Benjamin Bolton's Utah Farewell

Benjamin Curtis Bolton invited you to his event: Ben's Utah Farewell Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 5:00pm - 7:30pm in CDT at 1396 East 400 North, Provo, UT 84604 This is at AnnMarie and Brandon's home.

From AnnMarie

Looks like I have to go on the adventure hike with the 4th year YW.  So I will leave work at 3.  That means Matt and Rachel won't get to do the parade, but I have no other options.  Alyssa will watch them Thursday night and Kim is taking them Friday while Brandon works.

Michael's Mission Report Date Changed

Todd Trauntvein wrote:

Michael's mission date changed. He is now going in the MTC on August 22nd. He will be in the MTC for General Conference and in California for Halloween. He is still going to the same mission. That makes a quick turn around for us, but it is all doable. More information to follow.

Myrna wrote: When will he be going to the temple the receive his endowments? We would like to be there.

Todd wrote: Hopefully we will decide that tomorrow. We know you want to be here. 

Melanie's Class Reunion

Mom,

Could you put this following information in the Times News:

Class of '82 Reunion

The Juab High School graduating class of 1982, is holding a mix and mingle at the Junior High School (the former High School), 346 East 600 North, Nephi, UT 84648. This event will be held July 14th from 12:30 pm - 3pm, in the Cafeteria. If you are interested in coming, please RSVP through the facebook page that has been set up for this event,https://www.facebook.com/events/310782965665039, or contact Melanie Trauntvein Bolton atmelaniekay.bolton@gmail.com. 


Thanks Mom! See you in a couple of weeks. 
Mel

YW's Camp Old Pinery Contact Person

AnnMarie wrote: When you get a minute, will you send me a name of someone I can talk to about reserving the Old Pinery for our YW's camp the last day of July and the first few days of August.

Thanks.

Myrna wrote: 

Brother Travis Ludlow
Tel: 435.623.4277
Email: travisludlow@msn.com

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).