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Show 3-1 Casitat r‘r Laden© §RJAWAIIIIEVIREAVVEWA by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com Errol, 435-616-2829 — embutah@gmail.com IMPOSTOR! You can never consider a SCAM as anything but UGLY... However, every once in awhile... you CAN find a bit of HUMOUR!!! Read on: Posing as someone you're not is one of the oldest con tricks in the book. Sometimes they're convincing, sometimes not: A New Yorker claiming to be veteran popster Paul Simon entered Simon's bank and presented a forged check for $4,300. Problem -- the rock star is 68 and 5 ft. 3 in. tall, the impostor was 54 and 6 ft. 1 in. tall. Get out of jail -- but not for free. A conman convinced officials at a Mississippi jail that he was an agent with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. They let him speak with prisoners; he told the crooks he could helpget them released -- for a hefty fee. The wily jailbirds, though, were not as easily fooled as the prison authorities and reported him. In Staffordshire, England, a woman posed as the twin daughters of poet TS Elliot, among many other aliases, to pull off a series of frauds. Trouble was, the poet never had any daughters and, as some of her victims noticed, the "twins" were never seen together. In 2010, a truck driver claimed to be a go-between in the supposed $400m sale of London's famous Ritz Hotel by its secretive owners. He found no shortage of potential buyers, including someone who put up $1.5 In as a deposit. A Missouri couple took in $2 m of investments after claiming they had access to a breakthrough invention a generator the size of a shoebox that could power an entire city. The state issued a cease and desist order against them and one of the pair subsequently filed for bankruptcy. Homeless with a laptop, a 50-year-old California man decided to aim high with his scam by enrolling on an elite dating site for millionaires only. Claiming to be a renowned music producer, he hooked some high class victims including a 29-year-old singer, a swimsuit model and at least a dozen others, who collectively contributed $100,000 to his "investment" scheme, which turned out to be the craps tables in Atlantic City. Sometimes you just can't believe how often scammers will try to pull off the same trick or the simple bare-faced cheek of some of their exploits: A Michigan woman hit on motherhood as a fundraising idea. She told friends she was pregnant and organized a lucrative baby shower. Later, after she supposedly had the child, she claimed it was sick and that she needed money for treatment. Again, victims gave her hundreds of dollars. No one apparently asked to see the child. A Mississippi crook bought and returned numerous top-line vacuum cleaners from several Walmart stores. In between visits, he carefully removed the motors, which he then sold online. But the store chain weren't suckers -- they identified him from security recordings. Then there was the recent case in which an alleged con artist recruited a private "special forces reserve" of Asian immigrants by telling them membership of his "army" would guarantee permanent residence in the US. They had to pay heavily for membership and "training" and even went "on parade" for special occasions. Fox Business News reports on a 72-year-old woman... Calling her the "Queen of the slip-and-fall," she took 49 floor-dives in grocery and liquor stores and picked up half a million dollars in compensation before she was stopped. Security company Sophos reports an interesting twist on the Nigerian "you've got money" scam. Victims receive an email message that begins, "We are writing to know if it's true that you are dead." The scammer claims someone else has been trying to collect a huge amount of money the recipient is really entitled to by claiming that they're dead. If the person can prove they're actually still alive, they can collect. Of course, we know what happens next. And a variation on the "black money" scam in which a crook claims you can use a chemical to convert a dirty wad of paper into hard cash: In Siberia, the trick is now called "Cash in a bucket" after a group of scammers convinced victims they had a stack of half-finished Euro notes that would transform into the real thing when left overnight in a bucket, with the addition of a mysterious chemical. Of course, victims had to pay for the "blanks" -- in one case $100,000 -- but the only color that appeared) was red on the faces of the victims. IDRIVERS.:Ctit CAREER CENTR NO MONEY DOWN COL MAINE* Work "or 11S •nr lIct LIS khernrk ird yowl Unbeatsble 011,1114tr Opportunities leirifiri Compriy DpItow LE ASIE 911:11N0111 ••••' S 51 000 qtr 11- MOE 1114111EITS $1, 9 000 centrattruckdrIvinglobs.com 877-369-7092 A special birthday celebration was held in honor of Marva Fletcher on July 9th, just six months from her 93rd birthday, but who wants to travel and celebrate in January when you can enjoy the summer sun in July, especially in