September 27, 2012 Wayne & Garfield County Insider

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Judge Hands Down Sentence in Lost Lake Fire Case LOA – On Monday, September 24, the Wayne County District Court room was full as county residents came to witness the sentencing of Lance Durfey on charges of arson.

In late July, 38-year old Mr. Durfey, a Wayne County resident, had pleaded guilty to a third degree felony charge of arson for setting a series of fires on the Dixie National Forest. Mr. Durfey had set the fires on June 3 on the north slope of Boulder Mountain, about four miles southwest of Teasdale. The fires, which took about two weeks to contain, caused local evacuations and burned an area of 2,075 acres, requiring over 400 personnel to fight the blaze at a cost $3.2 million.

Judge Wallace A. Lee presided over the sentencing.

Citizens in the court room reported that the sentence that Judge Lee handed down

came in two parts. First, he stated that he was giving Mr. Durfey the standard sentence for the third-degree felony arson charge, which is zero to five years in prison and a maximum financial penalty of $9,500. He then indicated that he was suspending that sentence, and instead giving Mr. Durfey five years probation, which includes 180 days in county jail, 20 hours per month of community service, and substance abuse evaluation and treatment. Mr. Durfey is to serve his jail time in the Sevier County Jail.

Judge Lee stressed that he was presenting the alternative probation sentence and county jail time because it offered to Mr. Durfey a greater level of access for the treatment of substance abuse. Judge Lee is also said to have noted that neither alcohol nor emotional factors are an excuse for what

Mr. Durfey did, and that this was indeed a very serious crime.

As for the restitution component of the sentence, Judge Lee indicated that Mr. Durfey will have a separate restitution hearing in January of 2013.

Many letters and statements were submitted to the court, a number stating that the court should soberly weigh the seriousness and financial cost of the crime and the risk to life and property that Mr. Durfey caused. Other statements defended Mr. Durfey’s character and the good he does in the community.

Federal charges were not filed in the arson case, and according to attendees at the sentencing, no U.S. Forest Service officials were present at the proceedings.

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Wayne Wonderland Airport Gets a ‘Lift’ LOA - Wayne County has recently completed a major maintenance renovation at the Wayne Wonderland Airport, fulfilling the first stage of an overall airport master plan that the county has developed for the facility.

The project, which took several years to accomplish, consisted of new runway lights, runway safety area grading and the construction of a wildlife fence. The airport passed its final project inspection on August 30 and is open and ready for air traffic.

Brandon Jenson, with Wayne County’s Geographic Information Systems Department, served as the county’s project manager, and says that, “About six or seven years ago the County Commission decided to upgrade and improve the airport. That’s when they developed their master plan and initially acquired additional acreage on the north end to eventually extend the runway to accommodate larger planes.”

Prior to extending the runway and making other planned upgrades, however, maintenance upgrades were needed to meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements. According to Jensen, the old runway lights were both inadequate and had suffered extensive damage caused by prairie dogs.

The old lighting system was removed completely and replaced with wiring protected by conduit and runway lighting mounted on concrete bases to prevent displacement by prairie dogs and other rodents.

The runway safety area grad-

Time Travelers. This family has solid proof of their adventures at The Corral Mercantile Vintage Photos and Gift Shop in Torrey.

Something Old, Something New turned you to the present, you could prove to your friends that you were actually there.

The Corral is ready to supply you with chalk and slate boards, quill and ink sets, old vintage toys, glass marbles, fifes, Early American school sets, vintage 1800s candy, books (yes, real books!), Utah-made jams and jellies, and, best of all, a professional portrait studio and lots of stuff to outfit you for an Old West photo shoot. Which, according to store owner Tory Davis, appeals not just to time-travelers, but also to a lot of locals looking for a little fun. Or, if that

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seems like just too much fun for you, the studio offers the option of wearing your own garb and getting a professional photo of your “normal” self.

Mr. Davis operates the mercantile with his business partner, Alicia Durfey. They opened the store during the month of May, in the current year of this current century.

Davis says the shop actually started out as just the Old West portrait studio, and then they expanded to offering “vintage” provisions. When asked to elaborate further on the store’s amenities, Davis said, “I think the place speaks for itself!”

So, maybe you’ll have to just hop into your time-travel machine and check it out.

The Corral Mercantile Vintage Photos & Gift Shop is located on West Main Street in the Velvet Ridge Shopping Center, in Torrey. Hours for the gift shop and Old West portrait photo studio are Wednesday through Monday (closed Tuesday) from 11am-7pm.

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Wayne County’s Brandon Jensen and one of Wayne Wonderland’s new runway lighting fixtures. ing consisted of removing vegetation from around the runway and compacting and providing finish grades to meet FAA standards. In addition, approximately 7,000 linear feet of wildlife fence was installed at a height of 8 feet to keep deer and elk off the runway, completing the fence around the airport property.

The budget for the project totaled $427,000, and was funded primarily (95%) with federal funds provided by the FAA, and the remainder was funded by Wayne County.

The airport serves as an important resource to the county, for example providing an aviation facility for fire crews working the Lost Lake fire earlier this summer. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources regularly uses the airport, in particular to support alpine fish stocking operations, and doing aerial work related to the Loa and Egan hatcheries. The airport currently has one hangar housing three planes, and one private hangar that houses one plane, and several tie-down airplanes

are often on site from local pilots or visitors coming to the area for recreation. The Wayne Wonderland airport does have fuel services, with, according to Jensen, a “functional but temperamental” credit card reader, but fuel prices are comparable to those found in Richfield.

The next phase of the airport master plan includes extending the runway (which is currently 5,900 ft.) and relocating the current 3-plane hangar to the west side of the runway, cutting back the apron and building a taxiway.

Wayne county receives FAA funding every year for maintenance of the airport, a 90/10 match where the FAA pays 90% and the county matches 10%. The county is allowed to bank and save this funding for future projects—it’s not a requirement that monies be spent during the current fiscal year.

“The FAA has been really good to work with,” says Jensen.

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BYU Students Present Special Exhibit at This Year’s Escalante Canyons Art Festival

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TORREY - September is National Preparedness Month, and The Corral Mercantile Vintage Photos & Gift Shop in Torrey is there for all of your Y19C needs.

You remember Y2K, right? Well, if you were to time-travel back to not just the turn of this current century, but to the one before that, The Corral would be your onestop-shop for communications supplies and to stock up on candy for the good--or maybe tough--times ahead. After reprovisioning, you could document your experience, so that when your time-machine re-

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ESCALANTE - A group of Brigham Young University visual arts and art history students are presenting a unique exhibit at the Escalante Canyons Art Festival.

Titled Resonance: Escalante 2012, the exhibit is inspired by the southern Utah canyon country, and follows a week-long immersion in the Escalante area earlier this year by a group of BYU student artists. After their encounter, the students went back to school and created works representing their experience here.

“What we did was, we went down to Escalante in late May, hiked around and stayed in the area for a week, got to know it, and were immersed in the landscape,” says Breezy Taggart, an art history graduate student who is co-curating the exhibit. “Students were told that if they were inspired by the trip, to do a piece that represents that experience for the Art Festival.”

Exhibit curators came up with a theme, and asked some questions to get the artists thinking.

“What the ‘Resonance’ theme is about is we wanted to encompass the idea of being on the land and making a mark on the land,” continues Taggart.

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“Most of the time when we hike in nature we’re changed by it in some way—and that was what a lot of the students’ remarks were afterwards—it was an amazing experience for them, and it changed their idea of nature in general. In turn, the way that artists create their works changes other people’s perceptions of the land.

“So, it’s the idea of being shaped by the land and creating works in turn that shape the community.”

Seventeen students participated in the project, including animation, graphic arts, illustration, photography, and art history students. About eight students plan to attend the festival and will have some time available to talk to visitors at the exhibit. The art students have done a similar project in the past—at Capitol Reef National Park—but the showings of those works took place at BYU. “We’ve never done a festival or shown art within the community we’ve worked in,” says Taggart. “So, this is really exciting.”

Resonance: Escalante 2012 will be on exhibit Friday and Saturday at the Escalante Community Center. Refer to the Art Festival schedule (p.3) for details.

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Lots to See in “Driven to Art” BOULDER - “Driven to Art,” a self-guided tour of Boulder artists’ studios and galleries, will take place in Boulder on Friday, September 28 as part of the 2012 Escalante Canyons Art Festival.

Sponsored by the Boulder Arts Council, the free tour will feature over twenty Boulder artists as well as a number of Utah artists. A postcard with directions and hours to the seven open house style showings will soon be available at many Boulder and Escalante locations.

In brief, the “Driven to Art” stops are: • Anasazi State Park (artist Sharon Graff) • Pole’s Place (artists Leslie Jensen, Robert Owen, and Trina Strong) • Scotty Mitchell studio (artist Scotty Mitchell) • Boulder Community Center (Willow Stories: contemporary Navajo baskets) • Burr Trail Outpost (artists Anselm Spring, Dennis Bertucci, Ana Sanders, Amber Frigaard, Lea Frigaard, Carl Dede, Terry Shadeck, Scotty Mitchell, Larry Davis, Mike Nelson, Luna Bonzon, Eric Scott, Allysia Angus, Allysa Thompson, Lillian Lyman, Hannah Ohlwiler, Stephanie Love, B J Orozco, Kathy

Jocee Morrell accepts her very big scholarship check from Nordstrom’s. Congratulations and good work, Jocee!

Jocee Morrell Wins $10K Scholarship

LOA - Jocee Morrell, a student at Wayne High School in Bicknell, is the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship from Nordstroms. As a junior, she applied for the scholarship by filling out an application, writing a personal statement and writing an essay. A couple of months later she was informed that she was picked as a semi-finalist which she was included in a group of 40 students in the western region. At this point, she had her teacher, Mrs. Shannon Robertson, send a recommendation and her transcripts. A month later she was informed that she was a finalist and had to participate in a skype interview. A Nordstrom representative came to her school on Wednesday, September 19 to surprise her and award her the scholarship. Jocee is the daughter of Bruce Morrell and Natalie and Marty Jensen of Loa. McIntyre, Mojo, and Brigette Delthony) • Hills and Hollows store (artists Robert Owen, Darren Logan, and B J Orozco) • Kiva Koffeehouse (artists David Holladay, Ana

Sanders, Jesse Turnbridge, Michael Steadman, Kimberly Muller, Allysia Angus, Elizabeth and Troy Julian, Tina Luna and Koffeehouse staff) —Cheryl Cox

Writers to Gather for Cliff Notes

by Dianne Oberhansly

BOULDER - The Boulder Heritage Foundation, Boulder Arts Council, Utah Humanities Council, Utah Humanities Book Festival and the Utah Division of Arts and Museums will team up to host the fourth annual Cliff Notes Writing Conference and Boulder Book Festival October 5-8 in beautiful Boulder, Utah. The weekend will include lectures, discussions, in-class writing, student readings, and free-tothe-public author readings.

Poet David Lee will be returning as faculty this year, teaching the craft of poetry. A Texas native, Lee’s colorful and varied experiences, colloquial style, and classics education (a scholar of John Milton) all combine to give him a unique voice. He served as Utah’s first poet laureate, has been a finalist for the U.S. poet Friday 7:00pm Saturday 9:00a-12:00p 1:00p-4:00p

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laureate, was chosen as one of Utah’s “top twelve writers of all time,” and has garnered many awards and prizes for his work. Lee taught for 32 years at Southern Utah University, serving as Department Chair for Language and Literature part of that time. His 1999 collection, News from Down at the Café, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Lee has authored 15 books of poetry including So Quietly the Earth, Drinking and Driving, and The Porcine Canticles.

Maximillian Werner, professor of writing at the University of Utah, will be teaching fiction writing at this year’s workshop. Werner’s books include a collection of literary fly fishing essays titled Black River Dreams, the novel Crooked Creek , and the forthcoming memoir/natural his-

tory book Chronicles of the Pleistocene Mind from Torrey House Press.

Creative nonfiction and illustrated journaling will be taught by Colorado writer/artist Maria Hodkins. A professional journalist of 35 years, Hodkins has authored Guide to Getting Trees Planted, The Storyteller: Guide to Writing Your Life’s Stories, as well as many feature stories for local and national magazines. She is a former naturalist for Colorado State Parks.

Participants have the opportunity to register for individual class sessions or for the entire weekend. Downloadable registration forms are available at www.boulderheritage.org, where you will also find general information about the workshop. The schedule for the weekend is below.

Reading/ Discussion: David Lee (free to the public) Nature Journaling & Journal Art: Maria Hodkins Poetry: David Lee Reading/Discussion: Maximillian Werner (free to the public) Poetry: David Lee Fiction: Maximillian Werner Contest Winner’s Reading Reading and Art Sharing: Maria Hodkins (free to the public) Essay: Maximillian Werner

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Leave it to Beavers Festival —a Darned Good Time

by Kari Paustian

ESCALANTE - Utah’s first-ever “Leave It To Beavers” festival was held last weekend at Escalante Petrified Forest State Park. The weather was warm with a bit of a breeze, and the festival grounds hummed with activity. Children built beaver dam dioramas out of peanut butter mud and pretzel sticks, while their parents talked about fall hunting and piano recitals over gourmet pizzas from a mobile brick oven. German tourists wandered through, trying to understand why there was a celebration for beaver happening in their campground, and over it all, violin students of all ages played enthusiastic variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Students from Whitman College’s Semester in the West program were also in attendance, helping out with set up and staffing at the festival. The students are traveling across the western U.S. learning about environmental & natural resource issues, and spent about a week in the Escalante area, doing fieldwork and working at the festival.

