The Wayne & Garfield County Insider October 6, 2022

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Escalante Petrified Forest State Park to Host Night Sky Astronomy Event

Oct. 20 & 21

ESCALANTE - Escalan te Petrified Forest State Park will be hosting a night sky astronomy event on the eve nings of October 20 and 21, 2022.

Matt Vartanian and Tammy Ross will be bring ing their telescope all the way from Portland, Oregon, to allow the public to view bright objects in the night sky. They are representing The Rose City Astronomers, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to promoting the enjoyment and education of astronomy to their members and the general public. The organization focuses on out reach to educate people about appreciation and conservation of the night sky.

It is the pet project of Vartanian and Ross to attempt to visually observe objects in the sky that have rarely, if ever, been seen before. They are excited to share their love of the night sky with guests of the state park and local at

by Kathy Munthe

The Incredible (Amniotic) Egg

A key to vertebrate life on land

New Rental Fourplex Unveiled in Escalante

Garfield County Commission

Sept. 26, 2022

GARFIELD COUNTYThe highlight of the Septem ber 26 Garfield County Com mission meeting—according to Commissioner Leland Pollock and 21 sixth-graders from Bryce Valley Elemen tary—was their presentation of their December 7-12 Wash ington, D.C. trip to honor fall en service members and visit the city.

Cost per student is $775. The Commission approved funding up to $8K for the trip, to make up for any shortfall in their planned fundrais ers, which to date have net ted about half their cost. The students will be accompanied by 25 parents (paying their own way) and some teach ers. Participants have doubled since last years’ trip. Although sixth-graders from other com munities had asked to partici pate, it was decided that the trip would be limited to Bryce Valley students. The students were asked to report back to the Commission on their trip.

Returning to the meet ing business, Commissioners gave their activity summa tions:

The rental building,

“Paint the Town Purple” with NHCC This October

Harvest Fest Highlights: Part 4 Community is a Skill

ESCALANTE - Scram bled, poached or hard-boiled, there are many ways to enjoy bird eggs. I’ll bet that while munching away, though, you’ve never thought about the anatomy of that egg or how its evolution made it pos sible for vertebrates to live on land. Let me enhance your breakfast.

If you’ve ever had caviar (ha!) or fished with salmon eggs, you know that fish eggs are soft, shell-less things with little to protect the de veloping embryo or provide it with nutrition. Fish gener

ally lay scads of them, because relatively few eggs survive to hatching. Today’s Amphibi ans—i.e. salamanders, frogs and toads—lay similar eggs, as likely did the diverse Amphib ians of past eras. Reproduction in both fish and Amphibians is tied to water because their eggs simply wouldn’t survive on land.

Enter Amniotes. But what are they? Birds and mammals and their ancestors and reptiles are all Amniotes.

Amniotes

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THURS. OCT. 6 - WED. OCT. 12

Mostly sunny with 15-25% chance of rain throughout the week beginning on Sunday. Highs in the mid 60s to low 70s; lows in the 30s. Winds steady from 7 to 10 mph.

RICHFIELD - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The New Horizons Crisis Center (NHCC) is a non-profit organization based in Richfield with outreach support services in Sevier, Sanpete, Wayne, Piute, and Millard Counties. We dedicate our time and efforts to encir cling victims, educating and empowering them with sup port and resources. We are taking the opportunity in Oc tober to spread our message of hope for anyone who has en countered domestic violence to reach out and get support from us. It is the goal of New Horizons to bring about more awareness and understanding across Central Utah.

We are often misin formed into thinking that do mestic violence is something that doesn’t affect our area, or people “like us.” It can be dif

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BOULDER - Harvest Fest Highlights is a six-part series in the six weeks leading up to this year’s Boulder Har vest Fest on Saturday, October 22. Harvest Fest is a celebra

UPCOMING EVENTS...

and classes that will be of fered.

Community resiliency

tion of local food, craft, skill, and resilience, full of informa tive, practical, fun workshops and lectures for all ages. For the next few weeks, we’ll be delving into different skills Community Cont'd on page 7

Writing from the Land Oct. 20 - 23, 2022

by Boulder Skills Foundation

Mikhaal Chillier and TinaLuna Bonzon

Take a seat, relax, sip some stew and catch up with friends and neighbors at the Boul der Harvest Festival Fundraiser Lunch, starting at 11:30am on Saturday, October 22, 2022.

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Escalante’s new attainable housing fourplex was unveiled to the public during an open house on the evening of Sep tember 26, 2022. The rental building, called “Desert Stone Villas” and located at 1070 E. Heritage Lane just across Highway 12 from the Escalante cemetery, is owned by NeighborWorks/Mountain Country Home Solutions.

Courtesy Emily Leach

Birds, mammals, and reptiles are all Amniotes, which are characterized as having an embryo that develops in an amnion and chorion and has an allantois.

ESCALANTE - During a much anticipated yet relaxed occasion, Escalante’s new at tainable housing fourplex was unveiled to the public during an open house on the evening

of September 26, 2022, and soon-to-be residents of the newly-constructed rental units were delivered their keys, to a round of applause.

called “Desert Stone Villas” and located at 1070 E. Heri tage Lane just across High way 12 from the Escalante cemetery, is owned by Neigh borWorks/Mountain Country

Home Solutions, a non-profit organization that develops, owns and manages affordable housing solutions throughout

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Astronomy Event

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Commissioner David Garfield Commission

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Notes from the Nuthatch Muddy Water

by Kadi Franson

rippling up tall canyon walls; a sudden crop of lush green ferns growing out of a seep in a crack; a hairball of water striders floating by in a feeding frenzy; an outline of a bighorn sheep pecked into the varnish; two ravens, each feeding on one half of a snake; the bright yellow filaments of a Prince’s plume. We moved with the riv er’s flow, tiny visitors in a vast and serpentine maze.

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If We Vote for Trump Loyalists Then We are Sending a Message

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BRYCE - The Paria Riv er is silty. Fine sediment clogs its waters, earning it the name “Paria,” which in Southern Paiute means “muddy water.” It is more akin to thin choco late milk than the pristine wa ter that comes to mind when one thinks of backcountry riv ers.

My friend and I decided to spend some time getting to know the river. We pur chased a permit to hike along a remote, 38-mile section, characterized by curving slot canyons, meandering goose necks, and many layers of sedimentary rock sculpted by the river’s path.

The Paria River is one small tributary of the larger Colorado River. Running for less than 100 miles, and of ten referred to as more of a stream, it plays an outsized role in transporting sedi ment to the 1,450-mile-long Colorado River. It delivers nutrients, dirt, and grit from upstream rock formations like the Tropic Shale. These sedi ments collect downstream, becoming vital soil deposits for riparian trees, animals, and campers alike.

Imagine that you are holding a scoop, and the scoop is the Paria River watershed. The rounded upper lip, near the handle, is formed by three plateaus: the eastern rim of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, the southern edge of the Table Cliff Plateau, and the west ern edge of the Kaiparowits Plateau. The lower flat part includes areas of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, as well as Vermil lion Cliffs National Monu ment. Tiny monsoon storms are drifting over your scoop, speckling little raindrops all over its surface.

The Paria River water shed is a drainage basin—ev ery drop of water that falls within it drains to the same place. No matter where the rain falls, it empties into the Colorado River when you dump the scoop. The towns of Tropic, Cannonville, and Henrieville are located at the top of the watershed near the headwaters of the river, and Lee’s Ferry in Arizona marks the very bottom.

