February 21, 2013 Wayne & Garfield County Insider

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Thursday, February 21, 2013 • Issue # 984

Deadline Nearing to Enter Cedar City Arts Festival

Deadline Approaches for Social Security’s “Paperless” System SALT LAKE CITY - The March 1 deadline is approaching for anyone who receives Social Security payments or veterans’ benefits by mail. To save money, the federal government is shifting to making all its payments electronically.

That means a direct deposit into a bank account or onto a debit card. If there’s a senior in your life, it’s a good time to ask them if they have let Social Security know how they want to receive their benefits —or help them with the transition.

Cristina Martin Firvida, director of financial security, AARP Government Affairs Division, said while it’s important to get it done, people should not fret about meeting the deadline.

“If they have not made the switch by March 1,” she said, “they should not worry.

They will continue to receive their benefit. This is so important to reassure everyone their benefit will still come in the mail after March 1.”

When considering a debit card, Martin Firvida noted, people should ask a few important questions: Find out about the fees for using the card, whether there’s a good network of ATM machines nearby so they can get cash when they need it, and whether a debit card is practical for paying bills. All banks and

credit unions offer debit cards - and now, she said, the U.S. Treasury offers a debit card, too, just for this purpose.

“You will get one debit card, and it will be reloaded each month,” she said. “If you go with the Treasury debit card, they have set up a call center so you have a way of calling and checking on your card’s balance, so recipients can be assured that the deposit has been made to the card before they go out and use it.”

As with any change, scams will crop up, Martin Firvida warned. She advised people to hang up or press “delete” if they get a phone call or email with reminders about the deadline or requests for personal information to help make the switch.

“Don’t give that out,” she said. “No one from SSA is going to ask you for that kind of information by phone or by email. You should never respond to those kinds of inquiries.”

A bank or credit union can help arrange for direct deposits or a debit card, Martin Firvida said. It can be done online, at www.godirect.org or by calling the Treasury Department at 800-333-1795. AARP also has information about making this transition on its website, at www.aarp.org.

—Chris Thomas, Utah News Connection

Dr. Jay Stilson demonstrates the new CEREC system now in place at the Wayne Community Health Center Dental Office.

WCHC Upgrades Dental Equipment

BICKNELL - Wayne Community Health Center’s Dental Office is excited to let our community know that we have purchased a CEREC - a sophisticated CAD/CAM system for the production of all ceramic restorations including crowns (caps), veneers and ceramic restorations. Using a 3D camera to scan the prepared tooth, the restorations are then milled right in our clinic and are ready to permanently place within a short time.

The time invested at this single appointment will eliminate the added expense of multiple trips, added time off, messy impressions and temporary crowns. The crowns are highly aesthetic, long lasting and metal free.

All the dental staff have been attending hands on trainings and spending many hours viewing on-line webinars to be proficient with this new technology. Please feel free to ask us about it, we are excited to share our knowledge.

WCHC ‘s mission is to promote access to health care services to all, including but not limited to, those who face financial barriers. Keep smiling!

—Wayne Community Health Center

Outdoor Group Offers Opportunities for Exploration, Education MOAB - Canyonlands Field Institute recently announced two new opportunities for exploring Utah’s canyon country.

First is a new tour of Cedar Mesa and Comb Ridge in southeastern Utah, with a special emphasis on recent findings from the Comb Ridge Initiative Project field study.

The area is world famous for its outstanding archeological, historical, and geological resources. The tour will take place April 26 -28, based out of the Recapture Lodge in Bluff, UT. The guides will be natural history and archaeological experts Rebecca Martin and Tamara Desrosiers. Rebecca, long a guest guide at

CFI, has a master’s degree in Intercultural Administration, specializing in Cross-Cultural Training and Advising, and an undergraduate degree in Perceptual Psychology and Cultural Anthropology. Tamarahas lived in Bluff for 25 years as naturalist/guide and mom.

Her work with Abajo Archeology and the Comb Ridge Initiative Project has included field time and lab work, drafting site maps and excavation illustrations.

The second trip provides an opportunity to explore the Navajo Mountain area with Dinė guides Eric and Charlene Atene, and CFI naturalists.

Rising to a height of over 10,000 feet, Navajo Mountain is considered sacred to the

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Dinė or Navajo people. They call this place Naatsis’aan, which means ‘Head of the Earth Woman.’

The trip will feature daily exploratory hikes from a truck-supported base camp with a focus on the traditional Dinė way of life. Starting on April 30, for three nights and four days, the tour will explore the area and learn about Dinė culture past and present.

Guests will visit Dinė families, view past rock art on canyon walls as well as ruins of past dwellings, hike this ancient landscape and learn the stories and traditions of this fascinating culture. The trip will also go in-depth on the area’s geology and ecology. This trip will start and end in Bluff, UT. Canyonlands Field Institute is a non-profit outdoor education organization whose mission is to increase awareness and appreciation for the Colorado Plateau through direct natural and cultural experiences. All profits help support youth and school outdoor education programs.

A part of the fees for these trips help to underwrite CFI’s educational school programs. For more information visit CFI’s website at www. cfimoab.org or contact them at info@cfimoab.org or 435259-7750.

—Canyonlands Field Institute

and medium. All categories are limited to provide each artist with an audience and to give patrons to the Festival a varied and unparalleled experience.

Artists are chosen based solely on their submitted application photographs and complete application. Photos which vividly depict the artist’s work are crucial. Booth spaces are 10’x10’.

The Cedar City Arts Festival is produced by the Cedar City Arts Council, which supports artists in folk, literary, visual, and performing arts in Cedar City and the surrounding area. To become a member, or download an application, visit www.cedarcityartscouncil. org/festival. Questions can be directed to Artist Coordinator Sandi Levy at (435) 531-3089, or via email at artsfestival@cedarcityartscouncil.org.

—Cedar City Arts Festival

CEDAR CITY - March 9 marks the deadline to submit an application to be considered for the Cedar City Summer Arts Festival - Celebrating the Artistry in All Things Handmade.

Held June 28-29 in conjunction with the ever-popular Groovefest American Music Festival, this is one of Cedar City’s most colorful and ambitious festivals. With a humble start in 2002 as an outdoor concert with a couple hundred attendees, Cedar City witnessed the largest GROOVEFEST crowds in 2012 with over 50,000 estimated for the four-day happening.

The Cedar City Arts Festival takes great pride in its artists and their work. To participate, artists must submit an application to be juried by a selection panel that looks for distinctive concept, excellent workmanship, appropriate presentation,

Arson Case Resolved LOA - The arson case associated with the Lost Lake Fires was resolved through the combined efforts of federal and county law enforcement and the Utah courts. Lance Durfey pled guilty in July 2012 to second-degree felony arson and is currently serving a 180-day jail sentence in the Sevier County jail. Once released from jail, he will be on probation for five years and must serve 20 hours of community service each month during this period. The Fremont River Ranger District plans to assign him to trail maintenance during the probationary period.

The Forest Service and other federal agencies spent over $3 million to suppress the Lost Lake Fires, which ignited on June 3, 2012. Recovery of theses damages will be pursued against the perpetrator through federal civil and administrative remedies.

The Fishlake National Forest would like to thank the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and the Wayne County Attorney for their help with this case.

—Fishlake National Forest

Archeaological mecca Cedar Mesa in southeastern Utah.

Dinė guides Eric and Charlene Atene.

Photos Courtesy Canyonlands Field Institute

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Snow College Expands Service to Area’s Workforce EPHRAIM - The Custom Fit Training program of Snow College recently expanded services by hiring a field representative to increase both the number and effectiveness of training partnerships between Snow College and businesses of the six-county region.

Custom Fit Training partnerships are available to forprofit Utah businesses for the purpose of enhancing employee skill and knowledge to encourage business improvement and ultimately economic development. These partnerships typically reduce workforce training costs to the company by fifty percent. Although the current fiscal year draws to a close in June, limited funds are still available to support new training partnerships.

The newly-hired field representative, Graysen Fox, is available to work with any business that wishes to initiate a training partnership, whether for one-time, immediate training or long-term, ongoing training needs. Fox has a background working with business and industry and holds a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship from Utah State University.

“For years we’ve served one-fifth of the state of Utah, geographically, with less than the equivalent of two full-time individuals,” said Alan Christensen, director of Custom Fit Training at Snow College.

While he cited the fact that their last annual report showed over 16,000 hours of workforce training provided for 973 employees of 123 companies in the six-county region, he believes the addition of Fox will significantly improve accessi-

bility of services in the future.

He also notes that the ability to make this expansion in a time of budget concerns is due to very efficient utilization of funds restricted to the Custom Fit Training program and which are separate from and not impacted by other current budgetary adjustments at Snow College following changes in the LDS missionary age eligibility. This expansion utilizes funding which is allocated from the legislature through the Utah College of Applied Technology specifically for use with Custom Fit Training.

In a February 8 presentation to members of the legislature that included information about non-credit training offered by programs like Custom Fit Training, Snow College president, Scott Wyatt, said, “We’re spending a lot of time trying to build the economy in our region. We feel like that is one of the most important things that we should be about.”

Custom Fit Training partnerships are designed to be very simple processes through which companies can enhance improvement of their workforce and consequently their success as a business. Through these partnerships, companies receive expert assistance to identify needs and find appropriate training solutions to meet those needs. In some cases, customized training solutions are provided directly

by Snow College and in other cases private industry training sources are leveraged. More information on Custom Fit Training is available by calling (435) 893-2206.

—Snow College

Utah Celebrates “Food Check Out Week”

by Cassie Lyman Garfield County Farm Bureau Vice President

Photo by Lynn Chamberlain

You can see pure white snow geese at this year’s Snow Goose Festival.

Utah Snow Goose Festival Feb. 22–24 See as many as 20,000 snow geese

DELTA - It’s a sight you have to see to believe: thousands of pure white snow and Ross’ geese lifting off Gunnison Bend Reservoir amid honks and the beating of wings.

You can see this spectacle yourself on Feb. 22, 23 and 24 at the annual Utah Snow Goose Festival. The festival will be held at and near Gunnison Bend Reservoir, just west of Delta. Admission is free.

As many as 20,000 geese—mostly snow geese— have been at the reservoir during past festivals. Except for the black tips on their wings, snow geese are pure white.

The festival is a terrific activity for the whole family.

“We’ll provide spotting scopes so you can get a close look at the geese,” says Bob Walters, Watchable Wildlife coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. “We’ll also be available to answer any questions you have.”

You can learn more about the festival at www.deltagoosefestival.com.

The best times to see the geese The areas where you’ll see the geese vary according to the time of the day.

Walters says if you arrive

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early in the morning, you can watch the geese feeding in fields that surround the reservoir.

Then, between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., the geese take off and fly back to the reservoir. “That’s an exciting time to see and hear the geese,” he says.

After landing on the reservoir, the geese usually spend the next few hours there. “Then, anywhere from 4 to 6 p.m., they take off again and fly back to the fields,” Walters says. “It’s thrilling to be there when the geese take off.”

DWR biologists will watch which fields the geese fly to. If you arrive after the geese have left the reservoir, the biologists will direct you to the fields where the geese are feeding.

Viewing tips • Use binoculars or a spotting scope to view the geese. If you get too close to the geese, you could scare them away.

• If you pull off the road to view the geese, pull as far off the road as you can.

And watch for cars.

• The weather could be cold and wet. Bring the proper clothes so you can stay warm and dry.

—Utah DWR

BLM Announces Date for Utah Wild Horse & Burro Festival FILLMORE - Be sure to mark your calendar to attend the 15th Annual Utah Wild Horse & Burro Festival on June 6-8, 2013 at the Desert Peak Complex in Tooele, Utah.

Stay tuned...more details to come!!

—Bureau of Land Management

Neumont University Offers “Bang for Educational Buck” SALT LAKE CITY - In the State of the Union address, President Obama stated, “My administration will release a new “College Scorecard” that parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple criteria — where you can get the most bang for your educational buck.” Utah’s Neumont University couldn’t agree more.

Neumont University’s President, Edward H. Levine, has long been an advocate of measuring universities on student outcomes and return on tuition investment, not research and athletic programs.

