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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Garfield County Commission August 26

GARFIELD COUNTY Garfield County will be receiving a $75K-valued water classification for free based on actions set in motion at the August 26 Commission meeting.

Janae Wallace, Lead geologist, Utah Geological Survey, is heading the Bryce-area aquifer study, which began last summer. She appeared before the Commission to review the parameters of the study and to request the Commission’s approval to submit an aquifer classification petition to Utah Division of Water Quality. She said establishing an aquifer classification typically costs $50K-$75K, but with the data already being collected as part of this study, Garfield Commission Cont'd on page 12

Free Luncheon for Military Veterans in Bicknell

BICKNELL - All United States military veterans are invited to attend a free luncheon at the community center in Bicknell on September 9 at noon.

There will be representatives from the Veterans Administration present to brief veterans on recent legislation signed into law regarding medical treatments, disabilities, Veterans Luncheon Cont'd on page 2

Issue # 1323

Slow Justice

Woman in violent dispute with ex-husband complains of lax attention by Wayne County Attorney

by Eric S. PEtErSon

BLM Releases Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument and Kanab-Escalante Proposed Management Plans KANAB - Following three months of public outreach and consultation with stakeholders and Tribes, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the availability of an environmental analysis and management plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the lands now excluded from the monument boundaries. The BLM published a notice of availability in the Federal Register for the Proposed Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and Final

Eric S. PEtErSon

Wayne and Emery County Attorney Michael Olsen steps back into the Loa Sixth District Court in Wayne County after negotiating with a public defender at a hearing on August 26, 2019.

The following story was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Wayne & Garfield County Insider and The Salt Lake Tribune.

WAYNE COUNTY - On July 31, 2018 a Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy pulled up on an ugly scene—a woman who we’re identifying only as “Jane”, standing in the driveway of her home. Her face was red, her back was covered in dirt and she was weeping.

Between the sobs, she told the officer the most important facts first—her husband was inside and was threatening to kill her and himself. The officer soon learned her back was covered in dirt because she had earlier

asked her husband to take a drug test, and when he blew up over the allegation she ran to the neighbor’s for shelter.

According to the police report, she said she was within two feet of the neighbor’s door when her husband caught up with her and dragged her back to their house.

The situation quickly devolved from there after the trooper got Jane into a car and away from the area. Officers on the scene moved to keep onlookers safely away when they suddenly realized Jane’s

Late Summer Happenings at Bryce Canyon National Park

husband was fleeing the house on an ATV, looking back in time to see him jump the ATV over a dirt embankment south of the house. The officers picked up pursuit, sirens blaring and lights flashing as they raced alongside the ATV on the old highway trail running parallel to Highway 24.

The officer put the hammer down to try and cut the suspect off at the Gun Range Road turnoff, but by the time he got there, all that was left Slow Justice Cont'd on page 8

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and posted the final documents on the BLM ePlanning website at: https:// go.usa.gov/xVCGJ. The proposed plan will provide a foundation for economic opportunity, support job growth, and provide a framework for recreation and other commercial opportunities. The Kanab-Escalante Planning Area (KEPA) lands will provide new opportuManagement Plans Cont'd on page 2

Intermountain Healthcare’s Precision Genomics Executive Director Named One of Nation’s Top 25 Health Innovators

ST. GEORGE Modern Healthcare magazine has named Lincoln Nadauld, MD, PhD, executive director of Intermountain Healthcare’s Precision Genomics Program, to its inaugural class of the nation’s top 25 health innovators who are working to transform healthcare. courtESy intErmountain HEaltHcarE The magazine recLincoln Nadauld, MD, PhD, of ognized Dr. Nadauld Intermountain Healthcare's Prein the category of qualcision Genomics Program, was ity and safety. Under Dr. recently named one of the naNadauld’s direction, Intion's top 25 health innovators by termountain’s Precision Modern Healthcare magazine.

Genomics Program is making discoveries and break- netics of Iceland to launch the throughs in disease treatment groundbreaking HerediGene and medicine by studying pa- Population Study, which is tient DNA. being led by Dr. Nadauld.

Earlier this year PreciTop 25 sion Genomics announced a Cont'd on page 5 partnership with deCODE ge-

The Wild Man and His Feathered Friends Malaysia Part 2

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Even with cooling temperatures and kids going back to school, there is still plenty to do and enjoy at Bryce Canyon National Park.

BRYCE - Overnight temperatures in the 40s, wildflower seeds on the breeze, and Junior Rangers returning to school are all signs of late summer here at Bryce Canyon National Park. But even as nature’s pace is slowing, the park remains abuzz with special events and improvement projects.

August ended on a festive note as the park celebrated its recent International Dark Sky Park certification with a special Dark-Sky Party. The event was free with park admission and featured familyfriendly astronomy programs throughout the day, as well as evening programs and ranger-guided telescope viewing

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along the canyon rim.

If you haven’t visited us in the last month, we also invite you to come enjoy the new park film, “A Song of Seasons”, which is now showing in the Visitor Center Theater. Featuring beautiful high-definition footage on a fully-updated audiovisual system, the film offers a chance to glimpse Bryce Canyon’s Late Summer in Bryce Cont'd on page 6

ESCALANTE / MALAYSIA - Borneo. Just the name conjures up visions of dense forests, exotic creatures and headhunters. The forests of Borneo are the most diverse in the world, with over 3,000 species of trees. Sadly, vast tracts of these forests have been leveled and replaced by Oil Palm plantations; the palm fruit’s oil is used in cooking and as a food ingredient. A survey done in a large, soonto-be-cut stretch of forest found 1,200 trees and 220 bird species. The plantation replacing it was essentially a “green desert”, with only one tree and twelve bird species. The animals of Borneo have been squeezed increasingly into the remaining “islands” of forest and some species, notably the tiger, tapir and rhinoceros, have been exterminated. The headhunters, by the way, have taken up other professions.

The larger forest pre-

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Storm chances this week, Thurs through Sat, will yet again bring cooler temps. Highs in the mid to high 70s, lows in the 40s. 40% chance of rain Thursday and Friday, lowers to 10 20% for the rest of the week. Winds 7 to 14 mph.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable.

There is something unfair about it's use.

It is hitting below the intellect.

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

serves of Borneo are still teeming with life. My guide Lee and I set out to explore them on our tenday tour. To achieve our goal of seeing as many species of birds and other creatures as possible, we visited three major areas: the Kinabatangan River, the slopes of Mt. Kinabalu, and the Danum Valley Conservation Area. The Danum Valley was my favorite. We went out morning and afternoon, and sometimes at night, PEtEr WaandErS taking meal breaks in the lodge’s open-air Bornean Bristlehead, the sole restaurant where we member of its family. watched Gibbons swinging through the trees across ily and at the top of my list. the river. One morning, armed When I announced that it was with a list of my most-wanted my birthday and that they’d birds, Lee and I and a knowl- just given me a wonderful edgeable lodge guide ven- gift, the guides responded, tured forth. Quite soon we “Happy Bristle Day!” A short found a Bornean Bristlehead Malaysia Pt. 2 (see photo), in its own famCont'd on page 3 ALL content for THE WAYNE & GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER must be submitted by FRIDAY AT NOON to be included in the following Thursday edition of the paper.

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GARKANE POWER

For months now I have been reading about how Garkane Power is stealing money from the users. Maybe it’s time to say a thing or two about what Garkane does for us, and how they do it right!

Nine years ago, Teresa and I bought a little place in Torrey. The first man we met in Torrey was Tracy Potter.

Tracy has been a very good friend that has helped me in every way he could and I trust him explicitly. I could never in a million years think Tracy capable of any plot to deceive or hide anything from folks that put him in a place of trust.

Tracy explains capital credits

to all that inquire on a weekly basis. Tracy will continue to represent us and carry out his responsibilities in a professional manner as long as he is wanted, or until he gets tired of the abuse that is stacked upon him by the written word on a weekly basis.

Last Dec. I bought a rundown building in Bicknell that I have completely rebuilt top to bottom. I’m turning it into a three apartment complex. I met with Mindy Brian that put me in contact with Taleana at the main office of Garkane and she walked me though the application and process of getting the service upgraded

to 400 amps. I met with Justin Miller and Philip Burr from Loa. I can’t tell you how well I have been taken care of, working with a team of wonderful, helpful, and professional people. Rather than being caught up in system of bureaucracy and passing the buck, like what happens up north, these folks all jumped in and helped me as much as they could. Garkane installed the service ahead of schedule and in a workman like manner. When the installers noted that the line was a bit low it was only a couple of days before they had a new pole installed. Taleana at the office was always very pleas-

ant and cheerful, which made my phone calls to her a nice part of my day. Staying cheerful is hard to maintain with a job like hers.

I want to end by stating that rather than trying to find fault with a system that is imperfect (capital credits), people should work with Garkane to improve it, just like they are doing as I write. Let us find the good in our overall experience with Garkane as I know firsthand that they have some great folks that not only work there, but truly care about their community’s as well as “Yours”.

David Love, Torrey

Management Plans

EIS; input from Cooperating Agencies, Tribes, the Utah Resource Advisory Council, and the BLM interdisciplinary team; and other updates to management and allocations for clarity and consistency.

“Together these plans will help us meet the spirit in which Proclamation 9682 was intended, which is to enhance economic and recreational opportunities while continuing to provide the natural and cultural resource protections that Proclamation 6920 initiated more than 20 years ago,” said BLM Utah State Director Ed Roberson.

“These plans are the result of deliberate and collaborative input from cooperating agency partners, local communities, stakeholders, the Utah Resource Advisory Council, Tribes, and the American public,” said Acting Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Manager Harry Barber. “That collaboration equates to thousands of hours spent ground-truthing every management recommendation, and for that reason we thank all who took part in this process.”

“We truly appreciate President Trump and Secretary Bernhardt's service and commitment to collaborating with local communities on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument proposed resource management plans, and look forward to working closely with Governor Herbert on the forthcoming consistency review," said Garfield County Commissioner Jerry Taylor.

The Proposed RMPs and Final EIS, maps and supporting information are available online at: https://go.usa.gov/ xVCGJ. The BLM will finalize the RMPs through issuing a signed Record of Decision later this year.

In accordance with the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, the BLM is announcing the opening of a 60-day public comment period on a proposed target shooting closure. Consistent with Department of the Interior and BLM priorities for public safety and improving recreational access, most of the Monument and KEPA remain open to these activities.

However, to further advance public safety, provisions are included that would prohibit target shooting at specific locations on BLM-administered lands within the Monument and KEPA, including near campgrounds, developed recreation sites and residences.

These provisions do not apply to legal hunting activities.

The public will have 60 days from the date the Notice of Availability for the Proposed RMPs and Final EIS is published to review and provide comments specific to the proposed target shooting closure within at least 0.25 mile

of campgrounds, developed recreation facilities, and residences. These comments on target shooting may be submitted the following ways: • Email: BLM_UT_CCD_ monuments@blm.gov • Mail: BLM, BLM Headquarters Office, 669 South Highway 89A, Kanab, UT 84741, Attn: Harry Barber Publication of the Proposed RMPs and Final EIS in the Federal Register initiates a 60-day review by the Governor of Utah for consistency with state and local plans, policies, and programs, and a 30-day protest period, which will be open through Sept.

23, 2019. Instructions for filing a protest with the Director of the BLM can be found online at:www.blm.gov/filinga-plan-protest and at 43 CFR 1610.5-2.

