The Wayne & Garfield County Insider October 24, 2019

The

Insider

Serving Wayne & Garfield Counties, Utah

Loa • Fremont • Lyman • Bicknell • Teasdale • Torrey • Grover • Fruita • Caineville • Hanksville Panguitch • Panguitch Lake • Hatch • Antimony • Bryce • Tropic • Henrieville • Cannonville • Escalante • Boulder

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Here’s How You Can Help Fight Poaching in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY Hunting season is in full swing, and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are hard at work patrolling the state to protect wildlife and make sure hunters are obeying the laws.

From August 1 to October 13, conservation officers contacted 35,619 individuals and inspected the hunting licenses of 11,425 people.

During those interactions, the officers detected 1,215 violations and discovered 102 illegally killed big game animals, including deer, elk, pronghorn, moose, bison and black bear. So far, 918 citations have been issued, and other violations will continue to be investigated or handled in the court system.

“Hunters need to take the responsibility of knowing the law, having a current hunting or combination license and knowing what species and areas their permits allow them to hunt,” DWR Capt. J. Shirley said.

Conservation officers

Poaching

Cont'd on page 3

Issue # 1330

3rd Annual Community Juicing Day Hosted by Etta Place Cider

GARFIELD COUNTY At the October 14 Garfield County Commission meeting, main topics included a presentation by Beaver County’s Children’s Justice Center; a public hearing, followed by approval of the Short-Term Rental ordinance; and Travel Council trail mapping updates.

The regular meeting was preceded by an executive session covering personnel and potential litigation.

First, during Commissioner’s Board reports, Commissioner Jerry Taylor reported on dinosaur museum activities, noting a recent three-day visit by a Canadian consultant who provided “great insight on what it takes

Insider

Ann Torrence and Robert Marc, of Etta Place Cider, hosted the 3rd annual Community Juicing Day this year at The Saddlery in Torrey.

TORREY - On October 12, 2019, Etta Place Cider hosted Northwest Mobile Juicing Systems out of Bozeman, Montana for their 3rd annual Community Juicing Day. Despite the subfreezing weather blocking hoses

and valves, Northwest performed valiantly, crushing over 2000 pounds of apples into 200 five-liter boxes of fresh-pressed, pasteurized apple juice. Many of us got to sample the hot juice straight from the pasteurizer, and it

Development (ORD). Grants were awarded to applicants of the Rural Coworking and Innovation Center and the Rural Rapid Manufacturing grant programs.

These two new rural programs complement exist-

ing ORD programs and spur economic opportunities and investments in rural Utah.

“These two rural programs will further enhance

Beth Rumsey (left) Tracy Jones (through the kitchen window) and Danny Emrich are among the friendly staff ready to serve you at Wild Rabbit Café in Torrey.

Rabbit Café is prepping their winter menu for the new season. Café owner, and Wayne County native, Beth Rumsey is focused on food that is healthy, seasonal and locally produced whenever possible, and, over the holidays, will offer occasional items such as holiday fudge and special orders for pies.

“I felt Wild Rabbit was going to be something spe-

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

THURS. OCTOBER 24 - WED. OCTOBER 30

Sunny and cool is the theme of our week. High temps fluctuate a bit between the 50s and 60s, before getting down into the 40s throughout next week. Lows in the teens and 20s.

Slight chance of precip, 10 - 20%, Mon - Weds.

Cont'd on page 2

Wayne County Sheriff’s Department Makes Drug Distribution Arrest

Lake Powell Fishing Report October 11

Fishing Report

Insider

Cont'd on page 7

Juicing Day

Wild Rabbit

Cont'd on page 2

Garfield Commission

Cont'd on page 7

cial,” said Rumsey, who purchased the café last March with her father, Larry Deem, and had just a few weeks to get it ready for opening.

They’ve been hopping ever since. Rumsey calls the vibe, “Low key and casual, with different foods and flavors from the fine dining part of my career,” referring to six years she worked in Deer Valley at the Austrian restaurant, Goldener Hirsch. These dif-

Rural Programs

to build a museum.” He also mentioned the open house for Escalante’s new Senior/ Community Center, as well as a meeting planned with Garfield County mayors to discuss the upcoming U.S. Census and getting residents notified and involved.

