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Torrey Town Council

Burros are Destroying Horseshoe Canyon

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March 10

Emily Arntsen

A small herd of wild burros stands in the brushland near the Hans Flat Ranger Station in Canyonlands National Park.

CANYONLANDS N.P. Deep in the gorges of Horseshoe Canyon, a remote offshoot of Utah’s Canyonlands National Park in the Hans Flat region of eastern Wayne County, an animal wheezes and whimpers as if choking.

It’s only a wild donkey braying. But the haunting cry ricochets off the sandstone walls and lingers in the otherwise serene canyon.

Lower COVID Transmission Rates Lead Intermountain Healthcare to Relax Some Visitor Guidelines at Utah Hospitals and Clinics

Courtesy Intermountain Healthcare

Intermountain Healthcare has relaxed some of their visitor guidelines based on a decrease in Utah community COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The latest guidelines can be found at intermountainhealthcare.org.

UTAH - As of Friday, March 18, Intermountain Healthcare has relaxed some guidelines for visitors to its Utah hospitals and clinics, thanks to a decrease in Utah community COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

“We’re proceeding with caution. Even in a period of lower COVID transmission, there is still risk of transmission of COVID to our vulnerable patients in our facilities.

Visitors still need to follow some precautions to keep our patients safe,” said Eddie Stenehjem, MD, Intermountain Healthcare infectious diseases physician.

For non-COVID patients, the number of visitors at the bedside will be deter-

by Jillian Fahey

by Emily Arntsen, Corner Post

March 10

Torrey Council

Loa Town Council

Bad Asses!

by Amiee Maxwell

TORREY - The March 10, 2022, Torrey Town Council meeting opened with a report by Mayor Wright. He reported that a grant was submitted to the Eccles Foundation for new playground equipment and that a CDBG grant for this is still a possibility. He’s currently working with Representative Stewart’s office on using infrastructure money on potential housing and road projects. He noted that UDOT will begin the Highway 24 widening project at the end of March. He also created an email address specifically for Apple Days—so email appledays@torreyutah. gov if you’re interested in volunteering.

Town Clerk April Morrison reported that the business license renewals have been sent out, and then, Town Treasurer Colleen Dudleston reviewed the town’s bills and provided an audit report.

As for council member reports, Councilmember Pearl Thorndal-Stewart announced that the Easter Egg Hunt is on for April 16th and that they’ll be showing a movie in the Town Pavilion as part of the

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mined by the local unit care team and per request of the patient for regular medical and surgical units, labor and delivery, mom and baby, and emergency rooms. In mom and baby units, only siblings five years and older can visit.

Overnight visitors are allowed at Intermountain hospitals, at the discretion of the local care unit.

Some units and clinics, including those at Primary Children’s Hospital, may have more restrictive visitor policies based on limitations of the type of unit, room size, or presence of vulnerable patients, such as intensive care Visitor Guidelines Cont'd on page 6

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

These now-wild descendents of domesticated donkeys are called burros, and they have wreaked ecological havoc in the region surrounding Horseshoe Canyon on and off since the 1920s when one rancher left the area and turned his pack animals loose.

“The burros are easily the biggest problem we face in Horseshoe Canyon,” says William Leggett, a National

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Park Service (NPS) ranger stationed near Horseshoe Canyon. He kicks a pile of donkey droppings off the trail to prove his point.

Though donkeys were initially introduced to the Americas by way of Spanish explorers, the species originates in the deserts of northern Africa. In the absence of natural predators, burros have flourished in the arid climate

of the American southwest as ranchers and miners have abandoned them over time.

Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) estimates more than 14,000 wild burros roam across the United States.

In the distance, the small herd of burros in Horseshoe Wild Burros

Sunny days transitioning to partly cloudy over the weekend and into next week. Highs in the high 40s to 60s; lows in the high 20s to low 40s.

Highest chance of precip (≈40%) on Monday.

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Wolverine Captured, Collared and Released in Utah

by Kadi Franson

March 17 BRYCE - Mayor Syrett facilitated, and Sydney SyrettLamas took the minutes.

The meeting began with a prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Road Repaving Bid Approval - Two bids came in for road repaving work, one from Straight Stripe and one from Holbrook. There was a $20,000 difference between the bids. Last week, the council voted to go with the less expensive option, which was the bid from Straight Stripe.

However, Mayor Syrett then reached out to UDOT for clarification on the difference between the two products specified in the bids. After learning more about the products, he recommended that the council go for the more expensive and longer-lasting product (HA5) specified by Holbrook. The council approved a motion to go with Holbrook for a cost of $148,339.55. The road work will likely take place at the end of July.

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Courtesy Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Young wolverine on a table being examined by biologists. A wolverine that was spotted recently in Rich County is now wandering the Uinta Mountains with a GPS collar around its neck.

RANDOLPH - A wolverine that was spotted recently in Rich County is now wandering the Uinta Mountains with a GPS collar around its neck.

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are excited to learn more about an elusive animal with only eight confirmed sightings in Utah since 1979.

"It's amazing to get a chance to see a wolverine in the wild, let alone catch one,"

DWR Northern Region Wildlife Manager Jim Christensen said. "This was a once-in-alifetime experience."

The initial sighting The collaring effort started the morning of March 10 about six miles west of Randolph. A fixed wing aircraft, piloted by personnel from USDA-Wildlife Services, was flying over the area, conducting livestock protection work, when they noticed an animal feeding on

a dead sheep. They flew a bit closer and confirmed the animal was a wolverine. They immediately contacted their supervisor who in turn contacted the DWR. The dead sheep was one of 18 sheep the wolverine had killed or wounded in the area that morning.

Setting the trap To increase the chance Wolverine

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UPCOMING EVENTS...

Donkey Basketball Wayne FFA Fundraiser

March 26, 2022 Wayne High School 7:00 PM

Escalante Prevention Coalition—Ladies Health & Wellness Night

March 31, 2022

Escalante Community Center

6:00 PM

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LOA - After a welcome to the March 10, 2022, Loa Town Council meeting by Mayor Cody Grundy, Don Bone was introduced to the board. He has been chosen to replace Councilman Bruce Brown. Councilmember Bone will finish Bruce Brown’s incomplete term.

He is joining Mayor Cody Grundy and Councilors Bart Brian, Chris Olson, and Ryan Rees. All council members were in attendance, as well as town clerk Michelle Brian and maintenance supervisor Matt Morgan.

Next on the agenda, Sunrise Engineering representatives Jesse Ralphs and Jaison Hardman gave an update on the progress of replacing the town’s water pipes and water meters. Given some unforeseen circumstances, there is extra pipe, and the best use of it was discussed. The contract has half-days for the workmen built in to account for severe winter weather and to avoid pipe damage. April 10th is the tentative end date for winter work half-days, so the project will soon move faster in the warmer months.

War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It's hardly a civilized pursuit. It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace.

—Walter Cronkite

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Op-Ed

Notes from the Nuthatch Heralds

by Kadi Franson

Dirty Coal in Utah

Kadi Franson

"The short-horned lizards, encased in mud 6” below the surface, must be starting to wiggle their toes." are careening into the park in a steady stream. I retreat, slinking further away from the road. Like me, the birds are also repelled by human noisiness. Since sound is a primary means of communication for birds; they can be deeply impacted by noise.

Bird populations are lower near roads, industrial sites, and other loud areas, and the decline is attributed to noise levels.

But luckily, the sounds of birds are not bothersome to other birds. Nor are the other myriad sounds that emanate from the natural world in what Acoustic Ecologist Gordon Hempton refers to as “this solar-powered jukebox.”

This is good because the Pygmy Nuthatches are a pot bubbled over. I watch as one loudly announces his bachelorhood from the same cavity-riddled snag that has provided nesting habitat for the past three years. The holes at the top of the snag, year after year, seem to be reserved for elegant Violet-green Swallows. The mid-level apartments —occupied by bustling nuthatches. And the lower abodes —booked up by bluebirds who like to hang out on the stoop, keeping an eye on the neighborhood.

Right now, I am experiencing bluebird surround sound. Their calls remind me of long rubber bands being plucked, somewhere between the string section and the beating of tiny timpani drums.

I listen attentively, finding comfort in the enduring spring soundscape, drinking in the vibrancy of ordinary things.