My friend and I were headed to the lower part of the scoop. We had this in mind as we kept an eye on the forecast, knowing that all the water from higher ground —every thing falling on the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon Amphithe ater, the narrows of Bull Val ley Gorge, and the agricultural fields of Henrieville, for ex ample, could make it down to us in the form of a flash flood.

Our trip began south of US-89 at White House Trailhead. We walked the river through steep sandstone walls. The edges of the river bed were marbled with green and red clays that clutched our shoes. Our footsteps echoed as our feet slurped through the sticky gloop, and more than once we fell. On many occa sions, I sunk up to my thighs in quicksand, snapping two hik ing poles in frantic attempts to escape. Toads plopped about, leaving their footprints in the muddy banks.

The beauty of the hike was spectacular and arresting. We were stopped in our tracks by poignant impressions at every bend: a white-lined sphinx moth mired in the clay, tracings of its struggle drawn in fine lines around it; the reflection of water light

On the eve of the fourth night, we cooked a celebratory dinner. We had hiked to the fi nal few miles of our journey and anticipated finishing the next day with an easy morn ing jaunt. Our scalps were coated with sand and our legs were scratched with thin lines of dried blood from the brush. We cloud-gazed and relived moments of the experience, nibbling what remained of a chocolate bar and dreaming about the fancy coffees await ing us in Kanab. We set up our beds on a sandy ledge 4-5 feet above the waterline. Night fell, and Cygnus, the celestial swan constellation, flew across the Milky Way.

We were still standing and talking in the dark when the flood came.

At first, we only heard it approaching: loud crash ing white noise and booming sounds echoing up rock walls. I raced for my headlamp and looked upriver in time to see water surging towards us. It didn’t seem tall enough to eclipse our camp, but we both experienced fight or flight and ran barefoot through the cactus to higher ground. We settled in amongst the prickly pears, hearts beating hard.

We awoke to a high, vio lent river. To continue on our way required a crossing. We were marooned, so we surren dered to a day of forced rest. It was hot. My friend made a shaded lounge near a cot tonwood tree, hanging up our tarps with paracord. We spent most of the day conserving energy, savoring the dregs of our trail mix, and hugging the shade. I dressed my scabby, scrub-whipped legs in oint ment. We duct-taped broken bits of hiking poles together. We perched on ledges and watched the river in awe. A huge tire, 55-gallon drum, tree trunks, a telephone pole…all manner of debris whirled by, pounding against the canyon walls. I thought of the many tributaries draining down to this point, the forceful carving of the canyons, the dispersal of sediment downstream, and the violent destruction of the flood that makes new life possible.

The water levels lowered, then rose again. We waited. When night came, we saw a search and rescue helicop ter fly by. Later we learned that a hiking team leaving the same day as us had also been stranded. They were rescued, and, luckily, no one died in the flood.

Morning came. After 30 hours, the water was calmer and low enough to cross. The opacity of the water hides its depth, hides whether the ground below is cobble or quicksand. We held hands, using our poles and mov ing slowly. It came up to our thighs, but we kept strong legs and steady feet against the cur rent.

We emerged at Lee’s Ferry, where the Paria River spills out to meet the Colora do. Their confluence is visible —the deep green waters of the Colorado stained by the tur bid brown of the Paria at their juncture, known as the “Paria Riffle.”

As we stepped into the Colorado River, murky clouds billowed off of our skin. We washed off the muddy Paria, but the beauty and power of the watershed holds on to and shapes us, still.

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

- NOUN an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing sys tem of government and social organization.

One of our problems in the US is our fundamental ig norance of history. I would bet that most Americans do not know or understand what fas cism is, therefore, they cannot recognize it.

The efforts of Trump, Mike Lindell, Roger Stone and many others, along with 139 members of the House and Senate who promoted falsehoods about voter fraud, resisted the peaceful transfer of power and acted unconsti tutionally and pushed Ameri ca very close to fascism.

Most of the population of Utah and Garfield county is LDS or of LDS descent. Why is Utah the home of the LDS church? Because they were chased here by white Chrisi tan Nationalists like Lau

ren Bobert, Marjorie Taylor Green, Grassley, Graham, et al. It was a different era, and the labels were different, but the type of people were the same. And these are the types of people who have taken over the right-wing of the Republi can party.

Our last president called people names, threatened dis senters, condemned critics, blamed others, accepted no responsibility, turned on long time loyalists, and courted the likes of Kim Jong-un and Pu tin!

If we vote for any of the incumbent Trump loyalists then we are sending a message that the rampant racism, sex ism, intolerance, fear, anger and corruption is acceptable and [that] we are comfortable with our slide towards a new form of nationalistic authori tarianism.

Tom Stechschulte, Hatch

A Prayer for DWR

In 2009, when hiking East Fork Boulder Creek (EFBC), I discovered the wa ter was full of dead fish. Upon calling DWR, fisheries man ager Mike Ottenbacher told me that the agency introduced the now “invasive” brook trout to the creek in the first place and that they were “treating” all the water with rotenone for 3 years in order to reintroduce the Colorado River Cutthroat Trout.

It took ten years of meet ings, prayers and letters for the Boulder community to prevent further poisoning of EFBC, and yet the ubiquitous practice of using rotenone and other chemicals for fisheries management continues as an nounced in a front page article in The Insider on September 8, 2022 regarding North Creek streams and reservoirs.

In The Secret Knowledge of Water, Craig Childs tells of a conversation he had with a fisheries manager who de scribed how native fish were poisoned out of waterways in the 60s to make way for non-native sports fish. In one example, agencies dripped “81,350 liters of the poison

rotenone into the Green River and its tributaries in the fall of 1962” and how this was to dispose of the now endangered Native humpback chub. “This is how we saw things then,” he explained with a regretful but helpless tone, as if telling of war crimes. “We didn’t under stand.”

And it seems there is something DWR still doesn’t understand as they are trying to address their wrongs of the past with the same mentality that got them into the mess of non native fish in wild waters to begin with. As ecologists Don and Nancy Erman have stated, “wild water isn’t a fish ery.” May those at DWR and USFS wake up and turn the tide on the destructive practice of poisoning water with rote none and other chemicals.

Please go to this link: http://utwaterguardians.org/ the-documents.html for re search which links Rotenone to Parkinson’s disease in hu mans and is shown to cause a lethal and detrimental cascad ing effect in the ecology.

Constance Lynn, Boulder

Thank You from the DUP

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ing its eighty-fifth anniversary.

We want to extend a heart felt and joyful thank you to all who attended the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP), Wayne (County) Company - Fall Ju bilee, held Monday, Septem ber 19th in the historic Tor rey DUP building. We missed those not able to attend.

This annual celebration is held every year, and all seven Camps, from Hanksville to Fremont, were represented. Around forty-five members gathered to get-acquainted; socialize; sing and laugh; play games and add their handprint to our Company Heritage Quilt. Wayne Company also just happened to be celebrat

I would like to add spe cial thanks to VeeAnn Pace, Marsha Chappell, Diane Tay lor, Jessie Pace, Jessica Gober and others whose help made this event a success.

Remember, we would love for you to be a part of this wonderful group, to help us serve through education and outreach as we work to preserve our pioneer past, including historic buildings, monuments and treasures throughout our communities. We need you!

Sincerely, Lauralee Wil liams, Company President

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The Paria River is one small tributary of the larg er Colorado River.

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The Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP), Wayne (County) Company - Fall Jubilee was held Monday, September 19, 2022, in the historic Torrey DUP building.

