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Drainage Improvements at Bullfrog PAGE, AZ – The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to provide comments related to the proposed improvement of water drainage in the Bullfrog developed area of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Storm water run-off currently deposits sand and debris as it moves through the campground and other areas. This causes damage to infrastructure, increased maintenance, and visitor and employee safety concerns.

Improvements may include redirecting existing drainage systems or modifying the existing drainage system to allow surface flows to move through the developed are in a way that does not put people or park resources at risk.

The NPS is preparing an environmental assessment (EA) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) to evaluate different techniques for improving surface water flow in the Bullfrog developed area and provide opportunities for public review and comment. The EA will evaluate potential impacts to area soils, hydrology, wildlife, vegetation, visitor use, cultural resources, and park operations.

The NPS is seeking public scoping comments between August 28, 2013 and September 27, 2013. Public comments will be used to help inform the development of the EA. The

NPS anticipates the EA will be released for public review and comment this winter.

All comments related to the proposal are welcome. During the public scoping period the following types of comments are particularly helpful: • Specific information about the project area that should be included in the analysis • Information about how you use this area of the park and how the project might affect that use • Other projects that might affect or be affected by the project • Other ideas or alternative ways of meeting the project objectives We invite you to submit your written comments by September 27, 2013 in one of the following ways: Online: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/bullfrogdrainage By mail: Superintendent Attn: Bullfrog Drainage Improvement EA, PO Box 1507, Page, AZ 86040 By fax: 928-608-6204 In person: Monday – Friday 7:30-4:00 Glen Canyon Headquarters, 691 Scenic View Drive, Page, AZ 86040 The project summary and associated documents can be found online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/bullfrogdrainage or can be requested from park headquarters at 928-608-6400.

—National Park Service

Locals Participate in Cedar City 31

Thursday, September 5, 2013 • Issue # 1012

A Family Waits, Patiently

Southern Utah Soil Strengthens Connection Between U.S. Army Soldier and Family SALT LAKE VALLEY For most of us, the U.S.- and NATO-led war in Afghanistan is a minor backdrop to our daily lives. The mission in Afghanistan, known as Operation Enduring Freedom, is something we hear about on TV news, usually consisting of brief notices about casualties or news about troop deployments and a shifting end-date, now proposed for the end of 2014, to what is now a 12-year military effort. Beyond that, we have the luxury of going about our everyday affairs.

But for Broca Ferguson, it’s a completely different story.

For Broca, a native of Garfield and Wayne counties and a resident of Salt Lake City, it’s a daily practice of patience and anticipating the next phone call or text from her son, who is stationed at a military base in Afghanistan.

Twenty-four year old Ryan Ferguson is a U.S. Army Sergeant, currently serving in a special operations unit that is engaged in the U.S. efforts to train Afghani military and police forces to protect their own citizens.

It’s a particularly dangerous mission, as now, an increasing number of casualties and wounded are coming from attacks on-base, and both Ryan and his family have been confronted with the realities of these dangers head-on.

A member of the Army National Guard, Ryan—who signed on for basic training at the age of 17—had all but completed his first state-side National Guard tour, which would have ended this past July. However, just as he was about to leave, his unit was redeployed, and so he re-upped for another year, which meant he’d be leaving home for Afghanistan. For Broca, this news was difficult.

Army Sgt. Ryan Ferguson gives the thumbs up from his station in Afghanistan. Utah native Sgt. Ferguson has been deployed in Afghanistan since mid-April.

“It’s tough as a mom. In all honesty I begged him not to go. But Ryan really felt strongly. He is a Sergeant and the younger kids look up to him. The others don’t get a choice and many of them have children and are married. Ryan does not have children and is not married and he felt it was important to go,” she said.

According to his grandfather, Lamont Banner of Hanksville, Ryan’s an adventure freak. “He really likes adrenalin,” he said. “As a little kid coming to visit in Hanksville, he liked to chase bugs and pick up lizards and ride bikes and a lot of stuff other kids do. We all thought he’d grow up to be the bug boy. He could tell you every kind of bug that was in the house. He’s had every kind of pet you can imagine—a bearded dragon, terrariums.”

Later, Ryan would race motorcycles, get into cage

fighting, and particularly football. His West Valley high school team won the state football championship. And, according to Banner, he learned to make friends with lots of different kinds of people in Salt Lake’s West Valley. “After all, most of the other kids on his team were Tongans and Samoans,” adds Banner.

“Ryan likes to challenge himself, he is very unique that way,” says Broca. “I always asked Ryan to live outside the box. I told him how big the world was and to try to impact the world in a positive way.”

Broca says that her son Ryan’s response to her concerns about deploying to a war was, “‘There are a lot of people who have died for us to have rights. There are people who don’t have basic human rights and that is something I believe in. It is honorable to fight for others.’”

So, despite the family’s reservations, last April they saw him off at the airport in Salt Lake City.

When Ryan left for this mission in Afghanistan, unit leaders told him that where he’d be stationed he’d be sleeping in body armor. And while his mom reports that she does get to speak to him about every 10 days or so, Ryan’s reports of what goes on there, including that members of his unit are so on guard that they shower fully clothed and with a weapon, makes daily life stressful. She says, “It’s not like what you see in the news, it’s completely different. Your unit members are being killed and being bombed.”

His maturity level is pretty good to handle this stuff, she thinks. “Overall when I talk U.S. Army Soldier cont’d on page2

September Community Cat Fix in Escalante CEDAR CITY - Local Panguitch and Hatch runners competed in the Cedar City 31 mile relay race on Saturday August 24, 2013 Runners included PHS cross country team members, mothers, fathers and individuals looking to have a great time. There were four teams of five who participated. One of which came in ninth place with a time of 4 hours 6 minutes and 26 seconds.

There were approximately 50 five man/woman teams who competed. Four teams from our area is great representation for our little community. Congratulations to all of you awesome runners!

—Natali Schoppe

PANGUITCH weather

ESCALANTE - With the support of Best Friends Animal Society, the Escalante cat fixing crew is set to do another cat fix roundup next Monday, September 9. The goal is to round up 20 cats to transport them to Best Friends in Kanab

for spay/neuter surgeries and check-ups. Feral cats will be given first priority, but some spots are usually available for non-ferals. Adults cats and kittens weighing at least two pounds (usually eight weeks old) can be transported for sur-

gery. The cats will be rounded up on Monday night, transported and undergo surgery on Tuesday, and then returned home to Escalante on Wednesday.

This roundup is the fourth event to date in 2013. Two

LOA weather

Allysia Angus

Releases in early July of just-fixed tame cats, freshly graduated from Best Friends Animal Society’s Community Cat Roundup. A new cat roundup will be taking place September 9.

Phone: 435-826-4400 Fax 1-888-370-8546 PO BOX 105 Escalante, Utah 84726 snapshot@live.com

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

—G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)

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single day events were held in June and July. And one multiday mega-fix event was held in late July. The mega event resulted in 56 fixed kitties.

Those numbers, combined with the two single events, total 89 cats fixed to date. Depending on need, this may be the last fix event scheduled for this year.

If you have cats or kittens that need to be fixed, or know about feral cat colonies in town, please contact Cindy Calbaum, at 826-4452, Paula Ksiezak at 826-4961, or Allysia Angus at 616-4480.

Though the services provided by Best Friends are no-cost, the local crew recommends and requests cash donations from those who can afford to do so. And whether or not you have cats needing this service, if you would like to donate to Best Friends in support of this effort, please go to their website: bestfriends.org.

—Allysia Angus

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LETTERS

September 5, 2013

Heavy Rains Cause Flooding in Panguitch

Send us your letters!

Your thoughts, opinions, and notes to the community are important to us and we welcome your submissions. Letters to the editor must include the author’s name and location (town). We may edit letters for length, format and clarity, and we also reserve the right to refuse tasteless material. Opinions expressed in letters to the editor are not necessarily those of The Insider. Send your letters to snapshot@live.com.

Our Sincere Condolences Just a couple of weeks ago Marlene Haws was noting in her column the loss of Tracy and Desiree Sidwell’s young daughter and the fact that it hurts more to lose a child. Marlene has personal experience with this having already lost one son many years ago. This past week she lost another. No mother should bury two sons. Marlene, we, the people of Escalante, so appreciate the time and effort you put into this column and greatly enjoy reading it. We want you to know that we send your way our thoughts and love at the time of your loss. We hope you return to us soon.

A weekly reader.

Goat Head Wranglers ESCALANTE - The Goat Head Round-up held Thursday evening, August 29, in Escalante was a great success. Armed with trowels, shovels and hoes, and fortified with sturdy gloves and great good humor, about twenty determined citizens turned out to battle the goat heads around the Escalante Community Center and the City offices. Working from 5 p.m. until 7, they bagged hundreds of pounds of the nasty little weeds. When they called a halt to that work, everyone went to the City Pavilion and held a weigh-in to see who had brought the most goat heads from other parts of town. Altogether, not counting the Community Center and City offices, the total weight of the accumulated weeds was 218 pounds, with the champion goat head wrangler being Alex Waters with 91 pounds.

Thanks to all of the businesses for prize donations!

Another Round-up is scheduled for September 12 with prizes for the most goat heads collected and a Pot Luck Supper afterwords. So plan on coming out for the next Round-up and bring your goat heads!

For more information, please call Lori Coleman at 8264559.

—Gwendolyn Zeta

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—Garfield County Sheriff’s Office U.S. Army Soldier cont’d from page 1

to him he still seems to have a good outlook on things,” says Broca. “But he says he is seeing the ugliest of what humanity has to provide. He doesn’t sleep.”

