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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS - Thursday, June 3, 13S2 Fredonia Field Day The recent Field Day was enjoyed by all the students in Fredonia elementary school as they competed in the games of skill. Many ribbons were won by first, second and third place contestants. The game most enjoyed, according to those who took part, was tossing the frizbee through a hoola hoop. There were also many team events that pitted grade against grade. After most of the games had been Road-D-the completed Fredonia the sponsored by Pc. ice Department got underthe 0 way. Around 68 bicycles were licensed, stamped and recorded. Not all the licensed bikes . There were in the were ORDERV1LLE two age categories. Kindergarten through fourth grades and fifth through the eighth. First, second and third place winners in the younger group were Kayleen Black, 1st; Bryan Ford, 2nd, and Branden Long, 3rd. In the elder contestants, Ryan Chavez took 1st, Clinton Spend-lov- e 2nd. and Billie Goodall, 3rd. Prizes for the event were beautiful trophy cups for 1st and 2nd place and plaques for 3rd place made by Bobby Chell. There were several volunteers who helped with the games and getting the bikes licensed. Everyone who helped is thanked very much by those in charge. Road-E-O- Page Four By This past weekend saw many new faces in the valley. I am sure I will miss mentioning many of them as I am still learning relationships and do need your help while filling in for Jane this summer. Please call me at 2598 with your news. Visiting with Maurine were her college friends, Hikur Parmar, Barbra Broson and Cheryle Scott. Imogene Sorensen of Diet-ricIdaho, with her daughter and Janiel and Gene Koons, and family are visiting in the valley. Last week, Florence Lamb had her sister and husband, Vic and Phoebe Seagraves of Covina, Calif., and her sons. Dean Lamb and family of Sandy, George and family from Washington and Geo and family from Page, visiting her. Spending Memorial Day with the Harvey Crofts were Everettas sisters and their husbands, Donna and Omner Reese and Iris and Murray Masterson. Visiting in Orderville the jtast week was Ora Terron, Bol-and- son-in-la- Jane Bryner sister of Rex, Odean Crofts. Dorothy Lincoln Norton a visit and has been from her enjoying mother, Juanita Turney of Springfield, Mo., and sister, Gertrude Cottingham of Renick, Mo. They came for Michael's graduation. Farel Lamb had a busy week, going to Enterprise Thursday evening for the graduation of niece Valerie Staheli, then attending the graduation of daughter-inlaw- , Linda, on Friday morning in Cedar City. Son Ronnie and family were here from Page for the Memorial weekend. Staying at Hidden Lake with her daughters is Verona Talbot, daughter of the late Lyle Chamberlain. Rena Tait has also enjoyed a full house with her children Peggy, Greg and Terry and granddaughter, Tiffiny, visiting her. At the Byron Fishers were Lawrence and Janice and family from Cedar City. The Vera Coxs who have just moved back to Utah from Wisconsin were visiting with the A.B. Lavangers, along LOWER with the Art Taits of Cedar City. Mike and Lucinda Vowels and family visited her father, Gene Russell. Jeanne Johnson is visiting with her parents, Sharon and Lorene Lamb. At the LaMond Heatons are sons Alvin and family of Provo and Stanley of Orem. Mack Sorensen of Long Beach is here at the Burke Sorensens. We are sorry to report that Butte is still hospitalized but hope he will be home soon. Smiths of The LaMont northern Utah and Grandmother Irene Baird of Richfield were here at the Arden Bairds for Marlene's graduation. with the Verl Visiting Johnson family is Gene Khtel of Las Vegas, Nev., and his son, Larry, who has just returned from Germany where he was stationed in the army. He will report to Texas prior to his discharge and then plans to go on a mission. The Johnsons claim Larry as another son. Steve Winters and son, David, of Scottsdale, Ariz., are visiting brother, Charles, and family. Lyndell Cox, son of Leon and Larue Cox, has gone to Nevada for the summer to work on a ranch. The LaFay Colemans went to a graduation hr Escalante then on to Boulder and Teasdale over the weekend. It is nice to welcome the college students home for the summer and we enjoyed having five of them as the speakers at Sacrament ing. Fishing season saw the Lavangers at Tropic Reservoir, Edwin (Barney) Barnett, at Mayfield Reservoir, Wilbur and Vauna Covington to Lake Havasu and J.H. Frost and boys went to Lees Ferry. I am sure there were many more went fishing but these