Nola Cornia Jackson 1920 - 2018

Nola Cornia Jackson was reunited with her loving husband of 75 years, her parents and six siblings on Sunday, November 4, 2018 in Hyrum, Utah.

Nola was born September 19, 1920 to Edward and Margaret Eve Cameron Cornia at her family home in Woodruff, Utah.  She was a surprise to her parents and the youngest of seven children who had already left the family home by the time she was born except for one brother.

Nola attended Woodruff Elementary School from 1st grade to eighth grade then spent the next few years in Ogden and Idaho Falls helping her sisters.  She returned home for her senior year at South Rich High School where she graduated in May 1939.  After graduating Nola moved to Blackfoot, ID to work at her sister’s clothes shop and take care of her sister’s children.  Later she moved to Ogden, and worked at the Union Pacific Laundry.

While working in Blackfoot and Ogden she took up a long distance courtship with her future eternal companion Ross Jackson.  After only going on four in person dates, Ross wrote and asked her to marry him.  Ross was in the Army Air Corp training for deployment to England.  Nola made her first trip on a train to Houston, TX to be married.  They were married on March 20, 1943 in Houston, by the mission president.  Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple and they recently celebrated 75 years together.

After Ross was released from service during WW II they moved back to the ranch in Randolph and then to Logan, UT where Ross completed his schooling.  They then moved to New Mexico for several years where Ross worked with the Native Americans and then returned to the ranch in Randolph where Nola and Ross raised their family and happily spent the rest of their years.

During her life Nola served in many church callings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints including working in the Logan Temple which was a lifetime dream of hers.  Her greatest love was her family who she loved to serve, along with friends and others in need.  Nola loved to sew, crochet, and play the board game Aggravation and card games with anyone who would play with her.  During her life she crocheted afghans for all her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.  She crocheted hats and loved to give them away to anyone who come to visit, and donated hundreds of crocheted stocking hats for those in need.

Ross and Nola’s posterity include six children; Jeralene (Reed) Groll, Judy (Kent) Stuart, Nancy (Rauhn) Panting, David (Cindy) Jackson, Bill (Kelli) Jackson and Robert (Jerilin) Jackon.  She has 34 grandchildren, 73 great grandchildren, and 8 great-great grandchildren who she loved dearly and will miss her.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 11:30 am at the Randolph, Utah Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building.  A viewing was held Wednesday evening at the Church from 6 to 8 pm as well as Thursday morning from 10 to 11:15 am prior to the service.  Interment followed at the Randolph Cemetery.

The Fearless Foodie

By Scott Heiner

Aw, Nuts!

…which brings to mind another class of foods I’m insanely fanatic about—nuts!

There’s a story about a pair of LDS missionaries who were visiting a sweet little old lady.  On her coffee table, she had two bowls of treats: one with little chocolate balls and the other bowl full of nuts.  She needed to leave the living room briefly and, excusing herself, invited the boys to make themselves at home.  One Elder started eating the chocolates while the other Elder chose to partake of the nuts.  When the lady returned, she saw the second Elder chomping on the nuts and exclaimed, “Oh, my goodness, those nuts aren’t to eat!  They were chocolate-covered.  I wear dentures and can’t chew nuts, so I suck off the chocolate and put the bare nuts in the other dish!”  The second Elder could have been me.

My wife, Sharon loves chocolate, but me?  I’ll have nuts.  I’ve sometimes suggested (only half-joking) that she suck off the candy and then give me the nuts inside to eat.  Chocolate nuts, candy-coated nuts, peanut brittle or Cracker Jacks are all well and good, but in my view, the nuts are really what gives the candy its value.  If anybody offers me candy, I tell them: “I have a dietary restriction; I can only eat candy with nuts in it.”

Besides cheese, the appropriate/proper gift for me would be nuts.  At Christmas time, when everybody unwraps their presents, I’ll always look forward to getting a flat box.  I shake it and if it gives a familiar rattle, I’ll get a big smile on my face and exclaim, “Aw, Nuts!”—my Christmas was made!  As a boy, I’d always get an 8-oz can of salted mixed nuts (usually 60% peanuts).  That can of nuts would be empty before the end of the day.  Now, I like peanuts, but it’s the tree nuts that rule.  They also sell cans of peanut-free mixed nuts, but they cost a lot more.  It always depends on my financial situation at the time; when money is good, I’ll indulge on the peanut-free variety.

What are my favorite nuts?  Well, when I was a young lad, cashews were the best, followed by almonds and hazel nuts.  In my adult years, cashews were somehow demoted to 3rd place.  Later macadamia nuts made their appearance in my life.  For me, they are now at the head of them all--the crunchiest nut that I know of.  However, macadamias are difficult to produce and also, coming from Hawaii, very expensive.  So, macadamias are generally reserved for very special occasions. 

