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Thursday, March 12, 2020

COVID-19 Patient with No Symptoms Released from Hospital ST. GEORGE - At the direction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a patient who has tested positive for COVID-19, but has had no symptoms, has been released from the hospital. The individual was infected outside of the United States and has recently been under observation at a medical center in northern Utah.

The individual is currently under a state-issued order to remain isolated from the community. The order will remain in place until the patient has had two consecutive negative tests for COVID-19. The Southwest Utah Public Health Department (SWUPHD) will be monitoring the patient until resolved.

“We have made contact with this patient and have begun our monitoring procedures,” says Dr. David Blodgett, SWUPHD Health Officer and Director. “This patient does not pose a risk to the public, and we will COVID-19

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Issue # 1350

Fifteen New Scouts Awarded Eagle Rank at Court of Honor

by Veronica Egan

Micah & Christy Evans; Kyler Bennett, son of Gary & Tami Bennett; Cairo Houston, son of Eric & Tamara Houston; Koby McEwen, son of Ben & Lisa McEwen; Kayden Roundy, son of Raymond & Rush-

WAYNE COUNTY Commissioners Blackburn, Brian and Wood present. Following the pledge and prayer, commissioner Blackburn amended the agenda to include a closed session for discussion of adding a member to the Planning and Zoning Commission.

The first appointment was a follow-up presentation and request by LaVoy Tolbert of Loa, who had made a presentation at the previous county commission meeting regarding the disposition of unclaimed capital credits

by Garkane Energy Cooperative. Mr. Tolbert has been attempting to get resolution of the issue of capital credit funds owned by Garkane Coop members, but not returned to them. Theoretically, funds that are not claimed by the

New Eagle Scouts

Wayne Commission

Courtesy Norman McKee

Fifteen young men were rewarded with the Eagle Rank at a Court of Honor at the beginning of this month. The new Eagle Scouts from left to right are Carter Yardley, Ethan Crofts, Tyler Cox, Cameron Parkin, Porter Schoppe, Thomas Marshall, Korbin Atkin, Klyn Fullmer, Theron Evans, Kyler Bennett, Cairo Houston, Koby McEwen, Kayden Roundy, Justis Savage, and Nathaniel Sarles.

PANGUITCH - Wow! Fifteen new Eagle Scouts!

That has to be a record for one Court of Honor in most of Southern Utah. The young men earning and awarded the Eagle Rank are all from the three Panguitch Scout Units.

Two are members of Unit 661, sponsored by the Panguitch 1st Ward. Four are members of Unit 680, sponsored by the Panguitch 2nd Ward. Nine are members of Unit 681, sponsored by the Panguitch 3rd

Ward.

The Court of Honor was held March 1st in the Panguitch Stake Center. Many family and friends attended. It went very well. The Bishop of each ward, assisted by the new Eagle’s parents, presented each one his award. The Mormon Battalion, led by Lt. Col. Max Jamison, also participated in the program with a special neckerchief slide award to each new Eagle.

The young men present-

Entrada Celebrates Heritage of Clay, Beads, and Pottery on April 1

Courtesy Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson

Elijah Cutler Behunin Cabin in Capitol Reef National Park.

WAYNE COUNTY From red clay soils along valley creeks to the multicolored Bentonite clay hills, clay can be found throughout Wayne County. Blue Valley was named for its characteristic blue (bentonite) clay that becomes a slick, sticky gumbo when wet (Murphy, 1999).

Many pioneer homes used clay in cabin construction. According to Chappell (1975), the first homes were built of logs, hewn with an axe to their proper shape and size and linked with smaller pieces held in by a mortar made with clay. The historic Elijah Cutler Behunin Cabin in Capitol Reef National Park

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contains a roof structure that uses wood sheathing and bentonite clay.

Many pioneers were skilled craftsmen. For instance, brickmaker David Callahan created bricks for the Lyman Schoolhouse and for homes in Lyman, Loa and Bicknell (Snow, 1953).

Clay has been used since prehistoric times in medicine, pottery, adornments, and structures. The artifact most commonly used to identify a Fremont culture site is thinwalled, gray, coil pottery. The Fremont added granular rock or sand to the wet clay to prevent cracking and ensure even drying (Murphy, 1999). Pots,

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bowls, jars, and small dishes have all been found in area caves and dwelling sites.

Over the next several weeks, 4-H youth in Wayne County will explore our heritage of clay, beads, and pottery. Children will be learning about clay and creating coil pots and figurines along with making beaded projects.

On Wednesday, April 1 at 6 PM, a free community dinner event will be held at the Wayne County Community Center. We're seeking people who are willing to share their sources of local clay, their pottery or figurines, or beadwork.

We're also seeking people to demonstrate their pottery or beadwork skills.

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ed the Eagle Rank are from left to right: Carter Yardley, son of Danny & Brooke Yardley; Ethan Crofts, son of Cade & Michelle Crofts; Tyler Cox, son of Ben & Laura Cox; Cameron Parkin, son of Shawn & Vonnie Parkin; Porter Schoppe, son of Jake & Natali Schoppe; Thomas Marshall, son of Colin & Julianne Marshall; Korbin Atkin, son of Trent & Bridgette Atkin; Klyn Fullmer, son of Cade and Kim Fullmer; Theron Evans, son of

Ruby’s Inn Recognized by the Stanley Awards for Excellence

BRYCE - The International Inbound Travel Association (IITA) recently announced the winners for the Stanley Awards for Excellence, and Ruby’s Inn was highlighted as a winner. The Stanley Awards for Excellence were established to allow IITA inbound operators’ to highlight their appreciation for their suppliers and DMO partners.

Members of the IITA Inbound Travel Association came together to nominate and vote upon organizations that demonstrated high quality and value in their international marketing, operations and collaboration with inbound operators to contribute to the growth of international travel to the Awards for Excellence Cont'd on page 10

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Stand Up and Be Counted The 2020 U.S. Census begins March 12 Households can respond online, by phone or by mail ESCALANTE March 12, 2020 marks the launch of the official U.S. Census 2020, and the once-per-decade collection of household data will last through July 31st. Between now and then, it is the goal of the U.S Census Bureau to count every person living in the United States. It is part of their job to inform us that responding is voluntary, but they also hope to Insider convince us that our parCoralys M. Ruiz Jimenez, Meticipation is vital.

That’s why U.S. dia Specialist with the U.S. CenCensus Bureau staff sus Bureau, traveled to southern have been plying the Utah in mid February to encourhighways, even in re- age participation in the upcoming mote regions of the 2020 Census, which begins March state, to convey the im- 12 and runs through July 31. portance of responding with The Insider and a few to the census.

In mid-February, Coralys other small newspapers in the Ruiz Jimenez, Media Special- region, to help carry that mesist for the U.S. Census Bureau, sage.

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Mike Styler Announces Candidacy for Utah State Senate District 24

SALT LAKE CITY Mike Styler, a life-long Millard County resident and former executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, has announced his candidacy for District 24 of the Utah State Senate. The seat is currently held by Ralph Okerlund, who is retiring.

“Our children and grandchildren have benefited from our rural schools and growing up on the farm. LuAnn

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and I want more rural kids to be able to find jobs and stay close to the hometowns they grew up in, but those chances are diminishing,” Mike says.

