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Show i A4 Wednesday, January 30 2008 Obituaries ft Donna Stewart Donna Rae Stewart, age 80, of Vernal, passed away Jan. 27, 2008. Donna was born March 23, 1927 in Vernal to Nathan Chiv-ers Chiv-ers and Mattie Collier. She married mar-ried Arden Wardle Stewart Nov. 22, 1949. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple on March 10, 1965. Donna worked many years in the food service business, at various schools, hospitals and helping her husband serve meals at the jail during part of his tenure ten-ure as Uintah County Sheriff. She also served many years with her husband delivering Meals on Wheels. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Uintah County Searchettes. She was very community minded and loved gardening, camping, traveling and quilt making. Donna was very active in the LDS Church, serving in numerous numer-ous positions, such as scouting, for many years and in several positions in the Relief Society. Donna also served three ward missions, two stake missions and one full-time mission in the Florida Crawfordville Branch with her husband. Donna's greatest great-est love was her family, the great outdoors and her country. Donna is survived by husband and the love of her life for 58 years, Arden Stewart; son, Rex Stewart; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by two sons, Bob Slaugh and Chris Slaugh; parents, Nathan and Gary Graham M.D. FamilyPractitioner 4 i f5. Dr. Gary Graham, M.D. is a family practice physician coming from a private practice in Ohio. He completed his family practice residency program in Provo where he worked in the Utah Regional Medical Center, Intermountain Health Care, and the University of Utah. He attended medical school at the University School of Medicine after completing his undergraduate Brigham Young University. Dr. Graham is married to Emily who graduated from B.YU in music. She is the sister of Amy Krzymowski the wife of Dr. David Krzymowski the general surgeon at U BMC. They have seven children, who enjoy playing music together, playing outdoor and indoor games and dancing to Celtic music. The children Katie age 1 5, harpist, Jessica age 14, violinist, Irish dancer & vocalist. Joshua age 12, guitarist, Irish dancer & pianist. Rebecca age 10, violinist, Irish dancer & vocalist. Nicole age 8, violinist, Irish dancer & vocalist. Jacob age 5, mischievous Shirley age 2, mischievous Mattie; and seven brothers and sisters. Funeral Services will be Friday, Fri-day, Feb. 1, at the DavisAshley Stake Center (4080 South 2500 East) at 2 p.m. Viewing will be at the Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary on Thursday from 6 to 8 pm. Interment will be in the Dry Fork Cemetery under the direction of Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. . -, I ' I '- ' J Clara Murray Jenkins Clara Margaret Murray Jenkins, Jen-kins, age 95 of Vernal returned home to her Heavenly Father on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 at the Maeser Beehive Homes due to natural causes. She was born on July 9, 1912 in Maeser to William Wil-liam Ashby and Emma Estella Woodruff Murray and was raised by her grandmother, Mary Ashby Murray. She married Archie Dee Jenkins Jen-kins on Sept. 28, 1931 in Vernal and their marriage was later solemnized on Dec. 7, 1931 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They raised four children and she cared devotedly for her husband until he passed away in November 2000. Clara spent her most of her life at her grandfather's (Jeremiah (Jer-emiah Hatch Murray) Maeser homestead. She was born at the homestead, grew up with her 11 siblings, raised her family and grandchildren, caring for her small sheep herd and other farm animals, and worked alongside her husband on their cattle ranch. Clara loved to garden, crochet, quilt, and take special care of her flowerbeds. She enjoyed en-joyed having exchange students and extended family and friends Gary Graham, M.D. & Family Irish dancer & pianist. Vernal live and work with them during dur-ing the summer months on the ranch. She also enjoyed reading and listening to the scriptures, historical books and documents, and uplifting music. Clara was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in various capacities, including includ-ing Relief Society and Primary presidencies. She served as a volunteer 4-H leader and Uintah County Hospital board member. She attended Maeser Elementary and graduated from Uintah High School. She was a lifelong learner, and had a strong belief in education. educa-tion. She sacrificed many of life's additional comforts in order to make sure all of her children received a college education, as well as many of her grandchildren. grandchil-dren. