The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER
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obituaries
FYI Panguitch
by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com
Velma P. Boulter
Last Thursday we had the Great Shoot Out at the Fire ESCALANTE - Velma Porter Boulter, age 95, of EscalanHouse, where over 300 folks te, passed at the Garfield Memorial Hospital in Panguitch, on came by and got their flu shots. Tuesday morning, October 15, 2013. There were plenty of volunteers Velma was born June 11, 1918 in Escalante to Roland Porwilling to help out with this ter and Mina Haws. She was the oldest of eight and is survived endeavor and everything went by brothers Vergean and Bobby with sisters Maxine and Yoland. very smooth. Many thanks to Velma also left a all of the kind souls that vollegacy through unteered their time. Its kind her daughter of cool the way you just drive Sondra, four into the engine bay and stick grandchildren out your arm and you are out and nine greatof there. For the kids over 2, grandchildren there is a nasal spray, to make it all of whom easier on the young ones. were the center Saturday was the start of of her thoughts the regular deer hunt. I am each day. some what envious, never beV e l m a ing a hunter, I look at this as the grew up in Esthird best family get together, calante and r e m a i n e d in the year ranking right there there until she with Christmas and Thanksgivmet Willard ing. I believe the season goes “Bunch” Arlin on for a long time, starting in Boulter in the August with the bow hunt, fall of ‘36 when black powder and then the Elk he was in Es- hunt begins. Quite a few of the calante working for the CCC. They were married July 21, 1937 town folks got either a cow or and moved to Price, UT where their only child, Sondra, was spike elk, I do love jerky if you born. Velma then moved to San Francisco where she remained are looking for a place to get rid for 25 years. She was blessed to have served in many church of your meat. (comment from stake and ward Relief Societies, as well as the Oakland Temple. Pat - when it has been made In 1959 the family was sealed in the Los Angeles Temple. into jerky!) Halloween comes on Velma and Bunch moved to Long Beach, CA where Velma Thursday the 31 this year; don’t would remain for another 10 years, again serving in the Church. forget the Elementary school Velma and Bunch’s next stop was Provo, UT where they reparade. The parade starts at the mained until Bunch’s passing in 1984. Velma then returned school at 10am; goes around home to her beloved Escalante where she was once again heavithe block pass Joe’s market and ly involved in Church, as well as the Senior Citizen program and back to the school. It’s really the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, where she served as a member fun with the kids and teacher for over 60 years and continued to teach up until her early 90’s. who are in costumes, bundle Velma loved church books, crocheting, and shopping at DI up, and bring your cameras for every chance she got. More than anything, though, she loved some great shots. her daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved Lots going on in Novemtaking every opportunity to teach them about their strong church ber, starting with the Christmas history and pioneer heritage. Craft Fair, at the Fair building, She was loved deeply by her family and will be missed by it will be held on Saturday the many. Her passion for her heritage will live on thru her descen9th and will run all day long. dants. Notwithstanding her beloved mission to serve her HeavThere will be that great candy enly Father will continue on. We thank her for the lessons taught booth, raising funds for Sub and the memories we have. We hope to see you soon “Kid!” for Santa. There will be lots of Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2013 good crafts available that make at 11:00 a.m. in the Escalante 2nd Ward Chapel, where friends really good Christmas gifts, so may call on Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 prior to services. Burial come early for the best of the will be in the Escalante Cemetery. Funeral Directors, Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guest book www. best. On 11-11, Veterans Day, maglebymortuary.com the American Legion’s annual dinner will be held at the Senior Citizens Center and food will be supplied by the wonderful cooks, which cook and serve BOULDER - LeFair M. Hall, age 87, passed away on October the seniors three days a week. 17, 2013. He is survived by his two sons, Randy & Robert Hall. All Veterans and their spouses are invited; also we would be honored to have the Widows of
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Elder Garrett Wolfley PANGUITCH - Garrett Wolfley has been called to serve in the Japan, Tokyo South mission, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will be speaking in the Panguitch 2nd ward at 10:00am on October 27. He will report to the MTC, in Provo, on October 30.
Elder Jamen Sterling Brindley TORREY - Elder Jamen Sterling Brindley has been called to serve in the Denmark Copenhagen Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints. He will speak in the Torrey LDS Ward on October 27, 2013 at 10:00 am. Elder Brindley will enter the MTC on Wednesday November 6, 2013. He is the son of Tracy and Wendy Potter, Torrey and Weston and Tiffany Brindley, Monroe. He is the grandson of Tom and Virginia Jeffery, Ray and Diane Potter, Mike and Carma Brindley, and Ralph and Cindy Okerlund. His great-grandparents include Colleen Jeffery, Zurrell and Grace Potter, Lars and Rhea Nelson, Marjorie Gray, and Jean Okerlund.
