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Show ns1 spotty Wednesday 8 February 17. 19R2 Why Get Into The Business of Death? (Continued from Page I) 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. Springer believes kids raised there have more respect towards death. that of markers or monuments bought for the lost loved one. This is where as Richfield companies such Monument Company (the oldest family owned business in the county) come into the picture. Dan Henrie, a third generation owner of the company, says monuments are But why did Joe D. Springer get into the business? Springer doesnt know except he saw the service his father rendered and decided it was important. Neal says he asked himself that dont question for 40 years. I still ' know. then he added, its the satisfaction of serving the public. an attempt at immortality. ... Henrie says monuments are to commemorate a person, and although he says epitaphs are rare today, when they are used, they are very personal. As an example, Norm Fuellenbach, late publisher of The Richfield Reaper, had inscribed on his monument, There are so many joys to hold and behold in this wonderful rotten world." Turner got in the business because of Joe D. Springer. He said people had 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 served his apprenticeship. He then moved to Las Vegas in 1977 and has been in Richfield since September 1981. Just what kind of markers are available and what are the costs associated with them? Henrie says marble was prevalent in earlier days, but because it wears due to weather, granite is the most popular today. The stones are usually upright or flat and usually three to four feet wide for a double marker. But Henrie has seen markers as high as 16 feet and 10 feet Most people these mortuaries handle, they know. Springer says it isnt 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 demands does a mortuary place on 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. Sometimes their schedule is hectic and sometimes it isnt, but somebody has to be on hand at all 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. A motto in his office states the way he feels, A memorial was purchased not because because someone lived someone died. long. Remembering Through Monuments The Moroni Jensen monument is typical of the craftsmanship done by Richfield Monument Company owned by Dan Henrie. Monuments are used to commemorate a loved one. On days they arent busy, they do church and civic work or bookwork. Springer in Salina is an EMT, works on the ambulance and is an EMT instructor, a member of the Lions Club in Salina and past president of the Jaycees. Magleby and Springer belong to the Utah Funeral Directors Association, which makes them members of the Directors Funeral National Association. Neal Magleby has served as mayor of Richfield; president of 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 Lions Club, president-elec-t state funeral directors association and is serving as senior seventys president in the Richfield LDS East Stake. He is also past vice-preside- of Utah 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 as The Director, Casket and Sun-nysid- e, Mortuary Management, The Dodge Management. Some also receive monthly newsletters from the funeral directors association and from Champion Fluid Company. There are even directories and cyclopedias for morticians such Champion Expanding Encyclopedia of Mortuary Practice and the National Directory of morticians which includes such names as Jolly Mortuary and Goodbody Mortuary. But whats 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 the dead. But inflation has hurt mortuaries to some extent. When hearses cost $33,000 each, many mortuaries are cutting drive-i- n Uprights are usually eight inches thick, while flats are six inches thick. Henrie says Mormon monuments are conservative in price and taste compared to Catholic ones. Costs on flat monuments usually run one half the amount of uprights. A $6,000 monument is the most expensive Henrie knows of in Sevier County. Darker colored granites are more expensive, while the cheapest monument can be as little as $85 for a flat 14 inch long, six inch wide corners and settling for vans which cost $14,000. However, to offset inflation, granite piece. Springer and Magleby have the SenAverage price for granite monuments tinel Plan designed for paying funeral run $300 to $900. There are many and burial costs. Known as 20 pay life, variables as with funeral services. after 20 years, costs for the funeral Henrie says most persons choose, would be paid up and begin gaining upright monuments. interest. At death, after the costs are He says the greatest contribution he paid, remaining interest could go to the can give at a time of death, is to heirs. 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 respectable service with whether they ever get a monument or not. respectable merchandise. Another aspect to death, involves Petrified Forest Offers History and Recreation (Continued from Page I) 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 semi-ari- d from 4000 to 7000 feet elevation. Beginning the trial, the hiker notices water-swetree at the edge of 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. first a 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. Paiute Indians around the turn of the century camped for the summer near where the cliff edge exposes the layering of the Summerville Formation, part of the parks geology with its harder sandstone and more easily eroded clay. With each step, plants and animals continue to tell the story of the weather Four-winge- d soil. the and Saltbrush, its seed with four wing-lik- e appendages supplying its name, grows best in alkaline or salty soil. The tree-lik- e Gamble Oak thrives in d soil such as that found the in the Petrified Forest. Typical of the two larger plants dominating the pygmy or pinyon juniper forest of the Upper Sobnoran life zone, are the Utah junipers and Pinyon pine found along the trail. well-draine- h The Utah juniper is found in of the state and is used extensively for construction and fuel. The pygmy size of the Pinyon pine retricts water loss local farmers and ranchers. They relied on each other to make life better. Limestone was burned to remove carbon dioxide, reducing stone to powder. The processed lime was then mixed with water, making a mortar for construction of many homes in Escalante. Climbing the ridge, the hiker follows an old road used for hauling wood and to build the high line ditch, an attempt to bring Pine Creek water to the east into Bailey Wash to be used for irrigation. A rustic still gate stands, representing the settlers attempts to 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 Clark relied upon on their famous expedition and is widely distributed in the west. 