The school actually did burn down at Woodside.

My dad used to say that they had to burn down the school to get him out of the eighth grade.  Of course he liked to tease a lot so I didn't know what he meant by that.  Years later in my reading and research I ran across some information that there was indeed a school that burned down at Woodside.  It burned down at one location and they rebuilt it in another location.  One location was on the south end of Marsh Flat and the other location was I believe north of Scott Miller's store a little ways.  I reached the conclusion that the fire happened when my dad was in the eighth grade so he just says that it burned down as one way to get him past the eighth grade.  Actually I don't think he went past the eighth grade.  He herded sheep for about eight years when he got married, moved to Nevada and started working in the mines.

Summerville Mining District Video

This video was put out by Emery County.  This mining district is in an area where I went often with my dad and I have a lot of memories here.  It is a big part of me.  I have been into prospecting, gem hunting now and treasure hunting.  I am apparently a fourth generation prospector.  There may not be a fifth.  I still have hope of being very successful with the gem hunting.  It may be the easiest with the biggest pay.  The Curtis Formation which is part of the San Rafael Group, I believe was named after Joe Curtis who is my great grandfather and one of the first settlers of Woodside.  My big clue was that there was an individual named Summerville, from Moab, who was also one of the first settlers of Woodside.  The Summerville Formation is just above the Curtis Formation. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUoe1_DnrsI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Way to go Taylor Swift

A great positive human interest story.  It's good to see a celebrity as well grounded as Taylor Swift.  This is not an exception for her.  This is the norm.  She gave the young man more than what he asked for.  Fill me with deep emotion. 

http://m.yahoo.com/w/ygo-frontpage/lp/story/us/1899023/coke.bp%3B_ylt=A0KjqXaGzElPTkEAIgAp89w4%3B_ylu=X3oDMTI1bDc4dXVlBGNjb2RlA2MyMQRjcG9zAzEEY3NlYwNtb2JpbGUtdGQEaW50bAN1cwRwa2cDaWQtMTg5OTAyMwRwb3MDMwRzbGsDbW9yZQ--?ref_w=frontdoors&view=today&.tsrc=yahoo&.intl=us&.lang=en

The Great Climate Change Hoax

This is only one of many videos on YouTube by Jesse Ventura.  All of his videos are first class.  They are accurate and right on.  I see nothing in them that I don't agree with.  He is complete and goes the extra mile to get the full story.  He is the genuine article.  When I first heard about his show a few years ago I thought it was just going to be publicity and kind of a joke.  Now I have discovered that more people need to listen to this information.  It is real.  He covers the climate change hoax.  New World Order.  2012 and more. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svRUcX9Q9yU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Monkey see Monkey do.

My granddaughter Sierra.  She is the monkey.  She copies a lot of what I do.  I see her as if she is praying.  She has seen me bless the food.  One of the latest is trying to put on underarm deodorant.  She will get my attention and then act as if she is putting deodorant on.  I even gave her her own to practice with.  Problem is she now gets into deodorant where and when she isn't supposed to.  She is a hoot.  Sierra is so adorable.  She has great personality.  She is so loving. She is a darling. 

Church Today.

Church today was testimony meeting.  We had some wonderful testomonies from new member or potential new members of the LDS Church.  One has a new life from the old one he had involving drugs, gangs and his family.  He gave a great testimony and his testimony is probaby as good as mine or many others.  It was great.  He is truly a pioneer and I told him so.  What deep emotion.  His testimony was followed by a couple of other recent members.  One of the best meeting I have been to in some time.  I will say that it is up there with having a General Authority talk. 

Sierra Club took 26 Million Dollars from Chesapeake Energy.

What a joke.  The Sierra Club recently admitted, because they had to, that they accepted 26 million dollars from Chesapeake Energy in their negative campaign against the coal industry.  First they kept it secret.  They only revealed it after it was made public.  Now they have admitted that oil involving fracking actually does more harm to the environment that coal mining.  Coal can now be made to burn cleaner also. 

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72400.html