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Show ovember 26, 2009 aoBrnjami_ Mary H. Simkins 1925 - 2009 The Panguitch Main Street Committee will begin compiling recipes, remedies, and helpful hints into a beautiful hardback cookbook that is sure to be a favorite with every cook or want to be cook. To make this happen WE NEED YOU to share your families favorites, your own creations, children's recipes, etc. This is called a community cookbook as we are encouraging those in Hatch and Panguitch Lake areas to give us their recipes, as well. The cookbook will have photographs on front and back of Pioneer and Present Day Panguitch making it a great gift and keepsake. We want to include some olde time recipes and photos of the family members whose recipe you are submitting along with any story you want to share of that person. This is a wonderful way to share the history of the founding families of Panguitch and surrounding areas. There will be drop boxes for your recipes at Joe's Main Street Market and Zions Bank. If you are including photographs with the recipes you can leave them with Linda Rabin/ERA Real Estate or Bobbi Bryant/Bronco Bobbi's. Photographs will be returned. For more information please contact Shelley Yardley 435.676.3009. • • -1 De Lachine Errol, 435-616-2829 — embutah@gmail.corn A LESSON THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN ALL SCHOOLS .. AND COLLEGES Back in September, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. `Ms.. Cothren, where're our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' `No,' she said. `Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.' And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.' At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) War Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside thewall... By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.. Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education... Don't ever forget it.' By the way, this is a true story. WILMA STEED LEFEVRE Clearfield/Panguitch "ONE CLASSY LADY" After a courageous battle with cancer, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Wilma Steed LeFevre, 82, passed away 21 Nov. 2009. Her family was by her side. Wilma was born in Syracuse, Utah to Woodruff and Ellen Mitchell Steed. She was an active member of the LDS church where she served in many music and leadership positions. She graduated from Weber State University in 1972 with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology. She worked for JW Brewer Tire Company and Kent Smith Construction Company before becoming a real estate agent where she served in local and national offices. She owned a drapery business. She compiled a book of her personal poetry and thoughts. She taught piano lessons, sometimes to more than 50 students per week. Her hobbies are music, sewing, cooking, making chocolates, reading, writing, traveling and spending time with family. She was a tremendous example of motherhood and womanhood to all who knew her. She married Clifford Stewart LeFevre on October 8, 1943, in the St. George LDS Temple. They recently celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary with their family. Wilma is survived by her loving spouse, Clifford and her devoted children: Darwin (Denise), Ken, Steve (Nancy), Mark (Sabrina), Camille (Sheldon) Cherry and a beloved niece Sherrie (Mike) Harbertson who joined their family. Wilma also leaves behind 29 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. Wilma was preceded in death by daughter, Carol Dean, granddaughter, Megan, daughter-in-law, Sally; and her parents. The family would like to extend their sincere appreciation and gratitude to Dr. Klein, Mt. Ogden Health & Rehabilitation Center's staff, and Advocate Hospice. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 27, at 12:00 Noon in the LDS Clearfield, Utah 7th Ward chapel (350 Vine Street). Friends call at the church from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in the Panguitch, Utah Cemetery, Saturday November 28, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary. corn In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Wilma's name to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation at www.komen.org J ,J, • Trailsj L En Full Time Professional Real Estate Services Serving Escalante, Boulder & St. George For Great Real Estate Service.... Come Visit Us at 10 W. Main St., Escalante or Call Leslie Venuti 435-668-0540 or Denise Olson 435-680-4663. We can show all properties in the area and assist you with all your buying or selling needs. *** LOTS OF LAND *** ESCALANTE • 2.24 ACRES NEAR THE RIVER. INCREDIBLE VIEWS WITH POTENTIAL FOR A PERFECT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - LODGE, CABINS, RV PARK, CAFE, OR ??.. $150,000. W/ A BUNKHOUSE, FULL UTILITIES & SELLER FINANCING AVAILABLE. • 2+ ACRE BUILDING LOT IN TOWN WITH VIEWS, SHADE TREES & UTILITIES CLOSE. ONLY $60,000. • .79 ACRE LOT IN TOWN WITH UTILITIES ALREADY IN AND PAID FOR. CORRAL, CARPORT & 1 SHARE IRRIGATION WATER. $65,000. W/ SELLER FINANCING • 4.63 ACRES W/ WELL RIGHT APPROVED. 3 SHARES OF IRRIGATION, FENCING & LOTS OF SPACE FOR YOUR NEW HOME! $120,000. • 11.40 ACRES ON S. CENTER STREET WITH WATER METER & 4 SHARES IRRIGATION. BRING YOUR HORSES! $150,000. • 99+ ACRES IN MAIN CANYON W/ EASY ROAD ACCESS FOR A FUTURE CABIN. $400,000. SEVERAL BUILDING LOTS IN MOQUI GARDENS WITH WATER AND SEWER... CALL FOR PRICES. BOULDER VIEWS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK: 5+ ACRES IN TOWN WITH WELL, IRRIGATION SHARES, ORCHARD, FENCING & READY FOR YOUR DREAM HOME. $225,000. TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE HOME OR FAR AWAY, WE WISH YOU A HAPPY THANKSGIVING! TO PLAY: COMPLETE THE GRID 50 THAT EVERY ROW, EVERY COLUMN AND EVERY 3X3 BOX CONTAINS THE DIGITS I TO 9 4 1 2 3 9 4 2 7 9 3 2 6 4 3 8 3 1 7 3 tr, Circleville, Utah – Mary Houston Simkins, 84 of Circleville, passed away November 20, 2009 in Cedar City from complications of a lingering illness. She was born November 15, 1925 in Panguitch to Thomas Ray and Emma Heywood Houston. She married Howard Dalley Simkins, October 9, 1948 in Fredonia, AZ. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple. He passed away June 21, 2004. She graduated in 1948 from the U of U School of Nursing. She worked as the public health nurse in Garfield and Piute Counties. She concluded her career as an RN when she retired as a nurse with the Beaver Valley Hospital in 1990. In her leisure, she enjoyed reading and cross word puzzles. After she and Howard retired, they spent many hours traveling to see children and grandchildren. She is survived by children, Tom (Roxanna) Simkins, Bruce (Jeanette) Simkins, Liz (Marty) Daniels; 20 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; siblings, Wayne (Ramona) Houston, Barbara (Gilbert) Mitchell, Gay (Wayne) Hoskins, Cleone (Dave) Major, Edy (Earl) Hindley, Lorraine (Ralph) Kurtz. She is also preceded in death by her parents; infant daughter Joyce; brother, Douglas Ray Houston; sister, Reva Orton. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in the Circleville 1st Ward Chapel, where friends may call on Saturday from 11:00 to 12:30. Burial will be in the Circleville Cemetery. Funeral directors, Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook www.maglebymortuary.com YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE FIRST PANGUITCH COMMUNITY COOKBOOK 1 9 1 7 6 2 3 6 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A Rebuttal Letter in Response in Explore Escalante Column from November 12 I made a call to Garkane Energy about the tree trimming at the Escalante City Park. I was told that Garkane obtained permission from City Government before trimming trees, and in information sent to me about laws and mandates from the North American Electric Reliability Commission with oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, it states: They tell all electric utilities that, "They should never have an outage from a grow-in," and utilities must take heed because violators can face multimillion-dollar fines, says Randy Miller, president-elect of the Utility Arborists Association and director of vegetation management for PacifiCorp, which provides power in six Western states. Also, I was told that, Garkane's insurance policy requires them to "maintain to standards," their transmission system. Utah Public Service Commission's rules and regulations obligate all electric utilities to comply with the National Electric Safety Code. Section 218-A-1 of the NESC states: Trees the MAY interfere with ungrounded supply conductors should be trimmed or removed. In guidelines developed by the International Society of Arboriculture they state: "Tall-growing trees near overhead lines can cause service interruptions when trees contact wires. Children or adults climbing in these trees can be severely injured or even killed if they come in contact with the wires. Proper selection and placement of trees in and around overhead utilities can eliminate potential public safety hazards, reduce expenses for utilities and their rate payers, and improve the appearance of landscapes." I would suggest those guidelines be followed in the "Park Master Plan." Instead of "venting" and blaming Garkane, perhaps, some preventive action could be taken. The trees recently trimmed will eventually grow back and require trimming again. Those who care for the trees visual value may want to fund a trimming done by professionals, whose job it is, to make trees "look right" rather than the job being left to be done by a linesman, whose job it is, to maintain a safe properly functioning utility that every citizen in the city uses and depends on. A blackout in 2003, which cut electricity to over 50 million customers, was caused by contact between trees and power lines. A Garkane employee said, " Approximately 70% of power outages were caused by trees contacting lines. As I sit here writing this, the temperatures outside are quickly headed towards the "teens." My house is heated by a pellet stove that requires electricity. I am very appreciative that my electricity service is so dependable. That is due, at least in part, to a properly maintained system—which includes tree trimming; even my own trees. Link Chynoweth This letter is in response to the article in last weeks paper concerning Coal Hollow.I admire and respect the opinions of others, so I hope they can respect mine. It was obvious that research had been done and the facts were presented well. I haven't done any research. I do know how many years HATCHCO CORP. hauled oil out of Escalante. Those tankers came through town day and night. I don't recall anyone trying to close the well and stop the trucks. KAIBAB INDUSTRIES, until the closed down, hauled logs in and lumber out on a regular basis. Alot of those trucks went right up and down mainstreet. Families had good jobs and insurance, homes were not being forclosed on at the rate they are today. It was mentioned that only about 50 jobs would be available to residents of the counties involved. What about all of the trucks that will be needed to haul the coal. If it takes 100 or 300, that is more jobs that will be available than are available now. That may make it possible for homes to be saved and families that want to stay in this area stay and take advantage of these jobs, if only for 3-5 years. None of us want to see a "downwinders" repeat. I do think the mining industry is taking steps to prevent potential hazards that come from this type of work. Coal, gas, oil, etc. are only available to us if they are in some way extracted from the earth. We all want to preserve what we have here in our area, but we also need jobs for our citizens. Arlene Davenport (435-676-8007) |