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Thursday, February 12, 2015
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BLM and Forest Service Announce 2015 Grazing Fee
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The Escalante Lady Moqui basketball team. Bobbie Griffin, Tayler Duthie, Audrey Lindsay, Lexi Johnson, Keyera Churilla, KrysTelle Noyes, Jaycee Nez and coach Dan Hitt. Sitting down front are team managers Lilly Steed and Ali Catmull.
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ESCALANTE - It’s a Friday afternoon late in the high school basketball season, and the young women from the Escalante High School Lady Moquis basketball team are at work on the court, preparing for their final games of the season this week at the Region 20 meet in Kanab. It’s five on five, with Coach Dan Hitt as well as the two sophomore “managers” of the team filling out the offensive and defensive lines. Coach Hitt calls out tips and techniques during play, and every few minutes he sends the girls for a run down the court and back with a command to “hit the wall.” The previous week, the team got hammered by their
cross-county rivals, the Panguitch Lady Cats. In spite of the beating, the girls recall the game fondly. During a break in practice, they talk enthusiastically about their favorite game, out of all the games of the season. “It was Panguitch! For sure!” they said. The feeling was unanimous. Though the Lady Moquis lost 15 – 69 to the Lady Cats, the town of Escalante was abuzz with a gallery of photos of the game taken by professional local photographer Patrick Hayes, which he’d linked to the “Escalante 24-7” Facebook page. From the start of the game to the finish, the Lady Moquis clearly kept up their spirits and their energy,
and it shows in every image frame throughout the game. Yet the game against the Cats is an echo of the Lady Moquis entire regular season, which the seven-member team has finished with zero wins and 14 losses. During the break, when asked about their favorite as well as the most challenging aspects about being on the Lady Moquis team, the girls at first were quiet. “I think I’d better leave the room,” said coach Hitt. “So they can say what they really think.” “Hey, grab me a Kit Kat, will ya?” senior Tayler Duthie called after him. Really, it didn't seem to matter whether Coach Hitt
was there or not—they didn’t need to think for very long. “It’s hard and it’s discouraging losing all the time,” said Jaycee Nez, who is a graduating senior. “But I think it Heart
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WASHINGTON, D.C. The Federal grazing fee for 2015 will be $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM) for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.35 per head month (HM) for lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The 2015 fee is the same as last year’s. An AUM or HM – treated as equivalent measures for fee purposes – is the use of public lands by one cow and her calf, one horse, or five sheep or goats for a month. The newly calculated grazing fee, determined by a congressional formula and effective on March 1, applies to nearly 18,000 grazing permits and leases administered by the BLM and more than 8,000 permits administered by the Forest Service. The formula used for calculating the grazing fee, which was established by Congress in the 1978 Public Rangelands Improvement Act, has continued under a presidential Executive Order issued in 1986. Under that order, the grazing fee cannot fall below $1.35 per AUM, and any increase or decrease cannot exceed 25 percent of the previous year’s level. The annually determined grazing fee is computed by using a 1966 base value of $1.23 per AUM/HM for livestock grazing on public lands in Western states. The figure is then calculated according to three
factors – current private grazing land lease rates, beef cattle prices, and the cost of livestock production. In effect, the fee rises, falls, or stays the same based on market conditions, with livestock operators paying more when conditions are better and less when conditions have declined. The 2015 grazing fee of $1.35 per AUM/HM grazing fee applies to 16 Western states on public lands administered by the BLM and the Forest Service. The states are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Permit holders and lessees may contact their local BLM or U.S. Forest Service office for additional information. The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages more land – over 245 million surface acres – than any other Federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, manages approximately 193 million acres of Federal lands in 44 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. —U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Escalante Police Chief Placed on Administrative Leave
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A message on Escalante's downtown public message board shows support for Escalante's police chief Kevin Worlton, who has been placed on administrative leave since January 12.
Bryce Valley Junior Prom Royalty BRYCE VALLEY - Congratulations to our newly selected Royalty for the Homecoming Week Activities. What a great bunch of people to rule over the Junior Prom. Queen Sierra Leech, daughter of Tim Leech and the Late Chrishel Leech, Tyerah Tebbs, daughter of David and Cherrie Tebbs, Elisabeth Ahlstrom, daughter of Mike and Lesa Ahlstrom, and Lizzie Platt the daughter of Nathan and Lori Platt. (See page 4 for another pic with the guys.) —Vicki Syrett REGIONAL Weather forecast for some but not all regions represented in our newspaper coverage area
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ESCALANTE - The office of Escalante City’s Chief of Police remains in limbo as the city awaits a report from the Utah Attorney General’s office regarding an investigation into Escalante’s police chief. The city of Escalante placed police chief Kevin Worlton on paid administrative leave on Monday, January 12, following receipt of a letter from the Utah Attorney General’s office advising the city that a complaint about Officer Worlton had been filed with their office, and that they were implementing an investigation. The decision to place the officer on paid leave was made following a consultation with Paul Johnson, the city’s risk management and liability insurer, in addition to an emergency executive session by the Escalante City Council. During two consecutive city council meetings fol-
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lowing the officer’s notice of leave, council members remained silent as to the cause of the investigation, with no agenda items nor discussion regarding the events or process leading to the investigation, nor any discussion regarding their disposition toward their police officer or the city’s relationship to the investigation. “I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know,” said Escalante City Mayor Jerry Taylor during a subsequent interview last week. Taylor stated that the letter that the city received contained no specific information regarding the complaint or the nature of the investigation, and that the city had no additional information about the situation. “All I know is we got a letter from the Attorney General’s office saying that because of a complaint they are opening an investigation. And I can’t say anything more about it. I just want to make
sure that our officer is protected and that the city is protected. Beyond that I have no comment. And you can quote me on that,” Taylor added. Nate Mutter, who serves as Section Chief for the Attorney General’s Special Investigations and Public Corruption Unit, confirmed that an investigation is taking place, but also said that he is not at liberty to provide details. Mutter stated that while their office investigates criminal complaints, “That doesn’t mean that everything ends in a criminal charge,” he said. “It is a process, and we want to be thorough and fair and we want to get it right,” he added. Mutter said that their office manages criminal complaints which may come from citizens, or from other law enforcement entities or from prosecutorial entities. He says
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an investigation can be completed in as quickly as week, while some investigations may take up to a year. “We’re hoping to get this resolved as soon as possible. We know that the city is without a police officer so we’re trying to be as expeditious as possible. We want to let the investigation play out and everything will come out in the end, whether it is good or bad or indifferent,” said Mutter. Paul Johnson, the city’s risk management advisor with the Utah Risk Management Mutual Association (URMMA), said that aside from recommending that Officer Worlton be placed on paid administrative leave, that their agency would have no further involvement unless a lawsuit is filed. Johnson stated that if a suit is filed, then URMMA steps in to hire an attorney appropriate to the case. “From here, we are only involved if there is a lawsuit potential,” said Johnson. “If there is a suit, then our role would be to hire an attorney on behalf of the city, and that attorney would work side by side with Barry Huntington, who serves as Escalante City’s attorney, to represent the city should any case come up.” During the most recent Escalante City Council meetHeart
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builds character in us. We work hard all the time. In every game we’ve never given up even in the end.” Being such a small team means the individual Lady Moqui team members often work two or three times as hard as many of their rivals with larger teams, who can rotate in fresh members from the bench. “It’s hard because we’ve had a lot of injuries and we can’t be injured,” one team member said. “We can’t scrimmage each other in practice,” chimed in another. “Our team is young, we only have two seniors. If we got to play other JV teams, I think we’d be good,” added Tayler Duthie. But mostly, the girls focused on what they liked about being on the team. One said it has helped her with anger issues, saying it’s a place where she can put her energy “in a different form” and focus in a positive way. Lexi Johnson, who is a junior, says it’s shown her “To not give up on something that’s hard. Even though it’s really hard, you can still do it. And it’s helped teach us to be patient with ourselves and others.” Team member Bobbie Griffin said that for her it was a great realization “When I figured out I truly did like all of these girls. It’s fun having a team,” she added. “It’s really fun going on trips—you’re with your friends all the time.”
