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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Garfield County Commissioner Jerry Taylor Seeks Second Term GARFIELD COUNTY Jerry Taylor, Garfield County Commissioner formally announced that he is seeking a second term as a Garfield County Commissioner to serve Garfield County residents and visitors.

Operating within the county budget is important to Commissioner Taylor. Pointing to sound financial management by the County Commission and its Department Heads, Taylor feels that one of the most notable achievements of his first term is that Garfield County has been essentially debt-free for the past three years. “Being debt-free allows us to make better fiscal decisions and take advantage of more opportunities for our county,” said Taylor.

Residents and visitors rely on the county to maintain 1000 miles of roadway, manage solid waste disposal, and maintain streets, parks, and public facilities. Public safety is also a fundamental funcSeeking Second Term Cont'd on page 6

Issue # 1343

On the Trail of Tiny Tubers This Four Corners potato was a staple of Native American diets

by Andrew Gulliford, The Journal

SALT LAKE CITY February is the best time of the year to see one of America's most iconic birds. Bald eagles fly to Utah in the winter to find food and escape colder conditions farther north. By the time February arrives, hundreds of eagles are in the state.

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is hosting several events where you can see the eagles and learn more about them during Bald

Eagle Month. Each viewing event will be free, and spotting scopes will be available at each location. However, if you own your own scope or a pair of binoculars, you should bring them. It's also recommended to bring a camera and a telephoto lens, if you have one. Participants can also get a free, collectible Bald Eagle Month pin at the events.

You can see bald eagles during the following events: Southern Utah

This viewing event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 1 from 8 a.m. to noon at Rush Lake Ranch, located at 9600 N. Minersville Highway (State Route 130). The ranch is located about 12 miles north of Cedar City.

While the event is free, participants are encouraged to register in advance on Eventbrite. These events could be canceled if the weather cre-

Dr. Bruce Pavlik, director of conservation at Red Butte Gardens at the University of Utah, stands in a large campus greenhouse. He says, “I’ve worked a lot on conservation and this potato captures public interest like no other project.” ers at the University of Utah hope to prove that a tiny tuber, Solanum jamesii, was an important part of ancient Native diets.

This potato fits in a soup soon. It balances on a fork.

Not a big, heavy Idaho russet baking potato, Solanum tubersuom, but a unique Four Corners potato. Starch granules

Experience a 100 Year Old Free National Park Service Sheep Camp Collection and Free Dinner Entrance

on Five Days in 2020

Courtesy of Paul Pace.

Jack Woolsey moving a sheep camp on Boulder Mountain.

Camp owned by Vern Pace.

WAYNE COUNTY Before sheep camp trailers, ranchers used horses or mules to carry their sheep camps to the local mountains. Have you ever seen a traditional sheep camp?

On Wednesday, January 29, Paul Pace will be sharing his historical sheep camp collection from the 1920s as part of a free cultural heritage community dinner. This complete collection includes a wall tent, stove, bedroll, pack bag, pack saddles, stovepipe, and kitchen box. The locally used collection was handed down to Paul Pace from his grandfather Vern Pace, son of Willard Pace.

The life of a pioneer sheep ranch family was difficult. In reminiscences about pioneer ranching, George W. Okerlund stated that Lydia

counties. He said these gatherings offer students multiple mini-sessions to be exposed to potential career opportunities within the counties. “We complain about exporting our kids, but a lot of time they don’t understand they just need to get in front of the right people.”

Commissioner Jerry Taylor met on Jan. 2 with Escalante Mayor Torgerson and Susanne Catlett on the possibility of creating an Innovation Center for remote workers, like they have in Panguitch. He said there would be more state funding available this year to expand such facilities. The next day, he participated on a public lands conference call with rural county commissioners, Sen. Mike Lee, and Rep. Chris Stewart to discuss public lands issues. On Jan. 6, he traveled to Ticaboo with other county employees to meet with Chip Shortreed and address Ticaboo’s sidewalks, roads and streets, and landfill/ compactor issues.

On Jan. 8, Commissioner Taylor said he spent the day in St. George at Five

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GARFIELD COUNTY A few highlights emerged at the Jan. 13 Garfield County Commission meeting: • Career Fair, Jan. 22, in Bryce Valley City • Bank opening in Escalante within 30 days • County plat notes regarding unincorporated subdivisions and road maintenance • Draft livestock compensation ordinance Commissioner Leland Pollock opened the meeting with Commissioner Board reports: Commissioner David Tebbs reported on his bimonthly Fire Chiefs’ meeting in Tropic and a county wide volunteer conference/training on Jan. 18. He said Garfield County has been accepted as a “cooperating agency” on Zion National Park Visitor Use Management. His first experience at the cooperating agency meeting was positive, he said, in the way comments were taken in and considered.

He said he was also pleased that any policy changes will be phased in, not abruptly implemented.

Tebbs announced the Jan. 22 Career Fair at Ruby’s Inn for the high schools in Garfield, Wayne, and Piute

Courtesy Andrew Gulliford

FOUR CORNERS - For years, we’ve learned that ancestral Puebloans depended upon corn, beans and squash, nicknamed The Three Sisters, for sustenance.

Well, move over sisters. Little brother spud is about to take the stage. With a $225,000 National Science Foundation grant, research-

Okerlund Pace (1864-1907) “has cooked three meals a day… and sheared sixty head of sheep, besides - many a day. She had the strength of two ordinary women”.

We’re seeking volunteers who would like to share artifacts from local sheep ranching history. Do you have sheep camp wagon, a sheep camp collection, or other items to share? Bring them to our community dinner.

Do you or family members use traditional techniques such as knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, appliqué, embroidery, or other approaches to create needlecraft products? Do you have a spinning wheel? An exhibition area will be provided where Free Entrada Dinner Cont'd on page 6

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA

THURS. JANUARY 23 - WED. JANUARY 29

Mix of sun and clouds, with a snow shower possible on Monday. Highs will be in the 40s; lows in the high teens and low 20s. Otherwise, slight chances of precip for the week, 10 - 20%.

Winds variable from 4 to 10 mph.

GLEN CANYON N.R.A Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will join national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees on five days in 2020: • Monday, January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day • Saturday, April 18: Start of National Park Week and National Junior Ranger Day • Tuesday, August 25: National Park Service birthday • Saturday, September 26: National Public Lands Day • Wednesday, November 11: Veterans Day The fee waiver includes entrance fees only. Other fees such as reservation, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included. Park entrance fees at Glen Canyon are usually $30 for one private, noncommercial vehicle and all its passengers.

While Lake Powell is one of the largest and most scenic man-made lakes in North America, it is only 13 percent of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The recreation area stretches from Lees Ferry in Arizona to the Orange Cliffs of southern Utah, encompassing scenic vistas, geologic wonders, proposed wilderness areas, and a vast panorama of human history.

—National Park Service

Garfield County Commission January 13

from Solanum jamesii have been found preserved on a 10,900-year-old stone metate at Escalante, Utah, making it the earliest known evidence of wild potato use in North America. Ancient peoples transported, grew and possibly domesticated this tiny Four Corners Potato

Garfield Commission Cont'd on page 10

Five Places to See the National Bird During Utah's Bald Eagle Month

Bald Eagle Month Cont'd on page 6

Owen Call Johnson is First Baby Born in 2020 at Garfield Memorial Hospital

Courtesy Garfield Memorial Hospital

Garfield Memorial Hospital's 2020 Baby New Year is Owen Call Johnson! Owen was born to Hayden & Phoebe Johnson on January 9, 2020, at 12:59 a.m., weighing 8 pounds, 0 ounces, and measuring 20 1/2 inches long. Owen was delivered by our hospital's Nurse Administrator and Certified Nurse Midwife DeAnn Brown. Mom and baby are doing well.

Congratulations to Hayden and Phoebe, and welcome, Owen!

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain —Dolly Parton

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Letters to the Editor PO Blues

We are writing to acknowledge and thank the Bicknell post office staff for their hard work and patience.

Torrey’s contractual post office handled roughly the same volume of mail as Loa and served more businesses than the rest of the county combined. Now that it is closed, the workload in Bicknell has more than doubled. Hundreds of mail boxes have been moved there from Torrey but that mail must be delivered at the counter. Despite facing that challenge without additional compensation, the Bicknell staff has been considerate and patient. They know Torrey’s citizens don’t like driving eight miles to get mail and not having access to their boxes after hours. We know it is not their fault. We are in this together but we can complain and they cannot.

The application for a new contractual post office is working its way through the

bureaucracy. After a decision is made, the new location may have to be fitted for service.

So this inconvenient situation may continue for months. A rural post office is more than a place to pick up packages. It is where neighbors meet and local notices are posted. The loss of a rural post office is not just inconvenient but tears at the fabric of the community.

Meanwhile, Torrey residents are left mostly in the dark about why our postal service has been so rudely interrupted and why we get a second class post office when the mail traffic here is greater than that in the county’s other official post offices. And for the staff at the Bicknell office the burden will just get bigger when we add more than a million annual visitors starting in the spring.

Chip and Linda Ward, Torrey

CCAW Would Like to Thank all of its Supporters

Thank You from the Alta “Granny” Orton Family There are not enough words to fully express our heartfelt "Thanks" for the sympathy, love and support everyone has extended to our family during the loss of our dear sweet “GRANNY”.

For those of you who were able to attend the viewing/funeral services, we are deeply grateful to you. To all

that sent cards, money, made phone calls, brought food and stopped by for a visit, you may never know how much your kindness means to us.

We appreciate all of you!

Love The Alta “Granny” Orton Family, Panguitch

Goings on...

