July 4, 2013
The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER
Bryce Valley Area News by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com
Congratulations to the Wes Syretts. Saturday night at 10:21, William Douglas Syrett was brought into this world at seven pounds and 19 inches. Wes and Olea Syrett feel really blessed to have this new little person in their lives. He is so cute and this is their first baby. Grandpa is Bret Syrett of Bryce Canyon City. Ernie and Wynona Henderson attended the blessing of grandson, Drayden Krew Henderson by his father, Mitch, in St. George. Parents are Mitch and Pam Henderson. They also attended the Mission Farewell of Pam Henderson’s sister, Kimberly Rogers while they were there. They then went on up to Salt Lake to meet up with granddaughter, Nikki Disera, who has been in China the last six months teaching English. She is now back home in Salt Lake. To keep the car moving north they went to Snow Basin to attend the wedding of Brooke Stimson who is the daughter of Kim Mays and the granddaughter of Doyle and Joan Jackson. Afterwards they went to Harrisville to visit for a time with Doyle and Joan who live in a Care Center there. We are excited for Jade Harris and Kam Roundy who just became engaged. They will be getting married on August 9th and have a reception on August 10th at Ruby’s Inn. They are pretty excited too. Jade is the daughter of Ron and Susan Harris and the granddaughter of Mondel and Florence Syrett of Tropic. Kam is the son of Karl Roundy of Henrieville. Congratulations to the happy couple and we wish you the very best future ever. Speaking of Ron Harris we congratulate him on the fine article about the EMT’s and the Garfield Memorial Hospital. I always knew Garfield County had the best EMT’s in the world but this just supports that thought. We also have an awesome Hospital with great people that take care of us there. Don’t forget the 1/2 Marathon coming up on the 13th of July. Also watch for the Mystery Market and be sure to take advantage of the items you can find at the market. It is open during daylight hours. You can sell or you can buy. It is your choice. On July 11th will be the blood drive and they need volunteers to give a pint of blood. You
can call Annette Chynoweth or Vicki Syrett about the blood drive for more information. Appointments start at 1:00 P.M. and go until 6:00 P.M. Do not forget to get your tickets for the drawing on July 4th. There are some wonderful prizes including a 51” TV, a BBQ grill, and GPS. You can get your tickets at the store, the bank, and the town office for $5.00 each. The drawing will be held on July 4th at 12:30 and you need not be present to win. All proceeds go to the Safe Sidewalk fund so be generous. Layne and April LeFevre and son Logan traveled to Layne’s mission in Rochester, New York. They were able to visit some of the folks Layne taught when he was out there. They also visited Church Sites, Niagara Falls, and went to the Palmyra Temple. They had a very nice trip and came home to get Logan ready to leave on his mission. He had his Farewell on Sunday and goes into the MTC on the 10th of July. The “Survivor” run was well attended and people were able to stand the heat and complete the run. They met at the park and visited and enjoyed the day. It was for Tanya Brothwell and she was so grateful for the people who came to participate. If you would like to donate you can at SBSU in Tropic into her account. There were about 10 kids that ran and about 20 adults that braved the heat to give the support to one of our favorite citizens. Boulder Mountain was the scene of a “man trip” for Marion Littlefield and his sons and grandsons. Austin Littlefield and his son Easton came and Mitch Littlefield and three of his boys also were there. Others joined them later. This is an annual happening for the Littlefields. Hagen Palmer was advanced to a Priest in Henrieville Ward. Congratulations Hagen. Congratulations to Chris Mathews who is engaged to Kayla Lesicka. They will be getting married on August 3rd in Pioche Nevada and have an Open House on 17 August in Henrieville. The couple met while Chris was getting physical thereapy in St. George. Kayla is a nurse at the hospital. They met and fell in love and are very happy to be getting married. We wish them a happy life full of
adventure and goodness. Lula Moore and family held their annual Family Reunion at Pine Lake and Tropic Reservoior on the 21st and 22nd of June. Doyle and Kathryn Neilson had their children here from Panguitch and Davis County. It was a lot of fun for everyone and Lula just loves to have her family around her. In November she will be turning 94 years old but she is still active and loves going to these gatherings. Frankie and Gayle Moore and many others were in attendance also. The Henrieville youth did baptisms for the dead in St. George on Saturday. Brett Chynoweth is the recipient of a letter and certificate from Governor Herbert. Brett was named to the State Water Board. He has spent countless hours training in water and waste water management. He recently spent a lot of time working with Larry Rose to get the Henrieville water clean and drinkable. It was greatly appreciated. The Tropic citizens are treated to