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Show Heroism honored in Bluff Search and Rescue personnel from the Bluff area were recently honored for exem- THE SAN JUAN RECORD immediately called rescue personnel. The Bluff Fire and Rescue, along with other rescue personnel, worked for two hours in the freezing water to free Chance and transport him to a local hospital. Chance was suffering from hypothermia and also rhabdomyolysis, caused by the quicksand compacting against his legs. Had it not been for the efforts of the various rescue personnel, Chance would not be alive today. For their outstanding response to an emergency situation, the Bluff Fire and Rescue is presented the Exemplary Act Award of the plary acts which resulted in the saving of a life by the U.S. Geological Survey. The award reads as follows: On January 7, 2004, Chance Fulk, a U.S. Geological Survey employee, became stuck in quicksand while making a streamflow measure- ment in Chinle Creek, a remote stream near Mexican Water. The air temperature was freezing and the water temperature was 32 degrees. Ms. Tina Billy and her son Malcolm were driving over the Creek and spotted Chance and Mary Lou says hello from Delta Its been awhile since I let fingers do the walking and have missed writing about life in general and all of you your happenings. Many readers ask if I am go- I ing to continue, so if I hear newsworthy items and non- worthy news items, I will try and send a column over once a month. So if you have some news, I would like to hear from U.S. Geological Survey. . Smoothies h Wrap Sandwiches w b, 2vV rn T Open: Monday - Saturday, 7 am - 5 pm Monticello 63 JUAN A N S address. attended DUP in Monticello, except I was wider awake in Monticellos 1 p.m. time frame. While there, I met a lovely lady who is the mother of Pam Wheeler. While standing in the long Sunday, 8 am - 5 pm 435-587-50- Hoggard yall. Call I COUNTY WARVEST versing with everyone that Newby Lou 3, when cb 7Cf 516 North Main Fresh Salads con-m- y What's Since leaving Monticello, we have been mighty busy. We purchased a home in Delta next door to our son Kirk and family and have been in the remodeling mode. Delta, Utah is a very friendly place and I have made some new friends but havent forgotten my former friends. They are the golden friendships. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers meet on the third Monday at 10 a.m. in Delta and I attended my first meeting. The meeting is similar to Croissant 5avdWcks line to get my flu shot and would talk to me, I met Evan and Dezzie Probst and discov-an- d ered they are friends of Bert and Donna Giles. They now live in Delta. So it pays to stand in long lines for your flu shots because you meet so many interesting people. Mary While attending Lou by Mary leave a message on my recorder, and Ill return your call. I will later on have 435-864-361- an Orqaric Espresso fresh Iwces Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - Page Sunday School, our teacher mentioned we would have a substitute, since she was planning to attend a missionary homecoming in Blanding for her brother and Upon inquiry, I discovered she is a sister to Steve Lovell. What a small world. My friend Ann Vargus, who formerly lived in Monticello and is now in Kentucky, called sister-in-la- to say that her grandson Daniel had suffered a severe motorcycle wreck and was paralyzed from the chest down. She is asking all her friends here to join the prayer circle that has formed, putting Daniels life in the Lords hands and whatever is best for his future. I have her address if you would like to contact her. Felix Montano met the Bliss family in Texas years ago, and asked me to give a big howdy to Mike Bliss, who now lives in Delta. Well, who lives across the street from me but Mikes brother, Tim. Tim said he would pass the howdy along to his brother across town. It seems Pat Wakely and Cora Styles of North Carolina DOOR PRIZES FOOD HOLIDAY FUN Most of us have heard of Iwo Jima, and wTe can readily call to mind the striking photograph of American Marines raising the flag on that small Pacific Ocean island. Some of us can also remember that one of those soldiers was Ira Hayes, an American Indian. A statue, modeled af- ter the photograph, now 4 TO 8 pm FRIDAY, NOVEMBER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 9 am TO 2 pm 5 SAN JUAN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS vendors INCLUDE: 1 Pampered Chef Heaven Scent Lora Nash - Quilting Georgie Hawkaday Cross Stich, Needlepoint LaRue Barton - Go Nuts Do Nuts 4H Teen Council - Food, Drinks, etc. Crafts Sally Gillis Arts & Crafts Dorothy Barr - Jewelry Sharon Iverson - Amanda Hillhouse -- Crafts, Bath & Body Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Karen Fleming - Arts & Crafts Sue Morrell - Gold Canyon Candies Michelle Robinson - Charm Bracelets Unique Gifts & & Other Jewelry Creations Crafts Lots of Gift Ideas Osborne Books - Books & Lots More - Arts, & Sam Somerville - Jewelry Paula Fischer - Lehi Roller Mills Charlene Barker - Photography Youth Serving Youth - 4H Club, Bake Sale & Lots More Plus More Vendors & Fun SANTA CLAUS IS COMING ON SATURDAY survived the storms Hurricane Ivan brought to their part of the country. They were without electricity for three days. They enjoyed a visit from Coras sister, brother and and welcome a drop-ivisit from their friends here if youre out in the vicinity. It was nice seeing Pat this past summer when she spent a few days taking care of her property in Monticello and visiting sister-- in-law n friends. missed the beautiful autumn colors we enjoy so much on the Blue Mountain each year. But I had the opportunity of discovering the autumn colors up near Oak City. Autumn is pretty wherever, if you open your eyes and take a long I look. We hope to see Maxine Himmelberger back on her feet soon. She is recuperating from a broken hip suffered at her home. She had surgery in Cortez and is now home. My condolences to the families that have lost loved ones recently. I was a neighbor to Drexel Black during my childhood and spent many a day in the home of his parents, Buelah and the late Alvin. I am sorry I was unable to attend the funeral of Don Palmer. He was one of my favorite people, even if we mostly met while attending funerals. He was a super person. Neldon Holt, I am sorrowful over your loss of Jolene, didn't even know she was ill. It is my hope and prayer that we can stay close to one another and love one another. If I have said or done anything to any of you, I am truly sorry, for I truly love people. 1 Review of war history, Flyboys by Lee Bennett LOTS OF VARIETY & LOTS OF FUN 9 stands in a Washington, DC park. It has become a symbol of victory and heroism, perhaps the best known American icon for World War II. But few of us know that at about the same time Ira Hayes and his Marine Corps buddies raised that flag on Iwo Jima, another American Indian and several of his fellow pilots were held prisoner on an even smaller island not far away. James Bradley tracks the fate of those pilots in Flyboys (Little, Brown and Co., 2003), a history of five young American airmen, their difficult mission, and their ultimate death. It is a story of war, wherein horrors well-research- and good manners are jar- ringly juxtaposed, as Bradley tells it from both the American and Japanese perspectives. Bradley reveals why the young men went to fight, why they did what they had to for our nation, and how their com- mitment gave them the strength to die with dignity. The book tells how they earned the respect of many of their captors and guards on the island of Chichi Jima, the Japanese communications stronghold in the Pacific. It is the same island near which the senior George Bush was shot down, but not captured. But it is not a story of just five young pilots. It is a wide ranging narrative of the war in the Pacific, of strategies both successful and not, of some men who were poisoned the fighting and turned to grizzly acts, and of others who tried desperately to maintain by their values in the face of death. The book is filled with facts tons of explosives, acres of destruction, millions of lives lost. It is a revealing and not always appealing look at the cost of winning. Flyboys was not a joyful or uplifting read, but it was a good read, a hard and balanced look at war and its consequences as told by five men who were probably little different from five men each of us know. |