ing, held on February 3rd, during the open public comment period, one citizen said he had looked into the types of cases that an Attorney General’s public corruption unit tends to investigate, and given that these usually appear to involve very major and serious offenses or allegations, it seemed unusual that an investigation of this level is taking place, over a situation that no one claims to have any information about. Additionally, some Escalante citizens have raised concerns about whether the city, and therefore their police chief, are appropriately represented. And others have taken to making calls and emails directly to the Attorney General’s office to voice their support of Officer Worlton. The Attorney General’s office received so many calls on behalf of Worlton that Escalante citizens were advised to cease calling and to direct their comments by email. The town’s public chalkboard message board in the downtown block has held a message in support of Worlton ever since his notice of his leave. Meanwhile, over Friday and Saturday of this past week, Worlton, who serves as Escalante High School’s wrestling coach, traveled with his wife Rachel traveled to Monticello for the Region 20 wrestling tournament. —Insider
With the season ending, and the two seniors, Jaycee Nez and Tayler Duthie, leaving the team (each has their sights on college but say they don't plan to play basketball after high school), there is some sense of melancholy over these being their last weeks of play together. Coach Hitt, by now back in the room for some time, said of his team, “They’ve faced adversity but they’ve worked hard. I’m proud of them. It’s hard to be in the situation they’re in—where they haven’t quite won a game this year—but they keep working hard. Their growth this year has been amazing.” “Region 20 is the strongest region in the state, by far,” Hitt added. “Usually out of the top 10 teams in the state we have 5 or more of those teams in this region. And Panguitch is undefeated.” Coach Hitt emphasized that all of these challenges help the team to be less results oriented and to focus on the process. Back out on the court, the young women and their coach look happy and comfortable with their practice routine. The defensive line holds one end of the court while the offense practices their passes and shooting. “All right…huddle up! Hit the wall!” said coach Hitt, as the girls ran down the court. A photo gallery of the Lady Moquis/Lady Cats game can be found at Hayes Imagery, online at http://gphphoto. smugmug.com/ —Insider
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2012 Employee Compensation for Wayne County, Utah Adams, Richard Don (Fire Marshall) Albrecht, Bart D. (Scale operator) Anderson, Ellen N. (Librarian) Batty, Bryan K. (Pool) Batty, Danielle J. (Pool) Batty, Jennifer (Life Guard) Brian, Teresa (Secretary) Brinkerhoff, Coral W. (Deputy Clerk) Brown, Craig (Reserve Officer) Brown, Fremon Elroy (Justice Court Judge) Brown, Kassidee S. (Deputy EMS Director) Brown, Paul (Reserve Officer) Brown, Sam (Sanitation worker) Chappell, Chris (Deputy Sheriff) Chappell, Jerry R. (Maintenance) Coleman, Michelle (Director) Cook, Amber (Swim Instructor) Cook, Paige (Swim Instructor) Cropper, Lori T. (Info. Specialist) Deleeuw, Stanley E. (Grader Operator) Draper, Mitchell (Reserve Officer) Durfey, Nycole P. (Director) Ellett, Jaden (Pool) Ellett, Jordan (Pool) Ellett, Randy S. (Pool) Ellett, Sherry (Assistant Manager) Fillmore, DeRae (Commissioner) Giles, Joseph (Reserve Officer) Griffiths, Rex (Maintenance) Gulley, Micah A. (Deputy Sheriff) Jackson, Benjamin (Maintenance) Jackson, Elva (Librarian) Jackson, Haylee (Swim Instructor) Jackson, Miriam (Manager) Jackson, Polly (Pool) Jeffery, Edward Garn (Maintenance) Jeffery, Julie Jeffery, Rhett M. (Supervisor) Jeffery, Thomas A. (Commissioner) Jeffery, Wesley (Maintenance) Jensen, Brandon (Director) Johnson, Bruce A (Supervisor) Johnson, Catrina (Pool) Johnson, Clarissa (Pool) Johnson, Jeri L. (Director) Jones, Jake R. (Sanitation worker) Lamb, Bethany (Life Guard) Lamb, James (Reserve Officer) McIff, Mark (Attorney) Menefee, Sharlene K. (Info. Specialist) Mielke, Catherine (Deputy Sheriff) Moore, Michael (Sanitation worker) Moosman, Carolyn L. (Assessor) Nelson, Tawni (Clerk) Okerlund, Pat (Facilitator) Olson, Kandice (Pool) Oyler, Wanda Pace, Ben (Sanitation worker) Pace, Trina B. (Deputy Assessor) Parsons, Mauri (Maintenance) Rees, Colleen (Treasurer/Recorder) Robinson, Ernest C. (Deputy Sheriff) Schaugaard, Deann B. (Clerk) Sojourner, Scott E. (Info. Specialist) Sorenson, Mary L. (Secretary) Taylor, Kurt (Sheriff) Taylor, Roger (Reserve Officer) Taylor, Ted R. (Supervisor) Torgerson, Penni (Facilitator) Torgerson, Ryan W. (Clerk Auditor) Torgerson, Sharon E. (Deputy Assessor) Webster, Matthew (Deputy Sheriff) Williams, Robert G. (Commissioner) Wilson, Amanda L. Winder Jr, Edwin C. (Info. Specialist) Total:
$9,774.61 $10,386.05 $2,414.51 $1,599.99 $4,397.73 $2,338.42 $42,587.70 $42,435.67 $6,349.19 $43,866.36 $10,432.34 $348.77 $3,665.15 $35,581.12 $59,775.26 $48,909.97 $494.76 $77.62 $5,318.36 $61,868.01 $1,078.56 $50,909.84 $558.06 $27.45 $474.42 $6,815.86 $36,228.60 $2,455.50 $60,382.80 $47,123.65 $4,039.96 $2,812.78 $83.97 $9,740.66 $84.02 $60,679.46 $1,756.42 $40,457.60 $36,228.60 $2,486.74 $56,052.61 $61,900.48 $1,315.10 $1,326.81 $53,895.10 $54,166.28 $616.59 $213.16 $38,923.48 $5,941.48 $47,911.62 $1,836.59 $66,519.84 $52,411.19 $3,905.37 $1,232.38 $365.72 $56,560.32 $1,096.18 $26,386.32 $71,181.60 $66,651.56 $30,306.31 $8,373.66 $45,193.70 $75,778.13 $374.63 $5,021.95 $2,441.82 $70,460.64 $24,004.27 $58,745.02 $23,967.24 $646.44 $210.24 $1,772,980.37
Above figures represent compensation packages including wages and benefits. Source: http://www.utah.gov/transparency/ Employee compensation disclaimer from Utah.gov: Employee Compensation amounts shown are not necessarily comparable between entities. Job descriptions in one entity may be different than that of another entity for the same job titles, causing a corresponding difference in salary. Length of service and previous experience upon hire are other factors that may cause differences. In addition to salary information, employee compensation amounts include benefit amounts paid on behalf of, but not necessarily to, the employee, such as health and dental insurance, FICA, unemployment tax, retirement rates, etc. Employee Compensation transactions are uploaded annually.
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The Escalante Lady Moquis (in white) finished their last regular season game against Panguitch's Lady Cats in a home game at Escalante High School on Friday February 6th. The Utah Region 20 girls basketball teams head to Kanab this week for regional finals.
Page, Ariz. - Rainbow Bridge National Monument reopened to the public on January 30, 2015. The monument was closed on January 5, so that the trail from Lake Powell could be repaired. Loven Contracting of Flagstaff, Arizona completed the work and repaired segments of the trail that had been previously damaged in monsoon floods. “We are pleased that this work has been completed ahead of schedule so that visitors can once again enjoy this special place,” said Superintendent Todd Brindle. For more information about planning your visit to Rainbow Bridge, please visit www.nps. gov/rabr. —Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
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his week we continue to share information from the Transparent Utah website (utah.gov/transparency), presenting this time employee compensation figures for Wayne County. The most recent figures that Wayne County has posted to the website are for 2012. (Garfield County gets credit for keeping their revenue and expense figures on Transparent Utah up-to-date.) It is probable that overall compensation for the county has not changed that much in two years, however, there have likely been personnel changes. We will post more recent data as it becomes available. The Transparent Utah website does state that "The Transparency Advisory Board has directed that the website be updated at least quarterly for Expense and Revenue data and annually for Employee Compensation data." We've noted that none of our towns are current on their listings, so we will be looking into that—though there are some exemptions for the smallest cities with limited budgets. Stay tuned! —E.W.
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by SuzAnne Jorgensen USU Extension Faculty - Garfield County ur Garfield Healthy Holiday Challenge was a success! Those who participated felt that they were more motivated to exercise, eat right and drink more water during the challenge. We will be starting a new challenge called the Garfield Healthy Heart Challenge which will start next week by Feb. 17. We have different level of groups. Beginner/Intermediate is for those who would like to start out slow and work up. We start at about 5,000 and work up to 8,000 daily steps. Advanced is for those who would like to participate at a 10,000 daily step or higher level. There is also a level for persons with health challenges who do well to get 1,000 to 3,000 daily steps. I have a few devices available to use, but if you have your own Fitbit, you can participate as well. This challenge is just for fun. There aren’t any prizes involved and tracking your water, fruits and veggies and sleep is voluntary. The forum is helpful for you to keep each other motivated. If you would like to participate, please email me at suzanne.j(at)usu.edu or call me at 676-1114 with your name, phone # and email. I will help you get connected to the group and send you the tracking information. Wayne County is welcome to participate too!
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Washington, DC - In preparation for the 2015 tax filing season, which officially begins next week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a fact sheet detailing information Utah tax filers need to know as they prepare to file their federal returns. This tax season marks the first time individuals and families in Utah will be asked to provide basic information regarding their health insurance on their tax returns. Consumers will have questions about this new process and the Administration is committed to providing the information and tools tax filers need to understand the new requirements.
