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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1889 pinion Community 5 Letters Continued from Page 4 have to be heard "but in a more positive way than I did if we do make a difference. To the Brunners, I apologize for being so rude (with a C"). We do seem to be worlds a part i n our thinking, so I dont know if theres hope of ever coming together, but I hope so. It is my prayer that we can all find some common ground and work together. Happy Holidays, JoAnne Honey Kanab Pie-eye- d Dear Editor . The K.H.S. Junior Class would like to thank everyone in the community who purchased a pie for Thanksgiving. Your support was greatly appreciated. With your help our prom this year will be awesome. We would also like to give a special thanks to Cheryl Brown, Deon Button, Ghan Clark, Kristen Eheese, Honeys IGA, and a very special thanks to Glaz iers Foodtown and Bev Doss. Thanks again. KHS The Junior Class Appreciation Dear Editor: We would like to take the time to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers for Kari, Preston, and families. On November 18th in her 32nd week of pregnancy, Kari lost her baby due to Placenta Abruption. Makayla Jean Reed Free weighed 3 pounds 1 and 12 ounces, 15 12 in length. Due to the amount of blood to Kari lost, she was DRMC in St. George. She has spent over two weeks in ICU with numerous life threatening complications. We are so grateful she is improving daily. Services for Makayla are pending Kari's recovery. We want to especially thank Dr. Blackham, Dr. Carter, and the Kane County Hospital Staff for their excellent care and conlife-flight- ed sideration. We appreciate Dixie Regional Medical Center. A special thanks to Dr. Iiewis, Dr. Miller, Dr. Hixson, Dr. Tormey, Dr. Rogers, Dr. Price, Matt Visser, Cristi, Shari, and all other medical personnel for all the loving and professional care shes received in ICU. We would like to personally thank the Jubilee Home and Mosdell Mortuary. We have had continued support from friends and family and want all of you to know how much we appreciate all the love youve shown. Kari & Preston Mike & Lori Reed Carol Free Ralph Free During the late fall, through they work. the winter, and into the early Christy Martin also comes to spring, the number of seasonal Pipe Springs with a diverse backinterpretive rangers at Pipe ground of park experiences. A Spring National Monument ebbs native of New Jersey, Christy to a yearly low. Nevertheless, has worked for park cenconcessioners in Denali and Glathe Monument, the visitor ter, and the historic structures cier Bay National Parks in remain open through the winter Alaska, Big Bend National Park wo provide a window into the in Texas, and Isle Royale Napast history of the Arizona Strip tional Park in Michigan. She and its people for visitors and has also worked as a seasonal passing travelers. The visitor interpretive ranger at the Upcenter is staffed, tours offered, per Delaware Scenic and Recreand other interpretive, resource ational River in Pennsylvania management and maintenance and New York. projects largely achieved Soon to return to Pipe Spring, through the good graces of vol- are Lyle and Marilyn unteers who donate their per- Wimmergren, from Maine, who sonal time and talents at Pipe have faithfully aided the Monument for three winters running. Spring. Monument fall has Like Ms. Martin, the the This been lucky to have an extremely Wimmergrens are provided talented and experienced group housing in the Monuments emof volunteers helping out. ployee residential area during From September through Oc- their stay. All of these long term voluntober, Gene and Marye Danley from Texas supported the ranger teers, the Danleys, Fredericks, staff by manning the visitor cen- Wimmergrens, and Ms. Martin y ter and leading tours of Winsor keep the operations Castle. Both are retired, Marye of the Monument going over the having been a school teacher, fall and winter, but they and and now travel the southwest others also provide valuable volunteering for Federal and help on special projects. Roger Frederick has been helping on State parks. Currently, the Monument has historic ranch management three resident volunteers - Roger tasks, such as fencing His wife and April Frederick, and Christy April is an embroiderer. Christy Martin. Roger and April hail Martin will be helping sew and from Michigan and Indiana, re- repair living history costumes. spectively, but have lived and Marilyn Wimmergren has made worked in many locations, and historically accurate dolls, sewn bringa wealth of experience that costumes, and quilted. Lyle benefits Monument programs Wimmergren will be doing and visitors. Most recently, the blacksmithing demonstrations two volunteered duringthe sum- later this winter. Bob Rose of mer for the Nature Conservancy Oregon, a retired petroleum geat The Flat Ranch, along the ologist, did a geologic survey of Henrys Fork of the Snake River the Monument and wrote a sumin Island Park, Idaho. The Na- mary of the geology of the Monu-meture Conservancy owns and for visitors. A1 and manages the operating ranch of Marlene Weeks of Washington 1500 acres, with the goal of re- State have volunteered for two habilitating a 4.5 mile stretch of years and specifically helped the river for native Yellowstone plant the Pipe Spring historic cutthroat trout in harmony with garden. well managed ranching operaThe Monument has also been tions. Roger assisted in manag- lucky to have the help of local ing the ranch, performing with volunteers in the past year. The riparian and steambank reha- Canyon Country Quilt Guild of bilitation along the Henrys Kanab and Fredcnia, with coorFork, and conducting creel sur- dination by Cindy Fuelling of veys. April, who has 13 years of Fredonia made two quilts-on- e environmental education expe- on display as a period reproducrience, ran the visitor center at tion in Winsor Castle, and the the ranch. Both formerly worked other on display and being comin central Florida at the Barley pleted (with visitor participaBarber Swamp preserve owned tion) in the visitor center. Kanab by a Florida utility company. resident Joan Kirby has given While there, they helped con- Hardanger lace making demonstruct a mile long boardwalk trail strations. Families of staff, inthrough the cypress swamp, and cluding Asa and Steven Judd, conducted environmental edu- and Tracy, Adam, and Ian cation programs and tours. Like Hiscock have routinely helped many National Park Service with tending the historic garvolunteers they travel the coun- den. try with their recreational veSuperintendent John Hiscock hicle and stay in campgrounds and the staff at Pipe Spring give in or adjacent to areas where all these dedicated and unself ing, Christmas, and New Years. Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 ish volunteers a hardy THANK YOU!, and hope that all of you in the local community will do the same if you happen to bump into these great folks. An invitation is also extended to the members of the community to volunteer their talents if so inclined. Volunteers can be provided with a $10 per day stipend to defray travel and meal costs if needed. Contact Monument Chief of Interpretation and Resource Management Andrea Bomemeier for mere information or to make arrangements. There is particular interest in those who may have traditional craft skills (cro- p.m., with the last Winsor Castle tour at 4:00 p.m. There is a $2 admission fee per 16 and under, free. Golden Eagle and Golden Age passports to National Park System units cover admission, and may be purchased at Pipe and Spring. The Hiscooperating Zion Natural tory Association book and handicraft store is also open concurrently with Monument hours. Come on out! person-- children non-prof- it cheting, embroidering, quilting, rug making, blacksmithing), library catalogingexperience, and furniture making with tradi- tional hand tools. A reminder. The Monument remains open throughout the winter, except on Thanksgiv day-to-da- COAST GAS L" A PROPANE SALES & SERVICE Come in and see our selection of gas heaters, log sets and fireplaces. Featuring quality brands like Rinnai, Empire and Majestic! 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