Nathan Selin is New Executive Director and Health Officer for CUPHD

RICHFIELD - Nathan Selin was hired as the new Executive Director and Health Officer for CUPHD. He has been with the department for seven years, and has worked as the Environmental Health Director for the past five years, while also serving as the Deputy Director for the department.

Nate is passionate about Courtesy TaLeah Moosman public health and the opportuNathan Selin, the new Exnities it provides to help peoecutive Director and Health ple make a difference in their Officer for the Central Utah lives. He is looking forward Public Health Department. to continuing to work with the local communities, partner agencies, and elected officials in improving the health of our communities.

—Central Utah Public Health Department

Panguitch City Office and Library Have Moved Back Home

Courtesy Steve Lee

The newly repaired and renovated Panguitch City Library opened its doors again this past Monday.

Power Rests with the Citizens

Ellen Fisher brought up an extremely timely and important issue in her letter in the January 9 Insider regarding questioning of authority.

The United States on a federal level is a Republic as defined below: "Republic - a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. It is a federal republic and a constitutional representative democracy with more direct democratic principles at the state, county and local levels." I do not think there is much argument among the citizens that we have a great system of government.

If you notice the definition of a Republic says, "supreme power is held by the people". The power is NOT held by the President, Supreme Court, Governor or County Commissioners! This is the bedrock of our form of government.

It is essential to the continued success of our country, our states, our cities, counties, hamlets and villages that

ultimate power rests with the citizens. As such, it is the civic responsibility to question our elected and appointed officials. All City, State, County, and Federal officials, whether elected or appointed, MUST be held accountable. Government must be transparent.

Any government employee, appointed or elected official, must realize that their actions, decisions, judgements and behavior should and must be subject to public scrutiny.

If any of those individuals are not comfortable with being in that position then he/she should not have run for the position or accepted the job or the appointment.

For any government official to state or imply that a citizen is out of line for questioning one of their decisions, it is an affront to our system of government and an insult to conscientious citizens.

We, the taxpayers and voters, are ultimately the employer. You work for us, all of us, and not just the ones who agree with you! If you do not like that—quit!

Tom Stechschulte, Hatch

Bryce Valley Elementary Dedicated During Ceremony

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PANGUITCH - It’s been a full year exactly since the Panguitch City office and library moved into exile, due to a leak in the roof and needed repairs to their building.

But now things are back to normal, with the city staff moving back to their space a week ago last Monday, and the library opening this past Monday. In addition to the roof and ceiling repairs, new carpeting and paint have freshened up the space.

Since repairs were in order, the city also took the opportunity to renovate the building’s HVAC system.

“We are so excited to be open and back in our building,” said Lori Talbot, Panguitch City Manager.

City and library staff members vacated the flat-roofed city office and library building in January of 2019, due to the leaky roof. It’s been a somewhat itinerant existence for them since then, with both the city office and library moving to the Fair building at first, but when the Garfield County Fair needed their building for summer events, the city office moved to the fire station, and the library had to close.

“The library has not been available since the end of May, though we have had the bookmobile providing check-out and ebook services,” said Talbot.

Now the public will be able to once again check out books from the regular library inventory and use the library space and computing services.

“The library looks really nice,” said Talbot. “The books are back in, though they got dusty in storage and we still need to work on getting them cleaned.”

“We want to thank everybody for their patience in this past year,” said Talbot.

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April LeFevre, Cheryl Cox, Mike Savage, Ken Platt (past board member), Tracy Davis superintendent and Layne LeFevre at Bryce's new elementary school dedication.

BRYCE VALLEY - Bryce Valley’s new elementary school was dedicated during a ceremony on the evening of January 16, during which thank you’s were presented to the Garfield County School District and others involved.

Bryce Valley Elementary Principal Layne LeFevre said, “We’ve been in the building for six months but just waited for some final things to be completed before doing the final dedication. We just love the new facility, it has lots of natural light in the classrooms, in the gymnasium and the hallways, and has individual heating units for the classrooms. It’s super quiet and nice. It’s a great addition to our community.”

Bryce Valley Elementary currently has 137 students enrolled from kindergarten through 6th grade.

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Four Corners Potato: "It’s a plant species, an ancient food source that is part of the livelihood for Native tribes.

The Bureau of Land Management protects archaeological sites, but what about the plants that are just as sacred to the indigenous groups as the sacred sites? I do not want to speak for the tribes, but this is important to them because the potato is of conservation concern in southeast Utah."

Courtesy BJ Nicholls/NMHU

Pueblo and Dine farmers inspect Four Corners potato plants in the greenhouse at Red Butte Gardens on the University of Utah campus. to monsoons,” says tive farmers “enthusiastically Bruce Pavlik, direc- spoke of returning this potato tor of conservation at to the people of the region, Red Butte Gardens on with cultural, spiritual, health the University of Utah and economic benefits.” campus. When I visited Hold the butter, sour him in his office, he ex- cream and chives. Nutritional plained the potato has data on this tiny tuber indithe perfect “strategy of cates it has “three times the a wild plant, it disperses protein, twice the vitamin B1, buds (‘eyes’) up to a me- calcium, phosphorus, magter away.” nesium, manganese” of the “I’ve worked a lot standard grocery store potato. on conservation of land- Bigger is not necessarily betscapes, and this potato ter, which is why locavores captures public interest will love this spud that has like no other project,” he already been served in Utah says, which is why Pav- at the Hells Backbone Grill in Courtesy Andrew Gulliford lik has a United States Boulder and the Twin Rocks Dr. Lisbeth Louderback in her Department of Agricul- Café in Bluff, and soon, North office at the Natural History Mu- ture grant. “We are in- Creek Grill and Fourth West seum of Utah poses with a small terested in more Native Pub in Escalante will be servvial of Solanum jamesii, the Four American farmers who ing it.

Corners potato. She is investigat- want to grow this comWhere it needs to be ing its ancient uses and cultivation mercially.” on the menu is at the Metate and is currently doing research at At Red Butte Gar- Room in Mesa Verde National Mesa Verde National Park. dens, I visited the potato Park because research sugexperiment station, with gests 1,000 years ago Mesa Solanum jamesii successfully Verde may have been a distriFour Corners Potato growing in galvanized metal bution center and genetic bank Cont'd from page 1 horse troughs whose interi- for this tuber that includes a ors were covered with burlap blue-fleshed strain. tuber.

“The plants themselves I’ve been on the trail of out of Native respect for the this potato that may have dis- plant not to touch metal. The stay low to the ground. They ease-resistant and drought-re- 2-foot-deep troughs made per- are dark brown in color with sistant genes. I am fascinated fect test plots and could easily grayish blue leaves. We don’t by its history, its use and its be watered with a drip system. plant them. They come out future. Lisbeth Louderback, assistant professor of anthropology and curator of archaeology at the Natural History Museum of Utah, says, “This potato could be just as important as those we eat today not only in terms of a food plant from the past but as a potential food source for the future.”

With an earthy, nutty taste and a skin that gets crinkly, the potato’s insides remain fluffy. The size of Courtesy Andrew Gulliford a penny, these potatoes “fit In galvanized metal troughs covered with burlap, plants of nicely on your spoon,” Loud- the Four Corners potato were grown from tubers at Red erback says with a smile. In Butte Gardens on the University of Utah campus. The goal a refrigerator, the tubers keep is to understand the nutritional benefits of the potato and to for a year. Because the tubers make it available to indigenous farmers seeking to specialoccasionally taste bitter, the ize in Native foods Navajo and Hopis boiled the potatoes with white clay to There may be five useful gen- of the ground and we collect reduce the toxic glycoalka- otypes of this small spud; sci- them,” says former Zia Pueblo loids. Tribal knowledge of entists are not sure. But Pavlik governor and elder Peter Pino, this food includes Apache, says, “how lush the potatoes a director of the Mesa Verde Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, South- get if you give them water,” Foundation. “We eat them ern Paiute, Zuni and Zia el- whereas in a natural setting by raw. Some tribal members the end of August and the ces- wash and cook them. We used ders.

Found in the Four Cor- sation of summer monsoons, the potato when food was ners and along the Mogol- the plant puts its energy un- scarce and in a springtime ceremony related to cleaning our lon Rim in northern Arizona derground.

There’s even a publica- irrigation ditches.” and in the highlands of New At a social dance, “one Mexico, Native Americans tion, The Four Corners Popossibly moved the potato tato Gazette, “updating our of the staples they took for the north into central Utah where partners on recent advances,” dance into the kivas was this Mormon pioneers found it in including information on the potato. My mother used them abundance. During the Great archaeology, culture and bi- in the 1920s and 1930s,” Pino Depression, remote rural ology of this unique spud. says. “It was the best snack According to the Gazette, at for social dances in the kiva families ate the potato.

“It comes up in response a workshop last spring, Na- for ceremonies between ditch

cleaning and before planting.

We still eat them.” The tiny tubers, well-balanced in carbohydrates and proteins, may have been stashed along travel routes by Hopis because the

the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments may hold the key to understanding how this potato was dispersed. The latest research technique is for archaeobotanists to visit archaeological habitation sites to look for the plant. Last spring, the plant was found in Bears Ears at a two-story cliff dwelling “where a slickrock waterfall came down into a bowl of sand” that provided habitat.

This potato is “diseaseresistant, which is why the USDA is so interested, and frost tolerant unlike other potatoes,” Pavlik tells me in the University of Utah’s greenhouse where we observe the plants thriving. “Archaeology, plant ecology, landscape conservation – I feel my whole career has been working up to this,” he says.