Yet even though they speak regularly, the information she has regarding his activities is limited. “I know he is a Red Beret. And he is an airborne specialist. He is very well trained. I really don’t know what he does and I probably don’t want to know. He tells me he is on base and he is in charge of sending out all medical equipment.”

For the first several months of his deployment, things seemed to go pretty smoothly.

Then, in early August, the family got news that they didn’t want to hear.

On August 5th Ryan experienced a traumatic brain injury when he and four others were hit with a 107 mm rocket.

The shell came from on the base. And it was not an accident.

Ryan was thrown into the air and slammed into a staircase and suffered a concussion and others were also wounded.

After getting to his feet Ryan provided tactical combat casualty care to other members of the unit and assisted in getting them to the hospital despite his own injuries.

“It was on base. It was a mortar, and it is very common,” says Broca. “We are there to train the Afthani soldiers. There are people from all over the world on that base, and there are a ton of Afghani on base, and the Talibani sign up so that they can get on the base,” says Broca.

What exactly happened during the incident is unclear, at least to the family, but Ryan reportedly has recovered relatively quickly from the worst of his injuries and is back at his job. And as a result of his thoughtful actions during the incident he’s been awarded the Army Achievement Medal and the Combat Action Badge.

While the family does not have an exact end date for Ryan’s deployment, word is that the latest he will be back is in May 2014. However, even when he gets back on U.S. soil it may be a while before the family sees him. “They have a re-entry program, they’ll have counselors to talk to. I know my son and I know that you cannot be in that environment and not be changed. My biggest concern is when Ryan comes back is he won’t be able to relate to his friends.”

When Ryan is at home, and while he was state-side in the National Guard, he has worked for American Exteriors, which Broca says has been extremely supportive. “He used to be with Gold’s Gym and they were just terrible. It makes

a big difference.

American Exteriors--the support they have given him is fantastic.”

Yet there is a chance that rather than coming home and back to his job, he will still choose to re-deploy. “He is looking into flying apache helicopters. Ryan is very goal-oriented,” says Broca.

But whether Ryan re-deploys or comes home, meanwhile one thing that both his mother and grandfather can attest to is that Ryan and other soldiers in Afghanistan feel generally forgotten by folks back at home.

They get great care from the military but people at home do not understand the sacrifices that they make. There is some anger among soldiers from feeling forgotten.

As his grandfather Lamont Banner says, “They feel kind of abandoned. At first, they get all these care packages. And two to three months later they don’t hear anything from home. So we asked him what he wanted, and he said he wanted some dirt that he could put a flag in.

Some piece of the USA.” Broca, who grew up in Bullfrog and was one of three members of her graduating

high school class in Ticaboo, says Ryan’s favorite place is Lake Powell. “We’ve spent tons of time down there, sometimes every weekend when Ryan was little.” Ryan’s other grandparents, Broca’s mom and stepdad, Dennis and Jeanne Allen, lived in Lyman. “So over many years, we were often down there,” she says.

So the family gathered up some Lake Powell sand and sent it to him so he could have it with him in Afghanistan.

And meanwhile, for the family, the waiting continues, and the calls that come every week or two from the other side of the world provide another moment’s relief when the voice on the other end of the phone says, “Mom, I’m OK.” Right now, according to

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n Heritage Starfest, Capitol Reef N.P. and Bicknell Community Center n The Great American Stampede, Cedar City

September 27-28

n Preparedness Fair, Panguitch High School n Red Steagall, Ebenezer’s Barn & Grill, Bryce Canyon City

October 12-19

Saturday, September 7

U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Ferguson on duty (above) and below with his sister, Jeanne Ferguson. Wayne Countians may recognize Jeanne from the summers she has spent working in at her grandfather Lamont Banner’s Hwy 24 Shell Station in Hanksville.

Dept. of Defense figures, there are about 63,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, down from the “surge” height of about 98,000 in 2010-2011.According to the website icasualties.org, 3,369 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001. Twentyone of those casualties have been from the state of Utah, and 136 of the wounded.

And incidents of on-base attacks remain a continuing threat. A Reuters dispatch as recently as August 28 said that seven people were killed in an attack on a base operated

by Polish and Afghan forces in Ghanzi province, in eastern Afghanistan, and their report provides an idea of the kinds of attacks soldiers are up against: “Attackers detonated an explosive-laden truck at the rear of the base and a car bomb at the main gate, before a six hour gunbattle inside involving up to 10 of the 15 assailants. Four policemen and three civilians were killed, and 10 Polish soldiers and 52 Afghan security force members and civilians had been wounded by the time the fighting ended,” according to the report.

According to his mom, September 20 will be Ryan’s 25th birthday, and Broca says she is looking forward this coming year to hugging him and telling him how much she loves him.

“It’s a crazy feeling to be so proud of your child. Not just what he’s doing but who he is as a human being. It says everything about who he is as a man. I look up to him.”

And she talks about the importance of the place she grew up to connecting herself and her family to who they are. About how even up in Salt Lake Valley they’ve made a “Lake Powell” firepit in the yard, complete with Lake Powell sand. “We have our own little desert in the city—we have a piece of it everywhere we go.”

“We leave the city and we go back home where it is quiet and peaceful and you can get back in touch with who you are and just be. We all escape to Southern Utah for that.”

—Insider Report

n Escalante Canyons Art Festival, Escalante

October 3-6

n Cliff Notes Writing Conference and Boulder Book Festival, Boulder n Harvest Time & Scarecrow Festival, Wayne County

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The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

September 5, 2013

School Notes Students School Information via Email

The Student Information System (SIS) has been updated to allow parents to receive a daily or weekly email of student information. When parents log into SIS they can subscribe to receive emails on lunch balances, academic grades, missing assignments, upcoming assignments and attendance. If parents choose to receive the emails weekly, you will receive the information every Saturday. Please know that you will receive one email for each student. I would strongly encourage everyone who has a student in the Garfield County School District to enroll in the electronic email information system. For more information, log onto the School District webpage. Under the “Parent & Student” tab you can access step by step instructions to receive the emails.

—Superintendent Ben Dalton

Loa Elementary Snippets

by Lisa Stevens

Loa Elementary Ranks in top 50 Public Elementary Schools in Utah On Wednesday August 21, students returned to fill the halls of Loa Elementary wearing crisp shirts, shiny shoes and smiling faces. Faculty and staff excitedly welcomed the students into their classrooms to start a new year of learning. Teachers and Administrators were excited to learn that according to the Deseret News, Loa Elementary ranked 24th in the top 50 public elementary schools in Utah. This is quite a feat considering there are 501 public elementary schools. You can find the article at www.deseretnews.com; just type “Top 50 elementary schools” in the search box.

Along with a new year there are a few changes at the elementary. A new POWER MATH program has been adopted by the school. Principal Blackburn came up with the program to help all students improve their math skills. The entire school will work on math for 30 minutes every day; aids will help in the classroom with most of the students while teachers will take the top math performers out to work on advanced concepts. “Our school doesn’t have a gifted program; POWER MATH will give an opportunity to students who already understand the basics to be challenged” said Mrs. Blackburn.

The school has also adapted the ZAP program that Wayne Middle School has used for many years. ZAP stands for “Zeros Are not Permitted”; students who have a zero will be sent to the library, after they have eaten lunch, to complete the assignment. Parents will receive an e-mail from the teacher notifying them that an assignment has not been turned in, and to ask their student about the assignment when they get home. The adaption of this program will also serve to bridge the expectation gap between elementary and middle school.

Parents this year have also been surprised to hear that every Kindergarten student will attend the morning session. Students will be assigned to either Mrs. Nichole Blackburn’s class or Mrs. Ashley Jackson’s class; students who qualify for the all day program will go to Mrs. Blackburn’s class after lunch. This is the first year that every Kindergarten age student will be in the school at the same time and will completely do away with the frustrating Friday schedule that has plague teachers, parents and bus drivers for years; It will also add two hours of classroom instruction time.

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The Wayne Theatre Running time: 1 hr. 32 mins.

9/6 (FRI) - 6:00pm 9/7 (sat) - 6:00pm 9/9 (mon) - 7:00pm 9/11 (wed) - 7:00pm

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Running time: 2 hrs.

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11 East Main, Bicknell UT 84715 Wayne School District Board Meeting Change

The September School Board meeting date has been changed from from Wednesday 11, to Thursday, Sept. 12., 7:00 P.M. at Wayne School District Board Room.

—Superintendent Burke Torgerson

FREE

Scarecrow Design Class FRIDAY, SEPT 13, 2013

9AM, 2PM, 6PM WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER - BICKNELL ALL AGES.....SOME MATERIALS PROVIDED BRING YOUR IDEAS, FRIENDS AND YOUR FAVORITE SUPPLIES Businesses, Individuals, Clubs, Churches, Schools

These three classes(9AM,2PM & 6PM)are in conjunction with the Ò1st Annual Harvest Time Scarecrow Festival in Wayne County,Ó it is sponsored by Entrada, along with the people and businesses of Wayne County. The festival will be October 12 - 19. We hope that all businesses in Wayne County will participate in this new event and encourage everyone to get involved. There will be many prizes for Òbest of Ó scarecrow design. More information will be coming soon on other events happening during festival week. Please see and ÒlikeÓ our facebook page 2013 Harvest Time and Scarecrow Festival - Wayne County, UT. There will also be updated information at entradainstitute.org

Sports PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

Cats Baseball Climbs to 40 Consecutive Victories

Wayne County Senior Corner

Monthly Senior Dinner - The monthly dinner is held the second Monday of each month. The next dinner will be on September 9th at 1:00 pm at the Senior Center (Community Center) in Bicknell.

