August 22, 2013 Wayne & Garfield County Insider

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Panguitch • Panguitch Lake • Hatch • Bryce • Tropic • Antimony • Henrieville • Cannonville • Escalante • Boulder • Fremont • Loa • Lyman Bicknell • Teasdale • Torrey • Grover • Fruita • Caineville • Hanksville

Thursday, August 22, 2013 • Issue # 1010

Heritage Starfest Brings Astronomy to Wayne County

by Kate Magargal

Internationally known photographer and astronomer Dennis Young will do a presentation on “Astro Scenic Photography” on Friday, September 7, during the Heritage Starfest.

BICKNELL/CAPITOL REEF N.P. - On the warm evenings of late summer, the clouds that build up during the day begin to dissipate. In southern Utah, we are often graced with a magnificent sunset, with multi-colored clouds and deep light reflecting off cliffs and mountains.

As the evening progresses, rural Utahns are some of the lucky few whose view extends beyond the Earth’s own atmosphere and out deep into the universe. A lack of light pol-

lution means that many of you, venturing no further than your own back yard, can see objects that are millions of light years away. The night sky is not only an incredible aesthetic resource. Astronomy is a field at the forefront of science and technology. Stargazing offers a valuable introduction to many scientific concepts and critical thinking practices that will help students excel at school, regardless of their interests. Encouraging kids to stargaze from an early age

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BOULDER - Food—it’s a biological necessity for all humans, of course, but it is also a subject that offers infinite possibilities to write about.

Utah Oct. 3-6, will introduce novice and published writers to some approaches for writing about food. Magazine writing, memoir, fiction, and poetry techniques will all be covered, including some inclass exercises and even a bit of food tasting.

Nelson Oberhansly has won a Flannery O’Connor Award for her collection of short stories, A Brief History of Male Nudes in America, and a Utah Book of the Year award for her co-written novel, Boulder’s Dianne Nelson Oberhans- Downwinders: An ley will present an upcoming work- Atomic Tale. She shop for both novice and experienced has published both food writers. fiction and poetry widely in literary Whether it is sharing a journals, serves as a writing pleasant meal around the fam- panelist for Young Arts Founily table, feeling a sudden rush dation, and resides in Boulder. of memories at the smell of Former Utah Poet Laurebaking bread, trying to man- ate David Lee and award-winage a bottomless sense of ning poet Eleanor Wilner will hunger or marveling at the in- also be teaching at the Cliff tense beauty of a home-grown Notes Writing Conference. tomato, food is an emotional For more information/applicornerstone in our lives. cation go to www.boulderherFood Writing, taught by itage.org/CliffNotes.html.

Dianne Nelson Oberhansly as —Cliff Notes Writing part of the Cliff Notes Writing Conference Conference held in Boulder,

Brown Brothers Construction Celebrates 50 Years 2013 Marks Historic Milestone for the LaVor Brown Family

Capitol Reef National Park and Entrada Institute are proud to co-sponsor the 2013 Heritage Starfest. Wayne County, UT has some of the darkest skies in the continental United States. You can learn more about the beautiful night sky at the annual Heritage Starfest.

Join us at Capitol Reef on Friday, September 6 for special programs: 2:00-5:00 pm Daytime Astronomy; check at the visitor center for location.

8:00-9:00 pm special program by Astronomer & Photographer Dennis Young, location at amphitheater.

9:00-11:00 pm Stargazing with telescopes, location at overflow parking by campground.

Join the fun at the Wayne County Community Center in Bicknell, on Saturday, September 7 for special events: 7:30-8:30 pm Backyard Night Sky Observing with Astronomer Kate Magargal.

8:30-9:00 pm Campfire Storytelling with Historian Steve Taylor.

9:00-11:00 pm Stargazing with telescopes and s’mores around a campfire.

More information about the Capitol Reef National Park can be found on the website at www.nps.gov, and at www.facebook. com/CapitolReefNPS, www.twitter.com/CapitolReefNPS and by phone at (435) 425-3791. You can learn more about the Heritage Starfest and the night sky at www.heritagestarfest.com.

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promotes a sense of curiosity and exploration that will serve them well in any future career.

Young students and lifelong learners can all benefit. Most people in the world today live in over-lit towns and cities that scatter light in the atmosphere effectively blocking the planets, stars, nebulae, galaxies otherwise visible. A view of the night sky is a rare gift.

Doubtless, many of you have enjoyed the view and pondered its mysteries. Have you ever wanted to know more

about what’s up there? How does one even begin to access information about all those little points of light?

This year’s 4th annual Heritage Starfest, on September 6 and 7, brings amateur astronomers together in Wayne County and with them an opportunity for the public to learn more about the universe especially visible in rural communities. Stargazing with telescopes, public presentations and activities are all scheduled during this year’s event, held at Capitol Reef National Park and in Bicknell. Schedules are posted in public places, in the Insider, and at www.heritagestarfest.com.

On Friday night at Capitol Reef National Park, Dennis Young, internationally known photographer and astronomer, will be presenting “Astro-Scenic Photography The art of blending landscape with celestial stars.” Dennis’ work includes the production of exotic unique photos of the heavens combine with stunning scenery of earth. His work has graced Smithsonian Magazine, international mag-

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The Arlen Brown family in front of a restored Caterpillar D-6-9U 1950 Model Dozer and Scraper can purchased in 1953 by LaVor Brown and Sons.

LOA - More than 750 employees and guests attended the 50th Anniversary celebration for Brown Brothers Construction on June 28 & 29. The events were held at the Doctor Creek Campground in Fishlake, Utah. The LaVor Brown family and special guests were invited to participate in an evening dinner and celebration on Friday, June 28. The following night, guests were invited to an open house reception.

Brown Brothers Construction is currently owned by brothers Albert, Ellis, and Michael Brown. The company was established by their grandfather, LaVor Brown, and his sons Arlen, Dale, and

Earl in 1963. This year has been historic in many ways.

Brown Brothers Construction was named among twelve U.S. construction companies who were recently honored by Equipment World Magazine as part of the publication’s 2013 Contractor of the Year event, also sponsored in part by Caterpillar. They were chosen from over 80,000 construction companies nationwide.

It’s a testament to determination that Brown Brothers Construction has survived and thrived in a rural, farming community located in the southern Utah town of Loa, population 600. Brown Brothers Construction Company was origi-

nally known as LaVor Brown and Sons, which was started in 1948 by LaVor and Arlen Brown. In 1963, Earl and Dale joined their father and brother in the business. Shortly thereafter LaVor sold the business to his sons and the legacy of Brown Brothers Construction began.

The company started with one backhoe, digging many graves at no charge, installing water lines, and putting in basements. Much of the concrete in Wayne County came out of the Batch Plant that Brown Brothers owned. It soon graduated to drilling road site preparation when uranium exploration came to the area.

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Along the way, the company has built reservoirs, parking lots, done site preparation for a number of commercial buildings and oil pads, and built many miles of road including the segment of Utah Highway 24 that runs through Loa. In 1965 Brown Brothers rebuilt the dam on Johnson Reservoir. This was the company’s first big project. Brown Brothers has moved most of the dirt and built the infrastructure on the upper end of the Lake Powell Marina facilities in Bullfrog, Hall’s Crossing, and Hite Marinas.

Albert, Ellis and Michael learned the construction trade at a young age and are now bringing up the 4th generation in the business. They are both owners and superintendents who have an interest in the company and are dedicated to ensuring its continued success.

They have a vast knowledge of the construction trade with special skills in road construction, earthwork, culvert pipe, crushing, and aggregate products. Brown Brothers Construction continues performing a variety of road construction and excavation projects statewide, working for various government agencies and private entities.

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Joey and Mariyah Park, and their family in Teasdale, would like to thank everyone for their love, and support and friendship.

You guys are all awesome, and you know who you are. Thank you for all you have done for us.

Joey and Mariyah Park, Nephi

Bureau of Reclamation Forecasts Lower Water Release from Lake Powell to Lake Mead for 2014 SALT LAKE CITY - As part of its ongoing management of Colorado River reservoirs, the Bureau of Reclamation has determined that, based on the best available data projections of Lake Powell and Lake Mead reservoir elevations, under the 2007 Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead (2007 Interim Guidelines) a release of 7.48 million acre-feet (maf) from Lake Powell is required in water year 2014 (Oct. 1, 2013 – Sept. 30, 2014).

An annual release of 7.48 maf is the lowest release since the filling of Lake Powell in the 1960s. Lake Mead is projected to decline an additional eight feet during 2014 as a result of the lower Lake Powell annual release; however, Lake Mead will operate under normal conditions in calendar year 2014, with water users in the Lower Colorado River Basin and Mexico receiving their full water orders in accordance with the 2007 Interim Guidelines and the 1944 Treaty with Mexico.

The 2007 Interim Guidelines Record of Decision was signed by the Secretary of the Interior after extensive consultation with the seven Colorado River Basin states, Native American tribes, federal agencies, environmental organizations, and other stakeholders and interested parties. The guidelines were adopted to coordinate reservoir management strategies and address annual operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, particularly under low reservoir conditions.

“This is the worst 14-year drought period in the last hundred years,” said Upper Colorado Regional Director Larry Walkoviak.

“Reclamation’s collaboration with the seven Colorado River Basin states on the 2007 Interim Guidelines is proving to be invaluable in coordinating the operations of the reservoirs and helping protect future availability of Colorado

River water supplies,” added Walkoviak.

Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Regional Director Terry Fulp also pointed to the variability in the system.

“With a good winter snowpack next year, the outlook could change significantly as it did in 2011, but we also need to be prepared for continuing drought. Currently the longerterm projections from Reclamation’s hydrologic models show a very small chance of lower basin delivery shortages in 2015, with the first significant chance of reduced water deliveries in the lower basin in 2016. These projections will be updated monthly and will reflect changes in weather and the resulting hydrology,” said Fulp.

Updated monthly, Reclamation’s 24-Month Study is an operational report that provides projected reservoir operations for all major system reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin for the next two years. The August 24-Month Study is available on the Reclamation websites for the Upper and Lower Colorado regions: Upper Colorado Region: http://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/ crsp/studies/index.html Lower Colorado Region: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/ g4000/24mo/index.html By planning ahead for varying reservoir levels, the 2007 Interim Guidelines provide Colorado River users, especially those in the lower basin states of Arizona, Nevada and California, with a greater degree of certainty about annual water deliveries. The 2007 Interim Guidelines also define the reservoir levels that would trigger delivery shortages and specify those reduced delivery amounts in the lower Colorado River Basin once Lake Mead reaches certain elevations. Information about the 2007 Interim Guidelines is available at http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/ programs/strategies.html.

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azines and books, L.A. Times, and Southwest Airlines brochure, to name a few. Dennis is also known for his expertise of sharing the celestial wonders with a custom built giant telescope that is more powerful than the famous Lowell Observatory scope in Flagstaff.

On Saturday night, at the Wayne County Community Center in Bicknell, I (Kate Magargal, semi-local lifelong astronomy enthusiast and science educator), will be presenting on stargazing for beginners. We’ll talk about skills ranging from naked-eye observing to using star charts, to tips on purchasing equipment.