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and had a true love of genealogy work. Clara's life and love for others was defined by her quiet service. Clara was a very compassionate, compas-sionate, loving, generous, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and friend. She will be missed very dearly. She will be remembered for her home cooked meals, devotion de-votion to God, and love for her family. Clara is survived by children, Estella (Lorin)RichensofVernal; Karl Dee (Jacquline) Jenkins of Diana, Texas; Elaine Corless, Cody (Gail) Jenkins and foster son, Glen (Genevieve) Kurtz all from Vernal; brother, William H. Murray of Mount Pleasant; and sister, LaRena Abplanalp of Dolan Springs, Ariz. Her grandchildren are Ron Richens; Dr. David Jenkins; Annette Parslow; Michael, Ryan, Kevin and Rhett Jenkins; Troy, Todd, Travis and Tobin Roberts; Deah Eldredge, and Delene Jaques; 31 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by husband, Dee Jenkins; son-in-law, Ted Corless; sister, Virginia Trevenen; and half brothers and sisters, Manellie (Nellie) Reich, Clarence James Murray, Bessie Eliason, Beatrice Bennion, Winona Wi-nona Olsen, Buelah Hall, Chester Jack Murray and Leatha Mae Dean. Funeral services will be Friday, Feb. 1, at 11 a.m. with a viewing one hour prior to the service at the AshleyMaeser LDS Chapel located at 2575 N 1500 W with Maeser 4th Ward Bishop Gary McClellan conducting. conduct-ing. Friends may call Thursday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Thomson-Blackburn Vernal 5 - I of Virginia, work at For appointments call 725-2030 Uintah Basin Medical Center Improving Healthcare for the Basin 722-4691 250 W. 300 N., Roosevelt Express Mortuary. She will be laid to rest in the Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery. A luncheon will be served following the dedication of the grave. George Hall George Alford Hall "Brud", age 87, of Vernal, passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. George was born June 7, 1920 in Vernal to Charles William Hall and Effie Elnora Peters. "Brud" lived a good long life. He was accomplished at everything every-thing that he undertook. He served in the military and is a veteran of World War II. He loved to ski and was amemberoftheski patrol. He liked to bow hunt and was retired from the U.S. Forest Service at Dutch John. He was also an excellent carpenter and cabinet maker. He is survived by his wife of 34 years Nila (Billie) N. Hall; daughter, Deanna G. Slaugh; son, Howard N. Hall; sister, Ezma (Bert) Kasjaka of Fair Oaks, Calif. ; nieces, Carol Fancke Kelly, Nancy Kasjaka Henderson, Marion Rae Francke Barlow; nephews, Doug Hall, Wayne Hall, Larry Hall; granddaughters, Patricia L. Gaudette, Robyn C. Johnson. He is preceded in death by parents, Charles William Hall and Effie Peters Hall; brother, Charles William (Peck); sister, Ellen Francke Peterson (Nick); nephew, Joe Hall. Memorial services will be Friday, Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. at the Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. Interment will be Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Thomson-Blackburn Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. ' i i I r. U INTArX Basin f MEDICAL PENTER Mine-safety urging feds, Utah work together By Brock Vergakk Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A commission formed after nine people died at a Utah coal mine recommended a federal-state partnership Wednesday to share mining plans and inspection reports and collaborate on ways to enhance safety. The commission stopped short of suggesting Utah should create cre-ate its own mine-safety agency, but recommended a look at the feasibility of a state inspection program. The recommendation was one of 45 in a report given to Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who created the Utah Mine Safety Commission Commis-sion in response to two cave-ins at the Crandall Canyon mine in August. The bodies of six miners still have not been recovered. "Is the state doing everything every-thing it should to promote mine safety? The answer is clearly no," said commission Chairman Scott Matheson, a former dean of the University of Utah law school and currently a professor there. The report focuses on providing provid-ing additional mine training, certification, cer-tification, an accident response plan and research on Utah's deep mines. When asked which recommendations recommen-dations would have prevented the Crandall Canyon mine from collapsing, Matheson said that wasn't the commission's task. "If you take the recommendations recommen-dations as a whole and their aggregated ag-gregated and cumulative impact, in our judgment, it will make for a much safer situation for Utah coal mining in the short run and for that matter in the years beyond," he said. Utah has not regulated mines in 20 years. West Virginia, Kentucky, Ken-tucky, Pennsylvania and other large mining states have their own safety agencies. Dennis O'Dell, the United Mine Workers of America's administrator for occupational health and safety, served on the commission and urged members mem-bers to create a state inspection program, but was repeatedly rebuffed. re-buffed. Messages left with O'Dell on Wednesday were not immediately immedi-ately returned. The mining industry has long opposed an independent state agency, saying it could cause headaches