Sage Page Fall 2016

The Sage Page Volume 10 | Number 1 | FALL 2016

O ff icial ne wsletter of B oulder C ommunity Alliance

A nonprofit serving Boulder, Utah.

Inside This Issue

The New Faces of the BCA continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Boulder Dandelion Festival . . . . . . . . . . 3 Boulder EMT Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Boulder 4th of July. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Kids’ Summertime Highlights continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Boulder “Bear Tool”. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lego Engineering Workshop . . . . . . . . . 7 Community Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Accepting Submissions Pastel painting of Farlan Behunin’s Pasture by Scotty Mitchell

The New Faces of the BCA J o s h Ellis | Acting President In 2008 Josh rode his bicycle into Boulder Town . . . and never left. Now he lives in Boulder full-time with his wife, Jill, and their two daughters, Leona and Violet. Josh runs a successful online consulting business and also has a small farming operation.

Li s a Varga | Treasurer Lisa has been a supporter of the BCA and its mission since the Alliance’s formation. She is committed to preserving what makes our home so special; Boulder’s unique community and its wild landscape.

Lisa and her husband Keith have been active members of the community. They reinvigorated and ran the Burr Trail Outpost and Grill for many years. Today their interests are focused on their guide service, Earth-Tours, which introduces quiet use

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visitors to the GSENM and other public lands surrounding Boulder.

Lisa is a board member of the Garfield County Travel Council and Boulder Recycles.

Pam F u r c hes | Secretary Pennsylvania native Pam Furches is a freelance graphic designer. While she works for clients nationwide, she can often be found in her Boulder studio producing print design or branding materials for local businesses.

Pam serves as Secretary for the Boulder Town Tree City Committee and volunteers for the Boulder Skills Foundation. She and Constance Lynn cofounded the Boulder Seed Collective, which seeks to preserve and distribute heirloom seed varieties. Pam also works as a master gardener, certified permaculture designer, outdoor survival instructor, and weaver. She holds a BFA in graphic design from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.

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Kids’ Summertime Highlights Interviews by Amelia LeFevre Cheyenne Barsch: “Mine would probably be, being able to run around barefoot and all of the fresh food.”

Ivan Barsch: “Swimming in our pool, and at 7 Peaks.”

Josiah Barsch: “Well, um. There were a lot of things. Well, I liked going to 7 Peaks, I got baptized at the Lower Calf Creek Falls. This year, it was a fun thing, having fruit from fruit trees, haven’t had that in 10 years.”

Deserae Barsch: “It’s to play in the kiddie pool with Thalia. She just turned four years old and I am three years old.” …continued on page 4

The New Faces of the BCA …continued from cover

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Editor: Amelia Lefevre, Executive Director Design: PFD Thank you to this issue’s contributors!

Please email comments, questions or article contribtuions and high resolution photos to: amelia@ bouldercommunityalliance.org.

Our Mission:

To actively champion the unique and vibrant community of Boulder and its spectacular, fragile landscape.

Bla ke Spal d i n g BCA Board Member

Originally from New Hampshire, Blake began cooking when she was a small child. By the time she was eight years old, she was preparing full meals for her family. Blake began working in the restaurant world at an early age and at the age of sixteen moved with her family to Flagstaff, Arizona. In her twenties Blake began cooking as a river chef, mostly on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, and continued to do this for many years. She also worked for Greenpeace, during which she helped with an anti-pesticide campaign that inspired her passion for organics, sustainability, and all things biochemically and genetically unaltered. While working as a river chef, she began another career: “extreme catering”—cooking in remote, isolated locations, including a deserted island in the Bahamas and the Amazon rain forest. She also opened a catering business in Flagstaff. As a practicing Buddhist, she was often asked to cook for Tibetan lamas, and this directed her relationship with food into one fused with spirituality and meaning. In the year 2000, the opportunity to own Hell’s Backbone Grill presented itself, and she moved to Boulder with her friend in cooking, Jen Castle.

