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Wednesday, November 4, 2020 • Vol. 129, No. 34 • Free
VETERANS DAY 2020
Don’t forget Sanpete veterans next week As we approach Veterans Day this year we would, as always, encourage people in our communities to remember and honor our service veterans. This year the veteran organizations in Sanpete County issue an invitation to all veterans to join a post in your community. On Veterans Day and Memorial
Day our veterans receive a well-deserved, if not somewhat limited, recognition. No one has sacrificed more for the freedom, integrity and values of our country. Unfortunately, too many of our veterans suffer health and social issues that may be related to military service. Where does a veteran in need seek help to receive
the benefits they earned by service to our country? Fortunately, we have veteran organizations in our county that can help, but we need the help of veterans to strengthen our veterans organizations in this effort. Sanpete County has five active veteran organizations, four American Legion Posts and one Veterans of
Foreign Legion Post. Nationally both organizations have been in existence for more than one hundred years. Both have been chartered by the U.S. Congress: Centerfield American Legion Post 107, serving Gunnison Valley, Manti American Legion Post 31, serving Ephraim and Manti area, Mt. Pleasant American Legion Post
4, serving Fairview, Mt. Pleasant and Spring City, Moroni American Legion Post 107, serving Ft. Green, Wales, Chester, and Moroni, and Veterans of Foreign Post 9276 located in Mt. Pleasant, with members from many communities. Please see VETERANS, Page A2
Outing turns into rescue Fatigue: We’ve All Got It
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’ve been hearing the word “fatigue” a lot lately. People are talking about “Covid or Pandemic Fatigue” and “Election Fatigue.” I think I’m suffering from both of those varieties. Most of us can’t help but be tired of those kinds of “tirednesses.” I don’t know when we’ll get relief from Pandemic Fatigue. I’ve gotten to the point that I’m skeptical of anyone who thinks they know when this will all go away. My son reminded me a two or three months ago that just because we’re tired of it doesn’t mean that the virus is going away. I was tired then. And cases are spiking now. I’m tired of not being able to visit people “normally.” I’m tired of fogged up reading glasses even after I’ve adjusted my mask twenty times. I’m tired of seeing people in Wal-Mart as threats to my life. I could do a dozen more of these “I’m tired of” sentences and I’d just be getting started. I guess we’ll just all have to do our best as we start into the cold weather, more time indoors, traditional family gathering, holiday season. Our fatigue is going to tempt us to get careless. I’m hoping we can hold out together with a semigood attitude of “misery loves company” while still finding ways to find connections with friends and family. Election Fatigue and/ or Political Fatigue is another matter. Can you believe the avalanche of political advertising that went on? Just what
happened in the 4th Congressional District, which covers the north end of Sanpete, was crazy. Just think what could have been done with the money that was spent on the race between Ben McAdams and Burgess Owens. Last I looked McAdams had spend $4.8 million and the Owens spending was about $3.7 million. Wouldn’t it be great if a few of those millions had been donated to food and clothing banks? They fought tooth and nail for that seat in Congress. In my view, the TV advertising was contentious and relentless. I could scarcely bear to watch any of the Utah stations because the political advertising was so pervasive. The “mud” flew. I can’t help but be reminded of a Mark Twain quote. “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” A bright spot in the politicking of the season was the series of TV ads featuring the major party candidates for governor. Republican Spencer Cox (our own Sanpete “boy” and current Lt-Governor) and Democrat Chris Peterson made ads together that focused on civility, kindness, and the smooth transition of power. These ads went viral and attracted the attention of the major television networks. I saw the two candidates interviewed on Good Morning America and The Today Show. I’m sure Please see OGDEN, Page A2
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
LEFT: A white American Pyrenees dog, seen in this photo, still wanders in the Skyline Drive area. RIGHT: Mani Grewal, seen here on the steps of the State Capitol, is pushing to initiate legislation that will protect working dogs. BY GLORIA ALBRECHT
A family’s side-by-side outing through Fairview Canyon and up to Skyline Drive on October 4th took a surprise turn when Mani Grewal, traveling with his wife and daughter, stopped to take pictures at an overlook at the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Canyon. Fifteen hundred feet down and a mile away in the valley they saw movement among the bushes; a fox or perhaps a coyote. Watching through his binoculars Grewal soon determined that it was a large dog, and with the dog was perhaps a puppy. After alerting several passers-by of the situation the Grewal’s began to search further down the trail for the dog. Lost or worse yet abandoned, the dog and puppy were at risk with fall weather on the horizon when tempera-
tures are known to plummet rapidly in the Utah mountains. The Grewal’s coincidentally met a good citizen from Santaquin, identified only as Robert, who had found two puppies amid the brush, while another party in the search discovered three more puppies. The little puppies were about eight weeks old and the Grewal’s reports that since then they have all been adopted. Happy ending! But not really. The mother dog was still on the mountain, and a week later the Grewal’s went back up to Skyline Drive for another look. Heading towards the powerline from Fairview Canyon and then onto the powerline trail, moving in a westerly direction and picnicking along the way, Mani and his wife saw the big dog once again. Once again, she remained elusive and they couldn’t catch her
to bring her to safety. Still searching for the dog, Grewal put postings on Facebook, but with no positive results. Meanwhile another couple from Mt. Pleasant who met the Grewal’s on Skyline Drive found and rescued another lost dog, a boxer, who was in bad shape. Upon hearing about the search, friends from Draper joined the Grewals several days later, forming teams to look for the big dog who by this time was thought to be an American Pyrenees. They spotted the dog and in trying to reach her discovered a sixth puppy who by this time was too weak to move and severely emaciated. After administering small amounts of water and food to the puppy it perked up, and the Please see RESCUE, Page A2
TV episode features Sanpete County BY MONTE BONA
A new episode of Discovery Road called “Road Trip” travels through Sanpete Valley as it leads to simple and wonderful things that are certainly worth stopping for. Discovery Road Show producer and creator James Nelson says this episode offers stories that will excite and inspire people to start planning their next road trip. This documentary series, produced by The Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area (MPNHA), takes viewers along the Heritage Highway U.S. 89 in Airstream trailers. Surprising discoveries along the
road include a town named Freedom, an outdoor movie theatre and a homemade pizza truck. “I think the car, the family and a map still work for everyone,” Nelson says. “This program is an entertaining glimpse into Airstream history and a sample of what a night at the drive-in is like. Toss in some roadside pizza and an open road discovery of real freedom and you’ve got a pretty darn good show.” The half-hour program started out to explore what people eat on the road and where they get their food. The answer is pretty much everything and everywhere. It also features a brief history of Air-
stream creator Wally Byam, who was born on July 4, 1896 in Baker City on the Oregon Trail. He knew his grandparents had traveled west in a covered wagon fully outfitted with food, water and a stove. It all inspired him to create the Airstream trailer, Nelson says. He built his first travel trailer, tested it and streamlined it. The Airstream continues today! An intriguing segment of this episode comes forward when Discovery Road introduces viewers to professional photographer George Frey, who has taken hundreds of thousands of photographs Please see ROAD TRIP, Page A6
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