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Thursday, January 27, 2022 Garkane Energy Theft Case Closed with Restitution Order Signed Chynoweth Restitution Totals Over $153K; Plea Deal Includes No Jail Time PANGUITCH - A second restitution hearing in the case of State of Utah v. Klinton Ralph Chynoweth was held on January 20, 2022 in Sixth District Court at the Garfield County Courthouse. This was a continuation of a hearing that took place October 28, 2021, during which Judge Marvin Bagley deferred signing a restitution order to allow more time to hear from the victim, Garkane Energy, and to allow an additional amount of time for the disclosure of any potential new evidence in the case.

The hour and a half hearing this time included the presence of representatives from Garkane Energy, and Garkane Board President William Hammon delivered a careful reading of a six page letter, which had been submitted to the court in December, and was also intended, as Mr. Hammon stated, “for our membership that might be listening today.”

In the letter, Mr. HamState vs Chynoweth Cont'd on page 7

Torrey Town Council

Torrey Saddlery to Get New Life as Mercantile and Food Co-Op

by Amiee Maxwell

January 13

by Amiee Maxwell

Amiee Maxwell

Leslie Eubanks will soon turn the former Saddlery in Torrey into The Mercantile, a year-round home to multiple entities including a food and retail co-op, featuring locally sourced goods.

TORREY - When the Saddlery in Torrey was built ten years ago, Torrey resident and Sand Creek RV Park owner Leslie Eubanks thought that would be an excellent spot for a food co-op. So when the opportunity came up to purchase

the building last year, Eubanks and her two partners, along with the financial support of 62 community members and a loan from the Rural Community Assistance Corporation, jumped at the chance to purchase the building, and con-

DWR Conservation Officers Dangling Rope Marina Closed Seek Information Throughout After Bull Elk Shot, Left 2022 to Waste in Kane County

Courtesy Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information regarding a bull elk that was shot and left to waste in Kane County.

CEDAR CITY - Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after a bull elk was recently shot and left to waste in Kane County.

DWR officers received a report of an individual shooting at a group of elk on Dec. 12 near County Road 3035 on the Glendale Bench, east of Glendale, Kane County. A witness saw two individuals in a black truck stopped on the road. One of the individuals got out of the truck and shot toward a group of bull elk.

When officers responded, they located a dead bull elk that had been shot within 125 yards of the area where the individual had fired the shots.

The animal had been left to waste.

The individuals were described as adult males, one around 20 years old and the other around 30 years old.

Anyone with information

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regarding the killing of this elk, or any other wildlife-related crimes in Utah, is encouraged to report it to DWR conservation officers in one of the following ways: • By calling the UTiP Hotline at 800-662-3337 • The UTDWR Law Enforcement app • By texting 847411 • Online through the DWR website If you have information about this specific case, you can also contact DWR Conservation Officer Wyatt Mecham at 801-386-1363. Rewards are available, and requests for confidentiality are respected.

Every year, Utah conservation officers conduct numerous investigations into the illegal killing of wildlife. In 2021, officers confirmed 1,153 animals were illegally killed valued over $610,000.

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

struction for The Mercantile is now underway.

“The Mercantile mission is to be an inviting and engaging gathering place for community spirit and commerce where locals and visitors come together to share quality time

with friends and family to support an even more connected and thriving rural community,” says Eubanks about the plans for the old Saddlery. In

TORREY - The January 13, 2022 Torrey Town Council meeting kicked off with a report from the new mayor, Mickey Wright. He reported that the town applied for a CDBG grant for $51,000 to upgrade the park’s playground equipment and that he’s currently working on an affordable housing grant. He also reported recently attending an elected officials training in Salt Lake Next, Kelly Chappell from Ensign Engineering gave a thorough report on Torrey’s current water status. He analyzed 2021’s usage and compared it to the town’s master plan. He reported that Torrey is currently receiving daily data from three of its meters and that the town is using a little less a day than what the state requires. This does not include sources currently being developed and said we should have a better idea by next summer how much water these additional sources will contribute.

“Unless Torrey is done growing, we will need additional water projects,” said Chappell.

Chappell said Thousand Lakes Mountain is pretty

Mercantile

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‘We Deserve Better;’ GCSD Special Board Opens Meeting to Public Discussion of EES Project

PAGE - Due to unprecedented low water conditions at Lake Powell, the Dangling Rope Marina will remain closed throughout 2022. In response to lowering lake levels, park and concessioner staff are removing marina components from the Dangling Rope location to ensure they do not become beached and inaccessible. While the marina is offline this year, the park will retire several components of the marina that are damaged or beyond their lifecycle.

The park, in partnership with National Park Service concessioner Aramark, is continuing to look for a way to provide mid-lake fuel service during the 2022 season. Available options are complicated by lake levels that continue to decline, inherent challenges associated with the infrastructure needed to power and operate a fuel system, and operational considerations related to safety, staffing, and resources.

We will continue to provide updates as they become available.

Restoring visitor services at the Dangling Rope Marina Marina Closure Cont'd on page 7

Courtesy Hughes General Contractors

A rendering of the new Escalante Elementary School provided by Hughes General Contractors at a recent Garfield County School District (GCSD) special board meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2022. A decision will be made on whether to start or delay construction of the new school at today's GCSD meeting in Tropic.

ESCALANTE - The Garfield County School District (GCSD) held a special board meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at the Escalante High School auditorium to discuss the Escalante Elementary School (EES) project.

This was not considered to be a public meeting, but a special board meeting held in public, the purpose of which was to hold an open discussion and

receive comment on decisions to be made regarding the school.

An initial bid for a new EES building was estimated at $10 million. Substantial inflation in recent months has brought the estimate to $13 million, and so the purpose of the discussion was stated as being to weigh the options of building now, later, or to instead make modifications or

to add onto the existing building.

“Maintenance has been deferred for some time, and they [the Garfield County School District] really do need to take some time, resources, and funding to update and to help our students get access to the best equipEES Project

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THURS. JAN. 27 - WED. FEB. 2

Sunny to partly cloudy this week, with chances of precip (10 - 20%) building into next week. Highs in the 30s and 40s; lows in the teens. Winds variable from 7 to 13 mph.

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PRE-SORT STANDARD PAID RICHFIELD, UTAH PERMIT No. 122

Notes from the Nuthatch Paunsaugunt

by Kadi Franson

BRYCE - I found a dead beaver.

I wasn’t looking for it —I was searching for Rough-legged Hawks, who migrate here from the arctic in search of food. Much of their year is spent in the open tundras of the far north, where they fatten their chicks on lemmings and ptarmigans.

These boldly-patterned raptors share cliffsides Illustrated by Kadi Franson with Gyrefalcons and “Paunsaugunt” means “place build their nests out of of the beaver” in the Paiute lanwillow branches and guage. caribou bones. They should wear tiny leather jack- trapped out by the early 1800s. ets.

We are living in a time The beaver carcass—big of rapid change, where names brown belly floating up in can easily outlast place. Paunthe water, head submerged, saugunt Plateau, Otter Creek, paddle-tailed. The body was Sevier Lake…these names are alongside another dead ani- more like eulogies now. mal. Some kind of mammal, I looked at the dead beateeth bared, with one paw ver lying outside of the rescrooked over its snout in an ervoir culvert and considered almost comical, shaking head the irony. Here lied one of expression of “I can’t believe nature’s finest reservoir engiyou just did that.” They were neers. Beavers too, store wanear the drainage culverts ter, damming up the edges of at Otter Creek Reservoir, waterways to create pools that flushed out. I looked to see if support themselves, as well as there were any other carcass- entire aquatic communities. es or bones that might mark In addition to storing this outlet as a frequent catch- water, beaver dams mitigate ment for dead animals, but I streambank erosion and sedisaw none. ment pollution, give aquifers a The culvert at Otter chance to slowly recharge, and Creek Reservoir is north of regulate water flow so that it my home in Bryce Canyon, doesn’t barrel downstream and both places tied together by disappear. This is a precious the East Fork of the Sevier strategy in a droughty region River, whose headwaters like ours, one that could use a originate high on the south- steadier stream of banked waern end of the Paunsaugunt ter throughout the year.

Plateau.

In a warming climate, “Paunsaugunt” means we know that relying on wa“place of the beaver” in the ter from slow-melting snowPaiute language, but I have pack throughout the year is yet to see one on the plateau. no longer an option. Instead, I have paddled alongside bea- drought-affected communivers on the Snake River in ties like ours are turning more Wyoming, their broad fore- and more towards surface and heads coming so close that groundwater. they almost nosed my kayak.

