HOME TOWN LOVE....

 I CAN'T GET THIS TO FIT.

HOPE YOU CAN DECIPHER WHAT'S MISSING.....


This is 'Old News' around town now, but I wanted to share it with my blog friends.
This is one thing I really miss...the small town closeness of the little community I called home for 16 years.

I'm going back for the weekend to enjoy the yearly celebration of *Lamb Day* Here's a link to what it's all about:

FOUNTAIN GREEN LAMB DAYS


I'll share some pictures of the weekend. Hope you can take a minute to read this article and then have a great weekend yourself :)

Fountain Green gives soldiers a heartfelt, patriotic send-off

07/07/2010 - By Suzanne Dean - Publisher      FOUNTAIN GREEN—When people in Fountain Green heard that three local members of the Utah National Guard had been called up for service in Afghanistan, they wanted to show their appreciation.    Early Tuesday morning, as the soldiers left for Camp Williams in Salt Lake County, they did just that in a big way.   The three Guardmen are combat engineers,  members of the 118th Sapper Company headquartered  in Salt Lake City. Formerly, there were several combat engineering companies based around the state,  including one in Mt. Pleasant. Most members of the units have  already served at least one tour in the Middle East.  But members who haven’t are ...  Kyle Ivory, son of Ron and Angela Ivory of Fountain Green. His grandparents are Sherron and Mary Dyches of Spring City, and Ron and Mary Ivory of Fountain Green.       Tyler Walker, 23, son of Jeff and Michelle Walker. His grandparents are Clark and Diane Walker, and Linda and Duane Marsh, all of Fountain Green.       Garrett Gordon, 21, son of Phil Jr. and Debbie Gordon of Mt. Pleasant, and grandson of Phil and Barbara Gordon of Moroni.        All the soldiers are single.        Derrin Owen, scoutmaster of one of the town’s two Boy Scout troops, says the idea for the sendoff grew out of the fact that Jeff Walker, father of one of the soldiers, has been instrumental in getting a large supply of flags for the local troops.       Scout leaders and boys wanted to do something, using the flags, to show support for the Walker family and families of the other two soldiers.        So beginning at 3:30 a.m., Scouts riding in two pickup trucks loaded with 150 American flags created a flag-lined corridor stretching from the entry sign at the south end of Fountain Green, through the town, and along SR 132 to the Sanpete-Juab county line.        One troop took one side of the road, the other troop the other side. The flag-lined passageway stretched at least six miles.       About 4:30 a.m., Mayor Scott Collard and Police Chief Chad Huff picked up the three soldiers in town and escorted them in the police car to a turnout near the county line. The boundary is on a hill near the summit of Salt Creek Canyon and overlooked the flags.       The uniformed scouts standing in a row, the Guardmen’s families and about 75 residents were there to greet the soldiers. Each scout held an additional flag as the soldiers went down the row shaking hands.       "It was just starting to get light as they came through," Owens says. "The feeling, the appreciation for what these young men are doing, the appreciation for them and their families" was almost overwhelming, he says.        He adds, "We just looked down and said, ‘Wow, it’s nice to be from Fountain Green.’"       After soldiers mingled with the crowd for about 20 minutes, they got into their private cars and headed north.       Barbara Gordon of Moroni, grandmother of one of the soldiers, didn’t know about the tribute until she happened to drive through the canyon Tuesday about midmorning.       "There’s a huge flag on every delineator (reflector post)," she exclaimed. "It’s gorgeous. It gives you goose bumps."       Michelle Walker, mother of one of the soldiers, is the city recorder of Fountain Green. Debbie Gordon, Barbara Gordon’s daughter-in-law and the mother of another soldier, dropped into Walker’s city office several hours after the early dawn send-off.       "Debbie came in, and we both started crying," Walker

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