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Veterans come. The members of the Auxiliary to the American Legion are also included yearly and encouraged to attend. Good food, good company and entertainment, it doesn’t get any better. Please give me a call so we can get some numbers. (676-2418) This will be the 5th annual Thanksgiving dinner, which is sponsored by the Lions Club. This dinner gets bigger each year. Thanksgiving can be lonely time, so come on over and enjoy some turkey and some great company. The dinner will also be held at the Senior Center on Nov. 28, In December, Christmas in the Country is including and event called “The Joy of Christmas featuring Nativity’s and Ginger Bread Houses” or something like that! Pat said to tell the first 7 families that call her (676-2418) she will give you a free ginger bread house kit. Of course you must show it on December 21st when the event takes place. More information will be available soon. December looks very busy and fun! Correction from last week’s column, Janice Hatch was asked to take over the Superintendent position and she did her position and the superintendent’s job for a year at no pay increase. Janice and the business manager worked endlessly to bail the district out for a year with out any further compensation. The Garfield School District was Janice’s passion and she would do anything to help out where she could. She did receive a small pay increase when she took over the Superintendent’s job fulltime, again doing both jobs. During the time after Governor Huntsman left office, the State cut the teachers wages by 5%, I don’t know, maybe that was the Legislatures way to keep Utah’s teachers in last place in the Country pay wise. Many thanks to Superintendent Dalton for putting the wages of the school district employees in print. Superintendent Dalton is the first superintendent to take the time, to keep the tax payers in Garfield Co. informed in what is happening in the District.
A friend of mine who recently moved here, asked me if PHS only had 133 students. I said that PHS was one of the largest 1-A schools in the State. Most of the 1-A schools include the 7th and 8th in their student number count. Panguitch has 74 in the 7th and 8th grade and would have 207 in their student body if these two grades were included. Bryce Valley has 131 and Escalante has 71 if you include the 7th and 8th grades. The furloughed Federal employees are back and the government shut down is at an end. Federal workers will all receive back pay, for their furloughed time. It is not like you are on vacation because you can’t go anywhere. Most of the employees would much rather be working than sitting around. The loss for the travel industry was $160 million, every day that the government was shut down, in the USA alone. The State that put out the money to open the parks shouldn’t cost them too much, as the Federal government. is giving the park employees their back wages. The ballots for City Council seats have been mailed out, please take the time to look at them and vote. I hope that the Insider will have a few short words from the Candidates in this issue. Back to China. Our second day in Beijing we visited the Great Wall and oh what a sight! The Great Wall is about 4,000 miles long. It runs from the Yalu river in Liaoning Province, it snakes westward across mountains, deserts and
snow covered plateaus. The construction lasted 2000 years from the 7th century BC during the Spring and Autumn Period till the 17th century AD. and the Ming Dynasty. The Great Wall has become a symbol of the Chinese nation, representing its persistence and bravery. Over 8 million workers died while working on the wall, about 1 for each yard of construction. It is considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world. We went to the Badaling section where we did our walking, Pat decided that we would go to the highest outlook in sight. The steps are all different sizes from 2” to a foot, tough walking up, but much harder coming down. We were the only couple to make it to the top in our group, but the view was well worth it. Once we made it to the top, we could of walked another two miles on a flat area that laid ahead, but we didn’t have the time. The Wall has always been worked on over the years, doing repairs the whole length of the Wall. They figured out 3,000 years ago that if they used rice paste in the mortar that it would last and it is as good as when they put it down, three thousand years ago. We will cross the Great Wall off our bucket list. My birthday is coming up shortly and on this trip I learned another advantage to old age if you are 75, you don’t have to take off your shoes, when you go through security, which is another perk that comes with a lot of birthdays. Have no fear, all is well.
Panguitch Senior Center HOT LUNCH PROGRAM
87 N 50 W • 676-2281/676-1140 Suggested donation $3.00 60 & older, $7.00 under 60 Call before 10 AM of the day of attendance to reserve a spot. Tues. Oct. 29th Wed. Oct. 30th Thurs. Oct. 31st Chili w/h beans Cornbread Pickled beets Coleslaw Apple crisp
Oven fried chicken Potatoes & gravy Corn Peaches Tapioca pudding
Cheeseburger Onion rings Potato salad Pickled beets Brownie
Meals include milk & bread. NOTE: PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND CALL AHEAD. The ladies work diligently to prepare a good dinner, and a head count helps them prepare enough for everyone.
Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues. Oct.29th
Wed. Oct.30th
White chicken chili w/chips & sour cream Relish tray Fruit cocktail Sweet roll
Chicken sandwich Macaroni salad w/veggies Carrots Pears Carrot cake
Thurs. Oct.31st
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Hamburger hobo dinners Roll Salad bar Peaches Raspberry bars
Without Mark’s resourcefulness, forethought and attention to detail, this house could not have been built. —AIA Architect, A. Pearson
All meals are served with milk or juice. If you would like a meal, please call us by 10:00 am. 826-4317. Suggested donation for seniors over 60 $3.00, and under 60 is $7.00
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