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10 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Saturday, September 18, 1993 1. Si ys i V'VV Events A 1 1 (Sabnltud photo) (Subattud pkota) Left to right, Louise Lobach, Sharon Try on, Barbara Allen, Joe Moyer and Margaret Hamiter, were reunited Thursday at Tryon's Elko home. Woman's quest to find Cnlnrino" rnntfit of the seventh Summit Raceway coloring contest were pre-kjuiui uig cumtrar. sented with piaques ma(je by Don Aschenbach. The presentation was held Aug.

28. The contest was sponsored by Action Auto Body and 4-U Racing. Pictured left to right are, back row, Aschenbach; Chanell Sweat of Action Auto; Kayla Goff being held by her father, and Bruce Hett Front row, Nate Carmondy, Clifford Thompson and 4-U driver Bart Henri. Not pictured is Wynter Carlyle, who also was a winner. Winners of the Gallagher Ford coloring contest will be announced tonight at the Summit Raceways Gold Rush.

Races will be held tonight and tomorrow. ends in Elko Construction leads to SAN FRANCISCO (AP) It was assumed that when San Francisco discontinued cemeteries in 1900 to free up some much-needed land, officials moved the burial grounds south to the nearby city of Colma. But apparently only the headstones were moved from one cemetery not the graves. Crews working this summer on a new addition to the California Pa Sea Service Day set Wednesday at EHS lace of the Legion of Honor, site of the Golden Gate Cemetery in Lincoln Park, made a somewhat grisly discovery. "When we first started working back in June we thought they'd come through in 1900 and removed the bodies.

But they apparently simply kicked over headboards," Miley Hol-man, director of Holman Associates, an archaeological consulting bers of the junior and senior classes at Elko High School with an overview of the opportunities available to them through the armed services. The military representatives will be available to discuss both enlisted and officer programs, including the service academies." Support for the program will again be provided by NAS Fallon, which will provide a search-and-rescue helicopter to demonstrate rescue techniques. Following brief presenta-l tions by the service representatives and the helicopter demonstration, students will be allowed to talk to the flight crew and other military representatives. Hamiter said. According to their set of adoption papers, Hamiter was born June 10, ,1942 in Denver and given up for adoption because her biological parents were "unable to provide a stable home for the child." She was placed in the Colorado State Home for Dependent and Neglected Children, where she was adopted when she was two months old by Nat and Helen Walker, a young couple who already had an adopted 4-year-old son named Richard.

The family moved from Hot Sulfur Springs, to Oklahoma when Hamiter was two years old. She says she couldnt have asked for a better adoptive family, but like many other adopted children, she often wondered about her biological roots. "You're always looking at people twice in airports, coffeeshops and bus stations, wondering if there might be a resemblance." Hamiter said. Hamiter grew up, married, had three daughters, and began the search for her biological past 13 years ago. She intensified the search three years ago, shortly after, her mother's death.

Hamiter's husband, Bobby, gave her $500 and a poem he wrote called "Let the Search Begin," for her birthday in 1987. Hamiter used the money to hire a search consultant, who gave her false documents and eventually took the money and ran. "I confronted him over the phone," Hamiter said. "He never denied it and he never apologized." The whole episode catapulted Hamiter into "a period of emotional anguish. I got to the point where I didn't trust people anymore." For Christmas 1990, Hamiter's adoptive father, who now lives in a retirement center, gave her the money to hire an attorney, telling her it was "time to start again." "It was his lifelong dream that my wish would come true before the end of his time," Hamiter said.

burial site firm which is excavating the "It didn't take them very long when they were digging to encounter remains," said Harry S. Parker III, director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. That was in June. A team of archaeologists came in immediately to survey the site. Now museum officials are hoping to resume building by the end of the month, he said.

The graves are probably the single largest group of remains left in the city, and most likely the only ones that will be dug up, said Holman. More than 60 coffins have already been removed from the area, Parker said. "We're projecting there may be as many as 300. We are trying to continue the work of careful removal and respectful removal and also get on with our construction project" Many of those buried had arthritis and other degenerative diseases and are typical of older populations from the 19th century, Holman said. "They worked hard and they had a lot of problems with their bodies when they died.