Leave It to Beavers was organized to recognize and celebrate the beaver’s positive influence on riparian zones in Utah, particularly in drier areas where beaver-made ponds and meadows can benefit all.

Sherri Tippie kicked off the festival on Friday night with a presentation that chronicled her transformation from young Denver hairdresser to expert live-trapper of beaver.

Sherri’s frank humor, passion for her work, and commitment to the beavers she captures and relocates made her a wonderful, quirky ambassador for beavers in Utah. There was

There were a lot of activities for kids & their parents at the Beaver Festival, including pin-th-tail-on-the-beaver. also a showing of The Biggest Dam Movie Ever, which gave viewers an intimate look at the underwater antics and work of these busy mammals. The festivities really got rolling on Saturday, with beaver-tail painting, face painting, a beaver know-it-all game, crafts for kids, and live music all day.

Boulder Community Alliance, Backcountry Anglers and Hunters, Utah Dept. of Natural Resources, Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, and the Forest Service all had booths at the festival, and Hogle Zoo brought an assortment of live animals native to the area for people to admire and learn about. A stream table from

Utah State University was set up in the parking lot to show how beaver dams slow down and clean water in streams.

Other highlights included the family hikes Sage Sorenson and Steve Cox from Boulder Community Alliance led up North Creek to see active beaver dams and the sedimenttrapping work that beaver do in the area. The day wrapped up with a performance by Kanab-based Tumbleweedz, who sang festivalgoers off to dinner with a rousing rendition of “Wagon Wheel.”

Kari Paustian is a junior at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.

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2012 Escalante Canyons Art Festival Everett Ruess Days

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 PLEIN AIR EXHIBIT / ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW & SALE Plein Air Judging 8 AM - 11 AM - Location: Escalante Community Center Venue closed to artists and the public for judging.

Haywire 4 PM - Hailing from Emery County, Utah, Haywire is sure to dazzle the crowd with their country sound backed up with steel guitar.

DRIVEN TO ART BOULDER ARTS COUNCIL EVENTS

Boulder Art Tour 9 AM - 5 PM - Various Locations Kiva Koffeehouse - locally produced items ranging from ceramics to stone jewelry.

Boulder Elementary School - plein air project elementary students exhibit.

Burr Trail Outpost - paintings, photographs, jewelry, ceramics Brigham Young University Student Exhibit and more produced by area artists.

11 AM - 6 PM - Location: Escalante Community Center Hills & Hollows - creations of several local artists are on display.

Resonance: Escalante 2012 - Artwork created earlier this year Place - enjoy local artwork as well as historical

by BYU Department of Visual Arts students. 2011 Best of Show - Pastel -Pole’s Arlene Braithwaite photographs.

Featured Artist Exhibit “Willow Stories - Contemporary Navajo Baskerts” Exhibit and 11 AM - 6 PM - Location: Escalante Community Center Local Artists Meet this year’s Featured Artist - Brad Holt and view his work.

10 AM - 3 PM - Location: Boulder Community Center Enjoy this Travelling Exhibit curated by the Utah Arts Arts & Crafts Show & Sale Council’s Folk Art Program featuring the work of ten of Utah’s 10 AM - 6 PM - Location: Festival Plaza and Exhibit Hall contemporary Navajo basket weavers. Also visit with Dennis Enjoy and purchase items from art and craft vendors from Bertucci, a local woodworker, and other area artists. throughout the region. Wares range from fine art paintings to ceramics and from wood crafts to fiber art.

Open Studio - Scott Mitchell 10 AM - 3 PM - Location: Scotty Mitchell Studio SPEAKER SERIES Visit the studio of local, award-winning, working pastel artist, Scotty Mitchell.

The Sum of Our Past: Revisiting Pioneer Women Plein Air Exhibit 11 AM - 6 PM - Location: Escalante Community Center View the exhibit and meet the artists. Vote for the People’s Choice and the Artists’ Choice awards and start bidding on your favorite paintings.

2 PM - Location - Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Judy Shell Busk, author and oral historian, discusses her book, The Sum of Our Past: Revisiting Pioneer Women, a memoir of retracing the Oregon and Mormon trails to explore the lives of pioneer women.

Thomas Moran - Painter of the First National Parks 3:30 PM - Location - Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Deborah Reeder, Director of the St George Art Museum, discusses the art of the seminal painter Thomas Moran, whose paintings led to the creation of many national parks and monuments.

Keynote Prelude - Craig Sorenson & Friends 6:30 PM - Location - Escalante High School Auditorium Instrumental and vocal performances.

KEYNOTE:

Dinosaurs of the Lost Continent 7:30 PM - Location - Escalante High School Auditorium Scott Sampson, dinosaur paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, educator, and “Dr. Scott the Paleontologist” on the hit PBS KIDS series Dinosaur Train, will discuss recent dinosaur discoveries in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Sampson will follow up the program with a book signing of his recently published, Dinosaur Odyssey - Fossil Threads in the Web of Life.

FRIDAY SPECIAL EVENTS Everett Ruess Documentary Film Screening - Wilderness Song 11 AM - 1 PM - Location: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Enjoy Linday Jaeger’s new film, Wilderness Song. Also in attendance - Dan Bern, film songwriter. Join the filmmaker and musician for a lively discussion session after the screening.

Escalante Canyons Artist in Residence Exhibit 8 AM - 5 PM - Location: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center View works produced by Nancy Lewis during her time as the first Escalante Canyons Artist in Residence.

Spaghetti Feed in the Park 5 PM - 7 PM - Location: Escalante Town Park Pavilion Prepared by Potato Valley Lions Club.

Dinosaurs in the Desert - Digital Photo Exhibit 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM - Location: Escalante High School Prior to and after Dr. Scott Sampson’s keynote, enjoy digital photography taken of dinosaurs by area students in and around Escalante.

ENTERTAINMENT

(All programs on Festival Plaza Outdoor Stage) David & Tamara Hauze 10 AM - Joining us from Crawford, Colorado, and Torrey Utah, David and Tamara please audiences with sweet harmonies.

Scott & Diana Stover 11 AM - Hailing from Salt Lake City, Scott and Diana entertain audiences with their special take on folk sounds.

Alan Day 12 PM - Joining the festival for the first time from Redding, CA, Alan will entertain the crowd with sure to please rock-a-billy and honky-tonk tunes.

Hannah Ohlwiler 1 PM - Hannah’s voice has been soaring through these canyons for more than a decade. Her music is mystical and mesmerizing.

Making Moves Dance Company 2 PM - Instructor Tarye Cottam leads Escalante Cuties in tap, jazz, and ballet routines.

Dan Bern 3 PM - Singer, songwriter, author and artist, Dan is known for his sardonic, literary lyrics. He recently wrote and performed the music for Wilderness Song, a new film exploring the Everett Ruess story. Dan’s Breathe won the 2007 Annual Independent Music Award for Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album.

Sharon Graf Artwork Exhibit 10 AM - 2 PM - Location: Anasazi State Park Museum Enjoy Sharon Graf’s watercolor and pastel drawings of rock art panels. Exhibit is free to view, but entrance fee to other portions of museum applies.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 SATURDAY SPECIAL EVENTS Escalante Farmer’s Market 9 AM - 12 PM - Location: Center & Main Street Enjoy local garden bounty at this last market of the season.

Escalante Canyons Artist in Residence Exhibit 8 AM - 5 PM - Location: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center View works produced by the Nancy Lewis during her time as the first Escalante Canyons Artist in Residence.

Escalante Canyons Artist in Residence OPEN WORKSHOP 9 AM - 12 PM - Location: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Learn to interpret the Escalante landscape using watercolor resistance method with paper, crayons, and finger paints. Led

by Nancy Lewis and open to all ages.

Escalante Gallery Tour 9 AM - 4 PM - Various Locations Serenidad Gallery - paintings, photography and antiques.

Kiva Koffeehouse - locally produced items ranging from ceramics to stone jewelry.

Open Studio - David & Brigitte Delthony 9 AM - 10:30 AM - Location: Sculptured Furniture/Primitive Pottery Studio Visit the studio of local working artists David and Brigitte Delthony where they create sculpted furniture and primitive pottery.

PLEIN AIR EXHIBIT / ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW & SALE Plein Air Exhibit 10 AM - 5 PM - Location: Escalante Community Center View the exhibit and meet the artists. Vote for the People’s Choice and the Artists’ Choice awards and start bidding on your favorite paintings.

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Hopi Ponawit - Along Ancient Trails & the Cultural Landscape of the Hopi People 3:30 PM - Location: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Micah Loma’omvaya, an anthropologist from the Hopi Bear Clan from Songoopavi Village on Second Mesa, explains the ancestry, land use and stewardship, and cultural longevity of the Hopi people.

ENTERTAINMENT

(All programs on the Festival Plaza Outdoor Stage) Megan Cottam & Her Fiddlers 10 AM - Fiddling medley featuring fiddlers from across Garfield County.

David & Tamara Hauze 11 AM - David and Tamara make a second appearance on the festival stage.

Kenny Hall 12 PM - Joining us from Cannonville, Utah, Kenny Hall entertains the crowd with his acclaimed cowboy music and poetry.

Mary Kaye Knaphus 1 PM - 2011 Academy of Western Artists Female Performer of the Year returns to the festival as a crowd favorite. Mary Kaye’s latest CD, No Wilder Place rose to #1 on the Western Music charts.

Haywire 2 PM - Returning to the stage for a second appearance, Haywire will once again entertain the crowd with their style of country music.

Dave McGraw & Crow Wing 3 PM - Coming all the way up from Flagstaff , Arizona, this duo is a regular festival crowd-pleaser that rounds out the entertainment program with their acoustic rock set.

Mesozoic Band 4 PM - Hailing from Kanab, Utah, Dr. Alan Titus (GSENM paleontologist) and friends are sure to rock the festival with classic hits.

Mary Kaye Knaphus 8 PM - Returning to the stage, the 2010 Western Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year from central Utah, is sure to delight crowds with her music rooted in stories of the Western landscapes we call home.

Dave McGraw & Crow Wing 9 PM - This Flagstaff , Arizona band makes a second appearance to close out Saturday night’s festivities with style.

PLEIN AIR AWARD RECEPTION

(All events held in Escalante Community Center) Plein Air Silent Auction - Meet the Artists 5:30 PM - 7 PM Mingle with this year’s artists. Make your final bids on the silent auction paintings - the first auction closes at 6:00 pm, the second at 6:30 pm. Winners can collect purchased paintings after the Plein Air Award Ceremony.

Plein Air Award Ceremony 7 PM - 8 PM Celebrate along with Plein Air Competition Award winners.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 SUNDAY SPECIAL EVENTS Festival Finale Brunch** 9 AM - 12 PM : Location: Kiva Koffeehouse Your last chance to purchase art and enjoy the company of artists and festival goers. This no-host buffet brunch is open to the public.

Brigham Young University Student Exhibit 10 AM - 5 PM - Location: Escalante Community Center Resonance: Escalante 2012 - Artwork created earlier this year

by BYU Department of Visual Arts students.

Featured Artist Exhibit 10 AM - 5 PM - Location: Escalante Community Center Meet this year’s Featured Artist - Brad Holt and view his work.

Arts & Crafts Show & Sale 10 AM - 5 PM - Location: Festival Plaza & Exhibit Hall Enjoy and purchase items from art and craft vendors from throughout the region.

SPEAKER SERIES The Art & Life of Utah Landscape Painter Brad Holt 11 AM - Location: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Paula L. McNeill (PhD, Associate Professor of Art, Valdosta State University) explores the influences and inspirations of featured artist, Brad Holt.

Ancient Trails & the Crossroads of the West 2 PM - Location: Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Will Bagley, writer and historian, explores how ancient trails lie at the heart of understanding the conflicts and myths that fascinate, and preoccupy the residents of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin.

**All events are free and open to public unless otherwise noted.

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Garfield County Page Panguitch City Pool Update I need to set the record straight after Mack Oetting published incorrect information in the FYI Panguitch section of this newspaper last week. Mack said, “Mr. Dalton reported that the School Board has elected to close the swimming pool at the High School for good.” I never made this statement. Why would I make this statement for the School District when the pool is owned by the city? It is not my decision to close a city building. I am frustrated Mack Oetting can publish mistruths in his article and never have any ramifications for his actions. I would prefer to address current items in the Garfield School District instead of a rebuttal to partial truth with inaccurate information related to the School District. With this said, I would like to let the citizens of Garfield County know the current situation of the Panguitch City Pool. On October 27, 2011, I presented a proposal to replace the heating system at PHS. In the presentation, the deteriorating condition of the pool was addressed. Bids were also presented by three separate contractors to the School Board estimating the cost needed to repair the pool to be between $94,685 and $179,692 depending on which plan was accepted. In this meeting, the Board decided to approve roof top units, which would remove the 1964 boiler. The boiler was currently being used to heat the school and the pool.