“We fear rural Utah is losing its voice as the Wasatch Front booms and provides jobs, but also suffers from overcrowding, poor air quality and lack of room for growth. I believe we can move some of those jobs to rural Utah where we have the space, clean air, wa-

ter and workforce to be successful and to help rural families thrive.”

Mike first entered public service at the age of 30 when he became a Millard County Commissioner. Since that time, he has served in the Utah House of Representatives, where he chaired the Natural Resources Appropri-

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Wayne Commission: Garkane Unclaimed Capital Credits, new Deputy Sheriff approved, and Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance discussed.

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rightful owner after three years are turned over to the state to be used according to the Utah House Bill 226 Unclaimed Capital Credits Amendment, passed in 2016, which provides that “a distribution electrical cooperative or a telephone cooperative may use the proceeds of unclaimed capital credits to provide financial assistance to a school, non-profit organization or community organization in the area where the cooperative provides service.”

In two years of research Mr. Tolbert has been unable to establish that any of these funds have been transferred to the state, and has so far been unable to obtain answers to his questions from the Garkane Board of Directors or CEO. It is his position that if the funds are not returned to their owners nor transferred to the state as per HB 266, then the cooperative is not following the law.

This is a very complicated situation, and Mr. Tolbert requested that the commissioners approve his request for a comprehensive investigation into Garkane's practices regarding the disposition of capital credit funds.

County Attorney Mike Olsen agreed to look into which state agency would be appropriate to conduct a comprehensive investigation into this matter.

Next on the agenda was approval of the hiring of a new Deputy Sheriff, James Harris, who has expressed a desire to live in a small rural town to pursue a career in law enforcement. His appointment was enthusiastically approved by all three commis-

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sioners.

The Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance was unanimously approved by commissioners, and was recommended by Sheriff Jensen as well. Several other Utah counties have passed such an ordinance, which is seen as a message to both the State and the Federal governments that the county's citizens will not tolerate any infringement on their Second Amendment rights. The ordinance is quite lengthy, so rather than try to explain it here, I encourage you to inspect it at the Wayne County website, waynecountyutah.org.

Following the approval of vouchers, the commissioners went into a closed session to discuss a proposed new member for the Planning and Zoning Commission.

In my last report, on the Feb. 18 commission meeting, I neglected to mention that there were two other applicants for Newell Harward's commission seat, in addition to Mike Riddle. They were Travis Van Orden and Adrian Ruger. I apologize for the omission. Also, I stated that Roger Brian was sworn in as Newell Harward's replacement. However, that did not occur at the commission meeting, but in a separate ceremony several days later.

Over and out in Wayne County.

The Wayne County Commission meets the first and third Monday of every month at the Wayne County Courthouse in Loa. Pub. Note: The Wayne County Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance can also be found for review on pg. 10 of this issue.

Regional Singles Social on March 14 RICHFIELD - A Regional Singles Social for singles 31 plus will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the Richfield Youth Center at 1:00 P.M. This Regional Singles Social is for all stakes within the Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties and the Fillmore Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The event will be held at the Richfield Youth Center located at 100 South 200 West in Richfield, Utah.

Entertainment for this

activity will be by an Irish String Ensemble who will entertain us with some delightful Irish music, fitting for St. Patrick’s Day. Lunch will be catered by Big Daddy A’s in Richfield.

Hosting the social will be the Monroe, Richfield, Central Valley, and Richfield East Stakes. So come out and enjoy this fun event, a scrumptious meal and delightful program just for senior singles in our region.

—Karen Prisbrey

COVID-19

transmission in Utah.

For updates and more information, visit coronavirus. utah.gov.

If you're worried about whether you may have COVID-19, please call the Utah Coronavirus Information Line at 1-800-456-7707.

—Southwest Utah Public Health Department

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continue to work closely with local, state, and federal public health partners to address any future COVID-19 cases in our community.”

There are currently no cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Utah. Additionally, at this time, there is no evidence of widespread COVID-19 Mike Styler

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ations Committee, and served on the Executive Appropriations Committee. Most recently, Mike served as executive director of Utah's Department of Natural Resources. He retired last June after serving in that capacity for 14 years.

While devoting much of his time to public service, Mike continues to farm his 400 acre Oasis, Utah farm, which has been in the family since they helped settle the area in the 1880s. Mike also continued to teach U.S. History to 8th grade students until he was appointed executive director at DNR. Mike values Utah’s natural resources, especially those found throughout District 24.

With Ralph Okerlund retiring, Mike is committed to maintaining the strong and vocal leadership rural Utah has come to appreciate from

Senator Okerlund.

“It’s important that we protect our access to public land, our water rights, extraction of energy and minerals, and our agricultural endeavors. I have the record to do just that,” Mike said. “In addition to my position at DNR, I have traveled throughout rural Utah where I’ve championed active improvement of our watersheds and grazing.

I feel strongly about these issues, and the good people of District 24, and I am excited at the prospect of representing rural Utah in the state senate.”

Mike will not be gathering signatures, but will rely on state delegates and the Republican Caucus process to earn his place on the ballot. He would appreciate your support in standing up for rural Utah.

—Campaign to Elect Mike Styler for Utah State Senate District 24

2020 Census: "For me and the rest of the people in the bureau, we are committed to getting people counted,” —Coralys M. Ruiz Jimenez

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team—and we are a twelve state region—we travel by plane, by boat, anywhere the people are, we’re going to do it. If we have to travel and put some mileage on our car, we do it. I am the only media person in our state, and email can just do so much. For me and the rest of the people in the bureau, we are committed to getting people counted,” said Jimenez.

And why was this particular trip so important?

“These counties are always underrepresented,” she said. Following this point, Jimenez offered a small mountain of reasons for obtaining accurate counts in Utah’s southern rural counties.

“The census is something that is the backbone of our country,” said Jimenez.

“More than 200 federal programs are affected by the census data, and you might think, ‘I don’t benefit from any of those,’ but we do—we all use infrastructure—the highways, we use the roads, and it affects everything from lunch programs, Head Start, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance program, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.”

The census is used for all forms of planning and development. A region might need a new road—or a bigger road.

Or a new school. It is also

used for assigning U.S. House of Representative seats.

The private sector also regularly uses census data.

Nonprofits use information provided by the census to evaluate where they can help out in the community. Businesses regularly use census data for feasibility studies. In addition, the Census Bureau can provide training for businesses (or anyone) on how to use the database and maps and information about the statistics.

“You can request help from a census employee on how to use the data—we do that free of charge—we will send an employee to help you do that,” said Jimenez.

Census information is readily available through ROAM– the Response Outreach Area Mapper—online, where there are maps of the U.S. and the five territories and searches can be made down specific census tracts including age, level of school, and income.

It is only after 72 years that the National Archives are authorized to publish the personal identifiable data that is retrieved from the census. So for this year’s census, that information will become available in 2090. This information is used by many to obtain historical information and family geneology records.

The 2020 Census will be the 24th Census that has been conducted since 1790.

Mandated by the U.S. Constitution in Article 1 Section II, the Census Bureau is directed

to count everyone in the U.S. every ten years.

Jimenez explains that historically, undercounts have happened because of lack of education and lack of understanding of the importance of the census. “The fears that people have now are the same as they were in 1790—a general distrust in government.”