Community Engagement Program for Garfield County Youth a Success

Schedule for the Dementia Caregiver Conference on Oct. 12

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 Col lege in Ephraim, UT.

The schedule is as fol lows: Session 1: 10:00 to 10:30: Welcome & Six-Coun ty Association of Governments (AOG) Resources for Caregiv ers, Doug Kirkham, Director Six-County AOG Session 2: 10:30 to 11:00:

The Alzheimer’s Association and Caregiver Resources, Ra ven Albertson, Program Direc tor, Alzheimer’s Association Utah

Break: 11:00 to 11:15 Session 3: 11:15 to 11:45: Understanding and Re sponding to Dementia-Related Behaviors, Raven Albertson, Program Director, Alzheimer’s Association Utah Session 4: 11:45 to 12:15: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Care giver Grief, Troy Andersen, Associate Professor and Lec turer, University of Utah Col lege of Social Work

Break: 12:15 to 1:00:

Lunch and Vendor Tables Session 5: 1:00 to 1:40:

Screening for the 3Ds: De mentia, Depression and De lirium, Dr. Rand Rupper, VA Medical Center Salt Lake City Session 6: 1:40 to 2:15:

VA Healthcare Enrollment Ja neil Esplin, Five County Vet eran Service Officer

Break: 2:15 to 2:30 Session 7: 2:30 to 3:15:

VA Caregiver Support Pro grams, Andrew Wittwer, Caregiver Support Coordina tor —Six County Association of Governments

PANGUITCH - The Garfield County Office of Tourism’s inaugural ''Passport to Summer” program success fully concluded last month, rewarding highly engaged residents ages 4-18 years with prizes donated by the tour ism office. Approximately 70 participants and their fami lies explored Garfield County through a series of adventures available within the boundar ies of the county.

Executive Director Falyn Owens emphasized the impor tance of local ambassadorship on every level of the commu nity. “We focus so much on marketing to people outside of the county, state and even country that we sometimes forget how important it is for our locals to experience their backyards and become tour ists.” She continued, “Too often kids have no idea what is in the county or what to recommend to visitors. Hope fully, this also serves as a

training tool for those working in the industry, now or in the future.” By establishing pride of place through activities like hiking, attending festivals, giving back to volunteers and patronizing local businesses, the county also hopes to con tinue investing in the quality of life for future generations of citizens.

The tourism office launched the program this summer, partnering with the USU Extension Office and 4-H program as well as the Prevention Coalition Organi zations from around the coun ty. The boredom-busting pass included nearly 40 challenges for the youth, encouraging an active lifestyle, good citizen ship and support for local or ganizations. Completing each activity (and taking pictures for proof) earned a “stamp” in the passport, making them eli gible for prizes worth $2,200 donated by the tourism of fice, Panguitch GEM Theater,

Ruby’s Inn and the RinQ in St. George. Winners Treyson Frandsen, Rhen Cottam, Ty Yardley, Veronica Flores, Au bree Sam and Annie Yardley each took home a kayak to continue their Garfield County adventures.

Any Garfield County business interested in spon soring a stamp location in next year’s passport program should reach out to the tourism office for more information by calling 435-676-1160.

—Garfield County Office of Tourism

Conference will be broadcast to the Wayne Senior Center and participation is also available by Zoom; link is provided upon registration.

The “Passport to Summer” helped young residents explore the county

Courtesy Garfield County Office of Tourism

Treyson Frandsen, Rhen Cottam, Ty Yardley, Veronica Flores, Aubree Sam and Annie Yardley were the winners of the Garfield County Office of Tourism’s inaugural ''Pass port to Summer” program. Each winner took home a kayak to continue their Garfield County adventures.

Schools & Sports

PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

The Lady Cats just keep rolling along, and they had a big crowd for their game with South Sevier. South Sevier is a 2A team, but it doesn’t scare the Cats; they won the match with a 3 to 1 game. These games are a lot of fun to watch because both teams are good, and the Cats have to really work for a victory. The Cats passing is the best that I have seen from our teams. The sea son is coming to an end, but not for a month or so. Next up was the Piute T. Birds, and it was last night. Coach Jensen will have had his girls ready for this game, and I expect that the biggest crowd of the year attended this game; the town

really gets behind their team. The Cats will be up at the Se vier Valley Tournament on Fri day and Saturday. It is not that far to get there, so come on up for a game and some real good Chinese food and some cheap gas. The Cats go out to Es calante on the 12th, and their final game at home will be against the 3A Richfield team on the 13th. The State meet won’t be until the 28th @ SVC

Tomorrow, the Bobcats have their start of the State meet up at Spanish Fork. They are ranked 1st in State. The finals will be this weekend down at Dixie on Friday and Saturday. Oh, their season is way too short; good luck, Cats.

The Bobcats went down to Water Canyon for a cross country meet on Thursday, and the boys came away with a 2nd place finish; there were over 72 boys in this race. The big news is the girls team; they came in with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11, 12 and 13th place fin ishes, for a score of 15. They will be running out at Es calante on the 6th. On the 8th, there will be an invitational meet at Cedar. On the 13th, they will go down to Valley for their last meet of the year. The big news is that Region will be here on the 18th, so you can see these great run ners first hand.

Master of Public Health Program at USU Earns CEPH Accreditation

by Steve Hawks, Utah State University

UTAH - The Health Edu cation and Promotion Master of Public Health (HEP MPH) program at Utah State Uni versity has earned accredi tation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Educa tion for assuring quality in public health education and training.

“Our ongoing goal has been to provide the best pos sible educational experiences for our students as they tran sition into the challenging world of public health prac tice,” said Julie Gast, MPH program director. “Accredi tation by CEPH, with very high marks across numerous criteria, validates the quality of our program and the high level of training received by our students.”

The accreditation term is retroactive from Decem

ber 2019 and extends through December 2027. The program received this accreditation after its first CEPH review, boding well for its future as a fully accredited program in public health.

Laura Rasar King, ex ecutive director of CEPH, commended the department’s administrators, faculty, staff, students and other stakehold ers for their commitment to the program. She stated that the council recognized the efforts of Utah State Univer sity to “ensure that students receive a high-quality educa tion that advances them to ward their career goals."

“Providing exceptional public health training is cru cial in preparing public health professionals, particularly in light of the pandemic and the growing need to address so cial justice and health inequi ties,” Gast said. “We look for ward to continuing to build an

outstanding curriculum and experience for our students and to develop new endeav ors that will further enhance the HEP MPH program at USU.”

The Kinesiology and Health Science Department at USU established the af fordable, fully online HEP MPH program in 2017 to meet the needs of rural and underserved populations throughout Utah. The pro gram’s enrollment represents the diverse demographics of the state and beyond. During the pandemic, several HEP MPH students were involved with contact tracing and re lated front-line duties.

“USU’s HEP MPH program provides a solid grounding in foundational public health knowledge enriched with a cuttingedge online environment,” Gast said. “Courses feature current content presented via interactive media that simulates real-world public health issues and solutions. Through carefully developed field experiences, students make an immediate impact on their careers and commu nities.”

This program is avail able through USU South west locations and is offered 100% online.

—Utah State University

Lady Cats Volleyball goes to State at SVC on the 28th and Cats Cross Country will be at Region on the 18th

Wills, Trusts, and More Estate Planning for Life

In doing estate planning, it is essential to plan not only for death—but for life.

Lifetime planning in volves preparing for the care and management of assets in the event you become inca pacitated.

