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ARNOLD FRIBERG - Portrait of the Artist Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum Glade Jorgensen’s Top Flight Instruments Young Guns: Contemporary Cowboys Tuacahn’s Rising Star Students Last Chance Garage DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 1 Photo by Mark Breinholt, Colorland Photo. Welcome to the Enchanting West HEN PEOPLE ASK WHY I ENJOY From the Publisher Our palette this spring issue comes in many hues. Most know about Arnold WPUBLISHING, I TEND TO WAX GLIB Friberg’s art and illustrations. His work for Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMi- PATTI M. EDDINGTON IN REPLY. “I must be a glutton for punishment,” lle earned him an Oscar nomination. His Royal Canadian Police illustrations have I’ll say. “I don’t have enough on my plate” or “I graced calendars and won him legions of fans amongst that police agency’s rank enjoy having too many irons in the fire.” and file. And this painter’s masterful touch has touched many others: Steven Spiel- Stock answers, though, beg the serious question: Why put up with so many berg, Stephen Wynn, Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth. Yes, you know the artist. problems to put out a magazine? In this issue, you will get to know the man. He’s worth getting to know. Truth is, publishing is more than just pages or profits. It’s about people and So is 90-year-old retired pilot Glade Jorgensen, whose top-flight instruments places — and about sharing. Here at Desert & Alpine Living, we meet the most are the wind beneath his family’s musical wings. Then there’s “Cowboy Ted” Hal- vibrant people and visit the most exotic places. We want to share these unique lisey, who throws rope and pitches positive messages. Rosenbruch Museum is a encounters and experiences with you. top-draw in St. George, a magnet for critters and the characters who love them. After all, getting a read on the world around us is vitally important. Sure, the And Gary DeVincent’s Last Chance Garage traffics in nostalgia, not unleaded gas A Touch of Paradise. printed page often takes a back seat to movies, television, computers and music. It or wiper blades. All this and more await you within the pages of this magazine. often plays second fiddle to an addling array of acronyms: HDTV, TiVo and iPods, Enjoy! just to name a few. That said, few things are as absorbing as top-notch novels or On the cover: Tiffany Harding Lee is a 14-year-old Navajo beauty from Ivins, winsome words, fitly framed with winning photos, in first-rate magazines. Utah. An eighth-grader at Snow Canyon Middle School, Tiffany is a member of So rather than belabor the work in publishing, I’ve learned to love the labor the Mountain Echo Dancers, a group directed by Vicki Tsosie of St. George, Utah. — collecting menageries of wildlife stories, penning and editing profiles of re- Tiffany’s parents hail from Arizona, her mother, Marietta, from Ganado, and her fa- markable people, and discovering and exploring exotic hideaways and lives. When ther, Paul, from Teec Nos Pos. Tiffany embodies the eternal promise and optimism we love or adore something, we give it our full attention. We don’t “dis” or dismiss of youth. She caught our eye at the American Indian Shootout, a recent fund-raiser affairs of the heart. staged at the Entrada golf resort in Utah’s Dixie. We hope she’ll catch yours, too. That’s true of Desert & Alpine Living. It has our full attention, and we are confident it will grab yours. You will notice the magazine’s new title covers more This symbolizes generous advertisers who have committed ground. It now embraces the entire landscape and lifestyles of the American West to support American Indian Services’ scholarship program — from enchanting deserts to red rock canyons to mountains’ majesty, from hard- through financial donations or goods and services. If you scrabble cowboys to star students and astounding artists. are interested in becoming a part of this worthy cause, please contact AIS at www.americanindianservices.org

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ARNOLD FRIBERG: Friberg was drawn to art at an early age, caught up with the stories and illustrations in the Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s and other magazines. He also took a shine ortrait of the Artist to sports stars at Phoenix High. “I was a skinny kid,” he remembers. “I wasn’t sickly or weak, but I envied the athletes with their big arms. I’m t 92, Utah’s celebrated P sort of a hero worshipper by nature.” painter is too busy work- That reverence later evolved into idealized portraits of A muscular Mounties, studly steeds and prophets with pecs. ing to worry about his legacy. Early on, the artist’s work adorned his school’s newspaper and yearbook. He also picked up pointers from cartoonists at The Arizona Republic and honed his craft for cash by hand-lettering signs and doing other odd jobs. After high school, he studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and then the Grand Central School of Art in New York. Friberg’s work often popped up in periodicals, Book of Mormon stories: Friberg is best known in trade journals and calendars, but ended abruptly when Utah for his paintings of Book of Mormon scenes, which Uncle Sam called. have graced millions of volumes of the church’s signature “War is just a hideous damn thing,” Friberg says of scripture. slogging through the mud as a soldier in Germany. “I was Adele Cannon Howells, president of the LDS Church’s in the infantry, the lowest form of life in the armed ser- Primary Association, commissioned him in 1950 for the vices.” job and paid him $1,000 apiece for the dozen pictures. t an age when most people One city the 86th Infantry rolled through was Neu- “Her last act on Earth, the night she died, she sold are hardly working, 92- Ulm, the Bavarian burg near the Danube River where some property” to raise the money, Friberg says. “She year-old Arnold Friberg is Heidi Hiller lived. never even saw the paintings.” workingA hard - too hard to talk about his “I went there with a rifle in my hand, and [Heidi] The church did not put up any dollars for the artwork, pilgrimage to Valley Forge for his epic por- didn’t even say hello,” he jokes. but it put out plenty of directives. Some LDS leaders sim- trait of a praying George Washington or his “I was much too young for GIs to waste chocolates ply wanted portraits of 12 Book of Mormon figures giving speeches. quibbles with LDS leaders over how to de- on,” fires back Heidi, 22 years her husband’s junior. “That’s not what the book is about,” Friberg says. pict Book of Mormon prophets or the im- The two actually met and married decades later in Utah after Friberg’s first wife, Hedve, died in the mid-1980s. “It’s about ocean voyages, battles, assassinations, as well promptu camera tip he got from a posing as spiritual things.” Queen Elizabeth. After World War II, the painter plied his profession in San Francisco until landing a job in 1950 teaching com- Friberg, with the backing of Primary leaders, won out. And the legendary Utah artist certainly is too busy - berg, casino magnate Stephen Wynn and other collectors. mercial art at the University of Utah. His paintings show, among other scenes, a pious Lehi & prepping for a recently opened exhibit of his Oscar-nomi- Before his death, beloved illustrator Norman Rockwell Co. braving the sea en route to the New World, a hulking nated work on Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Command- called Friberg the “Phidias [Greek sculptor of the Parthe- An honorary member of the prestigious Royal Canadian Mounted Helaman leading 2,000 young warriors into combat and a ments” - to entertain thoughts about his legacy. non] of religious art.” Maryland art critic and appraiser Police, Arnold and wife, Heidi, pose for their wedding photo. lonely Abinadi - shortly before being burned at the stake But, after much prodding, he acquiesces, though not Lawrence Jeppson writes, “If Arnold Friberg . . . lived in - courageously confronting a wicked king. for long. After all, he still labors seven hours a day - be- Japan, he would be considered a national treasure.” But LDS President David O. McKay, whom Friberg tween breakfast and dinner, with no breaks. Alas, Friberg lives in Utah, where many artists survive admires, was adamant Friberg not paint Christ in the se- “People see the glamour but, oh, do I have to work and few thrive. So his pricier prints largely traffic online ries. hard,” the 6-foot-2 Friberg says en route to the studio be- and out of state. But the point is: His works sell - still. “I asked, ‘Why not? That’s the high point of the book,’ hind the home he and wife Heidi share with their choco- “My talent hasn’t deteriorated. Some artists’ stuff gets “ Friberg recalls. “Well, [McKay] planted his feet, looked late Lab, Duke, on the Salt Lake Valley’s east bench. “I’m weak when they grow older,” he says. “It’s amazing where heavenward and said, ‘The finite cannot conceive of the just a working stiff, not a promoter.” my talent has taken me. I mean, who am I? I’m just that infinite. The prophet has spoken. . . . Our artists are never Doesn’t matter. His paintings and illustrations over kid down the street who likes to draw.” to paint Christ.’ ” eight decades command attention. Again, Friberg prevailed - sort of. One of his paint- Friberg’s 1975 tour de force of the father of our coun- Raising Arizona: Arnold was 3 1/2 when his im- ings depicts a risen Lord descending from the heavens in try pleading for divine guidance alongside his horse at migrant parents, Sven Peter and Ingeborg Friberg, moved the ancient Americas. But the figure is so small, Friberg Valley Forge is the nation’s top-selling print. His princely their family from a Chicago suburb to Phoenix. decided “no one would object.” portraits of the British royal family remain a singular hon- “We were poor but not destitute,” Friberg recalls. “We On the other hand, the Book of Mormon prophets or for an American artist. And his Old West paintings are didn’t go hungry, but I guarantee you [that] every dime in Friberg’s illustrations loom large - so large that Ogden newfound nuggets for Hollywood director Steven Spiel- counted.” 10 DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 11