For further information concerning the land use planning process, please contact Harry Barber, Monument Manager at (435) 644-1271.

Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

—Bureau of Land Management

nities for economic development, job creation, and promote prosperity for the region.

“I am glad to see the planning process for the KanabEscalante Planning Area moving along, and especially encouraged by the efforts the administration has made to include local voices into the management decisions," said Sen. Mike Lee. “It is important to protect multiple-use access to these beautiful parts of Southern Utah and encourage collaboration with those who are closest to these lands and most impacted by the decisions of how they are managed.”

"I appreciate that BLM has committed to providing ample opportunity for community input, which will help ensure that final plans reflect the right balance of economic, recreational and natural resource considerations,” said Sen. Mitt Romney. “I look forward to continuing to advocate for robust local input in public lands matters affecting Utah."

“These BLM plans represent a continued deference to the input and expertise of states. The bureau also communicates its aversion to the overreach which has denied so many of the access and certainty that should accompany our nation’s public lands," said Congressman Rob Bishop, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member.

“Responsible economic activity and conservation have never been mutually exclusive goals. Westerners know this, Utah certainly knows this, and it is now even more clear that the BLM knows this.”

“I am pleased to see the BLM moving forward with finalizing management plans for the Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument and the Kanab area lands that were removed from the monument boundaries,” said Rep. Chris Stewart. “I appreciate the work that has been done and have confidence in local cooperating agencies to represent the interests of local stakeholders.”

The proposed RMPs and Final EIS differ from the draft by including a new alternative (Alternative E) that reflects public input. Changes are clearly indicated to make it easier to compare the Draft RMPs/EIS and the Proposed RMPs/Final EIS. Alternative E emphasizes resource uses and reduces constraints while ensuring the proper care and management of monument objects. This alternative is based on the management in the BLM’s Preferred Alternative (Alternative D) with refinements based on public comments received on the Draft RMPs/

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how to get signed up for benefits, etc. Please plan to attend and pass this info on to anyone you know who is a military veteran.

This activity is being held in conjunction with the regular monthly community luncheon.

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Garfield County Office of Tourism Receives $229,500 in State Government Funding

The funds will be used in part to support Garfield’s 2020 ‘Bryce & Beyond’ marketing campaign

Courtesy Garfield County Office of Tourism

Bryce Canyon National Park. Garfield County Office of Tourism's 2020 campaign, "Bryce and Beyond," focuses on educating visitors about all beautiful locations that the county has to offer (state parks and national monuments), not just the national parks.

PANGUITCH - For the upcoming 2020 year, the Garfield County Office of Tourism recently received a $229,500 match in cooperative marketing funds from the Utah Office of Tourism Board. Cooperative marketing funds, or “co-op” funds, are used to help areas in Utah increase tourism from out-ofstate visitors.

Normally, due to the number of applicants and limited funds, each qualifying applicant receives up to 70 to 85 percent of what was requested. However, for 2020, the Garfield County Office of Tourism received the full amount requested, allowing the office to expand its marketing efforts in 2020.

The co-op funds awarded to Garfield County will be used to promote tourism in the area, spearheaded by their upcoming 2020 campaign “Bryce and Beyond” focused on encouraging visitors to explore other locations in Bryce Canyon Country along with the headlining national park.

This campaign will be used to promote a wide range of

recreational activities around the county as well as other cultural activities and scenic treasures specific to Garfield.

“We’ve been very successful in the last few years in terms of sending visitors to Bryce Canyon National Park, and we want them to experience all that our wonderful county has to offer,” said Falyn Owens, executive director of the Garfield County Office of Tourism. “That’s what ‘Bryce and Beyond’ is all about and we’re excited to get started.”

The Utah Office of Tourism Board designates co-op funds in order to partner with counties and increase the number of out-of-state visitors to Utah by leveraging out-ofstate marketing dollars. These efforts have increased brand awareness for both Garfield County and the state of Utah.

The most recent information shows that in 2017, visitors to Utah spent $9.15 billion, which generated $1.34 billion in state and local tax revenue. That money not only supported 147,800 jobs but also saved each Utah house-

hold $1,375 in taxes. According to the Utah Office of Tourism, they have funded 605 applications to date, totaling $30,038,851 in grants, which has extended the state’s brand to $60,077,702 in out-of-state marketing dollars.

“Bryce & Beyond” will mark a bold new direction for the Garfield County Office of Tourism as they focus on guiding visitors to locations throughout the county.

The campaign won’t neglect the county’s biggest draw — the national park — but will educate visitors about the area to make sure they’re complementing their Bryce Canyon trip with other destinations. With access to a number of other notable sites in the county, such as Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Panguitch Lake and the Anasazi State Park Museum, the “Bryce & Beyond” marketing campaign will be a robust one, extending the Bryce Canyon Country brand.

—Garfield County Office of Tourism

of Borneo”, gave these creatures a bad rep by casting one as the villain in “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” but, like the gorillas I met last summer, they are gentle unless threatened.

Later, at the Orangutan Rehabilitation Center, we watched orphaned/ rescued youngsters learning life skills in a large, fenceless outdoor nursery. When they feel ready, they can wander off into the forest. Some return occasionally for a free meal, some never do.

On to the KinLee Kok Chung abatangan River, with Whitehead's Trogon, a Mt. a stop at Gomantang Kinabalu endemic.

Cave, famous for its population of bats and 3 speMalaysia Pt 2 cies of echolocating “EdibleCont'd from page 1 nest” Swiftlets. Nests are time later we found a Crested harvested 3-5 times a year, Shrike-jay, representing an- dried, and sold as soup ingreother monotypic (one-spe- dients. In other caves, unregucies) family. lated harvests have wiped out The day was also marked Swiftlet populations, so locals

by Orangutans, the only have taken to building bunkerGreat Ape found outside Af- like Swiftlet houses and loudly rica and doubtless a model broadcasting recordings of for Star Wars’ Wookie. One Swiftlets in hopes of attracting revealed himself first by shak- the birds. On the “K” River ing branches and leaves. We we birded entirely by boat. In could see orange fur sticking addition to numerous birds, we out here and there and then a saw large-snouted Proboscis long arm reaching out to grab Monkeys and a herd of Malayfruit; we finally managed to sian Dwarf Elephants. These see the broad face of a mature pachyderms are half the size male. Later, we encountered of typical Asian Elephants and several females with young the babies are, well, essentially ranging from tiny babies to lap elephants. Dwarfism has 8-year-old kids. Edgar Al- evolved in other places and len Poe, possibly after hear- times; fossil dwarf elephants ing tales of the “Wild Man are known from California’s

Channel Islands, for example, and dwarf human fossils have been found on the Indonesian island of Flores.

Mt. Kinabalu, at 13,300’, is Borneo’s high point. From a distance it looks like a volcano, but it is really a huge granite dome, the top of which is eroded into odd-shaped spires and ridges.

Climbing the mountain is a major and multiday undertaking, so we stuck to the slopes. This mountain, and other higher-altitude “islands in the sky”, host numerous endemic (found only there) animal species. Their ancestors, once widespread, moved to higher elevations as the climate warmed and became isolated, eventually evolving into separate species. An avian example is Whitehead’s Trogon, a beautiful member of one of my favorite bird families. Trogons are all brightly colored but often sit quietly and motionless for long periods of time, so it takes an eagle eye to spot one.

Limited space prevents me from describing many other bird species, such as the world’s smallest raptor, a 6” Bornean Falconet seen dining on a butterfly, Giant Stick Insects, Sambar Deer, Colugo or “Flying Lemur”, and Tree Shrew (a distant relative of ours). The final, fantastic list of birds for the Peninsula and Borneo combined included almost 200 Life Birds, bringing me close to my life goal of 5000 species. One more good trip, and I can happily fall off my perch!

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Schools & Sports PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

The Volleyball team had a great week. I was driving the baseball team to Piute, and I didn’t get to the game until 7:45. This was just in time for the last point. In the only game last week against Wayne, they had very little competition and took them out in three games. The Cats are again the team to beat in 1A. Really great news about the team is that down in St. George, at the Dixie JV tournament, the Cats played for the Championship in the Gold Round against Desert Hills (a 4A team). They took 2nd place in the tournament.

The Cats are going to be great for a long time. Tonight, the Cats play home against North Sevier. It should be a good game. Next week’s game will be on the 10th against Enterprise. The Cats hit the road for games against Diamond Ranch on the 11th and Piute on the 13th. It will be a busy week for them, and the competition will be tough.

The Cross Country teams had their first meet at Bryce Valley and did really well.

Hopefully, the meet was an indicator that cross country is making a big comeback, with 46 girls and 67 boys competing. The girls took 2nd behind Milford, 20 to 22. Taylia Norris was more than one minute ahead of the field, but the real surprise was Adelaide Englestead receiving 2nd place (she is a freshman). Lacey Marshall took 6th and Camri Fisher, 13th. Milford had four runners in the top ten, but it was so close. The girls are only going to get better. They have another good runner who is nursing a bum wheel.

Bryce Valley was 3rd at 65 points. Several of the girls also play volleyball and won’t be running out at Wayne next week. But on September 12, next week, the meet will be home, and the Cats should be in full force.

The boy’s team came in 3rd behind Piute and Wayne.

Luke Reader took 1st and Cairo Houston took 9th and Carter Yardley and Dylan Sawyer took 23 & 25. The Cats are also going to get better when one of their best runners is able to compete. I can’t remember when Wayne had a boy's team. Way to go Badgers!

The Bobcats baseball team ended up with a couple of losses this week. For their fourth straight loss by one run in the 7th inning, it was Piute that did the damage this time.

The boys are so close to winning these games, it hurts.

They also lost to Valley on Friday. I don’t know the score.

The baseball season is half over, but maybe in the second half their luck will change.

The Cats had a game against Green River last night, and they go out to Wayne on Friday. Next week, they travel to Pinnacle on the 11th and host Diamond Ranch on the 13th.

The Sophmore tournament will be on the 14th at Wayne.

Ask an Expert

Four Back to School Tips for Parents

by David Schramm, Utah State University Extension Family Life Specialist right from the start of grabbing something that UTAH - Summer is school. From teasing and has fallen on the floor for winding down, and many tests to homework and bad someone can work wonchildren are hitting the books hair days, our brains are ders. Sharing paper, crayinstead of the snooze button. wired to focus and dwell ons or a treat can help as In addition to encouraging on the tough stuff that hapwell. Parents can model children to stay organized pens. When children come these principles and invite and responsible with their home from school, ask their children to be kind time and activities, it is imabout the best part of their and respectful to everyone. portant to have conversations day. Parents can do this at about social tips that will help • It’s good to be grateful. dinnertime or right before Just like with kindness, in their relationships with bedtime as well. It’s good gratitude shows others friends, teachers and other to get good at noticing the you are open, thoughtful employees at the school. good! and humble. Children can Here are four things to give thanks to anyone they • Be quick to forgive. New discuss with your children as schedules and routines can meet, from the bus driver, they head back to school: bring new challenges and to the gym teacher, to the • Make time to be kind. stress. Be patient with your principal. They all work One of the best ways to children, especially the first hard and need to hear exmake friends and a good few weeks of school. When pressions of thanks. Letfirst impression at school is parents keep their tone of ters, texts and sticky notes to be kind. There are three voice low and are quick to are simple ways to show simple things children of forgive, it helps teach chilgratitude to others. Cultiall ages can do – the three dren to be quick to forgive vating gratitude in children S’s – smile, serve and others as well. Similarly, starts with parents’ willshare. A smile is the first teach children to be patient ingness to express sincere thing most people will see with others and quick to thanks to others, especially and remember. It shows forgive offenses, includtheir children. friendliness, warmth and ing those from friends and openness. Serving others • Notice and appreciate the teachers. good in each day. Chilin small ways will also dren are often bombarded open doors to friendship. with negativity, often from A simple compliment or

September 5, 2019

SUU Receives $1 Million Grant from HHS to Combat the Opioid Crisis CEDAR CITY - Southern Utah University has been awarded a federal grant to help battle the Opioid epidemic impacting rural America. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded nearly $1 million to SUU’s Utah Center for Rural Health. This investment will enable the HRSAfunded rural organizations to establish and expand access to integrated substance use disorder and mental health services.