There are two main ob jectives of lifetime planning. First, it is important to plan for the effective administra tion of your estate upon inca pacity. Second, it is important to preserve the estate if your incapacity requires profes sional long-term care.

Effective administration of your estate during inca pacity. In planning for the administration of your estate during incapacity, it is critical that certain documents be ex ecuted.

All individuals engag ing in estate planning should strongly consider executing a durable power of attorney.

A durable power of attor ney will enable someone else to manage your assets should you become unable to man age your own assets for any reason. If the power of attor ney is not “durable” (which means it specifically states that it will be effective in the event of your incapacity), it

by Jeffery J. McKenna

will not be effective if you be come incapacitated.

Preservation of your Es tate During Incapacity. In ad dition to concerns related to how your estate will be admin istered during your incapacity, you must also consider ex penses related to an extended period of incapacity.

Medicare and private insurance do not cover longterm care (care for the basic functions of life such as eat ing, dressing, bathing) for ex tended periods. Medicaid is the government program that covers extended long-term care. Because Medicaid is a welfare program for the poor, an individual will only qualify after income and assets have been depleted.

In doing lifetime plan ning to preserve your estate during incapacity, it is usually not advisable to deplete your estate in order to qualify for Medicaid.

A more effective ap proach for planning for inca pacity would be the purchase of long-term care insurance. Long-term care insurance greatly eases the burden of paying for long-term care.

In working with families that have long-term care insur

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Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney whose prac tice has been focused on Estate Planning for over 20 years. He is licensed and serves clients in Utah, Arizona and Nevada. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna and Olm stead. If you have questions you would like addressed in these ar ticles, please feel free to contact him at 435 628-1711 or jmck enna@barney-mckenna.com or visit the firm’s website at WWW. BARNEY-MCKENNA.COM, he would enjoy hearing from you.

ance within their estate, I have found a much greater degree of comfort and security.

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Languages

A friend of mine men tioned that she had an appoint ment with her son's Span ish-immersion kindergarten teacher. I knew that regular parent-teacher meetings were not due for a while, and when I asked if there was a problem, she related a conversation she had had with her son.

"Mom, I can speak three languages now!" he said excit edly.

"Three?" she questioned.

"Yes" he replied proudly. "English, Spanish and Inap propriate.

License & Registration

Early one Saturday morn ing, the flashing lights of a po lice car appeared in my rear view mirror. After checking my license and registration, the officer asked, "Do you know why I pulled you over?"

"No, I responded.

"One of your taillights is out." he said. "I'm going to have to issue a warning.

"Whew," I said, without thinking. "I thought it was be cause my inspection had ex pired."

Shower Thoughts

I planted some birdseed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.

Today's Thought

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the kind of money where I don't really care either way.

PUNishment

The surgeon was forced to take

Marathon

Last year I entered the New York City Marathon. The race started and imme diately I was the last of the runners. It was embarrassing. The guy who was in front of me, second to last, was making fun of me. He said, "Hey buddy, how does it feel to be last?" I replied: "Do you want to know?" and I dropped out.

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It used to be that when ever I washed my car, within six days, it would rain, but that stopped three years ago. Now, maybe I have a new method. Friday night, we went out to dinner at the new Backroads Bistro restaurant (excellent food), and it started raining re ally hard (even hailing), and it continued through dinner and all the way home. Then today, to celebrate our daughter Kel ly’s birthday, we went down to Kanab and Escobar’s, and sure enough, when we reached Roller Mill hill, it started to rain again really hard and con tinued for a half hour. May be going out to dinner is our new weather "bringer-on;" Pat would really like it if that were true. Last week, I said that the water year was until the end of October, but it actually starts on the first of October. So, we have a good start on this year's water.

This weekend was the 193rd semi-annual Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Conference. Dalyn M. Oats started off with how much the Church donates to different organizations—re gardless of who they are or what religion they are. This is all done in Christ’s name to end hunger in the world. The Church members have con tributed 600 million hours of volunteer work. Many of the members worked hard in Flor ida to help their friends and neighbors with their problems.

President Nelson said that doing good helps to make things better and is helping the world to be a better place. All of the words that were deliv ered will only make your life better. President Nelson an nounced 18 new temples will be built around the world. Four of them will be around the Mexico City area.

The big news, nationally, has been Hurricane Ian. It has been reported by the news, when interviewing some of the longtime residents, that this was the worst hurricane that they can remember. My

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daughter, Kelly, was just there visiting her friend, Mila, and she left last Friday. Mila and her husband said that their car was topped off with gas and that they would leave as soon as they were told. Un fortunately, the warning never came, and it was too late when it did come; the roads were flooded. They live in a condo located four miles from the ocean, and they were without power, so they played mo nopoly till it got dark. They said that it was really scary. The next day, Kelly’s friend went to her friend who had power, and on the way, they passed a trailer park; all of the structures were gone. The Na tional Guard has rescued 1200 people, and 58 people have lost their lives. It is thought that it is going to be the most expensive hurricane yet. Ten insurance companies have gone broke in Florida, and hurricane insurance is too ex pensive. The governor—who has been bad mouthing big government—of course was the first one to have his hand out and wants the big gov ernment to pay 100% of the damage. I think that the only way that Florida can stop this kind of damage is to do away with mobile homes. They are not cheap, and they just can’t hold up to winds like these. There were boats washed up on shore and cars were under water; it is a real mess. Seven piers have been destroyed, and roads were washed out.

President Biden, the next day, sent FEMA into the state to go to work. 70% of the pow er was back on by the second day. However, a million peo ple are still without power. He has also sent people to Puerto Rico to see what can be done to help them in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. Even with all the good that the president is doing, an anti-American com mentator said that he is play ing God with all of his help and just trying to get more votes. Like President Nelson said, when you do good, the world is a better place.

The Stock Market has continued to go down, as are oil prices; oil is down to $78 a barrel. To keep the cost of living (COL) up, Utah’s gas prices are holding still as one of the highest in the country. We haven’t had any problems with high prices. We buy a lot from Costco, but when you see something that is high, don’t buy it or find a cheaper brand. People have gotten away from cooking their own meals. Too

many of our foods can just be put in the microwave. I was going to buy a new truck, but with the high interest rates, it will just have to wait. The real problems in our country are infrastructure problems and bad roads, high drug costs, lack of health insurance that's affordable, and the list goes on and on. The COL is one party's only claim to problems that they can think of.

One problem is that America is having a precipi tous drop in life expectancy. Americans born in 2021 can expect to survive to age 76.1. This is the lowest U.S. life ex pectancy since 1996. That is a 2.7 year plunge since 2019 and the largest two year decline in nearly a century. COVID, of course, caused about half of the drop because, sadly, more people died from COVID even after a vaccine was made available. Americans are more likely to die as babies, teen agers and adults from guns,

drugs, and cars. We have vastly more gun deaths and more overdose deaths than any other rich country in the world. Opioid use, obesity and gun violence are at epi demic levels, yet no parties say anything because they don’t want to give up votes.

Well, it is couch potato time again. We have football, pro and college, and baseball playoffs. Two great achieve ments this year was that Aaron Judge has hit 61 hom ers—to tie Roger Maris—and big Albert Pujols has broken into an elite club of 702 hom ers in his career. Hockey and basketball have started their preseason, soccer has started up, and so has pro golf. So pick out a comfortable spot on your couch, and take a break.

What is the best time on a clock? It is hands down, 6:30.

Mack O.