To those who may be distrustful of the census, Jimenez assures that there is no need for fear. The Census Bureau does not share individual data with any entities—ICE, the CIA, the FBI—and the oath that census workers make to protect information is one that is for life. The only way that they publish data is by using the statistical numbers.

“Title 13 states specifically that the Census Bureau is authorized to gather data from every person living in the country but that they can’t use that data against anyone,” said Jimenez. For violating this oath, census employees can be fined $250,000 or receive up to five years in prison.

“We are very protective of our data and of our jobs. We take this very seriously and everybody at the Bureau is committed to making sure that information is safeguarded,” stated Jimenez.

There are three ways to respond to the 2020 Census.

This time, for the first time ever, respondents can answer over the phone or on the internet.

Households across the nation will receive a postcard

and then a form that will come in the mail between March 12 and 20. Responses may be made by filling out and returning the census form, or online or by phone. Phone and online responses are preferred and saves the government and taxpayer money—because the data are entered immediately.

But responding with the mailin form is fine, as well.

“It’s just nine questions,” said Jimenez. “You decide who is head of household , and then there are seven questions for each one of the other people that live in that unit.”

Census data is delivered to the U.S. President on December 31st, and the information will be published on March 31, 2021.

Jimenez says the Census Bureau throughout the year continues with important counts that are used to track the economy and businesses.

“We do a Business Census every five years, we do surveys for the Departments of Labor and Health—unemployment rates every month are conducted by us. We also do an American Community survey which is the “long” form, from a random sample of 3.5 million households.”

“A lot of people think we’re sleeping for ten years, and then we wake up and do a census. Actually, right after this one, we start working on the next one,” said Jimenez.

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News from Wayne County Grandma Pace's Raisin Cream Pie

by Adus F. Dorsey II

It was Saturday morning.

My chores were complete, and there was nothing left on my to-do-list. I hopped in my pickup truck and drove on over to Grandma Pace’s in Teasdale. Like I always do, I lightly knocked on the back door to announce that I was preparing to enter. I went on in and, like always, from the other side of the door I heard Grandma say, “come in.” I could tell from the sound of her voice that she was in or near her kitchen, which is always a very good sign when you drive over to Teasdale to visit Grandma.

Entering Grandma’s kitchen from the mudroom, I saw some sauce pans slowly chattering away on the stove about two seconds before I saw Grandma. As I eased my head into the kitchen, I could see the famous Pace Family Cookbook spread open on the kitchen counter. This was a sure sign something good is happening at Grandma’s.

Grandma greeted me with a big as a smile as I have ever seen, and I couldn’t help but to give her a big ole smile back. With a measuring cup filled to the brim with sugar, a new cube of butter, and a glass bowl lying in an arc in front of her, I ask what it was that she was creating? The closer I came to the counter, I could see the Pace Family Cookbook lying open to the dessert section. When she looked up from what she was delicately stirring, she said that her Dad was always one to like her Raisin Cream Pie. It was Michelle, Grandma’s only daughter, that took the time and patience to gather the Pace Family recipes together, a true family treasure for all to use and enjoy before and since Michelle passed away. At a simple glance, one can see Grandma has put Michelle’s labor of love to good use, as the worn pages of her favorite recipes are dusted with flour or small smudges of butter.

The familiar scene of Grandma’s petite presence in front of the cook stove was reminiscent of a million other visits I have made to Teasdale over the years. This was so much so that I was again overcome with a warm and comforting feeling. A welcomed sight that overtime I have come to expect and will forever in my heart appreciate.

Grandma slowly slid a silver tablespoon around inside one of the pans with one hand, and with the other she adjusted the temperature on the stove to get it just right. It was then that I asked her how

many stoves does she think she has gone through since she started cooking?

Grandma motioned to a spot on the wall where a stove pipe used to exit and began to explain to me that she first started cooking on a wood cook stove, one like her Mother Mae used to use.

Then, Grandma told me that way back then, it was all that she really ever knew.

With a box of Clabber Girl Cornstarch, a punctured can of Carnation evaporated milk and an assortment of other baking ingredients, poised like a picture in an old Life magazine on the counter, Grandma continued to stir and mix everything together while telling me about her friend and neighbor, Marzell Forsyth.

She told me how if Grandma ever needed something she didn’t have, Marzell was always right there. “Everyone needs a good neighbor like Marzell,” Grandma looked me in the eye and said.

With 1 c. of visibly plump and tender raisins swimming in 1 ½ c. of water in a steaming saucepan, Grandma began to swirl in the ¾ c. sugar, 3 Tbsp. of cornstarch and ¼ tsp of salt. And then with the slightest flick of her wrist, she slapped in 1 Tbsp. of butter and rolled in 1 tsp. of vanilla.

With a well-trained hand and the stove on medium, Grandma drizzled in a cup of evaporated milk and slowly stirred the sugary solution until it all began to bubble. Most likely looking totally mesmerized by all the motion on the stove, Grandma spooned me up a dose of the raisin cream filling into a small bowl and pushed it toward me to sample. If there is going to be desert in heaven, this is what the angels would surely serve.

Off to the side, Grandma had pre-prepared five medium sized balls of pie crust pastry and had them sitting on the

counter in a stainless-steel bowl. She also had some bottled apple filling ready to pour into a second pie.

I missed the rolling out of the dough and the filling of the pies but, when I returned, I was surprised to see there was only one pie, fresh from the oven, left on the cooling rack.

It was the apple. With a knife that has probably seen the inside of a thousand or more pies, Grandma sliced up two pie wedges and wrapped them in cellophane on a dinner plate for me to take home to have with my supper.

What I can tell you for sure is that the pie that Grandma sent me home with every bit lived up to the label that it was as delicious as any Mom’s Apple Pie I have ever tasted.

As far as Grandma’s Raisin Cream Pie, she made that one special just for Phil.

Grandma Pace’s Raisin Cream Pie 1C. seedless raisins 1 ½ c. of water Cook raisins in water until tender ¼ tsp. salt ¾ c. of sugar ¼ Tbsp. butter 3 tsp. cornstarch 1 tsp. Vanilla * 1 c. light cream or 1 c. evaporated milk Pastry for 2 crust pie Cook raisins in water until tender. Add sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add butter and vanilla, * may substitute lemon extract in place of vanilla (See Marzell (or your favorite neighbor) if you don’t have any and she will bring you some right over.) Slowly add cream / canned milk, cooking on medium heat and stir until thickened.

Roll pastry for 9” pie pan, pour in raisin mixture and top with additional 9” pastry.

Bake @ 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve and enjoy…Love Grandma Pace.

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If you are hosting a Special Event and would like help with advertising, please pick up an application at the courthouse or print one from the Wayne County website www.waynecountyutah. org.

Deadline for applications: Friday, March 20, 2020.

Late applications will not be considered for funding. If you have any questions or for more information, please contact: Nycole Durfey - WCTC Director 1.435.425.3930 or info@capitolreef.org.

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Southern Utah University Awarded Nearly $4 Million Apprenticeship Grant from Federal Government

CEDAR CITY - Receiving one of the largest academic grants in the university’s history, Southern Utah University has been awarded a $3.97 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide training in the field of cyber security. Coupled with a $1.7 million match from the private sector, the grant totals more than $5.6 million.