R on a ld A. J o h n s o n BCA Board Member Ron Johnson has been a CoManager/Owner of the Boulder Mountain Guest Ranch since 2007 along with his wife, Brandie Hardman-Johnson, and lifelong friend and business partner, Patrick Hogle. Ron is a Co-Manager/Owner of Global Aquafeeds, which is a Co-Owner/ Founder of the Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp Cooperative of which Ron is also a Board Member. Ron is a Co-President/Owner of The Salt Lake Garfield Western Railway Company and a Co-Manager/Owner of Headwaters Cattle and Guest Ranch f.k.a. The Thompson Ranch in Boulder Utah. Ron is a Certified Permaculture Designer. Ron sits on other boards and is either an officer, director, manager, member or shareholder of entities ranging in the sectors of arts, education, health care, social media and land and cultural preservation and restoration, where emphasis is placed on environmental, financial and social responsibility, smart production and consumption of energy, food and medicine and on healthy and sustainable community development.

S co t t B i g l e r BCA Board Member

“As we bounced over another mud rut our bodies flew from the bed of a 5 ton stakebed farm truck and landed somewhat less than gentle on our sleeping bags and backpacks. It was 1963 and our Scoutmaster was taking us up the north slopes of Boulder Mountain for a week long camp trip.

When Sunday came we descended more miles of similar ruts to attend Church in Boulder. It was my first time seeing the hamlet I would fall in love with.

I am Scott Bigler and with my wife Chris we’re the longest living Boulderites you’ve never heard of. We bought our home here 36 years ago and it has been a haven for our family to escape civilization and as a way station to backpacking the wilderness.

Boulder Mountain by Shane Coleman

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We retired in 2012 and have made Boulder our almost full-time home. I feel honored to be asked to serve on the BCA Board. I have watched this organization from a distance for some time and have been more than pleasantly impressed with the work I see them embark upon. I look forward to adding input to help preserve the community spirit, landscape and rural nature of Boulder and its surroundings.”

Boulder Dandelion Festival

By Sasha Fernandez On Friday, May 6, the first annual Boulder Dandelion Festival was held on the dandelion-carpeted lawn of the Boulder Mountain Guest Ranch.

The festival was modeled after the Dandelion Festival held every year in Durango by Turtle Lake Refuge.

Springtime festivals to celebrate the dandelion are held all over the world. The intention of the day was to celebrate the dandelion, an oft-maligned garden “weed” which is, in fact, a useful and hardy companion for humans across the globe. Taraxacum spp. (the botanical name for dandelions) have been used for most of human history as both food and medicine, and their cheery yellow blossoms herald the coming of spring around the world.

Festivalgoers celebrated the dandelion by exploring just a few of the plant’s many uses. Children painted faces and two “dandy lion” statues—a reference to the common name “dandelion,” a corruption of the French “dent-de-lion,” or “lion’s teeth,” a reference to the plant’s serrated leaves. Constance Lynn led the group in a discussion of dandelion’s uses and meaning, sharing a few of her favorite essays on dandelions. The discussion touched on dandelion’s medicinal uses (as a liver tonic, diuretic and blood purifier) and its meaning to each of us.

For lunch, Will and Eric of BMGR’s Sweetwater Kitchen prepared pizza topped with dandelion leaves and flowers as well as a salad including dandelion greens. Dandelions are high in vitamins A and C as well as calcium, and their sharp flavor is delicious on pizza.

After lunch, the children gathered for a salve-making demonstration using dandelion blossoms. We made a dandelion-plantain salve by melting infused olive oils with beeswax and peppermint extract on the woodstove. Though the festival had relocated into the Psyloon due to the grey, rainy weather, dandelion lovers bravely marched back into the field to collect young leaves. Constance demonstrated how to gather and pack jars full of the greens for healthy and tasty vinegar.

The festival was a great success and hopefully remains an ongoing tradition in Boulder Town!

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Dandelion Festival Photos by Bethany Adams

Boulder EMT Update

By Rebecca Harris Boulder’s Ambulance, 507, has seen a peaceful summer after a busy spring. Currently running are veterans Donna Owen, Jacque Koenig, and Rebecca Harris, joined by newcomers Sylas Navar, Troy Julian, and Andy Alldredge. You may have been aware that last winter Boulder was at risk of losing the ambulance due to our small crew, but fortunately our new recruits sailed through their classes and doubled our ranks, so 507 will stay in Boulder. We are still lacking an Advanced EMT (AEMT), so when we respond we will transfer patients to 506 (Escalante’s ambulance) if they need transport to the hospital. Becoming an AEMT requires at least two years of experience with basic skills, then completion of an 180 hour course, followed by oversight of an experienced AEMT, but we are hoping that 507 won’t go too long before someone completes the training. In the meantime, fall is approaching, and that means it will be recruiting time again. Having more EMTs spreads the burden and allows us to run for longer without burning out. No classes have been scheduled yet, but it is possible that there will be a course in Garfield County. Please consider running with us!

