Friday and Michael's Mission Call is Not Here

Todd Trauntvein 2:46pm Jun 29
So, Friday and the call still isn't here. Perhaps tomorrow. We'll keep you posted since tomorrow is the day we have it all worked out to open it.


So, we had a small change in plans. His mission call isn't here yet, but we are sticking with the times as of today. We are going to open his call at 2pm ET, so noon MT. Amy is going to be in Lake Shore. We will have Facetime open on my iPad and my iPhone. The iPhone will be dedicated to Nephi and the iPad will be dedicated to Lake Shore. I will also have skype open on two laptops. That should make us able to open four video connections.

I will have a conference line open. The phone number will be:
Outside Toll-Free  888-337-1191
Participant PIN  88221082
You can use *6 to mute and unmute yourselves.

skype1: Todd.Trauntvein
skype2: Michael.Trauntvein

Michael will have a few friends at the home, about eight of them and that is it. If the call doesn't show up, we'll let you all know. But, it should be here today, or tomorrow. If not, then we'll do it next week sometime on a weeknight. We love you all.

Todd adds: The call is here. We are on for the opening. 

We have fall out ash from wildfires.

Myrna wrote: Now they are evacuating Mills. We have ash all over the yard and a yellow sky. In fact, some of the shrubs are looking decidedly sad. Their leaves are turning brown. Pray for rain.

From News Stories

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Firefighters worked feverishly Wednesday to gain control of the fires, with one blaze in the central part of the state burning with little containment after destroying at least 56 structures, authorities said. They expected the number to rise considerably as they continue their assessment of the fire-ravaged area between Fountain Green and Fairview and north across the Utah County line.

The Wood Hollow Fire in Sanpete County had grown to about 46,000 acres, or 72 square miles, by Wednesday evening. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries, authorities said. The blaze is the largest of several burning in Utah. Officials re-opened U.S. 89 Wednesday and an evacuation order for the roughly 1,200 residents of Fairview was lifted. However, authorities said they're still concerned about winds picking up and hampering the containment effort, which sat at about 15 percent Wednesday night.

Elsewhere in the state, the New Harmony Fire near St. George started Wednesday afternoon and had grown to 1,000 acres by nightfall. Fire officials said one structure has been destroyed and an undetermined number of residents near New Harmony and Bumblebee have evacuated their homes. The Red Cross set up an evacuation center at Delta High School in Delta.

The fire was burning about three miles north of Zion National Park, prompting park officials to close an area known as the Kolob section. Officials said Route 15 between the Kolob exit and Cedar City, and the Kolob Scenic Drive and Visitor Center have been closed.

Officials said there was no containment on the Seeley Fire, which has forced evacuations in Clear Creek, Hiawatha, Wattis and Scofield. That blaze has burned more than 10,000 acres, Manti-La Sal National Forest spokeswoman Rosann Fillmore said Wednesday. In addition to summer and year-round residents in those communities, about 100 girls at a camp and a group of Boy Scouts have been evacuated.

The Church Camp fire, burning about 20 miles south of Duchesne, has charred about 5,200 acres and was 5 percent contained as of late Wednesday night. Officials have evacuated about 30 people in nearby Argyle Canyon. The blaze has destroyed about 12 structures.

The 12,000-acre Clay Springs Fire near Nephi forced the evacuation of the small communities of Oak City and Fool Creek, fire officials said late Wednesday night. The number of evacuees wasn't immediately clear, but the officials said the blaze was threatening about 100 structures.

Fool Creek under mandatory evacuation (Oak City evacuation lifted today at 10 a.m.). An evacuation center has been set up at the LDS Stake Center, 126 White Sage Ave, Delta, UT. Road closures are in effect for Hwy 125 and Foot Hill Blvd. Red flag warnings in effect today, currently 15-20mph winds.

The Pole Creek Fire was reported about 3:30 p.m. It began near the mouth of Uintah Canyon on the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation. Federal, state and local fire crews fought the fire with two helicopters, a single-engine air tanker and numerous engines.

The West On Fire

Myrna wrote: Wow! Julie should have taken some from her front porch. I guess I should go out on my porch but which direction would I choose--East, West or South? I'm further away than either of you. I read that you had lost about 350 homes in Colorado Springs.

Melanie wrote: I think Julie has some from her front porch. I will send them to you. 
Mel

Pics from Kirsten's subdivision

This is what the fire looked like from our subdivision on Tuesday:

Same area today:

COS Fire

This is the area on the west side of the springs (we are east and still safe). The fire broke two containment lines, came down the mount, and this is the result. As you know from national news, they're still not releasing numbers... Some of our friends just sold their house in this fire-stricken area last year and now it's gone. It's been a weird few days.

We are still in the safe zone an not even on pre-evacuation notice. We'll keep you posted if anything changes.

Kirsten

Mt. Shadows neighborhood (these "homes" are in our stake).

The west is being destroyed by fire and fires are near Kirsten and Julie

Our side of the freeway is fine so far.  They did just evacuate even the cadets at the academy--thus far it had only been the base housing by the academy.  For those not familiar with the academy, I'm due east about four miles from housing, across the freeway, and only less than mile to the freeway from my house.  We will plan on packing up some of our irreplaceable valuables (pics with no digital copies, old home movies, papers) and take them to a age location while we are in Utah for our family reunion tomorrow. Love, Kirsten 


Melanie wrote: I called Kirsten this afternoon. She called back later. The cell service in her area is spotty, due to the forest fire and usage by everyone who is trying to contact loved ones.Texting seems to work well.

