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Show Emery County Prrxjrcss. Castle Dale, Utah GA Tuesday, September 5, 2000 CENE Local student does well in national conference Donnulce I)iv, a senior at Emery High School, placed 5th in Prepared Presentation at the 22nd Annual National TSA Conference in Atlanta, Ga, Her topic was TSA. ..Transcending the Limits of Imagination. She also competed in Technical Research and Report Writing. She was among a group of 07 top technology students, advisors and parents from Itah who at-- : tended the conference. They joined approximately .'5,200 other conference people from across the nation to participate in national level skill competitions, special interest sessions, general sessions, and the national officer candidate campaigns and elec- tions. The national conference is the highlight of the school year for students enrolled in technology edu- cation courses, providing students the unique opportunity to Mam & Horse compote on the national level in more than 50 competitive events. Some of these include computer construction, designing a web Riding his horse across the country, a stranger makes a visit to Emery County and finds some friends page, prepared presentation, building a remote control car. desktop publishing, structural engineering, among others. assoTSA is a ciation of elementary school, middle school and high school students who are or have been enrolled in technology education courses. Its goal is technological leadership and personal growth through student participation in challenging technological competitions. The competitions include problem solving, derision making and critical thinking skills as they relate to communications, power, energy, transportation, engineering. manufacturing and construction. There are approximately 5,1500 members in 20 high school and middle school chapters. l()0,0()0-mem!- An er awards ceremony at the conclusion of the conference gave national recognition to the top 10 finalists in each category of com- of petitive events. Twenty-fiv- e the 40 TSA students attending from Itah received finalist pins or trophies. Writers workshop planned in Moab j Cunyonlunds Field Institute invites those interested in inspirational and creative writing about the natural world, the Southwest and the Colorado Plateau in particular, to the four day Desert Writers Workshop. This years w ill Ik workshop, held Nov. held at the La Sal Mountain (luest Ranch, 45 minutes south of Moab,. This year's faculty includes Roy Panin (fiction), Russell Martin, and Sandra Aleosser (poetry). Participants register to work with one author throughout the workshop, either in poetry, or fiction. Readings, optional nature hikes, one discussion, and meals nllow opportunities to interact with other faculty and participants. Tuition is SI 10 per person SI25 for CFI members and includes lodging, instruction and meals. Partial scholarships are available. Two Fngiish graduate level credits are available through fifth State ni- versity for a $3(1 filing foe. To register or for more information on this program or any of CITs other programs please call 2, by PHIL E. FAUVER Special to the Progress It is an unusual business card. It simply says Jimmy (Man), .Jessie (Horse) and Charlie Evans (Mother) with her address in Texas. An unusual business card for an unusual story. Jimmy Smith is traveling from California to St. Petersburg, Fla. on his Mustang horse. He stopped over in Castle Dale to visit Montell and and Kathry n Seely Aug. continued his journey in the early hours of Aug. 28, expecting to reach Green River in four days. His Mustang, Jessie, is a gelding who is not quite gentle yet. On this trip .Jimmy has been thrown twiee. The first time as he was crossing the desert and again traveling down the road from Joes Valley. Doth times the horse ran away and Jimmy was able to catch him. The first time the packs on the back of the horse slipped down iK'twoen his legs and he kicked them apart, according to Jimmy. After he caught his horse Jimmy piled his Itclongings under a bush and traveled (IS miles on his horse in one day to Mesquite, Nev., where he rented a ear and went back to retrieve his equipment. Jimmy saved his horse from a 15LM auction, where horses were being sent to the slaughter house. He said 25-2- 7, others had tried to break the horse and one person was cruel to him. Rut with gentle treatment, the horse seems to be coming around, according to Jimmy. After getting back on his way after the first throw from his horse, Jimmy traveled on without incident until he reached the road from Joe's Valley, where the pack on his horse brushed against a mile post marker and spooked the horse, sending Jimmy flying again. The horse broke through a fence and ended up in a field. Jimmy was able to retrieve his horse and equipment and repair the fence before continuing on. I came over the mountains from Ephraim and down through .Joes Valley. I stopped at the Trail Mountain Lodge and someone there told me about Montell Seely, Jimmy said. In Orangeville another person I met along the way told me to look up Montell Seely in Castle Dale. So I kept looking for where Montell Seely