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December 8, 2011
FYI PANGUITCH
BRYCE VALLEY AREA NEWS
By: Mack Oetting ~ E-mail: mackoetting @gmail.com
by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com
Saturday was a day that everything went right. Santa came to the Social Hall toa record amounts of kids. The kids let Santa know what their wishes were for Christmas and all the kids got gifts of candy. There was one bag of candy left when all was done. Usually the children are gone by 11:30, but this year the fun lasted till 12:15. Santa went over to the extended care center and passed out Christmas gifts to all of the patients. This is a lot of fun for the seniors and adds a little fun to their stay. I can’t say enough about how much help Santa’s Elves were, Sierra Allen and Cianna Swartzmiller, they have been helping with the Sub for Santa for a second year. They also went to the Elementary to bring letters to the students about Santa’s coming. For all those that shop locally there was a big drawing for some really great prizes. This drawing will continue for two more Saturdays. Shopping locally has so much advantage and this just adds to the local economy. In the evening there was the Annual Christmas home tour. With more than double those attending as in the past; the homes were all wonderful and I heard nothing but compliments about each one of them. Everyone got to see Allen and Jennie Henrie’s home that replaced the old Henrie home that burned down earlier this year. Allen said he felt terrible about losing his home, but on the following Friday Japan was hit by the tsunami and thousands lost their lives and hundred of thousands of homes were lost, this put his loss in perspective. The Henrie’s had moved their manger scenes out in the garage and were able to save them. Many thanks to the Veaters, Houstons, Marshalls, and the Henrie families, for showing their homes for the Sub
for Santa program. The program received some badly needed money. Last week we had another home fire at the Hank Mahan home and this also was a total loss. Hank passed away three weeks ago and this is a terrible loss for his wife Carol. We send our heartfelt condolences to you and your sons. The Care and Share is open this week starting on the 7th and runs through the Saturday the 10th. Again thanks to Commissioner Pollock there will be meat for Christmas. There is very little food available for those needy families, if you have any extra can food you can take it to the Care and Share before Saturday, it would be greatly appreciated. Panguitch High School, student body had their annual food drive. They had a competition between the difference classes and the sophomore class won. Noelle Perkins who is on the student body council, brought over 320 pounds of cans goods. This is a lot of food. Thank you Panguitch High School! As good as Saturday was, when I walked into Church Sunday, the Bishop announced the passing of Marilyn Bulkley. I wish I had the ability to put into words of how I feel about her. Through my tears, I am going to try to write what I know about Marilyn. Marilyn taught school at the Elementary School for 28 years, only to retire 4 years ago to accept a position out at Bryce Canyon. To say she was a teacher is understating what she instilled in her students of her great love for learning. She taught the 5th grade and loved science and to many of her students this was their only brush with science till they got to college. Marilyn ideas knew no boundaries, she built an outside schoolroom at Little Dam and used it to teach her students about
the outdoors and all of Mother Natures wonders. The classroom was wiped out during a flood, but this didn’t stop her, she went to work to rebuilt it. Because there wasn’t anyone to teach Kindergarten, Marilyn took on this challenge and spent her final years at the school teaching the Kindergarten kids. It was fun watching her working with these young students; she was a human dynamo, working with each child, like they were her own. When Marilyn retired it wasn’t for long, she went out to the Bryce Canyon, to continue her teaching, with her own schoolhouse out at Sunrise Point. Last March, I took the 7th grade class out to Bryce Canyon to Para Point, where they meant Marilyn and went snow shoeing. She showed the students how to use the snow shoes and then took them on 2- one mile hikes, with her leading the way. Last summer, I drove the shuttle bus at the Park. On the weekdays, there was always a school bus parked by her schoolhouse. They came from all over the state and many times she was leading a group of student along the rim trail. Marilyn was an ardent outdoors person who loved to hunt with her husband Russell. One summer she took a group of students down the Colorado River to go whitewater rafting; a trip many of them still talk about. Marilyn took everyday as it was her last and accomplished more in her short life than most of us wouldn’t be able to do if we lived to be 150. I, like many of you, have never had anything affect me as her passing. I know that she lives in the hearts of everyone that ever met her. God bless you Marilyn Bulkley, we love you. You will never be forgotten. Mack O.
