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Thursday, August 27, 2015
Issue # 1113
Bryce Canyon National Park’s Annual Pass: A Great Deal for Local Residents and Repeat Visitors BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK - Like many national parks across the country, Bryce Canyon participates in the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass program which offers a variety of passes that provide access to national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges across the country. What many visitors to Bryce Canyon don’t realize, however, is that the park also offers a park-specific Annual Pass that waives entrance fees to Bryce Canyon National Park for 12 months from the date of purchase. At $35, the Bryce Canyon Annual Pass is a bargain for local residents and others who visit Bryce Canyon several times a year. The National Park Service recently raised its entrance and amenity fees at many parks throughout the country. Bryce Canyon’s new entrance fees are: $30 per single, private, non-commercial vehicle; $25 per motorcycle; and $15 per bicyclist or pedestrian. Each of these entrance permits is valid for seven days’ admission to Bryce Canyon National Park. “Bryce Canyon’s entrance fees support a wide range of projects that improve the park and visitor experiences,” says Bryce Canyon National Park Superintendent, Lisa Eckert. “Funds have been used to rehabilitate trails, de-
velop and install new exhibits in our visitor center, and operate the park’s shuttle system, to name but a few. As we prepare to celebrate the National Park Service’s centennial in 2016, entrance fees will continue to provide funding for infrastructure improvements so that visitors can enjoy the beauty and history that lives in our national parks.” The Bryce Canyon Annual Pass is one of many passes available for purchase (or in some cases, at no cost) through the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass program: • Bryce Canyon Annual Pass: $35 annual pass. Available to everyone. Waives entrance fees at Bryce Canyon National Park. • Interagency Annual Pass: $80 annual pass. Available to everyone. Waives entrance fees at all federal fee areas. • Interagency Military Annual Pass: Free annual pass. Available to U.S. military members and dependents in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard, and also Reserve and National Guard members. Waives entrance fees at all federal fee areas. • Interagency Senior Pass: Annual Park Pass Cont'd on page 2
County Fare New Taste in Boulder by Jon Weisberg, Insider Food Writer
Courtesy Haylee Apperson
Magnolia's Street Food, in Boulder, sources what they can locally and prices are affordable. BOULDER - Salt Lake four-wheel eatery at Anasazi City has some first rate main- State Park Museum. It's the stream restaurants and many creation of Garin and Hayterrific ethnic restaurants. Ser- lee Apperson, a local young vice isn't even, but food can couple with a passion for be good. Park City might be Latin food. They named the Utah's next good food option. mobile establishment for their Service tends to be better than 14-month daughter, Magnolia in Salt Lake, but many of the Grace. Garin grew up in a resplaces are overpriced, and you taurant family, trained at really need to be selective. California Culinary Academy But for Garfield and in San Francisco and cut his Wayne Counties, the bright culinary light glows in Boulder, teeth (so to speak) in a wellwith Hell's Backbone Grill, regarded French restaurant in it's next-door neighbor, Burr Seattle. He yearned for the Trail Grill, and a few miles out-of-doors, and, if you've away, Sweetwater Kitchen at visited Seattle anytime in the the Boulder Mountain Guest past decade, you know that Ranch; each consistently serv- that real out-of-doors is not ing wonderful dishes and de- immediately out the door. So livering excellent service. New Taste in Boulder Now add Magnolia's Cont'd on page 2 Street Food, a terrific new REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA
THURS. AUG. 27 - WED. SEPT. 2 PLEASANT. Nice temperatures with highs generally in the low 80s and partly cloudy to mostly sunny all week. Chance of showers on Wednesday. Lows all week in the low 50s.
Courtesy Todd McCutchan
A Chinese Nanchang CJ-6A warplane flies over the Bryce Canyon Airport during a planning visit earlier this month. The plane will return and be on display at the airport this Saturday, August 29.