“A college education is one of the most substantial investments a family will make, and universities have an obligation to weigh the cost of tuition against the expected earnings of their graduates. At Neumont University, our student loan default rate is low, graduation rates are high, and more than 96 percent of our graduates are employed in their field —computer science—upon graduation. What’s more, we have not raised tuition for five consecutive years. We are proud to be a nimble educator where student outcomes are a priority.”

Over the past three years, companies ranging from local technology firms to industry giants like Microsoft and IBM have been competing to hire

Neumont’s top talent, making offers designed to attract Neumont graduates with generous average starting compensation ranging from $60,000 to $100,000, travel and equipment allowances, stock options, and student loan reimbursements.

Considering Neumont’s $72,000 tuition cost (before scholarship), and Neumont’s compressed 2.5 years to a bachelor’s degree schedule, Neumont graduates enjoy a return on their tuition investment that is unparalleled in higher education.

Laura Parson, Neumont’s Director of University Relations says, “A focus on relevant education and graduate outcomes has consistently been a cornerstone of the Neumont approach. Neumont works with industry leaders to build a curriculum designed around the education and skills that are in high demand. ” Michael Ziminsky, age 20, was aggressively pursued by some of Neumont’s top employer partners and received multiple offers with generous compensation packages well above the $60,000 national average for computer science graduates before he accepted an offer as a Software Engineer at TripAdvisor. He has said of his education, “The real world project experience I have gained from Neumont’s

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classes and Enterprise projects has been invaluable throughout the interviewing process.

My transition into the workforce will be nearly seamless.

Neumont University has long been praised by industry leaders like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM and even the Department of Education for its innovative, paradigmshifting approach to computer science education. Neumont has re-engineered the traditional four-year college degree into an intense, 2.5 to 3.0 year course of study where students are enrolled year-round in a full-time schedule that replicates the work environment – with no summers off.

Neumont University offers the following programs with a focus on digital science: • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science • Bachelor of Science in Software and Game Development • Bachelor of Science in Business Technology Operations Management • Bachelor of Science in Web Design and Development From day one, students are immersed in a rigorous, project-based curriculum and complete up to three quarters of Enterprise Projects, a sequence of mandatory teambased development projects with real deadlines for employers like IBM, Nike, and

Food. We all need it to survive and 2% of our population grows or produces this food for the other 98%. That is Amazing! Garfield County Farm Bureau would like to take the opportunity to celebrate the Farmers and Ranchers that work hard everyday to supply America and the World with Food. We often don’t think about where our food comes from or how it got to our plate. The story of American agriculture production is fabulous and amazing. Did you know...an average cow produces about 70 lbs of milk in one day, that’s an average of nine gallons per cow per day. Or did you know...U.S. Farmers and Ranchers receive only 16 cents out of every dollar spent on food at home and away from home. The rest goes for costs beyond the farm gate: wages and materials for production, processing, marketing, transportation and distribution. In 1980, Farmers and Ranchers received 31 cents. Another interesting fact, U.S. Agriculture employs 14% of the U.S. workforce. Check out these facts and more at http://www.fb.org/index.php?action=newsroom. fastfacts. During Food Check Out Week not only are we celebrating those who produce agriculture products, we are also informing the consumer (those of us who eat food) of solutions to eating healthy and stretching our grocery dollar.

American Farmers and Ranchers share a common concern with consumers when it comes to putting nutritious meals on the table while sticking to a tight budget. Farm Bureau has developed educational materials dedicated to helping us make healthier food purchases including “Tips for better nutrition on a tight budget”, “How much should I eat”, “Understanding food labels”, “ and “Understanding what MyPlate means” these resources can be found on the American Farm Bureau website.

Garfield County Farm Bureau would like to share a few quick tips with you from the “Tips for Better Nutrition” publication;

*Have a plan, *Know your food budget, *Plan nutritious meals and snacks you’ll prepare at home that include fruits, vegetables and whole grains, *Prepare a shopping list know what you have on hand, especially perishable foods, and plan for leftovers, *Don’t shop when you’re hungry, *Shop smart, Stick to your list, *Select fresh fruits and vegetables in season- buy frozen or canned when they’re not in season, *Don’t buy it unless you’re sure it will be eaten.

We would also at this time like to kick off our Creative Writing Contest and Video Contest. The purpose of these contests are to foster a greater understanding of Utah’s agricultural industry and the role which Farmers and Ranchers play in supplying our food, fiber, fuel and other farm products. The contest gives students an opportunity to share what they know about agriculture in a fun way while increasing their ability to express their thoughts in writing or video production.

The “Celebrate Agriculture” writing contest is for students grades 3-8, the video contest has three divisions: Division I: 7-9 grade (individuals or group), Division II: 10 -12 grade (individuals or group), Division III: Mixed group (families included) incorporating participants above grade 12. Contest deadlines are Monday, March 11, 2013.

Contest rules and entry forms can be found at www.utfb. fb.org under the contest links or for more information contact Cassie Lyman 435-8264088. Another great resource for youth to learn about agriculture and strengthen core standards learned in school is the www.myamericanfarm. com website there students can learn in and interactive fun way about agriculture.

Again, Thanks You to all the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers for your important role in providing us with food, fiber, and fuel.

Wayne Babe Ruth Bosch. As a result of this professionally-focused academic approach, over 80% of Enterprise Project partners hire the Neumont graduates who work on their project teams, and over 96% of Neumont graduates are employed in field within six months of graduation3.

Neumont graduates work for a wide variety of companies including Google, IBM, MSNBC, Microsoft, Nike, Bosch, Johnson and Johnson, and TripAdvisor, and accept offers with average first year compensation of over $62,4004.

More information is available at www.neumont. edu.

—Neumont University

Sign-Ups March 6-7 at 7pm Road Creek Inn 98 S. Main St., Loa

Any questions, call 435-491-0899

Pre-Arranged Power Outage For Boulder LOA - Garkane Energy members in Boulder will experience a pre-arranged power outage the morning of Thursday, Feb 21 and later in the afternoon on Friday, Feb 22. The outage should last no longer than 30 minutes on each day. Repairs need to be done on transmission lines between Boulder and Escalante.

If weather becomes a problem on either day, Garkane Energy will reschedule the power outage and we will inform you of the changes of the date and time. For any questions please email nbrown@garkaneenergy.com or call 435-644-5026 —Garkane Energy

Retirement Open House for Allen K. Henrie Join us on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the City / Library Conference Room to honor Allen K. Henrie’s 20 years of service as Panguitch City Manager

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Sports Page PHS Sports Sidelines

Boy’s Basketball

by Mack Oetting

Lady Cats Lose to Rich in a Squeaker; A Young Team with a Bright Future The Lady Cats had a great State Tournament finishing in 6th place. The bracket the Cats were in was really loaded, with 1st place St. Joe, 2nd Rich and the Cats that had been ranked 3rd. The Ladies started off the tournament playing Rich, who got off to a 9 point lead, but the Cats battled back to finally tie the game at 40 points late in the fourth quarter, only to give up a two pointer, with 15 seconds left in the game. The Cats had the ball out of bounds with 9 seconds left, under their basket only to have their last shot come up short. Oh so close!

The girls played outstanding in this game, Darri Frandsen shut down their big scorer, she didn’t score in the second half. Chesney Campbell had six steals and she converted many of them in to fast break points, boy is she fast. Whitni Orton hit two threes in the fourth quarter that closed the gap in the score. The Coach from Rich said it was a shame that two of the best teams in the State had to meet in the first round.

In the lower bracket wasn’t much competition for the Cats, they won the three games by an average of 30 points. On Thursday they played Wendover and it was on TV and the Cats led 35 to 4 at half time and the final score was 57 to 17, with all the team seeing playing time. Wayne was a different story; they put up a good fight (the Badgers had a play in game to get to State and lost their first game by only 3 points) with the Cats

coming away with a 47 to 33 win. On Saturday they played Duschene and again it wasn’t much of a contest, the Cats built up a 30 point lead and all of the girls got to play, one the Duchene players hit a really long three pointer to cut the lead to 27 at the buzzer.

A St. Joseph player hit a Hail Mary shot, or as the Coach said it was a “Miracle of miracles” three point shot at the buzzer, to send the game with Rich in to the first of two overtimes. St. Joe wore down the Rich Rebels in the second overtime and took the game 56 to 44, to earn a championship match up with Piute Thunderbirds.

Piute took out Layton Christian by three, 58 to 55.

The T Birds also got off to a slow start in the Championship game, but there is no giving up in these girls and they battled back to make it a close game, finally losing to the Jayhawks by 7.

Region 20 teams were outstanding: Piute took 2nd, Milford 5th and Panguitch 6th.

Wayne and Escalante came away with first round wins and the Moquis lost only to Layton Christian by 42 to 40. Some of these teams from up north were not a lot of competition, BV or Valley’s JV team would have trounced them. Tinitic didn’t score a point in the first half and that’s after beating ICS 58 to 53.

The Lady Cats were a team made up of mostly 9th and 10th graders and boy are they good. Taylor Bennett has

such a sweet shot that is very accurate, hitting nothing but net. Darri Frandsen is a real force with her inside game and scoring. Chesney Campbell is a unbelievable defensive player, who can jump and with her speed, had many breakaway baskets. Whitni Orton the point guard with her great ball handling was the team leader, with her quickness she also had a lot of steals. It seems like Cantania Holman can do it all, dribble the ball, a super defensive player and is always aware of what’s happening on the court.. The two seniors won the top prize, Academic All State. Congratulations to them!

Fresia Houston and Katelyn Parkin were the senior leaders and helped the young players out on the team and set the academic standard for the rest of the team in the future.

This team as young as it is has a great future a head of them, they are all fine young woman, that there parents should be very proud of them.

Co-Coach Tammy Bennett deserves a lot of credit for this team, she has been working with them since they were in the forth grade and it was year around, taking up much of her summers. All of our teams have dedicated coaches and parents that work with these kids, starting when they are real young.

A new addition to the State games was channel 62.

It was great for many to support the team via TV. David Frandsen and Ryan Houston

Wayne Sports

by Lauren Jackson

Winter Sports are Wrapping Up

It was a busy weekend in the world of high school sports. Girl’s state basketball and state wrestlers have come to a successful end, and this weekend will be region 20 boy’s basketball in Cedar City.

State wrestles were held in Orem at the UVU center February 15th-16th. Wayne placed third overall with Monitcello second and Altamont first. Congratulations to all the wrestlers for your successful season and job well done at state. A special thanks to the coaches for all their time and effort towards this program, and we look forward to another victorious season next year!

Here are the results for the state wrestlers: Second Place: Jared Alvey (senior)- 220 Preston Stephenson (sophomore)-120 Tanner Jeffery (junior)113

Third Place Isaac Pei (sophomore)-182 Ryan Lee (sophomore)-152 Luke Wells (senior)-170 Jaden Ellett (freshman)-106 Also, there are three senior wrestlers who qualified for the Academic All-State award. Congratulations to Jocee Morrell, Luke Wells, and Drue Fivecoat!

The girl’s basketball state tournament is also over. The Lady Badgers played their game against Legacy Prep at 6:00 p.m. on the 12th and dominated with and astounding score of 63 to 13. They lost their next game to St. Joseph, who ended up taking second overall. The Lady Badgers then went on to play Green River and stomped them 58 to 31. It was a good game for the Badgers with Rebekah Rasmussen scoring 22 points and Hannah Ellett 14. Senior Shyann McCoy also had ten steals that game. Their final match was with Panguitch. It was a

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hard-fought game but the bobcats came on top. Bravo for a great season, girls! Also, the team would like to thank their coaches for the great job that they have done and are grateful for their encouragement.

Now for boy’s basketball!

The boy’s team is also winding down for their own region and state tournaments. They lost their game with Bryce Valley on the 12th, but won their game with Valley 61 to 51 on the 14th. Ty Rees scored 24 points and Broc Taylor 10.

Today they have a home site game here with Escalante. Be sure to come out and support!

This game will determine the boy’s placement in the region tournament this Friday and Saturday. Best of luck boys!