SUU will use the grant to meet the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals by providing training and education-based courses to apprentices. The first emphasis will be in the manufacturing industry. Private industry partners have committed 1,500 of their employees to participate in the program in Utah, Washington and Oregon.

“This grant is not only a major win for Southern Utah University, but also in our efforts to grow the emerging job sectors of the 21st Century,” said Dr. Frank Hall, dean of SUU’s College of Science and Engineering. “This grant will allow us to further increase our footprint in training tomorrow’s cybersecurity professionals.”

SUU applied for the federal grant, along with its academic partner Washington State University. Dr. Tim Ball, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems at SUU, will oversee administration of the grant. Dr. Ball has an extensive background working

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2017 Cyber Security Conference. Southern Utah University has recently been awarded a grant of almost 4 million dollars from the United States Department of Labor and almost 2 million from the private sector to help fund cyber security field training. with the federal government and military doing research and development of tools and techniques for cybersecurity and electronic warfare.

U.S. Senator Mitt Romney spearheaded SUU’s application in Washington, DC. “I was pleased to advocate for SUU’s apprenticeship program to receive this grant, which will support the university’s efforts to expand opportunities in growing sectors in the West,” Senator Romney said. “Apprenticeships are proven pathways to middle and high skilled jobs, and SUU is a leader in equipping apprentices for careers

in manufacturing, energy, and cybersecurity.”

SUU was the only university in Utah to receive an award from the Department of Labor’s “Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap” grant.

In total, DOL funded 28 public-private partnerships across the United States.

In SUU’s program, all apprentices will enroll in core cybersecurity courses and, upon completion, receive a professional certificate.

SUU is already home to one of the top cybersecurity programs in the country. The university’s bachelor’s degree in information systems with a

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by Tim Ballard

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by Jeffery J. McKenna Because we spend a lot of time online—banking, shopping, social networking, etc., a new category of personal property seems to have emerged known to estate planners as “digital assets.”

Digital assets include any work or possessions stored on computers, hard drives and the internet. They include photos, videos, e-mails and playlists. People also store medical records and tax documents. More and more financial institutions encourage account holders to sign up for paperless statements. The list —and potential value—continues to grow. To complicate matters, each of the assets may even require different user names and passwords.

When a person dies without a will (known as dying “intestate”), the state decides how that person’s assets are distributed. But digital assets such as e-mail and social networking accounts are so recent that most courts have not yet developed rules for how to distribute them when there are no instructions by the owner.

Even when there are instructions, there are other legal hurdles. Just because you

have a user name and password with the user’s consent, you could still violate laws by accessing the other person’s account because many social media websites have contracts that protect the privacy of users.

Many people have arrangements to pay bills online or have assets online that are tied to PayPal, eBay or Amazon.com, etc. Business owners are also likely to store important information on computers, or have a domain name or a blog that can only be accessed by password or email.

For now, until there is legislation enacted that makes it permissible to access online accounts with the consent of account owners, it is probably wise to carefully consider all accounts that are accessed online, including photo-storing sites, PayPal accounts, social media sites, etc. and communicate details to permit access to your personal representative or the trustee of your estate lest important information be inaccessible and lost.

In conclusion, it would be wise to include with your estate planning documents a list of passwords and log-in

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

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At the dentist's office for oral surgery, I was handed a couple of forms to fill out. As I signed the first one, I joked with the receptionist: "Does this say that even if you pull my head completely off, I can't sue you?"

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Today's Thought

My friends tell me that I refuse to grow up, but I know they're just jealous because they don't have pajamas with feet.

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For years my husband denied he was an aggressive driver. That changed one day when we were out for a drive with our three-year old son, Matthew. Seeing a teaching opportunity, I asked Matthew about traffic lights.

"What does a red light mean?" I asked.

"Stop."

"Good.

How about green?"

"Go." "And yellow?" I continued.

In his best deep-voice impression of Daddy, Matthew bellowed... "Hang on!"

Generation Gap

The generation gap proved glaringly obvious at the mailorder music company where my wife works as a customer service representative.

Some college students, who were working part- time inputting customer information, wrote the following notes regarding some golden oldies: "Customer is looking for two song titles: 'Shovel Off Two Buffaloes' And 'Honey, suck a Rose."

Shower Thoughts

It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.

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49. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 51. Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary 54. Big name in grills 56. Giraffe's striped-leg cousin 57. Blueprint 58. Tear down 59. Mischievous sprites 60. Decorative neckwear, pl.

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I kind of feel lost after and Bernie Sanders won three. crown. COVID-19 is a re- many other European counlast week’s State Champion- These included Vermont (his spiratory illness produced by tries. Next to downsizing the ship Basketball event. I am home state), Utah and Colo- the new coronavirus and has Grand Staircase, the Corostill trying to grow back my rado. Utah finally did away symptoms similar to those of navirus is going to really finger nails. It is the start of with the caucuses and, on the the flu: fever, cough and short- hurt the economy in Garfield March Madness, with the Democratic side, there was ness of breath. The virus kills County. tournaments ending on the five times more voting this about 3.4 % of those infected.

Some good news on the weekend. I do know that Utah year. California mailed out The virus was first iden- health in America. The canState gave San Diego State over 30 million ballots for ear- tified in people from Wuhan, cer death rate in America fell their only 2nd loss of the year ly voting. However, they had a city in China’s Hubei prov- 29% between 1991 and 2017. and got Utah State in the big six million votes on Election ince, about two months ago. New treatments and changes dance.

Day, and their ballots, after a It was transmitted from an in behavior has saved three I have switched over week, have not been counted. animal species to humans, at a million lives. New therafrom high school ball to It looks like Joe Biden, who Wuhan market that sold meat pies have contributed to a the NBA. Mainly, to watch now leads in the voting, prob- and live animals. sharp decline in the number Labron James and the LA ably will be the Democratic There are over 100,000 of deaths from colorectal, Lakers. This weekend, they nomination. This Tuesday, cases of the COVID-19 that breast and prostate cancer, beat the Milwaukee Buck (the there is another eight states have been confirmed world- since their peaks in the early Snowville Standrod 30 City team with the best record) and that will be voting,Garden and many wide, most of them in China. 1990s. The incidence rate Clarkston Richmond the second place LA Clippers, of them are in Joe’s corner.

About 80% of the cases have of prostate cancer in men 89 election got rid of Blue Creek both pretty soundly. Labron This been fairly mild, but the virus has dropped sharply. HowSmithfield Laketown Park Valley scored 37 against the Bucks all but two of the twenty two can result in pneumonia and ever, breast cancer diagnoses Fielding 15 Howell 30 North Logan and 28 against the Clippers. original candidates, including has led to nearly 3,350 deaths, in women has risen slightly Logan There is still more than a Bloomberg who spent almost including 16 in the US. The since 2004.

Raymond C. and Diane (Nelson) Potter Tremonton The Stock Market rallied month left in their regular seaa half billion dollars to buy cases are rapidly increasing in will celebrate 50 years of marriage on March 12, 2020.

Providence Randolph son. a spot on the ticket.

Mike South Korea, Italy and Iran. last Monday and WednesHoneyville Hyrum They were married in the Manti Temple on March 12, 1970.