his expertise all the time and we appreciate him. Congratulations to Mike and Kathryn Riffel who just celebrated 50 years of marriage. What a wonderful event that is. There were over seventy members of their family here to celebrate with them. Way to go folks. We wish you many more happy years together. Gary and Gail Tanner had their beautiful baby boy, Truman, on Friday the 28th. He entered the world weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. and was 20 1/2” long. This is their first child and they are so happy to welcome him to their life. Grandparents are Larry and Glenna Fletcher of Cannonville. Congratulations to you folks. This year was the Max L. Stewart reunion. It was held in John’s Valley. All 5 families were there. They did a morning hike from Sunset Point to Tropic, played in Pine Lake to escape the heat, watched the balloon launch in Panguitch and went for a beautiful drive up east and west hunt on the Dutton. It was cloudy most of the time so the weather was pretty nice. All the grand kids had a great time together and they celebrated Maren’s birthday at the reunion too. The adults enjoyed watching the kids and visiting. Released from Primary as teachers were Berdell and Car-
ma Barton. Called to work in the Primary was Evan and Jacque Scott. Speaking in Tropic was Logan Le Fevre, Dan Fagergren and Laren Le Fevre. The Young Men sang a beautiful rendition of “Called to Serve”. In Henrieville it was Marc McLemore and his son, Logan who spoke and Kalena Kilfoyle sang a beautiful song. She was here for her Riffel’s 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration. The BVES Reading Program for the summer begins on July 1st and runs through August 7th. They will meet each Monday and Wednesday at the elementary library from 10”30 - 12:00. Teachers are Samie Ott and Kim Stewart. The Henrieville 4th of July celebration starts at 8:00 A.M. and lunch will be at 11:30 A.M. at the town park. Happy to see Leo Chynoweth home for awhile between his treatments for cancer. Mary Lou Neilson is back in Garfield Memorial Hospital getting treatments so she can get her strength back again. Hope both of you are soon feeling chipper and making good progress with your health. Congratulations to Tyson and Rochelle Platt on the birth of their cute little boy. Grandparents are Mechele Page of Tropic and Ken and Artoise Platt of Henrieville. The Henrieville and Cannonville ladies were treated to guest speaker, Sheena Clark and her co-worker as they talked about Abuse and how to recognize it and the warning signs. The ladies work at the Canyon Creek Crisis Center in Cedar City and came to help everyone understand how serious abuse can be. Catherine Littlefield and Vicki Syrett spent a fun day attending a Shakespeare Play and going out to dinner. We saw “Anything Goes” and it was wonderful and so funny. It was in celebration of Catherine’s birthday. It is so sad to hear of the 19 firefighters in Arizona who lost their lives fighting a ferocious fire. It touched the lives of many in our little valley who had at one time or another fought in a fire with them. We send our prayers and thoughts to the families. Have a great week and don’t melt under this heat. Whew. Please call or email your news to me. Thanks VS.
ESCALANTE News by Marlene Haws ~ 826-4859 • marleneh@color-country.net Oh, to be on the mountain, now that summer is here! But at least the wind has slowed down a bit, we have had a few clouds, a little thunder and a flash or two of lightning. So keep on praying folks, the rain will come! There is a fire restriction on both state and federal lands right now. Open fires are restricted and our fire chief, Don Porter, has asked that everyone remove dry weeds from their property and please do not burn weeds or trash. Our water supply is dwindling and the last thing we need is a fire. Former residents, Hubert and Cheryl Munson, St. George, were overnight guests at the home of Ben and Renee Porter last week. All were students at the EHS at the same time, so they probably had a good visit with lots of reminiscing. Renee also spent a day in Tropic with her sister Ruth Baugh. My son, Robert, and I went to Salina on Saturday of last week. We got in on part of their Balloon FestivaI, then I stayed there to visit with my daughter, Jillyn Sorensen, and her family and Robert went on to Price to visit with some of his friends there. I also got to visit with the family of Brandon and Sarina Haws and see their new month old baby boy, along with their other four children. The “Top of Zion Race and Relay” runners passed through Escalante last Friday. It was hotter than Hades that day and I heard one father say to his son, “Do you have a gun?” The son replied, “No, why?” and
