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Show Page 9 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER JULY 27,2006 ago and for several weeks has been pre- course, the great people who live here. paring the 'good stuff her children and How grateful we are!" (W hoever wrote the information sent me grandchildren like to eat. Log Furniture Her daughter, Roberta, came from is a poet at heart!) Although I did not get to 'crash' all Idaho in June to help her mother get ready for the family reunion and also stay of the reunions, I did manage to pick up for her class reunion which was held a Panguitch connection at one of them by Earl Roc today (July 22nd) and two grandsons and held at the Linda (Bardwell) Olsen home wear! roe @ yahoo, com their wives came a few weeks early to where I met many of my former students. One of them was Ron Bulkley W e had the longest parade for ourS e t * e y**? ' " s ^ P e f ° r lh* b j8 ! v e n | {Otho's & Shirley's son and Russell's Pioneer's Day.Celebration that I have u F r o m J u ' y 6 t h tothe_llth Mere » ever seen in Panguitch. W e may have 1 ! 0 ™ w .^ s abuzz with activity. Merle s older brother). Ron told me that while had one back when our W ild Life Fed- *ree children and their spouses, Roberta he and his wife, Mary Lynn, were vacationing in Oregon and Ron became ill eration held and Rich Fowler (Northern Idaho; Dr. and had to be admitted to a hospital. The DESKS - DRESSERS - LAMPS Donald and Toni Stowell and daughter, their annual 49ers Day celebration, but elchtechnician, Gary Simon, who treated him SHELVES- BENCHES Sarah (Oklahoma); Jan and Dan W I doubt it. (California); and grandchildren from learned that he had Panguitch ties and BEDS & BEDROOM SETS There must have been 10-15 floats California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, told Ron that he had served a mission COFFEE & END TABLES by GHS/PHS classes who were holdOklahoma, and Georgia. The "final count with an elder from Panguitch but could ing their reunions this year. (If the 2 to 3 D I N I N C R O O M SETS was 29 family members and one very not remember his name. Ron asked him block long string of cars that followed nice dog. Some of them drove all where he served. W hen he repliefl£athe last float instead of taking the denight to get her at the start of every- moa", Ron asked if it was Russell Roe tour at 4th North could be counted as thing. and Gary exclaimed, "He's the one"! part of the parade, I know it was the (Probably worried that the goodies W hen asked if he would be seeing longest ever.) would be gone!) Russ, Ron told him he might be seeing I tried to get to visit with some There were quite a few family mem- his dad in a couple of weeks so he gave Panguitch members of each class to bers who were unable to attend for vari- Ron a card with his name , address and have them get me a brief report on each ous reasons because all together Merle e-mail address which Ron gave to me to reunion to share with you next week, has 3 children, 17 grandchildren, 13 great e-mail to Russell. but I was unable to do it. (The weather grandchildren and one on the way. was too hot and I am too slow!) "His tenor voice-She thought divineReunion activities included 'Kick July has been a busy month for Ardith Till whiskers scratched-sweet Adeline " Ball' resulting in two sprained ankles, tarN Davis, In addition to being called on to —Burma Shave (Circa 1936) ' get shooting out in the boondocks (no help full time (for a short time) at the injuries), Hiking in Red Canyon, a PHS WRESTLERS NAMED TO NATIONAL Senior Citizen Center, she has had memBarbeque at Tropic,, Reservoir, (which, bers of her family gather at her home ALL-ACADEMIC WRESTLING TEAM was rained out but not before they flipped so they could travel as a group to DayRecently, the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) announced and ate hamburgers under the protecbreak, Utah to attend the wedding of its National All-Academic W resiling Team for 2006. Among winners from 24 tion of a few umbrellas. grandson, Rhett Davis (Rodney's son). states and only 4 from Utah, are Skye Marshall and Sam Adams, both seniors The favorite activity in the house was (I had never heard of Daybreak, but from Panguitch High School. playing Pollyanna which Merle used to learned that it is a new area W est of Skye Marshall was also play with her children to see who would Salt Lake City and near Bingham Copdo the dishes. (Merle usually won.) Eve- awarded Honorable Mention High per Mine where a new Temple will be nings were spent gathered around the School All-American, an elite nabuilt.) piano in a family talent show where each tional team of outstanding academic Her daughter & son-in-law, Karen shared some talent with which they had athletes and will be featured in the & Brent Smith, and grandchildren, been blessed. The rain and the cooler 2006 nationally released W restling Trevor, Crystal, Joshua & Heather weather made these evenings around USA Magazine. He is enrolled at the (SnowW hite in Disneyland family) spent t h e p i a n o v e r y en joyable. (I am assum- University of Utah. Sam Adams is most of their time visiting some of the ing that Roberta wrote this account of past Student Body President of Panplaces she had enjoyed while growing the reunion, but no matter who wrote it, guitch High School with a GPA of up here in Panguitch. They rented 4- I am surprised at how closely their feel- 3.89 and an ACT score of 32. Sam Adams and Skye Marshall wheelers to do much of this exploring ings for Panguitch parallels that of Max Sam Adams is the son of Glenn and really had a good time. Excell who I quoted last week, so these and Laura Adams and Skye Marshal 1 is the son of Steve and Marilyn Marshall They all traveled to Orem on the 12th next lines come verbatim from the writer: where they were joined by 2 more of "The whole family appreciates and loves her children, Janet and Kevin and all the connection to our Panguitch roots. went to Daybreak on the 13th to attend Over the years they have loved coming Rhett's wedding. She enjoyed having her here and gaining their own appreciation children here spending their time get- for the good, kind family here and also ting acquainted with our Panguitch area; one of the most beautiful places ever crehowever, receiving word that her former ated by a loving Heavenly Father. It is husband, Jim Davis, had been admitted invigorating to be here and enjoy the brisk Weekend to the LDS Hospital suffering from • mornings, the smell of the morning dew, pneumonia and a heart condition put a the skies either calm, cloudy, or angry, Dinner damper on the fun activities. the rocks, the sagebrush, yes the sageSpecials Merle Stowell is another of our resi- brush, the parks and their beauty and dents for whom July has been an un- grandeur, the mountains that seem to usually busy month. She started plan- protect this beautiful valley, being able ning for a family reunion over a month to walk to town and to church, and of 435-491-0223 |