Notes from the Nuthatch is a nature column written by Kadi Franson, a naturalist and artist living in Garfield County.

by Dr. Sky Chaney, President, Taxpayer Association of Kane County KANE COUNTY - Nor- with the Division of Mining. In mally when we think of “dirty response, this agency has fined coal,” we imagine smoky pol- the coal mining company, relution being spewed by the tall quiring it to comply with the stacks of power plants around terms of its restoration agreethe planet. Although burn- ments.

In addition to violating ing coal creates 72% of total greenhouse gas emissions the trust of local landowners, from the electricity sector, that Alton Coal Development has figure doesn’t tell the whole cheated both the State of Utah story about just how “dirty” and the government of Kane County by not complying with coal is here in Utah.

As President of the Tax- key financial obligations assopayer Association of Kane ciated with the mine. Coal deCounty, I am deeply concerned velopers in Utah are required about the negative impact of to purchase surety bonds in orcoal mining in our county. We der to back up compliance with now have firsthand experience restoring mined lands. Late with a coal mining industry last year, it was revealed that that plays dirty by violating the Coal Hollow Mine did not pollution standards, abrogating actually have the valid surety Utah law, and failing to keep bonds that it claimed to own.

The Utah Division of agreements it made to local residents to clean up after itself Oil, Gas and Mining (DOGM) found that $13.4 million in when finished mining.

In 2010, the rural commu- bonds put up by the company nity of Alton in Kane County were invalid. To remedy the became the location of Utah’s situation, DOGM required Alfirst coal strip mine. Before ton Coal Development to obAlton Coal Development LLC tain the required bonding by built the Coal Hollow Mine, December 14, 2021. The minconsultants at public meetings ing company failed to meet this presented their modern meth- first deadline, plus two other ods for keeping their coal op- subsequent deadlines. On Feberation clean and restoring the ruary 8, the Division of Mining land used by the mine. They ruled that the mine must cease told us it would be good for operation until the necessary our local economy. Most peo- surety bonds are obtained.

Alton Coal Development ple believed the story that was being presented to them. Now, has also financially shorted the thirteen years later, we can government of Kane County. see that many of the promises Since 2018, the mining commade by this out-of-state coal pany has not paid its required county property taxes. Accorddeveloper were never kept.

Since the founding of ing to the County Treasurer, Kanab in 1864, residents have Alton Coal Development currelied on water from Kanab rently owes $443,168 in back Creek for agriculture. Alton taxes. The coal developer’s Coal Development has com- lack of payment creates a burmitted a string of pollution den on the Kane County budviolations by dumping toxic get and on local taxpayers who solids into Kanab Creek. Now, must compensate for this unrather than holding Alton Coal paid debt.

Now, Alton Coal DevelDevelopment responsible for permanently reducing this wa- opment is waiting for a deciter pollution, the Utah Depart- sion by the U.S. Department of ment of Environmental Quality the Interior on whether or not has loosened the requirements it will receive the use of 3,000 to allow more toxic solids to acres of public land near Bryce flow downstream. Our farm- Canyon National Park for the ers and families in Kanab are expansion of its coal mine. now watering their crops and Given the mine’s consistent home vegetable gardens with lack of compliance with basic operational requirements, and this tainted water.

To date, most of the land the fact that it has negatively used for the mine has been impacted communities in our obtained by purchasing min- county, the Taxpayer Associaeral rights from local farm- tion of Kane County recomers. Alton Coal Development mends that this public land not formally agreed to restore this be granted for expanding the land to its original condition so Coal Hollow Mine.

Dr. Sky Chaney is the farmers can continue using it for agriculture. Alton Coal De- President of the Taxpayer Asvelopment has failed to keep sociation of Kane County.

This op-ed was first pubits timetables for land restoration, and it’s failed to return lished by The Salt Lake Triland to a condition usable for bune on March 4, 2022 and is farming. Two of Alton’s prom- republished here with permisinent families, including a past sion from Dr. Sky Chaney. mayor, have filed complaints

Education

$800 million in the State's wallet (in 2022). 70% of it is from Income Tax ($560 Millions). 30% of it ($ 240 millions) is from sales tax for the General Fund to run the state. Utah Constitution (1930) – All income tax belongs to the Education system. $240 millions are from Sales tax ( it is for state – legislature + Governor to run state). (1) For Utah Constitution Requirements / process is – The bill must be voted by 67% (Two Third) by both houses ( House of representative and senate). Then it goes for public voting. Simple majority by the public creates a constitution or change in constitution. (2) Performance of legislatures + Governor) – In 1998, they pushed higher education in state’s income tax. Was it legal ? yes (legal requirements were fulfilled). – In 2020, they pushed social programs in it. Was it legal ? Yes (legal requirements were complied). (3) Utah has SITLA (for education fund only). In 10 years, they dumped $2 billion ($2,000 millions) in education fund. (4) TN ( along with other 5 states) have no income tax. They still run state + education. They all are ahead of Utah (in education + teachers’ pay). (5) Utah has inflow ($) in education system more than entire country budget of Pakistan or Sri Lanka or Bangladesh. (6) Bottom Line – We must not have single kid at bottom of the barrel ( low level jobs). For low level jobs we have refugees coming from Syria, Afghanistan, Italy, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and tens other countries. We must be garden of engineers, scientists, lawyers, doctors, nurses, CPAs, etc. (7) Bottom Line – Education Fund (income tax) covered schools, colleges, universities, special facilities for students in need, etc. ----- OK. (8) For job safety, votes, harden glue to chair, etc; , Governor + Legislatures (mega majority – Republicans) put their hands in jar of income tax (which went thru roof and surprised them) and used it to reduce state tax ( income tax) from 4.95% to $4.85% ( $200 millions ?) + credit system for food tax for poors. Per constitution – Income tax reduction + Food tax waiver need to come from the General Fund (Sales Tax). (9) Why are > 10,,000 teachers crying for decades with the same tune (“Teachers are not paid enough”, “Teachers are buying pencils for students”, etc.) ? Do they need the address of the Federal court in SLC ? $5 / teacher will fill the basket with >$50,000 for >100 lawyers to get excited. (10) Having a swimming pool (government system) is not enough. It needs scheduled cleaning + treatment (chlorination or bromination). Without Chlorination, bacteria and viruses grow (in trillions) and turn it into cesspool. (11) For me this is about “RULE OF LAW” – heart of “System of Education”. (12) Teachers also need to look at the roots. Mega majority (in legislature) makes the state Governor a peon [can not use his brain / commonsense (veto power) ]. The Utah Governor is not looking at “What is good for Utahns”, “What is commonsense:, etc. His cronies are looking at numbers of house of representatives and senators who voted for the bill. If the bill is voted by 80% ( good or bad) and the Governor vetoes, it’s a drama. The bill comes back to the governor to sign (when the governor looks bad). Bottom Line – OK to republican majority. No to the mega republican majority. Or learn to live in a cesspool. (13) Per Garfield County Commission (LeLand Pollock), 87% property tax is going for education (belongs to the school district - Education System). This means county is run on 13% of property tax intake with zero debt plus gift to cities and towns (Bravo). Human characteristics (individual or group of individuals) – “Cry where bold action is needed to propel the cause (bad or good)”. State of Utah law – “County must appraise all properties (residential and commercial) per market value.” ---- It’s a huge cesspool of poor performance to corruption in the state of Utah. A house in Sugar House area (SLC) can be of market value of $ 750,000 but the county continues to value it at $ 450,000 (then 45% discount applied for residential property). So the owner is paying taxes on $247,500. LDS built a city mall + condos ($ 1600 millions). It is valued at <$90 million (5% ?). Garfield County needs to clean it’s own cesspool. People should access “Tax Roll Master Record” (public record in county’s record department). Look at values of county cronies’ property values and taxes paid on it. It’s a cesspool. Clean it. Stop crying (teachers). Possibility – School District cronies may be enjoying the cesspool (substantially lower values of their properties). Project for senior students – “Research property values in Garfield County.” + State’s law. Then put it in front of the county commission for response (Let the kids develop spine to put nail in head – as a part of education).

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BRYCE - March is well underway, and a mild day has begun to emerge here and there. There is no script for the weather this month.

A little of this and a little of that, sometimes all four seasons come and go in one afternoon. The winter hangerson— those days of dynamic clouds, graupel, and frigid winds that rip through the canopies like an ocean tempest—do contain their own charms. Yet when the sun shines warmly and the wind feels lazy, I find delight in the heralds of spring.