During the job, Friberg huddled Rockne may have stood to coach his His moving portrait shows the with Bear Bryant and a young O.J. players. He moved a blackboard near general deep in prayer, head bowed, Simpson - “He was a very likable guy. some lockers and started pacing. Sud- hands clasped, fingers interlocked. Everyone said, ‘Here’s one young man denly, he felt rooted in place. The strong vertical lines in the sur- we’ll never have problems with’ “ - “I said, ‘Who is doing the shoving rounding forest lend an almost cathe- and flew to football’s holiest shrine: around here? Is that you, Rock?’ And dral-like spirituality. Notre Dame, home of Touchdown I thought later that maybe it was. Who “The hands are the whole pic- he kneeling Washington Jesus, the Four Horsemen and Knute would be more interested?” ture,” Friberg says. “Those are not Tnow stands as Friberg’s Rockne. A former Notre Dame player lat- the hands of a man in church. If you most famous painting. It is popu- “I landed at the airport,” Friberg er told the artist he had captured went to church in Washington’s day, lar with presidents and patriots. recalls, “and, my golly, here’s the Rockne’s precise place and pose. you prayed with the palms and fingers Ronald Reagan had a print. So do school band and the priests. I thought, [of both hands] pressed together and President George W. Bush, former For his Washington masterpiece, ‘What a welcome.’ ” pointing upward. The purpose of the Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt and scores Friberg made minute drawings of the of private collectors. The original Of course, the red-carpet treat- general’s uniform at the Smithsonian painting is to show the burden that has been appraised at $12 mil- ment wasn’t for him. “Another plane and journeyed in the dead of winter comes only to a leader.” lion. landed,” he adds, “and it was Bobby to Valley Forge. There, on the banks The kneeling Washington now Kennedy there to campaign” for pres- of Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill River, stands as Friberg’s most famous ident. he removed his gloves and started painting. It is popular with presidents Once inside the Fighting Irish’s sketching. The biting cold hindered and patriots. Ronald Reagan had a hallowed locker room - alone with his hands but enlightened his mind. print. So do President George W. the ghosts of the Gipper and Notre Friberg now knew how Washington Bush, former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt Standard-Examiner cartoonist Cal- scenes and stars that served as mod- - learned every tribe of Israel had its Dame’s gridiron past - Friberg strug- might have felt. and scores of private collectors. The vin Grondahl lampooned that it takes els for the movie. The paintings hung colors and that Levi’s were red, white gled to conjure up exactly where “faith and steroids” to be a prophet. in what DeMille dubbed the “Friberg and black. Moses was of Levi. Room” and were displayed to mil- Page 12 bottom right: Actor Charleton Heston is a good friend of the Fribergs. Below: Arnold and Queen Elizabeth at the That satirical swipe draws a chuck- “You might say that was miracu- unveiling of the Queen’s portrait by Friberg. le from Friberg, but not the “Mormon lions internationally after the film’s lous, that it was divinely guided,” Fri- artist” moniker some hang on him. release. berg says. “DeMille believed that.” “He always says, ‘I’m a Mormon, Friberg was even drawn into cos- DeMille visited the Fribergs in but I’m not a Mormon artist,’ “ Heidi tume design, earning him an Oscar Utah twice before his death. And the says. “The Book of Mormon is a very nomination. artist received a letter from Heston a small part of his life’s work.” “Elizabeth Taylor read my name few months ago. from the stage, and not every Ameri- can boy can say that,” Friberg says. DeMille’s disciple: DeMille’s Football and Founding Father: “Nobody was really listening to Liz. 1956 blockbuster “The Ten Com- Friberg’s work - including his calen- They were wondering if she was go- mandments” gave Friberg a larger dar illustrations of Canadian Mount- ing to stay in that dress. Every man canvas and a wider audience. ies for the Northwest Paper Co. - at- in the audience was entertaining the Told by Swedish newspaper pub- tracted attention in 1968 from General same mad hope.” Friberg and Yul lisher Herman Stolpe about the Utah Motors, which commissioned four Brynner, who played the bold and artist, the famed filmmaker was capti- paintings to celebrate the 100th anni- bald Ramses, became fast friends, but vated by the Old Testament-style flair versary of college football. the artist drew the line at shaving off of Friberg’s Mormon prints. his hair. “He was the greatest man you can “He wanted me to imagine,” Friberg says of DeMille. be like him,” Friberg “There wasn’t a drop of phony in laughs. him. And he always did what he said In designing Charlton he would.” Heston’s Moses robe, Friberg sums up his idol with a sign Friberg chose red with that sits next to the movie’s trademark black and white stripes stone tablets in his studio: “I believe to better contrast with in God and DeMille.” the Egyptians’ light- Friberg was part of an elite inner colored garb. Later, re- circle seated at the director’s table searchers - boning up on during meals. He did oil paintings of the Bible for the movie 12 DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 13

