She was active in the United, Alsen et tenicrbentpn erence ere MRS. “ LEAGER D. DAVIS ‘Succunibs at 70 a DEMOCRATIC WOMEN | She had served on the board) of directors of the Ogden YWCA, and of the Comprehensive Health Planning Commission. Fund, Leag sue of Wom en Voters and the Democratic Womens Club. She had also served for many! years as a Pink Lady at the Deé Memorial Hospital. She was| ty | A prominent Ogden business-'}| woman and civic leader died|| Friday in Ogden at the age of 79. |i Mrs. Leager DeBlanc Davis) of 2522 Wall died at St. Bene- dict’s Hospital after an extended Hi illness. , She was born March 13, 1903, || in New Iberia, ter of Robert La., the daugh- |} and Emma De-' Blanc. She married Alonzo Davis. He later died. She lived in Ogden | since 1935. | She attended the Texas Teachers College. She was a member | of the Embry Chapel A.M.E. Church where she had. served on the Trustee, Steward and “ rs PLE GER E wm ueOrr WW ps ies esl ie {| Chapter NAACP, cand © the Governor's ' Anti- Discrimination Board. The Ogden : Chapter + ne Senior Citizers, Inc,, the Ogden |} i sen a member of the: Sate Areea |) ' ; oe NAACP Achievement Award is named the “L. V. Davis Award” in her honor. She was the owner and man- ager of the Royal Hotel. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Doris Armstrong, Los An-|geles, Calif.; one granddaughter, and one great- -granddaughter. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1. p.m. in’ the Embry Chapel, A.M.E. Church, with the Rev. Nolan T. - Jones officiating. | Friends may call at the My yers : Mortuary in Ogden Friday irom | 6 to B ppm... Burial will be in the Memorial | Gardens of the Wasatch. mother of 14 knows the ups and downs Emma Bush knows all about being a mother. The 94-year-old is the mother of 14 children — 11 girls and three boys; Izala, Leavander, Ophelia, Hurtis, Bessie, Ernestine, Eula Mae, Odessa, Lee Birtha, Mildred, Daisy Mae, Ber- nice, Irene, Ruffus and her stepdaughter, Louise. “I didn’t want them all but when I asked the doctors to do something to stop them, they told me to let nature take its course,” On October said Bush. “But I do love each one of them very much.” Bush was. born in Arkansas. | oe S 30,1922 she married her ™ aa r husband, Modie Bush. They lived in Illinois where they had12 of their 14 children. In 1943 they came to Utah and the last two children were born. Modie passed away in 1971. Today 10 of her children are still living. Bush isn’t sure how many grand -. children she has, but she says there are six living generation s. Some people think it would be a tough job raising 14 kids. . Bush says she had her ups and downs but got through them # » , , pretty well. “The hardest part about being a mother was trying to raise all of them the right way,” she said. “I always taugh t them not to steal and to always respect their elders; somet imes children stray, but mine didn’t. I had a very good time raisin g “ them, and I am proud of each of them.” | » While raising 14 kids, Bush also worked at DDO, » years ago. » her house. | retiring She enjoys getting up in the morning and cleaning “I don’t enjoy washing though,” she laughed. Bush » said it may take her all day but she gets it done. She lives in Ogden and is happy to have her children close by. “I love my family; they are so good to me. They take me to get groceries or to the doctor,” she said. | Happy Mother’s Day, Emma! Northern Utah women invited to attend annual women’s convention By JANAE FRANCIS Standard-Examiner Staff : O GDEN — Northern Utah women are invited to join the ; Utah Jurisdiction Church of God in Christ in its 47th annual women’s convention. | The convention is set for Tuesday; May 2 through Friday, May 5. Events will be held nightly at 7 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the Griffin Memorial Church of God in Christ, 2424 E. Ave. in Ogden. Carolyn Smith, the Utah jurisdiction women’s department supervisor, will be honored for 10 years of service at an annual supervisor’s luncheon. The event will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at the Davis Conference Center, 1651 N. 700 West in Layton. Cost of the luncheon is $35, and the deadline to Carolyn Smith is the Utah jurisdiction women’s department supervisor for the Church of God in Christ. She will be honored at an annual supervisor's luncheon for 10 years of service. The event will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at the Davis Conference Center, 1651 N. 700 West, Layton. RSVP is Saturday, April 22. For information, espe- went on.to receive her bachelor of science in cially for luncheon regischemistry at Alcorn State tration, visit the jurisdicUniversity, graduating tion’s Facebook page, summa cum laude in 1975. | Utah Jurisdiction Church | In 1978, she received of God in Christ. her masters in physical | “Obeying the decachemistry at Utah State logue: God’s spiritual, University, graduating moral and civil code of magna cum laude. ethics,” is a basis for the Until her recent retiretheme of the convention, ment, Smith spent 35 which comes from Exoyears working to improve dus 20:3-17. The theme is the functioning of elec“Utilizing the winning tronic systems in various strategy of spiritual guermissile programs, her birilla warfare.” ography says. — The May 2 services She became the lead will include a gospel extest engineer in 1991, plosion musical. May 3 working for Strategic will feature First Lady | Missile Integration ComBarbara Fields of Unity plex. In this role, she proBaptist Church in Salt vided technical direction Lake City. to the United States Air May 4 will bring Force and contractor Bishop Bobby Allen, the staff. She went on to serve jurisdictional prelate. The as the deputy test director morning of May 5 will fea- for the Intercontinental ture women’s day workBallistic Missile test conshops. That night will insultant for Hill Air Force clude a presentation by Base and missile wings. Supervisor Romanetha— Stallworth of the Kentucky First Jurisdiction Church of God in Christ. For more information about the convention, email utcog- icwd@gmail.com. At Saturday’s festivities, Smith will be honored for her history of staying focused and purpose-driven. Born in Gloster, MisSissippi, where many people — especially women — did not go to college, | Smith was determined to do so, a biography provided by the church says. Awarded valedictorian of her high school, she In 2002, Smith transi- tioned into the role of chief of the Minuteman Propulsion Engineering - Section. She served as the deputy division director, | squadron director and led the propulsion team in creating sustainment pro- grams and protocols for rocket motor, flight control and missile ordinance systems. She was also the 414th Supply Chain Management Engineering flight chief, where she and her team worked to sustain the United States nuclear See WOMEN, Page B4 : BRIANA SCROGGINS/Standard-Examine In this photo from June 2014, Carolyn Smith sang during the 76th annual Utah Jurisdiction Holy Convocation in Ogden. neering and math (STEM) Women ‘From B1 enterprise. “Carolyn has accomplished many firsts in her life,” her biography says. “One notable first was her appointment as the first African-American woman engineer manager at Hill Air Force Base.” Smith used her career also to become a voice for women in science, her biography says. She has shared her expertise and experience with others as a speaker, panelist and workshop presenter at many schools and universities throughout Utah, including Weber State University and Utah State University. “Smith has always actively supported women in science, technology, engite Dida ee Etta 8h et staat es aN AE careers, and has been an advocate for black women and girls in science and math,” her biography says. “Her advocacy work has led her to develop work- shops, mentoring, pro-. grams and training programs that helped to pro- . vide pathways for girls and young women into STEM programs and Careers;” She was recognized as an outstanding technology leader and featured in US Black Engineer & Information Technology Magazine. She also received a letter of appreciation from Sen. Orrin Hatch. Since her appointment as the jurisdictional supervisor, she has implemented many programs and is. the founder and president of “School Is Important,” her biography says. This program was organized to encourage eto oO Well in ~~: ~ _ _.WHO’s NEWS _ |, Gillespie honored by national group — OGDEN — Bettye B. Gillespie, president of the | Ogden/Salt Lake ony Alumnae. | Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., -was.among | f ~ those _honored at the sorority’s national | convention last month as one of 81 “Women Making a Difference.” : fs haa Fare ad pe Gillespie Gillespie was the only - honoree from Utah and one of fewer than half a dozen from the Western states. She was | honored for her 18 years as Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Officer | at Hill Air Force Base and her many years of work with the Ogden Chapter of the National » Association for the Advancement of Colored People. a Among the honorees at this > year’s convention in St. Louis °: ot ms ODt OD be O mm ¢ OC -were Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, White House Aide Alexis Herman and the McNeil-Lehrer Report’s Charlayne Hunter Gault. The sorority was founded in’ 1913 as a public service sorority for black professional women to cor.tribute to the health and well being of their communities. It has 865 chapters with 175,000 ; members throughout the