Cottonwood Heights Historical Committee Officially Appointed by City Council

On October 30, 2007 (day before Halloween - how auspicious) the Kevin Cromar appeared before the Cottonwood Heights City Council. The nine-member committee he organized was officially approved by Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore, Jr. and the City Council. Members on the committee: M. Tom Shimizu (former Salt Lake County Commissioner), Dr. Ronald G. Coleman (professor of history at U of U and member of Utah Board of State History), Melt Stelter (author of book on history of poverty flats; recipient of Mayors Humanities Award; history teacher at Evergreen Jr. High 32 years), David A. Hales (librarian at Westminster College and author of several Utah State Historical Society Quarterly articles), Gayle Conger (owner of one of the two sites in Cottonwood Heights on the National Historic Register - Alvin Reuben and Annie Green home on Danish Road), Sylvia Orton (former regional PTA president and employee of Deseret News), Jerri Harwell (African-American historian - has delighted audiences with her portrayal of Jane Manning James, an early black Mormon convert), and Karen Forbush Larrabee (family history expert - her Forbush ancestors' land is the Union Pioneer Cemetery).

Councilman Don Antczak presenting appointment resolutions to Cottonwood Heights Historical Committee members.