Rich Cache Next week, we have a Bloomberg only won AmeriAll, but one so far, of the day but crashed on the other They have raised 5 children; Monica and Trevor Yocom, 16 Paradise three days.

It did come out on couple of dates to watch.

The can Samoa, and that gave him deaths in the US has occurred Nycole and Shane Durfey, Tracy and Wendy Potter, Nissa Woodruff Brigham City 17th is St. Patrick’s Day, and six delegates. in Washington State.

Most of top for the first time in three and Cory Brazell, and Angie Potter Baumann. They have 14 Mantua the 19th is the first day of With Utah doing away the victims were residents of weeks.

These swing are grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren (with 2 more due this Box Elder spring. Except for the crum- with the caucuses, you can a nursing home in suburban monster at a 1000 point in a 15 Willard year). Raymond and Diane owned and operated the Wayne 39 Wonderland Motel in Loa, built and operated the Wonderland my wind, the winter has been now sign up to run for vari- Seattle. There has been one day. Oil is really sinking, goquite mild. View We have had very ous offices that are open in the reported case in Utah. ing down to 42 a barrel. Gas Inn, Texaco and RV Park in Torrey. They have since retired Pleasant Ogden County. One County Commismountains Evidence suggests that at Elsinore is still the lowand enjoy fishing, gardening, traveling and spending time with little snow, but theNorth Weber up above Panguitch Lake have sioner, Auditor, Treasurer and, the virus spreads like the est at around $2.39, but they friends and family. They have served in many church callings Marriott-Slaterville Ogden Lakeside and have no plans to slow down inPromontory the future.Point a good covering. Our lake and I believe, the EngineeringWahsatch po- flu, through droplets from a have dropped their 87 octane Roy are Piute’s reservoir bothOgden full. sitions are open. Also, three sneeze or a cough or by touch- down to 85. However, their South This Clinton means thatSunset we will have school board positions are ing an infected surface. midgrade is only $2.49.

80 Great Salt L. Morgan goodClearfield water for theLayton summer. open, two in Panguitch and Masks do little to stop the I try not to use playDavis Morgan In Utah politics, this one in Escalante.

The county spread of the virus, however, ers names in my sports colEmory Henefer Kaysville year’s legislature session will positions are open to anyone if you have the symptoms, umn because I always forget Farmington come to an end on the 13th, who lives in the county, and the masks will stop the spread someone. In the White Horse Aspen Jane & Archer Kent Centerville and the West treasury is left with the school boardCoalville openings through sneezing and cough- game, Abbe Holman came Bountiful were born at Sevier Valley a surplusWoods of 923 million dol- are only for those that live in ing. Authorities are recom- off the bench and scored four Cross Bountiful Hospital on February Low 21, 2020 Salt Lake lars. North Because that money that district. You do not have mending that people frequent- straight baskets and gave the Summit to Tiffany and Mark was raised through income to gather signatures for these ly wash their hands, avoid Lady Cats a big Boost.

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Orem Duchesne nior Drill team members that approve this Amendment. have also cancelled the early The President said that Provo 73 There is a plan, since the date session of their spring Con- because of the spread of the entertain at the JV games, as Fruitland Utah L. Faust for approval ofUtah gymnastics team. this amend- ference, which brings visitors virus to so many countries, well as theDuchesne Springville Many thanks to all of ment has long ago passed, to from allMapleton over the world. There that maybe the Americans will Vernon get that date changed. The are Spanish now overFork 300 cases of the stay home this year. Having those that helped out in the 36 Payson virus in the US. and 14 deaths. driven bus out at the Canyon, concession stand. I believe Equal Rights Amendment Woodland Hills some facts I know that about a 1/3 of the you raised enough money was first purposed in 1923. It I came across Santaquin 6 RewasEureka stopped by the Southern on the virus (Las Vegas visitors are from foreign coun- to help the Girl's Basketball Gilluly States and States like Utah. view-Journal). Coronavirus tries. I understand that China team out next year Pat and I haven’t been On the National front, is a part of a large family of spends Colton between two and 15 191 everywhere, but we are putlast Tuesday was Super Tuesviruses named for their shape, four billion on visiting,and Mona Indianola day, where 14 states voted. which resembles a crown with thousands come from Italy, ting it on our bucket list.

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Melanie Dabb, Extension Assistant Professor, Wayne County

Net Worth Statements

A net worth statement is an important financial document. It is a ‘financial snapshot’ that shows your financial wealth at a given point in time. A net worth statement provides a useful summary of your financial affairs and can measure your financial wellbeing.

Why should I complete a net worth statement?

A net worth statement is a tool to help you measure progress toward long-term financial goals. You may use one in different ways. It provides an inventory of your assets (what you own) and your liabilities or debts (what you owe). If you prepare a net worth statement at about the same time each year, you will see how your total net worth changes from year to year. You will want to see if your assets are increasing and your debts are decreasing over time—that is, if you are building wealth. If your net worth has declined from the past year, this may tell you changes are needed for you to live within your income and provide for the future. Having savings, investments, and debts can make it difficult to know if you are spending more money than you have coming in. A net worth statement can help you see your total financial situation.

Step 1: Calculate the value of your assets.

List all of your assets (what you own). Use the current market value or today’s dollar value for each item.

This is the amount you could sell the asset for today, not what it cost when it was new.

• The cash value of a whole life insurance policy can be found on a schedule in the policy. It is also available from your insurance agent. The cash value is the amount of money the insurance company would return to you if you termi-

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nated the policy.

• Any bank or other vendor of U.S. Savings Bonds can tell you the current value of your bonds.

You can also price them online at www. savingsbonds. com.

The daily values of mutual funds, stocks, and bonds are quoted each day in larger newspapers and the Wall Street Journal. Values are also available on quarterly reports. Many brokerage firms post share and fund prices on their web site and are accessible with your personal identification number (PIN).

Annuity values are available in annual reports or quarterly statements, or from your broker or Net Worth Statements insurance agent. Human resource officers at places of employment should be able to tell you the amount you have contributed to your pension, 401(k), 403(b), or 457 plan(s).

Car values are published by the National Automobile Dealers Association and

by Kelly Blue Book. These publications are available in most libraries, at car dealerships, and at lending institutions. You can also find sites on the internet that list auto values.

Estimate the value of household furnishings and appliances by using information from second-hand shops and from classified ads. Use conservative estimates because it is not always easy to sell used possessions.

The value of collections,

jewelry, furs, and guns can be estimated by dealers.

Step 2: Calculate your liabilities.

List all of your debts or liabilities (what you owe). Use the most up-to-date amounts.

• The balance owed on installment debts or credit cards is listed on monthly statements. If not, the balance can be obtained from the creditor.

• The principal owed on a mortgage or real estate loan is available from the mortgage lender.

• Remember to also list second mortgages or home equity credit line loans.

Step 3. Subtract the value of your liabilities from the value of your assets to determine your net worth.

Step 4. Monitor your net worth annually.

Complete another net worth statement worksheet in about one year and compare the two statements. Completing one each year at about the same time will help you monitor your financial well-being.