Bring home the title!

Now that winter sports are wrapping up, it’s time for track and field season soon, which will begin towards the end of March. Runners, take your mark!

Lauren Jackson is a senior at Wayne High School.

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were the announcers and they did not play favorites at all (ha ha). It was fun watching and listening to these two fathers remaining neutral as they called the games.

The tough guys (wrestling) Bob Cats also ended up taking 6th place at State. I will have the results in next week’s paper.

The Bob Cats had a good week, meeting Piute on last Tuesday. The Cats got off to a fast start, leading the T Birds in the first quarter 15 to 2. However the Birds fought back and cut into the score closing it to 39 to 40. Then the Cats turned it on and won the game 54 to 43. Tyce Barney led all scorer with 22, Dalan Bennett had 15 and Josh Henrie chipped in 8. The Cats traveled out to Milford and overwhelmed the Tigers 73 to 29. Tyce Barney again led all scorers with 28 points followed by Dalan’s 22.

The Region 20 playoffs start on Thursday and the Cats have the first game at home against these same Milford Tigers. This game starts early at 6:00. The rest of the games will be over in Cedar City at Canyon View HS. Check for the schedule.

The Cheerleaders have again had an outstanding year, these girls and one boy are at every event and work really hard, getting up and practicing at 5:30 in the morning and they have a lot of fun performing.

Kathy Woolsey their coach is really tough. She is the Secretary at the Elementary School and has three small children.

Wayne’s hometown hero, senior Ty Rees, delivered in his last regular season game; Ty scored 24 of the Badgers 61 points against the Valley Buffalos, Valentines night.

Coming up: • BBB Region, home site with Escalante- Feb 21st (today) • BBB Region TournamentFeb. 22 - Feb 23 • BBB State @ SVC Feb. 27 - Mar 2

Wayne freshman Brock Brinkerhoff snags an offensive rebound in the JV Badgers/Buffalos game last Thursday night; Wayne beat Valley 60-53.

Photos and captions by Lisa Stevens

Ty Rees delivered in his last regular season, home game, against the Valley Buffalos. Ty knocked down over a third of the Badgers 61 points; had 3 rebound, 6 assists and 3 steals.

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School Notes

February 21, 2013

The Wayne Theatre Escape fr0m Planet Earth

Winter Sports As the winter sports season draws to a close, I hope you have had the opportunity to attend the sporting events in your communities. I would like to compliment the students who participate in these activities on their sportsmanship and conduct on the mat and on the basketball floors. The student athletes represent the schools and communities wherever they travel.

A few individuals have asked me about the Region 20 basketball tournament. Some of the questions are why does Region 20 hold a tournament when other regions do not. Why is the Region 20 tournament in Cedar City? Would it be possible to have the local schools host the region tournament? The decision to hold a region tournament is voted on by the Region 20 committee which is composed of one principal from each high school in the region. The committee could choose to change the play-in method anytime with a majority vote. Some other regions have chosen to play one game to determine the seating while others place teams based on their region records.

At some point in time, the Region 20 committee voted to move the tournament to Cedar City. I can only speculate as to the reason why, but some of them include seating capacities in the gyms, home court advantages, and accommodations to host traveling teams just to name a few. Schools in Region 20 contract with Iron County School District to host the tournament. Proceeds from the tournament go to the region where abridging fees and other regional expenses are covered by the region. Some events such as volleyball and wresting still rotate between schools in the Region.

Would it be possible to have local school host the tournament? Yes, if the Region 20 committee had a majority vote to change the location of the tournament. I understand the financial benefits to the communities when a regional event is held in the local area. No matter how you look at it, watching the students participate in extracurricular activities is always exciting and enjoyable during the long winter nights.

—Superintendent Ben Dalton

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by Maren Stewart, Fifth Grade

First grade: We had a lot of fun celebrating Valentines Day. We are now learning about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and some of the other symbols of America.

Second grade: We had lot of candy and fun. we watched three movies and used good manners.

Third grade: We had a great Valentines Day. We have really been working hard at our writing skills, learning to write argumentative pieces. The students wrote to their teacher trying to persuade or argue their way out of homework. Next, they are trying to argue or persuade their parents to buy them a certain pet.

Fourth grade: We learned about Good Manners and practiced them at our Valentines Day “Tea Party.” The students dressed up and the boys seated the girls. We had fun and the experience is one they’ll talk about for years. A big “Thank You” to Mrs. Andrea Brinkerhoff for teaching us the manner lessons and to Mrs. Laura Pollock for helping at the “Tea Party.”

Another highlight of our week was the Paleontologist Assembly with Dr. Titus of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. He brought dinosaur fossils from the Kaiparowits formation on “The Blues.” His presentation to the Elementary Student-body was awesome! We appreciate his help with the fourth grade science core on fossils.

Fifth grade: we really like the book we are reading and are earning lots of dog tags we also really had fun at our Valentines Day party.

SPOTLIGHT Wayne High School Seniors 2013

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Hey everyone! Hope you had a good week. It’s been a fairly normal week, with the exception of a few wrestlers making it to state! The team made an overall 10th place in state. For individual results, Adam Platt received 4th place in his weight class. Joshua Rose placed 2nd in his weight class. Congrats to both boys!

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Preparations for the annual Spring Festival are underway! Teachers are busily teaching their students dances galore, as well as how to work with a giant parachute, and of course weave maypoles; while music teacher Mrs. Lori Chappell teaches Broadway songs.

This year the theme will be A Night with the Stars. “Each grade will showcase a Broadway musical,” explained Mrs. Chappell, “We are learning lots of great music. It has been so much fun introducing the students to these classic musicals.

We are learning lots of great music.” So mark your calendars, the Spring Festival will be held Thursday April 11; students will perform two shows, a Matinee at 1:00 and an evening performance at 6:30. If there is anyone who would like to volunteer to help with decorations your service would be GREATLY appreciated, please contact either Mrs. Chappell or the school office.

Mrs. Shanda Brown is working hard teaching the fifth grade students their spring festival dance, the fifth graders will entertain the crowd with a dance to the song Greased Lightenin. Mr. Ellett would like to remind the community that the fifth grade still needs poodle skirts for the girls, “If you have any gathering dust in your closets please bring them out, dust them off, and let our dancers breathe new life into them.”

In science Mr. Ellett’s class will be making molds to cast fossils, and the students are currently having fun working on two short “Choose your own Adventure” style books.

One will be about a princess and the other a young cowboy, I will ask for some excerpts to be included in the Insider as the project reaches its final stages. Mr. Ellett’s class is currently working on the Farm Bureau essay contest. This year the theme is From Farm

to Plate, “I think this theme have to share one of my favorwill allow the students to be ites; by CJ: “Dear Mom, you are ‘too real creative.” said Mr. Ellett.

Fifth grade students continue hot’ you are ‘awesome’. ‘U-R to prepare for the state Direct my angel’. I will do anything Writing Assessment, and the ‘for you my love’. ‘Cupcake’, entire school is gearing up for you are my ‘shining star’. the end of year assessments. ‘Sweet Thing’ please ‘e-mail “With the new comDATES TO REMEMBER…! mon core this will • Mar 1- (F) Fourth Grade play be more challenging • Mar 14- (R) Minimum Day of than ever,” stated school Mr. Ellett, “Good • Mar 18- (M) End of 3rd term luck students; work hard, listen to your • Mar 27- (W) No School teachers, and do • Mar 28-Apr 1 (R,F,M) SPRING your very best.”

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“The fourth grade will teach ‘Dance with me’ and we will us much about Utah’s history ride off into the sunset on our in word and song,” said Mrs. unicorns. ‘Love me’ because I Chappell, “Ours songs are fun sure love you.”

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While wondering the halls book fair. It was a huge suclast Wednesday waiting for cess! Thank you to all the parmy parent/teacher conference; ents who bought and donated I noticed some fun and cre- books to our teachers, the doative letters hanging outside of nation box was brimming with fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Sta- your generosity! Thank you cie Ekker’s, room. I asked Mrs. to the teachers and all those Ekker about the letters and she who volunteered to set up, sell explained that for Valentines books, and clean up; and the Day the students were given a biggest thank you to Mrs. Elva handful of conversation hearts Jackson! Your knowledge and and then asked to write a “love service have been immeasurletter” to their mom, dad, or able; we will miss you and your both. The results were so hu- expertise next year. morous I couldn’t resist and I

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There is a Reason

By Cynthia Kimball for Adversity: Find It!

I met a woman yesterday.

I’ll call her Sarah*. She’s very inspirational. Her spirit was literally about to jump out of her body she was this on fire.

She’d been hit by a drunk driver when she was 19; she actually died, but was brought back to life.

Eight years of rehabilitation later, she is living the life of her dreams just recently having met a wonderful man, taking care of her mother, finding virtues in everyone she meets, and praising God for her accident and for sparing her life. As a matter of fact she said, “My mother gets whatever she wants. I spoil her.

I love her. I love her!” She also told everyone at our table, “I love you, I love you!” after she met each one of us. And although this might sound sappy, I believe, you, too, would instantly feel her sincerity and genuineness, and even love her in return like I and the others at our table did.

Actually, Sarah’s story’s even more interesting. She found God through her attorneys who helped her with her accident. One woman at our table said, “Now that certainly is a way for you to come to God! Couldn’t He have thought of an easier way to come to Him other than being hit by a drunk driver and being

introduced by way of attorneys?!” Sarah just smiled wide as though she gets this sort of question a lot. Yet, her smile told us, God’s ways are not our ways. He knows what’s best.

He’s the painter. The designer.

The sculptor. The artist. The orchestrator. The conductor.

He knows what we need. He knows just what ingredients we need to bake the cake or cakes He wants us to bake. He knows preciously how to mold and shape us to do His work.

After all, he can’t use us if He hasn’t refined us. And each of us needs different refining.

Sarah was essentially telling us that she needed to be hit by a drunk driver for her to come to God and to bring others to Him as well.

What adversity have you gone through or are going through that can inspire you to help others? Ask yourself, “What does God want me to

do with this?” And, inside of cursing Him actually get on your knees and express gratitude for whatever you’re facing since He knows what’s best, even for you. Also ask Him also to help you acquire the faith to accept your adversity and to find good in it.

Look for the lessons. They are there.

Matthew 7:7 reads, “ 7 ¶aAsk, and it shall be bgiven you; cseek, and ye shall find; dknock, and it shall be opened unto you:” (LDS.org, 2013).

Sarah asked and found.

Won’t you, too? *Name change Cynthia Kimball is a speaker and trainer through her company Every1Counts, LLC, and a doctoral student in Workforce Education Leadership. She sometimes writes for Deseret Connect. E-mail: kimball@every1counts.net

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Pumice Paste

As a dentist, I recently tried out a new chocolate-flavored pumice paste on my patients. No one liked it except for a six-year-old boy. While I polished his teeth, he continued to smile and lick his lips.

“You must really like this new flavor,” I said.

“Yep,” he replied, nodding with satisfaction. “It tastes just like the time I dropped my candy bar in the sandbox.”

New Teacher

A young lady graduated from college and started teaching at an area school. One day she went with a friend to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

A man seated next to her asks, “Are you a teacher?”

Surprised but happy, she replied, “Why, yes, I certainly am!”

She enjoyed a warm feeling throughout the meal ... she looked like a teacher, and this made her feel great.

As she was leaving the restaurant, she asked the man, “How did you know I was a teacher?”

“You have chalk dust on your rear”, he replied.

A newly hired nurse listened while the doctor was yelling, “Typhoid! Tetanus!

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She asked another nurse, “Why is he going on like that?”

The experienced nurse replied, “Oh, he just likes to call the shots around here.”

visions related to these medical treatment documents. Although a living will or power of attorney validly executed in one state should be valid in another, the doctors or health care facilities will probably be most familiar with the documents used in their state Another issue related to relocating to another state that should be addressed in order to maximize potential tax benefits pertains to community property. There are ten community property states (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Idaho, Texas, Washington, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Alaska – with Alaska recently adopting a form of community property ownership). Many married couples have relocated to Southern Utah from community property states. If a married couple has moved from a community property state or is planning to move to a community property state, they should have their estate plan reviewed.

