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Show "castle Valley Comments .. . J j AMBMa" Byanc'Hotz Last week 1 reported that we had lots of snow but now we have twice as much. There is about 5 to 6 inches of snow in the lower valley and about 12 to 14 inches up near the mountain. Watching the sun come up and go down with the snow on the red rocks is very inspiring. Because of the mountain we watch the sun come up from the West and go down on the mountain in the East. Because of the snow the school children missed some school. The school bus broke down also which complicated things. The first storm was a pleasure but the second was cold and the water froze on the ponds causing the water fowl great distress. The ducks at the Castle Valley Institute took off for warmer surroundings. The students, stu-dents, however, found it a great opportunity to get out their skates and have a great time. The Neuberts from the school were by Saturday with an invitation to another performance of the choir. They brought with them a fine loaf of home made whole wheat bread and left it as a gift. Because of certain circumstances cir-cumstances I could not attend but if it was as good as any performance in the past, it was good. The Johnsons went to Salt Lake City Wednesday so I had both places to myself for a few days. The cold weather has kept me busy with keeping all the animals in water and trying to keep the tomatoes toma-toes from freezing in the greenhouse. The tomatoes proved to have a mind of their own and froze in spite of all my efforts but I couldn't let them just go to waste so I picked some and made a casserole with chicken and a pie. It is nice to be in a house and out of the snow. I remember how many of the people started here in the valley with teepees or tents and how they finally got cold and had to build something warmer or go to warmer places until they could get into something some-thing more suitable. Ernie Faust was one of these pioneers. He lived in a tent, a hole in the ground and a pumphouse before getting the cellar in which he now stays. He has a house started and had hopes of getting moved in this winter. Although he has only one leg he seems to make progress. A lot of folks have helped him. He is now helping other people by working for them with his backhoe. He was the second one to use a billboard by the side of the road. The first of course being the advertisement adver-tisement of the property by the Carlsburg Development Develop-ment Corp. He had a sign put up by his place "God's Little Acres Ernie Foust Property," and a sign just across the creek advertising his backhoe for hire. He has kept busy with his machine but has had to dig out a few rocks bigger than it is. He raised a big garden for a couple of years but the stickers got so bad he couldn't get around in them any more. A lot of people came up last year looking for his place in hopes of buying produce and were disappointed that he hadn't put in a garden. Maybe he'll think about it again and we can enjoy more fruits of his labors. Now for a few loose ends. There was a misunderstanding mis-understanding on the required re-quired square footage of houses built on the Ran-chos. Ran-chos. It is still the original 1200 feet and not the 1000 as reported. Tom, Mary, and little Tate Reese made it back from their visit. They encountered a lot of bad storms enroute. The little dog here is now getting along fine since my dog Yeller came to keep us company. Well let's hope that this next week is warmer and not so hectic. The snow is welcome but we don't need any more right now. Although it does make us more patient and more-cautious. more-cautious. We can either stay home and learn patience or go out on the slippery road and learn to be cautious. Either way we become resourceful either by learning to entertain ourselves or how to get out of the ditch. Just remember those terrible ter-rible hot days in the summer then these days won't be so hard to put up with. |