are the only ones Ive heard about. Congratulations are in order for D Ray Palmer, winner of the Spectrum Photography contest. Also congratulations to all our graduates. From Dixie was honor students Mack B. Esplin and Elizabeth Sorensen; receiving a Masters Degree from SUSC was Alan DeMille. Other graduates from SUSC were Charlene M. Renee Bauer Greenhalgh, Maxwell and Keenan Bruce Hart from the School of Education. From the School of Business were Cary Alma Reese, James Gark Spendlove and Stephen of the Max Strand, Heatons; from the School of Sciences, Juanita C. Esplin. We are proud of all these people from our Valley. The first graduation from Valley Elementary was held. The welcome was given by Curtis Sorensen. Tonya Maxwell spoke on the Future of Our Gass; piano solo by Cynthia Carroll; Scot Goulding spoke on Our Gass Accomson-in-la- w Under the Helmet nriiBP frnm tho Frorinnia Firphnusp -- by Lee Dalton WHY FIRE CODES? To most people, the mere idea of being trapped in a fire is the stuff nightmares are made of. To a firefighter, nightmares are made of visions of rolling up to a burning building and finding that someone is still inside. Its because of nightmares like those that laws have been passed to try to protect people-a- firefighters-fro- m nd ers everywhere stand and fight so hard for strict codes and strict enforcement. Let me tell you a personal story of one of those statistics. You see, was the firefighter who found Edna Flores body. It wasnt a big fire that killed her. In fact, it didnt even make the front page of any newspaper. It was just a routine fire. Except that it killed Edna Flores. She was a cleaning woman-nobo- dy was important-w- ho working alone in a single story suite of offices in Adelphi, Maryland one evening about 9:30. She spilled some solvent -f- lammable solvent, a violation of Marylands fire code and it ignited somehow. She knew there was an exit down the hall and to the left so she ran for it as the fire grew behind her. Shed have made it safely out the door if it hadnt been chained and locked shut. She may have tried to make it out another exit, but the fire fed by the liquid, quickly filled the hallway with smoke and intense heat. She returned to the chained exit and we later found marks on the door where she had pulled and clawed at it in a frantic and futile attempt to open it. She tried to hide from the heat and smoke by piling some chairs and crawling behind them. I was on Engine 31, a of the Prince company Georges County Fire Department. We took the front of the building and Engine 44 took the back. The Battalion Chief ordered 44 to attack the fire through the back door-t- he door behind which Edna Flores was trapped. They tried to force it and hit the chain so the chief ordered us to go through the front door. We entered, crawling under the smoke and heat until we reached the seat of the fire and opened up on it with two Wi inch hoses. We drove the fire and heat down the hall, right on top of Edna Flores in her hiding place. The fire was out in less than a minute after entrapment and death by smoke or fire. But developing and enforcing fire codes is a difficult and often unpleasant job. Opposition to fire codes runs high and hard. Fire codes, you see, cost money. More specifically, they cut down profit margins for those who stand to profit by shaving the corners or preventing their passage in the first place. Weve all heard of the classic tragedies that have resulted from the lack of fire codes or the lack of code enforcement. Youve heard of the Cocoanut Grove, the New York nightclub in which 146 people perished behind a revolving door that was the only exit and windows that couldnt be opened because of the bars that covered them. Youve heard of the 91 children and Catholic nuns who perished in Our Lady of Angels elementary school in Chicago because of trash stored at the bottom of an open stairwell that chimneyed smoke and heat into the And classrooms. youve heard, of course, of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas where sprinklers-h- ad they been required and installed-wou- ld have save 87 lives. But have you ever heard of Edna Flores, a Maryland woman who died trapped behind a chained exit in flagrant violation of common sense and the law? Or did you hear recently of the three children and the two firemen who died in a futile attempt to rescue them in a February fire in New Jersey this year? A fire fed by we hit it. 1 took illegally stored gasoline. the bolt cutters to Of the thousands of deaths open the back door and let the that result from fire each year men