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Lake Powell Fishing Report September 21

Issue # 1429

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Bryce Canyon City Town Council

Plein Air Painters Spent Time Out and About for the 2021 Escalante Canyons Art Festival by Kadi Franson

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LAKE POWELL - Fishing success has picked up since last week at Lake Powell thanks to a small decline in air and water temperature. As the temperature continues to drop in September and October, the catch should continue to climb. Fishing in the northern lake was best from the San Juan to Good Hope Bay. Stripers were much more active than the week before, while anglers also caught bass and (surprisingly) channel catfish in big numbers. We will start with an unusual catfish bite. While searching for stripers and fishing with anchovy bait in the southern lake, we found schools of small stripers holding at 30 feet, and larger stripers 40 to 60 feet down. The best habitat was the breaking cliff edge of a level sandstone bottom where the depth quickly declined from 30 to 60 feet or deeper. Small stripers hit the bait near the 30foot break, and larger stripers responded as the bait went deeper. Surprisingly, about every third or fourth fish was a fat channel catfish. These catfish were not holding on the bottom, but swimming Fishing Report Cont'd on page 7

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Anne is an oil painter from Helper, UT. She came down to the festival this year in order to paint at the rim of Bryce Canyon National Park. She was especially compelled by Boat Mesa and Bristlecone Point.

ESCALANTE - Artists from far and wide recently descended upon our area, popping up easels and creating their own interpretations

Great Moments in Birding Memories of a Lifetime

Joao Quental

Dark-winged Trumpeters. ESCALANTE - Recently, Jens and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. On that day, we looked back over decades of events and adventures, many of which involved birding. This shared major interest is one of the glues which has held us together. I’d like to share a few of these birding moments with you. It all began when, ten years in, Jens left academia for a corporate job, and we moved to Colorado. Our first vacation took us on a camping trip into Arizona. I had been birding sporadically for

several years, but Jens figured identifying birds was impossible. One sparkling after-rain morning in Oregon Pipe, however, we emerged from our tent to find birds everywhere. I handed Jens my binoculars and…the rest is history. On our homeward journey, we picked up a “Checklist of North American Birds” and found we’d already seen 200 of them! An excellent start toward building our Life List. We’ve birded many placMemories

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of the landscape. Working in the spirit of plein air, you may have noticed them—tucked under a tent in town, perched along the roadside, or painting

at the rim of Bryce Canyon. They came to town for the occasion of the annual Escalante Canyons Arts Festival. Plein air, the act of paint-

ing outdoors, has a way of transforming what can be an intimate and private creative

BRYCE - Mayor Syrett facilitated, and Sydney SyrettLamas took the minutes. The Bryce City Council Meeting began with a prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The council passed a motion to adopt the Fee Resolution - 2021-001. The resolution is to establish certain fees for land use and commercial and industrial activities within the incorporated areas of Bryce Canyon City, UT. Fees ranging from $100200.00 will now be charged for services like Conditional Use Permits, short-term rental inspections, zone change application fees, and subdivision application fees. There was a motion to approve a payment not to exceed $500.00 to cover the costs of food for the recent EMT / Fire Department Dinner Annual Event. BVHS Baseball Field Banner - An advertising banner will be placed on the baseball field at Bryce Valley High School. The cost is $1,200.00 for the initial banner and then $100.00/year. There was a motion approving $1200.00

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Celebrate ESSAY: National Hot Wind Over Cool Water Fossil Day by Hannah Holm, Director, Hutchins Water Center at Colorado Mesa University, Corner Post with Paria River District KANAB - The Bureau of Land Management Paria River District invites the public to celebrate National Fossil Day through a series of planned activities on Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s events will highlight the importance of paleontological resources on public lands. All events are free, located at the Big Water Visitor Center, at 20 Revolution Way, Big Water, Utah, 84741. Recent COVID-19 guidelines limit all events to 20 participants per activity. Please RSVP by calling 435-6753200. This year’s free events will include: • Tour of the visitor center and fossils viewing, and a paleontology talk with a local dinosaur expert. • Coloring station, Junior Ranger station, a dig-forfossils station, and a makeyour-own-fossil station. • Design chalk dinosaur tracks in the courtyard. • Competitive Scavenger Fossil Day

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Courtesy Hannah Holm

Desolation Canyon on the Green River. GREEN RIVER, UTAH A thin haze appeared in the afternoon between our rubber boats and distant fins of burntorange rock, while a hot wind touched our faces, hands—any skin not taking refuge beneath cool, wet cloth. Later, the haze thickened, mixed with cirrus

clouds and gave the goldenhour light a reddish tint. The river still rushed by, and vibrant leaves in our camp’s young cottonwood gallery fluttered above me. The voice of the yellow-breasted chat that had berated us from cliff walls echoed in my mind,

along with the scent of sage and sumac from a lunchtime visit to petroglyphs up a tributary canyon. I was fully immersed in this place, Desolation Canyon on the Green River in eastern Utah. No Hot Wind / Cool Water Cont'd on page 2

UPCOMING EVENTS... Apple Tasting and Open House October 2, 2021

Etta Place Cider @ 2 p.m. Torrey, Utah

3rd Annual Chili Cook-off October 11, 2021

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Hot Wind / Cool Water:

We can’t turn back the clock and we can’t run away, but we can gather strength from an unexpected storm. We can diligently tinker where tinkering can work. And we can dip cloth into cool water, feel it dribble across our skin, and listen to the birds as we drift down the river.

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The sun above the Green River before an afternoon haze appeared. Hot Wind / Cool Water Cont'd from page 1

internet, no phone reception, no news or other distractions. Just the river, the canyon, and my companions on this weeklong writing retreat. But the sky’s tint and the hot wind hinted at what was happening outside the sheltering canyon walls. Recordbreaking heat and nearby wildfires, starting early this year. The river itself gave more clues, to those who knew how to recognize them. Low flows and tame rapids, in June. A bear and cub were by the river when they should have been finding forage at higher elevations. We followed a long, irregular stripe of mineral crust punctuated by half-dead clumps of grass on the eastern wall. An extended seep that wasn’t seeping, the ghosts of hanging gardens. Extended drought—or more accurately, aridification—is making its mark on the landscape and on people’s lives. News that I didn’t read during those days on the river was about ever shrinking forecast inflows into Lake Powell and how the states that share the Colorado River might manage reduced water supplies within a legal framework based on imagined bounty. I write about these things, too, but on the river, I was trying to find words beyond my habitual short-hand to describe our hydrology and water policy developments. For over ten years, I’ve been learning and communicating about how people built an unbalanced system in the Colorado River Basin, constructing the plumbing for demands to exceed supplies, and how we can worm our way out of the worst consequences of that fundamental problem for fish and farms. I still think that matters, and I still think we have options.But the river showed me that the transformation in our landscape is bigger than that, beyond the reach of our tinkering. Even far from ditches and diversions, seeps go dry and forage for bears thins out. We can

micromanage irrigation water to get the most from every drop, clean up toilet water to a pristine state, and adjust reservoir releases to help endangered fish. We can pay farmers to fallow fields. But we can’t pay the hot wind to stop taking water from the sage, the sumac and the dirt. There’s no negotiating on this point, and no escape, not even in one of the most remote canyons in the lower 48. Aridification carries a heavier emotional weight when I see it on the land than when I read papers about it or watch presentations in windowless conference rooms. It’s hard to see things change, irrevocably. To walk through a sick forest and know that it won’t grow back the same. To know that going away from people and the things we’ve built can’t actually take me back to a less damaged state of nature. Since that trip down Desolation Canyon, back home in Grand Junction, Colorado, the temperatures have eased from the 100s into the 90s, and the summer rains we’ve missed for a couple of years have come back. It’s a welcome respite, and the dwarf ash and pinyon pines I see on my trail runs look perkier than they have in ages. I know these rains aren’t enough to reverse the harsh trend we’re in, but they lift my spirits and give all living things a break, a chance to gather strength before facing the next onslaught of hot wind. We can’t turn back the clock and we can’t run away, but we can gather strength from an unexpected storm. We can diligently tinker where tinkering can work. And we can dip cloth into cool water, feel it dribble across our skin, and listen to the birds as we drift down the river.

