January 23, 2014, Wayne & Garfield Insider

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Thursday, January 23, 2014 • Issue # 1032

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Torrey House Press Announces Publication of My So-Called Ruined Life TORREY - My So-Called Ruined Life by Melanie Bishop is Book 1 in the Tate McCoy Series, a Young Adult series from local publisher Torrey House Press. Publishers Weekly calls the book “an introspective page-turner.”

The book introduces readers to seventeen-year-old Tate McCoy. Last summer was the worst summer of Tate’s life: her mother was murdered, just as their damaged relationship was on the mend. Now, with her dad in jail as the prime suspect and her future unsettlingly uncertain, most people think Tate’s life is ruined—but Tate is not most people. Determined

to make the most of her seventeenth summer, she’s spending plenty of time biking around town with her best friend, Kale, finding her buoyancy at Barton Springs, camping and hiking at the Grand Canyon with her Aunt Greta, and not following her “no boys for now” policy.

But a horrifying truth about her mom’s death puts Tate’s resilience to the test yet again. Full of refreshingly blunt teenage wisdom, bawdy, between-friends humor, and plenty of pool time, this debut novel explores the tightening and unraveling of relation-

ships—and the rocky, empowering journey of realizing one’s own strength in tough times.

Author Melanie Bishop writes fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays, and has taught all of these subjects for the past twenty-one years at Prescott College in Arizona where she is founding editor of Alligator Juniper, Prescott’s awardwinning national literary magazine. Teaching, says Bishop, helps her with her own writing. “Some of the basics you cover in the college classroom are things we writers need to remind ourselves of rather constantly. Teaching keeps me in touch with those basics, and even more importantly, I’m inspired by my students’ talent. Now if you’re talking about time, I definitely did not have enough hours for my own writing when I was teaching full-time.

But the teaching itself, the dynamic exchange that happens in the classroom, that definitely energizes my work. I’ve also had whole stories grow out of writing exercises my students assigned during class presentations.”

Bishop divides her time between Prescott, Arizona, and Carmel, California. My So-Called Ruined Life is her first Young Adult novel. “My hope is that the book will help young readers from all different backgrounds and circumstances realize that parents are inherently flawed, and that there will come a time when we are not made to be captive audience to the antics of these parents, and that whatever happens to us in life, as kids, as young adults, as adults, and as elderly people, we always have the freedom to interpret events in ways that convert them to be constructive rather than destructive.”

—Torrey House Press

Northern Pygmy Owl (in center of photo) in Main Canyon.

Escalante Christmas Bird Count:

2014 overall bird numbers lower; volunteer participation adds to important long-term data set for region ESCALANTE - Greetings bird counters and other! We’d like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s 114th Christmas Bird Count. This is the 16th year that Escalante has participated.

There were 29 total participants this time. Four were dedicated feeder counters and 25 were out in the field. The field counters covered our 150 square mile count circle by car (182 miles), foot (9 miles), and horse (4 miles) and spent 49 party hours doing so. Quite a few of our participants were first-time counters, and I commend them for their bravery in undertaking this important census.

A total of 55 species was recorded (low=37 in 2001, high=74 in 2001; we usually get in the low 60s). Western Screech-owl (3 of them!) was a new species for the count, bringing our cumulative total since 1998 to 115. There were 2,255 individual birds counted (previously low=2484 in 2005, high=6,111 in 2012).

A number of species seen were recorded in middling numbers, but everyone noticed a huge difference in number of individuals of certain species compared to past years. Last year, for example, there were 2,000 (!) Robins recorded, but

this year only 44 were seen.

Similarly, 239 White-crowned Sparrows were recorded, compared to over 1,000 the last 2 years, and 184 Juncos were recorded, compared to last year’s 1,148. Happily, Starling numbers were also down compared to some years: 195 this year, up to almost 1,000 in some years.

A number of species were very localized and seen by only 1 person or party: Kinglet and Siskin (Ramona Sorenson);, House Finch (Rae Ellen Lee); Prairie Falcon (Gwendolyn Zeta); Pygmy Owl (Lauersdorf/Savage party); Nutcracker (Hutchison/Reiser party); Say’s Phoebe (Melanie Boone); Downy Woodpecker (Susan Nelson); Harrier (Stevenson/ Holt party); and Bushtit, Pygmy Nuthatch, Cedar Waxwing, and Spotted Towhee (Angus/ Cox/Kcsiezak party). American Goldfinches were concentrated mostly at the Vensel and Munthe feeders.

It’s evident that winter storm Boreas, which left us with 2 feet of snow and which was followed by Arctic temperatures, had quite an effect on wintering birds in our area.

They may never have arrived, may have been pushed out by storm/temperatures, may have died, or some combination of

Kazan Clinic Welcomes New Practioner, Posts New Clinic Hours Starting Feb. 3 ESCALANTE - Starting February 3, 2014 Reggie Gillins, a Nurse Practitioner who specializes in family medicine, will begin working full time at Kazan Memorial Clinic in Escalante. He has experienced many aspects of the health care world from long term care to emergency medicine. He, along with his wife and four boys, are excited to be a part of

the wonderful community of Escalante, and look forward to helping with everyone’s health care needs. He will be available after hours to assist community members needing urgent medical care. Along with Reggie, all four physicians from Garfield Memorial Hospital will rotate each Monday, and work with Sheri Woolsey, RN at the clinic.

Sherree Rechtsteiner,APRN

New Kazan Clinic Hours Kazan Memorial Clinic Transitions into a Community Health Center, opening February 3, 2014 Clinic Will be Open: Mon.,Tues., Wed., Fri. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thurs. 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Please note the clinic will be closed on the weekends.

Debbie Savage

will also be coming every other week and increase time as needed. How lucky we are to have such a fantastic team and the added services coming later this year.

We are excited to assist Garfield County residents with a reduced fee medical service at this new clinic. Please call us if you would like more information about our sliding fee program, 435-425-3744 (Wayne Community Health Center).

Please be aware we are in the process of hiring pharmacy personnel and will have a pharmacy in Escalante around April 1, 2014. The dental office will be completed around July 2014.

If you struggle to afford health

these. The cold temperatures certainly had an effect on waterfowl, as there was little open water at the reservoir or sewer ponds; few species and few individuals were recorded. An exception was the record-high 210 Canada Geese, which go out into the fields to feed.

Another possible factor in the low numbers of wintering birds here is vegetation removal. Russian Olive is being removed in the Escalante River drainage (a good thing) and, until native trees grow up to take their place, roosts have been lost. In addition, removal of vegetation around the city sewer ponds has reduced the amount of shelter for sparrows, juncos and others in that area.

At the end of our bird counting day, many of us gathered at Escalante Outfitters where, once again, the Waggoner family made us welcome. Thank you Waggoners!!! Fortified by hot soup (thanks Dana and Kris), lasagna (thanks Ramona) and other goodies (thanks Allysia), we had quite a few laughs as we awarded prizes and shared tales of the day.

Thanks again to everyone.

See you next year!

—Kathy Munthe, Escalante Christmas Bird Count Compiler

Students Statewide Celebrate National Reading Day with a Technology Twist

Special Reading to Take Place at Loa Elementary

Reggie Gillins will join Escalante’s Kazan Clinic as Nurse Practitioner. care all of these services will be available at discounted rates to patients that meet the federal guidelines. We look forward to serving you.

—Gina Flanagan, Wayne Community Health Center

LOA - Mountain Heights Academy junior high and high school students will join in a statewide effort to celebrate National Reading Day with a twist. Along with reading to kindergarten and first grade students in elementary schools throughout the state, Mountain Heights Academy students will donate iPods loaded with reading apps to help improve reading skills.

Mountain Heights Academy is an online charter school available to students in grades 7 through 12 in Utah, so students are scattered throughout Utah. For National Reading Day, students will gather at six elementary schools as part of a statewide effort to benefit communities by pairing reading and technology.

In Wayne County, reading will take place at Loa Elementary on Thursday, January 23 at 9:30 - 11:30 am.

Other schools participating include Hawthorne Elementary (West Jordan), Ridgeline Elementary (Highland), North Ogden Elementary (North Ogden), Layton Christian Academy (Layton), and Santa Clara Elementary (Santa Clara).

—Mountain Heights Academy Phone: 435-826-4400 Fax 1-888-370-8546 PO BOX 105 Escalante, Utah 84726 snapshot@live.com

REGIONAL Weather forecast for some but not all regions represented in our newspaper coverage area

Thurs. Jan. 23 - wed. Jan. 29 MORE OF THE SAME, ONLY MORE SO. If you like what we’ve had, you’ll like what’s next. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy and warm; getting warmer throughout week, starting the week with highs in the low-mid 40s and ending week with highs around 50 to low 50s. Saturday and Sunday sunniest. Lows in the teens. Winds negligible.

RICHFIELD - The Six County Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program is providing free income tax preparation services throughout the Six County Region which includes Sevier, Sanpete, Wayne, Millard, Piute, and Juab Counties. If your household income is below $52,000 per year, you can have your taxes done for FREE! You may also qualify for an Earned Income Tax Credit of up to $6,044 even if you don’t owe any taxes!

An IRS Certified (VITA) volunteer will assist you with filling out an intake form, answer any questions you may have and file your 2013 taxes with the IRS. Please bring the following items with you to your appointment: • A copy of last year’s tax return • Taxpayer’s Proof of Identity • All forms, W-2, 1098 and 1099 • Information for other income • Identification number for Child Care Provider • Information for deductions/ credits • Proof of account for direct deposit of refund (e.g. voided check) • Social Security and/or ITIN cards for you, your spouse and dependants Our goal along with the EARN IT, KEEP IT, SAVE IT campaign is to strengthen family financial stability through utilization of Earned Income Tax Credit, free volunteer income tax assistance and other tax credits that families and individuals may be eligible to receive.

The money you get back in your return can be the “boost” that you need to pay past due bills, reduce credit card debt, create an emergency fund, and add to savings or retirement funds and more.

DIAL 2-1-1 to make an appointment to have your basic taxes done for FREE! VITA sites are located at different venues in these cities: Richfield, Gunnison, Mt. Pleasant, Manti, Junction, Nephi, Delta, and Fillmore. For individuals interested in more information about the VITA program please contact Shara Bastian, Manager at 893-0735 or go online at utahtaxhelp.org —Shara Bastian, The Volunteer Connection

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Open House Scheduled: Opportunity for Public Involvement LOA - The Fremont River Ranger District of the Fishlake National Forest will host a public open house designed to inform the public and provide an opportunity for comments on the proposed Teasdale Front Range Fuel Reduction Project.

The open house is scheduled to be held February 6, 2014 at the Wayne County Community Center, located at 475 South 300 East, Bicknell, Utah. Doors will open at 7 p.m.

Forest employees will be on hand to present information and answer questions from those in attendance. In addition, there will be an opportunity to provide written comments on the proposed project.

