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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Issue # 1349

Celebrating Our History of Grains, Bread, and Baking

Bryce Canyon Music Camp and Art Program for Rural Youth Seeks Support Registration for June Event Begins Friday, March 6

Courtesy Stacy Okerlund

Threshing crew at the old Hyrum and Minnie Morrell farm in Fremont (probably 1920s).

WAYNE COUNTY Grain farming has played an important role in local history for thousands of years.

Threshing is the process of loosening the edible part of the grain from the chaff. It was a time-consuming process for the early pioneers to beat the grain using a flail.

Animal-powered threshers saved time. By the early part of the 20th century, thresh-

ing crews moved from town to town with a threshing machine. People worked together to harvest the grain.

According to Bill Albrecht, Leonard Albrecht worked with the threshing group in the photo. At the end of the day, they would say that anyone that could shoulder a full bag of grain with one hand could take it home. Leonard was one of the few men that

Jan Garbett to Run For Governor

SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah governor’s race now has a new Republican candidate that stands apart from the crowd.

Jan Garbett, a business-

may work for him on a federal level, but falling in behind him on every issue is just not the Utah way; we’re too independent for that. I want to see Utah issues determined

by Utahns who know who we are and what we stand for, not a voice from Washington, D.C.” The mother of eight, Garbett is passionate about traditional Utah values and issues that affect Utah families such as ensuring quality education and clean air for our children and grandchildren and seeing that they thrive here with access to jobs and other opportunities, especially in rural Utah.

Courtesy Jan Garbett for Governor Unlike several of Jan Garbett is running for Utah the candidates, Garbett Governor on the Republican ticket. does not believe everything begins and ends woman, philanthropist, com- along the Wasatch Front. munity activist and the co“People in the rural counfounder of Garbett Homes, has ties often feel unsupported,” announced that she is filing to she said. “I want to make sure run for the position being va- their voices are heard and that cated by Gary Herbert. the state makes it a priority to Garbett said she had been bring jobs and other opportunipondering how best to use her ties to those counties.” abilities to benefit the state of In the coming weeks, as Utah until she heard about the her campaign gears up, Garbett gubernatorial debate at the Jan. voice will grow on Facebook, 31 Silicon Slopes Tech Sum- Twitter, YouTube and other somit. She was struck by how ho- cial media platforms to share mogenous the candidates were her message with ordinary in support of President Donald Utahns. She will also provide Trump and okay with Trump- op-eds to local newspapers on style politics. issues of concern to their com“I realized that Utahns munities. needed a choice,” she said.

—Jan Garbett “Mr. Trump’s style of politics for Governor

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

THURS. MARCH 5 - WED. MARCH 11

Sunny until clouds and rain chances move in over the weekend and into next week. Highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s; lows in the 20s and low 30s. Rain chances are 10 - 20%. Winds variable from 9 to 17 mph.

could do it.

Theron Taylor remembers the “thrasher” at his Uncle Thayne’s. He states that “I got to drive the field truck while they hauled the bundles of grain. I couldn’t have been much more than 6 or 7. Playing in the new straw was lots of fun. The meals Aunt Patra and my grandmother made for the thresher crew were to die for. I swear it was better than

Produce Farming and Preparing for the Produce Safety Rule

WAYNE COUNTY There is a relatively new law that produce farmers need to be aware of that may potentially cause them to make changes to their farming practices. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), passed by congress in 2011, is the first major reform to food laws in over 70 years, and it is very far reaching. FSMA mandated that the FDA create a rule regarding farm food safety. The Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, or the “Produce Safety Rule”, was published by the FDA in 2015. Some parts of the rule will seem very familiar to anyone who has experience with Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) or other farm inspection programs, but for anyone else without that experience it will come across as very new.

This rule sets basic food safety standards for produce growers with the intent of preventing food borne illnesses.

The FDA has worked with multiple partners to create educational materials and programs that will help farmers understand and implement the rule. This includes the creation of official trainings and the On-Farm Readiness Review program. Now before anyone gets worried that the FDA will be inspecting their Produce

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BRYCE CANYON “Enough has been said to show that music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young,” says Aristotle.

Although much has been said about the benefits of music and art learning, many rural areas throughout the country do not have the means nor the funding for art programs in schools. Those who have learned and experienced the benefits of the arts have a sacred obligation to bring music and art opportunities to the areas with inadequate pro-

a county fair when it was our turn to cut grain.”

If you enjoyed the photos and memories, check out the Wayne County History Facebook page at https://www. facebook.com/waynecountyhistory/.

On Wednesday March 11 at 6PM, a free community dinner will celebrate our cultural heritage of grains, bread, and baking. The event will be held at the WCCC in Bicknell regardless of the weather. Don’t Grains

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grams— “The world is full of discords, and he who can introduce one more element of harmony is a benefactor of the race.” C.E. Sargent Understanding this simple “WHY” behind music and the arts is key to understanding the “WHY” behind Bryce Canyon Music Camp, directed by sisters Megan Cottam and Amanda Clarke—past residents of the Bryce Canyon area. “So often success is determined by academics, and then by income and the corporate-ladder Bryce Music Camp Cont'd on page 7

Courtesy Bryce Canyon Music Camp

The arts are important for bettering the soul, bettering humanity, and teaching empathy.

Campaign Launched to Save the Gem Theater

Courtesy Kenneth Cramer

Gem Theater staff members and their families. Theater manager Kenneth Cramer has launched a GoFundme campaign to help save the theater.

PANGUITCH - effort to save Panguitch’s Gem Theater is underway, spurred by theater manager Kenneth Cramer, who has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help raise funds to purchase the building.

Current theater owner Brian Brill is due to close the theater within a couple of months if an investor or group of investors is not found to purchase the business, according to Cramer.

“It’s been for sale for quite a while, now—at least a year,” said Cramer.

Cramer and his wife Audrey moved to Panguitch from Pocatello, Idaho, in the sum-

Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

mer of 2018, and he began working at the Gem shortly after that, and has been manager since January 2019.

Cramer says he was compelled to make an effort to purchase the building when no other buyers stepped forward.

“I have just enjoyed working there,” said Cramer, “And basically, when it came down to the wire that Brian was going to close the theater, I started thinking about trying to work out a way to do it.”

Cramer says he’s investigating a variety of resources from bank loans to Small Business Administration loans to obtain funding for the $350K purchase price

for the building and business, but that he hasn’t yet secured a loan. So he and Audrey launched the GofundMe page to raise support for saving the theater. “If I can raise 20 or 30 percent I might be able to get a regular down payment and get a regular bank loan,” said Cramer. But he says he is open to a variety of scenarios.

On the Save the Historic Panguitch Gem Theater GoFundMe page, the Cramers state, “Most of the past owners have done well with the business but were hampered by the fact that they did

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Letters to the Editor

Where Will They Stand?

When Trump loses the election and claims it was rigged by the Deep State, liberal Democrats, foreign powers and the Fake News Media then declares the election invalid and imposes martial law where will Mike Lee, John Curtis, Chris Stewart, Rob Bishop and Phil Lyman stand? I think we should know so we can prepare.

Tom Stechschulte, Hatch

Lady Moquis Offer Fine Examples of Personal, Community Wins

I heard earlier this basketball season that a critic proclaimed the Lady Moquis “don’t know how to lose.” But at a stellar loserate of 84% this season without giving up, that claim must be false!

With a student body one-third the size of Utah’s average 1A school, Escalante is Utah’s smallest school with a girls basketball team—a distinction shared only with Dugway. Both teams got crushed this year.

So why did we enjoy these games so much? Wasn’t it the wins we came to see? Had the playing been for wins, the Moquis would have cut their losses by disbanding early. But they didn’t do that.

See Moquis play. And why do they play? It apparently is not to win mere games. Nor is it their love for the sport, which among other sports, is not unique. Perhaps then we gather to see personal wins—that quick layup—the subtle perfect pass. And most of all, to see the growth of the young people we have come to love.

