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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Issue # 1135

Economic Land-based Solutions for Rural Communities

Winter Safety Tips on the Fishlake N.F.

Featured Talks Sponsored by the Boulder Skills Foundation and Boulder Community Alliance

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As snowmobilers approach the area near the Gooseberry Ranger Station, they will find a set of orange cones. The cones will direct them to drive close to the beacon tester, located 10 feet away.

“We have a great winter FISHLAKE N.F. - Employees of the Richfield and in progress and many winFremont River Ranger Dis- ter recreation days ahead,” tricts of the Fishlake National said Richfield Ranger DisForest, along with volunteers, trict Wildlife Biologist Kreig have been working diligently Rasmussen. “Our goal is to this winter to help make snow- provide as safe of a trail as mobiling safer on the Goose- possible to our winter users.” berry-Fishlake trail. When There is an inherent risk to snow conditions are deep snowmobiling or any recreroadside delineators become ation outdoor activity—please buried and pose a hazard for prepare for the conditions you snowmobilers.

After the Gooseberry to Fishlake road construction and paving was complete, new delineators were added to mark the shoulder of the road as well as culvert crossings. Orange snow marker poles are being attached to the delineators that have the potential to become buried by snow. The orange marker poles also help the State Department of Natural Resources trail groomer snow cat stay on course while groom- Snow beacon tester checkpoint on ing the trail. the Fishlake National Forest.

may encounter.

Another safety feature the Richfield Ranger District has recently installed along the snowmobile trail is an electronic avalanche beacon tester.

This unit is marketed by the Arva Snow Safety Equipment Company. It was developed in Sweden with the goal of placing the device on backcountry ski and snowshoe trailheads that would allow individuals the opportunity to check if their avalanche beacon is transmitting properly.

The Forest has passed the concept on to snowmobilers here to have the same opportunity. As a snowmobiler approaches the area near the Gooseberry Ranger Station, they will find a set of orange cones on the right edge of the snowmobile trail. The cones Winter Safety

BOULDER - Boulder Skills Foundation (BSF) in collaboration the Boulder Community Alliance (BCA) will be featuring a series of talks this winter entitled, "Economic Land-based Solutions for Rural Communities."

The series is inspired by and includes videotaped talks from the recent Quivira Coalition Conference, held this past November in Albuquerque, NM. The mission of the

Quivira Coalition is “to build resilience by fostering ecological, economical and social health on Western landscapes through education, innovation, collaboration and progressive public and private land stewardship.”

The Boulder Skills Foundation shares the goal of supporting resiliency by revitalizing the skills once inherently necessary for thriving rural communities. The talks cho-

recognize the excellent work in critical access hospitals (CAHs) throughout the country. The recognition promotes excellence and innovation and honors the achievements and results of CAHs while publicizing successful strategies.

During this round of nominations, five CAHs were chosen for recognition. “The number of CAHs nominated by their state Flex Programs is impressive,” stated Sally Buck, Chief Executive Officer at The Center. “It is wonderful to hear of successful CAH models that embrace care coordination in their rural communities. Care coordination processes benefit the patient and the overall community and will reduce the cost of health care.”

Gunnison Valley Hospital (GVH), started an innovate practice called bedside reporting under the direction of chief nursing officer Brenda Bartholomew. With bedside reporting, the nurses finishing

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Fish Lake Campground Open This Winter

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

Dr. Creek Campground Group Area LOA - Camping is now available during the winter months at Fish Lake on the Fishlake National Forest at the Dr. Creek Campground, Dr. Creek Group Sites and Mallard Bay Overflow area. Winter recreationists now have the opportunity to camp on a first-come first-serve basis in the single sites and to reserve the Dr. Creek Group Sites by calling 435.896.1023. Reservations are unavailable during the Fish Lake Yellow Perch Tournament held on January 30th. No fees are being charged but please consider leaving a donation in the fee tube at each site. Snow remov-

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Boulder community members associated with the upcoming lecture series as members of BSF and BCA, are: Top row L-R: Loch Wade, Mikhaal Chillier, and Josh Ellis; Bottom row L-R: Constance Lynn, Ben Mates, Lisa Varga, Amelia LeFevre, and Pamela Furches.

Gunnison Valley Hospital Receives National Recognition GUNNISON - Gunnison Valley Hospital recently received national recognition for demonstrating innovation in care coordination. Gunnison Valley Hospital is committed to keeping pace with health care transformation, which is key to sustaining access to health services for the community. The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) recognized this hospital for demonstrating excellence and innovation in the area of care coordination.

The Critical Access Hospital Recognition certificate was established by The Center and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to recognize the excellent work in critical access hospitals (CAHs) throughout the country. The recognition promotes excellence and innovation and honors the achievements and results of CAHs while publicizing successful strategies.

The Critical Access Hospital Recognition certificate was established by The Center and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to

sen for this speaker’s series are aligned with the farming and ranching traditions of our rural communities with a focus on how to cultivate abundance amidst the emerging conditions and challenges of our times. The Quivira Coalition calls this The Next Wave.

Our featured talks include: 1. a video recording of Rebecca

al will take place as quickly as possible during storms.

Ice fishing, ice skating, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing still rank high in visitor expectation and satisfaction. When you come to enjoy your adventure in the Great Outdoors at Fish Lake, be sure to bring your own water, winter camping gear, and warm clothing as night time temperatures are dropping to single digits. Also, remember to pack out all of your garbage in the camping areas and deposit it in the garbage bin located at the Twin Creeks Picnic Area located just north of the Fish Lake Lodge.

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The Fremont River Ranger District continues to experience a major increase in the number of visitors during the winter months in the Fish Lake Basin and Sevenmile Snowmobile Complex area.

In order to accommodate this large influx of visitors, the camping areas are open this winter on a trial basis. Forest personnel will evaluate the number of people served, the cost involved and the impact on Forest lands of this new venture before future plans will be implemented.

—Fishlake National Forest

RICHFIELD - The Six County Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program is providing free income tax preparation services throughout the Six County Region which includes – Sevier, Sanpete, Wayne, Millard, Piute, and Juab Counties. If your household income is below $54,000 per year, you can have your taxes done for FREE! If you make $62,000 or less you can do your own taxes online for free by going to utahtaxhelp.org. You may also qualify for an Earned Income Tax Credit of up to $6,242 even if you don’t owe any taxes!

An IRS Certified (VITA) volunteer will assist you with filling out an intake form, answer any questions you may have and file your 2015 taxes with the IRS. Please bring the following items with you to your appointment: • A copy of last year’s tax return • Taxpayer’s Proof of Identity • All forms, W-2, 1098 and 1099 • Information for other income • Identification number for Child Care Provider • Information for deductions/ credits Cont'd on page 6

THURS. JAN. 28 - WED. FEB. 3

SUNNY AND WARMER Thurs. and through the weekend, highs in upper 40s, low 50s. Clouds moving in Saturday, possible rain/snow Sunday. Colder on Monday with more possible snow showers, then clearing Tues./Wed. Lows this week are all over the map. Coldest lows Mon./Tues., down in the single digits.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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Take a Close Look at Social Security in 2016

by NatHaNiel silliN

If you're not close to retirement age, it's easy to ignore what Social Security is doing. However, some significant announcements late last year make now a very good time to pay attention.

What follows is a summary of notable changes to Social Security at the start of 2016 and ways to ensure you're making the right retirement planning and claiming (http://www.consumerfinance. gov/retirement/before-youclaim/) decisions based on what's ahead: 1. 2016 Social Security payments won't increase. In late October, Social Security (https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/) announced that there wasn't enough inflation in 2015 to create a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to monthly benefits this year. Understandably, this announcement shook up recipients who look to Social Security for a significant part of their monthly income. It's only the third time payments were frozen in the past 40 years since automatic COLA adjustments began, but here's the rub – all three occasions occurred after 2010. In short, most seniors will have to live with an average monthly payment of $1,341 with married beneficiaries receiving a total of $2,212.

2. Married and divorced individuals may have to rethink the way they claim benefits. Also last October, Washington settled a federal budget battle in part by clos-

ing some notable loopholes in Social Security law that allowed certain married couples to substantially increase their benefits over time and certain divorced individuals to claim benefits from former spouses under certain circumstances.

These new restrictions on socalled file-and-suspend and restricted-claim strategies go into effect this coming May. In short, if you're close to age 62 (the earliest age you can start claiming Social Security benefits) getting qualified advice has never been more important.

3. Other COLA-related issues. When there's no costof-living adjustment, there's no change in the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax, which will stay at $118,500 in 2016.

This means earnings above that level aren't subject to the Social Security portion of the payroll tax or used to calculate retirement payouts. At the same time, the Social Security earnings limit for people who work and claim Social Security payments will stay at $15,720 in 2016 for people ages 65 and younger. Social Security beneficiaries who earn more than this amount will have $1 in benefits temporarily withheld for every $2 in earnings above the limit.

4. Some benefits are going down – a little. The highest possible Social Security payment for a 66-year-old worker who signs up for Social Security this year will be

$2,639 per month, down $24 from $2,663 in 2015. The reason? Social Security noted that despite no cost-of-living adjustment there was an increase in the national average wage index, one of the statistical guideposts the agency uses to calculate benefits.