The award supports HHS’s Five-Point Opioid Strategy, introduced in 2017.

The number of patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction at HRSA-funded health centers increased 142 percent from 2016 to 2018 and the number of patients receiving buprenorphine, a common form of MAT, has increased 28 percent over the last four years.

“Health centers and behavioral health providers are on the front lines of the fight against the opioid crisis and substance abuse, especially in rural communities,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “With our evidence-based strategy, HHS is working to support local communities in fighting back against substance abuse, and our united efforts are yielding results. Together, we can end our country’s opioid crisis and lay a foundation for a healthier country where every American can access the mental healthcare they need.”

Eighty rural consortia received RCORP-Implementation awards of $1 million each to implement a set of prevention, treatment, and recovery activities.

At SUU, the Utah Center for Rural Health received a one-year planning grant from HHS to develop a consortium in three Utah counties that are among the nation’s most vulnerable. The three counties,

Carbon, Emery, and Beaver, have suffered tremendously with the opioid crisis. The consortium created brought together rural entities with the support of statewide organizations working on these issues.

That planning grant established the Utah Rural Opioid Healthcare Consortium that has convened rural summits over the past year, assisted healthcare providers achieve training and built networks of resources for rural community members.

“The grant will give the Consortium the necessary funding over the next three years to better equip rural healthcare providers and organizations to help provide services equal to what patients may find in urban areas,” states Rita Osborn, executive director of the Center for Rural Health and principal investigator for the grant. “For example, transportation is a huge barrier for our rural patients. Some of this grant will

provide transportation vouchers. Another area of improvement will be the training of peer coaches who support patients recovering from substance abuse.”

“HRSA programs play a key role in the efforts to battle the nation’s opioid crisis,” said HRSA Acting Administrator Tom Engels. “From implementing and expanding substance use disorder services at HRSA-funded health centers to increasing support and training to our nation’s behavioral health workforce to improving access to treatment in rural areas, [this] announcement demonstrates the Administration’s commitment to ending this crisis.”

To learn more about HRSA’s work combating the opioid crisis, visit HRSA’s Opioid Crisis page or https:// www.suu.edu/ahec/urohc.

—Southern Utah University

September 5, 2019

Wills, Trusts, and More

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My Child “Disinherited” Our Family Having been an Estate Planning Attorney for 24 years, I have heard the statement, “Our child has disinherited us and our family” more than a few times.

A parent does not normally decide that they just want to disinherit a child.

Almost always, the child has taken actions to distance themselves from their parents and family. When this happens, a parent may feel that the child through their actions has stated, “I don’t want to receive what you have. I do not want to be included in your family.”

Most state laws permit you to totally disinherit a child, regardless of reason.

However, care must be taken in order to effectively disinherit a child.

First, it is important that you have a will or a trust. If you die intestate (without an estate plan), state laws provide that your children are entitled to a share of your estate. Therefore, if you die intestate, the child you wanted to disinherit will share in your estate against your wishes. If it is your intention to disinherit your child, it is imperative to specifically reference that child by name in your will and/or trust and acknowlTop 25

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The study is the largest and most comprehensive DNA mapping efforts ever undertaken in the United States. The objective of the study is to voluntarily collect 500,000 patient DNA samples to develop better medicines and helps those predisposed to genetic diseases. So far, more than 20,000 samples have been collected.

“For the industry to truly transform how it operates, innovation must take hold at all levels of an organization,” Modern Healthcare noted in announcing the 2019 list of innovators. “Often, a seemingly simple idea can lead to huge change. The inaugural class of Top 25 Innovators found new way to engage consumers, improve quality of care and lower costs.”

“This is a huge and un-

by Jeffery J. McKenna edge that you are intentionally not providing for that child.

Failure to do so could allow that disgruntled child to claim that he or she was unintentionally "omitted" from your estate plan and force a share of your estate, thus thwarting your wishes.

Using a trust may provide additional benefits over a will when intentionally disinheriting a child. Trusts are not automatically subject to the jurisdiction of the probate court.

The notification requirements of the probate court do not apply. The trustee of your trust is under no obligation to provide the disinherited child with the details of your estate plan since he or she is not a beneficiary. Additionally, should your disgruntled, disinherited child choose to challenge the validity of your trust, he or she confronts a number of obstacles not present in the probate process.

Disinheritance is a personal issue. One who wishes to disinherit a child may find that there are other effective options, such as putting assets in a separate trust for that child, with a trustee of your choice making the decisions of what the money can, and can not, be used for. It may be wise to consult an estate expected honor,” said Dr. Nadauld. “It’s great to have the hard work of our team recognized on a national level.”

Intermountain started its Precision Genomics Program in 2013 – one of the first programs geared towards analyzing the DNA of patients with advanced cancers. Using the data, clinicians can better match drug treatments to the patients to provide a truly individualized treatment program.

“With our efforts we’ve seen an increase in overall survival of patients with advanced cancer, while seeing a decrease in costs,” said Dr. Nadauld. “Recognitions like this really validate the work we’re doing,” said Dr. Nadauld. “Advances in healthcare technologies and practices can move slowly.”

—Intermountain Healthcare

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One-Way Street

"What's wrong, Officer?"

I asked the cop those three dreaded words seconds after he'd pulled me over.

"Didn't you notice that you were driving the wrong way down a one- way street?" he asked.

"No" I said. "I'd turned on from Maple, which didn't have any signs indicating that this street was one-way."

"That's because you were going the wrong way down Maple too."

Now with a Panguitch Office at 46 North Main Street to serve clients in and around Garfield County. Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney whose practice has been focused on Estate Planning for over 20 years. He is licensed and serves clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna and Olmstead. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, please feel free to contact him at 435 6281711 or jmckenna@barneymckenna.com or visit the firm’s website at WWW.BARNEY-MCKENNA.COM. He would enjoy hearing from you. planning attorney to become informed of all your options before making decisions that affect the distribution of your estate, and possibly the harmony of your family, once you are gone.

Accident

My van had been parked in front of a high-rise building where I had been making some repairs.

To my dismay, when I approached I saw broken glass and bits of plastic lying on the road from around the headlight. I thought I had been the victim of a hit- and-run and asked a grounds keeper working at the building if he had seen what had happened.

Rather sheepishly the man told me his truck had been parked about 50 feet uphill from my van.

At some point the parking brakes had failed, and his truck rolled down and struck the front of my van.

The police were called and while sitting with the investigating officer in his car, I heard him quietly chuckling.

"In all my years of police work," he said, "this is the first time I've ever investigated an accident between two parked vehicles."

Socks

When I was working as a clerk at a sporting-goods store, a woman came up to my register with a package of white athletic socks.

"Will you open this up so I can see how the socks feel?" she asked.

Reluctantly I tore open the package, and she scrutinized the merchandise.

She handed me the package saying, "I'll take them."

Relieved, I started to ring her up, until she interrupted me: "Can I have another pack?

This one's been opened."

Wanted

A man walks into the sheriff's office..."I want to become a deputy!"

"Good, I want to you to catch this man" says the sheriff handling the man a wanted poster.

The poster reads: 'Last seen wearing a brown paper hat, brown paper shirt, brown paper pants, and brown paper boots.'

"What's he wanted for?" asked the hopeful young man.

"Rustling."

PUNishment

A fisherman tried boxing, but he only threw hooks.

Today's Thought

Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?

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

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Howard Molen Roper, Jr. 1938 - 2019

PANGUITCH - Howard Molen Roper Jr., husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle and friend passed away peacefully after a courageous battle of pancreatic cancer surrounded by his family on August 25, 2019.

Howard was born on November 25, 1938, in Salem Utah, to Howard Molen Sr. and Lois Roper. He and his 5 siblings were raised on the family farm in Salem. He married Carolyn Huff (later divorced) together they had a daughter. He then married Mary Jane Deuel on February 12, 1965 in Spring Lake Utah. They were married for 54 years, together they had 3 children. He was a member of The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The love for working on a farm never left him as he graduated from Spanish Fork High. He went to Snow College and received an associate's degree. He continued his education at Brigham Young University, where he graduated in 1966 and started working for the Bureau of Reclamation, then moved to the Soil Conservation Service (Natural Resources Conservation Service). He worked for 33 years and retired in 1998. During his career, he moved his family to several cities around the state of Utah where he acquired many close friends. He retired while living in Cedar City. In 1963, he joined the Utah National Guard. He served in both the 1/116 Engineers in Springville and 2/222 FA in Cedar City. He retired in 1994 after 27 years of service. He took pride in serving his country. He loved to spend time at Panguitch Lake. There are not many roads that he hasn’t traveled around the Lake during all seasons of the year, whether by truck, snowmobile, or UTV. He loved making things out of wood; there was nothing that he couldn’t build.

All we had to do was say, “Dad, look at how cool this is!” and he would get to work and make us one. He loved spending time with MJ on the golf course. After retirement, they moved to St. George. He loved providing service to various civic groups throughout his life. He was a member of the Elks Lodge for many years. He taught us all the meaning of hard work and if he didn’t feel we were working hard enough he would let us know.

He left his mark at the housing complex they lived at, in doing many landscaping projects. He also spent many hours teasing his children, grandchildren and friends.

Howard is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Deuel Roper; children Janalee, Stephanie (Murray) Condie, Jason (Amy) Roper, Jamie (Sam) Rex; 2 brothers and 3 sisters. He had 13 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents.

The family would like to thank the staff at Dixie Regional Medical Center for the care they provided. We also would like to thank Encompass Health for the care they provided in his last hours. In lieu of flowers the family ask that you donate to the Huntsman Cancer Center in his name.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, August 31, 2019, at the East Ridge Ward, located at 912 South 1740 East, St. George at 10:30 am. A viewing was held at the same location on Friday, August 30th from 7-8 pm and from 9:00-10:15 am prior to the service. Interment with military honors was at the Panguitch City Cemetery at 2:30 pm.

Family and friends are invited to share tributes online at www.SerenityStG.com. Arrangements and memorial tree planting by Serenity Funeral Home, 986-2085.

September 5, 2019

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Oh, where has the summer gone? Only three more weeks, and it will be autumn!

The weather couldn’t be better, just a little too hot. Not bad, if you drink a lot of water. It does cool down nicely at night so that you can sleep.

They are saying we could get some badly needed rain this week. With a month without any moisture, it really increased the fire danger. A little wetting down would help.

