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Show TheEmeryCountyReview.com ‘Monstrous Success’ Home Sweet Home Mammoth Marathon draws huge crowd of runners Spartans overpower Eagles B1 REVIEW C1 Emery County The Volume 2, Issue 38. 75 Cents Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Local News, Local Voice, Locally Owned Land Uproar Proposed BLM management plan has critics on all sides Josie Luke Visitors file by the memorial to miners killed in the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster. Photo by James L. Davis Tranquility An Oasis of Since the Bureau of Land Management released their proposed Resource Management Plan for 2.5 million acres of land administered by the Price Field office Aug. 29, concerns have poured in from critics on all sides. That complaints are being expressed from many sides is, in a way, a relief to Mike Stewig, acting field manager for the Price office. “If I have everybody mad at me, I think I’m about at the right use,” he related. “Obviously we have a full range of resources. There are always conflicts between those resources depending on how you’re going to use them.” The BLM initially developed five alternatives “If I have everybody mad at me, I think I’m about at the right use.” - Mike Stewig BLM Price Office for managing the area, each one corresponding to one of the major resource usages of the land. The final Continued on Page A3. In an emotional ceremony, the monument to the miners of the Crandall Canyon disaster is unveiled James L. Davis A s the soft glow of the Sunday afternoon sun began to dip below the mountains, those gathered for the unveiling of the Crandall Canyon Miner’s Memorial listened quietly as the lives of nine miners whose deaths changed a community forever were spoken of solemnly as those of heroes among us. The dedication of the memorial came on Sept. 14 after a whirlwind of activity from a community that has continually amazed the state, the country and the world to complete a project that has been a labor of love for everyone involved. The community spirit that was so evident throughout the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster last year was equally evident as the finishing touches were put on the memorial to get it ready for its unveiling. Indeed, Huntington City Mayor Hilary Gordon and City Councilwoman Julie Jones found a legion of volunteers gathering to help get the memorial ready. Leading the way were seven Eagle Scouts who rallied volunteers to complete individual aspects of the monument. Scouts Nathan Mecham, Tyler Pulli, Lane Sitterud, Bryson Weaver, Calleb Woolsey, TJ Furner and Colton Barnett proved invaluable in bringing the monument area to completion and it was only fitting that they would be the scouts to raise the American flag to fly above the site and to help the families in the unveiling of the monument itself. Her voice touched with emotion, Councilwoman Jones thanked the countless volunteers who helped complete the project in time. Approximately 1,000 people gathered at the memorial site near the Huntington City Cemetery to be a part of the unveiling of the memorial, painstakingly created by the gifted hands of artist Karen Templeton with the advice and involvement of the family of those miners whose likenesses she magically captured. Continued on Page A6. Old cabin dismantled for trip to new home Kathy Ockey An old, dilapidated house was torn town on Orangeville’s main street this past week and during the dismantling it was discovered it had an old cabin inside the framework. Doug Huntington, Gary Lemons and Ron Thorne were doing the work and while the house was being taken apart, one of them commented they would never have thought that sod would be under the shingles. The date the cabin was built isn’t known, but it is estimated to have been in the early 1900s. The original owners and occupants were William and Kate Fail. They had two sons, Forbes and Fred, and Forbes and his wife May Lamph Fail lived in the cabin after his parents. It was a very small cabin with probably only two rooms. Rue Ware said he remembered going there with his mother when he was very small and said they had a beautiful garden and not a Photo by Josie Luke Brad King presents Huntington City Mayor Hilary Gordon with a distinguished service award during the College of Eastern Utah’s Founder’s Day Celebration. Gordon honored at CEU celebration Josie Luke Workers dismantle a log cabin in Orangeville. single weed on the place. He commented that it was “a very lovely home.” Roseanne Fillmore also said every time her mother, Cleo Davis, went by the home she would say she thought they should tear the house down because her father would be heartbroken to see it looking the way it did. The trail of ownership, according to court house Photo by Kathy Ockey records, shows the owners: William and Kate Fail, then Forbes and May Lamph Fail, Edward and Marjorie Reid, Garth and Louise Heinegar Continued on Page A3. Huntington Mayor Hilary Gordon was presented with the Distinguished Service award by the College of Eastern Utah, as the college celebrated its 70th Anniversary Founder’s Day Celebration. Gordon was presented the award for her compassionate service to the families of those who were killed and injured in the Crandall Canyon mine disaster. The award was presented by CEU Interim President Mike King and CEU Vice-President of Institutional Advancement and Student Services Brad King, who described Gor- don as exhibiting the “true definition of ‘grace under pressure.’” In a sketch of the mayor, given before she received the award, it stated, “It was only three weeks after she accepted the appointment [as mayor] that Huntington was rocked by the Crandall Canyon mine disaster. Mayor Gordon, along with many others, responded to the tragedy with courage, supporting the families of the injured and trapped men.” It was those “many others” who Gordon elected to recognize in her acceptance speech. “The award Continued on Page A3. |