For married couples, maintaining or establishing the characterization of prop-

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erty as community property can be beneficial. If property is community property, when one spouse dies the surviving spouse can sell appreciated assets (at or shortly after the time of the spouse’s death) without having to pay capital gains tax.

This is not the case for property owned jointly by a husband and wife that is not community property. For property owned by a husband and wife that is not community property, a surviving spouse will have to pay a capital gains tax on onehalf the appreciation of assets sold at or shortly after the time of the first spouse’s death.

Depending on how long the asset has been owned and the amount of appreciation and potential capital gains tax, the tax savings of maintaining or establishing the characterization of property as community property can be significant.

The preceding issues are just a few of the estate planning items that should be considered when relocating from one state to another.

Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney licensed in three states and serving clients in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.

He is a partner at the law firm of Barney, McKenna, Olmstead and Pack, with offices in St. George and Mesquite.

He is a founding member of the Southern Utah Estate Planning Council. If you have questions or topics that you would like addressed in these articles please email him at jmckenna@barney-mckenna. com or call 628-1711.

My husband works in a former supermarket that has been remodeled to accommodate professional offices.

One day he overheard his receptionist giving directions over the phone. “Remember the old grocery store?” she asked the caller. “Well, you’ll find us in the meat department.”

Charter Bus

As a school bus driver one Saturday morning I was driving a high school choir to a concert. I parked the bus at the school and soon students started boarding. Nobody said hello or asked if it was the charter bus or anything. The choir director boarded, counted the students, and said it was OK to leave, also not asking if it was the correct bus. About two miles down the road I spoke up in a loud voice saying, “ When we get to the work site the deputies will issue each of you an orange vest, gloves, and two plastic trash bags. When you fill a bag leave it beside the road. When you need more bags raise your hand and the deputies will give you more.” I then looked in the mirror to see the most shocked kids I’ve ever seen. I explained what happened to the director; and we both, or perhaps I should say all, had a good laugh. Bet those kids never assumed they where on the correct bus again.

Got a Gripe?

A mayor of a small town passed out pens imprinted with the message, “Got a gripe? Call the mayor.”

One morning the phone rang and his secretary answered it.

“Who was that?” the mayor asked.

“A citizen with a gripe,” came the reply. “He said that the pen you gave him doesn’t work.”

by Jeffery J. McKenna

Relocating to a new state often creates issues affecting estate planning. Many people wonder if they need a new will or trust when they move from one state to another. Although a will or trust validly executed in one state should be valid in a different state, it is a good idea to have the estate planning documents reviewed. By addressing issues related to the relocation, an individual can avoid certain problems and maximize possible benefits.

One problem that can be avoided relates to references to another state’s laws. Often, estate planning documents reference a particular state’s law as the governing law. Many times specific state statutes are referenced. If someone dies in a “new” state, the references in the estate planning documents to the “old” state’s laws can be problematic. By executing an amendment to the trust or codicil to the will that changes the state law references to the “new” state’s law, one can avoid possible problems.

Another concern that should be addressed pertains to special health care documents. In a complete estate plan, one should have legal documents pertaining to medical treatment decisions. These documents usually consist of what is commonly referred to as a “living will” (more formally titled “Directive to Physicians”) and a durable power of attorney for medical matters. These documents are very useful if an individual becomes incapacitated and unable to make his or her own decisions. The documents allow one to specify what medical treatment he or she desires.

Additionally, the living will directs the treating doctor or health care facility to allow the termination of life support if the individual is determined to be in a vegetative state without possibility of recovery.

Significantly, these documents are created by state law.

Many states have special pro-

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Garfield County Bookmobile Schedule Tuesday Every 2 Weeks Mar. 5, 19; Apr. 2, 16, 30; May 14, 28 Bryce Valley Elementary 10:30am - 2:45pm Bryce Valley High School 2:45pm - 3:45pm Cannonville Park 4:00pm - 4:45pm Henrieville Chapel 5:00pm - 6:00pm Bryce Canyon Residential Area 6:30pm - 7:30 pm Wednesday Every 2 weeks Mar. 6, 20; Apr. 3, 17; May 1, 15, 29 Panguitch Elementary 8:30am - 11:30am Head Start Pre-school 11:30am - 12:00pm Duck Creek 2:00pm - 4:00pm Hatch Chapel 4:30pm - 5:30pm Thursday Every 2 Weeks Mar 7, 21; Apr. 4, 18; May 2, 16, 30 Escalante Elementary 8:30am - 9:30am Escalante High School 9:30am - 10:30am Boulder Elementary 12:00pm - 2:00pm Escalante Elementary 3:00pm - 3:45pm Escalante Phone Office 4:00pm - 6:00pm

AG MARKET NEWS Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday, February 12, 2012 Receipts: 836; Last Week: 1,320. Last Year: 723. Feeder Steers: mixed but mostly 2.003.00 lower on similar offerings. Feeder Heifers: mixed but mostly 2.00-3.00 lower.

Holstein Steers: to few for comparison. Slaughter Cows: 2.00-3.00 higher on similar kinds. Slaughter Bulls: 2.003.00 higher on similar kinds.

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs pkg 166.00; 350-400 lbs 162.00-171.00; 400-450 lbs 159.50-175.25; 450-500 lbs 158.50-169.00; 500-550 lbs 146.50-160.00; 550-600 lbs 133.00-149.25; 600-650 lbs 130.50-143.00; 650-700 lbs 120.50-133.50; 700-750 lbs124.00-134.50; 750-800 lbs 128.00-135.00; 800-850 lbs 126.00-129.00; 850-900 lbs 124.25-131.25; 900-950 lbs 113.50-116.50; 950-1000 lbs 114.00-121.00.

Holstein Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200300 lbs 77.00-99.00; 300-500 lbs 71.00-87.00; 500-700 lbs 71.00-87.00; 700-900 lbs 82.00-86.25; 900-1000 lbs scarce.

Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs 130.50-139.00; 300-350 lbs 138.50-143.00; 350-400 lbs 134.50-139.00; 400-450 lbs 136.25-144.00; 450-500 lbs 139.00-146.00; 500-550 lbs 129.50-144.00; 550-600 lbs 126.00-132.00; 600-650 lbs 125.00-132.25; 650-700 lbs 119.00-132.75; 700-750 lbs 113.50-120.00; 750-800 lbs 113.00-124.00; 800-850 lbs 103.00-119.00; 850-900 lbs 107.00-116.00; 900-950 lbs 104.50-115.00; 950-1000 lbs scarce; Heiferettes: 58.0097.50.

Stock Cows: scarce.

Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-85% Lean: 60.50-75.25, ind 76.75; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 67.25-76.75; Commercial: indv 83.00-85.00; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 57.00-66.00.

Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 83.00-87.75, high dressing 93.00; 15002325 lbs 90.25-98.50,high dressing 100.00-101.50; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 68.0078.00; 1500-2375 lbs scarce; Feeder Bulls: 795-1090 lbs 87.00-102.50.

Source: USDA-Utah Dept. Of Agriculture Market News , Salt Lake City, UT (435-230-0402.)

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OBITUARIES David Donald Seals

ENOCH - David Don Seals, age 41, of Enoch, passed away at his home on Saturday, February 16th, after a 17 month battle with cancer. Dave was born in San Bernardino, California on December 30, 1971 to Howard and Toni Reese Seals. Dave married Samantha Silva in 1999 and they have 2 sons, Tommy & Jimmy.

Dave graduated from Panguitch High School and attended Dixie State College where he majored in Construction Engineering. Dave spent his adult life in the construction industry in southern Utah and was the owner of Samco Building. His dedication to quality and innovation has won him several awards in the Festival of Homes Pageant and he was president of the Iron County Builders Association. Dave loved the outdoors and hiking, hunting, and fishing, in addition to spending time with his wife and boys.

Dave is survived by his wife Samantha and sons Tommy, 7, and Jimmy 5, mother Terri Seals of Panguitch and his siblings, Howard (Stefanie) Seals, Roy Seals, Amy (Tyler) Phillips, Amber Seals, and Kelly (Scott) Peterson. He was preceded in death by his parents and his daughter Brooke Owens.

Services will be held on Monday, February 25, 2013, at 10:00 at the Heritage Theater at 105 N 100 E in Cedar City. Interment will be at the Cedar City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary following the service. At Dave’s request, a celebration of life will be held at the Heritage Festival Hall immediately following the services and all are invited to attend. Services are being provided by Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be sent to www.sumortuary.com

Willie Flores

TROPIC - William Gary “Willie” Flores Jr., 32, of Tropic passed away February 16, 2013 in Garfield County. He was born January 9, 1981 in San Diego, California to William Gary Flores, Sr. And Yolanda Luisa Diaz.

He married Kori Lee Sudweeks, March 21, 2003, in Tropic.

Willie was an avid bull rider and outdoorsman. He loved to hunt shed antlers and spend time in the mountains. He worked as a fire fighter for the US Forest Service. Willie was a kind hearted and open minded person who would give the shirt off his back to anyone in need. He loved spending time with his immediate family and friends and loved them very much. He was loved by all the kids in Tropic.

Survived by wife, Kori, Tropic; children: Alycia, Ambrey, Ashtyn; mother, Yolanda (Scott) Gleave, Antimony; father, Opy Flores, CA; siblings: Matthew Lamas, Tropic; Krystyna (Kris) Taft, West Point, NY; grandmother: Norma Brodie, El Cajon, CA; mother-in-law: Allison Sudweeks; Tropic; grandparents-inlaw: Lynden & Giovinna Sudweeks, Tropic and 2 nieces and 2 nephews. Willie is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Louisa Rameriz & Edurado Diaz and his paternal grandfather, Albert Flores.

Funeral services will be held Friday, February 22, 2013 at1:00 p.m. in the Tropic Ward Chapel where friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Tropic Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com LeEllen McCartney, Colonel, USAF (Retired)

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by Marlene Haws ~ 826-4859 • marleneh@color-country.net Well, the Girls State Basketball Tournament is over for another year. We are so proud of our girls and the way they performed. For those of you who were not following, they won their first game on Wednesday with Monument Valley by 20 points. 66-46.

On Thursday they played Layton Christian and lost by two points. 42-40. On Friday they played Manila and lost by 9 points. 50-41. All in all, when you think about it, they really did well! Layton Christian went on to play Piute. Piute went on to play for a second place in the state tournament and Piute only beat Escalante by one point in the region tournament. So they really did well with a team of only 8 players!

Congratulations to them, their coach, Ryan Cottam, and assistant Stephanie Steed.

Joy Carter, Stan and Marlene Stowe went to Kanab on the weekend to spend some time with Ann and Frank Alleman. They attended a Valentine party while they were there and, according to the pictures on Facebook, it was pretty fancy. It looked like

they were having a good time.

It was Soup and Pie Night for the LDS Second Ward last Friday evening. For those of us who were not in attendance we, apparently, missed a good time. Rob Goulding was the entertainer with a little help from his wife, Sally. They say they can sing every bit as good as they used to so we should have been there, along with the 51 people who were.

Nicole Beebe has been in the hospital in Cedar City having surgery on her parathyroid.

She had problems with it and had surgery a couple of years ago but it came back. This time she was in the operating room 5 ½ hours. She spent 4 days in the hospital and after she got out had to go back again because of too much calcium in her system. As I understand it, they did a kind of implant in her arm this time and if she has problems again they will only have to go into the arm to treat it. Nicole is a daughter of Wade and Lorie Beebe. We wish her a speedy recovery and hope all will be well this time.

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Eve Marsh was scheduled for knee surgery on Wednesday of this week. We also wish her a speedy recovery.

Ardith Davis, Panguitch, was in town on the weekend visiting with her sister, Thais Griffin. Thais was supposed to have cataract surgery so maybe Ardy came to stay a day or two with her after she had that done.

Marilee Miller, her son Jaden and Emily Singletary were in Shreveport, Louisiana last week. They visited with Justin Miller who is stationed there in the Air Force.