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 Era of period of the Mesozoic geological time. Some of the massive logs were actually fern-lik- e plants. It is difficult to visualize ferns the size these plants must have been in an age when the wasnt the dinosaur typical lizard so small either. less surface area for evaporation, causing it to adapt well to environment. The Pinyon the semi-ari- d pine is also the source of the famous pinyon or pine nut. 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 In al silt-stone- No marine fossils have ever been found in the Morrison Formation, but 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 bran- ches and scientists who have studied them feel that is exactly what must have happened. The reason, the logs were carried downstream and, as they rolled, the branches were removed. They became waterlogged and settled to the bottom of a streambed or 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. 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 sections. Western interior. Park visitors most often ask about the rainbow of colors found in the petrified logs. Park Superintendent Carl Davis explains major crystal replacing the wood is white silicon dioxide and other colors have been caused by different impurities in solution with the silicon dioxide at the time the wood was replaced. The reds, browns and yellows were caused primarly by iron compounds where the purples and dark blues were made by , manganese and other minerals. It is named for exposures at Morrison near Denver, Colorado, and its nonmarine beds extend from Arizona to Superintendent Davis and wife Leslie have lived at the park for the past three years. one-fift- through Montana. The gigantic dinosaurs of the American Jurassic period have come from the Morrison s, Formation. It consists of shales, and sandstone with local conglomerates such as found at Petrified Forest State Reserve. North-centr- The petrified wood in the park comes from the Morrison and Chinle Forformations. The mations, area has yet to be professionally studied and promises many years of interest to paleobotanists. non-mari- 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 nations lf They have five children, Kimberly, 13; Beau, 11; Katie, 8; Bradley, 5 and Steven, six months. The older children attend school in Escalante. - Davis says people come to the Petrified Forest for the recreational experience and tend to be quieter and more relaxed than visitors at rtiany state parks. He spends very little time policing the park, where officials at many parks spend 50 percent of their time in law enforcement. Frequently school children and senior citizens come for the day to appreciate the beauty of the Petrified Forest. Davis referring to State Parks and Recreation survey conducted at the Petrified Forest during July August and September of last year, said the study had a two-fol- d purpose. First the Utah State Parks and Recreation, a Division of the Utah State Department of Natural Resources and Energy, desired information pertinent to the future administration, operation and development of the State Park system. Second, recognizing the end to optimize every dollar appropriated, the division sought to obtain this information from the park visitor. The data sought came from a study conducted by four university student researchers, two from the University of Utah and two from Utah State University. A total of 2,261 parties in 31 state park and recreation areas were asked to respond to 33 questions ranging from types of improvements (if any) they would like to see, to identification of funding sources for those im- provements. 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 e. The average cost per trip for nonresidents was $543. This high cost 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. Hie attraction as Escalante Petrified Forest State Reserve has upon parks such nonresidents has proven to be valuable asset to the States economy, says Davis. Davis said, Most people visit Escalante Petrified Forest State Reserve for the fishing, camping and interpretive opportunities. When we asked 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. Snowmobilers Coming Through This Area (Continued from Page 1) Press persons on the tour include Reese Stein, sportcaster, KUTV; Don Judd, sports anchorman, KSL-TDoug Miller, KSL TV and radio outdoor expert, Ray Grass, outdoor editor, Deseret News; and Don Grayston, a photographer from DN. The list of press people also includes editors and assistant editors from several regional and national snowmobile magazines. Chamber of Commerce will provide coffee, hot chocolate and other goodies for the riders. Hie 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 Club. The snowmobiling actually started After dinner, the group will be enafternoon when the press tertained with singing and spoken to be entourage snowmobiled form Bear area dignitaries. Each of the press River Service at the Wyoming Utah snowmobilers will be given a free Border to the Homestead near Heber by Donan Koozer of Silly Spruce in City. The group stayed at The Salina. Homestead for the night and started for After a free breakfast for the press Wasatch Mountain State Park in the morning. participants 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 rived at Skyview Tucker. By late there will start back and go at night, the snow riders were in Provo, through Fishlake and Dixie National but their machines were left at Tucker. Forests, past Otter Creek and Johnson Reservoirs, Fish Lake, Sevier River was the group Wednesday morning, scheduled to pick up the snowmobiles and Bryce Canyon National Park. Monday and resume their trip, traveling By evening, the group should arrive National Forest at through Manti-LaSPanguitch Lake and check into Deer along Skyline Drive and through Manti Trail Lodge who is donating rooms for Canyon. the snowmobilers. Dinner at the Lodge After breakfast in Manti sponsored will be provided by Color Country by Panoramaland, the snowmobilers Travel Region. Color Country will also are scheduled to be met at 9:30 by provide their breakfast and sack Brent Taylor, coordinator of the Salina lunches for Saturdays trip. Leg. The Color Country tour will include Taylor and other local snowmobilers travel through Cedar Mountain, Brian from Salina and Richfield will lead the Head Ski Resort, Cedar Breaks and National Monument, Zion National group through Manti-LaSFishlake National Forests and along Park Overlook and Navajo Lake. Skyline Drive. The sponsors hope the tour will The group will arrive at junction convince winter sportsminded people and meet snowmobile club members that Utah is one of the best ares in the from Panoramaland. The Salina country to enjoy snowmobiling. al |