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Show turens of Orangeville 'ed as grand marshals Larry W. Davis Progress editor By TLLE- - Fred and ren wonder why sen as this year's ils for the Emery arade. They won-lives Z9l7HVin are so much i others who live But when they talk about their lives, it becomes clear that the VanBurens are as much what Emery County is all about as is a beautiful sunrise over the San Rafael Desert Fred is the son of Arthur A. and Ida VanBuren of Orangeville. He was raised in the house next door to where he and his wife have lived marthroughout their riage. Uwin is the daughter of 59-ye- ar Mr. and Mrs. Fred VanBuren enjoy their life in Emery County. Carl and Amalia Berg who lived in Castle Dale. Arthur, who was called A. A. , spirit of high school, saying the boys from Huntington would come to Castle Dale and steal the girls from Central High while the boys from Central High would go to Ferron and steal the girls from South and Carl were with A.A. working in carpentry, mining, farming and sawmilling. Carl was the area Raleigh man," selling goods from door to door, but he also was a painter and hung wall paper. jack-of-alltrad- es Emery. He remembers the more traditional competition offootball, too, saying he received four Although growing up in dif- letters in that sport and remembers trios to Moab as well as North and South Emery and ferent communities in Emery County, Central High School in Castle Dale brought the two together although they were only casual acquaintances then. Uwin was a year ahead of Fred, graduating with 29 fellow graduates in the class of 1932. Freds class graduated Price. It wasnt until after high that Fred and Uwin be- school gan dating. He had spend a number of summers at sawmills at Littles Creek and Seely Creek, and during one summer at camp, the two got the following year. Fred recalls the competitive (Continued on Page 2A) Emery County 50 Cents Tuesday, August 3, 1993 Volume 94 County fair events Museum opening to peak this week includes displays By Larry W. Davis Progress editor CASTLE DALE- - The grand opening is still several weeks away, but the Museum of the San Rafael officially opened last week-juin time for the county fair and Castle Valley st Pageant Featured in the museum is an impressive display of collections on loan or donated by local exhibitors. Also, the facility, a museum of natural history, has replicated the ecosystems of Emery County with scenes ofwildlife and plant life indigenous to Castle Country. guests enter caught at each site. On Tuesday, exhibits will be accepted in baking at the Museum of the San Rafael. Commercial exhibits, food booths, games and craft booth-- s will be available in Castle Dale throughout the week, and the Museum of the San Rafael as well as the Pioneer Museum will be open to the public. A horseshoe contest will be held in Orangevilles city park at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. throughout the week, and tours of Joes Valley and the San Rafael Desert will be conducted throughout the week beginning at 10 a.m. at the Chamber of Commerce Office. At 4:00 each day this week, entertainment will be held in the city park along with the Art Fair at the museum. Bingo games will be conducted, with at Huntington North Reser- funds going to the museum, at voir, Millsite and Joes Valley 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. MonTuesday through Saturday. day through Saturday at the Cash prizes and trophies will museum. be awarded for the biggest fish (Continued on Page 13) Although it has been going several days, the Emery County Fair will reach its peak this week with activities slated for every day through Saturday. Last week, the Castle Valley Pageant and lamb fry opened in conjunction with the inauguration of the Rustic Machinery Show, the Health & Human Resource Fair, and the Classic Car Show. This week the pageant continues Tuesday , through Saturday at the pageant site. Each night of the pageant includes the lamb fry, served at the Castle Dale Park beginning at 4 p.m., and Pioneer Village. The pageant begins at dusk each day. New to the fair this year is the fishing contest which also begins this week with fishing for county As Gene Talbot and Dixon Peacock put the final touches on a beaver display at the Museum of the San Rafael. The museum is now open on regular basis. Photos by Larry Davis the museums north exhibit hall, they begin a journey through mountainous terrain. Styled after the Joes Valley area, the exhibits includes wildlife paint- ings. A bull elk, complete with droppings, stands