This article was originally published by Corner Post on September 23, 2021.

September 30, 2021

Goings on... The Next "Classic Conversation," Hosted by the Entrada Institute, will be with David Lee on Oct. 5 TORREY - On Tuesday, October 5 at 6 p.m., Don Gomes will engage in a "Classic Conversation" with David Lee. The first poet laureate of Utah, Lee received the Utah Governor’s Award for lifetime achievement in the arts. In his poetry, he explores the interaction of humans and the natural world, depicting rural landscapes and lives and often employCourtesy Entrada Institute ing a rural American David Lee will be the subject dialect. Sponsored by of the next "Classic Conversathe Entrada Institute, this tion," hosted by the Entrada 1-hour dialogue will take Institute, which will take place place at Robbers Roost October 5 at Robbers Roost in Torrey at 6 p.m. in Torrey. Born in west Texas, David Lee is the author of numerous poetry collections, including The Porcine Legacy (1974), Driving and Drinking (1979), The Porcine Canticles (1984), Wayburne Pig (1997), News from Down to the Café: New Poems (1999), and A Legacy of Shadows: Selected Poems (1999). His collection So Quietly the Earth (2004) portrays the lands of the American Southwest. Lee has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He won the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award in Poetry and the Western States Book Award in Poetry. For me, poetry is the most serious thing in the world: it’s my own form of religion—but I just don't believe in a God who frowns. I want to get back to the original traditions of what poetry and art are: storytelling. —David Lee Lee has been a boxer, pig farmer, seminary student, cotton mill worker, and the only white baseball player for a Negro League team. He received a PhD in literature, with a concentration in the poetry of John Milton, from the University of Utah and taught for many years at Southern Utah State University. Lee is very fond of Torrey, avowing that the Entrada Institute is the only organization he “belongs to.” Retired, he is in intense training to achieve his goal of becoming a World Class Piddler. To register for this program, go to www.entradainstitute. org, click on “Attend an Event,” and fill out the brief form. You will find the latest Utah Department of Health guidelines for COVID there. Events are also livestreamed at Entrada Institute on Facebook. If you’ve never heard Lee read his work, you’re in for a treat! —Entrada Institute

SAR Commander Rustin Grundy Recognized at Utah Sheriff's Association Banquet

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Wayne County Search and Rescue Commander Rustin Grundy is honored as Search and Rescue Member of the Year at Utah Sheriff's Association Banquet on September 23, 2021. WAYNE COUNTY - We are so proud of our Search & Rescue Commander Rustin Grundy. He was recognized at the Utah Sheriff’s Association Banquet on Thursday, September 23 as the Search & Rescue Member of the Year. Thank you, Rustin, for all you do for SAR and the Sheriff’s Office. —Wayne County Sheriff's Office

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Memories: In her latest installment of "Feathers," Kathy

Munthe looks back on fifty years with her husband, Jens, recounting their most memorable travels and birding moments. Memories

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es since, both domestic and foreign, and have seen several thousand species. Not all have been memorable— Dull Flycatcher, Plain Prinia and Paltry Tyrannulet for example. But many stand out in our minds, sometimes for the birds themselves and sometimes for the circumstances under which we saw them. Our first birding goal was to reach what was then the Magic Number for North America, 700 species. That quest took us to the birdiest states—Texas, Florida, California, Alaska, and back to Arizona several times thanks to Frontier Airlines’ $25 round trip offers. Southern Arizona is known for Mexican species which occasionally wander across the border. One of these is the beautiful red and green Elegant Trogon. A pair was found nesting in a sycamore tree, below which we waited with other acolytes, hoping for a glimpse. As the deadline for our necessary departure approached, we began to despair. But, at the last moment, the male Trogon leaned out and peered down at us, like the pope on his balcony blessing the masses. In California, we took the first of many pelagic (openwater) trips, this one far out into huge Monterey Bay. Birding boats routinely carry buckets of fish guts and other yummies, which are flung overboard to attract sea birds. First were the seagulls, which were hanging around the boat, then more pelagic species appeared as we went further out, drawn by all the activity. Then, there was a magical, electrifying shout, “Albatross!” and a huge Black-footed Albatross glided in from nowhere. We’ve loved pelagic trips ever since. On an extended trip to Alaska, we lived in an old house trailer bought on the streets of Escalante. We saw lots of fantastic country and many wonderful creatures of all sorts. One of the most interesting parts of the trip was time spent on St. Lawrence Island (five days longer than planned due to weather), way out in the Bering Sea. In the late afternoons, we’d walk down to the shore and watch as countless seabirds flew by. Our hope for new species was met one evening when a beautiful gull, its front bright pink, came close to shore and hovered just above the water. “Ross’ Gull! Ross’ Gull!” was the cry. As our Life List grew, we took a trip to the upper Midwest to “mop up” some of the Warblers and Sparrows we hadn’t seen. In Michigan, we drove to a place recommended for Henslow’s Sparrow and arrived just as it began to pour. We scurried to a picnic shelter and cooked up some Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, our go-to camping dinner in those days. Then, the skies cleared and the sun came out. We hiked up the hill behind the shelter, and there we saw Henslow’s Sparrows by the dozen, occupying every bush and singing their hearts out in the clean and sparkling air. In the middle of our quest for the Magic 700, we relocated to Saudi Arabia, where we lived and worked for four years. Birding was surprisingly good there— myriad Lark and Wheatear species and the odd Courser in the desert and flocks of migrating shorebirds along the Gulf. We did a lot of desert travel in our Land Rover— we crossed the Empty Quarter twice, drove to surrounding countries, and did a lot of camping. Once, we were lucky to see a rare Desert

Sand Cat, and the next morning, we were nosed awake by curious camels. A giant Goliath Heron stalked along Holy S--t Creek, so named because it was the sewage effluent from Mecca. The compound in which we lived was right next to the Saudi air force base, so it was obvious that the Gulf War had started when we were awakened by all the planes taking off over our house. There were so many interesting aircraft involved—A10s (Warthogs) and Stealth Fighters for example— that we used our “Field Guide to Planes” rather than a bird guide. The most “exciting” moment during that short war occurred one evening as we birded the compound’s spray fields (sewage again!), where the artificial wetlands drew some interesting species. We were looking for Woodchat Shrikes. All of a sudden, there was the sound of Patriot Missiles going off (we were surrounded by six batteries), and we looked up to see a SCUD missile break in two after it was hit. Yes, birds weren’t the only interesting flying objects during that period. Living where we did gave us relatively easy access to the Eastern Hemisphere. Our first Out of Kingdom trip was to East Africa, where we added 350 species of birds and numerous mammals to our Life List. A later trip to South Africa added still more. The star of that trip was Kruger National Park, where we and not the animals were fenced in at night. Just after leaving Punta Maria Camp one morning, we stopped outside the gate to watch a group of Crested Francolin cross the road. It took awhile to notice the lion that was sneaking up to Jens’ window, licking its chops at the thought of fresh elbow for breakfast. The first of two trips to Australia took place during a round-the-world trip back to Saudi after one of our required yearly “repat” vacations out of Kingdom. We dived on the Great Barrier Reef (which paled by comparison to the Red Sea), sat among adorable little Wallabies, and watched a Platypus in a pond at dawn. In Queensland, we spent a week at Cassowary House, owned by hostess Rita and her birdguide husband John. Just before dinner one evening, tiny Rita came out of the kitchen door bearing a bowl of fruit calling, “Cassowary, oh Cassowary!” Then we saw it. A huge crested bird with enormous feet stalked out of the rainforest. A foot taller than Rita, it bent down to accept supper from her upraised hands. We continued our international birding after returning to the states, especially after retiring to Escalante, and ventured into South America several times. In Brazil, we visited a variety of habitats, but our favorite was the dense Amazonian jungle surrounding Cristolino Lodge. We saw

