The Wayne & Garfield County Insider September 29, 2022

Rob Williams is Subject of Next "Classic Conversation" with Entrada on Oct. 6

TORREY - The Entrada Institute continues its month ly "Classic Conversations" on Thursday, October 6 at 6 p.m., when Don Gomes and Rob Williams engage in a 1-hour conversation at Rob bers Roost, 185 West Main Street in Torrey, Utah. This event includes a limited live, in-person audience that has the opportunity to ask ques tions of the featured person.

Rob Williams worked for the US Forest Service out of Rexburg, Idaho. He was there when the Teton Dam had its catastrophic failure on June 5, 1976, and may choose to share his recollections of that event.

Rob and his wife, Char lotte, value education and community involvement. He has been active with the Teas dale Park Committee and is president of the Teasdale His torical Society.

Rob also served a term on the Wayne County Com mission, acting as a bridge between up and down county,

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ESCALANTE - Since 2009, Escalante’s hum mingbird banding group has worked quietly in the wings, collecting local information on the tiny birds as part of

the Hummingbird Monitor ing Network—a data collec tion effort that extends across several western states, Canada and Mexico and into Central and South America.

Garkane CEO & Board Members Break Ground on New Solar Project

VERNAL - Garkane’s CEO Dan McClendon and Gar kane Board members traveled to Uintah County to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for a 15-megawatt solar proj ect owned by Garkane and four other owners. This solar generation will supplement power used by Garkane mem bers and will be an additional resource in Garkane’s portfo lio for low cost energy, which includes coal, hydro, natural gas and solar. The project will produce enough power to meet the needs of 10,000 homes when the sun is shining.

The solar array will be located on 70 acres of land ad jacent to Deseret Power’s coal fired generation plant near Ver nal, UT. It will also tie into 223 miles of transmission line that Deseret Power owns to help Groundbreaking

BOULDER - Harvest Fest Highlights is a six-part series in the six weeks lead ing up to this year’s Harvest Fest on Saturday, October 22. Harvest Fest is a cel ebration of local food, craft, skill, and resilience, full of informative, practical, fun

workshops and lectures for all ages. For the next few weeks, we’ll be delving into different skills and classes that will be offered.

Land-based skills have always been essential to hu

Land-based Skills

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Hummingbirds

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Wayne County Commission by Lisa Jeppson

Sept. 19, 2022

WAYNE COUNTYThe second Wayne County Commission meeting for Sep tember was held on Monday, September 19, 2022. Com missioners Wood, Blackburn and Brian were in attendance. The agenda was accepted and approved with the addition of: Justice Court/Judge Com mittee and the Central Utah Agri-Park. Minutes from the September 6th commission meeting were accepted and approved.

The first order of busi ness was the swearing in of a new Deputy, Nicholas Ashby, a Sevier County boy who happened to marry a Wayne County girl. Deputy Ashby graduated post on September 8th. Welcome, Deputy Ashby.

Next was Dan Cahoon who presented to the com missioners a proposal for a shuttle service that would run between Hanksville and Loa, twice a day at first and, hopefully, with expansion in the future to Green River and Richfield. Cahoon would like a feasibility study to see if his proposal would be viable for

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Gallery 24 Finds New Home in Torrey and is Open for Business

Gallery 24 has found a new home at the junction of Highway 12 and 24 in Torrey, Utah. They held a grand reopening on Saturday, September 17, 2022.

TORREY - “Yes, it’s true,” says the telephone mes sage at Gallery 24 in Torrey, Utah. “We have found a new spot, AND we are open!” Gallery 24 in Torrey, Utah, has moved from its lo cation of nineteen years next

to Slacker's to the junction of Highway 12 and 24, into part of the space formerly occupied by Wingstrand’s Restaurant. The Gallery features a varied selection of fine art works in cluding painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography, and

printmaking, and the artists are mainly Utah residents— many from right here in Wayne County.

The Gallery was previ Gallery 24

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Crockett Dumas

Escalante’s Hummingbird Monitoring Network at the banding table during a session at the Interagency Office in Es calante. Pictured are: Michelle Vlahos, Lisa Young, Mark Thomas, Erin Faiferlick and Terry Tolbert.

(Above: A male Black-chinned hummingbird perched on a branch.)

Each year between May and early October, Escalan te’s hummingbird monitoring group, coordinated by BLM wildlife biologist Terry Tol bert, meet every two weeks,

rotating between three moni toring stations: the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center,

Mikhaal Chillier and TinaLuna Bonzon

These clay seed balls, made at the 2015 Harvest Fest, were scattered around Lower Boulder Road where you can still see flowers from this project come up each year.

Courtesy Diane Barrett

Rob Williams

Emily Leach

When Should a Wayne County Commissioner Recuse Him or Herself from a Hearing?

When should a Wayne County Commissioner recuse him or herself from a hearing and vote on issues that come before the commission that have a direct and conflicting interest in the issue at hand?

Does the attending Wayne County attorney en sure that rules and procedures are being maintained by the County Commissioners dur ing the procedures?

When does the Wayne County attorney ask for a commissioner to recuse him or herself during proceedings where it is obvious that there is a conflict of interest?

On September 19, 2022, a ruling was made by the leading Wayne County Com

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manity—which can still, in many ways, be seen here in Wayne coun

missioner, Stan Wood, to re fuse to issue a conditional use permit on land adjoining land that he owns in Blue Valley.

In 1970, Vance Taylor & his son, Kelly, bought 1680 acres of land in Blue Valley. For various reasons, the land remained undeveloped, but over time, wells were drilled, power was supplied and the area around the county road was used by the family for camping. The use of the old corral, on the land next to the Taylor’s land by the cattle owners, was not disturbed.

Twice a year, the cows were dropped of and picked up at the end of the winter range season. Most cattle owners would move their cattle off of

Blue Valley land to their al lotted winter grazing on BLM lands.

