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Thursday, January 26, 2023

Wayne County Commission

Issue # 1497

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Boulder Planning Commission

Local Citizens Continue Efforts to Conserve the Historical Calf Creek Campground

by Lisa Jeppson

by Tessa Barkan

Jan. 17, 2023

Jan. 2023

WAYNE CO. - The second January Wayne County Commission meeting was held on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Commissioner Blackburn, Brian and Cook were all in attendance. The agenda was accepted and approved with the exception of John Dillenbeck, who was unavailable to attend due to personal issues. Minutes from the January 3rd Commission meeting were accepted and approved.

The first order of business was the Teasdale Park and was presented by Gary Pankow, who is a member of the Teasdale Community Park Committee. Also serving on this committee is Barb Walkush, KaLene Albrecht, Nancy Saign, Derek Daly and Lowell Saign. Teasdale Park has had some major renovations completed this past year. A new sprinkler system was installed, 20 new Cottonless Cottonwood trees have been planted, a new professional grade lawnmower was purchased, a BMX pump

BOULDER - The January 2023 Boulder Planning Commission (PC) meeting began with elections for Chair and Vice Chair. Tina Karlsson was elected as Chair and Colleen Thompson as Vice Chair.

The Town Planner then discussed a handout that would be available to those considering subdividing. The handout begins by stating that because land divisions are forever, the town must take into account impacts on future owners, neighbors and the community, and continues by providing information and advice about the steps involved with subdividing.

The Zoning Administrator (ZA) and Secretary will review the handout and post it online when ready.

Discussion on the proposed Bylaws ensued.

The Bylaws would be in place to provide procedural information about how the PC runs. One section states that applications for developments that are in line with the goals of

Wayne Commission Cont'd on page 8

Courtesy Craig "Sage" Sorenson

Local citizens seeking to preserve historic values at Calf Creek Recreation Area are continuing their efforts to urge the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to refrain from a plan that would significantly expand the day-use parking and camping area, as well as making other significant structural changes that they claim fail to consider the historic qualities of the site. Calf Creek Recreation Area is part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and is located on Hwy 12 between Escalante and Boulder, Utah.

ESCALANTE/ BOULDER - Local citizens seeking to preserve historic values at Calf Creek Recreation Area are continuing their efforts to urge the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to refrain from a plan that would significant-

Jason Kling is New Acting Supervisor for the Fishlake National Forest

Courtesy Fishlake National Forest

Jason Kling with his wife, Staci, and their children.

Kling is the new Acting Forest Supervisor for the Fishlake National Forest.

FISHLAKE N.F. The Fishlake National Forest is proud to announce that the Richfield District Ranger, Jason Kling, has been temporarily promoted to the position of Acting Forest Supervisor for the next four months. The announcement was recently made by David Rosenkrance, the Intermountain Region Deputy Regional Forester. Current Forest Supervisor, Mike Elson has already begun his new temporary role as the Director of Natural Resources for the Intermountain Region in Ogden, Utah.

Both interim assignments are expected to last four months.

“This is a well-deserved opportunity for Jason,” said Fishlake Forest

Supervisor, Mike Elson. “I think his familiarity with the forest will be a real advantage during this busy time period.”

For the past twelve years, Kling has been part of several successful collaborations and has led multiple landscape scale vegetation improvement projects as the Richfield District Ranger. He is a proponent of prescribed fire and is actively engaged in fire management.

As the new Acting Forest Supervisor, he will further be responsible for the supervision of a large staff (well over 100 persons) and providing leadership and direction for all Forest Jason Kling

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REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA

ly expand day-use parking and expand the camping area—as well as making other significant structural changes—initiatives they claim fail to consider the historic qualities of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s day-

Slash Pile Burning Planned for Southwest Utah to Reduce Community Wildfire Risk CEDAR CITY - With recent winter storms providing extensive moisture across the Bureau of Land Management’s Color Country and Paria River Districts, fire managers plan to take advantage of prime-burning conditions to reduce hazardous fuels (vegetation) across the landscape. Project sites are located near the following areas on BLM-managed public lands: • Cedar Highlands, southeast of Cedar City in Iron County • Quichapa Lake, south of Highway 56 in Iron County • Duncan Creek, north of Highway 56 in Iron County Pile Burning Cont'd on page 2

use and camping area located on Highway 12 between Escalante and Boulder.

A “Petition to Conserve the Historical Calf Creek Campground” has been circulated within the communities and online, for individuals who would like

**Weather is subject to Change

Petition

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Boulder Planning Cont'd on page 9

Blast from the Past: Escalante, 1984

Bill Wolverton

Street view of Escalante, Utah, in 1984.

ESCALANTE - April 22, 1984. Escalante resident Bill Wolverton, prior to moving to Escalante on September 13, 1986 (he readily knows the date), used to drive out to Escalante from his former home in Sacramento to go on hiking and camping trips.

This photo is from a trip Wolverton took out to

Red Well in his 1956 Buick Century, with a few friends and a lot of camping gear in the trunk. This Escalante street view shows the Escalante Showhouse in its original form as a movie theater, the Shurtz plumbing store (now Skyhoopi Thrift Store, with apartments on top) and the Munson Grocery (now Griffin’s Grocery) which was at that

time run by LoRell and Nelda Munson. “It’s how things used to look here," said Wolverton. He remembers Escalante as it was then as, "A dusty little cow town with a sawmill.”

How did the Buick do on the trip down Hole-inthe-Rock Road?

“It was fine,” he said.

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UPCOMING EVENTS...

2023 Panguitch Ice Fishing Derby

Feb. 4, 2023

6:00 AM - 3:00 PM Weigh-in: 3:00 to 4:30 PM at Two Sunsets Hotel

THURS. JAN. 26 - WED. FEB. 1

Sunny over the weekend, with partly cloudy days and 10-20% chance of precipitation into next week. Highs in the 20s and 30s; lows in the teens and single digits.

to lend their support for the idea to nominate Calf Creek Recreation Area to the National Register of Historic Places. Petitions have been placed at Boulder Exchange

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

—Will Rogers

2023 Bryce Canyon Winter Festival

Feb. 18 - 20

Go to rubysinn.com for updates and a schedule of events.

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Johnny Louis Barnes is GMH's New Year Baby

Courtesy Garfield Memorial Hospital

Born to Karen and Jason Barnes on January 16, 2023, Johnny Louis Barnes is Garfield Memorial Hospital's New Year Baby.

PANGUITCH - Born to Karen and Jason Barnes on January 16, 2023, Johnny Louis Barnes—7 pounds, 13 ounces and 19.69 inches long—is Garfield Memorial Hospital's New Year Baby.

The New Year Baby received community donations from the following: • Smokin’ Hot Antiques - Carletta - gift bag w/ teddy bear, sweater outfit, bath toys, ornament, bib, receiving blanket • Smokehouse Restaurant - Ralph Perkins - $75 gift card to restaurant • Zions Bank - Mark

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Henrie - $25 dollar savings account Panguitch Drug - onesie, rattle, toy C-Stop Pizza - Michelle Crofts - gift certificate for C-Stop special Joe’s Market - Dave Schow/Erica - $100 gift card Yardley Insurance - John Yardley - $50 WalMart gift card Subway Panguitch - Preslee - certificate for a dozen cookies Ruby’s Inn - $100 gift card from Lance Syrett —Garfield Memorial Hospital

Pile Burning:

Community wildfire protection is of the highest priority to the agency and our commitment to reducing hazardous fuels on public lands in Iron, Beaver, and Kane counties goes back more than two decades.—Shawn Peterson, Color Country and Paria River District Fuels Program Manager Pile Burning

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• Beaver River, south of Highway 21 in Beaver County • Sauls Meadow, west of Highway 24 in Sevier County • Lone Cedar, east of Highway 50, northwest of Salina in Sanpete County “Community wildfire protection is of the highest priority to the agency and our commitment to reducing hazardous fuels on public lands in Iron, Beaver, and Kane counties goes back more than two decades,” said Color Country and Paria River District Fuels Program Manager Shawn Peterson.

“We are also working to expand the footprint of our mechanical treatments in future years to further reduce wildfire risk to private property, infrastructure and to recent recreation improvements on public lands.”

This proactive approach helps reduce hazardous accumulations of flammable vegetation near residential homes and private property in high-risk wildfire areas while creating opportunities for firefighters to be successful in the event of a wildfire during the summer months.

Personnel will burn multiple slash piles under conditions that minimize the potential of fire spread and impacts to air quality.

Smoke will likely be visible in surrounding areas during the planned fires and is anticipated to impact those areas for a few days once active burning commences.

To restore Utah’s landscapes in a meaningful way, all vegetation management projects are planned and coordinated through the many land management agencies, partners, wildlife groups and private stakeholders of Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative.

During active burn days, fire updates will be provided on Twitter @ UtahWildfire. Please reference #2023ColorCountryDistrictRx or #2023PariaRiverDistrictRx for updated information.

For more information on preventing unwanted human-caused wildfires and for updates on fire-related information throughout the state of Utah, visit www.UtahFireInfo.gov.

Visit www.UtahFireSense. org for more ways to enhance your “Fire Sense” and help prevent humancaused wildfires.

—Bureau of Land Management

January 26, 2023

Goings on...

Meet Pearl Thorndal TORREY - Meet Pearl Thorndal. Pearl grew up in North Dakota and spent many of her summers in Minnesota. She has eight siblings—four brothers and four sisters. Her and her sisters are very close; they Zoom every Monday night with each other. Her sisters live all over.

She has one in Arizona, one in Washington State, one is in Iowa and the last one still resides in North Dakota.