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Boulder 4 th of July

By Scott Bigler

Whether you were a casual traveler on scenic highway 12 and just happened to stop in this out-of-the-way hamlet, a long time resident with cattle and barbwire in your blood, a part-year resident or one who has fallen in love with slickrock, silence and camaraderie and is plunging down roots here; you couldn’t help but feel that special spirit that settled over the 4th of July celebration. People always query about, “what is it that makes Boulder so unique and why can’t I feel this anywhere else?” This year’s partnership between the

Town Council and the Boulder Community Alliance gave a response to that question loud and clear.

It’s all of us.

It’s the spirit of volunteerism. It’s the willingness to pitch in and make things a success. I interviewed one fine person on this particular subject and she responded by saying, “ I found that here, in Boulder, I could make a difference. So, I have stayed.” The 4th of July celebration was all about people making a difference.

Just think of how it all began this year. Those boiling black and ominous clouds rolled over Boulder top and went beyond threatening to unleash rain. But, the providence that looks over this valley intervened about 15 minutes before the parade was to start. “How could it ever have cleared after what it looked like just moments ago?!!” Of course, we all know the answer to that…

Then a great Boulder Americana parade began. Water wars seemed to be the order of the day. Little old ladies, babes in arms and innocent visitors; no one was spared. But, there was also some great innovative thinking as bicycles morphed into flying eagles and unique ideas were on demonstration from one entry to the next. It was also time for the new park to show off all that can be done

Kids’ Summertime Highlights (continued from cover) Elayna Barsch: “Probably swimming at 7 peaks. Riding my bike, I got a new bike for my Birthday. None of our bikes have training wheels.”

Izzybella Nelson: “My favorite thing I did this summer was my math cards!”

Roxy Feagin: “My favorite thing I did this summer, was visiting my grandparents in California. Going to the beach with my sisters!”

Kierra Mackelprang: “My favorite thing was going to California and the beach with my mom. My other favorite things were going to tumbling classes and swimming lessons!”

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Ellie Nelson: “My favorite thing was going to the swimming pond at Todd’s.”

Mady Nelson: “I don’t know, I think going to Kindergarten and going to my Grandma Kim’s to make salsa.”

Liliana Sanders: “Visiting my grandparents, Abuelo y Abuela at their house and going swimming. I also participated in a Theatre Workshop about Doctor Doo-little and I got to be in the play.”

Ruby Dahl: “My favorite thing, was playing in the irrigation pond.”

Olivia Dahl: “My favorite thing I did this summer was spending a day at Lake Powell with my dad, my cousin Hyrum and Conrad Jepsen.”

“ W hat is it that makes Boulder so unique and why can’t I feel this anywhere else?” there. There were kid’s games and activities throughout the park. It appeared that the water slip-n-slide ruled the popularity contest. But, that’s not to say that the face painting and myriad of other activities weren’t every bit as inviting and attended.

Volunteers had been preparing for days to roast the pigs and mutton for all to enjoy.

It is important for all of us to remember that these dedicated individuals had spent numerous long hours in preparing all of this for us to take pleasure in. We often overlook the behind the scenes time and effort that goes into successfully implementing a party

Finally, think of this! It appears that we fed over 500 people! Where did all these people come from? Guess what… we don’t care, we’re just glad they were present to celebrate with us. A great band with a dance caller really helped to continue the spirit of joy exuded throughout the celebration. The BCA board

Cora Gardner: “I had no favorite thing.

Well, maybe it was going to visit my cousin and playing with her.”

Kendall Gardner: “Probably going to Longneck to the cabins, that was pretty fun.

We got lost and never found it. Our parents were really worried. We also found a random water bottle that we drank from and we never got sick!”

Alonzo Gardner: “Um, going to 7 Peaks with my family and trapping woodchucks.”

Caleb Gardner: “Me and my brothers Kendall and Alonzo and our friend Zac Nelson went on a horse ride up to the Longneck cabins and we got lost. We finally found the trail, by that time it was dark and

would like to express their profound gratitude to all who made this year’s celebration an event to remember. There were enough cash donations to give us a great start in preparing for next year’s event.