The menu will be; Roast Beef, Squash, Fruit Salad, Rolls, and Ice-cream. Lyndsey Shelar will play the violin for us. A donation is suggested for each monthly dinner ($5 for seniors under 60, $3 for seniors 60 and up). Call the Bakers for a ride at 425-3178.

Volunteers Needed - Do you want to join in the fun? We need volunteer representatives on the Senior Citizens Board for Fremont, Lyman, Bicknell, and Teasdale/Grover. Come to our board meeting, or call LuJean (425-3418) or Ginny (425-2089) if interested.

Senior Citizen Board Meetings - The public is invited to join us at our Board Meeting, which is usually held just before each monthly luncheon. Check with Ginny (425-2089) for the next scheduled meeting. Come help us decide on our menus, or call us with ideas.

Appointment Transportation- Transportation is available to Gunnison or Richfield on the 2nd Thurs. and last Thurs. of each month. The Six County Agency requires that the schedule be posted and adhered to. No exceptions are allowed; please make your appointments accordingly. Call the Bakers at 425-3178 to schedule your ride. A $5 voluntary contribution is suggested for gas.

We’re On The Web - The Senior Citizens are now on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/WayneCountyUtSeniorCitizens . We are also on the official Wayne County Website thanks to Michelle Coleman: www. waynecountyutah.org/Senior-Citizen-Corner . Click on the Facebook link here, even if you aren’t a Facebook user. Join us on the ‘web’.

The Entrada Institute & National Park Service are proud to co-sponsor

SATURDAY SUNSET SERIES

The Bobcat baseball team keeps on rolling with an 8 – 0 victory over Bryce Valley. The Cats have climbed to over 40 victories in a row, this places them in fourth place in State history in consecutive wins. Last week I forgot about all the wins the Cats had in a row from the 2011 season, they are really good and keeps on rolling. The Cats had a game with the always tough Wayne Badgers at their place. Valley another good team will be here on Friday. On Sept. 11 they go to Piute, last years second place team at State. The baseball season is really short, with State starting on Oct. 8, so don’t let the year go by with out checking out this fine team.

The Cross Country boy’s team showed up in force and ran away with a victory at the Piute meet. The boy’s Cross Country team has three sets of twin that compete with them. The Norris, Anderson and now the Lee brothers, I wonder how many teams anywhere can say that? This week the meet will be at Wayne and for the first time that I can remember it won’t be held at Fish Lake, but in Bicknell. For the first time this year the Lady Cats will be out in full force, there isn’t a volleyball game that is in conflict that day. It should be quite a show. Next week the race is out in Milford and the following week, Sept. 19th it will be here and all 45 of the PHS runners will be out doing their best, come on out and support them.

The Lady Cats finally had their first volleyball game here on Thursday night, against Beaver.

Both teams were at top form and all games were decided by 2 points, with the Cats coming away winners 3 to 1. This was a game where the teams were equal and the Cats came out on top with clutch hits and serves. Both teams were playing like this was the end of the season game, they were really well coached. The Cats next 4 games are away, Valley 4th , Piute 11th, Kanab 13th, Enterprise 16th, and they are finally back home when they play Milford on the18th.

This year the Bobcats and the Lady Cats have some elite athletics that are fun to watch. High School sports is where it is at this time of the year, catch the Panguitch Blue Spirit!

September 6th & 7th, 2013

Wayne County has some of the darkest skies in the continental United States.

Come learn more about our beautiful night skies at the annual Heritage Starfest. Scheduled in early September rather than October this year, come join the fun! For a complete schedule, go to http://heritagestarfest.com

Friday September 6

Saturday September 7

@Capitol Reef National Park

@Wayne County Community Center (Bicknell, UT)

2-5PM

Family Astronomy Activities @Ripple Rock Nature Center

8PM

Evening Program by Astronomer & Photographer Dennis Young @Capitol Reef Amphitheater

9-11PM Stargazing, Capitol Reef Campground Overflow Parking Lot

7:30PM

Backyard Night Sky Observing with Kate Magargal

8:30-9PM Campfire Stories with Steve Taylor 9-11PM Stargazing with telescopes FREE SÕmores @campfire

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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The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

Every1Counts

By Cynthia Kimball Where is your heart?

In a TV show?

A video game?

Your car?

House?

Landscaping?

Your looks?

How good your children are in sports or in school?

Your wardrobe?

Sports team?

Cell phone?

Club?

Golf game?

Pornography?

Cigarettes?

The Internet?

Alcohol?

Drug addiction?

Social media?

Food?

Truly, these questions could be asked forever.

The real question, though, is where is your

Choose This Day Whom Ye Will Serve

heart?

You can say it is to do good for others.

You can say you serve others first.

But do your actions match your words?

For example, are you loyal to your spouse when you ogle another’s body and or secretly view pornography?

Do you begrudgingly attend church only to sneak out early to go home and watch the football game on TV? Do you spend more time making sure your car or house are perfect instead of taking care of your family?

Do you engage in a hobby so you do not have to spend time with your spouse?

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,

where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21, LDS.org, 2013).

Thus, “.choose you this day who whom ye will serve .” (Joshua 24:15, LDS.org, 2013).

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

Wills, Trusts, and More Advance Directives for Medical Decisions

by Jeffery J. McKenna

What if an illness or an accident leaves you in a coma?

Would you want to have your life prolonged by any means necessary, or would you want to have some treatments withheld to allow a natural death?

An advance directive allows you to give instructions to your health care providers and your family on these topics. You can give them instructions about the types of treatments you want or don’t want to receive if you become incapacitated.

What can happen if there are no instructions, in writing?

Family emotions and differences of opinion can get in the way of making a choice that reflects your true wishes. These differences of opinion can cause much strife in an already difficult time. To make matters worse, many such conflicts end up being decided by the courts, which may receive conflicting information from family members. Courts try to determine what your wishes are, based on testimony from family.

The term “advance directive” can describe a variety of documents. Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney documents are types of advance directives. If you have questions, contact an attorney who is familiar with state statutes regarding advance directives. An attorney can help you formulate advance directives.

It is a simple process, and can prevent much heartache and family conflict. It can ensure that your wishes are followed should you become incapacitated.

LIVING WILL A Living Will allows you to state whether you want your life prolonged if you suffer from a terminal illness or if you are deemed to be permanently unconscious. In general, a Living Will indicates whether you want certain treatments withheld or withdrawn if they are only prolonging the

dying process or if there is no hope of recovery. Living Wills only go into effect if you are no longer able to make your own health care decisions. A Living Will lets your physician and your family know your specific wishes concerning certain medical procedures.

HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY A Health Care Power of Attorney (HCPOA) allows you to name someone (an Agent) to make health care decisions for you if you are unable. The HCPOA can cover any health care decision, even if you are not terminally ill or permanently unconscious. A HCPOA can apply in cases of temporary unconsciousness or in case of diseases like Alzheimer’s that affect decision making. As with the Living Will, a HCPOA generally only goes into effect when you are no longer able to make your own health care decisions. Unless you state otherwise in your directive, your Agent generally has the same authority to make decisions about your health care as you would. Since this person will be acting on your behalf if you become unconscious or unable to make health care decisions, this should obviously be someone you know and trust thoroughly.

You can limit your Agent’s authority if you choose to do so.

For example, you could specify that your Agent will not have authority to override your desire not to be put on life support equipment.

Contact your attorney if you have questions, need advice, or would like to have advance directives prepared.

Advance directives can prevent many problems for close family members. They are simple and inexpensive to have prepared. They can give you and your family great peace of mind to know that your wishes regarding your health care choices are clear and set forth in writing, should you become incapacitated.

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

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

Attorney Jeff McKenna hiking with his son in Zion National Park

September 5, 2013

tHe lAuGhiNg pOiNt!!

Insurance Inspection

When my husband took his beat-up pickup truck to our insurance agent for a pre-insurance inspection, the teen-age receptionist was sent to look over the truck. Armed with a checklist and a few simple questions, she breezed through the chore.

She asked, “What are the age and make of the vehicle?”

My husband replied, “It’s a ‘65 Ford.” Apologetic about its desperate condition, he added, “It’s an old fossil.”

Inside, the office assistant entered the data into her computer and frowned.

“Is there a problem?” asked the husband.

“Our computers have a lot of automotive data,” she explained, “but it’s never heard of a Ford Fossil.”

Keep Me Alive

My friend was slowly recovering from a heart attack. “Doctor,” she pleaded with her cardiologist, “you must keep me alive for the next two years. I want to attend my first grandchild’s graduation.”

“We’ll try,” he replied compassionately.

In due course she gratefully attended the graduation.

Some time later she again spoke to her doctor. “My granddaughter is to be married in 18 months. Please help me to be able to attend her wedding.”

“We’ll do our best,” he replied.

And my friend happily attended her granddaughter’s wedding.

Ten years passed. She visited her cardiologist regularly and followed his instructions religiously.

One morning she called him. “Doctor,” she began, “I’m feeling fine, but I have another request to ask of you. Remember how you saw me through to my grandson’s graduation?”

“Yes.” “And later how you helped me attend my granddaughter’s wedding?”

“Yes.” “Well, as you know I’ve just celebrated my 80th birthday.

And I just bought myself a new mattress.”

“Yes?” “It has a 20-year guarantee...”

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

Answers for this week

It Depends

“If both of your parents were born in 1976, how old are they now?”