Pearl now lives “in the greatest place on earth,” Torrey, Utah, and has for the past 20 years. She’s our resident dental hygienist who believes that flossing is the greatest thing to keep our teeth and gums happy and healthy. It’s a bit of an obsession for her. She’s been called quite a few names over flossing. You can find her at Wayne ComLisa Jeppson munity Health Center Meet Pearl Thorndal. She or at The Tooth Ranch resides in Torrey, Utah and cleaning people’s teeth. works as a dental hygienist She’s been doing teeth at Wayne Community Health for over 25 years, and Center and at The Tooth she says that she “loves Ranch. what I do.”

Pearl has been married to Douglas since 2002, with a bit of a hiccup along the way; that’s another story for another day. They have four children—two boys and two girls. They have nine grandchildren—two boys and seven girls. Her youngest grandchild is five months old and loves to scoot all over the place and babbles, a lot.

She enjoys gardening, grandchildren, popcorn and reading. She is on the Torrey Town Council and volunteers her time working and planning Torrey Apple Days, which is held each year around July 4th. She helps oversee the breakfast, parade, Bingo and all other activities held for the two-day event. She’d like to see more people get involved in our community and help out.

I asked her how she arrived to Wayne County, and she said, “By the Grace of God.” —Lisa Jeppson

Newly Elected Garfield County Sheriff Eric Houston Sworn In

Courtesy Garfield County Sheriff's Office

Newly elected Garfield County Sheriff Eric Houston was sworn in on January 13, 2023.

GARFIELD COUNTY - The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office would like to congratulate newly elected, and freshly sworn in, Sheriff Eric Houston. For those that don’t know, Sheriff Houston worked as a deputy for Garfield County for 21 years and, during that time, served as Panguitch City’s Mayor for 5 1/2 years.

All three Garfield County Commissioners were present at the January 13, 2023, swearing in of Sheriff Houston, and Commissioner Jerry Taylor offered a few words and reminisced on their past experiences.

—Garfield County Sheriff's Office

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Opinion

'Just because you think you can do something doesn’t mean you should;' Citizens were not truly involved in plans for Calf Creek Recreation Area project

by Lisa Young

Courtesy Craig "Sage" Sorenson

Construction of the group picnic table site at Calf Creek Recreation Area.

The 30-day public comment period for the Calf Creek Recreation Area ended on Nov. 26, 2022.

Disappointment, but not surprise, would describe my review of the Environmental Assessment (EA). I consider myself an advocate of the cultural values that exist in our county that is made up of 96.7% federal or state lands. As a federal employee, I understand the process of public input.

As a private citizen, I have been working to maintain cultural values and get communities involved in that process in their large government backyard.

When the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) first proposed the Calf Creek project in 2017, my comments primarily focused on cultural values. The BLM Land Management Plan required preserving those values, but the project seemed to ignore them. This included adding parking and campsites while taking away historic group areas and removing or limiting family use. An example of one such comment involved the removal of site #12, one of the few sites that can accommodate large tent or family camping, and replacing it with three walk-in sites. On two separate occasions, I had observed evidence of flooding with a high-water mark of twelve and then eight inches in the walkin area. Response to my 2017 comment was a dismissal including a statement that sites would be four feet above base flow (an indication to me that they didn’t believe me), that flooding is "relatively infrequent," and that signs would be placed in these new sites warning of the risk. They further stated, “campers must use reasonable judgment and evaluate their risk tolerance in deciding where they camp.” In my appeal to their decision and response to ignoring my comment I stated, “The idea that the GSENM would put the lives of the visitors at risk at a designated campsite, the nature of the designation implying safety is reprehensible.” I also pointed out that the BLM's argument that visitors could flee to safety was flawed on many counts including the inability to flee a flood in the middle of the night.

I stated the action would result in significant effects to public health and safety.

I highlight this comment

because in 2021 the BLM scoped an almost identical proposal that included once again, the removal of site #12 next to the suspension bridge in an effort to add camping sites.

After scoping, public comments are reviewed for substance. Issues identified must be analyzed with a new alternative or documented how they are addressed and/or dismissed.

The Environmental Assessment, pages 65-66, include public comments and how they were considered but dismissed from further analysis. You will see on p. 65 that my comment regarding site #12 resulted in removing the proposed walk-in sites from analysis because it did not meet the purpose and need of improving health and safety.

So why, after my previous comments and appeal on that issue, and the inclusion once again in the scoping, was it finally removed?

Was it because they finally decided to take me seriously? Or maybe the hydrologist pointing out the highway drainage culvert above the proposed site during an interdisciplinary field trip caused the removal of the safety issue.

Among others, my comments have included; protesting the refusal to acknowledge that a group camp site has always existed adjacent to the day-use area, asking for the retention of the historic group picnic area with the long wooden tables capable of letting families and friends sit together along with the historic grill and preparation area, the need to retain and designate the group site instead of constructing an amphitheater which is not needed but I suspect is wanted for arts festival activities, disagreement with project timing of why the BLM can’t implement during the slow visitor use periods, the request of data that vault toilets replacing flushing toilets will be capable of supporting the current use concurrently with their ability to empty them, and questioning the lack of coordination with and providing adequate emergency access to our volunteer search and rescue.

One item of note is the shift and stand made between previous documents and the recently published EA. While the BLM admits that visitor use in the area is increasing, the EA now states that including the trail in their analysis would be done at a more appropri-

ate time when a new management plan is completed.

This includes looking at carrying capacity concerns, like human and pet waste issues along the trail, and emergency access by our volunteers. The BLM had to post a health warning this past summer for the Lower Falls, restricting swimming in the water.

The EA tries to convince the public that increasing parking by 70 spaces (15 to current area, 40 in a new site, and 15 along the road) would not increase use at the area or up the trail. The BLM believes this rationale provides the excuse not to analyze the projects effects on the trail system or vice versa. Ignoring the issues on the trail system blatantly violates their own regulations that requires them to look at indirect and cumulative effects of their actions. Certainly, the old adage, “If you build it, they will come,” applies to this increase in parking. But the EA doesn’t acknowledge any of that because that would require them to address the real health and safety issues. To prove this point further, look at the issue from the opposite view.

What if the future analysis of the trail shows that a lottery system should be used? You would have 70 extra parking spaces, public funds spent, and other waste because they refused to consider the entire system.

Another comment I presented was questioning the lack of emergency responder involvement during the development of a new trailhead and trail. I will pose the scenario to the reader. If the current trail system has an emergency extraction issue that interferes with patients getting urgent medical care in a timely manner, is it logical for the BLM to involve emergency responders in the development of this proposal? I would argue that it is not only logical, but the BLM has an ethical and moral obligation, especially when a portion of the projects’ purpose and need is public health and safety.

But how were requests by emergency responders considered? Well, one request for use of utility terrain vehicles for patient extraction was dismissed because those activities would be in a Wilderness Study Area (WSA) and, somehow, the use is not temporary and creates surface disturbance on an existing trail.

However, if you go to the BLMs own website, por-

tions of new trail are within the designated WSA. Isn’t this contradictory? Why would these groups not be included and what real reason does the BLM have for not looking at the trail system as a whole? Is transparency, another requirement of proposed projects, too much to ask? Another item that brings into question the true intentions of the project is the placement of the trail along the cliff above the current campsites? Most of you would guess that it will be a common occurrence for someone to chuck a rock off and over the edge into the campsites below.

I provide the following photos of the construction of the Calf Creek area that has hosted so many cultural activities and has provided enjoyment to the community. But local use has unfortunately decreased as structures are removed, group use areas are ignored or are proposed for removal, and increased visitor use is not addressed.

Another purpose and need listed in the EA is to enhance visitor experience.

Is having health warnings, human and pet waste issues, and supplying that much parking for that many people enhancing the experience of visitors?

Is there overwhelming support for the project that real health and safety issues continue to be ignored and discounted? Does the community that has used

the area for so long feel that their values are being valued when group use is neglected, ignored, and proposed for removal?

The public site visit should have been provided upfront instead of the public having to demand that it be held.

The fact that three law enforcement officers were present is an indicator that this project is not widely supported. I have submitted five separate comments as a private citizen on this project since its development. All have been largely ignored, dismissed, misrepresented, misconstrued and have inappropriately affected my professional life. However, I believe in

landscape and provided quality human experiences. The attributes Price instilled at the site are being threatened. Construction photos show how much effort he spent designing the human experience into the landscape including preserving 150+ year-old oaks. Under this proposal, much of this will be lost.

Just because you think you can do something doesn’t mean you should.

Citizens should be consulted and truly involved in these projects instead of being ignored. Maybe if that was common practice, the BLM wouldn’t have graveled over the old wagon wheel marks at

Courtesy Craig "Sage" Sorenson

Construction at Calf Creek Recreation Area. supporting the cultural values and the communities that support me and my family.

Historically, much thought and effort by Delmar Price went into the development of the recreation area so that it fit on the

Dance Hall Rock. Emergency responders, please note the photos of the trail being built by a small dozer! According to the website, the Public Affairs Specialist for the BLM is David Hercher, 435-8990415, dhercher@blm.gov.

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Schools & Sports Garfield County School District Teacher Highlight

by Shawn Caine

Mrs. Laura Cox - Kindergarten Teacher, Panguitch Elementary School involved in the community.

Cox has been teaching at Panguitch Elementary for five years and is currently the morning kindergarten teacher. In addition to teaching, she has multiple technology responsibilities, including updating the Panguitch Elementary School website Courtesy Shawn Caine and social media platPanguitch Elementary forms. Keeping up the teacher Laura Cox has been the Garfield County teaching at Panguitch El- School District Comementary for five years and puter Science prois currently the morning kin- gram, Cox has been actively integrating dergarten teacher. her Computer Science PANGUITCH - When skills into the kindergarten Laura Cox isn’t teaching, curriculum.

