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Show ommunity A2 • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2008 - N E W S - Spanish Fork 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, UT 84660 Lane Henderson Publisher Namon Bills Editor Dana Robinson . Assoc. Editor The Spanish Fork News is published each Wednesday for $37.50 per year in area and $41.50 out of area by J-Mart, 280 North Main St., Spanish Fork Utah 84660. Email stories to editor@spforknews.com Email ads to ads@spforknews.com Call us at 794^964 POSTMASTER Send address changes to Spanish Fork News 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 The en tire content of this newspaper is Copyright® 2008 Spanish Fork News. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the editor or publisher. THE SPANISH FORK NEWS (USPS 024716) is published weekly for S37.50 per year by JMan Publishing, 280 North Main St., Spanish Fork, UT 84660. Periodicals Postage Paid at Spanish Fork, UT. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Spanish Fork News, 42 East 300 North, Spanish Fork, UT 84660. DEADLINES Weddings, anniversaries, missionaries, 1st birthdays, articles, photos, letters to the editor Friday, 12 p.m. Display advertising and dassi6cd advertising Thursday, 12 p.m. vs lews Coveting what matters most Castle Valley Pageant a must-see when important vignette's take place. The sound system is excellent so that you can hear every word of the Shirlene R. Ottesen script and as the evening Your chuckle for the darkened, the lights in the week: A mother was prepar- valley below gave credence ing pancakes for her sons, to the message of the story. It is the story of the setKevin, five, and Ryan, three. tlement of Castle Valley. In The boys began to argue the late 1880s, President over who would get the first Brigham Young called sevpancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral eral families from Sanpete lesson. She told them "If County to go east over Jesus were sitting here. He the mountains and settle would say, "Let my brother that area. It was President have the first pancake, I can Young's last call to send wait." Kevin turned to his church members to coloyounger brother and said, nize for he died seven days later. It follows three fami"Ryan, you be Jesus." After several years of lies and their trials, sacrihaving it on my "list of fices and their obedience to things to do", I finally their prophet's call. The pageant starts at made it down to Castle 8:15 p.m. but there are Dale to see the Castie Valley Pageant. My daugh- many activities for visiter, Barbara, took me and tors, beginning two hours her daughter-in-law and prior to the program, and grand-daughter down on geared to entertain all the next-to-last night, and ages. There is a gentle Jersey we really enjoyed it. If cow for the kids to milk, you have already seen it, you know what I'm talk- good stuff to taste like ing about, and for those bread and freshly churned of you who have not seen butter, and free homemade it yet, I can highly recom- ice cream. There where mend that you put it on demonstrations of quilt your "list of things to do" tying, a blacksmith who made hooks, and a booth next summer. First of all, it is pre- were you could get a praisented in a very unusual rie engagement ring made setting. Seating is in an am- out of a horseshoe nail. phitheater, which makes for Men were there with teams comfortable viewing. Right of horses giving rides in in front of the audience is a a buckboard wagon and small hill where all the ac- a buggy. There were two tion takes place. There are big teepees where people other special raised areas could look inside to see There and Back Again Letter to the Editor Dear Friends Time will not permit me to send a personal message to each of you at this time. Therefore I will respond to all of your messages of concern as a group. We are fine. We evacuated the missionaries out of Georgia without a problem on Saturday afternoon. They were all situated into their new areas in Armenia by 2:30 a.m. Sunday. All of the members of the Church in Georgia are safe. Church services continue to be held on Sunday in the two branches. Of course everyone is frightened and upset by the war and it will take some time to get things back to normal in Georgia. Things are quiet in Armenia. Other than the stream of foreigners who have fled Georgia into Armenia, the war has had little effect in Armenia. I was in Tbilisi for the firs two days of the war to assess the situation and to make preparations to evacuate if things continued to escalate. We were blessed to be able to make the necessary plans to evacuate and things went without a hilch. The only problem was that it took about four and half hours to get across the border due to the large number of people there. That in and of itself was a miracle. Many people