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Panguitch • Panguitch Lake • Hatch • Bryce • Tropic • Antimony • Henrieville • Cannonville • Escalante • Boulder • Fremont • Loa • Lyman
Thursday, December 18, 2014 • Issue # 1077
Bicknell • Teasdale • Torrey • Grover • Fruita • Caineville • Hanksville
Recycle that Tree!
Local Business Offers Christmas Tree Recycling
Deck the Halls
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ESCALANTE - Escalante's People's Exchange building, one block off Main St. on 100 North, has been dressed up in elegant Christmas fashion for the holiday. Escalante residents Larry and Louise Barnes, who co-own the building with Howard Hutchison, have for several years taken painstaking efforts to restore the building and this year's lighting and decorations really make it pop! The People's Exchange is just across from Escalante's city park, where volunteers have also done a full-stop job of lighting up the park's trees. With the warmish weather Escalante residents can regularly be seen in the park during evening hours to enjoy the holiday decorations. —Insider
BOULDER - For residents of Boulder and Escalante looking for a gentler or more useful end for their Christmas tree than the dumpster or landfill, a local business in Boulder will recycle your tree into essential oils. The U.S. Forest Service is actively coordinating local recycling of Christmas trees. “As part of our job with the Dixie we give out permits for Christmas trees and we want to make people aware of recycling options,” says Holly Hadley, who works with the Dixie National Forest in Cedar City. But while most recycled Christmas trees end up in compost or chipping operations, the House of Aromatics in Boulder will distill the leaves and twigs of your tree into a pure 100% essential oil and that can be added to a cosmetic product, a soap or a perfume, or used itself as a therapeutic medicine. “When we heard about Eric’s operation we were really excited about it, and wanted to let people know about it,” said Hadley. Eric Scott, owner and operator of House of Aromatics says, “Being able to a recycle a Christmas tree through the distillation process into an essential oil that has myriad uses is quite satisfying. A part of the holiday experience sort of goes with the aroma of those trees in a little bottle.” Eric began collecting down and damaged trees
A Special Tribute to the Wayne County Community's Business and Civic Leaders
by Michelle Coleman, Wayne County Economic Development Director Last week we shared a story about this year's Six County Association of Governments Awards Ceremony and Banquet held on December 3rd in Richfield and each of the regional leaders who earned awards. The "Six Counties" association represents Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete and Wayne Counties. This week, Wayne County Economic Development Director Michelle Coleman shares a special tribute to this year's Wayne County leadership and local business who earned this year's awards.
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uring the Decmber 3rd Six County Association of Governments Award Ceremony & Banquet in Richfield, Wayne County Commissioners DeRae Fillmore, Rob Williams, Newell Harward selected Loa Town for the Six County Association of Governments Regional Beautification Award. Loa Town Mayor Jeff Olsen & wife Christine Olsen attended and received this award December 3, 2014 in Richfield Utah. One big factor in contributing to economic success is providing an environment that is attractive to business growth and development. To encourage local officials within the Six County region to beautify their communities and make their cities and towns more inviting for business expansion and development, the Region recognizes a city or town each year for attaining and working toward meeting their beautification goals and objectives. This year we are pleased to present the “Six County Regional Beautification Award” to Loa Town. Around 10 years ago, Loa Town envisioned a project that would not only beautify their downtown but memorialize those who served this great nation in the armed forces. They
Economic Development Board Chair and Juab County Commissioner, Chad Winn, with Loa Town Mayor Jeff Olsen and Wife, Christine Olsen, receiving the Six Counties Regional Beautification Award on behalf of Loa Town. formalized a goal to develop a Veteran’s Memorial Park. As they identified their objectives to meet this great undertaking, they soon realized patience and perseverance as the land - offering the ideal location for the park - was not immediately available for purchase. Not losing sight of their goal, they started fund raising and planning for the memorial. Over a ten year period they
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were able to raise $200,000 through donations, fund raisers, and contributions from the American Legion, Wayne County Special Service District, Mormon Pioneer Heritage Foundation, and Loa Town. They purchased the land, developed a park, and constructed a magnificent veteran’s memorial. Loa Town’s future beautification plans are to provide landscaping to the park including trees and picnic tables. The Veteran’s Memorial Park truly enhances Loa’s Main Street
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We commend Loa Town for their beautification efforts and present them with the Six County Regional Traveling Trophy—which they get to enjoy for a year. They were also presented with a plaque recognizing their beautification accomplishments which reads, “In recognition of continual progress towards meeting community goals and objectives resulting in the completion of the Veteran’s Memorial Park which honors Wayne County veterans.”
Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. —Dr. Seuss
for distillation in 2008. Self- of about 3-4 ounces of oil. studying herbalism since the The House of Aromatics early 1980s, he says he per- specializes in essential oils made sonally started using essential from Ponderosa, Pinion pine, oils in about 2003. “I found re- Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, ally great results for emotional, Utah juniper and Common juniphysical and mental purposes per, but Eric stresses that he will and after using them for about take any type of Christmas tree, six years and spending a lot of no matter what it is. money on them I thought mayTo recycle your tree, in Esbe I could make a little living calante bring your trees to the out of it,” he said. rodeo grounds and in Boulder to Essential oils are made the recycling center, where Eric through a distillation process will pick them up. For more which Eric notes is “Really an- information on recycling local cient technology.” In this case, conifer trees and trimmings visit Eric strips needles and twigs houseofaromatics.com or call from the trees and places them Eric at 435-335-7399. in a 50 gallon steel drum. Steam —Insider is fed into the bottom of the drum and directed out of the top into a glass condensing tower, and flash cooled. In the condensing process the plant’s pure chemistry separates out. “ T h a t ’s it!” says Eric, “That is the process.” Distilling a batch of twigs and foliage takes about 10 hours, and one 50 gallon batch delivers an average yield Eric Scott of Boulder's House of Aromatics will recycle Boulder/Escalante area Christmas trees into essential oils.
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llett Service & Distribution, owned by Lamont, Karen, Gordon & Taunee Ellett was selected by county leaders as the 2014 Wayne County Business of the Year because of their efforts to find ways to expand their business as wekk as create abd retain jobs for residents of Wayne County. When the doors to this business open and you are the lucky one walking through them, you can find a friendly smile on the other side of the counter along with the cheery words, “what can we do for you today!” The Ellett family provides great service and customer care and gives back to the community— from serving as a Wrestling Coach for the high school to an EMT on the County EMS team. You can also see beautiful hand crafted quilts in and around different venues being auctioned off for fund raisers that have been crafted and donated by Karen. Ellett Service & Distribution was established in 1953 by Neldon Ellett in Loa. Lamont worked for his uncle Neldon while attending high school. After graduation he worked in Salt Lake City for a year and then returned home to work at Ellett Service in 1958,with two full time employees. The business started out on the east side of Hwy 24 and in 1955 the new service station was built on the west side of Hwy 24 in Loa. Lamont leased the service station for several years before he and his son Gordon purchased Ellett Service in 1985. Gordon and Taunee lived in Salt Lake City and owned their own siding business when the opportunity came for them to return home and go into business with
their father, Lamont. Over the years there were minor changes made to the station; brands changed a few times and adjustments were made as the business grew. In 2005, plans were made for an addition of a 60’x120’ shop. This expansion has made it possible to service the vehicles of Wayne County and the hundreds of tourists that pass through each year. They now have seven full time employees – customers can receive a full service gas stop, while they can go inside and enjoy the C-Store for treats and drinks for the road. They have added a new four bay shop for oil changes, and service engines, they repair tires and place new ones. They have a wide range of stock tires, they do alignments with the most up-todate alignment machine, they do farm equipment repairs, custom exhaust work, replace batteries, fill propane tanks, they do state inspections and offer bulk fuel & oil delivery. They employ their two oldest sons where one is licensed in motorcycle mechanics and can do repairs on any small motor and the other has received a degree in custom welding. Gordon says that tourism is a part of their business, but what has kept Ellett Service in business over the past 60 years is the local businesses, logging, ranching, building & trade, construction, and individual patronage…and they appreciate their customers. Wayne County is pleased to honor Ellett Service & Distribution with this prestigious award. Congratulations, Lamont, Karen, Gordon & Taunee for being selected as Wayne County’s 2014 Business of the Year!
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