To the students' deshe loves to read, go to light, Cox has created the lake, play games and puzzles, and spend time lesson plans for the new with her family. She and kindergarten tech tool— her husband, Ben, stay "Go and Code Mice" floor very busy with their four robots. These little robot children who are actively mice can be programmed to

move forward, backward, right and left. The children will set up mazes for the mouse to follow. In doing so, they will learn critical thinking skills, sequencing, and directional concepts by programming the mice.

When asked about the new Computer Science program, she said, “I love that the Garfield County School District computer science program is all about creating and using critical thinking skills. During computer class, our students are creating and building. They are also using problem solving techniques.”

“Few students will choose to make Computer Science their career. However, almost all careers will use computer technology…

My hope is students will know how to use their critical thinking skills and remember that learning new things can be challenging, but fun.”

New Utah Food Security Council Based at USU

by Julene Reese, Utah State University Extension through community-based organizations; 5) Maximizing enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to improve food access and nutrition education; 6) Improving children’s health by optimizing participation in federal child nutrition programs; and 7) Removing barriers for senior citizens Courtesy Utah State University to access food security.

Students assisting at the Utate State University LeBlanc said the food Student Nutrition Access Center (SNAC), USU’s security council will also food pantry, whose mission is to increase access look at the bigger picture to nutritious foods and provide education. of access to healthy food and grocery stores in Utah UTAH - One in ten their next meal will come to make better policy deciUtah households experi- from gain food security.” sions.

In 2020, Senator Escaence food insecurity, and “Food insecurity is more than 102,000 Utah milla introduced Senate Bill generally a symptom of families do not have the 141, Task Force on Food broader financial insecuresources to buy enough Security, to develop a plan rity,” she said. “Food is offood, according to the to establish food security in ten one of the only variable “Household Food Security the state. expenses for households on “Food insecurity is a tight budget, as opposed in the United States” anone of the most pressing to car payments, rent, etc., nual report for 2020.

To coordinate efforts issues facing Utahns, and I which means it is frequently to relieve the ever-growing am eager for the meaning- the first expense to be cut. hunger problem in Utah, ful policy recommendations The Utah Food Security the Utah Food Security and initiatives that will Council will be a great help Council was formed dur- come from the Food Secu- in implementing lasting ing the 2022 Utah legisla- rity Council,” she said. “In policy solutions to help intive session. Sponsored the final days of the 2022 crease access to food for all

by Utah Senator Luz Es- legislative session, my bill Utahns.” camilla, the council will to codify and establish the be based out of Utah State council at Utah State UniUniversity and will help versity was one of my top provide recommendations priorities. To effectively The council held its to lawmakers. In addition address complex problems first meeting in June, where to Utah State University in our state, thoughtful ac- co-chairs were selected and Extension, the council in- tion and a variety of exper- three working groups were cludes Utah Farm Bureau, tise and lived experiences established to identify recthe Utah Department of should be at the forefront. ommendations for the Utah Agriculture and Food, The council’s membership State Legislature. They inthe Utah Department of intentionally incorporates clude economic stability, Health, Utahns Against a range of professions and policy and access to healthy Hunger and other agencies stakeholders to attentively foods, and outreach and working on food security work on statewide goals community food resources. and strategize comprehenefforts.

Heidi LeBlanc, di- sive solutions to address rector of the USU Hunger food insecurity, including Solutions Institute and the increasing support for our Create Better Health Utah local growers and produc(SNAP-Ed) program, be- ers.”

The goals of the Utah lieves that USU is the perfect fit for housing the Utah Food Security Council include: Food Security Council.

1) Increasing eco“The USU Hunger Solutions Institute is already nomic security for all inin place as an integrated dividuals in the state; 2) academic, Extension, and Increasing public awarecommunity organization ness and understanding dedicated to finding solu- that ending hunger is vital tions to Utah hunger,” she to the health and wellbesaid. “Now, as we host this ing of the state’s residents, new council, we will be economy and communiable to increase partner- ties; 3) Increasing access ships and collaborations at to affordable, nutritious state and grassroots levels. and culturally appropriate We will strive to provide food within the community solutions, discuss ideas, where an individual lives; and create innovations that 4) Increasing the number of help individuals and fami- individuals who can access lies who wonder where nutritious food assistance

PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

Bobcats boys basketball win against Water Canyon, Lady Cats basketball win against Escalante, and wrestlers come in 2nd at Enterprise tournament The Bobcat boys basketball team only had one game last week, and they rolled over Water Canyon, 85 to 32. There is a rule that if you are ahead by 30 points in the last quarter, they keep the clock running and only stop it for time outs and free throws.

The fourth quarter was over in about eight minutes. Tucker Chappell had a big night with 27 points, Cache Eyre had 13, and Klyn Fullmer had 12. The Cats will be playing two away games—on the 25th down at Valley and on the 27th at Diamond Ranch.

On February 2, Milford will be here in Panguitch with both their boys and girls teams, and the games will start at 2:30

and should bring in a big crowd. The Cats have one more home game, and it will be against Bryce Valley on the 8th of February.

The Lady Cats had a mixed week, with a loss to Duchesne, 52 to 28. The Cats were close at half time, but they were outscored in the second half, 32 to 12. Mallory Henrie had eight, and T.J. Henrie put in 6. The Cats recovered nicely against the Escalante Moquis, taking that game 68 to 39.

Mallory Henrie had a big night with 25, Adelaide Englestead had 13, and TJ Henrie finished the night with 12. The Lady Cats have a game out at Moab on the 24th, another in Bryce Valley on the 26th,

and, finally, a home game against Piute on the 1st of February. On the 2nd, they will play Milford in a dual meet.

The Panguitch tough guys continue to roll.

Last week, they met up with the Piute T Birds in a dual meet, and they crushed them, 60 to 14.

On the 20th, they went to the Enterprise tournament and came in second, with Morgan—a 3A team—coming out winning. They did beat Enterprise—the number one 2A team. The Cats season is coming to a close, with Divisional on January 27.

This will be held in Cedar City. State will be held at Sevier Valley Center on February 3rd and 4th.

January 26, 2023

Wills, Trusts, and More

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Recordkeeping

by Jeffery J. McKenna Your estate plan is only as effective as the people you choose to help you carry it out. Choose wisely and organize your financial information in ways that make carrying out your plans as easy as possible.

Think about it. You maintain a massive amount of information about your life in your head, in your desk, in your file cabinet, and in your computer.

Now suppose that you were unable to tell people where everything was kept. Would they be able to find information quickly about your life, homeowners, or health insurance? Your mutual funds?

Your pension? Your credit cards? Your estate planning documents?

We have prepared a tool to help you keep track of all of your assets, liabilities, and other important information. This tool is an estate planning binder.

By you updating the binder regularly, you will make a dramatic difference in helping others settle your affairs if you become incapacitated or if you were to suddenly die. The binder will also help you when you need this information —whether you are filing a tax return, making an

insurance claim, or even sending out change-of-address notices after a move.

Documents that are difficult or impossible to replace should be stored where the danger of destruction by fire or other accidental means is minimal.

A fireproof safe might be a worthwhile investment, keeping in mind that there may be a delay in gaining access to a safe-deposit box. Some items on the list, such as your will, should be kept in more than one location. For example, the original might be kept in your safe-deposit box, and a copy with a loved one.

Recordkeeping can simplify so many things for your loved ones, should they need to assist you in organizing your affairs should you become ill, or take over your affairs should you die. It is a valuable tool in keeping track of your own affairs, especially should memory fade in your older years.

Because it is such an important help and valuable timesaving tool, the Law Office of Barney, McKenna & Olmstead will provide you with a comprehensive Estate Planning Recordkeeper. In it you can log your important information, then provide copies

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PANGUITCH OFFICE AT 46 NORTH MAIN STREET TO SERVE CLIENTS IN AND AROUND GARFIELD COUNTY. Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney whose practice has been focused on Estate Planning for over 20 years.

He is licensed and serves clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna and Olmstead.

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A woman had gained a few pounds. It was most noticeable to her when she squeezed into a pair of her old blue jeans.

Wondering if the added weight was noticeable to everyone else, she asked her husband, "Honey, do these jeans make me look like the side of the house?"

"No, dear, not at all," he replied, "Our house isn't blue."

He is almost over the cold he caught sleeping in the garage for three nights

Veterinary Bill

A man takes his sick Chihuahua to the veterinarian. They’re immediately taken back to a room.

Soon, a Labrador walks in, sniffs the Chihuahua for 10 minutes and leaves. Then a cat comes in, stares at the Chihuahua for 10 minutes and leaves. Finally, the doctor comes in, prescribes some medicine and hands the man a $250 bill.

“This must be a mistake,” the man says. “I’ve been here only 20 minutes!”

“No mistake,” the doctor says. “It’s $100 for the lab test, $100 for the cat scan and $50 for the medicine.”

Fox Hunt

I was watching a British detective story on TV. The local group was gathering in their hunting best for a fox hunt. In the opening scene my nineyear-old daughter wanted to know what the people were doing, noticing the formal hunting outfits and well groomed horses.

I replied that they were looking for a fox. There was a short stunned silence and then she asked: "Is it a very important fox?"

Shower Thoughts

It's called "fast" food because you're supposed to eat it really fast. Otherwise, you might actually taste it.

PUNishment

My girlfriend told me she was leaving me because I keep pretending to be a Transformer. I said, “No, wait! I can change.”

sudoku To Play: Complete the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9

This week's answers on page 11

THEME: Super Bowl ACROSS 1. COVID tester 5. Pep rally syllable 8. To overlay with thin gold coating 12. Sky bear 13. Abundant 14. Worrier's worry?

15. Fishing spot 16. Blackhearted 17. Full of coral 18. *2023 Super Bowl stadium sponsor 20. Research facil.

21. Egg cell 22. King Charles to Prince Harry 23. Thief's target 26. *2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show star 30. Mozart's "L'____ del Cairo" 31. Bob Marley's music 34. Yarn spinner 35. "The Poky Little ____" 37. Skedaddle 38. 18-wheelers 39. "Guilty," e.g.

