The Wayne & Garfield County Insider July 21, 2022

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Thursday, July 21, 2022

4K Ride for Cancer Makes Stop, Once Again, in Escalante

Issue # 1470

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Getting a Grip on Glamping

A new lodging niche challenges planners in southern Utah

by Rachel Fixsen, Corner Post

ESCALANTE - The 4K for Cancer program is a team of 36 runners and bike riders dedicated to raising funds and awareness for young adults battling cancer. Every year, they ride or run across the country from Baltimore to San Francisco, and for the first time since 2019, they will be coming through Escalante on their way to Bryce.

4K for Cancer originally began in 2001. They started as a group of undergraduate students who combined their dream of riding across the country with their desire to fight cancer. They started promoting the ride to young people whose families have been affected by cancer. Since then, they have raised over $7 million for young cancer patients.

This year, the riders left Baltimore on June 5th, and the runners left on June 26th.

Both will make their way toward Escalante, where they will sleep for the night.

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Wayne County Residents Invited to 2nd Annual Pioneer Day Celebration in Bicknell, July 23

by Lisa Jeppson

Courtesy Glamping Canyonlands

Glamping Canyonlands along State Route 211 in San Juan County, Utah, has four tents on wooden platforms available for nightly rental

SOUTHERN UTAH State Route 211 traverses rolling desert shrubland in Southeast Utah, passing rust and buff-colored sandstone domes and the foothills of the Abajo Mountains before winding

Construction Continues on Torrey Main Street; Delays Possible

down into the Indian Creek valley.

In 2020, a new development joined the few structures peeking out from among the shrubs: several canvas tents on wooden platforms, a small

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wooden office building, a shared outdoor kitchen and a bathroom facility. Branded as Glamping Canyonlands, the modest resort is open seasonally to guests interested in exploring the area in comfort

while staying remote and offgrid.

Owners Keshia and Erik Joot built much of the devel-

BICKNELL - Get ready for some fun times! Bicknell will be holding their second annual Pioneer Day celebration on Saturday, July 23rd, and would like to invite all Wayne County residents to attend this years' festivities, which will be held at the Bicknell City Park located at 100 North 200 East and at the Wayne County Swimming Pool. Festivities begin at 9:30 a.m. with a children’s cornhole tournament. A hot dog lunch will be served at noon.

The Wayne County Commissioners have offered the use of the Wayne County Swimming Pool from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There is going to be a Pine Wood Derby (adults only), so parents should get those cars ready. A cornhole tournament for adults will start at 4 p.m., and there will

Glamping

Pioneer Day

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8 PHS Students Compete at National FCCLA Leadership Convention

July 11, 2022

Courtesy Utah Department of Transportation

Current and upcoming construction on Torrey Main Street includes placing a preliminary asphalt base, widening shoulders, extending culverts, and placing new guardrail east of Torrey and into Capitol Reef National Park.

TORREY - As early as July 26, crews will return to Torrey Main Street to begin placing a preliminary asphalt base referred to as a lane leveling course. As crews work in the area, side street traffic onto SR-24 will be periodically detoured around the active construction zone.

The detours may shift dur-

ing the week and should cause only minimal inconvenience.

Through traffic on Main Street will be subject to lane shifts and alternating one-way traffic with flagging operations.

Work continues to progress on widening shoulders, Construction Cont'd on page 4

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

GARFIELD COUNTY The July 11 Garfield County Commission meeting was a short meeting. In brief: • Primary election canvassing results were approved; • Commissioner David Tebbs will represent the County on the Monument Advisory Committee; • The Commission approved a motion to participate as a cooperating agency on the GSENM Resource Management Plan; • Transient Room Tax collection is up by 9 percent this year, but occupancy is down; • Justice Conference, attended

by Commissioner Leland Pollock, discussed necessity of jails providing receiving areas for prisoners’ substance abuse/mental health issues.

• Planner/Economic Development Director Kaden FigGarfield Commission Cont'd on page 7

Courtesy Tammi Bennett

Panguitch High School students (from left to right) Jaren Henrie, Hailey Yardley, Madelyn Frandsen, Kenli Hatch, Brayli Frandsen, Samantha Peterson, Tyler Cox, and Tylee Barney traveled to San Diego, California, to compete at the National Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Leadership Convention.

PANGUITCH - Eight Panguitch High School (PHS) Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) students had the opportunity to travel to San Diego, California, to attend and com-

new friends, and enjoying the sites that San Diego has to offer. FCCLA is a student leadership organization; the FCCLA

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UPCOMING EVENTS...

2022 Pioneer Day

July 24, 2022 Celebrations set to take place in many locations on Sat. July 23

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

THURS. JULY 21 - WED. JULY 27

Partly cloudy this week, with increased chances of PM thunderstorms on Sunday and into next week. Highs in the 80s and low 90s; lows in the 50s. Chances of precip 20 - 60%, Sun - Weds.

pete at the National FCCLA Leadership Convention.

The students spent a week attending leadership trainings, competing in STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) events, meeting many

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

—Helen Keller

2022 Garfield County Fair

July 30 - August 6 Red, White, & Blue in '22!

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Work of Watercolor Artist, We’re running Harriet Priska, to be Displayed a digital subscriber campaign! at Red Canyon Visitor Center but to continue improving our service to our communities.

Wayne and Garfield counties, like everywhere else, will continue to evolve and change.

How will our newspaper evolve with them? For me this is not just a rhetorical question but a very real one. Because I care about this community—all of our communities—I consider it a responsibility to shepherd a “news organization” that will evolve with them.

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GMHCF 2022 Fundraising Events

While growing up in the 70's and 80's, I had several different health issues. During my 5th grade year of elementary school, I experienced an illness that was more extreme than my previous illnesses. I was confined to my home for 1.5 months to recuperate, and the only other place that I was allowed to go was to Garfield Memorial Hospital for extended medical treatment. Twice a week my parents would drive me there for blood draws followed by a visit with the doctor. As a child, I can still remember those long car rides, and the time I spent wishing and praying that I'd soon feel well enough to return to my regular day-to-day schedule.

I now look back on that time with great respect for those caregivers, who were so instrumental in my healing process. Each visit, they treated me as if I were the most important patient that they were seeing that day. I was always greeted with a "hello, how are you feeling," and then was made comfortable. Some individuals might say that this is what they're paid to do. However, in my circumstance, they went beyond the call of duty with their kindness and professionalism in my medical treatment. I'll be forever grateful for the way I was treated during that period of time.

A few decades later Garfield Memorial Hospital continues to be a top-notch medical facility. Although many staff members have changed over the years, the facility's level of excellent care has steadily progressed. The last several years they have won numerous awards credited to their staff working as a team in their overall determination to always give the best patient care. Several years ago, due to funding circumstances, our beloved hospital was looking at alternatives to maintain financial stability. Many individuals worked together during this hard time to ensure that superior healthcare would remain in our rural and widespread county. Our hospital is

now owned by Garfield County and managed by Intermountain Healthcare. I feel extremely blessed to have a hospital of this quality in our local area.

Recently, every mailbox in Garfield County and Piute County should have received a letter asking for your continued support of our hospital.

The Garfield Memorial Health Care Foundation (GMHCF) is gearing up for its annual fundraising events. We are a 501c3 board that works together to raise extra funding for our hospital. We then gift those funds back to our hospital for more state-of-the-art equipment or other medical devices that can enhance the patient’s experience. As technical and medical devices continue to change and improve in their performance, it is imperative to stay current and to allow our caregivers to continue their high quality of patient care. Please, take a look at this letter, and if you have the means available, we'd love your support and help in this great endeavor. The following is a list of choices you can make when donating: you may choose to be a sponsor, you may choose to donate an item or items to our live and silent auctions, you might choose to purchase a dinner ticket or table at our dinner event, or you may choose to make a monetary donation in any amount.