Could beavers, considOnce, deep in the canyons of ered competitors for water the San Rafael Swell, a bea- rights in the days before we ver slapped its tail, frighten- knew better, actually be a part ing my friend and sending of solving the water shortage shrieks echoing up the rock. issues? These “busy beavers” The East Fork was once work around the clock to vital beaver habitat. The Pa- patch and secure their dams, unsaugunt got its name before a free source of infrastructure the market for beaver furs and and maintenance powered by musk, and before the intense a diet of wood and vegetation. pressures of human demand How might the tireless critters, for water. Settlers cleared land managers in their own banks, killed off whatever right, be positioned to work “hairy banknotes” the early for us? trappers might have missed As I turned from the and built the irrigation diver- dead beaver, an icy wind blew sions that enable our small across the reservoir, stinging communities to survive. And my cheeks with cold. that is how the “place of the Maybe in the future, I beavers” lost its eponym. thought, we can become the The practice of diverting “place of the beavers” once water has been so success- again. ful that nowadays the Sevier Notes from the Nuthatch is River no longer meets its nat- a nature column written by Kadi ural end at Sevier Lake. The Franson, a naturalist and artist “lake,” outside of Delta, is a living in Garfield County. salt playa, a source of windblown dust that contributes to the poor air quality along the Wasatch Front.

Save for a few exceptions, it has been dry for the last 140 years.

Similar to the Paunsaugunt Plateau, Otter Creek Reservoir is also named for animals that were once plentiful in the area but are no longer. Like the beavers, otters were considered pretty well

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Thank You to Wayne County and Notice of Temporary Closure from Gallery 24 After 19 years on Main St. in Torrey, and one of our most successful seasons, the landlord has told us to vacate our space. "Torrey is changing," he said. The 3 partners of GALLERY 24 are shocked and saddened that we have to leave. We feel badly for the many artists who will lose representation in this part of the state. New space will be hard to find, but we are trying. We wish to thank all the visitors

and members of the community who have supported us over these many years.

Our love of the area is strong, and we hope to continue our presence in the community. With luck, we will see you in the Spring.

Thank you, Wayne County.

Pat, Diane, & Susan, Gallery 24, Torrey

What is to be Gained from "Owning the Libs?"

The right wing takes special delight in “Owning the Libs” at every opportunity. But what is actually to be gained when that activity leads to the real possibility of endangering the health or the life of yourself or your loved

ones? Would not the wiser choice be to get vaccinated, wear a mask and simply await the multitude of opportunities the future is certain to offer?

Dick Teasdale, Torrey Town

Garfield County got $2.3 million in TRT; Where is it Going?

(1) Former president Donald Trump coined the word “Fake News”. Now most republicans are using it as “Copy Cat”. ---- OK. For Trump, CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, MSNBC, etc. were fake news. Remember ? The Washington Post was the one that exposed Richard Nixon’s cesspool (WaterGate). CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, etc; exposed Bill Clinton ( Monica Lewinski scandal). Garfield County got $2.3 million in TRT. Can the county commission hide this from the public ? Didn't the media print this ? Now the question is – Where is it going ? (2) Leland Pollock reiterated “If you are not on table, you are on menu”. I am 100% with Mr. Leland Pollock. Forget three commissioners enjoying being in our capital ( SLC). I care less if they take their spouses, kids, grand kids to enjoy SL City. The issue is – Mr. Pollock has this position for years (probably will retire with it). Where is the product ? It is not about being in SLC during legislative sessions. The process requires clearance of the issue in the relevant committee (which is year long process). (3) Infrastructure Funding is nor Donald Trump’s baby. It is Biden’s / democrats’ baby with a few votes from republicans. Now republican governments are fighting (for money) like African wild dogs. (4) The State of Utah collects special fuel state tax. Then it is distributed to cities and counties.

This is a simple program for >50 years. This has nothing to do with the federal Infrastructure Fund. Do we want to let the bridge collapse in Colorado but have money for Garfield county Road which are hardly used ? (5) During Governor Spencer Cox’s visit, the county commission gathered local farmers / ranchers ( 100% political grip on local governments) whereas the county is getting sweet doves from small businesses. What is the record of the county commission’s meetings with the business community ? Who is creating jobs ? Where do ranchers / farmers on a pie for job creation, economic participation, etc. ? Remember ?

George Wallace (Gov. of Alabama) was a racist [hated colored – “segregation( white rule) is here to stay”.]. After the Civil Right Act, George Wallace walked in black church for votes and was pulling a chair for Martin Luther King, Jr. Remember ? Trump was holding a bible to please people in the Bible belt.

HARSHAD P. DESAI, Panguitch

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Top Ten Best Things About Being a Dog or Cat Foster Parent

by Color Country Animal Welfare 3. It's temporary and 7. Your own pets can Fostering a furry feline friend or best canine pal can flexible. If you cannot com- learn better socialization. If be a wonderful experience. mit to permanent adoption but you already have pets, foster With so many local cats and would still love to have a pet animals can help teach them dogs in need, being a foster live with you temporarily, fos- to handle other animals being pet parent is something that tering can be the perfect solu- around. They might even become great playmates. can be a fun reality. Here are tion!

4. Discover their unique 8. The cost is not all on our top 10 reasons to foster an personalities. Often animals you. Most foster programs animal: 1. You can be a hero- are nervous or fearful if they will pay for any vet care, food, ine or hero for a cat or dog! have not had a solid, perma- transportation, and other needs Animals do know when peo- nent home. Fostering in a safe, of the foster animals. You just ple rescue them and care for loving environment can help provide the home and the love!

9. You get to learn about them. Foster animals tend to them overcome any shyness relax and then happily bloom they may have and allow their different breeds and types. in safe surroundings. They re- particular sense of self to blos- Many animals come with preconceived stereotypes perpetally do say thank you in their som.

5. You'll smile more! An- uated by humans. Fostering all own way to their human fosimals are proven to add posi- sort of different breeds can be ters.

2. Foster pets learn tive benefits to our mental and a wonderful revelation on how that humans can be excel- emotional health. Fostering many of those stereotypes just lent caretakers. Sometimes can help you just as much as it aren't true.

10. You'll help save a animals come from less sup- helps the animals.

6. Get a continuing sup- little life. Millions of dogs and portive homes and, as a result, have only distrusted people. ply of kittens and puppies cats end up in shelters every Being a foster parent lets you to love. They do grow up to year, and many of them are shower love and care upon be wonderful adult animals. needlessly euthanized. Fosterthem, helping them learn to But fostering can let you keep ing allows them a great chance trust people and become very snuggling all those cute kittens at finding a fantastic forever good pets for adoptive fami- and playful puppies again and home with awesome humans. again for as long as you want. lies.

Torrey Council:

Report regarding a CDBG and affordable housing grant from newly-elected mayor, Mickey Wright; report from Kelly Chappell from Ensign Engineering on Torrey's current water status; an approval of a resolution to make February, 7, 2022, Scott Chesnut Day; Torrey Town Council Member and Planning and Zoning reports; and a business license for Vicky Bower for Kindred Spirits discussed.

Courtesy Susan Wright

Swearing in of newly elected Torrey Mayor, Mickey Wright, and incumbent Torrey Town council members Pearl Thorndal-Stewart and Pat Kearney by Wayne County Clerk Ryan Torgerson at the Wayne County Courthouse on January 4, 2022.

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much tapped out and considering how long water projects take, the town is beginning an additional water storage project. Preliminary communications with the National Forest Service regarding this additional storage tank were not too encouraging considering how many projects Torrey has requested on public lands over the years. “They’re not saying no but it is not going to be quick,” said Chappell. The council discussed additional water capture strategies and energy projects with Chappell including upgrading the pipeline from the chlorinator to Sleeping Rainbow.

Next, the council approved Councilmember Pat Kearney as Mayor Pro Tempore. Then the council approved a resolution to make February 7, 2022, Scott Chesnut Day in recognition of his distinguished service as Torrey Town Mayor from 2011

to 2022. The council also finalized the town’s meeting schedule for 2022 and approved and paid all town bills.

Then it was on to council member reports. Pat Kearney reported that they advertised and interviewed for the town clerk position and that the council will discuss hiring in a closed session following the meeting. Doug Robinson reported he met with Ensign Engineering to further discuss the engineering of the additional storage tank project.

Jordan Pace discussed road maintenance needs on Juniper Drive and also reported that the grader has some problems and will probably need to be replaced in the future. Pearl Thorndal-Stewart mentioned that she’s looking into getting some sound barriers to fix the echo in the pavilion and made a call out for donations for the Town Easter Egg Hunt.

Mickey Wright then gave the Planning and Zoning report. The committee has started a subdivision ordinance and

is using the county ordinance, which distinguishes between families and developers, as a guide. He also reported that the committee is losing three members and several community members have volunteered to serve on the committee. The council made a motion to appoint Carolyn Moosman, Janet Hansen, and Steve Babbitt to the committee. Mickey Wright will phase out as the committee chair.