While they were there Emily got a proposal of marriage, from Justin, and a shiny new engagement ring. Congratulations to them!

Reggie and Shondelle Gillins and 4 boys, Enoch, visited with Brent and Patrice Cottam on the weekend. They were wishing they were here when they were experiencing the earthquakes a couple of weeks ago in Enoch! That was pretty scary for little kids.

Nathan and Elisa Lyman, Kanab, were also at the Cottam’s with their little boy and girl and visited with Nathan’s parents, Richard and Debbie Lyman.

Congratulations to Crockett Dumas on bringing home another trophy with his prizewinning Arabian mare, OT Sara. Crockett is never going to give up on riding his horses.

Knee surgery and different injuries hasn’t stopped him and

he will be like the story…how did it go?...he will never die he will just fade away! More power to you, Crockett!

Pat and Bobbi Coughlin have been back to St. George to see their heart doctors. Pat’s doctor kept him a little longer than they had planned on, but they had a good visit with their son, Darren, and family while they were there. They got back home just in time to celebrate Bobbi’s birthday on the 16th.

Oh No! I forgot! She said she was not having a birthday this year. But hope you had a happy day anyway, Bobbi!

Glenn Wilson has had back surgery. It may take little time but hopefully he is feeling better now.

Arnold Alvey accompanied Deon to Kanab so she could attend a 5 county meeting last week.

Deanne Coleman took her folks, Frank and Kathryn, to St. George so Kathryn could get something done for her back.

Don and Lillian Coleman took a trip to Cedar City.

The ambulance took Allen Porter to the hospital after some hay he was loading fell on him. He is walking around on crutches and has a brace of some kind on his leg. He stayed in Panguitch overnight with his sister, Joyce, before coming back home.

Harriett Priska has been in Pasadena, Ca. with her mom, Winnie Washburn, this week. Winnie, 95, fell and broke her arm and dislocated her shoulder. We will be thinking of her.

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by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com We send our love and support out to Giovanna Sudweeks who is in the Garfield Hospital and is doing better.

We wish her a speedy recovery and hope all goes well.

We are happy to hear that Helma Haas is home and recovering nicely. You always do better at home even though we have a wonderful hospital in our county. We wish her the best and hope she is soon all better.

Eva Dean Francisco is suffering from a couple of broken rib bones and is working to overcome that disaster.

Eva Dean hope you are soon as good as new.

Got the word the Jacquelyn Talbot is engaged to Evan.

They will be getting married the 27th of April. Congratulations to them and have a great marriage. Jacque is the daughter of Gerald and Shauna Talbot of Tropic and the granddaughter of Lowell and Kathy Mecham and the late Margaret Mecham also of Tropic.

Lonnie Pollock was released as the Cub Den Master and Bob Harman was called to fill that position. Thanks Lonnie for a job well done and welcome to Bob to the Cub Scouts.

The Tropic Relief Society is looking to collect 100 dresses by their March 4th Birthday

party. If you have a dress you would like to contribute to the cause that is new or as good as new they would appreciate your help.

What a fun time the Relief Society Book Club of Tropic was! Thanks goes to Ruth Baugh who led the discussion on “One Hundred Dresses” accompanied by paper dresses and cookie dresses. The Book Club meets the 2nd Wed. monthly at 7:00 P.M. Come on out and join with them and have a great time.

The Senior Citizen bus has been busy this week. They spent a day in St. George and a day in Manti and Richfield with a bus full of Senior Citizens. Thry enjoyed a Temple trip, lunch together, shopping and visiting. Both trips were wonderful and a great time was had by all. Going on Friday was Karin Barker, Vicki Syrett, Glenna Fletcher, Charlie Francisco, Jeff Carter, Doug and Vicki Ahlstrom. On Saturday Doug and Vicki Ahlstrom, Catherine Littlefield, Joe Hughes, Kathy Shakespeare, Jerry and Carol Pollock, and Karin Barker. Just a reminder to all seniors that the bus is for your use and you can go on doctor appointments, shopping, dentist, Temple trips, etc. Just remember that the bus has a minimun number

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There is a $10 suggested donation to help with the cost of fuel and running the bus but don’t stay home if you can’t afford that. They will also deliver meals if you let them know by 10:00 A.M. on the day of the meal, Tues, Wed, or Thurs. at 679-8666 or they can pick you up and take you to the center in Henrieville if you need a ride. Join us and have a great time visiting and getting things done at the same time.

On Saturday the 23rd the Senior bus will travel once again to Richfield and Manti if you would like to go please call Vicki Ahlstrom at 679-8921.

Kay Shakespear went to Washington State to baby sit her grand kids while sons Matthew and Bryant were moving their beehives to California to an Almond orchard. The hives stay there for six weeks and help with the pollination of the trees. Then they return the hives back home. During the cold season the hives are moved to a warmer climate and they do it at night while the bees are dormant so they stay with the hives. (Hope I got that right) Who ever knew that so much work went into keeping bee hives.

Arthur and I have traveled a bit this month. We went to Provo to see our grandson, Joshua Jensen, swim in the state meet and to be with him when he opened his mission call. How exciting that was.

His sister Joanna had opened her call a few weeks earlier and she is going to Tokyo Ja-

pan. Well guess where Joshua is going...to Japan also only about 800 miles further south on another Japanese Island to Fukuoka Japan. They are so excited to be going to the same country so they can talk with each other when they get home. Amazing. Then on Saturday we went to St. George to watch grandson Makay Jensen play basketball. They won one game and lost the second but they did well. Joanna and Joshua are the children of David and Debbie Jensen and Makay is the son of Mike and Stacie Jensen. We are so proud of them all.

A reminder to the scouts that the Merit badge Pow Wow’s are being held in Cannonville on March 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th at 5:00 P.M. This is a great opportunity for you to work on some merit badges towards your Eagle award.

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Mother Nature in all her infinite wisdom and misaligned mischievousness keeps toying with the February weather in Torrey and surrounding Wayne County areas. No matter what they choose to wear for their daily forecast or how much up to date or sophisticated atmospheric monitoring equipment they own the TV meteorologists never seem get it as right as Barbra Ekker has in Hanksville. “There are just some things in this here world that just can’t be predicted and Wayne County weather is just one of them”.

The weather in Torrey / Wayne County always has played a big role in how people interpret and interact with the wintry world around them. Thank goodness for High School Sports and big thanks to Lauren Jackson and Lisa Stevens and their dedicated weekly efforts we get a taste and view of what we have missed during the week when we aren’t in the stands at game.

There is something about February, particularly the days preceding and right after Valentines Day when love is lingering thick in the crisp morning air that things start to look a little different in Wayne County. For some seasonal uncanny reason folks and even the animals are bit friskier and surely there has to be something about the myth of Cupid that makes Valentines Day something very special?

Cupid is the most famous of Valentine day symbols and everybody knows about that little wicked winged boy armed with a golden bow and a pouch full of poisoned love-tipped arrows that pierce the hearts of unsuspecting individuals. He is as mischievous as a Loa elementary school fifth grader and silently strikes when least expected. The poison and sting from his arrows causes the unsuspecting recipients to spend in excess of twenty dollars on out of season flowers and imported chocolates from far away places like Kansas. The larger arrows Cupid sometimes intentionally sends forth can result in financial damages in the thousands.

The love arrows signify desires and emotions of love, and that little culprit Cupid carefully aims those arrows at vulnerable individuals, usually those severely suffering from cabin fever or a two year mission abroad causing them to fall deeply in love with the first Sister or returning missionary they come in contact with that results in a house full of kids and a lifetime of eternal happiness.

Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess

Pictured: Dee Hatch and Barbra Ekker in Hanksville of love and beauty. To the Ro- tyutah.org/ Complete listing County man’s he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus. In Wayne Commissioner’s addresses and County cupid is known as your Wayne County services Utah State Government neighbor, sister in law, cousin, a mortal enemy, or a Sunday and representatives http://utah.gov/governschool teacher. It seems all to appropriate that a semi-cute ment/ Senator Ralph Okerlund little love symbol and mosquiHome 435-527-3370 to like creature such as cupid Work 435-527-3370 is winters pleasant reminder Cell 435-979-7077 that spring is within our reach.

Fax 435-527-3370 Bring on the Easter the Bunny! rokerlund@le.utah.gov The Utah State legislature h t t p : / / w w w. u t a h is in their 2013 session and they meet yearly for an impor- senate.org/aspx/senmember. tant reason. If you do not who aspx?dist=24 Representative Mike Noel your Utah State representatives Cell Phone: 801-647-8853 are, “shame on you”. In most mnoel@kanab.net cases a majority of the voters http://le.utah.gov/house2/ in your area actively voted for these individuals to represent detail.jsp?i=NOELME Find your representative their / your concerns, interests http://le.utah.gov/GIS/ and needs at the state and federal level. They are personally findDistrict.jsp# As an internal and culresponsible for enacting legislation that personally affects tural shock as it might be to you and your communities, and some, life never will be a bowl they are personally accountable of cherries or anything like to you for the votes they make. the box of chocolates that was You as a voting individual have pre-prepared at Willy Wonka’s a loud voice that you should chocolate factory like Forest make heard all the way to the Gump suggested. Nor do we Utah Capitol and our represen- have to settle for the only available and delectable eye candy tatives are that voice.

When local, regional, state as presented in the local, state and federal representatives do or federal candy box. Life not consciously reflect the in- and community development terests and concerns of the ma- is more like the ever growing, jority of local the voting pub- universal and imaginable varilic “We have a real problem”. ety of shrimp dishes that ForWith a local and regional effort est Gump’s military buddy had miscommunication and misun- a vision of creating, a purely derstanding can be avoided and innocent minded and un-ego immediately reconciled. All approach that equally satisit takes is attending ongoing fies a community’s needs for County and Town meetings; future growth. A personal loa personal letter or phone call cal insight that incorporates to your local, state and federal all the visionaries that quietly representative really does make live among us and a sometimes a difference and your voice is salty and at times a sweet dish that is best served with a generheard. ous dash of civility, human unLocal contact information derstanding, gingerly sautéed includes; with proper community wide Torrey Town Mayor input, involvement, and loCell (435) 691 0173 cally in-depth knowledgeable adus@torreyutah.go education and preparation. Join Torrey Town web site the effort and make your vote torreyutah.gov Wayne County official count.

In the February 13th 2013 web page http://www.waynecoun- Torrey Town Council meet-

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ing Torrey Town made plans to put in effect a plan to clean up and restore the old Torrey Town cemetery on the old Dump Road. The Torrey Town council has also put the Torrey Town maintenance department on notice to begin preparations to grind down tree stumps on Main Street so as to plant new trees on Arbor Day to further the continuing grant funding requirements of Tree USA. A community wide announcement for help in planting new trees is being sent out to all Torrey Town community minded volunteers. Contact Janet Hansen or the Torrey Town Office @ 425 3600 on how “You” can be part the continuing Torrey Town tree planting effort and be an example for future Torrey Town generations to maintain Torrey’s Main Street trees.

Cemetery Chairperson Jen Howe has proposed new Lilac Trees to adorn the back side of the Torrey Cemetery with the blessing of the Torrey Town Tree committee.

A new, improved and motivated Planning and Zoning committee has been approved by the Torrey Town Council and is presently in place thanks to the dedicated efforts of Torrey Town Council Woman Ty Markham. The new P&Z committee has been charged with developing a new Torrey Town General Plan that will include individual lot height and property density requirements and has been assigned to review new building permits and newly applied for water connections and sub-division requests.

For more information on attaining information regarding Torrey Town building and water system connection requirements contact the Torrey Town offices @(435) 425 3600 or torreyutah.gov. The Torrey Town Council regularly meets on the second Thursday of every month (unless duly posted) at 6 p.m. Torrey Town Office hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

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by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com I hope you had a great Valentine’s Day, Pat and I did.

Valentine’s Day is one of the top money maker holidays, but nothing like Christmas or Halloween. $448 Million is spent on candy the week before, 150 million cards and gifts are sent and 56 million pounds of chocolate are purchased. 8 billion Sweetheart candies are produced annually, that enough to stretch around the world a couple of times.

