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Thursday, May 20, 2021
Free Meals to be Provided to Attending Wayne Middle Summer School Students as Part of Seamless Summer Option Program BICKNELL - Wayne Middle School is participating in the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) food service program during the summer of 2021. Meals will be provided to all children free of charge who are attending summer school. Meal service is restricted to this population in order to feed students who attend summer school and stay through the lunch hour. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. There will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Free meals to summer school children will be provided at Wayne Middle School at 12:45, Monday through Wednesday, starting on June 7 and running through July 28 (exceptions being July 5, 6, and 7). —Wayne Middle School
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How Many Dead Cows in the River is Too Many? Wayne County resident documents 22 rotting cow carcasses in the Fremont River; Appeals to neighboring rancher, law enforcement and health officials for immediate and long-term remedies
Kelly Taylor
Kelly Taylor, of Blue Valley Ranch, found and documented dozens of dead cows along a six mile stretch of the Fremont River east of Caineville. The cows have since been removed and buried, but questions linger over water contamination and where accountability lies in order to prevent future occurrences. BLUE VALLEY - A series of events that started with the rescue of an orphaned calf in mid-April, and that resulted in the removal and burial last week of thirty rotting cow carcasses from in and around a six mile stretch of the Fremont River east of Caineville, has a Wayne County man still searching for answers about
Entrada Presents Music in May
Mark Chaney with Twisted Brother will perform on Sunday, May 30. This 2021 version makes a return to the Robbers Roost stage. Familiar names in the Salt Lake jazz tradition include Mark on drums, Kevin Stout on guitar, Dan Walker on saxophone and Dan Waldis on keyboard. The group will play jazz standards and variations from “High Standards,” a two volume CD. Some pieces include Courtesy Don Gomes Bayou, Night and Day, John Flanders is an award-win- Ain’t No Sunshine, Old ning instrumentalist and per- Devil Moon, Mas Que forms primarily on tenor, alto Nada and others. Both events begin sax, and flute. John Flanders and at 7:30 p.m. They will be Chris Hough will perform in Torheld outdoors at Robbers rey on May 23. Roost, 185 West Main in TORREY - The Entrada Torrey. These Entrada events Institute will bring some of are free, but donations are acUtah’s finest jazz, rock, and cepted. Reservations are restandards to the stage at Robbers Roost in Torrey on con- quired. Email sunset@entradainstitute.org. Include name, secutive Sundays in May. On Sunday, May 23, number of reservations, email, John Flanders and Chris and phone. Due to COVID-19 protoHough will perform some of John’s jazz originals, and the col restrictions, attendance at duo will also do some covers events is limited. For outdoor of James Taylor, Dire Straits, events, the first 50 individuals or family units who register The Beatles, and more. John has won numer- will be included. At the gate, ous prestigious City Weekly there will be a temperature "Best of Utah" awards as an and symptoms check. Masks instrumentalist, as well as and social distancing are rewith his classic jazz groups. quired, and hand sanitizer will He performs primarily on be available. Feel free to bring lawn tenor, alto sax, and flute. You may also find him on clarinet, chairs. Temperatures can cool bass clarinet, piccolo, bari- as the sun sets, so dress in laytone and soprano saxes, and ers. —Entrada Institute keyboards.
REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA
THURS. MAY 20 - WED. MAY 26
More windy days and slightly lower temps this week. Mostly sunny with highs ranging from the low 60s to the mid 70s; lows in the high 20s to high 30s. Thursday and Friday winds are predicted at 23-24 mph. Variable for the rest of the week, from 11 - 18 mph.