The peaceful co-exis tence changed when Stan Wood bought the property next to the Taylor property. One year, we had a stretch of ground graveled without any communication. Then in 2020, another road was graveled by the County Commissioner without communication. We have lost the freedom of the use of our land by the dic tates and bullying practice of a Wayne County Commissioner. We hope that the roadwork and gravel was personally paid for by the County Com missioner and not by Wayne County roads department.

L etters to the Editor air—have

No legal right of way or easement has been found stating that the cattlemen in Wayne County have unlimited use of our entire 16 acres of land north of the Fremont Riv er. However, we do recognize a historical cow drive trail but not to Wayne County Commis sioner Stan Wood's required 100-foot roadway easement. Now that it is in the process of being leased for commer cial development, this County Commissioner is refusing to allow any change to the land that he has no legal right to or dictate the use of especially by using his position of Wayne County Commissioner.

Kelly Taylor & Wendy Pattrick

ously a partnership between four community members— Patricia Priebe-Swanson (who, with her husband, Bri an, was one of the founding partners), Ray Conrad, Susan Kendall, and Diane Barrett. After the Gallery’s unplanned departure from East Main Street in December 2021; Conrad, Priebe-Swanson, and Kendall decided to re tire from the Gallery world to have more time to paint, hike and enjoy free time. One of the exhibiting photographers, Steve Babbitt, expressed in terest in the partnership, so Babbitt and Barrett will now be in charge of Gallery opera tions.

The new lease was signed in July, leaving few days to clean, totally renovate, and open in time to enjoy the influx of fall visitors. Sep tember and October are busy months. The new space had to be completely scrubbed of restaurant residue, painted in a way that would compliment all the artwork, have a new lighting system installed, and a new floor. Only then could all the artwork be installed and/or hung. Five weeks lat er, the doors were open, and the new space sparkles.

The grand reopening was held on Saturday, September 17, 2022, from 5 - 7 in the evening.

“It was so wonderful to see all our long time friends and supporters, once again surrounded by artwork, and we enjoyed chatting with a number of new folks as well,” said Barrett.

Of course excellent food is always part of an opening night, and everyone was ex cited to have Chef Barry Mor genstern in the kitchen once again, creating all the tasty hors d’oeuvres. A successful night indeed.

The new location is quite different than the original one, but the new partners are quite optimistic. “It is very busy at the junction of these two main roads into Torrey and Capitol Reef, and everyone seems to stop for gas and/or refresh ment,” said Babbitt. “I have actually watched as people look over here while they gas up their car, then park and come in to the Gallery. It’s very inspiring and sales have been encouraging so far.”

Babbitt and Barrett wish to express their sincere thanks for all the encouragement from loyal supporters of Gallery 24, who provided them with the continuing energy to seek out this new home for local art.

Gallery 24 is now located at 875 E. SR 24 in Torrey, Utah. Hours are Thursday - Monday from 12 - 5. For more informa tion call 435-425-2124 or email gallery 24.biz.

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it’s ready for a bit of upkeep, but not quite sure how? On Friday, October 21 from 2:305:30 p.m., Toula Papadopou los will be teaching "The Art of Chainsaw Maintenance, Use and Safety." Toula has led crews as a sawyer for restoration and trail projects across the Southwest and has been certified as a U.S. For est Service B Faller. Valuable for all levels of experience, the class will cover a range of subjects, including anatomy of a chainsaw, startup checks, basic maintenance and trou bleshooting, safe body posi tion, bucking and felling. The first ten participants to sign up are encouraged to bring a chainsaw, as there will be time to look at some individ ual saws. Pre-signup info will be available at http://boulder skillsfoundation.org/.

Humans have always been seed savers and plant collectors and tenders, con tributing to the “soil seed

bank” (or the seeds that are waiting, often dormant, in the soil of a given ecosystem), in the places where humans live. Our volunteer dill and arugula and potato plants are part of the soil seed bank, as are all the fallen peach pits and juniper berries alike that make their way into the soil and wait for the right condi tions to sprout. This year, Nikki Hill of Walking Roots will be visiting to teach about the encouragement of what she calls “a living seed bank,” by which we “can help dwin dling populations by reinvig orating the local gene pool,” by saving and tending to the wild plants and seeds in our region. Nikki will be offering a "Wildtending Walkabout" (on Thursday, October 21) and "Seedy Lady Session" (at the Fest) to look closer at how the landscape, humans and the seeds co-create the ecolo gies that we know today.

There are also ways that we can support the health of our soils, leading to better germination of seeds, and overall improvement in the plants we grow. “Healthy soils create healthier and more nutritious plants with fewer weeds,” says Eric Feiler of High Desert Soil Works, who will be teaching a class called "You Should be a Microbe Farmer: Dirt, Soil, Compost and the Soil Food Web." Come learn how healthy soil functions and how high-quality compost can help!

More information about the Boulder Skills Founda tion and Harvest Fest, includ ing information about classes with pre-registration, will be available at http://boul derskillsfoundation.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/ BoulderSkillsFoundation/.

Local

Land-based Skills

Mikhaal Chillier and TinaLuna Bonzon

Come learn how healthy soil functions and how high-quality compost can help with Eric Feiler of High Desert Soil Works, who will be teaching a class called "You Should be a Microbe Farmer: Dirt, Soil, Compost and the Soil Food Web."

Gallery 24: It was so wonderful to see all our long time friends and supporters, once again surrounded by artwork, and we enjoyed chatting with a number of new folks as well. —Diane Barrett, Gallery 24

Wayne Commission: Dan Cahoon's proposal for a shuttle service between Hanksville and Loa, information on future grant monies available for business expansion and agricultural studies, Teresa Brian's presentation of the Beer Tax Fund Report, zoning change requests, the Hanksville Diversion Project, need for a Committee for the Justice Court/Judge Coordinator to be approved, and the Central Utah Agri-Park project discussed.

