UTAH PRESS^SOOATION
VOLUME SIXTEEN, NUMBER SEVENTEEN
JUNE 2 4 , 2 0 0 9
BLUE MOUNTAIN PANORAMA
BRINGING A NEW VIEW TO SAN JUAN COUNTY
Family,
friends
honor
Dr. Jim
Redd
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MAKING GOOD ON
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by Neil Joslin
The man who touched literally thousands of lives in San
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Juan County, as a physician
DISTRICT
and friend, was laid to rest last
HONORS
Tuesday in the Blanding City
FARMER
Cemetery.
RANCHER
Hundreds gathered at the
OF THE
Blanding LDS Stake Center
YEAR
Tuesday afternoon to pay final
respects to Dr. James DeMar
MORE!
Redd, and join his family in
-OH the Recordcelebrating his life. Redd, 60,
One last good-bye...
-Your Viewwas found dead near his home
Jav Redd rests his hand on the casket of his father, Dr. James DeMar Redd, during graveside services last Tuesday at the
-Idle Thoughtson June 11, just hours after
Blanding Cemetery. Jav gave the dedicatory prayer for the grave, and earlier spoke during the funeral of his dad's great love for
-Tied To The Postbeing arraigned in a Moab
his family. Dr. Redd served the residents of San Juan County more than 30 years. He will be missed.
Staff photo
-True Confessionscourtroom for alleged violations of the Archaeological
Resources Protection Act.
Authorities say Redd took his
own life, but many remain
Cowboys from San Juan ment and Utah State Exten- event will be held on Friday,
convinced his death was a
County, and around the sion office.
July 10. This is the only
direct result of the actions of
region, are enjoying the first
The most recent event was event that will be held in the federal agents, who raided his
annual Ranch Rodeo Series, held June 13 and a number of evening, beginning at 6:00 home on the day before,
being sponsored by San Juan competitors competed. The p.m. The public is invited to
arresting him and his wife
County Economic Develop- next Ranch Rodeo Series attend.
Jeanne on various federal
charges.
During Tuesday's funeral,
President Lemuel Redd of the
Blanding Stake of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, said the occasion was
neither the time nor the place
to speculate on civil law. He
said Dr. Redd's passing cast a
pall over the entire community, and bypassed the bounds of
the community.
"We are all deeply saddened
and the effects of his passing
will be felt by all of us for a
long, long time to come,"
President Redd said.
He said no one knows the all
the circumstances, or the
intent of the heart, regarding
Dr. Redd's death, but those
things will be judged by 'Him
who has the right to judge.
Hiding out...
Ranch Rodeo series going strong in JAonticeiio...
That judgment, he said, will
This little wrangler didn't mind at all if his hat didn't fit. It
Justin Ivins bears down on this steer, during the recent Ranch Rodeo competition at the San
be fair, just and merciful.
just keeps the sun out a little better. Photo by Lacey Ivins
Juan County Fairgrounds, in Monticello. The next competition is Aug. 29. Photo Lacey Ivins
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Ranch series doing well
NEWS BRIEF
Clarification...
In last week's Panorama, we
reported that, "While these
county residents await trial
and a chance to tell their stories, more Blanding residents
might be in line for a visit
from federal agents. Sheriff
Lacy said he is aware of a list
that the federal government
has, containing the names of
100 Blanding residents who
might have violated ARPA regulations. The list was shown to
some of those arrested in last
week's raids, according to
other sources."
It should be noted that
Sheriff Lacy did not see this
list personally, but was made
aware of it. Also, we have
learned that the 100 names on
the list are not all from
Blanding, and there is no indication that any of those on that
list are going to be arrested.
a small
wotId...
This is a photo of Bruce and
Margaret Shumway, who are
on their third full time LDS
mission in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, and Jini Lyman
Roby. Jini was adopted from
South Korea by Bart and
Venice Lyman, of Blanding,
exactly 40 years ago, in 1969.
At that time Bruce was Jini's
social worker and helped
finalize the adoption. Later
on, he was Jini's bishop.
Today, Jini is also a Social
Worker and professor at
Brigham Young University.
She is currently in Cambodia
on a three-month consultancy.
So, yes, it is a small world.
Blandingites were reunited in
a Pizza parlor in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia!
Courtesy photo by
Jini Lyman Roby