The council then approved a business license for Vicky Bower for Kindred Spirits, a wine and spirits store that will be located in the old Saddlery.

The council also approved a request for a building permit extension for Larry Harper; this is his second extension.

The council then moved into a closed session to discuss the hiring of the new clerk.

Torrey Town Council meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 7:00 p.m. June - October and 6:30 p.m November - May— unless otherwise noted.

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Schools & Sports Ask an Expert

Federal Student Loan Payment Pause Extended

by Amanda Christensen, USU Extension Associate Professor, Accredited Financial Counselor calls and billing statements through May 1, 2022. If your employer continues to garnish your wages, you will get a refund.

• You do have the option to keep making payments. In fact, any payments made during this 0% interest forbearance period will help you pay off your debt faster.

Remember, this relief program only applies to federal Courtesy Utah State University Extension student loans. If you are still Those who have borrowed federal student loans have re- unsure about the type of loans ceived another extension on the repayment from the U.S. you have, here are two things Department of Education. you can do: loans (Family Federal Edu- • Pull your credit report free Those who have borrowed cation Loan, Perkins Loans, federal student loans have reof charge at www.annualetc.) don’t qualify. Contact ceived another extension on creditreport.com. Look it your federal loan servicer the repayment from the U.S. over and find your student (www.studentaid.gov) to find Department of Education. The loan lender or servicer. Comout if your loans are eligible. payment pause has been expare it to the complete list of tended through May 1, 2022, • If your loans qualify, the U.S. federal loan servicers found Department of Education has and takes effect for all qualifyat https://studentaid.gov/ automatically switched the ing borrowers, with no opt-in manage-loans/repayment/ status of your loans to “adneeded. In fact, if you are conservicers. ministrative forbearance,” • Confirm which of your loans tacted by someone who tells and no payments are reyou he or she can help you sign are federal by checking quired until May 1, 2022. If up for this benefit, it is a scam. https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/ you previously set up autoUnderstanding key details sign-in/landing or calling the matic payments, check to see of this relief program is imporFederal Student Aid Inforif any payments have been tant for all borrowers. Here’s a mation Center (FSAIC) at processed since March 13, summary of the latest program 1-800-433-3243.

2020. If so, it is possible to relief details some people may For further financial tips get a refund. be missing: and information to help im• The temporary payment re- • If you have defaulted on any prove your financial wellness, federal student loans, the visit Utah Money Moms and lief is extended to borrowU.S. Department of Educa- Empowering Financial Wellers with qualifying federal tion has paused collection ness. student loans. Some federal

Wayne School District Child Find

Wayne School District is responsible for Child Find identification and evaluation for all students suspected of having a disability residing in Wayne County. This includes children through 21 years of age who are in public schools, private schools, and being home schooled, are preschoolers (birth to five years of age) and are in need of an evaluation for possible special education or early intervention services. Early identification and intervention may be essential to a child’s development. *If your child is having significant difficulties with vision, hearing, speech, behavior, is experiencing slow development typical for her/his age, physical development or learning difficulties, she/he may be a child with a disability that requires specialized instruction through special education. *If you suspect that your school-age child may have a disability, please contact your child’s school principal or special education personnel. *If your child is birth to two years of age, contact the Central Utah Public Health Early Intervention Program at 435-896-5451. *If your child is age three to five years of age, contact Wayne School District’s preschool teacher, Megan Hiskey, at 435-836-2851 for more information. *If you need any information not contained here, please contact Jamie Webb, Director of Special Education, at 435425-3813 or email her at jamie.webb@waynesd.org.

January 27, 2022

PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

Bobcat Cheerleaders shine at each game, Lady Cats win against Bryce Valley, Bobcats 'squeaked out' a victory against the Valley Buffalos, Wrestling Divisional will be on the 28th and State will be at SVC on Feb. 12 - 13 Chalk up another State Championship to the Bobcat Cheerleaders. It seems that each game, they have a new routine, and they are truly champions. This year, they have a young man, Tyler Cox, that takes part in the stunts. Addison Wright, Berklee Smith, Chanlee Owens, Rylley Veater, Atli Blevins, Oaklee Woolsey, Paisley Henrie and Josslyn Griffin make up the team. (I hope I have not left someone off the list).

The cheerleaders put in many hours practicing their skills, mostly in the morning. They have coaches that are top notch that guide them to be as good as they are.

The Cats had another great week, coming away with some more victories.

The Lady Cats played host to Bryce Valley and had a good game, coming away with a 50 to 34 victory. The Cats led all the way, and all nine of their players got their name on the scorecard. They were led by Tabbie Henrie with 14 and Kyan Orton with 10.

The score wasn’t as close as it seemed. They had a game out in Milford on Friday, but it didn’t make the paper. Milford

has fallen on some hard times this year. When they were in Panguitch, they only had six players. The ladies hit the road with two games—one at Piute on the 27th and Valley on the February 2—and they will be home again against Milford on the 10th.

At the first of the season, the boys had a game with the Valley Buffalos and barely squeaked out a five point victory. This game was all the Cats; it looked like they were going to pitch a shutout, taking the first quarter 19 to 1 and leading at the half 34 to 7. The final score was 70 to 27. Nine of the players made the score card and were led by Paxton Wolfey, 16; Kyler Bennett, 14; and Klyn Fullmer with 12. The Cats have three away games— one at Milford on the 26th, Di-

amond Ranch on February 1, and Bryce Valley on the 3rd.

They are home again on the 9th against Diamond Ranch.

The tough guys are really cleaning house. Against Kanab, they only allowed the Cowboys six points. There is a home match against Manti on the 26th. It's like the whole school is on the squad. They danced at halftime of one of the ballgames, and they had to get the girls from the basketball team, cheerleaders, and anyone else they could get, and I think that everyone had fun and looked good.

The Cats' season is over way too soon, Divisional will be on the 28th at Bryce Valley, and two weeks later, on the 12-13, will be state @ SVC.

January 27, 2022

Wills, Trusts, and More

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Can My Dog Inherit My Estate?

In most states, animals are allowed to be the beneficiaries of a special trust that is created to take care of them.

These are often referred to as “pet trusts”. Your pet would not technically “inherit” your estate, but your pet may receive the benefit of a pet trust for as long as your pet is alive. (Being the beneficiary of a trust is not the same as inheriting an estate.)

How does a pet trust work? You (the “trustor”) give your pet enough money or other property through a trusted person or bank (the “trustee”) who is under a duty to make arrangements for the proper care of your pet according to your instructions.

The trustee will deliver the pet to your designated caregiver and then use the property you transferred to the pet trust to pay for your pet’s expenses throughout the pet’s lifetime.

Pet trusts provide pet

by Jeffery J. McKenna owners with the ability to have tremendous control over the pet’s care. For example, you may specify who manages the property (the trustee), who the pet’s caregiver is to be, what type of expenses relating to the pet the trustee will pay, the type of care the animal will receive, what happens if the named caregiver can no longer care for the animal, the disposition of the pet after the pet dies, and the eventual recipient of the assets in the pet trust, if any, after the death of the pet.

The Utah legislature enacted legislation authorizing “pet trusts” within Utah.

Many of my clients have taken advantage of these provisions and have planning in place to take care of their pets upon their passing.

For those that love animals, it is a relief to know that with proper planning, pets can be taken care of upon your passing.

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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 435 628-1711 or jmckenna@barney-mckenna.com or visit the firm’s website at WWW. BARNEY-MCKENNA.COM, he would enjoy hearing from you.

I was in Lowe's the other day, pushing my cart around, when I collided with a young guy pushing his cart.

I said to the young guy, "Sorry about that. I'm looking for my wife and I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."

The young guy says, "That's OK, it's a coincidence, I'm looking for my wife, too.

I can't find her and I'm getting a little desperate. I said, "Well, maybe we can help each other. What does your wife look like?"

The young guy says, "Well, she is 24 years old, tall, with blonde hair, big blue eyes, long legs and she's wearing white shorts and a halter top. What does your wife look like?"

I said, "Doesn't matter... let's look for yours." Most old guys are helpful like that.

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In the Army

At one Army base, the annual trip to the rifle range had been canceled for the second year in a row, but the semi-annual physical fitness test was still on as planned. One soldier mused, "Does it bother anyone else that the Army doesn't seem to care how well we can shoot, but they are extremely interested in how fast we can run?"

PUNishment

Today, a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool, so I have him a glass of water.

Shower Thoughts

Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer.

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

New Car Smell

A team of British engineers have developed a car that runs on human waste. I'll bet that new car smell doesn't last very long.