world. — Standard-Examiner staff — RIGHT AT HOME Weber County employee honored for her service By JAMIE LAMPROS Standard-Examiner correspondent OGDEN — In the 1930s, Velma Saunders wasn’t allowed to walk through the front doors of the Weber County commissioner’s office because of the color of her skin. Years later, however, not only was she allowed to walk through the front doors, she became the receptionist who worked side by side with government officials. On Wednesday morning, a painting of the Ogden community activist was unveiled to hang on the wall in the reception area that is also being named in her honor. “I feel wonderful,” Saunders said. “The honors I’m receiving are naturally appreciated, but you know, God gave us all the ability to do something good, and I chose community service. I chose to do it because I enjoy it.” Commissioner Craig Dearden said naming the reception area is a welldeserved honor that has been a long time coming for the 100-year-old Ogden resident. “She served the county commission for years, and we thought this would be a really nice way to honor her,” Dearden said. Former commissioner Spencer Stokes said Saunders’ reputation of never quitting or giving up serves as an example to the community. “We’re here today to honor a woman who looks for the best in people, and by looking for the best in people, she has changed lives,” Stokes said. “Velma’s reputation of never quitting or giving up when she is engaged in a project is known far and wide, from moving the dog food factory to helping Wheels on Wheels expand.” In Saunders’ lifetime she See HONOR | Page 3B 4 { ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner A portrait of Velma Saunders hangs Tuesday in the Weber County Commissioner’s Office in Ogden, where she was an employee for more than 35 years. Below, Saunders, who will be 101 in December this year, sits for a pertrait at United Way in Ogden. BY RACHEL J. TROTTER Standard-examiner correspondent OGDEN — The next time you spot a crowd of women decked out in red-feathered hats and flashy purple dresses, don’t be alarmed. It’s just a colorful new club in Ogden called the Utah Sophisticated Queen Bees Red Hatters. It’s an outlet for grandmothers, retirees and fun-seekers to explore a new outlet to ZAK LARSEN/Standard-Examiner Vice Queen Mother Belle Cope (center) shows off a brochure for a Red Hat Society bracelet during the second meeting of The sophisticated Queen Bees chapter of the society. let loose and have fun. The newest chapter to the national chartered organization of Red Hatters just held its first meeting in October and is going strong with about 20 members. The group is for women older than 50 who come and basically have fun and do not abide by any rules, except to wear a red hat and purple dress, of course. Part of the fun is wearing the colorful ensemble to the monthly functions. “We believe silliness is the comical relief in life,” the new chapter’s president or “queen mother” Hazel Jones wrote life; after a certain age you need to have people so what better way than to come meet with thése young ladies,” another;*new member, Belle then other clubs formed. Cope, said. The Ogden group would The'}women pay dues of like to grow some and include $15 per year and each memwomen from all walks of life. ber takes a month to plan the “We definitely would like a activities so it doesn’t become variety of women,” Tarrant a burden for any one person. sald. “We. \try to divide things up She thinks sometimes old- so. it stays light and fun for er women get into a rut and everyone,” Jones said. Some don’t take time out for them- of the dues go to the national selves and to just act silly for charter and some stay right a bit. 7 in the chapter for activities “Today we take everything and various costs. so seriously. We need to take “Underneath the frills some time to make people we share a bond of affeclaugh and interject joy into tion forged by common life life,” Tarrant said. “This gives experience and genuine enus grandmas a chance to have thusiasm for where ever life a rest from our grandchiltakes us next,” Jones said of dren, not that we don’t love the group. them, but just to have someThey plan to meet monthly thing just for us,” Tarrant and had their second “official” said. meeting last week. Many of the women at the If you’re interest in joinluncheon knew each other, ing or finding more informabut some had never met and tion about the Sophisticated were happy to make .some Queen Bees Red Hatters connew friends. “I’m just a joiner tact Ann Tarrant at 612-9580. in fun,” said Karen Killinger, More information about the who drove from the Salt Lake group and a special link to the area to participate. “Queen Bees” is available at “I need to have a social redhatsocietv.com. 4 to prospective members of the group. Although the club is for older women, younger ones aren’t completely excluded. If yowre younger than 50 you can come to the functions, but you have to wear a pink hat and lavender outfit, said Ann Tarrant, a co-founder with Jones. Tarrant is very excited to be part of the group and to have some time to let loose. ‘“We’re just a bunch of seniors who like to get together and have a fun time and prove we’re not complete dinosaurs,” Tarrant joked. There are a few chapters scattered throughout Utah, but this is the first in the Ogden area, Jones said. The first Red Hatters group was started a few years ago in Fullerton, Calif., when Sue Ellen Cooper read a poem called “Warning” by Jenny Joseph. The poem talks about getting old and wearing a red hat and purple attire. The club started meeting regularly for tea and lunch and See HATTERS/2D EVEN Mrs . THOUGH TECHNICALLY ret ire d Margueri te L. Horton iS thoroughly involved in admi in is trat ive work of va TLOUS Ogden Standard-Examiner, Thursd a y 3 organiza tio n Ss 4 y h ro u Eve ming, May 24, 1979... McKay-Dee Hospital and the Stephanie Salas, M.D. Women’s Health Center welcome Dr. Salas specializes in: ¢ Women’s health e Internal medicine | ¢ Nutrition, fitness, weight management * Disease prevention ¢ Depression treatment Dr. Salas earned her medical degree at the University of Florida and completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. She also earned a Master’s in Health Science Education with an emphasis in health promotion and disease prevention at the University of Florida. Dr. Salas joins the staff of the McKay-Dee Women’s Health Center. Previously, she served two years as a hospitalist and Family Practice Clinical Faculty at McKay-Dee. Dr. Salas’ medical interests include women’s health, internal medicine, weight management, nutrition, fitness, and depression treatment. An outdoor enthusiast, Dr. Salas enjoys hiking and running. Now Accepting New She also speaks Spanish. Patients Professional Bldg., 4th floor, Suite E-400. NO eee neceet * Sieh ee ele Y eit re veres ee 3 Uymeee Se onnenal — ay e a i on x $ . ust teat aie ne “Ogden Standard-Examiner, Thursday, May 17, 1973 . os Weberr Stale Colec ANWW LUAULUAU —— Webe Women, Mrs. Dén E James, Mrs. State College FacuFacalt lty.yy Wome n, Mrs. Dan E. James, M jamin Noid fer Miss Roietts Goodwin.(left to righ t) prepar 1 decorations for their Saturday banquet. y cult ‘ e 'Polynesian NS Weber State Coilége-Fac-!oration and Mrs. Gwinn, food. Sheps Vomen will hold its annual! Reses, rvations for the luncheon at 394-9107 oe‘or Nine & : ae z Banquet Saturday at 1) may be made by calling Mrs." 394-2422. a ‘olynesian luau is planned) | Sky Room of the Weber College Union Building. officers will assume du- | t the banquet including | Garth Welch, president: | Dick Gwinn, first vice ! ent; Mrs. Dan James, secce president; Miss Roietta in, secretary; Mrs. BenNoid, treasurer, and Mrs. : Owgill, historian, red at the event will be going officers, Mrs. Rob- | 3€, president; Mrs. Her- | essner, Mrs. Clair West, | ten Davis and Mrs. Dix | 1. MUSICAL DUET | Will be a musical duet | John Webber and Mrs. |) Vebber and a harp ar- | ent by “Mrs. Charles | fre Ranaa eaae be av | i yee :| tandard-Examiner Trio receives pastoral care awards McKay-Dee workers wouldn’t be here,’ she | volunteers understand vices and chairman of the pastoral MORE: said. _| this premise. care committee at the hospital, praised All about Allen, who is also wife “Christ died for all the three for going above and beyond spiritual of Bishop Bobby Allen at of us ... he’s the capthe call of duty and for taking seriGriffin Memorial Church, care/8B | tain of our soul, and we - ously Biblical doctrine that encourages said she is grateful to be f basically need to give Christians to visit and care for the sick BY JANAE FRANCIS able to share her life with | back to Christ everyand the needy. Standard-Examiner staff others in need. s thing that he’s given to Quoting Utah author Stephen R. | jfrancis@standard.net She said she was a patient at McKus,” he said. Covey, Fifield said most of the writing ay-Dee Hospital 4'2 years ago when Cicile replaced deaand speaking in this life that makes a OGDEN — Officials at McKay-Dee she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Allen con Tom Buller, who difference discusses taking responsiHospital and Medical Center last week “When you hear (breast cancer), recognized three volunteers with its bility, exercising initiative and becom- ‘volunteered for nearly full-time work you think it’s a death sentence,” Allen for more than 25 years at the hospital ing a creative force in one’s own life. annual awards for pastoral care. said. : before he died several years ago. He