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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Issue # 1158

Picture Perfect – 2016 Boulder Heritage Festival

“Dawn of Modern Mammals” Tenth Annual Geology Festival Centennial Event Bryce Canyon National Park July 15 & 16, 2016

Photos Courtesy Cheryl Cox

The Boulder Heritage Festival on July 15 & 16 will celebrate all things 'Boulder' including mail delivery from Escalante to Boulder by the Boulder Mail Trail, during both historic (above) and modern (left) times.

BOULDER - The Boulder Heritage Festival will be held on Friday, July 15th and Saturday, July 16th at the Anasazi State Park in Boulder. This year all the great photos of the area both past and present will be the focus of the festival. In conjunction with the festival, there will be a scanning event as a part of the “History in Your Attic” project which BYU provides high quality scanners and staff to scan old photos of the area.

You can bring up to 10 photos (more if time allows). Scanning staff is available from 9am to 5pm. You can also set an appointment to scan your photos by calling Cheryl Cox at 335-7550.

There will be a presentation on Friday at 11:30am about the “History in the Attic” project. On Saturday at 11:30, you can come and see the old photos of the area scanned at previous events and help identify who is in the pictures and where they were taken. Other presentations on Friday include “The First Photo Stories – Pictographs & Petroglyphs” with Joe Pachek at 1:30pm. At 3pm enjoy the beautiful photos of the hikes of Sandra Hammack-Brown with the presentation “Take a Hike.” There will also be photo displays from the last twelve years of great Boulder Heritage Festival and other photo events.

As a part of this theme this year, there will be contests with cash prizes for the best selfie at the festival (#BoulderHeritageFestivalSelfie) and best festival “Wow” picture (#BoulderHeritageFestivalWow) and of course best dance moves (BoulderHeritageFestivaldancemoves) that you post on our Facebook page and/or hash tagged for our Instagram.

As always, there will be great music both days from 12pm until 10pm with local favorites Patrick Briggs, Mary Kay and the Kaye Sisters, Otter Creek, Mat & Vikki Thorn, Bohemian Cowboy, Unknown Quantity, Juniper City, Kenny Hall, Bob Phillips, Curtis and Sage, Sara B, and Juan Holladay. There will also be bands from out of state including Barefoot and Pregnant, Junction 10, and Action Pants as well as musician and hip hop artist, Phillip Morgan and old country duo Jimmy Pines & Washboard Jere.

Finally don’t forget all the great food provided by local vendors and of course the

Dutch oven dinner will be on Saturday around 6pm. We will have kids’ art activities and you can even get a letter in the mail after it makes the trip with Breck Crystal and crew across the Old Mail Trail on Friday arriving with great fanfare around 5pm. Just get your letters to Pole’s Place or the Anasazi Museum by July 13th. This is the event of the summer, don’t miss it.

—Cheryl Cox, Boulder Heritage Foundation

BRYCE CANYON Bryce Canyon National Park invites you to join them for the 10th Annual Geology Festival July 15-16, 2016. This year’s theme is “Exploring the Eocene Epoch: Dawn of Modern Mammals”, which is the time when the rocks of Bryce Canyon were forming. Join guest speaker, Dr. L. Greer Price of the New Mexico Geological Survey as he presents “Earth Sciences for the 21st Century: Where we’ve been and where we’re going”. Please join us for two days of fun family activities learning about geology of Utah’s public lands and how Bryce Canyon National Park was formed and why it is not a ‘real canyon’.

Enjoy guided hikes, geology presentations and demonstrations, children activities, and rock and fossil displays.

The Visitor Center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with activities on the patio from 9 to 3:00 p.m. daily. The evening program at the Bryce Canyon Lodge Auditorium will begin at 7:00 p.m., with a preshow showcasing the 59 national parks.

We extend a special thanks to our many partners for participating in this centennial event. For a complete schedule of the daily events, go to the park website at http:// www.nps.gov/brca/geofest. htm, and download the Geology Festival brochure, or call 435-834-5322. Brochures will also be available each day at the Visitor Center and Shuttle Stations located in Bryce Canyon City.

—Bryce Canyon National Park

Explore the dawn of modern mammals at Bryce Canyon's Geology Festival, July 15 & 16.

Garfield Memorial Hospital Chosen as Winner of National Quality Award

What "Apple Days" is All About

Courtesy IntermountaIn healthCare

Garfield Memorial Hospital staff with award, pictured L to R: Amber Sidwell, Mazie Miller, Mindy Peterson, Janette Young, Sharlee Reeve, Terri Lewis and Teri Aki.

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REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA

THURS. JULY 7 - WED. JULY 13 Sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny. There's not a single cloud in this 10 day forecast. This means 0% precip. (If the forecasters are right.) Highs in the upper 80s and low 90s all week. Kinda windy.

Windiest over the weekend (of course) up to 18mph.

TORREY - The floats were grand and even Uncle Sam made a showing during the Torrey Apple Days parade.

More photos on page 3.

PANGUITCH - Garfield Memorial Hospital was recently selected as one of the national winners of the 2016 Pinnacle Quality Insight Customer Experience Award. This award means that Garfield Memorial Hospital is in the top 15% in the nation for their “dedication and best in class services in senior healthcare.”

The winners of the Pinnacle Quality Insight Customer Experience Award are selected from

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

—Franz Kafka

thousands of hospital surveys and reviews to determine which hospitals excel in the quality of products and services they provide in senior healthcare.

Garfield Memorial Administrator Alberto Vasquez said, “This award represents our staff’s dedicated service to their residents, and I really appreciate their efforts are being recognized. Our Long Term Care provides such great, personal service to each resident.

I regularly see them singing with residents, and having caring, personal conversations. The care our staff at Garfield Memorial provides is more than a job, it truly is personal, and they feel our residents are like family. I am so very proud of our employees and leadership for the outstanding care they provide to our patients every day.”

—Intermountain Healthcare

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Sincere Appreciation & Gratitude

Dear Editor, Our beautiful mother has had such an influence on so many lives besides her own family. Her family circle reached out to include everyone she met especially those who had any part in taking care of her. Thank you all for your kindness, love, support, and dedication. You all helped us to be able to enjoy her sweet spirit a little longer.

With sincere appreciation and gratitude, The Elaine Matthews Family, Panguitch

I Plan on Voting for Steve Cox

Dear Editor, I plan on voting for Steve Cox for the following reasons: 1. He lives in and supports Garfield County.

2. Supports the Senior Citizens program and services.

3. Supports the Emergency Services program.

4. Plans on working with School Districts to improve declining enrollment of our students 5. Develop a meaningful partnership with all governmental agencies, school districts, private citizens and county departments, and concerns as to where our county is headed.

6. Steve Cox is here in the county 24/7 and knows the problems our county has and its needs.

Jerry Taylor, who is the Mayor of Escalante has a residence here and up north. He has a business there where the revenue, and property taxes go to a county up north. He does make the meetings here as Mayor and has Escalante at heart but has failed to see the true needs of Escalante and Garfield County in my opinion. It takes more than making the meetings. It involves being part of the solution not reacting to the problem! I do not know how many employees he has. On the other, hand we have a young lady who purchased land and property here in Escalante and hires several employees to run her company, pays property taxes and revenue to the county. She also lives in the county and owns other property in the county.

Do we want a who commissioner comes to the meetings and owns a business up north and pays taxes and revenue to a county not here in Escalante or Garfield County?

As a resident of Garfield County I have served our community for over 45 years and I am proud of our country. Even with all the problems we face, I can still believe in my rights as an American.

Thank you for your time, Donald L. Mosier, Escalante

Challenging Mike Noel to Represent Utah House District 73

Dear Editor, I wish our politicians would stop wasting time & money posturing and pandering to extreme positions. It's time for a fairminded, level-headed approach to solving our problems with win-win solutions. I'm challenging Mike Noel to represent our district.

