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Show mmmi koto By Harriet Priska 8264810 Forsythia and apricot blooms are beautiful just now, tulips are out and iris is on the way. Dandelions are making quite a show, willows are green and cottonwoods are beginning be-ginning to bud. Old timers say it is indeed an earthere won't be a frost later to harm all this lovely growth. In contrast to the joyous springtime weather, many hearts are sad as they plan to leave the area to seek employment em-ployment elsewhere with the announcement an-nouncement of the sawmill's closing clos-ing being final. At least 15 families fami-lies are looking to relocate. Many of these are young families who have lived here all their lives and would rather stay. We wish them all the best About half of Escalante experienced experi-enced a power outage for approximately approxi-mately 2 12 hours on Thursday afternoon, April 9. Gusty winds caused an electric line to break near Griffins store, land on Thais Griffin's Grif-fin's automobile. There were no problems but no one was immediately immedi-ately available to repair the connection. connec-tion. Kevin Schulkoski is slowly recovering re-covering from recent surgery. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schulkoski from Eureka, South Dakota, are here for a week to help Vicki with the children and be a support. Kevin is a ranger for the Dixie National Forest and has done much for the community. His concern con-cern for the future of trie economy has been shown through the hours spent as chairman of the Action Team for Economic Development. Don Mosier has been in Boise, Idaho for recertification for timber scaling and other timber-related services. ser-vices. Home for the summer from Mesa, Ariz, are Pat and Bob Soren-son Soren-son and Monty and Bud Revord. Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Johnson have returned for the season from Kanab where they have been building build-ing a winter home. Reed and Karen Munson and all the family spent time with her family fam-ily in Mountain Green above Provo while Reed attended the semi-annual session of LDS Conference in Salt Lake City. Bob and Mavis Mun son were also in Salt Lake. City attending at-tending the conference and went to the first day of a Food Fair at the Salt Palace and immediately returned re-turned home to attend to business in Escalante. They were sorry they couldn't stay longer because they discovered their name was drawn first for the grand prize, a four-wheel four-wheel vehicle at the Food Fair, but they had to be present to win. A Spring Art Fair is currently on display at the elementary school. The theme was "I May Not Be The Best, But I'm The Best That I Can Be." Projects were completed both at home and at school and were judged by Ruth Ann Oliver and Sheila Wooley. Many ribbons were awarded in a variety of categories. cate-gories. The art work will be on display at the Art Center at the Library Li-brary in mid-April. A special dedication will be offered of-fered during the 11 a.m. worship service on Easter Sunday for a lovely 3' x 5' wall hanging done by Ruth Anne Oliver at the Baptist Church at the community center. A cross is the central theme and the applique work will be used for worship wor-ship services thereafter. All are invited in-vited to attend. |