congratulated those selected for Those honored were Sister Joseph She told of acquaintances and memWhen she received her award, Cicile the awards for being examples of these Cicile, the hospital’s Catholic represenbers of her church praying for her at said, “No one stands up here alone. principles. | tative for pastoral care; Luisa Nang, a that time. We’re all on the shoulders of those who He also quoted I Corinthians 7:23, Catholic volunteer; and Martha Allen, “When they did the lumpectomy, have gone before.” which states that people have been a volunteer from the Griffin Memorial they couldn’t find the cancer,” she said. Nang thanked Cicile for her exbought at great price through the sacChurch in Ogden. ! “T consider myself a miracle.” ample and support. “Without her, I rifice of Jesus Christ. Fifield said these Rod Fifield, director of social ser- given annual honor HM J Standard-Examiner | Thursday, March 25, 2004 7A Letters: Ql olumns To our Readers MAIL Please keep letters to 300 words or less and include your name, address and daytime phone for verification. Letters must be signed and may be edited and condensed. otandard-Examiner P.O. Box 12790. Ogden, UT 8441 2-2790 FAX (801) 625-4208 E-MAIL Letters@standard.net Coming up in the: pinion pages FRIDAY: A new editorial cartoon from the Standard- Examiner’ S Calvin Grondahl. Black women’s activism a blueprint for equity struggles BY FORREST C. CRAWFORD Special to the Standard-Examiner The juxtaposition of February (National Black Heritage Month) and March (Women’s History Month) provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the enduring contributions of African-American women to our great democracy. | This often unheralded segment of the population has had a profound influence in shaping today’s complex and diverse society, yet in many cases their contributions have gone unsung or unrecognized. The legacy of black women has been a mixture of sorrow and joy, considering the many barriers they have overcome and the new and ongoing obstacles they continue to confront. The 2004 Women’s History Month theme “Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility” elicits a dualism reminiscent of the experiences of early slaves’ preordained life on American soil. During that time, “masters” -commanded their “overseers” to “create in these people a habit of 7 midable resistance. Truth,” was a for her fiery, African women and abolition rhetoric (during the 1850s. girls were beholden A friend and ally to women’s sufto the ultimate indigfrage and anti-slavery proponents nation of gratuitous like Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucretia sexual assault and and James Mott, in 1851 Baunfree larape, as they were mented to a group of men marginalsold into the colonial izing her position 09n women’s rights abyss of slavery. and African enslavement, “Ain’t I Yet from this a woman?” Most are familiar with dark institution Crawtor Harriet Tubman’s'“Underground emerged a steadfast Railroad” work. Ida B. Wells’ and but magnanimous activism among Mary Church Terrtell’s anti-lynchfemale slaves, a legacy that ulti- ing and women’s rights campaigns mately would ‘transcend race and are cited frequently in numerous be embraced by all woman seeking anthologies and history lessons. equality. Discussing the emergence Far fewer know of Maria Stewof black women’s activism, noted auart’s drive for liberation during the thor and scholar Toni Morrison sug1830s, in part because it was viewed gests, “‘... she had nothing to fall back as short lived (by some accounts, on; not maleness, not whiteness, less than a few years). Though she not ladyhood, not anything. And out lacked formal education, Stewart of the profound desolation of her rose to prominence not only speak-, reality she may well have invented . ing to temperance societies and liter- herself.” | Against the backdrop of the An- tebellum South, black women’s lives speak volumes about their unwilling- ness to yield to the peculiar instituperfect dependency,” especially tar- - tion of slavery. Isabell Baunfree, _ geted toward those who offered forknown better to us as “Sojourner ary clubs of the day, but also, as one scholar noted, witha “chastening tongue” she gave speeches and published articles on women’s activism and civil rights within the context of a well-defined patriarchal ethos — even castigating free blacks for not doing enough toward their own liberation. Historian Paula Giddings places Stewart’s contributions in perspective, suggesting, “... though her public career was short, Stewart articulated the precepts upon which the future activism of black women would be based.” The inherent les- son: We can make a difference, regardless of how limited our time or resources. By the latter part of the 20th century it was ciear that women in general had carved a notable place in the fabric of society. Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi civil rights worker and leader of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, quipped at the Democratic Party convention that year, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I am going no place... with all my parents and grandparents gave to Mississippi, I have a right to stay here to fight for what they didn’t get.” Ina few short sentences, Hamer’s sen- timental battle cry had bridged the injustices of post-Civil War reconstruction era to the modern civil and human rights struggle. But even with the gains that have been made against perennial social, » political, and economic barriers and imbalances, black and other women are still inspiring hope and possibility through their ongoing efforts to achieve equality. As we reflect on the contributions of women, and black women in par- ticular, perhaps words penned more than 200 years ago sum it up best. Mary Wollstonecraft, an English writer and political philosopher, warned in her famous piece “A Vindication of the Right of Women” (1792)“... let not men then in the pride of power, use the same arguments that tyrannic kings and venal ministers have used, and fallaciously assert that women ought to be subjected because she has always been so. But, when man, governed by reasonable laws, enjoys his natural freedom, let him despise women, if she does not share it with him; and till that glorious period arrives, in descanting on the folly of the sex, let _ him not overlook his own.” Forrest Crawford is assistant to the president for diversity at Weber State University, where he is also a professor of teacher education. * essie Clerk Ogden Malone | ¥ oly: 4 mn} wii ‘ | q7 2 i } {irra We're a reat big rollin’ railroad — movin’ | fast and runnin’ strong. We have to be. Because each and every day we deliver very necessary goods to you, the people of and if youv« We're the Union Pacific, atus simply asa railroad train that foods. Things that can’t wait. And then we see that your copper, Oil, steel and food products get delivered to people in other parts of the country. | see a vital form of transportation at delivering all types of goods for allt It's a big order to fill. Utah. Things like autos, appliances, furniture and suggest you look again. And look r & x a Ogden resident xn 4 A to celebrate rs ' 100th birthday | ‘Bush Knight ' and Johnson her and her r Na Pi . X. AL! 9 i; 38 a eeke.d of Ji. renderson,N.” They were. . US i a A? ak ~ g she Ae - Py ree --., big - Se <5 £) Go) ae ’ Methodist Ci. jee 3 Decaime TCR yr uty ea OO ee oe ae Temple Aug. z,, ,,i9¢, They met il ..N aitér he retit, ,ec, vania where yee Where Ge ser. Marine Corps. .ift charged, they. iive with her family. — ; : She is the mother of 13 -chil- dren: Izola Hoskins, Levander Bush (deceased), Ophelia Bowman, Bertha Kelley, Odessa Burton, Irene Burks, Daisy Robi n- their Pt at and Rick Morley.” Washington | ,# , wale Sf Te1;.”.. ana: their home since i.“ ~ hey. 14 grandchildren _—sive : grandchildren. »-. ¢ They servedin . Inne, Ogden LDS Missic’ ndth York Rochester Lijit Missiv. They Brigham gars. { are avi," “ans o: Young | U | | a were born: Bob M’ ae. bie McMurrin, 7... son, Bernice Josephs (deceased), Bessie Jackson (deceased), Hur- and great-grandchildren. 7 f . / by many grandchildren ri ry himself. 7 ; She married Modie Bush. He is deceased. | | She came to Utah in 1943. She still lives on her own and main tains her household. She work ed at Defense Depot Ogden, Hill Air Force Base and the Ogde n Arsenal. She is the matriarch of six generations. 7 . _ Her interests include cooking, gardening and spending ‘time She has : é Fair. tis Bush, Mildred Bush, Eula Mae Bush, Earnestine Nelson (deceased). : y r Fair | Syrena sister | # Lal LO Her mother died when she was five years old, leaving her fath er to raise f # Emma Fair Bush of Ogden will mark her 100th birthday with a family gathering on Oct. 10. She was born Oct. 10, 1904, to James : a y iversity 4 Ae i om 4 ‘ y ‘Al a> ¥y = w he ou- Edward or Jacob? / 2A ‘Eclipse’ hits Ogden tonight at midnight 50 cents Serving the Top of Utah since 1888 “Speed limits and traffic laws “Don't stop living. Discretion is one of the key elements that everyone can apply...” exist for a reason — to save lives.’ — Capt. KLINT ANDERSON, Weber County Sheriff's Office — CHRIS ESPINOZA, father of Ogden Canyon crash victim Fealina Espinoza KARLEE > JACK Victim’s dad urges Fealinas friends at vigil to slow down TIMOTHY ARGUELLO FEALINA ESPINOZA TODD SALAZAR VANESSA — REYES little more cautious’ Driver of truck cleared; third driver may face reckless driving charges By JESSICA MILLER there. Sometimes it’s just bad judgment that coincides with bad luck. You get very bad consequences.” Anderson said that although OGDEN— After six young Richard Krig, the driver of people have died in two very the truck that was hit head-on similar accidents within weeks of one mea of fi- bh the Honda Sis Saturday morning, has : cials. with the # been cleared Weber County ? of all charges, Sheriff’s Ofpolice are still fice are askAt 3 p.m. Wednesday determining ing residents and Thursday, at 2959 whether the — especially _ Monroe Bivd., a garage driver of a young drivers second west— to be care- _ sale will be held to help bound vehicle ful when driv- offset funeral costs for could face any ' the crash victims. Car ing on canyon Standard-Examiner staff jmmiller@standard.net By JaNAE FRANCIS and JAMIE LAMPROS Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN — A solemn warning from a father to his daughter’s friends, urging them to be careful in the future, marked the proceedings of a memorial for the late Fealina Marie Espinoza, 16, of Ogden, on Monday night. “T encourage everyone to be a little more cautious in their adventures in the world,” said Chris Espinoza to the roughly 150 present at the event in the commons at Ben Lomond High School. “Don’t stop living,” he said. “Discretion is one of the key elements that everyone can apply in their lives.” Fealina was one of five young people killed early Saturday morning when the car they were riding in went into a no-passing zone on Highway 39 near Huntsville and ran head-on into an oncom- roads. “These are ing truck as it came around a blind corner. Also killed were Timothy Joe “T.J;” Arguello, 19, of Ogden; Karlee Jack, 18, of Roosevelt; Vanessa Irene Reyes, 19, of Ogden; and Todd Patrick Salazar Jr., 22, of Ogden. The event was organized by Ben Lomond High School Principal Ben Smith in an effort to help students deal with their emotions. “We had kids express a desire,” he said. “It gives them See VIGIL | Page 3A MICHAEL FRIBERG/Standard-Examiner Jose Medel, Tito Lucero and Alma Gutierrez pay tribute to Fealina Espinoza ata memorial held at Ben Lomond High School on Monday. Espinoza was killed Saturday in acrash that also took the lives of four of her friends. _ washes are planned all — week long beginning at charges. The acci- dent occurred 9 p.m. at 31st Street and very similar early Satur| Wall Ave said cases,” day when the Capt. Klint Andriver of the derson, referring to Saturday’ s accident on Honda, 19-year-old Timothy State Road 39 that killed five Arguello, was passing a Volkyoung people and a May 27 ac- swagen carrying a group of people he and his passengers cident in Ogden Canyon that killed 16-year-old Mayra Ser- knew. When Arguello attempted to pass the vehicle in a no. Fano. pass zone on the road leading “There’s two cars traveling together, one is showing off for to Monte Cristo, the Honda the other. They did things that See CRASH | Page 3A violated traffic laws that were , Miss Weber County, Quantasi MAT THEW HATFIELD/Standard-Exanino Friday. Despite some challenga Graham, rings up a sale for Christina Dominguez at Payl ing times of her own, Graham ess Shoe Source in the New gate has focused on helping youth to use their talents and get off Mall in Ogden the streets. NG THINGS Posrttvg The first black Miss Weber County 7 : doesn’t | Ct C hall Chges StOp h Cr BY JAMIE LAMPROS others that they can do Le Sea whatever they want and not let Sy are Examingr ee anything stand in thei r way. OY — Quantasia Graham : isn’t going to stop until she rea “There are a lot ches of stereotypes about thetop,. = “If you sit around and African-American imprison : yourself, you will never women and people reach your goals in life,” said the 18-y _ Make assumptions. ear-old Roy resident. “I plan to do eve I like being an eyerything I can to achieve in life.| opener.” don’t like : : limitations.” Graham was : | Graham recently won the born in England and title of | J Miss Weber County, mak raised in Michigan, ing her the FACES first black woman to rece Nevada and Maryland. ive that honor. When she was a “T think women and mino sophomore in high rities have come a long way,” school, her family she said moved to Utah where she “I think being the first attended is a great Ogd en High School. She is accomplishment and it now a wil] show freshman and an ambass ador at ie WeState beUniverrsity majoring in In order to win Miss Weber County, Graham had to compete in several categories that inc interview, Swimsuit, eve luded an ning gown and talent. : i “T sang the national ant hem,” she Said. “I’ve been singing ever since ] can remember, It’s som ething that I really love.” Now, Graham is getting ready to compete for the title of Miss Utah, which will be held in June at Abravanel Hall. Nancy Ciark, co-director Pageant, said Graham wil] of the bea strong competitor at Mis s Utah. “She is an amazing girl and has done so much in her life, especially When it comes to serv ice,” Clark said. “Her platform is STEPS, which Stands for Stepping Tow ard Every Child’s Potential Success. She wants css ia ee See FACES/2¢ —t tsman boosts 1ess focus gies and Kahuna Cre ations, to downtown within the last year, Godfrey said. Huntsman also offered Godfrey _ the names of a couple of similar companies that May be _interBite 0] cot. Esra. SIG Tooele County Sunday from an apparent suicide. Dennis Steadman, 54, was found dead in his SUV south of Stockton on ran ge land roughly three miles west of Faust Road and Utah 12. Tooele County sheriff's Sgt. Brad Patch said a dryer hose hooked to the tail pipe of Steadman’s car had Pumped exhaust into the vehicle. Steadman was reported missing Friday by his wife . Holly Steadman last spo ke to her husband by cell phone about 6:50 p.m. Friday, about five:hours after he left home, Patch said . Steadman was arrested Feb. 16 in an undercove r operation after arranging to meet a 13-year-old girl, who actually was an undercove r Officer with Internet Cri mes Against Children Task Force. He was charged last wee k with shoplifting. Prosecuto rs alleged that on April 18, Steadman had presented an Old receipt and tried to return an item he’d just take n from the shelves of a Mur ray electronics store. Adopt duck, help kids’ museum OGDEN — The Mount Ogden Rotary Club will hold its rubber duck race on May 10. The event is a fundrais er that will support the Tree house Children’s Museum . The race will start at noo n on Washington Boulevard north of the Ogden Rive r bridge. Community mem bers can adopt a duck for $10 each or $100 for 11 ducks. Free lunch will also be provided. For informat ion, Call 479-0330 ext. 230. Save ona haircut «2 SIX bucks LAYTON — A beauty Salon will offer discounte d haircuts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to raise fun ds for those Suffering from aut ism. Dynamix Salon, 1986 N. Hill Field Road, will offer haircuts for $10 and donate all proceeds to the Nor thern Utah Autism Program, said S200 Stviist Evelyn Rhees, <talg@ to street éangs through his friends Shortly after Moving to | Pocatello. “I poked at them,” he said.d. “B“Beeiirng fun from rn;ia, I didn’t think fa Califgorn ngs here were real.” ee Miss Weber County, Quantasia Graham, reaches for the receipt to givea But, he Said, by the end of the summer most of his friends were involved in the fang and he saw just how organized and rea] they were. _ Rodriguez wa s “jumped In’ to the gang Shortly afice Older members circled and beat them. Rodr iguezsz> 13 and said he foug k ™ ed self. as “It’s to show wel eave to bring to the. ” 4,” he Rodriguez Said drive-by sales customer. Graham has worked since she was age 15 while also completing her high school education and Shootings were Common. Life in the fast lane inclyudd drug use, most ly and methamphetemMarijuana ine, hafts Sang members paid for Stealing Weapon s. Was arrested for Rodrie ws the firstime at age 13 for Ste aling guy. _ Thec arges against 1 Were dropped, and In exchange Ro driguez perf ormed communit to compensate the y service vistims yt se he used meth, but Sn Delieve h addict. xf eee “I saw where it was tak aki in other People, and where it J Was not going to take me,” Rodriguez Said. 1S partner of 10 yea rs Chanda J enkins, did n’t believ e &angs existed in southe astern aho. “T laughed at them,” she said. “T thought gangs in Pocatello? Yeah, right.” But, after Jenkins Saw the guns, the drugs and the degree of organized criminal activity she Was convinced, and as a rebellious teenager, intr igued. Jenkins had a solid fami Was active in Symnastic ly, s and had traveled extensive ly in Europe. Her involveme nt with gang members center ed on methamphetemine. Her association with the drug and the gang was brief. but it changed her life. At 17, Jenkins stole and forged checks from her Parents. They pressed cha and She spent five day s in Juvenile detention. J enkins believes her parents did thi ‘ right thing and she conten She would do exactly the same thing if it were her O daughter. Jenkins said she has not used drugs since that wil summer almost 10 yea d rs ag Although she met Rodriguez through the gang the relationship c int inued. _ “He was alwa just are nice guy,” she said. When Rodriguez learne c was about to become a fath: at 17, it changed hin and his Perspective about lifé . “Tt was like you're going 1 have a child,” he said. “The || you're living isn’t goi ng to ke rges laWS vere. Utah lawmakers passea—~arker Jensen vin is DONS Oe a es ; a total of 312 new laws dur- parents more latitude in mak-_ enroll ment preference iw