Commissioner Leland Pollock again brought up the Joint Jails Committee, this time as a resolution passed by the counties for an increase in the daily rate per prisoner the state pays the counties.

The state’s calculated incarceration rate is $103/day; Pollock said Garfield County Jail receives $53/day. The jail is

was simply amazing.

Spring freezes reduced this year’s apple crop by half (even more for some growers), and the frosty weekend inhibited last-minute picking.

LAKE POWELL - Every September we fire up the electrofishing equipment and sample young fish along the shoreline of Lake Powell.

We sample at night when the fish move into shallow water.

The fish are stunned, measured, counted and returned to the lake. This survey helps us understand how the 2019 crop of fish compares to those sampled every year since 1975. We survey different sites to get an overview of fish abundance lakewide. Then we compare the results from each site with the same site from previous years. The most common fish species caught each year in shallow water are bluegill and green sunfish.

They were in high abundance in each survey.

The 2019 sample is perhaps the most unusual since the survey began. Shad numbers are overwhelming.

Young sport fish are in high abundance. Here is a brief summary of our fish collections.

Wahweap — Small threadfin shad were the most abundant fish captured. These small forage fish are ideal forage for all sport fish species.

The more we have the better growth and abundance of sport fish. Shad schools are on display all over the lower lake but the prime spot is in the Castle Rock Cut. These small schools are feeding on the surface in the Cut and visible just about every time a boat passes through. Look for the small

The Year of the Wild Rabbit

TORREY - “The rabbit is a tame creature representing hope for a long time,” according to a Chinese Zodiac Web site.

Torrey’s Wild Rabbit Café, meanwhile, offers hope for a tasty meal and a super pleasant spot to hang out and linger for a break in any day.

Just opened this past Easter weekend and finishing their first full summer, Wild

October 14

Visitors and residents of Wayne County provide over a ton of apples for juice and more than $800 for the Wayne County Food Bank

Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development Announces Grant Awardees of Its Two New Rural Programs

SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Governor’s Office Economic Development (GOED) announced grant recipients for two new rural programs added by Utah’s Legislature.

The programs are administered by the Office of Rural

Garfield County Commission

Cont'd on page 10

I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.

—Wednesday Addams

Courtesy Wayne County Sheriff's Office

A photo of weapons, methamphetamine and a variety of paraphernalia that the Wayne County Sheriff's office said were found at the home of Travis Hoxie during his arrest.

LOA - The Wayne Coun- three third-degree felonies ty Sheriff’s Department has related to purchase, transfer made a drug arrest that Sheriff or possession of firearms by Dan Jensen has said will put a a restricted person. An ad“big dent in the drug problem” ditional misdemeanor charge in Wayne County. has been filed against Hoxie Travis Colter Hoxie, 47, for possession of drug paraa resident of Loa, was arrest- phernalia. ed on Friday, October 11 and According to the sheriff’s has been charged with a first- office probable cause statedegree felony of distribution Arrest or arranging to distribute a Cont'd on page 2 controlled substance, and with

Op-Ed

WCWCD Update: What are we waiting for?

by Toni Thiriot, Ph.D.

WAYNE COUNTY - We were waiting for the October 21, 2019 Wayne County Commissioners meeting to see if the Wayne County Commissioners, particularly Stan Wood, who is supposed to be supervising the Wayne County Water Conservancy District (WCWCD) and is one of the nine trustees of the WCWCD, would respond to our requests for compliance to three recommendations. Letters were sent to each of the nine trustees and requested compliance with our suggestions, as well.

Stan Wood should be in contact with all of the members to see to his and their cooperation and so that he can report the results.

Unfortunately, Stan

Wood will not be attending the October 21, 2019 Commissioners Meeting. As he is on the WCWCD Board of Trustees, and is the commissioner that is supposed to be responsible for supervising the WCWCD, it is imperative that he be present to respond to the concerns that were submitted two and a half months ago, as reported to you in The Insider. He is supposed to be attending the November 4, 2019 Commissioners Meeting.