“It depends.”

“It depends on what?”

“It depends on whether you ask my father or my mother.”

Blue Sweater

While shopping one day, I noticed a woman wearing a beautiful cable-knit blue sweater. Intrigued, I stopped her and asked if she had knit it.

She had, she told me; it had been her project while giving up smoking.

“But I seldom wear it,” she said.

“Why?” I asked.

“It’s really spooky,” she admitted. “Every time I put it on, I want a cigarette.”

AG MARKET NEWS Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Receipts: 615. Last Week: 373.

Last Year: 845. Feeder Steers: wts under 600 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher. Wts over 600 lbs 6.008.00 higher Feeder Heifers wts under 450 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher; 450—600 lbs steady; wts over 600 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher; Holstein Steers: 2.003.00 higher. Slaughter Cows: steady on similar offerings.

Slaughter Bulls: steady on similar offerings.

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs 205.00-213.00; 250300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 179.00-195.00; 350-400 lbs 173.00-191.00; 400-450 lbs 177.00-185.00; 450-500 lbs 157.00-174.00, pkg 178.00; 500-550 lbs 152.00-168.00; 550-600 lbs 150.50-163.25, pkg 167.50; 600-650 lbs 152.00-165.00; 650-700 lbs 139.00-154.00; 700-750 lbs 147.00-159.75; 750-800 lbs 145.50-153.00; 800-850 lbs 148.00-153.00; 850-900 lbs 146.00-149.00; 900-950 lbs 125.00-120.50; 950-1000 lbs 126.00-128.75.

Holsteins Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs scarce; 300-500 lbs 75.00-109.00; 500-700 lbs 74.00-81.00; 700-900 lbs 86.25-94.75; 900-1000 lbs 71.50-91.50.

Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200-250 lbs 174.00-183.00; 250-300 lbs 159.00-179.00; 300-350 lbs 149.00-165.00; 350-400 lbs 147.00-160.50; 400-450 lbs 147.00-157.00; 450-500 lbs 141.00-157.00; 500-550 lbs 142.00-152.50; 550-600 lbs 141.50-150.00; 600-650 lbs 132.00-140.50; 650-700 lbs 137.50-147.00; 700-750 lbs 131.00-141.00; 750-800 lbs 126.50-136.25; 800-850 lbs scarce; 850-900 lbs scarce; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs scarce; Heiferettes: 64.5099.00.

Stock Cows: scarce.

Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-90% Lean: 70.00-79.50; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 76.00-84.25; Commercial: scarce; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 60.00-69.25.

Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 82.00-86.75; 1500-2105 lbs 92.75-98.25; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 70.50-80.50; 1500-2330 lbs 80.50-91.25; Feeder Bulls: 1070-1210 lbs 74.75-83.00.

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

The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

September 5, 2013

Page 5

The Outsider

by Bob Phillips

You’re Always Home When You Have None It’s black and it’s January outside as I park the Outback under some scrubby desert bush I can’t identify – Ed Abbey would be upset at my lack of knowledge – but it’s late and I’ve just finished my second consecutive 12-hour shift at the gnarly little restaurant in Quartzsite, Arizona.

I hit autopilot on the nightly routine: flip the door lock, step out into the rough basalt desert night and open the hatchback. I pull out the garbage bags full of clothes, my backpack, the extra tire (without rim) I’ve been carrying around for the last 1,500 miles, the ice chest, a couple other odds and ends, stacking them next to the back of the station wagon.

I make my “bed’ as best as I can, although it will be a while before I can fall asleep.

I’m wired, tired, angry, down all at the same time. Nothing a little sleep and a new dawn can’t cure, but right now my efforts at psychological damage control will succumb to fatigue.

My hands hurt from arthritis; my feet are killing me.

I smell like pickles and onions and grease mixed with sweat.

Why in the world am I doing this, I ask myself. I took this job on my second day in this desolate little desert town just to earn a little cash to supplement my savings. It was my choice to hit the road and live in my car for three months, escaping the Montana winter grey before returning to the Escalante and the job I’ve had for the past two seasons.

Time will prove that job to be elusive. But I will bounce like before and land

somewhere else. For now, this is what is, and whenever I find myself complaining about it the universe instantly reminds me that I’m free to do what I wish. I’m here because I choose to be. I’m working in this restaurant because I choose to be. I’m down in southern Arizona on an extended winter road trip because that’s what I said I was going to do back last fall.

A friend in Boulder had asked me as we sat around a September campfire a few months back: “So what you gonna do this winter, Bob?� “I don’t know.� “Really? Wow. That sounds like fun.�

You bet. Well, here I am, but not for long. This little restaurant serves nearly 400 people a day, with one cook on the line – me. The job consists of shoveling food out the window as fast as I can and avoiding the wrath of the extremely up-tight lady owner (or her equally up-tight husband) and her periodic visits to the kitchen to scream at everyone. Not fun.

Finally I fall asleep, after popping a few aspirins to deaden the pain in my hands.

I drift into slumber muttering to myself, “Living the Dream, living the Dream.�

But the morning comes, and the bright winter sun of southern Arizona brings me back to Earth. No work today, nowhere to be but out here in the Saguaro-studded basalt desert with craggy mountains all around, hiding from the thousands of other winter campers.

I rise, tend to a few duties, then pull my guitar out

of its case and sit down on the ice chest, my only available seat. There was a song I started writing a couple of days ago which needs to be revisited. It talks about freedom, and the road, and choices, and how the years just seem to keep passing like the little yellow stripes in the center of the two-lane highway.

And now it’s all right. Everything is as it should be. No one is making me stay here, or forcing me to work in any restaurant, or telling me I have to live in a car instead of a house.

These are choices I made, because they made sense to me.

Later on in this trip I’ll make it as far south as Julian, California, spending time there and in Borrego Springs, Lake Havasu City, the south rim of the Grand Canyon, Cedar Mesa, Valley of the Gods – before winding my way back to the soft red sands of the Escalante.

I’ll play music on the streets for tips for the first time, and I’ll meet interesting strangers. I’ll experience days when no one throws me a dime or scarcely a glance, and other days when I do okay for a couple hours work. People stop and talk, throw in $5 bills, tell me they like my voice and my songs. I play underneath the London Bridge – it crosses Lake Havasu now - and have a great day, concluded by fishing out someone’s lost soggy $20 bill from the water with my fly rod.

Elsewhere, the friends I grew up with have families, careers, homes. They plan for retirement and welcome grandchildren into the fold.

I’m not sure what they’d think if they saw me now, but that’s

funny. Is this what they meant when they said I’d be most likely to succeed?

In spite of dreams yet unrealized, this is it. I’m playing music and looking to the future; I’m writing stories and songs and digging into life.

I’m walking in the sunshine in January among the Saguaros.

I’m free. I’m creating. I’m alive. And I’m not stuck, even though the evening bouts of self-pity after a grueling restaurant shift may make me feel that way.

In three weeks I’m gone from Quartzite, a wiser, tougher and happier (to be leaving) man. I give a whoop in the early morning parking lot after I report to work and find my resignation the previous week has been accepted a few days early. I receive my final check and turn on “Free Bird� as I gleefully and perhaps a little loudly depart town.

Soon enough the warm spring sands out along the Burr Trail will massage my bare feet. The soft late February winds will lull me. I’ll write a couple more songs out in the desert. And then, I’ll somehow find a place that isn’t a car or an RV to call home.

And life is good, life is free, life is a priceless opportunity to create something of worth. The rocks are sharp and the thorns can pierce, but the blue sky and sunshine feel fine.

Bob Phillips is a Boulder writer and a Montana native who thinks the road is a lot more fun when there’s some direction pointing home.

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Rick Haws

ESCALANTE - Ricky Lee Haws, 59, passed away in Escalante August 27, 2013. He was born to Klyn and Marlene Mecham Haws in Panguitch, April 26, 1954. He graduated from the Escalante High School in 1972.

From the time he was very small, Rick loved horses and they seemed to like him. He could ride a wild horse when no one else could. His mom called him her little “Horse Whisperer.” He was riding his grandpa Dee’s race horses in the races by the time he was 14, and maybe younger! Later on he moved to Phoenix, AZ. where he spent years riding and training horses there and in Utah.

He even took horses to New York, Omaha, NE, Denver, CO., California, etc.

In just the past few years Rick moved back to Escalante when his health began to fail and he could no longer work with the horses. But he brought his last two horses with him and has been able to ride them a few times.

Rick married Randie Beaty, later divorced. They are the parents of three sons.

He is survived by his sons: Ricky Klyn Haws, Cedar City; Kory Dell Haws, U.S. Army; mother, Marlene Haws, Escalante; Marian Casse’, Escalante; her children: Lynn (Clayton) Presley, Alabama; and Cherise (Tim) Saltmarsh, Clairmore, OK; five grandchildren; siblings: Robert Haws, Patrice (Brent) Cottam, both of Escalante; and Jillyn (Jon) Sorensen, Salina; many nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts, cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his son, Robby Dee Haws; father, Klyn Haws; brother, Terrill Ray Haws; sister Joycelyn Haws; grandparents, Starns and Fontella Mecham and E. D. and Elda Haws.

Funeral services will be held on September 2, 2013, at 1:00 P.M. in the Escalante Stake LDS Center , where friends may call from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Escalante Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary. com

obituaries Renon J. Wood 1933 - 2013

LYMAN - Our kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, Renon Jenson Wood, age 80, died September 1, 2013 in Taylorsville, Utah, after a long and valiant battle with ill health. She has been released from pain and suffering and all her earthly care. She was born April 4, 1933 in Fremont, Utah, a daughter of Charles William and Dolly Thenelda Morrell Jenson. She graduated from Wayne High School.

