Dogtown
A spring thaw is under way in Hildale and Colorado City. Everybody is smiling, waving hello, flying kites, etc.
Or so they say.
I haven't had any one smile and wave at me yet, but I am looking forward to it.
I like the way Brent Hunsaker of KTVX put it: Glasnost has come to Short Creek.
One sign things are changing: Dogs are every where.
I talked yesterday to Isaac Wyler, an ex-FLDS member who still lives in Colorado City, and he told me there are ''more dogs in this town than you can shake a stick at. They are coming in in droves.''
You may remember that several years ago, former FLDS president Rulon Jeffs ordered the FLDS faithful to get rid of their dogs after a toddler was killed in a dog attack. The obedient followers did so.
Wyler also said kids are out playing -- which I did notice last week while visiting the town. But is that due to the warm spring weather after a long hard winter, or something more?
Maybe some of the stalwarts will even show up at the Easter Festival set for Saturday in Cottonwood Park in Hildale.
Wyler and others say there appears to have been a change in philosophy. A year ago when Wyler went around town posting tax collection notices on doors he could hear taped sermons of FLDS leader Warren S. Jeffs being played in most of those homes.
That's not true this year, Wyler said. He has heard tapes of Wendell Nielsen, whom many think is in line to become the next FLDS leader, playing in some homes.
Or so they say.
I haven't had any one smile and wave at me yet, but I am looking forward to it.
I like the way Brent Hunsaker of KTVX put it: Glasnost has come to Short Creek.
One sign things are changing: Dogs are every where.
I talked yesterday to Isaac Wyler, an ex-FLDS member who still lives in Colorado City, and he told me there are ''more dogs in this town than you can shake a stick at. They are coming in in droves.''
You may remember that several years ago, former FLDS president Rulon Jeffs ordered the FLDS faithful to get rid of their dogs after a toddler was killed in a dog attack. The obedient followers did so.
Wyler also said kids are out playing -- which I did notice last week while visiting the town. But is that due to the warm spring weather after a long hard winter, or something more?
Maybe some of the stalwarts will even show up at the Easter Festival set for Saturday in Cottonwood Park in Hildale.
Wyler and others say there appears to have been a change in philosophy. A year ago when Wyler went around town posting tax collection notices on doors he could hear taped sermons of FLDS leader Warren S. Jeffs being played in most of those homes.
That's not true this year, Wyler said. He has heard tapes of Wendell Nielsen, whom many think is in line to become the next FLDS leader, playing in some homes.
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