As a review, the three recommendations requested (giving them two and a half months for completion) were:

ALL content for THE WAYNE & GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER must be submitted by FRIDAY AT NOON to be included in the following Thursday edition of the paper.

BOXHOLDER

Op-ed

Cont'd on page 6 PRE-SORT STANDARD PAID RICHFIELD, UTAH PERMIT No. 122

October 24, 2019

The Insider

Page 2

Letters to the Editor Send us your letters.

Your thoughts, opinions, and notes to the community are important to us and we welcome your submissions. Letters to the editor must include the author’s name and location (town). We may edit letters for length, format and clarity, and we also reserve the right to refuse material. Opinions expressed in letters to the editor are not necessarily those of The Insider. Send letters to snapshot@live.com.

This Halloween, Don’t be Afraid to Say Yes to Saving Lives

It’s scary. When saving lives, complacency can be deadly. What does that mean exactly?

Thanks to the giving nature of people in this state, Utah excels at the percentage of people 16 and older signed up as organ, eye and tissue donors…80%! That’s wonderful!

What’s scary is, past surveys show over 90% of Utahns think donation/transplantation is a good thing.

Where are those other 10%?

Why haven’t they said yes to helping others?

Do they think because everyone else is signed up, they don’t need to? Maybe it’s the sense that since so many people are signed up, there are enough donors to help everyone. It would be nice if that were the case.

The reason there is such a shortage of transplantable organs to help those 800 plus people on the Utah waiting list

is that only one to two percent of deaths can actually lead to donation.

To be an organ donor, someone has to die in the hospital, while on a ventilator, from a brain injury. While that doesn’t happen all that often, one organ donor can save up to eight lives, and if they donate corneas and tissues as well, they can help over 50 people. That’s quite a legacy to leave behind. Is it scary to know you could help that

many people? You probably don’t even get that many trick or treaters.

If saying yes does make you nervous or scared, please go to www.yesutah.org to get the facts. Saying “Yes” this Halloween to helping dozens of people shouldn’t be scary.

Alex McDonald, Director of Public Education, DonorConnect

MOAB - The peace and quiet of the back roads in many of Utah's national parks soon could be interrupted by the roar of all-terrain vehicles.

Utah conservation groups say a recent memo from the National Park Service directed Utah park superintendents, starting in November, to allow the vehicles, known as ATVs or UTVs, to travel on the same access roads and back roads as cars, trucks and SUVs. Neal Clark, wildlands program director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, says it's a very bad idea.

"Just a terribly short-

sighted decision from the administration," he states.

"They're off-road vehicles.

They're intended to be used off road and they're just completely contrary to the purpose of the parks and why people visit and cherish them."

The memo instructs the parks to follow a 2008 Utah law that allows the state's more than 200,000 licensed off-road vehicles to travel on state and county roads.

The Park Service says any vehicle traveling off the roads would be issued a citation. The new rule only applies to parks in Utah, but conservationists fear the changes eventually could spread to

other states.

Clark says in his experience, if off-road vehicles are allowed in the park, many drivers would likely venture into prohibited areas despite the regulations.

He adds that park rangers chasing them down to issue a ticket would do additional damage to the park. And he says the decision will be a nightmare for park maintenance, wildlife and the environment.

"We've certainly seen UTV use in southern Utah rapidly increase over the years," he states. "We see a correlated increase in illegal use and destruction of natural resources.

There's certainly a correlated environmental impact when you unleash these machines."

Off-road vehicles were previously barred from most national parks in Utah, but after years of lobbying by offroad groups and lawmakers, the Park Service is changing its policy.

Clark says the change is being made without any notice or opportunity for public comment. He says his group and other organizations are considering legal action to stop the move.

—Mark Richardson, Utah News Connection

Arrest

at 523 South Big Rocks Road, and found methamphetamine, loaded weapons and paraphernalia.

“This guy [Hoxie] came to town probably two, twoand a half years ago, and he’s been living in Loa, and has had an extensive criminal

history,” said Sheriff Jensen.

“He’s been suspected of trafficking narcotics. We’ve had a lot of pressure from the community to do something, and also received a lot of support from the community.”

Hoxie was transported to and is currently being held at

the Sevier County Jail.

“We want to thank the community and everyone who assisted us,” said Jensen.