Celebrating Over Two Decades of Art in Kayenta

IVINS - The Kayenta Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the 22nd annual Art in Kayenta Festival, Friday, October 7th through Sunday, October 9th, 2022.

Each fall, thousands of art enthusiasts and families have been making their way to Kay enta Art Village for the annual three-day FREE art festival in Ivins. Not only do festival go ers enjoy spectacular art, they are also treated to stunning desert vistas, culinary delights

tain, it is truly a special ex perience,” states Foundation Chair, Rob Goodman.

The Art in Kayenta festi val hosts a silent auction fea turing the original work from the attending artists and of ferings from local businesses. Festival guests will have the exclusive opportunity to bid on selected art pieces. The auction is hosted by the non profit Kayenta Arts Founda tion, with proceeds benefiting Center For the Arts at Kay

Art in Kayenta 2022 Event Details:

Dates - Fri/Sat: October 7 - 8, 2022 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday: October 9, 2022 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location - Center For the Arts at Kayenta, 881 Coyote Gulch Ct. Ivins, UT 84738

Cost - FREE Admission For more information - www.KayentaArts.com

from festival vendors, a beer and wine garden, live music, and Kayenta’s own delightful Xetava Gardens Café.

Guests will have the op portunity to visit a collection of 40 juried, regional and na tional artists who specialize in sculpture, painting, jewelry, ceramics, wood, metal, and other media. “The quality of art and extent of creative ex pression at the Festival is ex traordinary. Combined with the Art Village setting and backdrop of Ivins red moun

enta (CFAK).

During the Art in Kayen ta Festival, CFAK is also pre senting a special Living Art History Chautauqua event, October 7 and 8 at 7:30 PM. This production featuring “Bobby Kennedy and Ni kita Khrushchev debating the 1692 missile crisis between the two Super Powerhouses. There will also be a special social hour to meet the art ists, either before or after the event.

—Art in Kayenta

Community: When we want to learn, utilize and share skills, gathering is inevitable, ties are formed, and knowledge is passed. When you learn a skill from someone or have the opportunity to teach a skill, you’re forming a relationship. We know who we can turn to if we need help, and our community grows stronger. In that way, the Harvest Festival leads to new connections between people that last long beyond that day.

who has attended classes taught by Dani, says “Her classes brought to light some thing that is often in the dark, something that isn’t talked about enough. Her class changed the way I think about living, because I have a bet ter understanding of accepting death. I feel more prepared to honor deaths that will happen in my life in a way that feels good for me, partly because, in the past, when other deaths have happened they’ve been swept away in a way that felt awful and detrimental. Her class helped me to realize and process past grief.”

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.

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means having the resources, connections, and support net works that allow a community both to thrive under everyday circumstances, and to collec tively withstand difficult situ ations. “A sense of commu nity naturally arises around traditional skills,” says Boul der Skills Foundation mem ber Tessa Barkan. “When we want to learn, utilize and share skills, gathering is in

evitable, ties are formed, and knowledge is passed. When you learn a skill from some one or have the opportunity to teach a skill, you’re forming a relationship. We know who we can turn to if we need help, and our community grows stronger. In that way, the Har vest Festival leads to new con nections between people that last long beyond that day.”

In addition to the commu nity ties that happen through out the day just by nature of being together and learning

NHCC: We are often misinformed into thinking that domestic violence is something that doesn’t affect our area, or people “like us.” It can be difficult to separate oneself from things seen on social media, and across the internet and yet we are willing to look the other way at the realities of domestic violence that surround us in our day to day lives.

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ficult to separate oneself from things seen on social media, and across the internet, and yet, we are willing to look the other way at the realities of domestic violence that sur round us in our day to day lives.

It is important to under stand what domestic violence means and what it can look like. We use the term "vio lence" as an all-encompassing term to include emotional, verbal, mental, psychological and physical violence. Did it ever get physical? This is of ten the first question people ask when they suspect an abusive relationship. Keep in mind that starting a conversa tion about physical abuse is essential, but remember, it’s not the only form of domes tic abuse. Stopping short of asking about other forms of abuse implies that physical violence is the defining fac tor of a harmful relationship. Worse, this implication con veys that whatever else is go ing on is just “not that bad.”

It can be heartbreakingly for anyone, whether it is the person inflicting the abuse, a third-party observer, or even the target of the abuse, to misattribute its damage to an other cause. We name events such as unemployment, fam ily stress, life’s hardships, or even the mental state of the

victim before the abuse started as the cause of the effects, in stead of recognizing the situ ation for what it is. We often fail to see an abusive partner ruining family life.

Our theme for Domestic Violence Awareness month this October is “Paint the Town Purple.” The color purple is a symbol of peace, courage, survival, honor and dedication to ending violence. It is a salute to survivors and those we have lost to domes tic violence. Those looking to show their care for domestic violence victims and survivors alike are welcome to make a $20 donation to NHCC and re ceive a yard sign and a purple lightbulb for their front porch to showcase their support. Please reach out to New Ho rizons Crisis Center to find lo cal places that are selling these items. Though we are grant based, we rely heavily on pri vate donations to be able to cover the services we provide to victims that our grants don’t cover. We accept donations via check or Venmo. Checks can be written to New Horizons Crisis Center and be mailed to our headquarters at 145 E. 100 N. Richfield, UT 84701. We also accept Venmo donations: @NewHorizonsCrisisCenter. Please reach out to contact us for more information: Ju lie Jeffery - 435-201-0493 or 1-800-343-6302.

—New Horizons Crisis Center

together, there are two classes this year that focus specifically on strengthening different as pects of our community.

Dani Lavoire, who is both a midwife and a deathworker, will be coming from Prescott, AZ, to teach two classes about grief and community death care. Dani’s teachings are practical, emotionally support ive, and powerful. On Friday, October 21, she will be lead ing discussion on how we can support our own bodies and those of our community mem bers during times of grief with herbal medicines and acts of friendship. On Saturday, Oc tober 22, she will be teaching about the logistics, legalities, and social/emotional impacts of home funerals, how small towns like ours can create plans to support those who are grieving, and how an under standing of grief can strength en a community.

Boulder Skills Founda tion member Jane Phillips,

Community fire pre paredness will also be a topic of the Fest. On Saturday, Oc tober 15, from 11am-2pm (one week before Harvest Fest), resident Scott Aho will offer an open house with ongoing tours and demonstrations of the fire prevention and sup pression tactics he has at his house. At the Fest itself, Judith Geil of the Boulder Wildfire Council will lead an open fo rum focusing on community wildfire preparedness, includ ing mitigation recommenda tions, homeowner options for fire suppression, and status of the town’s evacuation plan in case of emergency. Attend ees will have the opportunity to share their own mitigation projects, voice concerns, and make recommendations. Fo rums such as these can help our communities be proactive in defending from wildfires, and provide information about what to do if an emergency does happen.

More information about the Boulder Skills Foundation and Harvest Fest, including information about classes with pre-registration, will be avail able at http://boulderskills foundation.org/ or https:// www.facebook.com/Boulder SkillsFoundation/.

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

PUBLIC NOTICE WAYNE COUNTY

As required by Utah Code, Public and Logic and Accu racy testing will be performed on the voting equipment that will be used in the upcoming General Election. The testing will be held on Monday, November 7, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at the Wayne County Courthouse, 18 South Main, Loa, UT. Any interested person may attend and observe the testing.

Ryan Torgerson

Wayne County Clerk/Auditor

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

Tessa Barkan, Boulder Skills Foundation member

Mikhaal Chillier and TinaLuna Bonzon

The Boulder Harvest Fest provides opportunities both to spend time with existing friends, and to get to know people you haven't yet met.