Last week’s Garfield Memorial annual fund raiser was a big success. Lots of folks enjoyed the evening and spent lots of money. Pies and binoculars were the hot items. one-hundred and sixty dollars for a pie is a little high for my blood. However, Commissioner Jerry Taylor showed the BYU fans what Utah fans were all about. He doubled the BYU bid on the camping gear, go Utes! For the ninth time in a row, the Utes took down the Cougars by a score of 30 to 12. During the game, in the fourth quarter at ll:15, there was a lighting scare. The game didn’t start up again until 12:00 on a different channel. With only nine minutes left in the game, the Utes ran out the clock. With the ball on the 5 yard line, they sat on it rather than running up the score.

Maybe Jerry knew something.

One last event is the car show this Saturday at the baseball field. Get out your treasures, and let’s get a show here in town.

Not a lot going on in town but Bobcat ballgames, so get your yearly pass. It will let you in for volleyball, wrestling and girls and boys basketball. What a deal.

Most of the news is in other parts of the country.

There is a hurricane off the east coast of Florida. It is a Category 5 storm, with winds

at 185 miles per hour. I don’t know how they figure where the storm is going, but it looks like it might miss Florida.

This really hurts their tourist business, with this being the last three day holiday and all.

The President has come up with an idea to stop these hurricanes; drop an atomic bomb in the middle of the eye.

In Texas there has been another mass killing. So far there are seven dead and nineteen wounded. The killer is also dead. Texas has the most liberal gun laws in the country, and a couple of weeks ago the legislature passed ten more bills to make it easier for these folks to carry out these horrendous crimes. In Texas, you can carry an assault rifle and have on body armor. Only when you shoot someone, can they do anything about it.

The President went to France to the G7 conference last week. He skipped the meeting on global warming, and his reason for being there was to get Russia back in the Conference. However, none of the other countries were interested. The big topic was global warming and the fires in Brazil and the Amazon forest. All of the countries offered financial aid, but were turned down by the Brazilian President. He has dispatched 43,000 army troops to fight the fires. Once the forest was considered fire proof, with all of the rain that they got. With the drought that is worldwide, their jungles have dried out, and there are 5,000 fires burning.

The President did offer to host next year’s conference at his golf course in Florida, for a cut rate of $6 million dollars.

Who is winning the trade war? The consumers in the U.S. are paying higher costs for these items made in China.

However, the government can

Janet V. (Hatch) Leatham March 20, 1941 - August 28, 2019

PANGUITCH - I died today, August 28, 2019 at the age of 78. An awfully good life, don’t you think? I loved and laughed and traveled and played, but in the end the culprit was too many birthdays. I was born March 20, 1941, in Salt Lake City Utah, to Meltiar V. and Cleo Hatch. They were wonderful parents and I had a great childhood, full of love and adventure shared with siblings, Alta, Ina, Howard “Howe”, Carl, Wallace “Sog”, Art, Dave “Torpedo” and Jim “Tink”. Spending summers at the Hatch Ranch, feeding lambs, hiking the hills, playing in the Mammoth Creek and 24th of July family reunions were always a must with hundreds of relatives. Watching the families grow and sharing stories.

High School and college friends stayed as my friends most of my life, a few leaving this existence before me. Following graduation from BYU, there was a move to Ogden, Utah, which brought me to another adventure, Larry Leatham, a fellow teacher at Highland Jr. High School. Marriage to him in the St. George Temple was followed by buying our home, and then came our children, Jennifer V. and Jeffrey Brett.

What a delight my children were to my life. Jennifer married Andrew Roush and from this marriage I got my four grandchildren: Jake (Lauren), Sade, Gabriella and Max. Great times we had sharing excursions and vacations, Sunday dinners, laughing and crying together. Jennifer became a business teacher just like me and loves it as much as I did. Best profession in the world.

Jeff became world famous as the artistic director of the Paris, Beverly Hills and Philadelphia Four Seasons Hotels. We traveled the world with him meeting famous people, appearing on TV shows, walking the streets of Paris, boat rides in Amsterdam and Paris shooting TV Shows in Panguitch, Ogden, New York and Chicago, helping him put up exclusive wedding and spending most Christmas’ in Paris.

Oh, the stories we would tell; oh, the fun we had.

Larry and I loved to travel the world together and were able to visit over twenty-four different countries and the same number of states in the United States.

Oh, how I loved to decorate my houses and work in the kitchen. Shopping everywhere to find treasures I could put in my houses in Ogden and Panguitch was always enjoyable.

Duplicating my mom’s wonderful recipes or coming up with new tasty recipes was always a delight. My caramels, puffed rice balls, apple turnovers and raspberry jam were loved by all.

As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I loved all the callings I received: earlier in life the young women’s programs and later serving in the relief society as a counselor five times and president once, ward and stake dinners, completing craft projects, associations with the wonderful sisters and also serving as a service missionary with my husband at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. I also had the opportunity to serve as a volunteer at the Ogden Regional Hospital for several years.

Seven of my siblings and some of their mates precede me in death. They were: Alta (Jim) Yardley, Ina (Bob) Hanks, Howard (Mamie), Carl, Arthur (Arlene), James (Janice), and Ira Wallace, my brother-in-law, Dale Leatham, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Surviving is only one sibling, David (Vera), sister-in-laws Elaine Hatch, Caryl Hatch Engelstead, Barbara Leatham. Sister and brother-in-law, Dolores and Kortney Kofoed; children, Jennifer (Andrew) Roush, Jeffrey Brett Leatham; grandchildren, Jake (Lauren), Sade, Gabriella, Max Roush.

I will miss you all, but it is time for me to go off on the ultimate adventure! The funeral should be a celebration of life! Thanks, and goodbye, just for now of course, so no more tears, we will all be together again someday, and besides I really feel much better today than I did yesterday.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at the Washington Terrace 10th Ward, 125 E. 5350 S. Friends visited with family on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.

In addition, there was a viewing held at the Panguitch 2nd Ward , 178 N. 400 E., Panguitch on Sunday, September 1, 2019 from 6 to 8 p.m. Interment was held at the Panguitch City Cemetery on Monday, September 2 at 10 a.m. 290 S Cemetery Rd, Panguitch.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Alzheimer’s Association of America at ALZ.org Condolences may be shared at: www.lindquistmortuary.com.

use the tariff money to offset the cost of the losses in the farm industries. Companies, to get around the tariffs, are going to other countries to have their products (Mexico and Bangladesh) produced.

China, on the other hand, is targeting only products the country can’t buy at comparable costs elsewhere. China has imposed a 28% levy on soybeans from the U.S. because it can get soy from Brazil and Argentina. Duties on

airplanes, cars, and pharmaceuticals remains below 3%.

China has lowered tariffs on every other country, making it even harder for U.S. manufacturers to compete.

As you can see, the happenings in Panguitch are a little slow. My Granddaughter, Teah, will be here this weekend for a friend’s wedding.

She is always exciting.

Have you noticed how old people your age look?

Mack O

W eddings

Griffin - Gibson

We are so happy to announce the marriage of

Kai Gene Griffin of Escalante to

Bailey Loleta Gibson

of Panguitch The couple will be married on

Friday, September 6, 2019 for time and all eternity in the Cedar City Temple.

An open house in Escalante will be held Thursday, September 5 at 315 E 50 N (Jay & Derlynne Brooks residence) from 7 to 9 p.m.

A reception will be held in Panguitch on Friday, September 6 at 375 W 175 N (Jay & Charlotte Clark residence) from 7 to 9 p.m.

Everyone is invited to attend.

The groom graduated from Escalante High School in 2017 where he participated in baseball, basketball and track & field. He is the son of Brent & Kathie Griffin of Escalante and the grandson of Gene & Thais (deceased) Griffin of Escalante and Dale & Nadine (deceased) Willoughby, along with Janice Willoughby. For the past two years, he has been attending SUU. The bride also graduated in 2017 from Panguitch High School where she was active in volleyball and cheerleading.

She is the daughter of Stacy Clark and the granddaughter of Jay (deceased) & Charlotte Clark of Panguitch.

Bailey has been attending SUU the past two years.

The couple will reside in Cedar City, where they will continue their education and employment.

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ever-changing natural beauty, no matter which time of year you happen to visit. The film plays every 30 minutes on the hour and the half hour during normal Visitor Center operating hours.

Vehicle access to the Visitor Center will soon be temporarily modified, as fee dollar-funded improvement projects continue to address deferred maintenance in the park. The Visitor Center will be fully accessible during this project. Vehicles will be able to park across the street from the Visitor Center, in other locations within walking distance, or at the Shuttle Station in Bryce Canyon City. Those

visiting in the coming month are encouraged to enjoy the Visitor Center and other park amenities by using the free park shuttle, which continues to provide frequent complimentary service to Bryce Canyon’s most popular areas from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

Meanwhile, paving work has already begun at Sunset Campground. Those looking to camp in the park can continue to find first-come-firstserve availability at North Campground.

Additional information can also be obtained by visiting the park’s website at www.nps.gov/brca, or by calling the park’s main information line at (435) 8345322.

—National Park Service

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Brenton Cory Clyde Larsen August 15, 2019 - August 23, 2019

Callie Ward, Utah State University Extension Assistant Professor, Garfield County

Preserve the Harvest- Venison Did you know?

The term “venison” originally referred to the edible flesh of any wild animal.

During the Middle Ages in England, it referred to the flesh of any animal killed in the hunt. Wild boars, rabbits, bears, etc., were all referred to as venison. As recently as the 19th century, even kangaroo was included. Today the term is used to refer to deer meat (wild or farm raised), especially fallow deer, red deer, roebuck, elk, antelope and reindeer. The flavor and texture of the final venison product is affected by how the meat is handled following harvest. Venison may be preserved according to directions for preserving beef, pork, or mutton. Venison jerky is a nutritious, convenient meat product you can make safely at home.

FIELD HANDLING Avoid harvesting any animal that appears unhealthy.

Use care when field dressing wild game. Wear plastic gloves and use a plastic bag to tie over bung before evisceration. Contaminating the carcass is one of the most common errors hunters make.

Refrigerate the skinned carcass as soon as possible for best quality (usually within 3 to 4 hours if the air temperature is above 45ºF).

SELECTION and PREPARATION Use only meat from healthy, disease-free animals (healthy in general appearance and not displaying any abnormal actions), and protect the meat from dirt and

flies. Aging and butchering can be done at home or by a qualified butcher.

General Cleanliness.

Make sure all surfaces and utensils that will touch the meat are clean. Use a detergent and warm water solution to remove all visible signs of soils. Re-clean and sanitize surfaces and utensils after working with meat to prevent cross contamination of raw meats with other foods. Food Safety Note. Always wash cutting boards, utensils, and counters with hot soapy water before and after any contact with raw meat or juices. To make a sanitizing solution, use 1 teaspoon of household chlorine bleach per quart of water or use a commercial kitchen disinfectant. Aging.

Age the carcass by hanging in a clean, cool, dry place with a near constant temperature, preferably 34 to 36°F. Excess moisture will increase the development of mold. Walk-in coolers are best for aging. Aging, when the temperature is correct, has been found to give a better flavored, more tender meat. In addition to making the meat more palatable, proper aging gives the meat a firmer “set” so that the carcass has better cutting quality, and is easier to handle and wrap for storage in the freezer. Aging is not required when making sausage. After aging, the carcass is typically processed into manageable cuts and wrapped. Generally, one carcass yields only 20 to 25 percent boneless meat in the form of steaks, roasts, and ground trim. Wrapped venison cuts should be kept chilled at 40°F or lower to prevent spoilage.

