The Daily Spectrum from Saint George, Utah • 8

Page A8 The Daily Spectrum Local Sunday, May 29, 1994 Clark County ranks high in homeless vets After search and rescue effort, boys found safe with mother highest number of homeless veterans in the country, per capita. Up to 40 percent of the home-. less in Las Vegas are veterans, he said. The group estimates there are 2,450 homeless vets in Colorado; 1,560 in New Mexico; 3,315 in Arizona and 1,680 in Utah. Nevada has a total of 5,345.

The highest states were California, with New York with Texas with 15,470 and Florida with 13,450. The Mesquite' Police Department did not have the number of homeless veterans on record. The police suspect most transients make their way to St. George because the city offers more services. Mark Harrington, 33, was heading from San Diego to his mother's home in Salt Lake City, Utah.

for. Thanksgiving in 1992 when he ran out of money in Las Vegas. The former Navy technician served time in the Middle East but lost everything after losing his position in October 1991 during military cutbacks. "I wound up with nothing. I was out on the street in San Diego.

I sold some blood and got some money and got a ticket up this way," said Harrington, who is the co-director of the Homeless Advocacy Project here. By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS A new report by a veterans advocacy group says there are more homeless veterans In Clark County than there are in the entire states of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico or Utah. The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans estimates there more than 270,000 homeless veterans in the United States, and 3,810 of them are in Clark County. Richard Fitzpatrick, executive director of the group and a Vietnam War veteran, says Clark County may have among the the search was called off. A St.

George Police officer was unable to verify if the boys had walked to their, mother's home from the River Road Bridge they last seen by or if she had picked them up. It's not an unusual scene for police officers but it is an unsavory one custody battles. "It seems like they're more frequent than we really care to be involved," said Sgt. Dennis Bailey. By Tricia Ciaravino A frantic father and a 50-member search party sighed with relief when two boys, reported missing, were located sometime after 10 p.m.

Friday. Apparently, Damion and Casey Johnson, ages 7 and 5, were safe with their mother. They were reported missing by their father, Curtis Johnson, around 8 p.m. after he searched three hours for them to no avail. A search and rescue team spent another three hours scouting the area until linn iiniiim iimn in niifcji I 11 iiiiihh ii mi in lllammimmmlm i arift mar I3 vJ tJ Mo VJ I I (J LJ a ii if i Pearl Petty CEDAR CITY Pearl Petty, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died May 28, 1994, at 89.

Pearl was born April 29, 1905, in Malad City, Idaho, to David Vincent Eddards and Emma Clark Eddards. She married Nathianel Alma Petty July 25, 1925. She was i preceded in death by her husband, daughters Zella Petty and Dixie Petty Stout, four brothers and five sisters. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she produced beautifully crocheted items which won many blue ribbons at the Los Angeles Fair. She loved her family and grandchildren very much.

We will miss her greatly. Survivors include: Peggy Alvarez and husband Gilbert of Bell, Rodeo and wife Roberta Petty of Monroe, Utah; Joan and husband Earl Paddock, Nate and wife May-deall Petty, and Guy Petty, all of Cedar City; Toni and her husband Mike Hornak of Chino, Mack and wife Sharon Petty or Henderson, 22 gra'ndchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services are June 1, 1994, at 11 a.m. at the Southern Utah Mortuary. Friends may call for viewing Tuesday from 7-8 p.m.

and Wednesday from a.m. at the mortuary. Interment in the Cedar City Cemetery. i III "r' J'O II I ri I li'-tA -gaai "Tr If -4v I 4 -i i I I ra f' I Kick 011 suramerand or-nii Derniv narked di for in teifollbwing deptii iwi-iii 1 Liiiiii Lxwciir 'iieiier i ires FfA i 1 rf. -TtTZp' res i ttasmn utes Ronald Tete' Milne Ronald "Pete" Milne, age 78, died May 28, 1994, at his residence in St.

George from cancer. He was born Dec. 7, 1915, in Mammoth, Utah, to George Jarvis and Ethel Emeline Lee Milne. He married Alda Stucki Nov. 6, 1936, in Santa Clara, Utah.

The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She died Oct. 13, 1973. He later married Vivian Potts Hamblin in Aug. 24, 1974, in Elko, Nev.

At age 12, Milne moved with his 'family to St. George where he was raised and educated. He later moved to Salt Lake City where he worked for Milne Truck Line for 25 years. After retirement, he moved to Ivins, Utah, where he resided the past 20 years. Pete was an active member of the LDS Church.

He served as a General Conference usher at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City for seven years. He served in the Genealogy Extraction Program at the Tabernacle in St. George for three years. He made friends wherever he went. He knew no strangers.

He was a member of the BPOE for 45 years and loved to target shoot, play golf, explore the hills in Washington County and listen to music. Survivors include: wife, Vivian Potts Hamblin Milne; children, Ray John Milne and his wife Sherry, Jerry Ronald Milne and his wife Shirley, both of Salt Lake City, Diane Earl and husband Glenn of St. George; stepchildren, Mack "Vicki" Peterson, Chino, Bill Dennis and his wife Debbie of Stockton, Utah, Ron "Sandra" Wonick of Jerome, Idaho; and brother Lee Milne, Salt Lake City. He was preceded in death by a son, Burton George Milne. Funeral services are Wednesday, June 1, 1994, at 4 p.m.

in the Larkin's Sunset Gardens Chapel, 10600 S. 1700 Salt Lake City. Friends may call Tuesday from 7-8 p.m. at the Spilsbury-Desert Rose Memorial Chapel, 58 No. 100 East, St.

George, and again Wednesday at the Larkin's Sunset Gardens Mortuary from 3:30 p.m. until services begin. Interment will be in the Larkin's Sunset Gardens under the direction of the Spilsbury-Desert Rose Memorial Chapel, St. George. Awear 1 Teens 1 Petite Dresk -y it- I Fashion Plus Di xGirls 7-14 wdlers Maternity s4-20 Infants i If1' 4MB I ZCMI ILFashiori Place and Footfv'l i Sayings ''so av Ajf Ci imiMinnjiini i' Shop all stores Monday 10 A.M.-6 p.m..