Please take one more look at the letter we sent and help us out if possible. Ask yourself the following questions: How often do I receive care from Garfield Memorial Hospital and how can I give back? We are truly grateful for any help that we may receive. We look forward to hearing from you!

If you need more information on our dinner event, Festival of Trees, or have any other questions, feel free to contact Monica Taylor 435-616-7398 mtaylor@jtsteel.com or Cheryl Berry 435-676-1262 cheryl. berry@imail.org Thanks again for your support of our local hospital and of GMHCF. Monica Taylor, GMHCF Chair

Illustration by Harriet Priska

Escalante-based artist Harriet Priska will exhibit some of her works at Red Canyon Visitor Center from July 25 – Sept 5, 2022.

RED CANYON - Harriet Priska, a watercolor artist, of Serenidad Gallery in Escalante will be exhibiting her renderings of Red Canyon and Bryce Canyon at the Red Canyon Visitor Center just off Highway 12 from July 25 – Sept 5, 2022. The hours for the Visitor Center are 10am - 3pm.

Her work is also being exhibited until September 9th at the Anasazi Museum in Boulder, Utah.

—Harriet Priska

Pioneer Day: Bicknell will host its

second annual Pioneer Day celebration on Saturday, July 23, 2022.

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be a baking contest that will be open to all bakers—judging for this event will be at 6 p.m.—and games for the children.

Borderline will be play-

ing at the park at 6 p.m., and there will be food trucks available for dinner starting at 5 p.m. Fireworks will be at 10 p.m.

Bring a chair, show your support, and let’s celebrate in style. Happy Pioneer Day.

4K for Cancer: The 4K for Cancer program is a team of 36 runners and bike riders dedicated to raising funds and awareness for young adults battling cancer.

Every year, they ride or run across the country from Baltimore to San Francisco, and for the first time since 2019, they will be coming through Escalante on their way to Bryce.

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Escalante has been kind enough to host the group for one night. They will arrive the afternoon of July 23rd, where they will be given a potluck pizza dinner at the Escalante Outfitters starting at 5 PM. The runners and riders will sleep and shower at the Escalante High School that night.

They will get up for an early start on the 24th. The group will be given a potluck breakfast by Circle D employees at 7 AM at the Escalante

City Park Pavilion. The community is encouraged to come and greet the riders and runners at both meals and bring something special you like to make. Please contact Harriet Priska for further details at 435-826-4720. The 4K participants love to meet the local residents and hope they will come and greet them as they head off to San Francisco.

We are excited to see the 4K ride again and hope we will be able to continuing hosting them in the years ahead. We wish them safe travels.

—Harriet Priska

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How do we do it? Sheer force of will. And frugality.

And yet, during the ten years I’ve owned the paper, we’ve built out our services.

I do as much local reporting as I can. We have community reporters who cover local government and events, to keep you up to date on what’s happening. We have a Web site that includes all of our weekly news, and an email newsletter, also delivered Thursdays— just like the big guys. Emily designs super spiffy ads for our advertisers, and keeps things under control and looking great at our layout desk.

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July 21, 2022

News from Wayne County

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Dog Days of Summer

by Adus Dorsey

Courtesy Adus Dorsey

One of the sure signs of summer is Wayne County is the smell of hay. Fields of hay from Bicknell to Fremont are all in different stages of growth, some are still swaying in the breeze, some are lying in neat rows, and most are in bales, with various farm implements chasing them and loading huge blocks of hay onto trucks.

WAYNE COUNTY The star system Sirius is and has been on the rise, and we all know what that means. If you don’t, just ask your dog, and he/she will tell you that it means the hot, sultry, "dog days of summer" are upon us. On further investigation, it turns out that the star Sirius—which in Hellenistic astrology is connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck—is an annual phenomenon in the Northern Hemisphere, unless you live in Hawaii or Hanksville, which just boils down to another day in paradise.

All the same, summer is in full swing; the firecrackers of the 4th of July have all been spent, and all the animals that headed for the hills during the Independence Day celebration have either made their way back home or are resting comfortably on a R.C. Willey couch in the confines of the new CCAW compound, waiting for their owners to come claim them.

The most noticeable sign of summer in Wayne County is hay. Robert Duvall said it best in the movie Apocalypse Now, “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” Well, in Wayne County it can be said that “nothing smells better than fresh cut hay in the morning.” Fields of hay from Bicknell to Fremont are all in different stages of growth, some are still swaying in the breeze, some are lying in neat rows, and most are in bales, with various farm implements chasing them and loading huge blocks of hay onto trucks.

During the "dog days of summer," days for the Wayne County farmer begin well before dawn and rarely end until the sun has long since dropped out of sight beyond the famed Fish Lake Mountain in the west. Humble family prayers for rain and no rain are said in reverence around the supper table long after most folks elsewhere have had their fill of the evening news, which always seems to be the same, chaos and mayhem.

In consideration of chaos and mayhem, S.R. 24—in and west of Torrey—is a constant reminder that chaos and mayhem exists as there is plenty of road construction, and crews are in constant motion sometimes 24 hours a day.

Much appreciated is UDOT’s regular construction updates that include "Current Construction Activities," which are as follows: "Torrey - As early as July 26, crews will return to Torrey Main Street to begin placing a preliminary asphalt base referred to as a lane lev-

eling course. As crews work in the area, side street traffic onto SR-24 will be periodically detoured around the active construction zone. The detours may shift during the week and should cause only minimal inconvenience. Through traffic on Main Street will be subject to lane shifts and alternating one-way traffic with flagging operations.

Work continues to progress on widening shoulders, extending culverts, and placing new guardrail east of Torrey and into Capitol Reef National Park. Multiple delays of up to 15 minutes are possible through this section of the project. Please note that there may be parking restrictions on the shoulders near Hickman Bridge and Grand Wash trailheads as crews work in those areas.

Paving of the new widened area continues this week between mileposts 105 - 112 near Hanksville. Paving activities are advancing quickly near the Hanksville Airport moving south toward Hanksville. Multiple delays of up to 15 minutes are possible."[Note: This "Current Construction Activities" report is as of July 15, 2022.]

In speaking about community pride, Bicknell has picked up the ball and is running toward the goal post with it. Hardly a day goes by that there isn’t a new activity

posting by Bicknell Town announcing the newly formed Bicknell Farmers Market, the upcoming 24th of July celebration, a cupcake competition, an Adult Pinewood Derby and foot races, pool parties and many, many, more.

There is so much happening in Bicknell that rumor has it that Bicknell Town has hired an activities director, and the mayor rushes home after town meetings to prepare her famous french fries, which are the new rave. What’s not to love when a community like Bicknell comes together?

Not to go without mention—as far as community pride—Hanksville is also on the move (if you can get there for the road construction.).

Heavy equipment has leveled ground prepping for new businesses, folks are moving in and building homes, and now, you can actually get a cocktail with your burrito in Hanksville. What is the world coming to?

Wayne County has weathered wars, floods, drought, depressions, inflation and pestilence, but Wayne County folk are resilient. If Darwin was publishing his famous survival of the fittest exposè today, surely, the Wayne County species would be prominently represented among its chapters.

Embrace the day, and take time to smell the hay.

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Invasive Smallmouth Bass Found in Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam

USFWS | Eric Engbetson

Smallmouth bass—a predatory non-native fish—were found in the Colorado River below the Glen Canyon Dam on July 1, 2022.