The Teasdale Front Range Fuel Reduction Project is located on the north slope of the Boulder Mountains, south of the communities of Teasdale and Grover Utah. The project proposes to treat forest fuels on 2,672 acres in order to reduce the risk of stand replacing wildfire in Ponderosa pine stands, by cutting small diameter vegetation using chainsaws and skid-steer mounted cutting and mulching equipment. Cut vegetation would be mulched or piled and burned. 1,618 acres of the project are in the Boulder Mountain, Boulder Top/Deer Lake Inventories Roadless Area.

The intent of the project is to increase the probability of success in suppressing future wildfires in the project area.

Detailed documents, along with a project map have been prepared and are available upon request electronically or hard copy. To request these documents, call the Fremont River Ranger District at (435) 836-2800, or email scoombs@ fs.fed.us. Documents will also be available online at http:// www.fs.usda.gov/projects/fishlake/landmanagement/projects.

Look for Teasdale Front Range Fuel Reduction Project.

To provide comments on this project, please send written comments to Fishlake National Forest: Fremont River Ranger District, Attention: Kurtis Robins, Box 129, Loa, Utah 84747.

Comments may be delivered by hand between 8:30 and 4:30 Monday-Friday at the Fremont River District Office, 138 South Main, Loa, Utah.

Electronic comments may be

submitted as an email message, word (.doc), rich text format (.rtf), plain text (.txt), or portable document format (.pdf) to comments-intermtn-fishlakeloa@fs.fed.us Please use the project name Teasdale Front Range Fuel Reduction Project as the subject line in the electronic message. Contact Kent Chappell, Interdisciplinary Team Leader, 435-425-9578 or Stuart Coombs, Assistant ID Team Leader, 435-425-9573/ scoombs@fs.fed.us with any additional questions and information about the release of documents for comment.

The Teasdale Front Range Fuel Reduction Project implements land management plans and is a hazardous fuel reduction project as defined by the Hazardous Fire Reduction Act (HFRA), section 101(2). Instead of an appeal period, there will be an objection process before the final decision is made and after the environmental analysis document and draft decision are available.

In order to be eligible to file an objection, specific written comments related to the project must be submitted during scoping or any other period’s public comment is specifically requested on this Environment Assessment. Individual members of organizations must have submitted their own comments to meet the requirements of eligibility as an individual. Objections received on behalf of an organization are considered as those of the organization only.

Names and addresses of those who comment and file objections will become part of the public record. Although your comments are always welcome, those received by February 27, 2014 would be most helpful.

The environmental analysis and draft decision is planned to be available in June 2014.

For more information on how the objection process works for projects and activities, implementing land and resource management plans and the requirements, contact Marianne Orton, Fishlake National Forest NEPA Coordinator, 435-896-1090/ morton01@ fs.fed.us; or you may read the regulations under 36 CFR 218 Subparts A and C. —U.S. Forest Service

Tabernacle Organist Andrew Unsworth to Perform in Richfield on February 7 RICHFIELD - The Richfield and Richfield East Stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, present an Evening of Music with guest artist, Andrew Unsworth, Mormon Tabernacle Choir Organist.

This performance is scheduled for Friday, February 7, 2014 at 7 p.m. in the Richfield Tabernacle. Also performing with Dr. Unsworth will be the combined area high schools choir, One Voice. This performance is free of charge and is open to all ages 8 and up.

Andrew Unsworth is one of three full-time organist at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, where he shares the bench with Richard Elliott and Clay Christiansen. They all participate in the daily recital series on both the Tabernacle and Conference Center’s organs, and accompany the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on their weekly radio and television broadcast “Music and the Spoken Word”.

Prior to this appointment in 2007, Dr. Unsworth served as an Assistant Professor of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University, in Nacogdoches, Texas, and as Organist and Assistant Director of Music at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah.

He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Brigham

Young University in organ performance and pedagogy and then pursued graduate studies in historical performance practice at Duke University, which awarded him the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. He has performed throughout the United States and Europe as a soloist and accompanist and was a recitalist at national and regional conventions of the Organ Historical Society and American Guild of Organists.

Dr. Unsworth has also written articles on organ performance and teaching in ninetheenth-century America for The Organ Yearbook, The American Organist, The Encyclopedia of the Organ, and the Tracker. He currently serves as a member of the Organ Historical Society’s Publications Govern Board. He holds the Associateship Certificate of the American Guild of Organists, which also awarded him the S. Lewis Elmer award.

Dr. Unsworth and his wife, Alison, are the parents of five children.

This program is in commemoration of the 85 years of service the Richfield Tabernacle has provided to our community and also in conjunction with Richfield City’s 150th anniversary.

—Richfield LDS Stake

January 23, 2014

Nominate Your Favorite School Counselors For an “I Love My School Counselor” Honor in February Utah School Counselor Association gives parents and students a chance to recognize unsung heroes who have gone above and beyond to help them

Expanded Format for Business Conference

BRYCE - The Garfield County Business Conference will highlight ObamaCare Decisions, Tuesday, January 28, from 9 a.m. to 3:0 p.m. at Ruby’s Inn in the Red Canyon Room, according to SuZnne Jorgensen, Utah State University Garfield County Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Educator.

The goal of the conference is to help employers comply with the requirements and protect their company and employees from the penalties, fines, and taxes mandated by the Affordable Health Care Act. Business owners will also learn about the tax laws that will be affecting them for the 2013 and 2014 years, including the in home office deduction (new safe harbor $3,000) and additional tax topics.

Presenters include Troy Martin from Cook Martin Poulson CPA firm of Logan, Patty Conner, Director, Utah’s Avenue H (Small Business Health Options Program), and Authorized Health Insurance Agents. Craig Isom and Joni Anderson will present a workshop on general business practices. Individual appointments with presenters can be scheduled by contacting Jorgensen at the information below.

Registration costs include lunch and hand outs and is $22 (plus a $2.20 online fee) up until the day of the event. Registration is $25 per participant at the door. Register at EventBrite: www. tinyurl.com/garfieldbus, or by mail with check of $22 payable to Garfield County Extension and sent to the P.O. address below if postmarked by January 24. Please note that it is for the Business Conference and list attendee names in a memo with the check.

For more information contact Utah State University Extension, P.O. Box 77/55 S. Main, Panguitch, UT 84759, at 435-6761114 or Suzanne.jorgensen@usu.edu.

—USU Garfield County Extension

Utah Relocating Bighorn Sheep to Bolster Population

OGDEN - Several of Utah’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep recently got a free helicopter ride as the state continues efforts to see the animals grow in number.

Phil Douglass, wildlife conservation outreach manager with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, says about 30 bighorns were relocated by air and road from Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake to the mountains near Oak City in central Utah.

He says the population on the island grew to a point that a sheep move was required.

“We know that there is carrying capacity for the island,” he points out. “And when it reaches that capacity, about 200 animals, then we start taking the surplus animals and we move them to other populations.”

Douglass says the 30 bighorns could multiply to more

Grover Pastorale

than 100 animals within five years.

He adds the mountains will provide nearly ideal terrain for the bighorn population to prosper.

He explains the region has steep, rocky areas where the bighorns can avoid predators such as mountain lions.

Douglass says the practice of relocating sheep has helped to restore the animals’ oncedwindling population.

“These nursery populations that we get from Antelope Island really have been beneficial and instrumental in re-establishing the range of wild sheep in Utah,” he says.

He adds the bighorn sheep has suffered most in terms of diminished population due to diseases contracted from domestic sheep.

—Troy Wilde, Utah News Connection

Fence Lines

by Ray Conrad

I have a special vista when I Drink my morning cup.

The good lush meadows down below, The Cockscomb, rising up.

The pinyon and juniper, deep dark green, The rabbitbrush all yellow.

The blue sky kind of telling me Today is gonna be mellow.

There’s usually wild turkeys out, Cruising along the fences, And teams of deer, twitching their ears, Tuning up their senses.

I see one big jack-rabbit, Looks like he’s in a pickle.

Some kid trying to run him down, On a dirt-bike motorsickle.

I kind of think the rabbit knows He has no problem there.

Dirt-bike has to round his corners.

Rabbit can turn ‘em square.

Sometimes a coyote joins the cast At my morning-coffee retreat, But there ain’t no smokestacks and sirens and such.

Just me and the mountains. Sweet!

“Grover Pastorale,” 2007. from Fence Lines, by Ray Conrad, published by Avalanche Creek Productions, 2009.

SALT LAKE CITY School counselors play a key role in helping Utah’s children learn about themselves and their talents, how to treat others, how to deal with personal issues and the educational and career paths they might pursue.

The Utah School Counselor Association (USCA) is sponsoring an “I Love My School Counselor” award and is asking Utah students, former students and adults to nominate their favorite Utah school counselors who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help them. A select group of counselors will receive awards in February during a Utah School Counselor Month event.

“Utah’s children and youth sometimes face tough dilemmas and issues, and there are many school counselors who have served as a listening ear, presented fresh insights, introduced financial or community resources to help children and families deal with their issues,” said Valerie Ross, president of the USCA. “Problems such as suicide, bullying, and making sure all students have access to educational and real-world opportunities often require complex solutions that take sensitivity, skill and a lot of time to work through. Our “I Love My School Counselor,” campaign gives students and parents a special way to say thank you to those counselors who have made a significant difference in their families’ lives.”

To nominate an outstanding school counselor for the “I Love My School Counselor”

award, email the counselor’s name and school, and a 200word or more description of their good works to contests@ utschoolcounselor.org by Jan. 31, 2014. Nominators will be contacted by email if their nominee has been selected.

The Utah School Counselor Association will invite the winners and those who nominated them to a special awards event in February.

Utah has approximately 700 school counselors in its public schools, and is one of only five states in the nation that has a comprehensive, statewide school counseling program that measures success through student outcomes. To achieve maximum program effectiveness, the America School Counselor Association recommends a school-counselor-to-student-ratio of one for every 250 students, and that school counselors spend 80 percent or more of their time in direct and indirect services to students. Although Utah has been nationally recognized for its school counselor program, the state currently has one counselor for every 350 students in its secondary schools and one counselor for every 700 students in grades K-12.

Utah’s school counselors have also received national recognition in the School Counselor of the Year competition, with national finalists in 2011 and 2012, and two national honorable mentions in 2013.

For more information visit www.utschoolcounselor.org.

—Utah School Counselors Association

Sarah Richards Named to Dean’s List at Bob Jones University GREENVILLE, SC - Sarah Richards, a Junior Criminal Justice major of Escalante, was among approximately 1,450 Bob Jones University students who were named to the Fall 2013 Dean’s List.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.0 grade point average.

Located in Greenville, S.C., Bob Jones University is a biblically faithful, Christian liberal arts university focused on educating the whole person to reflect and serve Christ. BJU offers a unique blend of rigorous academic programs, discipleship, and character and leadership development. We are committed to the truth of Scripture and to pursuing excellence in all we do.

BJU provides over 70 undergraduate and graduate programs in religion, education, fine arts and communication, arts and science, and business. BJU has over 3,000 students from every state and more than 40 countries.

