May 29, 2014 The Wayne & Garfield Insider

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Thursday, May 29, 2014 • Issue # 1050

Road Respect Car/Bike Safety Program Coming to Hwy 12 ESCALANTE - As part of a statewide effort to raise awareness regarding car and bike safety and promote bicycling in Utah, “The 2014 Road Respect Tour” will ride Scenic Byway 12 with a stop in Escalante, at the City Park Pavilion at noon on Friday, May 30th. The Road Respect Tour is the centerpiece of a multiagency program that addresses bicycle safety issues on the road by promoting adherence to the law and respect between bicyclists and drivers. Once a year bicyclists representing the Utah Department of Public Safety, Utah Department of Transportation, Utah Highway Patrol and Bike Utah travel to cities and towns across the state acting as a moving billboard and holding community rides and events.

Road Respect activities in Escalante will include a gathering at the City Park Pavilion with local officials and bike safety riders and visitors. The Road Respect visit will mark Escalante & Garfield County’s introduction to the Road Respect Community Program. “Road Respect Community” was created as an off-shoot of the Road Respect campaign to encourage Utah municipalities to coordinate their bicycle planning efforts with an emphasis on road safety by identifying and integrating elements that build a strong bicycle initiative. The program improves communication and awareness regarding bicycle needs and issues, and encourages collaboration statewide. Road Respect is a part of the Zero Fatalities program,

and was developed by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) in response to concerns from bicyclists and drivers about safety and the behaviors of each group on the road. To learn more about the Road Respect program, or to find out how you can join in a Road Respect Ride or event in Escalante, contact Mayor Jerry Taylor, or visit the Road Respect website at RoadRespect. utah.gov. 7:00 a.m. - Riders gather at Ruby’s Inn and ride east along Scenic Byway 12 Noon - Riders gather with locals at Escalante City Park Pavilion for lunch 5:30 p.m. - Riders arrive in Torrey after tour along Scenic Byway 12 —Road Respect Tour

Mammoth Creek Fish Hatchery to Remain Open DWR Director announces facility will return to stocking operations in the fall

Courtesy Friends of Mammoth Creek Fish Hatchery

Mammoth Creek Fish Hatchery, targeted for closure in 2012 yet given a reprieve by serving as a brood rearing station these past two years, will resume service stocking regional waters in November 2014. HATCH - Greg Sheehan, Utah’s Department of Natural Resources Director of Wildlife Resources, announced last Tuesday at a meeting in Duck Creek Village that the Mammoth Creek Fish Hatchery will remain open and resume regional fish stocking operations this fall. Mr. Sheehan unveiled the news to a room full of more than 60 concerned citizens who have fought to keep the hatchery open for the past two years. Located just south of Hatch off of U.S. Hwy 89, the Mammoth Creek Fish Hatchery has supplied regional waters with fish stock since 1923 when it opened as one of the state’s fist three hatcheries. Since then it has been an ongoing leader in Utah hatcheries, becoming the first of the state’s ten hatcheries to install a UV water filtration system as part of a $2 million renovation in 2002, which followed the discovery of Whirling disease at the facility. Community members were upset when they found out the state was considering closing Mammoth Creek Hatchery in 2012 based on in-

formation from a widely discredited audit performed not by the DNR but by the state’s Office of the Legislative Auditor General. “Why invest all that money just to close the hatchery a few years later,” wondered Laurel Byrd, one of the founding members of The Friends of Mammoth Creek Fish Hatchery, a group of people who organized to fight the possible closure. However, following the 2012 audit, rather than close Mammoth Creek Hatchery, the DWR switched the facility’s responsibilities from stocking-raising small fish to full size and then releasing them into the state’s rivers and lakes, to brood rearing–-the process of breeding fish and raising the fertilized eggs to fry. At the time, the DWR’s decision was couched as a temporary measure to keep the hatchery in play within the system, yet its future still remained unclear. Meanwhile, the hatchery has been raising fry, and is currently raising small fish that will be dropped into the High Unitas and the lakes on Boulder Mountain this summer.

REGIONAL Weather forecast for some but not all regions represented in our newspaper coverage area

Thurs. MAy 28 - wed. JUNE 4 REMEMBER THE 70s? Well, if you don't, don't worry, because they're coming back, and you can experience them all over again. Highs in the mid- to upper-70s all week, lows in the 40s. Windy and some chance of rain Thursday through Sunday, but low probability. Sunny Monday through Wednesday.

