the annual state HOSA competition, and came in the top 5 in the categories of nursing assisting and human growth/development. The medical field currently holds his greatest interest — Aidan is a CNA at the Spanish Fork Rehab and Nursing which he thoroughly enjoys and hopes to eventually get into neuroscience. And, though you would think he would have no room left for anything else, Aidan also loves hunting, fishing, and the outdoors in general. Congratulations, Aidan, on achieving so much excellence both on and off the field! Tim Dahle Ford would like to recognize your hard work with a $100 gift card — please visit the dealership for redemption at 2534 N 200 E, Spanish Fork.
Running the Speedy Spaniard
SPANISH FORK HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Region Champions The Spanish Fork High School football team are league champions for 5A Region 9 with an overall record of 6-2. This is the first time since becoming a 4A school (currently 5A) that the SFHS football team has won their region, and they did so in dominant fashion. Their only loss in the league came to Provo HS in a one-score game, while otherwise dominating their competition throughout the season, capping it off with a 41-13 win over in-town rival, Maple Mountain HS. Congratulations, Dons!
HUNTING
The Space Blanket Resident submission
by David Tanner This must have been around 1969. We often hunted up Hobble Creek Canyon back then. There is a side canyon up the right fork called Day’s Canyon, with a nice campground about halfway up. Day’s Canyon was really good for hunting on horseback and was great for finding the big bucks. This particular year, we made a plan to outsmart the horsemen, though. Our strategy was to drive to the campground and then hike straight up the face of the mountain on the evening before the hunt, and camp overnight at the top. That way, we would be in place the next morning to receive all the big bucks that would be pushed upward by the hunters on horseback, leading them straight to us. It was brilliant.
Foolproof, even. We were excited to bring home 3 trophies this year - Dad, Bob, and I. Part of the hangup, however, was the fact that the face of that mountain was a steep son of a gun – one heck of a climb with a few small cliffs along the way. So packing light, in addition to carrying our rifles, was mandatory. Well, this was about the same year that the new, high-tech, lightweight, survival “space blankets'' came out on the market. These suckers were supposed to keep all your body heat in while weighing less than paper and twice as thin it seemed. Dad bought one for each of us and boy did we think we had it made!
We drove to the campground base and hiked all the way up to the top at dusk. We tucked ourselves into a large pile of leaves we made and prepared for a warm sleep despite being on the top of the mountain at the end of October. Clearly we would be impervious to it all. The minutes grew into hours and the November 2021 |
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