—readMedia Newswire

Utah’s Economic Recovery Could Hurt Those Helping The Hungry SALT LAKE CITY - The economy appears to be getting better in Utah, which actually could hurt efforts to help those living at the bottom of the economic ladder.

Ginette Bott, chief development officer with the Utah Food Bank, says people may donate less money to organizations such as hers because they may now believe that the need to help is less.

She stresses just the opposite is true, given the billions of dollars that Congress may cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP and food stamps.

“I think people are either going to stop donating and perhaps start using that discretionary funds for something for their family,” she says, “or they’re going to go back to other areas of donations that they have had relationships with that perhaps they want to rekindle.

“I think that people are going to lose sight of the fact that hunger is still a huge issue.”

Signs of Utah’s economic

recovery include an unemployment rate below 5 percent and a budget surplus measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Bott says many of the customers at the Utah Food Bank are working multiple jobs and still don’t earn enough money to cover all of their needs.

“Some of these families who are finding themselves back in the job market perhaps don’t have the good fortune to have one full-time job,” she explains. “I think they’re working two and three part-time jobs.

“Most of the families who come to pantries, one if not both adults in the family, are working.”

Bott adds the need to help the hungry likely will grow as Congress considers big cuts to the nutrition program.

The Senate approved trimming $4 billion from SNAP over a decade, while the House approved a $39 billion cut.

There are reports that Congress may be headed toward a compromise of around $8 billion in cuts to the program.

—Troy Wilde, Utah News Connection

January 23, 2014

The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

School Notes Master Board Award

On January 11, 2014 the Utah School Boards Association recognized the Garfield County School Board in their Master Board program. Board President Ken Platt and Vice Board President Cheryl Cox received a level II recognition in the Master Board program. Board members Mike Savage, Myron Cottam, Melaney Draper, and Superintendent Dalton received a level I recognition in the Master Board program. The State of Utah is comprised of 40 school districts. Only sixteen districts in the State had all of their board members receive a level I or level II recognition.

The Garfield School Board was one of the sixteen Districts recognized by the Utah State School Boards Association. The Master Board program was developed by the USBA to train local school boards to be highly effective through their professional development program. The Master Board program focuses on five areas of achievement which include continuous improvement, advocacy, community engagement/collaborative relationship, accountability and foundations of effective government. For additional information on the Master Board program you can visit the following link: http://usba.cc/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MasterBoard0002.pdf I would like to congratulate each of the Garfield County School Board Members on this accomplishment and thank them for their dedication to students, faculty, and staff in the District.

—Superintendent Ben Dalton

January 2014, Wayne District Board Report Wayne School District held its monthly board meeting on Tuesday, January 14, 2014. Minutes and financial business were read, discussed and approved. A partner from the auditing firm of Gilbert & Stewart reviewed each portion of the audit for the 2013 school year. He clarified the accounting procedures, made recommendations, and answered questions for the Board. He reported that the results of the audit showed Wayne School District in good fiscal standing and in compliance in all aspects of the audit.

Information items included: 1. Mr. Mark Elmer was recognized and thanked for his many years of service to the School District and community upon his retirement.

2. Mrs. Candence Peterson, High School Counselor, made a report to the Board discussing the ACT, Explore, and PLAN, assessments taken at the High School. She is collecting assessment and other student data on each student to help them in their post high school decisions. Steps are being taken to try to improve ACT scores on a schoolwide basis. She also discussed the “Cool-to-Care” program started by the WHS Student Government, which is an effort to prevent bullying and include ALL students. This is an effort by the WHS Student Body to accomplish the mission of the District to help all students be successful.

3. Mr. Matt Syme presented a proposal by the High School to help students prepare for the ACT assessment. This proposal will allow students to earn a quarter credit for completing an ACT preparation course outside the regular school day. Teachers are available for practice testing and tutoring on subjects where students may be struggling as they prepare to take the ACT assessment. All juniors, state wide, are required to take the ACT test. ****SPECIAL NOTE TO PARENTS…YOU AND YOUR STUDENT CAN LOG ON TO, www.shmoop.com FOR PREPARATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE ACT

Important Information for Wayne School District Parents and Students!!!

Wednesday, January 29, will be a minimum day for students. No lunch will be served, school will be dismissed at noon! (publish next week only, Jan.23) Parents! Please record and take notice of the web sites below to help us prepare for the ACT test and the new State Sage Adaptive Assessments. These sites provide information, sample questions, and practice tests for you to use to help you and your student at home! If you have difficulty accessing these sites, please contact your school counselor, teacher or administrator.

ACT test prep = www.shmoop.com SAGE Adaptive Assessment = www.sageportal.com ASSESSMENT. 4. Mr. Ned Taylor presented a proposal for the Board to consider paying for the hours spent in training for people who may be interested in becoming a bus driver. He also presented a proposal to purchase another new bus to add to the bus fleet for next year.

5. A football update was given. Another football committee meeting was scheduled for Monday, January 20, at 6:00 p.m. More information on actual numbers of boys and girls participating in sports was requested.

6. The Superintendent showed some examples of math questions that will be similar to test questions on the new State SAGE adaptive assessments this spring. He discussed the fact that this new assessment seems to be much more rigorous than the previous CRT tests. He emphasized the point that preparation by schools, students and parents for this new Adaptive Assessment is critical. ********NOTE TO PARENTS…YOU HAVE ACCESS TO PRACTICE TESTS, MATERIALS AND INFORMATION FOR THESE TESTS

BY GOING TO…. www. sageportal.org PLEASE USE THIS SITE AND INFORMATION TO HELP OUR STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THESE TESTS!!

7. The Board discussed their involvement in the Master Boards Award program and encouraged each other to earn this award next year. This program

is used to help School Board Members and Administration improve their governance.

8. The Board worked out details for their next meeting to be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 in Hanksville at 5:00 p.m.

Business items included: 1. Election of new board officers. Joni Taylor was elected as president, and David Chappell was elected Vice President.

2. Mrs. Mary Bray helped lead a discussion about District Leadership accountability to be included as part of the WHS Accreditation for which they are preparing. She also gave the Board a proposal from the WHS Community Council to change some of their Trustlands funding priorities.

3. Mr. Kyle Bray was approved as assistant track coach.

4. It was decided to use the Rental Home and garage owned by the district for extra storage.

5. The Superintendent’s contract was renewed for another two years to help offset the renewal dates of the District Business Administrator and the Superintendent.

6. A letter of resignation was tabled.

7. The Board approved the hiring of Mr. Jason Grundy as the District maintenance assistant, Mr. James Weber as a part-time custodian, and Mrs. Megan Bowling as a part-time secondary math teacher An executive session was held to discuss personnel.

—Superintendent Burke Torgerson

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Loa Elementary Snippets

by Lisa Stevens

Three New Students Join the LES Preschool Program The Preschool students and staff would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and are excited to welcome triplets into the preschool; Welcome Cliff, Ava and Jenny. “Students came back from the holiday break excited and ready to learn”, said Mrs. Jan Brown. Preschool students have been learning about: Rote Counting, Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and the song, 5 little frogs. The school nurse visited the preschool classes this month and taught all about healthy and nonhealthy foods, and the importance of brushing their teeth. In literacy, The Mitten by Jan Brett, has been spotlight book this month. Each student made a paper mitten, laced around it with yarn and then cut out pictures of the animals that snuggled into the mitten.

New science units have also been introduced; mixing colors, and growing crystals; and in math students have been working on patterning and shapes.

Ms. MarJean Davis shared some pictures made by her second grade students of hibernating bears.

Sports PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

Frandsen Work Ethic Rubs Off on Lady Cats; Barney and Campbell Lead Bob Cats through Tough Games It was a big week for the Lady Cats. Deseret News picks Darri Frandsen as the Prep of the week. Darri is a junior with a fantastic work ethic, and has led the Bobcats to a perfect 14-0 to start the season. She is averaging over 20 pts a game and has 10.3 rebounds per game. Against 2nd ranked Piute she scored 25 point and 12 rebounds, six blocked shots and was 13 for 13 from the line. Darri is a 4.0 student and a student of the game. You can find Darri in the gym early in the morning or late at night still working to improve her game.

Her hard work rubs off on the other players and makes them want to put in that extra effort to make them Champions.

The Ladies had two home games, the first was against Valley which they won 52 to 25. Coach Barney’s defensive game plan is working like in the old days, when Panguitch won a lot of State Championships holding teams at less than 30 points. Darri had a big night with 17 points and 18 boards, Chesney put in 15 and had 3 steals (her specialty)Taylor had 13 with her nothing-but-net 3 pointers. The girls just shut down the Buffalos, a team who went into overtime the week before with Piute. Friday night, before a huge crowd, the Cats played against the Milford Tigers, who really came to play. The first half was really ugly, with neither team hitting anything; lay ups, free throws and the first half ended up with a score of 13-12. The Refs got their whistles going and

both teams’ starters were in foul trouble, by the 3rd quarter the Cats and the Tigers had two of their starters with 4 fouls. As the 3rd quarter started Catania stole the ball and scored on a lay up to get the Ladies going. Taylor started swishing in 3 pointers that stopped the Tigers from double and triple teaming the inside players. In the third quarter the Bobcats out scored the Tigers 21 to 10 and never looked back. The Cats won the game 50 to 43, to give the Cats their first competition of the year. In my opinion the Tigers are the best team that the Ladies have faced this year and should be tough at Region and State. The Lady Cats only have one more home game and that’s on Feb. 4th and it is on a Tuesday. This week they have away games at the always tough Wayne on the 23rd, on the 25th they have a JV game against Diamond Ranch here @ 2:30.

Then out to Escalante on the 29th and 31st @ BV. The Bobcats traveled down to Valley who gave them a real tussle, with Cats prevailing 53 to 43. Tyce Barney had another big night putting in 31 points, along with 9 rebounds to lead the Cats. Chance Campbell picked up three 3-pointers, finishing with nine points. Tyce Barney was high lighted by the Deseret News with his four years stats.

Tyce during those 4 years has scored 1617 points, had 80 - 3 pointers, 407 Rebounds, 93 assists and 122 steals. So far this year through 10 games he has 251 points, for a 25 point aver-

age; 11-3 pointers 67 rebounds, 22 assists, 28 steals. Wow he is good! The Sophomores went out to Wayne and won their tournament winning all three games.

The Cats have their homecoming game this week against Bryce Valley on Jan. 22nd. And then they hit the road against Piute on the 24th —should be a good game, Piute is ranked 2nd in State, on the 30th @ Milford and @ Wayne Feb. 1 and finally a home game against Diamond Ranch on the 5th of Feb. The Cats tough guys had another strong week, starting with 2-A North Sevier which they lost in a close match. They cleaned 2-A Parowan’s clock taking them out 52-24. Then it was out to the annual Milford Tournament. There were 12 teams and the Cats came in first, followed

by Pineview and Wayne in third.

Freshman, Kolton Owens was the MVP of the Tournament and Hunter Owens and Rowdy Josie also won the weight. The Cats had 3 firsts, 4 seconds and 2 third places. On the 23rd Wayne will be here and it is Homecoming and Beaver will also be here on the29th. On the road again at Piute on the 30th.and finishing up at Enterprise Duel meet on Jan 31 – Feb 1, as a warm up for the Region 20 Championship meet at Wayne on 8th.