This decision left no means to heat the pool without additional expenses added specifically for the pool. The School Board stated they did not want to put any additional money into the pool. I received a letter from Panguitch City dated February 3, 2012. It stated the following, “At our City Council meeting on January 24, 2012 a motion was made and approved by the City Council to request $700,000 from the School District to move the pool from its current location. We would then release any interest in the building and pool.” The District responded with a letter on February 14, 2012 saying we were not going to pay $700,000 for the pool. Panguitch City approached me asking if the School District would be interested in splitting the cost of an appraisal. I agreed to split the cost of the appraisal. Panguitch City arranged for an appraisal of the pool, the cost was $3,000 and the School District paid $1,500 to the City for the appraisal. The appraisal said, “Given the physical incurable obsolescence associated with the pool, it is our opinion the highest and best use of the property is to import fill dirt, level the pool for an alternative use. Our final opinion of value for the subject property is $150,000. I attended the Panguitch City council meeting on September 11, 2012 where the appraisal was discussed. I do not want to speak for the City, but my understanding of the meeting was that Panguitch City was not pleased with the value of the appraisal and felt the City should add what they have contributed to the pool to the $150,000. The City was going to research back to 2006 to see what their contributions have been to the pool. The appraisal is on the District web page under the School Board/Board Docs tab. For your information, in the last four years, the School District has spent an estimated $97,347 toward pool expenses. The School Board discussed this appraisal in their September 20, 2012 meeting. A motion was made to direct me to propose an offer to Panguitch City to purchase the pool for an amount discussed in the closed meeting. The vote with the Board was split two for the motion and two against the motion; one Board member was not present. The motion died, the topic will be discussed again at the School Board meeting in Escalante on October 25, 2012. I will attend the Panguitch City meeting on September 25, 2012 to listen to their discussion about the pool. If you have suggestions on this topic, please contact your City Council representative or your School Board members. I think it is important to remember, the School District and Panguitch City both operate with your tax dollars.

We need to keep this in mind when issues between schools and cities surface.

—Superintendent Ben Dalton

BRYCE VALLEY ELEMENTARY NEWS

by Maren Stewart, 5th Grade

First grade: We have been learning how to take care of our bodies, always wash your hands and eat foods from the 5 food groups. we are also getting better at reading and addition.

Second grade: has been learning the fazes of the moon and how it changes shape!in art they have been drawing owls. Did you know an owl can turn his head all the way around!! Also they have big eyes that can see in really dark places to get their food, and it is fun to learn about them around Halloween!

Third grade is working on stamina.Stamina means not getting distracted concentrating on one thing.

Fourth grade has been doing Utah’s past and present for many years. Vicki Syrett has hosted this fun event for the fourth grade students. It is a blast even though you are learning so much. There are different booths with activities that you can learn and participate at about the history of Utah. The 5th grade loves to peek in and remember last year having so much fun, and were sad they couldn’t go in.

Vicki does a great job and I hope everyone gets to participate in this fun event.

The 5th grade had learned about the polymer inside of

diapers and how much water it can hold!! did you know that only around a teaspoons can hold up to 1000 kilogram - 1 liter!! That’s amazing!!

We cooked purple cabbage and are going to use the juice for experiments. We are also learning exponents in math.

5x5x5x5x5x5=5 to the 6th Sixth graders have been learning about the ancient civilization of North America. They have also been busy broadening their vocabulary and becoming smarter every day!!

This week was Alfred Foster’s Birthday! Kids were wishing him a happy one all day long. Thanks for all the hard work you do and how fun you are!!

I just wanted to give a big Thanks to Mr. Barton, the 5th grade teacher and say you are a fun and awesome teacher.

I wake up excited to go to school everyday!!

Panguitch Senior Center HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

87 N 50 W • 676-2281/676-1140 Suggested donation $3.00 60 & older, $7.00 under 60 Call before 10 AM of the day of attendance to reserve a spot Tues. Oct. 3

Wed. Oct. 4

French dip sand.

Potato wedges Beets Peaches Cookie

Sweet & sour pork Rice Peas & carrots Pears Brownie

Thurs. Oct. 5 Chicken cordon bleu Potatoes & gravy Gr. Beans Mixed fruit Ice box dessert

Meals include milk & bread.

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

BV BOYS BASEBALL

by Clint Brinkerhoff, Coach It is the end of the season coming up in the next game or two. On Wednesday we played Escalante and won but on Friday we lost to Valley by one run. That game was our last Home game. Next Wednesday we play Panguitch at Panguitch and that will be our final game of the season.

It has been an up and down year and I appreciate their effort for sure.

BV VOLLEY BALL

Eric Jessen, Coach

(reported by Shelby Cornforth)

Last week we played Piute and lost to them. Our win this season was over Diamond Ranch. Next week we travel to Milford to play them and the week after we play Valley at home. We are a work in progress for sure and we have a very strong and dedicated team.

NEW AA MEETING Monday nights at 7:00 P.M. Hatch Town Hall

Tropic Town Mystery Market Buy * or * Sell Questions?

Call Annette Chynoweth .435-616-8755.

September 27, 2012

Medicare Town Meeting Notes

Listed in the notice below is the schedule for meetings that will provide information regarding what Medicare will be offering in 2013 in our area. These meetings will provide some basic education on Medicare plans. Brokers are scheduled to also be available to provide specific plan information and pricing. These meetings were originally scheduled for the end of September. However, after realizing that Medicare would not release their information for 2013 until October 15, the meetings had to be rescheduled for October15 and after.

—Alberto Vasquez, Garfield Memorial Hospital

MEDICARE INFORMATION TOWN MEETINGS Purpose: Medicare enrollees can learn what options will be available in 2013 in your area as they relate to supplement plans and Medicare advance plans.

Meeting Dates: Circleville 1st Meeting: October 15 2nd Meeting: October 22

Panguitch October 18 October 25

Tropic October 19 October 24

Escalante October 17 October 26

Locations: Circleville – City Hall Building – 50 S. Center Panguitch – Fire House Meeting Room – 40 North 100 East Escalante – Community Center, 60 North 100 West Tropic – City Hall Building – 20 N. Main Time: All meetings will go from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Garfield Memorial Hospital

PHS SPORT SIDELINES T h e last week in sports was as good as it gets, this article did not get in last week’s paper so I am resubmitting it.

The Lady Cats went out to Wayne and had a very competitive evening. They won all three games, freshmen, JV and Varsity. The Badgers are much improved and even though the Cats won in 3, the Badgers gave the Cats some good games. Come State, Wayne will do well. Against Bryce Valley the Cats also won all three games and had a little easier time with the Mustangs.

The Lady Cats are still on the road this week, with only one game at Diamond Ranch on the 19th. Next week the girls travel out to Escalante on the 26th and finally there is the Sophomore Tournament that will be here and Saturday the 29th. At this Tournament you will see the future of the Lady Cats that will be around for some time.

The Lady Cats are still undefeated against 1A teams.

The Bob Cats baseball team continues on their unbeaten ways. Wednesday the Wayne Badgers came to town and gave the Cats all they wanted. The Cats eked out a 7 to 6.

The Cats traveled down to meet the Valley Buffaloes and again they came away victorious, 7 to 1. Next week the Cats meet up with Piute, a tough team at home, on Wednesday the 19th and on Friday the 21st Escalante comes to town for a home game. The Cats only have one more game on the 26th against BV. Then it’s off to State, I think the first game will be played here on Oct. 2, due to the Cats undefeated record.

Look out folks there is a new game in town, called Cross Country. The meet on Thursday was held here and the Cats won all four categorizes. The JV boys won with a score of Pang. 23, Valley 44 and BV55. The team was led

by Jonah Shoppe 3rd, Boston Englestead 5th, Dallen

by Mack Oetting Torgersen 7th, Trey Barney runners who dared to compete 9th, and Joe Vosques 12th. at this level.

The JV Girls won 22, BV 50 This week was also very and Piute 58, led by Brenley good with the Cats still winning.

Veader 2nd, Shantae Miller The Bob Cats continued 3rd, Breann Birch 6th, Indi- on the winning way, meeting ana Houston 8th and Miranda up with a much improved EsSales 10th. The Varsity Boys calante ball team turning in a won 23 to BV 56 and Valley 10-1 victory. The Cats have 59. The boys had 6 runners in only one more league game, the top ten, Kyler Norris 4th, last night against Bryce ValKeldon Norris 5th, Cade Cole ley. On Oct. 2 the State quar7th, Garrett Finch 8th, Ian An- ter finals will held at Spanish dersen 9th and brother Connor Fork at noon. On Oct. 5th the at 10th. Garrett Finch and the semi-finals and Oct. 6th the Anderson Twins are freshmen. finals and the will be held in This was the first race that the St. George on Friday and SatVolleyball girls were able to urday. It won’t be known till compete in and boy did they next week who their opponent compete. They won with a will be. score of 22 to Wayne’s 33 and The Lady Cats only had BV 75. Whittni Orton in her one game and that was on the first race as a high school stu- road against Diamond Ranch dent took 1st place narrowly and came away with a three beating out Catania Holman, game win. One more away these two have to be the two game against Bryce Valley and fastest 1A runners in the state. then they finally get a home McKayla Heaton 6th, Abray game against Valley on Oct. Taylor 7th in her first race, fol- 10. The Soph. Tournament lowed by Dari Frandsen 11th will be held this Sat. 29th, and Amber Wilson at 14th. come out and see the future of 14 of the Cross Country the Lady Cats. runners last Saturday went up The Cats Cross Counto the BYU invitational. Out of try Team also came away win330 runners in the boys race, ners out at Milford. Kyler NorKyler Norris took 4th and his ris came away the winner in brother Keldon came in 9th. the boys race and again FreshIn the girls race Whittni man Whittni Orton won the and Catania led most of the girls race. Both the boys and way and finished with Whit girls came away winners for coming in second and Catania a second week in a row. The placing 4th out of 230 runners. teams travel down to Cross Panguitch was the only 1A Creek next week, to see if they team at the BYU invitational can make three in a row. and it was a fun time for those

Panguitch Farmers’ Market Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10am - 6pm in the Panguitch Drug parking lot LK Farms will have lots of different melons, squash, sweet corn, peaches, pears and apples.

Box and “by the pound” sales for canning and preserving are available

BV CROSS COUNTRY

by Nathan Platt, Coach Milford hosted a Cross Country Event last Thursday. There were ten schools represented and the competition was very tough. The Bryce Valley teams ran very well with the Junior High girls receiving a first place trophy and the Varsity boys taking second to Panguitch. A number of individuals received ribbons or medals. Junior High runners receiving awards were: Samantha Chynoweth (2nd), Danielle Brinkerhoff (3rd), Tyerah Tebbs (7th), Micaylah Pearson (17th), Roman Platt (9th), Joshua Brinkerhoff (17th), and Easton Syrett (20th). Varsity awards were given to: Sierra Leech (11th), Taylor Talbot (20th), Adam Platt (3rd), Taryn Syrett (7th), Chandlyr Syrett (9th), John Cloud (19th), and Tanner Barton (20th). It was nice to have most of our team together for this race. We are looking forward to a strong finish to the season.

The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

September 27, 2012

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Wayne County Page Loa Elementary Snippets

by Lisa Stevens If you haven’t been into Ms. Davis’s second grade classroom you might not be aware that mon-STARS have taken over. Ms. Davis decked out her room with a monsters theme and has focused many activities for the first weeks of school around this theme; on the first day students made monster toothpaste, and ate one eyed monster treats, they have also created monster bookmarks and other monster art. Ms. Davis has just started her 23rd year as a teacher; she began teaching second grade, after 5 years she moved to Kindergarten and had taught there for the last 17 years.

Now she is back in second grade and her goal for this year is to, “Provided my students with a positive, exciting place to learn.” She also believes that every child can learn, “Maybe not in the same way or on the same day, but in their own way and own time.

My job is to find the way and provide the time.”

Mrs. Liz Torgerson is also a second grade teacher, she has been a member of the LES staff for 8 years; her first 2 years were spent as a paraprofessional, and then she spent 5 years as a third grade teacher. “I am very excited to have the opportunity to broaden my experience by teaching 2nd grade this year.” Mrs. Torgerson will focus her teaching style and her classroom goals for this year around research that shows students retention of learned facts is much higher when those students are permitted to discuss what they have learned in small groups, practice by doing, and are given opportunities to teach others. “This year my goal is to incorporate each of those strategies into my daily instruction. I strive to be an effective teacher by understanding students and their differences, by using research based strategies, by embracing new opportunities to better my knowledge, and to maintain a positive disposition.” In the spirit of embracing new op-

portunities Mrs. Torgerson’s class, as well as all of the classes in LES, will be using the new traveling iPad lab.

“We plan to create stories that can be shared with parents online. We will also practice skills, and research for writing projects.”

Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Liz Torgerson would like to notify the parents of second grade students to please be aware that the second grade play will be at the end of October.

Watch for parts to come home with your student.

