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Providence commission plans
to spend $10,000 on updated history of the town
By Trevor Brasfield
March 22, 2007 | PROVIDENCE -- Would you pay $10,000
for a book about your town? The Historical Preservation
Commission will, in four installments over the next
two years.
The book, yet to have a title, will be authored by
Robert Parson of Benson. It will include all the history
that makes Providence a good place to live. The book
is an extension of the 1974 book Providence and
Her People, which is no longer in circulation.
The main reason for the interest in this book is the
timing, Providence turns 150 years old in April 2009,
and this book will be published in time for the yearlong
celebrations being planned by the commission.
Robert Parson also authored a book for Rich County
entitled A History of Rich County, published
in 1996 by the Utah State Historical Society.
Robert has set four deadlines for his proposed four-chapter
book, and with each deadline met and scrutinized by
the commission he will receive his fee of $2,500, which
all told will be $10,000. Commission member Alma H Leonhardt
considers it a great deal.
One loophole for the book and the commission is the
Providence City Council, which will meet Tuesday and
will be discussing the budget for the book as well as
many other details.
One of the ways the commission hopes to help pay for
this book is by applying and receiving a grant from
the state for $3,000. The oral history grant is issued
for up to $3,000, to several cities that apply for it.
The commission believed it should hurry and apply because
the oral history grant board meets only four times a
year, possibly more if the applicant cities are larger
than anticipated.
The next Historical Preservation meeting will be April
17 to discuss the 150-year birthday celebrations in
Providence.
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