Online Net Worth Calculation Resources are available at: https://web.extension.illinois.edu/toughtimes/docs/ net_worth.pdf https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/consumer/09159.pdf https://ohioline.osu.edu/ factsheet/hyg-5245 Written by: Nancy Porter, Colorado State University Extension. Adapted for Article-Melanie Dabb, Extension Assistant Professor, Wayne County.

by Garfield County Taxpayers Alliance letter containing a ‘cease & haps that was the problem. desist’ request signed by Mark However, problems creHenrie (Marc Henrie) regard- ate opportunities. Hence, our ing use of our name. Upon name change, our nonprofit examination, we found Mr. status change, and an exHenrie and Mr. Eric Houston, panded ability to explore the both well-known entities of issues we’ve been identifying Panguitch, had discovered a over the past year. hole we left in our paperwork We hope those of you and were able to register the who have engaged with name ‘Garfield County Tax- GCTA in the past will continpayer Association’ as a sole ue to do so, with your comproprietorship with the State ments, your volunteerism, of Utah in early December. and your good will. Rest (Please note: A sole propri- assured, our efforts will not etorship is, by definition, a for be deterred by attempts to profit entity.) silence the GCTA—our ac“Disingenuous” is the tivities are civil, legal, legitikindest term to describe the mate, and warranted. Please tactic employed by the Hen- visit www.GCTAutah.com rie/Houston duo. Under our for more information on our original name, GCTA held new mission and goals, and, the public kickoff meeting; if you’re interested, more deestablished a website; started tails on the ‘cease & desist’ a membership and communi- letter, a copy of which is now cated with members; submit- posted. ted informative, monthly artiThe Garfield County cles to The Insider; submitted Taxpayers Alliance (GCTA) GRAMA requests to obtain is a non-profit, non-partipublic documents; regularly san volunteer organization invited county-wide participa- dedicated to fostering an tion and engagement; and had accountable and fiscally renearly completed the process sponsible government by obto obtain 501(c)(3) status to be taining information, conductable to accept tax-deductible ing research, and educating donations to cover expenses. the public. For more inforOur activities were well- mation on GCTA, or to join, publicized and well-known go to www.GCTAutah.org. throughout the county. Per-

PANGUITCH - Exciting news! Garfield County Taxpayers Association is now the Garfield County Taxpayers Alliance (GCTA). Along with the name change, we have applied for IRS 501(c)(4) nonprofit status, which, for practical purposes, changes two main things from our original goal of 501(c)(3) status: 1) We can now advocate across a broader range of residents’ issues, and; 2) donations to GCTA will not be tax deductible.

We have been continually assessing our activities and objectives since GCTA’s inception last March with a public meeting in Escalante.

At that time, we were uncertain exactly how the structure of the group, its mission, and scope would be most effective. We’ve learned a lot over the past year: • We want to intensify our focus on government transparency and accountability.

• We will actively build upon the solid information and resources we provide through our website at GCTAutah.org.

• Many residents who support our activities find our information valuable but do not necessarily want to be on a member roster.

• Some county residents do not think their local government officials should be questioned regarding budgeting and administrative decision-making and practices.

• GCTA can’t be effective and still satisfy everyone’s expectations of what a “taxpayers association” is to them.

• There are misconceptions about nonprofit organizations—what they can do, as well as what they’re required to do.

The GCTA board and working group have tried to not react to attacks over our legitimate questioning of our local government. However, a new attack necessitates a formal response: On Feb. 28, GCTA board members received a certified

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LegaL Notices 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

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TROPIC TOWN Notice is hereby given that the Town of Tropic will hold a public hearing on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.

Tropic Town Heritage Center * 20 North Main Tropic, Garfield County, Utah.

For the purpose of implementing an Annual Base Rate Increase for: Water and Sewer Rates Increase on Road Fee Increase on Storm Drainage Fee All interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 12, 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 435-836-2160.

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 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 23rd at 11:00 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: Business License Ordinance Amendments Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 12 & 19, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 23rd at 10:50 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: Zoning Ordinance Amendments: • Chapter 8 Conditional Uses • Chapter 20 Resort Recreation Zone (RR) Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 12 & 19, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 23rd at 11:10 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: Garfield County Ordinance Amendments: • Ordinance 2019-2 Glamping • Ordinance 2019-9 Short-Term Rentals Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 12 & 19, 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 84114-6300. 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 PUBLIC SCOPING NOTICE FREMONT RIVER AND RICHFIELD RANGER DISTRICTS FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST The Fremont River and Richfield Ranger Districts of the Fishlake National Forest are proposing and requesting comments for the Dark Blue Vegetation Improvement Project.

Information concerning this project and how to comment can be found at http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/fishlake/landmanagement/projects.

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C l a s s i f i e d ads

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

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

HELP WANTED

INFORMATION SPECIALIST WAYNE COUNTY TRAVEL COUNCIL Wayne County is accepting applications for the following parttime, seasonal position: Title: Information Specialist Department: Travel Council GENERAL PURPOSE Performs a variety of entry level clerical and administrative support duties and provide day to day customer service.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED Works under general supervision from the Wayne County Travel Council Director ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Provide excellent customer service.

Answer all incoming calls to the information center and retrieve messages from answering machine and fulfill their request and or call them back.

Keep brochure racks filled and bulletin board updated with current information.

Sweep / vacuum and clean the restroom at the information center when needed.

Must be willing to work weekends and Holidays.

Perform related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 1. Knowledge of Wayne County and surrounding areas.

2. Required knowledge, skills and abilities: Some knowledge of standard office procedures and policies; good English usage, grammar, and spelling; operation of standard office machinery; filing systems, alphabetical and numerical; computer operation; telephone etiquette; basic interpersonal skills; Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing; follow written or oral instructions; work in a standard office setting requiring extensive setting or standing; write legibly; respond to requests for assistance or information; demonstrate self motivation; develop effective working relationships with supervisors, fellow employees, and the public.

3. Work Environment: Tasks require variety of physical activities, not generally involving muscular strain, and does involve walking, standing, stooping, lifting, sitting and reaching. Talking, hearing and seeing necessary in performing job duties. Common eye, hand, finger, leg and foot dexterity exist. Mental application utilizes memory for details, verbal instructions, emotional and discriminating thinking.

Applications can be picked up at the Wayne County Clerk’s Office and will be accepted until 5:00 pm on Friday, March 14th 2020. For additional information, please contact the County Clerk’s Office at 435-836-1300.

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

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

Please stop by in person to complete an application.

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

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

Call Melissa Veater 435-690-0911

sudoku Answers for this week

Tropic AA Meeting Wednesday at 6 PM. Tropic Heritage Center. All meetings are closed discussion. rtn

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Garfield County School District is hiring the following positions. For a description of each, please see the district website www.garfk12.org Custodian at Escalante High School Principal with other District Responsibilities at Bryce Valley Elementary School Half-Time Kindergarten Teacher at Bryce Valley Elementary School Agriculture/Ag Systems Tech/Welding/Auto Tech Teacher at Panguitch High School Secretary/Food Service Director at Panguitch Middle School CTE Skilled & Tech/Agriculture Science Teacher at Bryce Valley High School CTE Family Consumer Science/Art Teacher at Bryce Valley High School Para Professionals for All Schools Substitute/Activity Bus Driver in Escalante Substitute Custodians, Food Service, and Teachers Food Service Worker for Boulder Elementary School SALARY: Please see 2019-2020 Garfield County School Districts Classified Salary Schedule and Certified Salary Schedule.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check. Applicant must work well with children. See the job description for additional requirements.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified or certified application.

