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Show Page June - Cdatitd Errol - 435-275-8628 Ldiatint lE7 embutah@gmail.com From the other side of the fence... Received the following from Torn O'Malley, who was a Director with S. W BELL in Mexico City "I spent five years working in Mexico . I worked under a tourist Visa for three months and could legally renew it for three more months. After that you were working illegally. I was technically illegal for three weeks waiting on the FM3 approval. "During that six months our Mexican and U.S. attorneys were working to secure a permanent work visa called a `FM3'. It was in addition to my U.S. passport that I had to show each time I entered and left the country. Barbara's was the same, except hers did not permit her to work. "To apply for the FM3, I needed to submit the following notarized originals (not copies): 1. Birth certificate for Barbara and me. 2. Marriage certificate. 3. High school transcripts and proof of graduation. 4. College transcripts for every college I attended and proof of graduation. 5. Two letters of recommendation from supervisors I had worked for at least one year. 6. A letter from the St.Louis Chief of Police indicating that I had no arrest record in the U.S and no outstanding warrants and, was "a citizen in good standing". 7. "Finally, I had to write a letter about myself that clearly stated why there was no Mexican citizen with my skills and why my skills were important to Mexico . We called it our 'I am the greatest person on Earth' letter. It was fun to write." "All of the above were in English that had to be translated into Spanish and be certified as legal translations, and our signatures notarized. It produced a folder about 1.5 inches thick with English on the left side & Spanish on the right." "Once they were completed Barbara and I spent about five hours, accompanied by a Mexican attorney, touring Mexican government office locations and being photographed and fingerprinted at least three timesat each location, and we remember at least four locations where we were instructed on Mexican tax, labor, housing, and criminal law and that wewere required to obey their laws or face the consequences. We could not protest any of the government's actions or we would be committing a felony. We paid out four thousand dollars in fees and bribes to complete the process. When this was done we could legally bring in our household goods that were held by U.S. Customs in Laredo , Texas . This meant we had rented furniture in Mexico while awaiting our goods. There were extensive fees involved here that the company paid." "We could not buy a home and were required to rent at very high rates and under contract and compliance with Mexican law." "We were required to get a Mexican driver's license. This was an amazing process. The company arranged for the licensing agency to come to our headquarters location with their photography and fingerprint equipment and the laminating machine. We showed our U.S. license, were photographed and fingerprinted again and issued the license instantly after paying out a six dollar fee. We did not take a written or driving test and never received instructions on the rules of the road. Our only instruction was to never give a policeman your license if stopped and asked. We were instructed to hold it against the inside window away from his grasp. If he got his hands on it you would have to pay ransom to get it back." "We then had to pay and file Mexican income tax annually using the number of our FM3 as our ID number. The company's Mexican accountants did this for us and we just signed what they prepared. It was about twenty legal size pages annually." "The FM3 was good for three years and renewable for two more after paying more fees." "Leaving the country meant turning in the FM3 and certifying we were leaving no debts behind and no outstanding legal affairs (warrants, tickets or liens) before our household goods were released to customs." "It was a real adventure and if any of our Senators or Congressmen went through it once they would have a different attitude toward Mexico ." "The Mexican government uses its vast military and police forces to keep its citizens intimidated and compliant. They never protest at their capitol or government offices, but do protest daily in front of the United States Embassy. The U.S. Embassy looks like a strongly reinforced fortress and during most protests the Mexican military surrounds the block with their men standing shoulder to shoulder in full riot gear to protect the Embassy. These protestsare never shown on U.S.or Mexican TV. There is a large public park across the street where they do their protesting. Anything can cause a protest such as proposed law changes in California or Texas ." Please share this with everyone