There is a second function of basketball—it draws the rallying cry of the community. It unites people in a way that only 1A towns would understand. Moreover, it strengthens our ties with other communities, and the players are our foremost ambassadors. That is invaluable.

Thank you Badgers, Bobcats, Mustangs and Moquis for the good game. We’ll be back next year, and as friends and family, we will cheer you on again.

AJ Martel, Escalante

Insider: Fake News, Erroneous and Clairivoyant?

Holy Cow Batman… in Veronica Egan’s Insider Wayne County Commission Meeting, February 20, 2020 report, (actually the Commission meeting took place on Tuesday, February 18th due to a Monday Holiday,) I find it rather curious and disconcerting that Egan makes mention of facts, that no-one knew or did not become public until (3) three days after the February 18th Wayne County Commission meeting.

Is Egan claiming to be some sort of mystic, or a backroom master of the Ouija Board that through her fingers magically provides powers to see into and tell the future, and then have the absolute audacity to put what she imagines into writing?

And…not only does Egan’s February 20th report present information that was not part of the February 18th 2020 Wayne County Commission meeting, Egan goes on to spew, out loud, the name of only one person (of (4) four,) that had also applied for the vacated Wayne County Commission position. (Is this some sort of covert subliminal political message and the kind of reporting we should come to expect in the upcoming November election?) Did Egan really believe this piece of “Fake News” would actually find its way over the head of anyone that regularly hangs out at the Wayne County water cooler or Beth Ann’s new Torrey coffee shop, I beg to differ.

If the truth were to be told it is this type of amateur and biased reporting that one might come expect to find in the grocery store check out line.

Adus F. Dorsey II ,Wayne County Pub. note: We extend our apology to readers for publishing the meeting date incorrectly in our most recent Wayne County Commission report. That was our error on the layout desk and not the fault of Veronica's reporting. She sent in her report with the correct date (we had a fingers-to-brain relationship problem that week). Veronica's report does not state that Mr. Brian was sworn in during the commission meeting, however, we apologize if readers interpreted the report that way. We'll aim for better clarification and detail in the future. Thanks, Adus, for your amusingly snarky and entertaining retort to our error.

—E.W.

Wayne County Sheriffs Office Makes Arrest for Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult HANKSVILLE - On Saturday, February 22, 2020, at approximately 1:30pm, Wayne County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at the Hanksville Inn, located at 280 E. 100 N. in Hanksville, Utah.

The search warrant was the product of a nine month investigation into allegations of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult led by Sergeant Brandon Burr of Wayne County Sheriff's Office. The investigation began when a concerned citizen came forward with information to corroborate the allegations.

Wayne County Sheriff and Deputies, along with Wayne County Search and Rescue members, and a BLM Ranger, located financial records with the alleged victims name. They also located approximately eight grams of methamphetamines, multiple items of drug paraphernalia, scales, several dangerous weapons, and a firearm.

Edward Alan Bahr, 60 years old, was arrested and booked into Sevier County Jail on charges of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, a second degree felony; possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (methamphetamines), a third degree felony; three firearm charges, all third degree felonies; possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamines), a Class A misdemeanor; twenty seven counts of possession of drug paraphernalia; all Class B misdemeanors. Bail was set at 200,000 dollars.

Wayne County Sheriff's Office would like to thank the citizen that came forward with this information, also Sergeant Gulley and K-9 Officer Doc, who was essential in locating the narcotics. We would also like to thank those Search and Rescue members and the BLM Ranger that responded to the call for assistance. Their assistance was extremely valuable in this instance.

For further information please contact the Wayne County Sheriff's Office at 435-836-1308.

—Wayne County Sheriff's Office Gem Theater

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not live in Panguitch. They had trouble running a theater while living hours away. We intend to live in Panguitch and will be able to give The Gem the attention it deserves.”

Brian Brill purchased the then-shuttered Gem Theater in May of 2017, and brought new energy to the theater including various amenities such as first run movies and The Reel Bites Cafe. Brill also is owner of The Bicknell Theater, and lives in Wayne County.

The historic building was built in 1909 as the Meyers and Henrie General Store, and was converted to a theater in Grains

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miss your chance to explore this amazing local history. If you’re planning to attend the community dinner, please call the USU Extension/4-H Office at 435-836-1312. There’s no charge, we just like to know you’re coming for planning purposes.

From making sourdough to sharing traditional recipes, the dinner will feature breads and spreads. Participants are invited to bring their favorite jams, jellies, honey, or other spreads along with bread, rolls, or other baked items to share and sample. Or, bring

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1921. Over the past century the theater has had numerous owners and experienced various catastrophes such as fires, and at times has been closed for many years at a time. But it has also served as an inspiration for entrepreneurs who appreciate the historic site, and love movies and the opportunity to offer mainstay entertainment in a small town.

The Save the Historic Panguitch Gem Theater GoFundMe page offers more history and background on efforts to save the theater.

“Any help or donations you can give to save this historic theater would be much appreciated,” state the Cramers.

—Insider your favorite family recipe to share.

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

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

—Annette Lamb

Spring Season Brings Changes at Capitol Reef

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CAPITOL REEF N.P. Spring is around the corner, and the season brings increased visitation, expanded visitor services, and a switch from first-come, first-serve camping to reservation camping at the Fruita Campground.

March 1 – October 31 campsites at the Fruita Campground are reserved through www.recreation.gov.

The historic Gifford House located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the visitor center on the Scenic Drive, will be open 8:00 am to 4:30 pm daily starting Saturday March 14, 2020.

The Gifford House, operated by the Capitol Reef Natural History Association, has pioneer history information on display and sells fresh baked pies (pies will be sold for $3.14 on Pi day, March 14), breads and pastries. Learn about this nonprofit park partner at www. capitolreefnha.org and enjoy a taste of Fruita's history!

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The historic Gifford House will open March 14 and visitors can get a fresh baked pie on opening day, which is also Pi Day. On Pi Day, pies will cost just $3.14.

The Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center is open 8:00 am to 4:30 pm daily. Enjoy the exhibits, park movie and the Capitol Reef Natural History Association bookstore.

Geology talks and special programs will be offered as staffing allows, check at the visitor center for times and locations.

The visitor center is also where backcountry and canyoneering permits are obtained. These permits are free but are required. For more information about canyoneering permits visit www.nps.gov/care/planyourvisit/canyoneering.htm Though the weather becomes warmer, occasional

snowfall can still occur. “While planning your trip, check the weather forecast, and call 435425-3791 for the latest road and weather information”, says park ranger Dean Butterworth.

—Capitol Reef National Park

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Entrada Institute, Inc. Launches Projects during National AmeriCorps Week in Wayne County

WAYNE COUNTY The Entrada Institute has been awarded an AmeriCorps service grant for 2020. Community projects have been identified across Wayne County for the ten volunteers to focus on in keeping with the Entrada Institute’s core mission as a local arts agency and catalyst for economic development.

The projects include roadway cleanup along Highway 24, trails maintenance at Capitol Reef National Park, fire prevention efforts with Wayne County Fire District, invasive species plant removal, community tree planting, an arts bench and baseball dugout building activity with Wayne High School, NEH youth workshop support, as well as landscaping, historic fence building and ticket booth construction at the new Entrada Cultural Center.

The Americorps Team will work from March 3 to April 9. Important elements of the AmeriCorps experience include service learning and community immersion. In that vein, Torrey Mayor Scott Chesnut greeted the group at their orientation. They will also learn about local history, tour work sites and coordinate work activates.

Courtesy The Entrada Institute

An AmeriCorps service team will be taking up residence in Wayne County from March 3 to April 9 to engage in a variety of service projects. The 2020 AmeriCorp service grant has been awarded to The Entrada Institute.

The group will kick off public works in earnest during National AmeriCorps Week, March 8-14, 2020, in Wayne County at the monthly Community Lunch, March 9.

“Activities celebrate Entrada’s 25th Anniversary and all things AmeriCorps – from the programs and organizations that make local and national service initiatives possible in communities across the coun-

try, like Loa, Fremont, Lyman, Bicknell, Teasdale, Torrey, Grover and Hanksville.