We found one guy who had a broken leg that had knit badly. He must have been hobbling around the rest of his life in a great deal of pain," he said. Most were in simple redwood coffins, often wrapped in shrouds. party. On Aug.

19, daughter Ruth and her husband James Young, held a birthday dinner in Carlin complete with coffe and cake for Eva Perry's many Carlin friends. An open house was held Aug. 21 at the Young residence and again a birthday cake was enjoyed by family and friends. The back yard was decorated with balloons and happy birthday messages and the tables were set with flowers. A congratulatory message was received from President Clinton and Mrs.

Clinton. Family members who attended included great-grandson Brent Thomas and his wife, Dawn, and their daughters, Alyssa and Keileigh, all of Sparks; and cousins Ruby Miller and Susan Kern from Paradise Valley. A breakthrough came when her attorney got a certified court order to release the closed files, and the information contained inside was sent to Hamiter. There were copies of adoption papers that stated her natural father was once the county clerk and recorder in Fairplay, Colo. Hamiter called the recorder's office in Fairplay, and talked to a woman who told her she knew two of her cousins, Louise Moyer Lobach of Canyon City, and Sharon Moyer Tryon of Elko.

She called Tryon and they cried on the phone for two hours. Tryon then went about setting up Thursday morning's reunion. When Hamiter and her husband pulled into Tryon's parking lot, her younger sister was there to greet her. Hamiter said there was no need for words, instead they just held onto each other for a long time. They were both waiting at the airport when their younger brother stepped off the plane later that morning.

"I had been on an emotional roller coaster since the day I found out I had another sister," Moyer said. "You can't prepare for something like this. I was at work when I got the phone home with pay." The trio spent Thursday and Friday at Tryon's home getting to know each other. "Emotions have just been pouring out," Hamiter said. "I'm numb.

My feet havent touched the ground. We're never going to be apart again." All are busy planning future reunions with each other. And though they may never know all of the answers as to why their parents gave their oldest child up for adoption, it doesn't seem as important to them now that they've found each other. "IVe been very blessed," Hamiter said. "If it wasn't for pop her adoptive father, we wouldn't have each other.

Sometimes it's best to just let old bones lie. Now it's time to start again. The most important thing is that we've got each other." April; that's a little long." Bilbao, an electro-environmental specialist with the 517th Airlift Squadron, finds his job in Alaska an important one. "I keep the electrical power going in the aircraft, such as the engine generators and DC power supplies," explained Bilbao. "I also handle the environmental portion, taking care of the air conditioning systems.

"In my free time I like to go camping and fishing during the summer with my wife and two kids. In winter we enjoy all the snow activities together. Snow mobiling, skiing and sledding, all these activities are special to me and my family. Plus winter is a good time to catch up on quality time with the wife. E.

Perry celebrates her 90th birthday n. i For the third' year, the Elko Coun cil of the Navy League of the United States, in conjunction with the guidance department at Elko High School, will sponsor Sea Service Day on Wednesday, reports Nick Halton of the council. In prior years, the event has been known as "Navy Day," but this year representatives of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Coast Guard will attend.

Cmdr. Skip Fund, commands ing officer' of -the Navy-fiecruiting! Distict, Portland, who is responsible for the Elko area, also will attend. According to council officials, the event is designed "to acquaint mem (Submittal photo) Carlin recently 90th birthday. Eva Perry of celebrated her Driving the long stretch of highway between her home in Henderson to Elko early last Thursday morning marked the beginning of a new chapter in fifty-one-year-old Margaret Hamiter's life. It was the end of a lifelong journey in search for her birth family.

The breakthrough came when Hamiter located a cousin, Sharon Tyron, living in Elko. In turn, Tyron located Hamiter's younger brother, Joe Moyer, 50, and sister, Barbara Allen, 48, and arranged Thursday's reunion. "The last 50 miles weren't so bad," Hamiter said. The most ultimate emotional high you can have is to be lost and then found." Tyron was able to find Moyer, but Allen was on a cross-country vacation. "The hardest part was waiting for Barbara to come home," Hamiter said.