40. Fabric inset 42. One of the sibs 43. *Super Bowl advertiser's purchase 45. Anatolian language 47. Decay 48. "There it is," à Paris 50. "Hold on!"

52. *Home of the Ravens, for both Super Bowl appearances 56. Cuckoo for these puffs!

57. Curved molding 58. Medicinal plant 59. Court orders, e.g.

60. Sonny & Cher and Abbott &Costello 61. Talk like a drunk 62. Actor Danson and character Lasso 63. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" band 64. *Star of the most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show

DOWN 1. Paddleboarding acronym 2. Court order 3. Between ports 4. Hungarian composer Bela ______ 5. *Either one of the opposing Super Bowl teams 6. Flambé 7. Position of leadership 8. *2023 Super Bowl AZ location 9. Frosts, as a cake 10. Hit the road 11. Like certain humor 13. Disprove 14. Dickens's Heep 19. Each and all 22. One of a set of dice 23. Father, colloquially 24. Round openings 25. Pickled garnish 26. *Last year's Super Bowl winners 27. Nimbus, pl.

28. Nigerian money 29. Torcher's crime 32. Elmer's, e.g.

33. Found at the pump 36. *Team with most Super Bowl appearances 38. Signing tool at the cash register 40. Greenwich-related acronym 41. Superior ones 44. Itsy-bitsy bits 46. Patterned table linen 48. Lacking clarity 49. Bread spreads 50. Donned 51. As opposed to base in chemistry 52. Snatchers' quest 53. Cantina pot 54. *Overwhelming Super Bowl defeat 55. Fear-inspiring 56. 100 lbs.

Solution on page 11

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O bituaries John Arvel Henrie

PANGUITCH - John Arvel Henrie passed away peacefully on January 18, 2023, in American Fork, Utah.

His family surrounded him at the time of his passing and gave him a tender farewell. John was born on March 18, 1942, in Panguitch, Utah, to Arvel Henrie and Dawna Perkins. John's mother, Dawna, passed away when he was eight. The family moved to Elsinore, Utah, and then to Kearns, Utah, after Arvel married Ione Torgersen. John split his youth between Kearns and Panguitch, where he lived with his Grandma Perkins on the family ranch. He developed a love for hunting, fishing, and riding horses. In June 1960, John joined the United States Marine Corps as an Aircraft Sheet Metal Mechanic. In 1964, John met his sweetheart Melissa Joyce Patch.

John and Melissa were married on October 15, 1965.

John worked at Hill Airforce Base but moved to Kingman, Arizona, to take over Daze Mayflower Moving and Transportation with Melissa's family. John sold the Mayflower business and became a general contractor building custom homes throughout Utah until the housing market declined. John's love for driving led him to a career at the Utah Transit Authority as a bus driver. He loved his routes and built friendships with many of his regular riders.

John and Melissa shared 50 years of love and companionship while raising three beautiful children.

John loved spending time with family and made friends wherever he went.

John is survived

by Dawna & Bill Erickson, Tammy & Ryan Houston, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren, with one on the way.

We find comfort in knowing those who have left before are now welcoming him home. He is preceded in death

by Melissa Joyce Henrie (wife), Arvel Henrie (father), Dawna Perkins (mother), Vera Perkins (grandmother), Ione Torgersen (stepmother), Cami Marshall (sister), and his dear son Brian Jack Henrie.

Funeral Services were held Tuesday, January 24th, at 12:00 noon, at the Northfield 4th Ward located at 408 West 1300 North, Pleasant Grove, Utah, where a Viewing was held prior to the service from 10:00 to 11:30 am. Interment with Military honors in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. The following link was provided to view the services via livestream: https://my.gather.app/ remember/john-henrie Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.uvfuneral.com.

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Escalante Residents Go to Work Clearing Snow from Latest Winter Storm

by Ian Marynowski

Ian Marynowski

Following snowfall the night of Jan. 19, 2023, and the morning of the 20th, Klint Torgersen of Escalante clears snow in front of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Towns were busy with snow removal following the latest in a series of winter storms. While Escalante only received a few inches out of the most recent flurries, Griffin Top saw 6" and Widtsoe 7", bringing the current snowpack on the Aquarius Plateau to over 200% of the average since 1991.

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Most of the news around here is about the weather; it has been a long time since we have had this cold of a winter. It was 11 degrees going to church this morning, and it didn’t get any warmer all day. It looks like we have gotten a lot of snow, but, except for that earlier storm that dropped eight inches, most of the snow has been like what we have had for many a year, 1” to 3”. The temperatures have kept it from melting, which is good, but keep the white stuff coming. Our drought has been going on way too long.

California has seen historic downpours. The Bay Area has seen more than 11” of rainfall, hailstones and ferocious winds. The storms have put over 100,000 residents under evacuation orders. A sinkhole swallowed two cars. In Fresno, a hillside crumbled onto a highway, and U.S. Route 101 looked like a river. After years of drought and wildfires, California’s parched earth is vulnerable to landslides. The damage is expected to top $1 billion.

Closer to home, Pat and I stopped by Art Cooper’s birthday party (a day late), and most of his family was there, and Art was looking good. Art and his wife decided to take a teaching job in Texas for a couple of years and then come back to Utah.

Well, the two years turned into 35, and he made it back, much to the good of Panguitch. His family were all waiting for the football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. They asked me who I was cheering for. I said the 49ers, and they said that they thought so. I didn’t have the heart to tell them that whoever the Cowboys play is the

team that I root for.

Benji Raines stopped by and brought many items from horseshoe pitching. It seems like when you win a tournament, you get a patch.

Benji has 40 of these patches for tournaments he has won. He has won every state championship since 2017, except when there wasn’t one due to COVID. At the World Championships, Benji placed 7th. He will be going to that tournament this year in November. While at the state meet last year, Benji got the organization to hold the championship here in Panguitch in 2024. People come from all over the state, and it should be good for business.

Benji would like to form a horseshoe pitching league here in town and maybe a county-wide league. He also needs help with his many projects. He is coaching the high school team, and he could really use some help.

Horseshoe pitching is great exercise, and anyone that wants to put in the time can become good at it.

Whittni Orton's track season is just getting underway with a couple of meets, and then, she will be off to Europe for a month for more

races.

Teenage births have fallen by 77% since 1991.

Three decades ago, 25% of 15-year-old girls became mothers by age 20; today, just 6% do.

Utah’s Great Salt Lake could disappear within five years due to the drought and overconsumption of its water. The lake has shrunk to just 37% of its former volume, with 60% of the bed currently exposed.

I found this article of a record that will never be broken; Gary McKee from Northwest England completed his 365th marathon on December 31st. He started on January 1st and ran a marathon every day for a year. He ran every morning before going to work at the Sellafield nuclear site. He raised over $1.2 million, which he donated to the cancer support center and a hospice care organization. Over the year, he went through 20 pairs of running shoes in over some 9,500 miles.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.

—Oscar Wilde Mack O.

O bituaries Annetta Alvey 1946 - 2023

TORREY - Annetta Jane Alvey, age 76, passed away January 15, 2023, in Provo, Utah. She was born May 4, 1946, in Richfield, a daughter of Wallace Edmund and Mada Ellett Giles Alvey.

She married Johnnie Jimmie Uptain March 7, 1964, in Farmington, New Mexico. They were later divorced.

Annetta, AKA Netar Bug, Gma Noodle and Oonle, was a very lovable, kind, generous giving mother and grandmother. She was an amazing mouse killer with a butcher knife or BB gun. She would give you her last dollar. When students, cops or friends would come into the Aquarius Café, where she worked, she was never afraid to tell you what she thought, or to make sure you had the best food in town. She was famous for her cheese fries. She always had stories to tell. We sure will miss her so, so much.

She enjoyed making Levi quilts, crocheting and logging. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Annetta is survived by her children: Robin Bliss of Cedar City; Richard and Kelly Uptain of Richfield; Barbara and Travis Warner of West Valley City; Darla and Ben Mares of Torrey; 11 grandchildren: Amanda, Kristina, Jordan, Ryker, Autumn, Nichole, Roger, Loren, Sarah, Andrew and Anthony; 16 great-grandchildren: Kaydence, Brylee, Brakehl, Kemrie, Abilene, Easton, Aislynn, Saylor, Huntlee, Paislee, Payton, Braxton, Brayden, Haizlee, Silver and Amara; brothers: Stanley and Deena Alvey of Hanksville; Floyd and Lupe Alvey of Collbran, Colorado.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Mada and Wallace Alvey; siblings: Evan Wallace Alvey and Deonna M. Alvey; son-in-law: Douglas C. Bliss.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 28, 2023, at 12:00 Noon in the Thurber LDS Ward Chapel in Bicknell, where friends may call for viewing Saturday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 prior to the services.

Burial will be in the Bicknell Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Homes of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

In lieu of flowers (Annetta hated flowers), please make donations to help offset funeral expenses to Springer Turner Funeral Home.

Online guest book at: www.springerturner.com

January 26, 2023

News from Wayne County Capitol Reef Inn

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by Adus Dorsey

January 30 - February 5

by John Mosley The Sky Report is presented as a public service by the Stellar Vista Observatory, a nonprofit organization based in Kanab, Utah, which provides opportunities for people to observe, appreciate, and comprehend our starry night sky. Additional information is at www.stellarvistaobservatory.org. Send questions and comments to John@StargazingAdventures.org.

Adus Dorsey

Out with the old, and in with the new.