In the coming weeks, the administration will continue to provide additional resources to help consumers prepare for tax filing season, including online tools to help individuals connect with local tax preparation services and determine if they are eligible for an exemption. For more information about this effort – or to request an interview with an official from the Department of Health and Human Services, contact press@cms.hhs.gov or call 202-690-6145. While the vast majority of tax filers – over three quarters – will just need to check a box on their tax return indicating they had health coverage for all of 2014, people who
purchased coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces, or decided not to enroll in coverage, should be aware of the additional steps that will be a part of the tax filing process starting this year. Consumers will have questions about this new process and the Administration is committed to providing the information and tools tax filers need to understand the new requirements. Most tax filers – over three quarters – will just need to check a box on their tax return to indicate that they had coverage all year. These people met the Minimum Essential Coverage requirement, which means that they had the
basic health coverage necessary to meet the Affordable Care Act’s standards. These individuals and families will not receive any new forms in the mail and they will not be required to fill out new forms when they file their 2014 income tax returns. If consumers have questions about their taxes, need to download forms, or want to learn more about the fee for not having insurance, they can find information and resources at www.IRS.gov or www. healthcare.gov/taxes. They can also call the Marketplace Call Center at 1-800-318-2596. —U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
SB107: Proposal to sue U.S. over public lands goes to full Senate by Melissa Taylor, Capital West News Service
SALT LAKE CITY – A bill that would force a deadline for a lawsuit against the federal government to decide who controls federal land in Utah got a boost in a recent committee meting. Sen. Jim Dabakis, D- Salt Lake, is the sponsor of SB105, which passed a the Senate natural resources committe Feb. 4. The bill requires the attorney general to file suit over the ownership of 32 million acres of public land that some lawmakers claim to Utah’s. If the bill is passed through Utah Legislature it would direct a lawsuit be filed that might advance to the U.S. Supreme Court where the ultimate decision of the allocation of the land could be decided. “I don’t think it’s a partisan issue,” Dabakis said. “I think we are in a state of paralysis… because we believe one thing and apparently the [federal government] believe[s] something else.” For years, there has been tension over who owns the land. “Did you ever try to negotiate with somebody to buy a house when you both think you own the house? It’s a formula for disaster,” Dabakis said. The bill was introduced on the Senate floor Jan 28. And was recommended to the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment
Committee. The committee had concerns about the timeline of the bill, which would legally require the attorney general to take action before June 30, 2015. “I’m very favorable of this bill,” Committee Chair Sen. Scott Jenkins, R-Davis, Weber, said. “I can’t vote for it the way it is right now but if you were to change that date from 2015 to 2016, I’d vote for it . . . I just think six months isn’t long enough.” The committee voted to amend the bill, pushing the June 2015 deadline back one year. There has been continued debate between Utahns over the timeframe, budget, and details of SB105. Utah citizens have attended committee meetings to voice both concerns and support for the bill. “The idea of moving forward with litigation is a perfectly reasonable one but I do have great concern and I do object to the idea that the legislature would direct a filing on something that may not yet be timely,” Adam Tripp, a representative for the Utah Association of Counties, said. Sterling Brown, representing the Utah Farm Bureau, asked a question that many other Utahns are asking about the bill. “Has the state done all we can given the limited resourc-
es we have to align the stars to go into that courtroom to give it our best shot, or are we jumping the gun with this bill?” On the other half of the debate, Utah residents are tired of the ongoing tension and indecision of land ownership. “I can imagine chair Jenkins’ great The Utah State Capitol. The Utah Legislag r a n d c h i l - ture is in session for a 45 day period until dren being in March 16. here, in this same hearing room… talking about the The committee reconsame issue,” Dabakis said. “I vened on Feb. 4 where SB105 think as a state, it’s time that was given favorable recomwe face the bullet of getting a mendation with four out of decision.” six votes. The bill was placed Redge Johnson attended on the second reading calthe committee meeting Feb. endar Feb. 6 and will go on 4 to voice his opinion on the to be reviewed and debated issue. on the Senate floor. SB105 is “When you have certain still subject to be amended or states with 2% of their lands substituted, and must receive in federal ownership and you a constitutional majority of at have other states with 80% least 15 Senator’s votes in orfederal ownership, that’s not der to proceed to its third and fair and that’s not just,” John- final hearing. son said.
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SALT LAKE CITY – The Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee members discussed funding outlined in the school’s base budget, as inequality between school districts occupied much of the meeting Monday, Feb. 9. “The rural districts that are not losing any students to charter schools are basically the losers on this,” said Sen. Howard A. Stephenson, R-Draper, co-chair of the subcommittee, “The urban districts whose students are attending charter schools are basically getting a kickback for the students who are no longer in their schools.” Part of the discussion included the weighed pupil unit, or WPU, which refers to the funding each district receives per pupil within their schools. Stephenson argued that districts with charter schools are receiving more funding because they may be counting some students twice, both in public and charter schools, which would put rural districts without charter schools at a disadvantage. “We’re funding what I refer to as ‘phantom students,’” said Stephenson, “The people who bear the costs of funding those kinds of students are the rural districts or any district that is not losing students to a charter school because their
WPU is affected negatively by this.” Stephenson also went on to discuss what he sees as equity inequality between the school districts of Utah. “We have severe inequities among our school districts,” he said. “I don’t think we should be trying to give considerable new revenue to
the lower assessed valuation per student districts if they are not willing to put forth a tax effort on their own.” Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh, president of the Utah Education Association, said she believes that the funding is not an issue of equality, but of meeting the needs of students. She feels that the state
is meeting the needs of students, and that may not translate to equal funding across the board. “Equity means meeting the needs of individual students and districts,” said President Gallagher-Fishbaugh, “Equity does not necessarily mean equal.”
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Garfield County Sheriff's Anonymous Tip Line
I would like parents and students to be aware of a service provided by the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office and available to the patrons of Garfield County. The Sheriff’s Office has an anonymous texting service that allows anyone to report areas of concern. The Sheriff’s Office will be presenting this information to students in our District during an assembly in the next few weeks. We are very excited the Sheriff’s Office and Garfield County Dispatch have made this resource available to our students. Students will be able to anonymously report areas of concern such as threats, bullying, suicide concerns, weapons, vandalism, and abuse to list a few. The process is very simple; students and patrons send a text to 274637 and use the keyword “tipus” and then send your information. The student’s cell phone number will be removed as it travels through a scrubbing service in Canada before it is delivered to Garfield County Dispatch. Dispatch will be able to send a reply back through the scrubbing service in Canada to inquire about additional information. I would personally like to thank the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office for the time and effort they have put into making this resource available to our students. Please watch for the signs around our communities with additional information. Garfield School District has committed to partner with the Garfield County Sheriff’s department by splitting the original start up cost of $2,100 to make the services available to our students. —Superintendent Ben Dalton
Hoofbeats News From Bryce Valley High by John Cloud
by Ellen Fagergren
Greetings again from Bryce Valley! This past week was homecoming, so naturally the students walked into the high school to find every single wall heavily decorated, with streamers shooting across the ceilings of most of the hallways of the school. Monday, that first day back, was also the day of the king contest. The contest went well, with seven participants, being Andrew Copfer, Jarom Johnson, Payton Johnson, Michael Atwood, Hagen Palmer, Jordan Shakespeare, and John Cloud (myself). It was a good deal of fun, and we had a blast performing. We carried through with our assorted talents, and at the end of the day, the winners were announced as being Jarom Johnson as the King, Payton "Max" Johnson as the first attendant, Hagen Palmer as the Second Attendant, and Michael as the third attendant. The following days were a mix of entertainment and quiet agony as the usual homecoming assemblies took place. Most of these assemblies were quite fun to participate in for the majority of the student body, having included many lip-sync battles, but it was difficult for much to get done academically through the week. Our sports teams did well, with our boys and girls basketball teams winning a fair portion of their games, and some of our wrestlers will be progressing on to state this year. We wish them luck, and hope they'll do well! John Cloud is a senior at Bryce Valley High School.
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by Lexi Johnson The boys’ basketball team had a home game against Piute on Saturday the 31st. The JV team stomped the Thunderbirds. It’s very exciting watching games like this because those boys are the future of Escalante High. On the 4th, the boys traveled to Bryce Valley, and on the 6th, another home game against Valley. On Tuesday the 9th, they have a home game against Panguitch. The Lady Moquis had a very emotional senior night as they said goodbye to their favorite seniors, Tayler Duthie and Jaycee Nez. The girls played Panguitch. who is a very tough team, but the Lady Moquis still gave a good fight. Tuesday the 3rd was the girls’ last region game in Milford. Jaycee Nez was the high scorer with 11 points, and KrysTelle Noyes was right behind her with 9. The region tournament will start Wednesday the 11th at the higher ranked team’s home court. It will thenl move to Kanab on the 12th and 13th. The Academic Achievers were Jaden Miller and Shilo Sorenson. These two men are
Bryce Valley Elementary
very dedicated and involved in their learning. The athletes of the week were Lexi Johnson and Caleb Christensen. Lexi is one of the girls’ basketball team captains who works hard and inspires the rest of her team to do the same. Lexi is committed and very passionate about basketball. Caleb is a senior on the boys’ basketball team. Caleb is a great rebounder who gives 110% and leaves it all out on the floor. This week is homecoming week; the 2015 homecoming couples are Kai Griffin and Tayler Duthie, Walker Smith and Keyera Churilla, Jaden Miller and Jaycee Nez, and Trace Torgersen and Lexi Johnson. The week is filled with fun activities, and exciting dress up days. The crowning of the royalty will be at the boys’ Panguitch game on Tuesday the 9th. A huge thanks to EHS’s activity director, Audrie Lindsay for planning all of homecoming. To plan an event like this is very stressful, and Audrie has done a great job. Lexi Johnson is a junior at Escalante High School.
4th grade held their annual County Report day where the parents and the other classes come in and see the hard work the students have done on their reports. They have learned a great deal about this state as they have done their research for their reports. We all had parent teacher conferences. Keep working hard for the rest of the school year! We had fun at Green and White day. The BVHS cheerleaders had a pep rally and The chess tournament is finished. We all had fun playing our matches. Congratulations to Milo Attwood for being the tournament champion this year! The Human Chess Game to celebrate the finish of the Chess Tournament will be held on Friday the 13th in the BV Elementary Gym in the morning. Ellen Fagergren is a sixth grader at Bryce Valley Elementary.
