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Tourism Office Provides Scholarships to Attend the 2015 Utah Tourism Conference PANGUITCH - The Garfield County Office of Tourism has established a scholarship program to help local tourism industry professionals attend the 2015 Utah Tourism Conference this October in Bryce Canyon City.

“This is a great opportunity to learn valuable tools that will help local businesses promote their tourism establishments,” said Falyn Owens, executive director of the Garfield County Tourism Office. “We want as many of our tourism partners at the conference as possible.”

The tourism bureau has secured funds to pay more than half of the general registration fee (normally $199) for 10 recipients. Those awarded the scholarship will only be responsible for paying $87.50 for entrance to the three-day conference. Taking place October 6-8, the conference is hosted by the Utah Office of Tourism and the Utah Tourism Industry Association. Attendees can expect to learn new social media skills, reputation management and best hospitality practices.

“Tourism is a leading industry in our state,” Owens said. “I hope we jump at the chance to gather new ideas and fresh perspectives on how to make tourism work best for Garfield County.”

The group activities, dinners and catered breakfasts will provide conference goers with the opportunity to socialize and network with elected officials, tourism administrators and fellow tourism workers from across the state. The conference’s theme, “Road Map to Building Life Elevated,” will be introduced on opening day along with exciting Discovery Activities and an extra scenic opening reception held on the rim of Bryce Canyon.

“This year’s theme will create an interactive experience for everyone,” said Nan Groves Anderson, UTIA’s executive director. “We love adventuring with those who share our same passions for promoting all that Utah Courtesy Garfield County Tourism Office has to offer.”

Activities include rangerguided hikes, ATV rides, bike tours and horseback rides. Guest speakers include Olympic speed skater Derek Parra and Visit Salt Lake’s Scott Beck, who is currently serving as Board Chair of the Destination Marketing Association International.

To qualify for the scholarship, send the tourism office an email with 2-3 sentences describing how you or your employee would benefit from attending the 2015 Utah Tourism Conference.

Emails may be sent to falynowens@brycecanyoncountry.com.

About Garfield County: Garfield County is located in southern Utah and provides access to nearly a dozen designated wilderness areas, including Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef and Canyonlands national parks and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Scenic Byway 12, which meanders through the county, has been rated as one of the world’s most beautiful highways.

The area is only an hour drive to a commercial airport and four hours from either Las Vegas or Salt Lake City’s international airports. To plan your own world-class vacation, visit: www.brycecanyoncountry.com or call the Garfield County Tourism Office at 800-444-6689.

—Garfield County Tourism Office

2015 Boulder Heritage Festival Set for July 10-11

Courtesy Cheryl Cox

tions in the United States.

Shurtz, along with his cousins Camille Hall and Cheryl Cox, are the original organizers of the festival, which has consistently drawn sizable crowds to Boulder with its old-time flavor and blend of music, hospitality and varied educational lectures and presentations.

The multi-generational mix of Boulder and Escalante locals, already diverse, meets each July with travelers from across the country and the globe who find themselves at the festival either intentionally or by chance, Cox said.

“You get everybody com-

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THURS. JULY 2 - WED. JULY 8 STILL HOT. Remember a few weeks ago? We thought summer would never come. Now, it's here. Don't complain. Highs this week in the low 90s. Lows in the 50s. Some possibility of rain on Sun/Mon/Tues (40% chance).

Capitol Reef Classic Rolling Your Way

Courtesy Scott Andersen

Capitol Reef Classic Riders TEASDALE - The Blackbottoms Capitol Reef Classic bicycle race will be rolling through your Wayne County town on Friday the 17th, and Saturday the 18th. We would like to welcome these professional and amateur athletes and their families, who have come from all over the country to compete in this prestigious event. Many, many thanks to our sponsors. And a big thank you to law enforcement, EMS, and the many volunteers.

We would like to inform the public of the approximate times the cyclists will be traveling through our communities, as follows; • Friday 17th - 9:30 am. The Circuit Race starts at Teasdale town center. This is a 17 mile ‘loop’ going north on Teasdale road to SR-24, then east through Torrey, south on SR-12 and back on Teasdale road for the finish. Some athletes will do 1 lap, while others will be required to do as many as 3

laps (54 miles). This stage will be completed by approximately 1:00 pm.

• Friday 17th – 4:00 pm. The Individual Time Trial starts at the Loa War Memorial.

They will start individually 30 seconds apart. The athletes will head southeast on Big Rocks/Airport Road to SR-24 where they will make a U turn and will return back to Loa, finishing at the Brian Farm corner.

This stage will end at approximately 6:00 pm.

• Saturday 18th- 8:00 am.

The Road Race, will have two different lengths/ routes, based on the athletes’ age, gender, and experience. There will be a short course¼ 20 miles, and a long course¼ 62 miles that travels past Mill Meadow, and goes around Fish Lake. Once again, this stage will start and finish in Loa, Logistically this race gets a little tricky, so we will list your town, and the

approximate time the race will travel through; Loa 8:00am – 1:00pm, Lyman 8:20am 9:30am, Freemont 8:30am – 9:40am, Fishlake Basin 9:30am – 12:30pm .

There will be two separate ‘Feed Zones’ where the cyclists will get more water, and energy supplements, etc.

Feed zones will be located at the west end of Mill Meadow reservoir on the river road, and at the southwest end of Johnson reservoir.

We ask that you be courteous, patient, and drive safe near these athletes. There ages will range from 6 years old, to masters 55+. They will be daughters, mothers, grandmothers, and their male counterparts. Wayne County will have at least three of our own athletes in this event; Magon Bowling, Ted Peterson, and Kyle Bray. Come out and cheer them on!

—Scott Andersen

BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK - Vapur, makers of the flexible, reusable and eco-responsible “Anti-Bottle,” is pleased to announce the launch of its Hydration Program partnership with Bryce Canyon National Park and Elkay. The partnership is being celebrated with an official Ribbon Cutting on Wednesday, July 1, at 10:00 a.m. (MDT), at the scenic Bryce Canyon National Park Sunset Point.

The newly announced Hydration Program aims to keep visitors healthy and hydrated while visiting the park by offering easy access to clean, safe water at 6 locations throughout the park, while promoting the use of reusable water bottles and reduc-

ing waste. To date, the Vapur Refill Stations have saved an estimated 186,215 single-use plastic bottles from being disposed of in landfills. Visitors looking for reusable bottles and a trip souvenir can find Bryce Canyon branded Vapur bottles at the Visitor Center and the Lodge at Bryce Canyon.

“Our goal is to preserve Bryce Canyon for generations to come by offering an ecofriendly way to stay hydrated while visiting the park,” says Lisa E. Eckert, Bryce Canyon National Park Superintendent.

“Not only is it important to stay hydrated while visiting Bryce, but we also care about our environmental footprint and love to see visitors reducing waste by using reusable bottles.”

“The Bryce Canyon Program is the first of many similar Hydration Programs that Vapur hopes to launch in partnership with National Parks around the country,” says Brent Reinke, CAO and co-founder of Vapur. “The success of this program can be used as a framework for additional programs, keeping millions of park visitors hydrated and reducing the overall environmental impact of our National Parks.”

For more information on Vapur, visit www.vapur. us. For more information on Bryce Canyon National Park, visit www.nps.gov/brca —National Park Service

Vapur Hydration Program in Partnership with Bryce Canyon National Park

Boulder Heritage Festival brings music, great food, lectures and a host of other activities to the shady lawns of Anasazi State Park.

BOULDER - The midsummer charms of Boulder will again play host to the world when the 11th Annual Boulder Heritage Festival brings music, great food, lectures and a host of other activities to the shady lawns of Anasazi State Park.

The Festival this year kicks off with a theatrical fundraiser Thursday night, July 9, as Boulder native and Escalante High School alumnus Raymond King Shurtz puts on the latest incarnation of his one-man play, “Lounge,” which the playwright has previously performed locally as well as in a variety of loca-

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ing out,” she said. “It’s sort of this common ground. It feels like everybody is a part of it in town, everybody comes and joins in.”

Many visitors make it a point to come back to the festival every year, for a variety of reasons, including the diverse presentations as well as topflight music that includes numerous local and regional artists. The festival grew slowly its first couple of years, only to burst forth its third year with so many visitors that the little town ran out of gas, Cox recalled.

The theme for this year’s festival, “Wild Boulder – Animal Stories,” springs from a Festival

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Boulder Independence Day Celebration BOULDER - Boulder Town will host its annual Independence Day celebration on Saturday July 4, 2015. Events include a parade, a patriotic program, Dinner and a dance. Everyone is welcome to attend.

At 4:30 pm there will be a parade up highway twelve starting at the Burr Trail and ending at the town hall. Those who want to be in the parade should be there at least 30 minutes early.

Beginning at 5:15 there will be a program on the grounds outside the town hall celebrating our nation's history.

At 6:00 there will be a dinner hosted by Boulder Town. The cost for dinner is $6.00 per person, and $30.00 per family.

Between 7:00 and 10:00 pm there will be a dance with the Muddy Boots Band.

This is a great time to catch up with friends and neighbors and make some new friends while we celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

—Peter Benson

Everybody has a plan...'till they get punched in the mouth.

—Mike Tyson

Escalante Street Fair

ESCALANTE - Made in Escalante Street Fair, Friday Night, July 3rd, at Steve Roberts Vagabond Inn 100 West & Main Street. Everyone is welcome!

There will be live music, demonstrations and tasty treats along with 20 plus vendors selling paintings and sculptures, locally harvested vegetables, hand knit items, jewelry, homemade soaps and bath salts, drums, pottery, handmade bags, native seeds, aprons and quilts.

For more information please email us at madeinescalante@gmail.com.

—Kimberly Muller & Caitlin Clery

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A Few Proactive Ideas for Securing Our Economy Dear County Commissioners and School Board: Thank you for giving Escalante citizens an opportunity to hear your direction with the emergency plea and to give our input. It has taken me a few days to process what was said and since then have engaged in multiple conversations in the store and on the street. I’ll summarize what I’ve heard.

Thank you for pursuing fuel management so we don’t experience a catastrophic fire. However, hoping for a lumber mill may be putting a lot of time and energy into a dead end; expecting a reversal on monument land usage seems unlikely. Don’t get involved in the blame game. That sounds like our ineffective stalemated congress. Be proactive instead of reactive.

Be proactive rather than reactive. The graph indicates a correlation between the development of the monument and our declining enrollment. OK, so be it. As a solution, let’s pursue private enterprise, not just tourism, cattle, timber and coal. Let’s bring in business that pays more than minimum wages.

Here are some additional ideas to pursue to help our economy: 1. Healing resort/spa at the mouth of the canyon 2. Quilt retreat in October while the men are hunting 3. A machine shop that can ship parts worldwide 4. An amphitheatre with a pageant about the Hole in the Rock 5. A Beehive home for the elderly to live in a family setting 6. An affordable housing subdivision for young families.