Yes, there’s a lot of spud success to share. “I really feel that traditional knowledge is as important as Western knowledge. And then there’s the value of bringing back this agricultural heritage,” Louderback tells me over dinner in Durango. “It’s a plant species, an ancient food source that is part of the livelihood for Native tribes. The Bureau

Courtesy BJ Nicholls/NMHU

Tubers about to be harvested show the mass of underground stems that characterize Solanum jamesii. The plant does well growing in tubs and some innovative indigenous farmers have even grown it in stacked automobile tires. potato represents “perfect fuel for runners,” Pino says. “And it was a food source we did not tell the Spanish about,” he said.

Vital research on Solanum jamesii continues. Both

of Land Management protects archaeological sites, but what about the plants that are just as sacred to the indigenous groups as the sacred sites? I do not want to speak for the tribes, but this is important

to them because the potato is of conservation concern in southeast Utah.”

The Natural History Museum of Utah wrote the Department of the Interior to comment on President Trump’s 2017 shrinkage by 85% of Bears Ears National Monument. Louderback says, “There are populations (of the potato) within President Obama’s Bears Ears boundaries, but when Trump shrunk it, those populations are no longer protected.” Because the original 1906 Antiquities Act had science at the heart of presidential land withdrawals for national monuments, the presence of this tiny tuber may be significant in the four federal lawsuits going forward to reverse the Bears Ears’ reduction.

In October 2019, Louderback spent two days at Mesa Verde analyzing 30 metates taken from Long House during the 1950s Wetherill Mesa Project. She extracted residue from those metates to see if the Solanum jamesii potato starch is still present. We should know by May. Questions remain as to which spud populations have higher or lower nutritional value and which of these potatoes may have a low glycemic index to aid modern Native peoples battling diabetes.

From a snack in ancient kivas to cutting edge science vital to defending a national monument’s size, the importance of this tiny but mighty tuber, Solanum jamesii, is only now being understood.

Andrew Gulliford, an award-winning author and editor, is professor of history and environmental studies at Fort Lewis College. Reach him at andy@agulliford.com.

This article was originally published in Gulliford's Travels in The Journal. The Journal services Cortez, Mancos, and Dolores, Colorado.

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Schools & Sports PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

Wrestling draws large crowds to their matches, both the girl's and boy's basketball teams win against the Wayne Badgers, and the Bobcats win at the Sophomore Basketball Tournament at Valley

Wrestling is king right now in Panguitch. The Cats had two matches this last week here in town, and the crowds were huge. The fans really get into these matches, cheering on each Bobcat as they do their best. This year, the Cats have excelled at winning their matches. Beaver was here on Thursday, and they showed why they are the power house in the 2A bracket.

The next night, the Kanab Cowboys came along with some of the Diamond Ranch wrestlers, and it was close with the scored tied

at 34. The bigger Bobcats really turned it on, winning the rest of the matches. I believe the score ended up being 58 to 34. It was a fun evening, but stressful with wanting our boys to win every match.

On our way home from the Piute Basketball game, there was a long stream of cars going north.

The next night at the wrestling match, we asked Brandon Hatch what was going on, and he said that they had a junior wrestling tournament. There were hundreds of young wrestlers here, and the stands were filled. The future of wrestling looks very strong.

The Cats have two more matches this week. They are at North Sevier on the 21st and the Enterprise Tournament on the 24-25. Region is on February 1st at Piute. The Cats are heavily favored to take state, so come out and cheer them on. State will be on the 7-8 @ SVC.

Both of the Bobcat teams had a split this week with their away games. The Lady Cats, playing at Milford, had problem scoring from outside and lost to the Tigers, 53 to 40.

The Cats got behind at the start and could never catch up.

Mataya Barney had another big night, scoring 20 points.

Against the Wayne Badger, the Cats had a big 4th quarter and out scored the Badgers, 13 to 8, and taking a squeaker, 54 to 52. Kyan Orton, the sophomore guard, ended up with fifteen and made three 3-pointers. As usual, Mataya Barney led all scorers with 19.

Last night, the Cats played Water Canyon and will be out at Escalante on Friday.

The Cats only have two more home games, so come out and cheer them on in their quest for a fourth State Championship.

The Boys teams had the same result, winning easily at Wayne. They won against the Badgers, 61 to 47. Freshman guard Klyn Fullmer led all scorers with 21 points. It has been a long time since a fresh-

man started for the Cats.

Against the Piute TBirds, it was another thing. The Bird's smothering defense completely shut down the Cat's outside shooting. At the half, the game was close, but the Birds out scored the Cats in the third quarter, 15 to 5, and never looked back.

They won, 45 to 39. Paxton Wolfey was high scorer, with 13 and including two 3-pointers. The Cats have three more home games left in the season.

There will be a game against Water Canyon on the 23th, Valley on the 31st, and Bryce Valley on February 6th. Come out and cheer them on. They are a young team, and they get better each game.

At the Sophomore tournament @ Valley, the Cats won the tournament by beating Water Canyon on Friday, taking out Bryce Valley on Saturday morning, and finishing off the Piute T-Birds for the championship in the afternoon. Many of these young players are on the varsity, and they are the future our basketball team.

Wayne Middle School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll

BICKNELL - High Honor Roll – 4.0 GPA 8th Grade: Brylee Brown, Lacey Ellett, McClain Nelson, Jake Peterson, Ryker Peterson, Savannah Williams 7th Grade: Audrey Alexander, Emma Hickman, Koyo Ito, Kylee Pace, Andrea Portmann 6th Grade: Timber Giles, Miles Hinkle, Paizlee Jackson, Blake Peterson, Crosby Saign High Honor Roll – 3.8 to 4.0 GPA 8th Grade: Callan Chesnut, Silas James, Mark Pineda 7th Grade: Shayla Barlow, Raegyn Blackburn, Clancey Fillmore, MaKayla Jones 6th Grade: Lacey Brown, Micah Morrill, Gracie Snedeger, Chloe Stewart, Bree Torgerson Honor Roll – 3.5 to 3.8 GPA 8th Grade: Jake Batty, Roper Cropper, Stephanie Fern, Noah Lance, Ammon Peterson 7th Grade: Ayla Deakin, Braydon Lee, Ethan Petree, Avarie Salt, TaKara Taylor, Gavin Torrey, Russell VanDyke, Kylee Woolsey 6th Grade: Devin Bowling, Oaklee Brian, Dawson Giles, Stetsyn Lamb, Gage New, Alejandro Rosales, Kai Sinclair, Tylee Torgerson —Wayne Middle School

Money Tips for Students

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Needs include clothes, food and, for many students, transportation.

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January 23, 2020

January 23, 2020

Wills, Trusts, and More

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Are You Prepared to Live Alone?

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by Jeffery J. McKenna Whether you have been together for a short time or a long time, you will most likely go through a period of emotional and financial stress after losing a partner.

Trying to take charge of all the responsibilities you have to handle alone, while at the same time making important decisions about your future, can seem overwhelming.

It is important to remember to take care of yourself as you walk the path of healing after such a difficult event. Too many times the remaining partner does not eat enough food or drink enough water to be properly nourished, and does not get enough rest. Try to postpone unnecessary changes and big decisions until you are thinking rationally and clearly.

Wait a while—some experts counsel at least a year—before moving to a new house or making a major career (or other) change.

In most relationships, there is a certain amount of separation of duty that takes place: one partner does the cooking while the other does the gardening, one partner takes care of the car while the other partner pays the bills.

At the death of a partner, the surviving partner often feels overwhelmed that there are too many tasks for one person

to handle alone. Plus, there is much paperwork to be accomplished, what with survivor’s benefits, insurance issues, or other benefits that the survivor will need to make claim for.

To make the period after the death of a partner less stressful, there are some things that can be done in advance.

Be sure that both names are on the safe deposit box, so you may each have access to important papers and documents.

Keep a complete list of where your family’s legal and financial records are stored. Keep a summary record for listing the names and telephone numbers of your personal financial advisors as well as the location of relevant information and documents. Keep copies of your marriage certificate and your partner’s Social Security card.

Ask yourselves: what would your financial situation be in the event your spouse died. This is a critical question, because once you know the answer, you can take the appropriate steps to strengthen your financial position. Ask yourself these questions now: 1.) What would my income be if my spouse died? 2.) What would my spouse’s income be if I died? 3.) Is my income affected by the death of someone other than a spouse?

Attending to these ques-

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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 6281711 or jmckenna@barneymckenna.com or visit the firm’s website at WWW.BARNEY-MCKENNA.COM. He would enjoy hearing from you.

tions and making wise adjustments could save you from a financial crisis and ease your transition after the death of your partner.

Shopping Cart

The wheel of my grocery cart was making a horrible scraping sound as I rolled it through the supermarket.

Nevertheless, when I finished my shopping and saw a cartless woman, I offered it up, explaining, "It makes an awful noise, but it works."

"That's okay," she said, taking it. "I have a husband at home like that."

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62. Negative contrac-

63. Chi precursor 64. *"The Marriage Story" nominee DOWN 1. Reply to a captain 2. *Renée Zellweger's role 3. Away from wind 4. Dub again 5. *Movie with most 2020 Oscar nominations 6. First cradles 7. *Oscar-winners Gore, Fonda and Cameron did this talk, pl.

8. *South Korean black comedy thriller 9. Image in an Orthodox church 10. Soaks in rays 11. The old college one 13. With numerous veins 14. Backless sofa 19. Campaign trail gathering 22. Coach's talk 23. Diminished 24. Open-mouthed 25. Relating to a gene 26. Garbage in, garbage

out

27. Primo, on Italian menu 28. What tailor shops do 29. *He won an Oscar for role in a Scorsese movie 32. *Oscar-winning writer Julius Epstein to Oscar-winning writer Philip Epstein 33. Ewe's mate 36. *She's nominated in 2020... twice 38. Civil rights org.