Today's Thought

The doctor said he'd have me on my feet in no time and he was right; I had to sell my car to pay his bill!

This week's answers on page 10

THEME: Super Bowl ACROSS 1. Shout from a ship?

5. Shout from the bleachers 8. ____ and don'ts 11. Infamous Henry's number 12. One with COVID, e.g.

13. Fighter jet button 15. Resting stops 16. Not guilty, e.g.

17. One of Singapore's official languages 18. *Home of last year's Super Bowl winners 20. Armor chest plate 21. *Given name of 2011 Super Bowl MVP 22. African grazer 23. Greek woodland deities 26. Ramones' hit "I Wanna Be ____" 30. Big fuss 31. Like certain Chili Peppers (2 words) 34. Cattle call goal 35. Scatterbrained 37. Bonehead 38. In a different direction 39. Jeté in ballet 40. More so than eggy 42. Conducted 43. Christmas firewood (2 words) 45. Annotator and commentator 47. Soda-pop container 48. Unpleasant and offensive 50. SWAT attack, e.g.

52. *Super Bowl I and II winning coach 55. Pertaining to a pope 56. Cain's unfortunate brother 57. Gives a hand 59. Anoint 60. Bébé's mother 61. Season to be jolly 62. *Most Super Bowl wins by one team 63. Snoop 64. Carhop's load

DOWN 1. *Roman number of this year's Super Bowl 2. "___ Misbehavin'" 3. Santa Maria's traveling partner 4. Despair in the face of obstacles 5. "The Hobbit" hobbit 6. "Caribbean Queen" singer 7. Colloquial approval 8. Cold cuts counter 9. South American tubers 10. Pig's digs 12. Not dense 13. Make corrections 14. *Florida team with no Super Bowl appearances 19. Return punch 22. Come and ____ it 23. Lamentably 24. Bye, to Edith Piaf 25. Bottom line 26. *2022 Super Bowl stadium 27. Upholstery choice 28. *Archie to Super Bowl MVPs Peyton and Eli 29. Exploits

32. *Super Bowl Halftime show Snoops's "last name" 33. Hardly a beauty 36. *Like some teams 38. Oenophile's concern 40. Many, many moons 41. Empower 44. Big Dipper's visible shape 46. Oppressive ruler 48. On the wagon 49. Nail salon board 50. Feminine of raja 51. Mt. Everest to Earth 52. Aladdin's light 53. Christian of fashion 54. Result of a brainstorm 55. Rudolf Nureyev's step 58. Stallone's nickname

Solution on page 10

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O bituaries Cal Porter

ESCALANTE - Cal G. Porter passed away Jan 17, 2022 at the age of 88. He was born to Lizzie and DeRay Porter in Escalante, Utah on April 29, 1934. He spent a lot of his childhood in John’s Valley working with John Spencer at the KRS Ranch.

Cal joined the Army in 1952 and was sent to Korea. He went to college at Dixie in St. George.

He also served a mission in New England and Nova Scotia from 1961 through 1962. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, he served in several callings mostly with the Scouts and in the Family History center. He worked most of his life at Skyline Lumber Sawmill in Escalante before retiring.

Cal is survived by his sister Lillian (Don) Coleman; nephew, Clayne (Lori) Coleman; niece, Joyce Coleman Rollins, and several great nephews and nieces. He is preceded in death by his parents; nephew Daryl “Pinky” Coleman.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in the Escalante Stake Center, where friends were able to call from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial was in the Escalante Cemetery with military honors by Escalante American Legion Post #0114. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com The family would like to extend special thanks to the staff at Garfield Memorial Hospital, Long-term Care Unit and Intermountain Hospice for the special care he has received for these many years.

LaMont C. Ellett 1938 - 2022

LOA - Our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, LaMont C. Ellett passed away on January 17, 2022 in Richfield, Utah, from complications of gastro-intestinal bleeding.

LaMont was born November 5, 1938 to Carl Maxfield and Elda Blackburn Ellett. He was later blessed with 4 sisters. He played marbles, baseball, basketball, and rode horses with his cousins and many friends from Fremont. Growing up in Fremont, he enjoyed working by his father’s side on the family farm which included a forest permit on the Tidwell Slopes and Sheep Valley. He enjoyed his time spent in the mountains and riding for cows. He and grandpa raised a few cows, some good hay, and a lot of rocks. His love of horses came naturally from his father and grandfather. On his horses—Peanut, Philly, Tiny, Timp and Peppy—he put a lot of miles in the saddle from the desert to the Fremont ledges to the tops of the mountains. If he didn’t have a gun in the scabbard, he had a fishing pole. He enjoyed participating for many years in the Wayne Riding Club.

LaMont graduated from Wayne High School, where he enjoyed playing basketball and baseball. After high school, LaMont worked for a short time in Salt Lake City where he purchased his first car, a 1954 Ford Fairlane. He quickly decided to return to rural Wayne County where he enjoyed living the rest of his life. He worked for his Uncle Neldon at the Phillips 66 station and later, in 1985 bought the station with his son, Gordon.

He worked there for over 60 years and cherished the friendships that were created through his service station business.

LaMont married his high school sweetheart, Karen Sorensen, on February 7, 1959, and together they were blessed with 5 children. Their marriage was solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple on their 58th wedding anniversary, February 7, 2017.

His greatest love is his family. He and Karen spent many years traveling to watch their children and grandchildren participate in many church, school, community and sporting activities. In 2016, Lamont and Karen were awarded the 1A “Fans of the Year” for their many years of supporting Wayne High School activities.

With his family, he enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting and 4-wheeling. He loved watching the Utah Jazz, eating ice cream, and watching people and the station from his front porch.

LaMont is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Karen and their children; Mary and Larry Bray of Bicknell; Gordon and Taunee Ellett, Scott and Sherry Ellett all of Loa; Kent and Kay Ellett of Thatcher, Arizona, Kenra and Michael Stephenson of Teasdale; 45 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild, with 5 more great-grand children joining shortly; sisters: Evelyn Ellett of Pleasant Grove; Ruth Ellett of Boise, Idaho; Francine and Gary Hallows of Torrey; Carla and Adrian Ruger of Fremont.; brothers-in-law: Verdell and Diane Sorensen of Salt Lake City; Gilbert and Deanna Sorensen of St. George. He is preceded in death by his parents; grandsons, Christopher Ellett and Will Lawton; great grandson, Connor Stephenson; parents-in-law: Fremon and Twila Sorensen; sisterin-law, Janet and Ray Williamson.

Funeral services were held Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 1:00 P.M. at the Loa LDS Stake Center where friends were able to call for viewing Saturday morning from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. prior to the services.

Burial was at the Loa Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

January 27, 2022

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com I got a little late start on the newsletter; I was watching the end of the Kansas City/ Buffalo football game. There was only eight minutes left in the game, and it took an hour to finish it. It was time well spent; KC led by five points just before the two minute warning. Buffalo scored a touchdown and went for two points and led by three at the two minute mark. It took KC three plays to score a touchdown; that took a minute, and they had a four point lead. It only took thirty seconds to score a TD, but that left 23 seconds on the clock. That was all that KC needed to drive down close enough to kick a field goal and tie the game and go into overtime.

KC won the toss and marched down the field for the winning score.

All four of these games were won by three points and were exciting to watch. The teams that will be in the two games next weekend for a chance to play in the Super Bowl are Kansas City, Cincinnati, LA Rams and the San Francisco 49ers.

It looks like we aren’t going to have any snow in January, and there aren't any signs in the near future of any of the white stuff. It is just cold, but one nice thing is that the wind is staying away, and it makes it look like we have a lot of snow. This is a 20 year record of no snow in January.

Not much going on in town. I do know that the City

Council meeting on the 25th was moved to the County, so as to accommodate the crowd that is anticipated for a discussion on the Airbnbs.

It looks like the Make America Even Greater plan has been put off because only 96% of the Democrats voted for it. Of course, the party of NO voted 100% and got to keep those tax cuts in place so that they will get the big donor's money coming in! One of the senators that voted "no" comes from a coal state and barely won in the last election and wants to keep his cushy jobs.

In Garfield County, the COVID cases just keep climbing, and in the last two weeks, we are up to 73 new cases. I know 15 of those that contracted the virus, and most of them haven’t been vaccinated. If you won’t get the shots, maybe it might be time to mask up. The legislature is now meeting, and one of their first measures passed was forbidding mayors from putting on mask mandates. These are the same guys who didn’t like the Feds putting on any mandates to keep the people safe.

