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Thursday, March 6, 2014 • Issue # 1038
Escalante Heritage Center to Hold Open House March 19 Afternoon Event to Present Heritage Center Plans and “Photos in the Attic” Family Photo Preservation Project by Jerry Roundy ESCALANTE - On March 19, 2014 the Escalante Heritage Hole-in-the-Rock Center will host an open house from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for Escalante residents and anyone interested in what is happening at the Center. The Center is located at 1300 East Highway 12 in Escalante, just east of the Escalante High School. The mission of the Heritage Center is to preserve and share the history of the Escalante/Hole-in-the-Rock area, and to educate and inspire those who visit the Center. Come and enjoy punch and cookies while exploring the open plaza and enjoying the beautiful murals painted by local artist, Lynn Griffin. The Cabin/Visitor Center will be open for you to browse through, and a 14 minute film on the “Journey of the San Juan Pioneers” by Lamont Crabtree may be shown upon request. Terance White, Senior Associate Director of the St. George Office of Naylor Wentworth Lund Architect Firm, will be there to discuss and show plans of the future building for the Heritage Center. This is an exciting project and we feel you too will be excited when you see the plans. Also learn more about a project, “Photos in the Attic,”that is being co-sponsored by the Heritage Center to preserve old photos through high quality scanning, and housing these digital images
ABOVE: Architect’s rendering of the proposed future building for the Escalante Heritage Center. RIGHT: The Center currently includes period replicas and artist renderings of the experience of the Hole-in-theRock Pioneers.
on university and regional internet repositories. Old photos have a tendency to get lost or destroyed, but once they are scanned and information about them is collected, they are preserved indefinitely. Our goal in participating in this project is to gather and provide photos and family histories of the people of Escalante and Boulder, making them available to anyone with an interest. The Escalante Heritage
Center will officially open its doors to the public on April 1, 2014. It will remain open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. until October 31, 2014. Come and learn more about the epic journey of those hardy pioneers who traveled
by Geraldine Liston
clinic she and many others volunteered many hours to see the new clinic become a reality. It was not a surprise to run into Judy and Sherri out of town looking for cabinets, counter tops, window treatments, carpets, tile, paint and the best price possible to make the clinic the most pleasant place possible when it was completed. She has been a cleaning lady making sure the clinic was clean before the day started and clean when she left the building at night. Over
RICHFIELD - The Fishlake Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will be meeting on Thursday March 13 beginning at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Fishlake National Forest office, 115 E. 900 N., Richfield, Utah. During the meeting the RAC will be reviewing the reauthorization of the Act, review roles and responsibilities, review current members’ status and extension of membership, the recruitment of new members, and elect a chairperson. The meeting is open to the general public. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub.L 110343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with the title II of the Act.
Additional RAC information, including the meeting agenda and the meeting summary/minutes can be found at the following website: http:// go.usa.gov/B5dR. The agenda will include time for people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should request in writing by February 27, 2014 to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to bring related matters to the attention of the committee may file written statements with the committee staff before or after the meeting. Written comments and requests for time for oral comments must be sent to John Zapell, Designated Federal Officer, 115 E. 900 N., Richfield, Utah 84701; or by email to jzapell@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 435-896-9347. More information on Payments to States can be found on the Forest Service national web site at: http:// www.fs.usda.gov/pts. —U.S. Forest Service
TALLASSEE, TN - A report released this week by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior’s National Park Service provides nationwide data regarding the economic benefits of the nation’s 401 national parks, compiled for the year 2012. The report, which focuses on spending effects in local communities, shows that overall, the National Park System received over 282 million recreation visits in 2012, which in turn translated to $14.7 billion
in spending in local gateway regions, which are defined as communities within 60 miles of a national park. The report states that the contribution of this spending to the national economy was 243 thousand jobs. Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell talked about the report during a conference call with reporters from Ten-
NPS Report Highlights Economic Value of National Parks
A Special Thank You to Judy Brooks ESCALANTE - Judy retired from Kazan Clinic (Intermountain Healthcare) on January 31, 2013 after fortyfive years of dedicated service to the people of Escalante. She started out as a receptionist and aid with Dr. Ivan Kazan shortly after the clinic first started in the basement building on the North East corner going toward what we called the Spring in Escalante. While working there, she also took X-rays when needed and always took the book home with her to make appointments for the doctors’ next day’s work in Escalante. The clinic was later moved to the building where it now stands and she worked there until it caught fire and burned. This didn’t stop her and others to start making plans to rebuild. While in the process of this Escalante City made room inside the City building to set up a temporary clinic. She and Sherri Woolsey worked countless hours cleaning up what they could from the fire to start business as usual. As progress was being made for the present new
Fishlake RAC to Meet March 13
the years she has worked for twenty-one different doctors and a number of nurses. Judy has been a dedicated employee and citizen to the people in Escalante. It was not unusual to see her delivering prescriptions after hours to those who could not pick them up themselves. She is always pleasant with a smile on her face and treating everyone the same. She has been a number one supporter in every event in Escalante and has always gone the extra mile in everything she has done. Judy, you will be missed and please know that your service and dedication did not go unnoticed you were and still are deeply appreciated. We wish you well in all you do and hope you enjoy your retirement, you deserve it. We know that your service to others will not stop because that is the kind of person you are. Geraldine Liston is a resident of Escalante.
through Escalante during the winter of 1879-1880 to settle the San Juan area. It has sometimes been called “The Impossible Journey”, but those pioneers did the “impossible” by cutting a passage in the Colorado River wall that became known as “Hole in the Rock.”
Bryce Valley Scouts Achieve Eagle Scout Rank BRYCE VALLEY Carter Mortensen and Chandlyr Tebbs were awarded the rank of Eagle Scout on Sunday, March 2nd at the Eagle Scout Court of Honor. Troop 679 present the colors and Dan Fagergren was the Emcee of the event. Guest speaker was Patriarch John Yardley of Panguitch. The scouts were presented with a carved and decorated Eagle Stick, made by Jerry Pollock. Jerry also presented one to Chandlyr Tebbs and Carter Mortensen give us the thumbs up in Shawn Mortensen, the celebration of their accomplishment. father of Carter, who earned his Eagle thirty years ago in Beaver, Utah. Carter, the son of Shawn and Crystal Mortensen, recognized Earl Slack as someone who helped him to earn his Eagle. Carter’s project was promoting the Health Fair put on by Garfield Memorial Hospital. Part of this involved having a Bike Rodeo where he talked about bike safety and gave out helmets donated by the hospital. Carter’s grandparents in Tropic are Pete and Keela Mangum. Chandlyr Tebbs, the son of David (also an Eagle Scout) and Cherrie Tebbs, recognized Shiloh Syrett, an uncle, for his help with obtaining his Eagle. Chandlyr’s project involved laying down cement pads for bleachers, installing a flag pole, putting in a sprinkler system and putting down sod at the schools baseball field. His grandparents are Rod and Kathern Syrett of Bryce Canyon City and Mike and Margaret Tebbs of Panguitch. Congratulations to both young men for obtaining this goal of Eagle. —Vicki Syrett
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REGIONAL Weather forecast for some but not all regions represented in our newspaper coverage area
Thurs. MAR 6 - wed. MAR. 12 PARTLY CLOUDY to mostly sunny throughout the week. Highs generally in the 50s. Lows in high 20s to low 30s. Very little chance of rain is projected at this point.
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