The Say’s Phoebes are back. I heard one’s sweet whistle as I stood on our porch in the crisp morning air. The Western Bluebirds have also returned to the plateau, ushering out the winter’s muted finale with cheer and color. Brown Creepers scutter up the pines like beetles, calling out their highpitched phrase “See! There’s a tree in here!” Dark-eyed Juncos offer quirky soliloquies from within the scrub.

A finch sings its head off from a nearby treetop like a maniac fresh from the asylum, incoherent yet full of conviction.

They make me restless.

I want to fling open the windows, sweep the dust into a frenzy, empty the closets, run amok, scatter seeds! I eye the door to my garage art studio, much desiring to wrench it open and splash some colorful pigment around. A bit of a Forugh Farrokhzad poem comes to me: “I will plant my hands in the garden; I will grow I know I know I know; and swallows will lay eggs; in the hollow of my ink-stained hands” Not yet though, not quite yet. It is still too cold.

But soon.

In the afternoons, icicles melt from the roofline, steadily plunking into the puddles that form along the foundation. Things thaw. The short-horned lizards, encased in mud 6” below the surface, must be starting to wiggle their toes. A small flock of robins picking around in ragged snow resembles a pumpkin patch on a salt playa. A prairie dog guffaws from the meadow.

I hear traffic. Spring Breakers, those other indicators of the changing season,

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Human Interest Stories

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Acid Attack Survivor, Monica Singh, Endures

by Cynthia Kimball Davis becoming survivors.”

“I am currently dedicated to running my foundation. Through [it] I strive to provide counseling, skills, guidance, and treatments to survivors of gender-based violence.”

Singh was “appointed as Global Youth Champion by UN Women and is also a Spokesperson at United Nations representing Face of Resilience from India—United States of Courtesy Cynthia Kimball Davis America.” In this role, Cynthia Kimball Davis is an she, “spread[s] awareness innkeeper, along with her husband about violence against Ryan, of The Snuggle Inn in Loa, women and gender-based UT. violence issue[s].”

Cynthia runs the Especially A d d i t i o n a l l y , Utah Mercantile (gift shop), located Singh’s “identity” was within the Inn, and is always lookrecreated into a comic ing for Utah artists to sell their work book superhero. “Artist there. If you have a human interest and illustrator, Dan Gold- story, contact Cynthia by email at man, sketched my char- cynthiakimballdavis@gmail.com or acter. He consulted [with] by cell at 435-879-1301. me for the look and feel of [my] character. This work lieve…how you perceive, you will help other acid at- conceive. There is nothing tack survivors,” she says in the universe which [isn’t] (see "The acid attack attract[ed] [to] you. So, why survivor who became a not attract only good and posicomic book superhero"). tive things in life. I start my If all this weren’t day with a daily mission; [a] enough, Singh works to smile on my face and [also] positively impact wher- sleep with [a] smile to dream ever she goes. “When good.”

When asked if she feels young girls see/listen to my story, they get beautiful, she adamantly exinspired,” she says. “It claims, “Absolutely! And why gives them motivation not?”

In five or ten years, Singh to stand [up] for themsays she hopes to be “living selves.”

“I have been in- every moment and walking on spired by different peo- my path.”

Her favorite quote? To ple and different qualities at different points in “leave the world [in] a better Courtesy Monica Singh Monica Singh was 19-years- my life. My heroes have place than you found it.”

For anyone experiencing old when she survived an acid been my father, famadversity, Singh suggests, “edily, the people who do attack, perpetrated by an obucation and self-inner power” good deeds in their daily sessed suitor. lives…people who make are ways to endure. Adding, Mahendra Singh Foundation a difference, people who are “nothing will stop you ever.”

“I survived something with a purpose to “help vic- happy with their lives, and tims of physical and sexual also people who strive for big- gruesome. I believe that my abuse, acid attacks, rape and ger things. There is no dearth life has a purpose now.”

“People see there is hope domestic violence in rebuild- of inspiration in this world.” ing their confidence and Singh considers herself [in my story]! If I can do it, strength on their journey to a hope-based person. “I be- anyone can.”

Monica Singh was a beautiful 19-year-old young woman growing up in India when a horrific event occurred. Unbeknownst to her, acid would be thrown on her face by an obsessed suitor, and his friends, because she would not marry him. Her perpetrators, though, did not know her resilience, because their atrocious act made her even more beautiful and determined than she ever was prior to the attack.

I first communicated with Singh after reading about her story on Facebook.

We continued to communicate through LinkedIn, and she graciously let me interview her.

Singh shared that it was her family, and in particular her late father, Mahendra Singh, who helped her heal and endure through 46 surgeries, not to leave out her own “will to live.” In her father’s honor, Singh founded the

Loa Council: Don Bone, chosen to replace Councilman

Bruce Brown, is introduced to the board. Sunrise Engineering updates on progress of replacing town’s water pipes and water meters, Wayne County Fire District firehouse lease and the equipment that comes with the building, the need for street sign replacements, and Loa Elementary crosswalk guard position discussed.

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Representing the Wayne County Fire District, Wayne County Commissioner Dennis Blackburn, Josh Brown, Jeanie Webster and Sheriff Jensen came to discuss the lease on the firehouse and the equipment that comes with the building. Josh Brown emphasized how expensive fire fighting equipment is by explaining that it takes $10,000 to fully suit a single firefighter. The council agreed that the fire district could use the smaller equipment and move it around as needed.

However, the fire trucks were paid for by the town, so they, and all equipment on them, have to remain in city limits.

These issues will be further discussed in the next town council meeting.

The council then moved on to the next item on the

agenda which was the need for street signs replacements.

Many signs have been damaged or destroyed by weather and traffic issues. Missing signs are a danger to drivers and pedestrians. Council member Bart Brian was interested in how high the signs need to be in order to be up to code. With a few suggestions from Matt Morgan a plan of action was agreed upon to replace the signs.

At that point, the February minutes, amounts payable for March, February bank reconciliations, February deposits, February delinquent water lists and the financial reports were all reviewed, approved and signed off on. These included the new town savings account and a final bond payment. The council also allotted funds to repair damages suffered by two Loa residents caused by winter weather conditions.

Conversation turned to the Loa Elementary crosswalk guard position. Applicants were discussed, and it was agreed to pay $20 dollars per shift. As it would require the employee to be available five days a week, nine months of the year, the council agreed this was only a fair rate.

Other things discussed were: • An update on Person Plumbing • The possibility of artists coming to draw on city sidewalks • Secretary for Planning and Zoning • Town website The Loa Town Council meets the second Thursday of the month. This meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in the town building located at 80 West, Center Loa UT. The public is invited to attend.

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SUU Pre-health Students Volunteer with Utah’s Navajo Nation

Courtesy Southern Utah University

Utah Health Scholars students explore Antelope Canyon.

MONTEZUMA CREEK - The Utah Center for Rural Health has reopened Utah Health Scholar Cultural Immersion Trips for Spring 2022 after being postponed for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trip to the Four Corners Area was the first cultural immersion trip to kick off the upcoming events. Ten SUU Utah Health Scholars traveled to San Juan County during spring break and visited the small portion of the Navajo Nation located in Southeastern Utah. Since the beginning of the pandemic, SUU Utah Health Scholars were also the first academic group granted access to the Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS) healthcare facilities.

They had an inside look at a

rural and tribal healthcare system recently transformed due to the pandemic.

Although there were not enough physicians to call dibs on, the students had access to other integrated services offered by UNHS, such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, dental, radiology, pharmacy, public health, and behavioral health. Other visited agencies were the Blue Mountain Hospital, Four Corners Regional Care Center, Kayenta Indian Health Service Health Center, and San Juan Hospital. Each facility was about 40-70 miles apart, and some healthcare workers, including the physicians, traveled across state lines of at least 110 miles to serve the Utah Navajo people. The expe-

rience of driving long distances provided a new perspective of what rural health means to the Utah Health Scholars.

In addition to clinical experience, the Utah Health Scholars were hosted dinner

by Navajo families. They had the opportunity to meet local Utah Navajo community members to discuss healthcare accessibility, infrastructure, and governing issues in regards to federal, state, and Navajo Nation jurisdiction and how it impacts the livelihood of the Utah Navajo people and San Juan County residents. We could not leave the Four Corners Area without exploring the Four Corners Navajo Tribal Monument, Moki Dugway overlooking the Valley of the Gods, and lastly, touring the Monument Valley Tribal Park by horseback.