Please direct questions to: AES Head Teacher Robin Gibbs (435-624-3221) BES Head Teacher Elizabeth Julian (435-335-7322) BVES Principal Layne LeFevre (435-679-8619) BVHS Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff (435-679-8835) EES/EHS Principal Peter Baksis (435-826-4205) PES Principal Robert Prince (435-676-8847) PMS/PHS Principal Russ Torgersen (435-676-8805) District Office Tracy Davis (435-676-8821) Online application available: www.garfk12.org Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

DEADLINE: See the district website for closing date of each position.

Garfield County School District is an equal opportunity employer.

Garfield County School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

SERVICES

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

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

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

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

Southwest Behavioral Health Center

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

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

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255

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

THE NOOR HOTEL IN TORREY IS HIRING FRONT DESK HOUSEKEEPING WAIT STAFF (Waiters / Waitresses) Full / Part-Time / Seasonal Available (Retirees and students welcome to apply) Please, apply in person at The Noor Hotel 877 N. SR 24, Torrey, UT 84775.

(435)425-3866

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

Apply online at 2020census.gov.

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

Call 307-786-2068

CAPITOL REEF CIDER WORKS BICKNELL Capitol Reef Cider Works of Bicknell, Utah is looking for intelligent dedicated employees to advance our apple orchard and cider operation. Reliability and good physical fitness are required.

Full-time and part-time positions available.

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

Email resumes and questions to: capitolreefciderworks@gmail.com

SENIOR CENTER MENUS Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues.

Mar. 17th

Italian Soup w/ Potatoes, Carrots, Celery, Grilled Cheese, Jello-O Fruit Salad, Key Lime Cookies

Wed. Mar. 18th

Spaghetti, Bread Sticks, Green Salad, Oranges, Blueberry Cake

Thurs.

Mar. 19th

Corned Beef and Cabbage w/ Potatoes, Salad Bar, Brown Bread, Green Jello w/ Fruit

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 17th WED Mar 18th THURS Mar 19th

Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, Refried Beans, Pears/ Salad Bar, Ice Cream Baked Ham, Cheese Potatoes, Carrots, Jello w/ Fruit, Apple Cake Meatloaf, Baked Potatoes, Green Beans, Peaches, Salad Bar/ Cherry Tart

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. 17th

Wed. Mar 18th

Thurs. Mar 19th

Corned Beef & Cabbage, Boiled Potatoes, Carrots/ Onions, Veggies, Apricots, Green Jello Cake

Pork Chops w/ Gravy, Rice Pilaf, Mixed Veggies, Salad Bar, Applesauce, Cherry Cheesecake

Chicken Fried Steak, Potatoes & Gravy, Chuckwagon Corn, Salad Bar, Pears, Choco Chip Cookies

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

LANDFILL INFORMATION

WAYNE COUNTY LANDFILL HOURS LANDFILL SUPERVISOR Bruce Johnson PO BOX 189 Loa, UT 84747 Cell Phone: 435-691-2228 THE LANDFILL HOURS ARE: October 15 to April 1st 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM April 1st to October 15 Monday, Wednesday & Friday 2:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday 1:00 - 5:00 PM

GARFIELD COUNTY LANDFILL HOURS LANDFILL OPERATOR Cell Phone: 435-616-8633 LANDFILL CONTACT DARRON MATHEWS 435-676-2270

THE LANDFILL HOURS ARE: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM COST Municipal: $32.50 per ton Construction/Demolition: Private: $10.00 per ton Governmental: $25.00 per ton

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Awards for Excellence:

“It has always been our focus to make guests feel welcome. We want them to feel they are part of our family when they stay with us.”—Lance Syrett Awards for Excellence Cont'd from page 1

United States. Categories for these awards offer a range from Excellence in Destination Marketing to Excellence in Transportation.

Ruby’s Inn is honored to be the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Lodging for this year’s Stanley Awards. As a family-owned and operated business, Ruby’s Inn has always worked endlessly to produce the best stay for guests from all over with the goal to create a home-away-fromhome for each person who enters their doors.

“We are ecstatic and grateful for the recognition this award brings to Ruby’s Inn,” said Lance Syrett, hotel general manager of Ruby’s Inn. “It has always been our focus to make guests feel welcome. We want them to feel they are part of our family when they stay with us.”

Ruby’s Inn is a part of the Grand Circle Association that focuses on bringing travelers

to the Four Corners Region of the United States. As a part of this nonprofit organization, Ruby’s Inn winning reflects well upon the association and shines a light upon all the other wonderful businesses and destinations found within the five states that the organization covers.

“Our congratulations go to Lance Syrett and his amazing staff,” said Laurie Frantz, executive director of the Grand Circle Association. “We want to thank them for their hard work to make Bryce and the Grand Circle area welcoming to international visitors!”

On top of being highquality lodging, Ruby’s Inn is a hub of activity offering hiking trails, horseback riding tours, ATV trails and much more that add to guest’s experience. As the closest hotel to Bryce Canyon National Park, it is a prime location for travelers to explore Bryce and the surrounding area. For more information about Ruby’s Inn please visit rubysinn.com.

—Ruby's Inn

Entrada: Entrada will host a free

community dinner celebrating our heritage of clay, beads, and pottery on April 1 at the Wayne County Community Center.

Entrada

Cont'd from page 1

If you're planning to join us, please call the USU Extension/4-H Office at 435836-1312 to let us know how many will participate in the 4-H program and/or the dinner.

You can help preserve our amazing past by contributing stories or historical

photos to the project. Go to Facebook or contact Project Director Annette Lamb at alamb@eduscapes.com or 435-425-3415. This project is made possible through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Entrada Institute and Wayne County USU Extension. LIKE us at facebook. com/sparkinghumanities.

—Annette Lamb, Entrada Institute

March 12, 2020

Poll: Utahns Don’t Want More Restrictions on Abortion Rights SALT LAKE CITY Members of the Utah Legislature have proposed a significant number of bills this session to restrict women's reproductive rights. However, a recent poll shows that a majority of Utahns disagree with their elected officials.

The poll asked about 800 Utah citizens regarding issues such as sex education, contraceptive access, abortion, and Roe vs. Wade. Despite Republican support for a bill banning most abortions in the state, the vast majority of Utahns said the Legislature should not pass any more restrictions.

Karrie Galloway, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Utah, says state lawmakers are not listening to the people who elected them.

"The state Legislature, because we have a super-majority of one party here, have said that they don't believe a woman should be able to have a choice," says Galloway.

"What this poll provides is to let us know that the people they are representing don't

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A new poll shows that most Utahns don't want the state Legislature to approve any more restrictions on women's reproductive rights. feel that way."

Despite the poll results, legislators behind the two major bills affecting abortions defended them, and said despite the poll results, they believe a majority of Utahns

New Eagle Scouts: "No doubt

the new Eagles are very appreciative of their parents, grandparents, other relatives, friends, and especially their scout and young men leaders for the encouragement and help in attaining this important milestone in their lives."

—Norman McKee New Eagle Scouts Cont'd from page 1

elle Roundy; Justis Savage, son of Ranse & Kami Savage; Nathaniel Sarles, son of Mike & Lucy Sarles.

