May 9, 2013
The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER
Bryce Valley Area News by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com
We are happy to see Brooklyn Syrett feeling happy and doing well. She had to have some surgery on her thumb after having an accident playing softball. She had to miss her class field trip to have it taken care of so we are happy she is better even if she is sporting a cast. Congratulations to our local graduates of higher education. Carrie Platt graduated from Dixie State College with a degree in the School of Education. She is already employed and working in her field. Mikki Thompson Shakespear graduated from Southern Utah University. Wade Moore graduated from the Institute of Religion at Southern Utah University. Good luck to all of you graduates. Hopefully some of the others will let us know about your graduatiion. We welcome T. W. Carr and his family to our Bryce Valley Area. He is working out at Kodachrome State Park. The family is from Nebraska. The Girls Camp Unit Leaders held a meeting and are very excited about the upcoming Girl’s Camp. The camp Kick Off is Tuesday May 28th at 6L00 P.M. It will be held at the Tropic Town Park. Anita Fletcher took a jaunt down to St. George to spend some time with her mother, Marie Broderick. Sending condolences out to the family of Minok Dunham who passed away last week. She had been living in St. George with her daughter, Fran Melden close by. We send our prayers and thoughts out to the family. A big congratulations goes out to Daniel Rose who has spent the last two years working on getting his Bachelor’s degree. He did it. He graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Interdisciplinary Agriculture with a minor in Agri Business. After attending the BYU Invitational track meet to watch his children participate he and the family traveled up to Logan, Utah so he could walk with the graduating class and receive his degree on
Saturday. Good work Daniel and we are proud of you for your dedication and discipline to get this done online. Wow. Congratulations to Aubree Thompson on being called to be a Camp Unit Director for the Cannonville Ward. Released in the Tropic Ward with a big vote of thanks for a job well done were: Shane Chynoweth and Cheryl Pollock as 8 year old Activity Days Directors, Linda Stewart and Jessica Stewart as 10 year old Activity Days Directors, Shawn and Jana Williams as Nursery leaders, Sharon Pollock as Relief Society Assistant Chorister, and Dean McInelly as Troop Committee Leader. Called to fill some of these positions were: David Tebbs as High Adventure Leader in Scouts, Kami Stevens and Hayley Pollock as 8 year old Activity Day Directors, Peggy Palmer and Kayce Brinkerhoff as 10 year old Activity Day Directors, Bode and Echelle Pollock as Wolf Den Leaders and Shawn Syrett as Mission Preparation Leader. Whew. There were a few visitor in church today. Saw Gayle and Bonnie Miles and the Scott family who are neighbors of the Miles family. The Scott’s were here to attend the wedding reception of their son Evan and Jacque Talbot Scott. Congratulations to Rafe Brinkerhoff who was baptized by his Tyson Brinkerhoff while mother, Kayce and others were there to support him. On May 20-23rd the town of Tropic will be having a town clean up. There will be a special dumpster for anything metal to be discarded. There is a burn pile over by the T-hill for limbs and such. The other dumpsters will be for anything but the aforementioned. Please make sure nothing metal gets in these dumpsters because it will cause a lot of trouble. On the 23rd there will be a Town Dinner for all. If you wish you can get a black trash can at your home for $12.00 a month. The Young Men announced that they would hold an activity every Tuesday night
through the summer. Young Men come out and support these activities as you learn along the way. May 19th will be “Bring a friend to church day”. After church will be a “Linger Longer” get acquainted get together. Sam Cloud is now in Jacksonville Florida starting to serve his mission while waiting for his Visa so he can go on to Brazil. He is enjoying his time down there and is very excited. Congratulations to Michael Nez as he moved up into the office of Teacher. He is the son of Ron and Kristine Nez of Tropic. Jennie Le Fevre is recovering from a stroke up north. We wish her well and hope her recovery goes well. We will all keep her in our prayers at this time. Mate and Ruth Baugh were in Utah County to visit with son Dallen and Kathryn Baugh and to see granddaughter Brianne Baugh prepare to leave for her mission to Philadelphia PA. They will also be going to St. George to see Kylie Moore attend the Temple in St. George. This is the son of Birch and Kelly Moore. ( I am so sorry if I messed this up but it was 12 at night and I didn’t dare call to straighten out my notes.) The Reading Club will meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. in the Relief Society Room. All women are welcome and we will meet through the summer. Come join us and have a good time reading. Friday, May 3 Cecile Ott (granddaughter-in-law to Bob
and Mira Loy Ott) and Kwin Willis (grandson of Leslie Willis) both received a masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. It is was fun that these two kids with grandparents in Cannonville were in the same program in Logan. Kwin, his wife, Megan, and their son, Kenter, are moving to Rawlins, Wyoming where he has a job there. Kwin said Cecile was looking in the St. George area for work. Congratulations to both of these graduates. When you read this next week know that our granddaughter, Joanna Jensen will be in Tokyo Japan and starting to serve her mission there. We are excited for her and she wanted me to say “Hi” to all of her friends here in the Bryce Valley area. So “Hi” friends. Arthur and I have been traveling everywhere lately watching track meets, tennis tournaments, and seeing plays. One of our favorites was seeing the Honor Class at Canyon View Middle School present a version of “Romeo and Juliet”. Those young people were amazing and they did a beautiful job. It was held on the campus of SUU in the Hunter Hayes building. The fact that our grandson Makay Jensen was one of the players didn’t have anything with our being there of course. He he!! Great job kids and kudos to Mrs. Dodds their teacher. Hope you all have a great week and to all the Mother’s out there Happy Mother’s Day. You all deserve a big hand and a huge thankyou. Please everyone email or call in your news so we can have a good column. Thanks VS.
BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center THURS 9th TUES 14th WED 15th THURS 16th
Spaghetti w/meat sauce, green salad, green beans, apples, cookie Shepard pie, Jello w/cottage cheese, pears, cake Pork chops, potatoes & gravy, corn, apples, cookie Vegetable beef soup, green salad, pineapple & cottage cheese, cookie
Call by 10:00 A.M. if you want a lunch or need a ride. 679-8666 Suggested donation is $3 for seniors and $7 for those under 60 years of age.
FYI PANGUITCH
by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com HAPPY Cinco De Mayo. The weather outside is frightful, but not bad enough to snow. The City will be reading the water meters on the 15th and if you use the culinary water on your lawns it will run you $1.00 per thousand gallons if you use over 12,000 gallon. The irrigation water will be coming around the first of June and the schedule will be the same as last year. This Saturday May 11 will be the Running for Debbie, run or walk 5K run. The race will begin at 8:00 am at the PHS track and will go out to Debbie’s house and back. Come join in the fun. The Students and the School Staff, are joining together to help Debbie’s battle with cancer. You can register on line at http/phs.garfk12 or get a registration form at the high school, from Lisa Johnson or call her at 590-6400. Debbie Pollock will be retiring at the end of this semester, after 30 years of service, teaching English. I first heard of Mrs. Pollock when I was on the City Council. We were interviewing 22 men for a maintenance position, when in walked this young man in a suit, of coarse the suit helped get him the job, appearance was part of the grading. Some time latter I asked him why he wore a suit to the interview, he said that Mrs. Pollock told the students, regardless of the job you need to dress in your best clothing. Mrs. Pollock is an excellent English teacher, when I looked at some of the papers my Granddaughter turned in at the U and how well they were written, I would ask her where she developed such great writing skills, and it was always the same, Mrs. Pollock. While I
was on the School Board Debbie was the teachers advocate and she was a real bulldog, she didn’t back down to any of the board members who got out of line. Had the Board been a little more receptive to her wisdom, the District wouldn’t be in so much trouble. Six years ago, Debbie, along with John Gillett, Ryan Houston and the Science teacher at that time, spent the summer learning how to teach the Advanced Placement classes. These classes counted for both college and high school credits. These classes prepared the students for college and since Panguitch was the only 1A School teaching these classes they became the highest rated 1A school in the State, two years in a row. Debbie has been fighting stage 4 breast cancer for over 15 years and rarely ever took a day off. She will start treatment again as soon as school is over. Teachers like Mrs. Pollock can never be replaced, the students love her and she was the “outstanding teacher” many, many years, elected by the students. Sunday is Mothers Day, so be kind to your Mother or the Mother of your children. Every day should be Mother’s day, but we need a day in May to remind us, of where we came from. Monday the 13th is Community Family Night at Panguitch High School. The events start at 5:30 with a free hamburger and hot dog dinner. At 6:00 the elementary kids will sing and at 6:15 there will kids games and activities ages (3-10). The first speaker for the Adults and Teenagers will be Bobbi Anderson who will discuss underage drinking that took the life of her son. A
second speaker will be Craig Povey, Prevention Admin. State of Utah will talk about Substance Abuse and Mental Health and what parents can do to help protect their children from drinking alcohol and other dangerous drugs. The dinner will be held at the Middle School and be cooked by the Panguitch Lions Club. May 14th Tuesday will be the blood drive and it will be at the Stake Center from 1:30 to 7:00. Walk ins are always welcome, however if you would like a time, please call Jennifer Bremner at (676-8211). Come on down and lose a lb of weight, most of the donors are women, so come on down and man up it doesn’t hurt that much. The Panguitch Lions completed their semi annual highway cleanup last Wednesday and with the help of Tammy Bennett’s FCCLA club it was completed in record time. You would think that cleaning up this area twice a year that there would not be that much trash, however the Lions usually fill about 20 - 50 gallon bags. When we went to Seattle last August, upon entering Washington there were signs stating that if you litter and get caught the fine is $5,600 and you guessed it, there was not a spot of trash anywhere. Jacee Gillett the daughter of John and Jennifer Gillett, received her Mission call and she will be going to the Anaheim (English speaking) Mission. When we lived in Mission Viejo, we were in the Anaheim Mission District. We called it the Disneyland Mission. The LDS Church has dropped the age for the women serving mission to 19 from 21. We now
have 5 young women from our area serving missions. The U.S. News and World Report has selected Panguitch High School as one of the top 10 Schools in the state. Panguitch finished 6th and the highest ranking in Southern Utah. Followed by Desert Hills, Canyon View and Cedar high. The U.S. News reviewed 151 schools in Utah and 21,035 high schools across the nation. The top ten lists were based on criteria that included: student’s college and career readiness, number of students enrolled in AP classes and test scores in core subjects such as Math and English. Again Panguitch was the only 1A School to make the list. Since the cut down on fat food craze began some 30 years ago, the obesity rate in America has more than doubled. What many people don’t know is that fat free products often contain added sugar, flour and calories. So choose low-fat over no-fat when possible. Mona Marshall has been moved down to a hospital in St. George till her baby comes. She would like to thank all of those that brought meals to her family. If you would like to help out the Marshall’s, I believe that an account has been set up at Zions Bank in her name. Donation jars have been placed around town to help with Randy Hall’s funeral expenses. Randy is the daughter of Regina Barney who cooks at the Senior Citizens Center. Your donations would really be appreciated. Hope all’s well with you and your family. Mack O.