This presentation includes a FREE DRAWING to win prizes, including a beginner’s telescope! If you have an old telescope sitting around at home, you are also invited to bring it and we’ll troubleshoot to see if we can get it working for

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our existing supplies through recycling them - and to come up with some really overarching management schemes. So, it’s a really important time.”

On Utah’s southern border, Lake Powell is one of the biggest storage reservoirs in the nation and a water source for Glen Canyon Dam, which produces electricity for more than a million people.

U.S. government officials say in June, only 35 percent of the water that usually flows into the reservoir arrived - and in July, just 13 percent.

Technically, Utah hasn’t used its full share of Colorado River Basin water, but the water shortage is making a couple of planned diversion projects in the St. George area more controversial.

Miller says Utah was smart to set a goal of 25 per-

Saturday, August 24 n Entrada Institute Sunset Series The Life and Art of V. Thomas Snow Robber’s Roost Bookstore, 7:30pm

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observing Saturday evening.

If you’d like help with your telescope and plan to bring it, please email me at katemagargal@gmail.com.

This year’s Heritage Starfest represents a new partnership between the Entrada Institute and Capitol Reef National Park, two organizations committed to fostering understanding of our natural and cultural heritage. With all the opportunities to learn more about what’s out there in the universe, we hope to see you at this year’s Heritage Starfest.

Special Note to Astronomers: If you are reading this and already have the knowledge and skills to teach others about astronomy under the stars, you are welcome to bring your telescope/green laser/binoculars to the Saturday night star party. Please visit heritagestarfest.com -> Event Info -> Volunteers and fill out the volunteer form.

See you at the Starfest!

EPHRAIM - Duke and Jessica Alvey of Hanksville were recently recognized for their entrepreneurial success by the Utah Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network. The Alveys own several business ventures employing 50 people in one of the most remote areas of Utah – the small town of Hanksville, population 215. Duke and Jessica began by purchasing Stan’s Burger Shak from Duke’s father, Stan, in 1996. Stan’s has become a legendary restaurant for both locals and tourists traveling to Lake Powell. They later acquired the Chevron Station, followed by the Whispering Sands Motel and most recently, Duke’s Slickrock Grill/Campground and RV Park.

The Alveys, together with a few other businesses throughout Utah, were selected from several hundred business clients of the Utah SBDC network. “We nominated the Alveys because of their stickto-itiveness and their attitude toward helping the community prosper,” said Alan Christensen, the director of the Utah SBDC at Snow College.

In the spring of 2012, Alan Hall, who is a noted Utah business success, writer, investor and philanthropist, met Jessica at a Rural Business Conference held Richfield. Following their visit Hall published a call to action for people to find ways of assisting remote communities enhance economic vitality through business development.

One resultant suggestion came from Salt Lake City business owner Cheryl Conner, who spoke last fall at the Snow College Entrepreneurship Seminar program. She recommended a Utah Microloan Fund be es-

tablished to support businesses of particularly remote areas.

Others had similar thinking.

Recently, the Wayne County Business Association and the county’s Economic Development Office spearheaded the formation of a micro-loan program which offers needed financing to the businesses of Wayne County.

In 2012, the Alveys attended a FastTrac business growth training program at Snow College and worked closely with Keith Church, a certified business analyst of the Utah SBDC. It is worth noting that in order to make the program more accessible, a new round of this same training will be offered in both Wayne County and Sevier County starting in September of 2013.

When asked about their key to growth, Jessica said, “When we stopped worrying about saving money and about how well we would do, and instead started focusing on how well our customers, employees and the community would do—that’s when we began to grow.” Going forward, the Alveys would like to expand the motel’s capacity to accommodate bus tours. This has positive economic potential because tourists are more likely to spend money in the community where they stay.

For more information about local small business finance programs, the Utah SBDC or upcoming FastTrac business training programs, businesses are encouraged to contact their local county economic development director or visit www.RuralUtahBusiness. com —Small Business Development Center at Snow College

Closing Ceremony for Graduating Conservation and Youth Corp Members ESCALANTE - The Escalante River Watershed Partnership (ERWP), a publicprivate partnership, is hosting a graduation ceremony for the 80 members of the 2013 Escalante Watershed Conservation Corps training program. The corps members, ages 18 to 24, are recruited from across the country by ten regional conservation corps teams.

The training, sponsored

by ERWP, is the largest corps riparian training program in the nation. This year’s training began in early August and concludes on graduation day.

The training consisted of proper procedures for eradicating invasive Russian Olive vegetation on private and public land, in coordination with the Escalante River Restoration Project.

More Official Confirmation of the Drought SALT LAKE CITY - It’s another sign of trouble for water users in the West and Southwest, including Utah.

The Bureau of Reclamation’s new forecast comes out today and includes a warning that it will reduce the amount of water released from Lake Powell to the lower Basin states starting in October - the first time that’s been recommended in 50 years.

At Western Resource Advocates, Water Program Director Bart Miller says if people aren’t convinced of the need to start saving more water, this should do it.

“We have some sense of urgency now that we need to move forward and implement these conservation measures,” he says, “both in cities and on farms, and make better use of

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cent reduction in water use for cities in recent years, and more could be done.

“Utah does have some good opportunities to kind of meet their demands in a sustainable way going forward,” he adds. “Many of the cities, like Salt Lake, are headed that way. They’re meeting the progress towards that standard, so that’s good. Statewide, I think they’ve taken up a good goalsetting exercise.”

Miller notes that water conservation is the least expensive and least controversial way to meet new demands. He says the lower water release from Lake Powell won’t be felt for a while, as Las Vegas and other users pull water from multiple sources, including Lake Mead.

—Chris Thomas, Utah News Connection

COMING UP September 6-7 n Heritage Starfest, Capitol Reef N.P. and Bicknell Community Center

n Welcome to Leah McGinnis Open House September 6-7 Capitol Reef N.P. , 4-7pm n The Great American Stampede, Cedar City Friday, August 30 n Rob Keiter, To Conserve Unimpaired book signing, Robber’s Roost, 7pm September 7 n Red Steagall, Ebenezer’s Barn & Grill

Corps members learned about cutting Russian olive, safe use and application of herbicides, biomass management, emergency response preparedness, flash flood risks, and communication in the field, plant identification, Leave No Trace practices, and local paleontology and archaeology.

The 2013 Conservation Corps members will be removing Russian Olive on the Escalante River between Death Hollow and Sand Creek, below the Boulder Creek confluence, below the point where Harris Wash enters the Escalante River, and along the Smokey Mt. Road in the Alvey Wash drainage. Corps members working with the Boulder Community Alliance will be focused on private lands in the Boulder community and to the west of Escalante.

The youth crews work a series of eight ten-hour days with 6 days off. In addition to the training and experience is living and working in the magnificent watershed area, corps members gain paid work experience and receive tuition

credits to further their education. Crew members meet the minimum time limits for tuition credits at many universities.

The corps model originated during the Great Depression with the Civilian Conservations Corps that built parks and completed conservation projects nationwide.

Public Land Corps programs are found in all 50 states.

There are approximately 150 organizations involved in the Public Lands Service Coalition, including the three Corps involved in the ERWP project: Utah Conservation Corps (UCC) at USU; Canyon County Youth Corps (CCYC) in Monticello; and Coconino Rural Environment Corps (CREC) in Flagstaff. These members (ages 18 to 24) gain paid work experience and receive tuition credits for furthering their education. The Corps model originated in the Great Depression with the Civilian Conservations Corps that built parks and completed conservation projects nationwide. The Conservation Corps crews gathered for the Closing Ceremony today carry

on that tradition.

According to a 2011 study by the Public Lands Service Coalition and Texas A&M University, participation in conservation/youth corps provides significant benefits.

“Corps members displayed numerous developmental advantages. These include enhanced leadership and teamwork skills as well as a greater willingness to accept responsibility for personal actions.”

Crew members and leaders learn hands-on-skills as well as significant intangible skills such as team building, communication, punctuality, attendance, conflict resolution, diversity, problem solving; soft skills that are frequently the most valuable assets to future employers.

When: Saturday, August 24 Event: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (open to the public) Lunch:12:00 (for participants and public) Where: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center, 755 W. Main, Escalante —Escalante River Watershed Partnership

Hiking Fatality at Hall’s Creek Overlook

CAPITOL REEF N.P. - A husband and wife were hiking the Brim Hall Double Bridge Trail on Thursday, August 15 when the wife (56 years old) began experiencing medical problems. The husband drove to the nearest town, Boulder, to seek help. When emergency crews located her she was deceased and a recovery effort was made to transport her from the trail. After preliminary investigation heat exhaustion is believed to be the cause of death. Her body has been sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office for further investigation. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office would like to strongly remind people that hiking in the desert heat can be deadly. Prepare by bringing the adequate amount of water necessary to hike in extreme heat and extreme hiking conditions.

Exercise caution by being self conscience of over exhilarating themselves.

The recovery effort was made by the Garfield County Sheriff’s and Officers from Glen Canyon Recreation Area.

—Garfield County Sheriff’s Office

Trampoline Accident Cause of 9-Year Old Girl’s Death

PANGUITCH - Oaklee Sidwell, 9 years old, of Panguitch, died Wednesday morning, August 14 from injuries sustained in a freak trampoline accident. Oaklee had been playing with other children on the trampoline on Tuesday, August 13. The other children had exited the trampoline.

Oaklee sat down on the trampoline to put her shoes on when a great gust of wind suddenly caught the trampoline and carried it with her on it many feet high and approximately 50 yards away. Oaklee sustained multiple injuries as a result of being thrown. She was rushed to Garfield Memorial Hospital and then quickly transported by life flight to Primary Children’s Hospital where she later died as a result of her injuries. The trampoline had been correctly installed, placed and anchored in the ground. It also had protective netting. All of the correct precautions were made to insure the user’s safety. This was a tragic accident. The community is mourning her loss and our thoughts and prayers are with her family.

—Garfield County Sheriff’s Office

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School Notes

The Wayne Theatre smurfs 2 PG

Running time: 1 hr. 45 mins.

Build the Habit of Good Attendance Early School success goes hand in hand with good attendance!

As students start back to school this year, I would like to reemphasize the importance of good attendance in school. Students have a fresh start each year with attendance opportunities at school.

I would like to pass along information from the “Reach out and Read” institute and attendanceworks.org. These two institutes have a “Did You Know” and a “What You Can Do” section. I thought their suggestions were excellent. Thanks for all you do each day to help your students arrive to school on time and attend school.

DID YOU KNOW? • Starting in kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school.

• Missing 10 percent (or about 18 days) can make it harder to learn to read.

• Students can still fall behind if they miss just a day or two days every few weeks.

• Being late to school may lead to poor attendance.

• Absences can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help children catch up.

Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school—and themselves. Start building this habit in preschool so they learn right away that going to school on time, every day is important.

Good attendance will help children do well in high school, college, and at work.

WHAT YOU CAN DO • Set a regular bed time and morning routine.

• Lay out clothes and pack backpacks the night before.

• Find out what day school starts and make sure your child has the required shots.

• Introduce your child to her teachers and classmates before school starts to help her transition.

• Don’t let your child stay home unless she is truly sick. Keep in mind complaints of a stomach ache or headache can be a sign of anxiety and not a reason to stay home.