District 73 covers more than six (yes 6!) counties, including San Juan, Garfield, Kane, Wayne, Beaver and Piute (and a portion of Sevier). That's a lot of land! That's also: -a lot of good hunting & fishing, -a lot of small towns, -a lot of young families needing full-time year-round jobs with benefits, -a lot of visitors spending money in our district, -a lot of local business owners living & investing locally, -a lot of folks retiring here & spending their dollars locally, -a lot of out-of-state cabin-owners paying property taxes here to maintain their getaway - to paradise, -a lot of native tribal members struggling to gain basic infrastructure and water to their homes, -and a lot of hard working & enterprising people!

Our vast district has a lot of tourism, recreation, restaurants, small businesses, service sector jobs, and year-round government jobs. It is a lot of beautiful vistas, range land, 'moonscape', visible stars, solitude and breathable air. It's what we love about living here!

Creating a win-win for everyone means taking a sensible approach to our lands policy. Forging solutions through land exchanges is a way to gain royalties for our rural counties from trust lands already in mineral development. We can advocate for policies that allow our lumber industry to retool for removal of fallen trees, charred timber, and firebreak clearances from our forests.

Each county has its own unique land characteristics, history & culture. Each has its own unique needs and challenges. This vast district needs a representative who will balance those needs with responsible legislation. That's why I am running to represent our district in the state legislature. I will work with both Democrats and Republicans to find fair, balanced policies that serve our rural families. We must protect our businesses, our tourism and our health!

My opponent, Mike Noel, wastes our tax dollars on protracted (30-yr-long) lawsuits against the Feds. This seems to be mostly political posturing, as it is deemed unlikely to win by all judicial experts. Mr Noel ignores solutions that would meet the real needs of our towns and communities. Instead he promotes the agenda of wealthy, out-of-state speculators and developers with plans to subsidize them by raising our taxes & fees.

Our money should be spent on projects that directly benefit all the citizens of our rural district. We need to work with our public servants to forge creative solutions. We can attract new companies that will invest in our communities and offer good-paying yearround jobs. We can also provide incentives to help locals start up new businesses, and we can find new ways to expand our existing businesses!

As a small business owner myself, and having served on the board of the Wayne County Business Association, I've seen incentive programs, entrepreneurial ideas, and compatible industries out there just waiting for us to put together an opportunity & act upon it. I will work with our towns & counties to do that!

Ty Markham Candidate for Utah House District 73

KANE COUNTY – The Dixie National Forest in partnership with the Kane County Road Department will be installing a retaining wall on the Stout Canyon Road, also known as Main Canyon or Forest Service Road 30063, beginning June 27, 2016 through the beginning of August.

In 2012, the Shingle fire passed through the northern portion of this area, with the loss of soil and vegetation erosion impacts occurred within adjacent canyons. Much of the Shingle Fire area contains steep slopes with erosive soils, placing it at risk of flash floods and potentially damaging landslides. In addition to planting trees where feasible, the rehabilitation plan contains soil stabilization and road reconstruction actions.

The Dixie National Forest applied for grant funding through the Federal Highway Administration’s Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFO) program to repair the Stout Canyon Road.

Over the past two years, in cooperation with Kane County, the Dixie National Forest has repaired several locations

along the Stout Canyon road that include; cleaning culverts, shoulder repairs and road surface reconstruction. “The final cap stone of project repairs will be the installation of the retaining wall to reestablish the road width that was damaged due to undercutting from flooding events since the fire occurred,” said James Redhouse, Transportation Engineer, Dixie National Forest.

The project site is located 4.65 miles south of State Highway 14 and will provide traffic with a bypass (single vehicle lane width) and two locations (one just north and one just south of the site) where those pulling a trailer may turn around, as needed.

During construction, the Stout Canyon Road will remain open to travel however, please slow down and use caution while within the construction zone.

For more information on the construction or how to reroute your travel, please contact the Kane County Road Department at (435) 644-5312 or the Cedar City Ranger District at (435) 865-3200.

—Dixie National Forest

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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance WAYNE & GARFIELD COUNTIES - I absolutely love doing my own taxes!

Said no one ever. If you made less than $54,000 last year, you may qualify to have your state and federal taxes prepared and filed for free by an IRS certified volunteer during tax season. Our program, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA), helps hundreds of families across the state receive money back they didn’t even know they were owed. As tax time approaches, contact VITA to schedule an appointment to see if you qualify for the Child Tax Credit or the Earned Income Credit. We can answer any questions you might have about your taxes.

Don’t have time to make an appointment? You can still file for free online if you

made $62,000 or less last year at utahtaxhelp.org. There’s a tax hotline available if you have any questions and great resources to help you use your refund to save money and plan for the future.

VITA is able to help so many families because of the generous volunteers who give their time to greet clients and answer questions, prepare income taxes, and offer financial coaching to help people get the most out of their refund.

If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering as a greeter, tax preparer or financial coach, please contact Becky Hurd at 435-674-5757 ext. 103 or sign up at utahtaxhelp.org. Free and easy training is provided.

—Five County Association of Governments

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Sevier Valley Hosptial Breaks Ground on Women and Newborn Center

Courtesy sevIer valley hosPItal

(LtoR) Steve Smoot – VP Intermountain South Region; Cami Blackham – SVH Nurse Administrator; Ken May – SVH Governing Board Chairman; Dr. Mark Greenwood, Sr; Mayor Dave Odgen, Dr. Blake Zobell – SVH Medical Director; Dixie Rasmussen – Certified Nurse Midwife; Jonathan Biesinger – Big D Construction; Dr. Devone Burton – SVH Medical Staff President; Kensie Peterson, RN – SVH Women and Newborn Department Manager.

New Emergency DepartRICHFIELD - The SeviWomen’s and Newborn er Hospital is breaking ground Center will add 3,385 square ment will be expanded to over on a new Center for Women feet and feature: Secured La- 8,300 square feet. The expanand Newborns and an Emer- bor and Deliver Rooms next to sion will aim to provide betgency Department expansion. the Nursery, providing safety ter, faster access to critically The project will also increase and security for mothers and needed care, more efficient work areas for physicians and the parking to the north prop- their babies erty.

Family Waiting Room staff. It will also increase the In their current state, the for those waiting outside the space for confidential regisWomen and Newborn area Delivery Room for their new tration and triage and larger, private rooms to increase priand Emergency Department arrival. are no longer the ideal size A separate entrance from vacy for the patients and their or configuration to support the main hospital, giving pa- families, accommodate lifethe growing needs of Sevier, tients and their families direct saving equipment, and allow access to labor and delivery space for multiple physicians Wayne and Piute counties. and staff to be at the bedside The project will be deliv- services Clinical work areas for simultaneously. ered in a phased building pro—Sevier Valley Hospital cess with an estimated com- physicians and staff, allowing for better work flow. pletion in the spring of 2017.

More Apple Days....

Two People Injured In Multi-vessel Houseboat Fire

Torrey Apple Days Parade Above: Dee Hatch served as the Grand Marshall of the Torrey Apple Days parade; Right: the Torrey Town Council enjoying airy accommodations on their parade float; Miss Wayne County sports a tiara and a big smile; and below, the Capitol Reef National Park staff celebrate the National Park's 100th birthday. Photos by and courtesy of Annette Lamb.

PAGE - Two people were injured today in a fire that destroyed three houseboats at a dry storage and maintenance facility just outside the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

On June 27th, at approximately 11:45 a.m., National Park Service dispatch received a call that there was a fire at Offshore Marina, a dry storage facility near Bullfrog Marina

at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

National Park Service firefighters responded and extinguished the flames. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.

