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Show IB Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday Apnl 3, 2001 Emery County JLIF EAGLE SCOUTS h NX l I. Av ? Dallas Wilberg Dallas Wilberg is the son of Don and Debbie Wilberg of Castle Dale. He received his Eagle Scout Award at a special Court of Honor, held on April 1. Dallas Eagle Project was a service project sponsored by the US Forest Service. It involved fixing a bridge and constructingwaterbars to direct the water flow of the stream under the bridge. Dallas has enjoyed scoutingvery much and is a member of the Castle Dale 2nd Ward Scout Troop 328. He expresses appreciation to all those who have helped him throughout the years. A Historic9 Callin Local couple accept calling to gather history of Deseret Coal Mine Cory Montgomery Cory Montgomery is the foster son of Don and Debbie Wilberg of Castle Dale. He received his Eagle Scout opening this mine, this was the largest welfare project for the church at that time. The mine fulfilled its mission, it furnished the Shirl and Bessie McArthur have been fuel needs of the church. We provided coal called and have accepted a work mission for BYU, LDS Hospital, the Manti Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y and the St. George Temple as well as supSaints to collect and put together the plying 26 coal yards. We supplied coal for church needs in all of the western states. history of the Deseret Coal Mine. The call was not expected and McArthur We had six coal trucks that transported the coal for us. said, I always intended to write the hisA story is told of a man from Sanpete to it in mind do and have for had this a tory who came over and trucked coal back to and nowl an have extra county longtime push get it done. The Lord spoke up and realizes to a coal yard where it was distributed by the importance of preserving this history. Bishops orders. This man donated his time, We received the call and were set apart on vehicle and fuel to see that his community had coal. March 1 which was our 60th Wedding AnOne of my friends from Orangeville told niversary as well. I was called to the Carbon Stake House of a relative of his who was down in the area and they were taking her to a lot of in 1946, 1 met with a group of stake presidents and their counselors from around different areas around Emery County and Emery and Carbon counties. The purpose they went up to the Deseret Mine site and of this meeting was to establish the need she told him, he didnt need to tell her about for a coal mine to furnish the church with a that mine, she remembered when David O. coal supply. Emery County was a depressed McKay had come down and had meetings area at the time. The opening of this mine inside the mine with mine workers. She was would provide jobs for people and would fairly bursting with the information and also give valuable mining experience for history she was able to provide about the youngminers which would be useful as the mine and that historic occasion. Stories like this are many and we would area began to develop. I told the men present that I wanted to like to make an appeal to the people, if your be a part of it. I was asked to take charge of parents, grandparents or anyone has told By PATSY STODDARD Staff, Emery County Progress Award at a special Court of Honor held on April 1. Corys Eagle Project was a service ' project sponsored by the US Fbrest Service. It involved trail reconstruction and realignment of the trail on part of the Reeder Canyon Trail and hauling rocks for the riprap for the new bridge. Cory has enjoyed scouting very much and is a member of the Castle Dale 2nd Ward Scout Troop 328. He is grateful for all the help given to him over the years. BIRTHS Construction of the steel tipple in 1 950. you stories pertaining to the Deseret Mine or if you have photographs that would be helpful in recording this history to let us know. dicated that Emery County was not conducive to large coal mining operations, there were too many faults and other things that made it a difficult area in which to mine. It Around this time a geographical survey was done by the government which in Continued on PAGE 2B. BITS OF HISTORY Austin Lee Rocling Josh and Jessie Roelingare proud to announce the birth of their first child, a baby boy, born on Sat, Ffeb. ; 17, 2001, at the Pioneer Valley Hospital in West Valley, Utah. He weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz. and was 21 and 12 . inches long. They named him Austin By SYLVIA NELSON ' Lee. Grandparents are Blaine and - : KacelynMcKellToomer Kinlee McKall Toomer ; - treasure to someone else. We dont mention the B word - basement at our house; Im a saver and my husband is a tosser. We should have considered these traits before we were married. It is sad though to think of how Id be living had I married someone like me. Scary! So a yard sale is always in my future. Im tossing out my treasure and much clutter to keep peace and so my children will only inherit the good great-grandchi- J f One persons treasure is not necessar- ily Cindy Fillmore of Lawrence, and Bill and Connie Roelingof Wellington. He ld of Reva is the first Fillmore of Lawrence. ? Casey and Nacole Toomer are pleased to announce the birth of their daughters, Kacelyn McKell and Kinlee McKall, bom March 6, 2001. Kacelyn McKell weighed 4 lbs, 13 oz. and wa3 17 and 12 inches long. ; stuff. Right! Kinlee McKall weighed 4 lbs, 12 oz. and was 17 inches long, t The baby girls are welcomed home I by their big brother, Kannon. ; Happy grandparents are Bill and : Marsha Sherman of Orangeville, and ; Jackie and Christine Toomer of are Mur ; Fterron. shan Wilson of Castle Dale, Jack and Joyce Sherman, and Vern and Col- leen Ohm of California, also, Don and Delons Gilbert, and Jack and Noi ma Toomer, of Idaho. , Great-grandpare- Treasures to Trash -- I ' 5 Speaking of cleaning up our acts. I have had a few calls on different aspects of my landfill piece; people wanting to emphasize the positive of how nice they or someone else keeps their yard, and how much they enjoy yards and flowers. Other people wanted to speak of the values and joys of growing our own gardens. These are people who also like to help other people. One lady said she is going to get her girls group to help ' sweep aid clean up her citys streets. Way to go! People also as glad for the landfill as I am. All these people are also disgusted with sloppy dumping habits, so obvious, as we drive on the back roads A of our county. One guy said People Are Pigs. Hes right! One fellow said he saw such litter on his way to Joes Valley last week that he and his family are going to spend at least one weekend cleaning up that portion of the highway as a family project. I encouraged him to save all aluminum cans for Habitat for Humanity or other recycling organizations. One guy, after moving back into our area, was very depressed to drive west of Huntington where he used to ride his bicycle as a kid, and later a motorcycle as a teen. He said it is such a mess with trash still being dumped that there are parts of the roads and trails that he used to go on that are now impossible to travel on with either his or his truck. Big garbage messes. He, too, is baffled why people want to pollute their own environment. Perhaps it is legal to dump on ones own farm or property. We have filled In some of our farm washes and gullies with big rocks, old posts, and brush, just as the old timers did to keep them from washing out more. But long ago, we opted to haul off all our trash. And not to the flats or hills!! Isnt it ironic that we have cleaned up all our old city dumps and reclaimed the land and have a nice operating landfill, but not even one entity or organization or even the g owners of the lands and hills (BLM, County, or private owners) have felt the need to clean up our own back yard areas? There are no recent signs of even moving or covering the trash. Not even one No Dumping sign anywhere. We might want to blame outsiders, tourists, new people moving in or through, for the messes we find on the mountains or the out-lyin- desert, at camping spots, at fishing holes, and along our highways and roads, but we cant blame outsiders for the continued dumping by our own Irresponsible citizens. Yes, names and even phone numbers are found on and in the trash left by careless people that the Sheriffs Office has called and cited to clean up their mess. Unfortunately, not enough fines are issued. These people should be made to do not only their own clean ups, but do extra community service to help clean up the rest of our environmental problem. We all know that trash causes very serious bacteria that go into our ground and ultimately into our water supplies; both big environmental concerns. Trash also attracts rodents that we dont want in our yards, on our farms, or raiding our gardens or even the areas outside our towns. Suggestions have been given to me on how to get people motivated toward bes and not clutter-uppeand I am going to initiate some help. I am going to wage war on wasting our wonderful place to live, but not through any environmental group. We are adults. We are responsible and I have faith that we will be responsible enough to be our own best group protecting our own environment. You can be sure that even if its my own family or my neighbors I see going up our road with a load of trash, (been there and did that) Ill be calling the Sheriffs Office to come and cheek it out. Lets make history, but not leave it around for someone In future generations to clean up. Well, like Grandpa used to say, Ive said my piece, so its back to the basement for me. See you at the ing cleaner-upper- rs trashy-trespasser- landfill! s. |