Cannonville. According to the list of family members who attended this celebration, we had a dutch oven dinner for 85 family members. Those who celebrated included of course, Marva Fletcher, her daughter, Sandi and her daughter Terrilynn from Virginia. Annabelle, her daughters, Cindy, Neal Tanner and family, Cheryl Hawkins and family from California. Jen and Tray Stafford and family, son Scott Palmer from Chicago who was the family photographer. John and his son Jack, who was on leave from the military, and son Rex and daughter Rosie. Rex took everyone hiking while Rosie was in charge of all the dutch ovens. Others included Guy and Beverly Thompson and many of their family members. Joe Thompson brought son Daniel, daughter Rosalee and family, and Marshall and Aubry Thompson came from Cedar City and brought their 3 beautiful children. Nick and Nellie and some of their family members and Pat Lutes brought her daughter Barbie and family. Sue DeWalt came from Seattle. Randy Shumway and his wife Cathy came from Phoenix to get away from the dust storm that was going on down there. Lois Mae and some of her family members came from far away places. Neighbors, Larry and Glenna Fletcher came and it was a great surprise when Marva's sister, Laurie and her husband, Theron Coon, came for a great visit. This was such a great experience and everyone had a wonderful time just visiting and spending time together. Congratulations to you Marva on a very special Birthday. Submitted by Rosemary Fletcher for Marva. We send our wedding congratulations out to Carla Pearson and Tyson Wilcock on their marriage on August 4th. We wish you both and your family the best in the future and know you will have a great life ahead of you. From Tropic Town Board and Mayor Brinkerhoff the following reminders: The Pioneer Museum is in need of artifacts, family heirlooms,and other memorabilia of Tropic. Pictures of the old buildings in town, the racetrack, schools, along with events and such would be gladly accepted for display. You can contact the town office for further information. If you have any metal or iron to discard there are special containers located within the maintenance yard. Also any old or broken down cars to be hauled away you can contact Parley Stubbs at 435-467-3230 to make arrangements to have them removed. You can contact the extension office at 435-676-1114, SuzAnne Jorgensen if you need your pressure lid tested prior to canning this fall. Submit your entries for the Garfield County Fair at the Triple C Arena on Wednesday, August 17th, from 10:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M.. Garden produce, crops and flowers on Thursday, August 18th. All activities will be going on the 17th-20th at the Fairgrounds in Panguitch. We send our condolences to Loren Willis whose wife, Deva Arlene, passed away and was buried in the Henrieville City Cemetary. Loeilei Adkins was happy to have friends, Mark and Karla Taylor and kids, Dustin and Dakota, come for a visit from Boise Idaho. Alfred and Toni Foster of Tropic, and Darreld and MaryLou Nielson of Henrieville hosted a special dinner to welcome visitor Tiffany Peltero, her husband, and two of her nine children here for a visit. Tiffany used to live her with her mother Elsie and knows many of the residents of the area. Jeff and Kim Johnson are home after taking daughterin-law Beth and children back to Kansas to her new home. They visited with Carson and Beth and family for awhile and then were able to attend granddaughter, Arena's baptism. On their way back home they did some sight seeing in Colorado and had a great time. It always good to get back home however.. Sage Roundy and her kids traveled to Cedar City to attend the blessing of grandson, Reddick. He is the son of Jordon and Shyene who live in Cedar. Congratulations to Brian Clark who will have his Eagle Court of Honor on August 14th in Henrieville at 1:00 P.M.. For his project he built the fire pit at the Henrieville Park for all to enjoy. Brian is the son of Terry and Suzie Clark of Henrieville. Ryan Moore will be reporting on his mission to Montana on the 28th of August at 10:00 A.M. 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Work 15 days then have 6 paid days off INTERVIEWS HELD AT THE WORKFORCE SERVICES IN: NEPHI: Aug. 11th from 12 to 6 Aug. 17th from 9 to 1 TOOELE: Aug. 9th from 10 to 3 Aug. 18th from 10 to 3 BRIGHAM: Aug. 10th from 1 to 6 Aug. 15 1h from 12 to 3 Cedar City: Aug. 17th from 3 to 6 Heber City: Aug. 16th from 9 to 1 BOUNTIFUL LIBRARY: Aug. 8,9,12,15,16,18,19 from 4 to 7 oiljobsjd@gmail.corn see him again after two years. Congratulations to Cliff Mathews and Sarah Rose on receiving their Silver Beaver Award. It will be presented to them in American Fork on Sept. 10th. They were nominated by the Powell Point District and the awards will be presented by the Utah National Parks Council. Way to go folks. Congratulations we know both of you have been in scouting for years and have devoted a great deal of time to