original has been appraised at $12 They were – and Elizabeth and “I’m a born storyteller, Never satisfied, Friberg still strives to improve. Gallery million. Heidi hit it off, jabbering about owners are more comfortable than he is touting his art. Some admirers foresee Friberg’s Charles’ recent polo injury and a a painter of pictures. They see what’s there; he sees how it could be better. “Prayer at Valley Forge” supplant- nearby portrait by an English artist. I don’t care if I’m re- “I may have just about learned how to paint,” he says. ing Emmanuel Leutze’s 1851 mas- The queen asked the Utah couple Whatever Friberg’s future, Salt Lake City gallery owner terpiece “Washington Crossing the what they thought of it. membered. I want the Clayton R. Williams says his place in the nation’s pan- Delaware” in American hearts and “Do you want me to be honest or work to be remembered.” theon of painters is secure. over American hearths. More than diplomatic?” Heidi recalls asking. “He’s a very emotional person, and that strong person- 100,000 prints have sold. “She said, ‘I want to know what you al emotion comes through in the figures he depicts,” he think.’ I said, ‘I’d fire the artist.’ ” says. Royal rendezvous: Horse sense During the last sitting, on July 4, Art critic Jeppson and others want Friberg’s master- in art is uncommon, and viewers of Friberg struggled to load film in his pieces - including “Prayer at Valley Forge” - housed in a Friberg’s horses sense the artist has camera. Sensing his nervousness, Friberg museum in Utah. His collection recently appraised it. That’s why Canada hired him to the queen dismounted her horse to for $31 million. help. paint Prince Charles (in 1978) and Robert Barrett, associate dean of Brigham Young Uni- Queen Elizabeth (in 1990) with Cen- There they were, a Utah artist nadian consul general, Heidi with a hat she bought at a versity’s College of Fine Arts and Communications, calls tenial, a blue-blood thoroughbred drawn to portraits and a British mon- discount store. Friberg a master of contemporary Western realism and an the Canadian Mounties bequeathed arch born to rule, standing cheek to important “bridge to the golden age of illustration.” cheek examining a camera. England’s royal family. Painter’s place: Well-versed as he is with his sto- For his part, Friberg sees no difference between artists “ ‘You see,’ ” Friberg remembers her saying, “ ‘you Both times, Friberg set up shop in Buckingham Palace. ried past, Friberg turns practically silent when asked how and illustrators. Both tell stories. Charles and Friberg enjoyed a good relationship. The art- didn’t engage the sprocket. Now it will work.’ And she was future generations will view his work. He prefers leaving right.” “I’m a born storyteller, a painter of pictures. I don’t care ist delights in recalling Charles’ quip as he took the mea- “legacy” talk to art critics and highway planners. After all, if I’m remembered. I want the work to be remembered.” sure of the prince’s head with a sculptor’s calipers. Just back from Canada, the queen later complained of jet he is not dead yet and has no plans to depart soon. lag, prompting Friberg to lodge his own gripe. “Do you think they can see us?” the prince asked while Heidi and his work keep him hale and happy. And his perusing the people outside the window. “They’ll think “ ‘You’re making me work on our national holiday,’ ” he wife’s son, Peter Dominy, runs Friberg Fine Arts in Mur- I’m being measured for the guillotine.” recounts. “ ‘I know what you’re doing. You’re getting even ray and markets his stepfather’s work over the Web. Busi- for Bunker Hill.’ And she laughed.” © By Mark Eddington, 2006. This story is reprinted with permission from Upon hearing Friberg grew up in Arizona, Charles ness is brisk. The Salt Lake Tribune. asked, “Is Arizona in Texas?” When Fellows invited the Fribergs to her majesty’s “I said, ‘Is Belgium in the U.S.S.R.?’ ” birthday bash, Arnold protested he didn’t have anything to wear. As Charles posed next to Centenial, Friberg grew frus- trated. No matter where the prince stood, he blocked part “Well, you don’t have to go,” Fellows told them. of the horse the artist had to see to sketch. “But being invited to the queen’s birthday is a pretty big thing.” “I finally asked, ‘Do you need to be in this thing?’ Oh, we had a lot of fun. He had a great sense of humor. Eng- The Fribergs went - Arnold in a borrowed top hat from land is lucky to have an English lord and formal wear scrounged from the Ca- him.” A dozen years later, this time with Heidi, it was Her Royal Highness’ turn. The Fribergs 280 No. 2000 West had four sittings Lindon, UT 84042 with the queen - Ph. 801-796-6600 some with and some Fx: 801-796-6683 without the horse. drstonedesign.com While her majesty does, on occasion, consent to pose, she dislikes poseurs. Be yourselves, her ex- Arnold Friberg re- ecutive secretary, Sir laxes at home with his Robert Fellows, ad- chocolate Labrador vised the Fribergs. Retriever, Duke. 14 DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 15

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swooped in. “I’ll wake up about 6:30 “Looking out each morning in the spring the window, I saw and summer and I’ll hear op-flight earth, sky, planes him sawing or hammering T above, planes below, away. Glade’s a doer.” all mixed with ack- So how long does it take instruments ack puffs,” Gorrell to make a harp or guitar? wrote in his dispatch. As long as it takes, “Someone shouted: Jorgensen answers. “I’ll ‘There he is, for work on it a bit, then go God’s sake, open fire.’ mow the lawn or weed A machine gun started the garden before coming clicking and shell cases back to work on it again.” flew all over the place. Jorgensen doesn’t take “I looked at from an ad in Popular a guitar. His youngest shortcuts. He makes the Jorgensen [the pilot] Mechanics magazine. daughter, Marlaine, tools and molds for his and thought he was hit, Jorgensen’s first received a 5-foot Tara instruments and he takes but it was only muscular handcrafted classical folk harp, and most of the time to do them right. contractions as bullets guitar still hangs on the the siblings also scored At his age, though, time whizzed past. One of wall. But before he began ukuleles, mandolins is not something he takes the gunners shouted that giving away stringed and smaller folk harps lightly. He plans to make he had knocked down a instruments, he had to called leprechauns. baritone ukuleles for Messerschmitt and Frost steel himself to let go. Nylon-stringed classical 22 great-grandchildren. [a gunner] got a second “Each instrument I guitars have been popular He has already started one. . . . But that wasn’t make is so much a part of gifts for the couple’s 19 on the first two. the end. The German me that I have a hard time grandchildren. Jorgensen “He’s going to have to Glade Jorgensen, a 90-year-old retired TWA pilot who flew B-24 Liberators during World War pilot, attempting a giving it up,” he says. is now expanding to steel work night and day” to II, has made more than 50 instruments for his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. strings, teaching the guitar- “Each instrument I make is so much a part of me that I have a hard time giving it up,” he says. suicidal collision, Adds Alice: “He sits with finish the rest, Alice jokes. making art to 18-year-old came straight in toward it on his lap and strokes it.” “But, then, he’ll our plane. Frost gave grandson Dane Hixson and lade Jorgensen built the Although making a Old Mill Club. Big-band Now, though, Jorgensen probably live to be 100.” him another burst and neighbor David Ballard. Jorgensen’s home as well. Ditto for the living with music was sounds, though, didn’t gets his strokes from the Messerschmitt “Glade’s instruments love for his banister, kitchen cabinets difficult, Jorgensen could translate into big bucks surprising family members © Mark Eddington, 2006. crumbled apart in the are very good, and he is Photos by Francisco Kjolseth. children,G grandchildren and wooden toys there. not live without it as a - he usually pocketed $5 with his gifts. His daughter air. ‘That got him for amazing,” says Ballard, This story has been reprinted and great-grandchildren teen when his parents for every three-hour show. Connie got a banjo, and with permission of The Salt “I don’t think it’s fair sure, sir,’ Frost said. a professional musician. comes with strings bought him his first her younger sister, Alisa, Lake Tribune. for one man to get all He was performing Then he added: ‘I’ve attached - whether on silver-plated trombone. that talent,” laughs Alice, at Hotel Utah with Jerry been shot, sir.’ “ Above: Glade harps, banjos, guitars, Glade’s wife of 62 years. “I loved that instrument Jones and his band Gorrell’s dispatch Jorgensen, mandolins or ukuleles. so much I could hardly when he was drafted. of American A former member was riveting stuff Since retiring as a put it back in the case,” Fork, Utah, has of the American Fork “My musical career for Alice back in TWA pilot in 1976, he recalls. “I’d just hold made dozens Symphony, Jorgensen let came to an abrupt end,” California, by that of instruments Jorgensen has helped it and look at it. My his trombone-playing slide Jorgensen remembers. time Glade’s fiancée. – including his progeny’s musical two years ago. (“It was parents never once had After dropping music banjos, guitars, prowess take wing by “I was so nervous time to pass the torch to to tell me to practice.” for World War II, he mandolins and handcrafting scores - 50- I had my father read ukuleles – in his younger people,” he says.) Jorgensen played his dropped bombs as a plus at last count - of it to me,” Alice says. “play room.” He now focuses on making, way through college, B-24 Liberator pilot. instruments for them. The Jorgensens’ not playing, instruments. earning a music degree His bomber was shot “I’m trying to instill marriage in 1943 and “Dad has always loved from Brigham Young up - and his harrowing Glade and an interest in fine music Glade’s career as a music,” says Gail Hixson, University. During his adventure was written up Alice Jorgensen and show them that commercial pilot after the couple’s eldest daughter off hours, he was the lead for stateside newspapers got married in there’s more to life the war thrived. But 1943. Glade and the proud owner trombonist and vocalist in a - on one run over Greece’s than bouncing a ball,” aside from leading the was a trombone of one of his Irish folk variety of bands. He recalls Navarino Bay. Famed says Jorgensen, who choir and arranging player before harps. “He is a frustrated playing Glenn Miller and correspondent Henry serving in World recently celebrated scores at church, he musician who had to give Tommy Dorsey hits at Gorrell was aboard War II, and his 90th birthday gave music a breather up his career for [the war] the Orpheum, Lagoon, Jorgensen’s plane, the later became with his wife in their until ordering a guitar- a TWA pilot. and to make a living.” Rainbow Randevu and the Witch, as Axis fighters American Fork home. making primer in 1967