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Starting my column off today with a sad note. A dear, wonderful friend is gone from our midst. Marilyn Bulkley passed away on Sunday Morning and left a big hole in our hearts and communities. Marilyn was vibrant, energetic and full of wonderful ideas that benefited the children of Garfield County. Back in 1980 when I began my teaching career so did Marilyn and we both started out at Bryce Valley Elementary. She taught Kindergarten and I was in Second Grade. We had lots of good memories that we made together and then she went to Panguitch to teach and we still went to workshops and other activities together. When she retired from teaching she went to Bryce Canyon National Park to work for the Natural History department. While there Marilyn put together many wonderful adventures for the students of Garfield County and any other schools that were interested. They did the bird count each winter to find out how many and what kinds of birds came into our area. Marilyn ran science camps and also did the third grade outdoor classroom. She came into the schools and touched the lives of many of our students and teachers and gave them new avenues of learning and information. Marilyn loved the students and working with them. She was innovative and creative with what she helped everyone learn about. You could always see Marilyn with a smile on her face and eagerness from her soul to reach out to the children. She came each year to our Utah Past and Present and put her touch on that program as well. We love you Marilyn and you will be missed so much. God must have a special job for you in Heaven. To Russell and their girls we send our love and prayers. You are in our thoughts today!! So long dear friend of Garfield County. Congratulations to Dawson Shakespear on moving up into the Deacons. He is the son of Travis Shakespear of Henrieville and Tammy Shakespear. Lyllian Le Fevre is the proud grandmother. Sage Roundy and the Relief Society came to the Young Woman in Henrieville and gave them Christmas gift ideas. Soon if not now you will be able to go ice skating at Ruby’s Inn. The rink is built and filled and so watch for the time and place and strap on your skates and go have some winter fun. The walls on the Bryce Canyon City fire station are going up rapidly and it is starting to look like a fire house. Have you noticed all the Christmas lights around our county? Lots and they look wonderful. We are still waiting for the light elf to come and finish ours so we can light up too. This is that special time of year when we celebrate the birth of Jesus and all He did for us. We say Merry Christmas to all we meet and let them know we are thinking of the reason we celebrate this season. Hope
all of you have a great week and PLEASE call or email with your news. Thanks VS BRYCE VALLEY ELEMENTARY .by Vicki D. Syrett Congratulations to the following students for their excellent performance and getting work done and in on time. For being good Citizens the week of November 28th: Kindergarten, Ryker Chynoweth First Grade Loyd Roberts Second Grade Ivy Johnson Third Grade Lydia Smith Fourth Grade Sadie Stevens Fifth Grade Ambry Flores Sixth Grade Breanna Nelson HOOFBEAT by Sam Cloud (BVHS For once, I find myself stumped by a lack of creative scribblings. Oddly enough, things lately have been going pretty normal. The academics are progressing along normally, and the athletics have stabilized into a nice routine. Wrestling and basketball are both doing well, with regular games and tournaments. Everyone is working hard, and things are looking good for everyone. However, and to my regret, I am without the details for any of the recent athletic events. As such, I have almost no news to write, which is quite a shame. Fortunately for me, I am experienced enough to be able to write an article even when there is positively nothing to write about. It really comes in handy for those 10-page papers in English. Christmas is still being eagerly anticipated, and few are bothering to hide their relentless countdown toward freedom. Christmas break is about 13 days away, with only 8 and a half days of school remaining. Many are hoping for some kind of freak snowstorm on the last week of school so that we can get some snow days, but the odds of that are looking pretty slim. HOOFBEAT SPORTS of BVHS by Vicki D. Syrett Girls Basketball: They have played four games since the start of the season. They went to Richfield to play at the Sevier Valley Center. They played Duchesne, Green River and Parowan and won. They also played Beaver and lost
by two points. The girls are doing very well and have been playing some 2A teams as well as 1A teams. The event in Richfield was the “Hall of Fame Game” where the first and second place teams were invited to play. Coming up next the JV will play Diamond Ranch out of Hurricane. Then coming up this weekend they will travel to Kanab for the Cowgirl Classic on Friday and Saturday. It will be the freshman team, the JV team, and the varsity girls as well. Good luck girls and keep smiling you are doing great. Coach is Tyson Brinkerhoff with Bart Palmer as his assistant. Boys Basketball: They traveled to Millard and won their game by 27 points. Braxtyn Syrett and Jake Pearson both made three 3 point shots and did an excellent job of playing as they were the top scorers for this game. We won the freshman, JV, and Varsity games. Then on Friday we played Kanab and won by nine points with Eddie Dunham knocking 32 of the points for the teams. Congratulations boys and keep up the great work. On Wed. they will play in Parowan. Coach is Eric Jessen and Gary Syrett is his assistant. WE will have news for you next time on our newly put together Wrestling team. Good luck to all our athletes and keep on playing well and fair. SENIOR CITIZEN MEALS: Please call by 10:00 A.M. if you want a meal. 6798666 Donation of $2.50 for those 60+ and $6.00 for those under 60. Milk or juice is served with each meal. If you would like a meal delivered you must let us know. THURS. 8th: Chicken Fried Steak, Pot. & Gravy, Corn, Wheat Roll, Peaches, Pudding. TUES. 13th: Meatballs & Gravy, Mash. Potatoes, Gr. Beans, Roll, Mandarin Oranges, Poke Cake. WED. 14th: Hot Turkey Salad, Corn, Roll, Carrot Sticks & Celery, Jello Salad w/Fruit, Turnover. THURS. 15th: Ham, Cheese Potatoes, Gr. Beans, Roll, Blueberry Salad, Apple Pie. We will close on the 15th for the Christmas Holiday.
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