We've spent alot of our summer doing stuff for the school. With Holly on the board of directors, we are there almost daily so she can work on plans for the new junior high, hire staff for the junior high and elementary school, prepare for big events like the ground breaking and the teacher barbeque, etc. Holly says she'll never need to build a house because instead she is going to build a school. We are very excited because the new junior high will have a 500 seat auditorium, a full size gymnasium with wooden floors and bleachers, baseball and soccer fields, dance studio, science labs, computer labs, etc. Holly has been involved with every aspect of the building, so we all get to weigh in on the color of brick, carpeting, paint, etc. We really feel like this is our school!
At the beginning of the summer we had the ground breaking for the junior high. The school is being built adjacent to the elementary school -- so it will all be one campus serving 1000 students. Several city and state dignitaries attended the ground breaking including Utah's Lieutenant Governor Gary Herbert, Greg Hughes from the Utah House of Representatives, Draper's mayor, and city council members. Governor Huntsman was invited but was having shoulder surgery.
Part of the excitement of the groundbreaking is that the sale of the land was completed literally hours before the groundbreaking. The land was purchased from Noal Enis, a lifetime Draper resident. His home remains on the corner of the property (the land for the elementary school was also purchased from Mr. Enis). I included a picture of him below. The school presented him with a beautiful picture that was signed by every student at the elementary school. Mr. Enis presented the school with his watering key (like the "key to the city"). The watering key has been a big joke because Mr. Enis was more concerned about how the school was going to handle his watering rights than he was about the multi-million dollar sale of his land. He insisted that the school pay the few thousand dollars to purchase his watering rights. Only Grandpa Noal would understand the significance of someone's watering rights.
I also included a picture of the 
Lieutenant Governor and State Representative.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Junior High Ground Breaking
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Mark and Holly - C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! ! This is a most significant accomplishment and your photos are great! I hope your kids, even Harper, will one day realize how important this event is. We wish we could have been with you.
WOW! WOW! WOW! You are amazing!! I can't believe all you have done to raise the standard of education in the Salt Lake Valley. Holly, you are brilliant as usual. We are so excited to know that the Brown Grandchildren will have the opportunity to receive such a wonderful education.
But who are the Workmen with hard hats and shovels?? And the baby??
Thanks for the wonderful photos and acticle. We Love Them. Grandma Brown
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