40. Jersey call 41. Sudden increase in wind 44. *Whoopi Goldberg scored an Oscar for this movie 46. *"Phantom ____," 2018 nominee 48. Locomotive hair 49. Round openings 50. Cul de ____, pl.

51. *Meryl Streep won for "____ Lady" 52. Mortgage, e.g.

53. Not in action 54. Skunk's defense 55. Tire measurement 58. Japanese capital Solutions on page 9

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IT Support

Last week my wife and I purchased a new computer. We ran into some difficulties while setting it up so we decided to call the customer support phone number we found in the manual. I picked up the phone and called the number. A man answered the phone and I explained the problem to him. He began rattling off computer jargon. This confused us even more.

"Sir," I said politely, "Can you explain what I should do as if I were a small child?"

"Okay," the computer support guy said, "Son, could you please put your mommy on the phone?"

Flowers

There are women whose thoughtful husbands buy them flowers for no reason. And then there's me.

One day I couldn't stand it any longer.

"Why don't you ever bring me flowers?" I asked.

"What's the point?" my husband said. "They die after about a week."

"So could you," I shot back, "but I still like having you around."

Journal

When he received a journal as a gift, my eight-yearold son was mystified.

"Mom, what am I supposed to do with this? The pages are blank."

"You write down interesting stuff that happens to you," I said.

"So it's like a blog … on paper."

PUNishment

There was a hiring freeze at the ice-skating rink.

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

Birthday Present

A woman, on meeting a psychologist at a party, made a pitch for some free professional advice.

"What kind of toy would you suggest giving a little boy on his third birthday?" she asked.

"First I'd have to know more about the child," the psychologist hedged.

The woman took a deep breath. "He's very bright and quick-witted and exceptionally advanced for his age," she said. "He has good coordination, expresses himself very well..."

"Oh, I see," the psychologist said, "It's YOUR child!"

THEME: THE OSCARS ACROSS 1. Cracked open 5. Protrude 8. *"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" supporting nominee 12. Eggnog time, traditionally 13. Pol request 14. Capital of Senegal 15. *Jo Van Fleet won for her role in "East of ____" 16. Augmented 17. Shoemaker without shoes, e.g.

18. Ones full of desire 20. VSCO girl's shoes 21. New Zealand native 22. "The Nutcracker" step 23. Boiled bread product, pl.

26. Guarapo de jagua fruit 30. Edith Wharton's "The ____ of Innocence" 31. "____ 'er ____!"

34. *1935 Best Picture nominee "A ____ of Two Cities" 35. Plant a.k.a. golden buttons 37. *Dustin Hoffman was nominated for role in "____ the Dog" 38. Does like Matryoshka 39. Narrative poem 40. Brunch drink 42. Gumshoe 43. 10-sided polygon 45. Qatar native 47. Greek R 48. "Friends" favorite spot?

50. Fodder holder 52. *Oscar winner for "The Revenant" and 2020 nominee 55. Uses a paring knife 56. Twelfth month of Jewish civil year 57. Whirlpool 59. *The first to refuse his award, for "Patton" 60. *He was nominated for "Lost in Translation" 61. Sunburn aid

Jamie's English homework task was to make sentences using the words in her spelling list, along with the definition.

Coming across the word "frugal" in the list, she asked her father what it meant. He explained that being frugal meant you saved something.

Jamie's paper read: 'Frugal: to save.'

Sentence...'Little Red Riding Hood fell into a hole when she was walking in the woods so she yelled for someone to come get her out. She cried, 'Frugal me, Frugal me!'

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you can share current or historical projects. Are you willing to show off your skills at spinning, knitting or sewing with a demonstration? Many people knit for causes such as cancer or the elderly. Feel free to bring fliers about your favorite needlecraft donation projects to encourage participation. Bring your projects to share, and we’ll provide the space.

Families and individuals alike are invited to immerse themselves in local history.

We’ll be offering a sample of mutton for those who would like to try it. However, our main course won’t be lamb or mutton. In addition to exhibitions, demonstrations, and a slide show, each table will provide supplies for creating crafts and starting conversations. There’s no formal presentation, just an evening of fun with family and neighbors. Bring your young children, grandparents, and

friends.

The free event will be held on Wednesday, January 29 at 6 PM at the WCCC in Bicknell, regardless of the weather. Don’t miss your chance to explore this amazing local history. If you’re planning to attend the community dinner, please call the USU Extension/4-H Office at 435-836-1312. There’s no charge. We just like to know that you’re coming for planning purposes.

You can help preserve our amazing past by contributing historical photos to the project. Go to Facebook or contact Project Director Annette Lamb at alamb@eduscapes.com or 435-425-3415.

This project is made possible through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Entrada Institute and Wayne County USU Extension. LIKE us at facebook.com/sparkinghumanities.

—Annette Lamb, Entrada Institute

January 23, 2020

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com That snow that we had Thursday night was mostly in our area. When I took Pat over to Cedar City, the little bit of snow on Highway 20 was plowed, and Highway 15 was dry. We will take all that we can get of the white stuff.

The DUP (Daughters of the Utah Pioneers) are planning on erecting a monument at the Sanford road. This monument will be showing where the Sanford Fort was located.

If you would like to donate to this project, contact Christen Littlefield. We have a lot of historical sites in our area, and they need to be identified.

It looks like the teams that are playing in the Super Bowl in a couple of weeks will be Kanas City, who defeated the Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco, who knocked off the Green Bay Packers. Both of the winning teams looked really strong, so it should be a good game.

This is the first time in our Nation’s history that our debt has run more than one trillion dollars over the budget. Most of the loss was in the President’s tax cuts. In 2011, corporations paid 11% of the budget. Two years ago they paid 9%, and last year, it was down to 3%. It seems strange that now that the National Debt is climbing at record highs. It doesn’t matter.

In response to the Legislature’s tax cut that took place last month, tax referendum petitions to get it put on the ballot in November for a vote have gathered over 60,000 signatures. But, because the Legislature waited till the last minute to pass their tax cuts, the time to gather 120,000 signatures is too short.

Last week, I decided to clean out our two bookcases.

It has been at least 20 years since I did that. I got rid of a lot of stuff, and I mean a lot of stuff. I did find some real keepers, including a column showing that Frank Houston was elected to the State Wrestling Hall of Fame, and a 1999 one of the Panguitch Bobcats winning the State wrestling championships. I did find a pink slip for one of my antique pickups and proof of ownership on the other one.

There was a lot of items of our trips from all over the world.

There were also many pictures of our granddaughter Teah’s time here and of her college career.

I did come across an article from the Salt Lake Tribune dated back in 1996 on facts about religions.

If you are of the Jewish faith, it was founded by Abraham about 4,000 years ago.

The Hindu religion developed in India about 1,500 years BC.

The Buddhist religion split off from Hinduism, by Buddha (Prince Siddahartha Gautanma) of India, about 500 BC. If you are a Christian, Jesus Christ began your religion in the year 33. Mohammed started the Islamic religion in what is now Saudi Arabia around 500 AD. The Eastern Orthodox sect separated from the Roman Catholics around 1000.

If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by an ex monk, Martin Luther, who split away from the Catholic Church in 1517.

This started the Protestant Movement. If you belong to the Church of England, it was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534. This was because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry. (After that he just beheaded his wives. Their crime being that they couldn’t give him an offspring). Presbyterian religion was founded when John Knox brought the teachings of John Calvin to Scotland in the year 1560.

Unitarians, your religious group was developed in Europe in the1500s. Congregationalist’s branched off from the Puritans in the early 1600s in England. Baptists owe their tenets to their religion to John Smyth in Amsterdam in 1607.

Methodists, your religion was

founded by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.

In 1779, Samuel Seabury formed the Episcopalian Church in the United States.

They broke away from the Church of England.

If you are a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith restored your Church in Palmyra, New York in 1830.

The Salvation Army religious group began with William Booth in London in 1865. The Christian Scientist religion was formed by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. The Jehovah’s Witness religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in Pennsylvania in the 1870s. Finally, the Pentecostal religion was started in the United States in 1901.

I know there are many more religions in the world, but I don’t have any dates.

The year is new and there are a lot of events planned. If you have anything that you want me to post for you, please call or email me at mackoetting@gmail.com Elvis’s birthday is in February, and he will be 85.

He is just as popular now as he was during the 50s.

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Seeking Second Term: Taylor was elected to the Garfield County Commission in 2016. Utah commissioners serve for four years, and Jerry Taylor will be seeking a second term in the 2020 General Elections.

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tion of caring for the County’s communities.

Commissioner Taylor reports, “Our County also manages important relationships with Federal agencies, regarding public lands, watershed, grazing rights, and recreation.

We rely on an important balance of caring for these beautiful lands and managing the social, ecologic, and economic needs of our residents.”

Negotiating to keep National Parks and fee areas open during U.S. Government shutdowns, promoting watershed restoration initiatives, and developing fire protection programs with state and federal agencies are positive aspects of recent Commission efforts in Taylor’s first term.

“I love this area and the people of our county, and I am continually motivated to help better things happen for our residents,” says Taylor.

Diversifying our econo-

Courtesy Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

A bald eagle in flight with wings spread.

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ates hazardous driving conditions, and registered participants will be notified via Eventbrite email.

Central Utah This event will be held Saturday, Feb. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery at 700 N. Big Springs Road in Fountain Green. If you're coming from the north, you can reach the hatchery by taking I-15 and exiting the freeway at the second Nephi exit (Exit 225). After exiting the freeway, turn east on State Route 132 and travel about 10 miles. About 1 mile before the city of Fountain Green, a Bald Eagle Day sign will point you to an access road that leads to the hatchery.

