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Show The Garfield County Insider Page 2 May 28, 2009 ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS ROCKIN’ UTAH Reaching Out Connecting Kids In Nature Utah State Parks is sponsoring fun outdoor events for families this summer. Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is offering a “Pottery in the Park” program on Saturday, July 11. Learn ancient pottery-making techniques and create your own art! The cost is $10 per family and includes entrance to the park. Space for this program is limited so pre-registration is required. For more information or to register please call 801-537-3123 or visit stateparks.utah.gov Advertise in GSENM WALKS & TALKS the Insider May looks to be a grand month for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s 2009 Walks & Talks series of lectures and field trips. All programs are free and co-sponsored by Grand Staircase Escalante Partners. Call 676-2621 to place ads. Spring Birds at Calf Creek ~ Wednesday, May 27 ~ 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Escalante Interagency Visitor Center; meet at Calf Creek Campground Difficulty: Easy to moderate; 2 miles Observe and identify birds of the pinyon-juniper and streamside woodlands with Kathy and Jens Munthe. Bring your binoculars. Call Escalante Interagency Visitor Center (435) 826-5499 for information and reservations. Limited to 12 participants. Blanche Pendleton RETIRED at 94 QUILT WALK FESTIVAL 12th Annual Quilt Walk Festival, Panguitch Utah, June 10th through June 13th. Quilt Walk has something Seven men were chosen to with the help of the Quilts. The Panguitch Quilt for everyone to enjoy. There go to Parowan through a are lots of Classes and Fam- mountain pass to get flour. Walk Committee has orgaily Activities, as well as a They set off with a wagon nized the 12th annual fesfamous small town Dinner pulled by two oxen. When tival which will be held, the snow became too deep June10-13 2009 in celebraTheatre. The Panguitch Quilt Walk in the pass they had to leave tion of this special historiFestival is a unique event the oxen and travel on foot. cal event. The festival will open commemorating the early As the men traveled they with a Chocolate Fest/ Sisettlement of a small town sunk deeply in the snow and had difficulty proceed- lent Auction on Wednesday in Southern Utah. The first time Pangui- ing as the snow came up to evening. The Quilt Show, Quilt tch was settled the pioneers their hips. These faithful Classes, Trunk Show and a nearly starved to death. The men held a prayer circle. winter of 1864-65 was a bit- They spread a quilt on the wonderful small town Dinter difficult year with a lot of ground and knelt to pray. ner Theater will be held snow. The wheat didn’t ma- The men realized how well Thursday through Saturture and they were not able the quilts kept them on the day. The Heritage Art Show to grind it so, all they had snow instead of sinking in. will be held on Thursday, to eat was boiled wheat and They then took the quilts Friday and Saturday. a few fish the men caught. and laid them on the snow The Lion’s Club Breakand walked on the quilts. fast, Farmers Market/ Craft Picking up the quilts behind COLOR Fair, Tractor Parade/Quilt them and laying them on Walk Races, Heritage Fair/ COUNTRY the snow in front of them. Pioneer Village, Pioneer NURSERY The men were able to travel Home Tour will all be held 378 W. Center, Panguitch across the snow this way. on Saturday. Closed on occassion. The men brought back the The Panguitch Quilt Call Ahead flour and saved their famiWalk Festival is a not to be 676-8301 lies and the whole commumissed family fun, summer or cell 616-8301 nity. They did all of this time experience. THANK YOU Dinner! Words alone cannot express our appreciation for the many hours of labor, not to mention the thousands of dollars, donated towards the completion of the Kazan Clinic in Escalante after the City owned building burned August, 2006. Please join us, elected officials, donors, and volunteers for Dutch Oven Dinner, provided by Intermountain Healthcare, Saturday, May 30th at 4PM at the Escalante Town Center Park, Lion’s Pavillion. We hope to see you all there. Judy and Sheri Blanche Pendleton has retired from her volunteer work at Garfield Memorial Hospital Thrift Store, where she put in consistent hours since it opened in 2002. “I volunteered to work in the Thrift Store when we rented the space from Steve Marshall. A couple of years later, Garfield County bought the store. I used to sort through the donation bags. I was the sorter. I would send any dirty laundry to the hospital to be washed. I would take home any clothes that needed buttons or zippers fixed, and I’d wash all the stuffed animals. I’m 94 years old and thought it was time someone else did it.” Blanche worked four hour shifts several times a week, usually with Juanita Talbot (92), Betty Brown (84), Margie Davies, or Maxine Crosby. Betty was always the one to give a ride, if you needed one. Blanche was also instrumental in keeping the Pink Ladies Cart supplied. She said, “ I made baby quilts, Ruth Henrie made booties and Ida Jensen made the little jackets and hoods. I used to make a baby quilt every day for years. Blanche was born August 15, 1915, in Loa, Utah to Ammon and Annie Ernston Oyler. Her grandmother came from Denmark. Blanche went to Elementary School in Loa and High School in Bicknell. She got a job at Ruby’s Inn. That’s when she attended a dance in Tropic, where she met her husband, Earl Pendleton. They were married in the St. George Temple December 7, 1932. They are parents of three children. Living in the old family home that they have remodeled, Blanche and Earl spent their lives in Panguitch. Earl died July 4, 1991, and Blanche has lived alone ever since. She spent many hours of that time in volunteer work. Blanche was a recipient of the Silver Bowl Award for Volunteer Service in 2007. The employees at the Hospital, care center residents, as well as the community want to wish Blanche the best and thank her for many hours of service. With Blanche and other older members of our volunteer service leaving us, we ask the community members to fill in for these ladies. Give of your time in service a few hours per week. Call Roxanna to volunteer - 676-1263. Panguitch City Pool 398 E. 100 S. - Panguitch, UT • Mgr: Sandi Smith (690-1197) Pool Phone: 435-676-1325 Pool Hours Always Check the Current Calendar for updates and school activities. The pool is normally closed when there is a school activity in the Gymnasium. Open Swim: Monday 6-8 pm Wednesday 6-8 pm Thursday 6-8 pm Saturday 2-5 pm Lap Swim: Mornings Monday 6-7 am Wednesday 6-7 am Friday 6-7 am Saturday 8-9 am Prices Open Swim: $2.00 Lap Swim: $2.00 Monthly Family Pass: $20 Monthly Individual Pass: $15 Yearly Family Pass: $135 Yearly Individual Pass: $80 Swim Team: $10/month Private Parties! 1-1/2 hour pool rental $25. Lap Swim: Evenings Tuesday 6:30-9 pm Thursday 8-9 pm Starting May 26th the open swim summer hours are Monday through Saturday 2-4pm. All Lap swim hours will remain the same. Swim lessons will run for two weeks starting June 22nd. Call Sandi to sign up. 690-1197 |