7. A bunk house with kitchen facilities for field study students from all across the nation.

8. Duplex rentals that are nice and sturdy.

9. Science center and museum 10. Have ordinances that require absentee land owners of vacant lots to keep their property to a certain standard to increase our town attractive and draw visitors.

We have the vision. We need support with zoning, loans, consulting. These ideas were just a sampling from a few citizens.

There are likely dozens of others out there.

Shutting down the schools was never a threat. I’m glad that got clarified.

In closing, if Reed and I were younger and looking for a nice place to raise our children, I would not be attracted to a community in crisis mode or labeled as in emergency status. We would look for a positive community with great ideas that were moving forward through tough times. We would be attracted to the fact that the elementary has consistently been rated in the top ten schools in the state and that the high school had top scores in the district, that 100% of the senior class graduated and they all had collegiate goals.

The schools are half empty and half full, like the proverbial glass. Let’s focus on filling it up while saying it is half full rather than stressing who drained it and labeling ourselves half empty.

Respectfully, Karen Munson, Escalante

Call for a Change of Attitude I was perplexed by the article I read on the front page of The Insider, June 4, 2015 “Garfield County considers state of emergency.” Declining school enrollment in the county, particularly in Escalante, has local officials and the school district very concerned. This is a serious issue that deserves our attention.

However the article, submitted by the county, goes on to infer that these troubles are directly caused by the designation of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument (GSEMN) in 1996.

A meeting to discuss this important issue of declining enrollments was held in Escalante last week. Only one school board member attended the meeting which was hosted by the Garfield County Commissioners and Sheriff. The meeting was based on the resolution the county prepared.

“The County Commission is considering a State of Emergency resolution with regards to the projected declining enrollment throughout Garfield County School District. The purpose of this resolution is to bring awareness to the issue, and what we feel are compelling reasons for the decline. We feel that industry such as grazing, mineral extraction, access to public lands, and active forest vegetation treatment have been eradicated through the designation of the Grand Staircase Escalante national Monument and an special interest groups that are steering our federal land managers. The Commission feels that it is important to solicit input from the community before issuing the resolution and we are providing this form for you to submit your comments.”

As a resident of Garfield County, I don’t “feel” this way at all. Once again the county wants us to believe, ‘it’s the Monument’s fault’, and use the issue of declining enrollments as another way to blame our problems GSENM. I don’t buy it.

As residents of Garfield County we need to take responsibility to find solutions for our problems. We need to develop a rural economic plan for the future of our towns and schools. We need to plot a course, taking into consideration all the present day BENEFITS that having world class public lands brings us.

We need to stop whining about the past and get going into the future!

As far as our schools are concerned, we should be looking at the quality of education we offer, and look for ways to secure more funding so we can hire more teachers, expand curriculums and extracurricular activities that would make our public schools more attractive to people that currently homeschool, or families that are choosing to send their kids to schools elsewhere, or to encourage new families to consider our towns as places where their kids will get a top notch education. Where are these discussions happening? - not at the state of emergency meetings….

Please, let’s knock this chip off our shoulder and make the most of our blessings. Garfield County/ Escalante we are not “on the verge of devastation”, (http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/ news/archive/2015/06/17/cmm-garfield-escalante-on-verge-ofdevastation-state-of-emergency-imminent/#.VYq66EZRI8K), with a change of attitude and a will to work we can create a prosperous future for ourselves and our children.

Lisa Varga, Boulder

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strong local interest in stories about various animals, spurred originally by local book club members’ discussion of author Craig Child’s “Animal Dialogues.” A 90-page publication will be released in association with the festival containing an array of stories, essays and poems about animals written by both locals and others with some kind of connection to Boulder.

Past festival themes have included Boulder schools, the women of Boulder, cowboys and ranching, archaeological artifacts, paleontology, geology and presentations by members of the Navajo, Ute and Paiute tribes. One of this year’s native speakers, Navajo medicine woman Lillian Tsosie-Jensen, has been a very popular and inspirational speaker in the past.

Cox said the festival provides a place where people from all places and walks of life may share their own personal stories with each other in an environment akin to a big family reunion “where everybody’s family,” including not only locals but “people who just happen on to us and just stick around.”

Preserving local history through stories and their telling were a part of the motivation for establishing the festival in the first place, she added. Music was also a natural part of the mix, she added, as it is a part of Boulder’s past and present as well.

“It was cousins in the beginning wanting to share that history of Boulder that we knew. We have a history here with our grandfathers settling the area, but it’s a bigger history. Everybody has a history here.”

The festival offers an array of music as its centerpiece, running continuously from morning to night Friday and Saturday. "We are really excited about the level of the musical talent and the speaking panel this year. Not only are we continuing to mine the local talent, but we are bringing in bands from Arizona, Northern Utah, and Los Angeles as well. We expect one of our best festivals this year."

Shurtz said.

Musical acts include:

(Friday) Mat and Vikki Thorn, The Adaptors, Unknown Quantity String Band, Curtis Oberhansly, Bob Phillips, Jason Kanakis; (Saturday) Troy Julian, Sarah Banker, Bohemian Cowboy, Hannah O ‘Wilder, Salt Creek All-Stars, Otter Creek Band, Barefoot and Pregnant, concluding with The Patrick Briggs Band and an evening of dancing.

This year’s presentations include: “Boulder Bee Lore” with local beekeepers Boz Bosworth and Bobbie Cleave speaking about a variety of issues relating to honey bees; “Fisheries of the Escalante” with biologists Mike Golden of the US Forest Service and Richard Hepworth of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; “Boulder Wildlife”

by UDWR biologist Teresa Griffin; and Tsosie-Jensen’s presentation of “We Live by Stories: Indigenous Insights of the Life of Stories.”

Other festival highlights include the delivery of mail by horses on the old Boulder Mail Trail running from Escalante to Boulder, youth art activities, prize drawings and a Dutch oven dinner. The complete festival schedule is available online at http:// www.boulderheritage.org or on Facebook under Boulder Heritage Festival.

Tickets for “Lounge” are available either at the gate Thursday evening for $8 or at Pole’s Place in Boulder prior to the show for $5. The onehour play tells Shurtz’s tale of becoming inspired to take up a life as a lounge singer in the wake of personal tragedy and the disappearance a decade ago of his father, Dean Shurtz, who used to sing in Escalante and elsewhere in his younger days. “Lounge” provides a sequel to “Bohemian Cowboy,” another Shurtz play about his father which has received strong critical acclaim.

Cox also put out a request for much-needed volunteers to help at the festival, and anyone who would like to lend a hand can call her at (435) 335-7550.

A special thank you to all who donate to make this event happen, including Garfield Travel Council and the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. For a full list of all of sponsors, please visit the website.

—Boulder Heritage Festival

FSA County Committee Nomination Period in Wayne County and Garfield/Kane Counties are Now Open LOA June 25, 2015 – Wayne County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Paul W. Pace, and Garfield/Kane County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Brad Reeve, announced that the nomination period for local FSA County Committees began on June 15, 2015. Nomination forms must be postmarked or received in the Wayne County FSA Office or the Garfield/Kane County FSA Office by close of business on August 3, 2015.

"County Committees are unique to FSA and allow producers to have a voice on federal farm program implementation at the local level," said CED Pace.

To be eligible to serve on the FSA County Committee, a person must participate or cooperate in an agency administered program, be eligible to vote in a County Committee Election, and reside in the Local Administrative Area (LAA) where they are nominated.

This year, nominations and elections will be held for Wayne County LAA 2, Lyman/Bicknell area. Nominations and elections will be held for Garfield/Kane County LAA 1, Panguitch/Hatch area and also LAA 4, Long Valley area.

Producers may nominate themselves or others as candidates. Organizations representing minority and women farmers and ranchers may also nominate candidates. To become a nominee, eligible individuals must sign form FSA669A. The form and more information about County Committee Elections is available online at: www.fsa.usda. gov/elections.

Elected County Commit-

tee Members serve a threeyear term and are responsible for making decisions on FSA disaster, conservation, commodity and price support programs, as well as other important federal farm program issues. County Committees consist of 3 to 11 members.

"It is important that County Committees are comprised of members who fairly represent the diverse demographics of production agriculture for their community," said CED Reeve. "All producers, including women, minority and beginning farmers and ranchers are encouraged to participate in the nomiation and election process."

FSA will mail election ballots to eligible voters beginning November 9, 2015. Ballots are due back in the Wayne County Office or the Garfield/ Kane County Office by mail or in person no later than December 7, 2015. All newly elected County Committee members and alternates will take office January 1, 2016.

“Nominating County Committee Members, voting for candidates, and serving on the committees are truly services to your community and the agriculture industry,” said CED Pace. “County Committee members make important decisions on how federal farm programs are administered locally to best serve local needs and interests.”

For more information about County Committees, please contact the Wayne County FSA Office at (435) 836-2711 or the Garfield/Kane FSA Office at (435)676-8280 or visit www.fsa.usda.gov/ elections.

—Sheila Torgerson, USDA Farm Survice Agency

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Tips for a Quick Exit from Lake Powell LAKE POWELL - The spread of quagga mussels in Lake Powell—and the possibility that the invasive invaders might be in Deer Creek Reservoir—have added to the time it takes boaters and anglers to leave both areas.

If boaters aren’t prepared, a mandatory visit with an aquatic invasive species (AIS) technician, coupled with extra boats, could make leaving either area a time-consuming process over the July 4 holiday weekend.

But there’s good news too: if you do two simple things, before pulling in line to leave the area, you can reduce the amount of time it takes to be on your way.

Jordan Nielson, AIS coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), says technicians go through a detailed, systematic process to ensure boats are free of mussels. If you clean all of the mud, plants and debris off your boat—and drain all of the water out it—your visit with an AIS technician should last a couple of minutes.

The last part of the selfdecontamination process—letting your boat and any equipment that came in contact with the water dry for seven days before using it again—can be done at home.

You can learn more about the three-step clean, drain and dry process at www.stdofthesea.com. Two reasons; Nielson says many boaters believe their boat must be professionally decontaminated with hot water before they can leave the area. “That isn’t the case,” he says. “As long as you drain all of the water out of your boat—and you didn’t find any attached mussels during the cleaning process—you can leave the area pretty fast.”

Nielson says if you can’t completely dry your boat before placing it on the water again, DWR or Utah State Parks technicians will help you determine the best way to make sure your boat is decontaminated and that you’re keeping Utah’s waters safe.

Nielson says the DWR and Utah State Parks are doing the inspections for two reasons: to keep quagga mussels from spreading to other waters in Utah and to keep people from being cited. Transporting a mussel in or on a boat is a Class A misdemeanor in Utah. “If you’re caught doing that,” he says, “you could be fined as much as $5,000 and spend time in jail.”