• If your child seems anxious about going to school, talk to teachers, school counselors, or other parents for advice on how to make her feel comfortable and excited about learning.

• Develop back-up plans for getting to school if something comes up. Call on a family member, a neighbor, or another parent.

• Avoid medical appointments and extended trips when school is in session.

We look forward to a great year in Garfield County School District!

—Superintendent Ben Dalton

Important Notice Wayne School District 2013 / 14 FREE PRESCHOOL SCREENING Tuesday, September 10th Does your 3 year old struggle with… · Jumping in place · Standing on one foot · Speaking in sentences of 5 – 6 words · Speaking clearly enough for strangers to understand · Grasping a crayon between thumb and fingers · Copying a circle · Stacking 4 blocks · Following 3-part commands · Recalling parts of a story · Cooperating with other children · Dressing and undressing · Throwing a ball overhand

Does your 4 year old struggle with… · Giving first and last name · Stacking 6 – 8 blocks · Drawing a person with a body · Swinging and climbing · Telling a longer story · Correctly naming at least 4 colors · Speaking in sentences of 5+ words · Copying a triangle · Playing with other children · Differentiating between fantasy & reality · Engaging in a variety of activities · Understanding prepositions (on, under, over)

If you’ve noticed your child struggling with any of these things and would like your child screened or would like more information about pre-school, Please Contact: Jan Brown/ Wayne School District Preschool Coordinator / 435-836-2028. We will be doing our second screening on September 10th for the 2013-2014 school year. Please call for an appointment.

Looking for a great way to spend a summer evening?

Join us for the Saturday Sunset Series!

SATURDAY SUNSET SERIES

The Entrada Institute

presents a program by Frank McEntire

Final Light: The Life and Art of V. Douglas Snow

Frank McEntire, past president of the Entrada Institute, former executive director of the Utah Arts Council, university professor, and editor of the new book Final Light: The Life and Art of V. Douglas Snow, will share his personal and professional memories of famous local artist V. Douglas Snow.

Come enjoy the art of V. Douglas Snow.

Who:

Everyone is welcome!

What:

Presentation

When:

Saturday, August 24, 2013 7:30-8:30PM

Where: RobberÕs Roost Bookstore, Highway 24 in Torrey, UT Cost?

This series is FREE and open to the public.

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

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

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PG - 13 Running time: 1 hr. 55 mins.

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General Admission: $6.00 Seniors 59 and over & Children 11 and younger: $5.00 www.facebook.com/TheWayneTheatre

11 East Main, Bicknell UT 84715 Back to School Tips to Get Your Home Organized for a Successful Year When your carefree summer comes to an end, getting the family ready to go back to school can seem a little daunting. Establishing a routine will help students kick off the new school year and reduce stress for the whole family.

“Going back to school is a pivotal time for children and families across the country,” says Wendy Froehlich, Vice President of Marketing for Homes.com, one of the nation’s top online real estate listing and lifestyle resources.

“Get your home and life organized now to ensure the transition is smooth and the school year is the best yet.”

With that in mind, Homes. com is offering tips to help beat the back to school blues and ensure an A+ performance year-round.

• Eliminate clutter: Designate a specific location to store school papers and materials.

This will keep homework and projects from getting lost or in the way. Label individual baskets for each child.

• Create a family calendar: A family calendar displayed in a central location will keep everyone organized and in the know. Include important project reminders, after school activities and test dates. Get the

kids involved by having them write in their own activities.

Review the calendar together to keep everyone on track.

• Make lunch a breeze: Pre-pack food for the week and store it in easy-to-see containers, so little helpers can lend a hand. Hang an over-the-door shoe organizer in the pantry and fill it with lunch supplies like sandwich bags, napkins and snacks that children can access when packing their lunches.

• Create perfect study spaces: Creating a dedicated study space is an ideal way to help a student focus and stay on top of their schoolwork. And several studies show that by learning children’s study habits and tailoring spaces to reflect how each child best learns, you can help kids achieve their maximum potential. For example, some students need to work

in a central location so they can get quick help, while others might need a more private, quiet space.

• Eye-catching Inspiration: Hanging a bulletin board in the study area creates a place for important reminders at eye level. Cover bulletin boards in bright fabric to bring color to the space and spark brilliance and imagination. Or paint an area above the desk with chalkboard paint so children can write with chalk on the wall to stay on top of projects or work through math problems.

For more organization tips, study space inspiration and DIY ideas, visit the Idea Gallery at www.Homes.com.

A little prep can go a long way in ensuring your family’s transition back to school is well organized and stress-free.

—Statepoint

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M&F 8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m. call for appointment 435-425-3391

Office of Energy Development Launches Agricultural Energy Efficiency Program CEDAR CITY - Utah’s Office of Energy Development (OED) has created the new Agriculture Producer Energy Efficiency program, which is directed at assisting Utah’s agriculture producers.

The program was unveiled at the recent Utah Rural Summit in Cedar City.

“We are excited to reach out to Utah’s agriculture community to offer this program that could potentially save farmers and ranchers significant money, water, and energy,” said Samantha Mary Julian, director of OED. This program, now in its first year, will reach out to agricultural industries around the state, including farmers, ranchers, and all the other major agricultural users of water and electricity with a mission/directive to lower their energy or consumptive costs.

The end goal of the program is accomplished by providing energy efficiency audits for the agriculture producers at a very low cost or, more often than not, free. The Office of Energy Development (OED) has teamed up with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), and other

entities to complete the energy audits and provide potential grants and funding for the audits’ recommended upgrades.

“The program is designed to provide energy efficiency education, management, best practices, equipment upgrades via grants and utility rebate programs,” said Perry Thomson who is the program manager for the Agriculture Producer Energy Efficiency program for OED and an associate director of USTAR. “We are partnering with key stakeholders within the USDA, Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), Utah Farm Bureau, Utah Association of Conservation Districts (UACD), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), local economic development entities and others to collaborate on grants, funding opportunities, education outreach and others to ensure the program’s success.”

Audits began in 2012 with dairy farmers in Northern Utah and will be expanded statewide to include outreach and training. Additionally, the OED is working with a Technical Service Provider (TSP), EnSave, to create case studies that will illustrate the merits of

an energy audit.

Agriculture producers eligible for an energy audit include those who have outdated fluorescent lighting, plate coolers, ventilation fans, motors, transfer pumps, scroll compressors, irrigation systems and pumps, washers, heat recovery, vacuum pumps, high pressure lighting, and more.

An Agriculture Energy Efficiency Committee, which will meet quarterly, will be convened to discuss best practices and to further any collaborative opportunities.

“Goals for the second year of the program will focus on expanding the energy audits to additional agriculture producers,” said Thomson.

“OED will also try to initiate new and additional programs and incentives for municipals and cooperatives and look for funding to make the audits part of a long-term, sustainable program.”

For information on this program, contact Perry Thomson at Utah’s Office of Energy Development at (435) 5864205 or pthomson@utah.gov or local NRCS or UACD representatives.

— Utah’s Office of Energy Development

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Every1Counts You Are An Instrument: Thus Play and

By Cynthia Kimball Impact

out.

It’s not about you.

Today, it is not about you.

Who is it about then?

That is for you to figure

Who will you be in your path today?

Family, friends, neighbors, strangers?

How will you treat them?

What will you say to them?

What will your thoughts be?

Will your motives be clean, righteous and pure?

What kind of example will you set?

For any service you do today do not expect anything in return.

In fact, if you can, do things anonymously.

Go the extra mile.

No matter what.

And as Ruiz (1997), the author of the book, The Four Agreements suggests, also do the following • Be impeccable with your word • Don’t take anything personally • Don’t make assumptions • Always do your best • Break old habits Who will you impact today?

Remember, as you do, it is not about quantity, but quality.

Through genuine, sincere, purposeful love and interaction.

You are an instrument.

An instrument is to be played. It is not to sit in its case.

Music impacts.

Thus, how will you play your music today?

Who will hear it?

Guess it depends on how you play.

And what effort you put forth.

And where your heart is when you play.

The answer lies in watching those who hear your music.

They will tell you.

Keep playing.

Cynthia Kimball is a speaker and trainer through her company Every1Counts, LLC, and a doctoral student in Workforce Education Leadership. She sometimes writes for Deseret Connect. E-mail: kimball@every1counts.net

Hooray for Bikes, and Bike Helmets

August 22, 2013

tHe lAuGhiNg pOiNt!!

Rules for Cats Who Have a House to Run I. DOORS: Do not allow closed doors in any room. To get door opened, stand on hind legs and hammer with forepaws. Once door is opened, it is not necessary to use it. After you have ordered an “outside” door opened, stand halfway in and out and think about several things. This is particularly important during very cold weather, rain, snow, or mosquito season. Swinging doors are to be avoided at all costs.

II. CHAIRS AND RUGS: If you have to throw up, get to a chair quickly. If you cannot manage in time, get to an Oriental rug. If there is no Oriental rug, shag is good. When throwing up on the carpet, make sure you back up so that it is as long as the human’s bare foot.

III. BATHROOMS: Always accompany guests to the bathroom. It is not necessary to do anything -- just sit and stare.

IV. HAMPERING: If one of your humans is engaged in some close activity and the other is idle, stay with the busy one. This is called “helping”, otherwise known as “hampering”. Following are the rules for “hampering”: a) When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook. You cannot be

seen and thereby stand a better chance of being stepped on and then picked up and comforted. b) For book readers, get in close under the chin, between eyes and book, unless you can lie across the book itself. c) For knitting projects or paperwork, lie on the work in the most appropriate manner so as to obscure as much of the work or at least the most important part. Pretend to doze, but every so often reach out and slap the pencil or knitting needles. d) For people paying bills or working on income taxes or Christmas cards, keep in mind the aim -- to hamper! First, sit on the paper being worked on.

When dislodged, watch sadly from the side of the table.

When activity proceeds nicely, roll around on the papers, scattering them to the best of your ability. After being removed for the second time, push pens, pencils, and erasers off the table, one at a time. e) When a human is holding the newspaper in front of him/her, be sure to jump on the back of the paper.

V. WALKING: As often as possible, dart quickly and as close as possible in front of the human, especially: on stairs,

when they have something in their arms, in the dark, and when they first get up in the morning. This will help their coordination skills.

VI. BEDTIME: Always sleep on the human at night so s/he cannot move around.

VII. GUESTS: Check human house guests carefully to detect who might have an allergy, the more allergic the house guest, the closer you should stay. This will shorten the stay of the allergic human house guest and your owner can spend time with you as they should have been doing in the first place..

VIII. FUR. Carefully examine and take note of the color of your coat. Your goal is to find contrast between your fur and a human’s wardrobe.

Black is especially good as all cat hair goes well with black. If your human is wearing tweed, don’t bother. If you have dark fur, frolic on the light carpet and furniture, and vice versa.

This rule also applies to hairballs, always deposit a hairball where it will leave a lasting impression. Never leave a hairball on a surface such as tile where it can be easily cleaned away.

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

Alberto Vasquez

Garfield Memorial Hospital was asked to participate in Escalante’s Tour of Utah event. We sponsored a bike safety fair with a bike rodeo and distributed over 125 helmets to the local kids.