“Switching to brood operations has been a fun challenge,” said Gordon Nelson, the 29-year superintendent at the hatchery. “If we fail the entire system fails.” Nonetheless, Nelson said he’s excited to get back to raising full-size fish that will be stocking the waters around him. Mammoth Creek will resume stocking operations in November 2014 after the Loa hatchery is closed due to a New Zealand mudsnail infestation. The issue now, though, say locals, is how to bring back the anglers that once flooded the area’s streams and local businesses. Considering that 92% of the DWR’s funding comes from self-generated funds, such as hunting and fishing licenses, this is a goal not only for local residents but for the wildlife division as well. According to DWR figures, Garfield, Wayne, Iron, Kane and Washington counties, which account for 7% of Utah’s population, have consistently accounted for Mammoth Creek Cont'd on page 2

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Troy and Loreli Anderson of Anderson's Cabinets & Furniture in the workshop with one of Troy's decorative wood boxes inlaid with hand-tooled leather. The Anderson's have run their woodworking business out of Fremont since 2007.

Fremont Wood Artisan Unites the Rustic and the Refined

FREMONT - It’s always a bit of a thrill venturing into a skilled craftsman’s workshop, where raw material, imagination and skill intersect to create objects that are both beautiful and useful. Troy Anderson’s tidy woodworking shop in Fremont conjures up these feelings of expectancy, with dozens of bar clamps arranged neatly along the walls and clipboards with current work orders hanging from a shop door. Anderson specializes in decorative boxes, furniture and cabinetry, though he says he’s willing to make “just about anything made out of wood.” A special touch, however, is hand-tooled leather inlaid on many of his pieces, and he also does leather artwork independent from his wood projects. Utilizing virtually any kind of wood from reclaimed wood, “chocolate” Ponderosa, juniper,

elm, walnut or even pistachio, Anderson’s pieces may be rustic or refined or a combination of both, with items falling into a variety of budgets. The prices on Anderson’s decorative boxes, for example, range from $75 to $1,000. Loreli and Troy Anderson moved to Fremont in July 2007 from Maricopa, Arizona after their kids were grown, seeking a cooler climate and a reconnection to Loreli’s Utah roots. Her grandparents were from Elsinore and she grew up in Mapleton. The Anderson’s seem not only unfazed but delighted by the out-of-the way location for their business. “I can do this from just about anywhere,” said Troy. Troy has a degree in furniture design and cabinetry from Northern Arizona University. While he attends regional shows to drum up a portion of his work, the majority of his busi-

ness is word of mouth, he says. “I get orders from all over as a result of the shows, but I also just did two bathroom vanities in Fish Creek Cove,” he said. The Anderson’s are active in their local community, serving on committees including the Wayne County Business Association board, and on the Wayne County Travel Council. Troy and his work can be found at many local events including the Wayne County Farmer’s Market, Escalante Canyons Art Festival, Torrey Apple Days and the Wayne County Fair. Anderson’s Cabinets and Furniture is located at 471 N. SR72 in Fremont, and examples of his work can be found on their Web site at www.andersonscandf.com. Tel.435-826-2372 or 836-2317. You may stop in or call for an appointment. —Insider

100th Anniversary of Hatchtown Dam Failure Commemorated by Safety Officials Historic Salt Lake Tribune Articles Follow Story Blow-by-Blow

HATCH - One hundred years ago this week, Utah experienced one of the state’s most significant dam failures ever, right here in our back yard. Yet, despite the scale of the disaster, remarkably, no one was killed as a result of the massive flooding event from the break of Hatchtown Dam, which occurred on May 25, 1914, and affected communities as far as 50 miles north of Hatch along the Sevier River. This is a testament to early discovery of a leak in the dam, as well as communication with those downstream, according to the National Association of Dam Safety Officials, based in Lexington, Kentucky, who issued a press release commemorating the Hatchtown (as it was known then) dam failure. The association, made up of dam safety engineers, has a Dam Failures and Incidents Committee, according to Executive Director Lori Spragens, “Which seeks to learn what we can about historical Dam Safety

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A circa 1911 photograph shows the Hatchtown Dam with people fishing below the spillway.

HATCHTOWN DAM DESTROYED Salt Lake Tribune, May 26, 1914

Reservoir Gone; Couriers Save Settlers; Many Homeless Circleville is in Path of Flood; Piute Project Said to Be Endangered Farmers Living Near Reservoir Ride Along Banks of Sevier River Warning Settlers of Approaching Floods; Telephone Lines Used Also, but Communication Is Soon Cut Off by Washing Down of Poles and Wires. The biggest dam break by far in the history of Utah occurred at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the great Hatchtown dam, in Garfield county, went out. The break occurred on the north side of the dam and is understood to have been caused by a land-

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slide, although definite information had not been received at a late hour last night. The breaking of the dam let loose a small ocean, as the reservoir, which was

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