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Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Volume 115, No. 29 July 19, 2017 Single Copy Price $ 1 00 96 South Main Phone Office Hours Our Website Nephi, UT 84648 (435) 623-0525 M-F- 9:30 to Noon nephitimesnews.com Deadlines: Monday 12 noon 1:00 to 5 p.m. EARLY DEADLINE… Because the 24th of July is on Monday this year, our deadline for the July 26th paper will be Friday, July 21st at 5 p.m. Please plan accordingly. Sandy Brooks Brooks selected as Grand Marshal of Levan Heritage Days Parade Sandy Brooks was born in Tooele, Utah and was raised in Orem, Utah in a family of 14 brothers and sisters. She learned early the value and ethics of hard work and serv- ing others. She married Ralph Brooks in the Salt Lake Temple on May 19, 1955. They raised 5 children, 16 grandchildren, and 25 great--grandchildren. They had a wonderful life to- gether for 56 and a half years. They moved to Levan in 1992 where they built their own home and became friends with many in town. They soon became involved in town events, singing at the 24 of July events, church, and fam- ily functions. Together they were instrumental in the im- provements and beautification of Levan Town and the Levan Cemetery. Sandy has also been in- volved in the DUP. She has served many years in the church welfare canneries. She now serves as the Nephi Stake Home Storage Representative where she shares her passion for food storage. She loves working in her yard, garden- ing, bottling and preserving food. Celebration schedule on page 2. MONA ROYALTY • Queens: left to right, front row, Alli Whicker, daughter of Jarrett and Colette Whicker: Sidney Hancock, daughter of Tyler and Melissa Hancock; MaKadee Kay, daughter of Jeff and Lacie Kay. Kings: back row, left to right, Jarrett White, son of Tyson and Jennifer White; Austin Park, son of Josh and Diana Park; Hunter Fowkes, son of Ben and Amanda Fowkes. The royalty invite you to come to Mona and celebrate Pioneer Day with them on Friday, July 21st and Saturday, July 22nd. MONA GRAND MARSHALS • Left to right: Hal Newton, Tyler Keyte, Shawna Keyte, Debbie Newton, Brenda Newton, Shanna Memmott, Mike Memmott, Ed Newton. Not pictured: Nila Keyte 11-year old dies in tragic accident at Friday Western Heritage Parade By Myrna Trauntvein Times-News Correspondent A tragic accident claimed the life of an 11-year old Nephi resident on Friday, July 14. The 11 year old girl, identi- fied as Grace Eyre, daughter of Jessica and Jon Eyre, Nephi, was sitting in the back of the pickup truck. She had been distributing candy to parade watchers. The accident occurred dur- ing the Ute Stampede Western Heritage parade, said Michael Morgan, Nephi City Police Chief. The parade commenced at 5 p.m. at the city park located at 600 North Main Street and the accident occurred one half hour later when the entry in- volved was partially through the route. “At 240 South Main Street, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the tragic accident occurred,” said Morgan. The pickup truck involved was pulling a flatbed trailer which was loaded with a demo- lition derby vehicle being used to advertise the county derby event to take place during the county fair in August. Morgan said that the vehicle was traveling at a very slow rate of speed southbound on Main Street. “As the truck and trailer continued moving, the victim attempted to exit from the back of the pickup truck,” Mor- gan said. “The victim slipped and fell to the ground.” The driver was not aware of the situation and continued moving at a very slow rate of speed. The trailer struck the child. Police officers were located nearby because of the parade and were able to respond in seconds. “Officers and numerous citi- zens immediately came to the aid of the victim,” said Morgan. Witnesses reported that sev- eral of the parade watchers on the sidelines jumped to the aid of Eyre and worked together to lift the trailer in order to res- cue her. The girl was immediately transported by ambulance to Central Valley Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries. “Nephi City and Juab Coun- ty offers the family and all those involved in this tragic accident our deepest sympathy and prayers,” said Morgan. The parade was stopped while the ambulance was load- ed and was rerouted for the re- mainder of the event. Later. Juab County Sher- iff’s Office stated that a parade scheduled for Saturday would continue but participants would be prohibited from pass- ing out items like candy or toys. “Due to the tragic incident that occurred during yester- day’s parade, it has been decid- ed that objects such as candy, frisbees etc, will not be distrib- uted during the parade,” said the bulletin released by the Sheriff’s Office. “Parade officials thank ev- eryone for their support and patience.” Officials are going to try and figure out a way to distribute items in a manner that is safe for attendees and parade par- ticipants before another pa- rade takes place, said the bul- letin. On the entry for the parade it reads: “No candy may be thrown, it must be handed out away from your vehicle.” Witnesses said that Eyre was complying with that rule and was replenishing her can- dy supply from the back of the truck. The Ute Stampede ended on Saturday, and with it the sum- mer’s planned parades, but the annual Christmas Light pa- rade is still to take place at the end of November. The community has been rallying around the Eyre fam- ily. Community residents set up “Give For Grace” buckets at the Ute Stampede Rodeo, and walked throughout Saturday’s See Accident on page 3 Mona City will celebrate Pioneer Day at city park By Myrna Trauntvein Times-News Correspondent Mona is ready for their Pio- neer Heritage Day which will begin on Friday July 21 and will end on Saturday, July 22 with a fireworks display. The theme this year is: “A pioneer is someone who goes before showing others the way to follow.” From 6 to 7 p.m. on July 21, there will be a Senior Citizens Appreciation Dinner at the city park. It will cost $10 per adult, $5 for senior citizens and chil- dren 12 and under. Saturday’s events will be- gin with a 7 a.m. 5K color run/ walk with a $15 registration fee per person or a $50 fee for a family of four. From 7:30 to 9 a.m. there will be a Lions Club Break- fast and flag raising at the city park. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. there will be a car show with day of registration subject to avail- ability. Check-in starts at 8 a.m. with the show beginning at 11 a.m. At 10 a.m. the parade will begin. Prior to that there will be a line up at 9:30 a.m. at 300 South and 300 East. The pa- rade will proceed down Main Street to 100 North. Jonathan Jones, council member, is in charge. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. there will be Pioneer Villages Free Family Games at the city park. The games will consist of a bean bag toss, cupcake walk, hula hoop contest, stick pull, bobbing for apples, fish pond, butter making and corn hole. There will be a sack race at 1 p.m. for age groups 4-6, 7-9, 10-13 and 14 -adult. At 1:20 p.m. there will be a three-legged race for the same age groups as the sack race. At 1:45 p.m. will be the wheelbarrow and leap frog relay with the participants choosing a partner. From 11 a.m. to dark there will be the rock wall, swings, obstacle course and water slide available with an arm band purchase. From 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. there will be train rides with the proceeds going to ben- efit the Mona City Basketball Court fundraiser. At 11 a.m. raffle tickets go on sale in the new city build- ing. Pre-purchase of raffle tick- ets began July 5. Also at 11 a.m. the DUP and craft and food booth will open with carriage rides to the DUP cabin. Proceeds benefit the lo- cal DUP. At 11 a.m. there will also be entertainment featuring the local fiddle talent of Sheryse See Mona on page 3