—Insider

as a result, sponsored these two bills this past legislative session,” said Rep. Carl Albrecht. “We hope the two new grant programs will make a difference in job creation in rural Utah.”

About the Rural Coworking and Innovation Center Grant The Rural Coworking and Innovation Center grant assists rural businesses by providing individuals working in designated rural areas with infrastructure and equipment to participate in the online workforce. $500,000 per fiscal year is allocated for this grant.

Activities that qualify for this grant are: • Construction or renovation of a facility to create a Coworking and Innovation Center • Extending or improving utilities and broadband service connections to a Coworking and Innovation Center • Purchasing equipment, furniture and security systems

as part of a Coworking and Innovation Center The Office of Rural Development administers this grant through the Rural Online Working Hubs Grant Advisory Committee.

About the Rural Rapid Manufacturing Grant The Rural Rapid Manufacturing grant assists in establishing laboratories designed to train students and employees, build and improve equipment, and offer scholarships within small-batch, fast delivery manufacturing.

Qualifying activities of this grant: —Construction or renovation of laboratories designed to train students and employees in: • Clothing production • Engineering and computer graphics • Manufacturing systems • Textile science Building and improvement of equipment to provide training and participation in rapid manufacturing Training and scholar-

ships for students and employees to participate in rapid manufacturing employment opportunities Utah’s Legislature allocated $500,000 on a one-time appropriation for this grant.

—Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development

Groups Oppose Plan to Allow ATVs in Utah National Parks

ment, a search warrant was issued by a judge, and the Wayne County Sheriff, three deputies, a Utah Highway Patrol officer and a narcotics canine entered Hoxie’s home Rural Programs Cont'd from page 1

investment opportunities in our rural counties,” said Ginger Chinn, managing director for Urban and Rural Business Services at GOED. “These programs are designed to meet the needs of hardworking entrepreneurs and support rural Utah.”

Grant applications were reviewed and scored by committees. Grant awardees for the Rural Coworking and Innovation Center are Utah State University–Blanding, Utah State University Extension–Garfield, Southeastern Utah Business and Technical Center, and Vernal City.

The Rural Rapid Manufacturing Grant awardees are the Southern Utah University Engineering and Technology Department, and FutureInDesign, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing advanced manufacturing and soft skills training.

“I’m focused on Utah’s rural economic growth, and

Wild Rabbit

Cont'd from page 1

ferent foods might include a quiche loaded with fresh veggies and sun dried tomatoes or fresh biscuits with sausage gravy.

Watch for special café events over the holiday season!

Wild Rabbit Café offers breakfast, lunch, specialty coffees, espresso, teas and house-baked pastries. Located at 135 East Main Street in Torrey. Winter hours are seven days a week from 7am to 3pm.

For inquiries and special orders, call 435-425-3074.

—Insider

Insider

The

Cont'd from page 1

P.O. Box 105 Escalante, UT 84726 435-826-4400 email snapshot@live.com fax 888-370-8546 Publisher: Erica Walz Layout & Graphic Design: Emily Leach Payroll: Trudy Stowe

Local columnists:

Mack Oetting - FYI Panguitch Peg Smith - By Way of Boulder The Insider is a weekly community newspaper delivered each Thursday to households in Wayne and Garfield counties, Utah. The entire contents of this newspaper are © 2015 The Insider/Snapshot Multimedia, LLC. The Insider reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement or submitted content items. Articles submitted by independent writers may or may not be the opinion of The Insider.

Please feel free to contact us for advertising rates and with any questions regarding content submissions. We prefer content and ads submitted by email to snapshot@live.com but we will accept your information any way you can get it to us.

Subscriptions to The Insider are available outside of Wayne and Garfield counties for $40 for 26 weeks, $75 per year. Senior discounts are available.

Content and ad deadline: Friday at Noon Have a news tip or story idea?