5. Service changes. If you haven't created a My Social Security account, do so for two reasons: First, there have been reports of ID theft related to thieves attempting fraudulent signups for such accounts. Second, the agency is making more detailed account data available online such as estimates of monthly payments at various claiming ages. Also, Social Security expanded office hours in some of its field locations in 2015, so if you need face-to-face assistance, check hours of operation at your closest local office (https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/ main.jsp).

Bottom line: Social Security froze benefit amounts for the coming year, and that has an impact on both current and future recipients. You can't fully understand your retirement without understanding how Social Security works, so now's the time to learn.

Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa's financial education programs. To follow Practical Money Skills on Twitter: www. twitter.com/PracticalMoney.

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It is most disheartening to hear elected officials distort and omit facts and literally lie in a public hearing, but that is exactly what happened in St. George, UT at the Town Hall “listening session” hosted by Rep. Chris Stewart [this event was held Friday, January 22, 2016, at the Dixie Convention Center]. I was one of only two speakers that day who was not actually “invited” but signed on to speak independently, the rest having been invited, presumably by Rep. Stewart. I wish to clarify some of the more egregious statements I heard that day.

The hearing began with several speakers bemoaning the suicide of Dr. James Redd of Blanding the day after the 2009 antiquities “bust.” Of course, that event was tragic, but to use it to inflame anti-Federal government sentiments is irresponsible. Dr. Redd was not a legitimate artifact dealer, yet over 100 boxes of Native American artifacts were removed from his home that day in Blanding. In addition, Dr. Redd and his wife had been charged with similar antiquities crimes in 2003, and settled out of court for $10,000.

One speaker accused the BLM of somehow causing Dr. Redd to commit suicide, yet the US District Court dismissed a wrongful death suit by the Redd family in October 2014.

Another topic on the agenda was “Collusion between Federal agencies and environmental groups.” The case in point was a 2007-2009 collaboration to look closely at two heavily overgrazed allotments out of eight that had been the subject of an environmental impact statement for changes in management. The complaint at Friday's "listening session" was that the permittees weren’t included in several allotment decisions. Actually, the multi-stakeholder and multi-agency collaboration met for 2 days every 2 months for 2 years to determine what changes were most needed on the two allotments. One of permittees came to all meetings; the single permittee on the other allotment sent a series of ranch hands over the two years as his representatives, and turned up in person only on the last day, When, in 2015 six years later, the wealthy California son of this now-deceased permittee threatened to sue the Forest Service over a 47-acre fenced exclosure on the Ten Mile allotment, which had been agreed to in 2010, the Forest Service allowed him to heavily graze the exclosure, which had been recovering from damage for six years, providing valuable scientific information on carrying capacity of the allotment. All of that has been lost now.

If there is any collusion going on, it is between permittees who bully agencies and then ask their elected officials to further hamstring the bullied agencies. Of course, the ultimate goal here is to wrest control of the Federal lands, and they’re lying about a thoughtful, multi-stakeholder collaboration to try to get it done. Intelligent management is possible, but not when extremists write the rules and terrorize the agencies.

Veronica Egan, Teasdale

Op - Ed Farce: Natural Resource Subcommittee Field Hearing by louise exCell The Bureau of Land Management released its “Draft Resource Management Plan” for the Beaver Dam and Red Cliffs National Conservation Areas in July 2015; six years had gone into the writing of the two RMPs. While the Beaver Dam draft has stirred no controversy, the Red Cliffs RMP is the most recent eye of the storm in the public lands debate in Washington County.

The Washington County Commission and St. George City, who have been planning for some time to create a “Northern Corridor” highway to alleviate traffic congestion in ever-growing St. George, immediately objected to the draft RMP because of the four alternative plans presented.

Only one of them, Alternative D, would allow a highway to bisect the Red Cliffs Desert Tortoise Reserve. And Plan D was not the BLM’s “preferred”

plan. Claiming they had been left out of the process, local leaders mounted an offensive.

Unfortunately for the county commission and city leaders, strong and vocal local support for protection of the tortoises emerged. In the months since the RMP draft was released, local government leaders have become increasingly frustrated at the environmental community’s response, and in a desperate measure, they took their complaints to Rob Bishop, Utah Republican and chair of the powerful House Natural Resources Committee.

Bishop and his Republican counterparts, Utah Congressmen Chris Stewart and Jason Chaffetz, heard the pleas for intervention and saw the opportunity to further their attacks on federal lands management.

Bishop took the unusual step of calling for a “Field Hearing” of

the Natural Resources subcommittee. A field hearing is one that takes place outside of Congress and Washington, DC. The field hearing was convened in St. George on January 22, 2016, at the Dixie Convention Center. The title of the hearing should have forewarned anyone of its purpose: “Ensuring Local Input, Legal Consistency and Multi-Use Resource Management in St. George BLM Planning.”

Local environmental groups got the word out to Washington County residents, and roughly 250 people showed up for the hearing— there may have been more, but many could not find seating in the overflowing hearing room.

Prior to being seated, audience members were forced to cool their heels outside the hearing room door for over an hour while uniformed members of local law enforcement guarded the doors and made a show of their presence among the crowds.

Meanwhile, preferred guests—opponents of federal authority—were ushered to a side door, where they took seats at the front of the room and waited comfortably for the show to begin. Among the

dozens of special guests were Kane County’s Mike Noel and San Juan County’s Phil Lyman, both infamous for their illegal motorized rides onto protected public lands, and Iron County Commissioner David Miller, an organizer of the Western Freedom Festival, now under scrutiny for its use of $20,000 plus of public funds to pay for it.

The field hearing convened with four Republicans and one Democrat present.

They would hear from five witnesses: Chair of the Washington County Commission Alan Gardner; St. George Mayor Jon Pike; State of Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office Director Kathleen Clarke; Utah Bureau of Land Management Acting Director Jenna Whitlock; and former Utah Attorney General and former Executive Director of Citizens for Dixie’s Future, Paul Van Dam. While much of the field hearing was typical of congressional hearings, its beginning was not. Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) allowed the hearing to be opened with a prayer—and not the nonField Hearing Cont'd on page 3

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From the Publisher's Desk The Utah Legislature is in session as of this past Monday, January 25, and will remain in session until March 10. We are fortunate to once again have students from Brigham Young University offering reporting services from Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City. This week they changed their news service name from "Capital West News Service" to "The Digital Universe." Nice and catchy, and their updated website looks great. (And here we are converting their digital universe back to print!) We have two of their stories this week and will keep them coming into March.

Speaking of laws and lawmakers, this past week in the news it was reported that Bundy family members (the family that is engaged in the armed stake-out of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon) had traveled from Oregon to Utah (and back) and had possibly met with undisclosed Utah local leaders in an unnamed location regarding potential future actions of the same nature in our state. Some wondered whether any of our local leaders were involved.

I was speaking to our Garfield County Commissioner Leland Pollock last week for a completely unrelated upcoming story and I brought up the topic of the Bundys and their activities. Commissioner Pollock's response to the situation was this: "Even though I can sympathize what has happened to the Hammonds, number one is we do no support any type of armed forces against our government.…and I’ll go one further, we, and our County Sheriff, we are not going to have any kind of an armed insurrection in Garfield County."

"I view them the same as any other special interest group.

If they...[the Bundys]...want to do something, they need to get elected. I have a lot of people mad at me for what I am fighting for but I am doing it within my office." He laughed, "Why would I use a gun when I’ve got my mouth? As an elected official you learn what needs to happen—that’s the way the Constitution works."

So there you have it, from the Commissioner's point of view.

If we hear of any breaking news on this front, we will report it in the paper, a week after it happens.

—E.W.

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The Wellness Trail

Keeping an Eye on Your Skin: What are the different types of skin cancer?

by Bret HiltoN Pa-C WayNe CommuNity HealtH CeNter & KazaN memorial CliNiC Basal cell Carcinoma: Basal cell carcinoma accounts for approx. 75% of all skin cancers. This highly treatable cancer starts in the basal cell layer of the epidermis (top layer of the skin) and grows very slowly. Basal cell carcinoma, usually appears as a small shiny bump or nodule on the skin—mainly those areas exposed to the sun, such as the head, neck, arms, hands and face. It commonly occurs among persons with light colored eyes, hair, and complexion but can be found in anyone.

Squamous cell Carci-

noma: Squamous cell carcinoma, although more aggressive that basal cell carcinoma, is highly treatable. It accounts for about 20% of all skin cancers. Squamous cell carcinoma may appear as nodules or red, scaly patches of skin, and may be found on the face, ears, lips, and mouth as well as any other areas. Squamous cell carcinoma can spread to other parts of the body. This type of skin cancer is usually found in fair skinned people also but can be found in anyone.

Malignant Melanoma: Malignant melanoma accounts for approx. 5% of all

Gunnison

said, "We are very gratified to be recognized by the National Rural Health Resource Center for our efforts to improve patient communication and satisfaction through bedside reporting. This award really is a tribute to Brenda, our Chief Nursing Officer, and her nursing staff. They are constantly looking for ways to improve the patient experience and bedside reporting is an example of those efforts. The change to bedside reporting required almost everyone to be willing to make a change in their work hours which had an impact on their personal and family lives. They were willing to make those changes because it would mean an im-

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and starting a shift meet with the patient to give report on current treatment plans and to address any questions or concerns. The emphasis is talking with the patient rather than about the patient. The goals for the patient are improving patient safety, satisfaction, knowledge and input. The goals for the nurses are building teamwork, ownership and accountability.