FREEZING Freezing preserves the

natural, fresh qualities of venison better than any other method of preservation.

Freezing may tenderize meat slightly, but it will not make tough venison tender. For best quality use aged meat (1 week @ 35°F). Prepare venison cuts for cooking, removing all bone and excess fat. Package in family-size or individual servings. Keep venison cold while being cut and wrapped.

Pack using one of the following methods, then seal, label, and freeze. Large cuts – Wrap cuts individually in freezer paper, film or foil. Steaks or chops – Wrap individually in freezer paper, film or foil with a double layer of moisture/ vapor-proof material placed between each piece of meat to make separation for cooking easier. Ground Venison – Pack in family-size servings and wrap as large pieces. Note: For short storage periods, venison may be frozen in plastic freezer bags. Seal, label and freeze.

CANNING Venison is a low-acid food and when canned, it must be processed in a pressure canner for safety. Salt adds flavor, but is not necessary for preservation. Venison can be packed either raw or cooked (raw pack or hot pack). Hot pack is preferred. Raw pack is faster, but when finished processing, the jars are often partially filled with liquid leaving some of the meat uncovered.

Raw packing also leaves some air in the jar resulting in meat darkening during storage. Hot pack takes longer, but you can: (a) fit more meat into the jar, (b) remove more air from jars, and (c) have less liquid loss, all leading to better quality. Canning strips, cubes or

chunks of Venison PROCEDURE: Choose fresh, highquality, chilled meat. Remove all fat (fat from venison has a very strong “game” flavor).

Any fat left on the venison may also affect lid sealing.

Remove all bones, gristle and bruised spots. Cut trimmed venison into strips, cubes or chunks. Hot pack – Precook venison until at least rare by roasting, stewing or browning in a small amount of fat. Add 1 teaspoon of salt per quart to the jar, if desired. Fill jars with pieces and add boiling broth, meat drippings, water, or tomato juice (recommended for venison as it helps cover “game” taste), leaving a 1 inch headspace. Raw pack – Add 1 teaspoon of salt per quart jar, if desired. Fill jars with raw meat pieces, leaving a 1 inch headspace. Do not add liquid.

Adjust lids and process. Canning ground or chopped Venison choose fresh, high-quality, chilled meat. If desired, add 1 part high-quality pork or beef fat to 3 or 4 parts venison before grinding. Grind and shape chopped meat into patties or meatballs or cut cased sausage into 3 to 4 inch links.

Cook until lightly browned.

(Note: Ground meat may also be sautéed without shaping.) Discard any free fat and fill jars. Add boiling venison broth, tomato juice, or water, leaving a 1-inch headspace.

If desired, add 1 teaspoon of salt per quart. Adjust lids and process.

Writer- Margie Memmott, Brian Nummer, Charlotte Brennand- USU Extension Adapted for Article- Callie Ward, Extension Assistant Professor, Garfield County

Federal Agencies – The Administrative State Hello readers, I am sad to say this will be my last article of the Local Lawyer. It’s been fun to hear about topics you would like to learn about, but as you know, the only constant is change. With that in mind, I am greatly reducing my practice to focus on a few other projects but will still be working with estate planning and business clients.

Now, to this week’s topic, the administrative state.

When a law is created, it leaves a lot of room for interpretation. For example, a statute might read “Rental properties should be habitable.”

What does “habitable” mean?

What kind of rental property?

Should this law cover commercial, agricultural, and residential properties? Habitable for who? A person with disabilities, a family, or in the case of agricultural property farm animals or humans?

This is when the administrative state steps in and creates rules and policies.

Laws passed by Congress typically include a delegation clause enabling an administrative agency to administer the act and interpret its clauses within the confines of the statute. So, if you think of laws as an umbrella, the Constitution is the largest umbrella and all laws must be covered by the Constitution,

and administrative rules must fit under the law. Further, administrative policies must be in compliance with administrative rules, the law deriving the power, and the constitution.

Administrative agencies regulate private conduct such as consumer protection, and public conduct such as public lands management act, entitlement programs, safety regulations, and law enforcement.

When an agency wants to create a rule, it can do it through two ways: rulemaking or adjudication. The agency is limited by what congress allows the agency to do under the law and procedural fairness.

Rulemaking requires a formal or informal notice and comment procedure. The public (private citizens, interest groups, and businesses) are allowed and encouraged to comment about the legality and interests affected by the proposed rule. The agency reads all of the comments, in some cases is required to reply to all comments, and can modify the final rule to accommodate the input by the public.

Adjudication is similar to a judge making a decision as a response to an action by an individual person or business. Like the judicial branch that interprets laws, adjudica-

tors interpret rules to determine the ambiguity of the rule and if the party violated the rule. Adjudications have an appeal process and can be heard in federal court.

So I’ve just used a lot of big words and legalese, which I promShe's your local lawyer! ised I wouldn’t, but it’s hard. So let me show you by appointees are also political example. Congress passes a and determine the policies of law allowing Thanksgiving the agency and its impact on Leftover Day to become a the government. For further federal holiday. It delegates reading, Hamilton’s Federalenforcement to the Office ist Papers discuss, in length, of Personnel Management the idea of the administrative (OPM). OPM creates a rule state. These papers are infordefining a “federal holiday” mative, but I admit, I prefer and making sure its employ- the musical.

Disclaimer. All materials ees are given the day off. All federal employee bosses must in this article are prepared for follow OPM’s rules. A federal general information purposes boss decides to not follow the only to permit you to learn directions of OPM (and is a more about legal concepts.

Grinch). The boss who is reg- The information presented ulated by OPM, could face a is not legal advice, is not to hearing by OPM about her not be acted on as such, may not following the law because she be current, and is subject to did not follow the rules cre- change without notice. If you have a general question about ated to interpret the law.

Lastly, administrative the law or legal profession, agencies are managed by the please email me at megan@ executive branch, the Presi- mustoelaw.com or call my ofdent. The President appoints fice at 435.610.1431.

Megan Mustoe, agency directors and the SenAttorney, ate must approve the direcMustoeLaw.com tors. Because of the inherent Richfield politicization of the presidency (see the last 240+ years of American history), agency

LOA - Brenton Cory Clyde Larsen was born on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 8:55 p.m. at Utah Valley Hospital after his family optimistically anticipated his arrival. He weighed 4 pounds, 1 ounce and was 17 inches long. Brenton’s family was blessed with 8 beautiful days with their precious baby boy.

Brenton left this earthly existence on August 23, 2019 at 3:24 in the morning in his mother’s arms, next to his father. Brenton was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 at 17 weeks gestation, but his family was very hopeful that he would get to spend time with them. His parents researched how to help the anomalies he was afflicted with and did what they could to help improve the quality of his tiny life. He proved very strong during the pregnancy, was a fighter during his delivery and achieved many milestones while in the NICU at Utah Valley Hospital with the help of the very best, most compassionate nurses and doctors.

Brenton experienced so much love during his short time on earth. He was deeply loved by his mother Carlie, his father Trenton, his three older sisters, Attley, Berkley and Tenley and his older brother Kaelton. He completed their family as the fifth child. He was so very loved by his many grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and a multitude of caring people who prayed ceaselessly for a miracle, which resulted. He was preceded in death by the grandfathers he was named after: Great-Grandpa Clyde Nielsen Shaw and Grandpa Brent Duane Larsen.

A viewing was held at the Loa Stake Center in Loa, Utah from 9 am to 11 am on August 30, 2019. A service followed, with the interment being held at the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery at 3 pm.

Loa Stake: 20 South 100 West, Loa, UT 84747 Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery: 700 South State Street, Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647.

Myrra W. Newton 1918 - 2019

BICKNELL - Myrra Ann Williams Newton slipped peacefully into eternity on August 27, 2019 at her home in Bicknell. She was born March 9, 1918 in Victor, Idaho to David Edward and Chloe Ellen Ashcraft Williams. She was raised in Price, Utah and graduated from Carbon High School in 1936 and went on to attend Brigham Young University, graduating in 1941. Education was important to her and she continued to take classes throughout her life, doing graduate work at Brigham Young University, Utah State University and the University of Southern California.

Myrra married Sammy Nathan Newton December 27, 1950 in Whittier, California.

Their marriage was solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple November 13, 1976. They moved to Bicknell, Utah in 1955 where they raised their three children.

Sammy died January 23, 2010.

Myrra worked as Secretary and Office Manager to Fabian, Clendenin, Moffat and Mabey attorneys at law and then began her teaching career. She taught school in Idaho Falls High School, at Brigham Young University and finished her teaching career by teaching over 20 years at Wayne High School in Bicknell, Utah.

Myrra was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in numerous callings. She was still teaching Relief Society in Thurber Ward at the age of 92.

She loved working in the Temple. She and Sammy served as Ordinance Workers in the Manti Temple for 13 years.

Myrra turned 100 years old in 2018 and was very proud of being a Centenarian. At 101, she still was an avid reader who was using an iPhone to text, and an iPad to study her church lessons.

Myrra is survived by her three children: Stuart and Terry Newton of Mapleton, Utah; Rendell and Joan Newton of Sulphur, Louisiana; Ellen and Gregg Anderson of Bicknell, Utah; 11 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Sammy; and all of her siblings: William S. Williams, Samuel Blaine Williams, David Emerton Williams, Donn L. Williams and a great-grandson, Caleb Patton.

The family would like to thank Gunnison Valley Home Health and Hospice for their loving care of our dear Mother.

Memorial services were held Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. in the Mona City Cemetery in Mona, Utah under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

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Eric S. Peterson

The Wayne County courthouse in Loa hears all cases in the rural and sparsely populated county. Hearings are held only twice a month.

Slow Justice

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of him was a cloud of dust where the ATV had disappeared into “The Velvets”—a rugged series of trails popular for off-roaders and mountainbicyclists but inaccessible to cars.

For the next two days, Jane’s husband hid in the mountains before grudgingly surrendering himself to police, saying he had made a terrible mistake and that he had wanted to kill himself.

In the sheriff’s report supporting charges against him, the officer wrote that he was a “substantial danger” to the community and is “likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court.” The man was charged with felony kidnapping for dragging his wife back to their house, and a felony for running from police and a misdemeanor for domestic violence.

A few days after he turned himself in, Jane’s husband appeared shackled for his first day in court to answer for what he’d done—unfortunately, the Wayne County Attorney, Michael Olsen, was not there. Instead, Sevier County Deputy Attorney Mandy Larsen had to substitute for Olsen despite it not being in her jurisdiction.

At this first hearing, Olsen had forwarded a message to the court to not let them release the defendant or reduce his bail. Jane’s husband’s attorney, who was in court, however, successfully argued that his client had stable employment and no priors and so his bail should be reduced.

The judge agreed and the bail was reduced, from $50,000 to $5,000, and he was quickly released from jail. Olsen would not respond to questions asking if the outcome would have been different if he would have been there in person to fight for Jane’s interests. A request for comment made through Jane’s husband’s attorney was not responded to.

Olsen is a busy prosecutor. Not only is he the Wayne County Attorney, but he’s also the Emery County Attorney—spreading him between two counties and two offices, with an hour and a half travel time in between Despite the new workload, in an interview, Olsen defends his work as being exemplary.