Pat and I went out to dinner at a Mexican restraint in Cedar and got there at 5 and by the time we left, families were waiting in line to get in.

Rand Pagent our neighbor is off to his third tour and third country in the Far East. Rand has spent a year in Iraq, many months in Pakistan and now a year will be spent in Afghanistan. Rand is a former police officer and trains and works with the armies of the country that he is in, with police work.

Joe Adams (the son of Glen and Laura Adams) a former National Guardsman, is

now a contract worker in Afghanistan and has been there for some time and is planning on being there for around three years.

Joshua Payne (son of Graig and Claudia Payne) who is in the National Guard will be deployed next week to Afghanistan. Josh joined the Guard and became a helicopter pilot and was with the Black Ops. This is Josh’s third tour, with time in Iraq and Afghanistan. When he came back from Iraq, they made his unit into a Media Vac unit and Josh got the opportunity to train with fixed wing planes.

His unit are recon specialists and search out the enemy from the air.

The President in his State of the Union speech says that he will bring home 39,000 of our brave soldiers by this time next year and the rest by the following year. This has been the longest war in our history and at a great expense both in money and our young men lives. It can’t be too soon for me.

Tomorrow is the President’s Holiday and the 1st and 2nd Wards had really big turnouts at Sacrament services. It is great to see so many families coming home to visit. It was good to see Kendall and Marilyn Brinkerhoff at Church; I was hoping they were going to sing in the Choir, they have been long time members, well maybe next time. Many of their family was there, the Brinkerhoff’s have 10 kids and a whole bunch of grandkids and could fill up a chapel by themselves.

The weather people says that we should have some more storms at the end of the week, can’t ever get too much moisture. Can’t ever say enough about how good our road crews are plowing the roads.

It is so comforting when you plow though the snow in a school bus on highway 12 and you get to the top of the hill, knowing that the road down is going to be cleared. No matter which way you go leaving our area, it’s easy to see how good

these guys are,. Thank you, you make our roads a whole lot safer.

February is about gone and then it’s March Madness, with a couple of important dates at the end of the month.

The City Birthday Party will be held on the 15th and they will be honoring all of the past and present Mayors. This Party is always a lot of fun and good eats, a must event to attend.

Easter is early this year and will fall on the 31st.

The Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Thursday again this year and the time is set for 1 o’clock. On Thursday the school kids only go to school half day and the hunt will follow. Many families leave town on Easter Weekend and the Thursday date allows them to get an early start. The Ski Resorts hate early Easters it really cuts into their business; it seems that when Easter comes around it signals it’s time to get out the surfboards and hit the beach.

Mack O.

HATCH – Elder Austin Ryan Josie has been called to serve as a Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in the California Anaheim Mission. He will speak in the Hatch Ward on February 24, 2013 at 10:50AM and enter the MTC on February 27, 2013.

Austin is the son of Ryan and Lucinda Josie and the grandson of Bennett and Alfhild Josie and LaVal and Carla Sawyer.

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DOCUMENT NO. 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Owner: Panguitch City 725 South 200 East Panguitch, UT 84759 Separate sealed BIDS for the Panguitch City – Handicap and Park Improvements Project, which includes approximately 750 square yards of concrete flatwork, 450 lineal feet of H-curbing, fencing, metal roofing, and related work will be received

by Panguitch City at the office of Jones and DeMille Engineering, Inc. 1535 South 100 West, Richfield UT 84701, until 10:00 a.m., March 12, 2013, and then at said office chambers publicly opened and read aloud.

The BIDDING DOCUMENTS may be examined at Jones & DeMille Engineering and the following locations: 1. Mountainlands Area Plan Room, 583 W 3560 S, Ste 4, Salt Lake City, UT 84115 2. AGC-McGraw Hill, 1680 E 230 N, Ste B-1, St. George, UT 84790 Copies of the BIDDING DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of Jones & DeMille Engineering, 1535 South 100 West, Richfield, UT 84701 Phone # 435-896-8266, upon payment of $40.00 for each set or an electronic copy for $20.00, no part of which will be refunded. Electronic copies will be made available for download at www.jonesanddemille.com.

February 14, 2013, Leland Howlett, Mayor Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 21& 28 and MARCH 7, 2013 REQUEST FOR BIDS Garfield Memorial Hospital, located at 224 North 400 East in Panguitch, Utah, is requesting bids for upgrading/remodeling the Acute Care Nurse Station. This project will require demolition, construction, electrical, plumbing, medical gas, nurse call, security system and other changes. Details of scope of work will be provided during an on-site visit.

Contractors must be sensitive to the special needs of patients and staff members during the Remodel. Contractors must also follow infection control guidelines as directed by hospital infection control officer. Hospital remodel experience is preferred.

For additional information contact Jon Torgerson at 435616-3001. Sealed bids will be due on or before March 8, 2013.

Garfield Memorial Hospital/Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 21& 28, 2013

PUBLIC NOTICE Garfield Memorial Hospital will be destroying medical records with service dates before April 2003. If you would like access to your medical records prior to destruction, you must contact the facility at #435676-1278 (Connie Sawyer) prior to April 1,2013. After that time, the medical records will no longer be available.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 14, 21, 28 & MARCH 7, 2013 PUBLIC NOTICE Garfield and Kane County Local Work Group Meeting at Garkane Energy Building, 468 N. Highway 89 in Hatch, Monday, February 25, 2013 at 6:00 pm Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 14 & 21, 2013

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Utah Farm Bureau Lists ‘Issues to Watch For in 2013’ List includes priority areas for 2013 Utah legislative session as well as national priorities SANDY– The Utah Farm Bureau has released its list of ‘Issues to Watch For in 2013’ upon returning from the national agricultural convention for the American Farm Bureau Federation and at the start of the 2013 Utah general legislative session.

Though not exhaustive in scope, the list is based off the Farm Bureaus policy book, adopted at its recent convention in November. The policy book will guide the general farm and ranch organizations public policy actions throughout the upcoming year – including the legislative session.

“It is important to note the policies advocated and defended by the Utah Farm Bureau come from the grassroots level, from actual farmers and ranchers on the ground and in the trenches – not simply from the ideas of one leader or board,” said Leland Hogan, a cattle rancher from Tooele and President of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. “These policies are in response to issues felt on the farm of the smallest town in Utah and through debate and deliberation, have the opportunity to make it to the American Farm Bureau and debated in the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.” Regulatory Burdens Ensuring that Utah’s farmers and ranchers do not face undue or over-burdensome regulations on the state and national level is an issue to watch in 2013. Current or proposed regulations that could impact the sustainability of farmers and ranchers is of great concern because it threatens the ability to make the long-term planning decisions necessary in agriculture.

In Utah, regulations of greatest concern involve air quality, the management of water rights and water quality. The legislature simply cannot allow air quality concerns of the Wasatch Front to be applied statewide, including many rural areas where air quality is not a concern. Another air quality issue involving state and federal agencies involves farm dust.

Certainty of Water Rights There will be several bills dealing with water and the ability to move water from agriculture to Municipal & Industrial (M&I) uses. Utah Farm Bureau holds firm that every transaction should take place between a willing buyer and willing seller. However, there are legislative threats that would give M&I uses priorities over decades of establish western water law. The ‘first in time, first in right’ philosophy has provided certainty in agriculture and other segments of our economy.

An Available, Legal and Reliable Labor Supply The availability of labor will continue to be an area of great concern for Utah’s farmers and ranchers. Utah and U.S. agriculture relies on the ability to get products to market quickly. For this to happen, an adequate supply of reliable and available labor is necessary. Utah Farm Bureau recognizes the federal government’s authority in immigration matters, but feels it has neglected this important issue for too long. Farmers and ranchers are suffering under the current, ineffective policies that cause crops to sit in fields and leave livestock ranchers understaffed. However, we are hopeful state and national discussions will continue and we encourage a national policy ensuring a reliable, legal supply of workers in agriculture.

National Concerns Fiscal Concerns and the 2012 Farm Bill Permanent capital gains tax provisions that retain lower rates was a positive point of the recent fiscal cliff deal, as was the inclusion of enhanced expensing provisions for businesses. The measure restored the $5 million exemption level for the estate tax, which was in danger of falling to just $1 million. However, on the minus side, the top estate tax rate increased from 35 percent to 40 percent.

The 2012 Farm Bill remains one of the greatest concerns of farmers and ranchers.

Those in agriculture know it is inevitable that changes take

place with the legislation, but as changes are made, lawmakers need to make sure agriculture in Utah and in the U.S. is protected by a flexible and sensible safety net from devastating natural and economic catastrophes that could otherwise threaten the stability of U.S. and global food supply.

“Extension of the 2008 farm bill, however, is little more than a stop-gap measure. We are glad a measure is in place for most of this year; however, but we are disappointed Congress was unable or unwilling to pass a comprehensive five-year farm bill proposal along with the fiscal cliff package,” Hogan said.

“Now, it will be up to the new 113th Congress to put a new farm bill in place, and we will continue to insist on the kind of reforms that were included in the proposals approved by the Senate and the House Agriculture Committee during the 112th Congress.”

Over-Regulation While legislative proposals often receive publicity and much public attention, new regulatory requirements often represent the greatest challenge facing farmers and ranchers. Today, farmers and ranchers face some of the most daunting federal requirements ever, nearly all of them resulting from regulations interpreting or re-interpreting laws that have long been on the books.

To put the issue in a broader context, one estimate has pegged annual federal regulatory costs to the U.S. economy at close to $2 trillion.

“While agriculture is a bright spot in the economy, the overall jobs picture is daunting. One reason is the incredible regulatory burden facing farms and ranches,” said Bob Stallman, a rice and cattle farmer from Texas and President of the American Farm Bureau Federation. “According to information released by the Small Business Administration, one of every three dollars earned by Americans goes to pay for or comply with federal laws and regulations.

Much of this burden falls on the backs of small businesses

February 21, 2013

For Your Health Should You Use St. Johns Wort for Depression?

St. John’s wort is an herbal supplement most commonly taken to help treat mild depression. It is an OTC product, meaning it is available without a prescription. Since it is not FDA approved, special care should be taken with its use.

Should You Use St. John’s Wort for Depression?

Dietary supplements are sold in thousands of locations throughout the United States, including grocery stores, pharmacies, and health food stores. Because these OTC products are not FDA approved, their safety and effectiveness are unknown. By law, supplement labels must include the following disclaimer: “This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.” For this reason, purchasers are gambling with their health whenever they ingest herbal supplements such as St. John’s wort to treat symptoms of depression.

Treatment of Depression Depression is a difficult medical condition to treat. First of all, it should not be selfdiagnosed. Depression should only be diagnosed by a physician, according to criteria that trained health care professionals can fully utilize. Second, if treatment is necessary, patients are best advised not to treat themselves with herbs of unknown efficacy. Prescribed medications are known to be effective. Antidepressants do have risks to their use (side effects may include nausea, insomnia, weight gain, and decreased sex drive), but the role of the physician is to balance these risks against the benefit of proven effectiveness in treating depression.

Risks of St. John’s Wort Because full scientific scrutiny has not been conducted on St. John’s wort, it is risky to use. The first risk is one that could occur if the herbal supplement actually worked as advertised. Physicians are aware that depressed patients are often physically unable to take the steps they might otherwise take to deal with their life circumstances. If the depression is treated successfully, patients emerging from the cloud of depression may actually find the energy to cope with their lives by committing suicide. Physicians can warn patients and their caregivers to watch carefully for signs of impending suicide. If patients purchase St. John’s wort in a health food store, for example, there is no one who can professionally advise them about this potential.

Other risks arise from the fact that St. John’s wort contains potentially dangerous chemicals. The herb can cause skin sensitivity and damage when one is exposed to sunlight while using it, which is known as photosensitivity.

Drug interactions are also a major concern. St. John’s wort can potentially interact with hundreds of prescription drugs, including antibiotics, other antidepressants, immunosuppressive agents such as cyclosporine, HIV medications, oral contraceptives, and warfarin.

Conclusion Whether dietary supplements like St. John’s wort can do any good for you is an open question, as their ability to help any medical condition is not established. There may be risks to their use, but marketers are not required to put any such warnings on product labels.