Health care delivered in rural communities is affordable, high quality and necessary to the good health of the entire community. Gunnison Valley Hospital, hospital CEO

skin cancers and accounts for 73 percent of deaths from skin cancer. Malignant melanoma starts in the melanocytes cells that produce pigment in the skin. Malignant melanoma usually begins as a mole that then turns cancerous. This cancer can spread quickly. All skin types may be affected.

Be sure to examine your skin on a regular basis and become familiar with moles and other lesions to better identify changes. Warning signs may be asymmetry (when one side of the mole does not match the other side). Border (when the border or edges are ragged or irregular. Color (when the color of the lesion varies throughout. Diameter (If the mole’s diameter is larger than a pencil’s eraser.

Be sure to have them checked by your health care provider or Dermatologist if any concerns.

provement in the way we care for our patients and their families. That improvement has been recognized in our high patient satisfaction scores. It is truly an honor for me to be associated with the great people that work at Gunnison Valley Hospital and are willing to put the 'patient first in all we do'.”

Gunnison Valley Hospital offers a variety of medical services, including acute inpatient care, swing beds, labor and delivery, surgery, gastroenterology, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, and home health and hospice care. For more information, visit www. gvhospital.org.

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From left to right: Brian Davis, Gunnison Valley Hospital, CFO, Ray Rodriquez, The Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, Mark Dalley, Gunnison Valley Hospital, CEO, Greg Rosenvall, Rural Hospital Development Director, Brenda Bartholomew, Gunnison Valley Hospital, CNO, Shawn Crane, Gunnison Valley Hospital Governing Board, Chair.

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Burgess, founding director of Fibersheds in San Geronimo CA; 2. a live talk by Kelly Heaton from Bar 10 Beef in Southern UT; 3. video recordings made by Chris Gill from Circle Ranch in southwest Texas.

At the Quivira conference Rebecca Burgess received a standing ovation for her brilliant, passionate and inspiring talk where she described connecting people who gather wool from their sheep, with those who spin, with those who weave, and with those who create textiles and use natural dyes. In reviving this cultural network in these times those involved receive top dollar as companies like North Face, Patagonia and Levi Strauss are developing a market for consumers who want clothing made from natural, non-toxic sources.

There will be time for discussion after this presentation and if there is enough interest we intend to invite Rebecca to Boulder to help set-up our own regional network, and to potentially work with a group out of Salt Lake City already

establishing a local Fibershed.

Rebecca’s talk is at 7pm on Saturday, January 30.

Our February talk features Kelly Heaton, owner of Bar 10 All Natural Grass-fed Beef. Kelly is a local Utah rancher of several generations who turned from the conventional cow calf operation back to the more traditional direct marketing of an all-natural, grass-fed model. Kelly has recently given his talk to other groups around Utah, inspiring those who attend with his stories. Kelly will talk about the benefits of grass-fed beef, care of the land and an economic model for farming and ranching.

His talk is at 7pm on Saturday, February 27.

In March we will feature videos on holistic range management, including Drought Busters 101 and Keyline 101 plus Soil Carbon Cowboys.

The 101 videos feature Chris Gill from Circle Ranch in West Texas. At the Quivira conference Chris opened by saying he’s primarily a businessman and the techniques he’s used to restore his 32,000-acre ranch make economic sense.

In the videos, Chris demonstrates, how keyline plowing, holistic cattle management,

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riparian restoration, and wildlife habitat improvement, aid in drought busting and profitability. Join us at 7pm on Saturday, March 26th.

The Quivira Coalition efforts are demonstrating that the natural processes that sustain wildlife habitat, biological diversity and functioning watersheds are the same processes that make land productive for livestock. In light of the recently declared state of emergency in Garfield County, we at Boulder Skills Foundation believe that turning towards land-based solutions that are restorative and regenerative while providing a substantial livelihood for farmers, ranchers and those with cottage industries will allow for thriving rural communities into the future.

We see these talks also as an opportunity for discussion and as an introduction to workshops that will be offered this coming growing season.

All talks are free and open to the public. Location: Boulder Community Center 7pm the last Saturday in January, February and March We look forward to seeing you there!

— Constance Lynn

denominational sort of prayer that opens some sessions of Congress, dare I say, an LDS prayer. (I am a lifetime resident of Washington County and was raised in the LDS Church.)

Many, if not most, of the audience, were stunned.

What was typical about the so-called “hearing”? It wasn’t as much a hearing as it was an opportunity for the politicians to make speeches. And did they ever take advantage of the opportunity to lambast the BLM. Each committee member took five minutes to harangue against the BLM, its planning processes, and what they characterized as the nationwide propensity of the BLM to make life miserable for ranchers, miners, loggers, trappers, hunters, OHVs, and municipalities that want to build roads.

The sole exception was Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), who praised the 2009 Washington County Growth and Conservation Act that created the two conservation areas; he praised the BLM for its six-year efforts to create the management plan mandated by the Act, and offered his support for preserving the Red Cliffs NCA. His statement was drowned by his Winter Safety Cont'd from page 1

will direct them to drive close to the beacon tester, located 10 feet away. Riders may then stop at the beacon tester site for a brief moment and watch for the green light to flash, with an associated beeping sound. The green light indicates your beacon is on and working properly.

Winter recreation users are highly encouraged to carry all necessary avalanche gear if they are headed into the back country, as several self-triggered and person triggered avalanches occur each winter season in our area.

Recommended gear includes an avalanche beacon and extra batteries, and a shovel and probe. Avalanche airbag backpacks are also very effective in

louder, more strident, fellow committee members.

Then came the “testimony” of the witnesses. Mayor Jon Pike and Commissioner Alan Gardner spoke of their opposition to the draft plan and they were joined by Kathleen Clarke, representing the state, in complaining that the BLM 1) didn’t invite their participation, or 2) didn’t invite enough participation, or 3) invited their participation too late in the process. Take your pick—they each argued all three positions.

Jenna Whitlock valiantly defended the BLM’s planning process and tried to make the case that the process was duly inclusive. Paul Van Dam spoke for the tortoises.

So far, so good. But the truly embarrassing portion of the hearing came with the committee members’ questioning of the witnesses. Jenna Whitlock was browbeaten relentlessly. Utah’s delegation was particularly brutal, probably because they were playing to a home crowd and local media. Jason Chaffetz, perhaps more than the others, demonstrated his unpleasant personality by intimidation and veiled threats. He asked Whitlock how many BLM employees she had; when she replied that over 900 employees managed the 23 million acres of federal

lands in Utah, Chaffetz replied: “Ridiculous. That’s going to change!” Chaffetz went on to demand the names of the ten or twelve BLM employees who had worked on the draft RMP, and though he didn’t say it, the implication was that he would love to have their jobs.

After two hours, the committee members felt that they had sufficiently vented their ire, and the hearing was adjourned. Later in the afternoon, Chris Stewart, the congressman for most of Washington County, held what he termed a “Listening Session.”

Only problem, only two people were allowed to speak in addition to the ones he invited—among them Mike Noel.

So much for hearing and listening.

Louise Excell is a Professor Emeritus at Dixie State University. She is a lifetime resident of Springdale where she served on the Town Council from 2003 to 2013 and is on the Board of Trustees of the Virgin River Land Trust, a grassroots organization working with landowners and communities to protect southwestern Utah’s heritage of scenic beauty, open lands, and quality of life.

preventing being trapped in an avalanche. It is necessary for each person that carries this equipment to receive training on how to use it in the event that someone in your group gets buried in an avalanche.

A good way to practice is by burying a beacon with your group when they are not looking and have them work to find it. It’s a great way to learn and have fun at the same time.

The Utah Avalanche Center is working hard to keep people informed of daily ava-

lanche forecasts. They also offer some great videos that help teach about equipment use and danger signs to watch for while in the field. There newest campaign is entitled “Know Before You Go” and their latest video is really worth watching at: https:// utahavalanchecenter.org/ know-before-you-go Please be safe out there— “Know Before You Go” and have fun on your National Forest!

—U.S. Forest Service

TOU Meeting in Torrey TORREY - A meeting will be held on Thursday February 4 at 7 PM at the Torrey Town Hall to exchange ideas for activities for the Tour of Utah event August 2, 2016. All ideas are welco med!

—Pat Kearney

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Attention Wayne County School District Patrons!!

GCSD Stakeholder Surveys Beginning January 20th, 2016, Garfield County School District will be administering school climate surveys. The purpose is to gather stakeholder input about teachers, principals, and schools.

All parents/guardians are invited to participate by filling out an online survey. Responses are anonymous and no personal information is collected. Results will be given to teachers and administrators and used to improve classrooms and schools. The surveys are short, taking about 10 minutes to complete.

There is a link to the survey on the school website. If you do not have a computer, please come take the survey at the school where we have a computer set up for you, or you can take it on any public computer such as those available at a public library. The survey is available in English and Spanish.

You can access the survey by going to the GCSD web page at http://www.garfield.k12.ut.us/ index.php When you select the link, you will need to select Garfield County School District because we have partnered with surrounding districts to make the survey as economical as possible. The link to this survey will be open from January 20th, 2016 through February 10th, 2016. Thank you in advance for your participation.

—Ben Dalton, Superintendent, Garfield County School District

PHS Sports Sidelines

Dear Parents and Guardians, Beginning Thursday January 14th, 2016, Wayne School District will be administering school climate surveys. The purpose is to gather stakeholder input about teachers, principals, and schools.

