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Show A-6 The Park Record TWO for ONE DINING Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 1-3, 2018 The tortoise and the hound: A West Valley rescue story Former cop dog puts nose to work for neighbors TANIA DEAN KSL-TV 7815 Royal Street East Park City, Utah 84060 Reservations (435) 940-2200 www.the-chateaux.com/dining until 10/28/18.1Open Wednesday Sunday, dinner and dine-in only. Valid at Cena Ristorante. LuciaValid Joshua Quarter.pdf 7/26/2018 6:29:21through PM Buy one entrée, get the second of equal or lesser value for free. 20% gratuity will be added to original amount. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer or special event. HERRIMAN (AP) — This is a story about a tortoise and a hound. It’s not a children’s book, but it very well could be. Harold is a 4-year-old female Sulcata tortoise. Copper is a 10-year-old bloodhound who worked for the West Valley Police Department for nine years. Copper is retired now, but his stellar career involved tracking down missing people. “Probably one of the most memorable, most high-profile cases we were involved with was we found a 6-year-old that had fallen down a drainage ditch,” said Copper’s owner, Sgt. Shane Matheson. “He had been missing for 5 1/2 to 6 hours before Copper and I were called out.” Copper is used to following his nose, and on July 5 he followed it right out of an open gate at his Herriman home. “I always say that when his nose turns on, his ears and everything else turn off,” Matheson said. That’s when Copper became the missing one himself. “I came out of my garage and there was a beautiful dog,” said Ashley Johnson. “And I remember thinking, ‘I think that’s a bloodhound.”’ Johnson found Copper in her yard and then went to social media. She posted his information on four different pages and soon found Copper’s owners, who lived right down the street. “We’re definitely grateful for her and her family for keeping him safe for us,” Matheson said. But the story doesn’t end there. You would think it would be hard to lose a tortoise, but five days later that’s exactly what happened. “It’s the first time I’ve lost Harold,” Johnson said. “And my son kept saying, ‘Mom, where toto go?’ Where did the turtle go?” Harold was grazing in the front yard when she wandered away. Johnson looked for the tortoise for three days without any luck. “I looked in everyone’s yards. I looked under every rock, I looked between boulders, I looked everywhere and could not find her,” said Johnson. “I was just devastated.” That’s when she remembered Copper and his famous nose. “They were missing their tortoise and they wondered about the possibility of us looking for Harold,” Matheson recalled. So they put Copper on the case. “It had been over two days that she was missing and it had rained four or five times in between,” Johnson said. But Copper led them straight to Harold, who was burrowed in a neighbor’s flower patch. “She was hiding next to our neighbor’s retaining wall,” said Johnson. “If tortoises want to hide and if they don’t want to be found, they won’t be found.” It was a very happy ending for both the tortoise and the hound. “It was just meant to be,” Johnson said. “We were meant to meet Copper and he helped us find our pet.” “It looks very, very old, but it’s still filled with concrete and steel,” Utt said. Part of the restoration involved the original hand-hewn timbers inside the building. Instead of removing them and replacing them with steel, Utt said, the choice was made to layer steel and concrete alongside the timber, which was collected by the original builders from Pine Valley. “I think we’ve gone to great efforts to keep the historical feel to the building, so hopefully when people walk in, they can still feel that pioneer look as they go,” Utt said. Construction of the Tabernacle began in 1863, after LDS Church President Brigham Young assigned pioneers in Salt Lake City to trek to Southern Utah to serve the “Dixie mission” of growing cotton. Settlers in the area were still growing gardens and building homes when they received the directive from Young to begin building the Tabernacle, said. J. Ralph Atkin, the church’s public affairs director for Washington County. “Construction began when the town was brand new, and people weren’t sure if they wanted to stay,” Utt said. “Life was really hard. It was hot, things were flooding, and life was just not that good. Young directed them to build this Tabernacle to give them a reason to stay and a reason to hope.” For nearly a decade, the town’s settlers worked on the Tabernacle every day, Utt said. It was eventually finished in 1871. Starting on Monday, the Tabernacle will reopen for public use. Guided tours will be given about the history of the building that’s been the center of St. George since it was founded. Atkin and Utt said the building will be available for community use and will host events and concerts. Tabernacle reopens restored AUGUST 5 at 6:00 pm LUCIA MICARELLI & JOSHUA ROMAN Associated Press ST. GEORGE — A historic Mormon church building in southern Utah reopened its doors after a two-year project to restore the tabernacle built by early settlers even as the new town struggled to survive through floods and heat. The Tabernacle in St. George, which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built in the 1860s, needed many renovations and safety upgrades, The Spectrum newspaper reported . Emily Utt, a historical site coordinator for the church, said there were several aspects of the building that needed to be restored. Throughout the entire process, though, Utt said she was there to guide the engineers, architect and construction managers on how to come up with solutions to the building’s problems that respected the history of the building. IT’S YARD SALE SEASON MAKE SURE YOUR NEXT YARD SALE IS A SUCCESS! Tickets start at $46 City Park 1354 Park Avenue Park City $ POST YOUR UPCOMING YARD SALE, ESTATE SALE, OR NEIGHBORHOOD SALE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS! (LAST PAGES OF THE SCENE SECTION) CALL JENNIFER AT 435.649.9014 ext 125 TO SET UP YOUR AD & RECEIVE FOUR FREE YARD SALE SIGNS! 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