Two victims were treated for significant burns on scene before being transported by Classic Air Medical to a hospital in Salt Lake City for further treatment.

“I’m proud of our firefighters and Classic Air Medical for their quick response,” Billy Shott, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Superintendent said. “Partnerships between our emergency responders and the medical evacuation crews in the area make it possible to provide lifesaving response in this remote part of the country.”

—National Park Service

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Summer Basketball The Panguitch Bob Cats went down to the Dixie State basketball tournament and knock out everyone they played. Mostly 3A teams were entered in the tournament and the Cats came away victorious. They ended up playing Piute for the Championship and won by 15 points. Believe me these guys are for real and look for big things from them, this is going to be their year. Baseball will be starting soon for the Cats, if I get a schedule I will let you know when they are playing their home games.

NPS Dive Team Teaches Kids Water Safety PAGE, AZ - A team of National Park scuba divers partnered with community members in Fredonia, AZ, to teach the town’s children about water safety, while completing annual recertification training, June 14, 2016.

The dive team conducted training in front of an audience of children ranging in age from six to 13, provided a water safety talk, and introduced the kids to the team’s underwater recovery robot, providing a hands-on learning environment to emphasize the importance of safety around water.

The dive team is the Glen Canyon Underwater Recovery Unit and their mission involves underwater maintenance, scientific work, and victim recovery after drownings at Lake Powell. Pat Horning, the Dive Officer for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, said it is because of the tragic work the team is called to that gave him the idea to partner with communities near the park to teach water safety.

“Because I do underwater recovery, water safety is incredibly important to me,” Horning said. “I would like to work myself out of the job of body recovery.”

Fredonia is a little more than an hour from Lake Pow-

ell and many of the families there go to the lake in summer to recreate. Amanda Waters, manager of the Fredonia community pool, and mother of two of the children in attendance, said she felt the training hit home with real-life examples and hands-on experience.

“The kids really enjoyed it and seemed to learn new things about water safety from the presentation,” Waters said.

“My daughter, Dani in particular, kept talking about the training all day and asking questions about water safety.

It was great. My other daughter Mikelle got to try running the controls on the robot, and she thought that was the best part.”

Horning said the Glen Canyon Underwater Recovery Unit received the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Unit Award for Excellence in 2015 for 25 years of outstanding service. Among the team’s achievements, they hold the record for deepest victim recovery by divers in a National Park at 193 feet, and the deepest victim recovery by robot anywhere at 493 feet.

“This program has been my life’s work,” Horning said, “so cultivating these relationships with the surrounding community to keep the program going and at the same time, provide safety tips to

kids to help keep them safe, it doesn’t get any better than that. I was really impressed with how polite and respectful the kids were. They were pretty young, but they paid great attention.”

Waters said she was pleased with how well the renowned dive team related to the approximately 20 kids who came to the water safety event.

“I was very impressed with the professionalism of the whole dive team,” Waters said.

“They were kind and courteous to the kids and everyone there, and they were really great at interacting with the kids. The kids especially loved the two scuba divers that talked to them from the water. I’ve never set anything like this up before, but I thought it was a huge success. I’m already thinking about setting this up again next year.”

—National Park Service

The Food Lady Wayne County Summer Reading Program

Fort Lewis College Announces Local Resident Among 2016 Graduates Dylan Sadler of Torrey graduated cum laude from Fort Lewis College on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Sadler received a bachelor's degree with a major in History.

Give your kids a leg up on academics!

Sharmi Crowther get the Summer Reading Program kids flexing.

WAYNE COUNTY Sharmi Crowther, otherwise known as “the FOOD Lady” came to present on June 21st.

She played games with the children while teaching them about the food groups and what they each do for our bodies.

Grains-- Gives you energy (running in place) and you need 6 ounces every day.

Fruits--Helps your body fight chronic diseases and ill-

nesses (fighting pose) and you need 1 1/2 to 2 cups per day.

Vegetables--Helps your body fight chronic diseases and illnesses (fighting pose) and you need 2 1/2 -3 cups per day.

Dairy--Helps your bones and teeth (Teeth brushing motion) and you need three cups per day.

Protein--Helps build strong muscles and healthy blood (muscle pose) and you

Courtesy trI-County bookmobIle

need 5 ounces per day.

Paula Pace read the cutest book, “Giraffes Can’t Dance”

by Giles Andreae and had the kids up and dancing! It was great! As always, thank you to our wonderful volunteers, GaeLynn, Sharmi, Paula, Ellen, Jaden, West and all the other big kids for helping with the littler ones play the games.

—Tri-County Bookmobile

Wayne County Senior Citizens Newsletter

For Seniors, Their Families, Friends, and Supporters July 2016 – Happy Independence Day!

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Your Town Representatives

Each town in Wayne County has a representative on the Senior Citizens Board, as follows: Fremont: Kait Taylor 435-749-2110 Loa: April Morrison 435-219-5530 Lyman: Nellie Welch 435-691-2408 Bicknell: Diena Riddle 801-597-0124 Torrey: Barbara Altom 801-234-0157 Teasdale: Kalene Chavis 801-234-0157 President: Steve Taylor 435-836-2747 Vice President: Bekkah Petree 435-233-1019 Call any representative if you need information regarding senior activities.

Schedule of Senior Activities The Senior Center is open Thursday from 10:30 am until 4:30 pm. We will no longer be open on Tuesdays. Meals-On-Wheels will still be delivered on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

We’re On The Web The Senior Citizens are now on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/WayneCountyUtSeniorCitizens . We are also on the official Wayne County Website thanks to Michelle Coleman: www. waynecountyutah.org/Senior-Citizen-Corner .

Click on the Facebook link here, even if you aren’t a Facebook user. Join us on the ‘web’ for updated information.

Meals-On-Wheels There are currently openings available if you or someone you know needs lunch brought in. Meals are delivered on Tuesday and Thursday. Call Felicia at 425-2089 for more information.

Monthly Senior Dinner The monthly dinner is held the second Monday of each month. The next dinner will be on July 11 at 12:00 pm at the Senior Center (Community Center) in Bicknell. The menu will be: hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, potato salad, watermelon, and cookies. $6 for seniors under 60, $4 for seniors 60 and up. Call Jim or Janet Adams for a ride at 8363070.

Drinking Enough Fluids It's important for your body to have plenty of fluids each day. Water helps you digest your food, absorb nutrients, and then get rid of the unused waste. Tips: Have a glass of water before you exercise or go outside, especially on a hot day; Don't stop drinking water if you have a urinary control problem. Talk with your doctor about treatment; Try to add liquids throughout the day; take sips of water between bites during meals.

Appointment Transportation Transportation is available to Wayne Community Health Clinic and shopping in Loa on the 1st Thursday of the month and on the 3rd Thursday of each month to Richfield for doctor appointments and shopping. You can also schedule a trip to Gunnison for medical appointments ONLY if needed.

The Six County Agency requires that the schedule be posted and adhered to. No exceptions are allowed; please make your appointments accordingly. Call the Adams at 836-3070 to schedule your ride. A $5 voluntary contribution is suggested for gas.

NOTE - If you need a ride to any event, call Jim or Janet Adams at 836-3070.

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Wills, Trusts, and More Marriages Later in Life

by Jeffery J. mCkenna

Having been an estate planning attorney for almost twenty-one years, I have worked with many clients wanting to get married later in life. With proper planning, the experience can be wonderful!

However, it is critical that if you or someone you know is thinking about marriage later in life, that they take proper steps to protect them and their family.

Often, older couples have to cope with adult children who cannot understand why mom or dad wants to remarry. By updating one’s estate plan, many concerns related to the marriage can be minimized.

