| Show Jl FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL was at the site of the Part Creek Fire Campbell and Dave r I F I II CI MCI O I I I I n I neld July 8 at 10 a.m. a Firefighters Memorial was dedicated to Gene Dave age 35 and Dwight age These three firefighters died Ju- ly 16 1977 in a lightening acre forest fire between Spruce Creek and Cart Creek In the Ashley National The dedication took place at Firefighters Memorial Campground in the Ashley National Approximately people attended John District Ranger of the Flaming Gorge Ranger District was Master of Ceremonies and gave a brief summary of the fire and explained that the memorial was erected by the con- of money and physical effort by friends and families of the three deceased Mr Combs also invited the families and friends to see the three blue spruce trees planted on the lawn of the Forest Service Building in Dutch John which were planted in honor of Gene Dave Noel and Dwight The invocation was given by Andrew retired Forest Supervisor of Ashley National Senator G. Hatch was ed to but due to unanticipated senate duties he sent Garland Dennett to read a prepared In the speech Senator Hatch expressed his regrets at the untimely death of these men and at one point he men lost their as many other as many other because it was their duty and more because they had a clear vision of America in another two hundred an America which still enjoys the beau- ty of her He ended by saluting the people of the Forest the deceased men and their Next a few remarks were made by Robert A. Forest Supervisor of Ashley National Rowen ex- that in the investigation of the no individual was a sudden shift of wind direction and velocity was found to be the cause of the three men being caught in the fatal Rowen also gave a pledge that the personnel of the Ashley National Forest would preserve the The dedication was then given by Vera Regional Inter- mountain Region of the U.S. Forest who dedicated the memorial and changed the name of Bootleg Cam- to Fire Fighters Memorial During the course of his he said that Dave and served in the finest tradition of the Forest Two musical selections were per- formed by Tim Forestry Flaming Gorge Ranger The first song Clark sang and played on his guitar was Dave Noel's From the His second by John was decided upon after walk ing back from a fire by Sheep Creek that he had been fighting seeing the contrast between the burned forest and the still green and living After the dedication those in atten- dance were served a luncheon at the Dutch John Conference The meal was prepared by the wives of the Ashley National Forest under the direction of Doris |