Email us at snapshot@live.com or call us at 435-826-4400

October 24, 2019

Page 3

News From Wayne County

UEA (Utah Education Assocoation)

by Adus Dorsey II

WAYNE COUNTY There were so many people in town over the weekend that the cows were glad to be off the mountain. It was so crazy down in Capitol Reef National Park that rumor has it that there was a traffic jam in the Grand Wash parking lot so big that it took rangers with straw hats and stun guns two hours to sort out. If that wasn’t enough, you couldn’t have paid for a seat at any of the restaurants east of the Red Gate. In fact, there was a forty-five minute wait just to get into the rest rooms. It was so busy everywhere that Brigg Blackburn, from Royal Flush, was put on standby waiting for something to explode.

There really should be some sort of warning signal for when that many people intend to show up in a county with only 2,700 residents, and that is on a good day. If the truth were to be known, it would be a good guess that over the weekend the population of Wayne County expanded to well past what it was able to accommodate.

Some of the locals that I know just pulled their blinds closed, so as not to have to see it. Come suppertime, they

dove into their two-year food supply so that they would not have to venture out to the grocery store. To boot, and if my 2019 DNR hunting booklet is correct, it is deer hunting season. I don’t know about anybody else, but there have been so many deer racing back and forth through my orchard, I swear that Rambo is on the loose. If you were to go looking, there isn’t one can of corn left to be found in the county.

It must be some new-fangled hunting technique.

If you were headed to or from Richfield, or had a horse and a trailer, you were part of the annual October Fish Lake / Thousand Lake cattle drive.

This is whether you wanted to be or not. There were so many cows stretched out on the trail in the western part of Wayne County. The folks on the space station circling Earth ten times a day, most likely, could see them. The annual cattle round up is all part of a local and family tradition.

This is an event so big in these parts that it gets talked about around fireplaces all the way up until Christmas, when wide eyed kids are anxiously waiting for Old Saint Nick to show up.

If you missed the fall foliage, it was pretty but most of it was gone after the early freeze. The unexpected drop in temperatures last week caught everybody and everything off guard. It froze pipes, froze fruit and froze people.

There was a severe run on PVC pipe and parts, glue and primer at the hardware stores.

You just never know in Wayne County, so get used to it.

Paulyn Pace was laid to rest on October 19, 2019 in the Teasdale Cemetery after a valiant fight with cancer.

Paulyn came onto the Wayne County scene, and into all of our lives, in the late nineties when she married Doug Pace.

From the very beginning, and the wedding and buggy ride at the Torrey DUP, Paulyn was a breath of fresh air, always a smiling face and a calming influence when anyone needed it the most. Nary was there a time when Paulyn put her own interest above that of others.

In many cases, she was the "Mother Teresa" of our time.

Life has a way of reminding us that we are only human.

Paulyn had a way to remind us that no matter what, we all have something special to give.

Poaching

number is the most critical piece of information you can provide to conservation officers. If you’re not able to get a license plate number, provide the officer with as much information as you can.

“Having a license plate number will lead us to the individual so we can interview the person and start investigating,” Shirley said. “Other helpful details include the type and color of the vehicle the person was driving, how many people were involved and a description of what you saw. “And, if you can give us a GPS coordinate, that can guide us quickly to the area where the possible violation occurred.”

Don’t confront the individual Don’t confront someone who might be committing a violation, just observe from a distance and take note of as many details as you can.

“We don’t want anyone to be put in harm’s way or to

be in a situation that makes them uncomfortable,” Shirley said. “Report what you saw, and let us contact them.”

Call the UTiP hotline Calling the UTiP hotline is the best way to get information to officers. The hotline — 1-800-662-DEER (3337) — is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you witness a possible violation, and you can’t remember the hotline number, do a quick internet search on your phone or look at your hunting or fishing license — the number is printed on it.

Another option is to call the nearest local police dispatch. Those numbers can also be found online. If you can’t find those phone numbers, you could also call 911.

However, you shouldn’t call police unless you are absolutely sure you have witnessed a poaching violation,

Cont'd from page 1

have also received 283 calls to the Utah Turn-in-a-Poacher (UTiP) hotline, which they say is incredibly valuable in helping them investigate poaching cases. DWR officers patrol huge swaths of land in Utah, and they can’t be everywhere.

“We need your help,” Shirley said. “Please keep your eyes and ears open and report suspicious activity to us. Working together, we can enforce wildlife laws and keep our recreating public safe.”

