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VMTE honors
Members of the Monticello community met with representatives from the Huntsman Cancer Institute on May 19. The Monticello VMTE Committee honored Pete and Jackie Steele, two charter members of the ...
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Graduation speakers
Have you ever attended a graduation ceremony and thought to yourself, “That speaker did such a fine job--I wish his (or her) speech had never ended!”?
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Whitehorse graduates 31
Under cloudy skies on May 23, 31 proud graduates marched into the Whitehorse High School gymnasium in Montezuma Creek to the Pomp and Circumstance under the direction of Utah Teacher of the Year b...
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Is the answer blowing in the wind?
John Riis, the first Manti La Sal forest ranger in the area, said of the wind in Monticello: “Always the wind blows in Monticello; round and round the mountain like a rollicking dog chasing its ta...
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Remembering Bennion Redd
I never knew a kinder or gentler man than Bennion Redd. He was a familiar and comforting presence in Monticello for more than eight decades. I was lucky and honored to know Bennion for almost 25 ye...
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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.”
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Photo of the week
Claret cup cactus growing on the side of a rock overlooking Kane Creek near Hatch Wash. Enter your photos in our Photo of the Week contest. We will pay $10 for each photo that runs in the San Jua...
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Copper mining operations may resume in Lisbon Valley
The owners of the Lisbon Valley Copper Mine and Mill have announced that they intend to expand operations and hope to return to previous levels of production and employment.
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High schools to present diplomas to 200+ students
Graduates from area high schools will receive diplomas this week as the 2008-09 school year winds to a close. An expected 205 graduates and their families and friends will hear Pomp and Circumstan...
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Glenn Beck is featured speaker at George Wythe funding gala
Glenn Beck, acclaimed author and radio/TV host, will speak at George Wythe University’s fundraising gala on May 30 at the Utah State Capital in Salt Lake City.
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