At this point in time, if there were any interior décor items that you found to be the least bit interesting or desirable at Southey’s Capitol Reef Inn in Torrey, you have missed out on obtaining them; the big furnishings and equipment sale already happened as planned last Saturday, and anything worth having disappeared from the property by the afternoon. But, and if it is any consolation, someday when you are visiting your deal seeker friends, you may actually come across some of those recognizable Capitol Reef Inn items stacked to the ceiling in their storage shed or lined up neatly in driveways adorned with little colored price stickers at garage sales from Torrey to Provo.

Since the big sale, and if you have driven down Torrey’s Main Street anytime in the last week or so, you were bound to notice that Southey’s red Ford pickup that has been parked in the lot for three years has been moved off to the side and replaced with a Case track hoe gobbling up everything within reach. Great piles of brush, trees and rock walls are being strategically placed and ready for removal.

If the truth were to be told, there are only few residents (aside from the Nut) left in Torrey that have any recollections of all the reiterations that the Capitol Reef Inn has gone through since the first person put foot to shovel on the Torrey Main Street property. Fewer still can recall the Dutch Windmill that caught the eye of many a wayward traveler as they crested the hill above the Fremont River west of town.

No doubt dinosaurs that once roamed Earth dined on the very same property at 360 West Main

Street in Torrey. The menu was most likely something along the lines of pachycormidon on the half shell with a side of local fern and swamp grass marinaded with a choice of red or green sauce. For dessert, there was an early form of mangos the size of today’s pumpkins, and a rendition of a banana that looked more like a spaghetti squash gone wild. For breakfast, it was Pterodactylus eggs over easy, and the Pterodactylus too.

After the fireball meteor from outer space hit Earth and the dust cloud it produced wiped out the dinosaurs, the property on West Main leisurely evolved into nothing more than a mix of black boulders spewed from some away volcano, and eventually the empty spots filled in with scattered sage brush, making it look like most of Wayne County appears today. At least until one Peter Brown showed up on the scene with a shovel and a wagon full of for sale signs in the 1880s.

All of the early Wayne County (formerly Piute County) property ownership records perished and were reduced to ashes in the Piute County Courthouse fire shortly after Brown had made tens of dollars selling ancient and unhabituated land that was located in an area known as Poverty Flat.

As we all know, “Water is Life.” In the early days, lots and farms in Torrey received water from Sand Creek and from a canal taking water from the Fremont River at the narrows south of the old Grist Mill. The building of the canal was a long and arduous struggle for the people of Torrey.

It was Homer McCarty who made the survey for the canal in 1898. Records state that the Torrey Irrigation Company incorpo-

rated in 1902 and made an application to the State of Utah for water. Immediately, work began on the canal soon after, and within a few years, it was completed on the south side of the river so that people on ranches west of Torrey could use the water.

Once water wound and found its way into Torrey things really took off; well, sort of. Roads were still of the gravel and dirt variety, and the population was about the same—farmers, ranchers, and much to delight of many, the occasional bootlegger.

In the early days, the Main Street property occasionally changed hands according to the times, and the financial stability of the nation. People in Torrey were never flush with cash and, for the most part, property poor at the time.

(Ad-libbing a little here) In an early 1960s Chevrolet clouded in dust, along comes Herman and Ruth Dollie. Together, they spy a flashy "For Sale" sign on the Main Street property, and they decide to find a place to spend the night in town and check out the property. With stomachs rumbling from the long drive, what Herman and Ruth notice about the town was that there is no place to get anything to eat. In a fitful night of sleep, in a drafty cabin, Herman has visions of pork chops and eggs and a little place he remembers in his childhood. Long story short, Herman buys the property and builds “Little Holland.” He throws open the doors, and people come from miles around to dine there.

Eventually, Herman tires of the place and sells to Martin and Bessie Jones, who in turn change the name and open the doors as the Bridle Bit, serving the finest in 3.2 beer and, from under the counter, providing samples of Charley Lee’s famous fruit punch.

Martin and Bessie sell to Lon and Shirley Daniels, of whom have an affliction for late night games of pool.

Eventually, they go broke, and Kelly Erickson gets the place in a foreclosure; it is then sold to Southey Swede, and Southey names the place Capitol Reef Inn, and the rest is history.

Showing signs of serious wear and tear, the new owners have decided to go in a new direction.

Such is life in Torrey these days; out with the old, and in with the new.

Here's more on the “green” comet presently in the evening sky. Comet C/2022 E3 passed closest to the sun (103 million miles) on January 12 and to the earth (26 million miles) on February 1, and then it begins to fade. At best, it was *barely* visible to the naked eye under the darkest of skies and more easily in binoculars if you knew precisely where to look, and then it was a little fuzzball with a bright center and nothing like the photographs in books. And, no, it doesn’t look green, at least not to your eye.

Although the comet is nicely placed for early evening viewing above the north star and eventually high overhead, the moon will be so bright that it will make it a true challenge to find it. If you want to try, find the comet’s position by searching the web or, better yet, with planetarium software. Note that the comet is moving rapidly across the sky at the fantastic rate of 12° per day, or ½° per hour, so with a telescope you can actually watch it move against the background of stars. This is highly unusual; I’ve watched a solar system object actually move only a few times in my life.

Also note that it passes less than 2° from the bright star Capella on the 5th and a similar distance from Mars on the 10th.

Seven more comets are predicted to come within the range of backyard telescopes in 2023, but none to the naked eye. Each will be treated in turn in future "Sky Reports."

Graphic Created with SkySafariAstronomy.com

The sky one hour after sunset on the 31st. The horizon is transparent so you can see the sun, and, incidentally, the stars.

Four planets are easily visible this week.

Venus is slowly climbing higher night by night and now sets a full two hours after the sun. Its great brilliance makes it a beautiful sight in the west in evening twilight.

Bright Jupiter is 30° above and slightly to the left of Venus. It’s become hard to see its cloud markings through a telescope since it’s closer to the horizon, seen through denser and more turbulent layers of our atmosphere.

Mars is twice as far from Jupiter as Jupiter is from Venus, and the three clearly define the ecliptic, the plane of the solar system. Mars is in Taurus some 8° above the star Aldebaran, and the two share their orange color—orange in the case of Aldebaran due to the star’s relatively cool temperature and in the case of Mars to oxidized (rusted) minerals in its crust. Mars has faded since fall but still outshines all

the stars but Sirius.

On January 30th, Mars sits just 1°, or two moon-diameters, from the waxing gibbous moon, and you’ll easily see the two together in any binoculars and even wide-angle telescopes.

Last is little Mercury, now in the morning sky, where rises in the northeast 90 minutes before the sun. It’s brighter than any nearby star. It’s in Sagittarius, and it can be a bit of a novelty to see such a summer constellation in February’s sky.

John Mosley was Program Supervisor of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles for 27 years and is the author of “Stargazing for Beginners” and “Stargazing with Binoculars and Telescopes.” He and his wife live in St. George, where he continues to stargaze from his retirement home while serving on the advisory committee for Stellar Vista Observatory.

O bituaries Jerry Ernest Mecham December 18, 1938 - January 18, 2023

GREEN RIVER / HENRIEVILLE - Our loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, Jerry Mecham, age 84, passed away on January 18, 2023.

He was born on December 18, 1938 in Oak City, Utah to Malen Arthur and Angelyn Lovell Mecham. In Jerry’s early years he spent time in Oak City to work on his uncle’s farm with his older brothers. His first job was at Bryce Valley Lodge in the kitchen.

Later, he spent time working with his dad and brothers logging in the timber industry. Jerry loved sports, fast cars and hunting and fishing. He attended Bryce Valley High and was involved in many activities, including being student body president his senior year.

After graduation, he attended Southern Utah University, receiving his engineering degree. After graduation, he started his career with the Utah Department of Transportation.

On April 29, 1961, he married his high school sweetheart, Bonnie Rae Blackwell. They started life and their family in Bicknell, Utah.

Jerry’s career with UDOT began with surveying the road through Capitol Reef National Park. Then he moved on to the Bull Frog/Hite projects, including the structures spanning the Dirty Devil and Colorado rivers. His career then took him and his family to Thompson, Utah where he was project engineer over various projects from Fremont Junction to the Colorado state line. He had offices in Thompson, Harley Dome, Cisco, and Green River, Utah during the construction of I-70. His notable projects with UDOT include, Eagle Canyon and Green River bridges over the Green River, and Dewey Bridge over the Colorado River. He retired from UDOT and started a second career with Horrocks Engineering.

While with Horrocks, he did engineering work for Grand County and Green River City, finishing his career on the Traverse Ridge project in Draper, Utah. Jerry was instrumental in surveying and designing the Green River Gun Range.

Jerry was a member of the Green River LDS Ward and served faithfully as ward clerk for several decades. He, Bonnie, and their family were sealed in the Manti Temple.

Jerry loved spending time with his family hunting and fishing. Camping trips were the norm. Many tales of mule deer hunting and fishing are known to many friends and a few tales are known to who was there at the time.

In the later years of Jerry’s life, he became the unofficial census taker of the Green River mule deer, antelope and rabbit population. He enjoyed his nightly rabbit feeding with mom while driving his daily routes and their daily walks.

Jerry is survived by his wife, Bonnie Mecham; children, Darrel (Jayme) Mecham, Trevor Mecham, Ty (Jayne) Mecham, Bobbie (Rudy) Brailsford; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; brothers, Lowell (Kathy) Mecham and Stanley Mecham.

Preceded in death by his parents, Malen and Angelyne Mecham; and his brother, Malen Jr. The family appreciates and is grateful for all the love and concern they have received.

Funeral service were Monday, January 23, 2023, 12:00 noon, Green River LDS Ward.

The family received friends at the church one hour prior to the service. Graveside services were Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 2:00 p.m., Henrieville Cemetery (200 North Cemetery Road, Henrieville, UT 84736).

