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Show May Page 2011 OBITUARIES AFTON POLLOCK Elder Brent McCormick Tropic, Utah Elder Brent McCormick, son of Andrea & Chris McCormick, returns home from his mission on May 24, 2011. Brent served in the California San Diego Mission and has thoroughly enjoyed sharing the gospel. Elder McCormick will be flying in to the Cedar City airport on May 24th. He will be speaking in the Cross Hollow Ward in Cedar City on May 29th at 1:00p.m. Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend Afton Pollock, 91, or Pop, as his sons and grandsons called him, passed away May 2, 2011 in Panguitch. He was born March 21, 1920 in Tropic to Samuel and Emily Arilla Davis Pollock. He married his eternal sweetheart, DelRae Campbell, June 19, 1946 in the St. George LDS Temple. To this union four children were born. She preceded him in death January 31, 2008. He herded sheep for his father from the age of eight until he was called on a mission to the East Central States. On his return home, he enlisted in the Air Force where he served during WWII for two and half years. He pursued an education at the BAC in Cedar City and graduated from Utah State in Logan, obtaining his teaching degree in 1951. "Mr P" as he was known by his many students, taught school two years at Tropic High, five years in Nevada and 27 years at Bryce Valley High, where he was Industrial Arts instructor and also principal. r MISSIONS He loved Bryce Valley basketball and was honored by the Utah State Athletic Assoc as Fan of the Year. He was an avid Jazz fan. Summers were spent working for the National Park Service at Bryce and Zions Canyons, remodeling homes, building cabinets and working at Bryce Canyon Pines. He was a true craftsman. He was an active member of the LDS Church. Later in life, along with his wife DelRae, served a mission in the Philippines. He took great pride in his beautiful yards, compiling family history, hunting, cutting wood and building fires in his fireplace and enjoying his family. Dad loved Tropic, never complained and was a positive influence to all of us. He is survived by his children: Peggy (Bart) Palmer, Lonnie (Cheryl) Pollock, Vance (Jeannene) Pollock and Steve (Machele) Pollock all of Tropic; 14 grandchildren and 29 Barnett's ORTHODONTICS www.bracesbybarnett.com Toll Free 1-888 BRACE ME great-grandchildren; siblings, Mae Chynoweth and Erma Wintch. Preceded in death by parents; wife; three brothers, four sisters and one greatgranddaughter. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in the Tropic Ward Chapel where friends may call on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Tropic Cemetery with military rites by the Bryce Valley American Legion Post #18. The family expresses their appreciation to the staff and doctors at Garfield Memorial Hospital Extended Care for the love and care Dad received for the last four months of his life. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www. maglebymortuary.com 200 North 400 East • Panguitch, Utah • 676-8811 www.garfieldmemorial.org Family Practice Dr. Richard Birch Dr. Todd Mooney Becky Roberts, FNP Tim Dennis, PA-C Dr. Mitchell Miller Speech Therapy Flora Howard Anesthesiology Lewis Barney, CRNA Certified Nurse Midwife DeAnn Brown, CNM VISITING SPECIALISTS FOR MAY 2011 A IV • IL* I Dr. Robert Pearson Dr. Donald Lappe' Dr. Randy Delcore Dr. Eric Maxwell Dr. Mark Hansen Dr. Brad Webb Dr. Robert Nakken Dr. Ronald Crouch Dr. Rand Colbert thill Errol - 435-275-8628 - embutahegmail.com Paraskevidekatriaphobia About 21 million Americans suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia, the Fear of Friday the 13th, or Black Friday. They avoid daily activities that could potentially put them in harm's way and some are too afraid to get out of bed in the morning. But why? Where did the superstition come from? One theory suggests 12 is the most complete number. It occurs in common cultural references — 12 months in a year, signs of the Zodiac, labors of Hercules, tribes of Israel, gods of Olympus and apostles of Jesus Christ. Thus, 13 is considered irregular. Friday has been considered unlucky, and therefore a bad day to start a new journey or project — stemming from the Canterbury Tales. Also, according to Christian scripture, Jesus was crucified on a Friday. In the 13th century, the Knights Templar were arrested by King Philip in France on Friday the 13th. Another belief comes from Norse mythology, in which Frigga, the goddess of love, was banished to a mountaintop and labeled a witch. Every Friday, Frigga would call 11 other witches to the top of the mountain to plot evils for those below. The 12 witches would gather with a 13th guest — the devil. Similarly, in Roman times, witches are said to have gathered in groups of 12 with the 13th member being the devil. Another part of Norse mythology states 12 gods were gathered at dinner in heaven — Valhalla — when an uninvited 13th guest, the god of darkness, shot Balder, the god of joy and gladness. When Balder died, the world went dark, and from that moment 13 was considered ominous. Likewise, in Christian scripture, there were 13 diners at the Last Supper, following which Jesus was killed. Many myths claim when 13 people dine together, ill fate awaits one of the diners. There is no written evidence of a "Friday the 13th" superstition before the 19th century. The first written reference was in 1869 in the biography of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. Generally, Italians separately regard Friday and 13 to be unlucky, but on Friday the 13th, Rossini died. But do terrible events really occur on Black Fridays? Several natural disasters have occurred on this day, including Hurricane Charley in 2004, the unexpected snow storm in Buffalo in 2006, the Andes flight disaster of 1972 and a large-scale ship disappearance in 1773. The arrest of Al Capone occurred on a Black Friday, as did the death of Tupac Shakur. Friday the 13th has also been associated with the stock market crashes, and Henry Ford would never do business on Friday the 13th. Friday the 13th occurs at least once a year but no more than three times — the next one is...Tomorrow! Statisticians have researched the day's events, and it has been proven that car accidents increase 60 percent every Black Friday. However, studies have also shown that, due to alcohol, every Friday generally has an increased number of crimes, murders and accidents on the road. Oddly enough, studies have shown that crime and accidents somewhat decrease on Friday the 13th because people are alert. Cambridge University physiologist Richard Wiseman has theorized that people who consider themselves to be unlucky are more likely to believe in superstitions like Friday the 13th. More than 80 percent of highrises do not have a 13th floor. Many hotels and hospitals will not have a room 13, and in Florence, Italy, the house number between 12 and 14 is 12 1/2. In some places in America, Friday the 13th Clubs were formed, in which the members only gather on Black Friday and decided to defy society's views by smashing mirrors, scattering salt, opening umbrellas inside and letting black cats out. Friday the 13th is tomorrow. Stay in or go out, but realize those with superstitions may be the unlucky few. 1' 12 20 14 6, 20 13 4, 18 28 ? 7 Ear, Nose Throat Cardiologist Orthopedist Audiologist Gen. 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