“I have a class of mathematicians!” exclaimed Mrs. Libby Torgerson when asked about her class this year, “We are doing math tasks everyday, and my students amaze me.”

Mrs. Torgerson described her 3rd grade class as creative problem solvers, “They try to come up with a way to solve a task that nobody has thought of before.” Mrs. Torgerson has been a teacher for 13 years; she started in 3rd grade, but has spent 8 years or so in second grade, when asked her goals for this year she stated with a twinkle in her eye, “To learn the third grade core and cursive writing all over again.”

Anyone who knows Libby knows she loves children, if fact her teaching philosophy is centered on just that, “Children are very special to me; I want to help them learn all they can. Not only do I want the children to learn, but I learn from them as well.” One of her favorite things about teaching is “…Experiencing the ah-ha moments, it makes me very happy when they finally understand what I’ve just taught them.”

Mrs. Stephanie Williams also teaches third grade. Mrs. Williams has been with LES for 12 years; 3 as a paraprofessional, then she spent her first 3 years as a teacher in the 3rd grade, then moved to 4th for the last 5 years and is now back in third. “I am excited that this year I get to move back to the third grade!” Mrs. Williams goals for this year

center on the new language arts and math core curriculum.

“I want to teach in an environment that supports individual and collaborative learning, encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning and self motivation.”

Mrs. Williams students have already started to learn their times tables as well as cursive penmanship, in science they are studying ecosystems and in art they are experimenting with color. Mrs. Williams would also like to remind parents about the end of quarter book projects. “These projects will allow children to share their book in a creative way.

I can’t wait to see what they come up with!” (P.S. the end of the quarter is October 26.)

Mrs. Kaycee Pace is new to LES this year but had taught in the Clark County school district for 5 years. Mrs. Pace is the Special Education teacher and has made many changes in the department. “I am excited to be working with the special education staff; they truly want what’s best for students.”

Mrs. Pace’s focus is on the students and that she and her staff do what’s best for them.

Her goals for this year are, “To build a collaborative working relationship with the staff, parents and students.” And to “ensure all students receive the tools needed to progress.”

The special education department for Wayne County school district includes Mrs. Michelle Brown and Mrs. Jan Brown along with many paraprofessionals; Ms. Jennifer Batty, Ms. Julie Jeffery, Ms. Jennifer Hunt, Ms. Merintha Batty, Ms. Sharron Durfey, Ms. Kim Bradbury, Ms. Amber Draper, Ms. Sara Bradbury, Ms. Anne Regan, and Ms. Betsy Wells.

“The paraprofessionals sometimes get forgotten, they have worked really hard this year to get things ready for the beginning of a great school year.”

The special education department would also like to thank the parents for their continued support.

Looking for a great way to spend a summer evening?

Join us for the Saturday Sunset Series!

SATURDAY SUNSET SERIES

The Entrada Institute presents Kurtis Robins

The History of the Forest Service in Utah and the USFS in Wayne County Today Parts of two national forests lie within Wayne County: the Fishlake and Dixie National Forests.

Teasdale resident and District Ranger Kurtis Robins will share the history of the Forest Service in Wayne County and how its mission has evolved through over a century of management in Utah.

Who:

Everyone is welcome!

What:

Saturday Evening Program

When:

Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 7:30-8:30PM

Where: RobberÕs Roost Bookstore, Highway 24 in Torrey, UT Cost?

This series is FREE and open to the public.

For more information on this presentation and all of the Saturday Sunset Series, go to http://www.entradainstitute.org

www.WayneTheater.com Hope Springs PG-13 Running time: 1 hr. 30 min..

PREMIUM RUSH PG-13 Running time: 1 hr. 30 min.

SHOwTIMES

9/28 (FRI) - 6:30PM 9/29 (SAT) - 6:30pm 9/30 (SUN) - 3:00PM 10/1 (Mon) - 6:30PM

SHOwTIMES

9/28 (FRI) - 8:30PM 9/29 (SAT) - 8:30pm 10/1 (MON) - 8:30PM

General Admission: $6.00 Seniors 59 and over & Children 11 and younger: $5.00

11 East Main • Bicknell, UT 84715 435-425-3123

Wayne School District Substitute Training October 8th, 2012 4:00 pm at Loa Elementary

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the Insider 676-2621 Garfield 836-2622 Wayne

AUDITIONS For Chip in the Musical…

Beauty & the Beast

For 3rd, 4th and 5th grade BOYS Friday, September 28th 3:30 P.M. (after school) Wayne High School Auditorium Come prepared to sing a song of your choice. Please have someone to play the piano with you or a CD to sing along with. We will have you read a few lines with Mrs. Potts.

We will e-mail you on Saturday to let you know if you made it or not! Sorry, we can only take one boy!

National Visitor Use Survey Coming Our Way RICHFIELD - Soon, you may see more Forest Service and contract employees working in developed and dispersed recreation sites and along Forest Service roads. They will be wearing bright orange vests and be near a sign that reads “Traffic Survey Ahead”. These folks are waiting to talk to you, so please pull over for an interview. These well trained interviewers want to know about your visit to the national forest.

All information you give is confidential and the survey is voluntary.

This recreation visitor program gathers basic visitor information. All responses are totally confidential, in fact a person’s name is never written anywhere on the survey.

The basic interview lasts about 8 minutes. Every other visitor is asked a few additional questions which may take an additional 5 minutes. The questions visitors are asked include: · Where they recreated on the Forest · How many people they traveled with · How long they were on the Forest · What other recreation sites they visited while on the Forest · How satisfied they were with the facilities and services provided About a third of the visitors will be asked to complete a confidential survey on recreation spending during their trip.

This on-going national forest survey has already been conducted once on every National Forest in the country.

We are now returning 5 years later to update the information previously gathered as well as to look at recreation trends over time. The information is useful for forest planning and even local community tourism planning. It provides National Forest managers with an estimate of how many people recreate on federal lands and what activities they engage in while there. Other important information forest and tourism planners need includes the economic impact of your recreation visit on the local economy. Many small communities are struggling and they hope that tourism may help strengthen their economies. This is one way to estimate the effects.

Information collected in this national study will be used

in local Forest planning, at the state planning level, and even

by Congress. The more they know about the visitors, especially their satisfaction and desires, the better managers can provide for their needs.

Although the survey is entirely voluntary, we would appreciate it if visitors would pull up and answer a few questions.

It’s important that interview-

ers talk with local people using the forest as well as out-of-area visitors so all types of visitors are represented in the study.

If you have any questions about this program please visit the National Visitor Use Monitoring Program web site at http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/nvum or call Art Partridge at 435-896-9233 —Fishlake N.F.

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Every1Counts

tHe lAuGhiNg pOiNt!!

“Father Forgive Them, for They Know Not What They Do”

Name Spelling

By Cynthia Kimball So I’m on this plane out of Las Vegas bound for Philadelphia by way of Denver. No problem. All’s good. Yet, you know flights like these, bound for larger cities, will be full ones’. Especially on a Sunday.

And especially coming out of Vegas. “That’s cool, though” I’m thinking. I’ll get a chance to sit next to people, learn of and from them and make the best of everything. After all, my purpose in life isn’t about me. It’s about other people, right? Correct.

So I’m first seated in an aisle spot. And people are beginning to board full force like a herd of cattle heading to the barn. I always like to be, generally, in the first group of boarders so that I can select a seat I want. But now I watch, as people are coming down the aisle, looking to see what seats are available, yet, truthfully probably either wondering if there is any overhead bin space left and or if they’ll be able to sit next to a loved one.

I know the drill. I’ve been one of those passengers coming on late and wondering the very same things especially my carry on which has all my meds.

A couple’s now realizing they won’t be able to sit together. “It doesn’t look good,” the man says shaking his head looking back to his wife or perhaps girlfriend. Since there’s an open seat, the middle seat, to my left, I immediately tell the woman, pointing to it, “You can sit here,” to which her husband, perhaps boyfriend, finds an empty seat across the aisle and starts to get in it. To which I say, “No, no, you both can sit here” as I point to two empty seats as I stand up. They both express

their gratitude and I sit in that seat he was headed for. This couple’s happy. I’m happy.

So now I’m in between these two gentlemen. I strike up a conversation with the man on my left. Nice guy.

From Ohio. Has a wife and little girl. Travels a lot. Family’s been into car racing as long as he can remember. I find we have commonalities in car racing (my father drag raced when I was a little girl), and being from the east coast (I’m orignally from New York State and he, yes, and since I now live in Nevada, Ohio’s qualifying as east at the moment). The man on my right is a car photographer and so now I introduce them to each other because they’re both into cars. They converse for a little while. We all eventually exchange business cards. Life’s great here in this row of ours.

These men are good people.

Living good lives and seeming generally happy. …Yet, this man, in the seat above is snoring. And not just snoring. I mean, really snoring. And people are making fun of him; yet, since I also snore and even sleep with a sleep apnea machine, I feel sorry for him; since, I know, if I fell asleep on the plane, that could likely be me snoring, but probably not as loud at this man. Yet, one woman, who’s sitting in front of him, is really, really bothered by his snoring and actually turns around and shouts to this sleeping man, “Hey, hey, you, you’re snoring really loud. We can all hear her because she’s now load also.

The man still does not wake. So, she gets in his face again, “Hey, you, you need to stop snoring. It’s really bother-

ing us!” (Us? Who’s us?). Her facial expressions are tense, her face red, her voice mad.

Actually, she’s quite angry.

Now I have more compassion for this man who’s snoring who now wakes up. “What, oh, I was snoring?” “Yes, you were!” darted the woman in front of him. “You’re really loud and it’s bothering us!”

I’m so sorry,” he says apologetically.

Yet, this man’s snoring was made less loud due to the sounds of the aircraft. Sure, if that’s the only thing you’re focusing on, his snoring, maybe it would annoy you. Yet, I could not help, once more to have compassion for him, who perhaps uses a sleep apnea machine at home and wouldn’t be able to use it on the plane, to which, when I use mine anyway, I do not snore. Yet, I also had compassion for this woman. So I prayed for them both. After all, wasn’t it Jesus who, when hanging on the cross, said to his father, “…

Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do?”* Work to let the actions of others help you to have compassion for them, love them, pray for them, and forgive them. After all, isn’t better to have these kinds of feelings that distain for a person, even someone you don’t even know? *question mark added, scripture found in Luke 23:24 Cynthia Kimball is a professional speaker and trainer through her company Every1Counts, LLC, and a doctoral student in Workforce Education Leadership. She also writes frequently through Deseret Connect. E-mail: kimball@every1counts.net

September 27, 2012

New Boyfriend One night a teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents, and they were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos and more piercings than they wanted to count.

Later, the parents pulled their daughter aside and confessed their concern. “Dear,” said the mother diplomatically, “he doesn’t seem very nice.”

“Oh please, Mom,” replied the daughter, “if he wasn’t nice, why would he be doing 500 hours of community service?”

New Father

It was the beginning of term at a primary school in Brooklyn. The teacher asked the children their names one at a time, and for each to spell their name out loud.

When she came to a young Pakistani boy and asked his name, he replied, “Ravashanka Vankatarataam Bannerjee.”

“How do you spell that?” asked the teacher.

“My mother helps me,” said the little boy.

The first-time father, beside himself with excitement over the birth of his son, was determined to do everything right.

“So, tell me, Nurse,” he asked as his new family headed out the hospital door, “what time should we wake the little guy in the morning?”

Gift from the Sheriff “Hello, is this the Sheriff’s Office?”

“Yes. What can I do for you?”

“I’m calling to report ‘bout my neighbor Virgil Smith. He’s hidin’ marijuana inside his firewood! Don’t quite know how he gets it inside them logs, but he’s hidin’ it there.”

“Thank you very much for the call, sir.”

The next day, the Sheriff’s Deputies descend on

Virgil’s house. They search the shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they bust open every piece of wood, but find no marijuana. They sneer at Virgil and leave.

Shortly, the phone rings at Virgil’s house.

“Hey, Virgil! This here’s Floyd. Did the Sheriff come?”

“Yeah!”

“Did they chop your firewood?”

“Yep!” “Happy Birthday, buddy!”

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

Walk More in Four 2012 ESCALANTE - Escalante Elementary students are starting the year off on the right foot. For the last four weeks many of the students have participated in the “Walk More in Four” healthy/ safe living incentive program.

Youth were sent home with a challenge to walk or bike safely to school three days a week in September. If they walked or biked at least three days for four weeks they are eligible for a drawing. Students had to chart their progress, have parents sign the report and turn it in to the Elementary on September 28th to enter. Students entered will have the chance to win a bike, scooter, helmet, or other donated prizes. Students unable to walk due to distance could even participate by practicing safe habits while walking or biking in their neighborhood.

This has been a great challenge and it has been really exciting to see so many of the Escalante youth getting outside, exercising, and practicing bike safety. Special thanks to our great crossing guards for helping keep our youth safe as they participate in healthy living choices. Good luck in the drawing to all those who completed the challenge!