had to wait much longer than we did in order to get into Armenia from Georgia. We plan to return the missionaries to Georgia once we are given the go-a-head by the Brethren. Our missionaries are anxious to continue their work. Thank you for all of your messages of concern. We assure you we are well and happy. what the Indians called "home." There were several teams and covered wagons to emphasize how the settlers traveled to their new settlement. All of the volunteers were friendly and helpful, which made it an enjoyable experience. It did rain for a while, but it was accompanied by some thunder and lightening, which added to the spirit of the evening. Just before the pageant started, the rain quit and the evening was cool and pleasant. The program was two hours long, so I would suggest getting overnight accommodations in one of the nearby towns. We talked to some people who had traveled quite a distance to attend and they were camping in some of the nearby campgrounds which made it nice for them. We stayed overnight in Schofield in the home of Barbara's inlaw's and then came home the next afternoon. Many people in Sanpete and Emery Counties were saddened by the untimely death of Mr. Montel Seeley, the author of the script for the Castle Valley Pageant. Mr. Seeley was killed in an unfortunate accident on the 12th, just three days following the closing night of this years' presentation. Mr. Seeley was a participant in the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train in 1997 and well known for his in- Courtesy photo BLACKSMITH: The Castle Valley Pageant had many demonstrations, including blacksmiths who made hooks and prairie engagement rings out of horseshoe nails. terest in the history of our pioneer ancestors. 1 would suggest, if you haven't yet seen this pag- eant, that you try and see it nexf year. I'm sure that you will ! enjoy i t a s much as we l( did1.1 Jones shows steer at County Fair 'Round and About Benjamin Kathleen Olsen Young Men (teacher and priest age) in both Benjamin wards joined with boys from other Spanish Fork West Stake wards in an extraordinary several days' hike to the top of Mt. Nebo. There are several trails on the mountain leading to the summit but the group took one the most challenging thus learning valuable lessons relating to the gospel and to life. The young men returned with many tales to tell and an appreciation of the mountain and gospel principles, plus blisters and sore legs. The hike took a great deal of planning, under the direction of the stake Young Men presidency. Matt Urmston, Don Christensen, and Rod Lowe. The young men were assisted by ward presidencies, with the full support of the stake presidency, Chris Shepherd, Ray Lynn Hurst, and Chris Hales, who also accompanied the group to the top. Highlights of the hike included boys and leaders helping others in order that everyone achieved the goal of reaching the top, sunrise from the summit, a testimony meeting, and leaders reading surprise letters from the boys' mothers which the leaders had secretly carried up the mountain. The boys were also surprised to find a cache of fresh water waiting for them high on the mountain, delivered ahead of time by Cody Bradford and Brett Davis via horseback. A group of sisters delivered supper to the boys on Friday evening as they descended from the summit. Ward leaders who accompanied the boys included Keith Argyle, Riley Prestwich, Jason Taylor, Garrett Elliott, Jared Elliott, and Brett Penrod, of Benjamin 1st Ward, and Frank Ballard, John Hughes, and Bruce Rogers, representing Benjamin 2nd Ward. This experience is one the participants will not soon forget. ••• While the older boys were busy climbing Mt. Nebo, the scouts of Troop 98 (Benjamin 1st Ward) enjoyed a trip to Fish Lake, where they had exciting experiences of their own. Adults with this group included scoutmaster Clay Foy, Duane Lundell, Garrick Foy, and Mike Woolsey. Congratulations to Aaron Reimschiissel and Chelsea Lynn Anderson who were married on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple and honored that evening at a reception in South Jordan. Aaron is the son of James and Judy Reimschiissel and the grandson of Vivian Reimschiissel and the late Willy Reimschiissel of Benjamin. ••• Kayson and Karson Jones exhibited their market steers at the recent Tooele County Fair held in ' Grantsville, where they did very well. Karson won the Grand Champion Award with his steer, while Kayson won the intermediate division offittingand showmanship and reserve champion in the overall class. They are sons of Tim and Liz Jones. Sincerely, President Ron Dunn /:"" ISmNISH FORK NEWS iTv. * Courh-sy / COUNTY FAIRS: While the Utah County Fair is up and running in Spanish Fork, Tooele County is also busy with their own fair where Karson and Kayson Jones received high awards for their steers. i V |