A large crowd was on hand to support the Snowflake Heritage Foundation at its annual fundraiser dinner March 5, where they shared a wonderful evening in a historical atmosphere.
The historic Main Street Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was decorated accord-ing to the theme “Silver Creek and the Silver Screen,” and each hostess table also followed the theme.
The program provided a memorable trip through the past with the help of local talents who sang and danced. The audience participated in guessing a song or a phrase from a classic movie.
Proceeds from the event will help the Heritage Foundation to preserve the historic homes.
President Sarah Brimhall noted that the foundation puts on the Twelve Days of Christmas, and thanked the Snowflake-Taylor Chamber of Commerce for coordinating the first day of Christmas.
The Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization, with all donations going directly to heritage pro-jects. Work is now being done on the Flake home.
Members of the Snowflake Heritage Foundation Board of Directors were introduced, including President Sarah Brimhall, John and Evelyn Taylor, Ray and Judy Caldwell, Kerry Kimberlin, Joan Solomon, Tammy Mills, Cleone Solomon, Vernell Flake, Patricia Larson, Shari Brimhall, Gary Brimhall, Keith Webb, Mary Webb and newest board member Linda Adams.
Brimhall expressed her love for Snowflake, the pioneer homes and the heritage of the community.
Each year Community Builders, people involved in volunteer work and building the community, are hon-ored.
This year Will Wilson was honored for the many hours he volunteers behind the scenes setting up sound and communications systems, beginning in high school when he set up the sound system for the play “Came-lot.” Since then he has done a lot of electrical and computer work throughout the town, wiring the decorative street lights, the sound system at the social hall and Pioneer Park, and the communication systems for the police department and fire department.
Wilson is employed by the Town of Snowflake. He served as a volunteer fireman for 15 years, including several years as fire chief. He assembled a robot used by the fire and police departments, helped restore the old fire truck and while fire chief received a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant in 2003 to bring the Snowflake Fire Department into compliance with federal requirements.
Elwood (Woody) and Beth Peterson were honored as Community Builders for their support in social events, funerals, ball games, plays and performances in the community. Woody was the shop teacher at Snowflake High School, and they both are very involved with their church. The Petersons serve wherever they are needed, and are happy to do so.