When Allen returned home to Buena Vista, there was a message to call Tyron, who told her about her sister. While growing up, both Moyer and Allen suspected there might be an older sibling, but it was the family secret no pne ever When Mdyer'gbt'a "copy hfs birth certificate years ago, it listed that his parents had an older child who died at birth. After both of their parents died, Allen found a book of dates her mother used to which listed the name Irene Moyer next to the date June 10, 1942. Both Moyer and Allen describe their childhood as happy, though their parents divorced when they were quite young. Their mother died in childbirth at age 33, when Moyer was 13 and Allen was 11 years old.

Meanwhile, Hamiter was spending her childhood days growing up in Stillwater, where her adoptive father was a history professor at Oklahoma State University. Her adoptive parents never hid the truth from her, but "it was a sensitive issue with my mother so we never discussed it," P. Bilbao Paul Bilbao, son of Roberta Gibbs of Elko, is a sergeant stationed at one of the U.S. Air Force's northernmost bases "where life is considered difficult enough to be an overseas assignment," reports Rolando Gomez of the Army Air Force Hometown News. Located just outside Alaska's largest city, Anchorage, El-mendorf Air Force Base is considered the "top cover for North America," a pi- lf 1 Tr' rnn aimo necting Asia and Europe.

In an area where housing China now on display Laura D. Waldo's delicate paintings on china have earned her the title of Northeastern Nevada Museum's craftsperson of the month. Her collection of china plates, cups, coffee urns, milk mugs and figurines is now on display inside the museum's galleria. Waldo of Elko began china painting 10 years ago in an art class at Northern Nevada Community College. "After you retire, you just want to do something," Waldo said.

She credits her instructor, Phyllis Haber-Huber, with getting her hooked on china painting "She was marvelous," Waldo said. "She just got me engrossed. She taught me the basics and then I began creating on my own." The graduate of the University of Washington and retired teacher keeps busy. She's also an avid bridge player. Bins nr Eva Perry of Carlin recently cele brated her 90th birthday with several parties.

On Aug. 14, a party was given in Verdi by her granddaughter Carol and her husband, Howard Thomas; her daughter, Eva Leiker, and granddaughter, Lynn Leiker. About 54 family members and friends enjoyed the large birthday cake. Out-of-state family included grandson Don Stone and his wife, Karen, and their children, Shawna and Evan, all of Fremont, grandson Steve Perry and his wife, Alice, and their children, Adina, Amanda and Richard, from Vacaville, Connie and Ralph Scott from Lodi, Calif; and many other family members. Five generations were represented at the Verdi stationed in Alaska JT7) 1 g- 4 1 ii mm Jmmmrmmmmmani costs are about 25 percent higher than the national average, a gallon of milk can cost more than $5, the closest state is 2,500 miles away and a typical summer day lasts almost 20 hours.

Daylight in winter usually lasts about five hours. Bilbao says many adjustments are necessary. "The major adjustment I've had to deal with here Alaska has been with my children. Both of them were born here. They keep me busy, especially during the summer months with all the daylight hours," said Bilbao.

"Also during the summer, I've learned to enjoy hockey and with all the daylight, I find myself out of the house more than usual. I try to make up. for the long nights of winter. Winter lasts from October through I i s. i (SlbnltlH pkMol home a collection of chaps bags, bridle bags, ribbons and trophies.

Next year the 14-year-old horseman plans return to Idaho to train with Kurt Fuller. Her goals are to attend the Canadian Nationals in Calgary, Alberta; and the U.S. Nationals in Oklahoma City, Okla. Both major shows are held in late June and July. Her events are showmanship, hunter under saddle, hunt seat equitation, western pleasure and stock scat equitation.

Whmpr Domin'Que Draper of Lamoille tr lima jjas jusj compiete(j an exceptional horse show year with Prince Matchabely, her Appaloosa gelding. In a show in Helena, this summer, Draper was reserve high point champion for her age division, and at the recent Sagebrush Circuit in Elko she was reserve high point novice, 18 and under. Additionally, she has been riding since she was three or four, won several classes in Blackfoot, Idaho, and brought Laura D. Waldo's delicate paintings on china have earned her the title of Northeastern Nevada Museum's craftsperson of the month. Her collection of china plates, cups, coffee urns, milk mugs and figurines is now on display inside the museum's galleria..