Show 8Wefoesday Why Get Into The Business of Death? (CwtUraed from Page 1) Springer were raised in mortuaries Today Joe his children and family live in an apartment next to the mortuary in Salina while Neal lives in the mortuary believes kids raised there Springer have more respect towards death “- of markers or monuments bought the lost loved one This is where such as Richfield companies Monument Company (the oldest family owned business in the county) come into the picture that IT for A V? But why did Joe D Springer get into the business? Springer doesn't know he saw the service his father rendered and decided it was important Neal says he asked himself that “1 still don't question for 40 years it’s the know" then he added satisfaction of serving the public Turner got in the business Joe D Springer He said because 1 since September place on T Mth A- are to monuments Henrie says a person and although commemorate he says epitaphs are rare today when they are used they are very personal Norm Fuellenbach As an example late publisher of The Richfield Reaper “There had inscribed on his monument are so many joys to hold and behold in - this wonderful HfJ NOVkv V ik n y O Y r' r- Sometimes their schedule is hectic it isn't but somebody and sometimes has to be on hand at ail times Deaths occur sporadically Springer says they have six to seven a month Magleby has an average of two a week including Garfield Piute and Sevier counties Turner says their mortuary in Richfield and Salina does about 70 to 80 funerals a year "Last year we were low but our average has been 70” “Magleby and Jensen are related to most of the people and we are not so we have to go out and get more civicly involved Blood is thicker than water” he added is the most popular today The usually upright or flat and three to four feet wide for a marker But Henrie has seen markers as high as 16 feet and 10 feet granite f stones - are usually double long J demands does a mortuary funeral directors and Springer admits “its very demanding on your time You have to put the mortuary first and the family has to come second When they (people) call us we leave immediately" Turner adds "It is a 36 hour a day job eight days a week" Both funeral homes for many years were the only ones to provide ambulance service and did it from 1940 to 1972 rotten world” Just what kind of markers are available and what are the costs with them? Henrie says associated marble was prevalent in earlier days but because it wears due to weather 1981 Most people these mortuaries handle they know says it isn't Springer something like an animal carcass" I experience strong feelings I believe the body is a tabernacle of God and should be treated with respect" He says they try to do the best they can in all aspects But he also acknowledges the work Maglebys do What C71 0 O V of had people respect for the funeral director and "I thought that was what I wanted to do” His wife Trish has always wanted to be in the business as well Turner worked for Spilsbury and Graff Mortuary in St George then went to California where He then he served his apprenticeship moved to Las Vegas in 1977 and has been in Richfield Dan Henrie a third generation owner the company says monuments are A "an attempt at immortality” motto in his office states the way he was purchased “A memorial feels not because because someone lived someone died" of H except fJT - Remembering Jaycees Magleby and Springer belong to the Utah Funeral Director’s Association which makes them members of the Directors’ Funeral National Neal Magleby has served Association of as mayor of Richfield president Richfield Rotary Club and president Utah Funeral Directors’ Association He has also served as district governor for the national association Alma has been president of Jaycees of the and Lion’s Club president-elec- t state funeral directors’ association and is serving as senior seventy’s president in the Richfield LDS East Stake He is of Utah also past Jaycees and is Richfield Fire Department treasurer "Serving and helping the community is part of the things we do to promote the area It is part of our rent for being here on the earth” he says Both subscribe to such magazines and “The Director” “Casket as craftsmanship done Monuments are used by to There are even directories and enfor morticians such as cyclopedias Expanding Encyclopedia “Champion of Mortuary Practice” and the National Directory of morticians which includes such names as Jolly Mortuary and Goodbody Mortuary But what’s the future of items such as funerals? Turner says its doubtful those types of services will ever catch on with people in Utah because of their religion It reminds him of driving up to a banking window "In this area there is still respect for drive-i- “Mortuary Management” “The Dodge Management” Some also the dead” But inflation receive monthly newsletters from the funeral directors’ association Fluid Company tmi Through Monuments The Moroni Jensen monument la typical of the Richfield Monument Company owned by Dan Henrie commemorate a loved one On days they aren’t busy they do church and civic work or bookwork Springer in Salina is an EMT works on and is an EMT inthe ambulance structor a member of the Lion’s Club of the in Salina and past president i and from Champion has hurt mortuaries to some extent When hearses cost $33000 each many mortuaries are cutting corners $14000 and settling However for vans which cost to offset inflation are usually eight inches Uprights thick while flats are six inches thick are Henrie says Mormon monuments in price and taste comconservative pared to Catholic ones Costs on flat monuments usually run one half the amount of uprights A $6000 monument Henrie knows of is the most expensive Darker colored in Sevier County granites are more expensive while the cheapest monument can be as little as $85 for a flat 14 inch long six inch wide Springer and Magleby have the Sentinel Plan designed for paying funeral and burial costs Known as 20 pay life after 20 years costs for the funeral would be paid up and begin gaining interest At death after