According to Kolenya Dempsey, the trip leader and program coordinator for the Utah Health Scholars, “A goal for the Four Corners Cultural Immersion Trip was to provide future healthcare workers insight into the obstacles and challenges that exist in rural and tribal health and see firsthand the resiliency, creativity, and resourcefulness that stems from teachings of the Navajo traditions and heritage.”

—Southern Utah University

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Utah Legislature Funds New College of Veterinary Medicine at USU UTAH - Utah State University will create a new College of Veterinary Medicine following a commitment by the Utah Legislature to provide significant ongoing state funding for what will be the first school of its kind in the state.

The new college will help ease the shortage of veterinarians in the state and region, bolster the state’s growing life sciences technology sector, and partner with veterinarians in communities throughout the state.

“We are grateful to Gov. Spencer Cox and the state Legislature for supporting the new USU College of Veterinary Medicine,” said USU President Noelle E. Cockett. “We also appreciate Washington State University’s partnership over the last 10 years with the joint Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. It is now time for USU to address the growing shortage of veterinarians in our state, particularly in rural areas.”

USU is currently part of the Washington-Idaho-Montana-Utah (WIMU) Regional Program in Veterinary Medicine and welcomed its 10th class of veterinary medicine students fall semester of 2021. In this program, USU admits up to 30 students each year, 20 of whom must be Utah residents.

Students complete two years of foundational study at the Logan campus, and then move to Pullman, Washington, to complete their final two years of training at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary

Medicine, which includes clinical work with patients at the school’s veterinary hospital.

The state’s new appropriation of $18 million in annual funding, in addition to other funding streams, will allow USU to offer the state’s first four-year veterinary school.

“For years, Utahns interested in veterinary medicine were forced to go out of state for training,” Gov. Cox said.

“That’s why we’re so excited and grateful that the Legislature funded the College of Veterinary Medicine at Utah State University. This investment is a long time coming and the new program will serve would-be veterinarians and the public for generations to come.”

There are currently 33 accredited schools of veterinary medicine in the country. State Sen. Scott Sandall sees the new school as an important asset for Utah, which ranks 42nd in the nation for the number of veterinarians per capita, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Utah is also among the states with the fastest-growing populations.

"I am very pleased to have sponsored the appropriations request for the Utah State University College of Veterinary Medicine,” Sandall said. “It will be a jewel in the crown of our higher education system.

Utah State University and our partnering veterinary practices will work together to help create opportunities for many students across the state of Utah and beyond.”

President Cockett noted the new college will provide educational opportunities for Utah students who otherwise would not be able to pursue a doctorate in veterinary medicine due to limited seats in veterinary medical schools and the requirement in USU’s current program to leave the state for two years.

“We also anticipate significant growth in research and technology development in the areas of veterinary and biological sciences, thereby providing another economic boost for the state,” said President Cockett.

Connections with animal science researchers at USU have helped fuel development and growth of biomedical technology companies that are important economic drivers and create jobs in northern Utah.

Data from other schools indicate that every $1 the state invests in a school of veterinary

medicine attracts an average of $2.50 of research funding.

USU’s Dean and Vice President for Agriculture and Extension Ken White notes that while care for companion animals is the limit of many peoples’ experiences with veterinarians, expert care for large animals and wildlife is a crucial part of public health and food safety. Animal agriculture in Utah is valued at more than $1 billion a year, with 25 of the state’s 29 counties reporting livestock operations as the dominant facet of their agricultural economy.

“Utah Veterinary Medical Association (UVMA) members are excited about legislators having funded the new school and look forward to seeing how it develops because it will have an important impact on veterinary medicine in the state,” said UVMA President, Dr. Jane Kelly.

“Our members will be integral to the program as they host fourth-year students and faculty members in their clinics and hospitals. The new school will be an important asset for veterinarians throughout the state, many of whom are overwhelmed by the numbers of patients and clients they work so hard to serve.”

Rather than build and continue to staff, operate and update a large veterinary hospital, USU will use a model pioneered by other schools in the country. Fourth-year students, supervised by qualified faculty veterinarians and working with specialists who are board-certified, will receive clinical training at veterinary practices throughout the state. Participating veterinarians will be compensated for hosting and mentoring students, and their patients will have access to visiting specialists’ expertise.

The Projected Timeline Students admitted for fall semester 2024 will complete all four years of the DVM program in Utah. Those 40 students—30 of whom will be Utah residents—will have applied in 2023.

The following year, plans call for a new teaching and research facility dedicated to veterinary medicine to be completed. At that point, USU’s College of Veterinary Medicine will admit 80 students per year.

—Utah State University

March 24, 2022

Wills, Trusts, and More

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What is a Beneficiary Designation?

by Jeffery J. McKenna Beneficiary designations are contracts generally not governed by a will or trust.

For example, life insurance policies, annuity contracts, IRAs (individual retirement accounts), and other retirement plans allow the owner to designate (usually in a box or line on the form agreement) who is to be the beneficiary or recipient of the proceeds upon the owner’s death.

In addition to the above categories of beneficiary designations, many bank accounts, investment accounts, stock certificates and CDs (certificates of deposit), allow for a POD (Pay On Death) beneficiary. As with the insurance, annuity and retirement account beneficiary designations, the designation of the POD beneficiary is usually done by inserting one or more names in a box or line on an account agreement.

If someone has designated a former spouse as the beneficiary on a life insurance policy or retirement plan, can a new will designating a new spouse as the beneficiary of all the individual’s assets supercede the earlier designation? In other words, does the designation in the will supercede the designation in the box? The answer is "no." In almost all cases, the will does

not supercede the contractual designation.

Many people mistakenly believe that the will controls the distribution of all their assets and supercedes any earlier beneficiary designations. It is understandable that many people have this mistaken belief. First, a will has many formalities associated with it.

A will generally has to have the signatures of at least two unrelated witnesses. An attorney normally prepares the will. It is usually notarized.

Often much time and thought accompanies the signing of the will, as well as other formalities. On the other hand, the beneficiary designation is usually very simple. Usually, it involves nothing more than printing or typing a name in a box.

There have been many spouses and children very surprised to learn that, although a loved one’s will was reviewed and updated, the older beneficiary designations control.

Another matter to be considered with regard to beneficiary designations is that they are limited. If the beneficiary designation is just a line or box, there is no opportunity to describe how the proceeds should be used or who should receive the proceeds if one of the named beneficiaries pre-

t H e Warning Signs

PANGUITCH OFFICE AT 46 NORTH MAIN STREET TO SERVE CLIENTS IN AND AROUND GARFIELD COUNTY. Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney whose practice has been focused on Estate Planning for over 20 years. He is licensed and serves clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna and Olmstead. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, please feel free to contact him at 435 628-1711 or jmckenna@barney-mckenna.com or visit the firm’s website at WWW. BARNEY-MCKENNA.COM, he would enjoy hearing from you. deceases the owner. It should be noted that if the beneficiary designated in the financial instrument has predeceased the owner and there is no surviving contingent beneficiary or if the named beneficiary is designated as the “estate,” the terms of the will or state statute governing the distribution of assets when there is no will will govern the distribution of the proceeds.

In conclusion, proper estate planning involves a thorough review of all assets and beneficiary designations. It is very important that beneficiary designations be coordinated with an individual’s estate plan.

The door of the science office at my high school opens outward, and a number of students have been whacked by it.

To prevent any more mishaps, one of the teachers stuck a warning on the door advising people not to stand too close.

There was also a comic strip attached showing a student being hit by a door being opened.

One day I was pushing a cart into the hall and opened the door extra wide. To my horror the door struck a student standing outside.

After determining that he was all right, I asked why he was behind the door even though the warning was there.

"I was reading it," he replied.

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That Adds Up

A mom was helping her son review his math while her daughter was in the kitchen.

"You have seven dollars and seven friends," she said.

"You give a dollar to two of them but none to the others.

What do you have left?"

From the kitchen her daughter called, "Two friends."

PUNishment

Don't go bacon my heart. I couldn't if I fried.

Today's Thought

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares.

Why should you?

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

Exercise Machine

My husband bought an exercise machine to help him shed a few pounds.

He set it up in the basement but didn’t use it much, so he moved it to the bedroom.

It gathered dust there, too, so he put it in the living room.

Weeks later I asked how it was going.

"I was right," he said. "I do get more exercise now. Every time I close the drapes, I have to walk around the machine."