“If you look at the cases I’ve handled in that court, it’s probably the most efficient in the state,” Olsen says, adding that it was unfair to try and evaluate his performance based just on the case involv-

ing Jane’s husband.

“You only know one particular case,” he says.

According to court records, however, there have been issues with multiple cases. Including multiple absences from court, mistakes in filings, cases dropped without putting up a fight and complaints raised by the court that cases were being delayed too long. When detailed examples of these issues were sent to Olsen in writing and in a follow up voicemail, he did not respond to them.

“I wasn’t going to do the job ‘half way’” On July 1, 2017, LeEllen McCartney resigned as the Wayne County Attorney.

She cited a number of reasons including personal issues but also a lack of resources. Not only was she without an assistant, she also initially had to buy her own paper, printer ink and other supplies.

“I still tried to keep the position as a part-time job, but I also wasn’t going to do the job ‘half-way,’’’ McCartney wrote in a letter to The Insider.

“My military career taught me that when something needs to be done, you do it.”

jurisdictions he filed 18 misdemeanor and 38 felony cases.

Olsen is only in Loa once a week to meet with victims and twice a month for court.

Not only does he spend most of his time in Emery County, he also has staff and deputy prosecutors there — a luxury not provided in Wayne. Last year, he filed seven misdemeanor and 27 felony cases in Emery County and in Wayne he filed 11 misdemeanor and 11 state felony cases.

Those totals do not reflect his court appearances in cases that were filed in previous years. Nevertheless, Emery County paid Olsen significantly more. In Emery County he also has staff and other deputy county attorneys to lighten the load.

A review of all of his felony court appearances in 2018 also show that Olsen never missed a court date in Emery County—but the same could not be said of his attendance record for his Wayne County cases.

In 2018, Olsen was absent from court for the first day of four different Wayne County cases. That year, Olsen only filed 11 new felony

I still tried to keep the position as a part-time job, but I also wasn’t going to do the job ‘halfway... My military career taught me that when something needs to be done, you do it.

— LeEllen McCartney, Former Wayne County Attorney

McCartney, however, clashed with the county commission, which she said often disregarded her legal advice, especially on open and public meeting laws. She also complained she was “directed” to drop a ticket against the friend of a commissioner. Primarily, she was frustrated that the commission would not fund an assistant for her office when instead they decided to fund an assistant in another department that she stated was previously determined not to be necessary.

McCartney left the windowless basement office and Emery County Attorney Mike Olsen stepped in to take her place.

For 2019, Olsen makes $44,553 in salary from Wayne County, with no benefits.

In Emery County, however, his base salary this year is $105,665 plus $65,100 in benefits.

Olsen stepped into the job and his workload exploded.

In 2016, when working solely as the Emery County attorney, Olsen filed three misdemeanor and 29 felony charges. In 2018 — his first full year as the Wayne County attorney — between the two

cases for Wayne County.

Court records show that in at least three of those occasions, deputy county attorneys for Sevier County were able to substitute for Olsen and do the best they could—though in Jane’s case they were unable to prevail against the arguments of the defense.

In one felony drug possession case, however, there was no one to cover for Olsen, and no prosecutor in the court.

“Mr. Olsen is not present. The court proceeds without him,” the docket reads.

“I have never missed a court date,” Olsen said in an interview, before stopping to clarify that it’s possible if the cases were in Richfield he might have missed them.

Since there isn’t a jail in Wayne County, some cases are heard in Richfield. When asked to comment on official court documents showing his absence in these cases, Olsen never responded.

“It’s surprising if the prosecutor is not at the initial appearance—that is unusual,” says Adam Gershowitz, a Professor of Law at William & Mary College of Law in Virginia. He’s researched the problems that arise with

overworked prosecutors and says that while many people have heard of problems arising from overburdened public defenders, that similar problems can affect prosecutors as well. Lack of time, especially with victims and witnesses, can leave prosecutors without the facts needed to make appropriate plea deals to defendants, or alternatively to know when to push for trial.

“The defense attorney is [then] at an advantage and they may benefit from the prosecutor not turning over all the stones,” Gershowitz says.

In Jane’s case, Olsen’s lack of time was painfully clear when she met him in early July. Though she had scheduled the meeting a week prior, Olsen didn’t have the files on the case against her husband with him at their meeting and could only tell her that they had a plea deal worked out. Jane was nevertheless frustrated with the pace of the prosecution since her ex-husband had allegedly violated the protective order on multiple occasions, driving past her work and shouting at her and other threatening situations. For these violations, however, her husband spent little time in jail.

Olsen points out that things have changed since the legislature adopted the Criminal Justice Reform Initiative in 2015—legislation that curbed prison sentences to divert more offenders away from jail and into treatment and other programs.

“Since the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, we’re getting much less jail time for people,” Olsen says.

Let’s Make a Deal Court records show Olsen’s involvement in Wayne County cases as being reserved solely for making plea deals.

In two separate cases, court records show the judge warning that cases had dragged on for too many continuances—delays that allow more time to work out settlements and pleas. In one of those 2018 cases, the record shows that after a settlement had been reached, Olsen had mistakenly entered the wrong crime against the defendant, marking it down as assault against a police officer instead of the lesser crime of aggravated assault. In a 2017 case, a defendant failed to appear for a court date and the bail bond company was never notified that the defendant had done this, not until months later when the county tried to get the bond company to pay $3,290 for the skipped bail. The company filed a motion and won, by proving they’d never been notified— a responsibility shared by the court and the prosecutor.

While in Emery County, Olsen would regularly hold preliminary hearings on felony cases and even make oral arguments in certain cases; he would only settle cases in Wayne. In October 2017, Olsen was trying a case that had been initiated under the previous county attorney, in which police had charged a known felon for owning a firearm. Sheriffs in the case had been called to the house, and in talking with the man’s wife, she admitted that her husband had a gun—the man had three prior felony convictions in Carbon County for drug charges and a record of violent assault.

But the man’s lawyer filed a motion in court to exclude his wife and the sheriff’s

deputy from testifying. Olsen did not file a countermotion but simply dismissed the case.

Wayne County Commissioner Newell Harward, who has authority over law enforcement issues in the county, says he’s heard no complaints about Olsen’s work.

“We’ve been exceptionally happy with him,” Harward says. “We haven’t got resources like other counties, but I think we’re still served well and we receive sufficient advice and counsel and haven’t been left undone on anything.”

Jane, however, has felt the local justice system to be infuriating. Her victim’s advocate tries to help but can’t explain the case. When she meets with Olsen, he can’t give her definitive answers.

Local law enforcement officers have been supportive but were limited in what they could do—one deputy gave her a canister of mace and wished her luck.

Olsen filed new charges against Jane’s husband when he violated protective orders, but instead of addressing them separately, the defense attorney and Olsen argued that the court delay those hearings until the original kidnapping case from July 31, 2018 is resolved.

Two protective order violations were filed in December 2018 and then seven more were charged in February 2019. Still the matter has been put off, but Olsen says a plea deal has finally been arranged.

Jane says she only learned recently that a deal had been struck, though she wasn’t given specifics. Olsen stresses that the exact sentence will depend on a presentencing report. He also says Jane had the opportunity to speak with a victim’s advocate, and that it’s not uncommon for people to get frustrated by the justice system.

“It’s so much more than she understands,” Olsen says.

Nevertheless he stresses that he’s committed to his job.

“I love the people of Wayne County,” Olsen says.

“I made a commitment to them and I don’t shortchange them.”

September 5, 2019

News from Wayne County

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First Days of School

by Adus Dorsey ii

WAYNE COUNTY For the last few weeks before school started, anyone driving through Wayne County had to know something exciting was about ready to happen. The big yellow school bus drivers had been making their practice runs, and would soon be scooping up sleepy eyed kids standing on street corners from Hanksville, Fremont, and all the way into Loa. On any given weekday morning, about the time the rays of the sun begin cresting the hill near the Bicknell Bottoms, the Wayne High Cross Country girls and boys can be seen doing their pre-run stretches at the Sunglow pullout. Either that or they pursue each other alongside the highway, headed to, or from, Bicknell.

In Wayne County, it is early autumn. Every baseball fan from Fremont to Hanksville is more than ready for some serious Wayne baseball. By seven a.m. at the Wayne High baseball field, the boys of summer have taken their stance in the batters box for batting practice. Grassstained, year old baseballs begin to fly out of the ballpark like being launched from Jeff Pace’s civil war cannon.

On Wednesday the 21st of August, only one of Glen Dee’s prized ostrichs would have missed the fact that it was the first day of school in Wayne County. Unless you were one of the one’s with your head in the sand, you never would have noticed the nervous anticipation hanging over Wayne County for two

weeks prior to school starting.

There is no doubt that recently purchased school clothes from Provo, or the mega mall in Grand Junction, were neatly folded and delicately laid out on Tuesday afternoon, anxiously waiting to be zipped and buttoned up for the very first day of class. Who among us, unless you had willingly sold your soul to the devil, could resist all of the awe inspiring Facebook pictures of Jan Brown’s grinning preschooler’s on their first half day of school at Loa Elementary.

When the school doors swung open for the first time this year, students began to fill the halls for the new school year. For some, it was a new school, with new teachers, new friends, new challenges, and a new container of hair gel.

The three o’clock bell, on the first day of school, couldn’t have come any sooner for most of the Wayne School District students that had just spent eighty six funfilled days running wild and free. Some of the students that staggered out of the front doors of the school building looked shell-shocked. Most were carrying fifty-pound backpacks full of textbooks, homework, and seven different teacher permission slips for their parents to sign.

Meanwhile, at Royal's Food Town in Loa, a large group of elated mothers were seen cascading up and down the aisles on the back rails of grocery carts filling their

baskets to the brim with BonBons, expensive scented bath salts, candles and cartons of Calgon bubble bath. Summertime in Wayne County tending kids had finally come to a close.

By four o’clock Wednesday afternoon, you could not have found yourself a parking spot anywhere near Wayne High, even if you were the Governor. There were so many folks sitting around the baseball backstop in lawn chairs waiting for Wayne’s first home game of the season to start.

You would have thought Bob Dylan himself was in town to perform a special concert. It was that crowded. Soon, the school buses began to arrived from Milford and Piute counties and fill the curb full length in front of Wayne High. Kids started to pour from the doors like a troop of tourists visiting the Grand Canyon. The boys' baseball team from Piute disembarked the bus with their game faces on and, with style and grace, the Milford girls danced down the steps of the bus and onto the sidewalk, sporting shorts and ponytails and looking rather upbeat and ready to play some serious volleyball.

It was game day at Wayne High, and every business in the county was running low on staff. Parents and dedicated Wayne fans could be seen at the ballfield rooting for their team. Even winning coach, Jan Ellett, was perched in the stands primed and ready to razz the timid umpires crouched behind home plate.

Public comment sought for newly established regional water conservation goals SALT LAKE CITY - The State of Utah is seeking public input on newly established regional goals for municipal and industrial (M&I) water conservation. M&I includes residential, commercial, institutional (for example, schools and parks), and industrial water use, and excludes agriculture, mining and power generation.

This is the first time Utah’s water conservation goals have been established on a regional level, an approach which was recommended by the 2015 Legislative Audit, 2017 Follow-up Audit, Third-Party Review and 2017 Recommended State Water Strategy.

