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Sourest Section Who's who Actress Jaime Pressly is shown in this Aug. 27, 2006, file photo. Pressly has given birth to a baby boy, People magazine reports. The actress, known for her Emmy-nominated role on NBC's "My Name Is Earl," and her DJ fiance Eric Cubiche, welcomed their son, Dezi James, on Friday. Sunday I May 13, 2007 vrvi rnr "VI i VTTVO I Christopher Onstott The Spectrum I I.

1 fr An antique piano, barber equipment jFtk. rffk dSk I it'll" ifdTff' and Boot Hill Cemetery are part of this III Il ft It ff-ll 1 II II if 11 once-rowdy mining town's charm. New column explores the planning of a wedding The Beginning Trichele Read, 20, was born in St. George and graduated from Dixie High School. She is working toward her degree in education at DSC.

She has an associate degree and is on track towards getting her bachelors. While going to college, she is working as an orthodontic assistant. Clint Ctibor, 25, grew up in California and moved to Southern Utah the year he attended seventh grade. He went to Pine View High School and later started attending Dixie State College, gaining his associates in science, and is currently working toward his bachelor's degree. His major seems to change quite i mm 1 II Other signs of the past remain in downtown Pioche.

Painted on the side of the Overland Hotel and Saloon are sayings that reference the town's wild past: "Bushwhackers, rustlers and gunfighters will be served only cheap and "Miners welcome; minors ain't!" Pioche today Despite the ruckus of the early years, Pioche is now a fairly peaceful place. The mines shut down years ago and retirees from Las Vegas are moving in. "People want to get out of Vegas and Henderson," says Chuck Adams, the town barber. "This is kind of quiet place to raise your kids." The town is especially quite bpasseythespectrum.com PIOCHE, Nev. Back in the day, Pioche, was a rowdy place.

This old mining town in Lincoln County, not far from the Utah border saw its share of frontier violence. Locals speak of gunfights and knife fights. In the historic old Million Dollar Courthouse there is a replica of a wanted poster for Morgan Courtney, an infamous gunfighter now buried in the town's Boot Hill Cemetery. A sign near the cemetery says that crime was rampant in Pioche in the 1870s and repeats the lore that 72 men were "buried with their boots on" often, and wouldn't know what he's going to major in even if you asked him. He is working as a pharmacy technician at Harmon's while he finishes up his degree, whatever it might be.

Clint met Trichele at a party that his friends were throw Michelle Nixon Cordially Invited mm. before anyone in the town died of natural causes. In the old section of the cemetery there's no grass, just some weeds and dirt mounds over each grave. And most of the graves there do not even have markers. 1 But the few makeshift grave markers do tell some interesting stories.

Courtney's own marker reads: "Feared by some. Respected by few. Detested by Thursday afternoon during the funeral for a local man. Since there are only about 800 people in town, everyone knows everyone else. When there's a funeral, the town practically shuts down.

Following the funeral, though, the downtown traffic begins to pick up. At The Krimper beauty salon in the back of Adams' antique-laden barbershop, Brandi Lewis, a mani Small ing. She had shown up with a friend of his who left her alone at the party to go get drinks. Clint saw Trichele and thought, 'Wow, she's Even now, he is unable to get over how pretty she -is. Once he had gotten his cell phone back from her she had borrowed to call a friend, he Town Life Guest Registry finally asked her out.

They went out on their first date the next night, and from that moment Others. Shot in back 5 times from Ambush." And in tribute to the mariyTnen" buried in their boots, the namesake footwear often adorn the graves of those unfortunate souls buried at Boot Hill Cemetery. There is one grave, however, that bears a pear of women's shoes instead of boots. They sit on the grave of Fanny Pearson below a sign reading: "They loved till death did them part. He killed her." Another man, John H.

Lynch, was shot during a dispute over a dog, according to his marker, and John Bass was apparently shot by law enforcement officers five times on June 26, 1875. Anyone wishing to sign the happy couple's guest book is invited to send an e-mail to mnixonthe spectrum.com curist, agrees that Pioche is a good place to raise kids, despite its rough past. Lewis said everyone knows each other, so if they see one of their neighbor's kids talking to someone in a strange car, they'll be sure to check out the situation. John Stever, a deputy sheriff, assistant fire chief, coach and hunting guide, was born and raised in Pioche but left for a time. It was the atmosphere that drew him back, though.

