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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Art Festival To Feature The Art and Artists of Escalante
Local Teen to Give Garfield County Recital Tour TROPIC - Miriam Wagstaff, 15, of Tropic has been accepted as a viola student at Meadowmount this summer. Located in the Adirondack mountains of New York near the Canadian border, this intensive seven week chamber music camp admits approximately 200 U.S. and international advanced string & piano students into their pro-
Miriam Wagstaff. gram each summer. A mix of violin, viola, cello and piano students are accepted through a video audition process. Miriam will be taking private lessons from acclaimed violist Patricia McCarty as well as playing in two quartets and a trio, each coached by internationally recognized faculty. The school expects students to spend 5 hours daily in private practice as well as attend private lessons, chamber coachings, rehearsals and the 3x weekly school concerts. It will be a busy summer and Miriam is looking forward to the opportunity to progress in her music and also spend time with good friends from Chicago, and a fellow violist friend from Utah, who will also be students at Meadowmount. Megan Cottam started Miriam on this musical path when at age six Miriam began violin lessons. After five years
with Megan, Miriam began studying both violin and viola with Denise Willey of Pleasant Grove, UT. Currently Miriam studies viola with Dr. David Dalton, retired BYU Professor, and violin with Monte Belknap of BYU. She enjoys playing with the Lyceum Philharmonic youth orchestra in American Fork during the school year, and has had the opportunity to
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perform as a soloist with several Utah orchestras during the past four years. Also a fiddler, Miriam is the current Utah state Open Fiddle champ and has fiddled with Russell and Lyndsey Wulfenstein at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival and the live radio show “Under the Horseshoe.” Although she has been awarded a full-tuition scholarship by the school there remain significant expenses including travel, lodging, sheet music, strings, instrument maintenance and insurance, etc. In an effort to raise funds for Meadowmount, last December Miriam made her first CD, titled Eclectic, which is available for a donation of $20. Eclectic is available in several locations around Garfield County (Panguitch Drug, Ruby's Inn, Clarke's Market, SBSU in Tropic, Cannonville Grand Staircase Store, Es-
calante Home Center, and the Boulder Mountain Lodge) in a self-serve countertop CD display, with slot for donation. Samples can be heard on YouTube by searching “Miriam Wagstaff” and “viola, violin or fiddle.” As a “thank you” to the many residents of Garfield County who have donated for a copy of Eclectic, and also as final preparation for Meadowmount, Miriam will put on a recital tour June 5th and 6th. Everyone is invited to attend and there is no charge. CDs will also be available at the recitals. Recital Schedule: • Friday 5 June @ 7 pm Tropic Heritage Center • Saturday 6 June @ 11:30 am “Meet & Greet” Escalante Home Center [catered bbq lunch will be available for purchase at Home Center during this event] • Saturday 6 June @ 3 pm Escalante Town Park • Saturday 6 June @ 7 pm Boulder Town Hall Classical viola and violin works as well as lively fiddle tunes will be performed. Miriam will be accompanied by pianist Larry Gee. Larry has a Master of Music in piano performance from Indiana University. Among other accomplishments he has been an assistant conductor at the New York City Opera. Now residing in Salt Lake City, Gee has been a keyboardist with the Utah Symphony, Ballet West, and Utah Opera and is in constant demand as an accompanist for recitals in the Salt Lake area. Teaching voice as well as piano, he can be heard with his voice student George Dyer on the Shadow Mountain label. Miriam is the daughter of Clay & Rebecca Wagstaff and the granddaughter of Matt & Virginia Wetzel of Henrieville, Fred & Dyan Wagstaff (formerly of Cannonville) and Dave & Meridee Evers of Anaheim CA. —Rebecca Wagstaff
Walks & Talks Lecture Reveals Evidence about GSENM’s Past ESCALANTE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting a Walks & Talks Lecture Series presentation featuring resent archaeology research conducted on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM). Speaker Matt Zweifel, GSENM Archaeologist will pose the question, “What can you learn from dirt and pollen?” As part of the lecture, Zweifel will be answering that question by divulging the results of sediment profiles and pollen core analysis at archaeological sites in GSENM and north western Montana as a comparison. In doing so, he will reveal what researchers have discovered about this region’s past landscapes and occupants. The presenta-
tion, Pollen Cores, Sediment Profiles, and Archaeology, is scheduled for Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. MDST at the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center, 755 West Main Street in Escalante, Utah.. Matthew Zweifel has been working as an archaeologist at Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument since 1999, coming to the canyons of southern Utah from the mountains of northwest Montana. Matt received his undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Oregon State University in 1981, and then worked as an archaeologist for several years before returning to school. He received his Master’s degree in archaeology from Washington State University in 1994, specializ-
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ing in the analysis of biological remains in archaeological sites. He has worked as an archaeologist in Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, and Utah. His work in the northwest emphasized the prehistoric use of mountain ecosystems, while in the southwest his attention has turned more to a study of the Virgin Anasazi and the complexities of running the Cultural Resource program at GSENM. Join us for a look at the Northern Rocky Mountains, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Grand Staircase as seen through the lens of sediments at archaeological settings. The presentation will last about an hour and is free. Call 435-826-5499 (Escalante) for more information. —Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
