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Show FIESTA DAYS SPECIAL AN E D I T I O N Utah Press Association Tear Sheets 1521 East 3900 South Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84124 O F P R I D E & INSIDE PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID SPANISH FORK, UTAH PERMIT NO. 2 P R O G R E S S The Spanish Fork News M i O C A L L Y O W N E D A N D VOL. 2 / NO. 29 O P WEDNESDAY, E R A T JULY E 18, D 2007 500 SPANISH FORK, UTAH pocket of Steve Hardman / Spanish Fork News DUTY TO COUNTRY: Scouts and soldiers honorably retire dozens of flags each year at the Fairgrounds. Flag retirement scheduled Steve Hardman EDITOR For the past nine years, one of the patriotic highlights of Fiesta Days has been the Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony. And an important part of the ceremony is the 145th Field Artillery, Charlie Battery. These citizen-soldiers, now in Texas preparing for deployment in Iraq, have helped offer area residents an understanding of patriotism, service and respect through their participation. "This is a tribute to our Armed Forces," said event chair Thad Jensen, "It's role is to show honor and respect to our country and those that served." Jensen, a veteran and former member of Charlie Battery, helped organize the event nearly a decade ago in an effort to promote patriotism. In 1942, Congress established the Flag Code, a series of guidelines outlining proper respect for the flag. "Congress has authorized flags worn beyond repair to be destroyed by fire in a dignified manner, showing respect and reverence," Jensen said. The Utah National Guard, along with the American Legion, will properly retire the giant Maceys flag that has flown at the Spanish Fork store since last summer. They will be assisted by local Boy Scouts. In addition, a 21-gun salute, Apache helicopter flyover and speakers will help highlight the evening. This year's ceremony will be held on Wednesday, July 18 at 7 p.m. in the Lance Money Arena at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds. Personal flags can be brought one half hour prior to the ceremony. Scouts desiring to participate in the event should be in full uniform. Wahoo Queen Steve Hardman / Spanish Fork News MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: Dr. J.P. Hughes explains the vision of the Jones-Hughes Park restoration project to a KSL news crew. Spanish Fork's own pioneer park Christy Hardman STAFF WRITER Spanish Fork has a little pocket of pioneer memories tucked away along Main Street. On 143 South Main St., there is an old home that has been completely renovated. It belonged to David H. Jones who built it in 1911-1912. Now Jones's granddaughter, Elaine Jones Hughes, and her husband J.P. own the home, and have worked to turn the entire property into a sanctuary of the pioneer past. Through the years, Elaine and J.P. have worked to acquire and move several pioneer cabins and other buildings onto the property, and they open it up to the public. Elaine said they consider themselves in a small way, curators of the past, and they love to share what they have learned with others. The park is open every July 24 for the public to come and see first hand authentic pioneer antiques and cabins, but Elaine clarified that they don't actually open house for touring. The property is also the place for the Fiesta Days quilt show. Elaine said the quilts are beautiful draped along the property, and even hung directly onto the house. "We especially like to have pioneer quilts hung on the house," Elaine said. Some years the Hughes family hashadblacksmithing, soap making, spinners, basket weavers and other pioneer craftsmen at work at the park on July 24, but this year she said they won't be able to have a blacksmith because the weather has been so dry they don't want to invite a fire hazard. The first log cabin on the site was donated by the Henry/Hansen family over 15 years ago. Their pioneer ancestors, Peter and Elena Hansen of Spanish Fork built it, and the Hansen family wanted to preserve it, but they needed the property where the cabin was situated for other purposes, so they donated it to Elaine and J.P. who moved it to their property. Another cabin on the site belonged to Archibald Gardiner from Salt Lake, but his son, Neil Gardener, was a prominent Spanish Fork citizen, and so the cabin was moved to the Spanish Fork site as well. Archibald Gardiner is the great maternal grandfather of J.P. Hughes. Another cabin on the site belonged to David Abbot Jenkins (Ab Jenkins), and it is the second oldest log cabin in Spanish Fork history. Ab Jenkins was born in the cabin in 1883. The Hughes family turned this cabin into a cobbler shop with authentic cobbler tools and tables. It was dedicated at the 2006 Fiesta Days celebration on July 24, 2006. There is also a mill at the site that came from Leland, and a pump house that had its origins in Salt Lake. The pump house was so named because it had a 200gallon copper tank on the roof that the pioneers filled every day with water by wind power or else pumped it by hand. Gravity would pull the water by pipes down into the kitchen so the housewives could have running water. "It wasn't pure enough to drink, and they still didn't See PARK • A10 Steve Hardman / Spanish Fork News LI'L BUCKAROO: Salem's Little Buckaroo royalty was chosen on Saturday, July 14. Kasey Olsen, above, is the new queen, with Amelia Weight, 1st attendant; Nicole Hermansen, 2nd attendant; and Swasey Bliss, alternate. Savannah Nielsen is this year's Little Buckaroo Princess. Part of the annual Salem Days celebration, the Little Buckaroo Rodeo will be held Aug. 9, 2007. Early Deadline Due to the July 24 holiday, there will be an early deadline for the July 25 edition of the News. Please have afly ;.w stories, photos and ads in by noon on Thursday, July 19. |