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Show By Marlene Haws J L 826-4859 marlenehcolor-country.net We have a budding star in bur" midst .here in Escalante!''. Clayton Carter went to an audi-' tion in Spanish Fork last week'; with talent scouts from' Nashville, Tennessee and they' LOVED him! He was supposed to do two numbers and some cowboy poetry and they Jept 1 him longer to hear him do more.'; They were especially impressed1 with his yodeling and the fact that he is self-taught. They want ' him to put some of his "stuff"'1 on a CD and sent it to them' in . Nashville. They also gave hrm'1 an engagement to open their': concert (and end it) on March ' 12, 2005, 6:00 P.M., at the High ' School auditorium in Spanish Fork. It is open to the public so, ' if you are in the area at that, time, don't miss it! Congratulations, Clayton!1 We're proud of you! K" Everyone, who could get ' away, was in Cedar City last weekend for the Region Basketball Tournament. (Some have to stay here to hold down the Fort!) Parents, ' grandparents, grandpar-ents, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles came from every direction direc-tion to cheer our boys on and they weren't disappointed! Our team outshone them all! (Of course there's a little prejudice there!) But we are really proud of our boys, as every other town should be of theirs. Garfield County teams represented us ' well! After our boys played in the championship game Saturday night one guy was heard to say, ; "They should have cut that trophy tro-phy in two after a game like ; that!" Another said, "Yes, or give both teams one." ! If I tried .to name all the families fam-ilies that were there I would ' miss someone, so I won't try to ! do that. Dave and Yoland Mclnelly came from Mesa, Arizona and are at their home here for a few ' days. Robert Haws came from Clifton, Colorado to spend the weekend with his parents, Klyn 1 and Marlene Haws. Helen Shurtz had a visit from ' two of her brothers and a sister-in-law over the weekend. Rex Zobell of Cheyenne, Wyoming and Keith and Afton Zobell. of Las Vegas, Nevada. Helen said they only stayed two days, but they talked fast enough to make up for lost time until they get together again. Doug and Barbara Haycock arrived in Sharon, Vermont and have begun their LDS Mission. Already they have met an elder whose grandfather is Phil Allen from Antimony. (No name but someone from Antimony will know). And they also met an elder Thompson from Idaho and he and Barbara are checking their genealogy to see if they are related. Barbara's father, Reed Thompson, was from Idaho. Little Riley Poteet, son of J Jim and Mandy Poteet, tutrted a year old in February and ajl his family members in Escalante gathered for a birthday ;paYty. . Grandparents Greg and . Elsie Poteet, great grandmother, fylary Griffin, Uncle and Aunt .Gary and Tammy Spencer and friends Harriet Priska and ,yinnie Washburn. . . a , , Ray Masters suffered a heart attack last week and w,as taken by life flight to Utah Valley Medical Center in Provo. Reports are that she got a pacemaker pace-maker arid is doing better. Our best to her with a wish for a speedy recovery. . , Pratt Gates is lucky to be here after having blood clots in his lungs and legs. , He even drove himself to the hospital! He is back home now, but will probably proba-bly have to be careful . for a while. You behave now, Pratt! No horseback riding! . . . Garneal Smith had a visit from two of her sisters-in-law. Joy Kirk, Hurricane and Ida Romriell, Washington City. They only stayed overnight. She said she enjoyed their visit and invited them to stay longer next time. Gameal's son and family, Dane and Sharon Smith, now live in Firestone, Colorado. Sharon and her daughter, Jenny, spoke in Sacrament Meeting there a week or two ago. After the meeting a young man came up and introduced himself and told them he was the youngest son of Dick and Mary Lyman. Small world isn't it? |