There were several visitors that were noticed using Kerr bottling jars to stuff in the spirit of Boulder and quickly put the lid on it. We’d love to see their expression when they reach their destination and open those bottles and release the spirit of Boulder.

Photos by Amelia LeFevre & Pam Furches

of this size. The patriotic program was just what we all needed to be reminded by our youthful speakers of what a blessing we have to live in this free country, and especially of the countless sacrifices made to remain free.

And that rendition of the National Anthem: wow! Was that moving or what! Our Scout troop reinforced our pride in what our youth are learning.

we didn’t get home until 11:00 p.m., everyone was happy to see us.”

Annika Davis: “Going to lagoon with my family. My favorite ride was maybe the Bat and my least favorite ride was the Ladybug Bop.” Kade Crystal: “My favorite thing was going to Brigham City and visiting. We went to a horse clinic.”

Jillian Crystal: “When I went to swimming lessons over in Bicknell, that was really fun.”

Noah Thorn:

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The Boulder “Bear Tool”

By Todd Campbell It turns out that the local ironstone which yields moqui marbles and all manner of quirky shapes, from pipes to boxes to bowls, to twisted scrap metal-like wreckage, had at least one functional use for the prehistoric people here—here, and in other areas across southern Utah where the white Navajo sandstone, which yields ironstone, occurs.

As you can see by the pictures (opposite page), this tool somewhat resembles a bear, but that likeness may be incidental. It was made with great skill and used very intensively, possibly to “rett,” or rake and separate some kind of plant material, or to process animal remains. It could even have been used with wet clay or soft stone.

Senior Spotlight: Bertha Fullmer By Laura DeMay

Bertha Clements Fullmer (my mother) was born July 2, 1918.

She turned 98 years old this past month. She still lives in her own home in the Draw, with family and friends checking in on her.

The tools pictured have been sent to an archaeologist who specializes in “use-wear” analysis. Preliminary examination reveals that the tool was probably hand held and applied to the material in a raking motion, which is exemplified by both grooving and smoothing of the ironstone at the points of contact. The use-wear can appear like black patent leather, such is its luster.

Bertha, Teeny Gramma was 5’ and is now 4’11”. A few of her titles (of 24 on the last count) include, “Gramma,” “Great Grandma,” and “G. G Grandma.” “Grambo,” is very conservative and has her strong opinions—don’t get her started on politics unless you have time to listen.

Bertha moved to Boulder in 1993, and has called Boulder “home,” ever since. She loves living in this peaceful valley. She has three children living close by; Kay Ripplinger (her oldest daughter), Keith Fullmer, (her oldest son), and myself, Laura DeMay. Randy Ripplinger is a grandson, and Ben Ripplinger’s wife Sage is expecting, so that will be another great-great grandchild.

Bertha’s mind is still as sharp as a tack and knows her 8 children’s addresses, phone numbers and can even quote multitudes of scripture and verse. She writes numerous letters to her family and friends giving them advice and her loving support.

Mom loves to read, talk to her family and she still plays the piano to keep her fingers nimble. She tries to exercise at least 5 times a week even if it is just walking. She can walk 8 minutes on her treadmill, and even longer if someone is reading or talking to her.

Mom went skydiving at 86 yrs old; with Kay Ripplinger’s son Trent who was a sky-diving guide. In fact, Trent tried to talk Kay into sky diving too so that they could have three generations participating, but Kay could not be persuaded. Mom called that her fantastic adventure.

I asked Mother of all the marvelous things she has seen in her lifetime, “What is the best thing?” and without hesitation she replied, “I’ll take running water every time!”

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The giant Lego brick tower before it was knocked down.

Ivan Barsch proudly displaying his Lego car.

Besides use-wear, there is another observable effect called “bag-wear.” It refers to the isolated high points on the face of a stone tool which show smoothing due to it being carried in a pocket or bag. The jostling of the tool in its containment creates a slight polish on its high points. The bear tools examined so far show no sign of bag-wear, which implies they were both used and stored at or near the place of their use, a campsite.

The bear tool’s likeliest use, to render fibrous plant material, and its lack of pocket-wear suggest that camp-made items which were braided, weaved, plaited, twisted and tied to yield products such as sandals or baskets or clothes or rope, might have been the purpose for which the bear tool was made. Further study and experimental archaeology is ongoing, in an effort to understand this unique and newly realized knowledge.