While wildlife violations can happen any time of the year, a spike typically occurs during the fall hunting seasons. If you’d like to help in the fight against illegal hunting in Utah, here’s what you should do: Get a license plate number Getting a license plate

Poaching

Cont'd on page 7

The Insider

Page 4

Schools & Sports PHS Sports Sidelines

by Mack Oetting

It was a beautiful day down at Mt. Carmel golf course for the Region 20 Cross Country championships. It is great now that we have Wayne and Milford schools back in Region 20. In the last few years, the teams seemed to be getting smaller.

We were only sending two or three teams to state. Both Bobcat’s teams have some of the top runners. This is a team sport, though, and all four runners are needed to win the race. The girls took the lead in the race, and the number one racer in the state, Taylia Norris, was ahead by 20 yards coming into the finish line. The pillion, showing the path, were covered up by the crowd of people wanting to see the finish. Taylia couldn’t see where to run and went behind the crowd. She was smart enough to go back to where she missed the path and finished 2nd to a Milford runner by an eyelash. They probably had the same time.

The freshmen Adelade Englestead was a real close 3rd (boy, is she a great addition to the running program). Milford’s team runners finished 4th, 5th, and 6th. The Lady Cat's next three runners were in the top 10 finishers: Camri Fisher, 8th, Lacey Marshall, 9th, and Mitayla Reeder, 10th . Milford Tigers won the event by a real small margin of 16 to 22. The Lady Cats won state last year, finishing in a

tie with Milford. Our 5th runner gave the Cats the victory.

By having Milford running in Region 20, Coach Danny will know what they are up against at state.

Again the Bobcats' top runners took first and second.

Luke Reeder took 1st place, followed closely by Porter Schoppe. Cairo Houston finished in 18th, and Dylan Sawyer finished in 20th. However, Wayne’s four runners finished 3rd, 7th, 11th and 18th for a total of 39 points.

The Cats had 41, so it was, oh, so close. Wayne didn’t have a team two years ago. They were playing football. They couldn’t field enough players for a team this year, so they took up running.

With the state championships being held up north this week, both of the Bobcats' teams have a chance at another championship. It only takes a little luck, and it can work in some teams favor. GO CATS, you are the best.

Last Friday was the Region 20 Volleyball championship, and this year's were held up at Piute. Piute always

does a great job hosting these events. The Lady Cats had little trouble winning the championship against Milford.

Milford did win one of the games, when the Cats' serving went awry. I think that all four of the teams in the finals will do well at state. Milford, Piute and Valley all have improved greatly over the season, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they all aren’t in the top five finishers. I haven’t seen any team that compares to the Bobcats yet, and they just keep getting better as the season goes along. Other than winning the championship, the next big news is that the Cats placed all five of the seniors on the All Region Academic team: Kaiesa Miller, Tana Frandsen, Camri Fischer, Taylia Norris and Mataya Barney. The Cats placed three players on the all region team: Kaiesa Miller, Mataya Barney and Taylia Norris. The state championships aren’t until the 1st & 2nd of November, which means that they will have two weeks to hone their skills. The state tournament will be at UVU.

October 24, 2019

Southern Utah University Retention Rate Increases by Double-Digits

Southern Utah University

Southern Utah University saw 74% of first-year, full time students return for a second year, which is a record high for the institution.

CEDAR CITY - Firstyear student retention rates at Southern Utah University have increased a dramatic 15.6% over the past four years, according to new data released by the University.

This year the University saw 74% of first-year, full time students return for a second year, a record high for the institution.

“This is a remarkable achievement and something we celebrate as a team at SUU,” said Southern Utah University President Scott L. Wyatt. “We all share in the success – faculty, staff and especially our students.”

As colleges and universities across the U.S. struggle to keep first-year students enrolled and in the classroom, SUU has dedicated countless hours and resources to solving the retention puzzle.

“Increasing retention rates takes the work of the entire University community,” said Dr. Jared Tippets, vice

president for student affairs at SUU. “Our student’s mission is to graduate and often times they overcome difficult obstacles to achieve that goal.

I’m proud of their increased persistence.”