the father said, “I was just going to say, if you did I’d shoot you for getting me into this.” Then they both laughed, of course. I can only imagine what it would have been like by the time they reached Zion Canyon! While participating in a bake sale at the city park that same day, as Tari Cottam bent over to pick something up off the ground something gave way in her lower back and put her right down. Ryan got her home and with some assistance from Lex Allen, who is just ready to begin his medical career as a doctor, they were able to make her comfortable and she is now trying to recover from a slipped disc, a pinched nerve or whatever the diagnosis was. Lex Allen is a son of Greg and Debbie Allen. Another son, Lance, is also a doctor and now practices in Richfield. And apparently still another son, Luke, and his wife are both going into the same field of medicine. Quite a record for one family. I’m sure Greg and Debbie are very proud and rightfully so! Stanley and Marlene Stowe rode their motorcycles into Colorado with a group of cyclists last week. This week they will attend their annual Griffin family reunion campout on Boulder Mountain, hosted this year by the family of Vaunie Richins. The family of DeLane Griffin will help him celebrate his 90th birthday on Sunday, July 8th. His actual birthdate is the 7th. Happy Birthday, DeLane. Both Lana Jordon and Arvonne Whittaker have recently visited here in town at the home
of their late parents, Edson and Iona Alvey. Neuman and Lucinda Duncan, Cedar City, came to visit Lucinda’s mom, Florence Alvey, last week. They helped her get some weeds out of the garden and did some other odd jobs while they were here. Thais Griffin took a fall at the senior citizen center. (Sorry, Thais, I don’t know how else to word it!) She had to go in to have X-Rays but luckily there were no broken ribs, as it was first thought, just badly bruised. She felt so bad because they had planned to go up North to see their son, Mark, the next day. But because of her determination she had a bed built for her in the back seat of the car, with plenty of pillows, and she and Gene went ahead with their plan. They stayed 3 days with their son and daughter-in-law, Gary and his wife Sheila, in Woodland Hills (Salem, Utah) and visited with Mark and his wife Tina before returning home. Lee and Cindy Davis went to the temple in Manti and also attended the pageant. The Escalante Stake Presidency, Klin Chynoweth, Kerry Alvey and Quinn Griffin were the speakers in the second ward on Sunday. Will and Katie Godsey and Brace Griffin were the speakers in the First Ward. The family of Yoland and the late Dave McInelly hosted the McInelly reunion in Escalante last weekend from Friday night until Sunday. Those in attendance were: Kent and Phyllis McInelly and their daughter, Cindy. Mary and Sherrill Davis and 3 of their family. Chan McI-
nelly and 4 of his family. Myrna and Scott Watts and 5 of their family. Yoland had her daughters, Andrea and 4 of her family. Amy and 5 of her family. And from Escalante: Jody and Kay Brooks, Krystal and Chad Porter and family plus daughter Bailey and Levi Costigan and their new baby girl. Lynn and Judy Griffiin had Jill and two children, Kelly and four children (Her husband and son were at the Barker on a scout campout) Dawn and Jason Spencer and family. Their daughter, Judilyn, and husband Gary Christensen were hosting the Christensen Reunion on Boulder Mountain. Judilyn reported later that they had a good turn out and a good time. Grena and Mike Searle had daughters Heidi and kids, Misty and her husband, Tammy (a granddaughter?) (4 of her kids ran in the top of Zion run on Saturday and took third place!) Vern and Kathy McInelly attended the reunion on Saturday. None of Wells and Emma Lou McInelly’s family were able to come. They had lots of good food, did a lot of visiting and said the new playground at the park was wonderful for the kids. There will be lots of Family reunions this month so PLEASE won’t you share your news with us? It is always fun to hear who has been HOME and that you are still doing well, even if we don’t always get to see you we think about when you used to live here and how much fun we used to have. Good times!
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WEDDINGS
Green - Brown
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”
Kim McAllister Green and
Randy Brown were married in a private ceremony on June 23, 2013 at Red Canyon, Utah in the presence of their loved ones. Thank you all for your love and support!
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M&F 8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m. call for appointment 435-425-3391
BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center THURS July 4th TUES July 9th
No meals on this Independence Day. Hoagie sandwich w/lettuce, tomato, pickles, baked beans, cole slaw, mandarin oranges, rice krispie squares Roast beef, potatoes & gravy, carrots, apples, cookie Hamburgers w/lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, potato salad, chips, pears, brownie
WED July 10th THURS July 11th
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.
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435-679-8842 Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues. 9th Wed. 10th Thurs. 11th Sloppy Joes Macaroni salad w/ cucumbers, tomatoes and peas Salad bar, chips Peaches Brownie
BIRTHDAY LUNCH Honey lime chicken enchiladas Corn Salad bar Mandarin oranges Cinnamon swirl cake
Pizza Salad bar Fresh fruit Rootbeer cake
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
Escalante Farmers Market
Every Saturday 9 AM – Noon @ corner of Center & Main A project of the non-profit Envision Escalante, “a catalyst for a vibrant, self-sustaining community”.