PAGE - On July 1, 2022, juvenile smallmouth bass were found in the Colorado River below the Glen Canyon Dam. Smallmouth bass are a predatory non-native fish that have adversely impacted native and federally protected fish in the upper basin of the Colorado River over the last 20 years.

The National Park Service (NPS) is working closely with partners and stakeholders to coordinate rapid response actions to address this finding in accordance with previously approved management plans.

Lower lake levels at Lake Powell and rising temperatures in the Colorado River have increased concerns that non-native, warm-water predators, including smallmouth bass, could pass through the dam and begin reproducing.

If these warm-water predators establish populations below the dam, it is likely they would negatively impact native fish communities in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and in Grand Canyon National Park.

The NPS encourages

anglers to report any observations or catches of smallmouth bass below the dam.

If caught, please remove the fish, put on ice and contact staff at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area or Grand Canyon National Park with a description of the location where found. Report findings to: Jeff Arnold, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, jeff_arnold@nps.gov or Brian Healy, Grand Canyon National Park, brian_healy@ nps.gov.

—National Park Service

FCCLA: Eight Panguitch High School students traveled to San Diego, California, to compete at the National FCCLA Leadership Convention FCCLA

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mission of FCCLA is, “To promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family members, wage earner and community leader, members develop skills for life through: Character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge, and career preparation.”

Students who join FCCLA are encouraged to compete in one of the 30 STAR events, where they can compete and be recognized for demonstrating their knowledge, skills, and abilities to actively identify an issue concerning families, careers, or communities, research the topic, and develop and implement a project to advocate for positive change.

This year at State FCCLA, eight PHS students placed first or second in their STAR event category, and this qualified them to compete and represent the state of Utah at Nationals in San Diego, California, June 28th - July 3rd. Jaren Henrie was a top 10 national finalist in the category "Teach and Train - level 2." He received a gold medal. Kenli Hatch, Tylee Barney, and Samantha Peterson received a silver in the category "Chapter Service Display - level 2." Madelyn Frandsen and Tyler Cox received a silver in the category "Focus on Children - level 2." Hailey Yardley and Brayli Frandsen received a silver in the category "Chapter Service Display Portfolio - level 2." There were over seven thousand students from across the nation that attended the leadership convention. The students from Panguitch/Garfield County School District, along with other students, rep-

resented Utah very well and professionally. Congratulations to all of them.

Panguitch High School Students, along with their advisor, Tammi Bennett, would like to thank all those who made this trip possible: Garfield County School Board, Garfield County School District Superintendent John Dodds, Garfield School District’s CTE director, The State CTE FCS program, The State FCCLA Advisor, Nikki Sue Larkin, Garfield County Commissioners, Panguitch City Council, Garfield Memorial Hospital, and the amazing and supportive parents. It is awesome to live in a great community that recognizes and invests time and resources in strengthening, training, and developing the youth. They will become our future leaders.

—Panguitch High School

Construction: Multiple construction projects are planned

or are in the works on SR 24 from Torrey to Hanksville. Projects include widening shoulders, extending culverts, and placing new guardrail.

Courtesy Utah Department of Transportation

Utah Department of Transportation map illustrating current and upcoming project locations on SR 24 from Torrey to the Hanksville airport.

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extending culverts, and placing new guardrail east of Torrey and into Capitol Reef National Park. Multiple delays of up to 15 minutes are possible through this section of the project. Please note that there may be parking restrictions on the shoulders near Hickman Bridge and Grand Wash trailheads as crews work in those areas.

Paving of the new widened area continues between mileposts 105 - 112 near Hanksville. Paving activities are advancing quickly near the Hanksville Airport moving south toward Hanksville. Multiple delays of up to 15 minutes are possible.

What to Expect

• Schedule: Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Traffic: As you travel the SR-24 project cooridor from Torrey to the Hanksville Aiport, you may encounter multiple alternating one-way traffic with pilot cars and/or flagging operations. There are a variety of construction activities spread throughout the areas indicated on the accompanying map. Due to the narrow shoulders and large construction equipment, working space is extremely limited.

• Multiple delays of up to 15 minutes are expected.

• Access: Please use extreme caution when entering the roadway from side roads to verify traffic is moving in your desired direction.

Nearby residents may notice an increase in construction related noise, vibration, and dust.

Project Background The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is rehabilitating pavement and improving shoulders in several areas on SR-24 between Torrey and Hanksville. New guardrail and drainage features are also included in the project. In total, the project will involve improvements to approximately 23 miles of roadway.

For more information, contact the UDOT public information team at sr24improved@utah.gov.

—Utah Department of Transportation

July 21, 2022

Wills, Trusts, and More

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Protecting Your Beneficiary’s Inheritance

by Jeffery J. McKenna

Getting an inheritance in any format is great! However, getting an inheritance in trust may be even better. Let me explain.

Most clients want all or at least part of their estate to go to an individual such as a spouse, child, close family member or friend. Usually, the clients have no special concerns about how the named beneficiary will manage the inheritance. In such a situation, the client may say, “I just want the inheritance to go outright to the beneficiary, with no restrictions.”

However, is that really the “best” format? What if a few restrictions could yield significant protection for the inherited assets?

An option to strongly consider is having the inheritance go to the beneficiary in an Inherited Subtrust. During the beneficiary’s lifetime, the subtrust holds the assets for the benefit of the beneficiary, with distribution as needed to pay for the beneficiary’s health, education, maintenance and support expenses.

Although the named beneficiary can manage the trust as the trustee of the subtrust, and receives trust assets as needed, the beneficiary does not own the assets when they are held by the subtrust, which provides significant protection from creditors.

The fact that the benefi-

ciary of the subtrust is not the owner, and has never been the owner of the assets, is the key.

While a creditor or divorcing spouse can attach (and take) what someone owns, it is much harder for a creditor to take the assets that are owned and managed in an inherited subtrust.

This method of leaving assets in a subtrust for beneficiaries can be a great way to leave an inheritance. The assets remain available to the beneficiary for their health, education, maintenance and support. The beneficiary can serve as their own trustee and, with certain limitations, can control the use and distribution of the assets. Also, the beneficiary can have the power to appoint the trust assets to the people or institutions the recipient wants to benefit upon the recipient’s death. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, as noted above, leaving inherited assets in a subtrust can help protect the assets from creditors.

The subtrust format has two principal inconveniences for the recipient. First, after the grantor dies, but only after the grantor dies, the assets received must always be titled in the name of the subtrust.

Second, the subtrust must file its own separate income tax return. Again, the extra tax return is only filed after the death of the original person creating the general trust.

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.

In conclusion, before just “giving the inheritance outright” to those you love, consider including a subtrust in your general trust. This relatively simple modification can make a huge difference and better protect the assets you are leaving for loved ones.

t H e Cell Phone

One Saturday night my boss and her family came to our house to play cards.

As they were driving away at the end of the evening, I discovered that she had left her purse in a corner next to the dining-room hutch.

I was about to call her house, intending to leave a message on the answering machine, when my son reminded me that they had a cell phone.

As I dialed the number, I marveled at the technology that would alert them before they had driven all the way home.

A few seconds later the purse began to ring.

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l A u G h i N g pOiNt!!

Today's Thought

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Shower Thoughts

Bugs have the entire sky to fly in but still decide to fly right in my face.

Feeling Old?

I was feeling pretty creaky after hearing the TV reporter say, "To contact me, go to my Facebook page, follow me on Twitter, or try me the old-fashioned way, email."