Already this summer, DWR and Utah State Park officers have caught and cited people who broke the law.

“Our technicians have immediate contact with law enforcement officers in the area,” Nielson says. “DWR and State Parks officers are also conducting random checkpoints at areas near the two waters.”

Why the concern? There are many reasons why Utahns don’t want quagga mussels, or their cousins, zebra mussels, moved in the state of Utah: • Mussels can plug water lines, even very large diameter ones.

• If mussels get into water delivery systems or drinking water treatment facilities in Utah, it will cost millions of dollars to try to remove them. Utahns would likely pay for the removal through higher utility bills.

• Mussels remove plankton from the water column, the same plankton that support Utah’s sport fish and native fish. The mussels could devastate fisheries in Utah.

• Mussels can damage your boat by attaching themselves to your boat’s hull and fouling the boat’s engine cooling system.

• When mussels die in large numbers, they stink. And their sharp shells can cut your feet as you walk along beaches where the mussels died.

—DWR

Statement by HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell on the Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON, D.C. Today’s Supreme Court decision confirms that the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits are available to all eligible Americans no matter where they live.

Americans in all 50 states and the District of Columbia can continue to rely on the security and peace of mind that come with affordable, quality health care coverage.

Over six million Americans and their families will sleep easier knowing they will still be able to afford health coverage. Millions more won’t have to worry about an upward spiral in their premiums because of today’s decision, even if they didn’t buy their insurance through the Marketplace. And the law’s financial assistance will be available in the next open enrollment so

that others can benefit as well.

The Affordable Care Act is working to improve access, affordability and quality.

That is the story I hear as I travel across this country. People’s lives have been changed and even saved because they have health insurance—many for the first time. They have coverage that can keep them healthy and provide quality care when they are sick.

The Affordable Care Act also strengthens protections for almost every American with health insurance. People with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage or charged higher premiums. Critical preventive services, like immunizations and certain cancer screenings, are available at no additional cost. Since parents can keep

their children on their health insurance policies up to age 26, young Americans can stay in school or find their first job without worrying about their coverage. And your health premiums can no longer be higher just because you are a woman.

I hope that this positive decision will do what the American people want us to do -- focus on the substance and turn to building on the progress we have made. They want us to move forward to provide more Americans with affordable access to quality coverage and create a health care system that improves the quality of care and spends our dollars more wisely.

—U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

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Floating Store Opens at Halls Crossing Marina

Courtesy Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

PAGE, AZ - A new floating convenience store and snack bar has arrived at the Halls Crossing Marina. Barges towed the store nearly 100 miles up Lake Powell to its new home on a journey that lasted four days.

“We are pleased that our partner Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas has brought new services to the popular Halls Crossing boating destination in San Juan County, Utah,” said Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Superintendent Todd Brindle.

The store is already attracting boating visitors. The picnic tables offer a shady spot to enjoy refreshments, while the second-floor lounge area atop the restaurant features beautiful views of Lake Powell and the Colorado Plateau.

Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas, a concessioner of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, managed the construction of the 6,000-square-foot facility. In addition to the new convenience store and snack bar, Halls Crossing offers fueling facilities, launch ramps, a free boat pump-out station, and overnight accommodations.

—Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

July 3RD and 4TH Schedule of Events

For information call 425-3600 JULY 3RD 4:00 PM

Turkey Shoot, sponsored by the Wayne County wrestlers. Near the Red River Lodge. Look for the signs along HWY 24! “We don’t really shoot a turkey”

5:00 PM

Community Potluck Picnic, sponsored by the Torrey Town Council. Torrey will provide pulled pork sandwiches and chips and soda. Please bring a pot luck side dish to share.

6:30 PM

Miss Apple Days Talent Show, at The Big Apple. This event has grown to become a fun adventure for the young girls of Wayne County. Contact Felicia at 691-5159

8:00 PM Movie at Sunset

Movie at the Big Apple. End the evening with a movie under the stars, concessions are available.

JULY 4TH 7:00 TO 9:00 AM (under 12 free)

4th of July Breakfast at the Torrey Town Pavilion.

8:00 AM Registration 8:30AM Race begins Run $15 / Walk $10

“Race for the Apple” 5K/1-ml walk Reg, at the Big Apple on Main Street. For info call Amber at 425-3576. 1st, 2nd & 3rd place awards for each category.

8:00 AM-3:00 PM 10X10 space $30

Swap Meet at Town Park, Artwork, collectables, hand-crafted items, heirlooms, antiques, and more.

9:00 AM-2:00 PM

Rabbit Valley Quilters Show at the DUP on Main St. Quilts for sale and an opportunity quilt giveaway.

10:00 AM Friends, Family & Fun Times

Torrey Apple Days Parade, lineup and judging begins at 9:00 AM. Those lining up later then 9:00 AM will not be judged. Contact Tracie at 425-2088

10:00 AM to 8:30 PM $5 registration

Classic Car Show, prizes awarded at 3:00 PM. T-shirts, prizes, trophies, raffle! Hosted

by La Cueva, location 875 N SR24 Torrey, Utah. Contact Art at 435-425-2000 or Kermit 435-201-9754

After Parade to 3:00 PM Wristbands $8 each

Children’s games, bouncy houses, water slides, Swap meet, food vendors and sand volleyball tournament. Bring you bathing suit.

11:00 AM

Pie Eating Contest, at the Torrey Town Pavilion.

Sponsored by the Broken Spur. Cash prize of $100 to the winner.

1:00 PM $40 per team/8 players

Sand Volleyball. Contact Lory Brown Woolsey at 691-3921

1:30 to 8:30 PM

Patriotic Program, at the Robbers Roost.

Presentation of the colors: (Rick McCartney) Torrey Scout Troop

Family $25, Adults $7, Children $5

White ‘N Blue, Redrocks Too. A star-spangled afternoon into evening event with local musicians. Featuring Rough Around the Edges (Sing-a-long), Pistol Rock, Stick Shift and Better of with the blues.

3:00 PM

Apple Derby, at the Torrey Canal, start at the Post Office. Float your apples for a chance to win great prizes! Prizes include a Go Pro, a youth bike, and gift certificates from local merchants.

Apple Derby Tickets available at the Chuck Wagon, Sheri’s Hair Design, and the Town hall.

9:00 PM to Midnight 13 and older $5 per person / $8 Couple

The Big Apple Dance, sponsored by the Wayne County girls youth basketball.

Gavin Anderson setting up the music.

Art sale and Navajo Rug sale. Next door to the Big Apple.

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& Summer Programs What's Next?

With the Garfield County Commissioners passing the State of Emergency in the county, some people may be asking what the next step in the process is. To answer this question, I thought it would be beneficial for everyone to be aware of the following statement from the County’s State of Emergency resolution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED Garfield County staff is directed to schedule a meeting within the next 30 days to discuss the matters identified in the State of Emergency. Invitees shall include but not be limited to the Garfield County Commission, the Garfield County School District, Municipalities located in Garfield County, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument, Kanab Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Richfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, the Dixie National Forest Supervisor’s Office, Cedar City Ranger District, Powell Ranger District, Escalante Ranger District, Fremont Ranger District, Utah’s Governor’s office, and Utah’s Congressional Delegation.

The District is looking forward to being involved in these round table discussions. Garfield County School Board will be meeting on July 16th to discuss the District’s future involvement in this process. It is important to note, key legislative representatives have been in touch with the District requesting access to the presentation given to the County Commissioners. The presentation is available to the public on the District web page at http://www.garfield.k12.ut.us/ —Superintendent Ben Dalton

Utah Students Shine at National History Competition

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND - Fourteen-year old Katerina Excell is the author and performer of an original historical research project that portrays Ellis Island and the immigrants who came there in search of a better life.

She’s also a 9th grader from Hurricane who attends Utah Online School. Her winning performance carried her all the way from Washington County, Utah, to Washington, D.C., to compete at the prestigious National History Day (NHD) contest, which concluded today at the University of Maryland, College Park.

“It was a pleasure and an honor to represent Utah and participate in National History Day,” Excell enthused. “It is a wonderful event full of fascinating people and amazing learning opportunities. I’ve made new friends, learned so much, and simply had a blast!”

Eight Utah students placed among the top entries at this rigorous academic competition, which drew nearly 3,000 middle- and high-school kids from every state in the union, and as far away as American Samoa, Singapore, and Guatemala. Utah’s top entries include: • 7th Place Jr. Individual Exhibit: “Thaddeus Stevens: Anti-Slavery Advocate or Extremist?” by Carter Fielding (Logan) • 7th Place Jr. Group Website: “The Iron Lady: The Leadership and Legacy of Margaret Thatcher” by Ben Anderson, Gareema Dhiman, and Makenna Austin (Logan) • 8th Place Sr. Individual Documentary: “’Through Science to Justice’: Magnus Hirschfeld and Germany’s LGBT Rights Movement”

by Natasha Pagel-Aprill (Ogden) • 13th Place Sr. Individual

Sergaent Keith Fullenkamp August 10, 1976 - September 24, 2013 - Honoring his legacy and memory -

July 2, 2015

Website: “The Crusade of Utah Microbiologist Joseph E. Greaves” by Luke Hansen (Price) • Corps of Discovery Prize, sponsored by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation: “The Legacy of the Corps: Lewis and Clark’s Great Journey West” by Maren Burgess (Alpine) • Campaigns of Courage Prize, sponsored by the National World War II Museum: “The General Who Saved a City: Lucius Clay”

by Miguel Rust (Orem) Sixty-five Utah students earned the right to compete at the five-day event by placing at the Utah History Day state contest in April. During the competition the students toured the nation’s capitol and met with Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee. “History Day is a powerful program that gets students interested in history. They love it because they can be actively involved in research and discovery, who learn history by doing history,” said Wendy Rex-Atzet, State Coordinator for the Utah History Day program. “This program truly makes history come to life for young people. They are given the freedom to choose a topic that is interesting to them, and then the tools they need to uncover the past on their own.”

“Through History Day, students develop a deeper un-

derstanding of the past, along with better reading, writing, analytical, and presentation skills that translate to success in many other disciplines,” added Brad Westwood, Director of the Utah Division of State History. “This program also offers a tremendous opportunity for students to explore local history and develop a more complex understanding of Utah’s vibrant and diverse heritage.”

Utah History Day is the state’s official National History Day affiliate. Formerly called Utah History Fair, this program has operated continuously in Utah since 1981. Utah History Day receives financial and community support from Utah Humanities, the Commission on Civic and Character Education, and the State Office of Education, as well as Utah State University, Weber State University, Salt Lake Community College, Utah Valley University, and Snow College.

Utah History Day serves students in grades 4-12 from public, private, charter, online, and home schools statewide.

Students, parents, and teachers can learn more about the 201516 Utah History Day program at utahhistoryfair.weebly.com and may contact the coordinator at UtahHistoryDay@gmail. com.