This is not a healthy situation for America’s consumers. If you plan to take St. John’s wort, at the very least read about the product thoroughly beforehand so you can be fully aware of its risks and benefits. It is also a good idea to discuss any OTC supplements you might be taking with your health care provider.

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like family-owned farms and ranches.”

With regulatory costs and impacts escalating each year, it is critical that the regulations implementing federal law reflect congressional intent, be transparent, be based on sound science and also impose the least cost necessary to accomplish the legislative purpose.

Too often, federal regulations are perceived to be biased, either in the science or economics they use or in the process employed to implement the regulations. The governing federal law, the Administrative

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(34 S. 100 E.)

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Procedure Act (APA), has not been significantly amended since its enactment in 1946 – long before agencies such as the EPA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and others were even in existence. Scientific knowledge and economic data have both advanced in the decades since the APA was enacted. It is now time to update the law to ensure that the regulatory process is fair to all those affected. Farm Bureau supports legislation that would update and modernize the federal regulatory process.

May 7, 21

As Utah Farm Bureau begins this new calendar year with the state legislative session and then follows-up with the many planting, nurturing and harvesting decisions of the growing season, its public policy process will lead the way in helping government and community leaders understand the needs of a successful agriculture industry.

For further detail on priority issues, please contact the Utah Farm Bureau Federation at 801-233-3003.

—Utah Farm Bureau Federation

The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

February 21, 2013

Utah Makes it Easier for Small Businesses to Gain Capital SALT LAKE CITY Utah’s finance industry is growing again. Capital Access Network, Inc. (CAN), along with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), announced today that CAN is opening a new office in Utah for itself and its subsidiary company, NewLogic Business Loans, Inc., bringing 108 new jobs to the state over the next five to seven years.

The company will be located in Salt Lake City, with the exact location yet to be determined. CAN has entered into an agreement with the state for seven years and will invest approximately $1.9MM in capital investment.

“We are delighted that Capital Access Network will be expanding their business and locating in Salt Lake City. As the financial center for the Intermountain West, downtown Salt Lake City is a great fit for a growing, tech savvy company, that provides access to capital for our small business community,” Salt Lake City mayor, Ralph Becker said.

Over the lifetime of the state incentive, the company will pay over $38 million in new state wages and benefits to 108 incented jobs. These wages will be at least 125 percent of Salt Lake County’s average annual wage including benefits.

CAN has provided small businesses with access to nearly $3B in capital and New Logic grew by over 100% in 2012.

New Logic provides small businesses with access to an alternative business loan that integrates speed, high approval rates and flexibility. Skilled and highly-trained employees consult with business owners to facilitate the provision of financial products and services that help businesses achieve their goals.

“Capital Access Network will be a great addition to the small business resources the state already provides,” GOED executive director Spencer Eccles said. “We look forward to working with this company as a partner in assisting the small business community in our state.”

Throughout the incentive’s lifetime, CAN will pay an estimated $8 million in new state taxes.

The GOED Board of Directors has approved a $2,028,359 Economic Development Tax Increment Financing (EDTIF) post-performance refundable tax credit, or 25 percent of Capital Access Network’s new state revenues over the incentive’s seven year lifetime.

—Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development

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HELP WANTED NOTICE Garfield County is accepting applications for a parttime Cook and Home Delivery Driver for the Senior Citizen’s Center in Escalante.

Applications are available at the Escalante Senior Center, 82 North 100 West, Escalante or the Garfield County Clerk’s Office 55 South Main, Panguitch and will be accepted until 2 p.m., Thursday, March 7, 2013.

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

POSITION OPENING The Beaver Conservation District has an opening for the position of a Soil and Water Conservation Technician / Planner.

This position will be based out of the Beaver Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office. A college degree is preferred, although not required if the applicant has had several years of appropriate experience. On the job training is provided. This is a full time entry-level position with a salary in the $28,000.00 to $32,000.00 dollar range: depending on experience and capabilities. The position also includes health insurance and retirement benefits.

Please submit a resume’ and an introductory letter, (writing skills are important), about yourself by close of business, February 22, 2013.

Send resume to: Utah Association of Conservation Districts, 250 E. Center #3/P.O. Box 806, Panguitch, UT 84759, Attn: Tyce B. Palmer 2/21

SCHOOL LUNCH SUPERVISOR Wayne School District is accepting applications for a District School Lunch Supervisor. This position will be for 10-12 hours per week, 9-10 months per year, without benefits. This position is to supervise district school lunches including menu planning, purchasing food, free and reduced applications, and reporting. Applications will be accepted until March 4, 2013 at 5:00 P.M. Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer providing programs and services to all persons on non-discriminatory basis. Wayne School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Please send applications to: Wayne School District PO Box 127, Bicknell, UT 84715 2/28

POSITIONS AVAILABLE The Broken Spur Inn & Steakhouse in Torrey is now accepting applications for the following positions: housekeeping, cooks, waitress/waiter, hostess, and dishwasher. Please stop by the Broken Spur Inn to pick up an application. Deadline for accepting applications will be March 9th. Please feel free to call 435-425-3775 with any questions.

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Velvet Ridge Business Center Main Street, Torrey

Reserve your business space NOW for the 2013 season!

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2013 Special Ad Rates Geared for Your Small Business We’re offering biz-card and half-biz-card ad rates to work within your budget.

Business Card Ads (3.6 in. wide x 2 in. high) 52 weeks: $480 26 weeks: $260 16 weeks: $180 8 weeks: $100 Half-Business Card Ads (1.7 in. wide x 2 in. high) 52 weeks: $360 26 weeks $190 16 weeks: $120 8 weeks $64 We’ll be glad to work with you on an advertising plan to meet your needs.

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AA MEETING Monday nights at 7:00PM Hatch Town Hall

Seasonal Positions The Lodge at Bryce Canyon is currently hiring for all seasonal positions for 2013!

Join our team of professionals for another successful season!

To see available positions and apply, please see our profile on Coolworks.com http://www. coolworks.com/the-lodge-atbryce-canyon-llc/profile. For additional information please contact Human Resources at 435-834-8720.

HOME FOR RENT IN LOA Nice home for rent in Loa located at 244 S. 100 W. All kitchen appliances are included, 3 BR, Bathroom, Laundry Room, Lg. Family Room. For more info, please contact Stan Chappell at Garkane Energy (435) 836-2795.

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SCHOOL LUNCH SUPERVISOR Wayne School District is accepting applications for a District School Lunch Supervisor.

This position will be for 10-12 hours per week, 9-10 months per year, without benefits. This position is to supervise district school lunches including menu planning, purchasing food, free and reduced applications, and reporting. Applications will be accepted until March 4, 2013 at 5:00 P.M. Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer providing programs and services to all persons on nondiscriminatory basis. Wayne School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Please send applications to: Wayne School District PO Box 127 Bicknell, UT 84715

FOR SALE

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POSITION AVAILABLE Edwards Trucking is looking for an OTR flatbed driver. Valid CDL, 3 yrs driving experience and clean MVR required.

Call Derik at (435) 691-1169.

APTS FOR RENT IN LOA 1, 2 and 3BR, 1BA apartments. Call for pricing. Security deposit required. Contact Mel, (435) 491-0899

2/28

MATTRESS KING - Twins from $79.95, Queens from $139.95, Kings from $349.95.

In Richfield. Can deliver.

(435) 201-4368. Sofas, Sectionals, Recliners available. *Call me* rtn

REAL ESTATE HOUSE FOR SALE INTorrey - Sleeping Rainbow Estates 40-50 Native Trees, 3 BR 2 Bath, Incredible Views, 2000 Sq ft. with 2000 sq ft. detached garage.

2 Acres. Call Lowell at 4253824 or cell (435) 896-7092 rtn

ESCALANTE PROPERTY - 575 S. Center St. 1/2 to 3 acres for sale, price negotiable.

Out of greenbelt, all 7 years back taxes paid, making perfect building lots. Water neg.

Flat ground w/mature trees on west boundary. Seller motivated. 435-826-4982 or 435-6909455 or 535-690-9456 rtn

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LIQUIDATION SALE March 5th-6th, 10 am to 6 pm SBSU is liquidating some Hardware Store inventory and shelving.

The sale will take place just west of Cottam’s 66 gas station, in Escalante.

Utah Senate Democrats Post Their 2013 Priority Bills SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Senate Democrats are working on dozens of bills during the 2013 Legislative Session. Senators have narrowed their proposals to a list of two priority bills.

Below is the list of the top legislation: senate bill name and number; bill description; bill link; and bill status.

Senator Gene Davis | (cell) 801-647-8924 | gdavis@le.utah.gov • Game Fowl Fighting Amendments, SB 52: Makes it a felony for those who breed, train, or fight game fowl and a misdemeanor for spectators of the fights.

Bill is in the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee.

• Notification for Application of Pesticide: Requires a pesticide application business to place visual notification markers along or within residential property at the time of pesticide application under certain circumstances or receive a penalty.

Bill is being drafted.

Senator Karen Mayne | (cell) 801-232-6648 | kmayne@le.utah.gov • Workers’ Compensation Coordination of Benefits Amendments, SB 44: Provides added protections for misclassified workers by closing certain loopholes in Utah Code and supports companies that practice good business standards.

Bill is waiting for a vote in the Senate.

• Workers’ Compensation Coordination of Benefits Amendments, SB 59: Changes the way in which an injured worker receives compensation from his medical insurance provider, helping make the process quicker.

Bill is waiting to be assigned to a committee.

Senator Patricia Jones | (cell) 801-647-8482 | pjones@le.utah.gov • Financial and Economic Literacy Education Amendments, SB43S01: Requires the State Board of Education to establish a task force to study and make recommendations on how to improve financial and economic literacy education in the public school system.

Bill is waiting for a vote in the Senate.

• Prescription Label Amendments: Encourages medication prescribers, such as pharmacies, to indicate on prescription drugs the reason for its consumption, so first responders to emergencies know why a person is taking a certain medication.

Bill is being drafted.

Senator Luz Robles | (cell) 801-550-6434 | lrobles@le.utah.gov • Safety Belt Amendments, SB114: Allows police officers to enforce a safety belt restraint as a primary offense on a highway with posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour and more.

Bill is waiting for a vote in the Senate.

• Youth Suicide Prevention Revision, SB184: Requires a school to have a parent sign a statement acknowledging that the parent was notified of the suicide threat or bullying of the parent’s student.

Bill is being drafted.

Senator Jim Dabakis | (cell) 801-656-8269 | jdabakis@le.utah.gov • Public Officers and Employees’ Ethics Act Amendments: Regulates individual donations to campaigns.

Bill is being drafted.

• Protection of the Greater Canyonlands, SJR10: Calls on Congress and the president to protect Greater Canyonlands.

Bill was sent by the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee to be studied during the interim.

—Utah Senate Democrats

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Practical Money Matters

Should You Hire a Tax Preparer?

by Jason Alderman

The U.S. tax code grows more complicated every year and currently spans thousands of pages – even government experts can’t agree exactly how long it is. So it’s not surprising that millions of Americans hire professional tax preparers to complete their returns.

Relinquishing the onerous task of calculating your taxes to a professional may save you time and give peace of mind – they know more about tax law than you do, right? But remember: You’re still legally responsible for all information on the return. So if the preparer makes a mistake or intentionally defrauds the government, you’ll be on the hook for any additional taxes, interest and penalties – even possible prosecution.

The IRS notes that although most tax return preparers are professional, honest and serve their clients well, taxpayers should use the same standards for choosing a preparer as they would for a doctor or lawyer, and be on the lookout for incompetence and criminal activity.

There are several basic types of tax preparers: certified public accountants, IRSdesignated enrolled agents, tax attorneys, storefront agents (think H&R Block) and selfemployed preparers.

The first three types must meet their own licensing agency’s continuing education and

licensing requirements and are bound by ethical standards; they’re also the only professionals authorized to represent you before the IRS on all tax matters, including audits, collection and appeals. Others may only represent you for audits of returns they actually prepared. Always ask whether they belong to any professional organizations with continuing-education requirements.