PUNishment

You really shouldn’t be intimidated by advanced math. It’s easy as pi!

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

Mistaken Acronyms

Working as a telemarketer for MCI Communications, I made a call to a home one evening. When a boy around eight answered the phone, I identified myself, told him I was calling for MCI and asked to speak to his parents.

As he put the phone down, I heard him yell, "Dad! Dad" The FBI wants to talk to you!"

As soon as the father answered the phone in a quivering voice, I said, "Sir this is not the FBI this is MCI Communications."

After a long pause, the man said, "This is the first time I am actually glad to hear from you guys."

This week's answers on page 10

THEME: Summer Days ACROSS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

With the primary elections behind us, I would like to thank everyone for their support in my bid for a seat on the Wayne County Board of Commissioners!

Although I did not receive the Republican nomination for Commissioner Seat “B”, I did receive 31% of the total votes cast out of a 3-candidate race. The winning candidate received 42% of the total votes cast. That’s only a difference of 11% (112 votes). So again, I thank each and every one of you who voted for me.

That vote for Mike ZIRWAS meant a vote for preserving the rural way of life in Wayne County that most every resident embraces…It meant a vote for a candidate who has 3 to 4 days a week to commit to and focus on the issues of the day that are important to the residents of Wayne County…It meant a vote for actively planning for a growing Wayne County future.

Immediately after the results of the primary election were made public, I received an outpouring of support and encouragement from a multitude of county residents to continue seeking a seat on the Board of Commissioners. With a period of reflection and discussion with my wife, I have to decide to continue my campaign for a seat on the board.

With 2 seats being open for election this year, I will be running as a write-in for seat “A”.

With that being said, the campaign will continue!

Vote for Mike ZIRWAS, write-in for Wayne County Commissioner, Seat “A”. paid for by Mike Zirwas

1. Candy bar Baby 5. New York baseball player 8. *____ days of summer 11. Southern cuisine pod 12. Austin Powers' charm 13. Phlegms 15. Finish with plaster 16. Balanced 17. Shy 18. *Usually June 21 20. Wood sorrels 21. Between septet and nonet 22. Stir fry pan 23. *"Out" for most kids in summer 26. Popular white fish 30. ___ Tsu 31. Pavlov's conditioned ____ 34. Part of cathedral 35. Dwelling 37. *It's often hot and muggy in summer 38. Be in accord 39. Physicist Niels ____ 40. Like some wedding cakes 42. A Bobbsey twin 43. Comparative of staid 45. *Like waterskier's dream lake surface 47. Jean-Claude ____ Damme 48. Not our 50. *Dangle them in the pool?

52. *Tossing around, pl.

55. Drunkard 56. Falling out 57. Like one deserving of a Christmas gift 59. On and on (2 words) 60. Black tropical cuckoos 61. Bob ____ of boxing industry 62. JFK's brother 63. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" band

64. Typically 5 of these in a men's tennis match DOWN bird

1. "Arabian Nights"

2. Luau strings 3. Crosby, Stills and Nash, e.g.

4. Attention-grabbing shout 5. *Summer blockbuster 6. DVD player button 7. Muscle quality 8. Russian parliament 9. "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" singer 10. Cowboy's heel prod 12. Courage to carry on 13. Counter seat 14. *Summer activity: berry ____ 19. Game status 22. Car wash option 23. Granite store units 24. Explorer John ____, a.k.a. Giovanni

Caboto 25. Commotion 26. German mister 27. Farm structure, pl.

28. Part of an eye, pl.

29. *Adjective for bikini?

32. *County event 33. Tall tale 36. *#5 Down venue 38. Improvise 40. Sophomore's grade 41. Antonym of ingests 44. Old hat 46. NBA venues 48. Threesome 49. No-distortion sound reproduction, pl.

50. Arctic floater 51. Augmented 52. Brawl 53. Republic of Ireland 54. Hare's tail 55. *Uninvited picnic guest 58. Ambulance squad, acr.

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O bituaries Gary Callister

HATCH - Gary Hall Callister went to meet his Heavenly Father on July 3, 2022. Gary was 81. He was born on Friday, June 13, 1941, to Leland and Nellie Callister in Delta, Utah where he grew up. He was a wonderful husband, fantastic and loving father and grandfather, concerned and caring brother and a great uncle and loving son.

Gary graduated from Delta High School, where he took state in wrestling.

He attended Weber State University with a full scholarship. However, when the Lord beckoned, he packed up and went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints to the south, serving in Florida. He had such love for those he served on his mission.

He stayed in touch with lots of them for many years, and spoke of them often throughout his life, telling of his love and their conversion.

His first marriage gave him a son and daughter whom he loved very much.

He married Char Callister in 1971; they were happily married for 51 years. Char and Gary had another daughter in 1979 whom he had the joy of raising.

Gary loved working in construction for most of his life.

His job took him and his family to many states, including Wyoming, Idaho, California, Nevada, and from Northern Utah to St. George. Gary was a superintendent for Layton Construction for many years. He decided in midlife to change his profession and take life a little easier, becoming a realtor. He first worked in St. George, but moved to the mountains, working for ERA for the next 23 years.

Gary loved his Heavenly Father with all his heart, serving in multiple Bishoprics and positions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. He served in the Nevada Temple for 3 years before work took him to Utah again.

Gary loved sports.

He would always watch golf and football, but his favorite sports were the ones in which his grandchildren participated.

He attended each and every one he could.

Gary and his wife, Char, spent many seasons hunting the beautiful mountains that surrounded Salt Lake City, often times taking the kids with them. They loved camping, which he and his family did for many years. He loved fishing with family and friends; being outdoors anywhere was one of his great joys in life. In later years, he and his family moved to the mountains of Southern Utah, where he and his wife built their dream home.

He spent much time sitting on his porch looking at the scenery and loving the view.

Gary is survived by his best friend and loving companion of 51 years, Charlene; his treasured 3 children daughter Krissie Nicole (Heber) Steed, daughter Stacie (Tyssen) Booth, and son Ryan (Valerie) Callister; adopted, adored and loving daughter Hailie Ray Wilcox; his 7 adored and loved grandchildren Zachary (Rebecca Morey) Callister, Jacob (Ashley) Callister, AJ (Jan) Horn, Callie (Pierson) Baldwin, Cloie Nicole Callister, Cya Champagne, and Oaklie Rain Steed; and siblings Maurine Grizzle, Cathy Pace, Scott (Barbra) Callister, and Duane Callister.

Services were held Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 11:00 AM in the Hatch Utah Ward Chapel, with a visitation from 9:3010:30 AM at the Chapel. Burial was in the Hatch Cemetery.

Services were arranged with Mosdell Mortuary of Kanab, Utah.

Flowers for the service may be ordered from Kanab Floral, 435644-2991. A GoFundMe account to help with expenses for the family has been set up by Krissie Steed, titled “to pay for living expenses,” and can be found by searching the gofundme.com site with her name and that title.

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FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com July was named in honor of the Roman emperor Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC). In 46 BC, Julius Caesar made one of his greatest contributions to history. With the help of Sosigenes, he developed the Julian calendar—the precursor to the Gregorian calendar that we use today.

We have a lot of things coming up this weekend, with the Pioneer's Homecoming slated for Saturday the 23rd. The day starts off with a good oldfashioned breakfast that will be held at the Zion’s Bank and will run from 7:30 to 9:30. Then at 10, comes the 24th parade—one the biggest in southern Utah. I am hoping to have one of my cars running by then. Hopefully, we will have the many floats that make our parade a lot of fun. Have the kids ready with their bags for all of the candy. Right after the parade, there will be a DUP event at the Stake Center, and Kay Richards will be the guest speaker. This is a great place to learn some of the history of the founding of

Utah and Panguitch. Lately, the attendance has been down, so don’t miss out on this great program; a lot of effort goes into it.

