Your News Source for the Eastern Washington County en-us http://www.hvjournal.com/index.php Copyright 2004, Xclusive Marketing LLC. editor@hvjournal.com (Mindy Hatfield) webmaster@hvjournal.com (Jon Heaton) http://www.hvjournal.com/images/visithvj.jpg http://www.hvjournal.com 144 35 Todd and Sharene Muse wanted to find a good place to raise their children. With a combined 35 years in the grocery business and the desire to live in a small, friendly town with their family, the Muses decided Leeds was the right place for them to settle down and open a new grocery store..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4370 The Utah Heritage Foundation presented the Individual Award to La Verkin resident Russell J. Bezette during an awards ceremony at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City last April. Bezette received the award for his work on numerous projects such as the St. George Opera House, the Brigham Young Cotton Factory in Washington and the Orson Adams House in Harrisburg. Bezette's company Aired Land Consultants also previously received an award for its work on Old Iron Town..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4371 Virgin Town Council, June 25 Good cheer reigned at the Virgin Town Council meeting on June 25, as Town Clerk Ray Golata presented near-final figures for the 2007-08 fiscal year. With all the bills paid and just a few more dollars dribbling in, it looks like Virgin will go into the next fiscal year with $34,000 to its credit, $12,000 of which is in the water department..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4372 The summer months can be a great time for family vacations, do-it-yourself improvement projects or just relaxing at home. The children are out of school and have the time to work on household chores such as washing the car, cleaning the windows and blinds, painting the fence and cleaning out the gutters..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4373 A British-style brass band, with a unique sound capable of whispered soft passages and powerful fortissimos, will perform in the stunning 2000-seat outdoor Tanner Amphitheater, surrounded by the cliffs of Zion National Park July 19 at 8 p.m. Performances showcase a breadth of musical styles, including original symphonic works, orchestral transcriptions, light classical, jazz, Broadway music, solo concertos and others..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4374 Seven years ago, at the age of 11, Troy Cottam started studying Tang Soo Do (tong sue doe), a Korean style of martial arts. Now, at the ripe old age of 18, he is a second-degree black belt, and is starting his own martial arts studio. http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4375 The Board of Directors for Leadership Dixie met on June 26 to install new board members and officers for the coming year. Leadership Dixie is an educational program with the mission of broadening the understanding of local issues for the benefit of new and seasoned community leaders..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4376 “Our goal was to give Hurricane a hospital equivalent lab with great equipment and professional staff,” Howard Staheli said. Staheli is the Director of Lab Services for Dixie Regional Medical Center and for Intermountain's Hurricane Medical Lab. http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4377 While there are many people currently saving for retirement, all of us should be taking advantage of every tax-break available. Those who save for retirement are rewarded by several tax advantages that will allow them to have more money when they retire..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4378 Jarolyn Stout began her singing career at the age of three when she sang for the very first time at the Washington County Fair. Her mother, Carolyn Shelley, taught Stout everything she knows about singing and performing and Stout said she has passed that onto her eight children..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4379 Tibet, the Dalai Lama and Buddhism have been in the media spotlight recently with the upcoming Summer Olympics to be held in China. Many activists have protested the Olympics because of their location in Communist China and China's rule over Tibet. But many do not understand the protests or Buddhism or why many want a “free Tibet.”.... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4380 One of the most common questions asked in the health and fitness world is, “How can I lose weight?” This is a fun and fascinating question for me. It's fun because I get to be useful to you, and it's fascinating, at least to me, because there is still so much confusion about weight loss in the world today..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4381 If you're willing to spend more for things bought on credit or find yourself “winging it” to track your spending, you're not alone. It seems everyone makes irrational financial decisions – even those with higher incomes and advanced degrees. http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4382 The Neil Simon Festival is gearing up for its sixth season in Cedar City's Heritage Theater, and will feature three very different plays for audiences to enjoy. http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4383 Playing a variety of instruments, from twelve-foot long alphorns, euphoniums, accordions, flugel horns, and cowbells, Salzburger Echo will bring the sound of the Alps to St. George. As part of the St. George city's “Concerts in the Park” series, the band will entertain audiences at Vernon Worthen Park in St. George, Monday, July 14, starting at 7:30 p.m..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4384 The eleventh annual July Jamboree, a street fair and car show, will take over Cedar City's Main Street Saturday, July 12, offering food, vendor items, entertainment, and great cars. The street will be closed down from Center Street to 200 North, and organizers are anticipating more than 250 cars. They expect more than 12,000 attendees, according to the Web site, www.julyjamboree.com..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4385 Lemons are one of the world's most versatile fruits. The idea of comparing bad cars or faulty appliances to lemons is unfair to say the least. From India and East Asia to South and Central America, lemons are welcomed for a wide range of culinary, health and medicinal purposes. There are at least 47 known varieties of lemons and they are certainly not all created equal. It helps to be knowledgeable about the different types so that you can choose the freshest, best quality fruit available at your grocer..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4386 A brief message crawled across the bottom of the screen of a cable news network recently. It noted the death in Germany of Georg von Boeslager at the age of 91. Except for that momentary announcement the larger story for which I watched and waited never came – only the note that his part in the plot to kill Hitler in 1944 had never been revealed..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4387 Question: I live on a large ranch, and our daughter's family lives on the ranch as well. They purchased a beautiful German Shepherd about a year ago, and never spent any time training it. It is now full-sized, high energy, and has absolutely no manners ... worse still, it follows me everywhere I go. They've not yet neutered him..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4388 Due to life's circumstances, I've felt a need for some humorous reading material. So I've been asking around, “Read anything funny lately?” After spending many hours with these supposedly rip-snorting, gut-busting recommends, I've concluded that (1) all funny bones are not created equal and (2) life has apparently hammered many funny bones to numbness..... http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=4389