News from Wayne County Happy Birthday, Dee Hatch

by Adus Dorsey

WAYNE COUNTYThere seems to be something about September that reminds people that they need to load up their motorhomes, fifthwheels, pickup campers, tents and E-bikes and set their GPS and Google maps on Wayne County. Every empty spot large enough to drive a stake is occupied by Thursday af ternoon. You can always tell the procrastinators that got a late start leaving the city, as prime camping spots become a game of musical chairs. Like at Wal-Mart, you see’m setting up in the church park ing lot. And if the camping crowds aren’t tough enough, try ordering a cup of coffee at the Dark Sky or Wild Rab bit in Torrey; you can always tell who is a local, as once they make it to the window / counter, they stare blankly at the menu board, with about 50 coffee choices and names they don’t understand, and then just say, “Can I just get a regular cup of coffee, please?”

With the September campers comes the change of the leaves on the mountain. It is a phenomenon that takes place annually to different de grees. For a know-it-all first grader at Loa Elementary, he tells all his friends gathered around on the playground that the change in the leaves is the campers' fault; “When they start showing up, it scares the trees and they change their color, and when they have had all they can take, they just fall off.” None of the other big eyed kids try to correct him as he is big for his age, and they all know he will learn the real reason about leaves when he gets to go to middle school in Bicknell and has to take a sci ence class.

Ask any biologist that has had a few glasses at a wine and cheese party in Tor rey, and they will be more than generous to tell you all that they know about the de ciduous trees that have leaves that change color in fall and the evergreen trees with nee dles, which stay green to con tinue the photosynthesis pro

cess through the winter, and are referred to as coniferous.

When that same biolo gist makes her way back from the open bar, she will go on to say that most of the year those leaves are green because of the chlorophyll they use to absorb energy from sunlight during photosynthesis. She says that the leaves convert the energy into wine (she re ally means sugars) to feed the tree. As the season changes, temperatures drop and days get shorter. Trees get less di rect sunlight, and the chlo rophyll in the leaves breaks down. The lack of chlorophyll reveals yellow and orange pigments that were already in the leaves but masked during the warmer months. Darker red leaves are the result of a chemical change. Sugars that can get trapped in the leaves produce new pigments (called anthocyanins) that weren’t part of the leaf in the growing season. Some trees, like oaks and dogwoods, are likely to produce red leaves. (At this point in the drawn out con versation, the biologist from BYU is standing all alone in a corner sharing her vast knowledge of leaves with a coat rack.)

In Wayne County, weath er and construction continue to be the unknowns. The Farmers Almanac can’t even predict where and when the rain is going to fall, but it has a lot of people living near his torical washes sitting on pins and needles and hearing thun der when oftentimes there isn’t any.

As far as highway con struction goes, orange cones and flaggers can pop up like whack-a-moles just about anywhere between the river bridge and the Hanksville Diversion on any given day. Folks have become so accus tomed to the big trucks rolling down the highway at all hours of the day and night that they can tell when the construction company hires a new driver from the sound of how they shift gears, and, to be clear, the drivers are not gender

specific.

No doubt there are road related incidents. Anybody that has had to take statis tics 101 knows that to be a fact. But overall, the general consensus at the pump is that safety is number one, and given the driver's expertise on the road, there is no argu ment. Anyone that has been witness to some of the condi tions that the big truck driv ers have to navigate through often find themselves caught with their mouths agape.

Dee Hatch of Loa turns 103 this week; if that doesn’t say something about a life of good living, I am not sure what does. Dee was born in 1919, back in the day when a copper penny was worth what a ten dollar bill is to day, and for collectors, the 1919 Lincoln Penny today is probably worth ten dollars.

He was raised in Koosharem at a time when World War I and the 1918 Flu Pandemic were coming to an end, and a time when horse and buggy were the only way to get around. It is hard for us to imagine what life was like back in the day while we watch our smart TVs and scroll endlessly through a computer in our hand that we still call a telephone.

While working for Gar kane Power, Dee was the "one" to install power to the first building at what is now Capitol Reef National Park.

It is hard to think of Dee without Berneal; they were always together going somewhere, never tiring and never having to wear glasses to drive, even at age 90. To go anywhere with Dee and Berneal, you had better be prepared for a long day. Just when you thought the day long trip was over, Berneal would say, “Lets take the Fish Lake Loop.” They were always taking the long way home from anywhere. That was Dee and Berneal.

Happy 103, Dee. You are my idol, and you always will be.

Adus Dorsey

Dee Hatch with Berneal. Dee Hatch is turning 103 this week.

October 10 - October 16

by John Mosley

The solar system is pretty flat, and the moon and planets orbit in more-or-less the same plane, which we see edge-on as we look up into the sky. The planets pass each other as they orbit the sun at their differ ing speeds. When one passes another, they’re in “conjunc tion,” and conjunctions are always visually interesting, especially if one passes ex ceptionally close to the other. Rarest of all conjunctions are “occultations,” when one passes in front of another. Planets are tiny targets, and it’s a remarkable coincidence when their alignment is so ex act that one positions itself di rectly in front of another. The last planetary occultation was in 1818, and the next one was not until 2065 (both Venus in front of Jupiter; don’t hold out for the one in 2065 because they will be so near the sun it won’t be visible). So it is com mon for a person to live a long life without seeing one planet occult another.

Occultations by the moon, however, are a differ ent matter; the moon is huge in the sky compared to a plan et, and it moves across the sky much faster than a planet. This brings us to a rare occultation of a planet by the moon this coming Tuesday, October 11.

On Tuesday evening, the moon’s eastward motion that carries it around the earth, and around the sky, once a month, carries the moon in front of Uranus. One hour after moon

rise, which is about as soon as you can expect to see Uranus, the little planet will be 1.1° (two moon-diameters) to the lower-left of the waning gib bous moon. Uranus will look like a faint star. People have seen Uranus with the naked eye under ideal conditions, but not so close to the bright moon. The occultation will be easy to observe—if you have any tele scope or that pair of binoculars I’ve urged every stargazer to own. (Amazon and Big 5 have starter binoculars for under $50; I recommend 7x50; sec ond choice 10x50; get a pair you can attach to a cheap cam era tripod.)

As time passes, watch the moon approach Uranus. Ura nus is 3.6 arcseconds in diam eter, so without a magnification of at least 150x, it looks like a star. At 10:22 MDT Uranus is ½° from the moon, and at 10:54, the moon’s bright edge slides over the planet in an event that takes several sec onds.

Uranus reappears from behind the dark limb of the

moon at 11:44 in an event that will be visually more interest ing because the planet will seem to materialize out of no where next to the moon.

The occultation is visible from the northwest half of the United States and Canada. The time “10:54” is valid for south ern Utah; elsewhere, the time will be different (from Den ver, for example, it is 11:08). Details are at https://is.gd/ura nusoccultation.

The next occultation of a planet by the moon is Mars on December 7. More on that then. Google “Moon occulta tion planet” for lists of coming occultations.

John Mosley was Pro gram Supervisor of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles for 27 years and is the author of “Stargazing for Beginners” and “Stargazing with Binocu lars and Telescopes.” He and his wife live in St. George, where he continues to stargaze from his retirement home while serving on the advisory com mittee for Stellar Vista Obser vatory.

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.

Graphic Created with SkySafariAstronomy.com

Five minutes before the occultation, tiny Uranus is about to be covered by the advanc ing moon.