“A regional approach allows the goals to be tailored for nine different regions around the state and takes into account climate, elevation, and each region’s characteristics and needs,” Division

of Water Resources Deputy Director Todd Adams said.

“Given Utah’s diverse geography, establishing region-specific goals makes sense.”

Utah's previous statewide conservation goal was reducing per-capita use 25% by 2025.

“We’ve made significant progress thanks to the waterwise efforts of many Utahns and water managers,” Division of Water Resources Assistant Director Candice Hasenyager said. “There is still more to be done, and these new regional goals are the next step. Accomplishing these goals will require everyone’s participation, including water managers, elected officials, state and local leaders, and the public.”

To formulate the new water conservation goals, the Division of Water Resources first gathered public input.

Last fall, over 1,650 people

participated in a water conservation survey, and eight open houses across the state were held. After public input was tallied, a team consisting of water providers, members from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, and Water Resources staff worked with a third-party consultant to provide input on the regionspecific goals.

“These goals will help guide the state’s water managers in planning future infrastructure, policies and programs consistent with Utah’s semiarid climate and growing demand for water,” said Adams. “We invite the public to take a look and share their thoughts.”

View the water conservation goals and submit online comment now through Sept.

25 at Water.Utah.Gov/regional-conservation-goals.

—Utah Division of Water Resources

Forest, State and Counties Partner to Improve Forest Health

DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST - U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert signed a Shared Stewardship agreement on May 22, 2019 that included a commitment to protect communities and watersheds by addressing the threat of catastrophic wildfire on National Forest System lands in Utah.

The Dixie National Forest along with Garfield and Kane County Counties and Utah State Forestry Fire and State Lands (USFFL) are partnering on the Billingsly Shared Stewardship Project.

This project is in the planning process of implementing specific actions under Utah’s Shared Stewardship agreement that will improve forest conditions near Swains Creek in Kane County.

Specific actions include the development of possible markets to utilize smaller size Ponderosa pine trees by providing source financing to begin treatments in these particular forested types. The trees in the project area are made up of primarily small diameter trees, averaging about 11 inches in diameter at breast height. We are accepting proposals from interested pur-

chasers and contractors that would like to partner in the shared stewardship endeavor.

As part of Utah’s Shared Stewardship agreement, an investment of up to $20 million dollars will be made over the next four years to address wildfire, threats to communities and protecting watersheds. A total of $249,000 is being invested in the Billingsly project to cooperatively implement this project.

This project is designed to establish and maintain desired conditions for forested vegetation, by lowering overall density (basal area) of Ponderosa pine stands and protect forest resources from unwanted fire. It would also enhance the Upper Sevier River watershed by making this overstocked forested area more manageable from potential fire effects by reducing hazardous fuels conditions.

Following harvest activities, the cutting units would receive a prescribed fire treatment to remove activity generated surface fuels and prepare created openings for natural regeneration by seed.

The Billingsly project encompasses 663 acres and is located on Swains Creek which is one of the headwater

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streams of the Upper Sevier River Watershed providing an important source of water for downstream irrigation and municipal needs. It is also less than one mile from both the Harris Flat and Swains Creek private inholdings.

These areas are designated a community at risk from wildfire, with many parcels containing houses and other structures.

“Shared stewardship strengthens the partnership between the Forest Service, local counties and the State of Utah,” said Kane County Commissioner Andy Gant.

“Through shared stewardship we are working together to identify landscape-scale priorities and build capacity while improving forest conditions.”

The collective governmental entities will be issuing a Request for Proposals in the coming weeks, and interested proponents are encouraged to submit proposals. Please contact Jason Villwock (Jason. villwock@usda.gov), Ade’ Nelson (anelson@kane.utah. gov) or Brian Bremner (engineer@color-country.net) for additional information.

—Dixie National Forest

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LegaL Notices SURPLUS SALE GARFIELD COUNTY GARFIELD COUNTY IS ACCEPTING SEALED BIDS ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: 2017 Dodge Ram 2500 2010 Ford F250 Super Duty Crew Pickup 2004 Ford E350-12 passenger Van 2002 Ambulance F350 2 Drawer Wooden File Cabinet Wood Bookcase Black Rolling Cart Celestron Power Seeker Telescope W/Tripod 2 Metal Milk Jugs Tailgater Generator Bosch Power Box Parcel #1 - Beginning South 88°05'14" West 328.63 feet along the Section Line from the Southeast Corner of Section 5, Township 37 South, Range 6 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian and running thence South 88°05:14" West 6.30 feet; thence North 0°30"00" West 1,338.42 feet; thence North 88°09'34" East 14.22 feet; thence South 0°09'40" East 1,338.62 feet to the Point of Beginning.

Parcel #2 - Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot 25 Clear Creek Estates Unit One, Second Amended. Said Southeast corner being South 59°56'30" East 1,128.99 feet from the center of Section 31, Township 35 South, Range 7 West Salt Lake Base and Meridian and running thence North 78°29'45" West 151.72 feet; thence South 41°56'48" West 20.95 feet more or less to a point on the Easterly right of way line on Deer Trail Lane said point being on a 34.83 foot radius curve whose center bears South 69°19'48" West; thence along said Easterly right of way line as follows: Northwesterly along the arc of said curve to the left 32.66 feet through a central angle of 53°43'50"; thence North 74°24'02" West 101.73 feet to the point of curvature of an 17.69 foot radius curve; thence Northwesterly along the arc of said curve to the right 4.53 feet through a central angle 14°39'23"; thence leaving sail Easterly right of way line South 89°57'47" East 301.24 feet; thence South 11°30'15" West 66.18 feet to the point of beginning.

Parcel #3 - All of Lot 45, Ticaboo Subdivision Plat III, Fourth Amended.

Parcel #4 - All of Lot 104, Ticaboo Subdivision Plat II, Second Amended Parcel #5 - All of Lot 52, Ticaboo Subdivision Plat IV Amended BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE UNTIL 5:00 P.M., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, 2019. BIDS WILL BE OPENED MONDAY SEPT. 9th , 2019 AT 11:00 A. M. IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS OF THE GARFIELD COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 55 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PANGUITCH, UTAH. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION. All vehicles and equipment will be sold in "as is" condition, and all sales will be final. Purchases can be made with cash or certified check. Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any and all offers. For additional information contact the Clerk’s Office at 435-676-1163 or www.garfield.utah.gov.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 8, 15, 22 & 29 and SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING GARFIELD COUNTY The Garfield County Commission will hold a Public Hearing on a proposed resolution regarding communication with litigation parties. The Public Hearing will be held on Monday, September 9, 2019 at 11:15 a.m. in the Commission Chambers of the Garfield County Courthouse. The resolution can be viewed at www.utah.gov/pmn.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY The Garfield County Board of Adjustment has scheduled an appeal hearing on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. in the Garfield County Commission Chambers, located at 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah, regarding: Inability to Obtain Building Permits.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5 & 12, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE WAYNE COUNTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE WAYNE COUNTY SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT #3 Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the Wayne County Special Service District #3 (Fire District) will hold a public hearing to receive public comment on initiating a fee for fire protection. The public hearing is scheduled for September 10, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Center in Bicknell, 605 S 350 E, Bicknell, UT 84715. Any interested citizen may attend.

Ryan Torgerson Wayne County Clerk-Auditor Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 and SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

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PUBLIC HEARING ESCALANTE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING Notice is hereby given that the Escalante City Planning and Zoning will hold a Public Hearing on September 24, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. and Escalante City Council on October 01, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Escalante City Council Chambers - 56 N. 100 W. Escalante, Utah. This Public Hearing is for the following five Zone Changes.

1 - MARK M. AUSTIN - HWY 12 355 E. ESCALANTE, UTAH. BEG SO° 03'02"W 994.53 FT ALONG THE SEC LINE AND N90°00'00"W 1342.68 FT FROM THE NE COR OF SEC 17 T35S R3E SLB&M AND RUNNING TH SO°03"02"W 534.63 FT PARALLEL TO AND 20 FT W OF THE 1/16 SEC LINE; TH ALONG THE NE'LY R/W LINE OF HWY STATE ROUTE 12 AND THE ARC OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 2814.79 FT A DISTANCE OF 528.49 FT LONG CHORD FOR SAID CURVE BEARS N45°08'31"W 527.71 FT: TH N39°35'26" FT ALONG SAID R/W LINE: THE NO°30'00"W 174.79 FT:TH S8S008'03"W 527.71 FT: TH N39°35'26"W 27.43 FT ALONG SAID R/W LINE: TH NO°30"00"W 174.79 FT: TH S85°08'03"E 394.97 FT ALONG AN OLD FENCE LINE AND THE N LINE OF PARCEL 52 PALT A ESCALANTE TOWN SURVEY TO THE POB CONT 3.31 AC M/L. 2 - ENTRADA ESCALANTE PROPERTIES LL- Main Street 480 W. ESCALANTE, UTAH. ALL LOTS 1, 2, 3, AND 4 BLOCK 1 PLAT B ESCALANTE TOWN SURVEY AND A PORTION OF SECTIONS 7 AND 18 T35S R3E SLB&M AND BEING FUrTHER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEG AT A POINT WHICH IS NO°39'57"E 123.59 FT FROM THE E 1/16 COR BETWEEN SECTIONS 7 AND 18 T35S R3E SLB&M AND RUNNING TH S89°06'37"E 50.34 FT TO THE NW COR OF BLOCK 1 PLAT B ESCALANTE TOWN SURVEY; TH S89°06'37"E ALONG THE N BDY OF SAID BLOCK 1 A DISTANCE OF 462.20 FT TO THE NE COR OF SAID BLOCK 1: TH SO°39'52"W ALONG THE E BDY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1 A DISTANCE OF 462.00 FT TO SE COR OF SAID BLOCK 1 SAID SE COR BEING ON THE N R/W LINE OF UTAH STATE HWY 12; TH ALONG SAID N R/W LINE AS FOLLOWS: N89°06'37"W 228.31 FT TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE ON AN 1112.92 FOOT RADIUS NON-TANGENT CURVE WHOSE CENTER BEARS N12°33'36"E; TH ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE 298.47 FT TH ROUGHT A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 15°21'58"; TH NO°15'22"W 19.33 FT TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF AN 1095.92 FOOT NON-TANGENT CURVE WHO CENTER BEARS N28°24'13"E; TH ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT 32.25 FT THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 1 °41'10"; TH LEAVING SAID R/W LINE N26°09'25"E 80.00 FT; TH N43°21'36"W 127.11 FT; TH N26°09'25"E 182.83 FT TO THE POB CONT 5.39 AC M/L. 3 - ENTRADA ESCALANTE PROPERTIES LL-0100 W. 408 N. ESCALANTE, UTAH. A PORTION OF PARCEL 1 PLAT A ESCALANTE TOWN SURVEY AND PARCEL 62 PLAT B ESCALANTE TOWN SURVEY AND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEG AT THE SW COR OF PARCEL 62 PLAT B ESCALANTE TOWN SURVEY SAID SW COR BEING NO°39'57"E 227.83 FT ALONG THE 1/16 SEC LINE AND S89°00'45"E 50.47 FT FROM THE E 1/16 COR BETWEEN SECTIONS 7 AND 18 T35S R3E SLB&M AND RUNNING TH NO°44'15"E ALONG THE W BDY OF SAID PARCEL 62 PLAT BA DISTANCE OF 372.63 FT M/L TO THE S R/W LINE OF 200 NORTH STREET; TH ALONG SAID S R/W LINE AS FOLLOWS: N68°53'31"E 183.98 FT TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF AN 350.50 FOOT RADIUS CURVE; TH NE'LY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE TO THE RIGHT 136.39 FT THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 22°17'44" TH S88°48'45"E 0.71 FT; TH LEAVING SAID R/W LINE SO°35'20"W 249.82 FT; TH N11°44'15"E 13.18 FT; TH N81°46'15"E 153.17 FT; TH S17°38'48"E 269.36 FT M/L TO THEN BOY LINE OF 100 NORTH STREET TH N89°00' 45"W ALONG SAID N BDY LINE 544.07 FT TO THE POB CONT 0.4.12 AC M/L. 4 - TOG PROPERTIES LLC-25 S. 800 E. ESCALANTE, UTAH. A PORTION OF SECTIONS 9 AND 16 T35S R3E SLB&M AND BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS BEG AT THE SW COR OF THE NW¼ OF THE NW¼ SEC 16 T35S R3E SLB&M AND RUNNING TH N89°55'02"E ALONG THE 1/16 SEC LINE 1323.10 FT; TH NO°07'22"E ALONG THE 1/16 SEC LINE 1319.78 FT TO THE NE COR OF THE SAID NW¼ OF THE NW¼ OF SAID SEC 16; TH N77°12'34"W 1042.73 FT; TH S 402.81 FT; TH S89°53'22"W 307.50 FT; TH SO°04'39"W ALONG THEW BDY LINE OF SAID SEC 16 A DISTANCE OF 1149.14 FT TO THE POB CONT 41.63 AC M/L. 5 - CATHERINE BARNEY - 585 E. 300 S. ESCALANTE, UTAH. BEG AT A POINT WHICH IS N 250.50 FT AND W 1253.22 FT FROM THEE¼ COR OF SEC 17 T35S R3E SLB&M SAID POINT LYING ON THEN R/W LINE OF AN EXISTING COUNTY ROAD; TH N29°26'46"E 558.72 FT TO A POINT ON THE S R/W LINE OF UTAH STATE HWY 12 SAID POINT LYING ON THE ARC OF A 2914.79 FT RADIUS CURVE WHOSE CENTER BEARS N29°26'46"E; TH ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE TO THE LEFT 219.20 FT THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 4°18'32"; TH S25°08'14"W 572.03 FT TO SAID N R/W LINE OF AN EXISTING COUNTY ROAD; TH N59°47'58"W 262.00 FT TO THE POB CONT 3.11 AC M/L. Debra Allen/City Treasurer Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 PUBLIC HEARING PANGUITCH CITY Panguitch City will hold a Public Hearing on September 10, 2019, at 6:45 p.m. for public input on Ordinance 2019-13 Water Meter Requirements. The meeting will be held at the Garfield County Court House; 55 South Main in the Commission Chambers.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 and SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