Each of these new Eagles planned and supervised much needed projects in and around our community. They are each a great example of dedication, the work ethic, and living the Scout Oath and Law. Hopefully, they will all progress into manhood successfully as they

agree with them.

In addition, 65% support "medically accurate" sex education, 80% back state funding of reproductive health services for low-income families, and 52% want the courts to uphold Roe versus Wade. Galloway says lawmakers have been busy this session passing so-called "trap laws" on abortion rights, which would not become effective unless the Supreme Court outlaws abortions.

"The fact that close to 80% of the sample, once

they've learned how many "trap laws" Utah has already passed, feels there's no need to restrict abortion further," says Galloway.

Galloway is referring to the fact that poll respondents weren't initially told about the current restrictions on reproductive rights in Utah.

But when pollsters informed them, a majority changed their answer to say lawmakers should not pass any more restriction.

—Mark Richardson, Utah News Connection

continue to live and practice the everlasting principles they learned as a Boy Scout.

No doubt the new Eagles are very appreciative of their parents, grandparents, other relatives, friends, and especially their scout and young men leaders for the encouragement and help in attaining this important milestone in their lives.

—Norman McKee

Ordinance No. 03-02-2020 AN ORDINANCE OF WAYNE COUNTY, UTAH ENACTING WAYNE COUNTY AS A SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY COUNTY

WHEREAS, Acting through the United States Constitution, the people created governAn "Unlawful Act" shall consist of any federal or state act, law, order, rule, or regulament to be their agent in the exercise of a few defined powers, while reserving to the citizens tion, which restricts an individual's constitutional right to keep and bear arms, including any the right to decide on matters which concern their lives, liberty, and property in the ordinary federal or state act, law, order, rule, or regulation which bans or effectively bans, registers course of affairs; and or effectively registers, or limits the lawful use of firearms, firearm accessories or ammuniWHEREAS, the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads, "A well regu- tion (other than a fully automatic firearm which is made unlawful by federal law). Any such lated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and "Unlawful Act" is invalid in Wayne County and shall not be recognized by Wayne County, bear Arms, shall not be infringed." and shall be considered null, void and of no effect and this includes, but shall not be limited to WHEREAS, The right of the people to keep and bear arms is further protected from in- the following: fringement by State and Local Governments under the Ninth, Tenth, and Fourteenth Amend- 1. Any tax, levy, fee, or stamp imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition not ments to the Constitution of the United States of America; and common to all other goods and services on the purchase or ownership of those items by WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. citizens; 570 (2008), affirmed an individual's right to possess firearms, unconnected with service in a 2. Any registration or tracking of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition; militia, for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home, and 3. Any registration (except for those requirements associated with the point of sale) or trackWHEREAS, Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United ing of the owners of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition; States of America states, " No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the 4. Any act forbidding the possession, ownership, or use of any type of firearm, firearm accesprivileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any per- sory, or ammunition by citizens of the legal age of eighteen and over, other than pursuant to son of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its federal law background check requirements for transfers or purchases through FFL dealers; jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"; 5. Any prohibition, regulation, and/or use restriction related to ownership or the constituWHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the United States recognized in McDonald v. City of tionally guaranteed lawful use or carry of non-fully automatic firearms; and Chicago that the Second Amendment to the Constitution was incorporated by the Fourteenth 6. Any prohibition, regulation, and/or use restriction limiting hand grips, stocks, flash supAmendment and thereby made applicable to the States; and pressors, bayonet mounts, magazine capacity, clip capacity, internal capacity, or types of WHEREAS, Justice Thomas M. Cooley in the People v. Hurlbut 24 Mich. 44, page 108 ammunition available for sale, possession or use by citizens.

(1871), states: "The State may mould local institutions according to its views of policy or expeEXCEPTIONS diency; but local government is a matter of absolute right; and the State cannot take it away"; 1. The protections provided to citizens by this ordinance do not apply to persons who have WHEREAS, The right to be free from the commandeering hand of government has been been convicted of felony crimes or who are prohibited from possessing firearms under fedrecognized by the United States Supreme Court in Printz v. United States. The Court held: "The eral law and state law by a finding of a court of competent jurisdiction that such individual is Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular incompetent. problems, nor command the States' officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to admin- 2. This ordinance is not intended to prohibit or affect in any way the prosecution of any ister or enforce a federal regulatory program"; and crime for which the use of, or possession of, a firearm is an aggravating factor or enhanceWHEREAS, Therefore, the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental individual right ment to an otherwise independent crime. that shall not be infringed; and all local, state and federal acts, laws, orders, rules or regula- 3. This ordinance does not prohibit individuals in Wayne County from voluntarily participattions restricting the fundamental right to keep and bear arms that are not narrowly tailored to ing in assisting in permitting, licensing, registration or other processing of applications for protect a compelling state purpose are in violation of the Second Amendment; and concealed carry permits, or other firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition licensing or WHEREAS, Local governments have the legal authority to refuse to cooperate with state registration processes that may be required by law. and federal firearm laws that violate those rights and to proclaim a Second Amendment SancPENALTIES tuary for law-abiding citizens in their local jurisdiction; 1. Any person violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a Class B misdeWHEREAS, the Wayne County Board of Commissioners wishes to express its intent to meanor. stand as a Sanctuary County for Second Amendment rights and to oppose, within the limits of 2. In addition, anyone within the jurisdiction of Wayne County, Utah, accused to be in violathe Constitution of the United States and the State of Utah, any efforts to unconstitutionally tion of this ordinance may be sued in the Sixth District Court of the State of Utah for declararestrict such rights, and to use such legal means at its disposal to protect the rights of the citi- tory and injunctive relief, damages, and attorneys' fees. zens of Wayne County, Utah to keep and bear arms, including through legal action, the power SEVERABILITY to appropriate public funds, the right to petition for redress of grievances, and the power to If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is, for any direct the law enforcement and employees of Wayne County to not enforce any unconstitu- reason, held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision tional law. shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such holding shall not NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the County Legislative Body of Wayne County or- affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. dains as follows: AMENDMENT OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES Notwithstanding any other law, regulation, rule or order to the contrary, no agent, deTo the extent that any ordinances, resolutions, or policies of Wayne County conflict with partment, employee or official of Wayne County, a political subdivision of the State of Utah, the provisions of this ordinance, they are hereby amended to comply with the provisions while acting in their official capacity, shall: hereof.

1. Knowingly and willingly, participate in any way in the enforcement of any Unlawful Act, as BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance shall become effective 15 days after pasdefined herein, regarding personal firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition. sage. The County Clerk is ordered to post this Ordinance forthwith pursuant to Utah Code 2. Utilize any Wayne County assets, funds, or funds allocated by any entity to Wayne County, Annotated S17-53-208. in whole or in part, to engage in any activity that aids in the enforcement or investigation PASSED AND ORDERED POSTED by unanimous vote of the Board of County Commisrelating to an Unlawful Act in connection with personal firearms, firearm accessories, or amsioners of Wayne County at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board on the 2nd day of munition.

March, 2020.

UNLAWFUL ACT WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSION, Stanley Wood, Chairman ATTEST: Ryan Torgerson, Clerk / Auditor