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Garfield County Commission Nov. 25, 2024 GARFIELD CO Roads, maintenance, and resources were the focus of much of the discussion at the Garfield County Commission’s November 25 meeting. A Planning Department recommendation to amend language in the Short-Term Residence ordinance was before the Commission. Currently, the ordinance stipulates that short-term rentals must be located within one mile of an asphalt or chipsealed road. The Planning Commission was recommending clarifying that language and increasing the allowable distance to three miles. Both Public Works Director Dave Dodds and Planning Director Kaden Figgins favored keeping the one mile restriction; Commissioner David Tebbs favored maximizing landowners’ propGarfield Commission Cont'd on B3
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Trail Crew Season is Over With 126 Projects Completed
Circle Cliff Ranch Alpacas: Diena Riddle finds a second career as an alpaca rancher and fiber producer by Erica Walz | Insider
they’re so funny looking,” said the man. “Are they pretty lazy?” the woman asks, noting how the group of males in front of her seemed to be just loafing around. “They’re pretty laid
SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation recently celebrated the successful completion of the 2024 trail maintenance season. Statewide trail crews completed 126 projects and improved more than 500 miles of trails across Utah. “This year’s achievements reflect the unwavering commitment of our entire trail crew to enhancing the accessibility, safety and sustainability of our state’s renowned outdoor spaces,” said Carly Lansche, trails and planning program director for the Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation. “We are deeply grateful to our dedicated crews, partners and volunteers, whose hard work ensures that Utah’s trails remain safe and accessible for everyone to enjoy.”
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Diena Riddle started Circle Cliff Ranch Alpacas in 2015 with her husband, Mike, and has grown a business that includes a wide variety of yarns and alpaca fiber products. BICKNELL - It’s a windswept early winter afternoon, and a young couple from Salt Lake City has just arrived at Circle Cliff Ranch Alpacas in Bicknell for a ranch tour. They’ve traveled to Wayne County for a birthday weekend (hers), and here they’ll be visiting the alpaca herd and learn-
ing anything they might like to know about the animals from ranch owner Diena Riddle. Riddle has developed a deep well of knowledge about alpacas and her chosen trade in working with their fiber. She and her husband, Mike, have owned and operated Circle Cliffs Ranch
Lex de Azevedo's Christian Unleash Choir Presents 3rd Annual the Future: SC Broadband A Musical Christmas
Alpacas—at mile marker 63 on Highway 24—since 2015. The visitors, being tourists for the weekend, ask good questions, and some silly questions, and share a string of immediate commentary. Right off the bat, it’s determined that alpacas are terribly cute. “And,
Moony Wash Boys Raise $2,400 for Tri-County Library in Bicknell
Announces 8 Gig Internet Speeds
Courtesy Lex de Azavedo's Christian Choir
Lex de Azevedo's Christian Choir, featuring the Derek and Emilie Brown Family, will perform December 14 in Panguitch at 174 N. 400 E., Panguitch, at 7:00 p.m. PANGUITCH - The 3rd annual A Musical Christmas, a free community event, will be presented by Lex de Azevedo’s Christian Choir. Performances will be held on Friday, December 13 at 400 N 500 W., Cedar City, Utah at 7:00 p.m. and December 14 in Panguitch, Utah at 174 N. 400 E., Panguitch, Utah at 7:00 p.m. The program features Christmas musical arrangements including ones by Lex de Azevedo, a choir of volunteers
from Panguitch, Escalante, Hatch, Circleville, Bryce Canyon City, Parowan, and Cedar City and are joined by a string ensemble. A children’s choir will also present numbers at each location. Lex de Azevedo is a former Hollywood music composer, arranger, conductor, and record producer who is most known for Saturday’s Warrior, The Swan Princess, and Where the Red Fern Grows to name a A Musical Christmas Cont'd on B3
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CEDAR CITY - Southern Utah, brace yourself! The internet as we know it is about to get a major upgrade. SC Broadband, the leading provider of fiber internet is raising the bar once again, and proud to announce the arrival of the future: Offering MultiGig internet plans with jaw-dropping symmetrical speeds of up to 8 Gigabits per second (Gbps). "We're expanding beyond the previous limitations of internet service," declares Michael East, CEO of SC Broadband. "These light-speed connections will ignite a new 8 Gig Internet Cont'd on A3
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The Moony Wash "Boys" shown left to right are: Margaret Smith, Scott Smith, Rod Frazier, Jacque Keonig, Paul Smith, Amber Fullerton, Dean Keonig, Mary Bedingfieldsmith, Natalie Hunt and Dudley Elliott. TORREY - On November 22, 2024, the Torrey music group, the Moony Wash Boys, gave $2,470 to the Tri-County Library in Bicknell to help pay for Storytime and
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Boys busk (play for tips) at the Wayne County Farmers’ Market each Saturday from May through Moony Wash Cont'd on A2
UPCOMING EVENTS... Panguitch Christmas Light Parade
Dec. 13 Panguitch Main Street 7PM
THURS. DEC 5 - WED. DEC 11
Sunny/partly cloudy and cooler. Highs range from the low 50s to the high 30s; lows range from the low 20s to the low teens.
other kids’ programs. The band presented a check to librarian Amber Fullerton and assistant Natalie Hunt on the steps of the library headquarters in Bicknell. The Moony Wash
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. —Mark Twain
2024 Boulder Holiday Market
Dec. 14
Boulder Community Center 10 AM - 3 PM
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