I read the letter from the teacher out in Escalante on our greatest export. This isn’t just happening in our area; it is a problem in rural towns all over the country. Times changed. It used to be, many years ago, the farmers and ranchers had really large families to do the work. But with the advent of big equipment to

do the work, the families have gotten smaller. When I was on the City Council, I was attending a meeting in SLC. The city manager from Fillmore said that his town was putting in a cheese factory that took cheese from Wisconsin and distributed it throughout the west. It employs about 200 people. I came back all excited, till someone asked me what kind of business would work here in Panguitch.

One of the hardest things in life is figuring out what you want to do to make a living.

The trade techs in Cedar City and St. George are offering training in at least 32 different trades. If you want to be a mechanic, you can start at $50.00 bucks an hour. Our ex-neighbor's son, that lives down in Colorado City, finished school and is working as a framer at $20 to start.

At the first graduation we attended here at PHS, there were fifty-four in the class and only six wanted to go to college. Most of them said that they wanted to get married and go out to Ruby’s to work. That ended when the District hired Mrs. Rember as the principal, whose first priority was education and then sports. Each year, more and more of the students were going to college or on a mission.

For three years in a row, PHS was the #1 academic school in the state.

Most of the businesses that were owned by people that grew up here have got-

ten older, and they are gone.

Many of the motels are owned by conglomerates, who don’t live here. All of our gas stations but one is owned by Love’s. Not a lot of people with an education are going to want to make beds, seasonally, and only part of the year.

Many of the people move here to retire or get a job that requires skills and can work in forestry or for the county. These young people that do move here are wonderful and educated, and their kids do well in school.

We have many new homes being built here, some are summer homes, but others are for those whose companies let them work from home on their computers. This is what my daughter does; she worked for the University of Utah in billing. She worked in a building that had four hundred employees working on five floors, all of them now working from home.

When they opened the coal mine down in Alton, many of the old timers said this would allow their kids to come home to work at the mine. A few from here drove trucks for a while. Now, I believe, only one still does.

The best you can hope for is that if you live long enough, your children will still want to come home. Pat and I are lucky enough to have both of our daughters living here, and they are of retirement age.

Mack O.

Mercantile: The Mercantile mission is to be an inviting and engaging gathering place for community spirit and commerce where locals and visitors come together to share quality time with friends and family to support an even more connected and thriving rural community.—Leslie Eubanks, owner of the former Saddlery, soon-to-be The Mercantile Mercantile

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designing the space, the team received input from well over one hundred community members about local needs and assets in Wayne County. “The mixed-use design optimizes and layers the amenities in a synergistic way to respond to local opportunities and needs in a mutually supportive manner to benefit residents and visitors alike,” says Eubanks.

The Mercantile will be home to multiple entities including a food and retail coop, featuring locally sourced goods and providing a consistent, year-round place for local farmers and makers to sell their products. “This will be a place where farmers can sell their harvest every day—that’s what co-ops do,” says partner Bob Warden. The remaining space includes a communal gathering place with activities, a wine and spirits shop, a farm-to-table restaurant, coworking area, a UPS and FedEx dropoff, and more.

Eubanks explains the main project motivation is to find a way for the financial benefits of tourism to reach more than tourist businesses

like hotels and RV parks.

“Torrey has become a tourismdominated economy. How do we open opportunities to bring tourist dollars deeper into the community to benefit more locals, including farmers and makers, as well as the younger generation growing up here?” says Eubanks. “We designed strategies that generate more revenue from the visitors already visiting our region to bring added economic benefits to the locals.”

Partner Mary Bedingfeldsmith said residents often ask if Torrey has the infrastructure to support more visitors. She said this project does not aim to draw more visitors but to provide the amenities visitors need that locals can provide.

“Visitors are already coming here and using our infrastructure, but often they don’t spend the money on amenities like they do in Zion or Moab.

We want that to change to benefit our rural communities,” says Bedingfeldsmith.

The Mercantile is a Benefit Company—a new kind of mission-driven entity balancing purpose and profit using business as a force for good— where every board decision is legally bound to consider the

public good—how it is benefiting employees, community members, and the environment as a whole. In contrast, the sole legal and financial responsibility of a for-profit is to maximize shareholder profits, not benefit the community or environment. “A benefit company lets us put relationships and community first,” says Warden and this drives the decision to stay open year-round and provide living wages.

“I think it will be an excellent addition to Torrey both for the visitors and the local folks, particularly since it will be open 12 months a year,” says Torrey Town Mayor Mickey Wright. “It will go a long way to filling some needed gaps and the idea of a benefit corporation is an interesting idea. It will be interesting to see how that idea plays out.”

The Mercantile building will get a complete makeover. The main entrance will be on the west side with new windows and a contemporary agricultural look. There will be outdoor seating for the restaurant and co-op, green space for outdoor community events like movie nights, and an activity area with bocce ball courts, corn hole, and a learn-

ing garden. The building will be outfitted with solar and wind power as well as a water catchment system.

Construction for the wine and spirits store has begun with plans to open this March. The rest of The Mercantile is slated to open in the spring of 2023.

This project is built on decades of relationships and work, explains Bedingfeldsmith. The Mercantile wants to continue strengthening our intergenerational and crosssector relationships, create sustainable living wage jobs with training and education, and nurture locally grown entrepreneurship and community development in Wayne County and into Garfield County. “This is another example of Wayne County residents coming together,” Bedingfeldsmith says and compares it to past efforts to build needed services like the Torrey Canal and park.

“While Capitol Reef is a treasure of the area,” says Bedingfeldsmith, “the real gems in the treasure are the people that live and visit here, and the relationships we continue to build.”

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January 27, 2022

Licensed Paralegals Bring Lower-Cost Legal Services to Utahns

by Mark Richardson, Utah News Connection

State vs. Chynoweth: I made a mistake. Garkane made a

mistake. Mr. Van Dyke said he made a mistake. But we shouldn’t be focusing on our mistakes. The only reason we’re here is because of Mr. Chynoweth. He is the one that deserves all of the blame for why we’re here. And I hope that he steps up and does what he says he’s going to do and changes his life.—Judge Marvin Bagley State vs Chynoweth Cont'd from page 1

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Licensed Paralegal Practioners are a lower-cost alternative for Utahns who need legal help but can't afford attorney fees or retainers.

UTAH - The cost of hiring a lawyer can be out of reach for many Utahns, creating "justice gaps" in rural areas and marginalized communities where fees are out of reach for most people.

A new type of advocate, Licensed Paralegal Professionals (LLPs), could open access to the legal system for thousands of Utahns.

Anna Carpenter, professor of law in the S.J. Quinney College Of Law at the University of Utah, said the Utah Supreme Court greenlighted the program in 2018 after an American Bar Association report found too many people were facing serious legal issues but could not afford counsel.

"The leaders on those courts, the justices, are saying, 'Wow, we're looking at the data, and we see we have this massive access-to-justice crisis. Low-income and middle-income people cannot afford legal services. We need to do something,' " Carpenter explained.

LPPs are mid-level advocates between administrative paralegals and attorneys.

They handle cases involving family law, debt collection and landlord-tenant disputes and are licensed to file court documents and serve as mediators. They do not handle criminal cases or appear in court.

In addition to the cost factor, Carpenter pointed out the need for legal services in Utah is growing faster than many law firms can handle.

She argued LPPs allow firms to serve more clients at a considerably lower cost.

"Somebody wants to get divorced and has a divorce with custody issues, or you get an eviction notice or your landlord is not keeping up your rental property, or you're being sued for debt, unpaid medical or credit card bills, and that has gone to court,"

Carpenter outlined.

Carpenter noted practitioners start out as paralegals, but return to school and become licensed by the state. She believes the small but growing number of LPPs is making a difference for Utahns.

"A lot of the LPPs that I've spoken with really are motivated, sort of in a mission-driven way," Carpenter observed. "They're interested

in being able to provide lowercost legal services. They see the need because they watch people being turned away who can't afford a lawyer's retainer or the hourly fee."

Utah was one of the first states to use paraprofessionals, but other states, including Arizona, California, New Mexico and Colorado, have added or are considering them.

Marina Closure: Dangling Rope

is part of the park’s comprehensive drought response efforts. We know Dangling Rope is important to our visitors and is also extremely important to the National Park Service and our operations.—William Shott, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Superintendent Marina Closure Cont'd from page 1

remains a high priority for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The importance of this visitor use area is identified in the park’s General Management Plan. The park will continue to seek longterm solutions that maintain a mid-lake marina presence at low and high lake levels.

According to Superintendent William Shott, “Dangling Rope is part of the park’s comprehensive drought response efforts. We know Dangling Rope is important to our visitors and is also extremely important to the National Park Service and our operations.”