—Utah Dept. of Heritage and Arts

4-H SEWING CAMP

3rd-8th Graders (as of Jan 2015) Cost $5.00 and your own materials Two Camp Dates Available (Limit 1) July 20-21 or July 22-23 Loa Civic Center 9:00-2:00 (Bring a Lunch) You will need your own sewing machine (We have a limited number of sewing machines that may be reserved in advance) Fun projects for both boys and girls.

To sign up call the Wayne County 4-H office: 836-1312

2015 Mentored Waterfowl Hunts For Youth

For youth ages 12 - 15 Free shotgunning course on August 8th with instruction, shells and clays provided.

Most hunts will be on September 19 with a few offered later in the season.

Mentored hunts will be either on boats or private duck clubs.

Hunters selected will be notified by July 28.

Sponsored by: Widowmaker Boats, UDWR Conservation Officers Association, and Wasatch Widgeons.

Help introduce the joys of waterfowl hunting to someone who might not get the chance without this program

Online applications will be taken June 27 - July 24 wildlife.utah.gov

Summer Reading with 0fficer Heroes The June 16th Bookmobile summer reading program welcomed some more local heroes, Officers Gulley, Robinson, and Sellers. The book “Officer Buckle and Gloria” was read by our favorite story-teller, Paula Pace, which really put some smiles on the children’s faces. Officer Gulley then took charge and did an amazing job educating and entertaining the children. They learned what a policeman carries on any given day. The body armor was put on one little girl to show how heavy it is, which almost tipped her over!

Officer Gulley put handcuffs on one young man and then realized he forgot his keys… not really, but it sure had the kids laughing! The spikes police officers lay out on the roads to stop cars was laid on the floor to show them how it works. One of the favorite things Officer Gulley did was put goggles on the children to show what it looks and feels like to be impaired. The children were positive they were walking a straight line but in reality, they were way off the path! The children were able to look at his police truck and get in if they wanted.

Donuts were passed out and everyone had a wonderful time. We all gained a greater appreciation for our local police officers and what they do to protect us. Many thanks to our police officers, Paula Pace, Addison Grundy and Bethany Payton for volunteering. The Bookmobile is cooperative agreement between the County and Department of Heritage and Arts / State Library Division —Faun Jackson

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Wills, Trusts, and More Do it Yourself Legal Forms

by Jeffery J. McKenna Having been an estate planning attorney for over almost 20 years, I have had many people ask, “Can I do my own estate planning documents?” I don’t hesitate with my answer. “Yes, definitely.”

And then I add, “You can also deliver your own babies, many people do, or build your own house or repair your own cars.” My point is that we generally go to others who are much more trained and experienced than us to perform certain services.

An avalanche of do-ityourself legal forms has descended upon us lately, spun out by people anxious to make money “helping” you. The fact is that such forms can be extremely risky to use. The most popular forms are "endof-life documents" -- wills, estate planning forms, living wills, or "delegation documents," giving certain tasks to another person when you're incapacitated or otherwise unavailable. These include powers of attorney (medical and financial) and naming a guardian for minor children.

There are some advantages to using do-it-yourself forms. You can save legal fees and can sometimes handle a matter faster than a lawyer would. Forms are usually in plain English rather than "legalese." They can be customized by striking out irrelevant

information or adding extra clauses.

However, there are many more disadvantages. The biggest pitfall is a false sense of security. It looks so simple -just pick a form, gather information and fill in the blanks.

But few forms come with enough explanation to assure the user that he or she is using the instrument in the right way. And many "legal forms" are contracts, with power to bind you to a commitment you may not want. Sometimes it is just plain foolhardy to use do-it-yourself Estate Planning kits. It could cost far more to unravel the problems they can cause than it would to hire a good Estate Planning attorney in the first place. One size does not fit all, particularly in regard to Estate Planning.

Another reason to look beyond the “do-it-yourself” forms is if you own enough assets to have estate or income tax issues. Few middle class clients know whether they need tax planning or not because they don't know what property is counted or how to value it. Examine tax issues in detail, or consult an Estate Planning attorney who can look at your individual situation and let you know your individual issues.

Legal forms should make your life easier, not harder. Use them appropriately, and don't

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tHe lAuGhiNg Macho at pOiNt!! the Mall

I was having lunch with my five-year-old daughter at our local mall and was feeling particularly macho for a 46-year-old. All morning, women had been smiling at me and giving me the eye.

Getting up to leave the table, I ran my fingers through my hair and discovered two yellow-ducky barrettes that had been lovingly placed there hours before.

Attorney Jeff McKenna hiking with his son in Zion National Park.

let your quest to avoid legal fees cloud your judgment. If you've taken a good portion of your lifetime to accumulate assets, it's worth going to an attorney to make sure that the beneficiaries you want to get your assets get them with the least amount of hassle and family strife.

Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney serving clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada.

He is the former President of the Southern Utah Estate Planning Council and a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna, and Olmstead with offices in St. George and Mesquite. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, you can contact him at 435 628-1711 or jmckenna@barney-mckenna. com.

Sounds Delicious

My wife is a very adventurous cook. "How does this sound?" she called out from the kitchen. "Bonito, surimi, and anchovies in a decadent, silky broth."

"Sounds delicious," I hollered back. "Is that what we're having tonight?"

"No. I'm reading ingredients from this can of cat food."

Science and Logic

An American scientist once visited the offices of the great Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Neils Bohr, in Copenhagen, and was amazed to find a horseshoe was nailed to the wall over his desk.

The American said with a nervous laugh, "Surely you don't believe that horseshoe will bring you good luck, do you, Professor Bohr?"

Bohr chuckled. "I believe no such thing, my good friend.

Not at all. I am scarcely likely to believe in such foolish nonsense. However, I am told that a horseshoe will bring you good luck whether you believe in it or not! How can one argue with such logic?"

To Play: Complete the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9

GRACE CHRISTIAN CHURCH MAIN STREET TORREY

Answers for this week

Sheep probably won’t win the “Smartest Livestock” award, but they sure have us beat when it comes to knowing their shepherd and the hand that feeds them.

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In the Gospel of John, Jesus teaches us the parable of the Good Shepherd. In chapter 10 verse 11 Jesus says “ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.”

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Come feed your spirit. Renew your mind with God’s word. Find peace, joy, love. Forever. Free for the asking.

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Worship Sunday @11 AM. Bible study Sunday @10AM and Wed @ 7PM. Pasto David Schuh 575 707-0168

”I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep and am known by My own.” John 10:14

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The Entrada Institute presents

SATURDAY SUNSET SERIES

14th Annual

Looking for a great way to spend a summer day?

Join us for the Saturday Sunset Series!

Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival

Kickoff Event (At 1:00PM) (Grounds behind RR music stage) West Taylor Horsemanship Demonstration Afternoon Entertainment (Around 2PM) Raymond Shurtz Cowboy Behind the Song Ray Conrad, Poetry and Music Dudley Elliott, Music

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Local poets and teen cowboy poetry contest winners will be woven throughout the program.

Who? Everyone!

What? Poetry, Music, Cowboys, & Fun! When? Saturday June 27 1:00PM-7:30PM Where? Robber’s Roost, Hwy 24, Torrey For additional information, go to http://torreymusicfestival.com/

Mike Moutoux, Music & Stories Evening Entertainment (Around 6:30PM) Blue Sage Band

Supported by the Wayne County Travel Council at www.capitolreef.travel Donations assist in funding our programming are greatly appreciated.

For more information, go to http://www.entradainstitute.org

You have the right to choose your home health & hospice agency. Please consider:

Our Team of Local Nurses: Teri Leavitt, RN 435-979-7495

45 E. 100 N., Gunnison

1-800-324-1801

Sara Rees, CNA Connie Durfey, CNA 435-691-0392 Julie Jeffery, SSW, CNA Charlene Van Dyke Serving Wayne & Piute Counties, & Boulder, Utah Julie Chappell, RN

Decorative Rock Sand Gravel Driveways Culverts Amy Jackson, Owner Local pit located in Torrey Call 435-425-3030 or 435-691-5745

Passport

Applying for my first passport, I took all the relevant papers to the passport clerk at the post office. The clerk checked over my application form, photos, marriage license and other identification.

All seemed in order until she came to my birth certificate. She handed it back to me and said, "This isn't any good.

It's in your maiden name."

Surprise Me

A woman was sitting around feeling semi-miserable when her husband asked if ice cream would make her feel better. They had two flavors in the freezer and he asked which one she wanted. She said, "Surprise me."

About a minute later he came running out of the kitchen with his shirt pulled over his head, wearing a ghoulish Halloween mask, wielding a serving spoon and shouting "Aahhhhhhh!!!"

Once he was satisfied that she was thoroughly surprised, he handed her a bowl of chocolate chip.

AG MARKET NEWS Salt Lake City, Utah June 17, 2015 USDA-Utah Dept of Ag Market News Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday June 16, 2015 Receipts: 378. Last Week: 775. Last Year: 492.

Feeder Steers: mixed but mostly steady; Feeder Heifers: 2.00-3.00 higher, except wts over 700 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower. Holstein Steers: to few last week for comparison; Slaughter Cows: weak to 1.00 lower on similar kinds.

Slaughter Bulls: 2.00-3.00 lower on similar kinds.

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 325.00-355.00; 350-400 lbs scarce; 400-450 lbs scarce; 450-500 lbs scarce; 500-550 lbs 250.00-257.50; 550-600 lbs 240.00-266.00; 600-650 lbs 245.00-262.50; 650-700 lbs 214.00-237.50; 700-750 lbs 197.50-217.50; 750-800 lbs 193.00-210.50; 800-850 lbs 197.50-198.00; 850-900 lbs190.00-195.00; 90-950 lbs 182.50-193.00; 950-1000 lbs scarce.

Holstein Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs scarce; 300-500 lbs scarce; 500-700 lbs scarce; 700-900 lbs 157.50160.00; 900-1100 105.00120.00.

Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200-250 lbs 305.00325.00; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 277.50-305.00; 350-400 lbs scarce; 400-450 Lbs 260.00-272.50; 450-500 lbs 250.00-260.00; 500-550 lbs 237.50-258.00; 550-600 lbs 227.50-240.00; 600650 lbs 215.00-235.00; 650700 lbs 205.00-225.00 Pkg 232.50; 700-750 lbs 192.50202.50; 750-800 lbs 172.50185.00;800-850 lbs scarce; 850-900 lbs pkg 187.50; 900950 lbs scarce; 950-1000lbs scarce. Heiferettes: 102.50157.50.

Stock Cows: scarce.

Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-90% Lean: 99.00110.50; Breaking 75-80 Lean: 102.00-112.00; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 89.50-98.50.

Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 123.00126.00; 1500-2270 lbs 128.00-133.50; Yield Grade 2: 1000-1500 lbs 107.00-117.50; 1500-2355 lbs 120.00-127.00; Feeder Bulls: 900-1890 lbs 107.50-157.50.

