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Show 1 2A Emery County Progress Tuesday, June 13, 1989 County museum group hosts gala By ELIZABETH Staff writer HANSON Next time, pink tux? Jon Judd, chairman of the Emery Pioneer Museum Board, claims he did try to rent a pink tux for the glitzy museum birthday party, failed and had to settle for dark suit, tie, n face white shirt, and cowboy boots. Cowboy boots are evening attire in clean-shave- Emery County. One reason for the auspicious gathering was honoring volunteers- - Roger Kneipp, Owen and Jane McClenahan and Gene and Virginia Talbot. Another was to kickoff the canyon graphics and graffiti on display in the Rose Room and the artifacts excavated from the ancient biblical cities, Hebron and Petra, in glass cases at the courthouse foyer. The exhibits are here for three months. Make them a part of your life. Jon and Sharon Baker scrounged around considerably, using their influence to talk the rent out of four businesses- - Wes Curtis Insurance, Emery Farmers Telephone, Mine Hydraulics and First National Bank. It cost about $3500 to heighten our education with artifacts of ancient civilizations. Before the Colorado River covered up the petroglyphs and pictor-graph- s of the Fremont and Anasazi Indians, artisans took photographs and plastic molds. They are attractively mounted on screens and the walls of the Red Room. To enhance the setting for such treasures Jon patched and painted the walls of the room. Lavora Kofford made lacy sheer curtains to compliment the richly draped windows. The red carpet was cleaned and lighting was placed. However, the exhibit came in boxes. Jon and Roger built sturdy screens of wood covered with white composition board. The metal stands were made at Mine Hydraulics by Roger Jensen. The screens surpass commercial panels in sturdiness and workmanship. They will be assets to both the museums forever. Jon covered a hall wall with burlap and hung a relief map of Emery County in the middle. until then bids cannot be let. It may be next spring when the actual construction begins. And another half million will be needed to stock, decorate and furbish the display, multiuse area and lab facility. The displays will fall into natural history, paleontology, archeol- ogy, geology and biology categories. In fact, if we are lucky Dr. Phillip C. Hammond may donate some of the collection shown in the courthouse. Among these are a childs pottery horse, a horned altar, eye idol, oil lamps and other objects of great worth. Hammond personally delivered the artifacts. Hammond serves on Gotty Langstein the prestigious enlarged and framed the scenic pictures of the area. The showcases beneath hold rock samples the Talbots found in Emery County. The location of the specimen is shown on the map above. Another new attraction in the hall is the B. multi-tiere- d Utah state of geology; John Telford, direc- tor of photographic services, U of U; and Allen S. Thorpe, attorney and owner of Cottonwood Press, Castle Dale. The technical board offers The volunteers cleaned, organized and added fresh background textures to vitalize the total effect of our invaluable assistance and advice to the Emery County Museum Board, of which Jon R. Judd is chairman, Lee Mont facility. The Indian collection now occupies the east wing of the hall. A1 Allosaurus still dominates the scene and will until moved across the street to keep company with the mammoth skeleton when the building is finished. As Sharon said, the $1,000,000 Madsen, archeologist; James H. Madsen, U of U research professor show case displaying the Bert Oman rocks and minerals. unique technical advisory board with Donald V. Hague, director of the Utah Museum of Natural History; Dr. Kent Powell of the Utah Historical Society; Dr. David Swasey, vice chairman; Col-ee- n Beach, secretary treasurer; and commissioner Jerry Mangum, Mayor Don Jorgensen and Gene Hess are support the cause in attitude, service and finances. Jon insisted the sole purpose of the gathering was to show appreciation for all involved through the years and to prove the musuem is active. Figuratively the beacon light over the building flashes white and green. Some 14 volunteers are taking four-hoshifts to keep it open until July 1 when Green Thumb funding will hire a person to keep it open. Finding a fulltime curator who is qualified is difficult. Even more so is finding the funding to pay the salary. The board and volunteers are enthusiastic, ambitious and hard working individuals infusing fiery blood and amazing results into the museums anatomy. They planned a black tie party to honor the 20th birthday of the Pioneer Museum. Included were lights, music, champagne and a silver bowl to collect free will ur offerings. We were charmed to tread down the walkway lighted on either side with hundreds of miniature bulbs (courtesy of the Castle Dale fire department). We enjoyed the vocals and guitar of Charlie Simms. We relished the plates d Dixon Peacock presents Mr. and Mrs. Owen McClenahan with an award of appreciation for work done at the museum. ofappe-(Contmue- on Page 13.) board members. The board invited 200 guests to attend the premier of coming attractions, to stir up excitement with the object of forming a museum society to Community Impact gave for the project is in the bank, the architect is completing the final plans and 1 P UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY 1989 Summer Quartet Classes CarbonEmery Area FOR COM-NE- T COURSE DATES CALL DALE EDWARDS AT ( 8:00-5:0- 0 Feel the need to get away? Why not head north to Seven Peaks Resort, near Provo. Seven Peaks Resort features Utah's premier water park, with something for everyone: water slides, wave pool, kiddie pool. Lazy River, tanning, volleyball, and more Come stay the night in Provo's magnificent Excelsior Hotel, then spend a day of fun in the sun at the water park the next day. Invite a couple of friends and share the cost. Or bring the kids and make it a for the family. Pack your bags, and we ll see you at Seven Peaks Resort! 7 Register Beginning June by calling USU CENTER in Moab, Utah This exhibit is on display at the Emery County Museum. at 1 1989 mini-vacatio- n or 7213 259-743- 2 M. - F.) tax not included. Space availability basis. Not available for groups. Room summer classes, June to September, are shown with dates class. for each locally taught workshop and Corn-NAll et offerings contact Dale Edwards at Price City classes taught at C.E.U. All courses carry fuN Utah State Unlv. Credit. For information on Corn-Ne- Library All t For reservations call North Provo, Utah 84601 Corn-N- 101 West 100 Southeastern Utah Center for Continuing Education "Success" begins with i S.U.C.C.E. 3 On any given day in America, roughly 20 million people buy take out food. K |