for mine operators and threaten the coal industry. The president of 'the' Utah Mining Association, David Lit-vin, Lit-vin, was a member of Huntsman's Development dust shortening winters SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Western winters are getting shorter because of dust kicked up by urban and agricultural development, a University of Utah researcher said. Thomas Painter, head of the school's Snow Optics Laboratory, Labora-tory, said in a lecture at the downtown library last Monday that disturbed particles from the Colorado Plateau mix with snow, limiting the heat it can reflect. As a result, today's snowpacks melt about a month earlier than they once did. Painter's research affirms af-firms longtime anecdotal claims that the dirtier snow is, the faster it melts. "That has enormous implications impli-cations up and down the line," Painter said. He said it's important im-portant because when the snow cover dissipates earlier than it should, the ground is exposed at a time when the sun is highest in the sky. This can hurt the local ecology. "That has some impact on regional climate," he said. "We're seeing a 1.5 degree Centigrade temperature increase." Painter, a recent addition to the university's geology department, de-partment, is now studying the Wasatch Range. He says the snowpack there is under seri My mother was recently involved in a fatal traffic accident. I would like to thank eff Merrill, Anthony Byron and the Naples City Police for the outstanding job they did at the scene of the accident and subsequent follow up. They went above and beyond the call of duty for me and my family. I would also like to thank our family, friends, neighbors and church members (from several different beliefs) for the wonderful outpouring of kind words, thoughts, phone calls and food at a deeply tragic time in our lives. It was truly unbelievable. Thank you all, Mark and Becky Brown, Kathy and Dan Schaad and Family The family of Tom M. Hacking sincerely thanks everyone who helped durin his illness and passing. Friends, doctors, hospital, hospice and Ashley 2nd Ward Bishopric and Relief Society. commission and wrote a separate statement in the report. "The statistics show there is little to no correlation between improvement in the safety records at mines in states that have state-administered safety programs as compared to those states, such as Utah, that do not," Litvin wrote, without providing statistics The commission eramined mine safety in 13 states and found only Colorado and Utah did not inspect mines, leaving the job to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Litvin said a Utah inspection inspec-tion program would "blur the lines of responsibility between MSHA and the state, resulting in delay, confusion, complication and frustration in the state's coal mining industry." Still, Matheson called the proposed partnership between the state and MSHA one of the most significant recommendations. recommenda-tions. "I think we're breaking new ground with this concept," he said. Matheson said how involved Utah and MSHA become with each other will have to be negotiated. negoti-ated. A spokesman for MSHA issued is-sued a statement Wednesday that gave little insight as to what the agency has in mind for the partnership. "We remain committed to assisting as-sisting the State of Utah and look forward to working as a partner to improve safety and health protections for Utah's miners," MSHA spokesman Matthew Faraci said in the statement. Matheson said the partnership partner-ship could last a year or more so the state can determine how it might be able to provide another set of eyes on mines. MSHA chief Richard Stickler has said he would welcome help from Utah. Huntsman said he would begin reading the recommendations recommen-dations immediately and was excited about the partnership proposal. "I'm very intrigued by it. This kind of collaborative partnership will put us ahead of the game," the governor said. Some recommendations could be adopted by executive order while others would require approval by lawmakers. The Legislature's 45-day session began last Monday. ous assault from dust and soot. Wasatch canyons provide most of Salt Lake City's water and are economically significant for winter recreation. "If it's possible to clean up the snowpack, we can buy significant signifi-cant time to increase snowpack duration," he said. "We have enormous amounts of research to do. I look forward to doing it over the next decade." Painter said dust's effects on snow are a global problem. The disappearance of central Asia's Aral Sea, for example, magnifies ecological devastation by sending send-ing plumes of dust off the dry lake bed. The dust blows east and settles in China's Tienshan mountain range, where it disrupts dis-rupts the snowpack's hydrologic cycles. Old lake bed sediments document docu-ment changes over time, in the way historic weather patterns are written into tree rings. Reading Read-ing these sediments reveals a surge in dust emissions around the world, Painter said. 789-3511 |