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Show Utah Press Association 1521 E. 3900 S. Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84124 GUNNISON U azette Copy Price • 75 cents Thursday, June 29, 2006 Volume 2 • Number 26 Presorted Standard U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 11 Gunnison, UT Returned soldier to speak at patriotic fireside The Gunnison Utah Stake is pleased that 1LT Gary Bartholomew and his wife, Ami, will be the speakers at this year's Independence Day Patriotic Fireside. Thefiresidewill begin at 6 p.m. in the Gunnison Utah Stake Center. Everyone is invited to attend. 1LT Gary Bartholomew, is the son of Keith and Delene Bartholomew of Fayette. He is married to Ami Bartholomew and is the father of his little angel Brianna who is seven. Ami is the daughter of Lee and Kathi Eaton of Salt Lake City. Gary has served in the Utah National Guard for 15 years, 13 of which have been with B Battery 1-145 FA based in Manti, Utah. He is currently serving as a Platoon Leader in the Manti unit. LT Bartholomew recently returned from an 18 month deployment to the Kirkuk Region of Iraq with DET 3, HHB 1-148 FA based in Idaho. His primary duties there involved the reconstruction efforts in two small cities and 80 surrounding villages. During his time in Iraq, he organized efforts to bring school supplies and toys to the children in his area. He was Henline/Uunnison Valley Gazette Miss Gunnison and her court will once again reign over the fourth of July festivities. Gunnison will celebrate Hometown Patriot Days ourtesy involved in the construction of water wells, water desalinization plants, roads, new schools, medical clinics, mosques and other government buildings. He was also actively engaged in training the Iraqi Army and local po- lice departments. He helped provide security for the first two democratic elections for Iraq's new government and attended weekly city council meetings to help train the new civic leaders on con* ducting city business. By ELISE BOWN "Hometown Patriot Da} s" is THE place to be on July 3rd and Hh this year! Gunnison City will host many great festivities as we all enjoy the red, white and blue and remember the great patriots in our own valley. Our activities will start off with a fireside at the Gunnison Stake Center on Sun July 2 at 6 pm. We will be privileged to listen to Gary John Bartholomew, a soldier recently returned from the Middle East, and his wife Ami. What a unique opportunity this will be for those of us here in the comfort and safety of our beautiful valley to hear about life in such a different and forbidding part of the world. Truly an event not to be missed. A roast-beef dinner will kick off the Monday evening celebration at 5:30 pm at the Gunnison Park. This is a bit earlier than we've had it in ittnmson Valley Gazette the past, so prepare Front row left to right: Robert Brewer, Larry Nordell, Pam Larsen, Paula Brewer, Karen Eisenbrandt, Brandy Harward, your appetite accordShane Nelson, Dennis Sorensen and Ryan Thompson. Back row; Lynn Larsen, Gene Eisenbrandt and Alan Hurst. ingly! If you sadly decide to miss out on this feast, at least come down to the park and enjoy "All That Jazz" as they provide our distinctive dinner music. The Gunnison 'Lions will present an auction with an amazing array of items. Large items, small items and everything in between- you will want to have some money Top Notch Archery and several of- Jensen Drug, Freedom Ford RV, Valley in your pocket to participate in the frenzy! ficers from CUCF held their 7th Annual Builders, Gunnison Market, Elkridge FiThe auction will take Special Olympics Archery Shoot Fund- nancial, Subway, Burns Saddlery, Jora little break someraiser on June 2nd, 3rd and 4th. This gensen's Honda, Humpheries, Lyman where in the middle was their best year ever. The group Anderson (sheephunt) and Matt wanfor a very special raised $5000 to be donated to the Spe- ner (log bed). He would like to give a award presentation. The Distinguished cial Olympics. special thank you to his mother, who Service Award (DSA) Ryan Thompson, would like to made it possible to raffle a new Hoyt will be presented by personally thank Larry and Carolyn V-Tel Bow. if he has forgotten anyone, the Jaycees to some Nordell for all their work and dedica- please accept his apologies. Thompson awesome individution. He would also like to thank all says, "Again, thank you to all involved. als in our community who make a strong efthe businesses who donated to the Without everyone helping, we would fort to better our valraffle; Rasmussen's Ace Hardward, never have been able to do this." ley. After the auction Thousands raised for Special Olympics finishes up go find your special fireworks spot and get ready to ooh and ahhh as the skies above Gunnison sparkle with excitement. Around 10:30 the fireworks will be over and the youth can head over to the tennis courts for a dance that will hop and bop till midnight. And to the teens- how 'bout you really go have fun and actually dance instead of standing around outside the dance? Just a thought! Nothing will start your July 4th celebration better than getting up early, so be prepared for a little wake-up call in case you forget to set your alarm! At 6 am head to the park for a delicious, hot breakfast prepared by those great veterans that we all owe so much. The American Legion cooks up the best pancakes you can imagine and nobody goes away the slightest bit hungry! The flag ceremony at 7 really sets the tone for the day, so don't be late for that. If you hit the snooze button a few too many times, breakfast will be served clear until 9 am, so no excuses! We'll see the whole town thereafter all, it is the. most important meal of the day! The parade will proudly march down Main Street starting at 9 am. Registration will begin at 8 am in a new spot- 50 W Center. The parade route is the same, but registration and lining up will be done very differently this year so be ready for this change. As exciting as our parade always is, please make a strong effort to keep your family right on the edge of the streets and NEVER walk in towards to floats for any reason! Safety is the key to keeping our parade so unique and fun and we'd hate for any sad event to change all that. Gunnison Park will then host tons of games, volleyball, a diaper derby, horseshoes, concessions, the best car-show around, quilt show, library sale, dunking machine, bounce house and slide, paint ball target-shooting, PHEW!! Taco salads and hamburgers are some of the specialties served by the Lions Club for lunch and that's not all- if you think you can eat the most watermelon, drink the most root-beer or eat a pie in a few huge bites, you'll want to be front and center for those events. Start practicing today-napkins are optional! Bring your goggles and flippers because swimming will open from 2 to 4 pm. Not only is the swimming free, but you can actually get rich when we have a money toss at 3 pm! With all of these events there is certainly something for everyone, but it's not over yet. For those of you wishing for one more night of fun, there will be a FREE MOVIE AND POPCORN at the park at 9:15 pm. The movie, National Treasure, will be shown with free popcorn while supplies last. Get in your pajamas, bring your pillows and blankets to the south side of the swimming pool and see this exhilarating show drive-in style! Come make memories with family, friends and neighbors on this special day from morning to night there is something for everyone! |
