Gunnison Valley Gazette | 2007-10-04 | Page 6

Page 6 The Gunnison Valley Gazette Thursday, October 4, 2007 Gunnison Valley before 1859 (Axtell, Centerfield, Clarion, Christenburg, Crowleyville, Dover, Fayette, Gunnison, Hog Wallow, Mayfield, Skin Town, Sterling, West View and more) In preparation for the Centerfield Centennial and Gunnison Sesquicentennial in 2009 the students at Gunnison Valley Elementary are collecting histories of early pioneers and old photographs to be compiled in a book. Anyone living in the valley should be included in the book because they were here during that time. Our relationship with Sterling related to our water sources, makes it logical that people and events there need to be part of our project. We also want to include the histories and stories of events, places, farms and businesses in this area. Some ideas might be: your ancestors, your family business, traditions, businesses or places no longer in existence such as the Jewish Community, Dover, West View, the railroad, the gristmill near the depot, sugar factory, sugar beet farming, Japanese community, cabbage, cauliflower, celery farming Indian stories, Chief Arapeen, building of schools and churches, people who helped build the Temple, or anything important to you or your family. If you want your relatives or favorite event or place to be included, please take time to write it down for us. We want to have the histories collected ready for formatting for the printer by December 1st. In the spring students will be presenting a program of vignettes about our pioneers, but Community input sought A public meeting was held last Thursday evening at Gunnison City Hall to discuss the fuel spill on main street and the affect it is having on Gunnison’s business district. Representatives from the State of Utah Environmental Quality, Carrie Towner, from Stirba & Associates and representatives from the landscape architectural firm, Northland Design were in attendance to listen to concerns, give legal council, and put forth ideas toward the re-beautification of main street. The architectural firm would like the input from the community to gather ideas of how to rejuvenate and beautify our downtown business district. Please take a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire on the right and send it to the address on the bottom. If you would like to serve on the Beautification Committee, please contact Lori Nay, 979-9235. we can only tell those stories that are sent to us, or that we collect directly from you. Stories can be collected in different ways: They may be e-mailed to elizabeth. [e-mail], mailed to Gunnison Valley Elementary, PO Box 369 Gunnison, UT 84634, or handed to a student to be brought to school. Students will be collecting oral histories, too, to be included. If you don’t feel comfortable writing the history, but want to tell it so it can be included, call Elizabeth Jensen evenings, 528-3444, who will write it while you tell it. Better yet, tell it to a grandchild to bring to school. If you have photographs, don’t send them with students, but contact the school. We will make arrangements for them to be scanned. That takes only a few seconds, so these precious photos never leave your possession. Each history and its picture or illustration needs to fit on a single 8x10 page. Thank you, Elizabeth Jensen John Jeremiah Pickett John Jeremiah Pickett was born in South Salt Lake City, Utah September 1, 1856 to John and Mary Rosetta Stringer Pickett. In 1861 the family moved to Gunnison (Hogwallow) some of the first settlers in the valley, where he lived the rest of his life. There were serious Indian contentions at that time. A fort was built for protection, and lookouts were placed at Pickett’s Knoll with materials to build a quick fire if Indians were spotted, so people could hurry to the fort. Jeremiah and his brother Brigham were standing guard, but not paying attention, when Indians crept up and kidnapped Brigham. Brigham was returned for ransom. One spring morning the boys were plowing. An Indian rode up on his horse, cut the harness off their horse and rode away with their horse. Jeremiah and Brigham were playing with an ax when one of Jeremiah’s fingers was accidentally cut off. John Jeremiah and Lurany Iness Roper were married in Salt Lake City in the Endowment House on 23 December, 1880. Jeremiah immediately built a log cabin which served as the family home for the next nine years. Jeremiah and Lurany had 11 children: Lydia Geneva 1881, Hannah Elizabeth1883, Mary Iness 1886, John Earl 1887, Lurany Roper 1890, Theron 1893, Henrietta 1894, Joseph Benson 1897, LaBriel 1898, Merrill 1903, Ruth 1905. John Jeremiah Picket died February 23, 1929 in Gunnison. Mark Henline/Gunnison Valley Gazette A mock DUI court was held at the high school for all students in the 10th and 12th grades. Judge Ivo Peterson presided over the trial with help from law enforcement officials from Gunnison City and Sanpete County, court clerks from Gunnison and Moroni and two