Once you reach the hatchery, you’ll receive a driving map of the Sanpete Valley that highlights the best areas in the valley to view eagles. Literature, displays and

bathroom facilities will also be available at the hatchery.

Spotting scopes will be set up at a nearby location where eagles often gather in a large tree. The viewing site is about 1 mile from the hatchery.

While the event is free, participants are encouraged to register in advance on Eventbrite.

Northern Utah Two chances to see bald eagles in northern Utah will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 8. Spotting scopes will be in place at the Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area and the Farmington Bay WMA. The Salt Creek WMA is about 10 miles northwest of Corinne. Directions to the WMA — and more information about the event — is available on the event page.

While the event is free, participants are encouraged to register in advance on Eventbrite.

The Farmington Bay WMA is located on the west side of Farmington. The WMA

my to provide future jobs for future generations is an important concern to Commissioner Taylor.

When asked about priorities for a future term, Taylor listed: Bringing a Science Center/Dinosaur Museum to the area; Preserving and enhancing greater access to public lands; Creating a Healthy Forest Initiative to protect our forests and communities from catastrophic fire; Improving Senior and Emergency Medical Services throughout the

county; and Diversifying the County’s Economy to provide local jobs for future generations.

To learn more about Commissioner Taylor’s initiatives on his website www. electjerrytaylor.com and follow his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ Garfield-County-Commissioner-Jerry-Taylor —Jerry Taylor for Garfield County Commissioner

includes the Eccles Wildlife Education Center located at 1157 S. Waterfowl Way. Participants can learn more about bald eagles, get close to live raptors brought to the event by members of the Utah Falconers Association, and do an eagle-themed art activity with your kids.

"We'll also direct you to an area on the WMA where you can see bald eagles," Nicaela Haig, director of education at the center, said. "Spotting scopes will be in place, and biologists will be available to help you spot the birds and answer your questions."

While the event is free, participants are encouraged to register in advance on Eventbrite.

A possible lack of ice on Feb. 8 could reduce the number of eagles at the two sites this year. Also, to help vegetation in the ponds at the wetlands, each winter, WMA managers kill invasive carp.

This winter, the managers are trying something new: instead of doing small treatments at all of the WMAs, they'll do a large removal at one WMA. Neither Farmington Bay nor Salt Creek will be treated this winter, so there might be fewer dead carp for the eagles to eat. Those factors — a possible lack of ice and fewer dead carp — could reduce the number of eagles you see.

Even if eagle numbers are a little lower, the event is still worth attending.

"You should still see eagles and enjoy lots of fun ac-

tivities at the education center," Rachael Tuckett, DWR regional wildlife recreation coordinator, said. "We hope you'll join us at Salt Creek or Farmington Bay that day."

Northeastern Utah This event will be held on Feb. 8 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge headquarters at 19001 E. Wildlife Refuge Road in Randlett, Uintah County. As with the other events, DWR biologists will be available to answer questions and to help participants spot golden and bald eagles on the refuge. There will be live raptors at the event, courtesy of some local falconers. Spotting scopes and binoculars will be available for use, but you should bring your own to practice with, if possible. Bathroom facilities will be open at the refuge.

To reach the site, travel on U.S. 40 about 14 miles west of Vernal or about 13 miles east of Roosevelt, and turn south on State Route 88.

Travel south on SR-88 for 14 miles, and then turn left into the refuge entrance. The refuge headquarters is 1 mile down the entrance road.

While the event is free, participants are encouraged to register in advance on Eventbrite.

If you attend any of the events, dress in warm clothes and wear waterproof boots.

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

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Melanie Dabb, Extension Assistant Professor, Wayne County

Effective Stress Coping Techniques

Everyone feels stress daily. Relationships, work, holidays, tragedy, special events, school, and housework are just some of the many stressors we experience at some point. Even if stressors are not easy to identify, they are still present. Stress may be the cause of various mental and physical symptoms as well. For example, as the holidays are approaching, you may feel anxiety, muscle pain, and lack of sleep due to the need to get shopping done, cookies baked, and gifts wrapped before the deadline. If we interpret the events in our lives as stressful, our lives will be stressful.

We have a choice in how we respond to stress and what responses we use to cope with the stress.

What Is Stress?

Perceived stress is defined as a situation that is beyond a person’s available resources and coping capabilities (Chao, 2011; Dyson & Renk, 2006). For example, being in a relationship that is filled with conflict and constant fighting may be perceived as stressful because one or both parties in the relationship may feel it is beyond their control.

Who Gets Stressed?

Everyone!

Children, adults, college students, the elderly, neighbors, friends, family; everyone experiences stress at some point. For example, new college students experience stress because of the transition from home to college life (Dyson & Renk, 2006). Adults, especially older adults, stress about aging, chronic illnesses, and death. Other stressors such as taking care of aging family members, raising children, balancing work and family life, and issues within personal relationships are also often experienced by adults (Boswell, Kahana, & Dilworth-Anderson, 2006).

Children experience stress by having to perform in front of peers and friends, struggling with homework, and even being around others who are stressed (Kostenius & Öhrling, 2009).

How Do We Cope?

Everyone copes with stress in their own way.

While many turn to quick fixes that make the stress go away temporarily, such as drugs, alcohol, gambling, eating, etc., these temporary negative coping strategies can potentially create more stress and problems in the long run. A more positive way to cope with stress includes: a) identifying the stressor(s), b) managing our thinking as we interpret the stressors, c) considering the consequences of our actions, and then d) changing our thinking to healthy ways of coping. We can also practice healthy stress management techniques. How individuals apply these techniques may be very different for every person. For example, children may cope with their stress by choosing to be doers, such as taking charge of the stressful situation and thinking positive thoughts (Kostenius & Öhrling, 2009). Older adults may turn to their spiritual-

ity, such as finding inner peace and harmony, to cope with stress. Young adults may choose a healthy lifestyle, such as exercise, to deal with the stressors in their lives (Boswell, Kahana, & Dilworth-Anderson, 2006).

College students also cope with stress in their own ways by seeking social support or taking time out for a hobby or fun leisure activities (Chao, 2011; Dyson & Renk, 2006).

Consider implementing some of these common research-based techniques that have been found helpful (Leyden-Rubenstein, 1998; Singer, 2010; Weiss, 2003; Wheeler, 2007).

• Breathe deeply. When people are stressed, they sometimes have a tendency to hold their breath or breathe quicker than normal causing their bodies to react and get tense. Taking deep breaths from the diaphragm, rather than the chest, can help calm nerves and anxiety (Weiss, 2003).

• Visualize calm. Go to a happy place or think of calming scenes such as a warm tropical beach or a cabin in the snowy mountains.

• Exercise. Physical activity releases the happy positive chemicals that can help fight against illness and help individuals to feel better naturally.

When stressed, take a walk, stretch, and focus on having straight posture. It can also be helpful to roll the shoulders backward and forward five to ten times slowly to relax the neck and shoulder muscles.

• Take up a hobby. Spend some time doing something enjoyable such as knitting, playing a sport, or reading.

Taking part in a hobby can help with thinking more clearly and feeling more energized in order to take on daily challenges.

• Just say no. When individuals realize they can’t do everything, they often feel more at ease and capable to deal with the stress they can control and handle. Singer (2010) suggests making a list of attainable goals for the week and working toward achieving one goal every day. Crossing off a completed goal on that list can boost self-confidence!

Hint: assign tasks to friends and family who are available to help. If no one is available, prioritize tasks and check each one off as it is completed.

• Have fun! Learning to laugh at ourselves and see the humor in any situation can reduce stress. Smiling (even when not feeling happy) and laughing are good for the body because they help generate the positive chemicals in the body and help it to physically relax.

• Talk or write it out. For many it helps to talk about what he/she is experiencing with a friend, loved one, or professional who can be trusted and is not involved in the stressful situation.

People with little to no social support are more likely to engage in sedentary behavior, alcohol or drug use, and too little or too much

sleep, which can often cause more stress (Chao, 2011). Others who don’t want to talk about issues also find that writing a description of the stressor and feelings in a journal is often helpful in venting intense feelings and thinking more clearly (Wheeler, 2007).

• Get pampered. On occasion, some individuals find it can be helpful to do something nice for themselves that they normally wouldn’t do, such as getting a massage or buying a treat.

• Take a time-out. Get away from the stressful situation and play a round of golf or go to a movie. While taking a break will not make the problem go away, having a positive temporary distraction can allow time to calm down and rethink the response to the stressor.

• Learn to recognize the warning signs. Everyone responds differently to stress, but recognizing common stress symptoms such as headache, insomnia, digestive issues, and anxiety can help individuals to take action to cope with stress earlier rather than later.

Stress is everywhere in our lives, whether we are aware of it or not. It is not something we can forget about or sweep under the rug.

It is important to remember that how we cope with stress depends on how we interpret a stressful situation. The next time you feel tension in your neck and shoulders or feel a situation is beyond your control, step back, relax, rethink how the situation affects you, and find a healthy way to cope.

Written by: Naomi Brower, MFHD, CFLE, Extension Assistant Professor and Kimberly Stanley, Student Intern Adapted for Article-Melanie Dabb, Extension Assistant Professor, Wayne County.

The Dirt on Dirt We walk on it. Children play in it. We hate it on our cars and collars. Sometimes we even make dirty jokes.

But when it comes to growing flowers and vegetables, dirt is no joking matter!

To a plant, dirt is much more than a place to put down roots so you don’t blow away in a storm.