Mom married our Dad, James Oldroyd Wood, November 17, 1950 in the Manti LDS Temple.

She lived 62 years in Lyman, and worked with her husband cattle ranching and farming. Renon really enjoyed the outdoors, riding and the spring round-ups with her family. She raised big gardens and bottled countless jars of homemade jams, fruits and vegetables.

She was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in all the auxiliaries and in many leadership positions. She spent countless hours fulfilling her callings. She was an active member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Camp Thousand Lake. Mom was extremely proud of her ancestry and heritage.

Genealogy was her passion. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother and by example, she has taught us all how to work hard.

Renon served on the Lyman Town Board and was instrumental in many improvements in Lyman, including the new Fire House and Town Hall, many cemetery improvements and town landscaping, including “Renon’s Corner”.

Renon is survived by her husband, James, currently living in Taylorsville; her children: Ellen Wood of Riverton; Joann Whitby of Magna; Evan and Cindy Wood of West Valley City; 8 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; a sister, Charlene Brown of Richfield.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother-inlaw, Harold Brown.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. in the Lyman LDS Ward Chapel. Friends may call for viewing at the Springer Turner Funeral Home in Richfield, Friday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. or at the ward chapel in Lyman, Saturday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services.

Burial will be in the Lyman Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

TEASDALE - Our beloved son, brother, uncle and friend, Timothy Lell Heaps, age 61, of Chatsworth, California and formerly of Teasdale, Utah, died August 30, 2013 in Simi Valley, California, after a brave and valiant battle with a brain tumor. He was born March 30, 1952 in Salina, Utah, a son of William Lell and Ann Maxfield Heaps.

He graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1970.

He attended Snow College in Ephraim and Utah State University in Logan.

T i m worked at JPL on the Mars Rover Project and won the 1994 Rockwell Engineer of the Year Award and was honored by the Wall Street Journal as a true visionary, that did not just see the future, he made it happen. He worked on the heart pacemaker, International Space Station and Mars Rover and various other Aerospace projects. Tim’s life was in the stars. He was a member of the IEEE Advanced Technology for Humanity Organization. He enjoyed star gazing, hang gliding, scuba diving, sailing and running. He was a HAM Radio Operator and loved communicating with the world. He was a member of the LDS Church, serving in the scouting program.

Tim was always surrounded and loved by his family who looked to him for leadership after the passing of our Dad. He is survived by his mother, Ann Heaps of Teasdale; sisters and brother: Cynthia J. and Albert Medina of Chatsworth, California; Beverly A. and Bryant Davis of High Point, North Carolina; Karen M. and Paul Cloward of Herriman; LaWanda Heaps of Riverton; William Bryan Heaps of Mancelona, Michigan; Loralee and Jim Darden of Cedar Park, Texas; 18 nieces and nephews who learned much about the universe and their place in it, from Uncle Tim. He was preceded in death by his father, William Lell Heaps.

Memorial services were held in California. His remains have been cremated and burial will take place back in his home town, the place that he loved, at a later date in the Teasdale Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

Bob Brown ESCALANTE - Robert Herbert Brown, Jr., 63, passed away August 31, 2013, at home in Escalante. He was born November 6, 1949, in Oakland, California to Robert Herbert, Sr. and Bebe Joyce Emery Brown. He married Barbara Jean Ortiz, September 3, 1977 in St. George. The marriage was solemnized May 31, 2013 in the St. George Temple.

Bob was a veteran of the Viet Nam War. A farmer at heart, Bob moved to Escalante in 1998 to farm and loved everything about being there including: the mountains, humming birds, his cats, good friends and his Dodge Ram truck. Depending on the time of year, he could be found gardening, fishing and camping with his family, or snow skiing.

An active member of the LDS Church, he greatly appreciated his ward family.

He loved his family dearly, leaving them with many wonderful memories.

Survived by his wife of Escalante; son, Matthew Seth Brown, Draper; mother of Salt Lake.

Preceded in death by his father.

Memorial services will be held Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in the Escalante 2nd Ward Chapel, where friends may call after 12:30 p.m. Military rites by the Escalante American Legion Post #0114. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www. maglebymortuary.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to help with funeral expenses.

ESCALANTE News

by Marlene Haws ~ 826-4859 • marleneh@color-country.net Marlene is taking a break this week.

Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues. Sept.10th

Wed. Sept.11th

Thurs. Sept.12th

Pulled pork sandwich Potato salad Salad bar Peaches Snickerdoodles

Lasagna Breadsticks Salad bar Corn Tropical fruit Poke cake

Taco soup w/chips Relish terays Pears Pumpkin dessert

All meals are served with milk or juice.

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

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

FYI Panguitch

Tim Heaps 1952 - 2013

September 5, 2013

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com The road crew that finished off the Town’s highway in less than two weeks was remarkable. With two days of bad weather they were finishing up the painting of the stripes on Friday evening. The last time the road was done (about 15 years ago) it took almost 3 months and ruined a number of businesses, because cars couldn’t get to them. I give them an A+ for their effort.

Congratulation to all of the winners at the County Fair, there were 60 of you. Thirty one are eligible for the 4-H exhibits at the State Fair. The County Fair is a great way to display your talents or skills.

To all those who continue to make the County Fair a reality: Thank You! This Saturday the 7th is the Preparedness Fair at the High School. Classes start at 9am and the Keynote speaker, James Phillips, will begin at 10 am. All are encouraged to attend this regardless of age.

Mr. Phillips speaks to thousands of people all over the country, including the military. Besides Mr. Phillips there will be many other wonderful presenters who will teach you what to do in an emergency situation, but also information you can use right now.

Attention all Scout Masters in Panguitch or Hatch.

Jennifer Bremner, who is over the Stake Blood Bank, spoke with the Director of the Red Cross Blood Bank. He told Jennifer that the Blood Bank drive would make an excellent Eagle Scout project. The Blood Bank will be here in November and the Scout that takes part in this project will have to take it on shortly, because there is a lot to it. Give Jennifer a call for more information at (676-8211).

School is back in and again, we have over 360 kids in the Elementary School.

This is the first time in over thirty years that Debbie Pollack wasn’t there to welcome back the students at the high school.

This weekend (Labor Day) was pretty wet and judging from all that were in Church, not a lot of the locals went anywhere. The Park was down in attendance, due to the moisture, however next week things will pep up with the rush of adults that come to our area after the kids are back in school. Labor Day to me is special; it represents all of the people who made America great. Such as the people who labored all their lives in building railroads across the US to

open up the west. Those that like my father who quit his job of 22 years, with LA City, to go to work in ship yards during WW II. It was those types of people that sacrificed their all to keep America free. This is a holiday that celebrates your efforts in doing your job the best way you can.

Two weeks ago at COSTCO they had Halloween costumes on sale, in August.

This week they have moved to Christmas ornaments. The year is going too fast I don’t think we need stores jumping the gun by as much as 4 months. Of course there are those like my wife that shops all year and look forward to

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Events to look forward to are: Veterans Day Dinner at the Senior Center, by the American Legion, all Veterans and their Spouses are invited.

Thanksgiving Dinner also at the Senior Center will be sponsored by the Lion’s Club and gets bigger each year.

Christmas in the Country will be held at the Social Hall, on the first Saturday in December. Mark you calendar, I am sure more will be coming.

Those farmers that are a little short on you hay, come on over to my house I have enough grass to make up a bale or two.

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September 5, 2013

TORREY NewZ Adus Dorsey

As luck would have it was a soggy Labor Day weekend, so much so that some locals are anxiously awaiting the visiting podiatrist at the clinic to deal with a growing condition of web toes.

With Salt Lake City posting a record number of 95-degree days this summer, surely Wayne County has to be close to a record number of inches reported in Grand Pa’s rain gauge. There has been so much rainfall in Torrey that Brian Brill’s team of lawn care experts are having a hard time keeping up, much less finding time in between storms to perform their duty.

Leah McGinnis has officially taken over the Superintendent’s steering wheel at Capitol Reef National Park and on August the 29th, the Park and Capitol Reef Natural History Association staff sponsored an outdoor event at the Gifford house, complete with a house band that consisted of Jim Robinson, Will Barclay and Gil Hunt. Duke Alvey and his culinary crew from Hanksville expertly catered the event in fine fashion and the spread was nothing short of excellent. (Visit Duke in downtown Hanksville and he will surely dazzle your taste buds.)

On hand to welcome the crowd, assist the Boy Scouts in posting the colors and say a few words was Chief Ranger and all around good guy Scott Brown. Also in official capacity to welcome Leah to Capitol Reef was Bryce Canyon’s Super Jeff Bradybaugh, as fine an example of leadership and community involvement as there ever was and is.