The Super Bowl is set with Seattle and the Denver playing each other. However this winter has blown by so fast, with all of the Panguitch teams doing real well and boy are they entertaining. Beats the Super Bowl hands down!

Panguitch Girls win Soph. Tournament

A Group of 12 Panguitch Lady Bobcats traveled to Piute, Friday, January 10th and Saturday, January 11th to compete in the Region 20 Sophomore Tournament. On Friday the Lady Cats faced Diamond Ranch, where 11 girls got into the scoring column, Panguitch sophomore girls pose after Region 20 Tournament win.

Mazie Miller lead the way with 12 followed by game against Valley the game members include: Taylor BenShantae Miller with 10, win- was close for a half with the nett, Chesney Campbell, Whittning by a final score of 69 to score 25 to 21 favor of the ni Orton, Mazie Miller, Marlee 7. The semi-final game paired Cats, in the 3rd quarter the Torgersen, Brianne Bremner, Panguitch against Bryce Valley Cats stormed ahead with a 22 Caitlyn Brinkerhoff, Brieann with Panguitch leading 24 to 13 to 4 run and went on to win Birch, Shantae Miller, Rylen at half and eventually winning the Championship with a final Veater, Jaylee Torgersen, and a hard fought game by a final score of 67 to 35. Whittni Or- Jonee Holman. Coaches: Curtis score of 40 to 26. Chesney ton hit five 3 pointers for a total Barney and Tammi Bennett Campbell led the way with of 26 points followed by Taylor —Tammi Bennett 16 followed by Whittni Orton Bennett with 17 and Chesney with 14. In the championship Campbell with 16. The team

The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

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Sports Wayne Sports This Week

by Maggie Ellett and Bethany Lamb

Badgers Beat Moquis in a Squeaker This week went very well for the boys’ basketball team.

They beat Escalante 66-64 in a close game. They also had their sophomore tournament last weekend. They played some hard games, but Panguitch took home the gold. Way to play boys!

The wrestlers went to Richfield on Wednesday for a dual and stomped them 48-15.

That weekend they went to Milford for a tournament and their placings were as follows (name, weight): Kehl Bradbury 106, Ethan Lee 120, Riley Cook 132, Justin Hunt 152, and

Kelton Cropper 160, all took 3rd. Isak Pei 220, and Tavae Pei 195, both took second. They took third overall. This same time, Jaden Ellett 120, Tanner Jeffery 113, Preston Stephenson 145, and Ryan Lee 160 qualified to go to the Rocky Mountain Rumble! There, Tanner, Preston, and Ryan went undefeated the first day.

The last day, Preston took 7th overall, but everyone wrestled well. Good job wrestlers!

The girls’ basketball team also did very well this week.

On Wednesday, they played the Escalante Moquis at home.

Wayne Athletes of the Week

by Lisa Stevens

They won, beating the Moquis 64 to 35. Then, on Friday, they travelled to Orderville to face the Valley Buffalos. Valley gained an early lead on the Badgers in the first quarter.

At one point, Valley led by 11 points. The Badgers made a comeback in the second quarter and only trailed by 3 at the end of the first half. The second half was a completely different game. Defense helped the lady Badgers get a lead over the Buffalos. In the end, the badgers won the game 58 to 48. Good job ladies!

This next week, the boys basketball will play Diamond Ranch on Wednesday, the 22nd, and then they will travel to Bryce Valley on Friday, the 24th. The varsity games start at 7:00 pm. The wrestlers will be traveling to Escalante on Tuesday, the 21st, and then to Panguitch on Thursday, the 23rd. Both will be duals. The lady Badgers play on Thursday, the 23rd, and Saturday, the 25th, and they are both home games. They play Panguitch on Thursday and Milford on Saturday.

If you find yourself twiddling your thumbs at home, go hit up a Wayne Athletics Event.

Let’s go Badgers!

January 23, 2014

FYI Panguitch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Congratulations to Paula Palmer! Last year Paula set out to get playground equipment down at the baseball complex.

Many of the ballplayers at the fields come to the games with their little brothers and sisters and there wasn’t anything to entertain them with. The cost of the equipment ran $50,000 and there wasn’t any grant money available. She held bake sales, raffles and got donations from the Lions Club and two heads of beef from Lions Club member Cindy Taylor Stewart for a drawing and she was still way short. Paula got a 50 – 50 grant, the City and County stepped forward to help out. The equipment has been ordered. The last time someone tried bringing a skate board park here on their own it took 13 years. Paula’s playground will really add to the baseball complex, making it fun for the young ones.

David Frandsen is planning on building a new building on Main St. next to his current business. With all the bumps and broken bones we have here, along with the Extended Care, David’s Physical Therapy is badly needed and isn’t it nice not to have to travel all the way to Cedar or St. George to get this service.

This last week we lost 5 of Panguitch’s finest. Karen Ross who was an Angel among us, Nailene Haywood, who was the oldest member in the community at 97, and three World War II Veterans, Allen Miller, Frank Henrie and Lawrence Frandsen, all passed away within a few days of each other.

Joe’s Market is going on winter hours and will be open from 8 to 8.

Tourism is Utah’s billion-

dollar baby, the state’s tourism industry had a record year in 2012 and is expected to have even higher numbers in 2013.

Travel, tourism and recreation created $7.4 billion in the State’s economy, generating $1 billion in tax money. The SLC Tribune pays Homage to an old “Friend” Highway 12, the first and only Utah, All American Road. The Glen Canyon Natural History Association has a guide book out on ”Scenic By-way 12.” It includes all sorts of important information on the 124 mile road that runs through Garfield and Wayne Counties, starting in Panguitch, going through Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and Boulder Mountain and past three State Parks, ending in Torrey.

Readers of the $12.95 booklet—which is on sale at the Zion Natural History Association bookstore at the Council Hall across the street from the State Capital building—will get bits of history, information on the small towns, event calendar, color photographs and drawings and even a recipe for Cowboy Tom’s Dutch Oven Potatoes. It also includes a 28-track CD narrated by Hal Cannon that features folk music performed by local artists.

Utah Highway 12 milestones include the following; 19331935 Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) constructs State Route 12; 1985 Pavement completed to Boulder Mountain, ending Boulders claim to being the most isolated town in the US. 1988 Designated National Forest Scenic Byway.

1990 Designated Utah State Scenic By-Way. 1998 committee formed to make Highway

an All American Roadway. In 2002 it was named an “AllAmerican Road” by the National Scenic Byways program.

In 2013 finally; the Roadway receives signage, letting the world know that it is an AllAmerican Roadway.

Just a reminder, Panguitch is celebrating its 150th Birthday. It is hoped that each month you will see or hear something “great” about Panguitch. Sesquicentennial Pins are on sale at the City and County offices, Hitch’n Post, Zions Bank and Cowboy Collectables; the cost is $4.00. Check out the banners designed and implemented

by Ms. Caine’s Business and Technology Students. The City and County have donated money to help with the banners and events. In February banners for the light posts are expected to be here. Thanks to LaMont Olsen and Mack Oetting for putting up the sesquicentennial signs. If you want to help with the celebration call Pat @ 6762418 and she will find you an opportunity. If you have an old wagon you would like to loan to display a banner for the year let Pat know also.

Did you know that the first brick home built in Panguitch was made of imported bricks? The home was built for Dr. ____________ The home was later owned by Dr. ____________ and now owned by ________________ Stay tuned for answers next week..

Did you know that Panguitch was first named ________________. It was changed to Panguitch because_______________. Answers next week.

Mack. O.

Panguitch Senior Center HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

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Wed. Jan. 29th

Sweet & sour pork Rice Chef’s blend veggies Pears Bar cookie

Oven baked chicken Potatoes & gravy Corn Peaches Tapioca pudding

RIGHT: Sarah Taylor shoots for two during the Wayne/Escalante game on Wednesday, January 15. Sarah lead her team to a 29 point victory and was chosen as Athlete of the Week by her coaches; she lead all scorers 20 points and 12 rebounds.

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Bryce Valley Sports Boy’s Basketball. . .They played Milford last week and won. They then went on to Wayne County and played in the Sophomore Tournament. The first game was against Escalante and BV won, the second game was against Piute and BV lost, and in the third game they played Wayne and won. This brought them the third place ranking. Next will be a game in Panguitch against Panguitch on Wednesday. Then on Friday they will play Wayne here at home.

Girl’s Basketball . . .On Wednesday the 15th the girls went to Milford. They won the Freshman and JV games but lost the Varsity game. On the 17th they played Diamond Ranch JV at home and won. On Thursday the girls will travel to Escalante to play and on Saturday they will play against Piute here at home.

Wrestling. . .We went to Milford to participate in the Milford Tournament with fourteen teams. Adam Platt took first in the 138 category. McCray Mangum took third in the 182 category, and Levi Holm took fourth in the 160 category. On Tuesday the team goes to Wayne and on Thursday they meet with Piute at Bryce Valley.

Bantam Ball. . .

Eighth grade played Panguitch and Piute and won both games.

Seventh grade lost to Kanab and Parowan.

7th and 8th will play in Panguitch next week.Fifth and Sixth grades lost to Piute. Next week they will be in Parowan.

UPCOMING EVENTS in Bryce Valley: BBB @ BV vs. Wayne - Friday, Jan. 24 GBB @ Valley - Saturday, Jan. 25

French dip sandwich Onions rings Green salad Mandarin oranges Peach cobbler

Meals include milk & bread.

NOTE: PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND CALL AHEAD. The kitchen staff work diligently to prepare a good dinner, and a head count helps them prepare enough for everyone.

ABOVE: Athlete of the Week, Regan Brian, lays in two of his ten points during the Badgers vs Moquis barn burner Thursday night in Escalante. With just a few seconds on the clock and the score tied, Regan went in for a lay up but missed, got his own rebound and shot again; the ball rolled in right at the buzzer giving the Badgers their second buzzer beating win in as many weeks.

Compiled by Vicki D. Syrett

Thurs. Jan. 30th

Utah Schools Focus on Prepping Students For Violent Situations SALT LAKE CITY - The state of Utah is updating the rules governing how public schools prepare for emergency situations such as a shooting.

Martell Menlove, the state superintendent of Public Instruction, says the State Board of Education has approved a rule requiring schools to have more drills preparing for violent situations.

“Part of what we’re asking schools to do is to have drills on active shooter drills, violence drills, lockdown drills, those type of things,” he explains.

Menlove says under the previous rule, schools could choose to have half of their fire drills dedicated to preparing for an earthquake or a violent situation.

He points out the new rule, expected to go into effect by spring, mandates that half of all school drills must focus on preparing for something other

than a fire.

Menlove says the rash of school shootings around the U.S. has caused Utah educators to put a lot more focus on preparing students.

He says preventing a school shooting could be as simple as a student reporting suspicious activity or threats made by a classmate.