At 1:00, the firefighters will be having lunch at the fair building. This has been a traditional lunch forever, and it is a good time for family reunions.

There are going to be games for the kids, and in the afternoon, there will be a rodeo at the Triple C Arena, which will give attendees a taste of what people did for entertainment in the old days.

The weather people keep telling us we are going to have rain, but we get clouds, lighting and thunder and 15 drops, and that is about all. This super drought is affecting the world over, with temps in Spain reaching 115 degrees. France and even England have had temps in the 100s. There are fires in all of these countries, and also in Africa. They have traced the rings on trees back to 1200 AD, and there have been three other super droughts. This one has set a record of 21 years and

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Elder Logan Ted Chappell

LYMAN - Elder Logan Ted Chappell is returning from serving a mission in the England Birmingham and California Anaheim Missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

He will speak in the Lyman Ward on July 24th at 10:00 am.

with no end in sight. Here in Panguitch, we have gone more than 100 days without moisture, and there is none in sight. SLC set a record on Sunday of 107 degrees.

On our way to San Diego in Baker, it was 107, and on the way home, it was at 113 degrees. It is always an adventure going down to San Diego; no matter what time you go, you will hit traffic. Gas, on the other hand, was cheaper than in Panguitch. We got gas at Costco in St. George for $4.99 and Vegas for $5.15, and the Costco in San Diego at $5.35. Mexico was the best price, where we paid 945 pesos—or $4.20 a gallon.

We got a big surprise this week at Costco; it was $4.59 a gallon.

Oil prices have fallen in the last three weeks from $122 a barrel to $92 a barrel, and this should bring down the inflation somewhat. The average price for gas is $4.63 throughout the nation.

Last Saturday, the Larry Frandsen and Orva Hatch families had their annual reunion.

There was a big turn out and all had a fun time. It is always great to see one's family.

We went down to San Diego for our baby granddaughter Teah’s wedding. It was a grand affair. It was like none that I had ever been to, and it lasted for three days. It was held at a hotel in Baja, California, that only caters to weddings and is only open three days a week.

On Friday, we had a family dinner for both families. It was overlooking the ocean, and the food and service was something special.

Saturday was the wedding. There were 92 people that were there, and the service was beautiful. I told Teah that I would never give her away because she had me walk down the aisle with her, so she took that part off the ceremony. She looked so beautiful in her dress, and Alex looked handsome in

his suit. A real surprise was that her two good friends, Halie Sawyer and Jen Perkins, were both there, as well as Halie’s mother, Connie. After the wedding, we went to a large area, and Alex’s and Teah’s friends spoke about them. It looked like the whole world was there, and they were treated to a great dinner. That was followed by a lot of dancing, Salsa style. Boy, do you have to be in shape to take part. I kind of felt like a wall flower being one of the few that wasn’t dancing. Connie Sawyer was out looking like she knew what she was doing, and with all of the doctors that were there, she was pretty safe. Everyone was having fun. I was surprised at how long they were dancing, Teah was out there for two hours before she took a break. Teah had friends fly in from Seattle, and her family from lower Mexico came (It was at their place that she learned Spanish.).

Sunday, we had a bunch of tacos, and the many that were still there visited and played around and enjoyed each other’s company. Monday, we left. Instead of going back to TJ, we went to Tecate to cross the border. It took an hour to get across without incident. It is always hard to leave Teah, but she has taken good care of herself since she went off to the university. She knew that many of her friends couldn’t make the trip to Mexico, so she is having a reception at our house to meet Alex and his family on August 6. If you didn’t get an invite, please come anyway; it will be from 4 to 7 pm. Please, no gifts since she will be flying.

Kindness is never wasted.

If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Mack O.

O bituaries Anthony Coombs

BOULDER - Anthony Ward Coombs, 83, passed away at his home in Boulder, Utah, on July 11, 2022.

Anthony was born June 15, 1939, on his family’s ranch in Boulder, Utah. He was the 13th of 15 children born to Ephraim Hyrum and Florence Mary Snow Coombs. He attended the one-room Boulder school and later graduated from Escalante High School in 1957.

Following graduation, Anthony worked in a variety of places including the saw mill in Escalante, the construction crew building the Boulder Power Plant, a sugar factory in Salt Lake City, and a survey crew in southern Arizona. He returned to his home town to work the family ranch he grew up on, which he then purchased in 1962 and continued to ranch.

Anthony married Dot Alvey in the St. George temple on December 5, 1964, and they became the parents of five children: Ward (Suzette) Coombs, Boulder, UT; Natalie (Michael) Pfleger, Scottsdale, AZ; Connie (Michael) Van, Roosevelt, UT; Curtis (Amanda) Coombs, Vernal, UT; and Raven Coombs, Herriman, UT. Together they have 14 grandchildren.

As befitted a small-town rancher, Anthony was a skilled jack-of-all trades. Whatever was needed—welding, mechanical repairs, equipment operating, or cowboying—he could do it and do it well. In Boulder, he began running cattle and, over time, used his skills as a heavy equipment operator to transform his ranch by clearing trees and adding an extensive irrigation system. He used these same skills and equipment around town to dig graves, harvest hay, and even to help pave the road over Boulder Mountain. In 1985, Anthony began working for the Garfield County Road Department maintaining, repairing, and constructing roads throughout the county.

In January 1997, Anthony was involved in a vehicle accident that left him paraplegic.

Rather than dwell on what could have been, he moved forward and experienced a different version of life. He began using his artistic skills to create beautiful jewelry from silver and semi-precious stones. He also restored old machinery, returned to leather working, and really enjoyed spending time with his family.

Anthony is survived by his wife, Dot; children and grandchildren; surviving siblings: Sarah May, Elaine, and Vard. He is preceded in death by his parents; his siblings: Clinton, Kay, Ross, Eva, Karen, Theresa, Anne, Larry, Mary, Alonzo, and an infant twin to Sara May; and his grandsons: Dalton and James.

Friends may call for viewing on Thursday, July 21, 2022, from 4 - 6 p.m. at the Magleby Mortuary, Richfield. Interment will be held in the Coombs Family Cemetery in Boulder, Utah. Funeral Directors, Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. On line guest book www.maglebymortuary.com In lieu of flowers, please make donations to www.DaltonVanLegacy.org

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July 25 - July 31

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.

Graphic Created with SkySafariAstronomy.com

The entire sky facing southeast at about 3 a.m. Constellations are identified with their 3-letter designations.

Meteors radiate from Aqr. and Cap. Late-July through midAugust is the best time to watch for meteors, partly because it’s warm at night but mostly because there are two good showers, one long and one short.

First of all, meteors are debris mostly the size of dust to sand, and mostly shed by comets, that encounter the earth and fall through our atmosphere so fast that friction with the air heats them to incandescence, and we see them as swift flashes of light. Most burn out many miles above our heads. (Meteorites come from asteroids and they are different; Google can explain.)

Meteors fall at random every night of the year at an average rate of about six an hour, but during a meteor shower, they can fall at the rate of several dozen an hour. Meteors in a shower come from particles that were recently shed by their comet and are still bunched up, following near that comet’s orbit.

Each shower recurs at the same time each year, when the earth returns to the part of our orbit that is near the comet’s orbit, so they’re easy to predict. The main variable is the moon, since its bright light can drown out all but the brightest meteors. Unfortunately, that will happen to the second of this period’s showers, August’s Perseids, but not the one this week, the Delta Aquariid, which fall under a dark moonless sky.