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TRUE WEST Western Legends MAGAZINE Names Western Legends R O U N D  U P Roundup in Kanab, Utah as Top Western Event

TRUE WEST MAGAZINE HAS SELECTED WESTERN LEGENDS ROUNDUP IN KANAB, UTAH, AS THE TOP WESTERN EVENT OF THE YEAR. THE OFFICIAL AN- NOUNCEMENT WAS MADE IN THE MARCH 2006 ISSUE. WESTERN LEGENDS IS SCHEDULED FOR AUG. 24-26 IN KANAB, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS “LITTLE HOLLY- WOOD” AFTER MAKING OVER 100 CLASSIC WESTERN 435.628.1366 office MOVIES. 435.229.3355 cell A Cowboy Celebration “Western Legends Roundup is an outstanding example 1107 East 770 North, Suite 5 of how people celebrate the Old West,” says True West St. George, UT 84770 ARSHALL’ SHUTTERS of Music, Poetry, Folklore and More Executive Editor Bob Boze Bell. “And the Roundup does M S it by honoring the people and films that brought the West to life for so many of us. Besides, folks who attend the ��������������������� August 24-26, 2006 • August 23-25, 2007 event have a lot of fun.” (On-time Delivery for Babies, Corporate, The judges noted that more than 200 Classic Westerns Anniversary, Special Events & Holidays) H H were filmed around Kanab. The first was a 1922 Tom Mix “Little Hollywood” Film Festival TRAVEL TIME film, “Deadwood Coach.” Other notable movies shot in BASKET H World’s Only Cowboy Poetry Rodeo H the area: two 1939 legends, “Drums Along the Mohawk” and “Stagecoach,” which starred John Wayne, and 1994’s FIESTA BASKET H Street Fair w/ Live Country Music H “Maverick.” The award citation states, “Kanab’s 3,500 residents Join us every summer in beautiful Kanab, Utah as we 15% OFF! come out in full force to celebrate this event, with many MENTION celebrate our heritage and history with a weekend full sharing their stories of working on the movie sets while THIS AD Westerns were being filmed. Yet the event is not only for of western fun and festivities for the whole family! fans, but also for the “reel” cowboys who are inducted into the town’s Walk of Fame each year….This event fi- nally put this majestic city back on the map, and for that, K A N A B , U T A H it deserves our top honor.” “U TAH’ S L ITTLE H OLLYWOOD” Dozens of Western events were considered for the awards. Each was judged on its popularity with fans; what Specialty Baskets attractions were offered during the event; and the organiz- for Every Event www.westernlegendsroundup.com ers’ efforts to promote the heritage of the Old West. After in Your Life! True West editors evaluated how each event succeeded in Photo: Barry Glazier, Kanab meeting the criteria, they then arrived at a Top Ten list, with Western Legends Roundup at the top. Sponsored by the Tickets & Information: Check them out online at: www.westernlegendsround- 801.755.4448 HONEYMOON MOVIE NIGHT SEE OUR COLLECTION AT Kane County, Utah 1-800-SEE-KANE up.com From $50 up. Custom baskets upon request. busybabybaskets.com O20 20DfESERTfi c& AeLPINE o LIVINGf MTAGAZINEourism DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 21 & F ilm Commission www.kaneutah.com

