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Thursday, May 1, 2014 • Issue # 1046
Utah Symphony to Perform Free Concerts at Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks in August SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Symphony led by Music Director Thierry Fischer will tour Utah’s red rock country, home to the state’s five iconic national parks, in August 2014 with free outdoor performances surrounded by the landscape of Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks. Presented by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, The Mighty 5 Tour represents a collaboration between two of Utah’s great treasures, the state’s leading arts organization, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, and the unparalleled natural beauty of Utah’s red rock country preserved within the five national parks, collectively known as “The Mighty 5.” The tour is also made possible with major support from the Utah State Legislature and the Sorenson Legacy Foundation, in addition to funding from O.C. Tanner, Zions Bank, Questar, and Chevron. Concerts will take place in outdoor venues throughout the communities of southern Utah against the natural backdrop of arches, spires and canyons, and brilliant red rocks set afire by the setting summer sun. Utah Symphony Music Director Thierry
Fischer will lead the 75-piece orchestra in symphonic works that complement the beauty of the environment including Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture”, movements from Dvořák’s “New World Symphony,” Bizet’s Orchestral Suite from “Carmen”, and Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”, as well as vocal selections featuring Utah native, soprano soloist Celena Shafer performing Johann Strauss’s “Frühlingsstimmen”, Puccini’s “Quando me’n vo” from “La Bohème” and Gershwin’s “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess”. Thierry Fischer said, “When I first visited Utah’s national parks, I was awestruck by the pristine natural beauty of the landscape. One could almost imagine an accompaniment of classical music echoing off the red rocks and canyons. The Mighty 5 Tour is a great opportunity to combine the beauty of nature and transcendent energy of sound, and I am excited to celebrate both by performing a program of illustrious works for park visitors and members of the local communities.” Additional free concerts and events inside the national Utah Symphony Cont’d on page 10
This historic Boulder - Escalante area photo is estimated to have been taken around 1910 on a spur of what later became the Cream Cellar Route of the Old Boulder Road. Haws family descendants have speculated the person driving the wagon on the Old Boulder Route is Frank Haws from Boulder who homesteaded the now Redwing Ranch on Boulder Creek. “He nearly always wore a white shirt,” they said.
"History in Your Attic" Project to Launch May 23 Digitize historical photos, documents and family histories
ESCALANTE - Area residents and attendees to this year’s Escalante Heritage Festival can have historic photographs professionally scanned free of charge courtesy of History in Your Attic, an initiative to provide world-wide access to the photographic and cultural heritage of the Intermountain West. Event location and hours are: Friday, May 23: Escalante Community Center, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Saturday, May 24: Es-
calante High School, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM To make an appointment to have your photographs scanned, contact SusAnn McLemore at 435-463-4812. Walk-ins will be accommodated as scheduling permits. Local residents and guests are invited to bring historic (pre-1950’s) Escalante and Boulder-area photographs and documents, including slides and negatives. The materials will be scanned on-site and returned immediately. Owners
State 4-H Leadermete a Booming Success
will receive digital copies of the scanned materials. Scanned photos will be available on the Mountain West Digital Library website, www.mwdl.org, and family histories will be at FamilySearch.org. Local organizations supporting this scanning event include: Escalante Heritage Center, Boulder Heritage Foundation, Sons of the Utah Pioneers, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Escalante Utah Stake Family Heritage Center, Escalante Heritage Days, and
the Escalante River Watershed Partnership. "The History in Your Attic: Preserving the Legacy of the Intermountain West" is a project of the Utah Academic Library Consortium (“the Consortium”) and Mountain West Digital Library. They have partnered to create an online collection of original manuscripts that reflect social, political, military, business, and religious life of the area. —Escalante River Watershed Partnership
Best Friends Community Cat Fix Returns to Escalante
Debbie Savage
"Purrsilla" is a resident of Escalante and a rescue cat, and is a graduate of Best Friends' TNR program.
Annette Lamb
West Taylor and his under-saddle friend greeted "Waynes" and "Waynettes" during registration at Wayne County's 4-H Leadermete last week. Leadermete was a great success thanks to many sponsors, organizers and volunteers. WAYNE CO. - If you actually had to wait for cars to go by as you stopped at a stop sign this weekend, it may have been because of the two hundred forty registrants plus their families that were in Wayne County for the State 4-H Leadermete. One hundred forty four events were offered including rappelling, ATV tours, hiking, game night, sewing bees, bon fire and classes on topics from Mexican Cooking
to Raising Responsible Kids and everything in between. Many participants commented on the friendly, helpful people in Wayne County. Events like this could not be held without the help and support of the community, businesses, and amazing volunteers. A special thanks goes out to the Committee Members: Larry Johnson, Annette Lamb, RaeLynn Cooper, Brooke
REGIONAL Weather forecast for some but not all regions represented in our newspaper coverage area
Thurs. MAy 1 - wed. May 7 SUNNY AND WARMER though the wind will still be with us. Forecast is for warming by about 10 degrees on Thursday with a high in the mid 60s, and remaining in mid 60s - 70s through the week with Saturday being warmest and sunniest. Some clouds moving in early next week. Lows mid 30s to low 40s and possible winds 10-20 mph alll week. Keep hanging on to your hat.
Jeffs, Magon Bowling, Connie Foutz, Tonya Syume, Lori Chappell, Heather Welch, Melissa Robins, Tina Anderson, Fina Faddis, Sharmi Crowther, Jenny Peterson, JaNae Winder, Leslie Oyler, Kami and West Taylor. Thanks also to our sponsors: Royals Market, Brown Brothers Construction, Brian Farm Service, Harward and Rees, Stevens Meat Locker,
Radio Shack, Richfield Reaper, Fresh Market, Jorgensen’s Inc. Richfield , Intermountain Computer, Larsens Ace Hardware, Home Depot, Robbers Roost Book Store, The Sport Keeper, Grundy Gals Honey Taffy, Grundy Concrete, Cache Valley Bank, Torgerson Timber, Shirt Stop, Charlotte Williams (quilt), and Kami Taylor (art). —GaeLynn Peterson
ESCALANTE - With the support of Best Friends Animal Society, located in Kanab, the Escalante cat fixing crew is getting set for the next Trap, Neuter, Release season for all feral and pet cats. The first date is set for Monday, May 12th. Cats will be safely trapped, transported to Kanab for spay/neuter surgery and vaccinations, and released back to their location. Feral cats have priority, but some spots may be available for pet cats. Did you know? • A female cat can give birth to kittens every four months. The gestation period is about nine weeks. During her productive life, one female cat could have more than 100 kittens. • Kittens can become pregnant as early as 4 months old, puppies as early as six
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months old. • A single pair of cats and their kittens can produce as many as 420,000 kittens in just 7 years. There is something you can do to help! By helping to identify cats and potential trapping locations, or by sending a pet cat through the program, you can help to significantly reduce the numbers of feral cats in the community. This Trap, Neuter and Release service is free. Donations to Best Friends are encouraged. If you are feeding community cats that need to be fixed or know about those in your neighborhood, please contact Cindy Calbaum at 826-4452 or Paulette Ksiezak at 826-4961. Remember to "Fix at Four!" —Debbie Savage
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