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Show The Garfield County Insider Page 4 Explore Escalante IN OUR TOWN jana@exploreescalante.com What a wonderful week- old home must be removed end. The village was full, from the lot upon compleand merriment abounded. tion of the building. The rain on Saturday damp- • Awarded Municipal Airened a few spirits, but all- port Runway Lighting in-all it was a great day. Project to Mesquite ElecThe Boy’s Scouts and vol- tric. unteers fed about 500 and • Presented outgoing Counthe carnival saw cilor Lott with a plaque of several hundred folks. To appreciation. all those that made it hap- • Discussed the need for pen – thanks!! a sprinkler system design At the July 21st City and bid for the Community Council Meeting, Tim Ol- Center, Library and Town sen of Broken Bow RV Center Park. Jerry Taylor Park ask the council to fin- will be the contact for the ish reviewing and control project. the water drainage situation • Officer Dunton will have on 500 W from Garkane’s a report for the Council at facility. Mr. Olsen has dug the next meeting regarding a water catchment basin to Allen Porter. hold off some of the flow. • The speed sign will be acBut a significant amount tivated . still runs down to the Circle • Council Dunn thanked D. Ken Ruick, owner of the Emilee for 7+ years of serCircle D, said he was disap- vice and was proud to have pointed the City and Gar- served on a Council where kane had done very little to so much had been accomsolve the problem. Yet Tim plished. has done work on his prop- • Anyone interested in erty and the Circle D has in- serving on the Council for stalled a retaining wall and the remainder of Emilee’s drain system to protect their term should submit a letter Eatery, and of interest to Mayor Porter the backside of the Motel. at City Hall. He looked forward to the Countdown to Election City and Garkane doing 2009. - 100 days Who their share. are your choices? In other business, City Council - Two posi• Heard a request from Mike tions open – two filed: Jeff Spark to build a new home Dunn for a second Term; on 420 W 350 N while they Lenza Wilson for anothlive in the old one. Coun- er term after a few years cil authorized him to go break. back to Planning and Zon- Mayor - Incumbent Don ing with a building permit Porter file for a second request with the stipulation term; City Councilor Jerry the water meter can only be Taylor filed. hooked to one home and the Until Next Week - - - Bryce Valley Area News by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com Carl and Mary-Miller Boyd have returned from their July trips. Mary-Miller went to tend Katherine’s four children, Carl-Thomas, Hadden, WIllow, and Lake, while she and her husband, Pleas, painted the interior of their house which Pleas is remodeling. Mary-Miller also squeezed in a visit with granddaughters, Madeline and Allyson. Carl Boyd flew wes to visit daughter, Emily and her husband Adam at their home near Brisbane, Australia. He got to visit with granddaughter Soul and help celebrate the first birthday of Riley Naylor, their youngest grandson. Both are happy to get back home to Tropic. Received a letter from our Grandson Joseph Jensen who is in Chile’, Concepcion on a mission and he had met up with Elder Pace Clarke of Tropic and they went with other missionaries to lunch and had a great visit. It appears that both missionaries are doing very well. It is a small world for sure. Pace is the son of Wes and Ellen Clarke and Joseph is the son of David and Debbie Jensen of Central Valley. Matt and Virginia welcome their first beautiful, great-grandchild on July 1st!! Aleyah Jenelle Lyman was born 1 July 2009 at 12:43 A.M. She weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz. Proud parents are Deco and Kera Lyman of Payson Utah. Kera is Matt and Virginia’s granddaughter. Congratulations to the new great-grandparents and to all of the family Local Photographer Wins National Competition Local photographer David Heaton won H&H Color Lab’s national photography contest “The Sky’s the Limit” with his dramatic image of a Hawaii sunset. He also won H&H’s previous competition “Best Easter Photo” with a candid photograph that received more than half the total votes. Heaton attributes his success to his passion for finding a capturing beauty: “I thoroughly enjoy the creative process of capturing a photograph - a moment in time. I spend much of my time photographing the unique and beautiful things I see around me, whether it be a landscape or a person in my studio.” His winning photos are displayed on H&H’s website (www. hhcolorlab.com/blog). David Heaton lives in Boulder, Utah, and has been a professional photographer for over 30 years August 6, 2009 in both Utah and Nevada. He currently operates Heaton Photography, a portrait studio in Escalante, Utah (www. heatonstudio. com). In addition to portrait work, David specializes in landscapes of the Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument and sells prints through his fine art website, Heaton Photography Landscape Designs (www.heatonphoto.com). Advertise in the Insider Call 676-2621 to place ads. on this special ocassion in their lives. The Burr family of Cannonville had a wonderful summer lately as their children came home to visit. Iris said it was a very pleasant time when they came and both she and Arnell loved having the family here. Trevor and Natalie (their daughter) Coleman of Farmington, NM came and brought Jessen, Tate, and Javen to see grandma and grandpa Burr. Dirk and Marcy Burr of Mesa Arizona arrived with their children, Jordan, Riley, Kale and Courtlyn. Jordan had just returned from spending time in Germany as an exchange student and he loved his time there. David Burr of Roy and Richard and Anne Burr of Queen Creek, Arizona also were at the Burr’s visiting. Their daughter, Pam Dahle of Bayfield, Colorado was unable to come. Everyone has been to visit over a few days, overlapping in some cases, and it has been a wonderful time. Richard and Anne Burry helped with the Lion’s breakfast for the 1/2 Marathon and really enjoyed meeting all the pople. David had helped to set up for the breakfast the night before. They really enjoyed the event. Enjoying a