the costs are paid remaining interest could go to the heirs granite piece Average price for granite monuments There are many run $300 to $900 variables as with funeral services choose Henrie says most persons upright monuments he He says the greatest contribution can give at a time of death is to transfer an idea or an identity onto a When Bruce dies he said “I would permanent tablet for permanent like to have a nice service not the most remembrance The funeral service expensive service I would like a copper does the same thing in a different way or bronze casket I think people should “but people need to be remembered nave a respectaDle service with whether they ever get a monument or merchandise” not” respectable Another aspect involves to death Petrified Forest Offers History and Recreation (Continued from Page 1) become acquainted with this unique and unusual part of Utah during a short walk the park visitor passes through the Upper Sonoran life zone a zone of plants and animals living environment together in a from 4000 to 7000 feet elevation the trial the hiker notices Beginning tree at the edge of first a Bailey Wash named for early rancher John Bailey who lived at the mouth of the wash During cloudbursts the wash which drains the majority of the park quickly fills with rainwater The area for many years before it was set aside as a park in 1963 was used by area ranchers to graze their animals Proliferating snakeweed unpalatable to cattle testifies to the overgrazing that took place in the past A hand hewn stump sits sadly mute reminder of the past when settlers of Escalante used the area for cutting firewood and fenceposts around the turn of the for the summer near the edge exposes of Summerville Forthe layering mation part of the park’s geology with its harder sandstone and more easily eroded clay Paiute Indians camped century where the cliff With each step plants and animals continue to tell the story of the weather soil the and Saltbrush its seed with four appendages supplying its name grows best in alkaline or salty soil The Gamble Oak thrives in the soil such as that found in the Petrified Forest Typical of the the two larger plants dominating pygmy or pinyon juniper forest of the Upper Sobnoran life zone are the Utah junipers and Pinyon pine found along the trail The Utah juniper is found in of the state and is used extensively for and fuel The pygmy size construction of the Pinyon pine retricts water loss through less surface area for causing it to adapt well to evaporation the environment The Pinyon pine is also the source of the famous or pinyon pine nut In August and September the sagebrush blooms The taller the plant the deeper and more fertile the soil Remains of an old lime kiln reveal more life in the area around 1910 Few outsiders ventured into the area and Indians roamed and traded with the local farmers and relied on each other to ranchers make life They better was burned to remove Limestone stone to dioxide reducing powder The processed lime was then mixed with water making a mortar for construction of many homes in carbon Escalante Climbing the ridge an old road used for to build the high line to bring Pine Creek into Bailey Wash the hiker hauling ditch follows wood and an attempt to the east be used for water to irrigation rustic representing A still stands settlers’ attempts to gate the fence off one of the few routes cattle could get from the top of the mesa to the bottom Most of the mesa is naturally fenced by the steep cliff and talus slopes The brouse line on the larger plants of Cliff Rose so plentiful along the way gives evidence deer are also plentiful Service berry a plant with a natritional fruit eaten by deer birds and rodents is the same plant Lewis and Gark relied upon on their famous expedition in the west and is widely distributed The Buffaloberry bush also abounds its unusual name deriving from the sauce made from its berries previously used on buffalo meat As the hiker continues along the trail he begins to see increasing amounts of petrified wood fossil wood from 140 million years ago during the Jurassic of the Mesozoic Era of period geological time of the massive logs were actually plants It is difficult to ferns the size these plants visualize must have been in an age when the typical lizard — the dinosaur — wasn’t so small either Some The petrified wood in the park comes and Chinle Forfrom the Morrison The formations mations area has yet to be professionally studied and promises many years of interest to paleobotanists The Morrison Formation generally less than 400 feet thick covers an area at least a half a million square miles taking in almost the entire basin of Jurassic deposits in the nation’s Western interior It is named for exposures at Morrison Colorado and its nonextend from Arizona to near Denver marine beds The gigantic Montana of the American dinosaurs Jurassic period have come from the Morrison Formation It consists of shales Kimberly They have five children Beau 11 Katie 8 Bradley 5 and Steven six months The older children attend school in Escalante 13 and sandstone with local to the Davis says people come conglomerates such as found at Petrified Forest State Reserve Petrified Forest for the recreational No marine fossils have ever been but found in the Morrison Formation palebotanists have identified more than 150 kinds of terrestrial animals and plants As professionals begin to study the fossil remains at the forest most of those and perhaps different kinds will be discovered The visitor is constantly reminded that all fossil remains must not be removed but collectors can buy petrified wood samples in escalante from pieces found on private land All the petrified logs in the park seem to have been trimmed off their branches and scientists who have studied them feel that is exactly what must the logs The reason have happened were carried downstream and as they and tend to be quieter and more relaxed than visitors at many state parks He spends very little time policing the park where officials at many parks spend 50 percent of their time in