from 44 inside to help in the United States, it is check for extension of the fire. estimated that nearly half of 1 was cutting the chain when I them were at least partially first saw her body. I have the result of fire code some photographs of her the violations. The trouble is, you way we found her-b- ut you dont hear of them very often. wouldn't want to see them. common an The coroner told us she was Theyre too occurance to make good news dead before we drove the fire copy. But firefighters hear of down on top of her. I wish we them and thats why firefight could all have believed that. door-chai- ned Firefighters look at things in a different light than most people. We look for the exits when first we enter a room. We look for smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. We look at how the chairs are lined up in a gym or church hall. You see, weve seen all uncut the training films-t- he versions of the official fire department films of Our Lady and MGM Grand. And some heard it of us have seen it-- for our-- and smelled selves. And if we seem a little fanatical on the subject, try to understand. Theres a reason for it. A good reason. it-- and Enforcement of fire codes is usually a distasteful matter. Very few of the property owners or builders we must approach can see things in light of the experience and training we have. They see dollar signs instead. I guess thats why it was so refreshing to get a call from Energy Fuels the other day. Theyre planning a big expansion of their facilities north of Fredonia and they called to ask for advice on complying with the fire codes in fuel storage, water supply and setting up their buildings. How' much easier and cheaper will it be for them to plan ahead for fire protection and safety? I hope, too, that the next time you stop for gas at Boyd Jacksons Conoco plant youll thank him for the dikes hes building around the storage tanks. Theyll help bring his plant into compliance with the code and will make his neighbors a lot safer. Arizona law makes a fire chief and city council members personally liable for failure to enforce the fire codes within the city. Were working on it, although we have a long way to go. Its a tough thing to have to so often its taken as a personal affront. But well do it. We have to. We need your cooperation and support, though. Owners and builders of commercial buildings or places of public occupancy, especially, should check with us before beginning any construction or remodeling. Well work with you-n- ot against you-- to make your place a safe place. And by doing it in advance, well save you money and all of us a lot of trouble. And who knows? Maybe weU even save a life in the process! Song Id Like To Teach The World To Sing. Principal Ronald Tay- plishments; Gass Dont dig upanysurprises. Youd be surprised how many hundreds of miles of telephone cables are buried all over this area. Sometimes theyre right where you plan to dig or grade or excavate. To avoid digging up any costly surprises that could disrupt telephone service to you or others, let us know 1 1 800 first. Just dial (toll-freat least two working days before you dig. Well come to your site, locate our buried phone cables, and mark them. At no cost to you. So make a phone call before you dig whether its for major excavation and grading or just digging for a fence post, a garden or some landscaping. It could save time and trouble and money. And keep you from digging up something you didnt bargain for. vQ Mountain Bell e) 662-411- jv If youre calling from within the Salt Lake City area dial 532-500- lor presented the graduates to Supt. Swallow, who awarded the diplomas. Light refresh-ment- u were served by the graduates. Many parents and relatives attended, something we should continue doing. A great big thanks to the Richard Esplin family for the way the cemetery looks. They have spent many, many hours working there. It would be a good civic project for others to help. Here for the funeral of Legrande C. Heaton were Dr. Fred W. and Marie Heaton and their children, Tim, Lance and Stacy and Mark Hostman from Albuquerque, N.M.; from California, L.J. and Audree Heaton and their children, Eric, Mark and Debbie; Chad and Sally Heaton and sons, Bryan and Jimmy from Hyde Park, Utah; Lawrence and Eleanor Reese and two children. Dean and Rinda, from Kanab; from Salt Lake City, Susan and Jessalyn Heaton. From Orderville, Loyd and Maryllis Heyborne and their children Sherrie, Lorie and Jan Hoyt, Marianne, Carla e and Steven and Kristie from Cedar City. 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