“Part of the training is to encourage students to report any type of situation that might be a threat to the safety of students in our schools,” he explains.

Menlove says elementary schools hold drills monthly and secondary schools drill about four times per year.

He also says there is more attention being paid to school access to better monitor who enters and exits school property.

—Troy Wilde, Utah News Connection

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The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

January 23, 2014

As Is

by Adus F. Dorsey, II

Lyman, Utah

I drove through Lyman today and Wendell (Chappell) was sitting on his porch, so like I always do when I see him there I honked and we both waved.

Even though I realize it might be a long shot that he actually knew it was me he was waving to, as I whizzed by his house on the highway, I do it anyway because I want him to know we all like seeing him there.

You just know it is going to be a good day when you see Wendell, at least for me it is.

I really don’t know Wendell all that well but I heard him talk once in the Lyman

the likes of Jack Chappell in his wood shop in Lyman, and like a magician I have witnessed him making some of the most useful little items from the trunk of an apple tree. Jack’s tools are the creation of an inventor, Jack can turn a simple table saw into a disk sander faster than I can change the battery in my camera. He has a homemade lathe made from DeWalt drill that he uses to spin a blocks of wood into cylinders and after a few holes it is a piece of art that can hold half a dozen #2 pencils any school teacher would be proud to have on her

many times a story gets told I enjoy hearing about the birth of a community the most.

It was on a Sunday in November 1883 that the town site of East Loa (later Wilmoth) was dedicated by Elias H. Blackburn; a man of such high standing that his legacy is still alive today in Wayne County (see A Gift of Faith by Voyle & Lillian S. Munson). Ten years later in 1893 while Apostle Francis M. Lyman was attending Stake Conference in Loa and after hearing of many of the challenges in the town site of Wilmoth, Elder Lyman and several Stake officials felt it necessary to take buggy ride to Wilmoth (East Loa) to see if there was anything they could do.

Like many communities in what was then Piute County (today Wayne County) it was a

Adus Dorsey

Jack Chappell Inventor, Magican and all around good guy.

Ward house for the dedication of the new Veterans memorial in the Lyman Park. There is just something about the folks in Lyman you just have to respect especially if you know any of Lyman’s history.

Let it be clear that I am no expert on the history of Lyman but I have heard a lot of it and I have heard it from the folks that lived it. And coming from someone that doesn’t know any better I would be willing to bet there are more Chappells still living in Lyman than there are anywhere else in the world.

Like a kid on an adventure I have spent many days with

desk. Among many others it is Jack and Owena Chappell that can really tell you some stories about the early days in Lyman, stories that will make you laugh until you cry and stories that will make you cry and be thankful for another day of living.

Anybody that has lived in Wayne County more than week knows that Lyman was once called East Loa and Wilmoth in the early days. Since nobody was in a big hurry in those early days it took up pretty much all of an afternoon in a buggy (longer in a wagon) to get there if you were coming from anywhere else. No matter how

well documented fact that there had been much sickness as a result of the water supply, which at that came from a free flowing ditch of irrigation water or from the river. It was during a conversation that Elder Lyman was informed of a spring that came from the mountains located in the hills near the northeastern section of the scattered settlement, a source of pure mountain spring water.

Although it was urged many times from the pulpit to follow the advice of Apostle Lyman and other church authorities to move the community, many of the Wilmoth (East Loa)

residents did not find it a favorable suggestion to resettle to the present site of Lyman Town.

And as anyone that has lived in Wayne County more than a month knows, any attempt at changing only one persons mind is hard enough, trying to change a whole community’s way of thinking in the 1890s surely proved to be as monumental as Moses parting of the Red Sea. At that time the newly proposed town site was under the ownership of Bishop Peter Christensen who found it necessary to speak out against the bad feelings that were arising.

Since Moses was unavailable for consultation in the l890s about Wilmoth migration to a new town site, Church leaders and community minded individuals did come to a general consensus and cooler heads did prevail. In a massive community effort houses were raised by the use of long poles used as levers then placed on wagons, which had been modified for that purpose and a new town in what was to soon be Wayne County was born.

Bishop Christensen and John L. Buchanan then stimulated construction in Wilmoth through the leasing of the Mansfield Sawmill. These two men permitted their fellow townsmen to work at the mill alternatively in order that they might have lumber to build their homes, public buildings and a tithing granary. Community buildings served for a time as the schoolhouse, meeting house, recreational hall and home for the Relief Society. Eventually the new town was named in honor of Apostle Francis M. Lyman.

Not to be overlooked, today Lyman proudly sits on the big bend in the road at the end of the Lyman Lane. A true testimonial to community pride and activism that still exists to present day.

Next time you find yourself driving through Lyman (East Loa) and you see Wendell sitting on his front porch honk your horn, because you just know it is going to be a good day when you see Wendell wave.

References: Jack and Owena Chappell, Lyman Town Centennial 1895 – 1995, A Gift of Faith / Elias H. Blackburn

by Voyle and Lillian S. Munson

Bryce Valley Area News

by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com Logann Eagar we want you to know that we are all pulling for you and keeping you in our thoughts and prayers each day. We wish you the very best inlife.

Mate Baugh, Tom Shakespeare, and Gay Shakespeare we wish you a speedy recovery. My goodness I leave town for a few days and come back to find out some of our friends are sick or hurt. Mate is headed for heart surgery and we wish him well. Tom decided a broken leg wasn’sts enough so he fell and broke some ribs as well. Gay got into an auto accident and is recuperating from that. Tom is in the Garfield Memorial Hospital. Also Louise England is having some health problems and we send her our best wishes.

Anita Fletcher, Pauline Hansen, Erica Fletcher, and Heather T. Johnson all met up with Stephanie Scott of Mesa, Arizona and all went on a four day cruise to Ensenada Mexico and Catalina Island. How fun.

They really enjoyed the time together and were able to relax and take time to get reacqainted.

Speakers in Tropic today were Vance Pollock and Rick Blackwell. In Cannonville it was Owen and Pat Gonder of Escalante. In Henrieville it was Anne Marie Barton, Dirk Chynoweth and Bryce Syrett.

Young, ten year old, Amanda Chynoweth sang a beautiful solo, “I Know Jesus Loves Me” and was accompanied by grandmother, Lael Chynoweth.

LaKay Quilter was called to be the Visiting Teacher Supervisor in Henrieville.

Cameron Cowan was baptized and we send him congratulations. Parents are Brad and Yolanda Cowan with grandparents in Tropic being David and

Kathryn Pollock.

Glade and Yoland Stewart are home from their mission.

We welcome them home and glad they are well now. Condolences to Yolanda on the passing of her Mother while she was in the mission field.

Alice Wolfe and her brother, Dave Roberts treated themselves to a vacation. They went on a cruise to Mexico and Alice said she was going to catch up on some reading.

Tropic had a water main break and it brought lots of big tractors and other equipment to get it repaired in the least amount of time. It brought lots of attention from the locals as all wanted to know what had happened to their water. Gaia Greenhalgh spent a lot of time on the phone telling folks about water shut offs for a short period. Good job on a quick repair.

We are glad to hear that Ronnie Brinkerhoff is home and on the mend. Her husband Raymond has been spotted doing his walking at night to get into shape.

We were watching the Jazz basketball game the other night and all of a sudden there was Sunny Pollock’s smiling face on the TV screen. Her picture had been sent in by McKoy Mecham showing Sunny watching the game. The announcers had requested that people do that.

Way to go Sunny.

The New Beginning’s Program was held in Tropic.

It is for the young girls getting ready to enter Young Women.

Attending with their parents were Addie Steele, Maren Stewart, Whitney Roberts, Casia Brinkerhoff, and Kysha Brinkerhoff.

Congratulations to the new Homecoming Royalty of Bryce Valley High School. Winning

as Queen was Natalie Pollock, daughter of Gayle and Marie Pollock. First runner up was Taylyr Stevens, da;ughter of Mike and Kami Stevens, second runner up was Edith Garcia, daughter of Eddie and Sevulda Garcia, and third runner up was Lizzy Platt, daughter of Nathan and Lori Platt.

Way to go girls you did a great job. Natalie performed a piano solo, Taylyr performed a piano solo also, Edith did a vocal solo and Lizzy also did a vocal solo.

Art and I spent the weekend basking in sunshine and warm weather. Rather we went to St. George to go with our granddaughter to the Temple as she prepares for her mission to Peru. We went to church in ENoch with Cambry’s parents, Mike and Stacie Jensen. We then came home from the 53 degree weather in Cedar and the 62 degree weather in St. George to freeze in Tropic’s 36

degrees. However as usual it is always great to be home.

Apologies to Jerry Pollock. Since my computer has been kaput I have been using my granddaughters laptop and it drives me crazy so I had her type it last week and she heard the name wrong or I pronounced it wrong so we put Gary instead of Jerry. Sorry Jerry.

ELEMENTARY NEWS Principal Layne Le Fevre presented the second term reading rewards in an assembly. If a student moves up 25 or 30 points they are able to pick a prize. They also earn green cards that put them into a bigger drawing that is held periodically. Green cards are given for skills accomplished in reading, math and citizenship.

Have a great week and please call or email your news to me. Thanks VS

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center TUES Jan. 28th WED Jan. 29th THURS Jan. 30th

Vegetable beef soup w/ potatoes, carrots & corn, pineapple w/cottage cheese and banana cream pie Roast turkey, potatoes & gravy, stuffing, corn and fruit cocktail w/jello Chicken chunks, ranch potato wedge, green salad, tropical fruit and cupcake

Call by 10:00 A.M. if you want a lunch or need a ride. 679-8666 Suggested donation is $3 for seniors and $7 for those under 60 years of age.

Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues.

Jan. 28th Fish Rice pilaf Bread Pineapple Choc. chip cookie

Wed. Jan. 29th Chili Crackers Relish tray Tropical fruit Sweet rolls

Thurs.

Jan. 30th Chinese sundies w/rice, celery, onions, tomatoes, pineapple, cherries & cheese Salad bar, Breadsticks Manderine oranges Cinnamon swirl cake

All meals are served with milk or juice.

If you would like a meal, please call us by 10:00 am. 826-4317.

Suggested donation for seniors over 60 $3.00, and under 60 is $7.00

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obituaries Allen Miller PANGUITCH - Allen “Grumps” Miller, 91, passed away January 14, 2014 in Panguitch. He was born July 26, 1922 in Panguitch, to John Calvin and Lena Worthen Miller, the youngest of 9 children.

He married Joann Elmer on March 18, 1948 in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They made their home in Panguitch where they raised their six children.

Grumps was a man of few words, but when spoken they were profound.

He loved spending time with his family and dipping chocolates at Christmas time, even sneaking a few when Joann wasn’t looking. He was an active member of the LDS Church, holding many callings. Also a member of the JCs, Grumps was instrumental in getting the grass out at the cemetery.

Square dancing all over the western United States with his wife, Joann, was one of his favorite pass times. Family deer hunts were never complete without Grumps.