What they share is an egg in which the embryo is wrapped in three membranes that pro vide for gas exchange, re tain water, and support and protect the embryo so it can achieve an advanced stage of development before being hatched or born. This whole complex is wrapped in a shell which is either leathery or, as in birds, hard-shelled. Except for Monotremes (Platypus, Spiny anteaters), mammals have lost the shell.

Specifically, the three extra-embryonic membranes include the allantois, which functions in waste storage; the chorion, which functions mainly in gas (oxygen and carbon dioxide) exchange; and the fluid-filled amnion, which surrounds the embryo and gives these animals their name. These, together with the membranes lying just under the shell (those annoy ing things which make peel ing hard-boiled eggs difficult sometimes), make up the egg white. The yolk is part of the original egg, supplying nu trients to the developing em bryo, which begins as a tiny group of cells adhering to the yolk. The proportions and importance of the three mem branes vary from major group to major group. In mammals, the allantois is vestigial and the chorion has increased greatly in size; it fuses with the uterine lining to form the placenta.

The earliest-known an cestors of Amniotes were preserved as fossils in 320 million-year-old tree stumps in Nova Scotia and looked something like small lizards of today. Of course, we don’t know what kind of eggs these creatures laid, but they pos sessed certain skeletal fea

tures which they share with other Amniotes, indicating adaptation to life on land. Be cause all three living lineages of Amniotes reproduce via the amniotic egg, it is more likely that their long-ago common ancestor did the same, rather than this egg evolving inde pendently three times.

The evolution of the am niotic egg allowed vertebrates to cut their ties to water as a necessity for reproduction and lay eggs in dryer and more protected places. This in turn made possible the lay ing of fewer and larger eggs, containing more yolk so that young can emerge more-fully formed. There is no tadpole stage among Amniotes. Landbased reproduction opened up new habitats for exploitation by vertebrates.

Birds are the only verte brate group in which all spe cies reproduce via external eggs. None of them retain eggs within the body nor do any give birth to fully-developed young. When you think about the requirements for flight, this makes sense. Laying shelled eggs minimizes the amount of time a female must carry developing young within her body. Considering that an egg can be up to 12% of her body weight, retaining them within her body would make flight, an already energy-consuming activity, more difficult.

So, next time you con sume eggs, enjoy not only their taste but revel in the evo lutionary history behind them.

Study: Skyrocketing Housing Costs Putting the Squeeze on Utah Renters

UTAH - The average cost of keeping a roof over your head in Utah's metro areas is a lot more than it used to be—if you're renting.

A recent University of Utah study found that rental prices in the state's major cit ies increased faster in the past two years than they did over the entire prior decade.

Dejan Eskic—a senior research fellow at the Univer sity of Utah's Kem C. Gard ner Policy Institute—said ris ing home prices have pushed many Utahns into the rental market, increasing the demand and driving up leasing costs.

"Prior to COVID, about 49% of households statewide could not qualify for the me dian-priced home," said Eskic. "They were priced out, basi cally, where at the end of the second quarter this year, they

by Mark Richardson, Utah News Connection

were up to 78%."

Eskic says between 2010 and 2020, rental rates in the Salt Lake City area increased by about 2.5% a year. But in the last two years, those rates jumped by about 10.5% per year.

That means a two-bed room apartment that cost $983 a month in 2010 now costs more than $1,600—a 64% in crease.

Two years into the pan demic, the report found that more than two-thirds of Utah households could not afford a median-priced home.

Tara Rollins, Director of the Utah Housing Coalition, said the prevalence of national corporate landlords in Utah has changed the nature of the rental market.

"Housing is no longer just a shelter or an investment for

a Mom and Pop," said Rollins. "It is a portfolio. And so ev ery year, that portfolio has to perform better and better and better."

Rollins said policymak ers need to develop programs to assist Utahns, particularly workers in lower wage tour ism and service jobs.

It would also help to cre ate incentives that bring more

locally-based investors into the rental market—in hopes those landlords would have a bigger stake in community building.

"I'm all about stabiliz ing people in their housing," said Rollins. "Because right now, at this point, if you have a roof over your head, you really want to keep that roof over your head."

Amniotes: Birds are the only vertebrate group in which all species reproduce via external eggs. None of them retain eggs within the body nor do any give birth to fully-developed young.

Kathy Munthe is an avid birder and resident of Es calante, Utah.

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Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey

Ostriches lay the largest living amniotic eggs.

Tebbs noted the September 19 emergency meeting held to add Panguitch Fire Dis trict to the county’s UCIP policy. He mentioned a state wide Association of Coun ties, held in Bryce Valley, that covered housing, as well as “eye-opening” Colorado River-related water issues. Fire Chiefs from the munici palities met—with the excep tion of Ticaboo, Boulder, and Cannonville. Tebbs expressed some concern, given that it was a Zoom meeting and the chiefs are identifying their 3-5 year capital requirements.

Commissioner Jerry Taylor reminded the Com mission of the Escalante af fordable housing open house for the 4-plex just built. He said two additional lots have been purchased for that pro gram, but he didn’t yet know what type of structures would be built. He attended more meetings dealing with Es calante water and dredging. And he met with Mike Sarles and Callie Ward on the Rural Online Initiative project in Escalante. The 4-5-office con ference room should be avail able to local businesspeople by December.

Commissioner Leland Pollock restated the value of Garfield hosting the state’s county councils and commis sioners, saying it was a good opportunity to showcase our locale as well as our needs. The conference voted to re turn to Garfield next year. Pollock commented on the advertising by the state on the national parks saying that “overcrowding” at Bryce isn’t true at all. He expressed concern about Zion’s plan to limit traffic and also claimed Zion Park itself wasn’t ac curately indicating parking availability. Lastly, Pollock said the three-year “bump” in funding—that allocated an additional $6.80 per day per prisoner—was expiring this year. He will be trying to re

establish the jail funding and, hopefully, legislation that will secure it.

Planning, Kaden Fig gins: The Commission ap proved, as recommended, amendments to Sevier River Estates Subdivision, which combines lots to correct non conformities. The longest dis cussion was on the proposed Underground Wastewater Or dinance, which ended up be ing tabled until next meeting. Commissioner Tebbs wanted more time to evaluate the new ordinance and how it overlaps or differs from the existing Water Concurrency Ordinance that defines wastewater sys tems in the John’s/Henry Val ley/Bryce area. Figgins said this ordinance is inclusive of more than the Bryce area. There was also discussion of the ongoing, serious pollution problems in Panguitch Lake and Sevier River-subdivisions. Given the density of some of the developments—many of which are occupied year-round and each on their own septic systems—the inadequacies of past land use regulations is becoming dangerously appar ent. The Commissioners also discussed the building permit process itself. Figgins is trying to eliminate redundancies, but he said all building permits, in cluding those from municipali ties, go through both Planning and Public Works to checkoff requirements such as water rights, setbacks, and septic systems. Then the application goes to the Building Inspector for that process.

2022 Rural County Grant program: The County Economic Development Board reviewed three applications for the competitive business grants and recommended for all three: Bryce Canyon Recre ation Association is developing a $1.1M ice rink-ribbon, and they applied for $50K (4.5%) from the grant. This project in volves significant design and development for an ice facil ity that will provide visitors and locals alike with a longer season and a more interesting

iceskating feature. Second, Living Local, LLC applied for $50K out of a $350K project (12.5%) to restore and renovate the old Panguitch library, that will also providing five new office spaces. The third appli cation was for an affordable housing unit in Panguitch. The request was for $15K (50%) of a $30K project, 50 percent being the maximum allowable for the grant. The CEDB rec ommendation was for $7.5K. The Commission approved all three grant awards, despite some bad feelings expressed by the third recipient. Pollock warned that it is illegal to ha rass county employees on their own time.