Desert Living up until that point,” the 36-year-old Goetz recalls. “Then I left Cody and discovered how much I missed it, so I started picking up a few tools here and there and doing it as a hobby. . . .I found I really did enjoy it, and that my stuff was pretty good. Young Guns “As average as I was at rodeo, I’m really good at this, and it seems like the longer I do it, the better I get,” he says. Goetz started out making rodeo gear COWBOY WRANGLERS AND ROLE MODELS – REAL MEN ROPING A POSITIVE MESSAGE such as chaps and chinks, and now also email: [email protected] does bridle sets and breast collars, as well as belts and Western-style scrapbooks and and make it come out.” photo albums. Ironically, what started out as just a Besides doing all the leatherworking, job to maintain his “rodeo habit” is now When Scott Goetz left college, he Goetz started doing his own silversmithing Goetz’s new “habit,” which he supports didn’t want to be director of the Lander two years ago. Now, he creates elaborate by serving as the director of the Lander Wyoming’s Chamber of Commerce. He pieces that showcase the two crafts, such Wyoming Chamber of Commerce. didn’t even want to be an artist, creating as fancy headstalls and other tack. Set in the foothills of the Wind River stunning western gear out of leather and Mountains, on the banks of the Popo Agie silver. “Part of it is the historian in me. I like to do things in the old style of the ‘20s River, Lander is one of the premier rock He just wanted to be a rodeo star. or ‘30s. . .like something you might see on climbing destinations in the country, and Goetz started riding bucking horses Gene Autry’s or Roy Rogers’ horse, or on the is also a popular spot for a variety of other while at the University of Wyoming. After Mexican horses in the spaghetti westerns,” outdoor activities. college, he struggled to make a living as Goetz says. “You don’t have to pitch Lander, it a bareback rider on the professional rodeo Goetz shows his work in several sells itself as far as the community goes,” circuit. Wyoming galleries, including the Lander Goetz says, estimating that about 100,000 “It’s like any other sport, the better you Arts Center. An elaborate bridle set he tourists visit the town each summer. By Jim and Claire Davis are, the more money you’re going to make, created is now on permanent exhibit at the Working full time at the chamber and unfortunately I didn’t make a lot. Much Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne, after means Goetz spends a lot of late nights as I wanted to be good, I just wasn’t,” he being displayed at the Governor’s Capitol in his shop, working on leather and silver admits frankly. Art Exhibition. Goetz has been selected to after his children go to bed. Before he quit rodeo for good at age 28, participate in the exhibition again this year. “Eventually I would like to get to the Goetz worked a variety of jobs on the side “I can’t draw or paint or do just about point where I could do it full time and to help bring in money. One of those jobs The romanticized image of the he will address a forum on spit tobacco at (reservations are up sharply for the coming anything else artistic, but for whatever make a living at it,” he says. “But as much was crafting leather in Cody, Wyoming. cowboy atop his trusty horse is a cultural the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. tourist season). reason, it works for me in leather and as anything it is about satisfaction, doing “I just needed a job to support my phenomenon virtually unique to America. The cornerstone of his message is “Our estimates put us at $5 million plus silver,” he says. “It’s the one medium that I something you’re good at, and hopefully rodeo habit. It wasn’t really an interest For Baby Boomers, that image was wrapped up in Cowboy Ted’s eight rules to as to what comes into Kane County as a can actually picture in my head what I want having it recognized for what it is.” routinely reinforced at the movies and on live by: Respect your parents; lead a healthy result of tourism,” he says. television by such icons as Gene Autry, Roy lifestyle; work hard in school; be nice to Adding to Kane County’s allure is the But now, Greenhalgh teaches special- playacting, as well as the opportunity to Rogers and the Lone Ranger. others; be kind to animals; set goals; don’t fact that many of those popular westerns use tobacco, alcohol or drugs; and do one needs students at the Jordan Valley School fashion exhibits that portrayed the history And even though the western may from the 1950s and 1960s were filmed near Salt Lake City, Utah. During off hours, of Native Americans in the West. have lost some of its allure in Hollywood, nice thing for someone every day. around the town of Kanab. Its Western he fashions gourds into works of art, as Unfortunately, Western Town was sold it is still a magical way of spreading an For Hallisey, who has ridden bulls and Legends Roundup plays up that fact, and a way to honor the traditions of Native before these exhibits were developed, and important message, according to “Cowboy served as a rodeo announcer and journalist, has been proclaimed as the country’s top Americans. after two successful seasons Greenhalgh Ted” Hallisey of Kanab. playing the part of a cowboy comes easy, western event. and it helps him reach children. “My family instilled in me a great love had to move on. Tired of the ups and downs Even while working his day job as All in all, the cowboy mystique has for the Indian culture, and I’ve had that all of hotel management, he was drawn back Those who have seen his presentations executive director of the Kane County Office served my life. . . .Anytime I’ve done anything to to a previous interest in special education. of Tourism in Utah, Hallisey goes by the say he motivates young people by talking “Cowboy do with cowboys, it was really to get to the He says he gets the same kind of moniker “Cowboy Ted.” His last name isn’t about the cowboy way of life. A toy bull Ted” quite Indian side of things,” Greenhalgh says. satisfaction working with special needs even listed on his business cards. and a rope help children learn how to well. lasso – while they are being taught the So it was with Western Town. A students as he does from Native American And it is as Cowboy Ted that he pitches longtime hotel manager, Greenhalgh jumped culture. an anti-tobacco, pro-health message to importance of a healthy lifestyle. A Hallisey- at the chance to take over the hotel and “I’ve never loved going to work so children across the country. authored book, “Billy the Bull,” reinforces the message. entertainment complex formerly located much. . . .I can’t imagine anything more Sporting his trademark cowboy hat, near Panguitch, Utah, and the entrance “I’d much rather spend time with kids fulfilling,” he says “It may seem chaotic at boots and jeans, Hallisey spreads his gospel to Bryce Canyon National Park. The job than adults,” he says, noting that he is a first, but you spend one week with those of goodness through Cowboy Ted’s Kids Club held the promise of indulging Greenhalgh’s little over one-tenth of the way toward his kids and there is just a peace that comes out and the non-profit Cowboy Ted’s Foundation Tim Greenhalgh isn’t your average dramatic side with frequent cowboy of that like no other, it is the same feeling I for Kids (www.cowboyted.com). goal of ultimately carrying his message to cowboy. one million children. get by delving into Indian culture.” The message is being heard around A few years ago Greenhalgh was the Greenhalgh’s love of Native American the country. By May, Hallisey will have given When he’s not talking to children, “Sheriff of Western Town” – galloping up to Cowboy Ted is busy extolling the beauty culture grew while he was managing hotels presentations in Montana, Idaho, New tour buses in full Western regalia and often in New Mexico, and would make frequent Mexico, Wyoming and West Virginia. In July of Kane County. With its stunning red rock urging his horse into the entrance of the cliffs and scenic vistas, the area is becoming trips to historic Native American sites such he will speak at the World Conference on buses, to the delight of his mostly European as Taos. Tobacco in Washington, D.C., and in October an increasingly popular tourist destination guests. Continued next page. 22 DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 23

ROSENBRUCH WILDLIFE MUSEUM Young Guns, continued

“Something that has struck me strongly A is that the peace that comes from Indians is He something you don’t find any other place,” igh ten he says. “The Southwest gets in your for all you blood very quickly and has to come out Museum Seasons r Ap pre somewhere.” ciatio n of Wild Greenhalgh always had artistic leanings, life with a By Phil Douglass Hand’ and had previously worked in clay and done s- o

miniatures of Native American dwellings. n

But when he went into a Utah store several E x years ago and saw a tortilla warmer made p e out of a gourd, he knew he had found the r i perfect outlet for his passion. en c “When I saw that, it was like the whole ROSENBRUCH MUSEUM e ! Southwest just unfolded in my mind onto gourds. It was almost instantaneous, and I just fell in love with gourds,” he recalls. “I started doing almost all my artwork The state-of-the-art Rosenbruch on gourds, and I haven’t looked back. . . Museum in St. George, Utah receives .Gourds were so much a part of the Indian visitors from around the world. culture, and I decided to turn it inside out and put the culture inside of the gourds.” t was a defining moment to fuel the flames for Jimmy’s insatiable Part of the squash family, gourds dry need for adventure. Hunting and fishing from the inside out over the space of a for the young Jimmy for a living is a lifestyle that many people year, leaving durable hard shells that Native IRosenbruch. The natural Americans used as water vessels. world displayed before him at dream about. For Jimmy and his family, it became a reality. Most of Greenhalgh’s creations are the Denver Museum of Natural single gourds, which he decorates by History captured his imagination. With a civil engineering degree, Jimmy burning, coloring with leather dyes, and The desire for adventure is an worked as a surveyor in the 1960s. He embedding with natural materials such as took a vacation to Alaska in 1966 on the inherant longing for most boys, gourd seeds, chile peppers, Indian corn, or Alcan Highway and found a job in Juneau. twigs. His most complicated works feature but for Jimmy seeing the mounted He worked for the state and guided as a several gourds fashioned together into animals and the depiction of hobby for a few years but became a full- representations of ancient Native American the wild and exotic places of the cliff dwellings. time guide in the early ‘70s. world would shape the course of He says he doesn’t try to copy He is truly a professional hunter and contemporary Native American works of his life—and ultimately determine conservationist, and has been recognized as art, but instead seeks to honor the cultures his legacy. such by numerous organizations including of the past. Jimmy grew up in Utah’s Dixie Weatherby and Safari Club International. “I do my work to try to honor the and attended the Dixie School, back His work and love of animals took him American Indian people, and there is no when the grade school, high school greater compliment than when they like my to every continent. He has visited and and college were all in one block. He work,” he says. worked in three-quarters of the countries worked at Dixie Market and furthered on Earth and made 26 trips to Africa.