attorneys and another judge from Sanpete County. The trial was carried out as if it were the real thing. The students were even given a power point presentation of the inside of the Sanpete County Jail and what they could expect if they ever ended up there. They were informed that a DUI is a mandatory stay in jail. Principal Kent Larsen told the students that this is a great opportunity for them to learn about our judicial system. Bulldog Pride Award The Gunnison Downtown Redevelopment Planning Questionnaire Thank you for participating in the Gunnison Downtown Redevelopment Planning process. The goal of this process is to create a prioritized set of clear, specific, measurable and achievable objectives for the redevelopment of Historic Main Street. Please complete this questionnaire in order to help us more clearly understand your objectives, concerns and ideas. Gunnison Valley High School would like to congratulate Jerrica Pickett and Jace Anderson for being selected by the Faculty and Administration to receive the Bulldog Pride Award. Name: (optional)________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________ Email: ___________________________ Address: ________________________City: ___________Zip: ___________ Occupation: ___________________________________________________ Please list 3 important items you like about Downtown and would not change. 1.___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ Please list your 3 key ideas that could help improve and balance Downtown: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ Please list your 3 main concerns about downtown: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ Please suggest 3 solutions-actions that could help achieve your ideas: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ Please give us 3 ways that you will know the downtown is successful: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ Please return the questionnaire to: fax: [phone] Email: Jeremy Fillmore, Principal Planner - Landscape Architect jfi[e-mail] Post: 12 West 100 North, Suite 202B American Fork, Utah 84003 Jerrica is the daughter of Kim and Kaye Pickett of Gunnison. She is a senior at Gunnison Valley High School. Jerrica has been involved in volleyball, softball, yearbook and National Honor Society and Student Council. Jerrica is currently the yearbook editor and team captain for volleyball. Jerrica has been active in both her church and the community. She is the Lau- Jerrica Pickett rels President for the Gunnison 5th ward, and she has received her Young Women’s recognition award. Jerrica helped with Governor Huntsmans campaign by handing out fliers throughout Gunnison Valley. Wakeboarding, snowboarding, scrapbooking, and playing the piano are some of the things that she enjoys doing. After graduation, Jerrica plans on attending SUU and obtaining her degree in nursing. Jace is a senior at GVHS and is the son of Mark and Deah Anderson. Jace is active in football, baseball, and National Honor Society. Jace has been honored every year at the Academic Excellence night at GVHS. Jace is a member of the Gunnison 5th ward where he is active in the Priest quorum. Jace was a member of the church ball team that took Stake last year. They are hoping for a repeat. Jace enjoys hunting, snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, sports, and hanging out with Jace Anderson friends. After he graduates, Jace is planning on attending Snow College and then Utah State where he will obtain a degree in Pharmacy. Sponsored by: The Outdoor Report You need a new HIP number If you’re going to hunt waterfowl this fall, you need a Migratory Game Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) number for the 2007 - 2008 season. Your HIP number from last season won’t work. “I think our new 365-day licenses may have caused some confusion,” says Tom Aldrich, migratory game bird coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. “Even if the license you bought last season will be still valid for part of this season, your HIP number from last season isn’t valid. You need to get a new HIP number every season.” While some hunters aren’t getting a new HIP number every season, others hunters are getting too many. Aldrich offers the following reminders: - The HIP number you obtain for the 2007 - 2008 season is valid from February 1, 2007 until January 31, 2008. - If your 365-day license expires during the season, and you buy a new license, simply transfer the HIP registration number from your expired license to your new license. You don’t need to get another HIP number for the 2007 - 2008 season. Utah’s 2007 - 2008 waterfowl season opens Oct. 6. If you haven’t obtained your HIP number yet, it’s easy to get one. Just log onto www. uthip.com or call 1 (877) UTAH-744 (1-877-882-4744). You’ll need your hunting or combination license to register, so make sure you have it with you before you log onto the Web or call. It only takes about 10 minutes to register. 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