He also served in the Navy during World War II. Grumps is survived by his wife, Joann, Panguitch; children: Wayne (Colleen) Miller, Panguitch; Liz (Bruce, deceased) Barney, Washington; Alleen (Kim) Sherwood, Kanab; Arthur (Sheri) Miller, Panguitch; Melanie (Ren) Holman, Washington; Robert (LyNese) Miller, Panguitch; 25 grandchildren, 60 greatgrandchildren with 2 on the way, and 1 great-great-grandchild with 1 on the way.

Also preceded in death by parents; siblings: Calvin, Ned, Wenda, Ray, Wallace, Ada, Baby Jay, and Edith; son-in-law, Bruce Barney; great-grandchild, Riley Scott.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the doctors, nurses, and all staff at Garfield Memorial Long Term Care and Hospital for their tender loving care of Allen over the last three years.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 17, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Panguitch Stake Center, 550 South 100 West, where friends may call from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery with military rites by the Panguitch American Legion Post #25. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield,Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

Lawrence Frandsen PANGUITCH - Lawrence Wayne Frandsen, 87, of Panguitch, passed peacefully into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father and eternal sweetheart, Margaret, surrounded by his loving family, January 14, 2014 in Panguitch. He was born August 18, 1926 in Widstoe to George Randolph and Ida Floy Anderson Frandsen. He married Margaret Sevy June 11, 1947 in Fredonia, AZ. The marriage was later solemnized in the St. George Temple. She preceded him in death September 22, 2009.

Dad’s greatest blessing was his family. He spent most of his life following and supporting his family in all their endeavors. Dad and Mom loved to watch their children and grandchildren participate in sports and made each one feel that they were their #1 fan. Dad loved the deer hunt and the family association that it brought. He had a great love for his country and served in the military during World War II. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served faithfully on the Church farm, in the Elder’s Quorum, and later he and Mom served together in the library. Dad took great pride in owning and operating his own businesses, whether it be trucking, delivering coal, logging, or operating the sawmill. His example of hard work and integrity will forever serve his family.

He is survived by his children: Lloyd (Suzanne) Frandsen, Taylorsville; Elden (Pam) Frandsen, Panguitch; Deanna (Stephen) Hatch, Scipio; Debora (Allan) Orton, Price; Kevin (Debbie) Frandsen, Panguitch; and Rodney (Robyn) Frandsen, Parowan; Kami (Brian) Groves, West Jordan; 26 grandchildren, 43 greatgrandchildren with two more expected in March, sister-in-law, Betty Frandsen, Panguitch.

He is also preceded in death by his parents; granddaughter, Heidi Hatch; siblings: Randolph “Ky”, Gene, Virginia, George, Larry, Ruby, Pearl, Joan, Keith and Lloyd.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 12:00 Noon in the Panguitch 2nd Ward, 200 North 400 East, where friends may call from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery with military rites by Panguitch American Legion Post #25. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

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NEWS FLASH: Way Hot to Date/ Marry Imperfection

By Cynthia Kimball So beautiful Meg Johnson became a C-7 quadriplegic in 2004, paralyzed from the chest down and without the use of her hands, after hiking in St. George, Utah, and mistaking a boulder for a cliff falling 40 feet below (www.MegJohnsonSpeaks.com, 2014). And although her current motto, “When life gets hard to stand, just keep on rollin’!” inspires thousands every year, including me, it is her husband, Whit Johnson, who I want to give kudos to. “[Meg] met [Whit] in college before she was paralyzed and he visited her while she was in the hospital. They were married four years later.” .

Who marries a quadriplegic confined to a wheelchair?

Whit Johnson does.

Similarly, so does the former Jennifer Orton who married her St. George, Utah, Dixie High School baseball and football-star boyfriend, Tyler Wilkinson, after a 1991 accident in which he fell asleep at the wheel, on his way to see her in a dance competition.

As a result of the accident, Tyler became a paraplegic, and like Meg, was also confined to a wheelchair.

Gone was the baseball scholarship to Dixie State.

Yet, there was Jennifer, by his side, and who, in her early 20s, married him despite being a paraplegic.

In 2009, I got a chance to interview Tyler and Jennifer.

Here’s a little taste of Tyler’s attitude: “Every day we can look at and focus on all the bad things in our lives or we can focus on all the positive and all the good things. And if we do that, life is much more enjoyable and positive. People want to be around us more if we can maintain a positive outlook,” (Kimball Humphreys, Deseret News).

The world says don’t date/ marry someone with an imperfect body.

God says, “Why not?”

Both the Johnsons and Wilkinsons have children.

Actually, their lives are quite normal. “As they’re getting older, they’re realizing their father’s different,” Jennifer said. “It can be a little humbling at times. Payton will say, ‘Dad I wish you weren’t in a wheelchair so you can go out and play ball with me,’ but he figured it out and played in the house. They realize that more is required of them and they can be around people who are different,” (Kimball Humphreys, Deseret News, 2009).

Can you imagine the love?

The faith?

The unselfishness?

The acceptance?

The trust?

The lessons?

The focus on the spiritual rather than the worldly?

Heck, the chemistry?

“I would say without question my biggest hero is my wife,

Jennifer, and I sincerely mean that,” [Tyler] said. “Because when I was paralyzed I didn’t have any option. But Jennifer, she had an option and it was ‘I don’t have to marry into this challenge,’ but she did and I think our relationship is deeper and stronger. We’ve just had some really neat experiences as a family I think because of the unique challenges that we have.”

“Jennifer says to ‘look for the good and the positive and the blessings in our life,’ and like the hymn says, ‘it will surprise you what the Lord has done,’” (Kimball Humphreys, Deseret News, 2009).

“Jenn is, maybe, with the exception of our faith - which is what our relationship is built on - the greatest rock or foundation in my life,’ Tyler said.”

(Kimball Humphreys, Deseret News, 2009).

Thank you Whit Johnson.

Thank you Jennifer Orton Wilkinson.

For teaching us what’s really important and hot.

Imperfection.

Even body form.

Cynthia Kimball is a speaker and trainer through her company Every1Counts, LLC, and a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction. She sometimes writes for Deseret Connect. E-mail: kimball@every1counts.net

Wills, Trusts, and More Estate Planning for Children

by Jeffery J. McKenna Few tasks we attempt during our lives have a greater impact on our family than creating an estate plan. Proper planning can ensure the future of our children, whereas little or poor planning can have devastating effects on their lives.

Potentially, the worst thing you can do is to leave your property to your minor children outright. If you do, the probate court would actually control this money until your children are adults. Leaving property directly to adult children can also have pitfalls, depending on the responsibility and maturity levels of each child.

The best way to plan for minor children is by providing for them through a Common Trust. This can be created as a part of your will or trust. The trustee of the Common Trust can provide your children with as much income and principal of the trust as each child requires for his or her individual health, maintenance, support, and educational needs. The trustee can make sure that the children with the most needs are properly cared for. The Common Trust can ensure that your youngest child’s basic needs are met before the assets are divided among all your children.

A typical Common Trust remains in existence until your youngest child reaches a specific age. When the Common Trust terminates, you can then

leave each child’s share in his or her own Separate Trust, if desired, or allow outright distribution. Separate Trusts can call for distributions of the trust principal over time. For instance, the terms of a child’s trust could provide that a child is to receive one-third of the trust share upon reaching the age of 30, one-third at age 35, and the balance at age 40. The trustee of the child’s Separate Trust can be given the discretion to distribute principal and income for your child’s basic needs, as well as special needs of buying a house, or purchasing a business. If your child dies before the complete distribution of his or her trust share, you can control where the assets will then pass.

Leaving property to your children in trust as opposed to outright can protect your children from their own youth or inexperience with handling money. Many young people are overwhelmed by immediate and uncontrolled wealth, and their inheritance can prove to be a source of destruction rather than a blessing. Your child may no longer see a need to continue getting an education, to maintain good grades, or to remain employed.

With older children, their newfound wealth may provide them with too much unproductive time and independence.

They may spend too much, quickly and unproductively.

Attorney Jeff McKenna hiking with his son in Zion National Park

This, in turn, can put a strain on their family life. Leaving property in trust for your children can provide them with protection from their creditors, from an unsuccessful marriage, or from constant requests for loans from relatives or friends. It can provide them with crucial asset management and investment assistance to help preserve the inheritance.

The factors which need to be considered to best determine the amount of money to leave a child and in which manner are the following: His or her age, the individual’s maturity and financial savvy, and the amount of the child’s own estate. Also to be considered are the child’s relationship with his or her spouse and family, the standing with creditors, and individual needs. They key to proper planning for children is not simply to leave money, but to leave money intelligently.

Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney serving clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada.

He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna, and Olmstead with offices in St. George and Mesquite. He is a past President of the Southern Utah Estate Planning Council. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, you can contact him at 435 628-1711 or jmckenna@ barney-mckenna.com.

Icemaker

When the icemaker in our new refrigerator broke, my husband dropped by the store to arrange for repairs.

Because the sun was bright, his eyes hadn’t adjusted to the dim light inside in time to see a woman sitting on the floor examining carpet samples.

He stepped on her leg and she screamed, causing him to jump into a display of fireplace tools that went crashing in every direction. Unnerved, he stumbled over to the service desk, and as he went to rest his hands on the counter, he flipped over a bowl full of little mints, scattering them everywhere.

After taking a deep breath to calm himself, he announced to the wide-eyed woman working there, “My refrigerator doesn’t work.”

“I don’t doubt it,” she replied.

Animal Shelter

My class was touring the local animal shelter, oohing and aahing over the lost and waitingto-be-adopted animals.

One of my third grade boys was gazing intently at an elaborate aquarium full of different species of fish.

“They’re beautiful, aren’t they,” I commented.

He looked at me thoughtfully, then replied, “Yes, but I don’t understand...how can anyone lose a fish?”

January 23, 2014

tHe lAuGhiNg pOiNt!!

Printing Move the Car

Yellow

I had been doing Tech Support for Hewlett-Packard’s DeskJet division for about a month when I had a customer call with a problem I just couldn’t solve. She could not print yellow. All the other colors would print fine, which truly baffled me because the only true colors are cyan, magenta, and yellow.

For instance, green is a combination of cyan and yellow, but green printed fine. Every color of the rainbow printed fine except for yellow. I had the customer change ink cartridges.

I had the customer delete and reinstall the drivers. Nothing worked. I asked my coworkers for help; they offered no new ideas.

After over two hours of troubleshooting, I was about to tell the customer to send the printer in to us for repair when she asked quietly, “Should I try printing on a piece of white paper instead of this yellow paper?”

A father grew increasingly displeased as his teenage daughter and her boyfriend studied in her room late one evening.

Finally losing patience shortly after midnight, he knocked sharply on her door.

Her boyfriend immediately opened it and asked if something was wrong.

“I have to ask you to move your car,” the father told him.

“Oh, sure. Is it in someone’s way?”

“No,” he replied, “it’s at the wrong address.”

Different Views

“I thought I told you to keep an eye on your cousin,” the mother said. “Where is he?”