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the county. Cahoon—along with his brother—purchased the old Hanksville Inn. The brothers plan on building cab ins where the old inn had been standing—the inn had to be torn down after the flooding in 2021.

Forest Turner, who was with the Department of Work force Services for 15 years, has now accepted the job to be the Rural Outreach Manager for the Center of Rural De velopment Office. Turner had some great information on future grant monies available for business expansion and agricultural studies. Some of this grant money could possi bly be used for the feasibility study for the proposed shuttle service.

A Rural Communities Grant worth up to $600,000— which is available to all cit ies, municipalities and coun ties—is opening on October 17 and running through midNovember. Matching funds are required for this grant. Turner also spoke of the Tal ent Ready Grant, which is specific to businesses. With the grant, businesses could get up to $6,000 to help pay for full-time employees. This grant is available for at least the next five years. The last item he spoke about was a tax credit program for businesses. The tax credit of up to a 50% could possibly help add new jobs or help expand busi nesses. Businesses can apply for this at any time. If you would like more information or would like to contact Turn er, email him at ffturner@ utah.gov; his phone number is (435) 650-9660, and he’d like to help in any way possible.

Teresa Brian presented the Beer Tax Fund Report. This is an annual tax that is collected by the county for all alcohol sales. This year

$12,623 was collected. The monies from these sales goes towards the local AA meeting, and the rest goes towards local law enforcement. Brian also presented some figures from years past on the total num ber of DUIs that were issued: in 2019, there were 11 total DUIs; 2020, there were 13 DUIs; and so far in 2022, there have been 24 DUIs within the county. This was accepted and approved.

Colleen Allen presented a zone change and conditional use permit for Scott Faylor with Premier Development. This new project is on the east end of Torrey and will consist of two studio and three twobedroom apartments; this will be the first phase of a three phase resort/recreational facil ity. This was accepted and ap proved.

Also presented by Colleen Allen was a zone change ap proval for Sam Lewis and Will Hogan who will be leasing property from Kelly Taylor. This project is for five glamp ing sites and a five unit bath house. The project has a “his toric” livestock trail running right between the glamping sites. Concern over this “his toric” trail had commission ers concerned over the safety of visitors and patrons of the glamping sites. The change was tabled until further study could show if the trail needed to be fenced and preserved for future livestock. Commis sioner Wood stated, “Cows are on the river from October 15th thru May 1st each year.”

Garrick Wilden present ed more information on the Hanksville Diversion Proj ect. There was a pipe that had ruptured and was leaking into the river; the pipe was located and shut off. Two new pumps have been placed and installed and irrigation water is flow ing again. Due to the heavy rains we have been receiving

throughout the county, sedi ment builds up and the pumps cannot run at the rate needed.

Jones and Demille has teamed with GeoTech, who has worked on thousands of proj ects throughout the intermoun tain west, to help with the de sign of the new proposed dam. A report has been submitted to the state NRCS (Natural Re sources Conservation Service) for three reservoir sites within the county. The NRCS had a few concerns:

How do you think the proj ect will be funded? 75% of the monies needed will be coming from grants the other 25% coming the com munity.

Is the Bureau of Land Man agement (BLM) in favor of the project? BLM is in favor as long as it meets all of the BLM criteria for the project.

• Water Rights? A water rights attorney has been consulted and Commis sioner Brian stated, “I’ll get in touch with the attorney to see where we are at.”

The state NRCS feels the project is feasible and approv al from the federal NRCS is the next step. Jones and DeMi lle feel that they need a com mitment from the commis sioners for the 25% matching funds. “The people who will benefit from the project and the water rights should be the ones responsible for the 25%. The county was responsible for 25% of the 2008 diversion dam project, but when the dam failed, the NRCS was respon sible for the full 100%,” stated Commissioner Wood.

Other Items of Business: • BLM Memorandum of Understanding - A letter of agreement needs to written to the BLM to continue co operation between Wayne County and the BLM. This was accepted and approved. Criminal Justice and Co

ordinating Council - This is a Six County project that is in conjuncture with SB179, Chapter 55, part 2; where a county or counties form a committee to help coordinate and improve components of the criminal justice system. The commit tee should include: a county commissioner, a county sheriff or designee, a chief of police or designee, a county attorney, a public defender, a district court judge, justice court judge, a probation or parole officer, a local men tal health authority, a crime victim, a victim advocate and can include up to but not limited to twelve more individuals. If this is not ap proved, it could jeopardize funding and grants down the road. The commission ers decided to partner with Six County Association of Governments (AOG) on this project.

• Airport Master Plan - The FAA requires a committee of five people to include:

Ryan Torgerson, Commis sioner Brian, Dave Chris tensen, Nycole Durfey and Jenna Draper. This was ac cepted and approved.

• Vouchers were accepted and approved. The Committee for the Jus tice Court/Judge Coordina tor needed to be approved. The committee will consist of: one local mayor, Jakelle Pace, Wes Jorgensen, Duke Alvey and Lisa Wells as an alternate. The committee will present one name for approval for the new judge to the county commission ers. This was accepted and approved.

• Central Utah Agri-Park was presented by Jenna Draper and Travis Kyhl who repre sent Six County AOG. The goal of the project is to cre ate shovel ready sites for de velopment centered around locally produced agricul ture inputs, to provide value added products that can be sold both domestically and internationally. The aim is

to sustain the family agri culture operations found throughout the region and to provide a wider opportu nity for the products to be processed and distributed.

The location for the project has not been determined yet, but it needs to be locat ed by a major highway and have a railway hub. This Agri-Park will team with the new inland hub located in Salt Lake City.

The Wayne County Com mission meets the first and third Monday of every month at the Wayne County Court house in Loa.