marvelous birds there and even a Tapir, but by the end of the week were still lacking an especially desired species. Our guide Francisco took us up-river by boat and onto a wild trail, where we stood knee-deep in leaf litter, sweating like mad and surrounded by bugs. Francisco motioned us to stand quietly and then, after a long wait, he whispered excitedly, “Trumpet!” We watched as a flock of Darkwinged Trumpeters, looking rather like turkeys crossed with ducks, foraged quietly along the jungle floor in front of us. During our month in Peru, we did a lot of walking. In fact, we were on our feet every day but one—our “rest day”— was a pelagic trip! Guide Alex took us on our longest hike, over 15,000’ Abra Malaga and then down the other side until we reached the end of a valley at a much lower elevation. We were glad to see driver Julio waiting for us far below; he always had great snacks. Before we reached him, the sun set and in the afterglow, we saw, circling towards their chosen night perch in a cleft peak, our first, huge Andean Condors. El Condor Pasa. Possibly our most exotic trip was to eastern Indonesia, including the west end of New Guinea. Our goal was to see Birds of Paradise (BOPs). Did we ever, but it was a lot of work! On the island of Batanta, we got up at 2AM one day to hike straight up a mountain in order to see the dawn display of Wilson’s BOP. We took a day trip to a smaller island to find the beautiful red-and-white King BOP. We were successful, but there were many stops so the guides could scrape leeches off our legs with their machetes. Jens’ take-home from that trip was a case of malaria. There have been many other Great Birding Moments, too many to relate here: A birding trip to the Dry Tortugas with David Sibley, seeing all five endemic families of birds (and lemurs!) in Madagascar, being chased by the border patrol after we accidently walked into Mexico in search of our last sparrow (Five-striped) in Arizona, a long walk back to the car in the searing heat of Halmahera when our narcoleptic driver failed to fetch us, a spring fall-out of migrating Warblers in southern Texas, and hanging on for dear life as our boat chased a Herald Petrel in stormy seas off North Carolina. Perhaps I’ll be able to share some of these with you at another time. Meanwhile, revel in your own Great Moments. Everyone has a tale to tell. Kathy Munthe is an avid birder and resident of Escalante, Utah.

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Schools & Sports PHS Sports Sidelines by Mack Oetting

The Cats and Lady Cats win in baseball and volleyball, and Region 20 Cross Country, State Cross Country, and State Volleyball Championships are coming up The Bobcats had another great week, winning all of their games. The baseball team beat both of the games rather handily. They finished off Green River in four innings by a score of 18 to 0. They traveled over to Wayne and beat them also. The Cats have had a great season, with losing only three games. Well, it is that time of year when the State playoffs come about. I am not too sure, but I think their first game will be here tomorrow the 1st against a TBA and on the 2nd against another TBA. However, the team will go up to the quarter finals in Spanish Fork on Tuesday. If they get by all of this, they will be in the semis in St. George on the 8th and the finals on the 9th. I would expect that all of the teams that will be there will be from Region 20. The Lady Cats met up with two 2A teams this week and won both games. Against Millard, the Cats won all three games, but they were close games. On Wednesday, the Beavers came to town, and if you weren’t there, you really missed a heart stopper of a contest. The Cats won the 1st game against the Beavers,

25 to 16. In the second game, the ladies had trouble with their serve and lost 26-24. The Cats came away the winner in the third game and lost the 4th game. The fifth game was where it really got exciting. The Cats got off to a slow start, and the Beavers took control of the game and had a 14 to 7 lead, the fifth game only going to 15. The Cats made a point and led by the score of 14 to 8. This is where it gets exciting. Abby Holman was serving—she has a strong serve but doesn’t always get it in. Abby didn’t let up on her serves and cut the lead to 14-12, when the Beaver coach called timeout to freeze her. Abby got the next four serves in and, the Cats won the game, 16-14. Volleyball is a fun game to watch, but this team is really special. All of the players are really good and only have one loss, against Kanab, early in the season. Volleyball is a real team sport, and you are only as good as your weakest player. Last night, the ladies traveled up to Piute to meet the Thunderbirds. It is a fun place to play because they have great fans and a good team. I have lost my schedule, but I think they have a Friday

game against Escalante, and the Moquis have a good team this year with a lot of wins. Next Wednesday, Bryce Valley will be here for the Cats' last game on Wednesday the 13th. I just learned that Hallie Palmer, in the same practice that the Cox girls dislocated her ankle, broke her leg, and that puts the Cats down two starters. Cross country has a meet in Milford today. Milford is a good place to watch the runners. However, Region 20 finals will be next week at Mt. Carmel’s golf course, and it will start at 4:00 on Tuesday the 12. This is also a great place to watch, with the teams running four laps around the course. Someone sure blew the playoffs in volleyball and cross Country. The school has both Monday and Tuesday off, and the State Cross Country meet will be held on Wednesday the 27 at Rose Park in SLC. Since four of their runners are on the volleyball team, they will come back for school on Thursday and leave that afternoon for the State Volleyball championships at UVU on Friday and Saturday.

Wayne Middle School Students Have Been Learning and Participating in Lots of Fun Activities! by Gracie Snedeger, 8th Grade, September WMS Newspaper Editor

Wayne Middle School Happenings is a monthly school newspaper project of Lisa Steven's photojournalism class at Wayne Middle School. BICKNELL- A bunch of new sixth graders headed straight toward a new school year. New teachers have been working at our school, as well. This school year kicked off with a swim party. Student elections are coming up, too. [The winning students from 6th grade] are Huntington Saunders and Rigg Brinkerhoff. In 7th, we have Pazely New and Emily Sorber. Finally in 8th grade, we have Gage New and Harley Duenas. Everyone got to take an online election and

vote for who they wanted. So, it was fair for these winners this semester. Two 6th grade students were interviewed to see how they like middle school compared to elementary. Maren Mitchell, a new 6th grader, likes learning math, playing sports, and wants to be a cosmetologist when she grows up. She loves doing hair and nails, and loves to bake. The next student interviewed was Payden Jackson, a new 6th grader, as well. He likes learning math, likes to play sports,

and plays video games. When he grows up, he wants to be a Coder (Video Game Designer). Upcoming activities are reading A Long Walk to Water and sports practices (there are not any sporting events happening now, just the soccer games in Monroe). There have been many exciting school activities. All of the students have been going to the pool for P.E! The student elections were happening, too! Super fun!

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What Students Need to Know About Interest Rates When Borrowing If students are considering borrowing money, they should do their homework on interest rates. The time students spend learning the basics about interest rates and annual percentage rates will pay off significantly, helping them save money when borrowing, according to KHEAA. One interest rate is simple, or nominal, interest. It’s straightforward. If you borrow $1,000 at 5 percent simple interest per year, you’ll pay back $1,050. But many loans use an annual percentage rate (APR), not simple interest.

by Tim Ballard Let’s say you take out a $100,000 mortgage at 5 percent. However, your closing costs are $5,000, which is added to the amount of the mortgage. That means you’ll be paying interest on $105,000, an APR of 5.25 percent. Over the life of a mortgage, you’ll pay thousands more than you would with simple interest. Lenders are required to disclose the APR on any loans you take out. KHEAA is a public, nonprofit agency established in 1966 to improve students’ access to college. It provides in-

formation about financial aid and financial literacy at no cost to students and parents. The agency also helps colleges manage their student loan default rates and verify information submitted on the FAFSA. For more information about those services, visit www.kheaa.com. In addition, KHEAA disburses private Advantage Education Loans on behalf of its sister agency, KHESLC. For more information, visit www.advantageeducationloan.com.