This week's answers on page 10

THEME: Gardening ACROSS 1. Betting probability 5. Once headed

by J. Edgar Hoover 8. Formally surrender 12. Gravy holder 13. Nile dweller, for short 14. More certain 15. Tiny bit 16. a.k.a. Bruce Banner 17. One who plies one's trade 18. *"Days to ____," on a seed packet 20. Big-ticket ____ 21. Apartments, e.g.

22. *Plumerias are often used in this Hawaiian greeting 23. Scrooge's visitors 26. Digging into 30. What Carl Lewis did 31. Bestow 34. Month before Nisan 35. Dress with a flare 37. Choler 38. On a store tag 39. Central points 40. Paul Reubens' Herman 42. Mother lode stuff 43. African bloodsucking pests 45. Salty dogs 47. Current tense of #30 Across 48. Retches 50. Bovine cries 52. *Like an aggressive weed 55. Frustration, in a comic book 56. *Holds a plant stem to a support 57. Type of hot sandwich 59. One born to Japanese immigrants 60. Urban legends, e.g.

61. Check out 62. Shakespeare's "at another time"

63. "The ____ Who Loved Me" 64. *Flower's location after a garden?

DOWN 1. Kimono closer 2. Banish to Hades 3. Crunched numbers 4. Facebook's update feature 5. *Seed plant's harvest 6. *Goes to seed 7. Rotten and stinky 8. *Plant variety 9. Famous canal 10. Hold as a conviction 11. Make a blunder 13. Church service oil 14. Salesman's speech, e.g.

19. Loosen laces 22. Tennis do-over 23. *Splice, to a gardener 24. Nimbi on ikons 25. In the cooler (2 words) 26. Former Saint Brees 27. "Pulling my leg,"

e.g.

28. Mother-of-pearl 29. *Kind of thumb 32. Pizzeria output, pl.

33. "____ you kidding?"

36. *N in N-P-K 38. Sneaked glances 40. Slammer 41. "The Shawshank Redemption" theme 44. Served raw 46. Isaac of science fiction 48. This Dogg can rap 49. What Elton John tickles, sing.

50. Street in Anytown, USA 51. Guesstimate phrase (two words) 52. Bodily disorders 53. Lope de ____, Spanish playwright 54. Building extensions 55. Nurses' org.

58. ____ time in golf

Solution on page 10

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Shannon and Julie Allen

ANTIMONY - Shannon and Julie Allen, Antimony, have received their mission call to serve as Executive Secretary Couple to the Area Presidency of the Europe East Area in Moscow, Russia.

Due to recent world events, they will now be serving in temporary area offices in Frankfurt, Germany. They will enter the Provo MTC on April 18, 2022.

Shannon was a self-employed rancher and Julie retired a few years ago as the Head Teacher at Antimony Elementary.

They have lived all of their married lives in Antimony. Shannon served as mayor of Antimony for 24 years. They have also served in many leadership positions in the Antimony Ward and Panguitch Stake.

They have 4 children, their spouses, and 8 grandchildren.

They will be speaking in the Antimony Ward, March 27th at 10:00 a.m.

March 24, 2022

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Alberto Vasquez, Garfield Memorial Hospital's (GMH) Administrator, is retiring on March 31. There will be a reception for him at the Panguitch Senior Center on March 30 from 4:00 to 6:00, held by GMH. Alberto is one of a handful of people that have really made a difference in Garfield County in the last 20 years. Among a few items: he has built our hospital into a first class medical center. He has made changes to the hospital with grants and donations, and the changes are for the betterment of Garfield County.

He has changed the ER to a first rate facility and redid the long-term care unit to make the patients more comfortable.

Here are a few things he has done for the community: He paid for most of the cost for the high school marquee. He donated the excess sod to the backyard of the high school, from when they redid the front lawn at the hospital. He also teaches martial arts to the youth. The hospital is staffed with some of the finest doctors and nurses in the state and is a first class facility. Many of the patients come from up and down Highway 89, as well as from all over Garfield County.

Someone will take Alberto’s place, but no one will be able to fill this humble man’s shoes.

Winter sure isn’t giving up easily; we got some more cold weather with wind and a little snow. This winter, again, only delivered cold temperatures and little moisture. There was zero moisture in January, one storm in February, and a few storms with little moisture in March. Our drought is expanding. Texas is reporting that 98% of their state is in drought conditions.

They already have major fires burning there. Utah firefighters are in Texas as we speak.

Texas is a private owned state, so the ranchers there don’t have the BLM to help them.

Most of the states in the western part of our country are really in bad shape, water-wise.

The water in Lake Powell has hit historic lows, raising hydropower concerns. The

lake has fallen below 3,525 feet, putting it at the lowest point since they began filling it 50 years ago. A record making water line is yet another sobering realization of the impacts of climate change and mega droughts. Water scarcity is hardly new in our region, but hydropower concerns are, and the dam produces electric power to a dozen states.

Spring runoff will resolve the deficit in the short term, but if the water keeps dropping, more will have to be done to keep producing hydropower in the years ahead.

I ran into Camille Moore at the post office and asked her if the new voter cards that we got last week meant that we were doing away with mail in voting. She said no; they are only to let you know that if you want to change parties, you have to do it before March 31st. So whether you can keep them or not is the simple answer. It is hard to believe that this May, Camille has been working for Garfield County for 32 years. She doesn’t even look that old.

The cases of COVID in Garfield County are continuing to drop from a high of seventy-two cases two months ago to only three cases in the last two weeks. I read somewhere that they are going to treat COVID like cigarette smoking that kills 400,000 a year.

Anti-vaxxers will be treated like smokers. Our country is getting close to a million deaths from COVID. If one of your loved ones has died from COVID, FEMA will help you with the funeral expenses up to $6,500. You need a death certificate, which states what they died from, and a receipt from the funeral parlor. This includes cremations. 300,000 claims have already been paid.

The 14 states with the highest death rates from COVID are all run by Republican governors. West Virginia, with 199 deaths per 100,000, is first; number 3 is Florida, with 153 per 100,000; and California has 58 deaths per 100,000. The big difference is misinformation. Florida

Governor Ron DeSantis has threatened to sue schools and private businesses that had vaccine and mask mandates.

Florida has 22 million people, and that is thousands of unnecessary deaths.

Our own Darri Frandsen Dotson finished out her basketball career at SUU with a win over Weber State. Darri went out on a high note, as the leading scorer with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Darri is the daughter of David and Shree Frandsen. Darri was a big part of many championship seasons here with the Lady Cats. I was told that Darri chose SUU to play ball so that she could break her mother’s scoring record. I don’t know if she did, but after one of her basketball games, they posted it as her 1,000th point. Darri was a starter on the SUU team as a freshman, as a junior, she took off a year to serve a mission, and in her spare time, she got married.

The IRS is hiring 5,000 new employees to check on the taxes. You might think it is a little late, but the corporations and the wealthy get extensions till October. Next year, they will add another 5,000. It is estimated that the tax cheats will end up paying around 900 billion for fraudulent claims. The maximum penalty is $100,000, and if you get caught with 3 million in fraudulent claims, you still make out.

The war in Ukraine still rages on. Russia's invading troops are struggling with the terrain, forcing them to remain on roads where Ukrainian forces have slowed their progress by blowing up bridges.

So far, the Ukrainian forces have taken out 1400 tanks and trucks and killed around 14,000 Russians. The Russian have bombed and shelled civilian places, like the main theater that was used as a bomb shelter. There were over 1,000 people staying there and signs on the side of the building in Russian stating, "Children Here." President Biden had a two hour talk with China’s leader and explained to him

the problems China will have if they decide to help Russia.

Utah’s own Best Friends Animal Society was recognized as a top workplace in a national survey. Best Friends is the largest employer in Kane County. This award is based on employee surveys, and their uniqueness and its first culture is creating a thriving environment for its employees. Best Friends is working to end the killing of animals in shelters. That number has been brought down from 17 million to around 300,000 per year. Many years ago, while I was on the City Council, we had a problem with animals and trying to keep animal catchers. The last one we had quit because he had put down some 90 dogs by hooking a hose from his truck into a room. He would open the door, and many times, the dogs weren’t dead and looked at him with sad eyes.

I went down to Best Friends and walked dogs one day a week for two years, and Best Friends, during that time, took in over 190 animals.

Many places had a lot of dogs or cats. One time, they flew a plane into our airport and picked up four dogs. They keep animals forever, feeding each one with a different diet.

The old ones get soft food because of their teeth.

Last March, the government sent out $1,400 to each adult family member. If you didn’t get that money, you can still get it on your income tax when you file it.