grandmother - granddaughter get together was Joanna Jensen, Erin Syrett, Cambry Jensen and Jara Syrett along with Maren Stewart. Grandma was Vicki Syrett. They made bulletin boards, lead pictures on glass with paint, pillows and went out to dinner at Ebenezer’s Barn and Grill. It was great and everyone enjoyed the time together. Daughter-in-law Debbie Jensen of Central Valley joined us as Joanna had just had her molars all pulled and needed to have her mother her to monitor her medication. She is doing well now. Fun time and this is an annual get together. Sending get well wishes to some of our people who are recovering from one thing or another. Joan Jackson fell and broke her arm trying to help a poor bird. Darrold Neilson fell off a horse and hurt his back. Kristen Stock has recently had surgery. Reed Le Fevre is recovering from a trip in the life flite vehicle. We wish all of you a speedy recovery and hope to see you all up and running around soon. Eduardo Montoya went to the St. George Temple for the first time on Saturday. We send you our congratulations Eduardo. Good work. Eva Dean Francisco wanted me to send a great big thank you to the people responsible for the Fireworks at Ruby’s Inn on the 25th. She said they ri- val anything she has ever seen in a bigger city. She just loved them and speaks for many of us when she says thanks to all responsible!! She also loved the fire truck that was in the parade on the 25th of July. It was magnificient and was a thrill to see. The Francisco’s, Eva Dean, Charlie and Sandrea all drove to Monroe to surprise daughter and sister, Robin Griffin on her birthday. They took her out to diner and everyone enjoyed the time together. Happy Birthday Robin. A reminder to the people in the Escalante Stake...The Temple Cottage is ours for August and September and we would love to have support from the folks in Escalante and Boulder area to help us keep it filled so we don’t lose it. It is for everyone in the Escalante Stake to use and you Call Eva Dean Franciso or Carol Pollock for reservations. LaMar and Cheri Feltner had thirty-four of their family home over the holday. If you looked in the house at night you would have seen them sleeping on couches, floors and everywhere, mostly the kids. But it was fun and a great visit. Jim and Louise England were delighted to have Darrell and Kayleen Shakespear of Las Vegas home for a week to visit. They brought their children with them, Kaiden and his girlfirend, Emily, and Kayla and her friend Janae. Kaden had just received his mission call and he toughed it out for a week to bring it so he could open it with family. It was a very special ocassion and joining in the opening were Great-grandmother Ora Brinkerhoff, great-aunt Glenna Pollock, and great-aunt and uncle Jack and Gaia Greenhalgh. His call to serve is in South Korea and Louise said that is scary that he will be so far away. Kevin and Kay Shakespear also had a houseful this past week. Jared and Krystal Johnson os Cedar, Brandon and Kendra George and baby Aubrey of Panguitch and Makai and Karrisa Porter were all there visiting and enjoying the company. They also were at the opening of the letter. Makai and Karrisa have been living here this summer working two jobs each and will be going back to school in the fall. All the families of Kay and Kevin Shakespear and Jim and Louise England enjoy coming over the 24th holiday. Darrell and Kayleen especially plan their vacation to be able to see friends and family who are here visiting. The families all met and Jim and Louise’s for dinner and barbeques each night so they could get a lot of visiting in. Some of them made a trip to Otter Creek to get in some fishing. What a great time they all had together. The Escalante Stake Young Women just finished their annual camp out at Tropic Reservoir, Kings Creek campground. There were at least 100 girls in attendance from throughout the stake and 25 that came from Nephi area to find out how Girls Camp is run in our area. Trish Thompson and Paula Henrie did an outstanding job of pulling things together. AnneMarie Barton was the Youth Leader at the camp and she was excellent. The girls who came from the Nephi area brought their Stake President with them along with their leaders. The Escalante girls had Pres. Klin Chynoweth come and he gave a marvelouse program for the girls. Bishops throughout the Stake visited as well as Henrieville’s Shawn Chynoweth who was their former Bishop. The Tropic Fire Department came and helped the girls with water safety. It was a fun adventure. The girls also did a humanitarian project of making puppets for children. The Guest Speaker was Sister Jones of the Young Women’s General Presidency Board. She is a published author in the New Era. The theme for the YW was “Anchors Aweigh”, stay anchored in Christ. The girls all had a wonderful experience during this camp-out. Kudos to the leaders and all who willingly helped during this time. Maple Dell was the scene of a bunch of Boy Scouts from our area. Going along as adult leaders were Max Eager, Dale Pollock, Carlon Johnson, and Deputy Clint Pierson. It was a great time for all of the boys who attended. Weddings coming up right away are, Brady Shakespear and Cari Beal on the 8th of August at the Heritage Center, Lloyd Mathews and Michelle Parry on the 29th of August at the Cannonville Ward, Alyssa Johnson and Ben Boore on the 8th of August at the home of Steve and Amy Syrett and Jenny Comp right away also. Sorry I don’t have her date right handy but it is soon. Congratulations to all the newly weds to be. Some of the dates are for receptions in our area not the actual wedding. SENIOR CITIZEN MENU: If you would like a meal please call by 9:00 A.M. at 679-8666 on that day. Suggested donations are $2.50. Good food people!! 4th: Lasagna, Gr. Salad, Fruit, and dessert. 5th: Meatloaf, Baked Potato, Veg, and fruit. 6th: Sloppy Joes, Pot. Salad, Cottage Cheese, and fruit. FOR NEXT WEEK: 11th:Roast Beef, Pot. and gravy, Veg, and fruit. 12th: Bar B. Q. Ribs, Baked Potato, Gr. Salad and Fruit. 13th: Spachetti, Cottage Cheese, Jellow Salad, and dessert. Bread and milk is served with every meal. Have a great week everyone and please call with you news or email me. Thanks VS |