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obituaries Randy Marie Hall PANGUITCH Our beautiful Randy Marie Hall, age 34, Loving Mother, Wife, Daughter, and Sister, returned to our heavenly father on April 27, 2013 in St. George, Utah. Randy was born on November 23, 1978 in Paramount, California to Regina Barney and Frankie Hall. Randy attended Panguitch Elementary School, and then moved to Fredonia, Arizona where she lived and attended middle and high school. Randy was a cheerleader, volleyball player, and voted best dressed. Randy was very popular and always had a lot of friends. Randy continued her schooling with cosmetology, and then dental school. Randy was also a homemaker, and did daycare on the side. Randy was the mother of four wonderful children who was the center of her life. Sledding at Panguitch Lake was one of their regular fun times, along with fishing, camping, and spending time with the large family she has at reunions, family was always important to Randy. Randy also enjoyed dressing up, shopping, singing, dancing, and all sorts of music. Randy was a people person, she loved working for Desert Industries in St. George, and also worked as a Receptionist in the pediatrics department of Dixie Regional Hospital. She was a member of the LDS Church. Randy was beautiful inside and out. Her smile and her laugh will be truly missed by the people who knew her. Randy is survived by her husband Michael Maxwell, Hurricane, UT; Children Tristan, Hailey, Treygan, and Taylan, Hurricane, UT; Mother, Regina Barney, Panguitch, UT; Grandmother LaRaine S. Ford, Panguitch, UT; Brothers, Frankie Wayne Hall, Jr. Panguitch, UT, Patrick Hall, Nevada, Ricky Hall, Nevada. She is preceded in death by Father Frankie Wayne Hall Sr.; Grandfathers Van E Barney and Frankie Hall; and Grandmother Olivia Madden. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 6, 2013 at 12:00 Noon at the Spilsbury Mortuary Chapel, 110 S. Bluff Street, St. George, UT. There will be a viewing Monday from 10:30 to 11:30 am prior to services. Burial services will immediately follow at Tonaquint Cemetery, 1777 S. Dixie Dr., St. George, UT. Donations may be made to the Randy Hall Memorial fund account #9609156 at Mountain America Credit Union, (800) 748-4302. Arrangements are made under the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, (435) 673-2454. Friends and family may sign Randy’s guestbook at www.spilsburymortuary.com.
Minok Chang Dunham ST. GEORGE - Minok Chang Dunham, 80, passed away April 27, 2013 in St. George, UT. She was born November 6, 1932, in Korea to Hung Jun and Yu Kang Chang, she was one of seven children. Minok married Hak Il Lim, they had two children together. Later she met Merwin Dunham while he was serving in Korea. She moved to the US at the age of 40 and settled with her husband in Cannonville, UT, where she spent 30 years. They were sealed in the St. George LDS Temple in 1986. Following Merwin’s death, she moved to St. George to live with her daughter. She is survived by: her children, Sun Cha (Chang Mo) Hong, Tae Su (Yun He) Lim, Fran (Howard) Meldrum; grandchildren, Linda Hong, Min Chol Hong, Richard Lim, Charles Lim, Melissa Barlow, Louie Barlow, Jax Jessop, Jade Jessop, Rula Meldrum, Shanae Meldrum, and Howie Meldrum. She was preceded in death by her: parents, husband, Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Hennrieville LDS Chapel. A visitation will be held from 12:00 to 12:45 prior to the service also at the chapel. Interment will take place at the Cannonville City Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the Cannonville City Park. Friends and family are invited to share condolences online at www.serenityfuneralcare.org. Arrangements are under the direction of SereniCare Funeral Home, St. George, UT, 435-986-2085.
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. 14th Sloppy Joe sandwich Tater tots Macaroni salad Peaches Bread pudding
Wed. 15th Sweet & sour pork Rice Green beans Fruit set salad Ice cream sundae
Thurs. 16th Meatloaf Potatoes & gravy Glazed carrots Mandarin oranges Fruit pie
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.