Dangling Rope Marina has been the only place to

obtain boat fuel between the Wahweap area in South Lake Powell and the Bullfrog area in North Lake Powell, a distance of approximately 100 miles. Boaters should plan ahead for their needs. For boaters averaging 20 to 25 MPH, the trip to Bullfrog from Wahweap takes at least four to five hours. Fuel remains available at Wahweap, Antelope Point, and Bullfrog Marinas.

Relevant updates will be posted on the park’s website.

Information is available 24/7 on our website about Lake Powell’s fluctuating water levels and the status of waterbased visitor services at this link: https://www.nps.gov/ glca/learn/changing-lake-levels.htm —National Park Service

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mon revealed the series of events initiated by a discovery that Mr. Chynoweth had stolen Garkane’s mini excavator and trailer.

“Mr.Chynoweth denied any wrongdoing, and claimed it was the result of billing confusion between Garkane and an equipment vendor,” Mr. Hammon read. Garkane Energy at that point retained a forensic account auditor.

Ultimately, external and internal investigations uncovered a series of activities by Mr. Chynoweth including tricking vendors, credit card fraud, and procurement of a falsified college degree to obtain a raise, leading to four felony charges.

The amount of theft and fraudulent activity to Garkane Energy and its members totaled $115,000. With additional investigative and legal costs, the total comes to over $153,000.

Addressing Garkane Energy’s representatives and their legal counsel, Paul Shakespeare, Judge Bagley asked, “If I grant the order of restitution today, Garkane will be paid an additional $69,500 and so you will get paid $153K in restitution. If you get $153,000 in restitution will you feel like justice is done?”

Shakepeare, on behalf of Garkane, replied, “On the restitution agreement, yes.

I think they would be satisfied and thrilled to have the money back. I don’t know that they would feel like justice has been served. At this point in time, they do feel that some additional punishment should have been imposed at the outset, because of the way some of the things developed since the plea in abeyance was filed.”

Kane County Attorney Robert Van Dyke, as prosecutor, said, “It seems like the amount of restitution is not what the actual issue is, the current concern of the court, but actually the court seems more concerned with how the case was initially resolved. I’d like to address that.”

During a protracted explanation, Van Dyke expounded that, “Determination of

what is justice can be a complicated question,” and that it could be viewed as “policy, personal preference.” However, he then went on to describe several cases of theft that he has prosecuted in his twelve year prosecutorial career, one being a $500 class A misdemeanor power theft from Garkane, another a $60,000 bank teller theft, as well as a former Kane County Treasurer theft case in which over $300,000 was embezzled. Each of these cases resulted in jail time.

Van Dyke said that not having found any new evidence of wrongdoing outside of or beyond the scope of the original charges, he could not bring any further charges or ask to vacate the plea in abeyance currently in place.

“I would hope that anybody from the public listening would understand that today, that there’s no possibility for the judge to actually order any incarceration, any additional fine, any additional punishment. The only issue before the court today is whether or not they will sign the order of restitution,” said Van Dyke.

Judge Bagley explained that when the plea in abeyance deal first came before him in October 2020, the total amount of theft presented to the court at that time was $30,000. Later, new documents were filed with regard to Mr. Chynoweth, disclosing further theft problems including the procurement of a fake degree. “And when I read through those documents… it just sickens me frankly that somebody would be such a criminal that even on their own company account they would request a fraudulent degree,” said Judge Bagley.

Mr. Chynoweth, appearing before the court virtually

by Webex, was offered time to make a statement. He expressed “love and appreciation” to the staff at Garkane.

“I’d like to tell you how people get into these situations, I have no idea,” said Mr. Chynoweth.

“For me it’s been somewhat of a blessing for this to have happened because I feel like that now I can strive to move forward and let the Lord save my spiritual life, basically.”

During this exchange, Judge Bagley asked the defendant directly, “Why did you steal it?”

Mr. Chynoweth replied, “I guess the only, or the best way I can describe what I did was because I got caught up with my work and everything I had going on, and everything just kind of built up, and started into that, and I wasn’t quite sure how to stop it. A few moments later, he added, “I’m not a bad guy, I just got in a bad situation.”

“Now, wait a minute,” Judge Bagley replied. “How can you say you’re not a bad guy. Bad guys steal a hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, good guys don’t.”

In a final closing statement to the court, Garkane Energy president William Hammon conveyed the difficulty this employee theft case has presented for the company. “Our membership has lost some trust in Garkane because of this situation we’re in. And we’re getting a lot of feedback that Garkane has not been proactive in pursuing justice, proactive in seeing to it that Mr. Chynoweth is made to be responsible for his actions. As far as our reputation with our members, we’ll just have to deal with whatever fallout that we might have to face today.”

Judge Bagley, in the moments prior to agreeing to sign the restitution agreement, reiterated his thoughts from the previous, October 28 hearing. “Before I make the award I want to explain why I brought these issues up. It doesn’t make me look good to bring these issues up.

If I’d had a problem with the plea in abeyance agreement I shouldn’t have accepted it.

And I did have a problem with it. I didn’t feel good about it, at the time, but I went along with it. But I’ll say this in my defense—it was a thirty thousand dollar restitution case at that time. And now we’ve added an additional $69,000 and now it’s been disclosed— the prior $52,000. So it went to a $153,000 restitution case.

“I made a mistake,” said Judge Bagley. “ Garkane made a mistake. Mr. Van Dyke said he made a mistake.

But we shouldn’t be focusing on our mistakes. The only reason we’re here is because of Mr. Chynoweth. He is the one that deserves all of the blame for why we’re here.

And I hope that he steps up and does what he says he’s going to do and changes his life.”

—Insider

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January 27, 2022

January 31 - February 6

by John Mosley The Sky Report is presented as a public service by the Stellar Vista Observatory, a nonprofit organization based in Kanab, Utah, which provides opportunities for people to observe, appreciate, and comprehend our starry night sky. Additional information is at www.stellarvistaobservatory.org. Send questions and comments to John@StargazingAdventures.org.

The sole planet in the evening sky is now Jupiter, which you’ll see low in the west shortly after sunset. Its great brightness lets you see it nearer to the horizon, when we’re looking through more layers of our atmosphere, than nearby stars, none of which are as bright. On the 31st, Jupiter is 14° high in the west 45 minutes after sunset, and you’ll easily see it if no structures block your view. On the 6th, it’s 11° high 45 minutes after sunset, so it’s slipping from view, and we’ll soon lose it.

Be prepared to say good-bye to Jupiter later in February.

The planetary action is now in the morning sky where Venus is becoming the brilliant “Morning Star” and Mars is struggling to return to view after a long sojourn behind the sun. Venus is easily visible low in the southeast in morning twilight. Mars is not quite 10° to the right of Venus at a similar height, but it’s precisely 1/100th as bright so it’s hardly conspicuous.

Mercury is there too, near the horizon to the lower left of Venus, this week and next, but most people who want to see

Mercury saw it recently in the evening sky.

These three morning planets are in Sagittarius, a decidedly summer constellation, but you can see it in the morning in winter. Next summer, when the earth is on the opposite side of our orbit, you’ll see Sagittarius in the evening.

The moon is in the evening sky beginning February 2nd, and that night, you’ll find it only 4° to the left of Jupiter.

The width of a finger held at arm’s length is about 2° (remember that!), so they’re quite close, and you’ll see both together in a pair of binoculars. Then the moon is only 2 days past new, so it’s the slimmest of crescents, and it’s only marginally brighter than Jupiter. This is a photo opportunity with the horizon in the same field-of-view; zoom in a little with your camera. Can you see the lunar seas with your binoculars? You’ll have better luck tomorrow and the next night when the moon is higher.

In following days, the moon moves through Aquarius and Pisces, huge constellations with no bright stars, so the moon won’t pass near, and

be in conjunction with, anything interesting this week.

Notice that the sun sets noticeably later week-byweek (and it rises earlier by the same amount). At the latitude of southern Utah, it now sets 1 minute later each day.

For weeks surrounding the solstice, the time of sunrise and sunset changes very little, but now the rate of change (the greatest difference from one day to the next) is beginning to accelerate. The rate of change is at maximum at the two equinoxes, and then it slows toward the summer solstice when once again the change is little day-to-day. If you understand sine curves, you’ll visualize what is happening.

John Mosley was Program Supervisor of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles for 27 years and is the author of “Stargazing for Beginners” and “Stargazing with Binoculars and Telescopes.” He and his wife live in St. George, where he continues to stargaze from his retirement home while serving on the advisory committee for Stellar Vista Observatory.

EES Project: Our next project, from what I can gather for

myself, I’m not a board member here, it’s narrowing down to that idea of Escalante is our next project, it’s our priority project…and it’s a question mark of what’s the most responsible thing to do for this community.—John Dodds, Garfield County School District Superintendent EES Project

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ment and the best resources that we have available," stated John Dodds, Garfield County School District Superintendent.