It’s all about getting things done in our local community and leveraging the enthusiasm that comes with civic engagement,” said Entrada Institute’s Board Chair Marci Milligan.”

Project leaders include Marci Milligan, Don Gomes and Bryan Doubek from the Entrada Institute Board.

Gomes noted, “Citizens are invited to take time to attend one of the many community projects and even volunteer alongside a neighbor or two with the AmeriCorps Team.”

Activities happening between March 8 and April 9 will be posted to Entrada’s web-site at www.entradainstitute.org.

—The Entrada Institute

pressed his opinion that NEPA had been “weaponized to stop our logging, our grazing, close roads, all kinds of things.”

Pollock concluded his report referring again to the state legislature that “It’s more and more evident they’re trying to run us down here. It’s becoming a serious issue.”

Scott Stubbs, of Predator Control Funds Match: The Commission approved a $2K match to Stubbs’ $2K contribution supporting helicopter shooting of coyotes. Stubbs said although he doesn’t live here, he runs

Garfield County Commission Meeting February 24, 2020

GARFIELD COUNTY The Garfield County Commissioners reviewed some of the legislative actions affecting Garfield County and conducted routine business at their Feb. 24 meeting in Panguitch.

Board Reports, Commissioner David Tebbs, noted high school basketball season and that both the Panguitch and Bryce Valley boys and the Escalante girls had advanced to state tournament.

He’d received call related to Tropic pursuing a wellness/ senior center and said he would continue communicating on that. He mentioned the signing of the Monument Management Plan since the last meeting and noted that Monument Advisory Committee applications were coming in.

Commissioner Jerry Taylor attended a Southwest Public Health board meeting that addressed the coronavirus outbreak and general concerns. He said Dr. David Blodgett, Director of Southwest Public Health, would like to report to the county at the next commission meeting on coronavirus status. Taylor also talked with Sheriff Danny Perkins, county EMS Director Tammy Barton, and the hospital “to see if things are in place should the virus turn up in Garfield County.”

He said he felt “confident that these agencies have people in

place who know what they’re doing.”

Speaking of EMS, Taylor reported the “EMS bill” at the legislature had been killed.

This was not greeted as good news by the commission, as it would have provided additional funding and recognized EMTs as “essential services” in the rural counties. Commissioner Pollock suggested regrouping next year and working on special legislation for the 5th and 6th class counties on EMS. “One size does not fit all,” he said, and that EMTs are not considered an essential service in the larger counties because they are generally privatized, and the bill reflected the fear there of potential price gouging or fraudulent activity, [neither a case in rural counties where EMTs are largely volunteer.]

Taylor met with the Congressional Staff Briefing Committee on the summer event.

He said they’re trying to bring 15-20 staffers from D.C. The committee will try to raise around $60-70K to host them.

Finally, Taylor reported on the Escalante Science Center: Scott Wyatt, President of Southern Utah University expressed excitement about the project and eagerness to team up with Garfield County, along with At Your Leisure media company.

Commissioner Leland Pollock expressed concern about legislative action that

has the effect of reducing local control. He said one of the bills that would have affected Garfield County in taking away the ability to do local zoning (the setback law) has died. He said zoning works both ways, but in this instance, it was a large ag enterprise (Smithfield, in Beaver) wanting relief from setbacks between their operations and other zones.

He reported that Senator Ralph Okerlund was again in the hospital. The timing of his hospitalization is bad because he was sponsoring the bill that would put water out in public lands for grazing and wildlife (Grazing Improvement Fund).

He’s also retiring at the end of the year.

Jail funding came in with a request in for $16M, more than ever requested, Pollock said. Twenty-two jobs in Garfield County rely on part of that funding, but it will likely be the last day of the session before anyone knows if those funds are approved.

Pollock will be attending the National Association of Counties Conference as Chair of the Policy and Land Management Subcommittee of the Public Lands Committee. He said it was important that he attends these types of national meetings, as it was this committee that was instrumental in the language developed for the NEPA revisions currently under consideration. He ex-

Produce

there is this useful information the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is subsidizing the cost for anyone who would like to attend these trainings, reducing the cost from between 200-500 dollars per participant to around 20 dollars or even less if there are local sponsors. These trainings are required for large farms, and strongly encouraged for anyone who sells produce. You will receive an official certificate that never expires from attending this training.

In Wayne county The Utah Department of Agricul-

ture and Food has partnered with Utah State Extension and the Local businesses to bring a training to Torrey. We will be having the all day training on Wednesday, March 18 from 8:00am to 5:00pm at the Broken Spur Inn and Steakhouse.

Breakfast snacks, and Lunch will be provided. If you are interested in attending this training please contact David Call by email at David.call@ usu.edu or phone at 435-9990327, or Dianna Poulton by email at poultondianna23@ gmail.com or phone 435-4253004.

—USU Extension

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backyard garden because they sell some of their produce at a farmers market, I will tell you right now, don’t worry. The FDA has a tiered approach, and they won’t be inspecting anyone who is selling less than 25,000 dollars of produce every year. So most farmers market sellers, you needn’t worry.

That being said, there is still a lot of useful information, safety tactics, and good agricultural practices that are taught in these Produce Safety Rule trainings. Because

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March 5, 2020

PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

Pat and I spent our anniversary up at the State Championships in Richfield, and it was a delightful week. Most of the games were heart stoppers, and the Cats brought their A+ games. Both teams were big time underdogs.

Boy, did they surprise a lot of people.

I will start with the Lady Cats, who drew a really tough schedule because they were ranked 10th. They started off with a game against Tabiona and had a pretty easy time of it, with a win of 53 to 38.

Kiesa Miller scored 18 and Kyan Orton and Mataya Barney each pitched in 11. Mataya played the whole tournament with a badly sprained ankle.

Their second game was a killer against the third ranked Whitehorse team. Whitehorse had won the night before by 30 points, and they looked good. But the Cats had their best game of the year, with almost everything they threw up going in. The lead went back and forth the

whole game, but the Cats prevailed with a real close victory, 54 to 52. Every girl has played at a very top level, and Kiesa Miller had 17, Kyan Orton 15 and Mataya Barney pumped in 13.

For the fourth time this year, they met up with the Milford Tigers, and the results were the same each time.

Where everything went in against Whitehorse, in this game, they just came up a little short. While the Cats played the Tigers close the whole game, they did come up on the short end, losing 50 to 40. Mataya Barney scored a game high of 21 points, and Kiesa Miller finished the night with 12. Milford did go on to win the title against Rich by a similar score. I believe it was Milford’s first title, and the whole town was there going crazy.

This set the Cats up for an unbelievable 3rd place finish against Water Canyon.

Water Canyon, who struggled all season long with a 7 and 14 record, knocked of Bryce Valley and Piute, both teams that had beat them twice when they played them. Water Canyon is a young team and will be tough in the years to come.

As the Cats had done the last two times that they had faced Water Canyon, they won very easy, with a score of 52 to 42.

Kiesa Miller, 23, and Mataya Barney finishing with 15.

The coaches for the Cats, Owens and Miller, really did a great job of turning around

a team that was struggling in the first of the year, to become one that took third place at the State Championships. The Seniors on this year’s team played their best, and they are very entertaining. Hallie Palmer and Camri Fisher were part of the starting five. Kiesa Miller finished the year with 356 points and 37 rebounds.

Mataya Barney pumped in 411 points and had 41 rebounds.

The Bob Cats were in the same boat, being ranked in 6th place. But, boy, did the A team really show up. They started off with the 4th meeting with Water Canyon and cruised to a rather easy victory, 67 to 42.

Kyler Bennett, 24, and Paxton Wolfey, 11.

The next one was against the 2nd ranked ICS. Boy, were they scary. I would have bet anything that I was looking at the state champions. They took out Rich rather easily.

Watching them warm up, they only shot 3-pointers, with their point guard Calib Koski ,who is 6’7”, sinking six and seven in a row. The coach put Riley Certonio guarding him, and he shut down all of his 3-point shots. Calib did score 26, but they were all from inside. He is going to make some college really happy. Like the girls, the Cats played their best game of the year. They even made 14 of 15 free throws.