It has been a month and a half since Tom Brady retired, after 23 years of playing in the NFL. A gentleman purchased the last football that Brady scored a touchdown with. He paid over $500,000 for the ball, and the ball is now worth $52 dollars. Tom Brady, at 44 years old, has come out of retirement and will play another year.

Don’t expect the political parties to make your life better. Treat life like a chess game, and it’s your move.

Mack O.

Visitor Guidelines: We’re proceeding with caution. Even in a period of lower

COVID transmission, there is still risk of transmission of COVID to our vulnerable patients in our facilities. Visitors still need to follow some precautions to keep our patients safe.

—Eddie Stenehjem, MD, Intermountain Healthcare infectious diseases physician Visitor Guidelines Cont'd from page 1

units, pediatric specialty care units and behavioral health units.

For hospital patients who are COVID-19 positive or suspected to have COVID-19, one designated visitor is allowed at a time, and only two total per day for adult patients.

For COVID pediatric patients, two designated visitors are allowed per day. Visitors of COVID-positive patients will be asked to wear personal protective equipment provided

by the facility. Staff will assist with how to use it properly to ensure safety.

Visitors will need to wear masks in common areas of hospitals, such as entrances, lobbies, hallways, or areas where they may encounter other visitors, patients or caregivers. In cafeterias in facilities, masks are required when not eating. Masks may be taken off in patient rooms when caregivers are not present.

Under the updated guidelines, visitors to Intermountain hospitals and clinics may not enter a facility if they or

someone in their home has symptoms of an active communicable disease such as COVID-19, norovirus, or influenza or a positive viral test for COVID-19 or close contact with someone with COVID-19. Visitors with recent illness or exposure will not be permitted until five days after symptoms or exposure occurred.

There are special guidelines for neonatal intensive care units. Children under five years old are not permitted. Siblings ages 5-12 may visit if they are up to date on all recommended childhood vaccines including COVID. The maximum number of visitors allowed at one time at the bedside is two. Clergy do not count toward the maximum.

For adult behavioral health units, visiting can occur for two hours in the evening at the discretion of the local unit.

Two visitors per patient are allowed. No overnight visitors are allowed. Behavioral health

patients who are COVIDpositive and asymptomatic will need to isolate in their room.

For patients at Intermountain clinics and InstaCare locations, there are no restrictions on the number of visitors. All visitors, including children aged two and older, must wear a mask in patient care areas.

If community COVID transmission rates increase, visitor guidelines may need to be adjusted accordingly.

And if community COVID transmission rates decrease further, visitor guidelines will return to normal operations when criteria set by the CDC and Utah Department of Health define the level of COVID transmission that would trigger normal operations.

The most current visitor guidelines at Intermountain facilities will be updated at intermountainhealthcare.org.

—Intermountain Healthcare

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March 28 - April 3

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

NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech)

We are some distance from the center of the Milky Way, which lies in the direction of Sagittarius, which is its widest and brightest part.

As reported last week, there is a wonderful grouping of three planets and the moon on Monday morning, the 28th. Check the "Sky Report" archive at https://stellarvistaobservatory.org/category/ sky-reports/ for a graphic.

The best time to look is about 45 minutes before sunrise to see brilliant Venus, while only a few degrees away are Mars, Saturn, and the crescent moon.

For the next two months, Venus is a beacon low in the southeast in morning twilight, while Mars and Saturn are nearby—each is 1/100th as bright as Venus. All are presently in Capricornus, where there are no bright stars to confuse the issue.

On the 29th, the moon has moved on, but Venus, Saturn, and Mars remain, strung out in a line about 6° long—so all three will fit in most binoculars. Saturn is approaching Mars morning by morning, and its motion from near Venus to near Mars will be obvious to anyone who looks, so this is another great opportunity to watch the planets move. Don’t let the early hour discourage you.

On the mornings of the 31st and 1st, Saturn has moved to a point midway between Venus and Mars. Saturn continues westward toward Mars, and they are in a wonderful conjunction on the 4th and 5th.

(More on that in the next "Sky Report.")

If you’re up even earlier, before morning twilight (which isn’t hard considering how late the sun rises on Daylight Time), you can see the best part of the Milky Way arcing from due south to high in the east to the northern horizon. The summer constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius are nicely placed above the southern horizon, and both have many bright stars that make it easy to identify them.

The center of the Milky Way is in their direction, and that is the Milky Way’s widest and brightest part. You’ll see these constellations in the evening sky late in summer, but this is a preview.

In contrast, the part of the Milky Way you see in the evening is the outer part, the section of the Milky Way that is opposite the center. This part of the Milky Way is far thinner and fainter, and the contrast is obvious once you know to look for it. Look in the evening (or morning) and then the following morning (or evening), and it becomes clear that we are off-center in the Milky Way. John Mosley was Program Supervisor of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles for 27 years and is the author of “Stargazing for Beginners” and “Stargazing with Binoculars and Telescopes.” He and his wife live in St. George, where he continues to stargaze from his retirement home while serving on the advisory committee for Stellar Vista Observatory.

BLM Authorizes Improvements to Granite Mountain Recreation Area

CEDAR CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cedar City Field Office has approved the construction of two trailheads, a new trail system, a campground and other features to enhance recreation in the Granite Mountain area of Beaver County. The total project would disturb less than 10 acres. The improvements will help accommodate and manage increasing recreation use, as well as repair and upgrade existing facilities.

“We feel strongly that this is the best course of action to provide a high-quality recreation experience, while maintaining the natural values of this area,” said BLM

Cedar City Field Manager Paul Briggs. “The amenities provided will offer the public the desirable recreation experiences that they seek and will reduce and minimize user-created disturbances on the landscape.”

The new trail system will be designated for hiking—and equestrian—use only and will connect to peaks and popular points of interest throughout the Granite Mountain landscape. The construction is anticipated to start as early as spring 2023. Development of the project will depend on available funding.

Reclamation is another aspect of the project. Following construction of the

new amenities, some small trails, spur routes and primitive camping sites will be reclaimed. The desired effect of the reclamation is to encourage use of the new facilities and to prevent further degradation by visitors who create new sites and routes in the area.

The BLM strives to be a good neighbor to the communities we serve by increasing public access and improving recreation opportunities on BLM-managed public lands, which supports local economies. For more information, please visit the project website at https://go.usa.gov/xzBpg. —Bureau of Land Management

Bryce Council: Council approval of Holbrook bid for road

repaving, thermostats for Wellness Center / Public Safety Building, insurance policy renewal, and Town financials discussed.

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ness Center / Public Safety Building - The city received a bid from Peterson’s that included three options for installing new thermostats.

Option 1 - Install new thermostats in the Fire Station for $4,261.05. Option 2 - Add gateways for internet connectivity in the Public Safety Building for $3,864.82. Option 3 - Install new thermostats in the Wellness Center for $4,261.05. The total cost to go with all the proposed work is $12,386.92. The council approved all of the options.

Insurance Renewal - Sydney Syrett-Lamas reported that the PEHP medical insurance increased by 5.8%, which is lower than the state's average increases. The dental plan decreased by 1%. The

insurance policy needs to be renewed in the coming weeks.

The council will vote on the renewal at the next meeting.

Financials - Checks were made for $189.75 to Bryce Canyon Sinclair for fuel expenditures, $141.89 to Canon for copier expenses, $336.17 for unemployment costs, $11,825.00 to the Utah State Division of Finances for 2014 bond interest payments, $180.00 to the CLIA Labora-

tory Program for Fire Department expenses, $450.64 to South Central Communications for phone and internet, and $748.59 for the credit card bill, which included purchases of maintenance items, office supplies, travel costs for the Fire Department, and email services fees.

Bryce Canyon City Town Council meetings take place the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.

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Torrey Council: A grant submitted to the Eccles Foundation for new playground

equipment, use of infrastructure money on potential housing and road projects, Highway 24 widening project, business license renewals, Councilmember reports, possible purchase of a new road grader, and reviewal of a draft of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Torrey Dark Sky Committee (TDS) discussed.

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Arbor Day celebration. She also said she’s still looking for volunteers to stain the post office.

Councilmember Doug Robinson led a brief discussion about HB242 that was approved in the Utah legislative session that imposes requirements regarding secondary water metering. This does not seem to apply to Sand Creek irrigation shareholders at this moment, but Robinson said that since the state is trending in the direction of having to track every drop of water being used, the town should consider taking advantage of future grants being made available to offset the costs of meter installation.