September 30, 2021

Wills, Trusts, and More

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by Jeffery J. McKenna A personal representative is the person named in a Will to handle the Willwriter's property after death. The personal representative is in charge of winding up the deceased person's financial affairs. That means taking care of property, paying bills and taxes, and seeing that assets are transferred to their new rightful owners. If probate court proceedings are required, as they often are, the personal representative must handle them or hire a lawyer to do so. A personal representative doesn't need special financial or legal knowledge. Common sense, conscientiousness and honesty are the main requirements. A personal representative who needs help can hire lawyers, accountants or other experts and pay them from the assets of the estate. The person you choose should be honest, with good organizational skills and the ability to keep track of details Many people select someone who will inherit a substantial amount of their property. This makes sense because such a person is likely to do a conscientious job of managing your affairs after your death. He or she may also have knowledge of where your records are kept and an understanding of why

you want your property left as you have directed. Whomever you select, make sure the person is willing to do the job. It is a good idea to discuss the position with the person you've chosen, before you make your Will. When it comes time, a personal representative can accept or decline the responsibility. Someone who agrees to serve can resign at any time. For this reason, many Wills name an alternate personal representative, otherwise a court can appoint one. The main reason for serving as a personal representative is to honor the deceased person's request, but the personal representative is also entitled to payment. The exact amount is regulated can be affected by factors such as the value of the deceased person's property and what the probate court decides is reasonable. Often, close relatives and friends (especially those who are inheriting part of the estate) don't charge the estate for their services. Your personal representative will usually hire an attorney to assist with the legal documents needed for the estate administration. The personal representative should choose a lawyer that is capable of explaining the estate administration process. The lawyer

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NOW WITH A PANGUITCH OFFICE AT 46 NORTH MAIN STREET TO SERVE CLIENTS IN AND AROUND GARFIELD COUNTY Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney whose practice has been focused on Estate Planning for over 20 years. He is licensed and serves clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna and Olmstead. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, please feel free to contact him at 435 628-1711 or jmckenna@barney-mckenna.com or visit the firm’s website at WWW. BARNEY-MCKENNA.COM, he would enjoy hearing from you. should relieve the personal representative of the responsibility of personally handling all the details and should help protect the personal representative from any liabilities associated with serving as personal representative.

When children come in to the doctor's office where I work, it's my job to weigh and measure them. After several unsuccessful attempts to get one frightened three-year-old on the scale, her mother said: "Honey, Mommy has a scale at home. Do like I do and stand on it." Recognition dawned on the child's face and she confidently stepped on the scale, looked down and exclaimed, "Oh, darn!"

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l A u G h i N g pOiNt!! Plane Mechanic

As our commanding officer inspected his plane before takeoff, a fellow mechanic asked, "Do you need to have a college education before they let you fly one of these?" "Yes you do," said our CO. "So," continued my pal, "does it ever bother you that they let high school dropouts like me fix them?"

PUNishment

Hal: How did you get hit on the head with a book? Sal: I only have my shelf to blame.

Today's Thought

An honest weatherman says, "Today's forecast is bright and sunny with an 80% chance that I'm wrong."

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

Tiring of the same old buzz haircut from the base barber at Fort Dix, New Jersey, I went into town to get my haircut. The hairdresser noticed my accent and asked where I was from. "Trinidad," I said. "Is that in Arabia?" "The Caribbean." She laughed, "Sorry, I never was very good at geometry."

Shower Thought

Singing 99 bottles of beer on the wall to try and make a monotonous job less monotonous makes it slightly more monotonous by adding more monotony to the monotony.

This week's answers on page 10

THEME: SCARY MOVIES ACROSS 1. Shenanigan 6. "Losing My Religion" band 9. Kind of learning 13. Capital of Egypt 14. Nest egg acronym 15. Cupid's target 16. Bar, legally 17. Indian restaurant staple 18. Kind of committee, two words 19. *Hedge maze, dull boy, redrum, with The 21. *Pretend girlfriend, surgery, body parts 23. Monkey ____, monkey do 24. Post-it message 25. It makes a guitar louder 28. Royal Indian 30. Perfumes 35. Glorify 37. Freeway exit 39. Like today's cell phones? 40. Keen on 41. Like a confection 43. At any time 44. One of the large keys on the right 46. Greek portico 47. Common workday start 48. Former President of Egypt 50. Ancient eternal life symbol 52. *Bathtub, hacksaws, Jigsaw 53. Euphemism for "darn" 55. *Blind violinist, transplant surgery, sees ghosts, with The 57. *Hotel, mother, shower 60. *Count, bite, cross 64. Hot winter drink 65. Aye's opposite 67. Financial benefactor 68. Seize a throne 69. Headquartered in Langley 70. Exclude or omit 71. Done on a Smith Corona 72. Old age, archaic

73. 6666... DOWN 1. Single pip cards 2. Crosby, Stills, ____ & Young 3. South American monkey 4. Actor Jeremy 5. Xerox machine 6. *Videotape, stone well, seven days, with The 7. Paleozoic one 8. Tropical smoothie flavor 9. Make over 10. Hawaiian island 11. Ragtime turkey dance 12. And so on, abbr. 15. Bias crime perpetrators 20. Closes in on 22. Pilot's announcement, acr. 24. ID badge, two words 25. *Sigourney Weaver, outer space 26. Old Testament miracle food 27. Hits while on the green 29. *Beachgoers, police chief, need for bigger boat

31. *Boy, shadows in photographs, three sixes, with The 32. "Transylvania" daughter 33. Entertainment complex 34. Scatter 36. "Nobody ____ It Better" 38. Low-ranking worker 42. One who accepts the offer 45. Porter's head gear 49. U Rah ____! 51. Seven daughters of Atlas 54. Present 56. Food-borne bacteria 57. One in a pocketful, according to Mother Goose 58. Fish a.k.a. porgy 59. Bygone era 60. Two of a kind 61. Type of operating system 62. Prospector's mother? 63. God of war, son of Zeus 64. Director's cry 66. Be ill Solution on page 10

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O bituaries Sherril Porter

ESCALANTE - Sherril DeRell Porter, 84, has returned to the arms of our Heavenly Father on September 15, 2021 at his home in Escalante, UT surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 9, 1937 to DeRell and Twilia Schow Porter in Escalante, UT. His parents later divorced. He married Shirley Iris Northrup on November 20, 1956 in Salt Lake City. He served in the U.S Army as a medic. He worked for Salt Lake County as a land surveyor, May Machine as a machinist, later Bush & Gudgell as a land surveyor, where he retired. He loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing. He loved having BBQ’s on the weekend with his family. He loved fly fishing. He learned how to fly small planes. His family meant everything to him. He leaves behind his wife, Shirley; sons: Kim, Charles (Kathy); daughter, Darcy (Mike) Brannin; 10 grandkids and 20 great-grandkids; siblings: Carla Bryant, Lynn Porter. Preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Gaytha (Art) Loeffler; brother-in-law, Tom Bryant. Cremation services to be held at the Magleby Mortuary Crematory. Dedication of the grave will be on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Escalante Cemetery with military honors by the Escalante American Legion Post #0114 and Utah Honor Guard. A celebration of life will follow at the Lion’s Park, 100 N. Center St., Escalante, UT. If inclement weather, the celebration will be held at the Escalante Ward Chapel, 80 South Center. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

Carol Barney

ESCALANTE Our cherished mother, grandmother and friend, Carol Hunt Barney, 79 passed away on September 21, 2021. Carol was born in Burley, Idaho on Feb. 2, 1942 to Ruth Greener and Marvin Hunt. She was later joined by a brother Lonnie David. Carol married Gerald Othello Barney on December 24, 1958. Together, they were blessed with four children. Within four years, they quickly added Jimmy, Melanie and Donnie, and Patricia followed 10 years later. Preceded in death by her brother Lonnie, mother Ruth, stepfather Chester Lay; son, Jimmy. When Carol’s children were young, the phrase “stay-athome-mom” didn’t exist. It was usual for women to stay home with the children while their husbands worked. But even by the standards of the era, Carol was an exceptional wife and mother. She sewed her boy’s shirts and the girl’s dresses. She bottled fruit and vegetables to carry her family through the winter. She was a great cook and waited hand and foot on her husband. When the kids were all in school, she worked at the planer mill, Canyon Country and Prospector Restaurant. She loved working and cherished the friends she made. She was a great grandmother and spent many years caring for her grandkids, who adored her. Carol never got her drivers license until later in life, but she made up for lost time, and she spent her free time puttering around town with a Diet Coke and her dog Sparky in tow. Carol was a character to be sure. Whether it was getting older, or her Alzheimer’s, our once reserved girl became quite outspoken, and you were never sure what was going to come out of her mouth. She loved puzzles, cross stitch, western movies and Elvis. She will truly be missed, and we will remember her dedication to her family and her strength in tough situations. We want to express our deep gratitude to the ladies at the Beehive Memory Care and Hospice for taking such good care of her over the last 18 months. Graveside services will be held Friday, October 1, 2021 at 11:00 am in the Escalante Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