Source: USDA-Utah Dept. Of Agriculture Market News , Salt Lake City, UT (435-230-0402.)

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BLIND COYOTE TRADING POST

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Death Notice Robert M. Faulker

ESCALANTE - Robert M. Faulkner, 91, passed away June 30, 2015 in Panguitch. Graveside services will be held on Monday, July 6, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Escalante Cemetery. Funeral Directors, Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti.

Online guest book www.maglebymortuary.com

July 2, 2015

FYI PANGUITCH

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Oh what a glorious Balloon Festival it was this year!

It just keeps getting bigger and better. The balloons on Main St. were up early and just seemed like there were more of them than ever, oh how grand they are when they are lit up.

Our great grand kids were here and they had a ball with the games that were on Main. Our 4 year old was thrown off the top of the water slide and she screamed all the way down and then she couldn’t wait to go up again and slide down it many times. The air balls in water that they had were really fun but really wore the kids out, they were really a kick.

There were many kids enjoying the water events, including a zip line. This company has a lot of money invested in these really fun play items.

Our great grand sons' highlight was that they got to run the water on the water slide in the evening, The Lions Club had so many people for breakfast that they ran out of food near the end of breakfast. Friday night we cruised the Town and all of the Motels in town had no vacancy signs out. Walking downtown it seemed like the whole world was there, it's fun to see people that you might not see all year. The weather was perfect, zero wind and nice and warm, the days are a little hot for me but it is certainly not the 115 degrees like our neighbors to the south.

Events like these are put on by a lot of volunteers and hard work by Cheryl Church and the Main Street Committee, organizing the whole works. No kind deed should go unnoticed, Danny Yardley and his 2nd Ward young folks

and their advisors, mowed and cleaned up a lot of the homes along Main St. that have absentee owners and were in a real need of some up keep.

Thank you Danny and kids, you made the town come alive.

Don’t blink; this weekend is the 4th of July and another weekend of fun. The morning starts again with the Lions Club breakfast that will start at 7:30 at Zions Bank. This year’s Senior class is putting a lot of effort into the 4th. Mazie Miller and Jantzen Orton, Class Officers, drop off the schedule for the day. At 9:30 bikes, etc and cars need to line up at the Court House, for the 10:00 parade, they are encouraging those with old cars and hot rods to join in. Then from 12:00 to 2:00 they will have an old fashioned 4th of July barbecue down at the Pavilion at the City Park. Hamburgers & hot dogs with all of the fixings, corn on the cob and it will only be $6.00 and $25.00 for a family. This is what the 4th is about, good food and good friends to celebrate with. At 3:00 there will be kid’s games at the park, also a dunking pool that you can take out your frustrations on. Then at 10:00 the Panguitch Fire Fighters will put on the best fire works in So. Utah.

Well Utah has continued in its permanent last place in the Country on per pupil cost.

Utah teachers are some of the lowest paid in the country. It's appalling to me that the Legislature is willing to spend half a billion moving the State prison from its current location at the point of the mountain, to somewhere? This will be done so someone can make a lot

of money off the land. Going north on I-15 you can’t see the prison at all, going south if you keep your eyes on the traffic, you won’t see it either. There is plenty of land there if they need a new facility, build it and then tear down the old one when it is finished. Oh yeah, you will pick up the tab for this move.

I found what I think is a really interesting article from the National Geographic magazine on the Dwarf Planet Pluto. A Kansas farmer Clyde Tomhaugh whose fascination with telescopes in the 1920s that he built out of old car parts, won him a job with the Lowell Observatory. In 1930 the 24 year old discovered a spot that seemed to move and that spot became the Planet X and it was felt that it was the same size as the earth. Pluto has a 248 year orbit around the sun and the temperature there is a minus 400 degrees.

An 11 year old girl from England gave Planet X its name of Pluto, after the Roman God of the underworld. Pluto has continued to shrink till it has been downgraded to a Dwarf

Planet. It is only about 2/3 the size of our moon.

In 2006 the rocket ship New Horizons blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most powerful rocket ever made and it travels at a speed of 1 million miles a day. It arrived at Jupiter after just one year’s flight and used Jupiter gravity as a speed booster to shave almost four years off the travel time. Still this left it 8 more years to reach its destination and it will reach within 8,000 miles of Pluto on July 14, after nine years of travel. What will be found is anyone's guess and all are hoping that the images will give the scientists a clue about this far away mass.

It has been 85 years and we are finally going to meet Tombaugh’s contentious little planet. Tucked aboard on the New Horizons is a small vial of Tombaugh’s ashes, a symbolic envoy that will sail by Pluto and head farther into the Kuiper belt, perhaps chasing down another world.

Three reasons to be a teacher: June, July and August.

Mack O.

PANGUITCH SENIOR CENTER HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

87 N 50 W • 676-2281/676-1140 Suggested donation $3.00 60 & older, $7.00 under 60 Call before 10 AM of the day of attendance to reserve a spot.

Meals include milk & bread.

Tues. July 7th Wed. July 8th Thurs. July 9th Cold ham & cheese sandwich Potato salad Cottage cheese & pineapple Ice cream

Chicken fried steak Potatoes & gravy Green peas Jello fruit salad Peach cobbler

Potato bar w/ chili, broccoli & cheese sauce Carrot raisin salad Fresh fruit in season Bar cookie

NOTE: PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND CALL AHEAD. The kitchen staff work diligently to prepare a good dinner, and a head count helps them prepare enough for everyone.

BRYCE VALLEY AREA NEWS

by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com

Joanne and Hannah Brannon are starting Bryce Canyon Dog Obedience Club and will be offering FREE Basic I Obedience and Beginning Agility classes. These classes will be 7 weeks long and will be held at the agility field on the Bryce Canyon Bible Church property on Friday evenings beginning July 3rd. We use positive training methods and will teach you how to use a clicker. The Obedience class will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the Agility class will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dogs will need to be current on vaccinations.

Handlers and dogs of all ages are welcome to attend. Please go to www.bryceoutreach. com for more details.

Luciene Syrett sends a Huge thanks to all the relief society sisters that helped us sew 40 skirts and bonnets for the young women!! And are still sewing. We so appreciate your time and talents!!!

Max Eagar says Sunday morning (Father's Day) I got up early to go to work. I had just gotten out of the shower when I heard the sound of spraying water in our kitchen pantry. Sure enough, there was a water leak in there (old house with old pipes). Well I didn't have time to fix it since I was already late for work and the hardware store in Tropic wouldn't be open till Monday so I turned off the main water line to the house and we went without water for the next two days until I could get to the hardware store in Tropic Monday night. Luckily Tell Johnson kept the store open for a few extra minutes so we could get the parts we needed. We finally got it put back together late Monday night. When we got home from the funeral, the house was a huge mess. Two days without water will do that. Laundry and dishes were piled up everywhere, and the table and counters were piled up with all the stuff we had to take out of the pantry to fix the pipes. We were stressed trying to get it all cleaned up and put together so that we could start figuring out dinner.

Just then we heard a familiar

voice at the front door. Our good friend Nancy Chynoweth showed up carrying boxes and boxes of food left over from the funeral of little Jace Chynoweth.. We stood there speechless in the midst of the mess in our kitchen. Nancy could tell that we were puzzled. She had just buried her sweet, handsome little grandson and here she was delivering food to us in our moment of need. She quickly explained that when Shayne and Klay Chynoweth were asked what to do with all the leftover food after the funeral, they said, "take it to Max and Logann." By then tears were welling up in our eyes and our hearts felt like they could burst. To think that Shayne and Klay and Nancy would think of others, even us, during their time of sorrow and grieving was so tender and touching I can scarcely think on it now without feeling a lump in my throat. Thank you, thank you, thank you is all I can think to say. To the Chynoweth's, the Tropic Relief Society for furnishing the food, and the Pollock family as well.

You probably didn't realize at the time that you would be feeding us dinner and lunch today too, but thank you!!

To the great Sisters in the area: we will be at girls camp all week but the Tropic young women will be running the bake sale on Saturday July 4th and would love any treats, goodies, or baked goods!

Thanks for sharing your talents and yummy food.

Kathy Fletcher, wife of Matt, came to Cannonville to spend some quality time with Larry and Glenna Fletcher.

She brought her three children so they could enjoy a visit with Grandma and Grandpa Fletcher. They traveled down from North Dakota.

Lindsay and Josie and their Mom Katie Beesley sang a beautiful song for us on Sunday in Cannonvilee, accompanied by Janice Twitchell on the piano and the speakers were Lindsay and Josie (sorry I didn't get their last name).

Congratulations to Alma and Anita Fletcher on celebrat-

Anita and Alma Fletcher. ing their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversay. They took a trip to see Capitol Reef, Goblin Valley and Fish Lake. They had a very relaxing time and enjoy every minute of their trip.

Ramona Morreale took a trip to Cedar City to visit her brand new Granddaughter, Lydia. She just had a great time with this new baby girl and loving her. Lydia is the daughter of Ben and Tamra Lee. The Senior Citizen bus made a trip to hot St. George on Saturday in the 111 degree heat. They had fun shopping and doing a Temple trip. Riding on the bus were Doug and Vicki Ahlstrom, Reed and Mary LeFevre, Anita Fletcher, Marcia Evans, Kathy Shakespeare, and Glenna Fletcher.

Also hanging out in the heat were Catherine Littlefield and Vicki Syrett. They spent a couple of days shopping and seeing some musical shows as Tuachaun in St. George and Shakespeare Theater in Cedar City. The temperature in Cedar was much more comfortable but they had a great time anyway. As we drove into Panguitch we were so

surprised to see all the hot air balloons in the middle of the road. It was an amazing sight to see and there were so many people enjoying the sight. We had forgotten about the Balloon festival.

Steve and VerJean Clark and some of their family members went on a family vacation to California.

Kathy Rushton, Kathryn Pollock and Wynona Henderson spent a day in Panguitch at the Quilt Walk Festival. They then drove to Beaver to the Care Center to visit with Esther Barney. On the next day Wynona went to Salt Lake to visit her granddaughter, Niki DiSera who was up from Odessa Texas to visit. Next she went with daughter, Wendy Davis from Ephraim and Lynn Granger from Sandy to Harrisville where they visited with Doyle and Joan Jackson.

The Jackson's are doing well they decided. After they went to dinner to celebrate Lynn's birthday at Olive Garden.

Next on the list was a visit to Brian and Trish Dixon's for Wynona and Wendy. At Kevin and Dorsie Denny's home they got to visit with granddaugh-

ter, Lauren Senary and her husband Anthony along with their two children, Sophia and Harper. They went with the Senary's to visit the new beautiful park in Riverton. It was an amazing place to see. Later Wendy and Wynona went back to Ephraim and took a drive to Mt. Pleasant where Wynona conncected with an old friend, Terry Mahoney. Terry's mother used to teach school in Tropic and Panguitch many years ago. After the visit they all went to lunch to visit some more.