All parents/ guardians are invited to participate by filling out an online survey. Responses are anonymous and no personal information is collected. Results will be given to teachers and administrators and used to improve classrooms and schools. The surveys are short, taking about 10 minutes to complete.

There is a link to the survey on the school website. If you do not have a computer, please come and take the survey at the school where we have a computer set up for you, or you can take it on any public computer such as those available at a public library. The survey is available in English and Spanish.

You can access the survey by clicking here: https://uepc.co1.qualtrics.com/ SE/?SID=SV_6J7QKjBcpjoboB7 or by typing http://bit.ly/1S4ax9S into any internet browser.

The link to this survey will be open from Thursday, January 14th, 2016 through Thursday, February 18th, 2016. Thank you in advance for your participation.

Sincerely, Superintendent Burke Torgerson

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PHS Winter Sports: Almost Too Much Excitement!

Actually most of the excitement around here is supplied by PHS sports programs and the winter sport are coming to an end way too soon for me.

The Bob Cats went over to Bryce Valley to meet up with the #2 ranked Mustangs.

I don’t have to write too much about this game because I think the whole town was there. Boy were we treated to a real barn burner of a game.

The Cats trailed for most of the game and just as they would catch up the Mustang’s would score a basket or two.

It boiled down to the last few seconds, with the Cats trailing by 1 point they pressed the Mustangs and one of their players was wide open and instead of running the clock out, he scored a basket with 11 seconds left and gave the Cats another chance, to tie the score.

However they fouled Trey Barney and he made the first one and deliberately missed the second, but the Cats couldn’t come up with the rebound and the Mustang’s came away with a

squeaker 54-52. Bryce Valley victory was due in large part to the scoring of Kix Roundy’s 20 and Landyn Brinkerhoff’s 17. The Cats were led big time by Trey Barney who was everywhere with a game high 21 points, 6 boards and 8 assists. I am sure that the Cats will meet up with Bryce Valley a couple more times before the season is over.

On Friday night the Cats really got revenge on Diamond Ranch who up till Wednesday's game gave the Cats their only loss. Some time when you lose a close game, it only makes you stronger and the Cats just came out and took it to Diamond Ranch. I don’t think that DR has a nickname, however they always have really good players, they just don’t seem to keep themselves in control and end up getting a number of technicals. With Trey Barney leading the way with 22 points 11 boards and just missing a triple double with 9 assists. Three other Cats were in double figures, Dason Houston with a solid 20 pts. Jace Eyre had 15 to

go with his 11 boards. Parker Palmer had 10. The Cats won with an impressive showing, 72-57. The Bob Cats have some breather games coming up with Escalante on the 28, Milford there on the 30th and on Feb. 3rd Water Canyon will be here.

The Lady Cats had a couple of easy wins last week taking out Valley by a score of 53 to 21. Taylor’s 15 pts and Whitt’s 13 led the Ladies to a very dominate victory over the Buffalo’s. As in the past the Cats relied on a team effort and Coach Barney’s tough defense to hold Valley to six or less points per quarter.

The Girls went out to Milford for another victory with an easy win 48 to 38. Whitt led all scorers with 19 pts. Again this was another team effort with each player contributing to the win. On the 27th the Wayne Badgers will be the Cats last home game and it will be senior night. They do have a couple of away games left, Parowan on the 29th and at BV on Feb 4th. Oh where did the season go, Region will start on Feb 10.

At the battle at the Pond in Gunnison the tough guys placed 4th in an 11 team tournament made up of mostly 2A teams. Kellen Mooney 160lbs and Kelton Cropper 195lbs took 2nd places. This competition is brutal; both boys were 10 and 1. Jonah Schoppe at 106lbs. took 3rd, Kelton Owens at 12lbs, 4th and Zach Julander at 120 lbs took 5th. The Cats last dual meet was here last Tuesday against Kanab.

These tough guys never rest with a dual at BV on Wed. and Richfield on Thursday. Their season is also coming to an end with Region at Juab on Feb. 6 and State at UVU on Feb. 12-13.

Wayne Middle School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll HIGH HONOR ROLL – 4.0 GPA 7th Grade: Blake Giles, CJ Torgerson 6th Grade: Tamara Ayala, Miles Guerrero, Mizuki Ito, Hali Peterson HIGH HONOR ROLL – 3.8 TO 4.0 GPA 8th Grade: Maddisen Barton, Kayla Batty, Quinsee Ellett, Ian Fillmore, Hannah Gardner, Ty Hilton, Hikari Ito 7th Grade: Paxton Davis, Destiny Durfey, Brayden Lawton, Terry Lough, Kalina Maw, Josse Peterson, TJ Peterson, Burgan Torgerson 6th Grade: Kassen Pace HONOR ROLL – 3.5 TO 3.8 GPA 8th Grade: Daniel Ayala, Stran Beeler, Jaden Blackburn, Bridger Brian, Tyrel Brian, Logan Chappell, Braige Jacobson, Gavin Rees, Tate Torgerson, Thomas VanDyke 7th Grade: Sadie Anderson, Trevor Barlow, Jackie Christensen, Brody Durfey, Jace Edwards, Dallas Failner, LynDee Harker, Ethan Morrill, Abbi New, Jesse Peterson, Abby Stevens, Shyanne VanDyke, Felicity Williams, Hanna Williams 6th Grade: Kaydence Brown, Riley Edwards, Maggie Ekker, Millie Ice, Jasper James, Colton Jeffs, Shaleen Nelson, Greta Portmann, Whitney Woolsey

SUU Students Improve Rural Health in Dominican Republic CEDAR CITYFor eight days in December, 11 Southern Utah University students experienced firsthand the urgent need for medical care and the value of service in a third-world county. SUU students in the Rural Health Scholars (RHS) program traveled to the Dominican Republic Dec. 1119, setting up and staffing rural health clinics throughout the poverty-stricken country.

Working with Solid Rock International, a nonprofit organization, the students established four clinics and distributed medical supplies including cough medication, nasal sprays, ibuprofen, eye drops, vitamins, and toothbrushes, while serving a total of 554 patients.

Each patient the students saw had their blood pressure checked, spoke with a Dominican doctor, and received hygiene products and vitamins/medications depending on their health condition.

RHS students specifically helped greet patients, weigh babies, take blood pressure

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readings, note patient illness, shadow doctors, dispense medications, and interact with the local children.

RHS Assistant Director Karen Ganss was the staff advisor on the trip and was “extremely proud of the SUU students’ ability to show care and empathy for the Dominican patients,” she said.

Dominicans face a lack of clean drinking water, little knowledge of common health practices and the inability to pay to see a doctor. They also inhabit homes without electricity or running water, and suffer from poor diets. Due to these impediments, there is high demand for free health services for rural Dominican individuals.

“We showed them proper health care and gave them medications, but they gave us more than that. They renewed our sense of kindness, service and care toward other human beings,” Ganss said. “The Dominicans reignited my passion for human connection, talking face-to-face, helping a neighbor when in need, and listen-

ing to others.”

Cultural immersion trips expose students to medically underserved communities domestically and abroad. During these trips, students gain valuable health care experience, engage in patient exposure and develop language skills while also shadowing physicians.

The Rural Health Scholars program at Southern Utah University assists students in becoming successful applicants to medical, nursing, podiatry, dental, pharmacy, and other graduate-level and allied health professions programs. Student applications are strengthened through a regimen of classes, seminars, community service, job shadowing, research and advisement.

For more information about the Utah Center for Rural Health programs, contact Karen Ganss, RHS assistant director, at 435-865-8660 or visit www.suu.edu/ruralhealth.\ —SUU

SPOTLIGHT Wayne High School Seniors 2016

January 28th-February 6th 28th

BBB @ Valley

29th

Teacher Development – No School

JV 5:30 Varsity 7:00

GBB w/ Milford JV 5:30 Varsity 7:00

30th

BBB w/ Water Canyon

Feb. 2nd

GBB w/ Piute

JV 5:30 Varsity 7:00 JV 5:30 Varsity 7:00 FCCLA Region

3rd

BBB w/ Bryce Valley

4th

GBB @ Parowan

5th

BBB @ Diamond Ranch

Freshmen 4:00 JV 5:30 Varsity 7:00 Freshmen 4:00 JV 5:30 Varsity 7:00 JV 5:30 Varsity 7:00

6th

Wrestling Divisionals @ Juab

Breanna Smith My name is Breanna Smith, and I currently live in Loa, Utah. I am the daughter of Robin and Gina Smith. In the future I hope to attend the University of Utah and study medicine specializing in anesthesiology. After college I hope to work for a hospital as a certified anesthesiologist.

My parents have been the ones to inspire me to reach my goal and achieve my dreams! They support every decision that I have made to get me this far and continue to do so for my future. I couldn’t be this close without their support. <——————————————> This weekly student spotlight is brought to you by Wayne High School and the Entrada Institute

Scholarship committee. These spotlights are not only to inform the people of Wayne County about these fine seniors, but to encourage contributions to the “Scholarship of Excellence” program for students at WHS. For more information about tax deductible donations, please contact Candence Peterson at WHS.

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Wills, Trusts, and More

tHe lAuGhiNg Directions pOiNt!!

Chicken Problems

Why Probate if a Will Exists

by JeFFery J. mCKeNNa

Do we have to go through probate if there is a Will? Why can't we just distribute the assets as the Will says?

Generally, it is necessary to go through probate or, in the case of smaller estates, a less formal procedure that is still under the general supervision of the probate court, before the deceased's property can be legally distributed.