—Cassie Lyman

Domestic Violence Awareness Focus of FCCLA Project at Panguitch High School

Each year the month of October is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness month. In 2011 in the state of Utah, 33 people died as a result of domestic violence, and one- third of all homicides were related to domestic violence. Brianne Bremner, a 9th grader at Panguitch High School, has organized activities as part of a Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) project. “For my FCCLA project, during the month of October, my goal is to educate students at my school about the signs and solutions of domestic violence.” On Wednesday, October 3, the Panguitch High Volleyball team is hosting a game against Bryce Valley at 7 pm.

This game will be dedicated to domestic violence victims. Players will wear purple uniforms to represent those 33 who died in 2011. Those who attend the game will be given a purple ribbon to wear that night. The public is invited to attend and encouraged to wear purple to support those affected by domestic violence.

Other activities during the month include a drive for the Canyon Creek Women’s Crisis Center in Cedar City. Canyon Creek has served Iron, Garfield, and Beaver counties since 1996. The center offers essential crisis, advocacy, shelter, and support services for victims and survivors of domestic violence. The drive will be extended to local Relief Societies.

Assemblies are scheduled for Wednesday, October 10 at PHS to teach students about domestic and dating violence. Various activities, including a Day of Hope when students wear the color purple, are scheduled for the month. So if you see anyone wearing purple think of those affected by domestic violence. If you are a victim of domestic violence or know anyone who is call the Utah Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-897-5465.

—Brianne Bremner

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Our rural towns are being hit much harder by this recession than the Wasatch front. Our challenges must be addressed with solutions that work for everyone. I will push for policies that enhance our schools, educate our work force, & grow our businesses. I’ll push to recruit compatible American companies to relocate to our counties with yearround, good paying jobs & benefits. I’ll also work alongside county commissioners to lobby the BLM & Forestry for specific exemptions so local logging operations can remove fallen trees, scorched timber, and trees in fire-break areas in lieu of current “prescribed burns.” And much more. Our families deserve better!

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September 27, 2012

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Practical Money Matters

How to Stem the Tide of Junk Mail Here’s more than you ever wanted to know about junk mail: Each year, direct mail creates 10 billion pounds of solid waste in the U.S. and costs local communities more than $1 billion in collection and disposal expenses – not to mention putting you at greater risk for identity theft if you don’t shred personalized mailings before tossing.

So how can you stop the flood of junk mail you receive? You could try moving or changing your name, but as you’ve probably noticed, a lot of what’s delivered to your mailbox is addressed to “Occupant.” In fact, the U.S. Postal Service relies heavily on such deliveries, which now outnumber first-class postage mailings.

Here are a few more practical suggestions for stemming the tide: A good way to significantly reduce the number of offers you get for new credit accounts and insurance is to register with www.OptOutPrescreen.com, a secure website created by the leading credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, Innovis and TransUnion).

By completing a simple online form, you can request to be removed from marketing lists the bureaus supply to lenders and insurance companies for use in firm (preap-

by Jason Alderman proved) credit or insurance offers. The electronic opt-out is valid for five years. If you want to opt out permanently, you must mail the form to the address provided. You can also opt back into such mailings electronically through the website. And, if you prefer, you may opt in or out by phone at 888-567-8688.

Another good method to curb the amount of direct mail you receive is to register with www.DMAchoice.org, a program run by the Direct Marketing Association, the leading trade organization for businesses and non-profits that send direct mail. When you register, your name is put in a “delete” file that is sent to DMA’s 3,600-plus members to check against their mailing lists.

It’s important to note that not all marketers belong to DMA, so registering won’t stop all such mailings. Also, it won’t stop mailings from companies you already do business with or to which you’ve made a donation in the past. To get off their lists you’ll have to contact them directly.

You can also register with DMAchoice.org to stop mail from being sent to a deceased individual or if you want to manage mail being sent to a dependent in your care. And, they have an email preference

service where you can opt out of receiving unsolicited commercial emails from DMA members for six years.

A third opt-out option to explore is www.CatalogChoice.org, a free service that helps you submit opt-out requests for catalogs, coupons, credit card offers, phonebooks, circulars and more. Catalog Choice also offers several paid where they do more of the legwork to get you off third-party mailing databases.

One last suggestion: If you’ve got elderly parents, you might want to screen their mail for an overabundance of direct mail – especially catalogs and solicitations for money. If they’re on a fixed income and susceptible to strong sales pitches, the combination can be devastating to their bank account. You can help them register with the organizations mentioned above.

No matter how diligent your efforts to get yourself off unwanted mailing lists, you’re probably still going to get some junk mail. But it’s good to know there are ways to significantly scale back the amount.

Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney.

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Patient Information...

Tips to Prevent Tick Bites The best advice for preventing tick bites is to simply stay away from their territories, such as forests, woods, and fields. However, this would end such recreational activities as picnicking, hiking, and camping. Thus, the next best advice is to dress in a way that prevents ticks from contacting your skin. The worst clothing choices are shorts, sandals, and other apparel that bares the skin.

It is better to wear socks and shoes There are many species of ticks, and all need that cover the entire foot and jeans the blood of other animals to survive. A few or slacks with long legs. Wear shirts types of ticks can bite humans and transmit with long sleeves that are solid from diseases to them. For this reason, it is critical shoulder to wrist, and button the to be aware of the various steps you can take sleeves as tightly as possible. Cover to prevent tick bites and the best way to the hands with gloves. Now the skin remove a tick once it is found. is shielded, but ticks can still gain access by crawling up a pants leg or a sleeve.

To stop ticks, it is important to seal access points. Tuck the pants legs into socks and use duct tape to seal the junction, if possible. Use more duct tape to seal the glove-sleeve juncture. Finally, use duct tape to seal the place where the shirt is tucked tightly into the pants waist. Button the shirt to the top button. Wear a hat. Occasionally, if the pants and shoes are light in color, examine them to see if ticks are crawling up to gain access. Brush ticks off and have a partner check your back for any crawling invaders.

Using Tick Repellents There are a variety of insect repellents available for personal use. The most common product is DEET, found in sprays, pumps, wipes, and lotions (e.g., OFF!, Cutter, Repel).

Picaridin is also a safe choice (e.g., Skin-So-Soft).

Inspecting for Ticks After you return home, it is important to conduct a full body inspection to detect ticks.

People have found ticks in the most unlikely locations, such as inside the ears, in the hair, inside the vagina, and in the eyelids. You must examine every possible part of your skin.

Use a mirror to see spots you cannot visualize directly. Have someone else check your hair, back, etc.

Removing Ticks It is critical to carry out the tick inspection and remove the arthropods immediately, because studies show that the risk of getting a disease from an infected tick is far higher if the tick is able to stay on you and suck your blood for more than 24 hours. Ticks remain on you for an average of 29 hours, but may stay for more than 48 hours. Your goal should be to remove them as quickly as possible, but certainly before 24 hours have passed. To remove the tick, grasp it near its head with tweezers, and pull steadily upwards. When the tick releases its hold, it can be removed and placed in a jar, labeled with the date of removal and the area where it was likely caught. If you develop symptoms later, having the tick can speed a diagnosis.

Remember, if you have questions, Consult Your Pharmacist.

by Chris Thomas, Utah News Connection

SALT LAKE CITY - This month, investigators posing as homeowners in Utah and seven other states got bids for construction and handyman services from people they found on the Internet. In just one week, 21 were cited in two Utah counties - Davis and Washington - as part of the sting to catch unlicensed contractors.

Mark Steinagel, who heads the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, says it’s a new approach for his agency, which typically stays busy responding to complaints about contractors.

“So, I think that it was pretty ripe with people who thought that they could just forever act unlicensed, advertise unlicensed - and unless we happened upon their job site, they would be fine.”

Steinagel says the contractors who were cited often bid larger amounts than the jobs would warrant. He says the other states involved in the sting - including Arizona, California, Nevada and Oregon - already share information about home improvement scams and other problems.

Licensing involves a lot more than the contractor paying a fee. In Utah, the state checks their criminal record and financial background, as well as their qualifications to do the types of work they’re advertising. In that way, Steinagel says they’re doing some of the customer’s legwork and providing them some protection against fraud.

“We still encourage people to check references and look at other work, and be careful when entering into a contract, not pay too much money up front. But you really

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get started well if you ensure the person is licensed.”

He says it is easy to check a contractor’s license online anytime, at dopl.utah.gov. He notes that most contractors

operate by the book, although earlier this year, one was sent to prison for defrauding about 20 Utah homeowners, taking their money for custom cabinetry that was not delivered.

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WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Activity Analysis August 2012 Accidents PD 4 Accidents PI 1 Animal calls 7 Assaults 1 Assist agency 7 Assist ambulance 4 Assist citizen 5 Assist motorist 4 Assist officer 10 Attempt to locate 3 Burglary 2 - 1 assist Call outs 5 Citations 21 Civil disturbance 2 Court bailiff hours 9 Court security hours 9 Crowd control 5 Deaths 1 Domestic dispute 1 DUI 1 Fingerprints 16 Fires 1 Follow-ups 24 911 Hang-ups/Mis-dials 7 Impounded vehicle 1 Intrusion alarm 1 Investigative hours 54 Juvenile problems 4 Keep the peace 5 Meetings 22 Misdemeanor charges 1 Missing person 1 Papers served 14 Presentations 1 Prisoner transports 2 Probation violation 1 Public relations 7 Search and rescue 1 Special assignment 2 Suspicious circumstances 2 Suspicious person 1 Theft 4 Traffic control 3 Training hours 22 Warnings 33 Warrant of arrest 1 Welfare check 1

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Our Pharmacist, Tim Smith, will provide Coumadin testing and results at outlying clinics.

Please call clinic for available dates and times.

Coumadin testing and results at the Garfield Memorial Clinic will be by appointment.

To schedule an appointment for Mammography, please call 435-676-1267.

Future 2012 Mammo Dates: October 9 - Orderville November 6 & 7 - Kanab October 19 - Panguitch UCCP November 20 - Panguitch UCCP October 24 - Wayne County November 28 & 29 - Beaver

Clinics - Call For Appointments

Garfield Memorial Clinic, Panguitch ................................................... 435-676-8842 (Mon - Fri) Kazan Clinic, Escalante . .........................................................435-826-4374 (Mon., Wed., Fri.) Bryce Valley Clinic, Cannonville ................................................ 435-679-8545 (Tues. & Thurs.)

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Physical and Speech Therapy . ............................................................................435-676-8840 Mammography .....................................................................................................435-676-1267 Diabetic Counseling(Jan Frandsen) ..................................................................... 435-676-8811 Garfield Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Center ............................................435-676-1265

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Nuisance, free roaming cows are a continuing cause for concern and private property damage in Torrey Town.

Pristine “Yard of the Week” lawns are being seriously aerated by 1500 lb. cattle hooves, leaving behind dinosaur sized tracks and broken Rain Bird sprinkler heads for property owners to deal with. In the wake of the stampede sized destruction, “locally grown grass fed beef” has taken on new meaning and should not be confused with organically grown beef as in most cases residential lawn chemicals contain Scott’s lawn fertilizer and turf builder.

Prolonged exposure (1 to 3 years) to ingredients in Scott’s Turf Builder “has been reported to cause damage to the central nervous system,” according to the manufacturer’s product Materials Safety Data Sheet. Inhalation of the product may aggravate asthma, cause shortness of breath or other respiratory problems. Contact with eyes may produce temporary corneal opacity, tearing, irritation and blinking. Inert ingredients are not listed and their toxicity is not rated.

If your cow / cows are showing signs of central nervous system problems resulting in loss of bodily functions / diarrhea, wheezing, shortness of breath and temporary corneal opacity it is a good possibility your cows are suffering from prolonged exposure to Scott’s Turf Builder. Fix your fences; a good fence makes for nice neighbors and reduces civil suits.

As a constant safety related reminder during Torrey Town’s water system im-

provement and upgrade of Torrey Town’s water system, temporary major excavation of primary water lines is in progress. Jackson Excavation employees like Tom Ellett will be operating futuristic, monster-sized equipment in residential areas, inquisitive onlookers and local residents are requested to maintain a safe distance (50 / 100 yards) from construction activity.

Torrey Town residents may experience temporary inconveniences, road closures and water related outages. Large mounds of dirt on the side of the road and open trenches are not to be confused with a Torrey Town effort at reconstructing an “end of the world scenario”. Safety colored reflective orange cones and barriers are a safety reminder that entrance into these construction areas is restricted and potentially dangerous. Parents of small playful children living near any Torrey Town Water construction area projects, and individuals prone to prolonged intoxicating events should be encouraged to avoid entrance near these areas.

A unanimous decision in a regularly scheduled Council monthly meeting, publicly announced in the August 2012 Torrey Town Council meeting resulted in a proportionally in/outside of town water usage rate increase. The Torrey Town Council solicited assistance from the Utah Rural Water Association’s “water rate expert” and considered eight different scenarios and decided on one that seems to fit the town’s needs the most and is fair for all water users.

Presently 75% to 85%, or more of Torrey Town’s water

budget is spent on maintaining “out of Torrey town” waterrelated system upgrades and maintenance. Torrey Town’s water system is one of the most complex water systems and well-maintained water systems in rural Utah. Torrey Town has (2) dedicated educated and highly qualified certified Utah State water system operators that on a daily basis closely monitor safe public drinking water practices with the assistance from the Central Utah Health Department in Richfield, Utah.