Marion Littlefield, our talented photographer, and his sons and grandsons all went camping and fishing up on Boulder Mountain, around Fish Creek, Beaver Dam and Blind Lake. They all had a wonderful time on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. They began this annual "Man Trip" over twenty years ago and enjoy it every year. Attending this year were Marion and sons Austin and Mitch. There were grandsons and a friend of Austin along on this trip, Kurt Miller and his son.

Welcome home to Logan LeFevre from his Mission to Mexico. He looks so good and healthy and said he was protected from desperate situations while in Mexico. He was met by his family in St. George and they were all so happy to see him. Logan is the son of Layne and April LeFevre of Tropic.

Kay Shakespear has been called to teach a Gospel Doctrine Class. The records were read for those who moved in, some new and some returnee's. Cherily Dalton and sons, Weston and Ayshton Pedrosa.

Back for the summer is Whitni Syrett as she prepares to attend Westminster College in the fall. Welcome to all.

In Henrieville Marilyn Rose has been called to be a SS Teacher.

Congratulations to Anne Marie Barton on her engagement to McKael Stapel. We wish them the very best life has to offer and much happiness as well. That is wonderful Anne Marie we are so happy for this beautiful young lady.

Well the Fourth of July is here already. It is unbelievable how fast time is going. Henrieville will be having a celebration on the fourth with Flag ceremony at 8 AM, Parade at 9 AM and following at 10 AM will be the games and concessions, races, Pot Luck lunch with donations for the meats served. In Tropic the time schedule is pretty much the same. You can purchase lunch and many other goodies to be sold that day. Check you local post office bulletin boards for more information.

This is the time of year we honor our freedoms and all that has gone on down through the years to acquire those freedoms and keep them. There are many out there trying to infringe on those very freedoms we have fought for and many lives have been sacrificed for but we need to be strong and not let them take them away from us. Have a wonderful holiday and be safe. Pay honor to those who fight for us and keep us free and be sure to fly the flag proudly.

Have a safe week and be sure to call or email your news to me. Thanks VS

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center TUES July 7th WED July 8th THURS July 9th

Chicken chunks, ranch potato chunks, mixed vegetables, fresh tropical fruit, cookie Sweet & wour pork, rice, cole slaw, pineapple w/ cottage cheese, poke cake Hamburgers, baked beans, potato salad, peaches, pudding

Call by 10:00 A.M. if you want a lunch or need a ride. 679-8666 All meals are served with milk & bread Suggested donation is $3 for seniors and $7 for those under 60 years of age.

July 2, 2015

Colonel Jay L. Torrey

by Adus

JUNE 28, 2015 - The news that the United States Congress had declared war on Spain came early on the morning of April 25th, 1898 and the word spread about as slowly as the first signs of a flash flood in red rock country. Several weeks earlier there had been whispers of the sinking of the American battleship Maine,

by Spain, but the farmers and ranchers in Southern Utah paid it little mind as there were fields to prepare and hungry mouths to feed.

Born in Pittsfield, Illinois, J.L. Torrey went to Wyoming to help his elder brother Capt.

R. A. Torrey manage his ranch in the Big Horn Basin. In 1894 Torrey was elected to the state legislature, representing Fremont County (which at that time included much of the Big Horn Basin). Even though he was a freshman legislator, he was elected speaker of the house. By that time hostilities with Spain were on the rise.

J.L. Torrey was politically well known and his name was in all the papers throughout the west, even though he had only served one term in the legislature. Torrey was second cousin to President William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1909–1913).

When Congress finally authorized “cowboy units,” three men were given command of the three volunteer cavalry organizations. Col. Leonard Wood, assisted by former Undersecretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, was in charge of the First Volunteer Cavalry and Melvin Grigsby, South Dakota Attorney General was given command of the Third. Torrey was authorized to raise men for the Second Volunteer Cavalry. In a dispatch from the Denver Republican it said “Regiments of Western Sharpshooters and Cowboy Rough Riders” wanted. From that time forward the words “Rough Riders” were tagged to the Cowboy volunteers of 1898.

Of the 842 western recruits under Colonel Torrey’s command, 591 were from Wyoming and the rest were from Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah. The recruits had to meet Colonel Torrey’s strict requirements. They had to be excellent horsemen, good with a gun, be between 18 and 45 years of age, stand between 5’4” and 5’10” in height and weigh no more than 165 pounds. Everyday type requirements that just about every healthy male west of the Missouri River needed, just to survive west of the Rockies.

Prior to 1898, the area south of Sand Creek and north of the Fremont River in Wayne County was having an identity crisis, one week it was called Youngstown, the next week it was called Central, then in an attempt to gain more residents it was named Popular, and

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when everybody went bust it was labeled Poverty Flats, which was really not all that funny at the time.

It is highly unlikely that the good Colonel Torrey ever found his way down to the place that would eventually bear his name in the year 1898, nor did he ever get to ride in the Torrey 4th of July parade.

But surely the name Torrey was being bantered around a lot in the Poverty Flats Ward Priesthood meetings, and since the town folks needed to decide on a Town name before they could have a Post Office, some decisive individual had to have made a motion to call the town Torrey.

Then with a great show of hands, because the meeting was running late, in May of 1898, it was a done deal, Torrey it was, and with a unanimous amen, it would forever be called Torrey, or at least until another self important person comes along to try and change it.

With a new Southern Utah town now bearing his name and on June 13th 1898, Colonel Torrey gathers up his crack outfit of gun toting, horse riding, 5’8”, 165 pound cowboys, with horses, now being dubbed “Torrey’ Rough Riders”, and they board a train headed for Jacksonville, Florida. They were going there to meet up with the famous 5’8”, 165-pound, fire breathing Teddy Roosevelt. Railroad lines all along the way were steady with people cheering the passage of the “Rough Riders” going off to war. The air was thick with the smell of leather and excitement high on the east bound train.

On June 26 while the two trains carrying the volunteer cowboy troops and their horses were nearing Tupelo, Mississippi, the first train stopped to take on water. The second train rounded a sharp curve and smashed into the rear car of the parked train. Five men were killed and 15 were injured. Col. Torrey sustained

injuries to both of his feet and was forced to limp around on crutches for several weeks after the accident.

After days’ delay, Torrey’s group arrived at the base in Jacksonville, at the same time, Roosevelt’s Rough Riders were charging up San Juan Hill in Cuba. Within a month, the war was over and Wyoming’s Rough Riders were still in Jacksonville having never been ordered to the front.

Typhoid fever demanded its deathly toll while the disappointed volunteers awaited their discharges. More than 30 men died from the dreadful disease before it eventually decimated the morale of crack unit western cowboys and they finally returned to Fort D. A. Russell and mustered out in October 1898. Most of the cowboys, hunters, miners, ropers and blacksmiths who made up “Torrey’s Rough Riders” finally returned to their hometowns. A year later in an elaborate ceremony, the victims of the train mishap, none of whom were from Wyoming, were re-interred in the Fort Russell cemetery.

During that tumultuous time Theodore Roosevelt was elected Vice President and later became President, after then President William McKinley was fatally shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. Col. Jay Torrey returned to his Big Sky Wyoming spread in the Big Horn Basin, where he lived until about 1906.

Coincidentally Colonel Torrey amassed considerable wealth from his holdings in Wyoming, and in 1906 he packed his bags and went back to Missouri. He acquired the “White Farm” southeast of West Plains in Howell County, Missouri adding to it to create a 10,000-acre tract, which he named Fruitville Farm. Torrey’s most ambitious project was the “ideal” village of Torreytown, which he hoped to establish at Fruitville Farm.

Designed on a European model that J.L. Torrey had

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once read about in “The Reader Digest”, residents were to be urban farmers, living happily together in a central valley surrounded by outlying and well watered orchard farmsteads.

Truly interested potential residents would be required to be inclusive, progressive and display patriotic themes. Interestingly enough, in Torrey, Utah, in 1898, a similar state of mind was just starting to take root.

At his Fruitville farm Colonel Torrey entertained extensively and on a large scale.

In 1913 the annual reunion of Spanish-American War Veterans was held there. J.L. Torrey was tireless in his efforts to cultivate American Heritage and local Culture.

Please join Torrey Town for their annual Independence Day celebration. God Bless these United States of America, God knows we need it.

References; “Who Rush to Glory” Clifford P. Westermeier, Life and Times of J.L. Torrey, Rainbow Views, A History of Wayne County.

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July 7th Potato bar w/ chili & broccoli, ham & cheese Salad bar Pears Snicker doodle

Wed. July 8th Chicken enchiladas Salad bar Chuck wagon corn Peaches Lemon cake

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July 9th Ham Mac & cheese Salad bar Wheat bread Mixed fruit Puff cake

All meals are served with milk or juice.

If you would like a meal, please call us by 10:00 am. 826-4317.

Suggested donation for seniors over 60 $3.00, and under 60 is $7.00

Dream Travel

Fence Lines

by Ray Conrad

Do you ever sit and dream of places you have never been?

Places you might visit if your wish list could be seen?

Well, open up your Atlas, drag out your world globe.

You can trip around the world in your slippers and old bathrobe.

Trek the Himalayas, snow-capped peaks for miles.

Lounge on palm-clad beaches on those sunny tropic isles.

Are cities what you wish about? Take any one you find.

Populate with folks and food you make up in your mind.

North Pole? South Pole? Penguin or great white bear?

You needn't even get too cold when you make-believe go there.

Take a pre-tend trip some place. Any place. You pick it.

Pre-tend touring's also cheap. You don't need any ticket.

You don't require no luggage when you pre-tend tour, like me.

And you needn't take off your shoes at pre-tend security.

Make like a little kid again. Dream up a fairy grandmother.

As soon as you're back from one wish trip, take off on another.

One time, though, I got out-wished. I was in pre-tend Bora Bora.

The wife said, "Take the garbage out. The truck'll be here tomorra."

"Dream Travel" From Fence Lines,

by Ray Conrad.

Published by Avalanche Creek Productions, 2009.

Wayne County Community Corner Monthly Community Dinner - The monthly dinner is held the second Monday of each month. The next dinner will be on July 13th at 1:00 pm at the Senior Center (Community Center) in Bicknell. The menu will be: Spaghetti & Meatballs, tossed green salad, rolls or breadsticks, fruit cup, and brownies for desert. A representative from Six County will have a presentation on nutrition. There will be table prizes and door prizes. A donation is suggested for each monthly dinner ($5 for those under 60, $3 for seniors 60 and up). Everyone is welcome, even if you are not a senior citizen. Call Jim Adams for a ride at 836-3070.

