Life in San Juan
Big crowds anticipated for Pioneer Day celebration
Crowds of familiar faces celebrating Pioneer Day, golf tournaments, softball tournaments, family reunions, class reunions, and more will fill Monticello this weekend for the annual Pioneer Day cele...
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Lightning storms
Fred Snyder harvests wheat near Ucolo as a rain and lightning storm approaches on July 17. Cori Nielsen photo
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40 years ago...
It has been 40 years since the Monticello High School marching band returned from the Calgary Stampede with the Best American Band Award. Hundreds of hours of hard work, combined with a thrilling d...
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Busy Pioneer Day celebrations
It will be a busy weekend in Monticello beginning on Thursday, July 25. In addition to the annual Pioneer Day celebrations, the community will host the annual Blue Mountain Fastpitch Softball Tourn...
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San Juan High class of 1963
The San Juan High graduating class of 1963 had their 50th year class reunion on July 3, 2013. They met at the Tuscan Gardens Restaurant to enjoy good company and good food.
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Perkins family holds reunion
Hyrum Corry Perkins and Mary Kisten Adams, residents of Bluff and Blanding, were married 100 years ago, in 1913. To celebrate their anniversary almost 200 of their descendants met together for a re...
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Ada Rigby honored at quilt show
Long time artist and quilter, Ada Rigby was the star of this year’s 4th of July Quilt show. More than 60 years of her creative work was highlighted in a tribute display.
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Connor Montella and his parents display his winning 4H quilt. Courtesy photos
Prize winning 4-H quilt
Twelve 4-H quilts and two rag-quilt flags were entered into the Grayson Country Quilters Fourth of July Quilt Show. 4-H quilters ranged in age from 8 to 12 years old.
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Members of the Blanding community gather in an iconic photograph by Ken Hochfeld, taken on July 4, 1973. Hochfeld will return this week, on July 4, 2013, to take an updated photo. Everyone is invited to join in the updated photograph, which will take place at 10 a.m. at the same location, the corner of Main Street and 100 South. Ken Hochfeld photo
Celebrate the Fourth of July at the gala celebration in Blanding
We will be able to remember the past and look to the future as Blanding celebrates American Independence on the Fourth of July with the theme Freedom Lives Forever.
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Living in the Fourth Dimension
Perhaps it’s still true that all roads lead to Rome, but in the days preceding the 4th of July, one could be tempted to say all roads lead to Blanding. That is when many natives who have roamed ret...
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