who thinks we are being hard on the illegal aliens. Comment: Calderon does not want illegal immigration to end. The money sent home to Mexico by people working here illegally is a big source of income for Mexico . I'm sure with the great reputation for honesty the Mexican government and its officials possess, that Calderon funds his own charity. §RjaVALLEVIREAMIUS by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com Young Single Adults, 18-30, you are invited to a special activity on June 19th at Ruby's Inn. It will start at 8:30 A.M. and continue until 7:00 P.M. Special speakers will be Hank Smith, Ron Bartholomew, Kim Peterson and Elder Gerrit W. Gong. This will be a fun day with activities and food. Casual dress and you might want to bring a jacket. Hope to see your there. If you have any questions contact Chad or Mindy Grimshaw. Lloyd and Michelle Mathews are here visiting with Ben and Diana Mathews. They live in Grand Junction Colorado and came to spend some time with family and friends. Lloyd's brother David is still living in Eagle Mountain and another brother, Trevor is working Layton Utah. Rebecca Wagstaff would like to make all descendants of Ezekiel and Julia Hills Johnson aware of a huge family reunion at This is the Place State Park (SLC) July 2-3, 2010. The Benjamin Franklin Johnson Family Organization has organized, and is hosting, this event. See their website for the schedule and pre-registration form: www.bfjohnsonfamily.org Johnson Descendants number in the tens of thousands currently. Organizers are expecting hundreds to attend this reunion. It is a great opportunity to meet cousins and also to compare and share—or be introduced to—family genealogy. Elder Todd Christopherson (of the 12 apostles), whose wife is a Johnson, will be speaking as part of the reunion program on Saturday. To my knowledge, most Johnson descendants in Garfield Co. come through Joel Hills Johnson's son, Seth. There are a lot of you living in this area! (I descend through Mary Ellen, Joel's sister.) Contact me for a list of siblings if you are unsure where you fit in. Shantel Manning and Holly Baugh held their Clogging Review at the Tropic Heritage Center on Monday. It was very entertaining. You could tell the students had worked very hard on their dances. Gary and Sandy Johnson had daughter Sarah Bradshaw and Sadie, Ayden, Reagan, and Addison here for a visit. It is always so fun to have grandchildren come back home to visit. Congratulations to Elder Dustin Leslie who made Senior Companion up in Montana on his mission. ATTENTION: All crafters in the Bryce Area. You are invited to a Crafters Fair on the July 24th weekend. It will be held at the Heritage Center from 4:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. Each crafter is responsible for his/her own table, sales, cashier and money collection. Do a table with friends or family and share the responsibilities. All home crafted items, i.e. photography, paintings, jewelry, hair bows, crocheted items, quilts, jams, jellies, baked goods, fudge, etc. are welcomed. Any items donated to the sale for the "Safe Sidewalk" Fund would be greatly appreciated. Please call Bree at 616-8795 or Marcia at 679-8848 with any questions or to save your spot. No cost to join in the fun. Shanon and Brielle Pollock welcomed their second adorable baby. Swade Pollock was born on June 9th and joins bigger brother, Krew, at home. Grandparents are Vance and Jeanene Pollock and great-grandparents are Clare and MaryLee Ramsay and Afton and the late DelRae Pollock. Congratulations to the family on this happy occasion. We would also like to note that Mary Lee is doing better each day. Arthur and Vicki Syrett spent time in Yellowstone with family. Joining them was David and Debbie Jensen and family, Karen Frahm and son, and Mike and Stacie Jensen and family. Also Vicki's(me) sister and husband, Norm and Cindy Erikson of South Weber joined in the fun time. We got rained on everyday and the day we left the sun came out but we still had a wonderful time and even got to see lots of baby animals and two real live black bears. It was great. On our way home we stopped in Ashton Idaho to spend some time with Dick and Dorothy Egbert and Gerald and Donna Egbert. Both of these couples are known at Ruby's Inn as they have worked there. Dick and Dorothy for many years. They said to tell everyone hello and let you know how much they have missed you. They fed us a lasagna lunch and we had a nice visit. It was great to see Dorothy looking so good after her scare health wise. They especially wanted Kim Word to know they miss her and appreciate her concern about them. We came home with one more person that we went up with. Our Grandson Alex Frahm is here working with his Grandpa Arthur and they are both loving it. Congratulations to