As a whole any sort of rate increase is cause for angst. But when something is broke you have to fix it and somebody has to pay for it, and the longer you let it go the more it is going to cost. Public comment is always invited.

Torrey Town has a policy for comments, concerns and complaints that generally require being placed on the Council’s monthly agenda for consideration. Compliments are welcomed and actually do make a difference; verbal abuse at the post office or over the phone on the other hand may result in like-minded treatment depending on the day and how many other people chose to abuse public officials before you.

There is no Public Servant day set aside to celebrate Public Service. Public Service in rural areas is a generally a volunteer effort. In some cases there is no need for an election because so few people are willing to do the job. It is not a calling, although some individuals find it to be an obligation to their community, to a way of life that is important enough to put themselves on

the front lines, up against some of the crankiest, mean spirited and foul mouthed individuals as you can find anywhere.

Yet on occasion there are those special times that someone recognizes the real sacrifice, or a young child in all their innocence comes up to you and wants to meet you just because you occupy a semi-position of importance in their eyes. You relish the moment for about a minute all starry eyed in your delusion of grandeur feeling quite good about yourself then you realize her blue haired granny is standing next to her ready to let you have it for not returning her call about a nuisance cow or dog, her water bill or any number of monthly complaints public servants get on a nightly basis. You crash back to Earth with a hard thud, life goes on and once again you find yourself sneaking to the post office after dark to get your mail as to avoid another life changing encounter with blue haired granny.

Cynical as some folks might be we live where we do because we love it, our families grew up here, this is where we belong or we are running from the law. Try as we might we may never fit in and have to move along to find another place. As hard as we might want things to change to our liking, in some cases our efforts are going to be fruitless and that’s when frustration and cynicism often sets in.

Quality of life should not be confused with a standard of living, or a Forest Gump “Box of Chocolates” approach to life. We are all creatures of adaptability. We adapt or we disappear.

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by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com It’s another year and the crowds out at Bryce are at a high level. It seems that every year, the week after Labor Day is the busiest of the summer. The Lodge is booked up till the 20th and Ruby’s till the 15th of October and Panguitch and the surrounding motels are hanging out their no vacancy signs. Most of the tourist seemed to be coming from out of the country and are on buses. I don’t know if it’s because the kids are in school or the tourist companies are cutting super deals, what ever it’s a good time for the recreation business.

Well some good news out of the school district. Betty Ann Rember, after sitting out a year, as required by the States retirement system, has a new job. She is the new Director of Field Services at Southern Utah University. If you have a student at SUU they now have a friend. I am thrilled that the students from Garfield Co. going to SUU will have this great lady for a mentor.

Julie Allen is one of the five finalists for Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Allen teaches K-6 out at Antimony. She has been their teacher for 10 years, however she was an aid there for many years prior to taking the teachers job. There are hundreds of applications submitted for this honor; just being in the 5 finalists is a great recognition for a very special teacher. Antimony students have for years scored very high on the required testing.

The Family History Center in Panguitch has closed its doors. It is by appointment only and you can get the genealogy research help you need.

Many thanks to all of those who spent many hours helping people find their ancestors.

This has been a wonderful facility for those who took advantage of it.

Save October 12 evening for the Garfield Memorial Healthcare Foundation Dinner and Auction. This will held out

at Ruby’s, Ebenezer Barn and is a fun evening and a chance to pick up some good deals.

The Foundation has raised thousands of dollars for the Hospital, with this dinner and the Thrift Store located on Main St. This would be a good time to go out and see the Fall changes, with the cold mornings the leaves are changing.

Two great rides are up to the Lake road, (we just got back from this trip and the leaves are magnificent, even on top) and through Cedar Breaks.

Highway 12 out to Torrey, both rides are picture taking

moments. The ride out to Torrey takes about 2 hours, depending on how many times you stop to take pictures.

From Torrey it’s only 15 miles to Capital Reef National Park and well worth the little extra time it takes to get there. Coming back through Wayne Co. down to Koosharem and back to 89 is another sight beautiful fall sight.

The bricks with the names on them are finally down and in place at the Quilt Walk Park. Many thank to those who donated for the bricks to help build the Park.

The Gem Theater will

close this weekend for the winter. What fun the movies have been this last summer, it is so nice to have a theater in town, who would have thought that anyone could restore that old building?

I am adding this to my suggestions for a city pool, it will be enclosed so swimming can be done in the winter time. There is a new method that is being used for chlorinating the pool and it uses salt and you don’t have the worry about the chlorine smell.

Let me know if you have anything to put in the paper.

Mack O.

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Bryce Valley Area News

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by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com

We want Eva Pollock to know how much we love her and send our condolences on the loss of her husband Larvin.

He will be missed and his stories and smiling face will be in everyone’s memories for a long time. To the family you are all in our prayers and thoughts at this time of your loss. It was nice seeing the son and grandson in the full dress uniforms for the Military honors.

Alma and Anita Fletcher family had a great “Scott” weekend in Mesa, Arizona this past weekend. Jonathon and Stephanie Scott had two of their children, Vae and Ben, baptized on the 15th of September. Then on the 16th they had Channing Scott, their adorable new little baby blessed. Also son Jacob Scott was ordained a Deacon. Those who came to help celebrate the big event for this family were Robert and Shelly Fletcher with four children, Michael and Rimi Fletcher with three children, and Erica Hood was also there. Of course Jon and Stephanie had all seven of their children present to participate in the events. Lots of relatives and friends also enjoyed the celebrations with them and everyone had a great time.

This weekend Anita and her sisters, Joyce Johnson, Glenna Fletcher, Janeen Jensen, and Viona Evans are having a Sisters Retreat at the home of their mother, Marie Broderick. They are celebrating her birthday as they do every year around the 22nd of September. They love to visit, always tie a quilt and enjoy each others company.

The Tropic and Henrieville youth went to St. George to do Baptisms for the Dead. There was a good turnout and a beautiful day made

the journey complete. Coming home they went for a ride over Cedar Mountain to see the fall leaves. The colors were bright and breathtaking. Mrs. Moore said you could see places at the slide area that looked as if they were still crumbling and might go at any time.

We send out wishes to Mary Chynoweth that she will have a speedy recovery and get to come home soon. She is in the Panguitch Garfield Memorial Extended Care.

She is looking better than she has for a long time and is feeling cheerful. Her children are Paula Henrie and Leo Chynoweth.

Coach Eric Jessen is going to be working on Volleyball with the 4th through 8th grade students. They will be training and playing some games. They are starting to work on it this week.

Congratulations are in order for Ron Cloud and Julia Hawkins who are engaged.

They plan on getting married on December 21st in the Manti Temple. Their reception will be held in Tropic on the 22nd.

Julia is from Sanford Colorado and they are both very excited for the future. Brother Nathanial Cloud is busy at BYU and is enlisted in the BYU ROTC program. We wish all a happy and delightful future. They are the sons of Danial and LaNae Cloud.

We want to belatedly welcome Janece Pollock to the Bryce Valley Elementary as the new secretary. Also congratulations to Trista Rich and La Nae Cloud on their new postions in the Elementary.

Trista moved from 1st grade to 6th and LaNae took over the 1st grade. Welcome to all of you.

New Den leaders for the Bear Den are Derrick and Laura Pollock. They will be

holding their meetings each Friday right after school lets out. They are excited to be doing some fun activities with the boys. The Webelos will be meeting on Fridays also right after school in the Art Room.

The Webelos are led by Dan and Amy Fagergren.

Congratulations to Leon Fletcher and his new bride Barbara. They were married on the 22nd of September in the Provo Temple and held their reception in Springville, Utah. Leon is the son of Larry and Glenna Fletcher.

Also congratulations to David Lewis and Montana Platt on their upcoming nuptials. They have chosen October 12th to be married in the St. George Temple. David is from Leeds and Montana is the daughter of Ken and Artoise Platt of Henrieville.

A big reminder about the Mystery Market each week until the end of October. I found out by accident one of the best times to go and get fresh bread and tortillas and such including vegetables and such is on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. This money is being used for a worthy cause, to build a safe walking place for the students of Bryce Valleys schools. I know there are other times people are there so drive by and if no one is there right then come back later.

Don’t give up on them. On Thursday from 4 to 7 PM you can get Fry Bread for your dinner and slushes to drink with them. Come on out and support the effort$$$$$$$ Arnell and Iris Burr went to spend the week with their son, David Burr in Roy, Utah.

Arnell had appointments to go to the Hospital in Murray for a few tests so they took advantage of the timing and spent time with their family.

Iris mentioned her sister Nora Wagner is in California on va-

ESCALANTE News

by Marlene Haws ~ 826-4859 • marleneh@color-country.net Well, I had to go to Panguitch last Thursday to see some of my neighbors. It was “Escalante Day” at the Red Rock Eye Clinic where both Dr. Jensen and Dr. Anderson were seeing patients. Most of us had to have chauffeurs to drive us back home after our eyes were dilated. My son, Robert, was with me; Margean Schow’s son, Stanley Stowe, was with her and Almeda Haycock’s daughter, Charlene Bernardo, was with her.

Nephi Noyes was there but he only came to pick up his son Jared’s contacts.

Erica Woolsey was recently employed at the Garfield Memorial Hospital, so we will be seeing more of her in the future. Welcome back home, Erica!

A new 4-H sewing class has been started with Jolene Dodge as the leader. There are only four girls at present so they each have a job. Lori Torgersen is the President; Brittan Christensen, Vice Pres.; Chessney Steed, Sec. and Bobbie Griffin, Reporter.

They have already put out some good looking food!

DeAnne Coleman has moved home with her folks to help them for a while. We welcome her home. She has been away for quite a while now.

Carrie Griffin has been in Cedar City with her daughter, LaNell Cottam.

Pratt and Arcola Gates and Margo Smith came back from the Dixie Roundup and were happy to report that Ciara Mitchell won Barrell Racing honors. Margo said Ciara’s horse looked like a little silver bullet going around those bar-

rels! Ciara is the daughter of Carol and Russell Sorenson, St. George. Congratulations to her!

Bess Bennett, Boulder, who is a representative of the McKnight Dance Co. has started dance lessons at the Escalante High School on Wednesdays. A class for the small girls will be from 4:45 to 5:30; older girls from 6:30 to 7:30 and adults 7:30 to 8:30.

For more information call Bess at 435-690-9465. Times are subject to change.

Vicky Crawford will start Tap Dance lessons on October 3rd and can be reached at 6167033.

Tari Cottam and her group will be doing Zoomba on Monday evening at 6:30 P.M.; Tuesday Morning 5:30 A.M.; Wednesday evening 5:30 P.M. and Thursday Morning 5:30 A.M. Her number is 826-4416.

Rose Bailey has a new iphone. But don’t ask her anything about it for a while. I was going to wait until she got hers up and running then she could show me how, but according to her that may be WAY down the line! I think she is playing games on the computer right now!

Marie Porter and Lori Ahlstrom traveled to Corcoran, California to be with Lori’s daughter, Alisha, for the birth of her new little baby boy, Andrew. He has a little sister, Akayla, who was also there to help welcome him.

Facebook pictures reveal what cute little kids they are. Little Edward has so much hair and hardly looks like a newborn!

This makes great grandparents

of Marie and Weldon Porter again and grandparents of Lori Ahlstrom and John Ahlstrom.

Then of course there are the parents Alisha and Andrew Soltero. Congratulations to all!

Preston and Kristen Snedegar and their two girls, Hailey and Hannah, came from Fremont to spend the day with their grandpa and grandma, Arnold and Deon Alvey.

They had a good visit and went home with lots of goodies from the Alvey garden.

Richard Crawford is still recovering from injuries he received when he and Victory were in a wreck in Cedar City a few weeks ago. They were broadsided and Richard sustained some broken ribs, punctured lung, etc. Victory told me Sunday that he is doing better and that they felt they had been truly blessed, because it could have been much worse.

Get well soon, Richard.

Brent and Patrice Cottam spent the weekend in Kanab with Nathan and Elisa Lyman and family. They also visited with Chad and Jordon Cottam there who were on their way back to Cedar City. They had spent a day or two at Lake Powell with Jordon’s family, Donnie and Cindy Leach and family. Chad had to be back to work so their trip was cut short a little bit.

The family of Danny and Sherri Meisenbach and Lane and Geraldine Liston just got back from Lake Powell after spending a week on a houseboat. I haven’t been able to get in touch with them yet so maybe they are trying to get their land legs back.

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cation to visit her son as well.

Connie Bell of Tropic is having a huge yard sell on Saturday the 29th of September, at her home. There will be quilting frames, material, and misc. other items to do with quilting as well as household items. Come out and find something you can use.

Janet Pollock reported on the Joe and Mabel Ott Reunion held at the Tropic Town Park. Janet was surprised by everyone giving her a Surprise BIrthday party for her 80th birthday. They even put 80 candles on the cake and when Janet went to blow them out the wind came up and helped her. It was also the birthday of grandson Jacob Pollock.

Most of the Ott family was in attendance, 51 folks came to visit and enjoy each others company.