Then there are pistachios.  Not only are they delicious, they are an excellent way to keep me awake while on long late-night drives.  I carefully crack them open one at a time (with both hands at the top of the steering wheel of course) and eat them.  This manual activity can keep me alert for many long hours. 

And let’s not forget chestnuts.  They are uncommon in Utah and only seem to be available at Christmas time, but they are so good!  If prepared properly, they come out moist, not dry… oh, my knees get weak just thinking about them!  Walnuts and Brazil nuts?   Well…ok, I’ll admit it…I am a picky eater after all; you are welcome to mine.

Everybody knows that nuts are one of the healthiest of foods.  According to Wikipedia, “People who eat nuts regularly have better health outcomes. This includes reduced rates of coronary heart disease, cancer, stroke, heart attacks, and lower chances of death.”  Considering how I eat nuts, I’ll probably live to 110.

When I was a kid, we only got nuts at Christmas time, but the produce sections of supermarkets now feature packages of nuts year around.  One of the brands of these packaged nuts is “Nuts for You,” from Preston Idaho, of all places!  Who knew?

A while back, I was driving to Logan and decided to take the longer scenic route through Emigration Canyon.  As I entered Preston from the north, I passed a large building with the sign “Nuts for You” on it.  Taken by surprise, I did a quick U-turn and screeched into the parking lot.  Inside, the shelves were laden with nuts of all kinds.  Peanuts, cashews, almonds, hazel nuts, pistachios, pine nuts, corn nuts… and they came in every flavor and variety imaginable.  Chocolate covered, smoked, wasabi, cinnamon, you name it, they had it.  As I scanned the shelves, tears of joy streamed down my face and I exclaimed, “I’m in Heaven!”

Until next time, happy eating!

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Garden City's Halloween Night at the Garden City KOA

Photo by Lauriann Wakefield, Little Starling Photography

Lots of kids, candy, bouncing toys, hot chocolate and donuts at the annual Halloween Party in Garden City!

KSL News Highlights Rich County School Bond

Rich County school district seeks bond support for building improvements

By Mike Anderson, KSL TV
Posted - Nov 1st, 2018 @ 10:00pm

LAKETOWN, Rich County — The number of special needs students has more than doubled in recent years in the Rich School District, forcing administrators to come up with creative ways to make new learning spaces.

While the overall population of students in the district rarely sees any significant growth, a sharp increase in the number of special needs students has pushed school administrators to get creative in coming up with available spaces for those students to meet.

At the Laketown campus, which houses both an elementary and a middle school, special needs students get their one-on-one time at tables in hallways. They meet twice a week on a portable stage, with curtains closed, in the lunchroom.

“(It’s) just not conducive to education in my opinion,” said Kip Motta, principal of the two schools.

Motta said special needs classes have been held in the elementary wing.

“There’s that little stigma of middle school students having to go into the elementary,” said Motta. “We’re small but still, everybody knows this is the elementary hall.”

Rich County Schools Superintendent Dale Lamborn said the current improvised spaces also do not keep up with current ADA accessible standards.

“Our special needs population has grown significantly,” Lamborn said. “We just want to take care of that population as well as we can.”

The needs for improvements, as mapped out in a $8.5 million bond proposal, go beyond those issues. Motta said the science room at the middle school was outdated, and there’s no windows or ventilation.

“There’s no room for experiments. It has cold water, no hot water,” Motta said. “We can’t do the experiments to the level that we want to do expose our kids to the new middle school science core.”

While the overall population of students in the Rich School District rarely sees any significant growth, a sharp increase in the number of special needs students has pushed school administrators to get creative in coming up with available spaces for those students to meet.

Arts students from the middle school also have to be bused 20 miles to the Randolph campus for rehearsals and performances, to an auditorium that is also shared by the elementary and high schools.

The bond proposal also includes closing in the area between the elementary and high schools in Randolph, and creating a central, secured entryway. A new gymnasium would also be added to the middle school in Laketown.

“If it doesn’t pass, I’m not sure what we’ll do,” Lamborn said. “The board’s going to have some decisions there.”

For more information, visit the Rich School District Bond page

Craft Show and Sale

Oregon Trail Craft Show

November 23, 2018 – November 24, 2018 all-day

The National Oregon/California Trail Center

320 N 4th St

Montpelier, ID 83254

USA

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 The National Oregon/California Trail Center Event website 

Another Beautiful Fall

Photos by Jim Stone, Garden City

Photo by Laurie Ann Wakefield, Little Starling Photography