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September 30, 2021

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Boy, September seemed like a really long month, but October is almost finally here. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will have their 191st semiannual General Conference this weekend. There will be two sessions on Saturday and Sunday, and it will be broadcast on channel 5. It is always a treat to listen to the Leaders of the Church and the progress the Church is making and who we are helping. Not a lot is going on in our area for the month, and Halloween will be on the 31, which is a Sunday, and so, I believe, it will be on Saturday. It is getting dark out there earlier and earlier, so watch out for the trick-or-treaters that might be out there. Much of the month will be dedicated to the high school's sport programs, with all three sports—baseball, volleyball and cross country—vying for the State Championships. See the sport section for times and places. Along the sports line, Whittni Orton (I don’t know her married name), who runs for BYU, took 1st place in a cross country race in Florida. Where she ran in Florida is the place that will host the Nationals. Whit also was asked to participate in the Olympic trials and made it to the 2nd round. I would think that in the next Olympics, we might just see her there. From my Utah magazine: In 1979 Larry Miller bought his first automobile agency and mortgaged everything he owned and took out a $200,000 loan. By 1984, he owned six dealerships. A month after his first dealership, the New Orleans Jazz NBA team relocated to SLC. In their first six years, the team never turned a profit and lost millions, and there were plans to relocate the team to another state. Larry raised eight million dollars in nine

days to buy half on ownership. A year later, there came an offer to buy the team from Minnesota for a big profit. Miller bought out his co-owner so that the team would stay in Utah. He owned the team till his death in 2009. Larry H. Miller Group owns 60 car dealerships in seven states, and all told, the group employs 10,000. In 1982, Dr. William DeVries had successfully implanted the world’s first artificial heart designed to permanently replace a natural heart. The recipient was Barney Clark from Provo, and he lived for 112 days with his new heart. Major League Baseball season is coming to a close, with the playoffs very soon. However, it is being replaced by NFL and college football, and the NBA season won’t be too far off. So, all of you couch potatoes, pick your spot and gear up for a long winter. President Biden was asked about the stock market being up 9,000 points since he took office. He said that isn’t an indicator on how the country is doing financially because much of the market is owned by the richest in our country. I agree with him, wholeheartedly. Because I have been in the market for over 30 years, here are my thoughts on the matter. When President Clinton took office, the market was at 2.500 and had been there for many years. During his time in office, someone came up with the idea of the 401 and 501K plans. This allowed the working stiff to get into the market with a retirement plan. This allowed you to invest in the market and would reduce your taxes, as you paid on your investments when you pulled the money out. At the end of Clinton’s term in office, the market went from 2,500 to 12,000 points. When President Bush came into office, he was the only president that had any credit towards the increasing

market. When he took office, I pulled out of the market and put it into interest bearing accounts at 8%. After 9/11, the market went into the basement, dropping down to the low 5,000 range. The country was in a bad way; President Bush dropped the interest rate to 1%. This killed my retirement fund, since it had to be taken out after you reached the age of 70. This left the workers only one place to build up a retirement portfolio that was in the market. The market again took off and was up to 12,000 points. This lasted till the end of his term in office, when the market again tanked, and followed this was the great recession, with a lot of unemployment, big auto going broke, and banks and insurance companies going out of business. Along came President Obama, who got the Congress to bail out these businesses that are so critical to the wealth of our country. Again, the market went back up again, from 5,400 to 20,000 points when he left office. He also dropped the unemployment from 12% down to 4.8%, and this allowed more people to put money back into their retirement fund. So, you can see that other than President Bush, the presidents don’t make the market go up. The Delta variant of COVID-19 is taking many more lives needlessly. The death rate a month and a half ago was at 300 a day. That rate is now up to 2,000, and we are approaching the 700,000 mark of needless deaths. Every two days, we lose as many people as that died in 9/11. The bad part is that in Garfield County in the last two weeks, we have 42 cases and another death. Cedar City and St. George aren’t taking any patients with the virus. It has been reported that seven of those are right here in Panguitch. Pfizer has been cleared for a booster shot for all of those over 65 and for those that work in dangerous positions.

Idaho, just north of us, is one of the states that has the lowest inoculation rates in the country at 41%. They, along with Alaska, have reached a point of critical care, and the hospitals are having to choose to admit those patients which have the best chance to live. They have been shipping the patients to Washington State. One of the anti-vaxxers who has died from COVID is Caleb Wallace, 30, a Texas organizer of an anti-mask mandate called Freedom Rally. He got COVID and self-medicated with vitamin C, zinc, and ivermectin (a de-wormer for horses). He died this week and left behind a wife and three kids with no support. Talk show host Phil Valentine, who broadcast a parody of the Beatles song "Taxman" called "Vaxman" to mock inoculations, also died. Christian radio host Jimmy DeYoung, who said the vaccine was a form of government control, and Marc Bernier who compared U.S. health officials to Nazis because they advocate vaccines and masks, are both dead from the virus that they all mocked. This afternoon, we went to a memorial for a dear man, Glenn Adams. Glenn got polio when he was 18 months old. This never stopped him from leading an exemplary life. With his wife, Laura, they raised three really smart boys. When we had a swimming pool, Glenn was always there swimming laps at 5 in the morning. You might have seen him on his bike going on 100 mile rides using his arms. His sons said it all about Glenn, and I agree with them. They said he was the smartest, kindest, and best family man they have known. COVID is preventable; get your shots, while you can. Mack O.

O bituaries Glenn Lowell Adams

PANGUITCH LAKE - Glenn Lowell Adams died peacefully at home surround by his family on September 21 2021. Glenn was born November 4, 1951 in Quantico, Virginia. He was the fourth and youngest child born to Arthur “Scoop” and Jo-Ann Adams. Scoop Adams was an officer in the Marine Corps, and shortly after Glenn was born, the family moved to Hawaii. In Hawaii, Glenn contracted polio when he was 18 months old, just a year before the Salk vaccine was made widely available. In order to ensure Glenn received the medical care he needed, the family again relocated, this time to Oceanside, California. Much of Glenn’s early life was consumed with hospital stays and corrective surgeries. It was thought he would never walk. Glenn proved that prediction wrong. While he never had the full function of his legs and spent most of his later years walking with a stick to assist him, he did manage to lead an incredibly active and mobile life. He was a student athlete at Oceanside High, competing on the swim team, and served as trainer for the football and basketball teams. Glenn loved sports and physical activity. When he was 17, he won the Boys Club National Pull-up competition. Glenn joined the Boys Club of America when he was just 6 years old. His involvement with this organization lasted forty years, evolving from membership to full time employment. After graduating from Oceanside High School in 1969, Glenn attended college at the University of the Pacific, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1972. During the summers in those years, Glenn worked at the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood’s Camp 365 as a summer camp counselor. His love of summer camp, outdoor education, and working with disadvantaged kids led him to a career as camp director, primarily at Camp 365, but at other summer camps in California as well. In 1981, Glenn married Laura Patterson, the love of his life and his partner on life’s journey for over forty years. Together, they fostered children before having three sons of their own. Sam was born in 1987, followed by Joe in 1989, and finally Tom in 1993. Together with Laura, Glenn packed up the family and moved into a green Dodge camper van they called the “Green Pickle” in 1990. This was the beginning of a travel adventure that would last on and off for the next 13 years. When the family outgrew the “Green Pickle,” they acquired an old blue bird school bus that had been converted into a motorhome. The addition of Tom to the family necessitated another upgrade to a 32-foot Southwind motorhome. In these various RVs, the family spent most of the ‘90s traveling the American West, visiting national parks, cruising the pacific coast from Canada to Mexico, and looking for a place they knew only as a dream—Camp Bear Paw. They found Bear Paw on the shores of Panguitch Lake in Southern Utah. When they purchased the seasonal fishing resort in 1996, they gave it the name Bear Paw, which it still carries to this day. For the next ten years they ran the resort in the summers, and in the winters packed the boys (and their schoolbooks) back into the motorhome for more travel around the west. After selling the fishing resort, Glenn embarked on a career as an accountant and spent most of his remaining years employed in that occupation until his retirement. In addition to spending time with friends and family, Glenn loved to spend time outdoors in the forest, the desert, and especially at the beach. He was an avid swimmer his entire life, often competing on triathlon teams. In his 50s, Glenn discovered a new passion—handcycling. He spent the last twenty years of his life riding his handcycle all over the highways, byways, and bike paths of Garfield County. Glenn had a positive impact on countless lives through his generosity, kindness, honesty, openness, and acceptance. He will be remembered by many for his readiness to extend a hand of friendship and help to all who might need it. Glenn is survived by his wife, Laura Adams, his three sons, Sam, Joe (Batina), and Tom (Alex), his two grandchildren Ender and Noah, his older brother Tom (Linda) Adams, and his two older sisters Terry (Mike) Dawson and Ellen (Joe) Newman. Glenn requested that donations be made in his name the Boys and Girls Club of America. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

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Plein Air Artists: Artists from far and wide converged on Escalante to create artwork in plein air—the act of painting outdoors—for the 2021 Escalante Canyons Art Festival.