overlooking the valley. A black bear tears open a dead aspen snag looking for honey combs. A coyote g raven. looks up at a A smaller black bear roams the valley, and a badger snarls from his den. Not far away a bobcat waits while a family of rock chucks sun themselves on rocks. An impressive display of beaver life is also included and was constructed with actual logs and sticks used in a beaver den. A mountain backdrop was painted on short notice by Clifford Oviatt with help from the Castle Dale Senior Citizens Center. Dixon Peacock and Gene Talbot headed up the completion of the exhibit Together they made several trips to the mountains and desert to get a Maleah Day is new Miss Emery ings, stuffed animals and authentic natural surround- Oveson in the Miss Emery By Michelle Oman Guest writer high-flyin- the necessary natural backdrops for the setting, including rocks, logs, brush and dirt' On the desert side of the display visitors will see additional local wildlife, including liz- snakes, ringtail cat, ards, raven, badger, squirrel, jack rabbit, coyote and a fascinating display of a red fox squaring offwith ablow snake. Cactus, sagebrush, grease-woo- d and various grasses from fox, - No. 30 CASTLE DALE- - Maleah daughter Day, the ofLaVon and Mary Aim Day of Castle Dale, was crowned the 1993-9- 4 Miss Emery County at the scholarship pageantJuly 29 in the Emery High auditorium. The pageant was hosted by Royd Hatt and Corinne Pugmire, Miss Emery County 1992-9It was made possible Dale Lions Club. Castle the by Miss Day is a 1992 graduate of Emery County High School and is presently a sophomore at Snow College, majoring in Hill collection, 12 cases of arrowheads and knives, and the political science and minoring extensively studied Sitterud in public relationscommuni-cationBundle which is believed to be Upon graduating from Snow the only arrowhead kit of its College, she will attend the kind. Virginia Talbot has asUniversity of Utah. Chosen as Miss Days first sembled a fossil and mineral was Aimee Dawn fosattendant collection which includes is the daughter of She Oveson. of known sils of some the first Richard and Debra Oveson of life forms. Talbot and Peacock designed Cleveland. She is also a 1992 the layout while othermuseum graduate of Emery High and is a sophomore at the College of board members and volunteers have assisted in the place- Eastern Utah where she is a ments. Clark Stokes, an Em- music mqjor. After graduation ery County taxidermist, helped she will move on to Southern groom and prepare the wildlife Utah University. (Continued on Page ISA) Joining Miss Day and Miss 3. the desert are combined with rock and dried wood to enhance the San Rafael experience. On display inthe inner circle of the exhibit is an impressive collection of Indian artifacts, mostly found in Emery County by local collectors. Many of the these natural history exhibits are on display for the first time. ' In the center of the colle- ction, housed in secure showcases, are the willow figurines, believed to be religious symbols used by Indians in ap- proximately 3500-400- 0 BC. They were found in the Joes Valley area. An atlatl, a weapon used during the time of Christ, is on display. It is part of the Clydes Cabin display which includes a number ofexhibits found east of Ferron near Salt Wash. Also included are a clay figurine, pipe and ornament bowl found near the Last Chance Desert Other exhibits include 0 AD, a rare vase from a tool made from the joint of an elk limb, a bead collection made from the bones of birds, a bone and arrowhead exhibit from the Jay Frandsen collection, woven blankets from the Fremont Indians from the Earl 400-120- 1 s. I County Royalty is Rachel Huntsman, placing as second attendant. Miss Huntsman, the daughter of Michael and Camille Huntsman of Ferron, will be a senior at Emery High this year. She plans to attend CEU during high school to fulfill her classes for nursing, her future career goal. Other contestants in the Emery County Scholarship Pageant were: Heather Guymon, daughter of the late Larry Guymon and Danny and Marie Johnson of Huntington; Rachel Humphrey, daughter of Tom and Ginger Humphrey of Huntington; Stacey Norton, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Barry Norton of Huntington; and Amy Seely, daughter of Carl and Susan Labee of Orangeville and Lynn and Darlene Seely of Pleasant pre-requis- ite Grove. The contestants were judged on swim wear, interview, tal- ent, evening gown and spontaneous question. The talent competition demonstrated the great extent of the talent in Emery County. (Continued on Page 2A) |