Bryce Canyon Airport Hosts Pilots, Historic Warplanes and Community Open House for 2nd Annual Fly-In
PANGUITCH - Bryce Canyon’s picturesque airport will open its doors this Saturday, August 29, for a day of history, learning and fun at the second annual Fly-In and Airport Appreciation Day. A new attraction this year will be the addition of three restored warplanes that will join other aircraft landing at the airport. The public is invited to view the planes and talk with the pilots of a Beech T-34 Mentor, Chinese Nanchang CJ-6A, and North American T-6 Texan. “My aircraft has been restored and is painted in honor of No. 133 Eagle Squadron based at Biggin Hill in 1942,” Pilot Todd McCutchan of Scottsdale, Ariz., said of his Beech T-34. “The T-34 served with the U.S. Military as a primary trainer for more than 60 years.” The celebrated warplanes will complement the Bryce Canyon Airport’s own unique history. Built in 1934, the hangar’s rustic ponderosa pine logs and gabled roof have made it an iconic fixture of the area’s landscape and earned the airport a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. “It’s exciting to welcome new visitors and local residents to our landmark airport,”
said Airport Assistant Manager Tye Ramsay. “From warplanes and classic cars to the free lunch and prizes, we’ve planned a day full of fun for families to enjoy.” The fly-in portion of the event invites pilots to land their planes at the airport for free and then take a shuttle to visit the famous scenery of Bryce Canyon National Park. “One of the great things about our airport is its proximity to the national park,” said Falyn Owens, executive director of the Garfield County
Tourism Office. “Once pilots land, they are just a few minutes away from experiencing the red rock hoodoos of Bryce Canyon.” Another new addition this year will be a free barbecue lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs as part of the Airport Appreciation Day Open House. From 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, the public is invited to enjoy the lunch and explore and learn more about the airport. Activities also include prize drawings, giveaways, and an antique car show with
awards given to the best car from three divisions (classic to 1960, 1961 to 1990, and 1991 to modern). Local boy scouts will also be able to earn their aviation merit badge from the airport’s ground-school pilot. Pilots interested in attending the fly-in can register by calling the Bryce Canyon Airport at 435-834-5239. The event is open to all aircraft. Pre-registered aircraft will receive a 30-cent, per-gallon fuel discount. —Garfield County Tourism Office
Courtesy Garfield County Tourism Office
Boy scouts attend last year's open house at the Bryce Canyon Airport while working on their aviation merit badge.
Final Concert of Guitar Series Draws Overflow Crowd
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Classical guitarist Michael Chapdelaine performed Friday, August 21 at the DUP Schoolhouse in Torrey.
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool. —Jane Wagner
TORREY - Last Friday's performance by Michael Chapdelaine, the final concert in this summer's four-part series sponsored by Utah Classical Guitar, was a standing room only event with audience members spilling out the door and onto the lawn of the DUP Schoolhouse in Torrey. As the performance began, Chapdelaine situated himself before the crowd, tuning his guitar and reviewing his set list. He quipped with a smile to those sitting closest, "Don't be reading my notes, it's just a list of possibilities." After that, he proved that he can do just about anything with a guitar, weaving between works from other classical guitar composers to his own compositions, drawn largely from his recent album, "Land of Enchantment," which is inspired by his life and the landscape of his home in New Mexico.
Chapdelaine interspersed the evening with a number of well known rock-and-roll numbers, including Otis Redding's "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay," the Beatles' "Come Together" and the Mamas and the Papas' "California Dreamin." Chapdelaine clearly pleased the crowd, fulfilling his intention to convey that classical guitar is, "So much more than music by dead white guys in northern Europe," he said. Now in its 34th year, Utah Classical Guitar is a non profit organization based in Salt Lake City, whose purpose is to improve the lives of Utah's community through classical guitar music performance, education, and outreach. Plans are already underway for a 2016 classical guitar concert series in Torrey, building on the success of this year's events. —Insider
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