February 12, 2015
PHS Sports Sidelines by Mack Oetting
Cats Win Against Badgers, and More... The Bobcats fed off last week's wins and won two more with revenge victories over the Wayne Badgers and Diamond Ranch. It is always tough to go to an away game, especially out to Wayne. The Badgers are always a tough team to beat. The Badgers beat the Cats here, but this time the Cats returned the favor. Trey Barney and Dason Houston combined for 27 pts. Trey had 15 rebounds to go with his 15 points. The Cats came away with a very hard fought battle with a 42 to 39 victory. Friday night the very talented Diamond Ranch team came to town. Trey Barney had a MVP night as he was a one man gang scoring 32 points. Trey’s play this year has been outstanding; it’s hard to believe that he is only a sophomore. DR had a real fast team, with a 6’6” center on the team. Trey guarded their big guy the first half and pretty well shut him down, including skying to block one of his lay ups. I didn’t get the stats on how many rebounds that Trey got but it seemed that it was a bunch. Diamond Ranch has a lot of talent, however you don’t win many games playing one-on-one basketball, and it is a team sport. The Cats had a 30 to 24 lead at half time, only to see it evaporate in the first minute of the second half, Coach Barney put in Freshman Jace Eyre to guard their big guy and the game got back under control and the Cats won going away 68 to 55. Coach Barney has got the Cats playing real team ball and they have won the last 6 games in a row and have a record 12 wins and 4 losses. They have avenged 3 of their 4 losses, with wins over Wayne, Piute and Diamond Ranch, with Valley coming here Feb. 17th. The Cats had a game last Tuesday against Escalante, for the only game this week. Next week on Tuesday night it will be the Cats
last home game and that will be against the 1st place Valley team, come early if you want a seat. The Cats last game before region will be at Bryce Valley against the also 1st place Mustangs and it will on Feb. 20th. The Lady Cats had another good week with two more wins to run their record to 20 and O and 45 games in a row, over two years. Out at Bryce Valley, Darri Frandsen led the way with 25 pts. Catania Holman had a career night with 19. The Ladies had another dominating road win, taking it to the Mustangs 82 to 38. Chesney came down with 13 rebounds and Whittni added 5 steals, to surpass her old record of 114 and now has 117 steals with 6 more games to go. Thursday night was senior night against the Piute Thunderbirds. The school honored Darri Frandsen and Catania Holman and Cheerleader Brenna Mooney. You won’t find three better all around athletes anywhere. All three were on the 4 time Championship cross country team, two time state track Championships, Volleyball Championship and Darri and Catania were on last years BB Champions. If all goes well they should add another BB and Track Championship to their resume. In all of these championships that these girls took part in, they were Academic All State. Coach Barney also honored Piute’s Shayla Gleave, the Gleave family has produced outstanding girl players for the last 16 that have giving the Lady Cats fits. Shayla is the last of these great athletes. Back to the game, like last month's game against Piute they came to play and have given the girls team the only competition that they have had all season. Senior Catania Holman had a killer of a game, she was high point with 19 points to go along with her 3-3 pointers 5
rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals. The Thunderbirds hung in there the first half and only trailed by 4, 30 to 26. However in the second half the Ladies built up a lead and won going away by 22 points, 69 to 47. In my opinion the Cats will meet up again with the Birds in the finals at region and State. Region started yesterday but the Cats had a bye and are playing tonight at 7:00 in the semis and Friday in the finals. Region is going to be held down in Kanab. Next week State will be held up at Richfield’s SVC Arena, check the schedule. Wrestling region finals were in Monticello. The Cats came up oh-so-close to winning region, they had a big lead going in to the finals, Monticello had to win the last 6 matches and pin 3 of their opponents. They did pull it off and edged the Cats 160 to 160 ½ ; pretty exciting! After driving 5 ½ hours in a hot school bus, the Cats had some really outstanding matches. They had four second place finishes, Tyler Bagy, James Hannah, Kelton Owens and Jonah Schope. There were five 3rd place finishers Larsen Perkins, Kaden Beckstead, Kellen Mooney, Tom Hailstone and Hunter Owens. There were four 4th place finishers Garrett Finch, MaCoy Dodds, Zack Julander and Zack Drafet. This Bob Cats are eager to get to State at UVU this Friday and Saturday, to get another shot at Monticello. This year Dr. Colin Marshall is their coach and his enthusiasm for the sport of wrestling is very catching with the team. Hey girls, this is the first year for girls softball and the team is looking for players, I bet some of these really fast girls will be able to bat a 1,000. It should be a fun year for the game. Kobie Frandsen will be the coach.
Bryce Valley Junior Prom Royalty
BRYCE VALLEY - (Continued from front page) More Bryce Valley Homecoming Royalty images. Shown are Sierra Leech Queen and Jarom Johnson King, Tyerah Tebbs 1st attendant and Payton Johnson - 1st Attendant , Elizabeth Ahlstrom - 3rd attendant and Hagen Palmer - 2nd Attendant, Lizzie Platt - 3rd attendant and Michael Atwood is 3rd attendant. Parents for the boys are Jarom Johnson is the son of Carlon and Heather Johnson, Payton Johnson is the son of Moyle and Tracy Johnson, Hagen Palmer is the son of Brett and Brooke Palmer and Michael Atwood is the son of Shannon and Melanie Muir. —Vicki Syrett
Panguitch Freshman Earns FFA Speaking Award
Gregory Patrick Hayes
EHS Athlete of the week Lexi Johnson and Tayler Duthie going after a loose ball in the game against Panguitch on Friday, February 6th.
PANGUITCH - I would like to take a moment to honor our Future Farmers of America (FFA) students who competed in our Area 9 contest that was held at SUU, in Cedar City, hosted by the Panguitch and Bryce Valley FFA Chapters. In our Area 9 contest we have multiple categories: Creed Speaking, Extemporaneous Public Speaking, Prepared Public Speaking, State Star Green-hand Candidates, Parliamentary Procedure, and State FFA Degree. We would like to thank the Panguitch, Long Valley, Cedar, Parowan, Beaver, Bryce Valley, Canyon View, Piute, and Millard high
schools for participating in our contests. We would like to congratulate Luis Valenzuela (9th grade from Panguitch) for placing first in the very competitive Creed Speaking contest, Bosten Englestead (9th grade from Panguitch) for placing 3rd, and Madison Syrett (8th grade from Bryce Valley) for placing 7th. In Extemporaneous Public Speaking Lindsie Perkins (10th grade from Panguitch) placing 5th. For our State Star Green-hand Candidates on Production we have Lindsie Arlene Perkins (10th grade from Panguitch). Lastly I would like to mention the State FFA Degree
Candidates from Panguitch High school we have Amber Sidwell (11th Grade) and from Bryce Valley High School we have Tell Johnson (11th grade), McCray Mangum (11th grade), Taylor Nelson (11th grade), and Kallie Bybee (11th grade). Once again thank you all you came and participated in our Area 9 Luis Valenzuela (9th grade) Winner of FFA Creed Speaking. contest. —Amber Sidwell
February 12, 2015
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Schools & Sports Wayne Sports by Lisa Stevens
Wayne Wrestlers Take First at Region
Kenra Stephenson
MONTICELLO - Four Wayne High Wrestlers took first at the Region Wrestles held in Monticello last weekend; Tavae Pei, Kelton Cropper, Ryan Lee and Preston Stephenson. Taking 2nd was Kehl Bradbury and Barlow Pace. Jaden Ellett and Luke Dahl took 3rd . Great job boys and good luck at State held at UVU in Orem this weekend. —Kenra Stephenson
The Badger Bulletin
by Sage Blackburn CUES is excited to now offer the Overdrive eBook library to teachers and students in the CUES region, the first school being Wayne High School! OverDrive Inc. released OverDrive Media Console for the iPad, a free app from Apple's App Store. OverDrive is the leading digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, music & video for schools, libraries and retailers. With the app, you can now borrow eBooks for reading on the go. OverDrive serves more than 13,000 libraries with a catalog of 400,000 titles from 1,000 publishers, ranging from Harry Potter to The Fault in Our Stars. In a few years, CUES hopes to add textbooks to OverDrive for students and teachers. Wayne High School is very proud to be one of the first high schools being introduced to OverDrive. Sage Blackburn is a senior at Wayne High School.