Beginning in 2015, Dr. Tippets and his team began pinpointing the key connections required for students to be successful in school, specifically focused on first-year students returning. The team distilled their retention strategy into the ASCEND model: affordability, support, culture, engagement, nudged and data. This strategy was used to rethink and restructure the orientation program, campus engagement, and academic advising.

Once first-year retention was solid, the team turned its attention to sophomore students to increase retention rates and enhance the second year experience. Through those efforts, SUU created the SOAR (success through

opportunities, activities, and resources) program. The program focuses on nine core competencies: communication skills, teamwork/collaboration, leadership, creativity and problem solving, professional development, information technology, intercultural perspective, career management, and financial management. And relies heavily on completion ACES, mentors assigned to each student to help smooth the transition into their sophomore year.

Through both programs, SUU students receive many opportunities to grow and succeed not just as students, but as people. The university’s commitment to enhancing the undergraduate experience sets students on an upward trajectory, leading to personal growth, civic responsibility, and professional excellence.

—Southern Utah University

October 24, 2019

Wills, Trusts, and More

The Insider

Does Your Estate Plan Account for Your Blended Family?

Estate planning for blended families—where one or both spouses have children from previous marriages—can be more complex than planning for “original” families. Your blended family must deal with not only the inevitability of death and taxes, but also the potential conflicts among your current spouse, ex-spouse, any children from your previous and your current marriages, and any stepchildren. Your challenge is to divide your assets among your heirs according to your wishes, while minimizing both estate tax and animosity among family members.

If you die without a will or a living trust, a probate court will divide your assets among your current spouse and your biological and adopted children. Issues regarding separate property that you brought into the marriage and community property can further complicate this division.

Your wishes may vary from this state-dictated distribution. For example: • You may want some children to inherit more than others.

• If your new spouse has a substantial estate of his or her own, you may wish to leave more of your estate to your children from a previous marriage—especially if they are minors.

• If your new spouse doesn’t have substantial assets, you may wish to leave a larger portion of your estate to him or her.

• If your children from a previous marriage are grown and successful and you have young children with your current spouse, you may wish to leave more, or everything, to your current spouse.

by Jeffery J. McKenna • If your new spouse has children from a previous marriage, you may wish to leave them an inheritance, too.

The marital deduction is a useful estate planning tool that allows assets to pass estate tax free to your current spouse when you die. Yet if you leave everything to your current spouse to maximize the benefits of the marital deduction, children from a previous marriage could end up with nothing. There are other strategies that allow you to provide your spouse with income in trust for the remainder of his or her lifetime, with as much or as little access to the trust principal as you choose. Then upon your spouse’s death, your will or living trust can direct the remaining trust assets to pass to your children from a previous marriage.

Dealing with an exspouse in your estate plan can be a delicate matter, especially if you’ve had children together. Without smart estate planning, your ex-spouse could possibly control money you leave to your minor children.

If this is not desirable, set up a trust for the children’s benefit and appoint a third-party trustee. After your death, the trustee will distribute the trust funds to your ex-spouse (or directly to a testamentary trustee for your children’s benefit) according to your explicit instructions. The trustee has a legal obligation to make sure your ex-spouse uses any funds distributed to him or her only in your children’s interest.

Your estate plan for your blended family should attempt to ensure an orderly, equitable and compassionate distribution of estate assets among your heirs, and generate minimal animosity.

Autumn in the Country Fence Lines

by Ray Conrad

"Autumn in the Country" From Fence Lines,

by Ray Conrad.

Published by Avalanche Creek Productions, 2009.

It's coming fall in Fremont. We get some morning chills.

The leaves are off the quakies, and there's snow up in the hills.

The hunters have their guns out. The elk are laying low, And the cowherds wander down the road, bellerin' as they go.

They're heading for the winter range. The cowboys ride behind.

They have grass feed all summer, now they'll get a different kind.

But cows ain't all that fussy about what stuff they ate.

Some goes into meat and fat, and some they defecate.

And if you should go driving by, you'll get some on your car.

So, autumn is the time of year when Robert Brian smiles, 'Cause traffic at his car wash will be lined up for miles.

Folks will feed those coin slots all their quarters, nickels and dimes.

Maybe that's how come Robert's cows went by my place three times.

Like Ray's poems?