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DWR, UDOT and Other Partners Construct Several Structures to Help Wildlife and Fish Safely Migrate Across Utah in 2022

SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Utah Department of Transportation, as well as other partners, are working hard to reduce wildlife/vehicle collisions around the state and to make it easier for wildlife and fish to make important annual migrations. In 2022, the agencies and other partners installed six structures to help fish and wildlife migrate in Utah.

Here are the areas where the DWR and UDOT implemented new wildlife solutions or where the DWR and other partners installed structures to help fish migrate in Utah last year: Central Utah • Coordinated with UDOT on installing over 1 mile of wildlife fence on I-80 at Kimball Junction as part of a multi-year fencing project.

• Coordinated with UDOT and Eagle Mountain City on installing over 1 mile of wildlife exclusion fence and a thermal wildlife detection/alert system on State Route 73 as part of the Eagle Mountain Wildlife Migration Corridor Preservation Project.

Northern Utah • Renovated an irrigation diversion in the south fork of Junction Creek (Box Elder County) that was blocking the migration of two fish species in need of conservation: Yellowstone cut-

throat trout and bluehead sucker. Renovating the diversion improved irrigation efficiency and allowed the fish to migrate through. The project was completed in April 2022 in cooperation with Trout Unlimited and a private landowner.

Northeastern Utah • Constructed the East Fork Carter Creek fish barrier on Carter Creek, located on the North Slope of the Uinta Mountains, to protect native Colorado River cutthroat trout from reinvasion of non-native brook trout. This project will aid in the restoration of over 100 miles of stream for native cutthroat. This is part of a larger restoration effort, including the upper Carter and Sheep Creek drainages.

Southeastern Utah • DWR and UDOT collaborated to install signage on Highway 95 and Highway 46 to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions in the area.

• Worked together with landowners in Emery County to install electric fencing along Highway 10, where many deervehicle collisions have occurred in the past.

Utah Wildlife Migration Initiative The Utah Wildlife Migration Initiative was founded in 2017 to better track and study the migration patterns of different wildlife and fish species in the state and to help them make those important journeys. Most of the data

comes from animals wearing GPS tracking devices or from fish tagged with implanted transmitters.

The fish and wildlife structures that assist migration vary and can include: Overpasses, which allow wildlife to cross over a roadway • Bridges, which allow vehicles to cross over a river or ravine, while wildlife travel underneath the bridge • Culverts, which allow wildlife to cross under a roadway—these make up the majority of Utah’s wildlife crossings • Fences, which eliminate roadway crossings in certain areas and instead funnel the animals to an overpass or culvert where they can safely cross a road • Various “fish ladders” and other structures in rivers and streams that help fish move up and downstream to meet their life history needs Utah made history when it completed the first wildlife overpass in the U.S. in 1975 on I-15 near Beaver. Since then, at least 119 structures have been constructed around the state that allow the passage of wildlife and fish. These structures typically take several months to build, depending on the size and weather conditions, but they can take several years of prior planning and collaboration with various land management agencies, private landowners and other partners.

Wildlife/vehicle collisions Approximately 4,900 deer were killed in vehicle collisions and removed from roadways in 2022.

The number of deer killed is likely significantly higher because many incidents go unreported. In Utah, the majority of the big game animals killed in wildlife/ vehicle collisions are deer,

primarily because they are the most abundant big game animal in the state, but also because they migrate between winter and summer ranges each year.

“Deer typically follow the same migration routes every year,” DWR Utah Wildlife Migration Initiative Coordinator Blair Stringham said. “Many of those routes intersect roadways, which the deer will often try to cross, regardless of traffic. However, simply putting up fences can limit the migration opportunities for deer and other wildlife, and it’s not possible to fence every stretch of highway across the state. So it is important to ensure the passage of wildlife in these areas through the installation of properly placed wildlife structures.”

Studies have shown there is a 90% reduction in wildlife/vehicle collisions when there is a crossing structure and fence in the area, so the DWR has been working with UDOT to identify areas where migration routes cross roadways and these solutions can be implemented. Both agencies help fund the projects, and UDOT oversees the building and maintenance of the structures.

“Efforts like the Migration Corridor Preservation Project show that by teaming up with local governments, positive impacts can extend beyond our right-of-way,” UDOT Natural Resource Manager Matt Howard said. “We are excited to be partnering with communities to improve wildlife migration and make Utah roads safer for everyone.”

Visit the DWR website to learn more about how these wildlife solutions are funded and listen to the DWR Wild podcast to learn how the locations are selected.

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

January 26, 2023

Wayne Commission:

Teasdale Community Park projects, the agreement between the Utah State University Co-op and Wayne County, the termination of the lease agreement between the Wayne School District and the County and demolition of the high school to make way for the new building, new hires, and event permits discussed.

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track has been built, 36 American flags have been replaced, a family tree program has been implemented, new mesh has been laid in the play area, and an annual town clean-up with a dumpster and a catered luncheon is held each year.

The latest news is that the Utah Symphony has agreed to an encore performance at the park on August 12, 2023. “We feel as if we have been good steward[s] of the park,” stated Gary Pankow. The goal for this year is to pave the walking path with asphalt, and to install the 14 interpretive panels that will contain cultural, historical, science and activities for the children who come and visit the park. “Our project will not need electricity, water or any dollars from Wayne County,” said Pankow. The Committee has applied for a grant through the Division of Natural Resources, and they would like the County to help them with administrative support, which would include a letter of support for the projects, a landowner/management approval (since the park is technically owned by the County) and a memorandum of understanding.

Michael Winn, the new Wayne County Attorney, is going to review the proposal and give the Teasdale Community Park Committee and the Wayne County Commissioners his findings.

Trent Wilde presented the agreement between the Utah State University Co-op and Wayne County, which will allow Utah State to continue to provide services to Wayne County for the 2023 year. This was approved and accepted.

Colleen Allen presented a new minor subdivision for Ryan Bush. The new subdivision will be located in Teasdale and will be known as the Green Mt. subdivision. Bush is proposing to divide and add three parcels to his sixteenacre lot. This was approved and accepted.

Wayne School District Superintendent Randy Shelley presented to the commissioners the termination of the lease agreement

between the Wayne School District and the County. At the June 6, 2022, Wayne County Commission meeting, Tyler Newton let the commissioners know that the School District owns the property that the swimming pool is located on and that they would like their property back to build a new high school. At that time it was brought to the attention of everyone in attendance that a contract between the County and School District had not been signed for a very long time. Michael Winn was going to look into this issue, as well, and report his findings. Demolition of the high school should begin March 1st.

Other Items of Business • New hire approval of Raja Jones who will be working in the Wayne County Clerk's Office: Jones has lived in Wayne County for at least 16 years in Teasdale. She is married to Branden Williams. She is the mother of three children—two boys and one girl. This new hire was accepted and approved.

• Approval of Special Events Permits: The first one was for the Fort Desolation Music Festival, which will be held from June 8th through June 11th.

The second event is a car show, which will be held in Loa on May 13th. These permits were accepted and approved.

• Appoint Utah Association of Counties (UAC) Representative: Commission Blackburn will remain as the representative.

This was accepted and approved.

• Office Hours: The Wayne County Courthouse is to be open five days a week, 8 a.m. to 5p.m., and all offices will remain open during the lunch hour and on Fridays. This was accepted and approved.

• Vouchers were accepted and approved.

The Wayne County Commission meets the first and third Monday of every month at the Wayne County Courthouse in Loa.

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Petition: It was apparent that this BLM project did not give

Boulder Planning: A handout for those

a resident of Escalante

School discussed. Tina Karlsson was elected as Chair of the Boulder Planning Commission, and Colleen Thompson was elected as Vice Chair.

consideration to the historical values of Calf Creek Campground because considering subdividing, the proposed Bylaws, which roads they were tearing out the heart of the campground group site to make in Boulder qualify for maintenance funds, Ethics Training, parking, so we started this nomination initiative.—Sage Sorenson, and putting up employee housing at Boulder Elementary Petition

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(Hall’s Store) and Hills & Hollows in Boulder, at Cottam’s 66, Escalante Home Center, and High Country Gas & Goodies in Escalante and even on the Post Office Bulletin Board in Tropic. An online petition is at change.org (a petition-to-conservethe-historical-calf-creekcampground: https://chng. it/HZRBbfxzYh).

“It’s bubbling along,” said Keith Watts, a resident of Boulder who is helping organize the petition, about the signature gathering effort. To date, several hundred individuals have signed the petition in support of historic preservation status for the campground, both locally and online.

“It was apparent that this BLM project did not give consideration to the historical values of Calf Creek Campground because they were tearing out the heart of the campground group site to make parking, so we started this nomination initiative,” said Sage Sorenson, a resident of Escalante and former Outdoor Recreation Planner for the Bureau of Land Management, who helped organize the petition and is working on the NRHP nominating process.

The planning document that the BLM published, “Calf Creek Recreation Site Deferred Maintenance and Improve-

ments Project” states that “The [group] picnic area in the oak stand would be removed to allow for reconfiguring and expanding the main parking area.”

“Everybody I talked to agrees with saving the historical group picnic area and the shady oak grove— they can’t believe that’s on the chopping block. That should not even be on the table, to remove that,’ said Watts.

Watts says that placing Calf Creek Recreation Area on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) would permanently preserve the historical and cultural attributes of the Calf Creek Campground, picnic area and trailhead. Existing features such as the group picnic area in the old oak grove, the original cylindrical outhouse, swinging bridge, campsites, swimming hole, and the general layout would be preserved as one of the first BLM campgrounds and to be designed by the renowned landscape architect, Delmar Price.

Petitioners say that key management objectives related to their petition include: • Saving the Historic Group Picnic Area and its shady Oak Grove from being turned into an expanded parking area.

• Closing Highway 12 to roadside parking before the next tourist season.