Boulder Community Lego Engineering Workshop By Jared Brems As a child, visiting my grandparents Bob and Naomi Brems, I spent my time fishing up on the Boulder Mountain and riding 4wheelers around town. I spent my summers in college sweating as I worked alongside them on their ranch. I have always appreciated and loved Boulder.

Now as an adult I operate my own company, Portal for Enriching and Raising Learners or PEARLs for short. I teach Lego Engineering and Behavioral skills in after school enrichment classes and summer camps. Having the opportunity to be able to return the favor that Boulder has given to me over the years, I teamed up with Judith Geil to provide a fun and educational experience for the community of Boulder. This past summer we put on a Lego Engineering workshop open to all, at the Boulder town hall and couldn’t believe the turn out we had! With over 20 participants in each of the workshops and with access to hundreds of thousands of Lego pieces, the participants built, designed, and played with the projects all while interacting with each other. We built pullback cars that zipped along a crazy obstacle course, motorized gear trains that

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A workshop participant proudly displaying his pullback Lego car.

jousted on a monorail track knocking each other off with lots of cheering and applause, and a giant Lego brick tower that used team work to accomplish, but it took just one person to knock it down!

This town has a great group of kids who surprised and impressed me at every turn. They seem to be more creative and have more ingenuity because they are from a small town like Boulder. I could tell that they really enjoyed themselves and they had a love for learning. It just shows what a great job their parents and teachers have done with them. I look forward to another summer when I have the opportunity to return and hopefully put on another workshop for the community of Boulder.

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Welcome to the new Sage Page!

Dear readers, As you can see, Sage Page has changed! To capture our vibrant community, the Boulder Community Alliance (BCA) is now printing this newly designed publication in full color on a semiannual schedule. Each issue will serve the Boulder Town community by including articles with insightful interviews, news and events as well as featuring the new Senior Spotlight, EMT Update, and Community Calender sections. The next issue submission deadline is December 5, 2016. We would like to invite you to email comments, questions or future article contributions and photos to: amelia@bouldercommunityalliance.org.

Please let us know if you would like to be on our mailing list. You are also welcome to visit bouldercommunityalliance.org and click the publications tab to view our issue archive.

We thank you for your continued support. We have included a donation envelope in this issue for your convenience. To learn more about contributing to the BCA, contact Amelia LeFevre, Executive Director, at amelia@bouldercommunityalliance.org.

Donate online at: bouldercommunityalliance.org or find us on Facebook!

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Do you have an event you would like to add in the next issue? Contact Amelia LeFevre, Executive Director, at amelia@bouldercommunityalliance.org.

Tuesdays & Wednesdays Genealogy Research Resources Open to Public | LDS Church Tues. 8:30pm & Wed. 9am Contact Sue Fullmer for more info.

October 5 -– December Art Exhibit by Stephen Karlin; South America Retrospective View Anasazi State Park Museum

Oct. 6, Nov. 3, & Dec 1 Boulder Town Council Meetings | 7pm

October 6-9 Cliff Notes Writer’s Conference

Oct. 9, Nov. 13 & Dec. 11 LDS Church Potlucks

Oct. 13 & 27, Nov.10, Dec. 8 Senior Citizen Dinners/Lunches Boulder Community Center|12:30pm

October 12 Last service for Sweetwater Kitchen

Oct. 12, Nov. 10 & Dec. 8

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Felting Workshop | 8:30am –12 pm Red House Farm

Contact The Sage Page at: Boulder Community Alliance P.O. Box 1331, Boulder, UT 84716 amelia@bouldercommunityalliance.org

October 15

Boulder Community Alliance

Planning Commission Meetings | 7pm

October 15

Boulder Harvest Festival Red House Farm |11:30am

October 18-19 BLM Recreation Study Focus Groups Boulder Community Center

November 8 Election Day

Nov. 26 & Dec. 3 Boulder Holiday Markets |10am–3 pm

November 29 Last service for Hell’s Backbone Grill

December (to be scheduled)

Josh Ellis, Acting President Lisa Varga, Treasurer Pamela Furches, Secretary Blake Spalding, Board Member Ron Johnson, Board Member Scott Bigler, Board Member Amelia LeFevre, Executive Director Katie Coleman, Accountant

Our Mission: To actively champion the unique and vibrant community of Boulder and its spectacular, fragile landscape.

Boulder Elementary & Community Christmas Party

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