Schools &

PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

The Panguitch Bobcats have won the Desert 1A top sports school team for the 8th straight time

The Bobcat teams are still rolling along. A lot of the home folks were at the volleyball game between the Kanab Cowboys and our Bob cats. In my twenty five years of watching volleyballm, this was by far the most entertain ing. Both teams are number 1 in their division. There were long rallies, with both teams playing their best. The Lady Cats had three pancake saves, and you are lucky to see one in a year. The Cats won the first game, the Cowboys the second, the Cats the third, and the Cowboys a fourth, which forced a 5th game play

off. Kanab led off with a lead that didn’t seem possible to overcome, but the Cats did just that, trailing 13 to 8. The Cats, then, went ahead, 14 to 13. After a really long rally, the Cowboys caught up, but then we went ahead again, 15 to 14. After another long ral ly, Kanab went ahead again, and the final score was 18 to 16. There weren’t any losers in this match; the Cats now know that they can play with the best. I was worn out af ter this game. Volleyball is a real team sport. It is one that you are only as good as your weakest player, and Panguitch

doesn’t have any. Last Tues day, they played South Se vier—another 2A team—and next Wednesday, Piute comes to town, and it will be the two top teams going at it.

The baseball team fin ished off the season with wins against Valley and Green River. The Cats start the play offs on Sept. 30th in Spanish Fork. The Quarter Finals will be held on Oct. 4th, and the finals will be held at Dixie on the 7th and 8th. The Cats have had a really good sea son, and who knows what can happen at State.

The cross country team is rounding into shape and will have meets against Val ley on the 29 and out at Es calante on the 6th of Oct.

The Panguitch Bobcats have won the Desert 1A top sports school team for the 8th straight time, with titles in wrestling, boys and girls track and girls cross country. They took 2nd in boys bas ketball, baseball and volley ball.

Wills, Trusts, and More Estate Planning Binder

For your benefit and the benefit of your family, it is a good idea to organize your estate planning documents into a family estate planning binder. The documents within your binder should constitute a complete estate plan. The question then is, "What docu ments constitute a complete estate plan?"

First, the cornerstone of the estate plan can be either a will or a revocable trust. As discussed in articles previous ly published in this column, whether the estate plan should be a "will based plan" or a "trust based plan" depends on your desires with respect to privacy and avoiding probate, as well as the location, size and types of assets compris ing the estate.

If the cornerstone of your estate plan is a revocable trust, it is important that you still have a will. All "trust based plans" must still have what is called a "pour over will." It is a simple will that serves as a safety net to "pour over" assets into the trust. This type of will directs the property into the trust.

In addition to a will and possibly a trust, a complete

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estate plan should have a du rable power of attorney for financial matters. This docu ment allows legal decisions to be made regarding your finan cial matters in the event you become incapacitated.

In addition to the above documents, your estate plan ning binder should contain documents pertaining to medi cal treatment decisions. If de sired, a living will for the state in which you now live should be included. A living will (also called a “directive to physi cian”) specifies that no use of artificial life-support systems should be used once you are beyond reasonable hope of re covery.

A medical power of at torney is also an important document. A medical power of attorney allows a specified in dividual to make medical deci sions for you in the event you are too ill to do so.

Lastly, your estate plan ning binder should contain information pertaining to fu neral arrangements.

In conclusion, a fam ily estate planning binder is a wonderful way to put your affairs in order. Although you hope the binder will not be

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needed for many years, you will feel more secure knowing that it is ready.

Love Virus

A co-worker asked if I knew what to do about a computer problem that was preventing her from getting e-mail.

After calling the help desk, I told my colleague that e-mail was being delayed to check for a computer virus.

"It's a variant of the I Love You virus, only worse," I said.

"What could be worse?" my single co-worker asked wryly. "The Let's Just Be Friends virus?"

Weight Loss

Two overweight middleaged women are on their daily walk. They were discussing how hard it is to lose weight as one gets older.

One woman complained that she remained appleshaped. The other woman said that no matter how much she exercised, there was too much fat on her backside and thighs, and it seemed like it was there to stay.

Her friend agreed, saying, "It's true. The lard works in mysterious ways."

Shower Thoughts

The devil shakes a pitch fork, the grim reaper swings a scythe; so, is farming a big thing in the underworld?

Today's Thought

I love to give homemade gifts.

Which one of my kids do you want?

PUNishment

When does a joke become a “dad joke”? When it becomes appar ent.

Figures...

I am full-figured, and when I dine in restaurants, I often find the chairs too small and uncomfortable. The last time I ate out I filled in a comment card, saying that while the food and ser vice were wonderful, the chairs did not accommodate anyone over a size 14. Sev eral weeks later I received a note of apology, and a cou pon for a free dessert.

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O bituaries

Greg R. Larsen

1963 - 2022

Greg was born to John Richard and Myrna Brown Larsen on July 28, 1963 in Richfield, Utah. He was raised in Bicknell with his sis ters, JoAnn and Janet. He spent his childhood learning to work hard on the farm, as well as fishing and hunting. He graduated from Wayne High School with the class of 1981. He mar ried Sherree Pace, and they had two sons together: Kennedy and Spencer. They later divorced. On April 5, 2003, he married the love of his life, Brooke Scholer, and became dad to four step daughters: Lesa, Jen, Lynnsey, and Whitney. He loved Brooke’s daughters like they were his own. Their marriage was later sol emnized in the Manti LDS Temple.

Greg and his dad, Richard, were the best of friends. They were farmers and sheepmen together. He was so proud and ful filled by both. He liked working with wood and couldn’t get enough of it. He would often take his family and friends out to cut logs. He loved to teach his grandkids to go on tree hunts at Christmas time to “shoot one down.” This remains an enduring memory for all. One of his favorite things to do was fish at Lake Powell. He was an avid hunter and taught his oldest grandsons and granddaughter to deer and elk hunt. They loved every min ute of it. Greg was a fantastic gardener and grew the prettiest tomatoes, squash, potatoes, and carrots.

Greg enjoyed everyone he came in contact with, but most enjoyed spending time with and loving the people that were important to him.