Leah then took to the microphone and gave the crowd a short run down of her history working in the National Parks and explained how her job evolved over the last 10 years. Leah’s portfolio includes; partnerships, public affairs, the volunteer program, a diversity program, a leadership program and safety, all of which will be a fine fit here in

tage Starfest set for Friday September 6 and Saturday September 7. Wayne County has some of the darkest skies in the continental United States. Come learn more about our beautiful night skies at the annual Heritage Starfest. Come join the fun and make a wish upon a star! For a complete schedule, go to http://heritagestarfest. com/ Another upcoming event worth menAdus Dorsey tioning is the 2013 Leah McGinnis and Wayne County’s pro tem Governor Dee Hatch. Harvest Time Scarecrow Festival - Wayne Wayne County. the Middle and High school to As a point of interest, be turned in at the end of day County, UT. The mission of the festival is to create a susWayne County was very in- or with resignation requests. tainable event that both enstrumental in providing input “Bullying is an unnecesto the powers that be in the sary nationwide epidemic and hances business and provides Capitol Reef National Park su- a grave concern for everyone family oriented entertainment perintendent’s selection pro- in the community, if you see it for Wayne County residents cess, contacting Senators, the or know it is happening, report as well as the many visitors Governor, Representatives, it, so it can be dealt with.” You to this area. Break out the bib over alls and straw hats buried and anybody else that would will be glad you did. in the basement, stuff them listen. In doing so the message The big yellow school was always the same: “Send buses are sure a welcome with hay, and become part of us someone that will listen, sight after a short summer and what should be an exciting someone that is community also a reminder that school is and growing county wide fall and culturally oriented, with in session. Kids are running event.

Coral Coffey and Mary a strong emphasis on local in- everywhere on the roads not Jean Harmon, also known as teraction on the Federal level.” paying attention (because they the Lee’s, and long time TorAs we enter into a new had to at school all day long) rey residents have been busy era in Capitol Reef National so be extra careful out there. as ants gathering old family Park’s working relationship In what has become a fast with Wayne County, hopes growing tradition of showcas- photos of Torrey. They have requested anyone that has picand expectations are high. ing local talent, the Rim Rock Welcome Leah and Mike Patio has certainly stepped up tures they would like to share McGinnis to Wayne County, efforts to include locals and in their book to please get in the land of the Sleeping Rain- visitors alike to enjoy and play touch with them, or myself bow, a place ripe with oppor- great music under the stars. (Adus) to have your pictures scanned, in your own home tunity and possibilities.

On Saturday night Will BarThe Wayne School Dis- clay and the Loco’s (Jim Rob- if you would like. This dutitrict held their annual Sub- inson and Steve Lutz) played ful project is to record Torrey stitute Teacher training at the to a happy umbrella crowd. Town family homesteads past middle school with a fairly Although there was rain it did and present. *** The regularly large contingent of brave souls not dampen the spirits of the scheduled September Torand past Wayne High gradu- crowd that arrived after the rey Town Council meeting ates in attendance. Middle Saturday night Entrada event, School Teacher Pam Brinker- and in general a good time has been shifted up a week hoff passed out a package was has by all, even those four to Thursday night the 5th of Substitute Teacher Duties and girls from the city that showed September due to a conflict Expectations, which included up to have a bridesmaids party with the League of Cities and towns annual confera detailed description of what and forgot the Bride? ence and a day of beauty in to do in the classroom and how The Entrada Institute to do it. In the packet were & National Park Service are Salt Lake City. *** Substitute response forms for proud co-sponsors of the Heri-

Bryce Valley Area News

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

On September 13-14th will be the youth stake conference. For 14 years and older.

“Favorite things” a Relief Society activity. September 25th. Find your favorite things and come and share

them with the other ladies.

Bring a sample of your favorite recipe and copies of the recipe to share. We have moved Crochet night to September 10th at 6:00 PM. We will be working on baby head

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center THURS Sept. 5th TUES Sept. 10th WED Sept. 11th THURS Sept. 12th

Fried chicken, potatoes & gravy, squash, fruit cocktail, carrot cake Pork chops, potatoes & gravy, carrots, apples, strawberry shortcake Ham, scalloped potatoes, veggie tray w/Ranch, Jell-o salad w/pineapple, apple crisp Hoagie sandwich w/lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, squash, macaroni salad, chips, pears, Congo bar

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.

bands. Come and learn how to make one.

Congratulations to Abbagail Harman who got her mission call to Indepence Missouri. She is very excited about this call. She is the daughter of Robert and Yarlta Harman of Tropic.

Carlos Barcelo as ordained a Deacon. We congratulate you Carlos for your hard work.

Jeremiah and Jana Lee Jackson were called to Course 16-18 as the instructors in Sunday school.

Mary-Miller and Carl Boyd were delighted to have their grandson Carl-Thomas visit from Kentucky. His too-

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In conjunction with

Garfield School District, Panguitch City Garfield Memorial Hospital

and

Invite YOU and all your friends and neighbors to the

Second Annual Preparedness Fair Saturday September 7, 2013

Class Schedule: 9:00 am

Preparing Your Financial Future by Glen Barker

10:00 am in PHS aud.

Keynote address by Jim Phillips: Sanitation In a Grid Down

12:00 noon Gardening with Kevin Heaton

Alternatives to Medicine: Essential Oils by Jenni Wilson

Cooking Without Electricity

by Lisa Tinney and Barbara Gleave

1:00 am

I Can Make That! Learning to make soaps, shampoo, cleaners, etc. by Alexia Barben

What to Do When the Lights Go Out

by Les Whittney

Canning for the Beginner and the Experienced,

by Trudy Stowe

Booths include: Garfield County Sheriff’s Dept. (Among other things, they will be registering bicycles);

Garfield Memorial Hospital (GMH has donated a limited amount of bicycle helmets to be given away with bicycle registrations); USU Extension (USU Ext. will be testing pressure canner gauges—you only need to bring your lid); Garfield County Domestic Violence Coalition; Garkane Energy; Tri-Health Naturally; Tunnel Gardens; Delta Disaster Services; Frank’s Emergency Preparedness; Safe Harbor Alliance; South Central Communications; Doterra Essential Oils; Magelby Mortuary; Food Booth provided by Panguitch H.S. Junior Class Many of these booths are not only sharing information, but they will have products you can purchase.

If you would like to have a booth, please contact Rachelle Holbrook 676-8232

brief visit got off to a wet but fun day at the County Fair, topped off by his first demolition derby. He beat his grandfather at golf , took in a rodeo, and enjoyed being with his friends here, especially at the YM/YW mud fight at Bishop Pollock’s.

A cross country meet was held in Piute this week.

The Bryce Valley team did very well, with seven runners placing in the top ten. Teams scores were not announced, but the varsity boys and girls ran well with Adam Platt taking 2nd overall. For the JV Morgan Platt took 2nd, Baylee Baugh 10th, Trayten Tebbs 3rd, Austyn Brinkerhoff 8th, Joshua Brinkerhoff 9th, and Clay Mortensen 10th. Thanks to Panguitch for sharing a bus with us at the last minute.

They were very accommodating. (by Coach Nathan Platt) Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. I am having problems with how fast the year is going. It is flying by. We went to Ogden to visit our new little great grandson and his family. We had a great time and traveled to and from safely. We take the road that goes through Tooele and love it because there are hardly any travelers there and we basically have the road to ourselves most of the time. Beats the freeway any day. No construction either. The time is a bit longer but the travel is nicer. Love seeing the windmills with all the clouds down around them and the rain too.

One storm looked like the tornados you see on the Weather Channel being chased by the storm chasers. It was creepy.

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

Thanks VS.

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BIRTHDAYS La Wana Durfey Jones

Celebrating Her 80th Birthday

TEASDALE - Mom was born August 5, 1933 in Bicknell, Utah to George Lawrence, Jr. and Clea King Durfey. She was born in the home of her Grandparents, George Lawrence, Sr. and Theresa Liston Durfey. Mom is the fourth of nine children.

She was raised in Notom and Teasdale, Utah. Her father and mother, sheep ranchers, were the first to homestead the Henry Mountains in the 1930’s for the grazing of sheep.Grandpa walked off two 640-acre sections of land, allowing him and his brother Rotis to run sheep in this new territory. Mom’s grandparents along with their children in 1919 helped establish the township of Notom, Utah, formerly known as Pleasant Creek.

As a small girl, growing up in Notom, one of her favorite things to do was to gather “Cuclke Burrs.” Mom would create all that she could imagine and place them for all to see. Her mother frowned due to the fact that the needles were so small and fine they stuck in everything making it hard to get out of socks, clothing and hair. Mom grew to be a lot like her Mother—a wonderful cook, a baker and candy maker. She loves cook books and new recipes still today. Her kids, grandkids and Sons-in-law love to go to Mom’s for all the good food. Mom crochets, quilts and embroiders beautifully and she loved putting on the greatest Easter egg hunt ever for her grandchildren each year. She was always there for us, and we love her very much for being a wonderful mother.

Mom married Dad, Allen R. Jones from Torrey, Utah on March 26, 1952 in the Manti LDS Temple. That evening they had the traditional reception and shivery. To send them off after the reception into their new life, family and friends made a cocoa and water mixture to be rubbed into their hair, com flakes were put in between their bed sheets and honey on their bed room floor. But they left in style that night in dad’s brand new 1951 Ford passenger car with tin cans strung onto the back, making the union one to celebrate.

Morn and Dad made their life together in the Salt Lake Valley. Together they built, owned and operated Allen’s Automotive until they retired in 1983 to return to Wayne County.

Mom and Dad have 5 children: Jeneal, Ronney, Randy, Valgene and Jeannette. They have 16 wonderful grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.

To celebrate our mother’s 80th birthday, a picnic and watermelon bust with family was held at the Wild Cat Ranger Station, August 31,2013.

Happy Birthday Mom! Thank you for 61 wonderful years as a family. We love you and Dad very much.