This game was really exciting.

ICS had only lost one game all year. Kyler Bennett scored 19 and Ryker Hatch had 18. This was a total team effort, and

our defense really shut down this high scoring team.

Not to be outdone by the ICS team, the next one against Valley was more of the same excitement. This was the Cats' fourth time against the Buffalos, and the match up was to our benefit. Valley only had two losses during the season, and they were against us. It was more of the same. Kyler Bennett was again guarding their big man, Bradon Heaton, and just like before, Kyler kept him at bay and held him to 11 points. At the end of the game, the Cats had a three point lead. Just as time ran out, Heaton came up with a ball and slammed it home and was fouled. He had made four free throws in a row, but this one went around the hoop and fell to floor. The Cats survived with a 34 to 33 win.

During the Bryce Valley and Manila game, we went out for Chinese food and got back with only 18 seconds left on the clock. Manila was leading by four, and they had the ball.

The Mustangs intercepted the inbound pass and took it in for a lay up. Again, the Stangs got the ball and #4, Garcia, was fouled and made both free throws. BV owned the overtime and won the game.

Well, I was cheering for Manila because we had lost three times to the Mustangs.

The first half was a disaster, and Bryce went into the half with a lead of 17 to 9. Kyler was guarding Tryson Roberts.

He had two fouls on him and

Tryson had thirteen points, so Coach Barney put Riley Certenio on him. The Cats came out and made a couple of 3-pointers and kept eating away at the Mustangs lead.

They caught them at 24. The Cats had a six point lead, and Riley really did a good job on Roberts shutting him down. The Cats just missed a 3-pointer that would have iced the game but came up a little short. Bryce ended up tying us at 32, and the game went into overtime. Each team got a basket. When it looked like the game was going into another over time, Roberts, in his only score in the second half, put the ball in for the winning score at the buzzer.

Kyln Fullmer finished with thirteen points, and Kyler Bennett had ten. Oh my, what a week the Cats had. Every one of the players played their heart out, most of them playing the whole games.

Riley Certonio, the only senior on the team, had a great

defensive tournament. Riley finished his career with 328 points and 147 rebounds.

Ryker Hatch is the first three point shooter that we have ever had, that I know of. He finished the season with 301 points and 50 three pointers.

Klyn Fullmer is a freshman, and we have had a lot of really good players here. I don’t remember any of them starting as a freshman. Kyler Bennett and Paxton Wolfey are both Sophomores and are outstanding. All four of the starters will be back next year, and I can’t wait. As a young team this year, they just kept improving to a point that they were within a basket of winning it all.

What a great year this has been so far, with a State Championships in Volleyball and Wrestling and a 2nd and a 3rd in basketball. We have track, softball and golf up next.

March 5, 2020

Wills, Trusts, and More

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Estate Planning for Blended Families

by Jeffery J. McKenna Getting married and blending families is tough.

Doing proper estate planning for a “yours, mine and ours” family presents many special challenges. This article sets forth problems and provides solutions for what spouses can do when addressing concerns related to blended families.

In a "traditional" estate plan, each spouse provides for his or her assets to pass to the surviving spouse, with the understanding that the assets will go to the children at the surviving spouse's death.

This may work well when the spouses have only been married to each other, but it can spell disaster if your family is a blended family.

Most people want to take care of their spouse or life partner. This means that if you die first, you want your spouse to have access to all of your assets. But the majority of people also want their own children or other loved ones to inherit something.

Many people do not realize how easy it is to accidentally disinherit loved ones.

Children can be inadvertently disinherited by the use of joint tenancy deeds on real estate (or joint ownership of

bank accounts). Here is a common example: Husband ("H") and Wife ("W") have two children. H dies. W remarries Second Husband ("H2"). W wants to show her love and commitment to H2, so she retitles the house into her and H2's name as joint tenants with right of survivorship. She also changes the ownership of her bank accounts to be jointly owned with H2. Then she dies. The house and bank accounts suddenly belong to H2. W’s children likely get nothing.

Using a well prepared trust, allows you to have significant flexibility and control over the disposition of your assets when you die or become incapacitated. Good estate planning can allow your spouse or partner to be cared for until his or her death, with assets retained in a sub-trust for the benefit of your spouse, then upon your spouse’s death, having your trustee distribute your share of the assets to your own children or to other beneficiaries you have selected.

Estate planning for a blended family does require extra planning and more thought and effort. However, when accomplished the completed estate plan provides

Now with a Panguitch Office at 46 North Main Street to serve clients in and around Garfield County. Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney whose practice has been focused on Estate Planning for over 20 years. He is licensed and serves clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna and Olmstead. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, please feel free to contact him at 435 6281711 or jmckenna@barneymckenna.com or visit the firm’s website at WWW.BARNEY-MCKENNA.COM. He would enjoy hearing from you. peace of mind, knowing that you have provided for both your spouse or companion as well as the children you love.

t H e New Car

TerryAnn had to finally replace her aging van. She explained to her granddaughter who is six that she was going to limit the eating, drinking and definitely no smoking in the new car because she wanted to keep that "New Car Smell" as long as she could.

TerryAnn picked her up from school the other day and could tell she was not feeling all that well. As she was buckling up in her car seat she accidentally passed gas. Before TerryAnn could even correct her or get an "oops" or "sorry," she announced from the back seat, "Well, there goes the new car smell."

Later

A woman getting her hair cut asked the hairdresser when would be the best time to bring in her two-year-old son for his first haircut. The hairdresser replied: "When he's four."

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l A u G h i N g pOiNt!!

Smarter Than You Think

My husband and I often spell words so that our small children won't understand what we're saying. I didn't realize what a habit this had become until one day when my husband and I were in the grocery store at the soup aisle. An aggressive young woman banged into our cart, then nudged me over, blocking my access to the soup. Annoyed, I looked at my husband and said, "Boy is she r-u-d-e!"

"Yeah," he replied, "but I'll bet she can s-p-e-l-l."

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

Today's Thought

The older we get, the fewer things there are that seem worth waiting in line for.

Shower Thoughts

Don't tell any one "I hate you" directly, Say "You are the Monday of my life."

PUNishment

I have a few jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work.

This week's answers on page 9

THEME: MARCH MADNESS ACROSS 1. Cutlass or Delta 88, for short 5. Passports and driver's licenses 8. Bit of smoke 12. Narcotics agent, for short 13. Type of coffee maker 14. Sashay 15. Austin Powers' antagonist 16. Creole cuisine staple 17. Designer Calvin 18. *Last year's winning coach 20. Red-encased cheese 21. Prepared 22. Drunkard's sound?

23. Source of white meat 26. They are often grand 30. "Ever" to a poet 31. Mrs. Potts of "Beauty and the Beast" 34. Cough syrup balsam 35. Russians, e.g.

37. A shot could prevent it 38. Up and about 39. Lake ____caca, South America 40. Plant disease 42. *Member of University of Utah team 43. Autumnal zodiac sign 45. Rooster, e.g.

47. Rare find 48. Campus VIPs 50. Razor-____ 52. *Lowest seed 54. In good health 55. 2017 Oscar-winning animated film 56. "____ for thought" 59. Essential oil derived from iris 60. Nasal input 61. Pre-swan state?

62. *NCAA basketball team with most titles

63. *7 seed opponent in round 1 64. Prospector's mother DOWN 1. *Top seed 2. Abbreviation on a bathroom door 3. Precedes drab 4. Part of an eyeball 5. Vexed 6. Eastwood's _____ Harry 7. Quarrel 8. *Lowest seeded team to win championship 9. Part of ideal 10. Fit for a skinny one 11. Mightier than sword?

13. Give to St. Vinny's 14. Yarn store unit 19. Does like Matryoshka 22. *An airball doesn't do it to either rim or net 23. Outdoes 24. Thing of the past

e.g.

coin

25. One of the Muses 26. *Final ____ 27. India's sacred flower 28. *Like last eight 29. More sure 32. Like Bob Ross' hair 33. Layer 36. *Cavaliers' state 38. Make amends 40. Slow-witted 41. Demosthenes, e.g.