Greg is survived by his wife, Brooke C. Larsen; his chil dren: Kennedy R. (Ashlee) Larsen of Central Valley, Spencer R. Larsen of Bicknell, Lisa (Ryan) Best of Ogden, Jen (Matt) McAllister of Lehi, Lynnsey (Bobby) Hansen of Ephraim, Whitney (Mike) Reed of Mount Pleasant; his 2nd mother: Con nie Larsen; his sisters: JoAnn (Greg) Overacker of Sonora, California and Janet (Rich) Whitmore of Monroe;

He is preceded in death by his parents, his grandparents, one great-grandbaby, and his beloved friend: Kenley D. Un sworth.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, Sep tember 30th in the Thurber Ward LDS Chapel, 190 North 200 East in Bicknell, where friends may call for viewing from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. the morning of the services.

Burial will be in the Bicknell Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Homes of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

Well, you have to be in the right spot for these rain storms we have had lately. Tropic had .70 inch, we had about .50 inch, and Bryce Canyon had over 2”. One of the years that I worked on the trails crew as a volunteer, I spent three days at the bottom of the Wall Street trail, cleaning up the rocks and debris, and it looked real good. Then one of these storms hit Bryce; all of my work was wiped out in about ten min utes, and it looked worse than before. I have our rain level at about 5” for the year that ends October 30st—the average for our area is about 13”. When it does rain, boy, does it green up the lawns.

October is here, and on the 1st and 2nd, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will have their Semiannual World Conference. It is time for the world to get some advice that would serve every one—whether you are a mem ber or not.

Last week, the Church an nounced a $5 million donation to UNICEF, which will ben efit the organization's new “No Time to Waste” campaign to fight global malnutrition. This donation could help 41 million children aged up to five who are suffering from malnutrition in 24 countries. Wednesday’s donation follows a $32 million

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donation last week to the Unit ed Nations World Food Pro gram to help fight the current global food crisis; it was the largest ever one-time humani tarian donation. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints typically gives around $1 billion annually in global humanitarian efforts.

The Church’s Cedar City temple will be closed from Oct. 10 to the 24th for their semiannual cleaning.

One thing on our trip to Europe that was interesting was the transportation. Buses are governed at 62 miles an hour, and trucks are set for 53. You have no trucks trying to pass traffic on hills. Another thing is that the roads are well maintained; they have railings on both sides and are two lanes wide. When an emergency ve hicle comes along, instead of everyone pulling to the right, the one in the fast lane pulls to the left, the other lane pulls to the right, and the emergency vehicle goes down the middle.

Well, oil has again dropped down to $82 a barrel, down from $132 at its highest. Nationwide, gas is $3.60 a gal lon. If it wasn’t for California and Utah, it would be much lower. When we left on our vacation, our daughter said she got gas for $3.99 in Salina, so we stopped and got gas there.

On our return trip, their gas was down to $3.69, a dollar cheaper than here. It behooves Utah to keep the price up to increase the cost of living. Election time is coming up. Utah has five refin eries and produces enough gas that they sell it to other states. So having to haul it from a long way is not an excuse. Loves, who owns most of our stations in town, has a station in Salina that also sells gas for $3.69.

Ukraine is taking back their land from the Russians, and President Putin says that he is going to bring in 300,000 more troops. Where is he go ing to get them? From the prison? If the prisoners serve for six months, all charges will be dropped against them, and with all of the rallies against the president of Russia, he will have plenty more prisoners. The other thing is that he has run out of military equipment. The Russians have lost 1,183 tanks, 1,300 fighting vehicles and 40,000 troops.

Most of the news this week was about the Feds in creasing the interest rate by .75% in order to curb inflation.

While President Biden's goal is to put as many people to work for higher wages, the Fed's goal is to cut 400,000 jobs and have unemployment at 4.30%. This rise in interest really caused a selloff in the stock market;

home sales are down, car sales are down, and basically any thing that you have to borrow money for is down. I hope you didn’t buy gold after lis tening to an advertisement on your favorite news station; it’s like bitcoins. It is only worth what someone will pay for it; it has no value.

Part of the inflation prob lem could be that the median pay package for CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies reached $14 million in 2021. Each of the top 25 CEOs— whose packages exceeded $35 million—pay very little in tax es. A long time ago, 15 years or so ago, the CEO for Blue Cross was getting $26 million. (I wonder what it is now?) I like inflation a lot better than depression; you can live like I do and do shopping like we do for bargains. Cereal is a whole lot cheaper than bacon and eggs, and it is better for you.

We have another event in November on the 11th and 12th. It is Craft Fair time, and you can get a jump on your gift buying for Christmas.

It is the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to igno rance and vice. For they can not live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevails.

—Samuel Adams Mack O.

It is amazing to watch the skillful safarians handle these not-so-stand-at-ease critters by rolling them into confinement.

Hummingbirds:

—Crockett Dumas, Escalante resident

Hummingbirds

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Lower Calf Creek Falls and the Wildcat Guard Station. Each day’s activities begin shortly after sunrise and con tinue for about five hours.

Escalante resident Crock ett Dumas, who visited with banders during a recent hum mingbird banding session at Escalante’s Interagency Of

fice on September 12, was im pressed with the team’s expert handling of the birds, liken ing the experience to “a hum mingbird safari.”

“It is amazing to watch the skillful safarians handle these not-so-stand-at-ease critters by rolling them into confinement,” said Dumas.

During each monitoring session, birds are trapped in a screen placed over a hum

mingbird feeder, then care fully retrieved by hand and placed in a mesh bag. Birds’ legs are measured to select an appropriately sized band, and bands are applied with special pliers that can apply the band while protecting the leg. Data collectors also note each bird’s sex, as well as traits that help determine age—tail and bill features, as well as character istics of throat feathers. Birds are weighed, measured, evalu ated for fat storage on their breast, and whether females show visible signs of carrying an egg—which can be seen as a swelling below the breast.