Mary Perkins

Celebrated 95th Birthday PANGUITCH - On September 1, Mary Perkins celebrated her 95th Birthday with her family at the Long Term Care Center in Panguitch. Mary was born in Panguitch to the late Harry and Hazel Hatch Judd in the home that Ralph and Sheri Wilcox currently resides in. Mary grew up in that home until the time that she married Ted Perkins, moved to Spry where Ted owned and operated a ranch, raised two children Dawna Barney (Panguitch) Ronald Perkins, (West Valley) Ted passed away in 198. Mary still remembers many people and events from the past and continues to entertain her friends and car takers with these “good stories”. A big THANKS to those at the Long term Care for taking such good care of Mary and keeping her happy.

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September 5, 2013

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE TO AIRPORT CONSULTANTS Escalante City, Escalante, Utah is soliciting Statements of Qualifications and Experience from consulting firms to provide professional airport planning services for the Escalante Municipal Airport.

A complete copy of the Request for Statements of Qualifications and Experience may be obtained from the office of Vickie Schulkoski, City Recorder, 56 N 100 W Escalante, UT 84726 DBE firms are encouraged to apply. All proposals received will be evaluated based on FAA Advisory Circular 150/510014D and on compliance with the request.

Interested consultants are to submit six (6) complete copies of the Statements of Qualifications and Experience by 5:00 pm Local Time on September 24, 2013 to the above address.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 & SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 NOTICE TO AIRPORT CONSULTANTS Escalante, Utah is soliciting Statements of Qualifications and Experience from consulting firms to provide professional engineering services for the Escalante Municipal Airport.

A complete copy of the Request for Statements of Qualifications and Experience may be obtained from the office of Vickie Schulkoski, City Recorder, 56 N 100 W Escalante, UT 84726 DBE firms are encouraged to apply. All proposals received will be evaluated based on FAA Advisory Circular 150/510014D and on compliance with the request.

Interested consultants are to submit six (6) complete copies of the Statements of Qualifications and Experience by 5:00 pm Local Time on September 24, 2013 to the above address.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 Invitation to Bid Custom Storage Shed for Sale Wayne High School is looking for projects to build for their Carpentry Class. The students, under the direction of their instructor/general contractor, will design and build custom storage sheds, chicken coops, etc. We are offering these custom buildings for bid to the general public. The winning bidders will pay for the full cost of the materials for their custom-built building PLUS the amount of the bid, which will go to the Carpentry program to help cover overhead (tools, etc.). For example: If the actual cost of the materials for your shed is $1000, and you bid $500, the total cost for your new shed will be $1500.

Estimated cost of material for some sample sheds (2 x 6 treated floor, 2 x 4 wall framing, asphalt shingles, vinyl siding, aluminum fascia and soffit, 8’ garage door on larger sheds and 3’ steel door on smaller sheds): 8 x 10 - $1000 10 x 12 - $1500 12 x 16 - $2200 16 x 20 - $3000 Please note: The cost of the materials will vary depending on the actual size and options selected by the owner. The owner will pay the actual cost of all material plus the amount of their bid. Transportation of the building after construction is provided by the owner. To submit your bid or if you have questions, please contact Steve Hill at 435-425-3411.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5 & 12, 2013 NOTICE OF LOA TOWN WRITE-IN ELECTIONS FILING Loa Town will be electing a Mayor and 2 Council Members in the November 5 election. All positions are for 4-year terms.

Anyone wishing to file as a write-in candidate must file a Declaration of Candidacy form with the Loa Town Clerk, Michelle Brian on September 6, 2013 during business hours 11 am – 3 pm.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 and SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 HANKSVILLE TOWN 2013 CANDIDATE FILING The following Hanksville Town residents have filed for the November 2013 Election: Ronnie L. Albrecht – Mayor (4 year term) Lucinda J. Wallace – Town Council Member (4 year term) Chylene Whipple – Town Council Member (4 year term).

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 and SEPTEMBER 5 & 12, 2013 HATCH IRRIGATION SYSTEM REPAIRS PROJECT The Hatch Irrigation Company is accepting bids for the Irrigation Systems Repair Project in and around Hatch, in Garfield County. The project includes demolition and replacement of the diversion in Mammoth Creek, rock and riprap placement to reinforce their Sevier River Diversion, replacement of a sluicing box, and installation of a groundwater drain and grading to stabilize a slope failure above a canal. Bid packets may be obtained beginning Tues. September 10, 2013 from the Utah Division of Water Resources (mattcall@utah.gov, (801) 538-7270).

Hard copies may be obtained at the office, or pdf copies may be emailed to you by contacting Matt Call (preferred method). A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Friday, September 13th at 11 am onsite. Bids are due Wed. September 18, 2:00 pm (MDT) at which time they will be opened publicly. See Invitation to Bid in specifications for further information.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 Garfield County School District Public Budget Amendment Hearing Notice Thursday, September 19th , 2013 Garfield County School District will be proposing to the Board of Education a budget amendment hearing for fiscal year 2014. This budget amendment hearing has been scheduled at Antimony Elementary School at 4:00PM, on September 19th, 2013 in conjunction with the regular monthly Board of Education meeting. A copy of the budget can be obtained from the District’s internet web site or from the District Office at 145 E Center Street, Panguitch, Utah, 84759.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5, 12 & 19, 2013

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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 25, 2013.

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

CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 89-1654(a39251): Tropic & East Fork Irrigation Company propose(s) using 0.8 cfs or 160.0 ac-ft. from the Mossy Cave Springs (Stanley Meacham Farm) for IRRIGATION. 61-1685(a39257): Jaime Elizabeth Martin propose(s) using 0.073 cfs or 8.75 ac-ft. from groundwater (1.5 miles SW of Panguitch Lake) for DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 & SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 INVITATION TO BID The Wayne School District is accepting bids for the following services and supplies for the 2013-2014 school year.

1. To deliver coal to school district buildings in Loa and Bicknell. The coal bid will be for freight only to from the Sufco or Skyline Mines, as requested by school district. Coal should be 1-1/4” oiled coal - no fine coal and should not be loaded out of stockpile.

2. To furnish propane fuel and tank rental to Hanksville Elementary, Loa Elementary and Wayne High School. It is requested that the bid would be for a five year period (2013/14 - 2017/2018).

It is also requested that bidder furnish guaranteed price if possible.

Bids must be received at Wayne School District by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 if sent by mail. Bidder or his representative may bring their bid to school board meeting to be held on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Wayne School District office, located at 79 North100 West, Bicknell, Utah.

Escalation of prices, if any, will be negotiated between the Wayne Board of Education and the successful bidder, upon mutual agreement during the school year. Bidder must furnish proof of their price escalation.

Brenda Wood, Business Administrator Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 & SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Security Title Company Of Garfield County No. 00020352 The following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, payable in lawful money of the United States at the time of sale, at the West Entrance of the Garfield County Courthouse, located at 55 South Main Street, Panguitch UT 84759 in Garfield County, Utah on September 23, 2013 at 10:00 of said day, for the purpose of foreclosing a Trust Deed originally executed by Walter Joe Jourdan as trustor, in favor of Lillie Mae Jourdan, as beneficiary whose beneficial interest has been assigned to Dave Higham and Christine Higham, husband and wife as to an undivided 50%, Eddie Joe Fox and Reatha R. Fox, husband and wife as to an undivided 25% and Comstock Financial Inc as to an undivided 25% interest, covering real property located at 227 North Main Street, Hatch, UT 84735 and more particularly described as: PARCEL 1: All of Lot 3, Block 2, Plat “A”, HATCH TOWN SURVEY. PARCEL 2: All of Lot 2, Block 2, Plat “A”, HATCH TOWN SURVEY. EXCEPTING THEREFROM the South 144 feet of the West 75 feet.

The Current beneficiary of the Trust Deed is Dave Higham and Christine Higham, husband and wife as to an undivided 50%, Eddie Joe Fox and Reatha R. Fox, husband and wife as to an undivided 25% and Comstock Financial Inc as to an undivided 25% interest and the record owners of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Default are Terry Arnold Messer The sale is subject to bankruptcy filing, payoff reinstatment or any other circumstances that would affect the validity of the sale. If any such circumstance exists, the sale shall be void, the successful bidders funds returned and the trustee and current beneficiary shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damage.

Bidders must tender to the trustee a $5,000.00 deposit at the sale and the balance of the purchase price by 12:00 noon the day following the sale. The deposit must be in a form of a cashier’s check or bank official check payable to Security Title Company.

The balance must in be in the form of a wire transfer, cashier’s check, bank official check (credit union official checks are not accepted) or U.S. Postal money order payable to Security Title Company. Cash payments are not accepted. A Trustee’s deed will be delivered to the successful bidder within three business days after receipt of the amount bid.

Dated: August 26, 2013 Security Title Company of Garfield County, Trustee TRAVIS V. HATCH, Vice-President 15 No. Main Street/PO Box 177 Panguitch, UT 84759 (435) 676-8808 THIS NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 and SEPTEMBER 5 & 12, 2013

Classified Ads

Classified ads start at $7.50 for 25 words or less. Call 435-826-4400 or email your ad information to snapshot@live.com HELP WANTED Paraprofessional Vacancy Wayne School District Wayne School District is accepting applications for a paraprofessional at High Top Ranch School in Koosharem. This position will be for 20 hours a week with no benefits. Preference will be given to applicants in the local communities located near High Top Ranch School.

Applicants must meet the requirements to be “Highly Qualified” to be considered. “Highly Qualified” requires at least two years of higher education or an associate or higher degree, or pass a rigorous academic assessment.

Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer providing programs and services to all persons on a non-discriminatory basis. Wayne School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Applications will be accepted until September 18 at 5:00 P.M. Please send applications to: Wayne School District PO Box 127 Bicknell, UT 84715 9/12

Public Health Registered Nurse *Wayne County* Full-Time Registered Nurse to work various Public Health programs for the Central Utah Public Health Department in the Wayne County area.