email: [email protected] his college education in Reno, Nevada. From early in his hunting career, Jimmy His growing-up years were done during and wife Marianne loved welcoming people as easygoing time and place that most in their home to share their experiences likely contributed to Jimmy’s down-to- and love of the natural world with others. earth nature. Their daughter, Angie, said that Scout He was born at a time when hunting group tours were a regular occurrence in and fishing were recreational mainstays. their home. He has always had a desire to Rural southwest Utah was a great place build a museum to house one of the most

extensive collections of mammal species growing urban population about wildlife mounts in the museum are stunningly in the world. He searched ten decades for needs and the important effect that hunting beautiful. Great effort has been taken to the perfect location to build the facility. plays in the conservation of wildlife display the animals in natural poses and Not only is the site perfect, but its creation species around the world. The museum is settings, which further emphasize wildlife comes at a time when education about Jimmy Rosenbruch’s way of giving back need for good habitat. wildlife issues is critical. and educating people about habitat loss Wildlife education has changed The museum and its interactive displays and conservation efforts. dramatically in the past 50 years. Prior serve an important role in educating a The displays, sounds and wildlife to that time, people received their 24 DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 25

he education activities that students do prior to their field trip to the programs are one museum. It is a resource that Angie Rosenbruch says she T of the many reasons would like to see people take more advantage of. why the the Rosenbruch With these strong education programs, the museum Museum is so relevant for should not be overlooked as a great place to stop and visit today. as part of a vacation or other visit to St. George. It is on an easy-to-access frontage road just east of Interstate 15 One of the more on the Bluff Street exit on the south end of St. George. It important features of is open from noon to 9 p.m. on Monday, and from 10 a.m. Heart Gallery Utah the museum is to see the through 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. It’s closed response of young people Sundays. Will Help Kids Find to the displays. Surely Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $4 for Families there are youths that look children ages 3-12. Education trips to the museum are at the displays to awaken subsidized by the Museum Foundation. Field trip fees are A picture is worth a thousand and stir a love of wildlife to only $2 per student. words! And that’s what the the point that they envision presenters of Heart Gallery themselves working in the Utah are hoping. The Gallery opens at Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum on June 10th. The unique exhibit will combine the wilds as Jimmy does. talents of many professional Utah photographers to reflect the personalities of foster children waiting to be adopted. In photo after photo, the unique light in each child—a light sometimes buried after years of neglect, abuse, and low self-esteem has education regarding wildlife and the students through the Rosenbruch Wildlife features is the response of young people to been captured through each photographer’s art and talent. o u t d o o r s t h r o u g h direct experiences and Museum’s Scholarship Fund. The scholar- the displays. Certainly, many youth look What is even more unique about the Heart Gallery Utah participation is sportsmen organizations. ship program is in its second year and at the displays to awaken a love of wildlife exhibit is that the pictures showing the children and teens at Most Utah counties in the 1940s and 50s provides funding for students from the and to envision themselves working in their best were taken and donated by the photographers. The had one or two fish and game clubs. These St. George area to attend Dixie State the wilds as Jimmy does. Even if they do hope is that the photographs will replace the typical mug shot were clubs comprised of mostly families College. This year, the museum surprised not choose to make wildlife their life’s in each child’s file and capture the spirit and personality of each that met together regularly to enjoy the two lucky students at the awards banquet work, they walk away with an awareness and result in more of the children being adopted. outdoors and even take an active part in with $1,000 scholarships to pursue studies of wildlife and conservation efforts, and doing projects that benefited wildlife. In in wildlife biology or other wildlife maybe even a desire to do something for Portraits of 20 children will be on display. The Adoption the 1930s the Weber Wildlife Federation conservation-oriented field of study. Angie wildlife. Exchange, an adoption recruitment agency for the state’s Division of Child and Family Services, is presenting the exhibit in northern Utah had nearly 3,000 people Rosenbruch-Hammer, technical director The growth and expansion of education through donations of time, services, and money from many attend their annual summer picnics. Today, for the museum, says staff members are programs, such as the scholarship program, sources including local photographers, framers, law firms, the club is nearly nonexistent. always looking for additional donors to is a big part of the museum’s future. These clubs are mostly gone. There participate in the scholarship and other banks, and businesses. The Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum has The museum is in its second year of are fewer that 100 members of the Utah programs, and is able to offer tax credits to donated space for the exhibit which will be on display there conducting summer education programs, Wildlife Federation. Hunting, fishing and donors because the museum is a nonprofit, through July 7th. Thereafter, the exhibit will travel to other which offer a great variety of activities for values promoting close ties to the great charitable organization. venues throughout the state. children to participate in over a 10-week outdoors and wildlife are being replaced Nearly 130,000 children in the U.S. public-welfare system The education programs are one of period. by other activities. The New York Times the many reasons why the Rosenbruch are waiting for an adoptive family. Most are eight years or recently featured a story about studies that Museum is so relevant today. The museum’s Web site also contains older. Some of the most difficult children to place are those great resources teachers in the specially of minority backgrounds or in sibling groups. And, sadly, about document a decline in outdoor recreation One of the museum’s more important which reveal an alarming trend referred developed curriculum can use in classroom 19,000 children “age out” of the system every year without ever to as “outdoor activity deflect”. Even being adopted. For information on the Heart Gallery Utah or enrollment at Natural Resource Colleges on adopting foster children, contact The Adoption Exchange at have declined, thus leaving agencies like (801) 265-0444 or visit the internet at www.utdsfsadopt.org and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources www.adoptex.org. and the U.S. Forest Service scrambling to recruit new people into the field of wildlife management. Once jobs as rangers, game wardens or professional guides were coveted. These jobs were more than an occupation, they were a way of life that contained hard, even grueling work, but a life that held rewards far greater than a paycheck. Indeed, the museum takes an active, tangible role in igniting dreams for

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IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR DISTANCE AND GIVE THEM PLENTY OF SPACE, FOR THEIR SAFETY AND YOURS. SPRING BABIES ARRIVE!

