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Can the Federal Government be beaten?
There’s an old saying that you can’t fight City Hall. That means that the government is just too powerful to go up against. But is it really true?
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Why was I born an American?
If I ever get to Heaven and I get a chance to speak face to face with the Almighty, I’m going have a lot of questions. But, one of the most important questions will be, “why was I born an American?”
Dec 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gerry Miller (right) and his wife, Bev, visited Monticello for the first time since Gerry survived the Lariat Cafe explosion 56 years ago.  His parents and sister were killed in the blast. Buckley Jensen photo
Another glimpse at Monticello’s greatest tragedy
Fifty six years ago on the 24th of August, Monticello suffered the most horrific, painfully haunting event of its 124 year history. In a single second, an enormous explosion leveled the Lariat Caf...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Members of the MHS Class of ‘62 include: back row, (left to right): Craig Young, Mike Bailey, Jack Young, David White, Gary Crowley, Bill Hyde, Roque Manzanares, Buckley Jensen. Middle: Buddy Redd, Linda Johnson Lewis, Maxine Petersen, Keith Nielson, Barbara Wright Yant. Front: Patti McCallister, Charlene Miller, Janean Lyman Tullis, Jerry Young Nielson, Eve Jaramillo Stocks, Georgia Dalton Rassmussen, Betty Barton Lewis, and Rye Nielson. Courtesy photo
A half century of memories
The Class of l962 celebrated its 50th anniversary of graduation from Monticello High School during the Pioneer Days celebration on July 21. The 19 graduates of the class who came back are from as f...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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The amazing American dream
Marcia and I met Danny Temkin in a building which covers eight football fields. His office in that building had a stunning view of the snow clad Wasatch Moutains east of Payson, UT.
Jun 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Too much of a good thing
For residents of the vast deserts of the Great Basin, praying that rain and snow will stop is akin to heresy.
May 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Macee Nielson, Monticello’s state champion long distance runner. Courtesy photo
The fastest of them all
Most agree that in the world of athletics the events which takes the most time, and requires the most pain are those of the long distance runner.
Nov 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Blessings of San Juan – 5th and final installment
I used to listen to my graduating seniors at Monticello High School talk about what they intended to do after graduation. It usually was a variation of the following: “Well, I dunno, but for sure...
Aug 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Monticello is the best place (in the world) to live (for me). Chapter 1
As a kid, I heard people say things about Monticello like “the wind blows too much”, or “it’s too cold in the winter” but I didn’t think much about their whining at the time.
Jul 14, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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“Come to Jesus” group joins radical environmentalists to lock down San Juan
If SUWA, the Sierra Club and others of their ilk are not enough, locals now have a group on the Wasatch Front who have been spiritually directed to lock up all Wilderness Study areas in San Juan Co...
Jun 30, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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