Mandy and Ginger set up a tent near Georgie's Outdoor Mexican Cafe to enjoy a day of painting. They drove from Park City, UT to participate in the event. Cont'd from page 1

practice, often solitary, indoors, and invisible to others, into something evident and worthy of celebration. Plein

air events shake artists loose from their studios, bringing them all together and casting them into the public eye. Seeing an area populated with artists at work has a way of making a place feel vibrant, alive

with color and culture. As ephemeral as the work of the French impressionists who popularized the plein air tradition, the festival artists are now beginning to head home. Stay tuned for next

week’s edition where we will provide coverage of who won the art awards, as well as some of the other events from this year’s festival.

Fishing Report: Fishing success has picked up thanks to a decline in water

temperatures at Lake Powell and should continue to pick up as temperatures drop below 600. Fishing Report Cont'd from page 1

up to find anchovies that were chummed to activate the striper school. That was a remarkable experience, as we caught about eight adult catfish along with 40 stripers. Fishing gets even more exciting at Bullfrog. An angler, headed out from the Bullfrog Marina, noticed a flock of grebes in a small bay near Bullfrog Buoy Courtesy Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 1. He slowed down and moved toward the With cooler water temperagrebes just in time to see tures at Lake Powell, stripers some splashing around were more active, and anglers them. He cast a surface caught large numbers of bass lure and determined the and channel catfish. splashes were surfacefeeding, small stripers. When caught more fish. In fall and the boiling fish left the sur- winter, I find that a school of face, he used a Kastmaster grebes on the surface is one of spoon to get down to the the best indicators that stripers school and then speed reeled are nearby. If grebes cannot through it to catch more fish. find enough shad, they tend to Those fish resurfaced later move to a new location. These in the same location, and he animals can be a great marker

for finding stripers from now until October. There was another report of stripers caught near Buoy 106. Surprisingly, these stripers were caught while casting KVD Sexy Shad lures and swim baits from shore. Stripers trapped a school of shad near the shore and held them in shallow water. When the shad tried to escape, stripers surrounded them and had an easy meal. The lucky anglers that found this treasure were able to cast out beyond the shad school and catch stripers as they reeled back towards the shore. They used the same technique after finding a shad school trapped near Annie’s Canyon. Watch for a slight surface disturbance near the shore; it may be a school of shad with closely guarding stripers nearby. Anglers reportedly parked their houseboat north of Tapestry Wall and fished from Tapestry to 7-Mile Canyon. On their four-day trip, they caught about 250 stripers.

Fossil Day: The Bureau of Land Management Paria River

District will celebrate National Fossil Day with free events at the Big Water Visitor Center in Big Water, Utah. Spaces are limited so RSVP by calling 435-675-3200.

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Hunt that starts at 11 a.m. Complete with prizes. • Excavation site identification will be at 2 p.m. Prizes awarded afterward. The health and safety of our federal workforce and the communities we serve re-

main a top priority. All Federal employees, onsite contractors, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, are required to wear a mask inside Federal buildings. To protect yourself while taking part in outdoor events, please follow the guidance from local, State, and Federal authorities, including the Centers for Disease Con-

trol and Prevention (CDC). When outdoors, unmasked participants should maintain at least a six-foot distance from BLM staff and other volunteers, while taking part in all events. —Bureau of Land Management

Kathleen L. Dalton 1948 - 2021

Kadi Franson

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Some were caught in boils, but surface action was quick in the warm surface water. They caught the majority of stripers on spoons in deeper water after the boil subsided. The anglers dropped Kastmaster spoons down 30 to 40 feet under the school of stripers that were graphed after the boil. When the spoon sank beneath the school, they immediately speed-reeled back as fast as possible through the striper school. This technique will be the most effective method to catch stripers throughout September and October until the water temperature drops to less than 60 degrees. After that, spoons will still be the best striper fishing technique, but they will have to be deployed from 50 to 100 feet for best results. I am so excited for the water temperature to drop into the 60s so that all species of fish will be catchable. Fall and winter are near, and fishing is on the rise! —Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

TEASDALE - Our beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, cousin, and friend, Kathleen Lester Dalton, passed away at her home on September 21, 2021. Kathleen was born on December 10, 1948 in Franklin, Idaho, the daughter of Zella Lester. She grew up in Huntington and Bountiful, Utah. She loved her childhood and often talked about making dummies at the coal mine. She graduated from Viewmont High School in 1967. She married the love of her life, Steven Carl Dalton, on September 16, 1966. Together they lived in Bountiful, Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, and Beryl, Utah, before finally settling down in Teasdale. They had four children and shared many years and memories together, marking their 55th wedding anniversary just days before her passing. Kathleen had many interests throughout her life, including gardening, hunting, fishing, camping, herbalism, reading, puzzles, and beekeeping. She was strong-willed and sometimes stubborn, but lived an honorable life, always willing to help those in need to better their lives. She was a natural caregiver and a nurturer, which was demonstrated as a mother, a wife, and through her work as a midwife, EMT, and CNA. Her family has fond memories of keeping bees with her and her Sunday fried chicken dinners. Her absence will be felt by all who knew her and loved her. Kathleen is survived by her husband, Steven; her daughter, Sherri Lynne Dalton (Kenneth) Graham of South Weber; her sons: Michael Anderson (Cheryl) Dalton of Ivans and Lester Carl (Deanna) Dalton of Hurricane; sisters: Alice Lester (Alan) Hansen of Beryl Valley, Fran Lester (Ed) Oldroyd of Central Valley, and Miriam Lester Jackson of Fremont. She was preceded in death by a son, Steven Daniel Dalton; mother Zella Lester; sister, Sharon Lester Snarr, brother, Daniel Lester; halfsister, Shelly Grundvig; father-in-law, Carol Dalton; step motherin-law, Hazel Dalton; mother-in-law, Darlene Farster; uncle, Will Lester; brother-in-law, Kent Jackson; close family friend, Rosie Mattingly; cousin, Randy Lester; foster mom, Pearl Christensen; grandmother-in-law, Retta Dalton. There was a viewing on Saturday, September 25, from 1011:30 AM at the Cultural Hall, 100 North Main Street in Teasdale. Burial was in the Teasdale Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Homes of Richfield and Salina, Utah. On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