Lisa Stevens
ABOVE: Last Wednesday the Wayne Badgers took on the Panguitch Bobcats. It was a close back and forth match up, Panguitch ended up the victors with a score of 39-42. Brigg Blackburn lead the scoring for the Badgers with 20 points, Jake Stevens added 10, Nate Dendy had 8 and Connor Rees 1. The Badger’s also went on the road to face Milford this past weekend. The Badger’s dominated in the first and fourth quarters and defeated the Tiger’s 58 to 45. Again Brigg Blackburn lead the scoring for the Badgers with 16, Landon Chappell (pictured during the JV Panguitch game) added 12, Jake Stevens with 10, Nate Dendy contributed 9 before leaving the game with an injury, Regan Brian and Brenden Robins both with 4 and Brock Brinkerhoff with 3. —Lisa Stevens
WAYNE COUNTY Bookmobile Winter/Spring Schedule Monday Every 2 weeks
Jan. 12 & 26 / Feb. 9 & 23 / Mar 9 & 23 Torrey Velvet Ridge Bus. Ctr. 12:30pm - 1:15pm Teasdale 122 S. State St. 1:30pm - 2:00pm Fremont LDS Church 2:30pm 3:15pm Loa Courthouse 3:30pm - 4:30pm Lyman LDS Church 5:00pm - 5:45pm Bicknell Library 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Tuesday Every 2 weeks
Jan 13 & 27 / Feb 10 & 24 / Mar. 10 & 24 Loa Elementary 8:45am - 11:15 am Hanksville Elementary 1:30 - 3:00pm
Great Day at Region FFA
WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS February 12th-14th 12th-13th 14th 13th-14th
Wayne County FFA members. Paden Peterson, Brielle Ekker, Rachel Gardner, Klace Lyman, Breanna Smith & Destiny Saudners WAYNE CO. - Great Day at Region FFA! We have a very young group of speakers, but they did an amazing job! Also, Kids swept house with their SAE (Supervised Agriculture Experience) applications. Here is the results: Proficiency Award Winner: Ag Education- Brielle Ekker, Home & Community Development- Madison Davis, Ag Services (Breaking Horses)- Braden Brian, Cathy James, Ag Sales Placement- Regan Brian, Dairy Placement- Riley Cook, Wildlife Biology- Bethany Lamb. Star Greenhands: Placement- Easton Rees, Agribusiness- MaKayla Brian, Production- Klace Lyman. Star State Finalists: AgriScience- Brielle Ekker, Agribusiness- Braden Brian, Placement- Regan Brian. Creed Speaking: Destiny Saunders (3rd) & Paden Peterson (5th) Public Speaking- Rachel Gardner (2nd) Extempt Speaking- Klace Lyman (3rd) State Degree Recipients Qualified: Brielle Ekker, Madison Davis, Jace Christensen, Regan Brian, Braden Brian, Morgan Jeffery, Vance Taylor, and Ashton Hampton. American Degree Recipients Qualified: Kasidy Griffiths, Tristin Harker, and Bethany Lamb. —Jessica Grundy
GBB Region Tournament @ Kanab Valentines Day State Wrestles @ UVU
February 16th-21st 16th 17th 19th 17th-21st 18th-21st
Presidents Day Ð NO SCHOOL BBB w/ Escalante Times: 5:30 and 7:00 BBB @ Diamond Ranch FCCLA Week State GBB @ SVC in Richfield Time: TBD
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FYI Panguitch
obituaries
Marie Cox Broderick
ST. GEORGE - Marie Cox Broderick, age 94, passed away quietly on Friday, February 6, 2015 at her home, while she was sleeping. She was born September 22, 1920 in Rockville, Utah to Arthur Delano and Cora Haight Cox. She married her sweetheart, Clement H. Broderick, from Emery, Utah, in the St. George LDS Temple on September 16, 1941. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and held many positions, including Relief Society President, Temple Worker and served a mission with her husband. She loved Family History and making quilts. She also loved singing duets with her husband as she played her accordion to his guitar, entertaining at many places. She will be missed by family and friends. Her siblings are: Alma (Angie) Cox, Elmer (Pauline) Cox, Lenna (Art) Wilcock, Robert Lenoir (Mary) Cox, Evan (Mathelyn) Cox, Bernice (LaMar) Broderick, Amelda (Budd) Wilcox, Luelma Bradford and Sherwin (Ann Marie) Broderick. Marie has ten children: Glenna (Larry) Fletcher, Anita (Alma) Fletcher, Janeen Jensen (Richard), Roger (Linda) Broderick, Joyce (Dennis) Johnson, Bert (Maggie) Broderick, Viona (Dave) Evans, Betty Martin, LaVon (Janiece) Broderick and Antone (Kara) Broderick; 47 grandchildren; and 96 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. George LDS Flood Street Chapel, 85 South 400 East, St. George, Utah. Visitations will be held Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Metcalf Mortuary, 288 West St. George Blvd, and on Saturday, prior to services, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the LDS Chapel. Interment will be held Monday, February 16, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the Emery City Cemetery, Emery, Utah. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, 435-673-4221. For condolences, full obituary, and funeral listings please visit our website www.metcalfmortuary.com.
Kent Parsons MONROE - Our sweetheart, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather and friend, R. Kent Parsons, 82, left his earthly home on February 7, 2015 at 12:07 a.m. at home, surrounded by his loving family. Kent was born May 10, 1932 in Monroe to Marva E. Nielson and Aaron Earl Parsons. He attended Monroe schools and graduated from SSHS in 1950. He married his high school sweetheart, Connie Rae Morrison, May 4, 1951 in the Manti LDS Temple. Kent attended the University of Utah for a short time and was a member of the U of U marching band. He performed in a football game in Boise, Idaho. Later he returned home where he farmed with his father, and had 100 head of ewes with grazing permits for the Monroe Mountain. He and his father built a cabin on Monroe Mountain, his greatest love for relaxation. He purchased 20 acres of farm land from John Magleby, but later gave up farming and went full time for the U of U as a television field engineer. He was able to do this work and live in Monroe. He was employed with them for 37 years. Kent was a pioneer in bringing television to rural Utah. He did consulting work in many western states. Kent was a man of hard work and integrity, always putting people and services first. He served as vice president of the National Translator Association for many years, making many trips to Washington D.C. in behalf of television translators that serves rural America. Kent was also elected to the Sevier School District Board of Education for three different terms, also serving on the Trade Tech Board of Education with DeWayne Washburn. A member of the Monroe Lions Club for approximately 20 years, Kent also served as the president. Kent as an active member of the LDS Church, serving as Scout Master. For many years he worked as a ward clerk under two different bishops. Kent loved his family and was proud of each one. He liked having his sons and grandsons carry on with the television work. Kent is survived by his wife, Connie; daughter, Cynda Lou; sons: Mauri (Tamera), Johnny (Kari), all of Monroe; 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Rhea Duffin, and brother-inlaw, David Dastrup. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Karen Lee Dastrup; brother-in-law, Leland Duffin. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Monroe 5th Ward Chapel, 140 South Main. Friends may call Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Magleby Mortuary in Richfield and Thursday morning at the ward chapel in Monroe from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Monroe City Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com
Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues. Feb. 17th
Wed. Feb. 18th
Thurs. Feb. 19th (EVE)
Corn chowder Turkey Hot roast beef Salad bar Mashed potatoes & gravy w/mashed potatoes Bread sticks Stuffing/roll Mixed veggies Peaches Green beans Roll Pie Pears Fruit cocktail pie Orange cake Chocolate chip cookie All meals are served with milk or juice. If you would like a meal, please call us by 10:00 am. 826-4317. Suggested donation for seniors over 60 $3.00, and under 60 is $7.00
February 12, 2015
by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Remember when May was MUD month? The weather is continuing to be warm and as of this printing, the temperature has been above the average for forty days in a row, and many day are record highs. If this keeps up you might have to get out the lawn mower. With temperatures this high, the fruit growers have to worry that the blossoms don’t come on, because surely it will freeze before summer gets here. There is some snow up on the mountain, which is good news. The cost of oil finally started to go back, from $43.00 to $50.00 a barrel. Utah has finally caught up with the national average with $1.88 a gallon gas. Panguitch has the highest priced gas in the state, but has by far the lowest diesel price, about $.20 a gallon lower than anywhere. Tammy Bennett took her FCCLA class over to SUU for Regions. She had 37 students with her and they made up six-
teen teams. All 37 students qualified for State, they won 8 Gold’s and 8 Silvers. The students learn all about service in the community and put this information into their projects. Mrs. Bennett who was picked as outstanding instructor in FCCLA at both State and at Nationals, last year, has mastered the FCCLA program and lucky for our students to be here at this time. Last year the Club won many gold medals at Nationals. You can expect to see many of these students going to Nationals. There is a scam going on in our area. We got a call on our answer phone last week, a woman stated the IRS was trying to locate us and they were bringing a law suit against us. Since there weren’t any names mentioned from the caller it didn’t sound right. We reported the two numbers to the Sheriffs office and an alert came across the internet about this scam. The IRS doesn’t call individuals about suing
you so don’t call any numbers that you might get from this call, it could cost you dearly. The quilt is on at Linda Olsen’s. The quilt belongs to Claudia Payne. The top was hand stitched by her mother and Claudia has put the rest together and now it is ready for the touch of the Panguitch quilters. Please came and help. February is a month filled with school activities; In
March both the Relief Society and the City will have Birthday’s to celebrate and then in April the first week will be Easter. It never really stops. Just one big celebration in Panguitch! “We are free to choose, BUT We are not free to alter the consequences of those choices.” President Ezra T Benson. Mack O.
Panguitch Senior Center HOT LUNCH PROGRAM
87 N 50 W • 676-2281/676-1140 Suggested donation $3.00 60 & older, $7.00 under 60 Call before 10 AM of the day of attendance to reserve a spot. Meals include milk & bread. Tues. Feb. 17th Wed. Feb. 18th Thurs. Feb. 19th Sloppy Joes Tater tots Salad bar Pears Brownies
Oven fried chicken Potatoes & gravy Peas & carrots Peaches Tapioca pudding
Roast pork Potatoes & gravy Mixed vegetables Fruit salad Cake w/strawberries
NOTE: PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND CALL AHEAD. The kitchen staff work diligently to prepare a good dinner, and a head count helps them prepare enough for everyone.