Dodds commended the business administrators who have moved this project forward, and stated that a 15-year timeline has been sped up considerably “with good financial decisions and also conservative values that we hold.”

Vice-president of Hughes General Contractors Gene Madsen and Alex Booth of VCBO Architect Firm were also on hand to go over costs, the status of the bids for the project, and possible solutions and alternatives to the increased bid cost, which, as of now, stands at approximately $13,187, 999.

Booth reiterated the unexpected rise in inflation, and stated that this was not something that they anticipated when they first provided an estimate of the cost of this project, but that it is common for construction costs in remote areas to be higher. According to a chart included in one of his slides during the presentation, since 2018, building costs (taken from available data for building costs only and not site costs) in GCSD have been about 20 - 25% higher when compared to costs along the Wasatch front.

Despite the city’s remoteness, it was emphasized that due to Escalante’s centralized location, there was significant interest for this project from subcontractors all over the St.George area and throughout central Utah.

As it stands, the cost of the EES project is approximately $500 per square foot.

Options for cutting costs were presented, such as removal of skylights from the plan, modifications to the proposed playground, and removal of

the stage from the new gymnasium design.

Other considerations included remodeling the existing school but that there are serious concerns with the age of the building—around 60 years old, commented on as being “at its end of life” by Madsen—and, ultimately, when the price of remodeling is considered, it was stated that the difference between the costs of remodeling and the costs of building a new structure are not very far apart.

Booth also stated that in order to remodel, there will need to be an additional redesign, which will then have to go up for bid in the summer of 2022 and that “none of us have a crystal ball to know if the construction costs will continue to go up.”

Building could also occur on the existing site of the current elementary school, but this route would not address the concerns of the traffic going by on Pine Creek Road (which runs parallel to the school) and would add the complications of needing the school to continue to function while having to deal with prolonged construction on site.

After all of these considerations, Lane Mecham, GCSD Business Adminstartor stated simply that the “consensus from everybody here is that we are looking at basically two options; that’s to build now or wait to build later, with Escalante still being our number one priority.” Without being able to predict inflation in the coming years, Mecham presented a “best guess” cost scenario, which indicated that, with a $5 million dollar lease, the project could increase by $2.6 million by 2027. “What is the impact of if we wait; what we are doing is not only [do we] have this school to build, but we have additional projects behind it,” stated Mecham and that building now could possibly be the best cost

scenario.

After presentations, local residents and parents were able to come forward and make statements.

A common thread amongst these comments were concerns about the current building’s safety, classroom number and size (Currently, each grade does not have its own classroom, and there can be two grade levels in one class at a time), and multiple comments echoed the same phrase, “We deserve better.”

GCSD Board comments also voiced concern over safety and the need for a new building, but that financial concerns should also be taken into account, meaning does the new building need to be built now, or can it wait until some money can be saved to move forward.

Before moving from regular session into a closed session, LeFevre thanked everyone for their comments and participation and stated that all of the comments made have been noted. She stated that the board has four major questions that will help guide their decision—Is it in the best interest of all students?

Is this board business? Is this fiscally responsible? What are the unintentional consequences?

In his final comments, Dodds stated, “Our next project, from what I can gather for myself, I’m not a board member here, it’s narrowing down to that idea of Escalante is our next project, it’s our priority project…and it’s a question mark of what’s the most responsible thing to do for this community.”

A decision on the Escalante Elementary School project will be made at today’s (Thursday, January 27, 2022) Garfield County School District Board meeting in Tropic.

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LegaL Notices SURPLUS SALE PANGUITCH CITY Panguitch City is accepting sealed bids on the following items: Commercial Sink 1994 Ford Truck 1971 Ford Dump Truck 2 Big Valley Roping Chutes Roping Box Laptop 8 Doors 3 – 17 inch Computer Screens 1 – 22 inch Computer Screen 1 – 23 inch Computer Screen 2 Desks Misc Street Lights Chevrolet Camper Shell Bids will be accepted in the Panguitch City Office until 5:00 PM., Thursday, February 3rd, 2022. Bids will be opened Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Panguitch City Office, 25 South 200 East, Panguitch, Utah. The successful bidder will have 48 hours to complete the transaction.

All vehicles and equipment will be sold in “as is” condition, and all sales will be final. Purchases can be made with cash or certified check. Panguitch City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all offers. For additional information contact Panguitch City at 435-676-8585.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 20 & 27, 2022 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS HANKSVILLE TOWN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT DOCUMENT 001113 Sealed Bids for the construction of the Hanksville Town Road Improvements Project will be received electronically through Quest CDN. No hard-copied bids will be accepted at this time. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 P.M. local time on February 3, 2022. The Project consists of road reconstruction and asphalt overlay, chip seal, and roadway drainage improvements.

The issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is Ensign Engineering, 225 North 100 East, Richfield, UT 84701. Electronic copies of the bid documents will be made available on Ensign Engineering’s website at https://www.ensignutah.com/bid-access/. Questions shall be directed to Kelly Crane, 435.896.2983, kcrane@ensignutah.com.

Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 am local time on January 27th, 2022 via video conference a link: https://meet.google.com/oug-hezk-kck Or dial: (US) +1 413-758-2906 PIN: 524 362 857# or attend meeting at Ensign Engineering office located at 225 North 100 East, Richfield, UT 84701.

Attendance at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory. The last day for questions is February 1, 2022.

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

Owner: Hanksville Town By: Jeffren Pei Title: Mayor Date: December 2, 2021 Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 20 & 27, 2022 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. 16, 2022 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)5387240 for additional information.

GARFIELD COUNTY NEW APPLICATION(S) 97-2483 (F83041): Ticaboo Utility Improvement District propose(s) using 100 ac-ft. from groundwater (Ticaboo Townsite) for MUNICIPAL: In Ticaboo Utility Improvement District.

CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-3331 (a48270): State of Utah Board of Water Resources, Nick and Sheena Stewart, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company propose(s) using 1.6 ac-ft. from groundwater (4 miles NE of Panguitch) for IRRIGATION. WAYNE COUNTY NEW APPLICATION(S) 95-5457 (A83045): Mary C. Beckerle, David G Murrell propose(s) using 1.2 ac-ft. from groundwater (Northwest of Grover) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. Teresa Wilhelmsen, P.E. State Engineer Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 20 & 27, 2022 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETINGS SCHEDULE OF THE TORREY TOWN COUNCIL TORREY TOWN The town of Torrey gives notice the Town will hold its regular Town Council meetings for the year 2022 on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are held at the Town Hall, 75 East 100 North, Torrey Utah.

April Morrison, Town Clerk Please Note Beginning in April, the Meetings will begin at 7 p.m.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 27, 2022 BOARD TIME CHANGE FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2022 MEETING LOA TOWN Loa Town Board will meet for its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, February 10, 2022 but instead of meeting at 7:30 p.m. that evening, they will meet at 6:30 p.m.

This meeting will be held at the Loa Town Hall at 72 W. Center, and the public is welcome to attend.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 27 and FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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Protecting Natural Colorado River Flows is Critical for Native Fish, Study Finds

by Lexi Peery, KUER 90.1

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Native Colorado River fish aren’t known for their economic or sport value, but they’re important in talking about managing the water, according to Utah State University professor Phaedra Budy.

UTAH - Native Colorado River Basin fish need water to survive, which isn’t groundbreaking news, but recent research finds that natural stream flows are also critical for the survival of these species.

The White River runs through eastern Utah and is a Green River tributary in the Colorado River system. It’s also one of the few remaining streams with natural flows, according to Phaedra Budy, a professor in the Department

of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University.

“The White River does have a spring flood, still, it does have an incredible amount of complex habitat and as a result, it has a very robust and healthy native fishery,” she said.

Budy said the native fish in the Green and Colorado Rivers are “non-charismatic,” meaning they don’t have high economic or sport value. For those reasons and others, the fish can often be left out of

conversations around management of the region’s water.

But she said it’s important for them to be included.

“These fishes are endemic, which means that they're found nowhere else on Earth,” Budy said. “If we lose them, we lose them forever.”

Federal fish recovery programs aren’t allowed to hinder water development, according to Casey Pennock, a research scientist in the Department of Watershed Sciences at USU. He said the efforts being

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made, like restocking native fish, aren’t leading to longterm improvements for the species.

“It's kind of a catch-22,” he said. “Fish need water, yet we can't conserve water for them in some instances.”

To maintain and restore healthy habitats, there needs to be more conservation and further water development along some of these rivers needs to stop, Pennock said.

