National Weather Service Recognizes

Two Garfield County Residents

by Ian Marynowski

Torrey Town Council

by Amiee Maxwell

Mar. 9, 2023

TORREY - The March 2023 Torrey Town Council meeting opened with a water connection request for Jaron Potter. The council said they have discussed this request in past meetings and approved the request without much discussion. Then it was on to the Mayor’s Report with the big item being the town residents' water usage. The average Torrey resident uses 8,000 gallons per month, with 14% of residents using more than 30,000 gallons/ month. Additional water use statistics will be provided in the next Torrey Town water bill.

Sharon Dale Marsh is one of the last people in the state of Utah to collect weather observations with the original equipment. Known as a Cotton Region Shelter, or CRM, the white box contains two mercury thermometers to record high and low temperatures. There are also rulers which aid in measuring snowfall or rain amounts, which are collected in a nearby tube and funnel. The thermometers must be reset after each use by spinning or upending them. Many observers have transitioned to using digital thermometers which can be read from inside, but precipitation amounts must still be read manually outdoors.

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by Kathy Munthe

Birds Need the Basics Food, Water, Shelter

has walked at 5 pm most days for the past 42 years. This path takes him past his two cats, who begrudgingly share the Marsh estate, and

AmeriCorps Seniors Can Earn Income While Volunteering

JUAB / MILLARD / PIUTE / SANPETE / SEVIER / WAYNE COS. - If you are 55 years or older and can spare some time, you could qualify as a AmeriCorps Senior Companion.

Senior Companions help the elderly by providing social support, respite for caregivers, help with daily activities and transportation to activities such as shopping or appointments.

towards his small flock of weed-eating, black bellied

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Next there was a rather lengthy discussion with Dianna Poulton about the Wayne County Farmers Market. The council had pedestrian traffic concerns, and one council member noted that he has received citizen complaints that it has become too big of an event. Poulton explained how the market is run and what kind of insurance coverage the event has while Torrey Council Cont'd on B3

Debbie Savage

Cedar Waxwings contemplating a piece of fruit.

ESCALANTE - Sitting here during a recent winter storm and looking out at my deck, I see my feeders covered with birds vacuuming up seeds. Sometimes, a few will fly up to the edge of the roof to catch the occasional drip of melt water. Periodically, there is a big explosion of birds as everyone heads for the trees and bushes, startled by something. A predator, perhaps, or maybe they’re just practicing.

These lunchtime observations sum up the basic needs of birds: food, water and shelter. We can help provide these things during tough times such as these.

Birds spend a lot of time eating. They need to in order to maintain their high body temperatures and metabolism and to regain the 10% of body weight they lose at night. Many of the birds we have are seed eat-

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Senior Companion volunteers are 55 years or older and help older adults improve their quality of life. Senior Companions receive benefits such as meal and mileage reimbursement and can earn $400 or more of tax free* monthly income that doesn’t affect their own senior benefits.

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A crowd of over twenty people gathered to protest a proposal by a corporation called Red Root, LLC to build a Family Dollar/Dollar Tree store on Escalante’s Highway 12 at the March 14, 2023, Planning and Zoning meeting. The proposal is slated for the Escalante City’s council meeting agenda on March 21, 2023.

ESCALANTE - Escalante City’s planning and zoning commission met on March 14, 2023 to consider just one item: a proposal by a corporation called Red Root, LLC to build a Family Dollar/Dollar Tree store on Escalante’s Highway

12, with a corner address of 145 S. 300 E., just across Highway 12 from the elementary school.

Well before the 6pm meeting, a crowd of over twenty people had gathered to protest the proposal, carrying signs such as, “No

Dollar Store on Scenic Byway 12,” “Support Local,” and “No! to $ Store, Keep Hiway 12 Scenic and Local.”

“I think we have a Escalante P&Z Cont'd on B2