• Limiting the changes to the existing trailhead

parking area and access road to improvements that do not intrude upon the historical character of the Calf Creek Campground and picnic area.

• Keeping the size to the proposed new parking area between Highway 12 and the CCRA access road appropriate for the sustainable day use of the Lower Calf Creek Falls trail. Postpone this part of the project if necessary.

Photos showing overflow of parking onto Highway 12 during peak usage times of Calf Creek Recreation Area show well more than sixty vehicles parked along the highway, which petition organizers state suggests an immediate need for a reservation system during high visitor usage times, as even the proposed expanded parking lot of 40 additional spaces would not cover the current levels of parking overflow.

Watts adds that the BLM could, “Use their recreation reservation website [www.recreation.gov] to manage campsites and parking on the west side of the canyon (existing parking area) during busy months, use a first comefirst served parking on the east side of the canyon and during the shoulder seasons, and provide a couple short-term pull-outs reserved for cars with drivers who are waiting for designated parking places to become available.”

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protecting open space or affordable housing will be put first on the agenda before other applications.

It was asked who would decide which applications meet this criteria, and the Town Planner responded that it should be clear from applications and staff can make that decision. Another section states that a PC member will be assigned to specific applications, to work with the ZA and meet with the applicant if they request a meeting. Between this and the involvement of neighbors and other parties suggested in the handout, the hope is that submitted concept plans and applications will receive quicker approval.

Conversation about when applications are due was discussed.

Currently, the Bylaws read that applications are due 20 days before the next meeting. The PC will see if this is enough time or if it needs to be extended.

Another section states that the ZA will provide a written record of a decision within 20 days after a decision is made. It was discussed whether that time is too lengthy, as it could prevent an applicant from moving on to the Town Council. The Town Planner responded that sometimes

after an approval with conditions, the ZA may be tasked with coming up with accurate conditions based on information that has to be gathered after the meeting, which can take time.

Often, though, this written record of a decision should be available more quickly.

The Town Planner is currently gathering information from UDOT to determine which roads in Boulder qualify for public maintenance funds. There is a Utah statute that allows a town to declare a road with a history of public use a public right of way. This could be challenged by private landowners, however, it usually isn’t challenged because the road often has already been used publicly for a significant period of time and because in some cases these road sections have been receiving public funding. The Town could use this statute to fix some of the uncertainty about Lower Boulder Road. A section could be added to the General Plan that states a goal of finding out which roads are public. Not having this information could ultimately lead to people being refused by title companies or loaners due to questions of access to a property.

The 2023 meeting schedule was discussed.

PC meetings will continue

to be held on the second Thursday of the month at 6pm until the time change, at which time it will be held at 7pm.

The PC Secretary led the annual Ethics Training. Online training modules are available for PC members about public meetings, conflict of interest and other topics.

These trainings must be completed by early February. Training on open and public meetings and on conflict of interest was then provided by the PC Secretary utilizing online training videos.

Upcoming business for February includes application reviews if received in time, information about town roads, possibly continuing to review the Bylaws if there is time, and continuing to discuss street standards.

A PC member then provided information about putting up employee housing at the Elementary School, based on the recent Community Council meeting. A committee has been formed to come up with an actionable proposal to submit to the School Board. A conversation was also had with Neighborworks Mountain Country Home Solutions.

The Boulder PC meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.

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LegaL Notices ACCEPTING PROPOSALS PANGUITCH CITY / GARFIELD COUNTY Panguitch City and Garfield County are accepting proposals from private individuals or groups to operate the concession stand at the Triple C Arena. Must be willing to open concessions for all organized events. Kitchen facility including large appliances and all utilities will be provided. 10% of net profit must be paid to Panguitch City to help cover utility costs. Please include menu options as part of proposal. Proposals will be accepted at the Panguitch City Office, 25 South 200 East, PO Box 75, Panguitch, UT until 5pm on Thursday, February 2, 2023 Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 19 & 26, 2023 MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2023 TORREY TOWN COUNCIL The Torrey, Town Council will meet on the following dates and times in 2023.

Meetings begin 6:30 PM, Mountain Standard Time, (November 5, 2023– March 12) Meetings begin at 7:00 PM during Daylight Saving time (March 12-November 5).

MEETING DATES January 12 July 13 February 9 August 10 March 9 September 14 April 13 October 12 May 11 November 9 June 8 December 14 Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 19 & 26, 2023 MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2023 TORREY TOWN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION The Torrey Planning and Zoning Commission will meet on the following dates and times in 2023.

Meetings begin 6:00 PM, Mountain Standard Time, (November 5, 2023– March 12) Meetings begin at 7:00 PM during Daylight Saving time (March 12-November 5).

MEETING DATES January 26 July 27 February 23 August 31 March 30 September 28 April 27 October 26 May 25 November 30 June 29 December 28 Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 19 & 26, 2023 NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule 655-6-2. 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 on or before Feb. 15, 2023 either electronically using the Division`s on-line Protest of Application form, by hand delivery to a Division office, or by mail at PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300. Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)538-7240 for additional information.

GARFIELD COUNTY CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-3388 (a49810): Trevor or Elizabeth Covington, State of Utah Board of Water Resources, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company propose(s) using 1.6 ac-ft. from groundwater (2.5 miles SE of Panguitch) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. 61-3371 (a49819): Kima Kheirolomoom propose(s) using 0.0064 cfs OR 0.5 ac-ft. from groundwater (Appro .5 m South of Hatch Town) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. 61-3390 (a49844): State of Utah Board of Water Resources, Scott A. Thomas, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company propose(s) using 1.6 ac-ft. from groundwater (1.5 miles NE of Pangutich) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING. 61-3008 (a49855): Ivo Ruml propose(s) using 0.25 ac-ft. from groundwater (6-miles SE of Panguitch) for DOMESTIC. WAYNE COUNTY CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 95-5373 (a49841): Brinkerhoff Family Trust propose(s) using 0.015 cfs OR 1.48 ac-ft. from groundwater (1/2 mile SW of Bicknell) for STOCKWATERING. Teresa Wilhelmsen, P.E., State Engineer Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 19 & 26, 2023 MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2023 LOA TOWN COUNCIL The Loa Town Council will meet on the following dates and times in 2023. Meetings begin at 6:30 pm every month, with the exception of January 2023, when no meeting is held.

Meeting Dates August 10 February 9 September 14 March 9 October 12 April 13 November 9 May 11 December 14 June 8 July 13 Meetings are held at the Loa Town Hall at 80 West Center.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 26 and FEBRUARY 2, 2023

PUBLIC NOTICE FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT PANGUITCH CITY The Division of Drinking Water (the Division), Utah Department of Environmental Quality, herewith publishes a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the drinking water infrastructure improvement project in Panguitch City. An Environmental Report has been developed to examine potential environmental impacts associated with this project. The Environmental Report and the FONSI are available at the Division office: Division of Drinking Water Utah State Department of Environmental Quality 195 North 1950 West, P.O. Box 144830 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830 Phone: 801-536-4200 or 801-536-0048 FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT As required by the guidelines for the preparation of environmental impact statements, an environmental review has been performed on the proposed State of Utah, Division of Drinking water action below: Project: Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvement Project Water System: Panguitch City Office Location: 25 South 200 East, Panguitch, Utah Project Number: 3F1855 Total Estimated Cost: $1,629,000 Funding Amounts: Drinking Water Board loan $1,609,000 with $805,000 in principal forgiveness City contribution $20,000 The project entails installing a new waterline to loop the system and eliminate dead end lines, fire hydrants and gate valves An Environmental Report has been developed for this proposed project. Letters requesting comments from federal, state, and local agencies have been sent out; comments will be summarized and included in the Report.

Division of Drinking Water staff have reviewed this document. Temporary and long-term environmental impacts were identified, as well as mitigating measures to minimize these impacts. The review process indicated that no significant environmental impacts would result from the proposed action. Consequently, a decision has been made to issue a FONSI. All contractors will be required to comply with all pertinent federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and executive orders, such as Utah State Air Quality regulations R307-309. If anything is uncovered or otherwise discovered during construction of this project that may have cultural or historic significance, work must stop, and the Division and the State Historic Preservation Officer will be notified. These two agencies will investigate any such discoveries. If it appears that part of the construction work may be causing an adverse environmental impact, construction must stop, and the Division will be notified.

The FONSI will be available for review until February 26, 2023. Any comments received during this comment period will be evaluated and incorporated as appropriate.

There will be a public meeting on February 28, 2023, at 5:30 PM at the Panguitch City Office. 25 East 200 South, to discuss the FONSI and receive additional public comments. Questions or comments may be directed to Heather Pattee at (385) 515-1498 or at hpattee@utah.gov.

DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER, DEQ, STATE OF UTAH Nathan Lunstad, P.E. Assistant Director Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 26, 2023 MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2023 BICKNELL TOWN COUNCIL January 26 July 6 & 27 February 2 & 23 August 3 & 31 March 2 & 30 September 7 & 28 April 6 & 27 October 5 & 26 May 4 & 25 November 2 June 1 & 29 December 7 The Bicknell Town Council meetings will be held at the Bicknell Town Hall, 64 W. 100 N., Bicknell, Utah at 7:00 p.m.

Kelsey Brinkerhoff, Bicknell Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 26, 2023 MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2023 BICKNELL TOWN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION August 1 January 31 September 5 February 28 October 5 April 4 November 1 May 2 December 5 May 30 July 3 The Bicknell Town Planning & Zoning Commission meetings will be held at the Bicknell Town Hall, 64 W 100 N, Bicknell, Utah at 7:00 pm.