“If we want to maintain and have these natural river systems, which are a great treasure to the Western states and the endemic fishes that occur nowhere else,” he said, “then as a society, we're going to have to prioritize those a little bit more than having green lawns and growing certain crops in the desert.”

Pennock said it’s a challenge to balance human interests of water in the West, but the focus should be protecting the White River and other underdeveloped streams like it. He said then people can work on restoring flows for depleted rivers.

This article was originally published on KUER 90.1 on January 19, 2022.

This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aim to inform readers across the state.

LegaL Notices PUBLIC NOTICE WAYNE COUNTY The Wayne County Commissioners will meet on January 31, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., to consider adopting the following Ordinance. The meeting will be held in the Commission Chambers at the Courthouse in Loa. WAYNE COUNTY, UTAH ORDINANCE NO. CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN RULES REGULATIONS FOR CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF WAYNE COUNTY, UTAH IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LARGE CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS ACT. WHEREAS, the Utah State Legislature has enacted the Large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act (herein "Large CAFO Act') codified as I-JCA S 17-27a-II WHEREAS, the Large CAFO Act requires the County to by February 1, 2022, adopt a large concentrated animal feeding operations land use ordinance designating geographic areas within the County where such operations may be approved: WHEREAS, the County has considered the criteria required by the Large CAFO Act, as follows: 1 . Distances measured in feet from (a) Residential zones, (b) Health care facilities, (c) Public area, (d) Education institutions, (e) Religious institutions, (f) Commercial enterprises, (g) Municipal boundaries, and (h) State or county highways or roads; 2. Prevailing winds; 3. Topography; 4. Economic benefits to the County; and 5. Reasonable access to transportation, water, and power infrastructure.

WHEREAS, the County has also considered the following additional criteria 1 . The unique characteristics of Wayne County, including but not limited to, the following: a. Wayne County is 24 miles wide by 102 miles long containing approximately 2448 square miles or I acres; b. Of the total 1,559,040 acres in Wayne County, only 55,903.15 acres lies in private land; About 96.4% of the publicly owned lands are federal lands, which is the highest percentage in Utah and the third highest in the continental United States; and, ii. About 11% of the publicly owned lands are state-owned lands.

2. The vast majority of private lands lie along a narrow corridor within three to four miles of rivers and creeks in the Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil River Basin; 3. The vast majority of private lands lie along a narrow corridor within three to four miles of major access roads; 4. Those areas of private lands that do not lie close to the corridors close to streams and/or roads do not have the resources or infrastructure to support any large agricultural or industrial roads; 5. The county's population is largely concentrated in this narrow corridor of private land; end 6. The public lands in the County are valuable public resources as described in the Wayne County Public Lands Resource Management Plan adopted by the Commission in 2017.

WHEREAS, the County has not considered solely uniform setback distance requirements from the locations described above but has determined the geographic area by evaluating all the criteria described above.

WHEREAS, the County having considered all of the evidence provided regarding these criteria, and finding it necessary to comply with the Large CAFO act, and to be in the best interest of the health, general welfare, and safety of the inhabitants of Wayne County; WHEREAS, the County recognizes that there are currently not any existing Large CAFO operations in Wayne County; however, to the extent that any such operations do exist, the County does not intend to interfere with their existing operations; WHEREAS, the County finds that, given the County's population density relative to the amount of private land within the County, it is not feasible for the County to meet the criteria in the Large CAFO Act for the establishment of a geographic area within the county where large concentrated animal feeding operation may be located; and WHEREAS, the County has also received public comment through public hearings and received written public comment.

NOW THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WAYNE COUNTY, UTAH HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: The Wayne County Land use Ordinance and Wayne County Subdivision Ordinance shall be amended to include the definitions found in section 17-27a-1102 of the Large CAFO Act. 2. The Wayne County Land Use Ordinance and Wayne County Subdivision Ordinance be amended to prohibit any use that meets the definition of the Large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation in all zones within the County.

3. To the extent that any existing landowner uses the landowner's land in a way that would currently meet the definition of a Large CAFO operation at the time of the enactment of this ordinance, such operations shall be unaffected by the terms of this ordinance and shall be permitted to continue operation as it has historically operated. However, such landowner shall not be permitted in the future to expand the landowner's use of the property in any way beyond its historic use.

4. This Ordinance shall become immediately effective.

5. The County Attorney shall codify the provisions of this Ordinance as soon as practicable. Until such time as the County Attorney codifies the provisions of the Ordinance, the Ordinance shall be published on the Planning and Zoning and Building Inspector web pages of the Wayne County website and shall be printed and made available to the public for inspection and as an attachment and/or insert to any printed versions of the Wayne County Land use Ordinance and Wayne County Subdivision Ordinance.

(6) "Large concentrated animal feeding operation" means an animal feeding operation that stables or confines as many as or more than the numbers of animals specified in any of the categories: (a) 700 mature dairy cows, whether milked or dry; (b) 1,000 veal calves; (c) 1,000 cattle other than mature dairy cows or veal calves, with "cattle" including heifers, steers, bulls, and cow calf pairs; (d) 2,500 swine each weighing 55 pounds or more; (e) 10,000 swine each weighing less than 55 pounds; (f) 500 horses; (g) 10,000 sheep or lambs; (h) 55,000 turkeys; (i) 30,000 laying hens or broilers, if the animal feeding operation uses a liquid manure handling system; (j) 125,000 chickens, other than laying hens, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system; (k) 82,000 laying hens, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system; (l) 30,000 ducks, if the animal feeding operation uses other than a liquid manure handling system; or (m) 5,000 ducks, if the animal feeding operation uses a liquid manure handling system.

ATTEST: Ryan Torgerson, Wayne County Clerk Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 27, 2022

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South Central Communication has full-time job opening for construction worker: We are looking for a team player who is able to operate and maintain heavy equipment as well as a worker who will be responsible for finding utilities, cleaning up driveways and pot holes and other construction work.

Must be in good physical condition and be able to lift 100 pounds. Will be working outdoors in all kinds of weather. Must be willing to stay away from home during the week.

The successful candidate must be customer service oriented. Great benefit package.

Submit resume to: South Central Communications PO Box 555 Escalante, UT 84726 Attn: HR Or emailHR@socen.com

Ambulance Supply and Data Officer

Garfield County is accepting applications for the position of Ambulance Supply and Data Officer.

The successful candidate must be an EMT with Utah Bureau of Emergency Services with the ability to advance to level of an AEMT. Applications are available at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office 55 South Main, Panguitch or online at www. garfield.utah.gov and will be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, February 4, 2022.

Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer.

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 January 28, 2022.

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.

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 Computer Science Para at Panguitch Elementary SpEd Para-Professional at Bryce Valley High Full-Time Elementary Teacher at Boulder Elementary Substitute/Activity Bus Drivers in Escalante Bus Route Driver in Boulder Para-Professionals at All Schools Substitutes for Teachers, Custodians, and Food Service Workers SALARY: Please see 2021-2022 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 Pete Peterson (435-679-8619) BVHS Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff (435-679-8835) EES/EHS Principal Peter Baksis (435-826-4205) PES Principal Lisa Breinholt (435-676-8847) PMS/PHS Principal Russ Torgersen (435-676-8805) Superintendent John Dodds (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.

Capitol Reef Cider Works of Bicknell, Utah is looking for intelligent dedicated employees to advance our apple orchard and cider operation. Reliability and good physical fitness are required. Full-time and part-time positions available.

Preferred Skills: Construction, Welding, Automotive Mechanics, Biology, Horticulture.

Email resumes and questions to: capitolreefciderworks@gmail.com

Announcement of Positions Wayne School District is hiring for the following positions. For a description of each, please see the district website www.waynesd.org Paraeducator / Substitute Teacher – WHS Technology Aides – WMS & LES Substitute Teachers & Cooks district-wide *All Jobs are open until filled Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer and reserves the right to reject any or all applications.

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

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Escalante Outfitters is Now Hiring *Line Cooks, Servers, Baristas, Dishwashers, Store Clerks Contact: kristina@ escalanteoufitters.com or 435-215-7953 Located at 310 W. Main St. Escalante, UT

MEETINGS Take the First Step Find hope, peace and joy in life again through the Addiction Recovery Program.

Meetings are every Sunday, 4:00 P.M. at the Escalante High School Seminary Building. (behind the school) Individual meetings are available.

(435)772-6527 *If you have completed the program, join us for maintenance and support.

TROPIC AA MEETING Wednesday at 6 PM. Tropic Heritage Center. All meetings are closed discussion.

ESCALANTE AA MEETING Call for times and locations.

435-676-3653 BICKNELL AA MEETING AA Open Meeting at Bicknell firehouse 6:30 Wednesday Evening

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