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"My grandma always said Salt Lake City would spread to the Point of the Mountain, and it has," Whetman said."I never expected (the growth) in Draper."
Despite the city's constantly changing face, she's involved herself — supporting the PTA, the Draper Arts Council, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, the Lions Club and the American Legion Auxiliary.
"When you live in Draper and it's small like that, you get involved with everything," she said.
"Draper is my home; it's just part of my life."
Even now, Whetman keeps busy cutting clippings about Draper from both the Deseret Morning News and The Salt Lake Tribune and compiling them in scrapbooks for the city.
It's a tradition she began more than 20 years ago, and one that has expanded along with Draper.
She put together four scrapbooks for Draper in 2005 alone.
In spite of everything she does, Whetman is an unassuming lady who doesn't like the spotlight, said her da...
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