Bryce Valley Area News by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com
Speakers in Cannonville Ward were Alexis Tebbs and Malory Clarke, both returned missionaries. Georgia Willis was sustained as the Relief Society second Sunday lesson teacher. John and Ramona Morreale and Anita Fletcher attended the sealing of their Niece, Melissa Pitts Torgerson to husband Paul Torgerson at the St. George Temple on Friday, 6 Feb 2015. They live in Kanab and Melissa is the daughter of the late LaDonna Christensen of Marysvale, Utah, who was a sister to Ramona Morreale, Larry and Alma Fletcher. Joyce Johnson of Panguitch, Glenna Fletcher and Anita Fletcher's mother, Marie Cox Broderick returned to Heaven peacefully, 6 Feb 2015. Anita was in St. George at the time and was able to be there with other family members. Funeral will be held Saturday Feb. 14th in St. George. Burial will be in Emery, Utah. Just a reminder that the Addiction Recovery meetings are not being held for awhile in Tropic. You can attend them in Panguitch on Wednesday nights at the Stake Center in Panguitch if you would like to. This coming weekend is the Valentine and President's Day long weekend. Remember your loved ones and friends on the 14th and that will also be the weekend for the big Winter Festival at Ruby's Inn. Please note that they have added a few things this year that will help with the lack of snow on the ground. There will also be free entrance into the park and if they have enough snow you can go Snow shoeing and sight seeing. There are plenty of activities to do to keep busy and if the weather stays this warm it will be pleasant to visit a lot of the area you usually don't see in the snow filled February. However everyone here is praying and fasting for snow because that is the best source of water for the summer. Then you can cross country ski, snow mobile, or whatever you have planned for the winter time. Vicki Shakespear has been called to be a teacher in the Relief Society. The Boy Scouts put on the program today in Church and it was a very good time. Frankie and Gayle Moore and sons, Ryan and Wade, went to help Gayle's father celebrate his 80th Birthday. They had 61 of his posterity in attendance and all had a good time. Kezli Floyd graduated from Primary and is now in the Young Women. Congratulation to you Kezli. David Platt and his parents, Nathan and Lori Platt, are home from Primary Children's Hospital and it is a big relief. A big thanks to all those who prayed for them, brought in meals, and helped in any way during this stressful time. Da-
vid is delighted to be home. Logann Eagar is home after having more treatments and tests. Logann is happy with the positive results of her tests. Today was Scout Sunday in Henrieville Ward today celebrating another birthday. We appreciate the scouts and their leaders for all they do in our community. James Smith of Las Vegas was buried in the Henrieville Cemetary, next to his wife and son. He is a cousin to Wynona Henderson and is related to the Savages, Gouldings, and the Smith families from the Bryce Area. Thanks to the Honor Guards for the Military Tribute at the Cemetery. Our new County Commissioner, David Tebbs shared what took place up at the State Capitol the past week. He said by participating in the Legislative session would be of help to Garfield County to preserve our way of life and help preserve our local economy. David stated that we have great representatives in the Senate and House, who are concerned with our local issues and are willing to help us preserve the health, safety, welfare, and economy of Garfield County.. . . . Had a good day at the State Capitol. 1. We are working hard on grazing bills that protect grazing throughout all of Garfield County. We continue to meet with committees and representatives to protect grazing throughout all of Garfield County! 2. We met with Senator Okerlund and the Director of the Tax Commission, John Valentine, to see if we can improve our Transient Room Tax and Restaurant Tax efficiency and reporting. 3. We met with Representative Noel about the Tourism Oriented Directional Sign, that will help promote tourism throughout all of Garfield County. Affordable signage for small businesses. A big part of our discussion also focused on keeping the funding secure for the County Jail, and the rates that are paid to house State inmates. Representative Wilson who is part of the Executive Appropriations committee also met with us and listened to our concerns about State inmate funding. 4. Earlier in the day, Commissioner Pollock and Commissioner LeFevre also met with the Division of Wildlife, to discuss the Utah Prairie Dog and the new management plan for Dogs on Private land. We are excited about the direction the management plan and legislation is heading to help in preserving dogs on the Rehabilitation Units, and also protecting private land ownership rights. 5. Earlier in the day, they also met with the Natural Resource committee about roads
and the potential for the transfer of public lands.(David Tebbs) Sean and Kim Stewart were in Emery for the baptism of Slate and Pennie Stewart's son. Gayle and Frankie Moore ran into them in one of the stores in Richfield. Mike and Stacie Jensen and son Ian came to spend Arthur Syrett's birthday with him. Mike's son, Makay joined us later on Saturday as he had been busy with his ward's Scout adventures at Ruby's Inn. We all went out to dinner and sang Happy Birthday to Art and wish him well. Calls came from all of the family to round out the day for him. What a sweet man he is. Carl and Mary-Miller Boyd were blessed to spend Christmas in Tropic with their daughter Emily and children joined by husband Adam Naylor, Adam's mom Margaret and
daughter Soul. The latter three were returning to Tropic for the first time since Adam proposed at Sunrise Point nine years ago. After Christmas the entire crew went to Sarasota, Florida, where the Boyds were able to spend a week with all their children and their 12 grandchildren. After Florida, Emily and her children joined Carl and Mary-Miller in Kentucky. Soul enjoyed attending an American high school while her younger siblings Riley, Maya and baby Harper got a lot of playtime with their Carter cousins. While it was a great time the Boyds are happy to be back in Tropic Well I think the seasons are trying to change places. It is warm enough out there to be spring and that is scary since we sure need the moisture. It is unbelievable the weather lately. Please call or email your news to me. Thanks VS
BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center TUES Feb. 17th WED Feb.18th THURS Feb. 19th
Sheppard pie, corn bread, Jello w/cottage cheese & pears, cake Pork chops, potatoes & gravy, corn, apples, cookie Vegetable beef soup, breadsticks, pineapple & cottage cheese, cookie
Call by 10:00 A.M. if you want a lunch or need a ride. 679-8666 All meals are served with milk & bread Suggested donation is $3 for seniors and $7 for those under 60 years of age.
BIRTHDAYS
Ben Smith Riddle 90th TROPIC - Ben Smith Riddle celebrated his 90th birthday on February 1st! He was born in Cedar City, UT in 1925 to Issac Irvin & Abby Smith Riddle. He married his high school sweetheart, the late Luana Wood Riddle on June 21st, 1942 in Cedar City. They were later sealed for time and all eternity in the St George Temple. He is a Veteran of WWII and served his country on the USS Craven for 3 years. He is very proud of his posterity, which includes, 4 children, 25 grandchildren, 91 great grandchildren, and 19 great-great grandchildren. Grandpa received over 100 birthday cards from his family and friends!! He was so excited each day when new cards arrived. There were several birthday parties with singing and good food to celebrate this special occasion. He still has a big bowl of candy waiting for the grandchildren when they come to visit him in Tropic. This is something that everyone loves!!
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February 12, 2015
Wills, Trusts, and More
Can the Government Control Where My Estate Goes? by Jeffery J. McKenna
The simple answer to the above question is yes. If you have never signed a will or trust, the state legislature in all fifty states has provided a governing statute to decide where your assets go. These laws provide a “default estate plan” for those without their own. In Utah, if you die without an estate plan, the law provides that your entire estate will be distributed to your spouse if he or she is alive unless you have children from a prior marriage. If you do not have a surviving spouse, the estate will be distributed to your children and if a child predeceases you, then to that child's children. If you have no surviving children or grandchildren (commonly called your “issue”), then your estate will be distributed to other relatives. If you have a surviving spouse and children from a prior marriage, a certain amount is distributed to your surviving spouse and then onehalf of the balance of your estate will be distributed to your surviving spouse and one-half to your children. Although the state “default estate plan” attempts to represent what most people would want to do with their estate if they had done their own estate planning, it may not be what you want. There are many concerns about relying on the state’s “default estate plan.” If you rely on the state’s “default estate plan,” your desires may not be met when you have children from a prior marriage. As previously stated, the state’s “default estate
plan” provides that one-half of your estate will go to children from a prior marriage and the other one-half to your surviving spouse. Often, it may be desirable to allow the surviving spouse to have a lifetime interest in all or a part of your estate until his or her death and at that time the estate could be distributed to your children. Additionally, if you marry later in life, you may desire that all your assets be distributed to your children from a prior marriage because your surviving spouse has sufficient assets of his or her own. Hopefully, you can see that although we may all have an estate plan, it is very beneficial and sometimes crucial that you take the time and effort to develop your own estate plan and not rely on the “default estate plan” established by the state legislature.
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WITH A SATELLITE OFFICE NOW IN PANGUITCH. Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney serving clients in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney McKenna and Olmstead. He is a founding member and former President of the Southern Utah Estate Planning Council. If you have questions regarding this article or if you have a topic you wish to have addressed in this column, you can call 435 628-1711 or email jmckenna@ barney-mckenna.com.
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Bumping into an old girlfriend, I invited her for coffee and told her that I had given up accounting to take up writing. "That's terrific!" she said, "I really admire a person who follows their dream. Tell me, have you sold anything?" "Sure have," I replied. "My house, my car, all my stocks and bonds...."
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A new study of the brain activity of older people has just been released. It turns out the brains of older people are slow because they know so much. People do not decline mentally with age. Scientists believe that it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains. Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets filled up, so too do humans take longer to access information, it has been found. Also, older people often go to another room to get something and when they arrive, they stand there wondering what they came for. Then they exit the room only to return again, this time remembering what it was they wanted. The study found that it is NOT a memory problem. It is just nature's way of making older people get more exercise.
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PANGUITCH - Sister Jamie Cooper will be returning home from the Jackson Mississippi Mission on Feb. 11 after serving a full-time mission. She will be speaking in church Sunday, February 15 at the Panguitch Stake Center at 9:00 and again at 11:00.
Sister Lexi Rae LeFevre TROPIC - Sister Lexi Rae LeFevre of Tropic has been called to serve as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission. She will be speaking in the Tropic Ward in Tropic,Utah on February 15, 2015 at 11:50 a.m. She will leave for the Missionary Training Center on March 4, 2015. Lexi is the daughter of Tracy & Barbie Feltner of Cedar City, and Mark & Trish LeFevre of Saratoga Springs. She is the granddaughter of Stan & Nellie Rae Mecham and Reed & Mary LeFevre all of Tropic.
Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday February 3, 2015 Receipts: 966. Last Week: 1,142. Last Year: 1,767. Feeder Steers: Mixed But mostly 5.00-6.00 lower. Feeder Heifers: mixed but mostly 4.00-5.00 lower; Holstein Steers: to few for comparison; Slaughter Cows: 2.00-3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls: 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs 307.50-320.00; 250- 300 lbs scarce; 300350 lbs 300.00-317.50; 350400 lbs scarce; 400-450 lbs 242.50-260.00; 450-500 lbs 242.50-267.50; 500-550 lbs 236.00-256.00; 550-600 lbs 217.50-240.00; 600-650 lbs 200.00-225.00; 650-700 lbs 188.00-207.50; 700-750 lbs 183.00-203.00; 750-800 lbs 172.50-186.00; 800-850 lbs 179.00- 185.00; 850-900 lbs 170.00-185.00; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs scarce. Holstein Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: n/q; 200-300 lbs scarce 300-500 lbs scarce; 500-700 lbs scarce; 700-900 lbs scarce; 900-1100 lbs scarce. Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250300 Lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 270.00-285.00; 350-400 lbs 240.00-242.50; 400-450 lbs 237.50-260.00; 450-500 lbs 227.50-252.50; 500-550 lbs 205.00-230.00; 550-600 lbs 195.00-215.50; 600-650 lbs 187.50-209.00; 650-700 lbs 178.00-192.00; 700-750 lbs 177.50-185.50; 750-800 lbs 173.00-184.50; 800-850 lbs 162.50-177.00; 850-900 lbs 160.00-177.00; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs scarce. Heiferettes: 75.00-155.00. Stock Cows: scarce. Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-90% Lean: 89.5099.00; Breaking 75-80 Lean: 85.00-104.00; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 80.00-89.00. Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 112.50113.00; 1500-2200 lbs 115.00120.50; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 85.00-101.00; 1500-2145 lbs 106.00-114.00; Feeder Bulls: 840-1335 lbs 85.00-155.00. Source: USDA-Utah Dept. Of Agriculture Market News , Salt Lake City, UT (435-230-0402.)
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LEGAL NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration hereby gives notice that the following properties are being considered for disposal through sale in Garfield County: Township 37 South, Range 3 West, SLB&M, Section 2: S½SE¼, W½SW¼, E½SW¼, which contains 240 acres more or less. Any party asserting a claim to a temporary easement or right of entry in the subject property pursuant to 72-5-203, Utah Code Annotated who wishes to make such easement or right of entry permanent may file an appropriate application, as set forth in Utah Administrative Rule R850-80-250(2). Applications will be accepted during the following period of time: From 8:00 A.M. January 29, 2015 until 5:00 P.M. April 29, 2015 at TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION, 675 East 500 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, (801) 538-5100. Reference No.: PS 8554-6. Applications will be evaluated pursuant to Sections 53C-1-302 and 72-5-203(1)(a)(i), Utah Code Annotated. If no application is received, or if an application to make the temporary easement or right of entry permanent is not approved, the temporary easement or right of entry will be extinguished. Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 29 and FEBRUARY 5 & 12, 2015 Notice of Municipal Offices Hanksville Town The following offices to be voted on in the Hanksville Town Municipal General Election on 3 November 2015: (1) Mayor 2 year term (2) Town Council Member 4 year term each. Declaration of Candidacy Forms or Nomination petition must be filed in person with the Town Clerk at 30 S. Hwy 95, Hanksville, Utah. Filing dates are from 1 June - 8 June, 2015 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 5 & 12, 2015 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has adopted Garfield County Ordinance 2015-1, Aggressive Canine/ Wolf Ordinance. The complete ordinance is available for review at the office of the Garfield County Clerk, 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah or online at www.garfield.utah.gov. Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 22 & 29 and FEBRUARY 5 & 12, 2015 PUBLIC NOTICE HATCH IRRIGATION CO. DELINQUENT WATER SHARES AS OF 02/6/2015 Robert Elliot Any water shares which remains unpaid on February 23, 2015 will revert to the Hatch Irrigation Co to be sold to pay delinquent assessments and expenses. Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 12, 2015
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 MARCH 11, 2015. Please visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)-5387240 for additional information. NEW APPLICATION(S) 97-2396 (A80195): HJJ LLC propose(s) using 1.45 ac-ft. from groundwater (7 miles southeast of Escalante) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. 97-2398 (A80208): Michael R. Putiak propose(s) using 1.73 ac-ft. from groundwater (Southeast of Boulder) for IRRIGATION. CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 95-5249(a40442): Dennis and Jessica Alvey propose(s) using 0.015 cfs or 1.014 ac-ft. from groundwater (1 mile NE of Hanksville) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 12 & 19, 2015 NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL OFFICES HATCH TOWN The following offices to be voted on in the Hatch Town Municipal General Election on November 3, 2015: (2) Town Council Member 4 year term each. Candidate Filing Period Begins on June 1, 2015 and ends on June 8, 2015. Declaration of Candidacy Forms or Nomination Petitions must be filed in person with the Hatch Town Clerk at 49 W Center, Hatch, Utah. Jacie Torgersen Hatch Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 12 & 19, 2015 PUBLIC NOTICE ESCALANTE CITY ESCALANTE CITY WILL HAVE THREE VACANT POSITIONS FOR THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION. 3 - COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONS – 4 YEAR TERMS. You may file at the Escalante City Office located at 56 North 100 West, in Escalante, Utah. Filing will be held June 01, 2015 through June 08, 2015. The city office will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Published in the Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 12 & 19, 2015
LEVY AND NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE REAL PROPERTY IN THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR GARFIELD COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
CHRISS LAKE, LLC, Plaintiff, v. KARL ROUNDY Defendant.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale Case No. 120600009 Judge: Marvin Bagley
To be sold at Sheriff's Sale at the County Courthouse, 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah, west entrance, County of Garfield, State of Utah, on the 17th day of February 2015 , at 10:00 of said day, all right, title and interest of said KARL ROUNDY, in and to that certain piece or parcels of real property situated in Garfield County, State of Utah, described as follows to-wit: Real Property Parcel: 02-0005-0257; Serial # B-83-1-4 as recorded in the Garfield County Recorder's Office, Garfield County, Utah, and being described as follows: BEG AT A POINT WHICH ISS 1097.07 FT AND W 1121 .83 FT FROM THE NE COR OF SEC 35 T33S R4E SLB&M AND RUNNING TH S 16°33 '47"W 227.34 FT; TH S6°48'47 "W 460.00 FT; TH N73°31' 13"W 37.00 FT; TH S2° 18'42"W 879.48 FT; TH S9°33'55"W 196.25 FT; TH S6°37'49"E 1492.00 FT:TH S2I057' 11 "W 313.00 FT; TH S 38°05'49"E 373.00FT; TH SI5'35'l1"W 324.00FT; TH S41'12'17"W 90.61 FT M/L TO THE S BOY LINE OF SAID SEC 35; TH S89°57' 11 "W ALONG SAID S BOY LINE 1616.78 .FT M/L TO THE CENTERLINE OF A 50.00 FOOT ROAD EASEMENT, TH N'L Y ALONG SAID CENTERLINE TO A POINT WHICH IS S 1530.11 FT AND W 2611.88 FT FROM THE NE COR OF SAID SEC 35, TH LEAVING SAID CENTERLINE S89a58 '42 "W 66.44 FT; TH N2JC09'14 "E 564.66 FT; TH N21°11'16"E 1062.51. FT (DEED N21 °30'01 "E 1048 09 FT) MIL TO THE S R/W LINE OF UTAH STATE HWY 12; TH S89°47'09'E (DEED N89°32'31 "E) 302.56 FT' ALONG SAID RJW LINE; TH S0°29' 14"E 291.26 FT (DEED 279.29 FT); TH N89°32'31 "E 840.07 FT; TH S I6°33'47"W 806.78 FT M/L TO THE POB CONT 146.18 AC M/L Parcel: 02-005-0263; Serial 4' B-83-1-4-1 as recorded in the Garfield County Recorder's Office. Garfield County. Utah, and be described as follows: A PORTION OF THE REMAINDER ROUNDY PARCEL AS SHOWN ON THE ROUNDY PROPERTY SUBDIVISION AND BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEG AT A POINT S89°59'32W 723.52 FT AND S0°0l '01 "W 36.11 FT AND S21. °09'47"W 944.58 FT AND S21 °30'03"W 14.86 FT FROM THE NE COR OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SEC 35 T33S R4E SLB&M AND RUNNING TH S21 °30'0 3"W 175.00 FT: TH S89°52'37"E 1325.11 FT; TH NI6°34'37"E 169.92 FT; TH N89°52'37"W 1309.45 FT TO THE POB CONT 4.93 AC M/L Parcel: 02-0005-0256; Serial # B-83-1-4-3 as recorded in the Garfield County Recorder's Office, Garfield County, Utah, and being described as follows: A PORTION OF THE REMAINDER ROUNDY PARCEL., AS SHOWN ON THE ROUNDY PROPERTY SUBDIVISION AND BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOW: BEG AT A POINT S89°59'32"W 420.96 FT AND S0°0l '01 "W 37.37 FT FROM THE NE COR OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SEC 35 T33S R4E SLB&M SAID POINT BEING LOCATED ON THE S RIW LINE OF UTAH STATE HWY 12 AND RUNNING TH N89°46'08"W ALONG SAID RIW LINE 302.56 FT; TH S2I°09'47"W 944.58 FT; TH S21° 30'03"W 14.86 FT; TH S89°52'37"E 1309.45 FT; TH NI6°34'37"E 638.00 FT; TH S89°33 '39"W 840.07 FT; TH N0°28'22"W 291.26 FT TO THE POB CONT 20.26 AC M/L Water Right - Note, all water rights will ONLY provide any and all rights that Defendant Karl Roundy has in the water right. The deed provided by the Sheriff shall inform the successful purchaser that the water right deed is minor to the deeds on file. Water Right 97-43; and Water Right 97-154 DATED this 18 day of December, 2014. SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Purchase price payable in lawful money of the United States of America. /s/ James D. Perkins, Sheriff of Garfield County, State of Utah. Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 29 and FEBRUARY 5 & 12, 2015
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In Utah consumers qualify for an average tax credit of $159 per month through the Health Insurance Marketplaces The Feb. 15 deadline is just days away; 8 in 10 consumers can get coverage for $100 or less
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a report outlining the impact of advanced premium tax credits on premiums in the Health Insurance Marketplaces. In Utah 120,391 individuals are signed up for coverage through the Marketplace as of Jan. 30, and 88 percent of those are estimated to qualify for an average of $159 per person/ month in advanced premium tax credits. On average, premium tax credits reduced consumers’ monthly premiums by 63 percent in Utah. Among all consumers who are signed up for 2015 coverage to date in the 37 HealthCare.gov states, 8 in 10 could choose a plan with a premium of $100 or less after tax credits, based on available options. These figures underscore the impact of the Affordable Care Act in delivering quality, affordable health care coverage to millions of Americans. With only days left until the Feb. 15 deadline to sign up for coverage through the Marketplaces, HHS encourages Utah consumers to check out their options for a quality, affordable health care plan. The vast majority – 88 percent – of individuals in Utah who are signed up through HealthCare.gov qualify for financial assistance. “With just a few days left before the February 15 deadline
and the end of this year’s Open Enrollment, millions of Americans already are counting on the financial assistance the Affordable Care Act provides to put quality, affordable health insurance coverage within reach,” HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell said. “Consumers who sign up in Utah are saving $159 a month on their premiums on average, and in the 37 states using HealthCare.gov nearly 8 in 10 could select a plan with a premium of $100 or less with tax credits. This is further proof that the Affordable Care Act is working for the middle class." Among 6.5 million consumers in the 37 state using the HealthCare.gov platform who selected a plan with advanced premium tax credits, the average monthly premium for 2015 coverage dropped from $374 before tax credits to $105 after tax credits, for an average tax credit amount of $268 per person/month. This analysis includes plan selections from Nov. 15 through Jan. 30: depending on the characteristics of people who sign up prior to Feb. 15, the statistics in this report could change. As we near the Feb. 15 deadline and end of Open Enrollment, officials from HHS are available for print, radio and television interviews. Satellite TV interviews are also available. To request an interview
with an official from HHS, email press@cms.hhs.gov. Sign up by Feb. 15 - Help is available: We are working to meet consumers where they are, whether that is online, over the phone or in person. Online: Information is available at HealthCare.gov or CuidadoDeSalud.gov. By Phone: Marketplace call center representatives are available to help all day, every day at 1-800-318-2596 FREE. TTY users should call 1-855889-4325 FREE. Assistance is available in more than 200 languages. The call is free. In person: Consumers can find local help at by visiting: Localhelp.healthcare.gov About the Health Insurance Marketplaces: Open Enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2015 runs from Nov. 15, 2014 through Feb. 15, 2015. If people miss the Feb. 15 deadline, they will likely have to wait to sign up for coverage until the next open enrollment season, with coverage starting in 2016. Consumers should visit HealthCare.gov to review and compare health plan options and find out if they are eligible for financial assistance, which can help pay monthly premiums and reduce out-of-pocket costs when receiving services. —U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Practical Money Matters
Getting Serious? Five Important Money Questions to Ask by Jason Alderman
Valentine's Day is often a time to reflect on your relationship, and consider the next step. If your relationship is heading toward joint finances, it's essential to talk about it first – openly and honestly. A 2014 survey (http:// www.nefe.org/press-room/ news/financial-infidelityposes-challenge-for-couples. aspx) by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) found that 13 percent said they had failed to share information about their personal debt or income, which had "an effect on the relationship." This year, consider thinking beyond the roses and candlelight dinners to a potential future of merged finances. Here are five key questions that should drive your conversation: Where are you financially as individuals? Take time to talk about your household debt – including student loans, credit cards, mortgage and medical bills, and share your credit reports from the three major credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion). Each can be obtained once a year for free (https:// www.annualcreditreport.com/ index.action). It's also important to discuss assets – not only the savings and investments you hold, but also how future job or education plans can improve the marriage or family's financial health. What are your money personalities? This is a personal finance question that many financial planners still ask to get a sense of your money management habits. It's intended to identify which person in the relationship is the spender or the saver. It's particularly important to ask each other whether you save or spend to make sure you're on track to achieve your long-term goals. How do you want to live? This question is about shared financial and personal goals and how you will achieve them together. Discuss how you've been living thus far, and what you might change. Be honest about where you want to live, what kind of home and family you want to have, what kind of career or retirement you want and start discussing concrete ways you both will get there. How will you handle ev-
eryday spending? Determine how you will share accounts, pay bills, budget, save for the future and bank – jointly, separately or both. Figure out how will you jointly manage credit and the smartest ways to save for retirement. If you want a family, decide how you'll plan for kids financially. Finally, work together when problems come up. As with all issues in a relationship, ongoing communication is key. What if you need help? There are options if you or your partner doesn't know where to start. Licensed financial and tax professionals can provide guidance on issues from basic budgeting (http://www. practicalmoneyskills.com/ personalfinance/savingspending/budgeting/) to prenuptial agreements. Friends and family are a good resource for recommendations. Also keep in mind that some religious denominations actually offer solid finan-
cial planning advice as part of premarital counseling and the NEFE has a quiz (http://www. smartaboutmoney.org/ToolsResources/LifeValues-Quiz. aspx) for potential spouses. For debt issues, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling is a good independent resource that can offer advice on improving credit issues as a couple. The earlier you can put together an advisory team that fits your needs, the better. Bottom line: If you and your sweetheart are considering tying the knot or expanding your family, don't ignore money issues. It can be a difficult conversation to initiate, but it's an important one to start planning your financial future together. Jason Alderman directs Visa's financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter. com/PracticalMoney.
February 12, 2015
Buy Utah Products, Let your State Pride Show “Made in Utah” Initiative and Utah CAN increase awareness of in-state manufacturing SALT LAKE CITY - Do you want to make a positive impact on the State of Utah? How about on your neighbor’s livelihood? At the start of 2015, The Utah Manufacturers Association (UMA) introduced a “Made in Utah” initiative to support the consumption of Utah-made products. This initiative along with UMA’s project the Utah Capabilities Assessment Network (Utah CAN), aims to increase revenue for in-state business and, ultimately, your neighbor. The goal of these projects is to increase awareness of employment opportunities available in the manufacturing industry. “There have been a lot of campaigns helping consumers connect with local companies,” said Matthew Holton, director of operations at the Utah Manufacturers Association. “We thought, with so many things that are made in Utah—from ICBM missiles down to donuts—this would be a great initiative to increase awareness. A lot of people don’t know these products are made in Utah by their neighbors—right in their own backyard. We want to help companies get out there because Utahns are very proud of this state and who we are as a people.” The UMA initiative includes a branding campaign to support local products. UMA will start out by placing stickers in local storefronts. Businesses will receive “Made in Utah” stickers to place in their storefronts. UMA will distribute digital versions of the logo for use in letterhead, company websites and social media. The initiative will also tell the story of Utah’s manufacturing industry, its impact and its people. Utah’s manufacturing industry provides employment
to more than 130,000 Utahns, and the total industry payroll exceeds $6.1 billion. With more than 3,800 manufacturers in the state, the initiative will put a face to these companies and their employees while make manufacturing jobs more appealing to the future workforce. “The success of these companies will depend on people choosing to buy Utah products,” Holton said. “Future success of these companies will also depend on how well kids connect to that product and say ‘this really cool gadget —that I love—is made in my backyard. Maybe making something like that is what I want to do when I grow up.’ Then, we as a state are better off.” Holton said that businesses can support this initiative by not only purchasing Utahmade products, but also getting involved in social media. For example, posting a picture of a company product and using the hashtag #madeinutah can help connect the diverse range of local products while engaging younger audiences. Participating businesses are also invited to offer their Utah-made products at a discounted price during this year’s Manufacturing Week, which will take place in October. In addition to the “Made in Utah” initiative, UMA also strengthens business through The Utah Capabilities Assessment Network (Utah CAN). The network connects Utah manufacturers to Utah businesses with a goal to reduce supply chain costs, increase manufacturing revenues and increase the number of jobs in Utah. The network identifies the full range of manufacturing information for in-state companies and can perform searches by certifications, capacity, in-
dustrial codes, products and more. Businesses participating in Utah CAN have the ability to upload bids, communicate with other manufacturers and manage and track the bidding and supply chain process. Utah CAN has already proven successful, according to Holton. One large manufacturer complained about the lack of a local supplier of defense-related antenna rays. The manufacturing company was outsourcing to the northeast of the U.S., which cost extra money and staff travel time. Utah CAN connected the company to a local structure steel company that could meet the manufacturer’s needs, resulting in a $70 million in-state contract. Both the “Made in Utah” Initiative and Utah CAN are set up to improve Utah’s manufacturing industry, keep existing jobs in Utah and bring new jobs to the state. “The Utah Manufacturers Association is just so proud of the opportunity to promote local products, and we’re grateful for the other Utah product awareness efforts that are out there,” Holton said. “We want to put forth the same effort when it comes to manufacturing. Manufacturing is producing your quality of life. Everything you use from the beginning of your day to the end—someone made that product. What Utah makes, makes Utah. And that’s something we’re proud to support.” For more information on the “Made in Utah” initiative, visit umaweb.org. For more information on the Utah Capabilities Assessment Network, visit utahcan.net. —Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development
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