44. Waits for approval, 46. Being of service 48. D in LED 49. Former prisoner 50. Rigid necklace 51. Catapult 52. One from Glasgow 53. Canceled 54. Olden-day French

57. Goes with borrowed and blue 58. Indigo extract Solutions on page 9

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O bituAries Keela Mangum

TROPIC - "Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while leaving footprints on our hearts."

Keela Mae Bushnell Mangum passed away February 24, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Always an energetic and full of life lady, she fought valiantly to stay here with her family and loved ones until the very end.

Keela was born October 21, 1948 in Fillmore, Utah to Howard Elmo and Iris Smith Bushnell. She grew up in her beloved Henrieville, Utah and graduated from Bryce Valley High School in 1966. After graduating from Continental Beauty College, she married a Tropic boy, Paul "Pete" Mangum, in the St. George Temple October 7, 1967. They had 52 wonderful years together including serving together in the Cedar City Temple.

Paul and Keela worked hard to make a living and provide for their family. For the past 47 years, Canyon Trail Rides and the Red Rock Ride were the result of their hard work and keen business minds. Keela was always the back bone of the businesses and loved entertaining guests at the Red Rock Barn.

Keela was so proud of her heritage and loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with all her heart. When at Grandma Keela’s, you always felt loved and at home. Most generally you were invited to sit down, visit, and have a tea party or a Coke on ice.

Keela was such a compassionate person, always taking hot rolls or loaves of homemade bread to those in need. She served in several Relief Society presidencies and was the best ministering visiting teacher to so many ladies in the Tropic Ward. Keela had many wonderful talents and any room she entered would light up with her beautiful smile. Her charming charisma was felt by all who knew her. She was one "Classy Lady".

She is survived by her husband Paul "Pete"; children: Crystal (Shawn) Mortensen, Tropic; Tawn (Cami) Mangum, Tropic; Laycee (Ryan) Johnson, Cedar City; and sister, Kim (Jeff) Johnson, Henrieville; brother-in-law, Stanley Mecham, Tropic. Her posterity includes 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her parents; sister, Koye Mecham.

Funeral services will be held Friday, February 28, 2020 at 12:00 Noon in the Tropic Ward Chapel. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6-7 p.m. or Friday morning from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Tropic Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

A nniversAry

Celebrating 70 Years Together

Wishing Eldie & Barbara Allison a Beautiful 70th Anniversary on March 11, 2020

A True Love Story Never Ends

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FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com March is named for the Roman God of War, Mars.

This was the time of the year to resume military campaigns that had been interrupted by winter.

The big event this week in Panguitch was the Boy Scouts Eagle Court of Honor. Fifteen of Panguitch’s finest young men met the criteria to receive this award. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints no longer sponsors the Boy Scout program, so these scouts maybe the last ones to receive this award in Utah.

The Eagle Scout award was presented to: Kyler Bennett, son of Gary and Tammy Bennett; Porter Schoppe, son of Jake and Natall Schoppe; Nathaniel Sarles, son of Mike and Lucy Sarles; Cairo Houston, son of Eric and Tamara Houston; Carter Yardley, son of Danny and Brooke Yardley; Koby McEwen, son of Ben and Lisa McEwen; Korbin Atkin, son of Trent and Bridgette Atkin; Tyler Cox, son of Ben and Laura Cox; Ethan Crofts, son of Cade and Michelle Crofts; Theron Evans, son of Micah and Christy Evans; Klyn Fullmer, son of Kade and Kim Fullmer; Thomas Marshall, son of Colin and Jullanne Marshall; Cameron Parkin, son of Shawn and Vonnie Parkin; Kayden Roundy, son of Raymond and Rushelle Roundy; and Justis Savage, son of Ranse and Kami Savage.

The Eagle Scout is the highest advancement rank in the Boy Scouts. Since 1912, more than two million Boy Scouts have earned the Eagle Scout rank.

The meeting was conducted by Norm McKee, who has been involved in scouting for over 65 years. Raymond Roundy, who is a Silver Beaver Recipient, helped present the awards. Raymond received his Eagle Scout award over 40 years ago.

The Mormon Battalion, led by Lt. Col. Max Jamison, spoke of the Mormon Battalion march from Bluff, Iowa to San Diego, which is a distance of 2500 miles. They averaged 15 miles a day over this long trek.

I read in one of my magazines that the Boy Scout program in Texas has filed for bankruptcy. They have over 8,000 law suits against them for improper behavior of the leaders against the boys.

The big news on the National front was in the financial news. The Dow Jones lost 3,500 points for the week. If you have an IRA in the market, you lost about 13%. There was a worldwide loss in the markets, with much of that being due to the Coronavirus in China. There are 47 countries in the world that havebeen infected with this virus. The President has taken credit for the growth of the market over the last ten years (it had grown from 5,600 to 29,000 in 2009, and that is where it was two weeks ago). However, with the loss, he now blames the Democrats.

In my three weeks in China, I learned a lot about how their society functions.

They are still controlled by the Communist government. But back in the 1990s, they went from a communist society, that furnished them with everything from birth to death, to a Capitalist society, where everyone works or owns a business. There isn’t any unemployment insurance, sick leave, or retirement and no welfare. They do have health insurance, and it was in trouble for a while. When their country reached 800 million, they restricted the families to only one child. That child became their retirement plan, so much of their money went into educating them. The parents were responsible for the

care of that child for as long as they worked, and when they retired, the child became their retirement. In China, you have to retire at 55 years old. If you work for the government, then it is 60. Those 800 million people have now swelled to 1.2 billion. How can that be, you ask? With better healthcare, the Chinese are living longer than most of the world’s population. The US is in the 16th position. This age thing was bankrupting the health system, so the government started an exercising program. Everywhere you go, the elderly are out doing Yoga in their parks.

When the President put tariffs on the goods coming into the States from many of the countries we deal with, China did the same thing.

China went to other countries to purchase their goods like soy from Brazil and coal from Australia. Now that the President has dropped some of the tariffs, China has agreed to come back into our market place. The only problem is that with this Coronavirus, it has shut down many of the cities in China, in order to prevent the spread of the virus.

When they shut down things in China, there isn’t any money to buy things with. Their plants, that supply many of the products that we use here, can’t be run, and many of our companies are in a bind. As an example, Apple, the tech giant, cut its sales expectations for this quarter, explaining that its supply of iPhones has been hampered by the temporary closure of its factories in China. Apple also said that the demand of its devices had been hurt by the outbreak.

It had to close all 42 of its stores in China last month.

China’s network of factories accounts for a quarter of the world’s manufacturing output.

Everything from vitamins to

cars depends on materials and parts from China.

The market always bounces back, and when it does, its anyone’s guess.

March has a lot of events in it. Last Tuesday was Super Tuesday, where 13 states held their primary elections. St. Patrick’s Day is on the 17th.

It is a good time to stock up on corned beef. Oh, I do love corned beef and cabbage.

The Church of Jesus Christ’s Women’s Relief Society was also organized on this day; the largest women’s organization in the world. The long awaited Spring is here on the 19th. This next Sunday, the 8th, is the first day of day light saving time. I have found that if I set my clocks ahead on Friday, than I go to sleep an hour earlier on Saturday night and get the same amount of sleep.

Jeff Bezos has bought the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills for $165 million. The nine acre property cost the Amazon boss 0.13% of his net worth. This is equivalent to someone who earns $68,000 a year spending $88 bucks.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote to his daughter while she was away at school, "Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could do. Some mistakes and absurdities no doubt creep in.

Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day.

Begin it well and serenely. It is too dear with its possibilities and invitations to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays."

Whatever your age or stage in life, we can all give thanks for the opportunities that come with each new day.

Mack O

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Garfield Commission Cont'd from page 3

Melanie Dabb, Extension Assistant Professor, Wayne County

Start an Emergency Fund Before Disaster Strikes

It takes discipline and planning to save. Saving means putting off using money today so that you have money for future needs.