—Alberto Vasquez, Garfield Memorial Hospital

Wills, Trusts, and More Estate Planning for Children with Disabilities

Making an estate plan is not something that anyone looks forward to doing. It is difficult to make difficult decisions about what we want to happen to our property after we die. Parents of children with disabilities have additional apprehensions about making estate plans. These parents are anxious about their disabled child’s future. Parents worry about who will care for their disabled child, where their child will live, what services their child will need, and what can be done to protect their child’s eligibility for needed services.

Parents may believe that when they die, other family members will take care of their child with a disability, despite the fact that they have never discussed this with any other family members. The size of your estate is irrelevant. What is important is that you make plans about how your resources will be used after you die.

Lack of planning could have serious negative consequences for a child with a disability – whether it be a young child or an adult child.

When you meet with your estate planning attorney, you should explain the nature and severity of your child’s disability to the attorney. You should be sure that the attorney understands what your child can do with respect to making decisions about medical care, money, where to live, and other activities which he or she will have to carry on after you die.

Trusts are often very good mechanisms for parents of a child with a disability to use in planning for their child’s fi-

by Jeffery J. McKenna nancial future. A well-drafted trust can enhance the quality of life of an individual with a disability. Your trustee is legally obligated to follow your instructions.

Some parents are intimidated by the thought of having a trust because they think it is too complicated.

Parents sometimes avoid discussing the possibility of establishing a trust because they plan to leave money to their other children whom they believe will use the money to care for the child with a disability. Leaving the money outright to the other children is risky. The other children have no legal obligation to use that money for their sibling with a disability. If the other children die before the child with a dis-

ability, or get a divorce, or suffer a bankruptcy, the funds may not be used as intended. A trust can serve various purposes such as paying bills, paying for services that are provided to the child with a disability, and providing goods and services that the government will not supply. A trust can meet changing needs and circumstances.

There are different ways to create a legal trust. A popular trust for people with disabilities is referred to as a “supplemental needs” trust. It is wise to discuss your options with an attorney and make your choices based on what will best serve your needs and the needs of your disabled child. There may well be options that you were unaware of that may give you and your family members great peace of mind.

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 jmckAttorney Jeff McKenna hiking enna@barney-mckenna.com. with his son in Zion National Park

Answers for this week

Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Receipts: 515. Last Week: 474. Last Year: 480. Feeder Steers: 3.00-4.00 higher Feeder Heifers 3.00-4.00 higher on similar kinds; Holstein Steers: to few for comparison.

Slaughter Cows: 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls: firm to 1.00 higher.

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 169.00-188.00, pkg 196.00; 350-400 lbs pkg 182.50; 400-450 lbs 158.00-174.00, pkg 181.00; 450-500 lbs 162.00-165.00; 500-550 lbs 148.00-165.00; 550-600 lbs scarce; 600-650 lbs 146.00-150.00; 650-700 lbs 140.00-151.00; 700-750 lbs 139.00-144.00; 750-800 lbs pkg 139.50; 800-850 lbs 124.00-134.50; 850-900 lbs 130.00-136.00; 900-950 lbs 127.00-133.50; 950-1000 lbs scarce.

Holsteins Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs scarce; 300-500 lbs scarce; 500-700 lbs 83.5088.00; 700-900 lbs scarce; 900-1000 lbs scarce.

Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 140.00158.00; 350-400 lbs 141.00154.00, pkg 158.00; 400-450 lbs 137.00-150.50; 450-500 lbs 134.00-149.00; 500-550 lbs 129.00-145.00; 550-600 lbs 125.00-138.00; 600-650 lbs 136.00-144.50; 650-700 lbs 128.00-136.00; 700-750 lbs 128.00-136.00; 750-800 lbs 124.00-129.00; 800-850 lbs 123.00-128.00; 850-900 lbs pkg 124.00; 900-950 lbs 111.50-120.50; 950-1000 lbs pkg 119.00; Heiferettes: 59.00103.00.

Stock Cows: scarce.

Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-90% Lean: 68.00-78.25; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 73.00-83.00; Commercial: scarce; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 57.50-66.75.

Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 81.50-84.50; 1500-2340 lbs 89.50-96.75; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 72.50-75.75; 1500-1890 lbs 85.75-89.00; Feeder Bulls: 940-1030 lbs 65.00-78.00.

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

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August 22, 2013

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Miss Garfield County Royalty From left to right: Cassidy Worlton, 1st Attendant, daughter of Kevin and Rachel Worlton of Escalante; Baylee Palmer, Miss Garfield County, daughter of Tyce and Paula Palmer of Panguitch; Christa Pearson, 2nd Attendant, daughter of Carla Pearson of Tropic.

Miss Wayne County Royalty From left to right: 1st Attendent Brinlee Chappell, Miss Wayne County Carlie Chappell, 2nd Attendent Bailey Torgerson all of Lyman

Î Beautiful Ladies... Î Î and Beautiful Babies...

Garfield County Fair Beautiful Baby Contest

The “Beautiful Baby Contest” was a new addition to the Garfield County Fair this year.

The theme was “Western Wear”. The winners received a Radio Flyer wagon filled with prizes.

Paityn Ann Moore - Winner 0-6 months

Stephanie Frazier

All I can say is that I LOVED taking pictures of these beautiful babies, but I would never want to judge this event...not an enviable position to be in!

All of the kids who entered were fantastic. Garfield County has a great crop of good lookin’ babies!

The winners were: 0-6 months: Paityn Ann Moore, daughter of Tifani Justice & Brian Moore Panguitch, UT

Lyric Fife - Winner 7-12 months

Stephanie Frazier

7-12 months: Lyric Fife, daughter of Kenna Veater & Jiles Fife Panguitch, UT 13-24 months: Kyler Kabonic, son of Mark & Teresa Kabonic Kanab, UT —Stephanie Frazier

Impressive!

Pageant Reveals Talent and Poise in Young Local Women TROPIC - This year’s Miss Garfield County pageant was filled with phenomenal talent, incredible poise, and impressive intellect. During a recent conversation with a woman, I suggested that she talk with our newly crowned queen and attendants. I was shocked when she rudely stated that seeing girls prance around disgusted her and she would absolutely NOT talk to someone so unintelligent. I responded to her simply, “Then you don’t understand what it is that these young women do”.

I am fully aware that there is a stereotype of what a pageant is and so I want to give you all a glimpse of what it takes to compete in a pageant that is affiliated with the Miss America Organization (MAO).

There are 4 categories of competition; Interview (including an onstage question), Talent (ability to perform), Swimwear (physical fitness), and Evening Wear (stage presence and poise). When they commit to doing the Miss Garfield County Pageant, they have to sign and have notarized a very binding contract, which basically says that they are the face of our county and they are committing to be a great example to all.

Interview: They must complete a resume that will be impressive to the panel of judges in which they are interviewing for as Miss Garfield County. The judges are not just anyone off of the street. They have to be approved through the MAO. They are very professional and well trained.

Next, the young women choose a platform that they will be passionate about doing for the year of their reign. Service is very important in the MAO. The charity that they have taken on is the Children’s Miracle Network. Last year alone, the MAO earned nearly 49 million dollars for the CMN. Each young woman vying for a local title must earn at least $100 for the CMN. Our 4 contestants raised almost $700. Service is a major part of what the judges look for. Along with that, each young woman must be up on current events and important political happenings in our community, state, and country. In essence, they must be intelligent.

Talent: A young woman that works diligently to master a talent is beautiful. If she can work hard developing 1, 2, or even more talents, she can conquer anything! Having a talent shows persistence, hard work, emotional strength, sacrifice, and much more.

Swimwear/Active Wear: This area of competition is to show that the contestants are physically active, healthy, and that they care for their bodies.

Evening Wear: The purpose of Evening Wear competition is to show that the young woman is elegant, poised, and confident.

Each young woman that participates in a Miss America affiliated pageant, dedicates themselves to something that they believe in and that they feel they can make a difference doing. Next time you are talking with a young woman that has participated in a pageant, ask her about her platform. You will be very impressed, I promise!

—Tari Cottam

Rhythm Dance Company Sign Up Now For Dance Lessons!

We are now ready for Fall Sign Ups Lessons by Rachelle Jeffery (13+ years teaching experience)

Jazz dance, Hip Hop and technique

Students will perform at JV basketball games!

Cost: $30 per student (discounts for siblings)

Call or text Rachelle at 435.467.1527 or come to the studio August 26, 4:30 - 6pm to sign up Located at Janie Hamilton’s Dance Studio, 113 N. Main St., Loa

Kyler Kabonic - Winner 13-24 months

Stephanie Frazier

Garfield County

You are invited to an

Bookmobile

Open House

Tuesday Every 2 Weeks August 6 & 20 Tropic Scout House 10:30am - 3:45pm Cannonville City Park 4:00pm - 4:45pm Henrieville Main Street 5:00pm - 6:00pm Bryce Canyon Residential Area 6:30pm - 7:00 pm

welcoming

Summer Schedule

Wednesday Every 2 weeks August 7 & 21 Panguitch Library 8:30am - 12:00pm Thursday Every 2 Weeks August 8 & 22 Escalante Phone Office 9:30am - 11:30am Boulder Elementary 12:30pm - 2:15pm Escalante Phone Office 3:00pm - 5:45pm Monday Every 2 Weeks August 12 & 26 Duck Creek 2:00pm - 3:00pm Hatch 3:40pm - 5:30pm

Leah McGinnis as new superintendent of

Capitol Reef National Park on

August 29, 2013 4 pm–7 pm at the Historic Gifford House There will be a short program at 5 pm.

The Open House is planned as an outdoor event.

Please dress appropriately for the forecasted weather.

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obituaries Oaklee Sidwell PANGUITCH - Our sweet Oaklee Lynn Sidwell, 9, left us on August 14, 2013 in Salt Lake City, after a tragic accident. She was surrounded by all of her loving family as she went back into the arms of her Heavenly Father. She was born July 11, 2004 in Panguitch to Tracy and Desiree Griffin Sidwell, the sister of Tyler and Jordan Sidwell.

Oaklee was here with us for nine wonderful years and was so full of life.

She lived it to the fullest and shared her happiness with everyone around her. She loved to do so many things: riding motorcycles, fishing, camping, hunting, frog hunting, shooting her BB gun, soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming, playing with all her cousins and friends, sheep riding, riding horses, farming, to shopping trips with her mom. Any time spent with her family and friends was important to her. She always wanted to help with everything. She was the mommy to all the little kids around her, and her daddy’s partner while she helped him work in the shop. The list could go on forever because she enjoyed life everyday and everyone around her was a part of that. She brought a special spirit with her wherever she went and impacted so many peoples lives in the short time she was with us.

Oaklee also had a great love for animals. She started out bottle feeding lambs and calves. From there her motherly instinct grew and she took in many more animals. When you came to her house you could see how much she loved animals with cats, dogs, rabbit, fish, guinea pig, parrot, horses, sheep, and cows. Her newest pet was her baby Jack rabbit she fed with a syringe that the dog brought to her. She would take any animal in and make sure it was taken care of. She pretty much had her own petting zoo.

Oaklee you will be missed, but we know you will always be watching over us and be our precious Angel.