how to appropriately manage scenarios of dead livestock in the waterway, should the situation arise again. On April 12, Kelly Taylor was doing maintenance on a river front camp site at his 440 acre Blue Valley Ranch—a camping and RV community that offers sites along the Fremont. “And I look across the
Boulder Town Council May 2021 by Tessa Barkan BOULDER - The May 2021 Boulder Town Planning Commission meeting began with a discussion on development standards for RV parks/ campgrounds and guest ranches, led by Boulder Town Planner Lee Nellis. Boulder’s capacity was discussed, both in terms of how many RV parks it could realistically sustain and, beyond this, the housing capacity in general, in relation to water and septic. A conversation on guest ranches followed, starting with whether guest ranches would be required to have direct access to Highway 12, as is required of other commercial operations. Nellis then suggested the town hold a community meeting to discuss housing options and town capacity, based on directives in the General Plan. Lastly, he brought up how low density and GMU zones have lost their differentiation, and he suggested that discussion occur on whether it makes sense to establish an agricultural zone, with different regulations than low density residential, to help protect green spaces and town character. More discussion will occur on these topics in June. Subdivision infrastructure requirements were brought to the attention of the council by Fire Marshall Pete Benson. Current ordinances Boulder Council Cont'd on page 2
river and there’s a calf,” said Taylor. Cows regularly graze this stretch of the Fremont, most usually those of neighboring rancher Chad Heaton. And now especially with the drought, Taylor says cows Dead Cows
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Garfield County Commission May 10 Brian Bremner, retiring Garfield County Public Works Engineer, officially recognized for 31 years of service
GARFIELD COUNTY Amid some jokes and teasing, Brian Bremner, retiring Garfield County Public Works/ Engineer, was officially recognized for his 31 years of service. Bremner himself recognized the “great commissions” he has served under, as well as the “family” of co-workers in public works and throughout the county. Dave Dodds has already been working into Bremner’s Public Works duties over the past several months and will be taking on that full responsibility. Notes from Commissioners’ Board Reports (Commissioners Tebbs and Pollock, Commissioner Taylor excused): • Commissioner David Tebbs said the Cannonville cell tower will now be located on city property. Also, a full replacement of Cannonville’s 300K-gallon water tank is required. Officials are seeking emergency financing for the likely “couple million dollar” replacement. • UDOT road construction tied up traffic recently for nearly an hour. UDOT will attempt to adjust work schedules to avoid such lengthy delays in the future. • Future cell towers? Tebbs
mentioned Panguitch Lake and possible collaboration with Paiute County and Verizon for a tower in Antimony. • Commissioner Leland Pollock mentioned a Garkane power upgrade that will benefit both Garfield and Wayne Counties. Public Works, Dave Dodds: Ticaboo area and Burr Trail chipsealing was completed, requiring several weeks of hauling material across the county. Red Canyon trail improvements are moving closer to a budget and a cooperative agreement with the Forest Service. In other action, Dodds presented two requests for road closure to be considered by the Commission. Both were denied. The first, Tippetts Lane Road in the Mammouth Creek area, accesses Forest Service land and has been causing ATV traffic problems for a property owner. The second was Class D Road, T34S R6W Section 36, formerly on state land. The new private owners gated off the road that runs through their property. Both Commissioners objected in both cases to restricting pubGarfield Commission Cont'd on page 2
Shooke Roasting Company Shakes Up Torrey’s Coffee Scene by Amiee Maxwell
Amiee Maxwell
Shawn Passey (right) and Brooke Salt (left) of Shooke Coffee. "Shooke" is their "celebrity name," combining both of their first names together. TORREY - When Shawn Passey relocated to Wayne County after 14 years roasting coffee at Caffe Ibis in Logan, Utah, he wasn’t looking to start a coffee roasting business; it just sort of happened. Beth Rumsey, the owner of the Wild Rabbit Cafe, suggested to Passey this winter that he start roasting in Torrey and offered him a corner of her kitchen. Refurbished coffee roasters can be difficult to find especially considering the current climate of supply chain issues and parts shortages. So when Passey called the US Roaster Corp to inquire about a roaster and was told that they
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. —Rainer Maria Rilke
had one ready, he took this as a sign that it was meant to be. Along with his business partner, Brooke Salt, and their restored 1986 Probat coffee roaster, Shooke Coffee roasted their first batch of Columbia Supremo in mid-April. “It just happened so fast,” said Salt. It wasn’t without a few hurdles, though. They had trouble tracking down metric parts to get the exhaust system hooked up and had to convert this German-made roaster to run on propane rather than gas. “Shooke” is their celebrity name, Salt tells me jokingly. They took their first names and brought them together, which
is a symbol of what they plan to do with their small, artisan coffee roasting company. They have high hopes of bringing together their community—from having local artists design coffee bags to simply providing locals with good quality coffee. Passey learned to roast coffee from Randy Wirth, owner, and founder of Caffe Ibis, a Utah pioneer in sustainable business practices, and sustainability will be a top priority for Shooke Coffee Roasters. They’re com-
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