Delta Aquariid meteors appear mid-July to mid-August; during the last week of July you should see a dozen or more each hour, radiating from Aquarius low in the south. Unfortunately, they’re best between midnight and dawn. They trace their origins to a comet that broke up 9,500 years ago. The Alpha Capricornid meteors peak at the same time and add a few more meteors, some quite bright, to the mix.

At the early morning me-

teor-watching hour, the Milky Way arches from southwest to straight overhead to northeast.

The center of the Milky Way is in Sagittarius, low in the southwest, and you can easily see that it is much wider and brighter than the opposite part in the northeast, toward Perseus, which is just rising. Cygnus is straight overhead, and if your sky is dark, you can see

that the Milky Way is split from Cygnus to the southwest. Dark clouds among the stars that are concentrated here block the light from stars beyond, giving the false impression that it is divided. Even binoculars will show the effect, especially in the little constellation Scutum.

At the same hour, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars (from R to L, or W to E) are arrayed in the south at roughly equal intervals. Jupiter is in the middle, and it’s the brightest thing in the sky. Mars and Saturn are brighter than any nearby stars.

Look an hour before sunrise on the morning of the 26th to see the ultra-thin crescent moon only 5% illuminated less than 4° from Venus in one of the year’s finest conjunctions.

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.

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Commissioner Board Reports and report by Powell District Ranger Chris Wehrli discussed.

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gins is chairing the Garfield/ Iron/Beaver Chamber of Commerce.

Powell District Ranger Chris Wehrli: Tropic Reservoir was reopened after the Left Fork Fire. Only closure areas in effect are in Kane County, including Kanab Creek and Boulder Creek roads. The roads themselves are fine, but crews are still monitoring hot spots.

Rocky Fork Trail, near Circleville: Wehrli said it’s been two years since the trail was closed due to safety issues from mountainside slough-offs. He may seek grant federal funding to hire the special equipment

needed. Asked about post-fire reseeding plans, Wehril said some roads and areas have been fenced off due to monsoon washouts and also to avoid conflict between OHV usage and heavy equipment or logging trucks. These will be reopened as soon as it’s safe. Reseeding will start either this fall or next spring to maximize success with his $35K federal reseeding budget.

The Garfield County Commission meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month starting at 10 a.m. All meetings are held in the County Courthouse in Panguitch.

There is no set up for electronic participation.

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U.S. Transition to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

U.S. - On Saturday, July 16, the United States transitioned the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 988—an easy-to-remember three-digit number for 24/7 crisis care. The lifeline, which also links to the Veterans Crisis Line, follows a three-year joint effort by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to put crisis care more in reach for people in need. This initiative is part of President Biden’s comprehensive strategy to address our nation’s mental health crisis, and is identified by U.S. Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra as a top priority at HHS. Since January 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration has made unprecedented investments to support the 988 transition, investing $432 million to scale crisis center capacity and ensure all Americans have access to help during mental health crises.

The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, signed into law after the passage of bipartisan legislation in 2020, authorized 988 as a new three-digit number for suicide and mental health crisis. All telephone service and text providers in the United States and the five major U.S. territories were required by the FCC to activate 988 no later than July 16.

“988 is more than a number, it is a message: we’re there for you. Through this and other actions, we are treating mental health as a priority and putting crisis care in reach for more Americans,” said Secretary Becerra, who has been meeting with states across the country about the transition to 988 as part of HHS’ National Tour to Strengthen Mental Health.

“There is still much work to do. But what matters is that we’re launching, 988 will be live. We are looking to every governor and every state in the nation to do their part to make this a long-term success.”

The Biden-Harris Administration increased federal investments in the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by 18-fold—from $24 million to $432 million—to scale up crisis centers and back-up center capacity, and to provide special services, including a subnetwork for Spanish language speakers.

The $432 million included $105 million in grant funding to states and territories, provided by the American Rescue Plan, to improve response rates, increase capacity to meet future demand, and ensure calls initiated in their states or territories are first routed to local, regional, or state crisis call centers.

Prior to this investment, the Lifeline, which has existed since 2005, had been long unfunded and under-resourced.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a network of more than 200 state and local call centers supported by HHS through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

“Recent investments made in the Lifeline have already resulted in more calls, chats, and texts answered even as volume has increased, but we know that too many people are still experiencing suicidal crisis or mental health-related distress without the support they need,”

said Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D., the HHS Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and leader of SAMHSA. “Over time, the vision for 988 is to have additional crisis services available in communities across the country, much the way emergency medical services work.

The success of 988 depends on our continued partnership with states, as the federal government cannot do this alone.

We urge states and territories to join us and invest further in answering the call to transform our crisis care response nationwide.”

FCC staff first proposed 988 in a report to Congress in August 2019 as the nationwide, easy-to-remember, 3-digit dialing code for individuals in crisis to connect to suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. On July 16, 2020, the FCC adopted rules designating 988 for this purpose. Recognizing the need to better support at-risk communities in crisis, including youth and individuals with disabilities, the FCC adopted additional rules in November 2021 to expand access to this important service by establishing the ability to also text 988.

“All across our country, people are hurting. They

need help. The good news is that getting that help just got a lot easier. Starting tomorrow [July 16], 988 will be available nationwide for individuals in crisis, and their loved ones, to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline more easily,” said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “This crossgovernment effort has been years in the making and comes at a crucial point to help address the mental health crisis in our country, especially for our young people.”

VA administers the Veterans Crisis Line through the Lifeline’s national network.

Because of VA’s partnership with the Lifeline, the Veterans Crisis Line is affected by this transition to a new number.

Veterans and their loved ones can now Dial 988, and then Press 1 to reach the Veterans Crisis Line.

“988 has been a long time coming and will serve as a critical resource during a crisis when every second counts.

The new, shorter number will help ensure Veterans have easier access to the Veterans Crisis Line,” said VA Secretary Denis McDonough. “This launch is a whole-of-government approach in line with the President’s call to prioritize mental health by strengthening access to crisis services, and preventing Veteran sui-

cide, our top clinical priority.”

In 2021, the Lifeline received 3.6 million calls, chats, and texts. That number is expected to at least double within the first full year after the 988 transition.

The United States had one death by suicide every 11 minutes in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide was the second leading cause of death for young people aged 10-14 and 25-34. From April 2020 to 2021, more than 100,000 people died from drug overdoses. Studies have shown that after speaking with a trained crisis counselor, most Lifeline callers are significantly more likely to feel less depressed, less suicidal, less overwhelmed, and more hopeful.

The 10-digit Lifeline number 1-800-273-TALK (8255) will continue to be operational and will route calls to 988 indefinitely. Veterans, service members, and their families can also still reach the Veterans Crisis Line with the current phone number 1-800273-8255 and Press 1, or by chat or text to 838255.

More information on 988 is available at www.samhsa. gov/988 and https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988/faqs.

—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

New Intermountain Healthcare Study Finds People Who Practice Intermittent Fasting Experience Less Severe Complications from COVID-19

SALT LAKE CITY - Intermittent fasting has previously shown to have a of host of health benefits, including lowering the risk of diabetes and heart disease. Now, researchers from Intermountain Healthcare have found that people who regularly fast are less like to experience severe complications from COVID-19.

In a new study published this week in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, Intermountain researchers found that COVID-19 patients who practiced regular water-only intermittent fasting had lower risk of hospitalization or dying due to the virus than patients who did not.