Text & Photos by Laura Romin & Larry Dalton

WILDLIFE BABIES Baby birds are often out of their nest because her cub, or a swan on a still As wildlife photographers, we are in tune with strategy is intended to divert a potential predator’s they are learning to fly. Certainly, take the time morning lake the seasons and their role in wildlife behavior. attention away from the helpless fawn. You can to watch and enjoy, but don’t stay long – and with a string of Summer provides an opportunity to photograph literally search for hours to find the now-hidden leave the baby animal where you found it. cygnets in tow. wildlife among flowers; fall is the time of the elk- fawn, who is likely to remain perfectly still until the Many wildlife babies are simply fun to watch. and bighorn rut; and in winter, there’s opportunity doe signals. Young bison and mountain goats will playfully Look closely and you will find to photograph animals changing with the seasons – Elk and moose follow similar hiding strategies butt heads with each other and frolic across the them – spring the snow-white coats of the ermine and snowshoe with their young. However, these larger ungulates meadows. Bear cubs will tug at each other’s wildlife babies. hare. can also physically defend their young against ears and have water fights with their mothers. But remember, Spring and early summer are upon us now, and some threats. Therefore, to protect yourself, it’s Some animal babies are cute and seemingly it is important with it are the first signs of new life. New shoots important not to approach a cow elk or moose cuddly. Others can be somewhat homely, having to keep your of grass, flowering plants and gentle showers all when they have their young calves. They may a face only a mother could love. At first sight of a distance and give them plenty of space – for their herald the arrival of baby wildlife. respond by charging or attacking you. great blue heron chick, you wonder at how it can safety and yours. While walking through the forest, you may catch A common tendency is for people to see a baby grow into such a graceful bird. a brief glimpse of a doe with a small fawn. If animal and “rescue” it. This is almost always Animal babies can also enhance already Laura Romin & Larry Dalton are the owners of Wildlife Reflections Photography. See their portfolio of worldwide wildlife at disturbed, the doe will tuck the fawn into a thick unnecessary, and the frightened parent is usually dramatic scenes. Imagine a sunrise. Now, www.photographersdirect.com/wildlifereflections or email them at bed of grass, while slowly walking away. This hiding nearby waiting for you to leave the area. imagine a sunrise complete with a sow bear and wildliferefl[email protected] 28 DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 29

Last Chance Garage

© Mark Eddington. This story has been reprinted with permission of The Salt Lake Tribune. Photos by Patti Eddington.

GARY DEVINCENT’S SINCLAIR STATION IS A DINOSAUR. ITS 1930S- ERA PUMPS PREEN FOR ATTENTION Above: Brothers Gary, Bobby, and Wayne (top right) DeVincent are Renaissance men from the 1950s era, with a collection of vintage motorcycles and autos seemingly straight from “Grease,” Mayberry, or a BUT DON’T James Dean movie. ACTUALLY PUMP GAS. holstered M-1 carbine and other moto- out scouring the country looking for old run Last Chance Garage. Gary does a nominal fee. SHELVES ARE STOCKED WITH memorabilia also vie for the limelight. bikes.” most of the body and exterior work and “I couldn’t tell people who walk in PARTS THAT THE OWNER In an attached garage, more bikes But Lacey says tea times -- on the Bobby works on engines and electrical here that they have to give me a few REFUSES TO PART WITH. AND are stripped down in varying stages of porch, not the fairway -- with Gary systems. dollars before they can look at my THE GARAGE IS USUALLY OPEN, restoration. A 1954 Corvette muscles in make the waits worthwhile. Each night, “I’m basically here all day,” Bobby motorcycles,” he says. “That would be THOUGH NOT FOR BUSINESS. on the space. Outside the bays, Ford between 10 and 11, the two cozy up says. “It doesn’t pay, but it sure is so cheesy. None of this is about money; That’s because DeVincent’s and Chevrolet wreckers and flatbeds, with a Celestial Garden herbal blend for fun.” it never has been.” American Fork station traffics in 1930s and ‘40s models, appear ready some intimate dialogue. It always has been for the DeVincent And it never will be -- if DeVincent’s nostalgia, not unleaded gas or wiper to roll. Behind the shop, a Barq’s root- “Nighttime is our time,” Clark says. brothers, ever since they were kids in next nonprofit venture is any indication. blades. Still, there’s no shortage of beer cooler -- donated by actor Wilford “We sit out on the porch and talk about Bridgeport, Conn., and took Harley He wants to gussy up abandoned gas would-be buyers. One pops in for a Brimley -- gives onlookers a refresher our day, our plans and about life.” rides with their father. Gary DeVincent stations, where motorists can reminisce battery; another for a quart of oil. Both course in bygone vending. Visitors If one has a mania for motorcycles, recalls Dumpster-diving at bike shops for free about times when fill-ups came leave empty-handed. also can drink in period signs touting it is nice to indulge in a little group as a teen to scrounge enough parts to with service and a smile. “I was going to put a sign out saying everything from Red Crown Gasoline therapy. When DeVincent is not talking piece together a working hog. That’s essentially what he has done this isn’t a functioning gas station,” to Coca-Cola. And an old-fashioned air about them, he’s restoring them “That was back in the day when with the American Fork station he built DeVincent says. “But I must have done pump stands ready to be pressed into alongside elder brother Bobby, who people were chopping bikes to make several years ago. a good job building this place if it looks action. retired from a paid job with the phone choppers,” DeVincent recalls. “We’d take “Everything in here at one time was real enough for people to keep coming But every piece -- however rare, company for an unpaid position helping the parts we got out of the Dumpster, a throwaway. It sure is neat to preserve in.” however pricey, however neat -- takes a beat them into shape and bolt them on. some of this stuff. I want this [garage] Plenty do, even when they know back seat to the 46-year-old Connecticut The bikes we were able to build from to be a landmark that others can enjoy conversation -- not cash -- is the only transplant’s prime obsession: Harley- spare parts may not have been stylish far down the road.” thing that has any currency with the Davidsons. Even his girlfriend, Lacey or fit the times, but at least they ran.” owner of the Last Chance Garage. Clark, must wait for hours to see him Nowadays, DeVincent’s bikes don’t DeVincent’s shop and fleet of restored when she is not waiting tables at a come so cheap. He takes to the road vintage motorcycles and tow trucks nearby burger joint. every month to buy more motorcycles certainly are worth chatting about. “Lacey’s the best,” DeVincent and other antiques to bolster his A dozen or more spit-shined says. “She has to be to put up with collection. Money from real-estate Harley-Davidsons, circa 1930s-’50s, line me because I’m never home and I’m investments helps fuel his hobby. the show-room floor. A 1945 Harley- almost always too busy to talk when DeVincent says his motorcycles are Davidson Servi-car, one of only 26 in she calls. I’m a workaholic. If I’m not for riding and showing -- not for selling, the world, hogs center stage. An Indian here at the shop working on bikes, I’m no matter how high the offer. He also bike, a 1942 Army Harley armed with a putting together a real-estate deal or balks at charging visitors to his station 30 DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 31

