July 31, 2014 Wayne & Garfield County Insider

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Wayne & Garfield County

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Panguitch • Panguitch Lake • Hatch • Bryce • Tropic • Antimony • Henrieville • Cannonville • Escalante • Boulder • Fremont • Loa • Lyman

Thursday, July 31, 2014 • Issue # 1059

Bicknell • Teasdale • Torrey • Grover • Fruita • Caineville • Hanksville

Three Grand Tour Winners Part of 128 Riders Announced for Tour of Utah 26 Countries Represented among All-Star Roster of Athletes August 4-10 SALT LAKE CITY - A stellar cast of 128 professional cyclists representing 26 countries will race 753 miles across Utah and Wyoming for the 2014 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. As the first internationally-sanctioned cycling competition in North America after July’s Tour de France, organizers for the 2014 Tour of Utah released the preliminary rosters for all 16 professional teams for the seven-day stage race, August 4-10. Teams are confirmed to bring 25 riders with racing experience from the three most recent Grand Tours of Europe (Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España). Eight of these riders are currently competing at this month’s Tour de France. For the first time in Utah, the peloton will showcase three Grand Tour champions. American Chris Horner of the Italian-based Lampre-Merida squad returns to the Tour of Utah as the reigning Vuelta a España champion. Following his second place finish at the Tour of Utah last year, Horner

Courtesy Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah

German cyclist Jens Voigt signs autographs for an enthusiastic crowd. (The 42 year old Voigt has just announced he will retire this year following the TOU and U.S. Pro Challenge.) became the first American to win the three-week “Tour of Spain.” Inaugural appearances at the Tour of Utah will be made by the two-time (2006, 2010) Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso, riding for the Can non-

Wayne High School Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary WAYNE CO. - About the year 1910 the people of Wayne County began to consider seriously the possibility of establishing a high school. The State High School Inspector said a high school might be organized with fifty students, but that it would not be economical to maintain one for less than eighty. A survey of the communities indicated that the requirement for students could be met. The next question was the location of the school. People were divided on this issue. Those in the lower part of the county favored Thurber as a central location, while the people of Loa thought the school should be located there because the town was larger. In June 1913 the proposition of whether a high school should be established and where was submitted to a vote

of the people. The result of the voting showed that a majority of the people favored the establishing of a school in Thurber. Thurber school precinct had recently finished the construction of a rock building and offered this for use of the high school. It had two large rooms and one small one on the ground floor and an amusement hall on the upper floor with a stage along the south side. Anne Snow, Superintendent of Wayne District, went to Salt Lake City and hired two teachers. They were Horace H. Higgs and Bess L. Montgomery. School opened in the fall of 1913 with about thirty students. It did not receive support from all of the towns in the county as was expected. There was no free transportation at this time, so if students attendWayne High School Cont'd on page 2

Public Sage-grouse Field Tour ALTON - The Color Country local working group for Greater sage-grouse conservation will be hosting a field tour next Wednesday, August 6th. This field tour is open to the public. We will meet in the church parking lot in Alton, UT at 9am. We will be driving to 4 locations in the area to discuss Greater sage-grouse use of these areas, and management actions in the area aimed at improving grouse numbers and habitat availability. Some locations may require a higher clearance vehicle, but car-pooling is an option, and can be arranged at the meeting location. Lunch will be provided; however, to reserve your lunch ticket, please email your interest in attending our field tour to Nicki Frey, Extension Assistant Professor, at nicki.frey@usu. edu or call her at 435-586-1924. —Utah State University REGIONAL Weather forecast for some but not all regions represented in our newspaper coverage area

Thurs. JULY 31 - wed. Aug. 6 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS are in the forecast Thursday through Monday with a 30% to 50% chance of rain. Clearing Tuesday & Wednesday. Highs throughout week in the low to mid 80s, low in the 50s.

dale Pro Cycling Team, and 2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans, riding for BMC Racing Team. Basso, a 36-year-old Italian climber, has more than 23 wins as a professional, and has ridden in 18 Grand Tours. Evans, a

world champion in 2009, became the first Australian to win the Tour de France three years ago. This year he wore the leader’s jersey for four TOU 128 Riders Cont'd on page 3

GSENM to Host Forum on Soil Crust KANAB - What is biological soil crust and why is it important to the southern Utah/ northern Arizona rangelands? This is just one of many questions that will be posed to a panel of scientists from around the country during the Biological Soil Crust Forum being held at the Kanab City Library August 6, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The forum is being co-sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the National Park Service’s Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The public is invited to participate in this free event. Biological soil crust is a complex mosaic of living organisms—algae, cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), bacteria, lichens, mosses, liverworts, and fungi—that grow on or just below the soil surface. Crusts are common worldwide in arid and semi-arid shrub lands, grasslands and woodlands. “During our public scoping process and comment period for the Livestock Grazing Plan Amendment to the Monument Management Plan,

we heard that biological soil crust is a concern,” said Cindy Staszak, GSENM manager. “We knew we needed to get a better understanding of biological soil crusts and their

National Park Service/ Neal Herbert

Biological soil crust. role in our area ecosystems as we went into the planning process. We are looking to this panel of experts to help us, our cooperating agencies, which include Kane and Garfield Counties, the State of Utah, and the other federal agencies, to learn more about biological soil crusts so we are able to make the best possible decisions about managing livestock grazing.” The forum will begin promptly at 9 a.m. on August 6 with a welcome from Staszak and introductions of the panel Soil Crust

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From Toddler "Gangster" to Cover Girl Local Resident Looks Back on Career in Film, Modeling by Mariella Minton, Contributing Writer

ESCALANTE - Remember the Our Gang comedy series from the 1920s, later known as The Little Rascals? It may surprise you to know there is one last Our Gang member alive today, and she lives right here in Escalante. Her name is Ricki VanDusen—though in those days she was known by her birth name, Mildred Kornman. Being a Hollywood star as a toddler in one of the 20th century’s most successful and beloved short film/TV series would be remarkable enough as a claim to fame, but VanDusen may be even better known for her role as a superstar fashion model of the 1950s and ‘60s. Ms. VanDusen was born in 1925 to Gene Kornman, a famous Hollywood photographer who did all of the still photography for Twentieth Century Fox--including the photograph of Marilyn Monroe that Andy Warhol later used for his iconic print. Gene worked closely with Hal Roach, who produced the Our Gang comedy series. They were such good friends that Gene named his second daughter after Hal's wife, Mildred. A huge, chubby baby with rosy cheeks and a big smile, Ms. VanDusen was a perfect candidate for a role in Our Gang. She began her acting career at nine months old, and worked with the Gang until she was five. Her sister Mary, ten years her senior, played the original blonde in Our Gang. The money the two sisters made went to the family to help put food on the table. When VanDusen grew too old for a child’s role in Our Gang she took a few years off and lived the rough and tumble life of a southern California tom-boy, climbing trees and roller skating, which eventually lead to a broken arm. When she got a little older she worked as an extra on the

Upper left: Ricki VanDusen (then still going by her birth name, Mildred Kornman) poses as a toddler in a studio shot for Our Gang. Above: A fashion photo from the 1950s, and, at left, posing for a surrealist photo choreographed by Salvador Dali.

Hollywood sets. She brushed shoulders with some of the movie studios’ biggest stars-Bing Crosby, Stu Erwin, Paulette Goddard, Charlie Chaplin and many others. But more importantly, she made $5 per day and got a free lunch out of the deal. Sometimes, she said, she would even bring home food for her mother, who was Cover Girl

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