Here are tips for choosing the right tax return preparer: • Request an initial free consultation at which you can share last year’s return and discuss how your situation has changed.

• Ask how their fees are determined – some charge by the number of forms (schedules) filed, others by the hour. You might pay anywhere from $100 to many thousands of dollars, depending on the complexity of your situation, where you live, the agent’s credentials, etc.

• One good way to get a sense of fees is to ask what they would have charged to complete your last year’s return.

• Be wary of tax preparers who claim they can obtain larger refunds than other preparers. No one can estimate your refund without first reviewing your financial information.

• Avoid preparers who base their fee on a percentage of the refund.

• Consider whether the individual or firm will be around to answer questions about the return months or years after it’s been filed.

• Check their credentials and find out if any complaints have been filed with the Better Business Bureau.

• Reputable preparers will ask to see receipts and will ask multiple questions to determine whether expenses qualify for deduction.

• Ask whether your return’s preparation will be outsourced, which means your personal information could be transmitted electronically to another firm, possibly outside the U.S. • Ask about their experience with IRS audits and what their fees would be to represent you in an audit.

• Ask their policy for reimbursing you for fines, penalties and interest if it turns out your owe back taxes on a return they prepared – many have insurance for that purpose.

And finally, don’t muddy the waters by linking your taxreturn fee to buying another product the preparer may be trying to sell, such as a refundanticipation loan or check, retirement savings account or insurance policy.

Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney.

Utah Office of Property Rights Ombudsman Launches New, Improved Website SALT LAKE CITY -Francine A. Giani, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Commerce, announced that the Office of Property Rights Ombudsman (OPRO) has launched a new website aimed at helping the public access information.

“Customer service is our top priority at the Department of Commerce and the updated Ombudsman’s website now connects citizens with more user friendly information on property issues than ever before,” stated Francine A. Giani.

The revised website, www.propertyrights.utah.gov now offers: • a searchable database of the OPRO’s Advisory Opinions by topic or keyword.

• a “Find the Law” section where property rights laws can be searched by topic.

• a layout designed to be accessible by phone or mobile device, so information can be viewed from any location.

“Advisory opinions once lived in filing cabinets unless formally requested by the public,” noted Lead Attorney Brent Bateman, “Now the public can search these records at the click of a mouse or other device to learn about property issues around the State.”

The Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman (OPRO) was created by the Utah Legislature to protect the property rights of citizens when state and local government condemns or regulates private land. Its mission is to educate the public and government agencies about private property rights and land use laws, advocate for fairness and compliance with state and local laws and ordinances, while assisting citizens and government agencies to resolve property disputes fairly in accordance with existing law.

—Utah.gov

February 21, 2013

Fishing Report: DWR Southerh Region BAKER RESERVOIR: (February 14) The reservoir is ice free and anglers are seeing slow to fair fishing from boats and float tubes. Remember, there is no boat ramp, so launching anything larger than a small aluminum boat is difficult. Rainbow trout were stocked in the fall. Because of cooler water temperature, fall and winter usually provide the best fishing of the year. You can also catch brown trout during the winter.

BARKER RESERVOIRS (NORTH CREEK LAKES): (February 14) All lakes except Barker and Lower Barker Reservoir are closed to fishing until April 2013. Because of snow, access to the lakes is limited.

BEAVER MOUNTAIN LAKES: (February 14) All lakes are ice capped, but access is limited because of snow.

BEAVER RIVER, LOWER: (February 14) Much of the river is iced over, making fishing difficult.

BEAVER RIVER, UPPER: (February 14) Anchor ice is making winter fishing difficult.

BOULDER MOUNTAIN: (February 14) Most lakes on Boulder Mountain are closed to fishing until April 2013. Check the Utah Fishing Guidebook to find out which lakes remain open during the winter. Access to the lakes is limited because of snow. Fishing is reported as good at Oak Creek Reservoir; fish up to 2.5 pounds have been caught lately. Fishing is slow at Blind Lake.

CLEAR CREEK: (February 14) Bonneville cutthroat trout have been stocked in Clear Creek. These are very small fish, however, and will not reach catchable size until summer 2013.

CORN CREEK: (February 14) Because of snow and ice, access to Corn Creek is difficult.

DUCK CREEK POND / ASPEN MIRROR LAKE: (February 14) Duck Creek Pond, Duck Creek and Aspen Mirror Lake will be closed to fishing from January 1 to April 20, 2013.

EAST FORK SEVIER RIVER IN KINGSTON CANYON: (February 14) Surface ice often makes fishing difficult, especially in the calm, slow-moving reaches. Focus your fishing efforts on reaches with a little gradient and rifflepool sequences. Slow-moving runs have less oxygen in the winter and fewer fish. Call the Circle Valley Anglers fly shop at 435-267-1063 for upto-date conditions and fishing reports.

EAST FORK SEVIER RIVER, BLACK CANYON: (February 14) Spring inflow keeps Black Canyon mostly ice free in the winter. Call the Circle Valley Anglers fly shop at 435-267-1063 for upto-date conditions and fishing reports.

EAST FORK SEVIER RIVER, UPPER: (February 14) Because of poor access, there aren’t many anglers out fishing.

ENTERPRISE RESERVOIR, UPPER: (February 14) The upper reservoir has good ice, but the edges get a little soft on warm days. Fishing should be fair to good. The lower reservoir has some open water near the dam.

FISH LAKE: (February 14) The ice is nearly 18 inches thick with a little snow on top. There are a lot of anglers fishing the lake on weekends.

The normal ice fishing patterns continue to be effective.

Fishing is fast for perch and small trout just outside the weeds in 12–25 feet of water.

Larger rainbows and splake are being caught at 20- to 40-foot depths on the bottom or suspended over deep water. Use small jigs and ice flies tipped with mealworms, wax worms, nightcrawlers or cut bait (chub, sucker, shiner or perch). For lake trout, use large jigs tipped with cut bait on the bottom in 60 to 100 feet.

A fish finder can be a big help in locating lake trout. Fishing for pups has been fair to good, and even a few large fish have recently been caught. Call the Fish Lake Lodge at 435-6381000 or the Quiet Fly Fisher fly shop at 435-616-2319 for up-to-date conditions and fishing reports.

FORSYTH RESERVOIR: (February 14) The reservoir was drained in 2012, and the remaining water was chemically treated to remove illegally introduced yellow perch. The reservoir is now filling, but tiger and splake trout will not be available for stocking until later in the year.

FREMONT RIVER: (February 14) The road between Johnson and Mill Meadow reservoirs is not plowed during the winter. The Quiet Fly Fisher fly shop reports that some of the anchor ice has broken up and fishing is fair to good with hare’s ears and midge dries on warm days.

Call the shop at 435-616-2319 for up-to-date conditions and fishing reports.

GUNLOCK RESERVOIR: (February 14) The boat ramp will be closed until March. Visit the State Parks website for details.

GUNNISON BEND RESERVOIR: (February 14) There haven’t been any recent reports.

IRON COUNTY COMMUNITY FISHERIES: (February 14) Leigh Hill Reservoir (Lake at the Hills) is closed for the winter.

JOHNSON RESERVOIR: (February 14) Because of poor access in the wintertime, there aren’t many fishing opportunities at Johnson Reservoir.

KOLOB RESERVOIR: (February 14) Because of poor access, there’s little winter fishing pressure at Kolob. The reservoir is closed to bait fishing until May 2013. The trout limit is two, and all trout between 15 and 22 inches must be immediately released. See the Utah Fishing Guidebook for more information on special regulations.

KOOSHAREM RESERVOIR: (February 14) There haven’t been any recent reports.

LOWER BOWNS RESERVOIR: (February 14) Because of poor access, there’s not much winter fishing pressure at the reservoir. Ice fishing can be pretty good if you can get to the water. Call the Quiet Fly Fisher fly shop at 435-616-2319 for up-to-date conditions and fishing reports.

MAMMOTH CREEK: (February 14) There haven’t been any recent reports. Call the Circle Valley Anglers fly shop at 435-267-1063 for upto-date conditions and fishing reports.

MILL MEADOW RESERVOIR: (February 14) The reservoir was drained in December for dam repair work, and the remaining water was treated with rotenone to reduce the reservoir’s dense population of Utah suckers. Rainbow trout will be stocked this year.

Brown trout and perch will repopulate on their own from upstream sources.

MINERSVILLE RESERVOIR: (February 14) The mild temperatures have caused ice edges to soften. Although they have strengthened again, ice fishing isn’t likely to last much longer. Look for ice-off fishing to start anywhere from late February to mid March. Fishing has slowed down lately, but remains fair at times.

MONROE MOUNTAIN LAKES: (February 14) Because of poor access to the lake, there’s not much winter fishing pressure.

NAVAJO LAKE: (February 14) There’s plenty of ice on the lake, but access is difficult.

NEWCASTLE RESERVOIR: (February 14) There is some open water near the inlet. Look for the ice to start coming off by the end of February.

OTTER CREEK RESERVOIR & STATE PARK:

(February 14) The ice is over 12 inches thick, but the edges are soft on warm days. Fishing pressure has been pretty high on weekends. Fishing varies from fair to good. Try varying depth, location or bait until you find a pattern that produces fish. Look for the ice to start coming off in early March.

PANGUITCH LAKE: (February 14) The ice is nearly 18 inches thick. Fishing varies with technique and from day to day, but it’s generally fair to good. Anglers that move away from the crowds tend to find better success. Try changing depth, location, jigs and bait until you find a pattern that produces.

PARAGONAH RESERVOIR: (February 14) Because of poor access, there’s not much winter fishing pressure.

Fishing can be good if you can get to the reservoir.

PINE LAKE: (February 14) Because of poor access, there’s not much winter fishing pressure. Fishing can be good if you can get to the lake.

PIUTE RESERVOIR: (February 14) Because of the high density of Utah chubs and the water fluctuation, the trout population is struggling here. Fishing is slow.

QUAIL LAKE: (February 14) Visit the State Parks website for the current boat ramp schedule. Rainbow trout have been stocked and are providing slow to fair fishing.

Check the Sand Hollow report for winter bass fishing techniques.

SAND HOLLOW RESERVOIR: (February 14) Bass activity slows down during the winter, and anglers must adjust their fishing techniques.

The primary key to cold-water bass fishing is slowing down the presentation, even employing dead-sticking. Plastics like senkos, swimbaits, hula grubs, and drop-shots are all effective, with the right presentation. A drop-shot rig is one of the more popular cold weather techniques, due to its natural slow presentation. Concentrate on deeper water at 20 to 30 feet. Crankbaits and spinnerbaits can also be effective during the warmest part of the day. Quagga mussels are present in Sand Hollow, so plan extra time to have your boat cleaned before leaving.

SEVIER RIVER IN MARYSVALE CANYON: (February 14) Surface ice makes winter fishing fairly difficult. Call the Circle Valley Anglers fly shop at 435- 2671063 for up-to-date conditions and fishing reports.

THOUSAND LAKE MOUNTAIN: (February 14) Throughout the winter, Solomon Basin is usually accessible from Emery County. Call the Quiet Fly Fisher fly shop at 435-616-2319 for up-to-date conditions and fishing reports.

TROPIC RESERVOIR: (February 14) Because of poor access, there’s not much winter fishing pressure.

WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FISHERIES: (February 14) Rainbow trout are being stocked in all ponds every couple of weeks.

Fishing is fair to good with all popular techniques.

WIDE HOLLOW RESERVOIR: (February 14) The ice is starting to soften around the edges, so ice fishing probably won’t last much longer.

Look for the ice to start coming off by the end of February.

Fishing is reported as fair to slow, with the best action in the early morning and after dark. Light-colored jigs fished off the bottom in 10 to 12 feet of water are producing best.

Try tipping jigs with shrimp and still fishing.

YANKEE MEADOW RESERVOIR: (February 14) Because of poor access, there’s not much winter fishing pressure. Fishing can be good if you can get to the reservoir.

Please e-mail your fishing reports on Southern Region waters to MichaelHadley@ utah.gov.

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources