

View Ideal Living television coverage of local candidates now on Google Video! See the link on http://ideallivingmedia.com/news.html .

See the Sevier County Republican face-off between all the contested candidates running in the Tuesday, June 27 run-off election, along with a Q&A with John Jacob U.S. Congress Republican candidate.

To vote in this special June 27 election, you must be registered as a Republican, or be unaffiliated and willing to become Republican. You must be 18 or over and should bring picture ID.

Since for many races there are no Democratic candidates, this June 27 election will determine the winners in the final November election.

Sevier County Early Voting Exit Poll
Ideal Living conducted an exit poll of people who had voted in the early election on June 20-21, which included 1-2% of the total number of expected voters. Some upsets may be in the offing… To view the results, visit http://ideallivingmedia.com/news.html .

See your local candidates online now by following the link at http://ideallivingmedia.com/news.html and be sure to vote on Tuesday, June 27!

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WHAT’S NEW?

• It looks like Target is coming to Richfield. The upscale retail chain is said to have purchased 15 acres of land on the south side of Richfield. Richfield seems destined to become the commercial shopping center of Central Utah — and to offer many new jobs in the future. Welcome news since Sevier County actually lost jobs last year, according to DWS.

• Sevier County has a new local television station! Ideal Living has partnered with CentraCom cable to form Local10, bringing local news, events, and features to Central Utah. To get CentraCom’s great cable TV service and see all that’s happening, Ideal Living has made special arrangements so that if you sign up at http://www.centracominteractive.com/idealliving you can save on your TV and internet bills, get all services FREE for the first two months, and get all the movie channels FREE for three months! With CentraCom (formerly Central Utah Telephone) you can feel good about supporting a local company, while enjoying their 163 stations and blazing fast Internet speeds at work or home, without tying up phone lines!

• You could win a $500 shopping spree at Jones Glass and Decorating Center in Richfield! Just shop on their web site at http://www.jonesglassanddecorating.com and tell them what you want! Then, fill out the form at http://www.jonesglassanddecorating.com/SHOPPINGSPREE.html . Tell your friends — as soon as 200 entries are received, the drawing will be held!

• A new, large IFA store will reportedly be built on the south side of Richfield.

• Annabella has seen over 20 homes built in the past year, with more on the way… Meanwhile, the Tri-Baronness development in Monroe is said to offer over 50 half-acre lots for new homes. Further, Ideal Living is told that a meeting will be held this week in Monroe to discuss another large, new, home development in Monroe, but with smaller lots, located further up the hill.

• A new Sevier County Lodging Association is forming, to help support hotel owners.

• Utah Power is said to have rejected NEVCO’s request to use the power substation located next to the land they purchased in Sigurd to build a coal-fired power plant. Many wonder why they won’t move to a less controversial location. Reportedly, NEVCO has arranged to sell the proposed plant already to another company, and changing details of the deal now (including location), might put their deal at risk.

• John Jacob, Republican U.S. Congressional candidate for Utah’s third district, said the power plant would be more profitable if it were developed using cleaner IGCC technology. If NEVCO won’t use modern technology, Jacob said it shouldn’t be built at all. “Raise a stink now, or you’ll be smelling the stink later,” he said in a Q&A on Local10.

• Meanwhile, NEVCO’s request for a zoning change to build in a former residential/agricultural area was approved by current county commissioners and an air quality permit for the proposed plant has not been rescinded. Yet, with a Utah Supreme Court decision regarding the proposed plant still looming, which could mean that all previous decisions would be annulled, along with several lawsuits in the works, it could possibly be many years until NEVCO is cleared to build some sort of plant, in Sevier County or elsewhere. Utah Air Quality Board members have stated that the approval process before such plants can be built typically takes 8-10 years, so the process may still have 4-5 years before anyone actually knows whether the plant can be built.

• Look for changes in the roads around Richfield’s South I-70 interchange to accomodate increased traffic around the growing airport, and the coming Home Depot and other stores.

• Videotaped wills are an increasingly popular way to help keep harmony in your family during trying times. If you would like assistance with videotaping and creating DVDs for this — or other family or business events — please contact Ideal Living Media at 201-9884 or ideallivingmedia@gmail.com .

• The Springville Art Museum will honor Sevier County’s many local artists, past and present, with a special juried art show September 11-October 15, 2007. Intake day will be August 28 at Snow College. A parallel exhibit will be scheduled locally for overflow works. The next Commissioners Art Show will be April 19-25, 2007. For info, contact Jim and Jeannie Puzey at 896-8839.

