Our annual Scholarship Fundraising dinner will be held Wednesday September 12 this year. (Note that it has been changed from our traditional Tuesday to Wednesday to accommodate our speaker.)

The location will be at the fabulous Holmstead Ranch, owned by Monte Holm located near Baker Reservoir. 

Our speaker will be Elder D. Glen Esplin. Elder Esplin, a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints served with his wife, Helen, at the St. George Temple Visitors’ Center and historical sites. His topic will be “The Tabernacle and The Temple – Why Were They Important to the Early Settlers?” 

The meals and facilities have been donated so that all the dinner fees can go towards the scholarship fund. In addition we encourage those who are able to help sponsor the individual scholarships by contributing $250 or more.

Directions to the Holmstead Ranch: 

Travel north on SR-18 through Veyo. Just past mile marker 24 take the Baker Dam turnoff and follow the paved road east about 2 miles to the ranch. We will have additional signs and arrows on the road. Although the road is paved there are some narrow turns so drive slowly and with caution.

WHERE:  Washington Rec Center, 350 Community Center Drive, Washington UT

WHEN:  Tuesday, May 15th, 5:30pm mixer, 6:00 dinner meeting

COST: $14 for dinner.  Pay at the event, or in advance

Our speakers for the May 15 dinner meeting will be Mark and Scott Gubler, who will be discussing the fascinating search for Nephi’s Bountiful as recorded in the Book of Mormon. They and a cadre of 23 scientists, archaeologists, and other inter-disciplinary researchers have made several visits to what many agree is the best candidate for the city Bountiful in Oman at Khor Kharfot. 

The Gubler's have two major hypotheses:

1. Khor Kharfot is Nephi’s Bountiful and
2. There is an Israelite sanctuary there built with the sacred geometry found in Solomon’s Temple. The search area is a one mile stretch of beach littered with archeological relics.

They are trying to reconstruct how this land may have looked 2600 years ago and what relics might still be left. The project is being financed by private contributions.  For more information on this amazing project, go to http://www.discovernephisbountifulblog.com

All dinner meetings at the Washington Community Center. Meet and Great 5:30 pm - Dinner6:00 pm $14 per person.

Music by "Bar None".  Sunday Dress.  Watch this space for more information.

Our dinner meeting on September 19 will be our annual fundraiser for the scholarship awards. Once again it will be held at the beautiful Eagle Mountain Ranch in Gunlock, which is owned by Gail and Hyrum Smith. After the dinner, colorful St. George resident and prominent doctor, Dr. Craig Booth will speak to us. 

Our August 15th Dinner Meeting features guest speaker Dennis Holland, older brother to Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles. 

Dennis was born and raised in St. George, Utah. His great great grandparents were among the first wagons into the Valley of the Great Salt Lake with Brigham Young and were called by Brigham Young to settle St. George and what is now Carson City, Nevada. Growing up in St George and having this ancestral heritage has given him his love of LDS pioneer history.

An alumnus of Dixie College, he enjoyed a successful career as a pharmacist before retiring and beginning many years of service to the church and western history. He has served as LDS director of Public Affairs, and as mission president of the California Living History Church Service Mission. 

He is author of the book, “Sierra Saints” A Brief history of the Mormons in Western El Dorado County from 1847 to 1997, and was involved in the production of the video produced by the LDS  church, “More Precious Than Gold, Contributions of the Mormon Battalion,” which was a gift from the LDS Church to the State of California for the Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the Discovery of Gold in California. He was part of the delegation that presented it to then Governor Pete Wilson. 

Dennis was also a driving force for the building of the popular interactive Mormon Battalion Historic Site Visitor’s Center in Old Town San Diego. 

REMEMBER:  You can now pay for our Dinner Meetings online!

The June dinner meeting coincides with our annual Chapter membership drive - SO INVITE A FRIEND!

We are pleased to have David T. Hinton speak to us at our monthly dinner meeting June 20. Meet and greet is at 5:30pm with dinner starting at 6pm.

David has served on the board of the Hurricane Valley chapter Sons of Utah Pioneers for the past 21 years with two of those years as the chapter president. David is currently serving a second term as the National Area Vice President for the far southern region of Utah, serving the Hurricane Valley, Cotton Mission, Dixie Encampment and Red Rock Chapters of the SUP.

David served a mission to Scotland in the mid-1960’s. He graduated from Hurricane High School, and continued his studies at Dixie Junior College where he received an Associates Degree. He went on to earn a Bachelors Degree from Southern Utah State University in Cedar City. 

After graduation from SUSC he went to work with Skagg’s Drug Center in St. George, moving with them to Las Vegas and then returning to school in Cedar at SUU to obtain his Elementary Certification.

He has served on the Hurricane Utah Stake High Council, and on the Hurricane Utah North Stake High Council and then 5 years as a bishop. He and his wife are the parents of 7. 

The Chapter will be awarding its annual scholarships to high school seniors.  Dinner will be served.  Semi-formal attire.  Cost is $14 per person.