ESCALANTE - Escalante residents have always reached for tools to capture their visions. From the rock art and decorated baskets and pottery of ancestral people to the quilts and furniture which show the fine workmanship of those who settled the area -- the creative tradition continues. This year, the Escalante Canyons Art Festival, to be held Sept. 18 – 27, will feature and celebrate the art and artists of Escalante, past and present. In previous years, an individual artist from the region was featured. These artists include Sheila Woolsey Faulkner, Yukon Norman and family, Twila McInelly and her sister Veda Behunin, Randsom Owens, Lynn Griffin, Wallace Lee, Howard Hutchison, Brad Holt, Valerie Orlemann, Royden Card, and Arlene Braithwaite. This year, Escalante artists may show one piece of artwork in a group show on Friday, Sept. 25 and Saturday, Sept. 26. Each work of art will be limited to two-dimenCourtesy Rae Ellen Lee sional pieces under nine square feet that can be displayed Lynn Griffin, flat. Artists may offer their artwork for sale or choose not to. Best of Show winner 2013 If you wish to participate in this celebration of local artists please call Rae Ellen at 826-4292 or email her at msraeellenlee@gmail.com. Also, if you own a work of art by an artist from the past that could be included in the show, please contact her. —Rae Ellen Lee
Garfield Memorial Hospital Names Timothy Marshall as a 2015 Outstanding Nurse in Southern Utah PANGUITCH - Timothy Marshall, RN, with Medical and Surgical Nursing at Garfield Memorial Hospital was just named as a 2015 Outstanding Nurse in southern Utah by Intermountain Healthcare. This award is given to only three nurses a year in southern Utah, and candidates are nominated by their peers. Garfield Memorial Hospital Nurse Administrator DeAnn Brown says, “Tim is a great representative of the Intermountain values. He has both excellent interpersonal and clinical skills that assist us in providing the best of care to our patients. He has served as a mentor to many new nurses and to students and they all appreciate his ability to help them hone their nursing skills. Tim is currently pursuing a degree to become a Nurse Practitioner, and we are excited that he’ll continue to provide excellent care to patients in that new role. Our hospital and community is blessed to Courtesy Garfield memorial Hospital have someone of his caliber providing nursing Timothy Marshall, RN care.” DeAnn cites a recent example of how Tim truly cares about his patients and the extraordinary care he gives. “Tim was caring for a 14-year-old boy who was traveling through our area with his family. The young man had some potentially serious symptoms and was quite concerned about it and what it all meant. He was also not able to return home as planned and was missing school, which was a big deal to him. Luckily, Tim was able to make a connection with this young man using his great sense of humor, which really put the patient and his family at ease. The boy’s mother, who is an RN, was very impressed by Tim’s technical skills, combined with his ability to help the young man keep perspective and reduce his level of stress. We are so happy to have Tim Marshall as a representative of nursing excellence at Garfield Memorial Hospital.” —Garfield Memorial Hospital
Henrieville Town Council Continues Focus on Clean-up and Services by Andrew Branscom, Bryce Valley Community Reporter
HENRIEVILLE - The Henrieville Town Council met on Thursday, May 14 and covered a wide range of topics. Everything from spring cleanup to the health and safety of residents was discussed during the one hour session. For many, spring cleaning continues and Henrieville residents will be pleased to know that they should have ample dumpster space to deposit their unwanted items and garbage. Although no date has been set, dumpsters should be arriving soon for general use in the town. Those who have stuck to their New Year's resolution and have been regularly going to the gym will also be pleased. The broken down treadmill in the gym will be replaced as the town council approved a measure to replace it at a cost of up to $2000. No date has been determined for when the new treadmill will arrive as options are still being explored. Visitors to the park will have a new bench to sit on shortly. The town has acquired two new benches and one will be installed in the short term.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. —Sir Walter Scott
The other bench will remain in storage until a site for it can be determined. In addition to the new bench, recent tree trimming and other landscaping has improved the beauty of the park significantly. On a related note, "Thank you" plaque commemorates the coma motion to pletion of Garfield County's 2015 EMT Trainpurchase a ing course. Three citizens from Henrieville new mowcompleted the EMT training course. er to help maintain the growth on the roadsides was not approved by cian). Although they are not the town council as the current state certified as of yet, Brooke Brush Hog style mower was Palmer, Nathaniel Steed and determined to be good enough Norman Davis of Henrieville have all completed the lofor the job. Finally, after five months cal EMT school. Everyone in of training, Henrieville has Henrieville should feel a little three newly trained EMTs safer knowing that these folks (Emergency Medical Techni- have first responder training. ALL content for THE WAYNE &GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER must be submitted on FRIDAY BEFORE 5:00 PM to be included in the following Thursday edition of the paper.
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