“Intermittent fasting has already shown to lower inflammation and improve cardiovascular health. In this study, we’re finding additional benefits when it comes to battling an infection of COVID-19 in patients who have been fasting for decades,” said Benjamin Horne, PhD, director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at Intermountain Healthcare.

In the Intermountain study, researchers identified patients enrolled in the INSPIRE registry, a voluntary health registry at Intermountain Healthcare, who had also tested positive for SARSCoV-2 between March 2020 and February 2021—before vaccines were widely avail-

able.

They identified 205 patients who had tested positive for the virus. Of those, 73 said they regularly fasted at least once a month. Researchers found that those who practiced regular fasting had a lower rate of hospitalization or death due to coronavirus.

“Intermittent fasting was not associated with whether or not someone tested positive COVID-19, but it was associated with lower severity once patients had tested positive for it,” Dr. Horne said.

In the Intermountain study, participants who said they regularly fasted did so for an average of more than 40 years. Intermountain researchers had the opportunity to closely study this specific cohort of long-time intermittent fasters because a large portion of its patients fast regularly for religious reasons.

Nearly 62 percent of Utah’s population belongs the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members typically fast the first Sunday of the month by going without food or drink for two consecutive meals.

While Dr. Horne said that more research is needed to understand why intermittent fasting is associated with better COVID-19 outcomes, he said it’s most likely due to a host of ways that it affects the body.

For example, fasting reduces inflammation, especial-

ly since hyperinflammation is associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes. In addition, after 12 to 14 hours of fasting, the body switches from using glucose in the blood to ketones, including linoleic acid.

“There’s a pocket on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 that linoleic acid fits into—and can make the virus less able to attach to other cells,” he said.

Another potential benefit is that intermittent fasting promotes autophagy, which is “the body’s recycling system that helps your body destroy and recycle damaged and infected cells,” Dr. Horne added.

Dr. Horne stressed that these results are from people who have been practicing intermittent fasting for decades —not weeks—and that anyone who wants to consider the practice should consult their doctors first, especially if they are elderly, pregnant, or have conditions like diabetes, heart, or kidney disease.

Researchers also stressed intermittent fasting shouldn’t be seen as a substitute for COVID vaccination.

“It should be further evaluated for potential short and long-term preventative or therapeutic use as a complementary approach to vaccines and anti-viral therapies for reducing COVID-19 severity,” Dr. Horne said.

—Intermountain Healthcare

July 21, 2022

LegaL Notices 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 Aug. 17, 2022 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.

GARFIELD COUNTY NEW APPLICATION(S) 97-2493 (A83404): Frank Venuti propose(s) using 1.6 acft. from groundwater (Escalante area) for IRRIGATION. CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-2855 (a49187): Crosby Family Trust propose(s) using 0.25 ac-ft. from the Underground Water Well (existing) (3 miles SW of Hatch) for DOMESTIC. 61-3372 (a49210): William L Bernard Trust Agreement dated October 19, 2005 propose(s) using 0.0064 cfs OR 0.5 ac-ft. from groundwater (6 miles SW of Panguitch Lake) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. KANE COUNTY EXTENSION(S) 61-3261 (a21606f): Strawberry Valley Investment Corporation is/are filing an extension for 0.0016 cfs OR 0.25 ac-ft. from the wells and springs existing (South of Duck Creek Village) for DOMESTIC. 61-3336 (a21606h): Strawberry Valley Investment Corporation is/are filing an extension for 0.0066 cfs OR 1 ac-ft. from the wells and springs existing (South of Duck Creek Village) for DOMESTIC. 61-1882 (a21606): Strawberry Valley Investment Corporation is/are filing an extension for 0.3967 cfs OR 60.45 ac-ft. from the wells and springs existing (South of Duck Creek Village) for DOMESTIC. 61-3249 (a21606e): Strawberry Valley Investment Corporation is/are filing an extension for 0.0016 cfs OR 0.25 ac-ft. from the wells and springs existing (South of Duck Creek Village) for DOMESTIC. 61-3285 (a21606g): Strawberry Valley Investment Corporation is/are filing an extension for 0.0016 cfs OR 0.25 ac-ft. from the wells and springs existing (South of Duck Creek Village) for DOMESTIC. 61-3370 (a21606j): Strawberry Valley Investment Corporation is/are filing an extension for 0.0033 cfs OR 0.5 ac-ft. from the wells and springs existing (South of Duck Creek Village) for DOMESTIC. WAYNE COUNTY NEW APPLICATION(S) 95-5477 (A83395): Robert Payne, Jennifer Payne, Todd Shaughnessy, Melissa Shaughnessy propose(s) using 0.015 cfs OR 0.45 ac-ft. from groundwater (Happy Valley) for DOMESTIC. Teresa Wilhelmsen, P.E. State Engineer Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on JULY 21 & 28, 2022

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Glamping: “Glamping” (a portmanteau of “glamorous” and “camping”) proposes to combine a remote experience in nature with the luxury of upscale lodging.

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opment themselves, and live on-site.

“The first thing we think about is the land…and of course, how the guest experience is,” Keshia Joot said.

But that experience is on the brink of some big changes and, the Joots fear, not for the better.

Across the road from Glamping Canyonlands, San Juan County planners have approved a conditional use permit for another glampground on a much bigger scale. The proposed George Eco Luxury Hotel Resort development has 82 wood-andglass “eco-domes,” a restaurant, spa, movie dome, pool, wedding dome, and employee housing. The developer, Clear Sky Resorts, has two other resorts near Glacier and Grand Canyon national parks.

At a Jan. 13 San Juan County Planning Commission meeting, the Joots brought up their concerns about the scope of the proposal: its potential effects on dark night skies, the prospect of noise and dust, its intrusion on the view and the effects of its wells on the local water table.

“Something that large is insane out here, it’s absolutely nuts,” Keshia Joot said.

“Glamping” (a portmanteau of “glamorous” and “camping”) proposes to combine a remote experience in nature with the luxury of upscale lodging. Canvas yurts are a popular format; glamping might also mean tree houses, “pods,” safari tents, tipis, domes, cabins, huts, igloos or other unusual structures. The niche industry has picked up considerable momentum in recent years: according to GlobalNewsWire, the U.S. glamping market was valued at $569.21 million in 2020, and is projected to grow at an annual rate close to 20%.

The Western states account for the biggest share of the market, and the “Mighty Five” national parks in southern Utah make the region especially attractive for glamping developments, but the sector’s growth is outpacing some communities’ capacity to analyze and plan for them.

Glampgrounds don’t fit neatly into most code definitions of hotels, campgrounds, or RV parks. The concept of a glampground—that one can enjoy luxury in the middle of nowhere—means lodging and services are installed in places that were otherwise undisturbed. The range of projects that can fall under the loose term “glampground” is huge—from a few off-grid tents to hundreds of temporary or permanent structures each with plumbing and electricity, sometimes complemented by resort features like pools and restaurants.

San Juan County does not have an ordinance specifically addressing glampgrounds. A draft ordinance proposed to update the county’s entire land-use code— scheduled for consideration later this summer—however, defines glamping as lodging “where guests can experience the positives of camping without the ‘uncomfortable’ negatives.”

Glampgrounds are grouped with other styles of short-term rentals in the draft and are a permitted use in agricultural and multipleuse zones and a conditional use in highway commercial and rural recreational protection zones.

Currently, glamping developments are classified as resorts, and considered by the planning commission for conditional use permits on a case-by-case basis. And that’s how the body approved Clear Sky’s George Eco Luxury Hotel Resort.

Joot thinks the county could use more nuanced ordinances to govern develop-

ments as the market evolves.