Congratulations to Gary and Sandy Johnson on the birth of a new, cute little grandson.

He was born to Nathan and Esther Rigby and came home to a brother and sister that were very excited to see him.

Hayden Johnson is currently serving in town of Wetaskiwin he is enjoying his mission very much, they are currently spent a lot of time tracting on surrounding Indian reservations. They have a baptism scheduled in 3 weeks, they are having a lot of success. His companion is Elder Smith. Hayden is the son of Moyle and Tracy Johnson of Tropic.

Thanks to all of your for your news. It is so much nicer to have things to report and then I don’t have to fill the space with my stuff. Please call or email your news. Have a great week.

Thanks VS.

and Large Frame 1-2: 200250 lbs 155.50-162.00, pkg 180.00; 250-300 lbs 164.00-172.00, pkg 181.00; 300-350 lbs 152.00-174.00; 350-400 lbs 152.50-164.00; 400-450 lbs 142.50-155.50; 450-500 lbs 136.50-144.00; 500-550 lbs 132.00-147.00; 550-600 lbs 127.00-140.00; 600-650 lbs 126.00-136.00; 650-700 lbs 120.50-129.50; 700-750 lbs 115.00-127.25; 750-800 lbs 120.50-129.25; 800-850 lbs 113.00-121.00; 850-900 lbs pkg 109.50; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs scarce.

Heiferettes: 56.00-93.00.

Stock Cows: scarce.

Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-85% Lean: 63.00-72.75; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 66.75-75.75; Commercial: scarce; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 52.50-62.50.

Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 81.50-89.75; 1500-2000 lbs scarce; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 72.0076.50; 1500-2100 lbs 79.5086.25; Feeder Bulls: 990-1500 lbs 75.50-89.75.

Source: USDA-Utah Dept. Of Agriculture Market News , Salt Lake City, UT

Receipts: 1,160; Last Week: 1,207. Last Year: 662. Feeder Steers: mixed but mostly steady on similar. Feeder Heifers: mixed but mostly steady. Holstein Steers: to few for comparison. Slaughter Cows: 3.00-4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls: steady on similar kinds.

Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200250 lbs 190.00-216.00; 250300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 188.00-207.50; 350-400 lbs 165.00-194.00; 400-450 lbs 170.50-183.00; 450-500 lbs 154.00-173.50; 500-550 lbs 144.50-156.00; 550-600 lbs 144.00-156.50; 600-650 lbs 133.00-148.50; 650-700 lbs 131.00-144.00; 700-750 lbs 126.00-138.00; 750-800 lbs 128.50-131.25; 800-850 lbs 131.25-132.00; 850-900 lbs 117.50-131.00; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs 113.75114.00.

Holsteins Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs pkg 100.00; 300500 lbs 79.50-95.00; 500-700 lbs 72.50-100.00; 700-900 lbs 76.50-99.00; 900-1000 lbs 80.25-94.50.

Feeder Heifers: Medium

SENIOR CITIZEN LUNCHES: Please call by 10:00 A.M. if you want a lunch at the center or delivered to your home. 679-8666 - Suggested donation is $3.00 for those 60+years and $7.00 for those under 60 years of age. Milk or juice is served with each meal.

THURS 27th: Vegetable Beef Stew/ loaded with Vegetables, Roll, Peach Cobbler w/Cream on top.

OCTOBER lunch menu not received yet.

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September 27, 2012

CLASSIFIEDS

Garfield: 676-2621 • Wayne: 836-2622

HELP WANTED

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

FOR SALE

CANYONS BED & BREAKFAST – #1 rated on ‘Trip Advisor’. Fully operational, turn-key, B & B with 4 guest rooms. Ready for expansion or add a café, gallery or retail business. Prime commercial highway frontage on .61 acres. $499,000.00 - 120 East Main Street, Escalante. 435-8264747 - www.canyonsbnb.com

MODERN CABIN - Fully furnished, private fantastic setting, 2B, 2B, Garage, A/C, Gas Fireplace, 4WD recommended, D Country Road, 1st, last and Security Deposit. $680/month. No Animals.

Call Monica at (208)720-2217

2006 FORD F-350 Super Duty Lariat Crew Cab Fold-over ball in bed and towing package, air Conditioning, power windows, door locks, cruise, parking sensors, seat heater and much more. Great condition and priced to sell.

Call Mike at (801) 652-8324 or (435) 836-2333 9/27 MATTRESS KING - Twins from $79.95, Queens from $139.95, Kings from $349.95.

In Richfield. Can deliver.

(435) 201-4368. Sofas, Sectionals, Recliners available. rtn *Call me* Notom Apples - Orchards for Red and Yellow Delicious apples will open Sept. 8. UPick. Bring your own containers and ladders. Price: $10.00/ bushel. If you have any further questions, please call (435) 456-9132.

9/27 Range Cows for Sale For information, call (435) 456-9132 9/27

Positions Available Big city opportunity, small town environment. Rapidly growing, financially stable, family owned Aerospace Company needs entry-level workers for our Gunnison, Utah facility. To apply, send resume to pennyh@actut.com

GRASS FINISHED BEEF We are taking orders for October delivery. Call Rob or Charlotte at (435) 425-3839 10/4

Golden Opportunity Looking for retired single person or couple to live rent-free in a 3 BR. 1,400 sq. ft. house in Torrey in return for watching owner’s pets when they travel.

(435) 425-3844 or (435) 6910201 for details. 10/4

9/27

3 acres for sale - in Loa. Beautiful views. $23,999 Call (435) 691-0689 9/27

BEAUTIFUL - 3 Bedroom 2 bath SFH, 1/3 acre, 1800 Square feet. Recently remodeled. New Roof. Move-in Ready. 2 garages and 2 car carport plus 1 storage building. 120 North 200 East, Loa. $105K + cc.

Call (435) 691-0689

FURNISHED RENTALS IN LOA - 3BR furnished apt. for rent in Loa, at nightly and weekly rates, 2 night minimum. Call (435) 836-2399 9/27

HOME FOR RENT IN LOA Nice home for rent in Loa located at 244 S. 100 W. All kitchen appliances are included, 3 BR, Bathroom, Laundry Room, Lg. Family Room. For more info, please contact Stan Chappell at Garkane Energy (435) 836-2795.

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FOR SALE ‘96 CAMARO - V6, Manual, CD. $2,800 OBO. Call Hillary 435-836-2141 10/4

RENTALS HOUSE FOR RENT IN BICKNELL - 116 S. 400 W. First/last month rent + $600 deposit. 4BR, 2BA, family room, living room, dining room, front room, office space, carport, pellet stove and fireplace w/insert, oil furnace.

On 1/2 acre.

Call (435) 425-3723 rtn

USED STUFF - Electric clothes dryer, four pair Tony Llama boots (11-D), Tasco celestial telescope; garden hose reel, used toilet, small portable propane grill, Dirt Devil Vacuum, Cloth hampers, Prestone Jump Start (no transformer) wall mount TV unit,. Bob 8369/27 2333

YARD SALES YARD SALE - 265 West

9/27

Barney Trucking is looking for truck drivers in the Panguitch, UT area.

Great pay and benefits.

Valid CDL with Doubles endorsement required.To apply, go to www.barneytrucking.com or call 435-529-4422.

OPPORTUNITY

100 South, Bicknell. Saturday 9/29/2012 - 9am to Noon. Furniture and miscellaneous items.

9/27

LEGAL NOTICES DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF UTAH, GARFIELD COUNTY 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah 84759, Telephone: (435) 676-1104; Facsimile: (435) 676-8239 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOREN WAYNE SMITH, deceased, NOTICE TO CREDITORS, Case No. 12360005, Assigned Judge: WALLACE A. LEE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ALAN DANE SMITH, was appointed as Personal Representative of the estate of DOREN WAYNE SMITH, and creditors of the estate are given notice to present their claims to BARRY L. HUNTINGTON, attorney for the estate, P.O. Box 388, 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah 84759, within 3 months after the first publication of this notice or be forever barred. DATED this 5th day of August, 2012 BARRY L. HUNTINGTON Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 13, 20 & 27, 2012 Notice Torrey Town has 3 three picnic tables up for sale, a bar-b-que and other miscellaneous items. Bids can be mailed to the town office PO. Box 750027, or contact Chad Williams at 691-1567 for more information. Bids will be accepted until October 4th.

Paula Pace, Town Clerk Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 20 & 27, 2012 PUBLIC NOTICE The Boulder Town Planning Commission will hold two public hearings on Tuesday, October 9, at 7 p.m., in the Community Center meeting room, 351 No 100 East.

The first public hearing is to hear comment on the conditional use of signage at the approved sand/fill “borrow pit” operated by Joe Parker/Gibbs Smith. The second public hearing is to hear comment on the proposed clarifications in the sign section of the Zoning Ordinance as submitted by Tom Jerome. Copies of the proposed clarifications are available at the Town Clerk’s office. Send comments to Peg Smith, Planning Commission secretary, at femmith@scinternet.net Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 NoticE OF petition/intent to annex Please notice that the Panguitch City Recorder has received, accepted and on September 24, 2012 certified a petition that was filed by Markay Englestead to annex the following propety: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Beginning at a point 841.50 feet South and 325.38 feet West of the Northeast corner of the Northwest quarter of Section 32, Township 34 South, Range 5 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian; running thence South 0°02’45” West 306.94 feet; thence South 89°26’46” West 124.75 feet; thence Southwesterly along the arc of a curve to the left 155.62 feet through a central angle of 44°34’58” thence South 44°51’48” West 275.66 feet; thence Southwesterly along the arc of a curve to the right 111.49 feet through a central angle of 44°51’30”; thence North 39°28’18” East 90.82 feet; thence North 85°00’00” West 361.02 feet; thence North 502.92 feet; thence East 861.30 feet to the point of beginning.

A complete copy of the annexation petition is available at the city office for inspection and copying. The city may annex the property unless a written protest is filed with the county clerk and the city council within thirty (30) days from the date the petition was certified. Deadline to file is October 18, 2012 at the following address: Panguitch City, 25 South 200 East PO Box 75, Panguitch UT 84759 Donna Osborn, City Recorder Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 27 and OCTOBER 4 & 11, 2012

Surplus Baler Separate and sealed bids are being accepted by Garfield County until 5:00 pm, Thursday October 18, 2012 for a Marathon Horizontal Side Discharge Baler, Serial # 81315. Garfield County is a tax- exempt local government and reserves the right to accept and / or reject any and all bids. Bids may be submitted to Garfield County Sanitation, 55 South Main, P.O. Box 77, Panguitch, Utah 84759, Fax # (435) 676-8239, email: gcroads@ gmail.com. Faxed and emailed bids will be accepted. Please call (435) 676-1101, if you have any questions.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 27 and October 4 & 11, 2012 Invitation to Bid Separate sealed bids for construction of BICKNELL TOWN SPRING AND DISTRIBUTION PROJECT 2012 will be received by BICKNELL TOWN from bidders.

Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 1:00 PM on October 10, 2012 at Bicknell Town Hall 64 West 100 North, Bicknell, Utah 84715.

The work to be performed under this project shall consist of furnishing all labor, materials and equipment required to construct the facilities and features called for by the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS and as shown on the DRAWINGS. The project consists of the redevelopment of the two lowest springs, and the development of a new spring area. It also includes the installation of approximately 1,200 linear feet of distribution line and a few valves and hydrants. The metering system will be replaced with a new radio read metering system.

The chlorination building for the mountain springs will also be replaced with a new concrete building and furnished with chlorination capabilities.

This project is funded by the Drinking Water Board.

Plans and specifications have been prepared by Sunrise Engineering, Inc. and will be available after September 21, 2012 at their office at 25 East 500 North, Fillmore, Utah , telephone ( 435) 743-6151, upon receipt of $50.00 for each set (non-refundable), or may be obtained electronically at no cost from the Sunrise Engineering website with a user name and password.

The ENGINEER for this Contract will be Sunrise Engineering, Incorporated and they will be represented by Jeff Albrecht, P.E. as Project Engineer.

A pre-bid tour will be held on Octob er 3, 2012, at 1 p.m., leaving from the office of the Owner at 64 West 100 North, Bicknell, Utah 84715. Attendance at the pre-bid tour is mandatory.

Names of those in attendance will be recorded.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 20 & 27, and OCTOBER 4, 2012 NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County.

These are informal proceedings per Rule R655-6-2.

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, PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300, or by hand delivery to a Division office during normal business hours ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 24, 2012.

Please visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)-5387240 for additional information.

NEW APPLICATION(S) 89-1651 (A72912): Seven Fold LLC propose(s) using 1.73 ac-ft. from the Sky Canyon Spring (Heward Canyon) for STOCKWATERING. CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-2974(a38459): David and Connie Schadt Witham propose(s) using 0.25 ac-ft. from groundwater (8 miles South of Hatch) for DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E., STATE ENGINEER Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 27 & OCTOBER 4, 2012.

Help Wanted Wayne County is accepting applications for part time Reserve Officers in the Sheriff’s office. Applications will be accepted in the Wayne County Clerk’s office until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 8, 2012.