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LegaL Notices ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CAINEVILLE SSD CAINEVILLE, UT CAINEVILLE SSD WATER TREATMENT PLANT DOCUMENT 001113 Sealed Bids for the construction of the Caineville SSD Water Treatment Plan will be received electronically through Quest CDN. No hard bids will be accepted at this time. Bids will be accepted until 2 P.M. local time on October 12th, 2021. The Project consists of installation of proposed water treatment facility including the following; construction of masonry building, installation of proper plumbing for treatment facility, and installation of treatment facility unit into building and connected to the plumbing to make the system operational. Bids will be received for the Caineville SSD Water Treatment Plan. Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis. The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Ensign Engineering, 225 North 100 East, Richfield, UT 84701; Kelly Chappell; 435.896.2983, kchappell@ensignutah.com. Electronic copies of the bid documents will be made available on Ensign Engineering’s website at www.ensigneng.com/index. php/bid-access Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Owner: Caineville SSD By: John Jackson Title: President Date: September 22, 2021 Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 23 & 30 and OCTOBER 7, 2021 NOTICE OF DOMESTIC ASSET PROTECTION TRUST Tarla H. Desai created a Domestic Asset Protection Trust. The name and address of the Settlor is: TARLA H. DESAI P.O. Box 150 Panguitch, UT 84759 The names and addresses of the Co-Trustees are: TARLA H. DESAI P.O. Box 150 Panguitch, UT 84759 and SEJAL H. DESAI 7048 Stone Run Drive Brentwood, TN 37027 The asset transferred to the Trust is: 1. Any and all ownership interest in TSRR Properties, LLC, a Utah limited liability company 2. Fidelity Investment Account All creditors are required to present any cause of action or claim for relief regarding a fraudulent transfer of Settlor’s assets to both the Settlor and the Trustees within 120 days from the first publication of this notice or be forever barred from raising such a cause of action or claim. See Utah Code Annotated Section 25-6-502(9) and (10). Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 23 & 30 and OCTOBER 7, 2021 NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE WAYNE COUNTY PROPOSED CHANGE: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT INTENDED USE: ART STUDIO on parcel with EXISTING RESIDENCE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUESTED BY: HAU QUAN TRUONG A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD DURING THE PLANNING & ZONING MEETING ON: OCTOBER 13, 2021 AT THE WAYNE COUNTY COURTHOUSE LEGAL DES: .75 ACRES IN LOT 1 BLOCK 7 TEASDALE TOWNSITE SUR 185 E CENTER STR TEASDALE, UT 84773 Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 30 and OCTOBER 7, 2021 NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE WAYNE COUNTY PROPOSED CHANGE: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT INTENDED USE: RESIDENTIAL HOME ON SAME PARCEL AS SMALL ACCESSORY DWELLING (MOTHER IN LAW APARTMENT) ZONING CHANGE REQUESTED BY: VANCE & KATHY WARNER A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD DURING THE PLANNING & ZONING MEETING ON: OCT 13, 2021 @ 7:00 PM AT THE WAYNE COUNTY COURTHOUSE LEGAL DES: 6.07 AC LOCATED IN SECTION 18 T27S R3E 164 W 100 N FREMONT, UT 84727 Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 30 and OCTOBER 7, 2021 NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule 655-6-2. 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 on or before Oct. 27, 2021 either electronically using the Division`s on-line Protest of Application form, by hand delivery to a Division office, or by mail at PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300. Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)5387240 for additional information. CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 97-2475 (a47870): Thomas L. and Alexandra P. Miller Trust propose(s) using 0.5 ac-ft. from groundwater (East Boulder) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. 89-1680 (a47909): Jaeger Family Trust propose(s) using 1.522 ac-ft. from the Underground Water Well (existing) (near Henrieville, UT) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING. Teresa Wilhelmsen, P.E. State Engineer Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 30 and OCTOBER 7, 2021

September 30, 2021

Bryce Council: Passage of a motion to adopt the Fee Resolution - 2021-001,

approval of a donation for a BVHS baseball field banner, cancellation of 2021 Bryce Elections due to lack of competitors, Main Street Improvement Project updates, the construction timeline for the new, non-profit ice rink, and Town financials discussed. Bryce Council Cont'd from page 1

for the banner. The council approved a donation of $3,050.00 to BVHS. The donation will benefit the boys and girls basketball and wrestling teams with the use of the performance analytics platform Hudl. The council decided to hold off on the purchase of a new lawnmower until next year. A resolution was passed to cancel the 2021 Elections because there were no competitors. Shiloh Syrett will continue as Mayor of Bryce Canyon City and serve another 4-year term. Council Member Appointment - Cam Roundy was the only candidate this year. Through a unanimous vote, he was appointed to replace Nick Pollock’s position. His service will include overseeing the Wellness Center and Parks (cemetery grounds, shuttle area, etc), and the Bryce Valley Prevention Coalition. He will be sworn-in in November. The council adopted the Election Candidate Ordinance 2021-002. It outlines pertinent laws and regulations for candidates, providing in-

formation such as when to hold elections, different forms of government, a protocol for dealing with vacancies, terms of offices, and campaign finance disclosures. There was a motion to approve a donation towards a Matboss purchase that would benefit the Bryce Valley Wrestling Team. The donation amount is $599.00. Main Street Improvement Project - Mayor Syrett recently conducted a final walkthrough with the contractor working on the project, Jones and DeMille. He noticed a couple of cracks in the curbing that needed sealing. There was also a low spot in the ADA ramp by the campground. Everything else looked good. They still need to run the wiring to the new streetlights. UDOT needs to reimburse the city for some of the costs for the work. Jean Seiler reported that mounting and replacing signage on Main Street is underway. He also reported that they are redoing some of the interpretive signage at Bryce Canyon National Park and that they invited town partners to join them in taking a look at the work next Thursday. Stakeholders in the park

LegaL Notices 2021 WATER RESOURCES PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2021 The Utah Division of Water Resources (Division) is pleased to announce the draft 2021 Water Resources Plan (2021 Plan) is available for review. The 2021 Plan identifies action the Division will take over the next five years. It focuses on reliable data, supply security, and a healthy environment. A public comment period is open from Wednesday, September 29, 2021, through Monday, November 15, 2021. The draft 2021 Plan is posted on the Water Plan page of the Division’s website water.utah.gov/2021waterplan for review. Comments may be submitted using the comment form link found on the Water Plan page. A virtual open house will be held on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. During the open house, a short presentation about the 2021 Plan will be followed by a question and answer session. Written questions will be accepted throughout the virtual open house session using the Question and Answer feature of the meeting software. To join the open house, use the link found on the Water Plan page. Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 30 and OCTOBER 7, 2021 MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION CANCELATION NOTICE BRYCE CANYON CITY The Municipal General Election will be cancelled for November 7, 2021 in accordance with Utah Code 20A-1-206 Positions for Election *Mayor 4-year term Reuben Shiloh Syrett * Council Member4-year term Michael Stevens * Council Member4-year term Gary Syrett Posted this 30th day of September 2021 Sydney Syrett-Lamas Bryce Canyon City Clerk Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

and some of the local businesses are trying to get some momentum around the next water study. The big question is, “How much capacity does the aquifer currently have?" Seiler mentioned that the Forest Service will begin work on the Shared-Use Path in Red Canyon later in the fall. There is a plan to reinforce the path where the wash is threatening to cave it in. There are some questions about the construction timeline of the new non-profit ice rink, with concerns about freezing weather impacting some of the phasing. If the weather becomes prohibitive, they will bump construction to next year. Currently, the biggest challenge is finding a chiller. COVID impacted availability because many of the indoor rinks moved outdoors and bought up all the chillers. Right now, they are pouring the curb that will go around the rink, stockpiling dirt and rocks that will work as infill, and coordinating with Garkane Energy on power needs. There was some discussion about potential funding opportunities that could be used for mobility-related work: sidewalks, trails, interconnectivity for moving people, some for transportation. They would need these types of projects to be on the Five County Association of Governments priority list to be eligible. The council decided to invite a representative to join the next meeting and share information about the funding opportunities. A camera in the shuttle area that was broken was recently fixed. With the cooler weather, the town will soon be shutting off sprinklers and drinking fountains. The entrance sign at the north end of town still needs to be finished. Work is scheduled for next week to finish it up. The heat in the gym isn’t keeping up with demands. The council is coordinating with Peterson’s to take temperature levels and fix this. HVAC and routine maintenance work need to be scheduled. Inmates from the jail will be coming to help with landscaping maintenance along the Main Street sidewalks later in October. The Utah Government Finance Officers Association Conference is next week, and Sydney Syrett-Lamas will be submitting a travel request to attend. Banners for the 20 new light poles that were recently installed along Main Street were discussed. Replacements