An emergency fund is very useful in getting immediate needs met after a disaster.

Why Should You Start an Emergency Fund?

Savings are an important part of managing money and protecting a family. Two types of savings make up your emergency fund.

• Set aside savings: Money set aside for non-monthly, periodic expenses. Determine how much money you need to set aside for the types of expenses you have. It might be money to replace a broken appliance, repair a tire, or travel to a sick relative. It might be $25 or $500.

• Emergency income savings: Money put aside to pay for essentials in case you lose your job or have a reduced income. This includes money for rent or mortgage, utilities, car payment, and car insurance. This money could prevent eviction or foreclosure, or car repossession.

People often do not save because it seems impossible to put enough money aside. It is still important to save on a regular basis so that you have enough money for emergencies. Even a couple of dollars a month can help you get started.

Getting Started with an Emergency Fund If you do not know your current budget, it may be hard to decide how much you can afford to put into an emergency fund. It will be helpful for you to first complete a Spending Plan. An example spending plan is available here: https://tinyurl.com/wgpnho5.

If you already have a tight budget, there are two major ways for finding money to save: • Cutting expenses.

• Increasing income.

Discuss options for cutting expenses and bringing in more income with your family. Once you have decided on some strategies to pursue, write down: • How much you intend to save.

• How you propose to find the money to save.

You don’t need a separate savings account to get started with saving. It may be in your best interest to set up an account at a financial institution for your emergency savings. In the event of a disaster, you'll need to access your emergency fund. If you’ve been keeping that in a jar in your house, your fund could be destroyed during the disaster. Also, by keeping your emergency fund in an official savings account, you may be able to earn interest and grow your fund over time.

Keep it Simple Once you have a plan in place, remember to keep sav-

Bryce Music Camp

attendees. These courses will include African Drumming, Story-Telling, Visual Arts, Musical Theatre, and Dalcroze—a class on rhythm and movement. We understand that the usual costs for a full schedule can be very high at other camps, so we do everything we can to keep tuition affordable.” Prospective participants can register at brycecanyonmusiccamp.com for the 2020 Bryce Canyon Music Camp on Friday, March 6th.

In order to continue to develop its program and continue to provide art opportunities to the youth of rural Utah, Bryce Canyon Music Camp is asking any residents or business owners to consider donating to the program. If you or your business would like to sponsor or have questions about sponsoring, please call Amanda Clarke at (435)5594832 or email her at amandaclarke86@gmail.com. As a 501c3 non-profit, any donation can be used as a tax write-off.

—Bryce Canyon Music Camp

Cont'd from page 1

climb as adults. This diminutive understanding of success can cause a distraction from other facets of progress—human progress, character progress—for these, the arts are essential. Arts are not simply for leisure, although leisure is important, arts are for bettering the soul. Bettering humanity. Teaching empathy.

So, we said, what can we do to provide the necessary tools for these social successes?

We must create opportunities to learn,” says Clarke.

The camp provides music and arts courses for youth, most specifically in the southern and central Utah area (but attendees also branch into northern Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming). Participants attend a week-long workshop with renowned clinicians hailing from various parts of the country and world.

“This June will be our 10th year,” says Cottam, “In addition to our string performance and fiddle classes, we provide additional courses for local youth and siblings of

ing simple! Keeping it simple will increase your chance of success. If you completed a spending plan, make your emergency saving a priority on your spending plan. One method to simplify building an emergency fund is called “pay yourself first.” It means making savings a regular expense, just like the rent or mortgage. There are a couple of ways to make this happen.

• Put a specific dollar amount or a percentage of pay directly into a savings account each pay day. This eliminates having easy access to the money to spend it before it gets deposited in an account.

• Put loose coins from pockets or purses into a jar at the end of each day. When the jar is full, take it to the bank to deposit it into your emergency savings account. The money will add up quickly!

• If you earn tips, put all tips into a jar. When the jar is full, take it to the bank to deposit it into your emergency savings account.

• Put part of gift money into savings.

Written by: Susan E. Hooper, Extension Educator Emeritus in Family Resource Management, University of Minnesota Extension Adapted for Article-Melanie Dabb, Extension Assistant Professor, Wayne County

sheep here and was representing the wool growers in Garfield County. He said he appreciated the county’s support with the coyote shoot.

“Predators are what’s taking our wildlife,” he said. His $2K, plus the county’s matching $2K bring the total coyote control allotment to $10K, when added to the $6K already budgeted by the county.

Pollock said “if there’s an emergency situation and conditions are right, we could step up again… You’ve got to get the coyotes while you’ve got the snow.”

Planning, Kaden Figgins. The Commission approved three Conditional Use Permits, having already received approval by County Planning and Zoning. Figgins presented applications from: 1) Bill Dapses, Redrock Garden Center (tree nursery), north of Panguitch.; 2) Tom Sweat, Mammouth Valley Estates between Hatch and Mammouth Creek for a construction camp while he is building a house. (CUP extends for the period of construction, not to exceed 6 months.); 3) Scott Nelson, Escalante Rock Shop,

by Wide Hollow.

Figgins also reported on “Rural Day” at the state capitol and the “yurt amendment” (HB297) which has passed the House and is currently under consideration by the Senate.

He said this bill would exempt (remote) yurts from state construction code, state fire code, and water quality standards.

[These are yurts of less than 710 square feet, not used as a permanent residence, located in an unincorporated area not zoned for residential, commercial, industrial, or agricultural use, do not have plumbing or electricity, are set back at least 300 feet from any river, stream, lake, or other body of water, and are registered with the local health depart-

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Dept. of Wildlife Resources, Kevin Bunnell and Kyle Christiansen: Bunnell first presented the Commission with a PILT check for $302.03. He then reported on Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) actions, statewide, since its inception in 2006. He said the WRI has completed restoration on over 1400 miles of stream and also on 1.8M acres, in some cases after prescribed burns and in other cases proactively, for a total $257M. Bunnell said a portion of that is state-funded, but that Utah has successfully leveraged other entities including Forest Service, BLM, private landowners, and NRCS for the majority of funds. An estimated 4500 jobs and $627M total economic output have resulted from WRI, he said.

According to Bunnell, Garfield County ranks sixth in the state’s total WRI acreage, with 123K acres of habitat work in last 14 years. He also mentioned the water funding being sponsored by Sen. Okerland and told the commissioners that southern Utah, and hopefully Garfield County, should be able to accomplish their projects. He also noted the benefits reaped by wildlife, specifically deer, in placing water on public lands. “Having the habitat in place will help us reap benefits 20-30 years from now,” he said. “Deer that come off summer range in good shape do well over the winter.” He said emphasis will be shifting to higher elevations.

Bunnell said DWR has increased predator control with expanded cougar and bear tags. He said predators are usually not the cause of a decline in deer populations, but they can slow their recovery. He acknowledged that some people are concerned about being overly aggressive, but claimed refuges for lions exist in the canyons [that hunters can’t reach] that

will feed young lions back in those areas.

Planning Dept Public Hearing, Scott and Jan Roundy, Escalante Yurts.

Figgins said the business has been operating and paying full property taxes since 2017, but without record of a survey for their Planning Unit Development when they submitted payment for a CUP renewal. The simplest solution, as approved by Planning and Zoning, was to rezone the property from ag to commercial. Figgins said the business is a good example of a commercial enterprise operating outside a city: when Escalante City required the business to run a water line to the property, other neighbors, such as Turnabout Ranch, were also able to connect, benefitting all. Upon hearing no comments from the public, the commission approved the rezoning.

Department business, Clerk Camille Moore: An update to the county’s Business License Ordinance will be advertised and scheduled for a public hearing, probably the first meeting of April. The proposed changes enact a penalty for operating a business without a license, require confirmation of sales tax payment, and increase the fee for a business license from $40 to $50.

In final business, the Commission approved: • the hiring of two new cooks for the Escalante Senior Center: McKenna Cook and Kayleen Barlow; • a business license for the Red Rock Garden Center.