In second marriages later in life, there is often a desire to allow all or part of the estate of the first spouse to die to be available for the sur-

viving spouse during his or her life. Upon the surviving spouse’s death, the estate can then be distributed to children or family member of the first spouse to die.

The best way to ensure that one’s assets are available for a surviving spouse but ultimately distributed to one’s children from a prior marriage is through the use of a trust. The trust can be created within a will (this is called a testamentary trust) or it can be created within a living trust (this is a trust created while one is alive).

Significantly, the trust maker would set forth the terms of the trust according to his or her wishes, and would select the trustee (or trustees) to manage the trust. Upon the death of the trust maker, the trustee would then manage

Let Your Yard Be Let your yard be… what it wants to be, what it can be with the amount of water available and at the elevation where it lives.

Let your yard be… a home for all of nature, a place for birds to find their mate, make a nest, raise their young.

A place to sing, to call out. A place to roar or sit in peace.

We have taken so much of the land and paved it over or broken it up.

The animals need our yards, our weeds, our grasses, our trees.

Let your yard be… and watch the magic of it turning into forest, desert, prairie, or meadow—whatever ecosystem you live in.

Relax, let your yard be, and watch the beauty unfold right before your eyes.

—Joy Morris is a nature enthusiast and Psychologist in Torrey

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the trust assets subject to those specified wishes of the trust maker.

For couples in a second marriage, it is often important to sign a marital agreement that states each spouse can dispose of his or her estate as desired. If such a document is not signed, a surviving spouse could legally attempt to “override” the estate plan of the deceased spouse.

Proper estate planning in these circumstances can be a great blessing. It can relieve significant concerns of adult children when a parent remarries later in life, and it can bring peace of mind to the parent, knowing that he or she has succeeded in protecting the financial legacy of the children.

WITH A SATELLITE OFFICE NOW IN PANGUITCH. Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney serving clients in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.

He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney McKenna and Olmstead. He is a founding member and former President of the Southern Utah Estate Planning Council. If you have questions regarding this article or if you have a topic you wish to have addressed in this column, you can call 435 6281711 or email jmckenna@ barney-mckenna.com

tHe lAuGhiNg pOiNt!!

It's all good

A police car pulled me over near the high school where I teach. As the officer asked for my license and registration, my students began to drive past. Some honked their horns, others hooted, and still others stopped to admonish me for speeding.

Finally the officer asked me if I was a teacher at the school, and I told him I was.

"I think you've paid your debt to society," he said with a smile, and left without giving me a ticket.

Skillz

We took the family to one of those restaurants where the walls are plastered with movie memorabilia. I went off to see the hostess about reserving a table.

When I returned, I found my 10-year-old granddaughter staring at a poster of Superman standing in a phone booth.

She looked puzzled.

"She doesn't know who Superman is?" I asked my husband.

"Worse," he replied. "She doesn't know what a phone booth is."

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During the last days of my mother's life, we discussed many things.

One day I raised the topic of her funeral and memorial service. "Oh, honey," she responded, "I really don't care about the details."

Later she woke from a nap and grasped my hand, clearly wanting to share something with me. As I leaned forward, she said urgently: "Just don't bury me in plaid."

Assisting

A teacher is talking to a student.

Teacher: Did your father help your with your homework?

Student: No, he did it all by himself.

Today's Thought

The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so they can tell when they are really in trouble..

Works

Enticed by a television promotion, my husband ordered a popular exercise machine on a 30-day trial offer.

Two weeks later he decided not to buy it, and called UPS to arrange for pickup.

The next day the UPS driver arrived at our house.

"Oh, no, not another one of these," he said. "All I've been doing is delivering these machines, then picking them up.

The only person getting exercise from these things is me!"

Figures

As a trail guide at a nature resort, Danny ate with the rest of the seasonal staff in a rustic dining hall, where the food left something to be desired. When they were finished with their meals, they scraped the remains into a garbage pail and stacked the plates for the dishwasher.

One worker, apparently not too happy after his first week on the job, was ahead of Danny in line. As he slopped an uneaten plate of food into the garbage, Danny heard him mutter, "Now stay there this time."

AG MARKET NEWS

Diamond Girls - Glass Act

July 12th

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Answers for this week

Salt Lake City, Utah June 29, 2016 USDA-Utah Dept of Ag Market News Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday June 28, 2016 Receipts: 412; Last Week: 449. Last Year: 394. Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers: to few for price test. Holstein Steers: no test. Slaughter Cows: mostly steady to slightly higher. Slaughter Bulls: steady.

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2; 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs 177.50-190.00; 300-350 lbs scarce; 350400 lbs scarce; 400-450 lbs scarce; 450-500 lbs pkg 143.50; 500-550 lbs scarce; 550-600 lbs pkg 145.50; 600-650 lbs scarce; 650-700 lbs scarce; 700-750 lbs 116.50-127.00; 750800 lbs 122.00-129.00; 800-850 lbs pkg 128.00; 850-900 lbs115.00-128.00; 900-950 lbs 113.00-126.50; 950-1000 lbs pkg 108.00.

Holstein Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: n/q; 200-300 lbs scarce; 300-500 lbs pkg 110.00; 500-700 lbs pkg 97.00; 700900 lbs scarce; 900-1100 lbs scarce.

Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200250 lbs pkg 172.50; 250-300 lbs pkg 167.50; 300-350 lbs scarce; 350-400 lbs scarce; 400-450 lbs scarce; 450-500 lbs 130.00135.00; 500-550 lbs pkg 130.00; 550-600 lbs pkg 130.00; 600650 lbs 123.00-140.00; 650-700 lbs 122.00-135.00; 700-750 lbs 117.50-134.00; 750-800 lbs 112.00-126.00; 800-850 lbs 114.00-120.00; 850-900 lbs scarce; 900-950 lbs scarce; 9501000 lbs 106.00-112.00. Heiferettes: 71.25-115.00.

Stock Cows: scarce.

Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-90% Lean: 69.00-73.75, high dressing to 74.50; Breaking 75-80 Lean: 74.25-82.00, High Dressing to 83.50; Commercial: scarce; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 56.00-64.00.

Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade: 1000-1500 lbs scarce; 1500-2300 lbs 94.00-99.25; Yield Grade 2: 1000-1500 lbs 89.00-96.00; 1500-2300 Lbs 89.00-93.75; Feeder Bulls: 7001150 lbs 68.05-105.00.

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

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July 7, 2016

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com

It’s July and the year is half over, I know with our family it has been none stop traveling from heather to yawn. It was a great storm that came in last Thursday; we sure could use the water for our yards.

Utah is kinda funny when it comes to celebrating the 4th of July, it can fall on any date, the Stadium of Fire in Provo was on the 2nd, as were a number of parades. We got a great fireworks display by mother nature Saturday night with all of the lighting and thunder, it was quite something! Usually

by July 1st the wind that has been plaguing us for the last couple of months will come to a stop, but it is the 3rd and it is still whipping it up.

There are a lot of people here in town for the three day holidays that are visiting.

Three day holidays are always good for business and family reunions. We had a new (old) event in town Friday and Saturday it was a truck rally.

They paraded their beautiful rigs down Main St. at about 8:00pm and I was hoping that they would come back when it got dark, they did, but it was after 10:00pm. They had events down at the Fair Ground, which showed off the driver’s skills and allowed the public to see the insides of these big machines. Talking to Deputy Pollock he said that this used to be an annual event many years ago, I hope it becomes a traditional event again. A number of these rigs came from Bob Orton’s Trucking, his trucks are a great example of if you take care of something it will last a long time. Many of Bob’s trucks have millions of miles on them and they look like they just came off the assembly line. Not much goes on the 4th and this truck rally would be a great addition.

Next Saturday morning is the Bryce Canyon to Cannon vale, Half Marathon run. I usually get a shirt from this race, only because I drive one of the buses that goes out to Ruby’s at 5:00am in the morning. The buses that leave Panguitch are packed with crazy people will-

ing to submit themselves to a lot of pain. These runners are always excited for this run and take great pride that they could make it that far. This is a first class race and brings in a lot of people to the area.

Next Thursday and Friday will be the Fiddlers Festival and they will be playing at the Social Hall and they are so good. Many of the folks like me keep coming back each year to hear them play some wonderful Country Music.

Some of the real old Country is not my favorite, but keep listening because before long they will play something that will get you clapping or tapping your foot. This group loves to get together and renew old friendships here in Town and they don’t charge you for a real entertaining evening.

On Friday night, I believe is the Taste of Panguitch dinner, that will be held behind Zions Bank. This is where many of the eateries in town furnish the food and you can sample some from each restaurant. On Saturday morning again it will be the Lions Club Breakfast, also at Zions Bank, this is the Club’s last breakfast for the summer, so come on down and enjoy some great food.

The next big event is the 24th, because it falls on a Sunday I am not sure when it will be celebrated, I think it will be on Monday? It is time to start to work on your floats and decorating whatever you have that will go into the parade.

The theme is “Celebrating Our Legacy” That morning it will be the Boy Scouts that will be putting on the breakfast. In the afternoon it will be the Fire Fighters deep pit barbecue, come and enjoy.

Norm McKee wrote an interesting article on all of the trash that is dumped on our streets and highways. The Lions Club has been picking up trash twice a year for the last 18 years. They pick up starting at the City limits up 89 north for 2 ½ miles. They pick up between 10 and 15 bags of litter each time. One time the Club decided to branch out and did highway 20, from 89 to the

County line about 2 ½ miles.

They picked up over 40 bags of trash. The trash has empty beer cans, soda pop, baby diapers, broken glass and all kinds of litter. While putting up the flags on Main St. today, Pat picked up all kinds trash, some with easy walking distance of the trash barrel. Litter is a real problem; people dump all kinds of junk up at the trash bins, that won’t fit in the bins.

We do a lot of traveling and Utah and Nevada are the two worst states for trash. Many states have heavy fines for littering, Washington’s fine is up to $5,400 and you never see a piece of paper anywhere. Just be careful with your trash we are fortunate to live in some of the most scenic country in the world, you need to treat it as a valuable treasure.

Well here is some good news, I think, at least for small town Utah. Oakland City Council after a 4 hour of contentious hearings voted 7-0 to approve an ordinance banning the chunky fossil fuels from passing through their deepwater port. Over three hundred signed up to talk at this meeting and most were for the ban on coal. CIB which is a Federal funded organization had voted to send 50 million dollars to California in exchange for the ability to use their port.

Now this money should be used for what it is intended for, helping small towns with their infrastructure.

I love low gas prices, because we are travelers and you can’t beat filling your tank for less than $30 bucks. However

it has a bad downside, the collapse of energy prices are really hurting eastern Utah badly.

For a period of time earlier in the year, weeks in February and March, for the first time in 48 years there were no oil drilling rigs operating in Utah State wide. The first rig started drilling again in mid-March and there has been one rig added each month to a total of 4 that are now working. Each rig requires 30 and 60 people to run them. When oil was booming roughnecks flocked to the area, but when oil dropped from $109 a barrel down to $30 it cause massive layoff and over 11% unemployment for their area. The trouble is when many of the countries in the Middle East can produce oil as cheap as $10 a barrel, big oil companies will take it in a heartbeat.

It is thought that when oil stays above $50.00 a barrel for 2 months, drilling will resume again, hopefully.

Well the big England changing away from the EU panic is over and it took only three days to recover the losses in the stock market and it is within two percent of its alltime high of 18,220 points on the Dow average. It is hard to believe that only 7 ½ years ago the Dow was at 5,600 and peoples' retirements were in the toilet. However the pound is down $18.00 to $132.00 and it doesn’t look like it is going to recover any time soon. This leaves the people working for a lot less money and their homes worth a whole lot more.

Mack O.

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BrYce ValleY area news

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

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center TUES July 12th

Biscuits & gravy, sausage, country fried potatoes, stewed tomatoes, mandarin orange, pineapple muffin

WED July 13th

Chicken noodle soup, mashed potatoes, peaches, apple crisp Sweet & sour pork, corn, tropical fruit, lemon cake

THURS July 14th

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.

John and Ramona Morreale attended the special occasion of theirr daughter, Christina and her husband Clyde's sealing and having their son Ammon sealed to them, in the Provo City Center Temple, July 2, 2016. Their were many family members in attendance from both families. Beautiful ceremony happy time together as family.

John and Ramona then spent the night in Junction, Utah enjoying nature's display of lightning, thunder and rain while sleeping in their shell camper, next to Ramona's Aunt Martha and Uncle Ephraim's house, they woke up to the beautiful songs of the birds and went walking around the old house as Ramona shared memories with John. She then realized how small the house was for the size of family they had, many good memories were made in their home. After a trip down memory lane they left Junction to travel up over Beaver Mountain and enjoy the beauty of nature and see some country they had never explored. Wow! What beautiful country. Stopped at LaBaron Reservoir. Then down to Kent's Lakes. Quite an adventure.

They then came back across Bear Valley to Home Sweet Home!

Thorley and Virginia Johnson Family Reunion was held in Henrieville this week-

end. It was well attended and it was good to see everyone come home for a visit.

The Henrieville Town 4th of July Celebration was a great deal of fun. There were a lot of people having a good time —those four little pigs went to good homes. Thanks to everyone for attending and for those who worked so hard to put this together. They raised a lot of money for the town park new playground equipment. It was a lot of fun.

The Platt's have had a busy couple of weeks. First son Adam came home from his mission and then daughter, Marilee got married and had a reception and this coming week they take Lizzie to the airport to go to the MTC for her mission. Now maybe they can sit down for a minute and take a few big breaths and get ready to move to the next adventure in their lives. Congratulations to everybody on they ongoing events.

From Logann Eagar to keep you up to date on Mammogram testing: "The legal recommended age to begin clinical Breast Cancer screening (Mammograms) has changed. Unfortunately though, changed for the worse!

Women are now expected to wait until we are 45 years old BEFORE we get our first mammogram. Rather ironic seeing as how I doubt I'll see 40! I was

diagnosed with Stage 3 Breast Cancer when I had just turned 31 years old. GREAT birthday present! Almost 15 years BEFORE I'm due for my FIRST mammogram!! Ridiculous."

Thanks Logann for sharing this with the women out there.

It seems like we need to know these things to help ourselves and to understand others.

I am glad to report that Mike and Stacie Jensen and kids spent two weeks in South America and visited Cambry's (their daughter) mission in Peru and then traveled to Machu Picchu and on to Chile to visit where Mike went on his mission. They had a great time with very few snags in the traveling exchanges but were so glad to have the chance to go and visit old memories.

Tropic held the 4th celebrations on the Fourth. As usual it was well attended and everyone had a great time.

Lots of goodies, games, and food were on hand. Also the Annual Fireman's BBQ was held in the evening and always brings a big crowd. Fireworks were held at Ruby's at 10 PM and as usual they were spectacular. Hope everyone stayed safe and had a beautiful celebration of our Freedom and thanked the service men and women for their service to our country. Also to those who have stayed home and helped with the fight against the

evils in the world that are trying to eliminate our rights to freedom(s). We need to stand up and be counted when it comes to keeping America free and safe for it's citizens. When you try to push your beliefs on another that is already happy with their way of life you are treading on their freedom of choice. Why must one group be expected to give up their beliefs so another group can have theirs. All within reason of course. What is wrong with living together in harmony and still having our own rights and beliefs. May God Bless America and help us to choose wisely when it comes to electing our officials and others that lead us. I have always said there is nothing you can't do as long as it doesn't hurt another when it comes to living your life and having your rights and needs met. I am proud to be an American that believes in God and His son Jesus Christ and love my country and the people in it. The flag stands for our Freedom and we should honor it with pride. No shame in that.

Have a safe week. Drive safely and stay cool if you can.

Please call or email your news to me. Did you have a visitor or go on a trip? New baby, marriage, home, etc. call and report it. We love to hear from you. Thanks VS

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Hoes

M issions

by adus f. dorsey II JULY 3, 2016 - After a little self inflicted pain, I think Tuesday I will just drive on over to Brian Farm in Loa, and splurge on a new hoe…

Just last night I went out back to the shed to grab my old one and I got a splinter. After that, my eight o’clock hoeing therapy session was shot and had to be spent poking at my palm with a pocketknife and watching the weeds grow. Speaking of Brian Farm, in about early May I went to Loa, and asked McCoy about a price on some green paint, he asked me what was it for? I told him it was for my lawn; in typical McCoy fashion he said, “have you tried water?” Wayne County kids, you gotta love’em.

I like to think of my yard as one great big compost pile, it makes things easier that way. It is great, all you have to is wait for stuff to die, then when you or your neighbors need some loose material to fill in a low spot you rake up a pile and say come and get it and tell’em to make sure to bring a beverage, maybe two.

Summer evenings in a small town are particularly interesting when all your chores are finally done and your old Utah license plates are strategically placed in the ditch to make your sacred or stolen water shares go where you want them to go. And to me there is nothing more peaceful than sitting in the back yard enjoying a cool Wayne Coun-

ty breeze, keeping a close eye on some of Rob William’s grass fed beef slowly sizzling on my Kabachi grill and hearing dogs bark, incessantly.

Then in a voice not so like that of Mother Theresa you hear someone off in the distance say, “Now Precious, quit your barking, you are going to upset the neighbors, so SHUT THE …UP!” I don’t know what it is about yard implements but I have a real problem keeping a pitchfork on my property.

Rakes, shovels, push mowers and spades, not a problem, pitchforks, I have spent thousands on them. It is the strangest thing and I once told Jeff Coleman about it just to see if it sounded crazy or was it just me, I think he said it did.

My apricot tree in the orchard is loaded and thriving this year. Too bad they have never been any good and make the worst jelly you have ever tasted, no matter how much sugar was on sale at Royal’s. There used to be a day when people would sneak into my yard when I was at work and steal them, I really didn’t mind, but I think they finally came to the same conclusion as I did and eventually stopped. The deer don’t bother to eat them and birds won’t even land in that tree, I ask Verl Bagley about it once, he didn’t have a clue.

I really haven’t checked out the Chinese calendar lately

but this absolutely has got to be the year of the Skunk, I swear I have never seen or smelled so many skunks in and around Torrey as I have this year. Talk about toxic…

Having been a past eyewitness to a skunk attack once, I tend to take a stand back attitude. I used to keep a slingshot handy for pesky pests that wandered within pebble distance of my place but seeing black and white, I give those boys and girls a wide berth. And these days after dark I have changed my routine and make good use of the art of indoor plumbing.

I was driving out to Grover the other night for a service call and on that big turn before Emmett Clark's, and right about where Doug Campbell lives I was reminded about as sad a story as I have ever heard. For me, it continues to be the one I most often wake up to in the middle of the night.

One that took me a along time to get up the nerve to go ask Gramps (Guy Pace) about on one of my many visits to see him. Grand Ma Barbra and Dickey were there too…

If you can picture in your mind what Wayne County must have been like at the turn of the 20th century in about 1909, life was certainly a lot different than it is now. I mean that was way before Dee Hatch, Jack Chappell, Dunk Taylor, Jack King, Gramps, Meeks, Bliss… were even born. (Boggles my mind.)

Are Non-Lead Bullets Right for You? Find out at free clinic

HURRICANE - You can learn more about non-lead ammunition—and see how it performs in your firearm—at a free clinic on July 9.

The Division of Wildlife Resources and The Peregrine Fund are hosting the clinic to introduce hunters and livestock owners to non-lead ammunition and the advantages of using it.

The recent death of a male condor at Zion National Park illustrates the importance of using non-lead ammunition. Before it died, the male condor and its mate hatched a chick at the park.

The father died of lead poisoning, however, leaving the mother to care for the chick alone. If the chick survives, it will be the first condor chick successfully raised in Utah since endangered condors were reintroduced to northern Arizona in 1996.

Condors are scavengers.

When they eat game animals, varmints or livestock—that have been killed with lead bullets or shotgun pellets— they ingest the lead.

The July 9 clinic will be held at the Southern Utah Shooting Sports Park, 5850 W. 1800 S. in Hurricane. It runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Free non-lead bullets, in 7mm and calibers .243, .3030, .270, .300, .308 and .30-

You can learn if non-lead ammunition is right for you -- and help California condors too -- by attending a free non-lead shooting clinic on July 9.

06 will be provided, so you can try the bullets in your firearm, to see how they work.

If you don’t have a firearm, no problem: rifles and free bullets will be available for you to try. If you don’t have much experience shooting, volunteers will be available to help you.

Non-lead advantages Keith Day, regional wildlife biologist for the Division of Wildlife Resources, says non-lead bullets will bring an animal down just as effectively as lead bullets will. “Nonlead bullets are lighter than lead,” he says, “but they’re designed to mushroom rap-

idly when they hit. The rapid mushrooming allows non-lead bullets to deliver maximum hydrostatic pressure. That pressure is crucial to bringing an animal down.”

In addition to bringing animals down effectively, if you use non-lead bullets, you won’t be leaving lead fragments in gut piles for condors and other scavengers to ingest.

If you have questions about the July 9 clinic, call the Division of Wildlife Resources Southern Region office at 435865-6100.

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

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1905 was Fruita and the Calvin Pendleton Days, long before the old boy could gather up enough able-bodied hands to help him build the now famous Cal Pendleton Barn.

Disclaimer…I have heard this ancient Nixon Canyon story repeated in just about as many houses as I have fixed plumbing in Wayne and Garfield Counties. To hear Jack, Grand Ma Pace, Gramps and Meeks, in their own voice tell it; it still makes me swallow like you do right before you begin to choke up.

As the story goes, one day in 1909 Arth and Rube Meeks were slowly poking some cows down through Sulpher Creek near where it connects with Nixon Canyon, right where Thomas Nixon had set up a little homestead on a good spring. Thomas Nixon was known in the area to be a somewhat hopeful miner and a Don Juan type. Calvin Pendleton made it his business to know of this Thomas Nixon, and as the story goes Calvin didn’t approve of this Nixon fella hanging around anywhere near Fruita, and/or his daughter Lucy Ann. I don’t claim to know a lot about Arth and Rube Meeks (except what Meeks Morrell told me sitting around his kitchen table a few times), but I saw an old picture of one of them, maybe both, at Howard’s once.

So as a compilation of the stories I have heard, on an early summer day in 1909, there was Arth and Rube Meeks prodding their slow moving cows down Sulpher Creek.

When they began to move the cows around big bend in the trail they come across Thomas Nixon’s cabin. Nixon’s little log cabin was semi-secluded and surrounded by rows of tasseled corn and thick bushes of purple Lilacs. Squatting on the red rock step to the Nixon cabin was a little boy about 3-years of age… his face was in his hands, and he was sobbing.

To be continued…..