ing the 2005 general session ing medical choices for their neighborhood students which ended March 2. Some kids. ¢ Extend telephone harasstook immediate effect with New traffic laws include ment laws to include e-mail the signature of Gov. Jon outlawing “pocket bikes” e Order the State Board of Huntsman; others won’t be from public roads unless Education to excuse a school on the books until July 1, the the bike and its driver are aged child for home-school start of the next fiscal year. licensed by the state, and after a written request from a But the bulk of the new requiring motorists to Stay parent legislation becomes at least three-feet law today, includfrom a bicyclist, uning a measure that less road conditions requires at least make that imposone mediation sessible. sion for divorcing It is also now a spouses, and one class C misdemeanto require drivers or to knowingly involved in minor traffic acci- possess a false Utah driver’s New Systems with dents to exchange insurance license or identification card information. : and the offense increases to a Some of the new laws class A, if used to buy alcohol stirred controversy and took or tobacco, or to access estab$300 Utility Cool Cas more than one legislative lishments that sell alcohol. Rebates session to pass. Among those Lawmakers have made it "FREE Green Sticker check with A/C Ty were a bill to reinstate Utah’s a class A misdemeanor to re— lay midwives to legal practice fuse a police officer’s order to and a measure that gives an stop walking or running from Wayne Hodges & Outlaw Ci education tax break to par- them, and have enhanced the ents of disabled children to penalty for a second domestic enroll-their kids in_ private violence offense. 7 schools. Other new laws: New legislation in the ¢ Require students seekwake of January’s floods in-St. ing low-income fee waivers George will give a break to to provide documentation of property owners. After today, eligibility; ? victims of natural disasters e Allow victims of serious will only be liable for prop- crimes to lock a rental unit uta tw going onto college. MATTHEW HATFIELD Standard-Examiner D-Lp9 i : ndit o C r Ai ~ PLUS - Faces From 1C to make sure children have a strong self-esteem.” Clark said Graham was also Ogden High School’s first black female junior class president and also a member of Black Scholars United. “She has such a mature soul. I know she will be very consistent at Miss Utah,” she said. “She looks good on Stage, is very articulate and has a beautiful singing voice. There’s just something magnetic about her.” Struggles in her lifetime have made her stronger. Recently Graham’s parents separated. She said since that time things have been very difficult on her family. “I’ve had to work since I was 15 years old to help support the family,’ she said. “When we left, we took enough things to fit into a backpack and that was it. I really miss my dad. I’m a daddy’s girl.” Graham said during the most difficult times it was hard not to feel like she wasn't going to go any further in life. “We all have the same op- . portunities. Some have an advantage, but if we sit around and make excuses, then none of us will succeed,” she said. She has used her own accomplishments to help others. “T’m involved with Ladies of Today. It’s a club where we try to get kids to use their talents to get off the street. It’s always possible to turn your life around and make things positive.” Graham said she doesn’t know what specialty she will focus on in the field of communication, but whatever it is, She wants to make sure she will make a difference. “If I can share my testimony with people and help turn them around, then I’m doing something valuable,” she said. “I came to Utah with nothing, but I have a lot to offer. When I leave this earth, I will have done something with my life that has made a difference. That you can be sure of.” | www.standard.net | _— Nona K. Merrill Myers FARR WEST - Nona K. Merril Myers, 83, passed away peace- fully, Saturday, July 17, 2004. She was born on February 23, 1921, in Hyde Park, the daughter _of Frederick and Mary Jorgenson \ Jensen. She grew up in Hyde Park and attended elementary school. Nona ried Clyde Kimball August % 1937, Park. mar- W. on 13, in Hyde They were bo = BS eee pose married for 41 years. 8, 1978. She married Gary “Lewis” Allen Myers on October 23. She was a loving wife and mother, and a tireless homemaker for most of her life. Nona is survived by her hus- daughter, Beth (Lance) Jean, her daughter-in-law, band, Gary; two sons, Larry Kimball, Fruit Heights; Eldon (Joyce) Kimball, Clearfield; a Wardle, South Ogden; 26 grandchildren; 67 great-grandchildren; 40 greatgreat-grandchildren; one greatgreat-great-grandchild; and a brother, Ephraim (Carma) Jensen, North Ogden. © _ She was preceded in death by . her parents, her daughter, Mary and Debbie Kimball. Funeral services. will | be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 | Washington Blvd. Friends and family may call at the mortuary on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. : Interment, Lindquist’s Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Rad. The family wishes to express their thanks to Vista Care Hospice and to Nona’s Sally Haralson. dear friend, | Email condolences to the family at lom @lindquistmortuary.com | Winner Nts | 0 From 1B my back hurt,” she wrote. “My brain hurt.” But today, even though she’s undergoing chemotherapy, Miller said she’s relatively pain-free. She said she went to that first TOPS meeting and immediately went to work. “She watched her portions,” Frigaard said. “If she wanted a little sweet, she would have a little and that was all.” Miller also said she has worked out three times a week at Hill Air Force Base, where she is employed as a electronics technician. But Frigaard pointed to Miller’s attitude as making the real difference. “She never cries,” Frigaard said. “She never whines. She is never down. “She says, ‘If I let myself be that way, I’ll become that way.’ She always has a smile, even when she is exhausted and tired.” NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner Pamela Miller poses for a portrait with some of her weight-loss accolades at her home in Riverdale on Monday. Two-time cancer survivor loses nearly 150 pounds By JaNAE FRANCIS Standard-Examiner staff jfrancis@standard.net IVERDALE — Pam Miller says she can think of a million reasons she’s better off now that she has lost nearly 150 pounds and kept it off for two years. But the best reason of all is that she’s still alive. Already a two-time cancer survivor, Miller said her doctor told her that her latest ovarian tumor, discovered in June, would not have been seen had she not lost the weight. “T wanted to live,” she often tells members of her Taking Off Pounds Sensibly group. “There’s just no excuses.” Miller, who is in her 50s, is touted as an inspiration to whose who follow her example. “She never says, ‘If I can do it, you can do it,’ because that turns so many people off,” said Judy Frigaard, treasurer of the UT 36 Roy chapter of TOPS, where Miller is a member. “She just says, ‘I want to live. Enjoy what you eat. You can do it.’ ” Miller is the reigning state queen of the Utah TOPS program. Her prize was a trip to the international king and queen competition in Nova Scotia, Canada, in July. She also traveled to Milwaukee in August to be in an international TOPS video. Also in August, she was featured in the TOPSNews, an international publication for TOPS. Miller said her secret to success is simply the desire to change her life for the better. “People ask you what pushes you to keep going,” she said. “I get tired and everything, but I keep pushing.” She has had good days and bad days since June, as she has undergone chemotherapy, but it appears that she’s also winning that battle. Currently, her treatments are limited only to maintenance for her cancer. Miller said she wasn’t always overweight. She was once thin, active and involved in a number of volunteer efforts. Her efforts have included Reach for Recovery, a service through the American Cancer Society to reach out to cancer patients. Miller also has volunteered to talk to families as they wait near the emergency room at McKay-Dee Hospital. In addition, she has worked as an advocate for rape victims and domestic abuse victims through Your Community Connection. Because of these efforts, she was nominated to carry the Olympic torch through a section of the area in 1996 as the world prepared for the Summer Games. But at that time, she had become a caretaker, as her elderly parents became ill and subsequently died. First, it was her mother in 1995, then her father in 2001. “TI started eating more and more without being aware of it,” she writes in her success story. “I was taking in everybody else’s pain and trying to ease my own.” In May 2006, when Miller joined TOPS, she weighed 345.5 pounds. In her success story, Miller wrote that she “was out of breath, couldn’t walk and couldn’t get up — a plain ol’ mess.” “My legs hurt, my knees hurt and See WINNER | Page 2B rere AMERICAN LEGION hibit : RY: Hazel Jones, a member of Pi- oneer Unit No. 66, will perform a triple roll during the 1989-90 year. A liason between the na- tional organization and the state as well as serving as National Ex- _ ecutive Committee Woman, Jones was also appointed as _ _ membership Western 11 chairman for the | Division, which covers © states, at. the organization’s’ -, 69th annual convention held in Baltimore, Md. In addition, she © will serve as