Many Hands Make Light Work - We would like to thank the following for making our June luncheon possible: Barry Morgenstern, Nathalie Keister, Margaret Fahey, Barbara Czapla, Bob Czapla, Nellie Welch, Steve Taylor, Christie Bradley, Pat Menefee, and Diane Borgerding.

Important Notes - Beginning in June, due to the rising cost of food, unfortunately, we must raise the cost for the monthly dinner ($6 for seniors under 60, $4 for seniors 60 and up). Sorry for the inconvenience.

- Though not required, please RSVP if you can as to whether you will be attending the monthly dinner. This will help us to avoid waste. Call 425-2089.

- We have refrigerator magnets available as reminders of important dates and services.

Senior Center Schedule - The Senior Center is open Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. Yoga class is held on Tuesdays at 8:30 am. These hours may vary, so call ahead to the Senior Center at 425-2089.

Newsletter & Birthday Information - Do you have information you would like to share in our Wayne County Community Newsletter, or birthdays to add? Please call Joan at 425-3077 or leave me a note on our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/WayneCountyUtSeniorCitizens Appointment Transportation - Transportation is available to the Wayne clinic and shopping the first Thursday of the month, and to Richfield for Doctors appointments on the third Thursday. Call Jim Adams at 836-3070 to schedule your ride. A $5 voluntary contribution is suggested for gas.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE WAYNE COUNTY Proposed change from : Existing Non Conforming use to a Conforming BC/Business Commercial Intended use: Continued Motel/Restaurant with 7 new cabins & Restaurant Zoning chnage requested by: Capitol Reef Resort Public Hearing will be held prior to the Planning and Zoning meeting on July 8, 2015 @ 7 P.M. Wayne County Courthouse Legal Description: 21.68 ACRES LOCATED IN SEC 5 T29S R5E 1791 E SR 24 TORREY, UT Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JUNE 25 and JULY 2, 2015 PUBLIC HEARING TORREY TOWN Torrey's Planning & Zoning committee will hold a public hearing to consider issuance of a Conditional Use Permit for a D commercial project on Center StL& LE100 North in Torrey (halfacre lot). The hearing will occur CE at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, July AN 7th at the DUP building C (on Main Street next to the LDS church).

All interested residents are encouraged to attend.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JUNE 18 & 25 and JULY 2, 2015 PUBLIC NOTICE SEVENMILE-GOOSEBERRY ROAD CLOSURE Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 5 pm.

Brown Brothers Construction has resumed construction on Sevenmile-Gooseberry Road. The road closure will remain in effect until October 10, 2015. For additional information please contact Brown Brothers Construction at (435) 836-2685 or info@bbcutah.com Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JUNE 25 and JULY 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, and AUGUST 6, 13, 20, & 27 and SEPTEMBER 3, 10, 17, & 24, and OCTOBER 1, 2015 PUBLIC NOTICE WAYNE COUNTY The Wayne County Commission will consider an Ordinance titled, “An Ordinance Governing the Permitting of Special Events” at the regularly scheduled Commission Meeting on July 6, 2015. The proposed Ordinance requires persons or entities sponsoring a special event to obtain a permit from the County Clerk/Auditor. The Ordinance defines a “special event” as an athletic, entertainment, or political event held on public or private property in Wayne County, including those held in incorporated areas. The Ordinance does not require a special event permit for certain events; such as weddings, family reunions, neighborhood block parties, garage sales, so long as the event does not have an impact on County services or citizens. As a part of the special event permitting requirements, the Ordinance requires the sponsor to obtain a business license, pay sales tax (if required), purchase event insurance, and pay a cost recovery surcharge to the county if county services are impacted. The Ordinance also sets forth grounds where a permit may be denied and makes it a Class B Misdemeanor to fail to obtain a permit or comply with permit requirements. A copy of the complete Ordinance is available for review at the County Clerk/Auditor’s office at the Wayne County Courthouse, 18 South Main, Loa, Utah.

Ryan Torgerson Wayne County Clerk/Auditor Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2, 2015 PUBLIC NOTICE WAYNE COUNTY The Wayne County Commission will consider an Ordinance titled, “An Ordinance for the Purpose of Regulating Short-Term Rental Property and the Use of Real Property for Short-Term Rentals” at the regularly scheduled Commission Meeting on July 6, 2015. The proposed Ordinance requires a short-term rental license for any person or entity renting a single-family detached dwelling, or any portion of a single-family detached dwelling, for a period less than 45 days. The proposed Ordinance sets forth the requirements for obtaining a short-term rental license, including the requirement to collect and remit transient room taxes, as well as requiring that the owner of property leased for a period of less than 45 days to appoint a local responsible party. The responsible party must be available to accept service, ensure the short-term rental property is properly maintained, and ensure that the short-term lessees are informed of the rules for short-term rentals. Additionally, the Ordinance makes it clear that singlefamily dwellings, or any portion of a single-family dwelling, used as short-term rental property is classified and taxed as commercial property. A copy of the complete Ordinance is available for review at the County Clerk/Auditor’s office at the Wayne County Courthouse, 18 South Main, Loa, Utah.

Ryan Torgerson Wayne County Clerk/Auditor Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2, 2015 NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule R655-6-2. Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights, PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300, or by hand delivery to a Division office during normal business hours ON OR BEFORE JULY 29, 2015. Please visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)-538-7240 for additional information.

NEW APPLICATION(S) 95-5342 (A80336): Alan F. King propose(s) using 0.015 cfs. from groundwater (4 miles SSE of Torrey) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. 95-5343 (A80337): Deepika Avanti propose(s) using 1.2 ac-ft. from groundwater (1 mile SE of Torrey) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. 95-5344 (A80338): Charles Ogsbury, propose(s) using 1.2 ac-ft. from groundwater (1 mile SE of Torrey) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. 95-5345 (A80339): Zen Ogsbury, propose(s) using 1.2 acft. from groundwater (1 mile SE of Torrey) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2, & 9, 2015

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS DOCUMENT 00 11 13 Owner: Wayne County 18 South Main PO Box 189, Loa, UT 84747 Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of the Wayne Wonderland Airport – Schedule I Apron Expansion & Schedule II Hangar / Pilots Lounge; which includes approximately Schedule I – 5800 sy pavement removal, 4300 cy excavation, 1700 cy subbase course, 820 cy base course, 850 ton bituminous surface course, 950 lf storm drain piping, catch basins, taxiway and runway lights, 1850 lf electrical conduit, 5520 lf electrical conductors, and related work; Schedule II – 1300 sy pavement removal, existing hangar building removal, new 7712 sf pre-engineered metal hangar/pilots lounge building, and related work., will be received by Wayne County at the Wayne County Commission, 18 South Main, Loa, UT 84747, until 1:00 p.m., July 6, 2015, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Jones & DeMille Engineering, 1535 South 100 West Richfield, UT 84701, (435)896-8266. To be put on the Bidders List, email Heather at heather.n@jonesanddemille.com; for project specific or technical questions, email John Spendlove at john@jonesanddemille.com Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office during business hours, and the following locations: www.jonesanddemille.com or www.questcdn.com.

Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing office during business hours, upon payment of $70 for each set or an electronic copy for $40.00, no part of which will be refunded.

A pre-bid meeting for prospective Bidders will be held at the Wayne County Courthouse, 18 South Main, Loa, Utah, on, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. The work is subject to minimum wage rates established by the Secretary of Labor. The Bidder must supply all information required by the Bid Form. A five percent (5%) proposal guaranty is required. Wayne County has the right to reject any and all bids.

June 5, 2015 Stanley Wood, Commission Chair Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JUNE 11, 18 & 25 and JULY 2, 2015 CANDIDATES FILED BOULDER TOWN The following have filed as candidates for two fouryear positions on the Boulder Town Council to be filled in the November 2015 election.

Farlan Behunin Peter Benson /s/ Judith Davis, Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JUNE 25 and JULY 2, 2015

CANDIDATES FILED LOA TOWN The following persons have filed for office in the Loa Town November 2015 Elections: Four Year Council Member: Bart C. Brian Cody Grundy Michelle Brian, Loa Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JUNE 25 and JULY 2, 2015

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BRYCE CANYON CITY Owner: Bryce Canyon City 1155 S. Hwy 63, Ste A Bryce Canyon City, Utah 84764 Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of the Bryce Canyon Main Street Enhancement Phase II. Quantities include 1000 square feet of concrete sidewalk, 650 feet of concrete curb and other related work, will be received by Lyndon Friant with Jones and DeMille Engineering at 1535 South 100 West Richfield, Utah 84701, until 5:00 p.m., on Monday, July 20th, 2015. Bids will then be opened on July 21st with bid tabulation results available at 1:00 pm that same day.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Jones & DeMille Engineering, 1535 South 100 West, Richfield, UT 84701 (435) 896-8266. For questions regarding the Bidders List and downloading plans and specs, email Heather at heather.n@ jonesanddemille.com; for project specific or technical questions, email Lyndon Friant at l.friant@jonesanddemille.com. Project Engineer: Lyndon Friant.

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office during business hours, and the following locations: www.jonesanddemille.com or www.questcdn.com Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on unit price basis. Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing office during business hours, upon payment of $20.00 for each set or an electronic copy for $20.00, none of which will be refunded.

June 25, 2015 Jean Seiler, City Manager Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2, 9, & 16, 2015 GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Roof Systems Replacement Panguitch High School and Escalante High School Garfield County School District is accepting proposals to replace roof system sections at Panguitch High School and Escalante High School. An on-site pre-bid walkthrough will be held Thursday, July 2 at 12:00 pm (noon). The pre-bid meeting will start at Panguitch High School and then travel to Escalante High School. Interested licensed and certified contractors, vendors or companies are required to go to the District website at: http://www.garfield.k12.ut.us/ to obtain the RFP information required to bid the project. For questions please contact Damon Brinkerhoff at damon@garfk12.org or by phone at 435-6900028. Sealed proposals will be accepted until Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm (noon). Sealed proposals may be mailed to Garfield County School District at P.O. Box 398, Panguitch, Utah 84759. Sealed Proposals may also be hand delivered to the District Office at 145 East Center, Panguitch, Utah.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2 & 9, 2015 CANDIDATES FILED HATCH TOWN The following have filed for office in the Hatch Town November 2015 elections: Mayor - 2 year term Ronald K Riggs (2) Council Member - 4 year term Dwayne E Barnhurst Chad Justus Jacie Torgersen, Hatch Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2, 2015