“Well,” her son replied thoughtfully, “if he knows as much about canoeing as he thinks he does, he’s out canoeing. If he knows as little as I think he does, he’s out swimming.”

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AG MARKET NEWS Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday, January 14, 2013 Receipts: 1,626. Last Week: 1,744. Last Year: 1,258. Feeder Steers: mixed but mostly 1.002.00 higher. Feeder Heifers: mixed but mostly 2.00-3.00 higher, instances 4.00-5.00 higher. Holstein Steers: to few for comparison. Slaughter Cows: 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls: 2.00-3.00 higher.

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300350 lbs 222.00-230.00; 350-400 lbs 208.00-230.00; 400-450 lbs 192.00-201.00; 450-500 lbs 182.00-193.00; 500-550 lbs 170.50-190.50; 550-600 lbs 165.00-180.00, pkg 191.00; 600-650 lbs 153.00-170.00; 650-700 lbs 156.00-170.00; 700-750 lbs 151.00-166.00; 750-800 lbs 154.50-163.50; 800-850 lbs 150.00-157.75. 850900 lbs 136.00-147.00; 900-950 lbs 132.50-142.00; 950-1000 lbs 136.00-138.00.

Holstein Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs scarce; 300-500 lbs scarce; 500-700 lbs 88.50-96.00; 700900 lbs scarce; 900-1000 lbs scarce.

Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 174.00-183.00, indv 203.00; 350-400 lbs 176.00-195.00; 400-450 lbs 183.00-191.00; 450-500 lbs 169.00-180.00; 500-550 lbs 156.00-173.50; 550-600 lbs 149.00-160.00; 600-650 lbs 148.00-164.50; 650-700 lbs 143.00-160.00; 700-750 lbs 142.00-157.50; 750-800 lbs 134.00-140.00; 800-850 lbs 137.00-138.00; 850-900 lbs 126.00-134.50; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs pkg 131.00.

Heiferettes: 64.00-103.00.

Stock Cows: scarce.

Slaughter Cows: Boning 8090% Lean: 72.50-82.00, High Dressing to 84.50; Breaking 7580% Lean: 74.00-83.50, high dressing to 87.00; 85-90% Lean: 64.00-72.00.

Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs pkg 86.75; 15002245 lbs 92.00-96.50; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs scarce; 1500-2330 lbs 88.50-91.00; Feeder Bulls: 915-1050 lbs 71.00-101.00.

Source: USDA-Utah Dept. Of Agriculture Market News , Salt Lake City, UT (435-230-0402.)

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LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Sheriff’s Case Number: 13W0190 Date of Sale: January 27, 2014 Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

Location of Sale: Wayne County Courthouse Media Publications: Richfield Reaper & The Insider Sixth District Court of Wayne County Judge Marvin D. Bagley Writ of Execution Case No. 120600027 Loyal Grinker, an individual, Plaintiff vs. Greentech Mining Incorporated, Greentech Mining Utah, LLC., Defendant A judgment has been entered against the judgment debtor in the amount of $309,417 .80. Non exempt property has been seized and will be sold at the above date in an attempt to satisfy an amount owed to the Plaintiff. The list of property below, that will be for sale, can be viewed at 2330 E. Fairview Ranch Road, Hanksville, Utah 84734, on Sunday January 26,2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The sale will occur on the following day at 10:00 a.m., on the Courthouse steps at 18 South Main, Loa, Utah 84747.

EXHIBIT A 10” DIE FEED SCREW W/ HOPPER; 10” DIE SCREW CONVEYOR; INCONEL ROASTER, 3’ DIA X 17’9” LONG, INDIRECT FIRED, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT INCLUDING: 3’X 17’9” ROASTER KILN, COMBUSTION AIR FAN FOR OIL BURNER, COMBUSTION FEED CHUTE AND INTEGRAL FLUE OUTLET, KILN CHECK OVER, 2 MOTOR STARTERS AND FUSED DISCONNECTS, 2 MODULATING MOTORS FOR TEMP. CONTROLLERS; DRYER ACCESSORIES: BURNE& FREIGHT, COVER; COOLER; COOLING FAN, 500 CFM; FEEDER; 8” SCREW CONVEYOR; 1000 CFM DUST COLLECTOR & AIRLOCK; HIGH TEMP. BAGS; 1000 CFM FAN; STUTENROTH 6 TPH PRODUCTION MILL & ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT; 10” SCREW CONVEYOR; 15 TON ORE BIN; VIBRATING PEN FEEDER, 6”; 10” SCREW COII/EYOR; 5 TON BIN #1 FLUX; VIBRATING PEN FEEDER; 4”; 5 TON BIN, #2 FLTX; VIBRATING PEN FEEDER; 4,,; #3 FLUX, BAGS; #4 FLUX, BAGS; VIBRATING PEN FEEDER, 4’,; 5,DIE MIXER, 75 HP WITH DRIVE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT; SCALE; SCALE; DGRAON MODEL 3000 SMELTING FURNACE, SZED FOR 2000 LB. ORE: 10 CONICAL 200 LB MOLDS ON ROTATING TABLE, 50 MOLDS + HARDWARE; DRAGON MODEL 400 SMELTING FURNACE, SIZED FOR 1300 LBS; 8 2000 LB SLAG MOLDS WITH CARTS; CART RAILS; SOOO CFM DUST COLLECTOR, INCLUDING: 4 ONE MICROPUL BAGHOUSE, FAN AND DUCTING, 6’ DIAMETER HOPPER, TANK WITH FEEDER, 12” DIAMETER X 20’ SCREW, 6” DIAMETER x 40’ SCREW CONVEYOR; 8000 CFM FAN; 2000 GALLON SCRUBBER TANK; 20 GPM PUMP; SCRUBBING STACK; PYROMETER; AIR COMPRESSOR, INVENTORY; WELDER& TOOLS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT; DRAGON REFINING FACILITY INCLUDING: 30” CUPELLATION FURNACE, GAS COMBUSTION SYSTEM, 50 POUR MOLDS AND HARDWARE, 1 SET CUPELLATION MOLDS, 42’ REFINING FURNACE, 30’ SCORIFICATION FURNACE, GAS COMBUSTION SYSTEM, I SET OF SCORIFICATION MOLDS, GAS COMBUSTION SYSTEM; 4000 ACFM DUST COLLECTOR WITH GLASS BAGS; 4000 ACFM FAN; GAS SCRUBBER, 1500 GALLONS + STACK; 5 GPM DIAPHRAGM PUMP; 2 CUBIC FOOT PRESSURE FILTER; AIR COMPRESSOR; WELDER, TORCH, TOOLS; SAFETY EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC HOIST; STEEL BUILDING 50’ X 110’ Dated this 3rd day of January, 2014 Kurt R. Taylor, Sheriff Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 9, 16 & 23, 2014

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Notice of trustee’s sale The following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, payable in lawful money of the United States at the time of sale, at the Garfield ComIty Offices, located at 55 So. Main Street, Panguitch UT 84759 in Garfield County, Utah on February 5, 2014 at 10:00 am of said day, for the purpose of foreclosing a Trust Deed originally executed by Thomas Drown and Brenda Drown, husband and wife as joint tenants as trustors, in favor of Larry C. \Vithers and Jackolyn \ Vithers, husband and wife as joint tenants now assigned to Larry C. Withers, as Trustee or successor Trustee of the Withers Family Trust dated October 22, 2004, covering real property located at 155 W 100 South, Escalante UT 84726 and more particularly described as: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 2, Block 32, Plat “A”, Escalante Town Survey and running thence West 124.36 feet; thence South 81.5 feet; thence East 15 feet; thence South 125.08 feet; thence East 109.36 feet; thence North 206.58 feet to the point of beginning.

The Current beneficiary of the Trust Deed is Larry C. Withers, as Trustee or Successor Trustees of the Withers FmaiIy Trust dated October 2, 2004 and the record owners of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Default are Thomas Drown and Brenda Drown, husband and wife as joint tenants.

The sale is subject to bankruptcy filing, payoff reinstatment or any other circumstances that would affect the validity of the sale. If any such circumstance exists, the sale shall be void, the successful bidders funds returned and the trustee and current beneficiary shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damage.

This Notice of Trustee’s Sale is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Bidders must tender to the trustee a $5,000.00 deposit at the sale and the balance of the purchase price by 12:00 noon the day following the sale. The deposit must be in a form ofa cashier’s check or bank official check payable to Security Title Company.

The balance must in be in the form of a wire transfer, cashier’s check, bank official check (credit union official checks are not accepted) or U.S. Postal money order payable to Security Title Company. Cash payments are not accepted. A Trustee’s deed will be delivered to the successful bidder within three business days after receipt of the amount bid.

Dated: 12-30-13 Notice of Trustee’s SaJe--05-03-0J Security Title Company of Garfield County, Trustee TRAVIS V. HATCH, VICE PRESIDENT 15 No. Main Street/PO Box 177 Panguitch, UT 84759 (435) 676-8808 Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 9, 16 & 23, 2014 accepting bids For Irrigation water The Town of Hatch is now accepting sealed bids for the LEASE OF 22.5 shares of irrigation water out of the lower half of the lower ditch from the Hatch Irrigation Company. The LEASE time will be for a period of five (5) years. The bid will be for the lease only. Annual assessment fees must be paid by the winning bidder to the Hatch Irrigation Company. Sealed bids will be accepted at the Hatch Town Office drop box or by mail to PO Box 625 Hatch, Utah 84735 until Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Bids will be opened February 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM during Town Council meeting. The successful bidder will have 48 hours to complete the transaction. Cash or certified checks will be accepted. The Town of Hatch reserves the right to reject any or all bids. For further information, please contact Jacie Torgersen at 435-735-4160.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23 & 30, 2014 PUBLIC NOTICE hatch town meetings The Town of Hatch passed Ordinance 2014-01 which is an ordinance establishing a time and place for holding regular meetings on January 15, 2014. The governing body shall conduct one regular meeting which shall be held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Community Center, 49 West Center Street.

The meeting shall begin at 7PM. Jacie Torgersen Hatch Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2014 NOTICE Escalante City Office Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00.

Escalante City Council meetings will be held on the dates listed below. They are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m., in the Escalante City Office, 56 N. 100 W. All meetings will be held as listed unless otherwise posted or notified.

2014 MEETINGS January 21 July 15 February 04 August 05 February 18 August 19 March 04 September 02 March 18 September 16 April 01 October 07 April 15 October 21 May 06 November 04 May 20 November 18 June 03 December 02 June 17 December 16 July 01 Escalante City Justice Court is held monthly in the Escalante City Office at 56 N. 100 W. Escalante City Planning and Zoning meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Escalante City Office at 56 N. 100 W. Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2014 HATCH IRRIGATION CO. DELINQUENT WATER SHARES AS OF 01/15/2014 Marla Briese, Clinton Huth, Gerald Hunt, Rick Sawyer & Robert Evans c/o Kimberlee Hamblin Any water shares which remains unpaid on February 25, 2014 will revert to the Hatch Irrigation Co to be sold to pay delinquent assessments and expenses.