"I came back because everybody used to pitch in and help each other," he says. Stever's sister-in-law, Shannon Stever, says that Lincoln County has excellent hunting services. It was actually a hunting trip at the age of 13 that first introduced Bob Klym to Pioche. "The people I went with brought me through here and I said, 'Someday I'm going to live Klym reflects while enjoying a drink at one of the town's three bars, The Nevada Club, which dates back to the early 1900s. Klym moved from Las Vegas to Pioche in 1990 and worked as a barber for a time before retiring.

Now he spends his time fishing at nearby Echo Canyon and Eagle Valley Reservoir. A few feet away from Klym, Gene Dennison sits at a slot machine, drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette. Dennison says he likes how people speak their mind in Pioche. Of course, the 80-year-old doesn't hold back when speaking his own mind on everything from the management of federal lands to TOP: Don Jarvis swigs back a can of beer at the Nevada Club bar on Main Street in Pioche, Nev. LEFT: Museum curator Allen Malintak opens the door to the jail inside the old "Million Dollar Court House," past a row of mannequins in a court room jury box.

An antique street sign has been moved to the front of the Million Dollar Courthouse, that gave direction and distance to early residents and travelers. the cigarette smoldering between his fingers. "You're only going to be here one time," he says. "You might as well enjoy it." A former miner, Dennison is now retired and enjoys the peace of Pioche. Although Cheryl Wenner lives in nearby Panaca, she enjoys visiting Pioche because the surrounding hills offer a place for her to explore when she's not working at The Rag Doll, a gift shop on the town's historic Main Street.

"I'm an explorer," she says. "I always think I'm going to find a bottle or a cool piece of junk." Despite the ruins of mining that surround the town, Wenner hasn't found too many treasures but says the anticipation of finding something makes her explorations enjoyable. Swingin' history Even if Wenner doesn't find many little treasures on her hikes through the hills, there are still plenty of big treasures around Pioche. Many of the buildings date back to the 1 870s mining boom, including most of the commercial buildings along Main Street. Informational signs are spread throughout town to explain the history behind many of these buildings like on, the two were inseparable.

They went on family trips together and attended each other's family reunions. The first time they were apart from each other for more than a day, Trichele took a tour to Europe and was gone for 10 days. Though they had taken trips together, they didn't consider themselves actually a couple until they took a trip to Mexico last year. They had gone with a group of friends, and it seemed liked everything that could go wrong did. They had lost their transmission on the -way down there and tried to rent a car.

Because of they and their friends were under generally accepted rental age, they were unable to rent a car at most rentals. When they finally were able to rent a car, they took it down across the border, even though they weren't sup-posed to. While in Mexico and after the stress of actually getting there, they drove the rental car along the beach and got stuck. 1 a i 4t.W v' 1 See PIOCHE on D3 See INVITED on D3 mmmmmmmfmmmmmim Don't'miss this All about mom The Edge Mother's Day facts and figures: There are more than 80 mil-' lion mothers in the United States. There will be more than 4 million babies born this year in the United States.

Percentage of women ages 15-44 whp are moms: 55 This is the first child for Crow, 45, who underwent breast cancer surgery in February 2006. That same month, she and cycling champion Lance Armstrong announced that they had broken up their engagement. It would have been her first marriage and the second for Armstrong. The pair met in October 2003 and began dating shortly after. A nine-time Grammy winner.

Crow is best known for the hits "Soak Up the Sun" and "All I Want to Do." LOS ANGELES Happy Mother's Day to Sheryl Crow the singer-. guitarist has adopted a baby boy. "I am so excited to share with you guys that I've adopted a little boy. He was born two weeks ago," Crow announced on her Web site Friday. She told fans the boy's name "is Wyatt (after my dad) Steven (after my little brother and Scooter) and we are enjoying some very private family time." Her publicist Dave Tomberlin wouldn't give further details.

The Utah State Parks system is celebrating its 50-year anniversary in 2007 and Iron Mission State Park has a new exhibit that tells the story. Coining Monday. Percentage of women ages 40-44 who are moms: 81 Most popular month to have a baby: July Most popular day of the' week to have a baby: Tuesday (go figure!) Source: U.S. Census Bureau enySmartTodf IN 1 i mi -f.