July 25, 2015

PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on July 13th, 2015, at 11:50 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND SUB-DIVISION PUD AND SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY: TOTAL ACRES: 10.9784 BEGINNING AT A POINT S87°10'18''E 1315.24 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH SECTION LINE OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 36 SOUTH, RANGE 7 WEST, SALT LAKE BASE AND MERIDIAN, AND N01°25'25''E 1645.59 FEET ALONG THE WEST 1/16 LINE FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4, SAID POINT ALSO BEING ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF LAKE FRONT ESTATES SUBDIVISION PHASE 1; THENCE DEPARTING SAID SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY RUNNING N01°25'25"E ALONG SAID WEST LINE 350.97 FEET; THENCE S88°03'23"E 127.46 FEET; THENCE S87°34'56"E 73.00 FEET; THENCE S87°54'49"E 128.51 FEET; THENCE S02°10'28"W 23.91 FEET; THENCE N89°01'57"E 99.96 FEET; THENCE N02°06'41"E 35.38 FEET; THENCE N88°54'31"E 100.00 FEET; THENCE N01°43'41E 80.00 FEET; THENCE S88°54'31"W 200.00 FEET; THENCE N01°43'41"E 21.75 FEET; THENCE N88°54'31"E 100.02 FEET; THENCE N01°22'21"E 170.77 FEET; THENCE N16°33'40"E 30.79 FEET; THENCE S73°26'20"E 185.22 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE WITH A 25.00 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE LEFT; THENCE 19.04 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 43°38'41"; THENCE N62°07'01"E 139.26 FEET; THENCE N69°14'58"E 78.64 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE WITH A 25.00 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE LEFT; THENCE 30.87 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 70°43'11" TO A POINT OF NON TANGENCY; THENCE N87°51'28"E 40.02 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE; THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE IN THE FOLLOWING FOUR (4) COURSES: THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE S02°08'32E 610.29; THENCE N87°51'22"E 8.00 FEET; THENCE S02°08'38"E 121.31 FEET; THENCE S02°08'23"E 28.65 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF LAKE FRONT ESTATES SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1; THENCE ALONG SAID SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY THE FOLLOWING FIVE (5) COURSES: S89°00'00"W 609.91 FEET; THENCE N01°23'30"E 41.80 FEET; THENCE N87°41'22"W 112.67 FEET; THENCE N87°36'28"W 16.58 FEET; THENCE N89°37'57"W 200.74 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2, & 9, 2015 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on July 13th, 2015, at 11:45 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: MINOR SUB-DIVISION SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY: TOTAL ACRES: 9.43 BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 35 SOUTH, RANGE 7 WEST, SALT LAKE BASE AND MERIDIAN; THENCE NORTH 0°27’03” WEST ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF SECTION 32, A DISTANCE OF 976.22 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°56’21”EAST, 330.02 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 10°57’51”EAST, 994.54 FEET TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 89°56’21”WEST ALONG SAID SECTION BOUNDARY LINE 511.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2, & 9, 2015 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Land Surveying Services Panguitch Elem., Bryce Valley Elem. and Escalante Elem. Schools Garfield County School District is accepting proposals to provide full Land Surveying services for Panguitch Elem., Bryce Valley Elem. and Escalante Elem. Schools. Interested licensed and certified firms are required to go to the District website at: http://www.garfield.k12.ut.us/ to obtain the RFP information required to bid the project. Each firm will be responsible to visit site(s) for inspection of existing conditions, locations, etc. For questions please contact Damon Brinkerhoff at damon@garfk12.org or by phone at 435-690-0028. Sealed proposals will be accepted until Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm (noon).

Sealed proposals may be mailed to Garfield County School District at P.O. Box 398, Panguitch, Utah 84759. Sealed Proposals may also be hand delivered to the District Office at 145 East Center, Panguitch, Utah.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 2 & 9, 2015 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID HATCH TOWN Town of Hatch 49 W Center PO Box 625 Hatch, UT 84735 Sealed bid for the construction of two water meter tubes to have risers installed to meet new private road level. 18" inch diameter tubes to be furnished by Hatch Town. Contractor to furnish estimated half yard concrete four bag mix for two 6 foot X 1 foot aprons surrounding water meter tubes. Contractor must coordinate construction time and date with owner of private road. Bid due by July 10, 2015 at 5:30 pm.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following described property will be sold at public auction, without warranty as to title, possession or encumbrances, to the highest bidder, payable in lawful money of the United States at the time of sale, on Tuesday, the 4th day of August, 2015, at 11:00 a. m. of said day, at the west main entrance to the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, UT 84759 for the purpose of foreclosing a Trust Deed originally executed by Tina L. Burkett, as Trustor, in favor of Robert A. Newsted, Sr. and Tammi L. Newsted, as Beneficiary, covering real property located at 594 North U. S. Highway 89 in Hatch, Utah 84735, known generally as the Cactus Cowboy Restaurant and Store, and more particularly described as: Beginning at a point North 44̊58'40" East 842.24 feet from the Southwest corner of Section 21, Township 36 South, Range 5 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, said Section corner being located South 89̊01'47" West.

2698.97 feet from the South quarter corner of Section 21; then North 44̊58'40" East 323.96 feet; thence North 89̊33'28" East 595.18 feet; thence South 04̊28'31" West 223.04 feet; thence South 89̊11'26" West 806.83 feet to the point of beginning.

The current Beneficiary of the trust deed is Robert A. Newsted and Tammi L. Newsted and the record owner of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Default is Tina L. Burkett.

This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified application. Please direct questions to Curtis Barney 435-231-3330 and applications packets to: Garfield County School District, PO Box 398, 145 East Center, Panguitch, UT 84759. Online application available: www.garfield.k12.ut.us Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

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HARSHAD P. DESAI to serve you as Panguitch City Council member. (1) We had local white as a chief of police for >16 years. He was involved in grand theft. The city council wasted our resources to discuss simple matter like 1+1 = 2 to prove 2+2=3. Then the city council made him city judge. Folks this is called pathetic third world culture. I took the matter to Utah Court / judicial system which took care of it. My efforts also forced the county to install video system in court system to avoid facial and physical signaling between judge and attorneys. (2) There was thick smell in community that somebody pocketed >$50,000 from CCC arena (>$2 million baby). The city council had a position that the rumor had no basis but the council had no records of any kind. One member of executive committee of CCC arena said that he never saw any income / expense records ever. Folks this is called cesspool infested with bacteria and viruses. (3) Swimming pool scenario.

Folks the city council is talking about it for >15 years wasting thousands of hours pretending as working hard. Swimming pool matter is as simple as – Get settlement from Garfield County School District to nullify the age old contract + city surplus + federal fund under health. This is like 30 year old kid in 4th grade with 100% attendance (4) State law allows recorder (>$65,000 / year cost) and treasurer position (>$65,000 / year cost) as hired permanent position in community of <3,000 population. But the city council has authority to change it to elective positions. What we have is Panguitch City Manager for >$65,000 / year cost who has peons to serve (recorder + Treasurer). Elective positions of recorder + Treasurer position gives better product. Don’t you have daughter, son, grandson, granddaughter, wife, husband to have a chance to serve for >$65,000 / year ? Panguitch City Government has city manager (>$65,000 / year cost) + Treasurer (>$65,000 / year) + Recorder (>$65,000 / year), does other counterparts (Tropic, Escalante, Parowan, etc.) have this ? Where is any data to look at that they are needed when city manager is recorder, treasurer, economic developer. Where is beef ? (5) Do we need city attorney for >$12,000 / year. For any legal conflicts, the city attorney is of no use. The city has Utah Town and cities Trust (to represent Panguitch City Government). Do we need city attorney to find other attorney ? (6) Former City Mayor ($150 / month) became owner of Panguitch City Government system (creating her own city ordinances + enforcement of city ordinances based on who is who). This earned her city manager position (>$65,000 / year cost). Are we a part of Cuba ? (7) In one meeting the city manager bagged about surplus (to justify bonuses and raises) but on other side the city went to state legislature claiming Panguitch City Government as poorest community to prevent abolition of 1% food tax. (8) We have warehouse of state prisoners. The stock is used for city work. OK. Where is bounty going ? Free work from prisoners to bonuses, raises, highly paid position. (9) Other cesspool scenario – Water fund is independent. If it is in negative, water rate need to go up. If it is in surplus, water rate should be reduced or refund should be sent to water customers.

Surplus of water fund can also be transferred to General Fund which in turn can be used for raises, bonuses, meaningless high cost jobs. (10) One political (Republican) operative is siphoning money from City budget to take kids to Washington, D.C. This is going on for decades. TAR (TeeAge Republicans) should raise money from other republicans (big shots in this county). This is not just pathetic but illegal activity (stealing). (11) Not too long ago a few idiots proposed to put statue of Mr. Lee ( a convicted criminal, the statue discarded

by St. George) at city office. How pathetic idea was this ? Folks I am not in this for money ($60 / meeting) but as a drop of Chlorine in cesspool infested with bacteria and viruses.

HARSHAD as your council member means government cronies are public servants – not masters of public. HARSHAD means transparency, records, etc. HARSHAD means exposure of crooks, dead studs, and idiots thru facts, records, systems, transparency, right to know, public’s right, etc. US Supreme Court (all white in 19th century) – transparency is best medicine for healthy society. Clarence Thomas (African Black) as US Supreme court judge does not mean blacks have free ride. Obama in white house does not mean colored have twice in food stamps. Storey County in NV has former prostitute as county commissioner for decades does not mean hookers have haven in Storey County. With all due respect, it’s your rightful choice to have cesspool or swimming pool to enjoy.

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USDA Opens Enrollment Period for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Safety-Net Programs WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that eligible producers may now formally enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2014 and 2015. The enrollment period begins June 17, 2015, and will end Sept. 30, 2015.

"The extensive outreach campaign conducted by USDA since the 2014 Farm Bill was enacted, along with extending deadlines, is central to achieving an expected high level of participation,” said Vilsack.

“We worked with universities to simplify these complex programs by providing online tools so producers could explore how program election options would affect their operation in different market conditions; these tools were presented to almost 3,000 organizations across the country.

The Farm Service Agency also sent more than 5 million educational notices to producers nationwide and participated in over 4,880 educational events with more than 447,000 attendees.

I am proud of the many committed USDA employees who

worked hard over the last several months to provide producers support to help them make these important decisions.”

The new programs, established by the 2014 Farm Bill, trigger financial protections for agricultural producers when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices or revenues. More than 1.76 million farmers have elected ARC or PLC. Previously, 1.7 million producers had enrolled to receive direct payments (the program replaced with ARC and PLC by the 2014 Farm Bill). This means more farms have elected ARC or PLC than previously enrolled under previously administered programs.

Nationwide, 96 percent of soybean farms, 91 percent of corn farms, and 66 percent of wheat farms elected ARC. 99 percent of long grain rice farms, 99 percent of peanut farms, and 94 percent of medium grain rice farms elected PLC. For data about other crops and state-by-state program election results go to www.fsa.usda. gov/arc-plc.

Covered commodities under ARC and PLC include barley, canola, large and small

chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice (which includes short grain and sweet rice), safflower seed, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. Upland cotton is no longer a covered commodity.

The 2014 Farm Bill builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative publicprivate conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America.

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