{"id":2242,"date":"1985-04-02T12:48:32","date_gmt":"1985-04-02T19:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2019-04-07T12:56:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T19:56:44","slug":"provo-will-recognize-volunteer-city-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=2242","title":{"rendered":"Provo Will Recognize Volunteer City Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/scans\/Features_-_Provo\/Feature_PartX_007.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 12px;\" src=\"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/default_thm.jpg\" alt=\"Click to see original image\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Honor of Provo&#8217;s 136th birthday, the city will unveil a permanent recognition Wednesday to honor those citizens who have served, or are serving, as volunteer members of a citizen&#8217;s board.<\/p>\n<p>Entitled, &#8220;In Community Service,&#8221; the permanent recognition will be featured in a public ceremony at 7 p.m. in the city center, 359 W. Center Street.<\/p>\n<p>A short reception will follow the unveiling ceremony. The public is invited to both events.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor James E. Ferguson said the city has been working on the project for some time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was brought to mind during the last two years of flooding, how important the volunteer efforts can be,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We realized there are literally hundreds of volunteers, who, on a year round basis, give hundreds of hours of service to the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our city would not be the beautiful city it is today, if it were not for the citizens. We are pleased we will now have a permanent tribute for those who have given, and for those who continue to give service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s ceremony will be the culmination of over two years of preparation and research by city officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Honor of Provo&#8217;s 136th birthday, the city will unveil a permanent recognition Wednesday to honor those citizens who have served, or are serving, as volunteer members of a citizen&#8217;s board. Entitled, &#8220;In Community Service,&#8221; the permanent recognition will be featured in a public ceremony at 7 p.m. in the city center, 359 W. Center&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=2242\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Provo Will Recognize Volunteer City Boards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[69,38,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}