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Park Service Releases Proposed Rule for Bicycle Use within Bryce Canyon National Park
BRYCE CANYON N.P. The National Park Service has published a proposed rule to authorize bicycle use on 6.2 miles of a shared-use pathway in Bryce Canyon National Park. National Park Service regulations require promulgation of a special regulation to designate new routes for bicycle use off park roads and outside developed areas. The shared-used path would be open to several uses, including running, walking, and bicycling and is scheduled to open in the spring of 2016. Once completed, this section of the pathway will connect Bryce Canyon City and the Powell District of the U.S. Forest Service to the park. The rule making process is in addition to, but separate from, the public review and comment period on the Draft Multi-Use Visitor Path Envi-
ronmental Assessment. This proposed rule relies on impact analyses conducted through the Multi-Use Visitor Path Environmental Assessment. Additional information regarding the Path, including a downloadable version of the Draft Environmental Assessment, is available on the National Park Service’s Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) website at http://parkplanning.nps. gov/brca. The proposed rule and an electronic form on which to submit written comments are available on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. You can find the proposed rule by conducting a “search for a proposed rule” and entering keywords “Bryce Canyon.” Comments will be accepted through January 26, 2015. —Kathleen Gonder, Bryce Canyon National Park
Notice of Public Hearing: Lowering Garkane Energy's Impact Fees
HATCH - A public hearing is scheduled on December 22nd, 2014, in Garkane’s Hatch office at 11:00 A.M. The Hatch office is located at 468 N. Hwy 89, in Hatch, UT. Comments or questions may be submitted via email at nbrown@garkaneenergy.com or you can mail your comments or questions to: Garkane Energy, Attn: Public Hearing, 1802 S. Hwy 89a, Kanab, UT 84741. All written, or emailed comments submitted prior to Friday, December 19th, 2014 will be distributed to the Board of Directors for review. —Garkane Energy
Thursday, December 4, 2014 • Issue # 1075
The Future Farmers of America Harvest Ball: Back Row L to R: Ashtynn Stringham, Ethan Lee, McKenna Brian, Braden Brian, Klace Lyman, Breanna Smith, Riley Cook, Cooper Williams, McKenna Mitchell, Jace Christensen, Kehl Bradbury, Kelsie Leavitt, Devan Barlow, Morgan Jeffery. Middle Row L to R: Caib Brian, Paden Peterson, Braden Ericson, Jaden Harker, Ryan Lee, Kylee Brown, Brielle Ekker. Front Row L to R: Kourtnee Bredsgaurd, Ashton Hampton, Grace Vandyke, Madison Davis, Bailee Torgerson.
Wayne FFA Has a Ball Farm education club holds traditional Harvest Ball and ALS challenge on behalf of local resident
BICKNELL - Wayne Future Farmers of America hosted our annual FFA Harvest Ball Week on November 14 at the Bicknell Community Center. This is a week -long activity that encourages the students at Wayne High School to learn and understand the traditions of agriculture and the FFA program. Girls participated in weekly activities and were given point scores based on the following areas: Gunny Sack Race, Saddle a Horse, Chase a Chicken, Academics, Agri-
Yesterday Stories Road Builder
Lincoln Lyman Tells of Blazing Roads in Southern Utah— An Interview with the Southern Utah Oral History Project by Mariella Minton, Contributing Writer
culture themed cakes, Onstage questions, Agriculture video clip, Daily dress up participation, FFA involvement at a local level and Activities at or above a state level. FFA members were involved in a school assembly that spotlighted the girls individually while educating the school about the FFA program. These students also participated in the traditional FFA Harvest Ball floor show. This year's royalty are: Queen- Breanna Smith 1st- Madison Davis 2nd- Morgan Jeffery Miss Congeniality- Grace Van Dyke During the Harvest Ball, FFA members held a cake auction and ALS Challenge to benefit a local resident who
has ALS. The Wayne FFA ALS bucket challenge brought chills right from the start. FFA and community members worked together to raise just over $2000 for Linton Rohr and his wife Karen during the Harvest Ball cake auction. The life expectancy for Linton was a maximum of 5 years. Linton has defeated the odds. Wayne FFA is honored to give back to you for your years of service in our community and youth leadership groups. May God bless you! ALS belongs to a group of diseases called motor neuron diseases. It is a disease that attacks the nerve cells that are used in voluntary muscle actions; actions that we can control such as those in the arms,
face and legs. These nerve cells are called motor neurons and are to be found in the brain and spinal cord. As ALS progresses, these cells degenerate and die, ceasing to send messages to muscles, which in turn causes them to weaken and waste away. The brain's ability to control voluntary movement is lost, with all muscles under voluntary control being affected over time. As well as control of the arms, face and legs, ALS can cause people to lose the ability to breathe unsupported, often leading to respiratory failure. ALS greatly reduces an individual's life expectancy; it averages at around two to five years from the point of diagnosis. —Jessica Grundy
History in Your Attic Do You Know These People? Do you know anything about the people, place, or event in this photo? Maybe you have the same photo in your own family album identifying names and dates? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Contact SusAnn McLemore: Email nnasusmac@gmail.com, or phone: 435-826-4812. Help us preserve our history!
Photo courtesy of Gwen Porter
Lincoln Lyman, in a photo taken sometime during the early- to mid-1990s, wearing his famous measuring-tape suspenders, at the controls of a backhoe with grandkids Chad Lyman and Jennifer Lyman.
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ot many people have had such a direct impact on the lands of Southern Utah as Lincoln Lyman of Escalante. Born to Francis Marion and Hazel Mae Snow Lyman of Boulder in 1935, he came into the world just two years after Utah State Route 12 was completed. Growing up the youngest of 12, he and his siblings would help their father Francis bring the cows out to their winter range under what was called “The Ridge,” a stretch of land from Stud Horse Peaks up to Shad Flat and back to the south and clear down towards the Purple Hills. At that time, the main ‘road’ out that way was the Burr Trail, which was then little more than a two-track wagon trail. Little did Lyman know at that age that he would be so involved in turning many of the old wagon trails into cleared and graded roads. On December 3, 1997, Lyman sat down with Jay Haymond and Grant Johnson in his Escalante home for a taped interview for the Southern Utah Oral History Project. He discussed his life’s work constructing and improving roads across southern Utah. Here, we provide exerpts and descriptions from their lengthy discussion.
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THURS. DEC. 4 - WED. DEC. 10 STEADY 50s. Partly to mostly cloudy all week with highs hovering around 50, lows in the mid- to upper-20s. Some chance of rain especially Thursday (40%), then dropping to a 10-20% chance the rest of the week.
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hat’s like I said, you know," said Lincoln Lyman, "You don’t realize how much you’ve done, how much knowledge you have, ‘til you kind of get right back and get to thinking about what you’ve done, what you’ve caused to be done, you know, and things like that. And that’s what I say, I lived a pretty fast life, I guess, I done a lot and got around a lot and caused a lot to be done, you know.” Lyman cut his teeth on Lincoln Lyman
Photo provided by Yukon Norman & Cheryl Cox History in Your Attic is a collaborative effort to identify and save historic photos from the Escalante – Boulder area. Partners are: Boulder Heritage Foundation, Brigham Young University/Lee Library, Escalante Heritage Center, Escalante River Watershed Partnership, Escalante Utah Stake Family Heritage Center, Sons of the Utah Pioneers/Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and Southern Utah University.
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