The two main species that nest in Escalante regu larly are the Black-chinned (by far the most common) and the Rufous (aka, the “orange bomber”), followed by broad tailed and calliope. The Es

calante Hummingbird Moni toring Network has captured and banded just shy of 12,000 Hummers in thirteen years.

The Hummingbird Mon itoring Network welcomes volunteers and visitors to banding stations. Humming birds are only found in the western hemisphere, so for some foreign visitors, this is a rare opportunity to see them. For locals, it’s a chance to see these familiar birds up close, learn more about them, and watch skilllful bird handlers in action. The final monitoring events of the sea son will be October 3 at the Escalante Interagency Office (outside, in back); October 4 at Calf Creek Campground, and October 5 at Wildcat Guard Station.

BICKNELL - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, friend and neighbor, Greg Richard Larsen, age 59, passed away peacefully at his home on Septem ber 22, 2022.

—Insider

Groundbreaking: Renewable projects like this solar farm are helpful to our future. We think this one makes a lot of sense financially and is a great asset for Garkane’s members.

—Dan McClendon, Garkane CEO

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transport the electricity to Garkane’s service territory in order to benefit its members.

“Utah is proud to be an all-of-the-above energy state,” said Greg Todd, Governor’s Energy Advisor and Director of Utah’s Office of Energy De velopment. “The construction

of a new solar project next to an operational coal plant is a perfect example of Utah’s en ergy strategy.”

Garkane CEO Dan Mc Clendon said, “Renewable

projects like this solar farm are helpful to our future. We think this one makes a lot of sense financially and is a great asset for Garkane’s members.”

Dementia Caregiver Conference to be Held at Snow College on October 12

Opportunities for Zoom participation are available for those unable to attend in person

EPHRAIM - The Utah Geriatric Education Consor tium (UGEC), Six-County Association of Governments (AOG), and the Alzheimer’s Association will host a De mentia Caregiver Conference on October 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Snow College, Greenwood Student Center, Rasmussen Room, located at 242-260 E. 100 N., Ephraim, UT.

To facilitate participa tion by those unable to at tend in person, the Dementia Caregiver Conference will be broadcast to the Wayne Coun ty Senior Center, or caregiv ers can also receive a Zoom link when they call to regis ter to attend the conference at home or at another conve nient location.

This conference is an opportunity for caregivers to learn about taking care of themselves and resources

available in the community, including VA caregiver sup port programs. Those interested in at tending all or part of the con

ference may register by calling Doug Kirkham, Aging Servic es Six-County AOG at 435893-0725. The conference is open to the public. There is no

cost to attend, but registration is required.

—Six County Association of Governments

L ega L N otices

PUBLIC NOTICE

PANGUITCH CITY

Notice is hereby given that Panguitch City will hold a pub lic hearing on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at 5:45 PM during a regularly scheduled City Council meeting in the Panguitch City Office located at 25 S. 200 E. Panguitch, UT. The hearing is to invite public comment on a proposed ordinance requiring any new property development to provide sufficient water to Panguitch City.

If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, please notify Lori Talbot 435-676-8585 at least 3 working days before the meeting.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 29 and OCTOBER 6, 2022

NOTICE TO WATER USERS

The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule 655-6-2. Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights on or before Oct. 26, 2022 either electronically using the Division`s on-line Protest of Application form, by hand delivery to a Divi sion office, or by mail at PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300. Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)5387240 for additional information.

GARFIELD COUNTY CHANGE APPLICATION(S)

61-3374 (a49476): Beiler Utah LLC, State of Utah Board of Water Resources, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company propose(s) using 0.25 ac-ft. from groundwater (1 mile west of Panguitch Lake) for DOMESTIC.

61-3382 (a49491): Slater Silverlake 2020, LLC propose(s) using 0.5 ac-ft. from groundwater (1 mile south of Hatch) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION.

61-3383 (a49493): MHJC Trust propose(s) using 0.0048 cfs OR 1 ac-ft. from groundwater (3 miles SE of Panguitch) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION.

EXTENSION(S) 61-2802 (a34208): Dale Lee Bowdle is/are filing an exten sion for 0.01125 cfs OR 1.83 ac-ft. from groundwater (8 miles SE of Panguitch) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION.

WAYNE COUNTY CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 95-4713 (a49464): Vally Reilly propose(s) using 0.015 cfs OR 1 ac-ft. from groundwater (1 mile west of Torrey) for COMMERCIAL: 18 unit RV park which includes small laun dry, showers and convenience store.

Teresa Wilhelmsen, P.E.

State Engineer

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 29 and OCTOBER 6, 2022

SALE OF SURPLUS CAR

GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Garfield County School District Board of Education has declared 2 cars as surplus. The district will accept bids to purchase the cars by the highest acceptable bidder. Both cars are in Panguitch at the District Office.

2005 Ford Taurus SEL (6 cylinders, 4 door Sedan)

2007 Ford Taurus SE (6 cylinders, 4 door Sedan)

Bid Time and Date: Sealed Bids to purchase the car(s) will be accepted at the District Office, 145 East Center, Pan guitch, Utah, until 4:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 7, 2022. Bids will be publicly opened at the District Office immediately following the bid closing. Payment must be received within 3 business days of notification of winning the bid.

Additional Information: To make an appointment to inspect the cars or requests for additionalinformation prior to bidding, should be directed to Mike Edwards at 435-676-8821 ormike.edwards@garfk12.org.

All vehicles and equipment will be sold in “as is” condi tion, and all sales will be final. Purchases can be made with cash or certified check. Garfield County School District reserves the right to accept or reject any and all offers.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Courtesy Maria Ricks

The Utah Geriatric Education Consortium (UGEC), Six-County Association of Govern ments (AOG), and the Alzheimer’s Association will host a Dementia Caregiver Confer ence on October 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Snow College.