national security — chairman for the state. “Catch the Spirit” is the theme the organization will be using throughout its 12,000 units in every state and some foreign coun- tries. The auxiliary is a million ‘member organization founded in 1920 as a partner to the Ameri- can Legion, dedicated to service — ‘to veterans and their families. _ The auxiliary raised more then $16 million and devoted 8.5 million hours to children, youth, veterans affairs and rehabilitation. _ programs as well as other worthee charitiesPie the’ past a Ogden Standard-Examiner, Saturday, August 7, 1976 is Hy COURSE MATERIALS i for Weber Mental Health Center’s “Positive Parentin we g”? coordinaprogram are reviewed by (left to right) Mrs. Nancy Conrow, program tor and program aides Wayne Stott and Mary Swain. ma_ = em ‘Willie Mae Allen | asq _ Women’ s Art Club- Willie Mae Allen has patie ine | the Creative Women’s Art Club. | stalled as the new president of - She will be assisted by Selma | Hutchinson as vice- -president, ie _ Adeen Blackwell, secretary; Isa- ble Brigham, treasurer; Addline _ Jackson, social chairman; Thel- Hazel Jones” ae Mary Blain, Kearns, secretary-treasurer, Mariann Jensen, Kearns, NEC; Marsha Mon- toya, Taylorsville, Hansen, at-arms. West Jordan, delegate to the Jones, as president, Convention in eeage a and Patty sergeant- is ay state 68th National: Louisville, eed Ky.., | ends»| ay unless you have dor ing for somebody w t i ienay you. ‘ be able to . Ogden bowler rolls 633 series ~SOUTH OGDEN— Gloria Colvin learned a lesson Friday night and turned it into her firstever 600 scratch series Monday - night. Bowling for the Pepper and Salt team in the Monday Night Mixed League at Hilltop Lanes, the 39-year-old South Ogden resi- | dent rolled a 633 scratch series with games of 234, 201 and 198. The previous Friday, Colvin had bowled a 586 series. “Friday night I shot 586. scratch, but I was trying too hard and got tense,” Colvin said. “Ev- erything went to pieces. : “Monday I finally madegoing, it. . concentration kept my ; apie it out for |a sche ness This _ didn’t make myself nervous and ae Gloria Colvin has been my best year ever. I've M had more 200 games this year than I’ve ever had.” at = e chaplain; members try to live by ic ee have not lived. Colvin bowls in ‘hee hoagie ¢ Hilltop — Sunday Mixed, a ee Sandy, ! Ellen Setterberg, The clubs’ major Or sisting families in Monday Mixed and Toone. pee! Ladies. : ____ vice; i ‘chaplain. | AS Johnson, Spanish Fork, second vice; Barta Swenson, Sandy, third _ Committee and eaoree Allen as | a AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIA:. | RY: Mrs. Herman (Hazel) Jones, a member of the Pioneer Unit No. 66 of Ogden, was installed as" ‘state. president of the organization | | for the 1988-89 year, | posiip ersh lead She has held tions in the unit, district and department levels for the last 30° years. The auxiliary’ s theme for ‘the year is “Two Together With Pride — The American Legion and the American Legion Auxilceo Ball Working Together.” s Jone ‘Mrs. ct, proje al speci Asa chose the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to fulfuling the wishes of terminally ill children. Additional officers installed include: Marjorin Christiansen, | Richfield, first vice; Dorothy of Sick— Tucker, chairman ma va \ ~ \ Lo, DILIGENT EMPLOYEE BETH SCHLANKER/Standard-Examiner Regional Corrine Holston,who hasn’t missed a day of work in 55 years, slices eggs for the salad bar in the kitchen at Ogden Medical Center in Ogden recently. Hospital worker boasts no sick days in 55 years BY JAMIE LAMPROS 4 Neyer Standard-Examiner correspondent | GDEN — When she was 12 years old, Corrine Holston came down with pneumonia on _ made French bread each day, the into the wafting aroma selling ng up surroundi ood ended neighborh | | her uncle Bill. She married Linnard — and that was the first and last of her illnesses, she says. “T’m human and get a headache once in awhile, but I’m very lucky,” Holston said. Holston has never had to call in sick to work at Ogden Regional Medical Center, so the center is congratulating her at a special awards ceremony for working 55 years and 9 months without missing a single day. “T love my job,” Holston said, who says her good health is just luck. “Nobody bothers me whileI’m working.” Holston stocks the salad bar several loaves of bread. Holston was born and raised in Arkansas and came to Utah with and bakes the dinner and sweet Holston, who worked for Southern Pacific Railroad. “He started with them when he rolls, pies, cakes, cookies, strudels, 16 years old,” Holston said. was and puddings specialty desserts, ‘He also went into the service and breads for the patients, cafeteria and now works at the Marshall White catering service. Community Center three days a get we that “Few of the items week.” in are ready-made or partially Holston took several cooking mixed,” Holston said. “I love to make while attending high school classes they and desserts from scratch, _ in Arkansas and began working at St. sure do love my desserts whenIdo also set up and _—_- Benedict’s Hospital on Polk Avenue. bake from scratch. “Sister Boniface was the clinical deliver the catering with my cowho had me attend several dietitian team.” great a make We worker. Holston’s supervisor, Yoshi See FACES/2B Kishimoto, said when Holston D 3 | Ogden Standard-Examiner, Sunday, February 23, 1975 aS ee a ee ee t z } i >, _ _ ‘ : |. ¥ a Mi 3 SELECTING ART to be displayed during the annual Black Awareness Night Fri- day from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Weber State College Fine Arts Center are Mrs. Calvin Benward, Mrs. Donald Carpenter and Miss Jeanette Evans (lejt to right). The event, sponsored by the Black Women’s Society will feature several exhibits including art, food, literature, music and fashions. Miss Dorothy Wat- kins is chairman. The public is invited to the event. Admission will be by dona- , — SSE YULE PROJECT RSS SE — 2 SSS Junior Auxiliary members of Pioneer Post 66 of the Ameri- can Legion, Brenda Jackson, Kathy Jones and Linda Jones (from left) get. gaily wrapped gifts and cookies ready for the gift shop at the Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City and for needy families in the Ogden area. The project is under the direction of Mrs. Daisy Eason and Mrs. Hermon Jones of the Auxiliary. Anyone desiring to donate a gift to the hospital can contact Mrs. James Jackson at 3942057; Mrs. Jones, 394-2589; or the Post Home, 621-9835, by Dec. 10. Junior menbers and the Auxiliary have sponsored a rummage sale, a bake sale and sold candles to raise money to purchase prior to the Dec. 10 deadline. the gifts. Several other events are planned CheSi Sunday Morning, August 24, 197 ms a SS ee SS ee lah ol ae ae. Ba 2 Section G Phillis Wheatley, despite Negressservant status, published her “Poems Various Subjects, Religious and Portrait appeared on cover. on | Moral.” The Press and the American Revolution Washington Saluted Many By Dr. Francis G. Walett Worcester State College (Copyright, Young black girl, who brought to Boston, Mass., in 1761 at the age of seven. or eight, became a slave in the family of John Wheatley. When she arrived she couldn’t write speak, English. read or But’ she showed such aptitude for learning and made such rapid progress, that soon obvious that Wheatley was a prodigy. it was Phillis child John Wheatley, her master, was a tailor and trades- man of enough means that he had several slaves. He wanted one of them to attend his wife, Susannah, and Phillis was selected to be trained for this task. The Wheatley’s had a fine home and Mrs. Wheatley has been described as “‘a woman of unusual refinement.’’ This home was and political known to many Bostonians of fashion, culture Phillis Wheatley importance. had the op- portunity to meet prominent people and it is clear that they came to respect her literary ability. Won Reputation It was under the tutelage of John Wheatley’s daughter, Mary, that Phillis soon began to emerge as a child worthy of special attention and instruction. Her quickness of mind and eagerness to learn not only found favor in the Wheatley family, but also won for Phillis a reputation as a person of unusual ability. ete et about accepted 1975, American Antiquarian Society) The was Bostonians know Ol homes friends. of as came and the Wheatleys’ a guest and to her in the Contemporaries noted that tory, geography, astronomy and Latin. She evidently acquired an enthusiastic -acquaintance with the most hrop as well. religious marriage she 1771. this sort. It is interesting to note, however, that she was birth. fortunate for Phillis. that she received kind treatWheatleys. Perhaps because of her delicate health she had only light household tasks to perform. Her intellectual abilities no doubt had something to do with it, too. For whatever reason, she enjoyed the unusual privilege of having both heat and light in her own room. It would appear that Phillis was treated almost as a member of the Wheatley family. Mary Wheatley seems to the John Lat- have been most friendly toward Phillis. When Mary married = = Rev. ously inclined to piety and influenced of her by tutor the and ; She was a regular thereafter. This is notewor- of the church a slave. Family Member the study, thy because it had not been the usual practice for this church to allow this status to ence, at least, was of African from Already ecommunicant proud of the fact that among the authors she read, Ter- It was George In a tribute to Phillis Wheatley’s mental accomplishments and moral standards, the Old South Church in Boston baptized her in left no record of memories of ment praise Notice Poetry Her ability as a poet was seen in a number of broad- sides beginning in 1770. These. were places printed and there in several were occa- sional notices of them in the newspapers. _ Because of her poor health, the Wheatleys sent Phillis on an ocean voyage to England in the care of Mary’s twin brother, Nathaniel, in May 1773. Since Phillis had addressed a published poem (1770 on the great evangelist George Whitefield to the Countess of Huntingdon, III, news when but that Mrs.