Dave Love provided a report from the latest Planning and Zoning meeting.

The committee approved a new sign and shed for Dark Sky Coffee. He also said that the committee wants to put together a survey of what the people of Torrey want the town to look like in two years to aid in the development of the town’s general plan. They also approved a building permit for Aram Kyababchyan contingent on sorting out the details of his lighting plan.

The council then approved water connections for both Jaron Potter and Aram Kyababchyan. Kyababchyan’s permit is contingent on meeting additional lighting and building permit conditions.

Next, the council reported receiving five written complaints regarding dogs barking on Bridget Fabel’s property.

The council agreed to send a letter to Fabel informing her that she has thirty days to take care of the problem.

The council then discussed the possibility of purchasing a new road grader. The asking price of the grader is $35,000 but there is no money for this in the town’s budget.

Councilmember Robinson recommended getting an official bid for fixing the new grader before making any decisions.

Then the council discussed several new business items. The council reviewed the bids received on the fencing panels and awarded the contract to the highest bidder, Tyler Torgerson. The council reported signing a document allowing Rock Reef Café to get a beer and wine license.

Then, there was a short discussion regarding owner-occupied vs. non-owner-occupied short term rentals considering the ordinance needs to be reviewed next year.

The council also reviewed the propane bills for January

and February and discussed ways to reduce propane costs and will look into possibly putting in a split-mini. There was also a brief discussion about how to use the Justice Court to enforce town ordinances. The council will look further into using the Justice Court.

Lastly, the council reviewed a draft of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Torrey Dark Sky Committee (TDS). Councilmember Kearney suggested they tweak the agreement to say that Dark Sky parties cannot interfere with pavilion rentals or other town activities. The council made it clear that TDS is not enforced and that all complaints should come to the Town Council.

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

Wolverine: Having a collar on this wolverine will teach us things about wolverines

in Utah that would be impossible to learn any other way. Four different wolverine sightings were confirmed in Utah in 2021. Were we seeing the same animal or different animals last year? Having a collar on this animal will help us solve that riddle.—Jim Christensen, DWR Northern Region Wildlife Manager Wolverine

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the wolverine would enter one of two barrel traps a DWR biologist and a Utah Department of Agriculture trapper were about to set, the sheepherder and personnel from Wildlife Services removed all of the dead sheep from the area. They cut out two hindquarters, placed a hindquarter in each trap, and hoped for the best.

"There was so much activity in the area that morning, I thought the wolverine would be long gone, and we wouldn't be able to catch it," Christensen said.

The private landowner and a sheepherder checked the traps early on the morning of March 11 but found only the hindquarters in the traps and no wolverine in sight.

About mid-morning, a second sheepherder visited the area.

He noticed a door on one of the traps was down. Inside the trap was the first wolverine ever captured by biologists in Utah.

Examination and release A DWR biologist, a DWR conservation officer and two members of Wildlife Services retrieved the traps and brought the wolverine back to the DWR's Ogden office. DWR biologists then sedated the animal and drew blood, collected hair samples, checked the animal's teeth and took a series of measurements. Throughout the examination, they monitored the animal's heart rate, breathing and temperature, applying alcohol and ice to its armpits and stomach to keep it cool.

Before reversing the effects of the drug, they also attached a GPS collar to its neck.

Biologists determined the wolverine was a male between 3–4 years old. It weighed 28 pounds and— from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail—was 41 inches long.

"The animal had good, sharp teeth," Christensen said. "It was in really good

condition."

After the exam was completed, the animal was placed back in the trap and the effects of the drug were reversed.

"It took only a couple of minutes for it to start waking up," Christensen said. "Pretty soon, it was wide awake and as lively as ever."

Biologists then transported the wolverine to the North Slope of the Uinta Mountains and released it on public land on the evening of March 11.

Vital information from tracking The chance to track this

wolverine is priceless, and the GPS data will provide invaluable information to biologists.

That tracking information will include when and where the animal travels, the size of its home range and the type of habitats it uses at different times of the year. All of this information will be used to manage wolverines in Utah, an area that's at the very southern edge of the wolverine's range in the U.S. "Having a collar on this wolverine will teach us things about wolverines in Utah that would be impossible to learn

any other way," Christensen said. "Four different wolverine sightings were confirmed in Utah in 2021. Were we seeing the same animal or different animals last year? Having a collar on this animal will help us solve that riddle. We are so grateful for the awesome collaboration with USDA-Wildlife Services and Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and their assistance with this exciting wildlife research opportunity."

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

March 24, 2022

LegaL Notices PUBLIC HEARING BICKNELL TOWN Bicknell Town will be holding a Public Hearing on April 7, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will be held at the Bicknell Town Hall 64 W. 100 N. Bicknell UT 84715. Pursuant to the requirements of Utah Code Ann. Sections 11-36a-504 and 10-9a-205, Bicknell Town hereby gives notice of its intent to adopt an impact fee ordinance for its culinary water system.

The proposed impact fee will be based on an impact fee facilities plan and corresponding impact fee analysis. The purpose of the hearing is to receive input from the citizens regarding the proposed impact fee for the culinary water system.

If you would like to attend this hearing and need assistance, to attend or participate in the hearing, please contact Mayor Noreen Johnson at (435) 691-1710, at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, and she will attempt to accommodate your needs.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 24 & 31, 2022 SECOND PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) Bicknell Town will hold a public hearing to discuss the project determined to be applied for in the CDBG Small Cities Program in Program Year 2022. This project consists of several park improvements to the park at 91 N 200 E Bicknell, UT 84715. Comments will be solicited on project scope, implementation and its effects on residents. The hearing will begin at 7:00 PM on April 7, 2022 and will be held at Bicknell Town Hall 64 W 100 N Bicknell UT 84715. Further information can be obtained by contacting Mayor Noreen Johnson at (435) 691-1710. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this hearing should notify Mayor Noreen Johnson at the Bicknell Town Hall 64 W 100 N Bicknell UT, 84715 at least three days prior to the hearing. Individuals with speech and/or hearing impairments may call the Relay Utah by dialing 711. Spanish Relay Utah: 1.888.346.3162.

Published the State of Utah’s Public Meeting Notice Website—www.utah.gov/pmn—on March 18,2022 Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 24 & 31, 2022 PUBLIC NOTICE WAYNE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY The Wayne County Republican Party Convention is scheduled for Wednesday, March 30th at 7:00 p.m. It will take place in the Wayne County Community Center (Bicknell, UT).

Attendees must be at least 18 years old by the time of the general election, must be registered/affiliated Republicans, and must reside in the county (individuals may register to vote/affiliate with the Republican party that evening). Questions? WayneCountyRepublicanParty@gmail.com.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 24, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING LOA TOWN GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Loa Town Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing for the general plan update on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 6 p.m. at the Loa Town Hall.

All public is welcome to attend this hearing.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on MARCH 24, 2022

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Wild Burros: Unfortunately right now, there’s not that same passion for protecting everything that the burros displace, whether

that’s vegetation or other animals, as there is for the wild horses and burros themselves. If enough people speak up about the burros, the park and the BLM might start acting with a little more urgency.—William Leggett, a National Park Service (NPS) ranger stationed near Horseshoe Canyon

Emily Leach

Horseshoe Canyon in Canyonlands National Park.

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Canyon stops braying and resumes eating, unfazed by the presence of humans. Leggett explains that each burro consumes about seventeen pounds of vegetation per day, and unlike cattle which only eat the tops of plants, burros tear out the entire root system as they graze.

“This place used to be covered in Indian ricegrass,” Leggett says, gesturing to the barren, tumbleweed slopes at the bottom of Horseshoe Canyon. The native grasses have been replaced with invasive Russian thistle, which the burros have no interest in eating. Instead, the burros prefer the dwindling supply of native grasses and cottonwood and willow seedlings, a diet Leggett fears will have consequences far into the future as trees and larger vegetation fail to mature.

One of the burros folds itself to the ground to wallow on its back. Many equines roll in the dirt to groom themselves and cool off, but in doing so, the burros in Horseshoe Canyon crush delicate soil crusts that take decades to form. “Once the crust is compromised, nothing holds the soil in place,” Leggett says. “When the wind blows sand across the canyon, it creates dunes that are impossible for plants to inhabit.”

For Leggett, the damage in Horseshoe Canyon is especially distressing because the area is a significant cultural site for indigenous artifacts and home to some of the world’s most impressive petroglyphs and pictographs.