Hatch Irrigation Co., PO Box 463, Hatch, UT 84735 Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23 & 30, 2014

NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County.

These are informal proceedings per Rule R655-6-2.

Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights, PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300, or by hand delivery to a Division office during normal business hours ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 12, 2014. Please visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)-538-7240 for additional information.

NEW APPLICATION(S) 97-2387 (A79902): Lena Franzen propose(s) using 1.45 ac-ft. from groundwater (3 miles SE of Boulder) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 95-5260(a39487): USA Bureau of Land Management propose(s) using 0.25 ac-ft. from groundwater (27 miles South of Hanksville) for DOMESTIC. 61-61(a39473): USA Forest Service propose(s) using 0.0567 cfs or 19.007 ac-ft. from the Larson Lodge Spring, Boy Scout Spring,Olsen Spring (20 miles SW of Hatch) for RECREATION: from May 1 to Oct 31 Navajo Lake recreation area.

Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 16 & 23, 2014 fremont river ranger district Accepting bids for janitorial services The Fishlake National Forest, Fremont River Ranger District has a need for janitorial services at the District Office located in Loa, Utah and the District Workstation located in Teasdale.

Utah. Starting date for these services will be March 1, 2014 and continue through February 28, 2015, with possible exercising of option years depending on funding availability. Two separate solicitations will be posted for these services and offerors may provide a quote on one or both solicitations.

Janitorial services include all labor and supervision necessary to perform work which will be cleaning restrooms and general office cleaning (vacuuming, dusting, emptying trash receptacles, cleaning glass, sweeping, washing windows, cleaning blinds, etc.). The government will provide all required cleaning supplies, cleaning equipment and restocking supplies.

Solicitation packages will be posted to the Government Point of Entry (GPE) website (http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/UASC/ Contracting) on or around January 6, 2014 with responses due on January 31, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

Please note that there will be two separate solicitations: Solicitation Number: AG-84N8-S-14-0008 is for the Janitorial Services located at the Fremont River Ranger District, Loa Office. The address is: 138 South Main, Loa, Utah 84747.

Solicitation Number: AG-84N8-S-14-0009 is for the Janitorial Services located at the Fremont River Ranger District, Teasdale Workstation. The address is: 138 East Main, Teasdale, Utah 84773.

Parties interested in viewing the offices prior to submitting an offer should contact: Matt Vellinga, Fishlake Engineer Phone: 435.896.1066 Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 16 & 23, 2014 Public Notice boulder town meetings Meetings of the Boulder Town Council will be held on the first Thursday of each month during 2014. Meetings of the Planning Commission will be held on the second Tuesday, and meetings of the Board of Adjustment will be held on the third Wednesday as needed. All meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Community Center, 351 N. 100 E. Any changes to this schedule will be posted.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2014 PUBLIC NOTICE 2014 Bicknell Town Council Meetings The regularly scheduled Bicknell Town Council Meeting is held on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Bicknell Town Hall, 64 W 100 N, Bicknell, Utah.

Connie Durfey, Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2014

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The Broken Spur Inn & Steakhouse Multiple Positions Available The Broken Spur Inn & Steakhouse is now taking applications for the following positions for the upcoming 2014 season: housekeeping, laundry, pastry chef and bakery help, dishwashing and waitressing. Please apply in person at the Broken Spur Inn, 955 East SR-24, Torrey, UT. If you have any questions please call 435-425-3775.

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Job Opening: Garfield County 4-H Assistant Garfield County Extension is looking for 4-H Assistant.

Schedule is flexible, variable and part-time averaging 15-20 hours/week as needed at $11.10 per hour. Applicants must live in Garfield County. Responsibilities include: recruiting and training volunteer 4-H leaders, enrolling 4-H members into club units, and developing local 4-H events and activities. 4-H experience is preferred. For a full description of qualifications, or to submit an application, contact the Garfield County Clerk’s Office. For more information contact the Garfield County USU Extension Office at 435-676-1113. Application review will begin January 27, 2014. wayne county Sanitation Department Employee Wayne County is accepting applications for a Sanitation Department Employee. Application forms may be picked up at the Wayne County Clerk’s Office during regular office hours and must be submitted to the Wayne County Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 2014.

Applicants must have a current CDL license and experience with heavy equipment. This position is full time and benefits will be available upon completion of probationary period.

For further information, contact the Clerk=s Office, l8 South Main, Loa, 836-1300.

Wayne County is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to political, religious or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, sex, age, national origin, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap.

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garfield county school district Part-time Paraprofessional POSITION AVAILABLE: Bryce Valley High School is hiring a part-time Paraprofessional. This position will be up to 19.75 hours per week with no benefits.

SALARY: Beginning paraprofessional hourly rate according to 2013-2014 Garfield County School District Classified Salary Schedule ($9.16 hourly).

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have at least a High School Diploma, two years college education preferred, or may complete the Para Pro Test. Must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check and work well with children.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified application.

Please direct questions to Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff, 435-679-8835, and application packets to: Bryce Valley High School P.O. Box 70, 721 West Bryce Way Tropic, Utah 84776 Online application available www.garfield.k12.ut.us Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews. DEADLINE: Open until filled Garfield School District is an equal opportunity employer.

Garfield School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

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KAZAN MEMORIAL CLINIC Housekeeper Kazan Memorial Clinic is in need of a housekeeper 1-3 hours per day. This could be done early morning before 8 AM or after clinic is closed at 5 PM, but will need to be completed Monday thru Friday. There will also be laundry to be done each day, one load per day expected at start. Background check required. Please send resume or work experience to Gina Flanagan (ginaf@waynechc. org). 435-425-1102. This position will be filled as soon as possible.

barney trucking Truck Drivers Barney Trucking has great employment opportunities for Truck Drivers in the Beaver/Panguitch areas.

Must have driving experience.

Doubles/Triples endorsement reqd. Excellent pay and benefits. To apply, go to www. barneytrucking.com or call 435-529-4422.

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FOR SALE 20-foot Wilson Sheep Camp - Like new. Solar or electric lights, shower, queen bed, fridge, wood burning stove, gas stove and furnace with thermostat. Contact Gary Hallows if interested for pricing at 435-979-6516.

1/23 USED PROOFER FOR BAKING - Great condition, $750. Call Scott 435-4910017 2/6

RENTALS TEASDALE - Roommate needed, pref mid-50s male.

House next to Teasdale Fire Dept. $300/month, no pets.

435-220-0101.

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SANDY RANCH Cowboy wanted- Must have own horses. Year-round, full time. Housing provided, health dental and life insurance benefits. Please call Steve Dalton at 435-456-9652 1/23

Shane’s Carpet Cleaning Carpet, Tile and Upholstery Reasonable prices Call Shane at

435-691-3504 Gift Certificates Available

STONE HOUSE MASSAGE

Hours by appointment 435.491.0087 Susan Kendall, LMT Teasdale stonehouse.massagetherapy.com

MEETINGS AA Open Meetings Every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:00 pm Bicknell Town Hall

AA MEETINGS Monday nights at 7:00PM Hatch Town Hall 12-Step Addiction Recovery

Meetings are held at the Bicknell Seminary every Thursday @ 7:00 PM

Moving is already traumatic and expensive enough; the last thing you want to worry about is getting ripped off by your mover. Yet each year, the Better Business Bureau receives thousands of complaints against moving companies, mostly alleging lost or damaged property, not showing up on time, overcharging – or, in extreme cases, stealing or holding customers’ possessions hostage while demanding more money than originally agreed upon.

Before you spend hundreds or thousands of dollars and entrust your valuables with strangers, here are a few tips for ensuring a positive moving experience, as well as scams to avoid: Screen potential movers.

All companies that do interstate moves must be registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (www.protectyourmove.gov). You can use its search engine to screen for complaints, safety information and company contact information by company name or by the state where its primary business office is located.

Moving companies that don’t cross state lines aren’t governed by federal regulations, but rather, by individual state laws. Go to the State/Local Resources tab at FMCSA’s site for links to each state’s regulatory resources. Also make sure the company has at least a satisfactory rating from the Better Business Bureau.

Get written estimates. No reputable mover would ever give a firm estimate by phone or Internet, sight-unseen. Always insist on in-home inspections of your household goods and detailed, written estimates from at least three to five moving companies so you can get a sense of true market rates.

Movers need to know how much stuff you have, whether particularly heavy, valuable or awkward pieces need to be moved, if stairs are involved, and many other details that will affect their costs. Beware if an estimate is significantly less: This is a common ruse by unscrupulous companies to bind you to their service, then later hit

you up for hidden fees – perhaps even refusing to unload your furnishings until you pay up.

By law, movers must assume liability for the value of property they transport. Ask for proof your mover has insurance and make sure you understand what’s covered. Base-line coverage they should provide is called “released-value protection.” It’s free, but if something is lost or broken, they only have to pay you 60 cents per pound. For an additional fee you can purchase “full-value protection,” where the mover must repair, replace or provide cash settlement for damaged items. Also consider third-party moving insurance.

A few additional tips: • Ask if the moving company will handle the entire move itself or hire subcontractors.

Apply the same due diligence to any subcontractors.

• Ask whether crewmembers are employees or temporary hires and ask to see verification of background checks, either way.

• Ask to see the company’s “tariff,” which outlines the maximum costs and how they’re calculated, as well as a list of all items for which you could face additional charges.

• Be suspicious if the mover asks for a large cash deposit or full payment in advance.

Also, don’t make the final payment until you’re sure everything was delivered undamaged.

• Be wary if the company’s website has no local address or license and insurance information, they refuse to put everything in writing or they use an unmarked truck rather than a company-owned vehicle.

Interstate movers are required by law to give you a copy of the FMCSA’s booklet, “Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move.” Even if your move is only local, be sure to read it for valuable tips.

Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter. com/PracticalMoney

Panguitch Dog Clinic A dog vaccination clinic will be held on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Triple C Arena.

Panguitch City dog tags will also be available to purchase during the clinic.

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garfield county school district Part-time Library Paraprofessional POSITION AVAILABLE: Bryce Valley High School is hiring a part-time Library Paraprofessional. This position will be up to 28 hours per week with no benefits.

SALARY: Beginning paraprofessional hourly rate according to 2013-2014 Garfield County School District Classified Salary Schedule ($9.16 hourly).

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have at least a High School Diploma, two years college education preferred, or may complete the Para Pro Test. Must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check and work well with children.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified application. Please direct questions to Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff, 435-679-8835, and application packets to: Bryce Valley High School P.O. Box 70, 721 West Bryce Way Tropic, Utah 84776 Online application available www.garfield.k12.ut.us Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

DEADLINE: Open until filled.

Garfield School District is an equal opportunity employer.

Garfield School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

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—One Observer, Boulder

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Major law changes for 2013 and 2014 Including new final repair regulations issued in September 2013 that will be effective starting 2014 Learn what you need to do to prepare for 2014 401(k) plans for small business Business tax credits Alternative Minimum Tax and how to reduce it

MORE INFO: 435-676-1114 SuzAnne Jorgensen Utah State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.