-Wheatley was seri- black girl, friend to a minister. Phillis seems not to have remembered much of her least her Arrangements had been made to present her to a major religious poetry, Phillis was further prodigy. at it was and for the young being particular favorites. One of her biographers has noted that the best libraries in Boston were open to this or in 1771, event for the Wheatley family important classics, the works of Horace, Virgil and Ovid land, won the Earl of Dartmouth. Phillis Wheatley displayed remarkable interest in his- native charm and such gifts as a folio edition of ‘“‘Paradise Lost” from the Lord Mayor of London and Smollett’s translation of ‘‘Don Quixote’ from she was the latter introduced the young poet to a number of prominent persons. Her abilities ill arrived, Phillis hur- ried back to Boston. She was much saddened by the death of Mrs. Wheatley in March, 1774. Having been given her freedom, Phillis did not remain constantly Wheatley after. household in the there- Washington Honor The publication of a book of poems in England in 1773 (later reprinted in America) and its reception were heart- warming, but Phillis Wheat- courteous reception by Gen. ley’s health was not good and she became depressed. Her George Washington at Cambridge in 1776, after she had dedicated a complimentary poem to the commander was a happy event for Phillis, however. Her marriage in 1776 to John Peters, an unstable black who held numerous jobs and tried to practice law and medicine, did not bring her much happiness. Because of her husband’s attitudes, Phillis worked at odd jobs to support herself and her three children. died and Two of the children Phillis Wheatley Peters herself died in Boston, Dec. 5, 1784. She was soon followed to the grave by her last child. @ Community Editor: 625-4220 www.standard.net Calendar On the Scene Theaters Standard-Examiner ROY bee BY JAMIE LAMPROS Miss Roy pageant seeks contestants The city is seeking contestants for the Miss Roy scholarship pageant to be held July 28 as part of the Roy Days celebration. Interested applicants should pick up an application at the Roy City Offices, 5051 S. 1900 West. Applicants must be. between the ages of 17 and 24 and live, work or attend school in Roy. There will be age. Standard-Examiner correspondent OGDEN — As a repeated victim of prejudice while she was growing up, Dr. Velma Saunders has always believed in not only turning the other cheek, but responding to offenders by diving into community involvement and kindness towards others of any race, age or economic background. Sylvia Cobabe, chair of the Treehouse board of directors, is a very energetic woman who launched the campaign an orientation meeting June 9 at the Hillside Senior Citizens Saunders Cobabe to relocate and build the Ogden Treehouse Children’s Museum as we know it today. When Rose Marie Johnson isn’t busy visiting or helping someone else, she spends her Johnson Perry “ie leisure time visiting or helping someone else. Colleen Perry, a registered nurse at McKay-Dee Hospital, has overcome obstacles with determination and cour- These four women, along with 19 others in the Top of Utah, will receive the Spirit of American Women award on Saturday. The award, given by Ogden’s Your Community Connection, recognizes the strength and courage of individuals who have overcome barriers in their lives. “They have moved on to achieve success in their ca- reer or personal lives, community involvement, volunteer service, education, leadership qualities and serve as role models to others,” said eu ale 2007 Raquel Lee, YCC assistant di- rector. 550 “Over the years, nearly individuals and organi- zations have received this unique public expression of appreciation.” The award, now in its 24th year, was instituted in honor of one of YCC’s founding mothers, Mattie Wattis Harris, Lee said. Recipients receive a plaque recognizing their strengths. Lee said Saunders’ community efforts include the See AWARDS/2D Center 5051 S. 2000 West (in the back) at 11 a.m. Please call Princess Frew at 9855730 with any questions. City offices change hours of operation Tanner Olsen, Daniel Taylor and Zack Walker (from left) make rockets out of _ | paper during | the event. Starting Tuesday, Roy City’s office hours will change to summer hours. The offices at the Roy City Municipal Center, 5051 S. 1900 West, will be open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ‘Physics Day’ and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 11°30 a.m. This change will be in effect until Aug. 24. NORTH brings teens from four states together OGDEN ‘Noogy’ will greet leading citizens They city’s “Noogy,” a large cardboard bird, has now changed its role and will serve as a visitor to residents seen doing kind community service acts. He - BY KELL! PALMER-STEPHENS will visit well-groomed yards or people seen doing good Standard-Examiner staff kstephens@standard.net things. Residents will get a picture with “Noogy” and a hat better place than Lagoon to learn about physics? certificate. lf residents would like About 65,700 junior high to nominate anyone.for a “Noogy” award please contact Lorrie atthe and high school students from Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming visited Lagoon Friday to learn why physics and roller ceasters go hand-in-hand. : The annual “This lets the event is called © community services office, 737-0587. kids; seeq and has been ist just for soar Conflict resolution training for students physics degree A conflict resolution geeks. They see real people and peer mediation class for all ages of students will doing fun be taught from 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 11 at at the Weber . things and County Library main branch. The free class includes basic anger management, listening and communication skill training and creative problem-solving techniques. Parents, teachers, staff, and administrators are welcome to join in as well. For information, contact Heather Threlkeld at 532-4841. Above, a group of students ride a roller coaster during Lagoon’s annual Physics Day. At right, Jacob Moss sits near a model roller coaster he made for the event. MATTHEW HATFIELD Standard-Examiner MORGAN Memorial Day schedule set The Veteran of Foreign Wars and American Legion will honor veterans of past : He! = \ www.standard.net 10; Utah teens talk about : a day of learning and fun at ; making money. real ‘Physics Day,” sponsoredby since 1989. “The purpose of this trip is to show science stu- dents that the study of physics isn’t dull and drab,” said JR DENNISON JR Dennison, a Utah State University physics professor. The students weren’t there just to have fun, they had to work as well. Several contests and experiments were conducted throughout the day, encouraging students to showcase their knowledge of physics. Stakes were high in the “Physics Bowl.” Teams of three students answered “sophisticated physics questions,” Dennison said. Layton High School took first place. Each of the three students on the team won a four-year, full-ride scholarship to Utah State. Cyprus High School in Standard-Examiner es Bonneville = operations manager at Wolf Mountain, is the recipient of student P going to Washington WASHINGTON TERRACE — Jenisy Daniels was Bonneville High School’s Hugh O’Brien _ Youth Leadership ambassador. This is a national program for sophomore students who exhibit leadership characteristics and are interested in becoming leaders in the future. Students attended a leadership summit Physics OO j ca REP RON From 1D @ | FEE Sat NTE pursue careers in physics. “This lets the kids see a physics degree isn’t just for geeks,” he said. “They see real people doing fun things and making real money.” Among the contests was “Sky Drop.” Students dropped a raw egg, enclosed in a protective container designed by the student, nearly 45 feet from the park’s gondola onto a giant target. The student who dropped the unbroken egg closest to the bull’s eye wins. “We’re sneaking a lot of good science on top of fun,” Dennison said. Some students designed and built small-scale amusement park rides that were judged by how well the students uti- Jacob Farnsworth and Jason Oritz said their roller coaster design called “The Krackin’” took about 14 long hours to create They hoped their design would win, but they basically just wanted to have fun, Jacob said. “T love physics, but we’re really just here to miss school,” he said. es ie gs 55 AAP, ‘ ‘5 came from her belief that it ‘a H ‘ ie Ls f SE LR TE LaF SERIE SERRE ae TO es Mee 5 alae iea is the kind of place that can provide good experiences for children. Johnson will receive the Courage to Care award. The Clearfield resident said her motto is: Try to do something nice for someone each day. She has raised eight children and one foster child. In addition, she has Crohn’s disease and takes care of her husband, who suffered a stroke and now suffers from dementia. She also holds