The Commission ap proved a business license for Birch Creek House in Escalan te.

County Clerk/Auditor Camille Moore reported on three adjustments totaling ap proximately $1M made by the Board of Equalization.

Heath Hanson, a staffer in Mike Lee’s office, reported on legislation the Senator is pursuing that would authorize pilot projects, as well as more flexibility overall to restore forests to their state before the complete fire suppression regime was started in 1900. It would also make Utah eligible for wildfire institute funding.

On behalf of Lee, Com missioner Pollock wanted to state on the record and printed in the paper, “I hope that Gar field County supports him...I hope this county has his back on Nov. 8.”

[Paragraph 5, Section 1733-11 of Utah State Code says “No officer or employee may engage in any political activity during the hours of employ ment...”]

The Garfield County Commission meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month starting at 10 a.m. All meetings are held in the County Courthouse in Pan guitch. There is no set up for electronic participation, but all meetings are recorded.

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Astronomy Event: Escalante Petrified Forest State Park will be hosting a night sky astronomy event on the evenings of October 20 and 21, 2022.

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tendees. For this event, guests can look forward to a brief talk beginning at 8pm, with telescope viewing until about 9:30pm.

This talk will focus on bright objects in the southern night sky, with the hope of observing the rings of Saturn,

the moons of Jupiter, star clus ters, and even other galaxies. They will give a brief tour of the constellations using a laser pointer, and of course, answer any questions that people have about space, astronomy, and telescopes.

Participants should plan ahead for a short walk on a dirt road, a chilly evening, and limited use of lights, especial

ly flashlights and cell phones. The cost of this event is $5 per vehicle. Space for this event will be limited, so please call ahead to confirm your atten dance with the park at 435826-4466.

See map for locations of the evening's events.

—Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

Utah in the form of both rental and ownership programs.

Criteria for a Neigh borWorks rental occupancy include that residents are a family (related to one another, and no singles). Rental rates and renter qualifications are based on county area median income, and in Garfield Coun ty, targeted programs include families with incomes in two tiers, 50% and under area me dian income, and 80% and un der area median income. Rents at the Escalante fourplex are set at $850 per month.

Each unit at Desert Stone Villas is two stories, with three bedrooms and two baths, in cluding ample storage and amenities such as stone coun tertops and outdoor living spaces. While the finishing touches are still underway on the exterior—concrete was be ing poured for walkways and porches this past week—inte riors are completely finished, with plush carpeting and fresh cabinetry and plank flooring.

Visitors to the open house could walk throughout all four units of the building, and “ooh”s and “aahs” could be heard as people admired the spaces and nodded approvals at the modern designs and sin gular views in each direction looking outside from the liv ing spaces.

“This all happened be cause of NeighborWorks,” said Garfield County Commis sioner Jerry Taylor, who gave a short presentation and de livered keys to new residents who will occupy two of the units. “This will help our com munity build and grow.”

Regan Murray, who works at Turnabout Ranch, was on hand to accept keys on behalf of he and his wife Starr and their family, and Kolt and Chelsea Smith received the keys for their family. Kolt, aka “Big Bubba,” is the owner of Big Bubba’s BBQ.

Sharlene Wilde, executive director of NeighborWorks, which is based in Orem, gave a short but emotional presen tation as she described how important it is to her person ally to be able to complete a project in Escalante. Wilde is originally from Boulder, and graduated from Escalante High School.

“It’s been four years, put ting this together, a lot of hard work and blood, sweat and tears,” said Wilde. “I’m so proud to come home and do something.”

Wilde described the “capital stack” that goes into putting a new housing project together, which in this case in cluded support from USDA, Garfield County, State Bank of Southern Utah, the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, and the Federal Home Loan

Bank of Des Moines.

Applications are still be ing accepted for Desert Stone Villas. Wilde indicated that NeighborWorks “is always taking applications.”

The completion of the four Escalante rentals adds to eight other units in Tropic— all single-family housing— that NeighborWorks has capi talized as attainable housing in Garfield County. In March of 2022, NeighborWorks un veiled two newly constructed single-family homes in Trop ic’s Bryce Meadows subdivi sion, in addition to acquiring six previously constructed houses for their attainable housing program in the same subdivision. NeighborWorks is currently planning a twelve unit “Crown Home” proj ect in Kane County, which are fifteen-year rent-to-own homes, where all of the rent turns into equity. Neighbor Works is also evaluating po tentially suitable properties in Wayne County for a project there.

NeighborWorks owns another undeveloped piece of ground right next to the Des ert Stone Villas property in Escalante, with an eye for yet another project in the future, though specific plans are not on the horizon just yet. “May be in a couple of years, or so,” said Wilde.

It’s been four years, putting this together, a lot of hard work and blood, sweat and tears. I’m so proud to come home and do something.—Sharlene Wilde, executive director of NeighborWorks

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Kolt and Chelsea Smith (left) and Regan Murray (right) were on hand to accept the keys—presented by Garfield County Commissioner Jerry Taylor (right, in both pho tos)—to their new rental units at an open house for Desert Stone Villas in Escalante, Utah.

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Garfield Commission: Commissioner Board reports, amendments to Sevier River Estates Subdivision, approval of three competitive business grant awards, and Bryce Valley Elementary's December trip to Washington, D.C. discussed.

Map Courtesy Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

Map showing the location of the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park night sky as tronomy event on October 20 and 21, 2022, in Escalante, Utah.

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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

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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)

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Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

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

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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

Part-time Cook for the Wayne County Senior Nutrition Program

Six County Association of Governments (SCAOG) is ac cepting applications for a part-time cook for the Wayne County Senior Nutrition Program

Wage is $12.00 per hour, three days a week, for fourfive hours a day.

Applicants need to have a basic knowledge of cooking and baking from scratch. Applicant will also need to obtain a food handler permit.

Please visit www.sixcounty.com/jobs to apply

For additional information, please call (435) 893-0747.

Position is open until filled.

SCAOG conducts background checks and drug screens on all successful applicants. SCAOG is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Fire Chief in Training

Panguitch City is looking for an individual to join in the leadership of the Fire Department. This new posi tion will be Fire Chief in Training and the successful applicant will work closely with Chief Dave Dodds to learn the responsibilities of the position.

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Please send a letter of interest to Panguitch City, PO Box 75, Panguitch, UT 84759 Attn: Lori Talbot by Tuesday, Octo ber 20, 2022, at 5:00 pm.

SERVICES

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Resources in Wayne & Garfield Counties

For Victims of Domestic Violence, Rape, and Sexual Assault

Canyon Creek Services

Emergency Safehouse 435-865-7443 Mobile Team 435-233-5732

New Horizons Crisis Center 145 East 100 North, Richfield Office Hours

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Shelter is open 24 hrs, 7 days a week

Phone Number 435-896-9294

Counseling Services

Central Utah Counseling Richfield Office 255 S Main Street, Richfield Office Hours 435-896-8236

24 Hour Emergency Service 877-469-2822

Southwest Behavioral Health Center 601 E Center Street, Panguitch 435-676-8176

24 Hour Emergency Service 800-574-6763

Wayne Community Health Center 128 South 300 West Bicknell, 84715 435-425-3744

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255

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