The cultural history of the canyon begins back when mammoths still roamed the earth. Nomadic Paleoindians took respite in the chasm to carve tools and roast meals, the remnants of which can still be seen in the arrowheads and charcoal pits found in the area today.

Thousands of years later, the Desert Archaic people came through and decorated the walls of their seasonal

home with etchings and paintings of limbless specters.

Many of the scenes depicted in the panels include bighorn sheep, which have since been pushed out of the canyon by the burros that outcompete with the native species for food and water.

“It takes away from the experience when you get down into the canyon, and you see feral livestock congregating around the same water sources that the people who created those panels congregated around,” says Leggett.

“No one wants to see piles of manure underneath these ancient panels of petroglyphs.”

The panels are world-famous and attract people from around the globe. “We get 12,000 visitors to Horseshoe Canyon each year,” Leggett says. “The damage done by the burros far outweighs the impact made by thousands of tourists each year.”

And the destruction only compounds over time. Leggett says the population of a herd can double every five years.

Today, about 300 burros live throughout Canyonlands National Park’s several districts.

In Horseshoe Canyon, though, the herd is currently only eight burros strong.

Considering the amount of ecological destruction caused by a mere eight animals, one would assume the federal land stewards responsible for protecting this region would simply remove or cull the herd and solve the problem.

But because of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, interfering with wild horses or burros—which includes capturing, harassing, branding, or killing—is a federal crime punishable by up to a year in prison or a $2,000 fine.

Under this act, wild horses and burros, neither of which are native to the Americas, are as heavily protected as endangered species in the United States and are the only invasive species to enjoy protection under federal law. In Horseshoe Canyon, for example, one employee’s entire job is dedicated to removing

invasive tamarisk and Russian thistle vegetation, Leggett says.

Wild horses and burros fall under the jurisdiction of the BLM and the United States Forest Service (USFS), not the NPS–even when animals are found on land managed by the park service. As such, the park service’s responsibility to safeguard the ecology of park land is often at odds with the protections afforded to burros.

“Our obligation is to protect and preserve the natural and cultural resources within the park boundaries, and part of that management strategy is to remove invasive species,” Leggett says. But because the herds fall outside of the NPS’s jurisdiction, the NPS is doubly burdened with needing to protect the park by managing the herds without much of the funding or authority to do so.

Because of this, recent efforts to remove the burros from Horseshoe Canyon have been unsuccessful. In 1986, the herd was driven out of the canyon, and a wooden and barbed wire fence was installed across the canyon’s southern boundary to prevent burros from re-entering the area. According to a report by Canyonlands National Park, the ecosystem of the canyon began a slow recovery in the years after the burros were pushed out, until 2015, when park visitors damaged the fence. Unable to resist the fresh spring water in the canyon, the burros returned through the broken barricade, and despite an attempt in 2018 to repair it, a small herd of burros has remained in Horseshoe Canyon ever since.

If the burros are the biggest challenge the NPS faces in Horseshoe Canyon, one might think that more robust measures would be taken to repair the fence. But Leggett says the cost of corralling the burros out of the canyon and fixing the fence is fairly taxing on the NPS’s budget.

“When we’re driving the burros out or constructing a fence, that’s labor costs and material costs that are coming directly out of our internal

budget,” Leggett says. “When we do these drives, there are upwards of ten people involved. And if each drive takes ten hours, and each of those people are being paid $20 an hour, that’s a significant cost.”

This spring, the NPS hopes to successfully repair the fence. “We’ve decided to airlift the materials into the canyon,” Leggett says. He estimates that the materials alone will cost around $4,000, and the helicopter could be upwards of $10,000.

In 2021, the BLM spent $112 million to manage wild horse and burro herds across the U.S. Managing the herds includes making sure the animals stay on BLM land, corralling animals for adoption programs, sterilizing animals to maintain low populations, and taking inventory of herd numbers.

Costs aside, however, any organization tasked with managing the herds must also face serious political challenges.

“We have to be very careful not to cause a public relations scandal,” Leggett says.

“When we talk about managing the herds, there are a lot of legal issues, but there are even more political issues. The group who advocates for the wild horse and burros is very loud and very passionate.”

Much of the American identity is wrapped up in nostalgia for the Wild West, a mythology in which mustangs play a crucial role. A countrywide grassroots campaign to protect wild horses and burros from large-scale slaughters began gaining momentum in the 1950s.

At the height of the movement in 1971, Congress unanimously passed the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, largely at the be-

hest of horse-lovers who campaigned to save these animals, which, though they are not originally from the West, were deemed “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West,” as defined in the act.

No part of the movement nor the ensuing legislature took the environmental toll of these animals into account.

Gus Warr, the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program director in Utah, says the attitude toward wild horses and burros changed overnight.

“One day the employees were given rifles, and the next they were out on the range trying to protect the herds,” he says.

But the fervor to protect mustangs and burros is not extended to other animals that now run wild and cause ecological destruction across the country. For example, the Department of Agriculture encourages the use of “lethal techniques,” including, in some states, an unlimited, year-round hunting season, to control the invasive wild boar population. Unfortunately for the wild boars, they are considered neither cute nor living symbols of the American spirit.

In addition to federal land stewards and animal rights advocates, ranchers, too, have an interest in the wild equine debate. Stanton Gleave, a rancher who grazes his cattle on federal land adjacent to Horseshoe Canyon, has partnered with the NPS to petition the BLM to remove the burros from the region. Of the 300 burros the NPS reports in the Canyonlands area, Gleave believes about 200 of those live on the property he leases from the government. “I’m looking at six of them right now drinking out of my well,” he said during a phone call. “It’s

expensive putting in those wells. That water isn’t for them.”

Gleave says that during years when there is plenty of rain, his allotment produces enough vegetation to feed his cattle and the burros both.

“But last year was a dry year, and we had to bring the cattle home and feed them on hay here,” he says. “It gets expensive feeding them that way.”

At the request of Gleave and the NPS, the BLM is taking inventory of the burro situation in Horseshoe Canyon and the surrounding region to assess how best to proceed.

As far as long-term solutions go, Leggett believes garnering public support for protecting the integrity and the ecology of historic sites such as Horseshoe Canyon is a worthwhile step toward reversing the damage. Because the BLM and the NPS are somewhat beholden to public opinions, the loudest demands are often respected.

“Unfortunately right now, there’s not that same passion for protecting everything that the burros displace, whether that’s vegetation or other animals, as there is for the wild horses and burros themselves,” Leggett says.

“If enough people speak up about the burros, the park and the BLM might start acting with a little more urgency.”

This article was originally published in Corner Post on March 17, 2022.

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POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Garfield County School District is hiring the following positions. For a description of each, please see the district website www.garfk12.org Full-Time Teacher at Boulder Elementary Half-Time District Special Education Coordinator Food Service Worker in Escalante Food Service Worker in Panguitch SpEd Para-Professional at Bryce Valley Substitute/Activity Bus Drivers in Escalante Bus Route Driver in Boulder Para-Professionals at All Schools Substitutes for Teachers, Custodians, and Food Service Workers

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West Panguitch Irrigation & Reservoir Co Watermaster Position Job Description: The watermaster is responsible for the equitable distribution of flow in the West Panguitch Irrigation & Reservoir Co. The Watermaster: 1) Inspects the various ditches, and diversion structures 2) makes flow adjustments 3) cleans gates and diversion structures as necessary 4) accurately record gate settings, flowrates, ditch water levels, and duration.

Job Requirements: • Applicant must live in the Panguitch area.

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds along with capability of manual labor. – Repair pipeline, clean screens, operate a shovel • The Watermaster is expected to attend Board of Directors and stockholders meetings • The Watermaster is responsible for record keeping of gate settings, flowrates, ditch water levels, and duration • The Watermaster must have a valid driver’s license reliable vehicle and insurance. Fuel allowance is provided • The Watermaster is responsible to communicate tactfully with WPI stockholders • Majority of work dates April – October Please contact Allen Henrie 435-616-8588 or John Talbot 435-676-3191

Panguitch Cemetery Caretaker Panguitch Cemetery is taking applications for a cemetery caretaker for the summer months, April 15 to September 30. Experience preferred in using and repairing machinery and knowledge of irrigation systems and repair.

Applications: can be picked up and dropped off at the County Clerk's office in the court house.

Applications are due by April 1, 2022 by 5:00 p.m.

Any questions call, Dave Owens 435-616-8585 Lola Henrie 435-691-8823 Panguitch Cemetery reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.