She is survived by her parents; brothers; grandparents: Don Bridges, Russell and Annette Bridges, Mary Lynn Sidwell; great-grandparents: Yukon Norman, LaMar Jolley, Joyce Jolley, Darlene Reynolds; many aunts, uncles and cousins whom she loved very much.

She is proceeded in death by: grandfathers: Randy Griffin, Larry John Norman, and Richard Sidwell; and great-grandma, Lucille Bridges. She has many more loved ones surrounding her in heaven.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in the Panguitch Stake Center, 550 South 100 West.

Friends may call at the stake center Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com If you would like to help the family a fund has been established at Zions Bank in Oaklee’s name.

Bert McDonald 1933 - 2013 BICKNELL - Elbert Jed “Bert” McDonald, age 80, died August 17, 2013 at his home in Bicknell. He was born March 14, 1933 in Rains, Carbon County, Utah, a son of Jed and Hannah Grace Jenkins.

He graduated from Carbon County High School and attended the Coyne Electrical School in Chicago, Illinois. He served his country during the Korean Conflict in the United States Army.

Bert married Iris Brinkerhoff October 28, 1960 in Price, Utah.

Bert is survived by his wife of Bicknell; children: Margaret and Van Bennett of Bethel, Vermont; Frann and Mike Van Duren of Riverton; Gordon and Kriston McDonald of Copperton; four grandsons: Broch and Alex Van Duren; Colton and Duston McDonald; brothers and sister: Brian and Eleanor McDonald of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Shirley Mickey of Ogden; Mark and Georgia McDonald of Lander, Wyoming; Glen and Ann McDonald of Cody, Wyoming; a sister-in-law: Marva McDonald of Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jed and Hannah McDonald, and a brother, Doug McDonald.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. in the Thurber LDS Ward Chapel, where friends may call for viewing Saturday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services.

Burial with military honors accorded by the Harold Brown American Legion Post #92 and the Utah Honor Guard will be in the Bicknell Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

August 22, 2013

FYI Panguitch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com What a bummer, it rained on the Commissioner’s barbecue. This very popular event usually serves 300 burgers and dogs and is a fun part of the County Fair. Hopefully the other events that were inside were well attended; a lot of work goes into these events, for the citizens of Garfield enjoyment.

Today the 22nd is the start of the ATV Rally, which runs through Saturday. At the first Rally there were about 40 riders, the next year 60 and last year about 140 riders showed up. Last year with a week before the start of the rally, there were 89 riders registered, this year a week early there are 170 signed up. I would suspect that over 200 riders will be here this year. This event is so well run that many of those coming were here last year. Part of the registration is 3 breakfasts hosted by the Panguitch Lions Club. If you would like to come down for one of these breakfasts, they will be served from 7:00 am and 9:00 am. and cost $7:00 and will be held at the Fair Building.

It is not too late to register for the rally and get in on some of these rides. There are fourteen different rides and each one has a guide and they are set up to the rider’s ability.

Last year there was a little rain which helped settle the dust.

School started last Tuesday, what happened to summer? For the last two years, we have been taking our neighbor kids to the Elementary school

and now they have moved to Vernal, we won’t know what to do with our mornings.

Don’t forget to sign up your kids for fluoride mouthwash, this is the 15th year for this fine program.

Labor weekend there is a Little Britches Rodeo, down at the Triple C Arena. I believe this event is in its 4th or 5th year and is really a lot of fun entertainment.

Things are really picking up out at Bryce Canyon.

Some of the overlooks are being closed to autos, at different times of the day due to the high traffic. If you have friends or relatives, please encourage them to ride the shuttle. With only two toll booths open this year, there have been long lines waiting to get into the park. You can purchase tickets for the park at the shuttle start, (where there is plenty of parking) or at Ruby’s Inn. From now till the middle of October this area will be really busy, many adults start coming here after the kids are back in school. It sounds like people are putting their kids in school and then they are off on a vacation without them, but the older folks without kids like to vacation without other people’s noisy kids.

With not much going on in September or October, you might want to go over the mountain to take part in the activities that are offered there. Labor Day in Parowan means one of the biggest parades in Southern Utah, it usu-

ally lasts for two hours. They always have a car show that keeps getting bigger each year.

It is also the Iron County Fair week and they have a lot of crafts and agriculture products on display. There are big time rides there also—bring lots of money, because they are pricy.

Pat and I went down to Tuacahn last weekend to see the musicals Mary Poppins and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

What fun! Though I did have a little problem with the British accents in Mary Poppins, the show was so good that understanding the language didn’t matter. The setting at Tuacahn is like no other anywhere in the World. These productions are so good that you could go back again and again. Friday night it was really hot, about 100 degrees, but the temperature dropped the next night down to the eighties and was very pleasant. Check for deals on tickets, we stayed at a place that had a Tuacahn rate and offer tickets to the theater at 40% off. These musicals didn’t get over with till 11:30 and it would make a long ride home so stay the night. Tuacahn has extended its season from Labor Day to the 25th of October.

They start these shows at dark and as the daylight gets shorter each day, the shows will start earlier. There is so much talent there; these shows are almost always sold out, so make your reservations early.

Cedar City has the Shakespeare Festival that runs all summer long and has 6 dif-

ferent shows going. Three of Shakespeare’s plays and three other plays running during the week can keep you entertained for a long time. They also have great theaters, with the out door theater designed like the one in England.

In Panguitch, it is the start of the sports season. The first cross country meet will be held today at Bryce Valley and most of the league will be there and the Cats should get an idea how their season will go from this meet. The Bob Cat’s baseball team keeps rolling along and they have a big game against Piute this Friday (check with the school to make sure). Piute took second at last years State Championships and have their whole team returning from last year and should be the Cat’s main contender for the season. Volleyball is also getting going, most of last years 5th place team is coming back and they should be contending again this year.

It has been a great summer here in Panguitch, the weather has been wonderful, plenty of rain to aid the crops.

So many things have been going on almost each weekend and capped off with the Tour of Utah, bike race. Hope your health has been good, so you could take part in the excitement. Things will slow down now, so if you have something you would like in the paper, please let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

Mack O.

ESCALANTE News

by Marlene Haws ~ 826-4859 • marleneh@color-country.net Camille Shakespear has been giving a heads up about the Pioneer Day Celebration next year. It will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2014. So, REMEMBER , it will be the weekend following the 24th instead of the weekend before.

The Miss Garfield County contest is over and “Congratulations to all the beautiful participants.” We are especially proud of our Escalante girls who participated. Kasssidy Worlton, daughter of Kevin and Rachel Worlton was first attendant to Miss Garfield County, Baylee Palmer. Miss Garfield Outstanding Teen was Taylor Duthie, daughter of Chrystal and Chad Porter.

Tyree King, daughter of Gene and Natalie King came in third in the Jr. Miss contest. How exciting for all of them.

Alex Maunli, granddaughter of former residents Doug and Barbara Haycock, who now live in Las Vegas, has been named a 2013 high school “All American” in water polo. Alex is the daughter of Kim Fisher, daughter of Doug and Barbara. She attended high school in Martinez, California and excelled in water polo. She was team captain and MVP, she had a career high record of 301 goals, 51 assists and 149 steals. She has a scholarship at Long Beach State this Fall. Congratulations to Alex, her proud parents and grandparents.

Laura and Ted Engberg have returned from a week long trip to California. They took their sons there to attend the funeral of their Grandpa Sorensen. Sincere condolences to them.

After seeing pictures of the Bicycle Tour of Utah some are asking, “Did they go down the main street of Escalante?”

Yes, they sure did. As fast as they were traveling they didn’t have time to do any detours! It was quite exciting! And what about when all of them went over Hogsback? Some of the tourists won’t even drive over it in their cars yet here were all those bikes side by side sailing around on it! Pretty scary I’d say! Gutsy people!

I spent the last two weekends with my family on the mountain at Jacob’s Lake. Had all my kids there. Robert, Rick

Haws and his 2 sons Kory and Klyn, Brent and Patrice Cottam and family members Ryan and Tari Cottam and 3 children plus Gavin Cottam and Tori Lindsey part time, Jillyn and Jon Sorensen and 2 daughters and two of their friends and Marian Casse’ part time.

Before Brent and Patrice Cottam brought their trailer home from the mountain they spent a couple of days up there with Nate and Elisa Lyman and family.

Marian Casse’ has been walking pretty gingerly this past week after she fell into a water meter hole while mowing her lawn. The lid on the meter was faulty and she went down in with one leg then it flipped her and the lid landed on top of her. Louise Barnes took her to Panguitch and Xrays showed that she has a cracked sternum. So check the lids on your water meters and let the city know if there’s a problem.

Sandra Porter has had her one and only granddaughter, Kasherri Hales, here with her from Lehi. She is the daughter of Jay and Laura Hales and has three brothers at home. Sandra took Kasherri to Wayne County to meet her parents for her return home, but they decided to come here before they went home so they got some extra visiting time in.

ElRay Nixon has had daughter, Jenifer, here with him from Pahrump, Nevada, for a few days. Not to be outdone but some of the rest of us El Ray took a fall recently so Jenifer decided it was time to come home and see about getting him a medical alert button. They are great to have, El Ray. Just don’t forget to wear it!

Karen Simmons went to Virginia recently to help out after her sister there broke her ankle. Just a couple of days before she was to come home Karen fell and broke her leg. So both she and her sister were the recipients of some tender loving care from their mom before she was able to return home. She is getting around well now but still has a cast on her leg. We are glad to have you back, Karen!

Our whole area has been

stunned by the tragic accident that took the life of little 9 year old Oaklee Sidwell, daughter of Tracy and Desiree Sidwell of Panguitch. All having to do with the wind and a trampoline! The same little girl I wrote about just 2 or 3 weeks ago who was getting baptized and her daddy was so proud! It is hard, and we are never ready to give our older folks up, but losing a child is worse, I think. It is such a different hurt! Our sincere condolences to all the family and friends of the Sidwells.

It looked like everyone in Garfield County came to the funeral. Such a great tribute to the Sidwell family. It is the very least we can do in situations like that and really the only comfort we can even begin to give.

Saturday was a BIG day.

Not only was the County Fair going on but there was also the Sidwell funeral and two graveside services. One for Wallace Heap in Hatch and one for Darlene Hardman Hilton, of Las Vegas, in Panguitch.

Congratulations to Emilee Clark, Cannonville, on her win at the fair with her song “If I didn’t have you,” in the 18 and older division. Her son, Trayson, also competed for the first time in the 7-9 division. He didn’t place but “Better luck next time, Trayson!” Lane and Geraldine Liston (Grandparents), Danny, Sherrie and Katie Meisenbach were there to watch their performances.

Carrie Griffin was happy to report that Dustin and Jen Griffin and 3 children Daniel, Nickolas and Neoma came from Wellsville, Ohio to visit for 5 days. Dustin is working on the oil rigs back there. They also visited with Jesse Griffin for 5 days in Cedar City, and too they took a slight detour to be able to visit with Dustin’s aunt, Rhonda McMurtrey, in Idaho Falls. Rhonda’s health is a little better now but she wants her mom to come and spend some time in Idaho with her again this winter.

Julie Ford doesn’t quite know how to act now days. All her kids and grandkids have moved away from here now. A lot of them were here during

the time her grandson Daniel Spencer and Bailey Barkhuff were married at Woods Ranch in Cedar Canyon.

