October 24, 2013
The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER
PHS Sports Sidelines by Mack Oetting
Lady Cats Show Their Stuff The Lady Cats went up against Bryce Valley and had a pretty easy time. The Lady Mustang’s are in a rebuilding year, with new coaches and have a lot of young players on their team. Tomorrow, Friday the 25th will be region at Piute, its not that far, come on up and show the Ladies your support. State will be held next week at UVU, the Cats will be playing in the Tournament hoping to improve on their 5th place finish last year. Yesterday, Wednesday the 23rd will the State Cross Country at Sugar House Park. The Lady Cats will be defending last year’s title. In my opinion, from the results of Region races they are a better team this year. The Boys with both sets of twins, (Norris and Andersons) really blazing the way. The boy have really improved since the 1st races, they hope to improve from their 2nd place finish last year. And again going off their region finish I think that their Coaches Danny and Jen can motivate both teams to do their best. Last week I left one my favorite young men off the Region Academic Team, Rowdy Miller. Rowdy is going a long way in life, with his hard work ethics. As the fall sports come to an end, the winter sports will be starting; boys and girls basketball and wrestling. It is not too late to get season tickets, come on in to the school, they are the only games in town.
Fourth Graders Enjoy “Utah Past and Present” Workshops The 4th graders in Garfield District and the Piute School Distric had a Marvelous two days of hands-on learning about Utah’s Past and Present from professionals in Southern Utah. Sixty-six students from Bryce Valley Elem., Panguitch Elem., and Antimony met at Bryce Valley on Sept. 18th and 19th to participate in 18 workshops. In Circleville, the students met at the Circleville Elementary School with Janetta Dalton overseeing the two day events for that school. Students through out Piute County were in attendance during this time which included Oscarson elementary in Marysville and Circleville Elementary. The students were very excited to learn about the Anasazi culture from Suzi Hough from Anasazi Indian State Park and the Fremont culture from Cindy Micheli from Capitol Reef National Park. As part of their cultural experience the students used an atlatl to throw a long dart/spear at a cardboard mammoth. Along with the atlatl Katie Pitts from Bryce Canyon Nat’l Park helped the students experience the roles of members in a tribe as they played a game. Flo Yearsley, from Fremont Indian State Park, brought live white bunnies for the students to hold as
she taught them about their importance to that extinct tribe. What we can learn from artifacts was discovered by the students as they met with Marian Jacklin from the Forest Service in Cedar City. The students made cordage bracelets with Benn Pikyavit from Pipe Springs Nat’l Monument. The pioneer culture was experienced through a presentation by Stephen Rudolph, also from Pipe Springs Nat’l Monument, as the students did math and decided what they would take in their wagon. Arta Hepworth helped the students hand stitch blocks together to piece a blanket. The students listened attentively while Dylan Hepworth taught about uniforms and weapons used by soldiers in the field today. Melanie Muir was the storyteller and she taught the students lessons through traditional native American stories. The students also did core studies in the Science area. They learned the uses of local plants from Kevin Heaton of the USU Extension Division from Panguitch. Weather Instruments and how weather affects fire was taught by Josey Muse from the Forest Service Escalante District. Aging rocks with fossils was taught by Katie Lodder from Bryce Canyon Nat’l Park.
A local artist and teacher of art, Irene Von Schock Brockdorff, brought a Fine Arts experience to the students with drawing and origami, paper folding a coyote head. They were totally engrossed in the project as they worked to get finished. The finished product was fascinating and well done by the students. Before the event was ended the students were treated to an Indian Taco lunch at Tropic Park prepared for them by their teachers and parent helpers. The authentic fry bread made by Arta Hepworth and the not so traditional chocolate rice krispies were a hit with everyone! In Circleville Arta taught the students to make Indian Fry Bread and they ate their experiments with delight and lots of honey butter. Yummy!! The 4th grade students want to thank all the presenters for the time they spent teaching them! It was a lot of FUN and something we’ll treasure about 4th grade! Also a huge thanks goes to Vicki Syrett, a retired teacher, for planning and organizing another Terrific Two Day Learning Experience about Utah’s Past and Present for our students! —Submitted by Mrs. Gayle Moore, teacher at B.V.E. and Vicki Syrett for Circleville.
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Sports Wayne Sports
by Bethany Lamb Last week boys baseball went to the state tournament. They did very well, but lost against Piute in a close game. Well done boys! This week is a big one. This week we’ve got region volleyball and state cross-country! The girls volleyball are entering the tournament ranked third from our region. This will take place at Piute High School. Good luck ladies! Cross country coach Sarah Taylor has provided us with an overview of the cross-country’s team’s season. The Wayne High boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams are having a fine 2013 season. The boys’ team has seen many improvements and successes throughout the season. With the addition of three freshman (Clayton Van Dyke, Dal Nelson, and Cody Brittain), we have had a complete boys’ team at nearly every meet. We look forward to seeing this young team gain confidence and strength for seasons to come. Boys’ team members: Riley Cook, Brogan Reynolds, Brandon Oyler, Andrew Faddis, Clayton Van Dyke, Dal Nelson, and Cody Brittain The girls’ team has been running consistently well--winning five of their seven regular-season meets, and placing second at the Region 20 championship race. The girls’ team has been spending the last week getting mentally and physically ready for the 1A State Championships at Sugarhouse Park next Wednesday, October 23rd (@ 11:00). It looks to be an exciting race as the girls run against some good teams from Region 20 and others throughout the state. Girls’ team members: Catrina Johnson, Clarissa Johnson, Maggie Ellett, Brooke Barney, Hannah Ellett, Carlie Chappell, Breeanna Brown, Tesson Simmons, Kassidy Ellett, Kailee Blackburn, Sami Knutson, and Rebecca Oyler. Preceding the varsity race at each meet, most schools also have a junior varsity team that competes by running a 1.5 mile race. Wayne Middle School represented itself well through the efforts of several Wolverine athletes: West Saunders, Hailey Snedegar, Vanessa Barlow, Kylie Knutson, and Brynnli Nelson. Go on down and support our sports teams at their tournaments. Good luck! Badgers #1!
PANGUITCH 4 YEAR CITY COUNCIL POSITION Cindy Michelli from Capitol Reef NP is the instructor with these students and the atlatl.
MACK OETTING I have served as a Panguitch City Councilperson before and I feel that experience will help me perform the duties of this position more effectively if elected.. I am retired and have the time to serve on committees, attend meetings, and represent Panguitch when the occasion arises. I am very active in the community with my volunteer efforts, I have been honored by being named volunteer of the year in Garfield County, 2012.
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At last years primary, a survey was conducted by the City to see if there was any interest in a community swimming pool due to the closure of the High School pool. The results indicated that almost a 4 to 1vote in favor of looking into the feasibility of building a pool, I agree with the majority. If we have a swimming pool around 500 kids in our area will have an opportunity to learn to swim. It will also be available to many of our people who use swimming in their exercise programs. It would be an asset for the motels in town, for their guest, so they can compete with the bigger resorts that have pools in our area. If elected to the city council I will make a community swimming pool a priority. I will do what I can to bring the information of the cost of the pool to the public so it can be voted on by the Panguitch citizens. The City Council is a very important elected position because the City Council person is accessible to each of you. I will take this position very serious if elected and I will work hard to leave the position better than when I got there. I would appreciate your vote. This is a vote by mail election, please don’t take it lightly. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, commenting on the criticism of him stated, “If you do something, somebody’s going to like it and somebody is not going to like it. And if you do nothing, nobody will criticize you, but wouldn’t that be a terrible life?” Please mail in that ballot: Mack Oetting