the scouting projects. Thanks. Korde Chynoweth, son of Pres. Klin and Nancy Chynoweth, Shay Neiman, son of Todd Neiman, Augie Bernardo of Escalante, and Kace Roundy, son of Karl and Sage Roundy have been advanced to the office of Elder. Congratulations to all of you. We send our condolences to Sarah Lou Sudweek's family on her passing. Sarah has been sick for quite some time and now she is free and able to plant her beloved gardens in heaven. Sarah was known for growing many things and she will be missed by many and especially her family. She was married to De Rell Sudweeks of Tropic. A small story is about the time she came to inspect my garden and see why nothing was growing. I had worked so hard and planted seeds and boom nothing came up. After she quit laughing she gave me a lesson in proper seed planting and I never forgot it. Still can't grow things but I loved her for her advice. She was a special lady and we will miss her. She had a very infectious laugh and it made you happy to hear it. We want the family to know they are in our thoughts and prayers at this time. Her funeral is Saturday, August 13th at 1:00 P.M. in the Tropic Church. At five on the 13th ofAugust we will have the privilege of seeing our 16 year old grandson be baptized. We are so happy for Alex Frahm to join the rest of the family as a member of the Latter Day Saint Church. His mother is our daughter, Karen Frahm of Roy, Utah. He will be baptized by his cousin, 16 year old Joshua Jensen of Central Valley. Joshua and Alex have been friends from birth almost as they are the same age and love being together. They never stop talking and it puzzles me what they can find to talk about ALL the time. Joshua is the son of David and Debbie Jensen. Congratulatins to Mike Burbidge on being called as the Tropic Ward Mission Leader. There will be a fireside for the youth on Sunday, 14 August. Kenzi Jo Twitchell was blessed and given a name by her father, Cole Twitchell of Cannonville. Her Mom, Janice, was on hand to watch the ceremony. Kenzi is a granddaughter of Monte and Rita Twitchell of Cannonville. Reports on the Western Jubilee in Cannonville have been very positive. It was all about poetry and music of the cowboy. Some locals were part of the program as Rella Alvey, who is a wonderful storyteller, gave two or three of her stories. She is a most beloved lady of Tropic and we always love to hear her tell these stories. Ken Hall of Cannonville sang and did cowboy poetry and Mike Burbidge also gave readings. These men are very talented and it is impressive to watch them do it without looking at any papers. Great work all three of you and everyone else who took part. Bryce Canyon City is close to breaking ground to get their new fire station up and running. The bid was awarded to Busk Inc. of Richfield. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the start of the project. On August 26th Bryce Canyon City will be holding their Founders Day Celebration in connection with Ruby's Inn and Bryce Canyon National Park. Cary Deccio reported on the Scout Camp at Thunder Ridge up Parowan Canyon. They encountered the normal, expected rain, hail, and snow storms while up there but overall they had a wonderful time for the week. Fifteen boys went and Trevan Harris was the Patrol Leader with adult leaders being Cary Deccio, David Tebbs, Dan Cloud, and Davie Fireman. On Friday they played a game were a camouflaged Staff Member, Zach, hid and the boys had to scout him out. David Tebbs was so sure they wouldn't find him that he offered pizza to them all if they did find him. Well as you can guess they found Zach and everyone got pizza. During the week two boys, Zennon Hutchings and Hagen Palmer were the only ones to brave the water in a canoe. They did it to earn their canoeing badge. All of the boys and leaders pitch in and cook and clean in camp all week. One noted time Kaden Ramsay made wonderful dutch oven potatoes. Kaden is the son of Joey and Bree Shakespeare. Everyone had lots of fun and earned lots of badges. It was a worthwhile trip for all. Looking forward to earning their Eagle awards are Hayden Johnson, son of Moyle and Tracy Johnson, and Jacob Pollock, son of Bishop Gayle and Marie Pollock. Keep up the good work boys. Well have a great week and be sure to call or email your news to me. I will print news for anyone who is willing to send it in. ANYONE. Thanks VS SENIOR CITIZEN LUNCH: Call 679-8666 if you want a lunch. $2.50 is the suggested donation. Must call by 10:00 A.M. Also if you need to ride the bus to St. George, Panguitch, Cedar City, or elsewhere you can call this same number or contact Vicki Ahlstrom. THURS. 11th: BBQ Sandwich, Pot. Salad, Relish Tray, Strawberry Jello Salad, Rice Krispies Treats. TUES. 16th: Spaghetti, Green Salad, Bread Sticks, Gr. Beans, Cake w/Cherry and Cool Whip Topping. WED. 17th: Fried Chicken, Pot. Gravy, Roll, Carrots, Peaches, Glazed Donuts. THURS. 18th: Veg. Beef Soup, Bread, Pineapple w/ Cottage Cheese, Banana Cream Pie |