The Wayne & Garfield County Insider September 16, 2021

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

Bryce Canyon Recreation Association Announces Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation Grant

BRYCE - The Bryce Canyon Recreation Association is pleased to announce funding for the Bryce Canyon City Ice Ribbon. “We would like to thank the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation for their generous grant of $150,000 towards the Bryce Canyon City Ice Ribbon project,” said Jade Roundy, the media contact for the Bryce Canyon Recreation Association. The Bryce Canyon Recreation Association is a nonprofit organization that is working with partners like Bryce Canyon City and other area businesses to enhance recreation infrastructure and opportunities in the Bryce Canyon area. These recreation opportunities will provide increased quality of life to the area's residents, while providing a draw for visitors who provide economic development and jobs to our area. Fans of the current ice skating rink at Ruby’s Inn will be even bigger fans of the new ice skating ribbon, which will be complete with an ice chillIce Ribbon

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Boulder Planning Commission

The Appeal and the Beauty of Art

by Tessa Barkan

ECAF Artist-in-Residence Gunther Haidenthaller Shares his Process

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Gunther Haidenthaller, the 2021 Artist-in-Residence for the Escalante Canyons Art Festival—which takes place this year from September 14 - 26, 2021.

ESCALANTE - On his Web site, Utah artist Gunther Haidenthaller refers to himself as a “late bloomer.” True, he didn’t begin to paint professionally until six years ago. And he can tell you exactly when and how this happened. “I came home from work one day, and my wife had

Judi Davis Day Proclaimed in Boulder, Honors 50 Years of Service by Tessa Barkan

Courtesy Scott Aho

Judi Davis, Boulder Town Clerk, was honored on National Service Day, September 11, 2021, for her fifty years of service in her position. Boulder Town proclaimed the date as Judi Davis Day. BOULDER - Corresponding with National Service Day, September 11, 2021 was officially proclaimed by Boulder Town to be Judi Davis Day, as 2021 marks the 50th year of Judi’s service as Boulder Town Clerk. Judi became Town Clerk in 1971. She has held that position during the reign of eight different mayors and countless Town Council and Planning Commission members. Her signature graces the

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paperwork of fifty entire years of Boulder history. And so, on September 11, a celebration was held to recognize her service, beginning with a short speaker program in which the current mayor, as well as three previous mayors, spoke about their time working with her. “I stumbled through those first meetings,” said John Meisenbach, who, at Judi Davis Day

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

found my portfolio. The first thing out of her mouth was ‘Why aren’t you painting?’ She felt like I was wasting my life,” said Haidenthaller. “We sat down and she said, ‘you could do this, I want you to paint.’ So in September 2015, that’s when I made the break.” As the 2021 Artist-in-

Fire Restrictions Rescinded in Central Utah

CENTRAL UTAH - Due to recent precipitation and improved wildfire danger conditions, Central Utah Interagency Fire Managers removed all fire restrictions beginning Friday, August 27, 2021, at 00:01 a.m. on all federally administered public lands, state lands, and unincorporated private lands in Juab, Millard, Beaver, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, Wayne, and Garfield counties. Important Reminders: Fire managers continue to urge caution as wildfire danger constantly changes. This time of year produces cooler nights and very warm, dry, and windy days. Please be responsible while enjoying your outdoor activities, as the potential for human-caused wildfires still exist. Fire managers also advise you to make “fire sense” decisions and refrain from campfires on dry and windy days. And remember that it is always illegal to leave a campFire Restrictions Cont'd on page 2

Residence for the Escalante Canyons Art Festival, Haidenthaller had camped himself mid-afternoon last Wednesday in a spot near town and close to the road, to work on his sixth or seventh piece since arriving for his residency. Aimed at the Escalante river canyon, he sat in a chair (no easel) and was just beginning to map out

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Escalante City Offering $200 to Winning 2022 Escalante Wild Potato Days Poster Design

Courtesy Harriet Priska

2021 Escalante Wild Potato Days artwork (left) versus the finished poster (right). ESCALANTE - The City of Escalante is offering a $200 cash prize for an artist to create poster art for the 2022 "Wild Potato Days" (WPD) festival. The poster art will be used to create the official "Wild Potato Days" poster and used for advertising purposes in 2022. Copies will also be sold at the WPD festival with proceeds to

benefit the 2023 WPD festival. Guidelines for Entries: • Final Poster Size: 11” X 17” - poster art size 11” X 17” minimum • Style: Any • Media: Any • Suggested theme(s): The city, landscapes, cultural heritage, and/or natural history of Escalante

Required element: Accurate visual reference to the “Four Corners Potato” (Solanum jamesii), which gave the name “Potato Valley” to the region. Must accommodate: Eventual print overlay of Poster Contest Cont'd on page 2

UPCOMING EVENTS... Community Lecture

"Photographing the Monument"

Today, September 16 7:00 p.m. 530 W. Main Street Escalante, UT (GSEP Office)

THURS. SEPT. 16 - WED. SEPT. 22

Sunny, with slightly cooler days. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s to low 80s; lows in the midto-high 30s and low 40s. Little to no chance of precip, and winds variable from 10 to 15 mph.

his piece on his lap with an ink pen. Ready nearby for phase two of the piece was a box of 96 Crayola crayons. Here, sketching away, he shared a few details, about himself and about his art, effortlessly talking and drawing

BOULDER - The September 2021 Planning Commission meeting began with Town Planner Lee Nellis discussing residential growth. As commercial development has recently been addressed in a series of amendments, the next step is to look more closely about residential growth, he stated. Nellis estimated the number of additional residential lots that could exist in Boulder, based on the five-acre lot minimum, as well as pre-existing subdivisions that haven’t been developed, and existing non-conforming lots. The estimate yields a potential of 450 new residential lots. He also found that about 90% of these would be on parcels that are at least partially irrigated. This would have a very large impact on the agricultural character of the town. No geological studies have yet been conducted to assess available groundwater. Nellis ended his review by suggesting that an analysis be conducted to determine available groundwater and septic capacity. Planning commissioners were asked to weigh in on what they thought of a Boulder with 450 new homes. A first commissioner stat-

Great art picks up where nature ends. —Marc Chagall

2nd Annual Extreme Trail Challenge

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