Even if a person dies with A Will, (which is known as dying "testate"), a court generally has to have an opportunity to allow others to object to the Will, and if there are any objections, to determine if the Will is valid, because it is always possible that (1) there was a later Will (which, if valid, would replace the older Will), or (2) the Will was made at a time the deceased was not mentally competent to make a Will, or (3) the Will was the result of fraud, mistake or "undue influence" or (4) the Will was not properly "executed", or (5) the so-called Will is actually a forgery, or

(6) for some other reason (such as a pre-existing contract) the Will is not fully valid, or (7) there are other claims against the deceased's estate that impact what the beneficiaries under the Will would receive.

For example, if the deceased owned real estate in his own name, no knowledgeable outside person would accept title to the property, and no bank would lend a new buyer mortgage money on it, unless the estate went through probate so "clear title" could be given to the new buyer.

(Title CAN be cleared on such property, even in difficult and seemingly complex situations.

For advice on how to handle property that needs the title cleared, call your attorney.)

Similarly, few outsiders would enter into any other transactions involving the deceased person's property before the Will is "admitted to probate" and/or someone is lawfully appointed to act for the estate.

Unnecessary as it may seem, probate proceedings re-

D. L. Treanor Horseshoeing For Balance and Performance Reliable, Professional Service

Attorney Jeff McKenna hiking with his son in Zion National Park.

ally do resolve issues that may cause tremendous hardship if left unattended.

Now with a Panguitch Office at 35 East Center 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 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. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, you can contact him at 435 628-1711 or jmckenna@barney-mckenna.com or visit the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at WWW.BARNEY-MCKENNA. COM

There is this farmer who is having problems with his chickens. All of the sudden, they are all getting very sick and he doesn't know what is wrong with them.

After trying all conventional means, he calls a biologist, a chemist, and a physicist to see if they can figure out what is wrong.

So the biologist looks at the chickens, examines them a bit, and says he has no clue what could be wrong with them.

Then the chemist takes some tests and makes some measurements, but he can't come to any conclusions either.

So the physicist gives it a try. He stands there and looks at the chickens for a long time without touching them or anything. Then all of the sudden he starts scribbling away in a notebook.

Finally, after several gruesome calculations, he exclaims, "I've got it! But it only works for spherical chickens in a vacuum."

Thought for the Day

The only perfect science is hind-sight.

Dave Treanor Farrier

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

Answers for this week

A friend was thinking about buying a new house in the country and asked me to come out and look at it.

We found the town, but we couldn't locate the road. We drove over to city hall, where a community get-together was going on, and asked around, but no one had heard of the road. Even the policemen and fire personnel were stumped.

We went in to city hall and consulted a map, with no luck, until finally one young man came to our aid. He pointed to the map, showing us exactly how to get there. I thanked the young man and asked if he was with the police or fire department.

"Neither," he replied. "I deliver pizzas."

Organizing a Report

One of my college friends asked a group of us for advice on organizing his final report for the year. "Why don't you use Roman Numerals to head the different sections?" a friend suggested.

"I already thought of that," he replied. "But my keyboard doesn't have Roman Numerals on it."

Music Lesson

"What did you learn in school today, dear?"

"We learned about music.

The teacher drew a curlicue on the board."

"Did she call it a treble clef?"

"Yeah. Then she drew some lines and asked me to come up and draw a note on the lines."

"What did you do?"

"I wrote, 'Dear Aunt Emma, just a short note to tell you I'm fine.'"

Dinner Blessing

A woman invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six-yearold daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?"

"I wouldn't know what to say," the girl replied.

"Just say what you hear mommy say," the woman answered.

The daughter bowed her head and said, "Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?"

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OBITUARIES

Philip Ronald Priska 1940 - 2016

ESCALANTE - Philip Ronald Priska went to be with his Lord on January 20th at his home attended by his wife, Harriet.

He was born Aug 19, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan to Joseph Priska from Vienna, Austria and Julia Folding Priska from what is now Timisoara, Romania.

He graduated from Highland Park High School in Detroit, Michigan in 1958 and then joined the Army and served in France until July, 1961. He worked in Las Vegas, Nevada, San Francisco, and San Mateo, California before being employed as a Security Guard at Stanford Linear Accelerator for 20 years.

In 1974 Philip began to collect fine art and avidly purchased the watercolors of Menlo Park artist, Rachel Dowd Bentley.

By 1980, he owned over 100 of her paintings and dreamed of having an art gallery one day to exhibit her work. That year, he met and married the love of his life, Harriet Washburn Boston. They felt led to move to Escalante, Utah in 1991 and in 1993, they opened Serenidad Gallery on Main Street in Escalante. Philip finally realized his dream of having a show place for Rachel’s work for the next 23 years. Philip enjoyed meeting people from around the world and would amaze tourists by speaking a few words of German to those who were from Germany. Philip was an avid modeler and built replicas of airplanes and boats, and he was a toy train collector for many years.

In November of 2015, Philip learned that he had inoperable lung cancer and he and Harriet came home and proceeded to close the Fine Art and Antique Business that they had nurtured together.

Philip was at peace with his diagnosis and his last words were: “Love is all there is.”

Philip was predeceased by his parents and older brother, Thomas Priska Frick. Survived by older brother Martin Thomas (Galey) Priska of Riverview, Florida; older Sister, Julianne Drake of Battle Creek, Michigan; younger brother, Richard Joseph Priska of Round Rock, Texas; and his wife, Harriet Young Priska.

Funeral Services will be at the Escalante Baptist Church 22 North 300 East, 1 PM, Saturday, January 23. A short grave side service will follow with Military honors. Friends are then invited to the Escalante Baptist Church for a potluck reception. Swindlehurst Funeral Home, Cedar City.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made to Archway: www.archwayromainia.org Helping orphans in Bucharest, Romania who are living in sewers and on the gutters.

Philip’s mother was born near there.

Donald E. Sanderson 1926 - 2016

TORREY - Donald Eugene Sanderson, 89, of Torrey, Utah, passed away on January 17, 2016.

Born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1926 to Arlo and Laura (Goudy) Sanderson, he served two years in the military, June 1944 through the occupation forces in Germany.

He met his future wife, Carol Mary Shaw, at Cornell College, where he received his B.A in 1949. He earned his master’s in mathematical theory from California Institute of Technology in 1951 and his Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1953.

Don was a published and awarded math professor of topology at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, until his retirement in 1991.

Widowed in 1989, he met his second wife, Clotilde Barrett, at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico.

Since 1996, they lived in Torrey, Utah, and had traveled and hiked together extensively. Don loved the outdoors, playing cribbage and word games, and producing eye-rolling puns.

He is survived by his younger brother Richard A. Sanderson of Hawaii, second wife Clotilde Barrett of Utah, and three children with Carol (Shaw) Sanderson: Robert C. Sanderson and wife, Nancy, of Colorado; Mark A. Sanderson and wife, Carol, of Iowa; and Karen A. Sanderson of New Mexico. He is also survived by five grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and many relatives and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents, older brother Robert Sanderson, older sister Shirley (Sanderson) Boyce, and wife Carol (Shaw) Sanderson.

A memorial service in Iowa will be scheduled at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to an Alzheimer’s research organization.

Services under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

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by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com I just finished chiseling the ice off my driveway on Saturday evening and when I woke up in the morning, it was covered up again, with all of that wonderful white stuff. However this was really light stuff and it shoveled really nicely. By afternoon the sidewalks were again dry. I really love the seasons, when you come from California it is vanilla weather, no leaves changing and the temperatures rarely get below 50 degrees and you don’t get the blessing from shoveling snow. This week most of the snow has hit the east coast with record snow falls, in 7 states.

This is their first snow of the year and what I saw on the tube it didn’t look that bad, I bet their ski resorts will be happy that they can now open.

2015 was the warmest temperatures world wide that were ever recorded and the second warmest in the USA after 2014. The temperature has risen 5 ½ degrees since 1901 and was a ½ degree higher than last year's record. 2,500 people died in a heat wave in India last year.

In a recent poll the Governor of Utah did rather well, with an approval rating of 52% and only 34% disapproving.

However the legislature did not do well at all, 38% approved

of the job they were doing and 42% disapproved. The main complaints were about their handling of the affordable care insurance with Medicaid funds from the Federal Government, for the underserved, also their doing away with our public lands that we so heavily depend on for our livelihood here in Southern Utah. The State is spending 14 million dollars of tax payer money to fight the Government on the public lands issue. Utah cannot find another state to go in on this law suit. I have an idea. Why not contact Missouri. Missouri loves company.

Oil hit a real low price of $26 a barrel on last Wednesday, however, oil did rally on Thursday and Friday and went up 15% to $32 a barrel. Gas prices are still dropping with the average price in Utah at $2.01 a gallon, Panguitch does have the lowest diesel by far around here at $2.09.

We went over to Cedar City on Saturday to watch our 4th grader Great Grandson play ball. His name is Stockton (after his mother’s favorite player). On the opening tip the little guy intercepted the ball, dribbled the ball from the half court line and laid in, slick as a whistle. The only problem was it was the other team’s basket,

however for most of the first half he was their leading scorer.

Last Monday I had a cataract removed by Doctor Anderson, in Cedar City I didn’t even know that I had a problem with my eyes till I went to the eye clinic here in Panguitch.