—Garkane Energy

Courtesy Garkane Energy

Ceo Dan McClendon and Garkane Board Member Guy Timpson—along with other Deseret Power executives—break ground on a new 15-megawat solar project near Vernal, UT.

Groundbreaking

News from Wayne County

Cooler Temperatures, Clouds, Fog and Downpours

by Adus Dorsey

Utah, have elk populations that are at or slightly below their population objectives.

As stressed in the hunter safety course, common sense is at the top of the list— know your animals and what they look like. For those that cheated on your test, you can not shoot animals in town or in your neighbors yard when he is out mowing his lawn. (It is highly likely that he has had it happen before and is pack ing and will shoot back.)

WAYNE COUNTYCooler temperatures, clouds, fog and downpours seem to occupy most morning conver sations around the breakfast table in Wayne County these days. When the 22nd of Sep tember rolled across the cal endar, no one was surprised that autumn had arrived; some were happy, some were not, some barely noticed, and they just buttoned up their overalls

and headed out the door to do their daily chores in the dark.

In some circles, the cooler daytime temperatures have made for milder conversation, less workplace confronta tions and closer relationships as sleep conditions often im prove when grandmas’ quilts come out. Life just seems bet ter when folks can get a good night's sleep.

At this time of year, and for anyone with a gun cabi net and a current 2022 hunt ers guide, dialogue at Ellett’s, Brian Auto and M&D—under propped up pick-up hoods— always circles around to the newest scopes on the market at Cabela’s, ammo availability, the best gun cleaning kits and rifle caliber. Most of these con versations can either draw you in or make you lift your Alta ski resort cap and scratch your head in wonderment. (while hoping your Prius tire is next to be fixed.) If you are savvy on such subjects, you can join in with the size of your holster and how many CCs your ATV has; if not, it is best to hang out at the counter or wander the parts aisle and try and guess where they all go on any given vehicle.

As contentious and con troversial as communication from the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) can some times be, they are still pretty good at getting the word out when it comes to animals un der their umbrella and the conditions on the ground. Like everything under the

sun, drought impacts deer by decreasing their body fat (be cause there are fewer plants and available food sources on the landscape). If the does have poor body fat and nutrition, it leads to smaller fawns, and those fawns have a decreased chance of surviving. If an adult deer has too little body fat at the beginning of the winter— especially a severe winter—it will often not survive the win ter months. Recent deer re search, conducted in Utah, has shown that the amount of fat deer have going into the winter has more of an impact on their likelihood to survive than the conditions and severity of the winter itself.

According to the powers that be, the current statewide mule deer management plan includes an objective to have just over 400,000 deer across Utah—there are currently an estimated 305,700 deer in the state. While hunting bucks doesn't impact the total popu lation growth rate, the DWR has decreased hunting permit numbers for the last several years, tracking with popula tion-level declines, in order to better manage the buck-to-doe ratios outlined in the manage ment plans.

Elk are impacted dif ferently by drought because survival of adults typically re mains high, while pregnancy rates have been shown to de cline during extreme drought conditions. Much of the rest of the state, including central, southern and southeastern

When it comes to guns and traffic safety signs, there is a statute in the course that stresses signs are not targets, and shooting from a vehicle is against the law and, in some cases, can be considered as a drive by shooting, resulting in loss of privileges, guns and a whoopin' if you are a kid and come walking home without your gun or vehicle and a piece of paper in your pocket with a date and time to report to the courthouse. If all you can hit is a sign, you shouldn’t be trusted with a gun anyway, and if you don’t know where the gun range is, ask some body?

Where there's smoke, there is fire; where there are clouds, there usually is rain; and Wayne County has seen rain. In some places, more rain than the county can han dle all at once.

Sometime in the night on the 21st of September, clouds released a torrent of rain somewhere way south of Aldridge and filled drainages and washes to overflowing. This event caused the closure of Highway 24—for a time— west of Hanksville. As is usu ally the case when water from all the washes from Capitol Reef and beyond are over flowing, Caineville becomes a bull’s-eye and an accident waiting to happen, and hap pen it did. Floodwaters filled the river crossing at Giles to the point that the river cov ered a swath so wide that the banks were indistinguishable, and the flood plain rolled across the highway—in many places laying down a thick layer of goo that made speeds on the highway of 35 mph or more dangerous.

With yellow flashers go ing full blast in the fog, the state road crew from Hanks ville was out in force warning folks traveling on the high way that there were areas not safe to pass through until the water further receded. One of the first to splash through in her Jeep, with water up to the doors, was Chylene Whipple from Hanksville Elementary, who was providing shuttle service to Kaycee Pace before the tardy bell rang. (No acci dents were reported and soon traffic resumed normal pace.)

On September 19th, from 1 to 2 pm the Wayne County Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) held their Jubilee at the Torrey DUP. There were so many ladies in attendance that seating was at a premium; prayers were said, songs were sung, pictures were taken, and friendships were made and re newed. A good time was had by all.

Courtesy Adus Dorsey

On September 19, 2022, from 1 to 2 pm, the Wayne County Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) held their Jubilee at the Torrey DUP.

This week, we’ll focus on the planets.

The brightest planet in the evening sky is the king of the planets, Jupiter. You’ll see Jupiter low in the southeast as darkness falls, and high in the south around 1 a.m. No star or other planet is brighter.

This is a good week to look at Saturn through a telescope because it’s at its highest, 1/3 of the way up the southern sky, at about 10 p.m. By then, the ground has cooled from the heat of the day and atmospheric turbu lence is reduced. Notice the angle the rings make to our line-of-sight. Our earth is tilt ed on its axis by 23½°; Sat urn is tilted 27°. Since Saturn orbits the sun in almost thirty earth-years (which equals one Saturn-year), the tilt that we see from earth ranges from 27° (when they’re at their widest open) to 0° (when they’re edge-on); at present, the tilt is 14° and decreas ing. We now see the northern hemisphere of Saturn and the north side of the rings. You’ll need a telescope with at least 30-power to see the rings, and when you do see them, make a sketch of their orientation. Compare in only three years when they’re nearly edge-on. In three more years (2028), they’ll be back like they are now, but we’ll then be look ing at their south side. Wiki pedia can give you the details I don’t have space for.