The Commission moved to executive session regarding personnel issues, after which they adjourned the meeting.

The Garfield County Commission meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month.

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LegaL Notices PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 9th at 10:50 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: Zone Change Agricultural to Commercial Petitioners Doug Miller Physical Address 449 South 1200 East, Panguitch, UT 84759 Legal Descriptions BEG AT THE SE COR OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SEC 34 T34S R5W SLB&M AND RUNNING TH N44°13'17"W 405.87 FT; TH N0°24'48"E 223.05 FT; TH S89°33'53"E 448.38 FT; TH S0°25'19"W 511.82 FT (DEED 511.25 FT); TH N89°32'30"W 163.14 FT TO THE POB EXCEPTING THEREFROM 0.26 AC LYING WITHIN THE COUNTY ROAD R/W CONT 4.26 AC M/L Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 27 and MARCH 5, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 9th at 10:55 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: Zone Change Agricultural to Commercial Petitioners Landon Holm Physical Address 310 West Sheep Creek Road, Cannonville, UT 84718 Legal Descriptions THE E 1/2 OF THE SE 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 AND THE SW 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SEC 36 T37S R3W SLB&M CONT 60.00 AC M/L Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 27 and MARCH 5, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 9th at 11:00 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: Zone Change & Minor-Lot Subdivision Agricultural to Commercial Petitioners McKade Cook Physical Address Just East of the Escalante Airport off Highway 12 Legal Descriptions BEG N89°56'27"E 250.00 FT ALONG THE 1/4 SEC LINE FROM THE W 1/4 COR OF SEC 22 T35S R3E SLB&M AND RUNNING TH N89°56'27"E ALONG THE 1/4 SEC LINE 720.00 FT M/L TO THE SW'LY R/W LINE OF UTAH STATE HWY 12; TH FOLLOWING SAID SW'LY R/W LINE OF SAID HWY 12 IN A SE'LY DIRECTION TO A PONT WHERE SAID SW'LY LINE OF HWY 12 INTERSECTS WITH THE E LINE OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SAID SEC 22; TH DEPARTING THE SAID HWY 12 R/W LINE AND RUNNING TH S0°06'15"E ALONG THE 1/16 SEC LINE 660.00 FT M/L TO THE SE COR OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SAID SEC 22; TH S0°03'12"E ALONG THE 1/16 SEC LINE 153.84 FT; TH S43°40'09"W 61.77 FT; TH S89°56'34"W 1180.76 FT; TH N0°07'08"W 200.00 FT; TH N22°17'44"E 393.39 FT; TH N0°07'08"W 133.42 FT TO A POINT ON THE S LINE OF A 50.00 FT R/W; TH S49°36'20"W ALONG SAID R/W 327.68 FT; TH N0°07'08"W ALONG THE SEC LINE 65.54 FT TO A POINT ON THE N LINE OF SAID R/W; TH N49°36'20"E ALONG SAID R/W 327.68 FT; TH N0°07'08"W 757.23 FT TO THE POB CONT 34.43 AC M/L Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 27 and MARCH 5, 2020

OFFERING FOR BID LOA TOWN Loa Town is offering 1982 GMC truck for bid. The truck has a dump bed, it has 195,000 miles and a manual transmission.

If you are interested in seeing the truck or getting more information, please contact Matt at 435-691-5401 or the Loa Town Office at 435836-2160.

Bids will be accepted until Thursday, March 12, 2020 by 5 p.m.

Bids will be opened that evening at the Loa Town Board meeting. Loa Town reserves the right to accept or deny all bids.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 20 & 27 and MARCH 5 & 12, 2020 SURPLUS SALE ESCALANTE CITY Escalante City is selling four pallets of outdoor stone.

The stone is a surplus from our new Community Center. Bids will start at $400.00 per pallet, however all bids will be considered. The buyer must take all four pallets and they will be sold as-is. The City Council reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Sealed bids will be accepted through April 06, 2020 at 4:00 pm and bids will be opened at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on April 07, 2020.

Please send bids to 56 North 100 West P.O. Box 189 Escalante, UT 84726. To view the outdoor stone or if you have any questions, please contact the city staff at 56 North 100 West Escalante, UT or call 435-826-4644.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 5, 2020 NOTICE of ANNUAL MEETING ESCALANTE & BOULDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Escalante & Boulder Chamber of Commerce Annual General Membership Meeting for 2020 is on Wednesday, March 25th at Noon at the Canyon Country Lodge. Hear from local and regional leaders, network, & have lunch.

Existing and potential members are invited; business owners are encouraged to consider serving on the Board to fill this year's vacancies.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 5, 2020

Dixie National Forest Issues Final Decision on the Jacob’s Valley Vegetation Management Project ESCALANTE, Utah – On February 4, 2020, Forest Supervisor Angie Bulletts of the Dixie National Forest signed a final Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Jacob’s Valley Vegetation Management Project.

Under this decision, the Forest Service will treat 9,935 acres inside the total project area of 13,867 acres on National Forest System lands through a series of silvicultural, fuels, and access management related treatments.

The project area is within the Escalante Ranger District in Garfield County, Utah, approximately 19 miles north of Escalante, Utah. The project area is located on the Aquarius Plateau with elevations that vary from 9,500 feet at the lowest point on Pine Creek to 11,048 feet on the eastern edge near South Point.

Vegetation in the project area is typified by spruce-fir

and aspen dominated forest interspersed with alpine meadows. There is no private land within the project area.

There are no designated wilderness areas or inventoried roadless areas within the project boundary.

The purpose of the Jacob’s Valley Vegetation Management Project is to facilitate landscape scale forest vegetation management to promote resiliency of the Aquarius Plateau ecosystem while maintaining the aesthetics and character of the landscape.

To accomplish this purpose there is a need to: Trend vegetation toward desired forest structure, composition, disturbance regime, vegetation patterns and promote mature and old forest characteristics in compliance with the Forest Plan and Goshawk amendment.

Lower the potential of landscape-scale stand replacing wildfire by managing natural and activity fuel loading.

Develop vegetation

patterns which promote seral species and heterogeneous forest canopies to maintain and enhance the visual aesthetics of the landscape.

Reroute, repair and decommission portions of the trail and road systems to protect soil and water resources.

Maintain recreational opportunities within the Jacob’s Valley project area.

No key issues were identified during the comment periods allowing for the final decision and project to move forward with implementation.

Additional information for this project is posted on the Dixie National Forest website at: http://www.fs.fed. us/nepa/nepa_project_exp. php?project=48406 or is available for review at the Escalante Ranger District office.

For questions concerning the project, contact Terry De Lay, Escalante District Ranger at 435-826-5401 or terry.delay@ usda.gov.

—US Forest Service

NOTICE TO BID TORREY TOWN Torrey Town is accepting bids for the removal of two small pines trees and one very large cottonwood. There are also several trees that need to be trimmed and pruned along main street.

Interested individuals need to be bonded and insured.

Responsible parties will be required to clean up and dispose of all tree debris at their expense.

Tree trimmer is responsible for any damage to personal or town property.

Work must be completed during a Monday thru Friday work week.

All UDOT permits will be furnished by the town as well as road closures.

Bids are due in the office no later than March 12, 2020 at 3 PM. Work should begin March 16, 2020 and finish by March 31, 2020.

Any questions call Dustin at 435.691.1450 We reserve the right to accept or reject any bid.

