May 9, 2013 Wayne & Garfield County Insider

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Wayne High School Sterling Scholars

The purpose of the Sterling Scholar Awards is to publicly recognize and encourage the pursuit of excellence in scholarship, leadership, and citizenship of high school seniors in the state of Utah. The Deseret Morning News and KSL Television developed the program especially to focus attention on outstanding seniors in order to recognize them publicly as well as award cash scholarships and tuition waivers from participating institutions. The Sterling Scholar Awards Program seeks to commend and encourage excellence among all students.

Lauren Jackson English and Literature

McCoy Brian Agricultural Science

Joshua Dudleston Science

Megan Sorenson Visual Arts

Thursday, May 9, 2013 • Issue # 995

Presentation Will Compare Paleontological Discoveries Across Continents ESCALANTE - On Friday, May 10, the Bureau of Land Management will host “Advances in Dating the Fossil Record and Correlating Cretaceous Fossils from the Kaiparowits Formation with Faunas from Mexico to Alberta”. The program is a special Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Walks and Talks Lecture Series presentation to be held at the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center located at 755 West Main, in Escalante, Utah. Beginning at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Eric Roberts will paint a picture of what the environment looked like 75 million years ago by revealing what he has unearthed in one of the best preserved continental vertebrate bearing successions in the world, the Kaiparowits Formation. Along with the Kaiparowits, Dr. Roberts has primarily focused his research on reconstructing the sedimentary and tectonic histories of late Mesozoic and early Tertiary continental basins, including those of the Lufeng Basin in China and a suite of sedimentary basins in Gondwana. Roberts received degrees from Cornell College, University of Montana, and University of Utah. He is currently the Senior Lecturer, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology at James Cook University in Australia. The presentation will last about an hour and is free. Call 435-826-5499 for more information. —GSENM

Michael Brown, Ellis Brown, and Albert Brown of Brown Brothers Construction.

Brown Brothers Construction Named Among Top Twelve Contractors in the U.S. LOA - Brown Brothers Construction, a Loa, Utahbased road construction and excavation company, is among twelve U.S. construction companies who were recently honored by Equipment World Magazine as part of the publication’s 2013 Contractor of the Year event, also sponsored in part by Caterpillar. According to the construction industry trade magazine, the annual event recognizes those companies who exemplify the highest standards of construction professionals: business acumen, equipment management expertise, attention to safety, and community involvement. Brown Brothers Construction company is owned

by, Albert, Ellis, and Michael Brown. The company started in 1963 with one backhoe, installing water lines and excavating basements. It soon graduated to drilling road site preparation and building reservoirs, parking lots and the segment of Utah Highway 24 that runs through Loa, Utah. Brown Brothers continues performing a variety of road construction and excavation projects state wide working for various government agencies and private entities. The brothers appreciate the good work ethic that seems to be inherent in the rural area surrounding the firm. And fourth generation family involvement includes four sons,

one daughter and a son-in-law. The companies named among the top twelve contractors for 2013 were chosen from over 80,000 construction companies nationwide. Brown Brothers Construction is the first Utah company ever to be honored among the companies who have been selected as part of the Equipment World Magazine Contractor of the Year. Representatives from each of the twelve companies were flown to Las Vegas in March, all expenses paid, for a weekend of events including industry roundtables, an awards banquet and a trip to a NASCAR race. —Brown Brothers Conctruction

Garkane Energy Honors Two Retiring Veteran Employees

Loryn Blackburn Business and Marketing Education

Jocee Morrell Social Science

Haley Peyton Speech and Drama

Caroline Van Dyke General Scholarship

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LOA - Two of Garkane Energy’s most veteran employees have been recognized for their many years of outstanding service to the company and to our communities. Currently leaving the company for retirement is Chief Financial Officer Stan Chappell, who has worked with Garkane Energy for 37 years. Also being reconized for service is Sherolyn Langston, who served as Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Langston retired recently after working with the company for 33 years, from December 1979 through December 2012. Stan Chappell graduated from Wayne High School in 1969 and attended Dixie Junior College, Brigham Young University, and received a BS degree in accounting from Utah State University in 1974. He has been married to Becky Peacock for 39 years. They have 4 children, three daughters, one son, and eight grandchildren. They reside in Richfield. Stan likes to hunt, fish, and play lots of golf. After retiring he plans to travel, visit and enjoy family & grandchildren, and golf. Garkane’s CEO Carl Albrecht said, “Stan came to work in 1976. He was working at Bullfrog on Lake Powell for

the concessionaire at the time we hired him. He has been a very dedicated loyal employee and has been a great caretaker of Garkane’s finances through out his career. He has always looked out for the company’s best interests and through the years has saved Garkane a lot of money through his conservative nature and shrewd dealings.” Marcus Lewis will replace Stan as the new CFO. Mr. Chapell stated, “After 37 years, I can still recall the feelings of excitement of a new job, meeting new friends, facing new challenges, and the anticipation of opportunities that lay ahead with the chance of working for Garkane Energy. What is most amazing after those 37 years with Garkane is that I still find the job exciting, challenging, and the opportunities never stop. New friends have now become life-long friends. I attribute these things to the cooperative principle and the way Garkane conducts its business, and the way it treats its customers & employees. Garkane has been great to my family, and I will be forever grateful. I’m proud to be part of her success the past 37 years, and I wish only the best for the cooperative in the future.” —Garkane Energy

Above: Carl Boyd, Garkane Energy Board President, pictured right, presents Stan Chappell, at left, with an outstanding recognition award for 37 years of service. Right: LaDon Torgersen, left, and Garkane Board President Carl Boyd, right, present Sherolyn Langston with an outstanding recognition award for 33 years of service to the Co-op. Phone: 435-826-4400 Wayne: 435-836-2622 Fax 1-888-370-8546 PO BOX 105 Escalante, Utah 84726 snapshot@live.com

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