Elder Jantzen Brandt Orton

PANGUITCH - Elder Jantzen Orton has been called to serve in the Peru Lima Central Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His farewell is Sunday, July 10, 2016 at the Panguitch Second Ward located at 176 North 400 East in Panguitch, Utah at 10:00 a.m.

He will report to the Mexico Missionary Training Center on July 12, 2016 for three weeks. He is the son of Jason and Annette Orton. He is the grandson of the late Brent and JoAnn Orton of Panguitch and Sandra Tew and the late Fred Tew of Altamont, Utah. He is a 2016 graduate of Panguitch High School.

Elders Daxtyn and Chandlyr Tebbs

TROPIC - Chandlyr and Daxtyn Tebbs, will be speaking in the LDS Tropic Ward, July 17, 2016, at 10:00 am. Chandlyr David Tebbs returned from his mission, July 12, 2016. He served in the Virginia Chesapeake Mission. Daxtyn Michael Tebbs has been called to serve in the Massachusetts Boston Mission, Spanish speaking, and he will report to the Mexico City, Mexico Missionary Training Center on July 19, 2016. Chandlyr and Daxtyn are the sons of David and Cherrie Tebbs from Bryce Canyon City.

Arrivals w e N RayLyn Lorraine Moody

was born at Sevier Valley Hospital on June 25, 2016 to Natasha Lyn McGee & William Lee Moody.

Congrats on your new baby girl!

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LegaL Notices PUBLIC NOTICE SITLA - GARFIELD COUNTY The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration has received an application to remove ordinary sand and gravel from the following described land: GARFIELD COUNTY Township 36 South, Range 3 East SLB&M, Section 2: Lot 3 (AKA NE4NW4) Containing 37.99 acres, more or less The Administration will accept competing applications to remove the sand and gravel, and also competing applications to lease, purchase, or exchange this property, a portion thereof, or a parcel including any of the above described acreage. Contact Andy Bedingfield for the appropriate required application.

The Administration will accept competing applications during the following period of time: From 8:00 A.M. June 28, 2016 Until 5:00 P.M. July 28, 2016 TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION 675 East 500 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 801-538-5100 In the absence of competing applications for lease, purchase, or exchange, the Administration will evaluate the applications for the removal of ordinary sand and gravel and award the permit for such removal. Each application for the removal of sand and gravel must be accompanied by a completed application form.

Materials permit bids will be evaluated on the following criteria: 1) The amount of the bonus bid; 2) The amount, rate, and type of the proposed materials extraction and associated minimum royalty*; and, 3) Other requirements provided for by the rules of the Administration or contained in this notice. The successful applicant will be required to pay advertising costs and the costs of a cultural resource study if necessary. The successful applicant will be required to rehabilitate any areas disturbed during the permit period and areas with existing disturbance. Bonding for reclamation and performance will also be required by the Administration. A term of up to five (5) years, will be considered for this Permit. Applicant must be qualified to do business in the State of Utah. Please submit sealed application to Trust Lands Administration at the above referenced address. Reference MP # 579 The Administration reserves the right to reject any application or subsequent bids. *Minimum royalties vary by commodity Contact Mr. Andy Bedingfield for details Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider JULY 7 & 14, 2016

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS GARFIELD COUNTY GARFIELD COUNTY is seeking a statement of interest and qualifications from persons wanting to rent space at the Bryce Canyon Airport for a car rental business. Deadline for submissions is Friday, July 8, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office, Panguitch, Utah. Applicant must show proof of insurance and provide a minimum fleet of four vehicles.

All bidders acknowledge the right of the County to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informality or irregularity in any proposal received.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider JUNE 23 & 30 and JULY 7, 2016 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on July 11th, 2016, at 11:40 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: Sub-Division PROPERTY BOUNDARY: A parcel of land situate in the Southeast Quarter of Section 5, Township 35 South, Range 3 East, Salt Lake Base & Meridian, Garfield County, Utah, more particularly described as: Beginning at the found 1979 U.S. Forest Service aluminum cap monument representing the location of the South Quarter Corner of Section 5, Township 35 South, Range 3 East, Salt Lake Base & Meridian, and running N00°01'15"W a distance of 501.90 feet along the quarter section line;thence N69°57'17"E a distance of 1,438.86 feet; thence N75°46'45"E a distance of 55.20 feet to an existing fence line running along the Westerly right-of-way of a county road known as Pine Creek Road; thence along the said fence line the following seven (7) bearings and distances: S23°02'13"E a distance of 63.32 feet; S23°53'52"E a distance of 48.36 feet; S21°51'56"E a distance of 64.47 feet; S20°51'16"E a distance of 86.08 feet; S70°41'35"W a distance of 0.48 feet; S21°04'59"E a distance of 570.46 feet; S21°12'08"E a distance of 288.31 feet;thence N88°53'00"W a distance of 462.39 feet along the section line to the forty-acre line; thence continuing westerly along the section line a distance of 1,351.02 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Contains 1,298,029 square feet or 29.799 acres.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider JUNE 30 and JULY 7, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on July 11th, 2016, at 11:30 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: Zone Change from Agriculture to Forest Recreation.

PROPERTY BOUNDARY: BEGINNING at the North East corner of Section 1, Township 37 South, Range 6 West, Salt Lake Base Meridian and running Thence North 87°46'59" West along the Section line 532.88 feet; Thence South 0°01'20" East 523.00 feet more or less to the Northerly right-of-way line of the Mammoth Creek Road; Thence North Easterly along said right-of-way line 541.00 feet more or less to a point ont eh East Boundary line of said Section 1. Thence North 0°09'47" East along the Section line 426.86 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider JUNE 30 and JULY 7, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE WAYNE COUNTY Notice is hereby given, to the citizens of Wayne County, that an audit of the 2016 Primary Election returns will be conducted on July 11, 2016 at 10:00am in the Commission Chambers at the Wayne County Courthouse.

Ryan Torgerson Wayne County Clerk/Auditor Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider JULY 7, 2016 NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule R655-62. 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 841146300, or by hand delivery to a Division office during normal business hours ON OR BEFORE JULY 27, 2016. Please visit http://waterrights.utah. gov or call (801)-538-7240 for additional information.

C H A N G E APPLICATION(S) 95-5361(a41783): Martinique Mining Corporation propose(s) using 2.521 cfs. from the Crescent Creek, Copper Creek, Lacede Springs (20 miles south of Hanksville) for MINING. 95-5078(a41761): USA National Park Service propose(s) using 0.012 cfs or 3.36 ac-ft. from groundwater (15 miles SE of Torrey) for OTHER: Field station with dormitories (40 persons/75 gpd).

EXTENSION(S) 97-2259 (A73901): Matthew Timothy Harshman is/ are filing an extension for 1.73 ac-ft. from groundwater (Boulder, Utah) for IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING; DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider JUNE 30, and JULY 7, 2016

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GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT School Bus Driver for Bryce Valley Route Garfield County School District is hiring a school bus driver for the Bryce Valley route. This will require morning and afternoon bus driving. This is a part-time position with no benefits.

Position will begin with the 2016-2017 school year.

SALARY: Beginning bus driver hourly rate according to the 2016-2017 Garfield County School District Classified Salary Schedule ($17.87).

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have a current CDL, required school bus driver endorsement, and training. Required training must be completed during the summer. Must satisfactorily pass an employment background check and drug test.

Applicants must work well with children.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified application to.

Garfield County School District PO Box 398 ,145 East Center Panguitch, UT 84759 Online application available: www.garfield.k12.ut.us Please direct questions to Curtis Barney 435-231-3330.

Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

DEADLINE: Friday, July 8, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

Garfield County School District is an equal opportunity employer. Garfield County School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

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GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Panguitch Substitute School Bus Driver Garfield County School District is now accepting applications for a substitute school bus driver for the Panguitch area.

This will require morning and afternoon bus driving. This is a part-time position with no benefits. Position will begin with the 2016-2017 school year. Required training must be completed during the summer.

COMMERCIAL RENTALS SALARY: Beginning bus driver hourly rate according to the 2016-2017 Garfield County School District Classified Salary ESCALANTE – Commercial Schedule ($17.87).

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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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Open Discussion NAR-ANON MEETINGS for APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfamily and friends of addicts, field County School District classified application. Please direct Fridays @7pm questions to Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff at 435-231-2879 and applications packets to: Email your Bryce Valley High School classifieds to P.O. Box 70, 721 West Bryce Way Tropic, UT 84776 snapshot@live.com.

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Practical Money Matters

Homebuyer Education: The First Step to Buying a Home by nathanIel sIllIn

How well do you really understand the homebuying process? Taking a qualified homebuying class will do more than teach you how to get a mortgage or pull together a down payment. It will help you determine the amount of home you can afford without endangering other lifetime financial goals.

If you think this training is just for first-timers, think again. Real estate markets change, and so do homebuying environments. It is worth considering taking a class each time you're making a home purchase, especially if it has been a significant number of years between purchases. The homebuying class can keep you up to date on what you'll need to know this time around.

Where can you find these courses? Many private lenders offer their own training, but governments – local, state and federal – are the main source for instructional classes for homebuyers. In fact, on both the public and private side, these classes are often tied to special loans or funding assistance for the qualified.

Most homebuyer trainings are free – if you're asked to pay, get an explanation for what those costs cover.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides a list of approved state (http://portal. hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/ buying/localbuying) and local agencies (http://www.hud.gov/ offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm) that offer a range of homebuyer education options – some even help first-time buyers obtain grants and other financial assistance with their down payments. HUD has backed up this effort with additional funding (http://portal.hud.gov/ hudportal/HUD?src=/press/ press_releases_media_advisories/2016/HUDNo_16-022) this year.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and Department of Agriculture (USDA) also offer assistance and educational programs for qualified buyers. Meanwhile, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (https:// www.fanniemae.com/content/ faq/home-buyer-educationpolicies-faqs.pdf), the two government-sponsored agencies that keep mortgage funding flowing through our lending system, also support their own homebuyer education options. In fact, a 2013 Freddie Mac study (http://www. freddiemac.com/news/blog/ robert_tsien/20130415_getting_better.html) indicated that

pre-purchased financial counseling may cut the likelihood of a first-time homebuyer becoming seriously delinquent by nearly 30 percent.

Here are some of the major topics a thorough homebuying class should cover: 1. Homebuying readiness. Explore the general questions around a homebuying decision, such as why you want to settle in a particular area, how long you plan to stay, what kind of property you're considering and where you are in your career and lifestyle. You may also be asked to answer specific financial questions to support your thinking, which should not be shared with others. The best courses will help you determine answers to the big questions, such as whether you should buy a home or stick with renting.

2. Budgeting and credit.

These courses will help you evaluate how you handle money. Do you have a budget? If not, do you know how to create one? Do you understand your credit rating and what goes into determining your score?

If you have debt, how are your efforts going to pay it off? Essentially, what you don't know about spending and borrowing can limit your ability to buy a home.

3. Preapproval for mortgage financing. Navigate the nitty-gritty of the loan process – what a mortgage is, the various types of mortgages, how they work and what it takes to be preapproved for a mortgage.

Pre-approval involves filling out a full mortgage application, typically with a fee to cover an extensive credit check as if you were actually buying a home.

Pre-approval, unlike prequalification, allows a potential borrower to receive a loan commitment for a specific amount, which can grease the wheels in a potential purchase.

4. Knowing what you can afford. Analyze the above and consider the reality of what kind of property you can really afford to buy. Look at price limits and locations and ways to get more for your money, including specific local, state and federal borrowing programs (http://portal.hud.gov/ hudportal/HUD?src=/topics/ buying_a_home) you may qualify for. Buying your dream home can seem nice, but it can turn into a nightmare if you can't afford the home while living within your means.

5. Your home search.

Determine how, when and where to shop for specific properties within the neighbor-

hoods you are interested in and how to get the best overall deal for what you're buying.

6. What you'll need to close a home sale in your chosen community. Buying a home can also include an introduction to the specific regulatory and cost environment where you're planning to live. For example, your course should take you through such things as community-specific housing laws and zoning restrictions that could affect what you'll be investing in the property, property tax issues (particularly if an assessment is pending), your home titling (http://www. bankrate.com/finance/mortgages/understanding-the-closing-process-1.aspx) process, inspection requirements and the other costs linked to legal processes and paperwork.

7. The aftermath. A solid homebuying class should give you a wide picture of the costs you'll face after the sale and how to manage them so you don't put the rest of your finances in jeopardy. Being too "house poor" not only puts you at a risk of losing the property, it can threaten other important financial goals.

If you have your eye on particular lenders in your community, call them to see whether homebuying education can be a helpful factor in getting approved for a loan. Ask them to explain how they evaluate such training and what courses they recommend. Always ask whether any homebuyer class has a fee and why. Also, get a second opinion – if you work with a qualified financial professional, ask what he or she thinks about the course and its benefits.

As you consider such a course, don't think narrowly about what you can get out of it. It's not just about getting the mortgage. It's a chance to ask about how a home purchase may affect other aspects of your financial life – all personal finance goals should be considered equally.

Bottom line: Since the mortgage industry collapse in 2008, it's been a new day in residential homebuying. Whether you're buying your first home or beyond, taking a homebuyer education class can help you understand the mortgage process, improve your credit and shop smarter for a home you can actually afford.

Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa's financial education programs. To follow Practical Money Skills on Twitter: www. twitter.com/PracticalMoney.

Open House for Upper Mammoth Farm Bill Project on Dixie National Forest CEDAR CITY – The Dixie National Forest, Cedar City Ranger District is proposing to implement a variety of vegetation treatments to improve forest health, reduce the threat of insect disease and reduce fire threat to values at risk. Approximately 1,509 acres of vegetation treatment are proposed on National Forest System lands within the Upper Mammoth Creek watershed. These treatments include a variety of forestry and fuels practices such as thinning, aspen stand improvement, harvest, salvage, prescribed burning and reforestation. The District invites public collaboration and comment on these proposed treatments. An open house for the public is scheduled for July 12, 2016 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Dixie National Forest Cedar City Ranger

District, located at 1789 North Wedgewood Lane.

The Upper Mammoth Farm Bill Project is located approximately 5 miles southeast of Brian Head along Utah State Route 143 in Iron County, Utah. The watershed contains several residential developments.

The project area was recommended by Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert as an area requiring active, on the ground, landscape scale treatment to reduce insect and disease infestations as authorized by section 8204 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill)(Section 603 of HFRA (16.U.S.C.6591b)).

The project is needed to re-forest areas impacted by insect and disease caused mortality and promote species diversity, to reduce surface and ladder fuels near values at risk

and to lower the insect hazard rating in order to protect forest vegetative communities from future outbreaks.

“There are some great projects being proposed in the Upper Mammoth Creek Watershed, such as wildland urban interface defense, aspen enhancement, forest health improvements”, said Veronica Magnuson, Cedar City District Ranger. “I invite the public to collaborate with the Forest on this project and I look forward to your thoughts, ideas and comments.”

For additional information on the Upper Mammoth Farm Bill project visit the project website: h t t p : / / w w w. f s . u s d a . g o v / project/?project=47935 or call the project contact, Jennifer Green at 435-865-3224.

—Dixie National Forest

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