She and a couple of other neighbors have teamed up to appeal the Clear Sky Resorts permit approval through a county process, aiming to have the size of the development reduced.

Scott Burton, the planning and zoning administrator for San Juan County, said his department has been seeing an increase in building permit applications of all kinds, including glampgrounds and other tourism industry developments, like RV parks.

“Having the Bears Ears Monument designation, it definitely seems to have increased tourism traffic and tourism interest in the area,” Burton said.

He also noted that as nearby Moab becomes increasingly crowded, tourists are starting to spread out. Covid, too, has helped drive people to outdoor vacations.

“I think all of those things are kind of a factor,” he said.

“It kind of has just become a ‘thing’— people are wanting to have that kind of experience.”

Burton noted that while San Juan County has no specific glamping ordinance, the developments are subject to the same requirements as any other campground or resort, including a system for waste management. Glamping Canyonlands had to install a septic system to meet county code, a change of plans from the composting toilet they’d envisioned at their resort. Requirements for potable water can also be hard to meet in rural, arid areas.

“I’ve had quite a few phone calls where people say they want to do a glamping resort,” Burton said. “There’s a lot of people that throw stuff against the wall and it doesn’t seem to stick.” Just a “handful” have actually gone through the process, he said.

The most successful applicants are larger companies with capital and experience, such as Clear Sky Resorts.

The Clear Sky Resorts development is not the first proposed glampground to raise concerns with neighbors, the public, or local officials.

Over 35,000 people signed a petition opposing a proposed glampground with hundreds of units called Above Zion, near Zion National Park, accessed from a remote and winding road. Park Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh also raised concerns about traffic, water rights and wildlife disruption at an October 2021 Washington County Planning Commission meeting.

A large glamping company called Under Canvas also has generated pushback over its plans to build 75 yurt-style tents on 13 acres about a quarter mile from Looking Glass Rock in San Juan County. A grassroots petition opposing the deal, driven by concerns that the project would forever damage the remote atmosphere of the prized recreation area, gathered over 2,800 signatures but did not deter Under Canvas and landowner Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration from proceeding with the deal.

Under Canvas has raised other concerns: In June of 2021, reporter Zak Podmore wrote in The Salt Lake Tribune about a septic system failure at the company’s Moab location, which is in a minimally developed desert area north of the city. The company called the incident an isolated issue and said it was promptly addressed despite claims by former employees that problems emerged over a prolonged period. A state report said the Utah Division of Water Quality verified the cleanup with the Southeast Utah Health Department on June 9, 2021.

Moab resident Dailey Haren, who spearheaded the petition against the Looking Glass-adjacent development, said she sees glamping overall

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Keshia and Erik Joot, owners of Glamping Canyonlands near Moab, Utah. as a negative, an exploitation of untouched wild spaces that don’t lend themselves to more traditional development. She added that the most luxurious glampgrounds, which may include private bathrooms and climate control in each individual unit, are much less efficient than traditional buildings.

“Bottom line, these developments are trendy high-profit cabins made out of canvas providing hotel-like amenities while operating under the false guise of camping, taking advantage of a fast moving trend to develop finite open spaces in a way that is improperly regulated and reckless,” Haren wrote in an email.

Under Canvas also has resorts near Lake Powell and Zion, as well as locations in several other states. The company is slated to open yet another location this summer near Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County.

Garfield County, which also contains parts of Capitol Reef National Park and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, created a glamping ordinance in the spring of 2019—the first Utah county to do so.

The ordinance prohibits the use of units as permanent residences, and specifies that glampgrounds are allowed in commercial and multiple use zones; they’re a conditional use in resort recreation and agricultural zones.

Garfield County glampgrounds can’t be any denser than 10 units per acre and are capped at 100 units total.

The developments must be located near a maintained road and “adequate” recreation facilities, and be accessible to emergency services. The ordinance refers to requirements set by health and environmental agencies to govern potable water, sanitary and wastewater systems. The new Under Canvas location, for example, will drill a well and install a septic system for waste.

Garfield County Planner Kaden Figgins said the ordinance was necessary to address an influx of glampingstyle applications. Like Burton, however, Figgins said he gets a lot more inquiries than serious proposals.

“Most people calling are dreamers,” Figgins said.

Many people think they can build a glampground for cheap—$10,000 or $20,000, Figgins said—and get a quick return. What they don’t realize is that waste, potable water, and road access are all significant obstacles to development in rural Utah. Garfield County requires a septic system for waste; there are virtually no water rights available in the county; and, Figgins said, most properties that could be a

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Glamping accommodations promote closeness to nature, but also offer many of the comforts of more conventional lodging. glampground site have no existing road access.

The ordinance is not intended to limit new glampgrounds in Garfield County.

In fact, Figgins welcomes the new Under Canvas site, which will open its first phase after the construction of 50 tents, each with a private bathroom.

Rates will start at about $350 a night. Another 50 units are proposed for phase two and plans for a third phase include more luxurious tents that could cost as much as $1,000 a night. The county’s current glamping code would have to be amended, or an exemption created, to allow for that third phase to happen.

“They’ll probably bring a lot of [transient room tax] and sales tax revenue to the county, but they’ve also been just great for the community,” Figgins said, noting that Under Canvas has purchased several homes in Panguitch and Tropic to use as employee housing, and that they’ll offer jobs to locals at higher-thanaverage wages. Figgins is upbeat about how the company’s $7.5 million investment in Garfield County could help its economy.

Other Utah counties have followed Garfield County’s lead in creating glamping ordinances. Piute County’s ordinance is closely modeled after it. Kane County has incorporated glamping into its landuse code, allowing glamping as a conditional use in its agricultural, rural and commercial zones.

While new development is seen as a boon in many parts of rural southern Utah, residents in other areas are feeling overwhelmed by the pace of growth.

In Grand County, for example, hotels and tourism businesses have proliferated while a dearth of housing options for local workers has created a crisis. County leaders have tried various tactics

to spur the development of affordable housing, including requiring new overnight rental projects to offer assured workforce housing in order to get approval. Campgrounds, though, are exempt from this requirement under current code. The county is currently undertaking a broad overhaul of its land-use code, and some or all campgrounds (or glampgrounds) may be subject to the assured housing requirement after the revision.

Grand County doesn’t have a glampground ordinance, though it is receiving applications for glampingstyle projects. Planning Administrator Elissa Martin said the county has received three this year, two using tent-style structures and one using small cabins. The county has removed any kind of overnight accommodations—hotels or campgrounds—as a permitted use in any zone; such developments must be considered by the county commission, and approval is based on how well those developments meet a set of desired criteria. Two of the three glampground applications were approved.

Grand is also working on defining glampgrounds in its code. Martin said officials are envisioning them as small developments with some kind of theme or purpose beyond just accommodation. For example, one of the approved glampgrounds brands itself as an astronomy education center and plans to offer guided star-

gazing.

One proposed high-end glampground along the north entry corridor into Moab (which was not approved) would have had significant impacts compared to some smaller glampgrounds—including a pool and clubhouse in an undeveloped area with limited water resources. At the same time, it offered a plan to put hundreds of acres of privately-owned open space into a conservation easement.

The proposal could return to the County Commission with a more favorable vote if the land-use code update allows the county to legally bind the developer to its conservation easement promise, something not provided in the current code.

While glamping isn’t an entirely new concept, it is newly fashionable, and developers are eager to take advantage of untapped acreage in scenic landscapes. Planners across the Four Corners area will have to be as adaptive and creative as the newest resorts.

This article was originally published by Corner Post on July 14, 2022.

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