Kelsey Brinkerhoff, Bicknell Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 26, 2023 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CLEAN THE AIR CARBON TAX ACT INITIATIVE Public Hearing Feb. 12, 12:30 p.m., 175 W. 900 S. #10, St. George. This initiative petition proposes the creation of a new carbon tax.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 26, 2023 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CLEAN THE AIR CARBON TAX ACT INITIATIVE Public Hearing Feb. 10, 11 a.m., Nephi City Council Chambers (21 E. 100 N.). This initiative petition proposes the creation of a new carbon tax.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 26, 2023

January 26, 2023

Utah Group Calls EPA Methane Rule Crucial for State's Overall Wellbeing

by Alex Gonzalez, Utah News Connection

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According to the Environmental Defense Fund, methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, with methane from human sources driving roughly a third of current global warming.

UTAH - A Utah group was one of many who voiced its support during last week's Environmental Protection Agency public hearing on a proposed rule to reduce oil and gas methane pollution.

Ashley Miller, executive director of Breathe Utah, said the state is in need of strong EPA rules.

She cited vast jurisdictional issues when it comes to air pollution, especially in the Uinta Basin, which Miller pointed out faces unique ozone air pollution during the winter, usually a summertime problem.

She added having oversight from the EPA would offer guidance to Utah producers found on federal, state and tribal lands, and is pleased with how the agency is moving forward.

"Hey, you know what?

'We really like what is in the draft rule. We think you guys nailed it. Don't scale it back,' is kind of the thing that we were kind of going for," Miller explained.

Miller recognized those who live out in the Uinta Basin rely heavily on the oil and gas industry for jobs, but believes the EPA rule is crucial to ensure the appropriate protection is put in place for those who live and work within the

sector and are exposed to harmful byproducts.

Steve Anderson, a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General, said he understands many Americans depend on the oil and gas industry for their livelihoods. At the same time, he said he believes the U.S. has an obligation to do everything it can to make the transition to more renewable energies, which will not only improve air quality, combat climate change and create new jobs, but reduce instability surrounding energy sources domestically and abroad.

"It's not about just reducing opportunities for pollution, which of course is a very, very good thing," Anderson noted. "But if you think of the big picture, with pollution and what continued overreliance on fossil fuels does is, it makes us less safe."

As a former Republican and now unaffiliated, Anderson argued Republicans are missing a major opportunity to be part of the transition to a green economy by continuing to heavily back the oil industry. After reviewing comments, the EPA is expected to submit its final standards later this year.

Jason Kling: The Fishlake is

surrounded by great communities and has good rapport with many local agencies, permittees, elected officials, neighboring forests and stakeholders. I value these important partnerships and relationships. I look forward to continuing the tremendous work that is already occurring and working closely with our local communities that are so passionate about management of our public lands.—Jason Kling, new Acting Forest Supervisor for the Fishlake National Forest Jason Kling

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employees.

His new obligations will include being at the helm of all forest programs including Fire, Fuels, Range, Safety, Public Affairs, Recreation, Engineering, Natural Resources, and many more programs. Vegetation management, range management, recreation management, and effective community relations are all areas of particular focus on the Fishlake National Forest.

“The Fishlake is surrounded by great communities and has good rapport with many local agencies, permittees, elected officials, neighboring forests and stakeholders. I value these important partnerships and relationships,” said Kling. “I look forward to continuing the tremendous work that is already occurring and working closely with our local com-

munities that are so passionate about management of our public lands.”

Prior to becoming the Richfield District Ranger in 2010, Kling spent several years on the HumboldtToiyabe National Forest as a Fish Biologist. In 2016, he spent time at the USDA Forest Service Washington Office working with the Forest Management and Strategic Planning, Budget, and Accountability Departments.

Kling graduated from Utah State University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Management. He and his wife, Staci, have five children ranging in ages from 13 to 21. His hobbies include spending time with family, attending high school sporting events, sports photography, camping, hiking, backpacking, fishing, and traveling.

—Fishlake National Forest

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To place your ad, call 435-826-4400 or email snapshot@live.com

Classified ads start at just $7.50 per week for 25 words or less.

HELP WANTED

Dental Assistant/ Scrub Tech Panguitch Dental

Panguitch Dental is looking for a motivated Dental Assistant/ scrub tech to join their team.

This position will be parttime/full time, working three to four days per week.

Must be 18 or older.

The position responsibilities include: • Patient Interaction.

• Taking X-Rays.

• Chair-side assisting.

• Scheduling, Charting, Documenting dental visits on computer.

• Sterilization of dental Instruments.

• Set-up and cleaning operatory and office.

Experienced applicants would have the following isn't needed but preferred: • Dental Assisting Experience • Pedo, Endo, Oral Surgery and General Dentistry Experience.

• Knowledge of Computer Charting and Digital x-rays • X-Ray Certified.

• CPR Certified.

We are willing to train those with no assisting experience.

Wage is negotiable if you have dental experience.

Email your resume to: tlamb@waynechc.org Or you can drop it off in person at Panguitch Dental.

75 N 200 E, Panguitch, UT 84759

Corrections Officer

Garfield County is accepting applications for a Corrections Officer. Applications are available at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office or online at www.garfield.utah.gov and will be accepted until the position is filled.

Anyone interested in applying for this position must pass the National Peace Officer Selection Exam prior to making application. The Exam is given at the Browning Learning Center on the Dixie College Campus. For additional information regarding the Exam and registration requirements, contact the Browning Learning Center at (435) 652-7696. The exam is also given at Southern Utah University. Call 435-586-5419 for additional information.

Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer.

We are looking for friendly, hardworking professionals who enjoy the hospitality industry and interaction with guests.

Position Announcements POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Garfield County School District is hiring the following positions. For a description of each, please see the district website www.garfk12.org Accounts Payable and Purchasing Clerk at the District Office Substitute/Activity Bus Drivers in Escalante Para-Professionals at All Schools Substitutes for Teachers, Custodians, and Food Service Workers SALARY: Please see 2022-2023 Garfield County School Districts Classified Salary Schedule and Certified Salary Schedule.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check. Applicant must work well with children. See the job description for additional requirements.

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

Please direct questions to: AES Head Teacher Robin Gibbs (435-624-3221) BES Head Teacher Elizabeth Julian (435-335-7322) BVES Principal Pete Peterson (435-679-8619) BVHS Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff (435-679-8835) EES/EHS Principal Peter Baksis (435-826-4205) PES Principal Lisa Breinholt (435-676-8847) PMS/PHS Principal Russ Torgersen (435-676-8805) Superintendent John Dodds (435-676-8821) Online application available: www.garfk12.org Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

DEADLINE: See the district website for closing date of each position.

Garfield County School District is an equal opportunity employer.

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

Sanitation Truck Driver / Equipment Operator Garfield County Public Works Department is accepting applications for a Sanitation Truck Driver/ Equipment Operator. A current CDL and pre-employment drug testing is required.

Applications are available at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office, 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, (435) 676-1100 or online at garfield.utah.gov. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2023 to the Clerk’s Office.

Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer.

SENIOR CENTER MENUS

PANGUITCH SENIOR CENTER HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

87 N 50 W • 676-2281/676-1140 Suggested donation $3.00 60 & older, $7.00 under 60 Call before 10 AM of the day of attendance to reserve a spot.

Meals include milk & bread.

Tues. Jan. 31st

Wed. Feb. 1st

Hot Hamburger, TBA Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Vegetable, Salad, Fruit, Cookie

LOST / STOLEN I had a medium sized box reinforced with duct tape disappear from the top shelf of the south side of my garage in Escalante.

The contents were my college notes and reports, including THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE OF THE ANASAZI STATE PARK. I will pay $500, no questions asked, for its return.

I also had a one gallon ice cream container with handle which contained three partial, broken, greyware bowls and miscellaneous items.

I will also pay $250, no questions asked, for its return.

Thank you, Dan Reeder. 928-551-2996.

Thurs. Feb. 2nd TBA

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.

P O S I T I O N S AVA I L A B L E: Front Desk Agents Laundry Services Housekeepers Maintenance Bellmen Positions to start April 1st through October 31st At Capitol Reef Resort we promote from within.

Please stop by in person to complete an application.

We are located at 2600 E SR 24, Torrey, UT 84775 435-425-3761

Wayne School District Announcement of Position 2022 - 23 School Year

Wayne School District is accepting applications for the following position: ABA Therapist / BCBA Therapist Certified Autism Specialist This will be a Contracted Position. This person will provide clinical skills instruction and behavior reduction protocols to children with Autism and related developmental disabilities throughout the district. This person will report directly to the Special Education Director.

Education: Master’s Degree in Psychology, Education, Applied Behavior Analysis, Speech and Hearing Services, or related field; or working toward a Master’s Degree with supervision.

Experience: Experience working with children ages 0-18 providing in a classroom or 1:1 setting; experience implementing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis; Educational, Speech, or Allied Health Services experience.

Special Qualifications/Licenses: RBT Training and credentialing. Candidate must have a valid Utah state driver’s license. Candidate must successfully pass a fingerprinting background check.

Interested individuals may contact Jamie Webb at Jamie.webb@waynesd.org or by calling 435-425-3813.

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer and reserves the right to reject any or all applications. Applicants are considered on the basis of employment qualifications without regard to race, color, political affiliation, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, medical condition, or disability

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center TUES Jan. 31st

Sloppy Joes, Green Beans, Salad Bar, Peaches, Chocolate Cake

WED Feb. 1st THURS Feb. 2nd

TBA TBA

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

Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues.

Jan. 31st

Chicken Sandwich, Lettuce, Tomato, French Fries, Pears, Apple Pudding Cake

Wed. Feb. 1st Thurs.

Feb. 2nd

TBA TBA

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

sudoku Answers for this week

MEETINGS TROPIC AA MEETING Wednesday at 6 PM. Tropic Heritage Center. All meetings are closed discussion.

BOULDER AA MEETING Sundays at 6pm Boulder Community Center All meetings are closed discussion For more information, call 435-632-3028

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