General Duties: Enforce state and local laws and performs arrests for criminal activities, serve civil and criminal warrants as required by Federal, State, and Local statutes; Responds to questions, complaints, and requests for assistance from the public; Perform CPR and First Aid; Prepare various reports, records, logs, memoranda, time sheets, and other necessary records to ensure compliance with statutory provisions and procedure requirements; Coordinates and participates in activities with other divisions, departments, and outside agencies; Bailiff duty for Justice and District Court; Serve and protect the citizens of Wayne County and those visiting here.

Applicant may receive specialized training as assigned such as: Neighborhood watch, bomb technician, traffic accident investigator, school resource officer, SWAT, K9, animal control officer, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, and other specialty assignments.

Potential exists for full time employment upon completion of POST and other training and testing.

For further information, contact the County Sheriff’s Office, 18 South Main, Loa, 836-1308.

Wayne County is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to political, religious or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, sex, age, national origin, or nondisqualifying physical or mental handicap.

Ryan Torgerson, Wayne County Clerk-Auditor 9/27

Call: Colleen Chappell 836-2640 or Sheri Clark 425-3102 There is a lot of interest in starting a new Weight Watchers program in Wayne County.

If we have enough to start again we will. We need 35 to start. Cost is $119 for 10 weeks or $42.95 monthly, which includes all internet apps.

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September 27, 2012 WCBA Board of Directors: Ted Winder - President RayLynne Cooper - Vice President Amy Jackson - Financial Officer Vicky Bower - Program Officer Brian Swanson - Past President Ty Markham - At Large Director Jessica Alvey - At Large Director LeEllen McCartney - At Large Director Gary Bagley - At Large Director West Taylor - At Large Director Lore Anderson - At Large Director

This page is a membership service, provided by the Wayne County Business Association WCBA Phone: 435.425.3950 email: waynecountyba@gmail.com web: waynecountyba.org Facebook: facebook.com/WayneCountyBA

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Small businesses need emergency preparedness plan too

Utahns hear a lot about preparedness at home, but is your business ready for a potential disaster?

Every day has the potential for small disasters: a customer has a heart attack on your premises or a fire alarm is activated.

The first level of preparedness is simply to know what resources are at hand. Perhaps one of your staff is trained in CPR? Does everyone know where the fire extinguisher is located and where to assemble for a head count? Is your staff adequately trained to respond to an emergency in your absence?

Make preparedness a regular topic at staff meetings and document your company procedures for future training.

In a larger incident, everyone on your team needs to know your crisis communication plan. It should include how you will stay in touch with employees, suppliers and customers during an incident. Your staff should know who can speak for your organization to government officials and the news media. The plan may also cover how you will update neighbors living near your facility if there are concerns about

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hazardous materials or other risks.

Is contact information for your employees, customers, suppliers and key government agencies and regulators accessible without a computer? Make sure someone is assigned to bring that file during an evacuation.

Can you pay your staff if your bookkeeper doesn’t answer the phone?

Take a look around your business and consider how its physical plant would function in an emergency. Can you, your customers and the stranded survivors shelter in place? Can you secure a broken window if the hardware store is closed? Is your inventory at risk in a flood if the roof were damaged?

You may need to acquire a toolkit, an emergency generator and fuel, or even a battery operated radio. Can you do a better job at marking emergency exits, providing uninterrupted power to critical equipment or removing hazards in traffic zones.

All businesses use information technology, so loss of a hard drive can be crippling and costly. Data back-up plans must be regular and include an off-site component. Also

consider your telecommunications: if you use voice-over-IP or cell phones exclusively, can your business function when your internet or cell phone isn’t working? Do you need a battery back-up for a computer or a land-line phone?

Take a look at your overall financial ability to respond to an emergency. If your business has changed, it may be time to meet with your insurance agent. A regional crisis will likely magnify the needs of your employees and their families for uninterrupted salary.

If you use a contract bookkeeper, are they prepared to issue paychecks for your business? You may need a back-up plan to get your people paid on time.

If a crisis strikes, a well-prepared business can be up and running before its competitors. Can you serve your customers during difficult conditions when they need you most? Can you generate an estimate or invoice without your computer systems?

Do you have adequate parts inventory to get your customers’ business or home functioning again? Your ability to deliver in a crisis can build long-term customer loyalty and community goodwill that can’t be bought.

Disaster preparedness has real costs that should be a part of your ongoing budget and training programs. Almost two-thirds of small businesses don’t have a disaster preparedness plan, and up to 40% of businesses affected by a disaster never reopen. Can you really afford not to be ready?

Need more help? The Federal Emergency Management Agency has more resources for business preparedness planning at its website, www.ready.gov. The Small Business Administration offers a preparedness guide and information on disaster recovery loans at www.sba.gov.

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Shoppers fill bags at WCBA Farmers Market Because it’s harvest time when the fruits and vegetables are at their very best, the Farmers Market is at its peak for numbers of vendors and shoppers.

Farmers Market hours are 4 - 5 p.m. every Saturday at Robbers’ Roost Bookstore. Come early–last week one of our vendors completely sold out all of their produce well before closing time.

Contact Dayanna Varney at dvvarney@ gmail.com if you would like to sell your excess produce, crafts or locally made goods at the market this week or for the rest of the season.

Extension program date night tonight at Rim Rock Patio

Tonight the Wayne County Office of the USE Extension service is sponsoring the second on a series of “Celebrate Marriage Date Nights.” Thanks to generous support from the Rim Rock Patio, participants will enjoy an all-youcan-eat pizza buffet, including salads and sodas, for only $10 per couple.

Along with conviviality and great food, the program will include a short presentation by Fremont resident Aaron Larson on understanding and improving communication within the marriage. The program will help couples communicate in ways that will not only strengthen relationships, instead of damage them, but will help them to quickly get to that win-win solution that both want.

Due to limited seating at the Rim Rock Patio, dinner reservations are required. Contact Call Gaelynn Peterson at 435-836-1313 or email her at gaelynn. peterson@usu.edu to reserve your seats.

THIS WEEK THURSDAY 9/27

SPIN, 5:30 a.m. and 8:0 a.m. Power Plant Fitness Center, Bicknell. 425-3331. Members free/$5 drop-in.

The Saddlery Cowboy Bar & Steakhouse, Torrey. Live music by Harley & The V-Twins at 8:30 p.m., 422 West Hwy 24. Find us on Facebook for updates on upcoming performers and specials, www.facebook.com/thesaddlery.

FRIDAY 9/28

The Saddlery Cowboy Bar & Steakhouse, Torrey. Live music by Harley & The V-Twins at 8:30 p.m., 422 West Hwy 24.

The Wayne Theatre, Showtimes at www.facebook.com/ thewaynetheatre. 11 E. Main St. Bicknell.

SATURDAY 9/29

Farmers Market, Torrey. 4 - 5:00 p.m. at Robber’s Roost Bookstore in Torrey. Fresh produce, cheese and bread from Mesa Farm, Farm Fresh eggs, Native Plants, Anderson Furniture, crafts, original artwork and more.

Entrada Institute Sunset Series, The History of Forest Service in Utah and the NFS in Wayne County Today,; Kurt Robins, Fremont River District Ranger. Free (donation requested), 7:30 at Robber’s Roost Bookstore, Torrey.

The Saddlery Cowboy Bar & Steakhouse, Torrey. Live music by Harley & The V-Twins at 8:30 at 8:30 p.m., 422 West Hwy 24.

The Wayne Theatre, Showtimes at www.facebook.com/ thewaynetheatre. 11 E. Main St. Bicknell.

SPECIAL DEALS A Sign For All Seasons Boutique is open Mon. thru Fri. from 10:00 am till 5:00 p.m.

Come in and browse all the new home decor, picture frames and seasonal yard decor.

Custom orders are always welcome. 83 West Center, Loa. Backcountry Outfitters. We have outdoor gear perfect for cooler weather. Horse rides. ATV rentals. Bike rentals. 4x4 tours.

Visit our Torrey retail store, & remember locals always get 10% off ! Junction of Highways 12 & 24,(435) 425-2010. www. backcountryoutfitters.com, email: info@ backcountryoutfitters.com Brian Farm Service Center. It’s that time of year to harvest what you’ve grown for the season. Are you in need of a pressure cooker?

We have Presto C a n n e r ’s a n d Cooker’s 23-Qt. for $125.00 and 16-Qt for $116.00. Hope to see you soon! 33 E 300 S Loa. Brooke’s Country Boutique Come in for all your FALL clothes, home decor, and lots lots more. Get a jump on Christmas with our cute ideas for Moms, Dads, Grandma’s, Grandpa’s, Kids and Grandkids. Fall Hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:00

a.m. till 5:30 p.m. I’m adding lots of new stuff each day to my new website at www. brookescountryboutique.com too! 377 S. Main Lyman.

CastleRock Coffee & Candy Btack for the fall season, Hot and Ready...

Half Sandwich and Homemade Soup. Tomato Basil, Spicy Black Bean and new for this season, Chicken and Wild Rice, just $6.50. We serve lunch from 12 Noon to 3:00 PM every day.

Gallery 24 has great gift ideas starting at $15. Shop local for jewelry, pottery, wood carvings, sculpture, paintings and furniture. Open Monday through Saturday, 11:00 to 5:30. 135 East Main Street, Torrey.

Linda’s in Loa A Touch of Autumn Sale Friday Sept. 28th from 10-5:00. New Fall Decor & so much more! $50 purchase–free candle melt. Come & find that touch of fall!

Mane-E-Acs Hair Salon is now offering eyelash extension. Mention you saw this in the Insider to receive $10 off a full set. For an appointment call 836-2602 or 691-0842.

SUNDAY 9/30

Country Cafe, All You Can Eat BBQ Ribs, Loa. 289 N. Main, Loa. 4 p.m. to closing. $10.95 per person The Saddlery Cowboy Bar & Steakhouse, Torrey. Live music by Victor Adam, guitar soloist, 7:00 p.m., 422 West Hwy 24.

The Wayne Theatre, Showtimes at www.facebook.com/ thewaynetheatre. 11 E. Main St. Bicknell.

MONDAY 10/1

The Wayne Theatre, Showtimes at www.facebook.com/ thewaynetheatre. 11 E. Main St. Bicknell.

UPCOMING October 6 (Sat) Sunset Series. Stewardship and the Creation: LDS Perspectives on the Environment; Steven Peck and George Handley, BYU Professors. Free (donation requested), 7:30 at Robber’s Roost Bookstore, Torrey.

October 12-13 (Fri-Sat) Heritage Starfest.

The annual Heritage Starfest encourages people to enjoy the dark skies of the Colorado Plateau, share the heritage of the skies, and encourage preservation of dark skies. The Heritage Starfest includes a wide range of activities for individual and families including campfire storytelling, dark sky fun run/walk, dark sky movie matinee, exhibits, speakers, 4-H activities, and stargazing. Wayne County Community Center, Bicknell.

October 18-19 Fall Break. Wayne County School District.

October 20 29th Annual Holiday Fair.

Bicknell Community Center.

October 24 (Wed) Wayne County Business Association General Meeting. Election of new officers. 11 am, Road Creek Inn, Loa. Lunch provided.

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September 27, 2012

Are You Prepared to Live Alone?

By Jeffery J. McKenna

Whether you have been together for a short time or a long time, you will most likely go through a period of emotional and financial stress after losing a partner. Trying to take charge of all the responsibilities you have to handle alone, while at the same time making important decisions about your future, can seem overwhelming.

It is important to remember to take care of yourself as you walk the path of healing after such a difficult event.

Too many times the remaining partner does not eat enough food or drink enough water to be properly nourished, and does not get enough rest.

Try to postpone unnecessary changes and big decisions until you are thinking rationally and clearly. Wait a while – some experts counsel at least a year – before moving to a new house or making a major career (or other) change.

In most relationships, there is a certain amount of separation of duty that takes

place: one partner does the cooking while the other does the gardening, one partner takes care of the car while the other partner pays the bills.

At the death of a partner, the surviving partner often feels overwhelmed that there are too many tasks for one person to handle alone. Plus, there is much paperwork to be accomplished, what with survivor’s benefits, insurance issues, or other benefits that the survivor will need to make claim for.

To make the period after the death of a partner less stressful, there are some things that can be done in advance.

Be sure that both names are on the safe deposit box, so you may each have access to important papers and documents.

Keep a complete list of where your family’s legal and financial records are stored. Keep a summary record for listing the names and telephone numbers of your personal financial advisors as well as the location of relevant information and documents. Keep copies of

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your marriage certificate and your partner’s Social Security card.

Ask yourselves: what would your financial situation be in the event your spouse died. This is a critical question, because once you know the answer, you can take the appropriate steps to strengthen your financial position. Ask yourself these questions now: 1.) What would my income be if my spouse died? 2.) What would my spouse’s income be if I died? 3.) Is my income affected by the death of someone other than a spouse?

Attending to these questions and making wise adjustments could save you from a financial crisis and ease your transition after the death of your partner.

Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney serving clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada.

He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna, and Olmstead with offices in St. George and Mesquite. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, you can contact him at 435 628-1711 or jmckenna@barney-mckenna.com.

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