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Historic Landmark Restored, Brick by Brick ESCALANTE - The historic Peoples Exchange General Merchandise store in Escalante is being restored to reflect its original design and use. Built between 1899 and 1901 by Morgan Richards, this well-known local landmark served as a mercantile and general store from 1901 until 1958, and today receives nation-wide attention. The Peoples Exchange Corporation that operated the original store was formed
the construction of the larger store before he and his family moved away from Escalante. The store, located at the northwest corner of Center Street and 100 North, is in the heart of the Escalante National Historic District, established in March of this year, and is the only remaining store on what was originally the town’s Main Street. It is number 36 on the Escalante Historic District Walking Tour brochure, which is available at public facili-
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The People’s Exchange building is undergoing a major renovation. The building will be open for exhibit during the Escalante Canyons Art Festival.
by Isaac J. Riddle, Perry M. Liston, Rufus Liston, Robert F. Hall, George Davis, and George B. Wilson. Isaac Riddle continued operating the store until 1930, and Richard and Della Christiansen operated it from 1936 to 1958. The pioneer red brick home that still stands immediately behind the store housed the original Peoples Exchange, which was begun by Victor and Hannah Bean in the 1890s as a home industry. Sundry items were sold, and shoppers could also trade and exchange their local products. Victor Bean apparently was also involved in
ties and businesses throughout town. The style of the Peoples Exchange clearly reflects the architecture of much earlier historic Mormon residences, public buildings, and businesses that were built before 1850 in Nauvoo, Illinois. These brick buildings characteristically have square or rectangular floor plans, steplike pyramid facades, recessed front entries, three equal-size windows in the second story, and a rainbow-like arch in the top center.
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Energy Taxes to Increase LOA- Tropic and Kanab cities have increased the energy tax in their respective cities taking affect October 1st, 2013. This tax increase will reflect on your November bill. Local government authorities made this decision and Garkane Energy acts only as an agent to collect these taxes on behalf of the city. ENERGY TAX AMOUNTS: Kanab: 6% as of Oct. 1st 2013 Tropic: 6% as of Oct. 1st 2013 Any questions can be directed to Neal Brown at nbrown@ garkaneenergy.com or call 435-644-5026 —Garkane Energy
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Utah Artist Embraces Science, Mystery
Landscape Painter Wayne Geary is Featured as ECAF’s Artist in Residence ESCALANTE - This year’s Artist in Residence, hosted by the Escalante Canyons Art Festival—an event that is decidedly all about the plein air approach to painting—considers himself not so much of a plein air artist but more of a studio artist. Nevertheless, Wayne Geary’s work is so deeply immersed in the landscape of southern Utah and the Colorado Plateau that it hardly seems to matter. As a professional artist and arts educator, he can easily slide into the plein air mode and is currently working on an assortment of pastel, water color and oil works during his two week stay in the Escalante region. Geary is a Utah native, and has specialized in landscapes that have built upon and still currently reflect his earlier work as an abstract painter. Some of his depictions are quite accurate and realistic, while he says others are derived from fantasy, imagination, and even his dreams. It’s the geology of the region, and his blend of attention to both science and the mystery of the landscape that makes his work unique. “I’m interested in geology and the geological history of this country,” says Geary. “I don’t know how you can really
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Wayne Geary enjoyed a windy sketching session a short way down Hole-in-the-Rock Road last weekend. A veteran painter of the canyon country region, he says a current focus of his work is depicting the landscape of the Kaiparowits Plateau and Straight Cliffs.
understand the history of this area without knowing the difference between Navajo Sandstone and Wingate Sandstone, because they are so different. But I am not objective about looking at it like a scientist would be. I just find it fascinating here because it is all so laid out, it is so in your face.” Born in Ogden, Mr. Geary’s father was in the U.S. Air Force, and the family
moved around a lot. Mostly they were stationed back east and also for four years in Europe. But Geary says that while he was away he really missed the mountains and western landscapes. He moved back west right after high school, living in numerous places including Seattle, San Francisco and northern New Mexico. He feels his current and long term home of Salt Lake City
is a good choice because it is centrally located among the landscapes he chooses to work with. When asked why he is compelled to paint, he says, “It’s not for practical reasons at all. It’s something in my soul, of vital importance to myself. I have to do art. It’s Utah Artist
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Upcoming Conference Geared for Experienced and Budding Writers by Bob Phillips, Contributing Writer
BOULDER - Utah’s first poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize nominee David Lee will highlight the fifth annual Cliff Notes Writers Conference in Boulder in early October, offering a public reading as well as teaching aspiring writers what he knows about the craft— which is plenty, according to past conference participants. Lee will be joined by Boulder writer Dianne Oberhansly and Philadelphia writer Eleanor Wilner. The conference, taking place Oct. 3-5, will include readings by all three writers as well as classes tailored to the different interests of participants. The readings are all free and open to the public, while class sessions cost $25. Lee will give a reading at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at the
Kiva Koffee House midway between Escalante and Boulder; Oberhansly will read from her works at 7 p.m. Friday at the Anasazi State Park conference room; and Wilner will offer a reading at 7 p.m. Saturday at the same location. Lee will present a general writing discussion Friday, Oct. 4, at 9 a.m. at the Boulder Community Center; Wilner will hold poetry workshops Friday from 1-4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon; and Oberhansly will conduct a food writing workshop Saturday from 1-4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. noon. Conference organizer Cheryl Cox said that the event at the Kiva was organized in part hoping to draw Escalante residents. Last year’s reading in Boulder by the acclaimed
Utah poet made a deep impression on all who attended, but deserved a much larger audience than the 20 or so who attended, she said. Lee, who is Cox’s own primary writing mentor, is not only a top-flight poet and writer, but also a compelling reader and an “incredible teacher,” she said. While not all great writers are good teachers, Cox noted, Lee is both – and he has also helped conference organizers locate other good teachers, she said. Cox, a Boulder native and a writer herself, has studied under a number of writers. David Lee was her first college writing instructor, and still stands out as the best, she said. “I have had a lot of teachers, but I can unequivocally say, David Lee is the best teacher
I’ve ever had,” she said. Oberhansly also resides in Boulder, and has participated as a student as well as taught at the conference in the past. This year she will offer a bit of a twist by teaching about food writing – although the writing for the class can be of any kind ranging from poetry to fiction to non-fiction as long as it pertains to food, she said. Oberhansly’s two workshops will also discuss tasting techniques and learning to understand – and communicate – aspects such as texture and visual appeal, she said. Writing about food will necessarily entail tasting food, she said, “so we can talk more fully and more completely Writer’s Conference Cont’d on page 3
Garfield Memorial Nurse Administrator Receives Leadership Award
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DeAnn Brown and Utah Organization of Nurse Leaders President Beth Cole.
PANGUITCH - The Utah Organization of Nurse Leaders (UONL) has recognized DeAnn Brown with the 2013 Nurse Leadership Award for the State of Utah. Beth Cole, President of the UONL presented this to DeAnn on last week at the annual Utah Hospital Association awards banquet. Southern Utah University Associate Professor of Nursing Department Chair Donna Lister, who nominated DeAnn for the award, says “DeAnn is an engaged, quality nursing provider, and contributes enormously to her community and patients.” The annual award is given to a nurse leader who best represents their mission and vision statement of representing and cultivating nursing leadership across the continuum to improve health care throughout Utah. They also recognize outstanding nurses who are shaping the future of health care by elevating nursing leadership. —Garfield Memorial Hospital Phone: 435-826-4400 Fax 1-888-370-8546 PO BOX 105 Escalante, Utah 84726 snapshot@live.com
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