May 2009
Catching up
I believe it was Pippi Longstocking that said, “Time flies, and one begins to grow old. This autumn I’ll be ten, and then I guess I’ll have seen my best days.”
May 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 597 597 recommendations | email to a friend
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A sign that affection hath not perished
For as long as any of us can remember, the method used by the Buckaroos of Monticello and the Broncos of Blanding to express teen-age affection for each other was to paint the old wreck in Devil’s ...
May 20, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 553 553 recommendations | email to a friend
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Special Olympics track and field day held in Blanding on May 9
It was a beautiful, warm, sunny spring day in Blanding last Saturday. Just perfect for a track meet. This is an annual event for Special Olympic athletes of Southeastern Utah. However, this is the ...
May 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 596 596 recommendations | email to a friend
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Charles Steen
Charlie Steen was an enigma. He came into San Juan in the l950’s, dirt poor, lived in a tar-paper shack with his wife and four little boys and discovered the fabled Mi-Vida Uranium Mine in the Big ...
May 06, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 534 534 recommendations | email to a friend
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Warm memories from a wonderful childhood
It is a magical place; full of memories of a wonderful childhood. For generations of kids, the Monticello swimming pool was the place to be from the opening day in May, when the water seemed freezi...
May 06, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 530 530 recommendations | email to a friend
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