On the 5th, Saturn is 7° to the upper right of the moon, and on the 10th, Jupi ter is 5° to the upper right of the moon.

On October 6th, the nearly-full moon sits midway between Jupiter and Saturn. That’s midway as seen on the dome of the sky, but, of course, they’re at vastly dif ferent distances from us and from each other. Think of their distances in terms of the speed of light: by light, the moon is 1¼ seconds away, Jupiter is 33 minutes away, and Saturn is 1 hour 17 min utes away. And, of course, the stars “near” them are many light years distant. For ex ample, the star just below the moon, with the unusual name Skat (Arabic for “shin”), is about 110 light years away.

The 3rd planet visible

October October

by John Mosley

tonight is Mars, which rises before midnight. The earth is catching Mars on an inside orbit, so it’s slowly growing brighter as we approach it. Mars is in Taurus, where it’s equi-distant from the orange stars Aldebaran and Betel geuse and is slightly brighter than either (only the white star Sirius is brighter than Mars).

Mars is at it’s highest at 6 a.m., when it’s due south and nearly overhead. Mars is almost close enough to see to see its major surface features through an ex cellent telescope.

From roughly 11 p.m. until 3 a.m., you can see these

three planets at the same time. You might spot elusive Mercury 45 minutes before sunrise, when it will be only about 8° above the horizon, but compliment yourself if you do.

John Mosley was Program Supervisor of the Griffith Ob servatory in Los Angeles for 27 years and is the author of “Star gazing for Beginners” and “Stargazing with Binoculars and Telescopes.” He and his wife live in St. George, where he continues to stargaze from his retirement home while serv ing on the advisory committee for Stellar Vista Observatory.

as well as between traditional residents and newer members of the community. Today, Rob is a farmer and cattle ranch er—producing all grass-fed beef. But did you know…

"Classic Conversations" are produced and moderated by Don Gomes, vice president of the Entrada Institute. Gomes spent 25 years as an award-

winning public broadcaster in Utah, Indiana, and Texas and is greatly skilled in conducting insightful interviews.

To register for this pro gram, go to www.entradain stitute.org, click on “Attend an Event,” and fill out the brief form. You will find the latest Utah Department of Health guidelines for COVID there. Events are also livestreamed at Entrada Institute on Facebook.

—Entrada Institute

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

Courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Saturn’s tilt as seen from earth during one Saturn year, 2001-2029.

Rob Williams: The Entrada Institute will host another "Classic Conversation" with Rob Williams on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Robbers Roost in Torrey, Utah.

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Courtesy Entrada Institute

Rob Williams, formerly with the US Forest Service, will be the subject of the next "Classic Conversation" with the Entrada Institute on October 6 at Robbers Roost in Torrey, Utah.

HELP WANTED alassified

Dental Assistant/ Scrub Tech Panguitch Dental Charting, Documenting dental visits on com puter.

• Sterilization of dental Instruments.

• Set-up and cleaning operatory and office.

Experienced applicants would have the following isn't needed but preferred:

• Dental Assisting Experience

• Pedo, Endo, Oral Surgery and General Dentistry Experience.

• Knowledge of Computer Charting and Digital x-rays

• X-Ray Certified.

• CPR Certified.

We are willing to train those with no assisting experience.

Wage is negotiable if you have dental experience. Email your resume to: tlamb@waynechc.org Or you can drop it off in person at Panguitch Dental. 75 N 200 E, Panguitch, UT 84759

Dental Assistant/ Scrub Tech Wayne Community Health Center

Position Announcements

POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Garfield County School District is hiring the following positions. For a descrip tion of each, please see the district website www. garfk12.org

Para-Professional for music at Bryce Valley Elementary Food Service Worker in Panguitch Substitute/Activity Bus Drivers in Escalante Para-Professionals at All Schools

Substitutes for Teachers, Custodians, and Food Service Workers

SALARY: Please see 2022-2023 Garfield County School Districts Classified Salary Schedule and Certi fied Salary Schedule.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be fin gerprinted and satisfactorily pass an employment background check. Applicant must work well with children. See the job description for additional requirements.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified or certified application.

Please direct questions to:

AES Head Teacher Robin Gibbs (435-624-3221)

BES Head Teacher Elizabeth Julian (435-335-7322)

BVES Principal Pete Peterson (435-679-8619)

BVHS Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff (435-679-8835)

EES/EHS Principal Peter Baksis (435-826-4205)

PES Principal Lisa Breinholt (435-676-8847)

PMS/PHS Principal Russ Torgersen (435-676-8805)

Superintendent John Dodds (435-676-8821)

Online application available: www.garfk12.org Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

DEADLINE: See the district website for closing date of each position.

Garfield County School District is an equal opportunity employer.

Garfield County School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications.

We are looking for friendly, hardworking professionals who enjoy the hospitality industry and interaction with guests.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE:

Front Desk Agents

Laundry Services

Housekeepers Maintenance Bellmen

Positions to start April 1st through October 31st

At Capitol Reef Resort we promote from within. Please stop by in person to complete an application. We are located at 2600 E SR 24, Torrey, UT 84775 435-425-3761

Wayne Community Health Cen ter is looking for a motivated Dental Assistant/scrub tech to join their team.

This position will be full time with benefits, four days per week. Must be 18 or older.

The position responsibilities include:

• Patient Interaction.

• Taking X-Rays.

• Chair-side assisting.

• Scheduling, Charting, Documenting dental visits on com puter.

• Sterilization of dental Instruments. Team Crisis Number