Kirsten said that the residences near Garden of the Gods are in jeopardy. One of the businesses that has been in that area for the past hundred is years, is a complete loss.
Love you all. Mel


Myrna wrote: Thanks for letting us know about Kirsten. I am glad that you talked to her. I told you that you were a wonderful big sister.

The fire was just across the valley from Julie (from her house to Fairview). Then Colorado Springs became a news item. Now they have a fire by Cedar City that has closed the freeway both directions. Of course, the other fires are also still going nuts. There is a huge fire burning up Huntington Canyon and they have evacuated Scofield. I have been waiting for Dog Valley to go up in smoke. It is the time of year that it usually burns.

Are you OK, Kirsten? The west is being destroyed by fire.

Colorado wildfire: Too dangerous to assess damage
30,000 flee » Evacuees crowd shelters as huge flares signal yet another house is gone.
By P. SOLOMON BANDA
The Associated Press
First Published Jun 27 2012 12:38 pm


Melanie wrtoe: I called Kirsten this afternoon. She called back later. The cell service in her area is spotty, due to the forest and usage by everyone who is trying to contact loved ones.Texting seems to work well.

Kirsten said that the residences near Garden of the Gods are in jeopardy. One of the businesses that has been in that area for the past hundred is years, is a complete loss.
Love you all. Mel

Myrna wrote: Thanks for letting us know about Kirsten. I am glad that you talked to her. I told you that you were a wonderful big sister.

The fire was just across the valley from Julie (from her house to Fairview). Then Colorado Springs became a news item. Now they have a fire by Cedar City that has closed the freeway both directions. Of course, the other fires are also still going nuts. There is a huge fire burning up Huntington Canyon and they have evacuated Scofield. I have been waiting for Dog Valley to go up in smoke. It is the time of year that it usually burns.

I didn't realize that Sister Pinegar was the 9th General President of the Primary‏

Patricia Peterson Pinegar (born February 3, 1937) was the ninth general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1994 to 1999.

Patricia Peterson was born in Cedar City, Utah and grew up in Utah, California and Hawaii. Peterson attended Brigham Young University, where she met her future husband, Ed J. Pinegar. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1956 and are the parents of eight children.

Pinegar and her husband lived in England while he was president of the England London South Mission of the church. Ed was later the director of the church's Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah.

In 1992, Pinegar was appointed as second counselor to Janette C. Hales in the general presidency of the church's Young Women organization. She served in this capacity until 1994, when she became the ninth general president of the Primary, succeedingMichaelene P. Grassli. Pinegar served until 1999 and was succeeded by Coleen K. Menlove.

During Pinegar's tenure, the Primary developed the Achievement Days program for 8–11 year old girls to parallel the Cub Scoutingprogram utilized for Primary boys of the same age.

In November 2009, Pinegar began serving with her husband in the Manti Utah Temple, with her as matron and he as president of the temple.

EllaDean wrote: How interesting.  I didn't realize this either.  My cousin who works Tues and Wed at the temple, said President Pinegar had some baCK surgeries. It just doesn't seem that they hav been there 3 years though.

Ruth Ann wrote: I did know about the Primary Presidency,  but I did not know the rest of her  bio. Very interesting. Thanks.

Maxine Gordon wrote: Very interesting. Thanks.

Weekend Schedule Question

Kimberly wrote: What is the schedule for the weekend of the 4th?
You told me while we were at Mesa Verde together that the pool party was Saturday, but what time?
Are we staying through Wednesday?

Response by Gordon Smith to Fires and Guns

Shutting down recreational shooting because some shooters are stupid is like keeping the school class you are teaching, in the classroom during lunch time because one of the members of the class was shooting spit wads at a classmate.

 

Punish the offenders, not the entire class.

 

Government is becoming too big, too strong, too controlling, and they make way too many laws.  Enforce the laws which are already written.

Some of those shooters were shooting at targets designed to explode when shot.  How stupid is that?  Punish those who start the fires.

 

The government will soon be telling me I can no longer plant a home garden because it takes money away from the grocery store.

The government will soon be telling me I can no longer drive a car because some drivers text while driving, and cause accidents.

 

Love Ya, Gordon

Gordon wrote in response to an article by By Matt Pearce, June 24, 2012, 2:58 p.m. Just a paragraph or two of the article is quoted below.

Twenty.

That’s the number of wildfires officials believe recreational shooters have caused so far this summer in Utah. One of those wildfires — the Dump fire 40 miles south of Salt Lake City — prompted 2,300 evacuation notices and has led to a 6,023-acre blaze.

It has also led to something of a constitutional controversy in Utah, where state law prevents state agencies from enacting any rule to restrict recreational shooting without the Legislature’s permission — even in areas at high risk for fires, even during a drought.

Which might explain why the Utah governor is begging residents to be more careful.

“Now is not a good time to take your gun outside and start shooting in cheat grass that’s tinder dry,” Republican Gov.Gary Herbert said Friday,the Christian Science Monitor, reported