Life in San Juan
The 2018 New Year Baby in San Juan County is Evelyn Turek, the daughter of Alyssa and Kent Turek of Blanding. She arrived on January 3 at 2:45 a.m. and was delivered by Dr. Casey McCullough. Courtesy photo
New Years Baby arrives at Blue Mtn Hospital
It only took three days for the 2018 New Years Baby to arrive at Blue Mountain Hospital.
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Grammy award-winning Riders in the Sky are coming to Monticello with Blue Mountain Entertainment on January 22 at Monticello High School. Courtesy photo
Grammy award-winning Riders in the Sky coming to Monticello Jan. 22
Blue Mountain Entertainment (BME) has snagged the famous and wildly popular Riders in the Sky touring group for a performance on January 22 at 7 p.m. at the Monticello High School Auditorium.  
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Carlyn Goodwine and Kaylynn Mooneyhan are saving pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. Courtesy photo
Saving pop tabs for good
“The Ronald McDonald House provides a home away from home for families traveling to get treatment for ill or injured children in the intermountain area. 
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Attention turns to Christmas season events
With Thanksgiving in the books, attention now turns to the holiday season in San Juan County. A number of events are planned to celebrate the season.
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Local Stonehenge. This rock formation in Recapture Pocket formed by Nature seems familiar to those supposedly created by Druids in Great Britain. Alvin Reiner photo
Alvin Reiner photos
Alvin Reiner, a photographer whose work appeared in the San Juan Record for many years, recently returned to the area for a quick trip. A visit to Recapture Pocket resulted in photographs that look...
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MHS Drama
The Monticello High School drama department recently presented Legend of Sleepy Hollow, directed by Liesel Johnson. The cast includes: (back row, left to right) Jared Wells, Esther Young, Sadie Wel...
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SJHS Drama
The San Juan High School drama department and Edge of the Seaters Theatre Company combined to present “Bull in a China Shop”. The cast and crew for the production includes: (back row, left to right...
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Albert and Lell Lyman. Provided by Edith Lyman, from the Albert R. Lyman Collection, San Juan Historical
Albert R. Lyman’s Swallow’s Nest dedicated
On Sunday November 5, San Juan County, friends and family of Albert R. Lyman participated in the dedication of Lyman’s beloved Swallows Nest as an historical site by the International Daughters of ...
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Kaycen Black gives an admiring look at his sister, Ellisia, who serves as Miss Blue Mountain. (I photographed and taught their mother, Tammy Boy, over 35 years ago)
Utah Navajo Fair featured colorful performances
The 28th Annual Utah Navajo Fair with the theme, Honoring Our Elders, featured a parade, traditional songs and dances, comedy and cultural performances, the Miss Utah Pageant, a Pow Wow, artisans d...
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Father Rowland (left) receives the ceremonial key to the St Joseph Catholic Church from Bishop Oscar A. Solis (right), and the priests who concelebrated the dedicatory Mass. The new church in Monticello was dedicated by Solis on September 27. Photo courtesy Marie Mischel, Intermountain Catholic
Bishop dedicates Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Dedication of the new St Joseph Catholic Church and Parish Hall took place on September 27 in Monticello under the direction of the Most Reverend Oscar A. Solis, Bishop of Salt Lake City.
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