I had just renewed my commercial truck driver’s license in October and they told me that I didn’t need glasses to drive anymore. I had a spot in my eye and so I went to the Clinic and Dr. Gouch said that he couldn’t see into my eye because the cataracts were so bad.

It was then that I notice that my seeing was a little blurred in my left eye. My vision in that eye was 50-70. The procedure that Doctor Anderson does is

amazing. They prep you in 20 minutes, puts you to sleep and 20 minutes later you wake up and it is over with. He put a small hole in your eye, breaks up the cataract with a laser and vacuums out the pieces and puts in a new lens that is rolled up like a tortilla and that’s it. The hole is so small that it doesn’t require any stitching.

Zero pain and three days later I met with Dr. Anderson at the clinic here and he checked my eye and my vision was 20-20, amazing. I will be having my right eye done in a couple of weeks and I can’t wait.

Well have you broken any of your New Year resolution yet?

Mack O.

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HB 119: Lawmaker wants to end 'out of date' straight-party voting

by Kalli WHite, tHe DiGital uNiverse SALT LAKE CITY— Lawmakers may debate straight-ticket voting, which currently allows Utah voters to choose a party’s entire slate of candidates with a single ballot vote.

Rep. Patrice Arent, DMillcreek, is sponsoring HB119, a bill that would require voters to mark all candidates separately on any given ballot, even if each of their chosen candidates are from the same political party.

Arent said, “Voters can still go through the ballot and vote for every Republican, every Democrat or every Green Party, but they would be marking the names of each individual candidate.”

As of today, Utah voters are able to select all candidates

of a particular party for each office on the ballot by casting a single vote. With few exceptions, this way of straight-ticket party voting applies to all federal, state and local elections.

Utah is one of nine states that still allows straight-ticket voting, and sponsors of the straight-ticket voting amendment bill believe it to be, “out of date.” And while similar bills have been sponsored previously, they have not passed.

Supporters of HB119 claim straight-ticket voting is the source of unnecessary confusion for voters, and say it causes important issues to get overlooked or skipped, particularly when these issues are not affiliated with a specific political party.

“What happens is people vote straight-ticket thinking they voted for everything on the ballot but they haven’t.” explained Arent. “They forget, or don’t realize, they’ve missed things like the judges, the school board, the council races, the propositions and the constitutional amendments.”

While some see straightticket voting to be a source of confusion, Utah’s Republican Party Chair James Evans supports the straight-ticket voting process currently established.

He said he does not support removing this option from voters.

Evans said that voters who want to vote straight party because it represents their values should be able to do so.

However, Republican

Rep. Jeremy Peterson of Ogden said his motivation for cosponsoring the bill “isn’t about party as much as it is about establishing a good political process and creating an environment for voters to make more informed decisions.”

Peterson pointed out that while a candidate may represent a particular political party, they may have viewpoints or ideas that do not reflect that party’s brand.

“Candidate-specific voting would make for a much healthier, and invigorating process,” Peterson said. “Removing straight-ticket voting would encourage voters to make better educated decision and that is what really matters.”

Utah's Lt. Governor says he won't let GOP keep candidates off ballot

by CHris larsoN, tHe DiGital uNiverse SALT LAKE CITY - Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox clarified how his office will enforce last year’s controversial ballot access law SB54, known as Count My Vote, by issuing a memo to candidates in the current election cycle.

The recent memo addressed legal and policy questions as well as speculation over the new law that mandated that political parties to recognize ballot initiatives of candidates seeking political office in Utah.

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Specifically, the memo said The Republican Party and its candidates will have access to the ballot as long as the party maintains the standards for a qualified political party set

by SB54. Cox said that in the memo, he anticipates no reason why the Utah GOP or its candidates would be barred from elections.

Count My Vote was a 2014 Utah citizens’ initiative created to replace the state’s caucus selection process for candidates

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for public office with a mandatory primary election. Legislatures struck a compromise with the Count My Vote proponents and passed SB54 which preserves the caucus system and allows for the new signature method.

Cox said his office would forbid the Utah GOP from excluding candidates who use the signature route from the primary ballot.

Similarly, Cox said in the memo that his office would reject attempts by parties to remove signatures of registered party members from petitions or remove registered members from party membership, specifically addressing rumors that the UTGOP would assert take action against those that support SB54 or candidate ballot measures.

Several Utah GOP candidates, including Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Wood Cross, have announced that they would use both the caucus system and the signature route to get on the primary ballot later this year.

“After an extensive review of SB54 with the Attorney General’s Office, I have determined the clear wording of the statute allows candidates, and not parties, to determine whether to gather signatures, participate in the caucus/convention system

or do both,” the memo said.

Candidates began gathering signatures on Jan. 4. The memo said that more than 70 candidates, including 49 state and national legislators, have declared their intent to gather signatures.

A list of candidates seeking signatures can be found at www.elections.utah.gov.

The clarity of the memo, as the memo acknowledges, might be mitigated by the uncertainty of the lawsuits surrounding SB54 filed by the Utah GOP. “Although judges are historically averse to removing candidates from the ballot, it is impossible to know with 100 percent certainty whether a judge could invalidate the signature path or remove the (Republican) party’s QPP status, thus eliminating the caucus/ convention path,” the memo said.

Cox recommended that a candidate use both the caucus and petition route to assure maximum access to the ballot.

In the 2015 legislative session, lawmakers battle over SB54 which was a compromise with Count My Vote to preserve the traditional caucus system and add a ballot measure after Count My Vote threatened to take the issue to a petition.

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GOED Announces New Office of Outdoor Recreation Director SALT LAKE CITY - The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) is pleased to announce that Kenneth Thomas (Tom) Adams has accepted the position of director for the Office of Outdoor Recreation.

Adams has been dedicated to Utah’s outdoor recreation industry for over 20 years. He will be leaving his current position as sales director for Petzl, a manufacturer of high-end climbing and lighting equipment, where he has been responsible for all North American sales.

“Outdoor recreation is a key industry in Utah providing direct economic benefits for our residents," Gov. Herbert said. "Tom's experience and enthusiasm will help our state's outdoor recreation industry achieve new levels of success."

Adams has had quite a diverse career in the outdoor industry. In addition to Petzl, he has worked in sales roles at Liberty Mountain, a wellknown outdoor products distributor and Black Diamond Equipment, recognized around the world for its climbing and outdoor products. He has also worked at Brighton Ski Resort as a ski instructor.

Most of Adams’ focus in the industry has been in sales, where he built a distinct skill set in the creation and success of both short and long-term goals. This required close col-

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Tom Adams, the new director for the Office of Outdoor Recreation. laboration with an extensive number of stakeholders. Each position allowed him to directly and indirectly promote outdoor recreation in Utah while selling all across North America.

As director of the Office of Outdoor Recreation, Adams will oversee the state of Utah’s outdoor recreation vision and programs. The vision was developed under the direction of the governor in conjunction with the Outdoor Industry

Association, the Council on Balanced Resources, GOED and various Utah outdoor industry leaders. It guides the state’s outdoor programs on improving Utah’s recreational opportunities and highlights the need to ensure a balanced, responsible approach to developing, enhancing and protecting public lands.

“My career path and my passions in life have followed each other hand in hand,” Adams said. “Whether as a

climbing or skiing instructor or a sales director, it has been a personal goal of mine to make every aspect of the outdoor industry more enjoyable and accessible for my clients, friends and family. Now as a part of GOED, I will be able to expand on my passion to ensure that each resident or visitor will have the best possible resources to enjoy the full range of outdoor recreation opportunities that Utah offers.

I look forward to working with the leaders, stakeholders, and communities in each county within the state.”

Adams graduated with a degree in commercial recreation management from the University of Utah. He is widely known for his skiing passion and expertise in rock and ice climbing, where he holds first accent recognition for substantial technical difficulty as high as 5.14. He is also a competitive cyclist, competing annually in the 200-mile LOTOJA bike race and placing 3rd in the 2015 Salt to Saint as a solo rider.

He resides with his wife, Gwendolyn, and their three young boys near the base of the Wasatch Mountains, where they can often be found enjoying many of the natural resources Utah has to offer.

— Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED)

Catch Perch and Win Prizes LOA - You can catch tasty yellow perch, enjoy free hot chocolate and win prizes at the second Fish Lake Perch Tournament which will be held Saturday, January 30th at Fish Lake. The tournament is completely free; just show up and catch all the perch you can. You can register for the event online and view tournament rules at http://wildlife. utah.gov/perch-tournament. html. Check-in begins at 7 a.m. at the Twin Creeks, Lake Side or Joe Bush parking areas at Fish Lake. The tournament starts at 8 a.m.

"Bring your fishing poles, tackle, bait, warm clothes and a 2-way radio, so you can keep in touch with your group if you split up," says Heather Talley, regional wildlife recreation coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. "Also, if you're 12 years of age or older, you must have a valid Utah fishing or combination license to participate."

"The tournament ends at 2 p.m.," Talley says. "Make sure you take any tagged fish to the tournament officials before then, so you can qualify for prizes." There is no limit on perch in Fish Lake, and a

two-pole permit is no longer required to fish with two poles. "Please keep all of the perch you catch," Talley says.

In addition to 10 firearms, Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife is donating $3,500 in additional prizes.

Ten fish will be tagged with numbers that will win you a firearm, but the fish with the firearm-winning tags must be caught on the day BryaN eNGelBert, utaH DivisioN oF WilDliFe resourCes of the tournament Anglers of all ages can catch perch and maybe win a prize at the Fish — Jan. 30 — in Lake Perch Tournament order to win.