Torrey Town Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on FEBRUARY 27 and MARCH 5, 2020 GARFIELD COUNTY SURPLUS SALE GARFIELD COUNTY IS ACCEPTING SEALED BIDS ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: 2019 Chevrolet Impala, Gray 2019 Chevrolet Impala, White 2019 GMC Acadia, Silver 2018 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab, 4WD Automatic, Short Bed, Silver 2019 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab, 4WD Automatic, Short Bed, Red 2019 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab, 4WD Automatic, Short Bed, White 2019 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab , 4WD Automatic, Long Bed, Steel 2019 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab, 4WD Automatic, Long Bed, White 2019 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab, 4WD Automatic, Long Bed, White 2019 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab, 4WD Automatic, Long Bed, Red 2019 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab, 4WD Automatic, Short Bed, Silver 2019 Dodge Ram 2500, Diesel, Crew Cab, 4WD Automatic, Short Bed, Steel BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE UNTIL 5:00 P.M., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2020. BIDS WILL BE OPENED MONDAY APRIL 13, 2020 AT 11:00 A.M. IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS OF THE GARFIELD COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 55 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PANGUITCH, UTAH. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION. All vehicles and equipment will be sold in "as is" condition, and all sales will be final. Purchases can be made with cash or certified check. Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any and all offers. For additional information contact the Clerk’s Office at 435-676-1163 or www.garfield.utah.gov.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 5, 12, 19 & 26 and APRIL 2 & 9, 2020 NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County.

These are informal proceedings per Rule 655-6-2. Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights on or before Apr. 1, 2020 either electronically using the Division`s on-line Protest of Application form, by hand delivery to a Division office, or by mail at PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 841146300. Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)538-7240 for additional information.

NEW APPLICATION(S) 95-5418 (A81905): Val R. Antczak propose(s) using 0.015 cfs OR 1.2 ac-ft. from groundwater (2 miles northeast of Torrey) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. 95-5419 (A81906): Barbara Polich propose(s) using 0.015 cfs OR 1.2 ac-ft. from groundwater (2 miles northeast of Torrey) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-2828 (a45483): Ray and Leslie Tippetts propose(s) using 0.057 cfs OR 3.8121 ac-ft. from groundwater (12 miles NW of Panguitch) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING. 95-5417 (a45486): Milton and Geraldine Taft propose(s) using 0.0142 cfs OR 1 ac-ft. from groundwater (1/2 mile southeast of Bicknell) for COMMERCIAL: Ice Business.

95-5131 (a45493): Andrea Margaret Bryce, Michael A. Zody propose(s) using 1.256 ac-ft. from the Underground Water Well (3 miles South of Torrey) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. NONUSE APPLICATION(S) 95-572 (A36185): Road Creek Water Users Association is/are seeking a nonuse period for 1500 ac-ft. from the Road Creek (1 mile west of Loa) for IRRIGATION; FISH CULTURE. Boyd P. Clayton, P.E. INTERIM STATE ENGINEER Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 5 & 12, 2020

SENIOR CENTER MENUS Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues.

Mar. 10th

Chili, Salad Bar,Tortilla Chips, Fruit Cocktail, Ice Cream Bar

Wed. Mar. 11th

Country Fried Chicken, Mashed Potato & Gravy, Roll, Green Beans/Peaches, Apple Pudding Cake

Thurs.

Mar. 12th

Chicken Enchilada, Green Salad, Corn/ Spanish Rice, Pears, Rice Crispy Treat

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

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center TUES Mar 10th WED Mar 11th THURS Mar 12th

Cheeseburger Soup, Salad Bar, Apricots, Blueberry Dessert/IceCream Sloppy Joes, Tater tots, Corn/Salad Bar, Pineapple, Peanut Butter Cookie BBQ Ribs, Country Potato, Mixed Vegetables, Cole Slaw, Chocolate Pudding

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

PANGUITCH SENIOR CENTER HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

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

Meals include milk & bread.

Tues. Mar. 10th

Wed. Mar 11th

Thurs. Mar 12th

French Dip w/ Au Jus, Pasta salad, Pineapple rings, Salad bar, Banana split

Baked chicken breast, Potatoes & gravy, California veg, Salad bar, Pears, German chocolate cake

Meat loaf, Potatoes & gravy, Peas & pearl onions, Salad bar, Tropical fruit, Lemon mousse

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

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Wild Animals Are Not Pets

by Terry Messmer, Utah State University Extension Wildlife Specialist instincts and its dependence on humans to survive.

As a captive animal grows independent of its caretakers, it may become aggressive, frustrated or may bite, leading to injury or death.

It has not had thousands of years to overcome wild instincts as domesticated animals have. The animal may escape, it may be let go in the wild or it may be brought to a wildlife rehabilitator. By Courtesy Utah State University Extension this time, it may be too late to There are many risks involved with housing a wild animal teach it survival skills or apas a pet, including risks to humans, other pets, and risks to propriate social behavior for the wild animal itself. Before attempting to keep a wild ani- its species.

Some wild animals are mal as a pet, think of the 3 million cats and dogs in shelters not protected under Utah state that are euthanized each year. law, meaning you do not have Humans have bred dogs, to possess a valid hunting or A woman in New York cats, cattle, sheep and other trapping license to harvest paid $1,800 for a 9-week-old livestock for as long as the last them. Wild animals, like racblack leopard. She thought it 10,000 to 15,000 years. Do- coons and coyotes, require a was cute and friendly – until mestication is a process that permit to house them in capit attacked her. occurs over many generations tivity. The importation, distriA Pennsylvania woman of animals.

Through domesti- bution, relocation, holding in died after being attacked by cation, over time, undesirable her “pet,� a 350-pound black captivity or possession of live bear she had raised since it traits are bred out of a species. coyotes and live raccoons in Even then, the animals of- Utah is prohibited. was a cub.

A red fox pup was turned ten retain the ability to maim Unpermitted wild aniinto a shelter by a family that and kill. Four and half million mals may be seized immedihad kept it in captivity. The people are still bitten by do- ately by the Utah Division of fox became blind because it mesticated dogs each year in Wildlife Resources, the Dethe United States. was not being fed properly. partment of Health, the DeWild animals may carry partment of Agriculture and These are examples of people who attempted to zoonotic diseases that can be Food, animal control officers make pets out of wildlife, and transmitted to people and pets. or peace officers. If you have the unfortunate situations are Some of these, such as rabies, an illegally held wild animal, can be lethal to humans. Wild your best course of action is not isolated.

Besides the harm that animals can carry the same to contact one of the agencies could occur to wild animals diseases that some of our pets mentioned or a licensed wildkept in homes, keeping wild- are susceptible to, such as dis- life rehabilitator. They can life as pets poses great danger temper. But unlike pets, wild determine if the animal can to humans. Born Free USA, animals are not vaccinated for be re-socialized with its own a nonprofit advocacy organi- diseases or dewormed, nor do kind and forage for itself. zation that strives to end the they see a veterinarian regu- A wild animal that has been ownership of wild animals, larly. Consequently, the infec- raised by humans has not has documented over 1,500 tious diseases and parasites been properly prepared for attacks, including 75 human a wild animal may carry can life in the wild. To release a deaths involving wildlife pets be harmful to both people and captive wild animal is almost pets. since 1990. certainly dooming it to suffer Given these risks, it starvation, unnatural predaIn most states, private ownership of wildlife is ille- brings to question why some- tion, accident or an unfortugal. These laws exist because one would purposely take an nate contact with humans it wild animals have special animal from the wild and keep might see as friendly. needs, and it is difficult to it captive.

If you want a pet considIgnorance about the per- er this. Of the 3 million cats keep them healthy and alive in captivity. Proper nutrition ils associated with the wild and dogs that are euthanized is essential for normal devel- pets, curiosity about wildlife, in shelters each year, most opment, and any deficiencies love of animals, ego, novelty are healthy and treatable and or perhaps even profit provide could have been adopted into may cost the animal its life.

Unlike domesticated some reasons. The most fre- new homes. cats and dogs, keeping a wild quent reason is when people For more information, animal in a home, or raising rescue orphans and decide to visit https://www.wildawait by hand as a newborn, does raise them. However, a cap- reutah.org/. not make it a pet. It remains a tive wild animal is essentially a prisoner caught between its wild animal.

Garfield Memorial Hospital

is offering ten $500 scholarships!

Two of these ten scholarships will go to non-traditional students.

The application due date is April 15, 2020.

Applicants must be from Garfield or Piute counties, and pursuing a degree in the medical field.

To request an application, contact: Amber Matthew Garfield Memorial Hospital Administrative Assistant Amber.matthew@imail.org or call 435-676-1262