lived until found him. Montell and Kathryn were very kind to me and took in a total stranger. They gave me food, friendship and lodging. We 1 stayed up late studying maps of the San Rafael and telling stories, he said. The Seely's took Jimmy over the route through the San Rafael to Green River, leaving a hale of hay at each water hole for the horse. During his weekend with the Seely's the n. all-gro- j f 455-259-7- i area. Jimmy said he was only expecting to travel about per day across the desert in order to let the horse fatten up a little. The trip across the Mojave Desert and over the mountains took some of the fat off his horse. Jimmy said usually he can travel per day. The greatest distance he has traveled so far was trek after he was thrown the from the horse. I trotted him most of the way, Jimmy said. As for how Jimmy is faring on his y trek, he had little complaints. My rear end gets sore. have to walk and lead the horse sometimes When asked about his trip across Utah and Colorado. Jimmy said as travel through the country I ask about the best way to go from a number of people. Then I make a decision about the route i will travel. I have found the local people know the best routes because they are familiar with the country." Jimmy said the reason he is maktrek is a pering the sonal one for him. This is a spiritual journey for me as I try' to find myself and overcome some of my fears. Jimmy confessed that he is even 20-mil- es 30-mil- es le cross-countr- 1 1 cross-countr- y' afraid of horses. Jimmy, 35, was a student at the University of Southern Florida, studying education, when he decided there had to be more to life than school and studying. I've never been married and have no children. I've been knocking about the country, doing various things and not settling down," he said. My goal now is to reach St. Petersburg. When I reach that destination, I will review all of the people that have helped me and expressed an interest in owning Jessie and I'll give one of them a great horse. I'll probably write a book about my adventures." Rested from his weekend with the Scclys, Jimmy and Jessie prepared to get back on their trek. The horse is loaded and Jimmy walks the horse to get the kinks out. Jessie is restless and Jimmy walks the horse from the Seclys through Castle Dale, stopping briefly at Magnuson's Lumber to buy a pair of gloves. At the Ruckhorn Wash road Kathryn Seely gives Jimmy some sandwiches and a drink. Jimmy offers Montell one of his unusual business cards and asks if Montell would write his mother and tell her he was OK. With the trail stretched before him, Jimmy asks Montell to offer him a prayer on his behalf und continues his journey. Mary Ellen Schoenberger Vetere Mary Ellen was the first of seven chil- dren born to Carl Clemmens and Retrice McCormick Corthia in Durango. Colorado. Schoenberger She grew up in the Durango area. In 1913. her father took a job as a ma- chinist for the iHmvcr and Rio Grande Railroad in Helper, Ctah. He moved bis family there, leaving Mary Ellen with other family members so she could finish high school before joining the rest of the family. In 1915. after graduation, she moved to Helper taking a job at the J C IVnney s store in Helper. In 1917, she worked for the phone company. In she met Frank Vcicre. Sr. and they married on July 21. HUS in i moved to Green River. She raised a family of three children, two boys. Frank. Jr. and John Carl, and one daughter. Mary Alice. She was very active in their lives and attended school events and church with them. In 19(53. she trained at the Helper 1 hiper then State Rank in Helper, coming to the Green River Rranch to work. Mary Ellen retired from banking in 1993 after .30 years of sen ice. In moving to Green River. Mary Ellen missed her devotion to her church, she initiated the movement to have sen ices held in Green River. The first were held in the basement of the Midland Hotel and later, w ith her help and drive, were moved to a building of their own, St. Michael Mission. She was responsible for the religious education for many and has been pre sented with a hi pul Rlcssing. She was also selected as the first Woman of the Year at St. Michael. Many w ho know her know of her spaghetti and her apple pics. They arc hard to beat. In times of grief and times of happiness, Mary will arrive with a big pot of spaghetti to help out. You can always count of her to bring some to the very large Vetere family reunions held every other year. When attending a pot luck at the church you can count on Mary Ellen's spaghetti. Mary Ellen has two grunduughters by her daughter Mary Alice who is married to Marshall Thompson, all from (irand Junction, Colorado, area. Mary Ellen's oldest grandaughtcr, Andrea, will he getting married this fall. She again will be helping with the cooking, sliced meats for the reception, not spa- - t ; . ; r ; . . SENIOR CITIZEN OF THE WEEK (non-fictio- non-fictio- rider and his horse were fed and sheltered. Jimmy was even taken to church on Sunday, where he had a chance to meet more people from the : 0 tr r 4 4 f t0 0 t f- gheltl which Is unfortunate, for many will not taste the delicious spaghetti she is known for. ; |