This position is full-time with full benefits.

Applications will be received at 70 Westview Drive, Richfield, UT 84701 until the position is filled.

Contact Russell W. Anderson for more information at 435-896-5451 ext. 320 or email at rwanderson@utah.gov An Equal Opportunity Employer.

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS Garfield School District Garfield County School District is hiring substitute teachers at all school locations. Applicants must be fingerprinted and pass an employment background check. Applicants must work well with children.

Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified application which may be obtained at each school location or online at: www.garfield.k12.ut.us Applicants may direct questions to any school administrator or by contacting Garfield School District at 435-676-8821.

Garfield School District is an equal opportunity employer.

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

9/5

COWBOY Sandy Ranch needs a fulltime cowboy. Must have own horse. Contact Steve Dalton for more info at 435-456-9652

9/5

COXCOMB SALON Salon in Torrey is seeking licensed massage therapists, Reiki practitioners, beauticologists, hair stylists, manicurists and nail techs. All shifts available: days, afternoons evenings. By room rental or commission. Contact Daniel at 435-425-2077 9/5

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

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 9/26 TORREY - SANDCREEK RV PARK AND CAMPGROUND is for sale. Serious inquiries, only. Call 435-4253577 10/31

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FOR SALE REMINGTONS - M700 synthetic .22-250 w/Nikon 4.5x14AO. 33rds Win ammo. $600 cash. M700 Classic .17 Rem (center fire) w/Weaver 4x12AO, 10bx Rem ammo, 270rds custom reloads, 286rds virgin RP brass, 2bx Hornady bullets & Hornady dies. $950 cash. All like new. Leo 4359/12 638-1098 Fish Lake

AA MEETINGS Monday nights at 7:00PM Hatch Town Hall

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

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From LUKE at PETERSEN FAMILY FARM Call or email Rachelle Williams to reserve your fresh produce!

Accepting orders ONLY until Sept. 8th 435-691-0516 or rachellew@harwardandrees.com

Delivery at the Harward and Rees Office in the Royal’s parking lot, 165 S. Main St., Loa

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Grand Champion Lamb Purchased by Arbys.

Shown by Josey Harward

Grand Champion Steer Purchased by Canyon Trail Rides.

Shown by Dason Houston.

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Grand Champion Hog Purchased

by Yardley Insurance.

Shown by Bryson Marshall.

Grand Champion Rabbit Purchased by Canyon Country Drilling. Shown by Nicole Bremner who was unavailable for pictures (Troy Evens is standing in).

The 2013 Garfield County Junior Livestock Show Says

“Thank You”

THANK YOU TO THE AUCTION BUYERS Allen Henrie Arbys Bryce Canyon Angus C-Stop Pizza Canyon Country Drilling Canyon Trail Rides Cowboy Smoke House

Fullmer Angus Ranch Hatch Livestock Co. High Desert Sheep Co. Klancy Ott Livestock Malloy Dodds Mortensen Racing Orton Farm R & R Welding

Reese Bro. Mule Co. Ruby’s Inn Stewart Farms Dr. Tom Marshall Webb Livestock Willis Creek Ranch Yardley Insurance

THANK YOU TO THE BUCKLE, BOOK AD & BOOST SPONSORS Alton Coal Development Aaron Bybee Plumbing Barney Trucking Beaver Valley Pack Bryce Canyon Angus Ranch Bryce Canyon Country Rodeo Bryce Canyon Inn & Pizza Bryce Canyon Pines Bryce Country Cabins Bryce Lyons Club Bryce Subway Bryce/Zions Trail Rides Buckeye Enterprises LLC Bulkleys Taxidermy Bull Berry Inn Burns Saddlery C-Stop Pizza Canyon Country Drilling, Inc Canyon Lands Conservation District Cedar View Pediatrics Circle V Meat Clarke’s Country Market Color Country Flooring Color Country Motel

Cowboy Collectibles Cowboy Smokehouse Dell Lefevre Dodds Cattle Company Fullmer Angus Ranch Garfield County Commissioners Garfield County Farm Bureau Garfield County Insider Garfield Memorial Hospital Garfield Ready-Mix Heaton Greenhouse Henrieville Town High Country Auto Houston Livestock & Farm Jack and Marlyn Soper Joes Main Street Market John and Jan Floyd K-Diamond Ranch KOA Cannonville Leddy Club Lambs Leland’s Chevron Mark’s Custom Antlers Mark Webster Orthodonics Mason Machinery

Nay’s Custom Meats Orton Farm Panguitch Drug Panguitch City Paul’s Auto Repair Perkins Livestock Producers Livestock Promise Rock Photography R. Livestock Connection Robinson Transport Ruby’s Inn Ruby’s Horseback Adventures Security Title Scholzen Products Co. State Bank (Circleville) State Bank (Tropic) Stewart Farms Tropic Town Upper Sevier Conservation District Veater Hay Cubes Webster Orthodontics Western Ag Credit Yardley Insurance Zions Banks

THANK YOU TO THE SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS Shaun and Crystal Mortenson, Instiches (Justen & Ann Hatch), Bryce Country Cabins (Danny & Wendy Brinkerhoff), Hatch Livestock Company (Randy and Debbie Hatch), and R&R Welding (Ron and LaRee Burton)

CONGRAT’S TO THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Frecia Houston, Panguitch; Whitni Syrett, Bryce Valley; Anna Bybee, Bryce Valley Special thanks to the show committee: President: Wally Dodds Past President: Paula Henrie Vice-President: Brandon Hatch Beef Chairman: Ryan Houston Sheep Chairman: Brandin Hatch Hog Chairman: Ed & Amy Marshall Reserve Champion Hog Purchased by Canyon Trail Rides.

Shown by Codi Mangum.

Show Secretary: Annie Miller Financial Clerk: Crystal Mortensen/ Cami Mangum FFA Advisors: Ralph Perkins USU Extension Agent: Kevin Heaton Ad Committee: Tammy Houston/Annie Miller More show photos at: erphoto8.com

Res. Champion Steer Purchased by Cowboy Smokehouse.

Shown by Frecia Houston.

4-H and FFA livestock projects teach youth animal husbandry skills, but most important they teach life skills such as hard work, responsibility, marketing, showmanship, budgeting, record keeping, and ethics.

Reserve Champion Lamb Purchased by Mortensen Racing.

Shown by Kwincey Mortensen.

Reserve Champion Rabbit Purchased by Canyon Country Drilling.

Shown by Kylee Osborn.

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Practical Money Matters

World Famous

Beware the Pitfalls of Public Wi-Fi

by Jason Alderman

Ever notice how many people walk down the street completely engrossed in their smartphones and tablets? I fully expect to see one of them to walk into a light post one day.

Although it’s great having access to email, social networking and online shopping anywhere, anytime, such convenience comes with a certain amount of risk, according to Jennifer Fischer, Head of Americas Payment System Security, Visa Inc. “Unless you’re hyper-vigilant about using secure networks and hack-proof passwords, someone sitting at the next table – or halfway around the world – could be watching your every move online and stealing valuable personal and financial information right off your device,” says Fischer.

“There are two primary potential dangers with Wi-Fi,” notes Fischer. “The first is using an unsecured network – as many public hotspots are. With a little know-how and the right tools, cybercriminals could easily eavesdrop on your online activity.

“The second hazard is phony wireless networks that impersonate legitimate Wi-Fi hot spots. You think you’re logged onto a trusted network, but instead a cybercriminal has hijacked your session and can see all the private information you access or input.”

When using public Wi-Fi networks, always follow these safety precautions: • Change default settings on your laptop, smartphone or tablet to require that you must manually select a particular Wi-Fi network, rather than automatically accepting the strongest available signal.

• Avoid any network connections your device lists as “unsecured” (look for the “lock” icon). But if you must log on to a pub-

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lic network, avoid websites that require log-ins and passwords – e.g., bank accounts or email.

Ask for the exact name of the establishment’s hot spot address – don’t be fooled by lookalikes.

Only send personal data via Wi-Fi to encrypted websites (those whose addresses begin with “https” and display a lock icon).

To be safe, you may want to avoid conducting financial transactions on public Wi-Fi altogether; instead, use your secure home network.

Consider using a third-party virtual private network (VPN) product to encrypt your Internet traffic.

Regularly update virus and spyware protection software, make sure firewalls are on, and load operating system updates as soon as they become available, whether for your computer or smartphone.

Turn off Wi-Fi on your device when it’s not in use.

Never leave a computer unattended while signed-in and always sign out completely at the end of a session.

Keep an eye out for “shoulder surfers” who watch as you type in your password.

Finally, change passwords regularly and use different ones for each website you visit. Use a mixture of letters, numbers and symbols

and avoid common words and phrases. Security experts recommend using at least 12 characters instead of the minimum eight characters commonly required.

Cybercrime is a booming business. According to the 2012 Norton Cybercrime Report, its global price tag topped $388 billion last year, more than the global black market in marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined. It impacts individuals, small and large businesses and governments alike.

On October 2, 2013, Visa Inc. is hosting its fifth Global Security Summit in Washington, D.C. “We’re bringing together experts from the worlds of government, law enforcement, technology, finance, retail commerce and academia to explore how industry and government can collaborate to address cyber security,” says Fischer. “Those interested in attending can register for free at www.visasecuritysummit. com.”

Being able to access the Internet anywhere anytime can be a great convenience and time-saver. Just make sure you know what precautions to take when using public Wi-Fi networks.

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

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