Glenda Fletcher on her 93rd birthday. Way to go Glenda. You just keep on going and we hope you had a wonderful day. Monte and Rita Twitchell, Curtis and Kolene Creek of Bountiful, and Dave and Robyn Cox of Heber City all flew back to St. Louis to visit. The women are all sisters. When they got into St. Louis they visited Monte's mission area and then they drove to Iowa where the girls all grew up and visited with their Aunt and Uncle that still live there. They were also able to slip in a visit to the St. Louis and Nauvoo Temples. Congratulations to Tyson and Rochelle Platt on their marriage. They are headed to Provo to finish school and start a new life together. We wish them the best of luck. Tyson is the son of Ken and Artoise Platt and Rochelle is the daughter of Mechele Page. All the family were here for the wedding. Also congratulations to Carrie Platt who earned her Young Women's Recognition Award. The Escalante Stake Youth Conference was marvelous. The theme was Joshua 1:9. They held a dance and the D.J. was Michael Knight. They also did a service project where they went to Wide Hollow Reservoir and dug up cockle burrs. They all worked very hard and stuck with it to the end. A ropes course at Turn About Ranch was on the agenda and there they learned some important lessons about life. Those 14 years old and up were in attendance. There was a Testimony meeting and the speakers were Greg and Ann Powell from Cedar City. It was a wonderful time for everyone who attended. The Young Women of Henrieville sewed five tee shirt dresses for a humanitarian project to go to Haiti. The Relief Society event on Saturday saw over one hundred dresses donated for the same project. It way beyond their goal of 100. It was a great meeting and they had and excellent speaker from "Time Out Classics". Steve Orton flew into the Salt Lake Airport and was greeted by his wife, Andrea and daughter, Natalie. Jeremy Gerber was there also and happy to see his friend. Mom, Lynette and Wallly Orton were there to see their son return home from Afghanistan safely. There was an Open House and Family Dinner in Layton and many attended this. Grandparents to Andrea came up from Henrieville to be at the Family Dinner along with everyone else. The people who work at the city cemetaries need to have the flowers taken from the middle of the graves and put up by the headstones so they can mow the grass to keep it looking nice. Swimming lessons have started this week. Kathy Shakespeare and Sarah Rose are in charge if you have any questions. Also taking place is the Summer Reading Program in the elementary library every Tuesday. Samie Ott can give you more information on this event. Mike and Lesa Ahlstrom were in charge of Cub Scout Day Camp on June 4th and it went very well. Nathan and Lori Platt had their beautiful little daughter, Jenna Lori, blessed today. The family was also here for this wonderful happening. Ian Johnson sang a beautiful song today in Henrieville Church and Dirk Durfey spoke along with Gayle Moore and LoreLei Adkins who both have missionaries out in the field. In Cannonville the George Thompson family spoke and they even got Jim and Mikki Shakespear to participate. It was great. In Tropic Bro. Lynn G. Robbins and wife, and Elder Dane Leavitt were the speakers. Bro Robbins is a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and Bro Leavitt is our Area Authority Seventy. We offer a special prayer for Sandy Le Fevre Madsen who is in a coma in a hospital in Salt Lake. She had a brain aneurysm is seriously ill. We will keep her in our prayers and thoughts. Sandy is the daughter of Reed and Mary Le Fevre of Tropic. The 21st-26th will see the Boy Scouts camping out at Maple Dell up north. 25th and 26th will be the Father's and Son's camp out. Nathan and Jentre' Leishman had their precious daughter, Tinley Grace blessed today in Tropic Ward. The Leishman's live in Bountiful but everyone is here for an upcoming wedding. Grandparents in Bryce Canyon City are Rod and Kathern Syrett with Jean Syrett of Cedar City being the Greatgrandmother. Noticed Greg and Megan Leech today and see they are here visiting for a while. Megan is the daughter of Wes and Ellen Clarke and Greg is the son of Elaine Haas of Tropic. The last of the games for the Majors and Minors is the Coke Classic on the 18th and 19th of June. Have a great time everyone. Thanks to all the coaches who worked hard with these young folks in all the youth sports. Also to the parents that support their kids as they play and the planners who pull everything together. Have a great week everyone and we wish all the Father's out there a wonderful and Happy Father's Day. You are the best and we love you!! Please email or call in your news so we can get it in the paper. 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