Daniel has lived here for the past 3 years. He is a son of Tresa Robinson, Gunnison, and Daniel Spencer, Glendale.

The newlyweds will now be residing in Gunnison.

Julie and DeLoy Christensen are making plans to host a Thelma Christensen Johnson, 93, and the late Howard Cristensen Family reunion here on Labor Day weekend.

They haven’t all been together for a long time and one of the sons is even coming from back East. It will be held at the Pavilion in the park.

Arnold and Deon Alvey are the proud great grandparents of a new little 3 lb. 6 oz. baby girl, Isley Nicole, belonging to Amber and Michael Dube. Denise and Andy Dube are the proud grandparents and the Dubes all live in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both mother and child are doing okay as I am writing this. Best of luck to them and hope everything goes well for them.

Travis Cottam came from Orem to get his Dad’s (Myron) fifth wheel trailer and also his son, Gavin, who has spent most of the summer here with Ryan and Tari Cottam and Myron and Sannette Cottam.

Travis and Ashley have been wanting to take their family on vacation to Mount Rushmore and places in between so the trailer will be just the ticket for them to do so. Now Gavin? That is another story.

He has had such a good time here this summer that he wanted to stay in Escalante and go to school this winter, but his mom wasn’t quite ready to part with her young son just yet! Moms are funny that way, aren’t they?

Gene and Thais Griffin, Escalante and Jay and Melanie Johnston and daughters, Las Vegas, spent three days up North last week visiting with Mark Griffin at the care center. They stayed with Gary and Sheila Griffin in Salem.

As you can imagine, Mark is encouraged with any little bit of improvement and seems to keep his spirits up. Keep him in your prayers and communicate with him when you can.

August 22, 2013

The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

TORREY NewZ

WEDDINGS

Adus Dorsey

ISO and YOU, what you need to know and why your friendly insurance agent will be contacting you about your bill.

ISO is an independent company that serves insurance companies, communities, fire departments, insurance regulators, and other providing information about risk. ISO’S expert staff collects information about municipal fire suppression efforts in communities throughout the United State, In each community ISO analyzes the relevant data and assigns a Public Protection Classification – a number from 1 to 10. Class 1 represents an exemplary fire suppression program, and Class 10 indicates that the areas fire suppression program does not meet ISO’s minimum requirements.

ISO’s PPC program evaluates communities according to a uniform set of criteria, incorporating nationally recognized standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association and American Water Works Association. A community’s PPC depends on: • Needed Fire Flows, which are representative building locations used to determine the theoretical amount of water necessary for fire suppression purposes.

• Receiving and handling Fire Alarms, including telephone systems, telephone lines, staffing, and dispatch systems.

• Fire Department, including equipment, staffing, training, and geographic distribution of fir companies.

• Water Supply, including condition and maintenance of fire hydrants, alternative water supply operations and careful evaluation of the amount of water of the amount of water available compared to the amount needed to suppress fires up to 3,500 gpm.

ISO recently concluded its review of the fire suppression features being provided for/by Torrey FPSA. The resulting community classification is 6/9.

If the classification is a single class, the classification applies to properties with a Needed Fire Flow of 3,500 gpm or less in the community.

If the classification is a split class (e.g., 6/9) the following applies.

• The first class (e.g., “6” in a 6/9) applies to properties within 5 road miles of a recognized fire station and within 1,000 feet of a fire hydrant or alternative water supply.

• Class 8B or 9 applies to properties beyond 1,000 feet of a fire hydrant but within 5 road miles of a recognized fire station.

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Kristen Nicole Chappell and

Jameson Paul Pace are pleased to announce their marriage on August 16, 2013, in the Manti LDS Temple

• Alternative Water Supply: The first class (e.g., 6/9) applies to properties within 5 road miles of a recognized fire station with no hydrant distance requirement.

• Class 10 applies to properties over 5 road miles of a recognized fire station.

• Specific properties with a Needed Fire Flow in excess of 3,500 gpm are evaluated separately and assigned an individual classification.

The Public Protection Classification Summary Report is packed with statistical terms like variables, outliers, medial and mean and many others that most of us quickly forgot as soon as they handed us our diploma and kicked us out of our dorm room so they could remodel it.

And to actually understand the formula and calculations used to determine the end result you would have had to be paying close attention in Eric Gubler’s math class at Wayne High.

What it all boils down to is we have some serious work to do, more than just two guys getting together on Thursday evening to polish up the fire truck for the parade. Changes will have to be made and the public will have to step up and pay up.

To Wayne County’s volunteer Fire Departments credit, when there is a fire everybody is going to show up, from Loa to Hanskville if needed, no matter how many road miles there are, and a hundred guys and gals will be there to stretch hoses out as far as it takes “to put the wet stuff on the red stuff”.

My guess would be that if that guy from ISO was to live around here our locals ratings would be a lot different because he too would one of us, well trained, always willing and ready to fight a fire.

To learn more about ISO requirements and ratings get

to know your Fire Chief and Fire Fighter volunteers in your area and find out what you can do to help.

On Wednesday 14 August 2013 Congressman Rob Bishop’s staff http://robbishop.house.gov/ held a public hearing in Hanksville, Utah to listen to public input regarding the Congressman’s intention to develop federal legislation “to tackle many of the issues that have plagued public lands management in Utah for decades”.

As stated in a letter to County Commissioners the Congressman’s goals is threefold: (1) to bring greater land management certainty to the counties that seek it, (2) to provide counties with tangible benefits in exchange for a willingness to designate lands within their borders as wilderness, and (3) to resolve land designations where a consensus can be reached.

A bold and a much-needed move in places like Wayne County where public lands and its management, or lack of dominate the landscape like the Sun does Earth.

The good Congressman from District #1 states, “This will be a local, bottom up, stakeholder driven process”.

True to his word Congressman Rob Bishop sent forth Fred Ferguson from his Washington D.C. office into the wilds and desolate lands of Southern Utah to face folks like the outspoken Celeste Sellers and determined Dennis Ekker of Hanksville, about the Congressman’s proposed Federal Lands Bill.

In front of an audience of about 35 individuals that included representatives from Representative Chaffetz office, the Nature Conservancy, Grand Canyon Trust, the Office of the Governor, the Wilderness Society, SUWA, and local heavy hitters like livestock operator and former

Wayne County Commissioner Stan Wood, Richard Pace, Farm Bureau, and many other concerned citizens of Wayne County, present Wayne County Commissioner Rob Williams presented a draft of Wayne County’s Land Use Bill, a comprehensive Lands Bill for consideration by Congress with the objectives of: 1.Identify BLM and National Forest Lands recommended for Wilderness designation.

2.Identify BLM Wilderness Study Areas (WSA”s) and National Forest Roadless Areas to be managed for a full range of resource activities.

3.Identify BLM lands designated for disposal in BLM resource Management Plans (RMP’s) to be transferred to adjacent communities and Wayne County.

4.Identify BLM lands not designated for disposal in RMP’s but needed for community expansion, industrial parks and industrial parks and recreational developments to be transferred to adjacent communities and Wayne County.

5.Identify BLM lands in Wayne County to be exchanged for State Trust Lands in Wayne County.

6.Identify State Trust Lands in Wayne County to be exchanged for BLM lands having potential for oil and gas or mineral development outside Wayne County.

How is Torrey affected?

The Torrey Town water supply system is largely on National Forest Lands, adequate access to and maintenance of the Torrey Town Water system is imperative and as a community we need to have a voice about how those public lands are managed.

More information on Wayne County’s Draft Land Use Bill is available at the Wayne County Court House in Loa or from Commissioner Rob Williams.

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

due to prior commitments or distance, but at least half were there along with their children!

Congratulations to Brad and Yolanda Cowan on the birth of their beautiful little daughter, Izzy. She was born on the 14th of August and weighed in at 6 lbs 1 oz. She joins here three older brothers, Cameron, Bryon, and Judd.

Cameron said she is really, really, really cute. Grandparents in Tropic are David and Kathryn Pollock and greatgrandfather is Larvin Pollock in Richfield.

Duztin Sorenson was released as the Scout Master in the Henrieville Ward with a huge vote of thanks for a job well done. He had been doing it for many years and will be missed.

Shawn Chynoweth will be the new Scout Master. Congratulations to both of them.

Sad to have Kevin and Emily Clark move up north.

We wish them luck in their new home. Kevin is the son of Terry and Susie Clark of Henrieville.

Miss Chappell is the daughter of Kent & Leslie Chappell of Lyman Mr. Pace is the son of Paul & Liz Pace of Bicknell

Adus Dorsey

The Torrey Fire Department

Bryce Valley Area News The June and Betty Nelson family reunion and the progeny of their children, Shanna (Goulding Waite who passed away in Sept. 2012,) William (Bill) (who passed away in June 2012 and left behind Bonnie)and Lael (Chynoweth, Ralph).

There were over 75 family members who joined in at the Cannonville park. Lael provided the family with a little history of both June and Betty, who lived in Cannonville for many years and were the providers of floral arrangements in the chapel as long as they could get around. Of the 14 Nelson grandchildren, 12 attended along with members of their families. Rob Goulding and Jack Nelson were in charge and they did a wonderful musical program, playing and singing songs we all loved.

Jane’s son Micheal and his family have moved back from Florida to St. George and are setting up a business there.

Some of the other great grandchildren were unable to attend

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We wish the students, college, high school and elementary good luck this new school year.

Dustin and Shilo Leslie come for a visit from Montana. It was nice to see them again. Dustin is the son of Jane Pollock of Henrieville and Randall Leslie of Tropic.

Lot of family and friend support for the Open House of Chris and Kayla Mathews. We wish them lots of happiness in their new life together. Chris is the son of Cliff and Collette Mathews of Henrieville.

There will be a Back to School night held on the 27th of August at the High School for both the elementary and high school. Plan to attend and find out what this year is going to bring.

There is a Fund Raiser on the 23rd of August for the Tracy Sidwell family. It will be a rodeo and everyone is invited to come and support the family in their time of grief. We send our condolences out to the family on the loss of their little girl last week and want

them to know we are all keeping them in our prayers and thoughts. The rodeo will be held at the Ruby’s Inn Rodeo Grounds.

There is a day camp to be held in Antimony on the 23rd.

It is for the Cub Scouts.

We send out get well wishes to Vertis Clarke and hope she is soon on the mend.

Her daughters, Diane, Karen and April have been coming to stay with her while she recovers from and accidental fall.

Now she has developed pneumonia.

Thanks to all the ladies who came to help with the quilt on Thursday. It turned out beautifully and we appreciate Sandy, Anita, Brenda, Ramona,and Catherine for helping Cambry do her first quilt. She was quite excited and since grandma Syrett helped tie the quilt her grandma White will help her bind it so then she can claim both grandmas helped out.

Have a great week and please call or email your news.

Thanks VS

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

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August 22, 2013

LEGAL NOTICES

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 SEPTEMBER 11, 2013.

Please visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)-5387240 for additional information.

CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-2773(a39218): Donald K. and Jan Pierce propose(s) using 0.5 ac-ft. from groundwater (7 miles SW of Hatch) for IRRIGATION; DOMESTIC. EXTENSION(S) 61-1936(a22635): Kane County Water Conservancy District is/are filing an extension for 0.0446 cfs or 2.5 ac-ft. from groundwater (2 mi. SE of Duck Creek Village) for DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 15 & 22, 2013 PUBLIC NOTICE: ORDERVILLE CLINIC DESTROYING PAPER MEDICAL RECORDS OF BIRTH DATES PRIOR TO 1992 The Clinic, formerly known as “Orderville Clinic”, managed by Garfield Memorial Hospital will be destroying all paper medical records of patients with birth dates before the year 1992.

If you would like your medical records, please contact Connie Sawyer at Garfield Memorial Hospital at #435-676-1278 before August 31, 2013. After this date, the medical records will no longer be available.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 15, 22 & 29, 2013 LOCKERS AVAILABLE The remaining lockers from the Wayne School District locker bid are available to be purchased for $20 a section on a first come first serve basis. Interested persons may inspect the lockers at either Wayne High School and/or Wayne Middle School. Payment is due at the District Office before lockers can be picked up. Questions may be directed to Wayne School District Office or Wayne School District Maintenance staff, Shane Bradbury or Eric Trogerson.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 8, 15 & 22, 2013

Attention: All Farmers & Ranchers Who Participate in Farm Service Agency (FSA) Programs

THE

All farmers and ranchers who receive any payments from the Wayne County Farm Service Agency and who now do their banking business with the Cache Valley Bank in Loa, Utah, must file a new Direct Deposit Sign-up Form. The form can be filled out at the Wayne County FSA Office or the Cache Valley Bank in Loa, Utah. If you do ADVERTISE IN not know your new account number or the routing number for the Cache Valley Bank, it would be advantageous What people are saying about for you to complete the form The Insider: through the Bank. Changes “I read it cover to cover.” need to be made as soon as —One Observer, possible so that payments can Escalante be made without any delays.

—Sheila Torgerson, USDA 435-826-4400 Farm Service Agency, Loa

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NOTICE OF ANTIMONY TOWN ELECTIONS FILING Anyone wishing to file as a write in for a town office in Antimony must do so by September 6, 2013, at the town office or with the town clerk.

Positions: Mayor position and two Town Council members - 4 year terms.

Declaration of candidacy fonns must be filed in person with town clerk.

Roma Henrie, Town Clerk 435-624-3488 Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 15, 22 & 29, 2013 Notice of Boulder Town Elections Filing Boulder Town will be electing a Mayor and 2 Council Members in the November 5 election. All positions are 4-year terms.

Anyone wishing to file as a write-in candidate must file a Declaration of Candidacy form with Town Clerk Judi Davis by 5:00 p.m. on September 6, 2013.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 22, 2013 Garfield County School District Request for Proposal Bryce Valley Elementary School Steam Boiler Upgrade Garfield County School District is accepting proposals to remove and dispose of an old diesel fired steam boiler and replace with a new propane fired steam boiler. This proposal will also include a cement pad and chain-link fencing for propane tanks. Contractors who are interested are required to contact Damon Brinkerhoff at damon@garfk12.org or by phone at 435690-0028 for scope of work and an on-site walkthrough. Proposals will be accepted until Monday, August 26, 2013 at 3:00 pm at the Garfield School District office located at 145 East Center P.O. Box 398, Panguitch, Utah 84759.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 22, 2013 Notice of Public Hearing The Boulder Town Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 10, starting at 6 p.m. in the Boulder Community Center Meeting Room, 351 No 100 East, Boulder, UT. The purpose of the public hearing will be to hear public input on several changes and additions to the Boulder Town Zoning Ordinance Table of Uses. Changes include editorial change on Professional Office definition and usage; addition of item, definition, and usage of Elderly Care facilities; addition of definition for retail sales; change of usage for RV and campgrounds; and addition of item, definition, and usage for Home Occupation, Major and editorial change for Home Occupation, Minor.

Details are available from the Planning Commission clerk, Peg Smith.

The public is welcome to attend the hearings or submit comments in writing to Peg Smith, at femmith@scinternet.net.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 22, 2013

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Lets fight together to help Vote for HARSHAD P. DESAI as your Panguitch City councilman. Why ? (vi) Panguitch City audit reports & city manager to Panguitch City Council - “Panguitch City Government has too much surplus (beyond maximum allowed by the state)”. Panguitch City to Utah Governor - “Don’t abolish food tax. We are poorest government / community”. (vii) Panguitch is warehouse for state prisoners. They are used for Panguitch City projects. Great. This keeps $50,000 to $100,000 / year in General fund which flows in free loaders (401 K, bonuses, free foods, raises, Cadillac health care, less than part time job or needless position for full time pay, etc.).

Simple - If you have beautiful swimming pool and you moved to Hawaii for 15 years, what would you find upon arrival ?

Would you be surprised if it is turned into cesspool infested with bacteria and viruses ? You are taken for a ride and you are not allowed to know it. Bacteria and viruses are difficult to recognize. Dormant bacteria and viruses are more dangerous. NOTE: If you have chickenpox, shingles (viruses) are in your body for decades. Bubonic plague killed >15 millions in Europe but viruses are still alive / in existence. AID / HIV viruses existed for centuries. Except a few, who can have 5-10 kids and all can grow up and live here ? Fact: Panguitch had 1500 population 1990 and same in 2013. Garfield County had 5,000 population in 1990 and same in 2013. Vote for HARSHAD to stop public matters in private among a few, records, transparency, accountability, exposing bad apples in the system thru facts / system, etc.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TICABOO UTILITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, on August 8, 2013, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Ticaboo Utility Improvement District (the “District”) adopted a resolution (the “Resolution”), providing for the issuance and sale of not to exceed $650,000 of non-voted electric revenue bonds (the “Bonds”) of the District and calling a public hearing to receive input from the public with respect to the issuance of the Bonds and the potential economic impact that the Project to be financed by the Bonds will have on the private sector, pursuant to Section 11-14-318, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended.

The District intends to issue the Bonds for the purpose of financing some or all of the costs of the acquisition and installation of an electric generating unit and related facilities and equipment (the “Project”) and paying costs and expenses incident thereto. The District intends to issue and sell the Bonds to the Permanent Community Impact Board of the State of Utah in a principal amount not to exceed $650,000.

The District will not pledge any taxes for the payment of the Bonds. The Bonds will be payable solely from the revenues of the District’s electric utility system.

The Board will hold a public hearing at its regular meeting that begins at 6:30 p.m. on August 29, 2013. The public hearing will be held at the regular meeting place of the Board at the LDS Church — Ticaboo Branch, Highway 276, Mile Marker 27, Ticaboo, Utah. All members of the public are invited to attend and participate in the public hearing. Prior to the public hearing, written comments may be submitted to the District, to the attention of the Clerk/Secretary of the District, at Highway 276, Mile Marker 27, P.O. Box 2140, Ticaboo, Utah 84533.

DATED this 8th day of August, 2013.

TICABOO UTILITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT By /s/ Justin Fischer Clerk/Secretary Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 15 & 22, 2013

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August 22, 2013

The Outsider

by Bob Phillips

The Stories That Are Lost Forever When the old stories die, and all the old storytellers are gone - taking with them all their memories of stories older still – who will be left to talk about the past who actually knows anything?

When the old-timers pass, here or anywhere, and no one ever thought to record their recollections of history and tales transmitted for generations, what do we have left but empty, futile reconstructions of how things really used to be?

The oral tradition is as old as human civilization itself, expressed through storytellers, troubadours, actors on the stage. But it’s being rapidly lost, just as so many connections with the past, as we

race breathlessly into instantaneous worldwide communication, never-ending novel technologies, and a world changing so rapidly that it often seems impossible to keep up.

Like a lot of oldtimers my dad, Virgil, was a great storyteller. He could regale whoever was listening for hours with many tales of early day Montana, the old family ranch where he grew up, and the various vagabonds and scoundrels who would pass through.

He’d tell of fights with the Natives and times of great friendship with the Natives.

He’d tell of fights in bars, and fights in the streets, and about the time he got so drunk at the Salish pow-wow that

he decided to “borrow” someone’s horse in the middle of the night, riding wildly and loudly back and forth through the tipi encampment using only a small piece of baling twine to control the no doubt unhappy steed.

Or he’d tell about the time in the Army Air Corps during World War II when he was thrown in the brig after getting (again) drunk and trying to take off in a plane (inside a hangar, presumably to return to Montana).

Dad told a lot of stories, about horses, and rodeos, timber camps, grizzly bears, the war, working on various ranches, and stories about his own dad, uncles, great uncles, his mother and all the Blodgett

kin from the Bitterroot Valley.

He’d talk about my great great uncles Rufus and Rueben, Missouri brothers who fought on opposite sides of the not so Civil War. When my Dad and my Uncle Waldo would get together — well, it was extremely annoying because they would both talk at the same time and often about entirely different subjects. It drove Mom nuts. But I could discern over the years that at least my dad would try to adhere to what really happened. Waldo would simply make stuff up all the time.

Waldo: “I was drivin’ that team of horses when those two lions were headed toward Esther at the horse corral …”

Virgil: “Waldo you were still in diapers then, how in the blazes were you going to be driving a team of horses?!”

But I didn’t write any of those stories down, and many were thus lost forever. I doubt my situation is unique.

Connection between the generations, and with the past, has faded considerably over the years. Relationships that have been a critical part of human culture since its beginnings are fast disappearing into a world that pays the price with alienated, rootless individuals disconnected from their family and cultural his-

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tory. They drift unanchored by the wisdom of the past, and the collective experiences of their predecessors, living in a world where the amount of information now available is staggering, but the refinement, wisdom and human connection to that information may be difficult to find.

In the Navajo Tribe, it’s common now that grandparents can’t speak English and grandchildren can’t speak Dine. One can only imagine the incredible loss of tribal wisdom now evaporating into the skies from the land where these people have lived for so long.

Yet it really isn’t much different for anyone today. In an impatient world where Iphones and Droids and laptops and other gadgets can instantly connect you to the entire universe of human information – who has time to listen to someone tell stories? In a world of You Tube and Netflix and an endless array of movies, music videos, satellite TV and all the rest – who wants to go to the local theatre production and listen to a bunch of goofballs try to recreate life on the stage?

That’s so old fashioned.

My father used to say that the world was changing too fast, and that a lot of the old ways that were worth hanging

onto were being lost as people just kept getting in a bigger and bigger rush.

And he was right, I think.

The olden days weren’t perfect, but America has a way of pushing right past the present because it’s in such a rush to get to the future. The America of my own youth, flawed though it most certainly was, in many ways seems like a lot more just and equitable place than the world today. Capitalism had not yet run quite so off course, and there seemed more of a legitimate chance to “get ahead” through hard work and diligence. Life seemed slower, and things seemed to be made better, didn’t fall apart as easily, and were built to be repairable if they did have problems.

But that America got to racing along so fast that much of what might have been good got tossed aside, and all that’s left now often seems like a tawdry shell. Now, we throw away the past as easily as we throw away the plastic wrapper on our ready-made, microwavable sandwich. Who has time for stories of the past, anyway? We often seem to have little enough time for the present.

