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The 87th Annual Ute The 87th Annual Ute Stampede Starts TomorrowStampede Starts Tomorrow

Schedule for Stampede WeekTHURSDAY JULY 15th4:00 pm – MAIN STREET ENTERTAINMENT 7:45 pm – INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROYALTIES AND SPECIAL GUEST8:00 pm – FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE UTE STAMPEDE PRCA RODEO Featuring Flying U Rodeo Stock

FRIDAY JULY 16th7:00 am – LION’S CLUB CHUCKWAGON BREAKFAST at the City Park10:00 am – CRAFT SHOW east of the Juab County Courthouse2:00 pm – MAIN STREET ENTERTAINMENT5:00 pm – UTE STAMPEDE WESTERN HERTIAGE PARADE – on Main Street7:45 pm – INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROYALTIES AND SPECIAL GUESTS8:00 pm – SECOND PERFORMANCE OF THE UTE STAMPEDE PRCA RODEO Featuring Flying U Rodeo Stock

SATURDAY JULY 17th 7:00 am – LION’S CLUB CHUCKWAGON BREAKFAST at the City Park8:00 am – UTE STAMPEDE GOLF TOURNAMENT at Canyon Hills Golf Course10:00 am – CRAFT SHOW east of the Juab County Courthouse10:00 am – CAR SHOW & SHINE at City Park10:00 am – NEPHI GUN CLUB “50 BIRD BUDDY SHOOT-OUT”12:00 pm – BATHING BEAUTY CONTEST at City Park4:00 pm – MAMMOTH PARADE - on Main Street7:45 pm – INTRODUCTION OF VISITING ROYALTIES AND SPECIAL GUESTS8:00 pm – THIRD PERFORMANCE OF THE UTE STAMPEDE PRCA RODEO Featuring Flying U Rodeo Stock

CITY OF FUN CARNIVAL nightly with the “BEST IN RIDES AND GAMES FOR EVERYONE”

Welcome Stampede FansWelcome Stampede Fans

Doyle and Ann Coombs selected as Grand Marshals of Mammoth Parade

Doyle and Ann Coombs

deo. George represented Juab County as a board member of the Central Utah Water Conser-vancy District. He has served on the boards of the Juab County Livestock Association, East Juab Water Conservancy District, the Juab County Weed Board, and on the Juab County Fair Beef Carcass Committee. He has always been willing to let his cattle be used for com-munity events such as wild cow milking at the Ute Stampede Rodeo or cow cutting events for the high school rodeo. George also served as the treasurer of the Utah Vocational Agricul-ture Teacher Association. He has been a mem-ber of the Utah Farm Bureau for over 40 years. George has served in a variety of callings in his church – including ward clerk, Bishopric counselor, High Council member, Bishop, a counselor in the Young Single Adult Branch, Sunday School president, and teacher of vari-ous classes. Jill was raised on a crop and beef farm in Lake Shore, just west of Spanish Fork. She was the youngest of ten children and remem-bers thinning sugar beets, driving the tractor to rake the hay, and driving the truck while her brother and father loaded small bales of hay on it. She picked cherries in Mapleton for many

Jill and George Jackson

Jacksons selected as Grand Marshals of the Ute Stampede Heritage and Western Parade George and Jill Jackson have been selected as the Grand Mar-shals of the Ute Stampede Heri-tage and Western Parade. George has been involved in farming and ranching all of his life. He was raised on a dairy and cattle farm in Nephi. He was always riding his horse and mov-ing cattle from place to place. He enjoyed helping his neighbors with moving their cattle. In his early years, his father did a lot of farming with horses, and George enjoyed driving the team to rake, haul hay, and harvest alfalfa seed. He enjoyed being involved in FFA and horse 4-H and com-peting in events throughout the state and nation. After serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia, George graduated from Utah State Uni-versity. He taught vocational agriculture, welding, small en-gines, and was an FFA advisor for 33 years. George taught for a year and a half at South Sum-mit High School in Kamas and the rest of his career at Spanish Fork High School. While teach-ing, he returned to his first love of ranching and farming. He owned and operated a dairy and an alfalfa hay crop operation for ten years. Since then he has increased his farm ground and now has a cow/calf and alfalfa hay/corn operation. George also enjoys raising horses. George retired from teach-ing in June of 2008. He touched many young lives while teaching and a lot of his former students and co-workers are now life-long friends. In 2010, George was the Juab County Nominee for the Nation-al Day of the American Cowboy at the Ogden Pioneer Days Ro-

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1569 They are proud to have raised their children here and will continue their sup-

Ann and Doyle Coombs have been active, supportive members of Nephi City and surrounding communities for over 70 years. Doyle was born in Fountain Green, Utah and Ann was born and raised in Nephi, Utah. Doyle and Ann have been mar-ried for almost 60 years. They are the parents of 3 sons and 3 daugh-ters. They have 24 grandchildren and soon to be 32 great-grand-children. Their oldest son, Kelly passed away in 2019 and left a huge hole in the families hearts. They hope to continue in his path to serve those in need and to help others with respect and kindness. They have instilled the value of hard work and integrity into all their children. These are the same values they both have lived by their entire lives. Ann started working in her mother’s restaurant when she was a young teenager and taught many girls how to treat custom-ers and give good service, to treat everyone with love and kindness and to always greet them with a smile. Ann has been an EMT with the Juab County Ambulance for over thirty years. She is still is active on the Juab County Ambulance and loves every minute of it. She has been a member of the Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary, and received several awards, including one re-cently for 55 years of service. She is always willing to lend a hand to help anyone in need. Doyle has been the owner of Doyle’s Diesel & Sons for 47 years and has employed many people in the community. He is known as “Dr. Doyle”, all over the United States for his excellent and hon-est work on trucks. He has been a friend to all truck drivers over the many years and gone out of his way to help them day or night. His children and grandchil-dren have also been employed at Doyle’s Diesel and have learned those same honest and forthright

business practices. Doyle was a member of the Ne-phi City Fire Department for 35 years and a mem-ber of the Jaycee’s and Loyal Order of Elks. They both have the love and compassion to sup-port this great community. They have been mem-bers of the Lions Club for many years and helped with many civic projects around the city that they are very proud of. Doyle was a great influence in the Juab County Veterans Memorial, which is a beautiful place here in Nephi for all of us to enjoy. Doyle just received the Melvin Jones Fellow award for dedicated humanitarian services from the Li-ons Club International Foundation. They have also been members of the Nephi Nebo Posse Riding Club for over 50 years. Ann and Doyle have supported all Juab High School sports including high school and junior high rodeo over the years donating both their time and money. They have been staunch supporters of the Ute Stampede all of their lives. Each of their three daughters, several of their granddaughters and 2 daughters-in-law have been the Ute Stampede queens. They love the rodeo tradition that has been part of this community for so many years. Ann and Doyle are proud of of this community that has been their home for their entire lives. They are proud to have raised their children here and will continue their support of the Ute Stampede and Nephi City. They enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren and great- grandchildren. We, the Coombs Family, would like to thank the Nephi City Mayor, Councilmen and our amaz-ing community for this great honor of representing them as the Grand Marshals.