September 5, 2019

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 Oct. 2, 2019 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)5387240 for additional information.

NEW APPLICATION(S) 95-5402 (A81756): Douglas Wilde Roberts propose(s) using 0.015 cfs OR 1.73 ac-ft. from groundwater (7 miles West of Hanksville) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING. 95-5403 (A81758): Max Hammond propose(s) using 0.015 cfs from groundwater (2.5 South of Teasdale) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. CHANGE APPLICATIONS(S) 61-3192 (a45031): Ryan McClellan, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company propose(s) using 0.4992 ac-ft. from groundwater (Panguitch Lake) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. 61-3194 (a45043): Coyote & East Fork Irrigation Company, Emory S Cass and Amy L. Bechtel propose(s) using 2.1 ac-ft. from groundwater (3.5 miles north of Antimony) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING. 61-3195 (a45047): Darrel M and Alicia Eder, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company propose(s) using 0.5328 ac-ft. from groundwater (1.7 miles NE of Panguitch) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. 61-3196 (a45059): Oliver Sonny Maupin propose(s) using 0.001 cfs OR 0.25 ac-ft. from groundwater (8 miles west of Hatch) for DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5 & 12, 2019

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Garfield County could get an aquifer classification for free.

Although a final report and maps won’t be complete until 2021, she said the analysis itself should be complete by spring 2020.

The study is being conducted through Water Rights and the Park Service to see if there’s a connection between the ground water and surface water. The Park has concerns about decreased spring flow with increased development in the area. Last fall, Wallace and her staff took water level measurements in wells, measured discharge in the Sevier River and its various tributaries and springs, repeating those tests in the spring.

New aquifer level measurements will be taken this fall and again next spring. Isotope measurements traces water’s age and source and will hopefully indicate any ground/surface water connection.

Wallace said Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) hired her department to do additional work on septic tank density analysis. They measure nitrate samples as a proxy for septic tanks and do a potential contaminant survey—mapping out anything having the potential to harm ground water.

The petition for classification is reviewed by the Water Quality Board. Wallace ran through the reasons for aquifer classification, which included providing a basis for enacting and defending new regulations, a benchmark for discussion, and a defendable mechanism to take protection action for an aquifer. She said aquifer classification can be

a land management tool for establishing protection levels for ground water. However, Wallace emphasized there is no obligation for imposing new zoning restrictions or new monitoring systems; it’s not an obligation for any financial investments. She then went into an explanation of the four classifications of water quality in milligrams/liter of total dissolved solids (TDS).

Commissioner Pollock noted, at present, DEQ has imposed heavy restrictions on local development until the study on septic tank density studies is complete.

Commission Board Reports. Commissioner David Tebbs participated in the dinner with the Governor and visiting Congressional staffers and said he was able to “grease the wheels” with his remarks on tourism and commercial fee rates and potential highway closures in Zion limiting visitation. He attended another meeting with Kane County representatives and UDOT on the East Zion Initiative. They were approved for a $800K grant with a 1:1 match, or $1.6M for a threeyear transportation study to evaluate two new shuttle buses. Tebbs wants them to consider running a leg of this system to Bryce Canyon for a couple months.

Commissioner Jerry Taylor summarized the three days he hosted the Congressional staffers, who included staffers from Utah offices, as well as D.C. They visited ranches and state parks, viewed a wild horse and burro holding facility, watched saddle-making at Burn's Saddlery, and rode horses and four-wheelers.

Taylor said it was useful for the staffers to spend time with

each other as well as learn about the area. Another upcoming event is the “PILT and SRS fly-in.” Taylor said Sen. Joe Manchin’s staffer suggested they go back to D.C. to talk about modifying the formula used to determine Paymentin-Lieu-of-Taxes and Secure Rural Schools funding. Taylor said , “We get 35 cents an acre.

Washington County, with less land gets $2.71/acre. If we got even $2.50 an acre, that would be over $7M/yr. With 3M visitors to Bryce, plus 1M that claim to visit GSENM, Taylor said “we need that.” Referring to the Bryce Canyon City discussion, Taylor said he’d like to see a bike path all along Hwy 12. He also said he’s continuing talks with the Canadian resource who can help with fundraising for the Science Museum.

Commissioner Leland Pollock was featured on another County Seat TV show August 25 regarding PILT and SRS funding. He said, “It’s because we’re a small population, we get the least PILT dollars. Of the $600M nationwide pool, the small population counties get thousands to the large counties’ millions.”.

He brought up the ongoing fires near Tropic saying it’s been a big problem with people getting ill from the smoke.

“We’ve decided we’ll get aggressive on that plateau with Forest Service burns. There's a time of year it's unacceptable to have smoke on that plateau, referring to the visitors who can’t see the sights they’ve come to view. Pollock said, “We never used to have these fires when we had active forest management and our sawmills.” Regarding roads, he said he’ll be meeting with the UDOT director and Presi-

dent of the Senate this week to talk about Class B roads funding, which is the money that pays for graders and road crews in the county. He also met with Whit Bunding, with the BLM Kanab Field Office and Vicki Tyler, Assoc Monument Manager on Hole-inthe-Rock road improvements and construction of a day use area. He said they are trying to develop two parking lots and some restrooms down Holein-the-Rock road. Pollock saved most of his ire warning of an impending Environmental Impact Study (EIS) on a rerelease of Dixie National Forest Motorized Travel Plan. He said the 2009 Travel Plan was illegal and claimed the county had closed down that process, which he hopes is the case this time around. “Hopefully that EIS won't come out. We won't accept closing any roads, in this district or Escalante district.”

Public Hearing on Panguitch Lake Falls subdivision road to resolve a setback issue created by the initial “weird” configuration of the road. There were no comments in the hearing.

The Commissioners approved deeding the affected right-ofway back to the landowners, solving the problem.

Planning Department.

Planner Kaden Figgins presented conditional use permit applications for approval: Vacation Rentals at Panguitch Lake, requested by rental manager Mitch Hatch, representing the landowners. As explained by Commissioner David Tebbs, the rental company needs a business license, but each property requires the CUP as well as a business license. (Conditional use permits are attached to a parcel,

September 5, 2019 not to a company.) Each landowner will need to report the sales tax information acquired by the rental manager. The next two CUP applications were also for Panguitch Lake landowners. All three CUPs were approved.

Final Planning business was a request to amend the description on Sunset Cliffs Planned Use Development plat. The Commissioners approved the amendment.

Bryce Canyon City Tax Resolution. Representatives from BCC requested approval for a resolution to put a new arts and recreation tax on that city’s ballot this November.

They also asked if the Commission had interest in adding such a tax at the county level.

Commissioner Pollock immediately quashed that suggestion, returning the discussion to BCC needs only. The reps said the city currently budgets approximately $20K/year for the bike path west of the city, which this tax could be applied toward. In addition, the city is looking at ways to expand the recreational opportunities for visitors and residents and be able to maintain them.

Current activities, such as the Canyon to Canyon Bike Ride, fall within the allowed uses of the tax, but other options, such as an ice-skating rink, are also being considered. The Commission approved the BCC tax resolution.

Departmental Personnel. The Commission approved hiring Nicole Spencer as the new Justice Court Clerk.

Business license. Living Nectar Healing and massage in the Calf Creek area was approved.

A resolution regarding the Butch Cassidy Homesite

was tabled pending further information.

Temporary Construction Camp CUP and Bristlecone land use agreement.

Developer and Bristlecone Water Improvement District officer John Jacob presented his case for maintaining a construction trailer on his land near Bryce Canyon City.

He said construction on a well will start in about a month and he needs the trailer for storage, business meetings, and the occasional sleepover.

Planner Figgins said the trailer needs to be moved to the parcel where the well will be drilled, as the CUP is tied to a property. The Commission approved the temporary construction camp CUP. Secondly, Jacob is seeking a land use agreement with Garfield County saying the county will not pollute the deeded area around the Bristlecone well. In 1998, the well had initially been approved for commercial purposes at 15 gal/minute, but they’ve been pumping it at 70 gal/minute. In 2018, the old Bristlecone Board became aware an exemption was needed based on flow rate and approved protection zones.

Portions of land around the well had been deeded to the county. Jacob wants the county to join with Bristlecone to obtain the exemption.

Commissioner Tebbs asked about the adequacy of the flow rate and the county’s relationship to the protection zones around the well. The Commissioners ultimately agreed that since a timely response was needed, they would sign the letter contingent upon the advice from their attorneys.

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