Ideally, dirt provides a reservoir of water to get plants through dry spells; however, some kinds of dirt can hold too much water and drown plants while others simply do not have the ability to hold water for any length of time.

Dirt also is a source of vital nutrients for growing healthy plants. In fact, if your soil is truly healthy, your plants should be able to get ALL of their nutrients from the soil, without any amendments. That’s a difficult goal to achieve, but, with patience and perseverance…

Dirt is also, hopefully, a source of beneficial microorganisms that help your plants assimilate the nutrients that are present in the dirt.

While it’s very true that you don’t need perfect dirt (okay, soil) to grow a beautiful or productive garden, having soil that is fertile, full of organic matter, loose, well drained (but not too well drained) can make a significant difference.

I’ve spoken briefly in previous columns about the need for testing your soil to be able to accurately figure out what amendments it does/ does not need.

I suspected my soil here was on the alkaline side. Most vegetables need a pH of between 6.0 – 6.5, slightly acidic, to have the best chance for growing and being healthy.

Most will grow outside of that range, but that is the range of highest productivity for most vegetables.

If the pH of your soil is

ant plants while working on gradually making my soil more acidic.

It truly is very important to get your soil checked at least every couple of years.

That way, you not only know what you’re starting out with, but you will also be able to track your progress over time.

This checking can be done with a kit from the local garden center or online sources, or, it can be done by a lab.

In addition to pH, you also need to know how much organic matter there is in the soil already and approximately what percent of the soil is clay/silt/sand.

Knowing how much nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are present and in a form that is able to be absorbed by plants is also important for top production.

A quick and dirty way to figure the amount of clay, silt, and sand in your soil is a mason jar Courtesy Suzanne Palmer test. Put 4” of your soil Mason jar test to find out how (no rocks) in a mason much clay, silt, and sand is in your jar, add 1 Tbsp of dish detergent. This soil soil. should come from the root zone of your garden and, OUCH! That’s too alkaline if your garden is large, pull for happy vegetables, in gensome dirt from several areas. eral, but that doesn’t mean my Fill the jar with water, shake goose is cooked. It does mean well, and then leave it sitting I have to make some choices.

1. I can put up a lot of undisturbed for a couple of raised beds to grow my fruits days. The results should look and vegetables in a commer- something like this: Now use a ruler to meacial dirt mix (this is the most sure each of the three layers. expensive proposition, but The bottom layer is usually may be doable depending on sand since it’s heavier than how much you want to grow silt or clay. The middle layer and how much you can inwill be the silt layer which vest), and/or, is usually darker than sand.

2. I can put in a lot of The top layer, clay, is usually soil amendments to make my lighter in color than the silt. dirt more acidic, a process that The total depth of all takes time when done organithree layers is your 100% levcally – as I prefer, and/or, 3. I can focus on fruits el so, if you have 3” of total and vegetables that actually “stuff” in the bottom of the jar and 1” of each of the layers, prefer alkaline soil, and/or,

either too high (alkaline) or too low (acidic), your plants won’t be able to get the nutrients they need even if you apply fertilizer, although fertilizer may help to bring the pH closer to what it needs to be, depending upon what you use.

If the pH is below 6.0, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium absorption will be inhibited.

If the pH is above 7.5, iron, manganese, and phosphorus will be less available to your plants.

My soil tested out at 7.1,

4. I can focus for the short term on alkaline toler-

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LegaL Notices PUBLIC MEETING BICKNELL TOWN Bicknell Town Planning and Zoning Committee will be holding a Public Meeting to present the amended Building and Zoning Ordinance. An Ordinance of the Bicknell Town Amending Ordinance No. 10-6-2016 and Ordinance 1995A, to establish the regulatory codes and guidelines to govern zones by regulation, size of lots and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population, the location and use of land and all types of construction within the Town.

This Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, January 30, 2020, at 7:00 P.M. at the Bicknell Town Hall.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 16 & 23, 2020 SURPLUS SALE HENRIEVILLE TOWN Henrieville selling 1991 Ford Fire Brush Truck; CLOSED BIDS ONLY; Sold AS IS; includes 100 ft of 1 inch hose on a working reel; 250 ft of 3 inch hose; body in fair shape; driveable, needs work; 8735 miles. Contact henrievilletown@scinternet.net.

Bids close February 20.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23 & 30 and FEBRUARY 6 & 13, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF UTAH SCHOOL AND INSTITUTIONAL TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration hereby gives notice that the following property is being considered for lease: GARFIELD COUNTY Township 36 South, Range 11 East, SLB&M Section 2: W½SW¼SW¼ Containing 25 acres, more or less Any individual wishing to comment or submit a competing application to purchase, lease, and/or exchange for this property, a portion thereof, or a parcel including any of the above-described acreage, should also file an application including the appropriate application fee(s).

The Trust Lands Administration will accept comments and/or competing applications during the following period of time: From 8:00 A.M. THURSDAY JANUARY 23, 2020 Until 5:00 P.M. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Please submit comments and/or competing applications to: TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION 2031 South Industrial Park Road Richfield, UT 84701 (435)896-2559 Reference No.: SULA 1927 The Trust Lands Administration reserves the right to reject any application or subsequent bids.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23 & 30 and FEBRUARY 6, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RADIATION CONTROL An emergency hazardous waste permit (#UT-001-2020) has been issued to the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining for emergency treatment of potentially explosive waste in Garfield County, Utah. The permit authorizes the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining to treat a box of potentially unstable dynamite through a subcontractor, Arizona Drilling and Blasting, by open detonation. The waste is located in a remote location in Capitol Reef National Park, Garfield County, Utah.

This permit was effective January 14, 2020, and expires February 28, 2020. Copies of the permit are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, located on the 2nd floor of the Multi Agency State Office Building, 195 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City, Utah. For further information, please contact Boyd Swenson at (801) 536-0232. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with special needs (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) should contact Larene Wyss, Office of Human Resources at (801) 536-4284, Telecommunications Relay Service 711, or by email at “lwyss@utah.gov”.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE LOA TOWN BOARD MEETING DATES FOR 2020 January 9 July 9 February 13 August 13 March 12 September 10 April 9 October 8 May 14 November 12 June 11 December – No Meeting All regularly scheduled meetings are held at the Loa Town Office, 80 West Center Street on the second Thursday of every month, excluding December.

Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. from November until March and 7:30 p.m. from April until October.

If anyone is interested in being on the agenda, please contact Loa Town Clerk, Michelle Brian @ 435-836-2160 by 5 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. All meetings are open to the public.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2020

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WAYNE WONDERLAND AIRPORT WAYNE COUNTY 18 SOUTH MAIN / PO BOX 189 LOA, UT 84747 DOCUMENT 00 11 13 Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of the Wayne County – Wayne Wonderland Airport Runway 13/31 Reconstruction, which includes reconstruction of 75’ X 5693’ asphalt runway, safety area grading, drainage improvements, and related work, will be received by Wayne County at the offices of Wayne County, 18 South Main, Loa, Utah 84747, until 11:00 am local time on Monday, February 3, 2020, and then at said office publicly opened an read aloud.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Jones & DeMille Engineering, 1535 South 100 West, Richfield, UT 84701, (435) 896-8266. For questions regarding the Bidders List and accessing project manual & plans, email Heather at heather.n@jonesanddemille.com; for project specific or technical questions, email Lyndon Friant at l.friant@jonesanddemille. com or Micklane Farmer at micklane.f@jonesanddemille.com.

Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing office during business hours, upon payment of $40.00 for each set, no part of which will be refunded. Electronic copy (PDF) may be obtained for download at www.jonesanddemille.com or www.questcdn.com for $30.00.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 1:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the office of Wayne County, 18 South Main, Loan UT 84747. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is not mandatory.

Bids will be received for a single prime contract. Bids shall be on a unit price basis as indicated in the Bid Form.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Contract Documents. Bidders shall submit evidence of qualifications to perform the Work as described in the Contract Documents. Wayne County has the right to reject any and all bids.

The work is subject to minimum wage rates established by the Secretary of Labor and other federal requirements indicated in the Contract Documents.

Wayne County, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders or offerors that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantage business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Ryan Torgerson, Clerk Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2020 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOULDER TOWN The Boulder Town Council will hold a public hearing at 6:45 p.m. before their regular meeting on Thursday, February 6, 2020, for the purpose of opening the 2019-20 budget to make adjustments. It will be held in the meeting room of the Boulder Community Center.

Judith Davis Boulder Town Clerk Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2020 NOTICE OF BOULDER TOWN COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE The Boulder Town Council will hold regular meetings beginning at 7:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month during 2020.

Judith Davis Boulder Town Clerk Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2020 MEETING SCHEDULE 2020 FREMONT RIVER CONSERVATION DISTRICT PURSUANT TO 52-4-6, Utah Code Annotated, the Fremont River Conservation District will hold regular monthly meetings for the year 2020 on the 4th Wednesday of each month with the exception of December and holidays. Meetings may be canceled or re-scheduled due to exigent circumstances. Meetings begin at 1:00 p.m., in the Commission Chamber at the Wayne County Courthouse, 18 South Main Street, Loa, Utah.

Kerry Cook Fremont River CD Chairman Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2020

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WAYNE WONDERLAND AIRPORT WAYNE COUNTY, 18 SOUTH MAIN LOA, UT 84741 Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of the Wayne County – Wayne Wonderland Airport 2020 Pavement Maintenance, which includes crack seal, seal coat (asphalt polymer treatment), pavement marking paint, and related work for apron and taxiway, will be received by Wayne County at the offices of Wayne County located at 18 S. Main St, Loa, UT 84747, until 11:00 AM February 3, 2020, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Jones & DeMille Engineering, 1535 South 100 West, Richfield, UT 84701, (435) 896-8266. For questions regarding the Bidders List and accessing project manual & plans, email Heather at heather.n@jonesanddemille.com; for project specific or technical questions, email Micklane Farmer at Micklane.f@jonesanddemille.com.

Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing office during business hours, upon payment of $40.00 for each set, no part of which will be refunded. Electronic copy (PDF) may be obtained for download at www.jonesanddemille.com or www.questcdn.com for $30.00.

A pre-bid conference will not be held.

Bids will be received for multiple prime Contracts. Bids shall be on unit price basis as indicated in the Bid Form.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Ryan Torgerson, County Clerk Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 16, 23 & 30, 2020 NOTICE TO WATER USERS The CLAIM(S) FOR DILIGENCE below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule R655-6-2. Persons challenging this CLAIM may file an action through the district court. Persons with information protesting the filing of the following claim(s) may file such statements with the State Engineer, Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300, on or before Feb. 19, 2020.

A $15.00 FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR EACH SUCH PROTEST FILED. Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)538-7240 for additional information.

61-3206 (D7244): USA Bureau of Land Management propose(s) using 0.065 cfs OR 0.58 ac-ft. (5 miles southeast of Antimony) for WILDLIFE: 200 Deer and 100 Elk; STOCKWATERING. 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 Feb. 19, 2020 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)538-7240 for additional information.

NEW APPLICATION(S) 95-5416 (A81865): Shane D. Wood propose(s) using 1.48 ac-ft. from groundwater (In the town of Grover) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING. EXTENSIONS 95-5103 (A76054): Timothy R. Killgore and Patricia L. Killgore is/are filing an extension for 1.2 ac-ft. (1.25 miles SE of Teasdale) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. Boyd P. Clayton, P.E. INTERIM STATE ENGINEER Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23 & 30, 2020 LEGAL NOTICE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT USDA FOREST SERVICE FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST FREMONT RIVER RANGER DISTRICT WAYNE COUNTY, UTAH TORREY TOWN SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT The Fishlake National Forest is requesting comments for the Torrey Town Springs Development Project. Information concerning this project can be found at http://www.fs.usda. gov/projects/fishlake/landmanagement/projects.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 23, 2020

The Insider

January 23, 2020

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C l a s s i f i e d ads

To place your ad, call 435-826-4400 or email snapshot@live.com

Classified ads start at just $7.50 per week for 25 words or less.

HELP WANTED

VOLLEYBALL COACH Wayne School District is accepting applications for a volleyball coach.

This position will require adequate knowledge and skills to properly prepare students to participate in sports activities.

Applicants must posses the ability to work and interact well with student athletes, demonstrate professional and ethical character, and possess excellent communication skills. Applicant must commit to the appropriate amount of time and effort to facilitate effective practice and scheduled events.

Questions about the position can be answered by calling Mary Bray at Wayne High School 435-425-3411 or email at mary.bray@waynesd.org.

This position will remain open until filled.

Applications can be mailed to: Mary Bray, Wayne High School, PO Box 217, Bicknell, UT 84715.

Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer and reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

AUSTIN'S CHUCKWAGON TORREY Austin's Chuckwagon is looking for full and part time help for the upcoming season. We have openings for *Store Clerk - full or part time *Grocery stocker on freight day *Deli worker *Reservation desk clerk Great pay, fun atmosphere!

Call Sheri 425-3102, Mike 691-0709, James 425-3335 Please leave a message if no answer.

SENIOR CENTER MENUS

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Garfield County School District is hiring the following positions. For a description of each, please see the district website www.garfk12.org English Teacher for Escalante High School Para Professionals for All Schools Substitute/Activity Bus Driver in Escalante Substitute Custodians, Food Service, and Teachers Food Service Worker for Boulder Elementary School SALARY: Please see 2019-2020 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 Layne LeFevre (435-679-8619) BVHS Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff (435-679-8835) EES/EHS Principal Peter Baksis (435-826-4205) PES Principal Robert Prince (435-676-8847) PMS/PHS Principal Russ Torgersen (435-676-8805) District Office Tracy Davis (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.

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center TUES Jan 28th

Country Fried Steak, Potatoes & Gravy, Green Beans, Salad Bar, Mandarin Oranges, Raisin Cookie

WED Jan 29th THURS Jan 30th

Shepard's Pie, Salad Bar, Tropical Fruit, Peanut Butter Cookie Hot Pork Sandwich, Potatoes & Gravy, Salad Bar, Mixed Veggies, Applesauce, Chocolate Cake

Call by 10:00 A.M. if you want a lunch or need a ride. 679-8666 All meals are served with milk & bread Suggested donation is $3 for seniors and $7 for those under 60 years of age.

Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues.

Chicken Sandwich, Tator Tot/ Chips, Potato Salad, Applesauce, Cookie

Jan. 29th

Wed.

Chicken Noodle Soup w/ Carrots/ Celery, Mashed Potatoes, Bread/ Peaches, Cinnamon Roll

Thurs.

Jan. 30th

Shepard's Pie w/ Mashed Potatoes, Bread/ Salad Bar, Cottage Cheese Fruit Salad, Ooey Gooey Cake

Jan. 28th

All meals are served with milk or juice. If you would like a meal, please call us by 10:00 am. 826-4317. Suggested donation for seniors over 60 $3.00, and under 60 is $7.00

PANGUITCH SENIOR CENTER HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

87 N 50 W • 676-2281/676-1140 Suggested donation $3.00 60 & older, $7.00 under 60 Call before 10 AM of the day of attendance to reserve a spot.

Meals include milk & bread.

Tues. Jan 28th

Wed. Jan 29th

Thurs. Jan 30th

French Dip w/ Au Jus, French Fries, Peaches, Salad Bar, Blueberry Cobbler

Hot Hamburger w/ Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Peas w/ Pearl Onions, Salad Bar, Mandarin Oranges, Oatmeal Raisin Bars

Chicken Noodle Soup, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Pineapple, Salad Bar, Chocolate Chip Cookies

NOTE: PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND CALL AHEAD. The kitchen staff work diligently to prepare a good dinner, and a head count helps them prepare enough for everyone.

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

SERVICES

When in Need, There are Resources in Wayne and Garfield Counties

For Victims of Domestic Violence, Rape, and Sexual Assault Canyon Creek Women's Crisis Center Emergency Safehouse 435-865-7443 Mobile Team 435-233-5732

New Horizons Crisis Center 145 East 100 North, Richfield Office Hours 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Shelter is open 24 hrs, 7 days a week Phone Number 435-896-9294

Counseling Services Central Utah Counseling Richfield Office 255 S Main Street, Richfield Office Hours 435-896-8236 24 Hour Emergency Service 877-469-2822

Southwest Behavioral Health Center

601 E Center Street, Panguitch 435-676-8176 24 Hour Emergency Service 800-574-6763

Wayne Community Health Center 128 South 300 West Bicknell, 84715 435-425-3744

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255

Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group Melissa Veater 435-690-0911

AA Meetings

Tropic: Tropic Heritage Center Torrey: Grace Christian Church

COULD YOU USE A LITTLE EXTRA INCOME? The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring temporary positions for the 2020 census.

Apply online at 2020census.gov.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT TWO 2-BEDROOM, 2 BATH UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR RENT Water and electricity included. $500 per month.

Laforborn Ranch, Teasdale, Utah Contact Lucy Osborn at 435-491-0470

ISO JEANS WANTED Hunting "unwanted" Levi's, Wranglers, Preferably real denim. Clean. Not Oily, for Levi's quilts.

Call 307-786-2068

ITEMS NEEDED DECLUTTERING in January????

Gently used items are needed for the Teasdale Rock Hall summer garage sale.

Your Items can be picked up by calling Martha (435-491-2515) or Charlotte ( 435-491-2818).

Funds raised go towards a heating system and new curtains!

MEETINGS Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group 4th Thursday of each month 5:30-7:30pm Southwest Behavioral Health Center 601 East Center St. Panguitch ADULTS ONLY Questions?

Call Melissa Veater 435-690-0911 Tropic AA Meeting Wednesday at 6 PM. Tropic Heritage Center. All meetings are closed discussion. rtn

We are looking for friendly, hardworking professionals who enjoy the hospitality industry and interaction with guests.

P O S I T I O N S AVA I L A B L E: Front Desk Agents Laundry Services Housekeepers Maintenance Bellmen Positions to start April 1st through October 31st At Capitol Reef Resort we promote from within.

Please stop by in person to complete an application.

We are located at 2600 E SR 24, Torrey, UT 84775 435-425-3761

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 5:00 p.m. February 13, 2020.

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) 652-7696. 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.

RED SANDS HOTEL AND SPA HOUSEKEEPING CLEANING ATTENDANTS TORREY The Red Sands Hotel and Spa is located in Torrey, Utah near Capitol Reef National Park. We offer room and board in a shared dormitory. The cost of this housing is $150 per month per person for those employees who choose them.

The housing accommodations include a shared room with community cooking facilities and bathrooms. The housing is located onsite.

The job opportunity is for a housekeeping cleaning attendant. Some interaction with guests and customer service.

The duties of the position include the following: • Cleaning guest rooms in a fast and organized manner to company’s standards.

• Stocking carts used in cleaning • Completing Laundry and stocking shelves • All general and deep cleaning related to the hotel property Other duties include but are not limited to: • Vacuuming carpets, mopping floors, sanitizing surface areas, changing linens, making beds, cleaning common spaces, cleaning bathrooms, washing dishes, windows, emptying garbage, cleaning grub/weeds from outside common area • No experience or education is required • Must be able to walk up and down stairs.

• Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs.

• Must be able to reside in Torrey for this position The Anticipated Start Date is March 15th and the position ends October 25th.

Must be able to work the full season as described above This job opportunity is temporary and is full-time We are filling 10 positions On the job training will be available Wage/Hours: $10.77 to $11 per hour. OT rate is $16.16-$16.50/hour Job hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Rotating shifts/days Must be able to work up to 40 hours per week.

Must be able to work overtime on occasion.

A single workweek will be used in computing wages (Sunday through Saturday).

We will deduct all taxes required by law from the worker's paycheck.

Rent will be deducted biweekly if applicable Pay is bi-weekly by check or direct deposit Apply for the job opportunity at your nearest SWA office 18 South Main Look, Ut. 435-893-0000 115 East 100 South Richfield, Ut. 866-435-7414 Job number 2296700 Transportation and subsistence (including meals and, to the extent necessary, lodging) from the place of recruitment to the place of employment will be reimbursed, if the worker completes 50% of the work contract period.

Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, the employer will provide or pay for workers reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer or where the employer has appropriately reported a worker’s voluntary abandonment of employment. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily meals will be provided at a rate of $12.46 per day during travel to a maximum of $55 per day with receipts.

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USDA Soil Triangle.

The Dirt on Dirt Cont'd from page 7

your soil would be 33% sand, 33% silt, and 33% clay.

Now compare your results to the USDA soil triangle.

Using the results in the example above would suggest that you had clay loam as your soil type.

Loam is what you want to have, but, all of the soil types can be worked with.

Loam is dark in color, soft, dry, and crumbly in your hands. It has high organic matter and releases nutrients to your plants gradually and in a way that generally supports good plant health. It’s fertile, drains well, is very easy to work with, and most plants love it! It’s the perfect balance of the three soil types.

We’ve all heard about old time “snake oil” remedies that were purported to cure pretty much everything while in reality, they were somewhere between outright poison and simply not helpful.

Please don’t think of me

as a “snake oil pusher," but whatever your soil type, there truly is one magic bullet that will improve it and move it closer to that beautiful loam that you want, or help keep it that way if loam is what you have: COMPOST. Put simply, compost is partially decomposed carbonaceous materials, i.e. plant matter.

"If a healthy soil is full of death, it is also full of life: worms, fungi, microorganisms of all kinds ... Given only the health of the soil, nothing that dies is dead for very long." ~Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America, 1977 If your soil tends to be more sandy, it will feel gritty, drain quickly of both water and nutrients, and warm up quickly in the spring. With sandy soil, your garden may benefit from the careful addition of small amounts of clay that are WELL worked into the soil. Lumps of clay will remain lumps of clay so be sure there are no lumps, and be sure to mix it thoroughly into your soil. Compost will

also definitely help, but it will be short-term help until the percentage of organic matter increases significantly.

If your soil tends to be more clayey, it will be heavy, smooth to the touch, and will easily hold the shape of a ball when dampened and rolled in your palms. It will be slow to absorb moisture, slow to drain, but generally very fertile. The addition of lots of compost and maybe very small amounts of clean sand can improve your garden drainage. Remember, too much water in the soil can rot roots, prevent appropriate gas exchange in the root/soil area, and encourage fungus.

If your soil tends to be more silt, what luck! Silt soils tend to feel rather silky to the touch. Adding compost is probably about all you’ll need since silt holds water and nutrients better than sand, and drains better than clay.

Oh, and have I mentioned that compost also helps to balance the pH of your soil?

Now for the at-this-point perennial question…

How much compost or mulch should you use?

As much as you can afford!

Even “free” compost has a cost in terms of your time and energy, but it can potentially be a valuable asset to your garden, saving you both time and money in the future.

"If I wanted to have a happy garden, I must ally myself with my soil; study and help it to the utmost, untiringly. Always, the soil must come first." ~Marion Cran, If I Where (sic) Beginning Again (quoted on http://gardendigest.com/ earth.htm)

January 23, 2020

Garfield County Commission: Commissioner

Board Reports, NEPA, a new bank in Escalante within 30 days, and a Livestock Compensation Ordinance discussed.

Garfield Commission Cont'd from page 1

County Association of Government’s meetings. There, he heard a report on the Lake Powell Pipeline status, as well as a presentation on a new technical high school starting up in Washington County.

Besides offering standard subjects, the school’s emphasis will be on technical subjects such as welding, construction, computers, etc., and will start out with 800 students. He said it’s the only such school in the state. “We'll be following that closely,” said Taylor.

On Jan. 9, he met in Salt Lake with State Senators Okerlund, Stevenson, and Ipsen to discuss funding for the Escalante Dinosaur Museum and Science Center. He said the Center is becoming well known, with Economic Development Direct Kaden Figgins also discussing it at the recent Econ. Development Summit. On Jan. 10, Taylor had a phone conference on affordable housing in Garfield County. He said that “we’re getting closer to getting some affordable housing in Garfield County for the different communities in the county.”

Taylor has upcoming meetings scheduled to discuss reservoirs and hydro power generation. He also has upcoming EMS services and training meetings and will be addressing last year’s request

by Boulder Town for a turn lane off of Hwy 12. Finally, Taylor reported that a bank will be returning to Escalante, shortly. He said since Wells Fargo closed their branch last summer, “everyone from Escalante city to the Governor’s office have been helping find a replacement.” Within the next 30 days, he said, “we’ll see one reopened in Escalante.”

Commissioner Pollock reported on upcoming NEPA revisions, which he’d been invited to Washington, D.C. to participate in, but he couldn’t attend. He claimed, “NEPA is why the forest burned...By the time NEPA was completed, the trees were all dead,” and said the Forest Service would have thinned the bark beetle at the time and could have avoided a catastrophic fire. He said the NEPA revisions will allow a streamlined process so that “important projects— range improvement, timber, roads, water, infrastructure…. can actually get done now.”

He said the NEPA process has taken an average of fiveto-seven years to complete, whereas the revised environmental assessments will take a year and a half now.

Instead of going to D.C., Pollock attended meetings in Salt Lake City on jail and road funding. He said road funding is needed critically, with 1000 miles of roads to maintain in the county. He needed to work on a “Plan B” to secure those funds regardless of the future of the 2019 Tax Reform bill or the citizens’ referendum that would overturn it. He said funding for the jail is “getting close to (me) not having to return yearly to beg for money.”

sudoku Answers for this week

Pollock reported on a pet deer that was shot by a DWR agent in Antimony. Besides being traumatic to the family and the whole community, he said it’s a safety issue as well.

The Division of Natural Resources Director Brian Steed will be meeting with that community face-to-face in a town meeting to make sure this won’t happen again.

Public Works, Brian Bremner: The NRCS project at Panguitch Lake has been postponed due to snow. The county has an extension to June 5 to finish the project.

Commissioner Pollock added a comment that Bremner has been involved in some important legislation regarding the B and C road funding. Regarding some specific road work near an unincorporated subdivision, Bremner said an absentee landowner has been resistant to the county doing any work that might encroach on their property. Bremner said a common problem involves a subdivision’s private road system and the access points with county roads, saying there’s often a disconnect of expectations and procedures for road maintenance. To address this, he’s working with Planner Kaden Figgins about adding a note to subdivision plat maps giving notice to prospective buyers that remote county roads will not be maintained to the same standard as private subdivision roads.

Planning, Kaden Figgins: Figgins, the sheriff, and the county attorney have been working on a draft Livestock Compensation ordinance. The ordinance was instigated by livestock being hit on open range, and insurance companies saying they can’t compensate the livestock owner without an ordinance to do so.

Figgins said this will apply to unincorporated, open range (unfenced) areas, including public and private land throughout Garfield County.

A driver who damages or kills livestock in such areas will be liable for compensation up to full market value of the animal. It would not apply to incorporated areas or in cases where livestock escaped from fenced areas. Commissioner Pollock said this is a draft document that will be available online prior to a public hearing and approval. Commissioner Tebbs suggesting adding language stipulating that livestock owners are not liable for damage to the vehicle. Also, he asked about

the insurance companies’ obligations. It was suggested that the driver’s insurance company would be contacted regarding damages, and the insurance company would be required to report the incident to the owner, information being available through the police report.

In other Planning business, a public hearing was held on Cannonville property owned by Landon Holm for creating a minor lot subdivision and zone change from ag to commercial. The only public comment was a question regarding road maintenance and land use: as the intended zone change is to put commercial rental cabins on the property, and what happens if that business ultimately defaults? Commissioner Pollock said that is not the business of the county.

(The Commission approved the minor lot subdivision and zone change when they reconvened in regular session following their executive session.)

Department business, Clerk Camille Moore: County Board vacancies need to be filled. Camille will send letters to identify all vacancies, with two weeks to finalize appointments.

Congressional Staff Briefing: Moore received a request from Six Counties for a minimum $1500 contribution toward the 2020 Congressional Staff Briefing sponsorship. Garfield County donated $1000 last year, but Six Counties wants to offer more scholarships this year to attend. Each $2500 scholarship brings one person from D.C.—staff members from both sides of the aisle— where they can learn about RS2477, public lands, PILT and SRS, etc. The Commissioners approved donating $2500.

In final business, the Commission: • Approved a business license for Mammouth Mini Storage Unit, Jim Villani.

• Approved $500 toward the Career Fair luncheon.

• Approved $709 for a CO2 detector for Hatch Fire Department.

The Commission moved into Executive Session.

The Garfield County Commission meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Garfield County Courthouse in Panguitch.

—Insider