for the faded banners are needed as well. The work is slated for the future. To end the meeting, there was a report on the town’s financials: $770.34 to Garkane Energy, $4,017.70 to Rainbow Sign and Banner, $55.00 to Gary Syrett (Canyon2Canyon driver), $93.77 to Alsco for building fragrances, $1000.00 for radio advertising for Canyon2Canyon, $516.76 for EMS Conference travel, $45.00 for David Tebbs (Canyon2Canyon driver), $163.86 for a bus driver for Canyon2Canyon, $143.58 for another bus driver for Canyon2Canyon, $22.96 for Imaging Concepts, $65.00 to Jail Ink for Canyon2Canyon, $500.00 for a senior scholarship, $600.00 to Jorgensen Honda for the prize bike, $86,510.03 for the Main Street Improvement Project, $708.00 for web hosting services, $260.00 for bike helmets, $326.40 for a public notice in The Insider, $1,202.00 to the Environmental Systems Research Institute for a GIS program, $55.00 to Fred Syrett (Canyon2Canyon driver), $30.50 to Cam Roundy (Canyon2Canyon driver), $60.00 to Nick Pollock (Canyon2Canyon driver), $847.16 for PEHP insurance premiums, $50.00 to Taryn Syrett (Canyon2Canyon driver), $445.20 to South Central Communications for phone and internet, $5,634.81 for the credit card payment (hardware, facebook advertising charges, quickbooks, fire department purchases, metering equipment on Main Street), $1,384.38 to Best Western for food expenses for the Founder’s Day party, $451.20 for plumbing parts, $202.00 to the Garfield County School District for the use of their buses at Canyon2Canyon, $875.00 to Best Western-Ruby’s Inn for the use of their vehicles and employees at Canyon2Canyon, $251.53 to Sinclair for fuel and maintenance, $15.52 to Clark’s Country Market for the Bryce Valley Prevention Coalition, $1,235.00 to Fun Time Inflatables for the bouncy houses at the Founder’s Day party, $5,000.00 to High Mountain Consulting for the Zoning Ordinance, $500.00 for centerpieces at the hospital foundation event, $229.92 to Portland Farm Company for dirt for the baseball field, $42.00 for a public notice in The Insider, $500.00 for another senior scholarship, $600.86 to Garkane Energy, $691.50 to Bryce Valley Builders for concrete, $3,378.00 to Bullseye Pest Control for lawn maintenance and pest control services, $847.16 for PEHP insurance, $93.70 to Alsco, $745.72 to Burdick for an audit, $1,550.40 to Jones and DeMille for work on the Main Street Project, and $1000.67 to Canon. The next meeting is on October 7th at 10:00 am. Bryce Canyon City Town Council meetings take place the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.

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October 4 - October 10 by John Mosley The Sky Report is presented as a public service by the Stellar Vista Observatory, a nonprofit organization based in Kanab, Utah, which provides opportunities for people to observe, appreciate, and comprehend our starry night sky. Additional information is at www.stellarvistaobservatory.org. Send questions and comments to John@StargazingAdventures.org.

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Venus is 6 moon-diameters from the crescent moon on the 9th. Three bright planets are out tonight, and two of them are brighter than any star, so it’s a good time to be planetwatching. Brightest and first to appear is Venus, poetically called the “Evening Star.” Venus is a quarter of the way up the southwestern sky at the moment of sunset, and you can spot it soon after, especially if you have binoculars (I recommend 7x50). Venus sets two hours after the sun. Don’t miss the conjunction of the crescent moon and Venus on the night of Saturday the 9th. Then the moon will be 3°—not quite the width of two fingers held at arm’s length—to the upper left of Venus. That’s close enough to see both at once in binoculars. There’s a surprising amount to notice. First, they appear close—and that happens without fail once a month as the moon passes Venus as it orbits the earth—but in real-

ity, Venus is 340 times more distant. The moon appears bigger, but in reality, Venus is the size of the earth, and the moon has ¼ our planet’s diameter. But notice how brilliantly Venus shines; it’s a fraction the apparent size of the moon but is 1/16 as bright. That’s because Venus is shrouded with permanent clouds that reflect 70% of the sunlight that falls on them, whereas the moon is covered with rocks that are as dark as asphalt and that reflect only 12% of the sunlight that hits them, and that’s a huge difference. A final thing to notice is that the crescent moon is lit by light reflected from earth —earthlight—and you can see features on the dark part of the moon, especially with binoculars (which every skywatcher must have). If you were on the moon, you’d see the earth go through phases, just as the moon does to us, but they’re reversed; when the moon is

full, from the moon, the earth is new. So when the moon is a crescent, like now, the earth is bright in the lunar sky, and being bigger and more reflective (30%), the nearly full earth really lights up the lunar landscape. The faint part of the moon is poetically called “the old moon in the young moon’s arms.” The faint stars in the background are in the claws of Scorpius. Far to the left are Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter is the third brightest object in the night sky, after the moon and Venus, so you can’t miss it, and Saturn is 15° to the upper right of Jupiter. The moon leaves Venus and is near Saturn on the 10th and roughly between Jupiter and Saturn on the 11th. Mars is behind the sun. On the 8th, they’re in conjunction, but of course you can’t see it. Mars emerges from the glare of the sun in the dawn sky in late November, and the best time to see it comes in December 2022, when it’s opposite the sun and closest to earth (and brightest). John Mosley was Program Supervisor of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles for 27 years and is the author of “Stargazing for Beginners” and “Stargazing with Binoculars and Telescopes.” He and his wife live in St. George, where he continues to stargaze from his retirement home while serving on the advisory committee for Stellar Vista Observatory.

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CORRECTIONS OFFICER Garfield County is accepting applications for a Corrections Officer. Applications are available at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office or online at www.garfield.utah.gov and will be accepted until October 22, 2021. Anyone interested in applying for this position must pass the National Peace Officer Selection Exam prior to making application. The Exam is given at the Browning Learning Center on the Dixie College Campus. For additional information regarding the Exam and registration requirements, contact the Browning Learning Center at (435) 6527696. The exam is also given at Southern Utah University. Call 435-586-5419 for additional information. Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer.

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POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Garfield County School District is hiring the following positions. For a description of each, please see the district website www. garfk12.org Full-Time Elementary Teacher at Boulder Elementary Part-Time Custodian at Boulder Elementary Substitute/Activity Bus Drivers in Escalante Bus Route Driver in Boulder Para-Professionals at All Schools SALARY: Please see 2021-2022 Garfield County School Districts Classified Salary Schedule and Certified Salary Schedule. QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check. Applicant must work well with children. See the job description for additional requirements. APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified or certified application. Please direct questions to: AES Head Teacher Robin Gibbs (435-624-3221) BES Head Teacher Elizabeth Julian (435-335-7322) BVES Principal Pete Peterson (435-679-8619) BVHS Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff (435-679-8835) EES/EHS Principal Peter Baksis (435-826-4205) PES Principal Lisa Breinholt (435-676-8847) PMS/PHS Principal Russ Torgersen (435-676-8805) Superintendent John Dodds (435-676-8821) Online application available: www.garfk12.org Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews. DEADLINE: See the district website for closing date of each position. Garfield County School District is an equal opportunity employer. Garfield County School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND ROAD CREW LABORER Garfield County Road Department is accepting applications for a building maintenance and road crew laborer in Panguitch. Pre-work drug testing is required. The position is full-time with benefits. Applications are available at the Garfield County Clerk's Office (435) 676-1100 or online at Garfield.utah.gov. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. October 15, 2021. Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer.

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JUSTICE COURT CLERK Garfield County is accepting applications for a Justice Court Clerk. Both part-time or full-time positions are available. Applicants need to work well with the public and have basic office and computer skills. For more information or questions call 435-676-1100. Applications are available at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office 55 South Main, Panguitch or online at www.garfield. utah.gov and will be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, October 15, 2021. Garfield County reserves the right to accept reject any or all applications. Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer.

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DEPUTY CLERK / AUDITOR Garfield County is accepting applications for a Deputy Clerk/Auditor. The position is full-time with benefits. Applicants need to work well with the public and have basic office and computer skills. Applications are available at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office 55 South Main, Panguitch or online at www.garfield. utah.gov and will be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, October 15, 2021. Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer.

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