• Do you wish your business had more ways to reach customers? We can help you with effective, inexpensive marketing through our local television, print and Internet options.

SPECIAL: With Ideal Living, having your own television commercial is both easy and inexpensive… Really. Now, for a limited time, if you sign up for 3 months of commercials on Local10 for only $150 per month (around 550 viewings per month), you can have your commercial made for FREE and get FREE monthly updates to it for specials, sales, new items or services, and so forth. That’s like getting 50% off! Reach nearly 20,000 viewers in Sevier and Sanpete Counties with compelling Ideal Living local programming on Local10! Just call 201-9884 today for more information.
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NEWS – http://IdealLivingMedia.com/news.html

Recent headlines added to our local news archive in Central Utah News:

• Families Who Play Together Stay Together: ATV Hot Spots for Summer Getaways
• S. Utah fire devours 3,600 acres: Wind-swept: Officials fear lots of dry fuel means an early season
• Small Quake Measured in Central Utah
• Horse of a different pattern: Zebra breeders know the wild creatures likely won’t change their stripes
• Off-road rally: Fillmore event draws ATV fans nationwide: Fillmore ATV Jamboree bring people from across the country to central Utah for some of the greatest trails around
• ‘Cougar Man’ leads the hunt
• Prospectors search for black gold in Nevada

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR – http://IdealLivingMedia.com/calendar.html

Upcoming local events include:

• June 27: Run-off Election. Remember to vote!
• July 1: Miss Richfield Pageant, Sevier Valley Center, Richfield.
• July 3-4: Fourth of July Celebration, Richfield.
• July 21-24: Pioneer Day Celebration, Monroe
• Weekdays, Summer Lunch Program (free lunches for all children), at local parks
• Weekdays, Summer Arts & Crafts/Activity program (free for all children), at local parks
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CURRENT WEATHER – http://IdealLivingMedia.com/weather.html

• Ideal Living offers up-to-the-minute weather, and extended forecasts, for all of Sanpete and Sevier Counties — whenever you need it!
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FOOD – http://IdealLivingMedia.com/food.html

• Fun & Fresh Red, White & Blue Recipes
• Summer Smoothies
• (Chik-Fil-A’s) Carrot & Raisin Salad
• (Wendy’s) Chili
• Famous restaurant salad dressings
• Quick & Delicious Spaghetti with Browned Butter and Mizithra Cheese
• Many more recipes at http://richfieldmall.com/food.html
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ARTS & Crafts – http://ideallivingmedia.com/arts-crafts.html

• Fun (& inexpensive) Bandana Childrens Clothing
• Marshmallow Blowgun
• Fourth of July Fun
• Backyard Teepee
• Pioneer Cabin
• Many more projects at http://richfieldmall.com/food.html
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DEALS – http://IdealLivingMedia.com/deals.html

• Deals: Free 120 minutes’ cell phone time, plus more deals from Ace, Albertsons, Christensens, Family Dollar, K-Mart, Little Wonder Travel (Morris Murdock), Ogden’s Superstore, and more!

• Freebies: Some of our good-while-supplies-last offers include free magazine subscriptions to: Antiques, Bassmaster, Alternative Medicine, Charisma, Grand, Latina, several baby magazines, Old House Journal, Clean Home Journal, Golf for Women, Computer Shopper, Black Enterprise, and many more. Updated daily!
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MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!

Please support the Richfield Mall and other local businesses by patronizing our great sponsors!

5 Star Rental & Sales – http://www.5starrental.com
NEW: Barney Outdoor Outfitters – http://barneyoutdooroutfitters.com
Blake Electric Co. – http://richfieldmall.com/blakeelectric
CentraCom Interactive – http://centracominteractive.com
Coldwell Banker Preferred Properties – http://richfieldmall.com/coldwellbanker
Comfort Inn – Richfield – http://richfieldmall.com/comfortinn
Hal & Jean Ward – http://centralutahhomes.com
Ideal Dairy – http://www.theidealdairy.com
NEW: Jones Glass and Decorating – http://www.jonesglassanddecorating.com/
Intermountain Computer Services – http://intermountaincomputer.com
Local10 – http://local10.tv
Little Wonder Travel – http://littlewondertravel.com
Mountain View Vision – http://mountainviewvision.com
Nationwide Floor & Window Coverings – http://FloorsandWindows.com
Ogden’s Superstore – http://ogdens.homeappliances.com

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