Bob Phillips is a Boulder writer and a native of Montana who also tells stories but doesn’t just make stuff up like his Uncle Waldo used to do.

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HELP WANTED BRYCE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Part-time Paraprofessionals Garfield School District POSITION AVAILABLE: Bryce Valley High School is hiring two part-time Paraprofessionals. These positions will be up to 28 hours per week with no benefits.

SALARY: Beginning paraprofessional hourly rate according to 2013-2014 Garfield County School District Classified Salary Schedule ($9.16 hourly).

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have at least a High School Diploma, two years college education preferred, or may complete the Para Pro Test. Must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check and work well with children.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified application. Please direct questions to Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff, 435-679-8835, and application packets to: Bryce Valley High School P.O. Box 70, 721 West Bryce Way Tropic, Utah 84776 Online application available www.garfield.k12.ut.us Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

DEADLINE: Open until filled Garfield School District is an equal opportunity employer.

Garfield School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

8/22

Escalante High School History Teacher Garfield School District Garfield School District is hiring a full-time secondary History Teacher for Escalante High School.

SALARY: Beginning Step and Lane according to the 2013-2014 Garfield County School District Certified Salary Schedule.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have a valid Utah Teaching License and a current transcript of credit. All applicants must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District Certified application, resume, three current letters of recommendation, and a transcript.

Please direct questions to Principal Eugene King, eugene. king@garfk12.org 435-231-9041 or 435-826-4205, and application packets to: Escalante High School, P.O. Box 228, Escalante, Utah 84726. Online applications are available at: http:// www.garfield.k12.ut.us/index.php/do/employment Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

DEADLINE: Open until filled.

Garfield School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Affirmative Action and ADA 8/29

PANGUITCH ELEMENTARY School INTERVENTION PARA EDUCATOR Garfield School District Garfield School District is hiring a part-time Intervention Para Educator at Panguitch Elementary. This position will be 28 hours per week.

SALARY: Beginning Para Educator hourly rate according to 2013-2014 Garfield County School Districts Classified Salary Schedule ($9.16 hourly).

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have at least a High School Diploma, two years college education, or may complete the Para Pro Test. Must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check. Applicant must work well with children.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified application. Please direct questions to Principal Nick Reynolds, 4 3 5 - 6 7 6 - 8 8 4 7 , and application packets to: Panguitch Elementary P.O. Box 386, 110 South 100 West Panguitch, UT 84759 Online application available: www.garfield.k12.ut.us Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

DEADLINE: Open until filled.

Garfield School District is an equal opportunity employer.

Garfield School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

8/22

Positions Available: New Frontiers for Families Healthy Happy U Panguitch Elementary Afterschool is hiring three Program Assistants. The position will be 14 hours per week.

Qualifications: Applicants must have a High School Diploma, must be able to satisfactorily pass an employment back ground check and work well with children.

Interested individuals should submit an application with New Frontiers for Families.

For more information or to get an application

Silent Auction For the Tracy Sidwell Family

Call New Frontiers for Families 676‐2599 Laura Adams 435‐690‐9086

Friday, August 23, 2013 at Ruby’s Inn Conference Center 5:00 to 6:30 PM

CAREGIVER CNA or NA wanted. Full or part time positions. To help with personal care, light cleaning and cooking. Salary is based on experience. Position starts first week of september.

Call Randy at 691-3539 or Sheri 425-3102.

8/29 DELI WORKER The Chuckwagon Deli is looking for full or part time deli worker. If interested call James at 691-0266 or stop by the Chuckwagon for an application.

8/29 MAINTENANCE Job Opening at Capitol Reef National Park. Maintenance, Buildings and Utilities with carpentry work. Closes: Fri. Aug. 23 @ 5 pm. “Contiguous to the Area” hiring authority for those who have lived in Wayne County for six years or more. See details at Website: http://www.nps.gov/care/ parkmgmt/index.htm. Check daily/weekly for other job openings at Capitol Reef National Park.

8/22

FOR SALE TIMBER/FIREWOOD - I have a lot of timber, cut and stacked, for sale located in Grover. Originally saw-timber, it is now going for a firewood price, $1,800 or best offer. Come and get it. Call Graydon at 435-201-1646 8/22

FOUND LOST DOG FOUND IN TEASDALE - Female stray dog, about 9 months old, short hair, blonde, blue collar, medium size. Found by fire house.

Min. reward. 435-220-0101 8/22

COOKS AND DISHWASHERS Cafe Diablo in Torrey is now hiring experienced cooks and dishwashers. Please call Chef Bob at 435-616-1368 to schedule an interview.

8/29

FRONT DESK Red River Ranch, Teasdale NOW HIRING: Front Deskdays &/or evenings; Also interviewing for Night Resident, Room/board included.

Inquire within or call Dave @ 435.491.0491 8/29

REAL ESTATE ESCALANTE PROPERTY - 575 S. Center St. 1/2 to 3 acres for sale, price negotiable.

Out of greenbelt, all 7 years back taxes paid, making perfect building lots. Water neg.

Flat ground w/mature trees on west boundary. Seller motivated. 435-826-4982 or 435-6909455 or 535-690-9456 rtn 3 ACRES FOR SALE - In Loa. Beautiful views, power and water accessible. $23,999.

Call 435-691-0689 8/29 TORREY - SANDCREEK RV PARK AND CAMPGROUND is for sale. Serious inquiries, only. Call 435-4253577 8/29

RENTALS Apartment for rent in Lyman. $325.00 per month, plus utilities.

No smoking. No pets. Cleaning deposit required. Call 8362344 evenings. Available August 1, 2013. rtn

If you would like to donate items for the auction please bring them that night.

Rodeo will follow at 7 PM $11 adults $8 Kids (4-12) (Local discount not offered this night You can purchase your tickets at the Auction (Ruby’s Lobby) or at the Gate.

Bring camp chairs or a tail gate to sit on that night.

The stands fill up quickly

Multi - Family Moving Yard Sale Saturday, August 24 from 10-4 470 W. 350 N., Bicknell

(Behind the high school baseball field)

Furniture, clothes, decorations, craft supplies, and more!!

SERVICES DANCE CLASSES - We will be offering 1 hour dance lessons every Monday starting September 1st for ages 4 and up. Students will perform at Wayne High School girls and boys basketball games. $30.00 a month contact. Tanya Taylor 435-616-3187 or Jasley taylor at 435-691-3186. Also offering zumba classes watch for winter schedule!

8/29

Shane’s Carpet Cleaning Carpet, Tile and Upholstery Reasonable prices Call Shane at

435-691-3504

The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

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Practical Money Matters

Honoring Grandparents Who Raise Their Grandkids

by Jason Alderman

In 1978, Congress passed legislation proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day. Presidents since Jimmy Carter have issued proclamations urging citizens to, in the words of President Barack Obama, “honor those who have helped shape the character of our nation, and thank these role models for their immeasurable acts of love, care and understanding.”

At a stage in life when many people are already comfortably retired, some 2.7 million grandparents have taken on the responsibility of providing basic needs for their grandchildren, according to data compiled by Generations United. An alarming 21 percent of these vital caregivers live below the poverty line, even though 60 percent are still in the workforce.

All told, an estimated 7.8 million children under 18 live in households headed by grandparents or other relatives, including those whose parents are absent due to death, substance abuse, military deployment or other reasons.

Ironically, even though many of these “grandfamilies” barely scrape by, they save taxpayers more than $6.5 billion each year by keeping children out of the foster care system.

So it only seems fair that many federal, state and local aid programs are available to help these guardian angels provide financial and emotional safety nets for their grandchildren.

Among the many difficulties these families sometimes face: • If you become your grand-

child’s foster parent, you’re responsible for dayto-day decisions and care, although the state retains legal custody and pays for the child’s care.

• Unless you establish some form of legal relationship (custody, guardianship or adoption), the parent may be able to take your grandchild from your home at any time.

• In some states, it’s difficult to enroll the child in school or get medical care without some form of legal relationship.

• Most senior-only housing complexes don’t allow child residents – which is legal – so some grandfamilies are forced to move.

However, grandfamilies may be eligible for several federal tax credits: • A Child Tax Credit of up to $1,000 for each qualified grandchild, provided they lived with you for more than half the filing year and are under 17 at year’s end.

• If you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit, you may be eligible for an additional amount for grandchildren you support.

• A Child and Dependent Care Credit for childcare expenses incurred so you can work or seek employment.

• If you adopt your grandchildren, you may be eligible for a nonrefundable Federal Adoption Credit of up to $12,970 per child.

In addition, depending on your income and the health/disability status of your grandchildren, you may

also be eligible for benefits from Medicaid, your state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and numerous other federal, state and local aid programs.

Helpful resources for grandfamilies include: • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, a government-sponsored site at. www.usa.gov, that provides links to various subjectmatter experts.

• AARP’s comprehensive GrandFamilies Guide (at www.aarp.org).

• Benefits QuickLINK, an AARP tool to find out whether you or your grandchildren qualify for 15 different public benefits.

• GrandFacts, a searchable database at www.aarp.org, where you can locate key state and local resources, foster care policies and services, public benefits, financial and education assistance, and relevant state laws.

• Generations United, whose “Grandfamilies” website highlights challenges often faced by these households (www.gu.org/OURWORK/ Grandfamilies.aspx).

Do something to honor your own grandparents this Grandparents Day. And if you know others who are raising their grandkids, make sure they know about the many available resources.

Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney

Free Entrance Days in National Parks CAPITOL REEF N.P. We hope you will join us at Capitol Reef National Park.

There are several more feefree days approaching in 2013.

•August 25: National Park Service Birthday •September 28: National Public Lands Day •November 9-11: Veterans Day weekend If you’re planning a trip that includes multiple national parks, you might consider the $80 annual pass that provides

entrance to all national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, and many other Federal lands-more than 2,000 in all. This America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass is offered free to all active duty military members and their dependents. Information on these and other pass options is available online. *Fee waiver includes: entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation en-

trance fees. Other fees such as reservation, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included unless stated otherwise.

For more information about Capitol Reef National Park, contact us at (435) 4253791 or follow us on www. twitter.com/CapitolReefNPS or www.facebook.com/CapitolReefNPS. Enjoy Capitol Reef National Park!

—National Park Service

August 22, 2013

World Famous

Red Steagall

September 7 at 7:30 P.M.

Red Steagall Joins the Bar G Wranglers

for an Exciting Night of Music, Food and Fun! Ticket Price $10 or Included with Meal Purchase

Local Discount: 25% Off Meal Pricing!

To Conserve Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park Idea

Reading and book signing with Professor Bob Keiter, Director of the Wallace Stegner Center at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Friday, August 30, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., Robber’s Roost Books and Beverages 185 W. Main, Torrey, UT 435-425-3265 Bob Keiter will read from and discuss his new book which argues the goal of the national parks system “to conserve unimpaired” is not as straightforward as it seems. Keiter traces the history of the national park idea from its inception to its uncertain future. Ultimately, Keiter demonstrates that parks cannot be treated as special islands and must be managed as critical cores of a larger ecosystem. Today’s mandate must remain to conserve unimpaired – but Keiter shows how the national park idea can and must go much farther.

Co-sponsored by the Stegner Center and the Entrada Institute.

The event is free and open to the public.