by John Livingstone Entrada Hosts AIS Golf Tournament

Monday, March 6th was a gorgeous day at Entrada in Snow Canyon near St. George for the 9th Annual Native American Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament. This year’s charity event was organized by St. George American Indian Services (AIS) Board President Robert E. Wells, and committee chair Lena Judee. Even though Lena’s mother passed away the evening prior, she and board members Tournament winners Mike Burbridge, Steve Howcroft, Ron Harvey hosted a beautiful day of golf and helped AIS provide and Kinon Sanlin. Teammate Robert Wells, not pictured. scholarships for Native American students. Johnny Miller and some of his sons started off the day with a very helpful clinic. Johnny expressed sincere gratitude for all who came and donated their time and money to participate in the tournament to help AIS provide Jay Wadman (President), Dale Tingey, Collette Bergeron, scholarships for higher education. Each golfer donated Johnny Miller, and Robert Wells (President, St. George Board) $1,000, while Mountain America Credit Union gave $38,000 toward AIS scholarships. Ron Harvey, put on a fine performance, shooting 17 under Miss SUU Clare Baker & Princess Paiute Former BYU football Coach Lavell Edwards also attended par and winning the tournament by two strokes. and thanked Miller for his willingness to fly straight to St. Native American students dished up a continuous George from his sportscasting job in Florida. Before teeing lunch through the day with delicious beef stew and fry off, Tina Calamity of Southern Utah University, awarded bread. Entrada golf director, Dave Hall, did a terrific job seven Native American students for academic achievement. of organizing the tournament results at the end of the Chairman Glenn Rogers, of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes day. Planning coordinator Laurie gave a beautiful prayer blessing the land, creatures, Sullivan put together a wonderful seasons, as well as the tournament participants. schedule of events that included The Entrada at Snow Canyon course was in pristine 144 golfers and 36 golf pros and condition for the tournament. Johnny said, “This course other special guests. Rob Brasher is one of the most beautiful I’ve seen . . .” The fairways organized the silent auction that were lush and the greens were smooth and fast. Owner brought in even more cash for Brent Beesley donated the use of the course and provided scholarships. a beautiful dinner following the event. The team of Steve American Indian Services Howcroft, Mike Burbidge, and Kinon Sandlin, led by golf pro continues to raise funds for Native Americans wanting to attend college. Tribal funds are limited, and motivated students can be academically stymied without the kind of Kristine Fowler (student) help offered by generous AIS & Sandy Gordacon donors. Consider getting involved through AIS golf tournaments or go to http:// americanindianservices.org to learn more.

The AIS logo within the circle appears on sponsor’s advertisements in this issue of Desert & Alpine Living Magazine American Indian Services who are making the commitment to support American Indian Scholarships through their generous contribution Entrada Golf Tournament Raises Scholarship of goods, services, and financial dona- Lavell Edwards speaking at the early morning clinic with recognized tions. students in “academic achievements” in the background. 32 DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINEFunds for Young Native Americans DESERT & ALPINE LIVING MAGAZINE 33

When it was formed in 1999, Tuacahn High School became the first charter high school in Utah. Offering a college prepara tory curriculum to grades 9-12, it remains one of the few charter schools in the state dedicated to the performing arts. nly a tiny percentage of the that had high expectations, where students “The school is so special because we all who want to see the shows. They by Claire Davis Ostudents at Tuacahn High School would come and be expected to achieve, can get professionals to teach the kids. would also like to add enough classrooms for Performing Arts and Technology will and would get the help and support These are people who are doing what to accommodate 350 students, which go on to careers in the performing arts. they needed,” says Kevin Smith, Chief the kids want to be doing for a living,” would allow them to offer a more diverse But no matter what they go on to Operating Officer of Tuacahn Center and Shelton says, adding that the school also curriculum while still maintaining the do with their lives, their experience at one of the school’s founders. has some of the best academic teachers advantages of a small school. Tuacahn will be invaluable, according to Central to the mission of the school in the state. “If you are a great teacher “We don’t want to be huge,” says Assistant Principal and Artistic Director is the fact that its 200 students wear who loves education, this is the place to Shelton. “We want 350 kids and that’s all. Jan Shelton. uniforms, and are asked to work hard and come because [education] is nurtured We still want to be able to know every kid; here, and you have the freedom to expand “We recognize that not many of our meet high standards of behavior. we still want classrooms to have 20 kids in your curriculum without having a school kids are going to become professional “The idea of the place was that them; we still want our teachers to matter.” district looking over your shoulder.” actors, actresses, ballerinas or concert students would put their creativity and Critical to Tuacahn’s growth is its cellists,” Shelton says. “But performing hard work into what they do rather than Although the odds are against most Summer Theater Institute, which will gives them the confidence they need to do how they dress,” Smith says. “If students students making a living at the performing enter its second season this summer with anything in life. It takes their fear away; wore the uniform, if they came to school, arts, Shelton says the school focuses on a production of the school version of they become very, very brave and they can followed the rules, came to class and developing their talent through intensive “Grease.” Billed as “summer stock meets do anything – or will die trying.” worked hard, then we would take students training and frequent performances. summer camp,” the program auditions Set amidst the majestic red cliffs of no matter what their background and “If a student truly has talent, this is a students from all over Utah to take part in southern Utah, Tuacahn High School is prepare them to go to college.” place where that talent will be exploded, an intensive eight-week drama program. part of Tuacahn Center for the Arts, a $23 Like all charter schools in Utah, will be nurtured,” she says. “I have some About 300 students auditioned this spring, million arts and education facility with a Tuacahn is a public school paid by the kids where I see the future in them, the for approximately 40 spots in the program. stunning 2,000-seat outdoor amphitheater. state to educate Utah students free of future of art in the nation.” “It’s great to skim the cream of the Featuring several musical and theatrical charge, while out-of-state students may Senior student Matthew Lee is in his crop of every high school in the state,” productions each season, Tuacahn Center attend if they pay tuition. About 95 percent second year at Tuacahn, which he chose Shelton says. is located in Ivins, Utah, just outside St. of Tuacahn’s students are Utahns, and so he could further his dreams of being In 2005, the institute produced the George, and boasts more than 150,000 most come from the immediate area, a stage manager and a classically trained student version of “Les Miserables.” The visitors each year. according to Smith. Shakespearean actor. students rehearsed 10 hours a day, six days When it was formed in 1999, Utah charter schools are also required He says he has gotten the opportunity a week for the first three weeks, and then Tuacahn High School became the first to treat all applicants equally, so Tuacahn to perform in several stage productions put on 28 shows, Shelton says. charter high school in Utah. Offering a may not audition prospective students. at Tuacahn, as well as to stage manage “It was sold out every night. People college preparatory curriculum to grades Although it receives about four times more several shows and improve his craft by wept at the end of the show,” she says. 9 through 12, it remains one of the few applications than it has openings, it must taking dance classes. “It is just nonstop, and by the end of the charter schools in the state dedicated to select from these applications randomly. “Overall, it has been an amazing summer the kids are hooked. . . .They the performing arts. In the past this has presented some experience that I’ve learned a lot from, come away with 200 to 300 hours of “I wanted a place where parents challenges, according to Shelton, because and am intensely grateful for,” Lee says. coaching over the summer, so by the time could bring their kids and get a unique not all students have had a sincere interest Lee has been offered scholarships they get back to high school, they are college preparatory experience, a school in the performing arts, but applied to at several colleges to major in stage totally different kids.” Tuacahn for other reasons, such as its management and performance, and intends Shelton hopes the summer program Stellar students of Tuacahn include (l to r): Trent Mills, Alyssa Phillips, Matt Lee, Ashley small class sizes. to accept one of them when he returns will help to raise the school’s profile. Isom and Ashley Ellis. Pictured below: Jan Shelton Hunsaker and Hyrum Smith. In an attempt to discourage from a two-year religious mission. “I’d like the school to be one of the prospective students who didn’t want to “I would not have these scholarship top arts programs in the nation,” she says. participate in performing arts, this year offers without Tuacahn,” he says. “The “I want to say to the world, ‘Look, we Tuacahn instituted an “academy” system, school where I was previously had little aren’t just a musical theater venue, we are TUACAHN HIGH SCHOOL through which each student must choose or no drama program, and I came to also training the kids who will carry this to focus on one of five areas, in addition Tuacahn with the hope I could improve art along.’ ” to regular academic class work: music, my craft and advance into college and dance, acting, musicals or technical stage professional theater.” work. 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