Over 900 participants worth, regional aquatics man- Ribbon Fisheries Advisory have registered for this event, ager for the DWR, says last Council are among those who so please leave your all-terrain year's event was great, and sponsor the event together. vehicles and snowmobiles at this year's event will be even If you have questions home as heavy snowfall has better. "What a great way to about the event, call the Frerestricted parking access at the have fun, win prizes and im- mont River Ranger District lake. prove a fishery," he says, "all office at 435.836.2811 or the Yellow perch are abun- at the same time."

DWR's Southern Region ofdant in Fish Lake. DWR biThe DWR, Fish Lake fice at 435.865.6100. ologists hope the tournament Resorts, Sportsmen for Fish —Fishlake will help thin the population & Wildlife, the Sevier Travel National Forest to make room for all the other Council, the Fishlake Nationfish in the lake. Richard Hep- al Forest and the Utah Blue

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OBITUARIES Doris Frannae 1918 - 2016

TORREY - Our beloved mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and friend, Doris Anderson Frannae, age 97, of Torrey, passed away January 14, 2016 in Loa, Utah She was born May 17, 1918 in Sumner, Wisconsin, a daughter of Oscar and Hildred Richards Anderson.

She married Howard Russell, in 1936 in Wisconsin. He died in 2004. She then married Axel Frannae in 2010 in Safford, Arizona.

He died in 2013.

Doris was a member of the LDS Church.

She was a very good painter and enjoyed art.

She loved her boys and enjoyed being a mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother.

She will be deeply missed by her three sons: Lowell Russell of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Lanny Russell of Torrey, Utah; and Gary Russell of Rifle, Colorado; 7 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Gene Russell.

Private services were held at the family home in Torrey.

Burial will take place at a later date in Safford, Arizona under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

MISSIONS

Elder Dirk Brett Chynoweth HENRIEVILLE - Elder Dirk Brett Chynoweth of Henrieville has returned after serving for two years in the Australia Brisbane Mandarin Chinese Speaking Mission.

Elder Chynoweth will report his mission experience in the Henrieville Ward on January 31st at 10:00am.

He is the son of Lisa and Shawn Chynoweth. His grandparents are Ralph and Lael Chynoweth of Henrieville and Tom and Grace Hall of Beckville, Texas.

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In Utah 85% of MarketPlace Customers Qualify for a Tax Credit WASHINGTON D.C. According to a new report released today, in Utah 85% of people who selected or were automatically enrolled in a 2016 plan through the Marketplace qualify for a tax credit with an average value of $189 per month, or about 68% of the pre-tax credit premium.

Moreover, HealthCare. gov users in Utah are actively shopping and saving money on their 2016 Health Insurance Marketplace plans. In Utah 70% of people who actively reenrolled in a Marketplace plan for 2016 switched to a different plan, saving an average of $31 per month ($372 per year) after tax credits.

“There are just 10 days left until the end of Open Enrollment for 2016 coverage and Utah consumers should know that prices are affordable and it’s not too late to shop for the best plan,” said HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. “People coming to the Marketplace for coverage are active, engaged and shopping to save money.”

Today’s report looks at

the individuals in Utah who selected or were automatically enrolled in a plan through December 26, 2015. The vast majority of reenrollments were completed by December 18, 2015.

In Utah 70% of people who signed up as of December 26 had the option of selecting a health insurance plan with a premium of $75 per month or less after tax credits. And 60% had the option of selecting a health insurance plan with a premium of $50 per month or less after tax credits. On average, people who are signed up for Marketplace coverage in Utah as of December 26, 2015 are paying $87 per month on their premiums after tax credits.

To read today’s report, visit: https://aspe. hhs.gov/pdf-document/ health-insurance-marketplaces-2016-average-premiums-after-advance-premiumtax-credits-38-states-usinghealthcaregov-eligibility-andenrollment-platform —U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

USDA Expands Microloans to Help Farmers Purchase Farmland and Improve Property WASHINGTON - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin offering farm ownership microloans, creating a new financing avenue for farmers to buy and improve property. These microloans will be especially helpful to beginning or underserved farmers, U.S. veterans looking for a career in farming, and those who have small and midsized farming operations.

“Many producers, especially new and underserved farmers, tell us that access to land is one of the biggest challenges they face in establishing and growing their own farming operation,” said Harden.

“USDA is making it easier for new farmers to hit the ground running and get access to the land that they need to establish their farms or improve their property.”

The microloan program, which celebrates its third anniversary this week, has been hugely successful, providing more than 16,800 low-interest loans, totaling over $373 million to producers across the country. Microloans have helped farmers and ranchers

with operating costs, such as feed, fertilizer, tools, fencing, equipment, and living expenses since 2013. Seventy percent of loans have gone to new farmers.

Now, microloans will be available to also help with farm land and building purchases, and soil and water conservation improvements.

FSA designed the expanded program to simplify the application process, expand eligibility requirements and expto qualified producers, and can be issued to the applicant directly from the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA).

This microloan announcement is another USDA resou edite smaller real estate loans to help farmers strengthen their operations. Microloans provide up to $50,000 rce for America’s farmers and ranchers to utilize, especially as new and beginning farmers and ranchers look for the assistance they need to get started. To learn more about the FSA microloan program visit www.fsa.usda.gov/microloans, or contact your local FSA office. To find your nearest office location, please visit http://offices.usda.gov.

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WAYNE COUNTY Economic Development Director Wayne County is accepting applications for an Economic Development Director. Application forms may be picked up at the Wayne County Clerk's Office during regular office hours and must be submitted to the Wayne County Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on February 12, 2016.

The position is part time, (16 hours a week). Hours are flexible and would include some weekend and even-ing work. Local, regional and some State travel would be required.

For further information, contact the Clerk's Office, 18 South Main, Loa, (435)836-1300.

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

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WAYNE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Loa Elementary Paraprofessional Wayne School District is accepting applications for a paraprofessional position at Loa Elementary. This position is parttime with no benefits. For more information about this position contact Cherie Blackburn at 435-836-2851 or Cherie.blackburn@waynesd.org. This position will remain open until filled.

Please send application to Wayne School District, PO Box 127, Bicknell, UT 84715. Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer and provider and reserves the right to reject or accept any or all applications.

2/4 WAYNE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Bus Driver Hanksville to Bicknell Job Opening: Wayne School District is seeking a bus driver for the Hanksville to Bicknell run. This position is fulltime (40 hours paid per week) during the school year (approximately nine months) and begins with the fall of 2016 school year.

Responsibilities: • The run begins at approximately 6:00 am in Hanksville and ends upon arrival at the schools in Bicknell, then resumes when school lets out for the day and ends at approximately 5:00 pm in Hanksville (2:00 pm on Fridays) on all school days.

• The driver would also assist with mid-day bus runs in the Fremont to Torrey area during the school day.

Qualifications: • The selected applicant will be required to complete 40 hours of training, provided by the school district, to obtain a school bus and passenger endorsement. The school district will reimburse the applicant for half of the training time upon completion of the training and the other half upon completion of one year of employment.

• Employment is subject to a background check and drug test, along with a good driving record that will be checked through the Drivers License Division.

• Training will preferably be done in Bicknell and must be completed by June 1, 2016.

Compensation and Benefits: • Starting pay is $15.66 per hour.

• Benefits include enrollment in Utah Retirement Systems, medical and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, and paid time off.

Please submit a completed application before February 5, 2016 to the district office, PO Box 127 79 N 100 W Bicknell, UT 84715 The position will remain open until filled.

If you have questions regarding the position please contact Ned Taylor at 435-425-3813.

2/4 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER Wayne County, Utah, is seeking applicants for the appointed position of public defender. The Wayne County Public Defender is responsible for providing high-quality legal representation to criminal defendants financially unable to retain an attorney.

Duties include representation during trials and hearings in the Sixth District Court in Wayne County and the Wayne County Justice Court, each of which generally meet once per month.

The Wayne County Public Defender will also be responsible for representing Juveniles charged with a felony in Juvenile Court.

Specifically, the Wayne County Public Defender will be responsible for providing all aspects of a quality legal defense to his/her clients, to include court appearances, negotiations, legal research and writing, and appropriate communications with applicable agencies. The ideal candidate must be a member in good standing of the Utah Bar, have had criminal law experience, and have good communications skills. Salary is commensurate with experience, average caseload, and the budgetary requirements of the County.

To apply, send a cover letter and resume to Ryan Torgerson, Wayne County Clerk/Auditor, 18 South Main, Loa, Utah 84747.

For more information, contact Mr Torgerson at 435-836-1300 or by email at ryan@wayne.utah.gov. Applications must be postmarked by February 5th to be considered.

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LEGAL NOTICES

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE WAYNE COUNTY Wayne County will accept separate sealed bids for the following items: 1. 1969 Hyster Challenger 50, 4 cylinder gas motor, 9,300 lb. capacity 2. 1968 Hyster H 150C, 6 cylinder gas motor, 15,000 lb. capacity.

3. (2) 1991 Williamsen 2 axle pup trailer to be sold separately.

4. Army trailer with air compressor and generator.

5. Tandem axle tilt deck trailer.

6. (4) fuel transfer tanks. To be sold separately.