law enforcement experience school citizens come the beauty appreciate Frequently senior children and for the day to of the Petrified Forest Davis referring to State Parks and Recreation at the survey conducted Petrified Forest during July August and September of last year said the study had a purpose First the Utah State Parks and Recreation a Division of the Utah State Department of Natural Resources and Energy desired information pertinent rolled the branches were removed to the future administration operation They became waterlogged and and development of the State Park settled to the bottom of a streambed or system inland seas where sediments gradually covered them As gravel covered the logs it locked out oxygen stopping the decaying process As the wood dissolved away it was replaced by crystals of silicon dioxide which took the place of the original wood cell by cell forming the stone masterpieces seen today the end to opSecond recognizing timize every dollar appropriated the to obtain this indivision sought formation from the park visitor The data conducted Scientists say the sectioned appearance of many of the logs is due to vertical cracks formed as the Great Basin Plateau uplifted over the years As cracks were exposed water entered and freezing water enlarged the fractures until the log was cut into University sections provements Park visitors most often ask about rainbow of colors found in the Park Superintendent logs petrified Carl Davis explains major crystal the wood is white silicon replacing dioxide and other colors have been caused in by different impurities solution with the silicon dioxide at the time the wood was replaced The reds browns and yellows were caused primarly by iron compounds where the1 purples and dark blues were made b $ manganese and other minerals the Davis and wife Leslie Superintendent have lived at the park for the past three years sought came from a study by four university student two from the University of two from Utah State researchers Utah and A total of 2261 parties in 31 state park and recreation areas were asked to respond to 33 questions ranging from (if any) they types of improvements would to identification like to see funding sources for those of im- Results of the survey revealed Escalante Petrified Forest State Reserve is part of a tourist package Almost 71 percent of those surveyed indicated their visit to the park was the result of a planned visit to a series of attractions in the area About 70 percent of those interviewed indicated they were from The average cost per trip for was 1543 This high cost nonresidents per trip is typical for state parks which tend to attract large numbers of nonresident visitors Average cost per trip to state parks which attract resident visitors is $50 The attraction parks Forest as Escalante Petrified State Reserve has upon such nonresidents has proven to be valuable asset to the State’s economy says Davis Davis said "Most people visit Escalante Petrified Forest State Reserve for interpretive the fishing camping and When we opportunities visitors what type of improvements they would like to see in the park they suggested better roads more shade and better maps and signs We hope to implement these suggestions as soon as funds are available asked Snowmobilers Coming Through This Area (Continued from Page 1) Press persons on the tour include Reese Stein sportcaster KUTV Don Judd sports anchorman Doug Miller KSL TV and radio outdoor expert Ray Grass outdoor editor Deseret News and Don Grayston a from DN The list of photographer press people also includes editors and assistant editors from several regional and national snowmobile magazines will provide of Commerce Chamber coffee hot chocolate and other goodies for the riders The group will then head for Salina The riders will check into rooms paid for by Panoramaland at Scenic Hills Motel and then head for DeKator Manor for a dinner hosted by Fish Lake Snow Goers and Salina Snowmobile Gub started The snowmobiling actually After dinner the group will be enwhen the press Monday afternoon tertained with singing and spoken to be snowmobiled form Bear area entourage Each of the press dignitaries River Service at the Wyoming Utah snowmobilers will be given a free near Heber Border to the Homestead by Donan Koozef of Silly Spruce in The group City stayed at The Salina Homestead for the night and started for After a free breakfast for the press Wasatch Mountain State Park in the participants morning at Branding Iron Restaurant the snowmobilers will be After traveling through Wasatch and given sack lunches from the Salina Uintah National Forests the group ar- Chamber of Commerce The tour from Tucker rived at Skyview By late and go there will start back at Provo the snow in were riders night through Fishlake and Dixie National but their machines were left at Tucker Forests past Otter Creek and Johnson Fish Lake Sevier River the group was Reservoirs Wednesday morning and Bryce Canyon National Park scheduled to pick up the snowmobiles and resume their trip through along Skyline Drive Canyon traveling By evening the group should arrive Forest at Panguitch Lake and check into Deer Manti Trail Lodge who is donating rooms for the snowmobilers Dinner at the Lodge National and through in Manti sponsored will be provided by Color Country Travel Region Color Country will also the snowmobilers their breakfast and sack scheduled to be met at 9:30 by provide lunches for Saturday’s trip Salina of coordinator Brent Taylor the After breakfast by Panoramaland are Leg Taylor and other local snowmobilers from Salina and Richfield will lead the group through National Skyline Drive Fishlake and Forests and The group will arrive at and meet snowmobile club from Panoramaland along junction The Color Country tour will include through Cedar Mountain Brian Ski Resort Cedar Breaks Monument National Zion National Park Overlook and Navajo Lake travel Head The sponsors convince winter hope the tour will sportsminded people in the members that Utah is one at the best ares The Salina country to enjoy snowmobiling h |