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Show " ' .' - y.-i J ' , - . r - ; f ; s - -- -?-f r- ; tt- : i i ' t i ' I . . .1 '' " ' T "" ', I r. i; -v. Care and Share Coordinator for Garfield County Faye Worthen is joined by County Director Councilon Aging Deon Alvey in a ribbon-cutting ribbon-cutting ceremoney at the Open House for the new Care and Share facility in Panguitch. The program is a valuable tool for many county families. Care and Share Program Goes To Old County Jail PANGUITCH Fay Worthen spent the day Saturday in the Old Panguitch Jail, but folks around here have never seen her happier. Worthen was proudly showing off her new Care and Share facility, now located at 55 S. Main (the old jail offices), but with all the bars and most of the locks removed. Care and Share celebrated the move on Saturday, after weeks of painting, sprucing and building new shelves, all with donated man-and-woman hours by caring, loving friends and neighbors. A special open house was well attended with over 50 guests throughout the day. Friends of Care and Share offered their services to escort newly arriving guests on a tour of the facility. The program, sponsored through the Utah Food Bank receives regular donations of excess, damaged, and second hand food items from area groceries and merchants. The pantries or "cells" as they are referred to have never been fuller. Items range from canned fruits and vegetables, soups, pastas, dry goods, toiletries, even specialty items like baby formula, dog food and rock salt. The Utah Food Bank issues poverty income guidelines that must be strictly followed and families fami-lies qualify once per year in October. Octo-ber. For a household of one, income in-come must not exceed $8,240 per year; for two, $11,060; for three, $13,880; a family of four, $16,700; a family of five, $19,520 and a family of six, $22,340. Worthen praised the program for helping numbers of families each month. She mans the center 12 hours per month, assisting families to fill important needs in her three, four-hour shifts three days each month. The remainder of her time is spent sorting, logging and stocking stock-ing shelves. She shared how important im-portant the Care and Share proaram can be especially when families return re-turn to work at seasonal summer jobs in the area and use the goods to supplement otherwise meager incomes. in-comes. For Saturday, the state sent along extra special supplies to mark the grand opening of this new facility. facil-ity. Worthen also collected door prizes for a drawing running throughout the day as patrons visited. vis-ited. She expressed thanks and appreciation ap-preciation for local merchants who helped to make this a very special day. Winners of the door prizes included in-cluded Neucile Henrie, two lunches at Country Corner Cafe; six packs of Coke donated by the Minute Market 4 and won by Nancy Twitchell, Donna Peterson, Mable Harris and Nielene Heywood; two pair of gloves donated by Panguitch Supply, won by Jeanie Henrie and Todd Breinholt. Grandma Tina's donated a breakfast break-fast won by Tim Christensen, a lunch won by Carol Dodds and a dinner won by Maloy Dodds. Panguitch Pan-guitch Drug, a book, won by Shan-dra Shan-dra Nielsen; Thomas Auto, winter-izer, winter-izer, won by Laraine Ford; Subway, gift certificates, won by Maxine Crosby and Blanche Pendleton. Panguitch Floral and Gift donated do-nated a bucket of bath soaps won by Minnie Nielsen and a flower arrangement ar-rangement won by Teresa Walker; Lynn's NAPA Auto gave five quarts of oil, won by Kevin Crum-sly Crum-sly and Paul's Auto gave a gallon of antifreeze, won by Jerry Bagnell. The Flying M Cafe, gift certificate, certifi-cate, Deon Alvey; Rumours, gift certificate, Ruth Barnes; Tod's Travel Center, four hats, Jake Bagnell, Bag-nell, Kay Heywood, Hilda Gardner and Hilma Excell; KB Express, 12 pack Pepsi, Verda Oldham; Lee's Indian Store, two story dolls, Tira Nielsen and Glenna Pollock. C Stop, two individual pizzas, Dorothy Pingry and Faye Worthen; Henrie's Drive In, $5 gift certificate, certifi-cate, Dellis LeFevre; Cowboy's Smokehouse, $10 gift certificate, Mamie Talbot; Rustic Lodge, two dinners, Peg Bagnell; Panguitch Lake General Store, coasters, Annette An-nette Heywood and stationary, Liz Burnham; Red Canyon Indian Store, a poncho, Brannan Bence; Welcome Market, case of Coke, Rob Veater and Kathy Beckwith. A special thanks to everyone for making mak-ing it a great day and to Leland's Chevron for donating the ice. |