7. Miscellaneous tires. To be sold in separate lots.

8. Electric masonry mixer.

The equipment is available for inspection on Saturday January 23rd and Saturday January 30th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the County Road shed 195 N. 200 E. in Loa. Bids will be accepted in the County Clerk's Office, 18 South Main, Loa, until 5:00 P.M. Friday, February 5th, 2016, and the bids will be opened during Commission meeting on Monday February 8th at 10:30 a.m. For additional information contact Rhett Jeffery at 435-836-2682 or the Wayne County Clerk's Office at 435-8361300. Wayne County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Ryan Torgerson, Wayne County Clerk/Auditor Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 14, 21 & 28, 2016 SHEDS FOR SALE WAYNE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Wayne School District has two sheds for sale made by the construction class at Wayne High School. The sheds are 10 x 10 and can be looked at by going to the shop at Wayne High School during school hours. Shed A is a little more finished then shed B so the minimum bid is set at $1,000. Shed B has a minimum bid of $700. Please send sealed bids to Wayne School District, PO Box 127, Bicknell, UT 84715. Buyer will be expected to arrange for transportation to move the sheds. Bids will be accepted until 5:00 P.M. on Friday, February 5.

Wayne School District is an equal employment provider and employer and reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 21 & 28, 2016 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PANGUITCH CITY Panguitch City will hold a Public Hearing on February 9, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss a proposal to raise culinary water fees to $27 a month, additionally starting in 2017 implementing a 2% annual cost of living increase for sewer, water and secondary irrigation. Transfer of $150,000 from the water fund to the general fund. The $150,000 is needed to upgrade street lighting to energy efficient standards and will provide overall cost savings to the city. The Public Hearing will be held during a regularly scheduled City Council Meeting at the Panguitch City Office; 25 South 200 East in the library conference room.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 28 & FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Town & County MEETING Board GARFIELD COUNTY Garfield County office hours are Mon-Fri 9-5, closed 12-1 for lunch. Commission meets the 2nd & 4th Mondays at 10am in the commission chambers, 55 S. Main St., Panguitch. Agenda deadline: noon Friday before meetings. Clerk: Camille Moore, camille.moore@garfield.utah.gov. 435-676-1120.

Antimony - Antimony Town Council meetings are 1st Thursdays at 7pm at the Civic Center. Clerk: Roma Henrie, antimonytown@scinternet.net. 435-624-3488.

Boulder - Boulder Town office hours: Mon 11-1, Wed 1-2. Council meetings are 1st Thursdays, 7pm at Community Center.

Agenda Deadline: 48 hours before the meeting. Clerk: Judy Davis, boulderutah@scinternet.net. 435-335-7300.

Bryce - Bryce Canyon City Council meetings are 1st and 3rd Thursday at 10am at the public safety building. City manager Jean Seiler, ajeansiler@gmail.com. 435-231-1603.

Cannonville - Cannonville Town Council meetings are 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm., canvtown@scinternet.net, 435-679-8784 Escalante - Escalante City office hours are Mon-Thurs 8-4, Fri 8-noon. Council meetings are 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7pm at the city council chambers. City recorder: Debbie Allen, escalant@scinternet.net, 435-826-4644 Hatch - Hatch Town Council meetings are 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm at Hatch Town Hall. Clerk: Jacie Torgerson, hatchut@ color-country.net 435-735-4364 Henrieville - Henrieville Town office hours are Mon-Fri 10-4.

Council meetings are 2nd Thursdays at 7pm at the Town Hall.

Clerk: Marie Jagger, henrievilletown@scinternet.net 435-6798581.

Panguitch - Panguitch City office hours are Mon-Fri 8-5. Council meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6:30pm in the city offices. Agenda deadline: Noon Thursdays before meetings. Manager: Lori Talbot, lori.panguitchcity@gmail.com 435-676-8585.

Tropic - Tropic Town office hours are Mon-Fri 8-2. Council meetings are the 2nd Thursdays at 6pm at Tropic Town Heritage Center. Agenda deadline: 1st Thursday. Clerk: Marie Neimann, tropic@color-country.net, 435-679-8713.

WAYNE COUNTY Wayne County office hours are Mon-Fri 9-5, closed 12-1 for lunch. Commission meets 1st & 3rd Mondays at 10am in the Wayne County Courthouse, 18 S. Main., Loa. Agenda deadline Thursdays before noon. Clerk: Ryan Torgerson, ryan@ wayne.utah.gov, 435-836-1300 Bicknell - Bicknell Town council meetings are 1st Thursdays at 6pm (7pm May-November), Bicknell Town Hall. Agenda deadline 1st Tuesdays at noon. Clerk: Connie Durfey, bicknelltown@scinternet.net, 435-425-3315 Hanksville - Hanksville Town office hours are Tues-Thurs 10-2.

Council meetings are the first Thursday of each month, at 7pm in the Hanksville Town Hall. Agenda deadline: 1st Mondays.

Clerk: Lisa Wells, 435-542-3451.

Loa - Loa Town office hours are Mon-Thurs 10-5. Council meetings are 2nd Thursdays at 8 pm in Loa Town Hall. Agenda deadline: 2nd Tuesdays by noon. Clerk: Michelle Brian, 435836-2160.

Lyman - Lyman Town. Clerk: Dortha Chappell. 435-836-2346.

Torrey - Torrey Town office hours are Wed-Thurs 10-4. Council meetings are 2nd Thursdays at 6:30pm at Torrey Town Hall.

Agenda deadline: 1st Thursdays by noon. Clerk: Paula Pace, paula@torreyutah.gov, 435-425-3600

NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule R655-6-2. Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights, PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300, or by hand delivery to a Division office during normal business hours ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 24, 2016. Please visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)-538-7240 for additional information.

CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-2628(a41308): Mark Jacobs propose(s) using 0.0045 cfs or 1.0 ac-ft. from groundwater (1.5 miles N of Long Valley Jct) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. NEW APPLICATION(S) 95-5353 (A80521): Walter and Shirley Hanks Family Trust propose(s) using 0.015 cfs or 1.48 ac-ft. from groundwater (4 miles SE of Torrey) for IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING; DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 28 & FEBRUARY 4, 2016

NOTICE TO BID TORREY TOWN January 2016 Torrey Town has approximately nine trees to be removed stumps included and several trees need to have the dead wood removed. Interested parties need to be bonded and insured.

Trimmers must to have the ability to go 60+ feet high and have a wide horizontal reach. A bucket truck is required as well as a chipper.

Responsible parties will be required to clean up and dispose of all tree debris at their expense.

Tree trimmer is responsible for any damage to personal or town property.

Work must be completed during a Monday thru Friday work week.

All UDOT permits will be furnished by the town as well as road closures.

A mandatory “show me trip” will be on Tuesday February 2, at 10:00 am.

Bids are due in the office no later than February 11, 2016 at 5pm. Work should be completed by March 18th weather permitting.

Send Bids to Torrey Town PO Box 740027 Torrey Utah 84775 Or Fax to 1-435-425-3603 E-mail paula@torreyutah.gov We reserve the right to accept or reject any bid.

Torrey Town.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 21 & 28, 2016

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOULDER TOWN The Boulder Town Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, February 11, starting at 6 p.m. in the Boulder Community Center Meeting Room, 351 No 100 East, Boulder, UT. The purpose of the hearing is to gather public comment on the application for Conditional Use for a mobile food trailer to be located on the property of the Boulder Exchange.

The full application is available for public review during office hours of the Boulder Town clerk.

The public is welcome to attend the hearings or submit comments in writing to Peg Smith, at femmith@scinternet.net.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 28, 2016

Clean-Air Advocates Praise New BLM Limits on Methane Pollution SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management is clamping down on companies that dump methane gas into the atmosphere. Methane is the principal component of natural gas, and the agency says oil and gas wells on federal and tribal land leak, flare or vent enough methane each year to power 5 million homes.

The BLM just announced a draft rule that would force companies to install new technology to capture the wasted gas at well sites. Kathy Van Dame, board member from the nonprofit Breathe Utah, says the new rules are an important step.

"It could have been fuel to make electricity for us or to heat our homes, but rather, it's escaping into the atmosphere," says Van Dame. "We're losing all of that economic value.

And when it's un-burned, it is a potent greenhouse gas."

Under the proposal, venting gas would be prohibited except in emergencies. Companies would be required to install new components and retrain their workers to avoid leaks. Flaring or burning off the gas would only be allowed at lower levels, and the companies would have to pay royalties on what they waste.

A study by the Western Values Project estimates Utah has lost out on $31 million in such royalties since 2009.

Jamie Riccobono, executive director with the American Lung Association of Utah, says the release of methane and other pollutants is linked to cancer and asthma. And she notes that in Utah, the problem is primarily hitting rural communities near oil and gas development.

"One study found 90 percent of the ozone pollution in the Uinta Basin here in Utah was from oil and gas operations," says Riccobono.

The draft rule will be soon be published in the Federal Register, which kicks off a 60-day public comment period. The BLM is planning several public meetings on the proposed rule in February and March.

—Suzanne Potter, Utah News Connection

PUBLIC NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TORREY TOWN Pursuant to section 52-4-6,Utah Code Torrey Town hereby gives notice that the Torrey Town Council holds its regular council meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month starting at 6:30pm in the Town Hall, 75 E 100 No. Torrey Utah.

The Planning and Zoning committee will meet on the Tuesday before the Council Meeting of each month Starting at 5:00pm in the Town Hall, 75 E. 100 No. Torrey, Utah.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 21 & 28, 2016

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