down a very demanding full-time job in the Special Education Severe Unit at Lincoln Elementary School in Ogden. Perry, who will receive the Medical award, spent countless hours working with her first son, Austin, after he suffered several head injuries after a serious fall. She did this while managing her work and other responsibilities. ceived by anyone in Utah and Coast has earned it. with other fourth lift, which will terminate represent Utah in Washington, Terrain Park. Wolf Mountain will be open N for liftsserved mountain biking ~ at the top of the Wolfs Lair Daniels The organization selects one boy and one girl as a representative and this year, a first ever for this end of the state, Jenisy was chosen by the selection com- mittee. She will now attend a in Washington, DC in July. She is the daughter of Barry and Tiffany Daniels of South Ogden. Crocker graduates from lowa college degree from William Penn’s College of Arts, Sciences atijg Professional Studies in Oskéy loosa, lowa. She is a gradua of Box Elder High School in Brigham City. Summers selected for SAMMY on weekends starting Satur- day. For more information ca! 745-3511 or www.wolfmounStsss.nc AL LISTINGS. taineden.com. MANTUA — Brittany Da Crocker, daughter of Dennis and Aileen Crocker, gradu- j ated May 5 with a bachelor’s HOBY Leadership conference honor EDEN — Jeff Summers, ~ rive generations 1D creation of the Marshall White Center, Roy Senior Nutrition Center and involvement on boards of the American Cancer Society, Ogden Civil Defense committee, Weber County Council on Aging, Ogden School District, Children’s Aid Society, March of Dimes, American Red Cross and the Weber County Health Department. She was _also selected as a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging. She will receive the Sojourner Truth Award. Cobabe, recipient of the Dedication and Determination award, has five adopted children with her husband, George. She loves helping the community and children with a place to just be children, lee said. Her passion for the Treehouse museum award has never been re- Summers and his team will soon be installing the area’s Awards From was held May 5 - 10. This City and competed D.C., in July. lized real laws of physics, Dennison said. Kaysville junior high eighth-graders by Ski Area Management Magazine and the National Ski Areas Association for contributions to the ski industry. The award was presented at the national convention in Palm Springs, Calif., which only one person on the West schools to MATTHEW: HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner Achievement Award, presented in April in Salt Lake Utah State University physics student Steve Berkley and Ethan Rawlinson launch a rocket with compressed air during Physics Day at Lagoon. At right, Taylor Maxey (left) and Laramie Peterson drop a protected egg onto a target off a ride. 5, 2007 SAMMY Leadership Mills Macfarlane Hackley fs George Fuchs Lu Years later, Austin was killed in an accident. Her daughter, Kristen, was born with a lifethreatening disease and Perry spent countless hours in the hospital at her daughter’s side. At work, Lee said, Perry treats her patients as if they are family. She is courageous and humble and will go to any length to help another human being. For her, giving up is not an option. Sharon MacFarlane received the Arts and Humanities award. At 50, she found herself divorced and needing to return to work. She started a part-time job as the Aids Education Coordinator for the American Red Cross and attributes this position with teaching her empathy and tolerance. She is now the executive director of the Ogden Symphony Ballet Association and is instrumental in bringing the arts to the community. Other award recipients are: Dannette Hackley, who received the Gail A. McIntire cial Services award; -C. Brent Wallis, Higher Education award; Wendy L. Myers, Hill Air Force Base award; Cindy George, Federal GovernEvans ment Military award; Jewel Doyle Fuchs, In the Spirit of Quan Yin award; ‘Calene Lucero, Community Service award; Cindy Purcell, Professional Woman award; June Campbell, Strength and Compassion award; Sarita award; Gina Heiner, Phoenix award; Corrie Jensen, So- passion award; Samari Valdez, Federal Government IRS Courage and Commitment on b i Front, from left: Danny Slater, Roy; Danielle Sibert, Roy; Cyruss Sibert, Roy; Fawn Slater, Mariott-Slaterville; and Lane Slater, Marriott-Slaterville. ee ‘Valdez Madsen Hammond, Strength and Com- Front, from left: Danny Slater, Roy; Fawn Slater, MariottSlaterville; Kevin Slater, Roy; Tyson Slater, Roy; and Lane Slater, Marriott-Slaterville. Ingalls Heller award; Lacee Madsen, Hope of Tomorrow award; Linda Tanner, Professional Manager award; Karen Hill, In the Spirit of Service award; Michelle Evans, Public Education award; Elizabeth M. Ingalls, Amy Armstrong Non-traditional award, Nell M. Heller, Arts and Humanities award. Front, from left: Danny Slater, Roy; Fawn Slater, Mariott- / The mother of 1414 lo about being a mother. The 94-year-old is the mother of 14 children — 11 girls and three boys; Izala, Leavander, Ophelia, Hurtis, Bessie, Ernestine, Eula Mae, Odessa, Lee Birtha, Mildred, Daisy Mae, Ber- nice, Irene, Ruffus and her _ stepdaughter, Louise. “I didn’t want them all but. when I asked the doctors | to do something to stop them, they told me to let nature take its course,” said Bush. “But I do love each one of them very - much.” Bush was Arkansas. On born in October : 30,1922 she married her — hn: husband, Modie Bush. They ved 4in Illinois where they had12 _ of their 14 children. In 1943 they came to Utah and the last two children were born. Modie passed away in 1971. Today 10 of © her children are still living. Bush isn’t sure how many grand- a, children she has, but she says there are six living generations. id os Bush _ says she had her ups and downs but got through them _ pretty well. “The hardest part about being a mother was trying _ “ to raise all of them the right way,” she said. “I always taught hs _ them not to steal and to always respect their,elders; sometimes ‘ - children stray, but mine didn’t. I had a very good time Maing ‘ ae8 Sie i: ee St San Zz os, Bode y and I am proud of each of them.” __ oe _ While raising 14 kids, Bush also worked at DDO, retiring + Saare ago. She enjoys getting up in the morning and cleaning : eae house. “I don’t enjoy washing though,” she laughed. ue: e her Fee—— - Said it may take her all day but she getsitdone. te She lives in Ogden and is happy to have her children bee by. a —“T love my family; they are so good to me. ces take me to to get SES Se e Some people think it would be a tough job raising 14 kids. _ groceries or to the doctor,” she said. - Happy Mother’s Day, Emma! In Loving Memory Mrs. Clara Green Born: December 20, 1912 Died: June 17, 2002 | | O7 In Loving Memory Mrs. Clara Green Obituary for Mrs. Clara Green away on June 17, 2002, OGDEN—Clara Sullivan Green, age 89, passed in Ogden, Utah. Funeral Services Mississippi, to She was born on December 20, 1912 in Brookhaven, New Zion Baptist Church Green and they She married Lester Hall, James Richard and Miller preceded her in death. Order of Service Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:00 p.m. Ogden, Utah David Sullivan and Prudence Brown. and was a Sunday Clara was a member of New Zion Baptist Church , sang in the church society school teacher, a member of the missionary church. choir and was a mother in the Be eet Rev. James Abrams ane s2s ener -c: et ... Officiating...- Tt Dr. Donald Ray Carpenter ers orice ree seek dup RAUGICION. «sac ecnneCongregation (words on back) Sahn. oie “Amazing Grace” ry with a Bachelor's of She graduated from the Mississippi Baptist Semina years. many Religious Education and taught for rere.:ees Rev. Willie Frank Martin ..-. ce eeeree New Testament Scripture....... s and one sister Clara was preceded in death by her parents, six brother and a special cousin, Oralean Bali. Prayers. of Ogden, Charlean Surviving are her children, Dorothy (Rufus) Barlin Nellie (Clyde) Miss., n, Wilson of Roy, Alice (Eugene) Davis of Jackso . Also Georgia , Harlem of Jr. , Sims of Gary, Indiana, James Richard great-great one and hild grandc great one n, hildre surviving are 20 grandc grandchild. course, | have kept the “| have fought a good fight, | have finished my faith.” ll Timothy 4:7 : Joe Sattiewhite III Rufus Barlin Barry Ball Shaun Sattiewhite Marcel Cope Michael Davis Honorary Casket Bearers Deacon Ben Christy Deacon Ken Wilder Deacon George Anderson Deacon Benny Frazier Trevor Weakly ofl Ee. ag eel William Weakly ee ee ot STNG 1. 1A eR wee, ee EN ere cee re Rev. France Davis New Zion Senior Choir “King Jesus Will Roll All Burdens Away” Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Carpenter Obituary/Acknowledgment........ ae te New Zion Baptist Church ce ee eo ok Ba REOTE Selma Hutchinson, Tribute From the Deaconess Board..........--.-.:+:s Faye Glynn, Virgil Wilder re Harry Nunn Sr. ens Tribute From the Deacon Board.............:.:srreeerer New Zion Senior Choir SeleCUON.. coc. ee les eee es ee Mrs. Charlean Wilson Special Family Tributes............--.ss:eeessereeseeeseee Mr. William Weakly on) (eldest grands a Selection... Casket Bearers Deacon Wilson English eee Rev. Calvin Carter ee ee erences cecee ee ee nent Old Testament Scripture........... BWIGGY li on coe hs teers Brother Richard Nelson e eaceca eee a re Rev. James Abrams “Guide Me Oh They Great Jehovah” Recessional/Final Viewing Interment Washington Heights Memorial Park Ogden, Utah