Send him a comment at fremont.ray@gmail.com

t H e ATM

One day in line for the automatic teller I overheard: "Gee, I don't get it." "What's wrong?" "My card wont work." "Did anything happen to it?" "I don't think so. It wasn't working very well for a while, so I rubbed the strip on the back with a magnet to recharge it. Now it isn't working at all!"

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

Shower Thoughts

A perfectionist is one who takes great pains, and gives them to everyone else.

Magic Car

A mother gave her teenage daughter a car for her eighteenth birthday.

As she handed over the keys, she explained that it was a magic car. The girl, of course, was very excited, and asked what it did.

"Well," said Mom, "Just get one ticket and you'll see how quickly it will disappear."

Escalante Senior Citizens Menu Tues.

Hot Dogs, Fries, Baked Beans, Pineapple, Sugar Cookie

Oct. 30th

Wed.

Chicken Noodle Soup w/ Carrots & Celery, Mashed Potatoes, Wheat Bread/ Peaches, Cake

Thurs.

Oct. 31st

Spaghetti, Bread Sticks, Corn/ Salad Bar, Pears, Monster Munch

Oct. 29th

Page 5

l A u G h i N g pOiNt!!

Evangelist Request

The country preacher is just finishing his "fire and brimstone" sermon. He says, "If anyone is sick, if anyone is depressed, if anyone needs the Lord's help, let them come forward and be cured!"

Sam comes forward. The preacher says, "What do you need the Lord's help with?"

"My hearing."

The preacher puts his hands on Sam's ears and prays.

Loudly. When he's done he says, "How is your hearing now?"

"I don't know. It's not until Tuesday."

Phone Call

My three year old daughter tried passing the phone to my four year old daugher but dropped it instead.

My four year old started crying, picked up the phone and said into it “Daddy! Are you OK?”

PUNishment

Pencils could be made with erasers at both ends, but what would be the point?

Post Office

After weighing a woman's letter on our post office scale, I told her the envelope was too heavy and would require another stamp.

Confused, she asked, "But won't another stamp make it heavier?

Today's Thought

One thing wrong with the younger generation: Most of us aren't one of them anymore.

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

All meals are served with milk or juice. If you would like a meal, please call us by 10:00 am. 826-4317. Suggested donation for seniors over 60 $3.00, and under 60 is $7.00

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunches at the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center TUES Oct 29th WED Oct 30th

Country Fried Steak, Potatoes and Gravy, Carrots, Salad Bar, Peaches, Brownie

THURS Oct 31st

Chili w/ Meat and Beans, Salad Bar/ Tropical Fruit, Cinnamon Roll

Fried Chicken, Potatoes and Gravy, Mixed Veggies, Salad Bar, Pears, Apple Caramel Cake

Call by 10:00 A.M. if you want a lunch or need a ride. 679-8666 All meals are served with milk & bread Suggested donation is $3 for seniors and $7 for those under 60 years of age.

This week's answers on page 10

Utah State Tax Proposals Cut Income Tax, But Add Food Tax and New Sales Tax on Services Summarized from article by Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott in Today At Utah Policy, October 18 UTAH - The Utah Legislature’s Tax Reform Task Force released its recommendations last week for Utah’s state tax overhaul. As of last Friday, October 18, UtahPolicy writers Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott provided highlights from those recommendations. Here’s a basic summary: • Utahns would see nearly a 10 percent cut in their state income taxes, along with some other income tax savings. The current 4.95 percent flat-rate income tax would be reduced to between 4.49 to 4.65 percent, depending on final decisions. Along with some other changes to deductions, the average family of four making $60,000 a year could see a $400 state income tax reduction.

• State sales tax on unprepared food bought at grocery stores is reinstated.

• $100 per family refundable income tax credit would be adopted for low-income families.

• Senior citizens Social Security income, up to $60,000, would see a tax credit.

The proposed sales tax on services is apparently not

as broad-based as initially discussed. The exact servicebased operations are not yet decided, but items being proposed include: • Uber rides, travel booking sites like Expedia, veterinary bills • Newspaper sales, sports instruction, motor vehicle towing, streaming media, peer to peer ridesharing, parking lots and garages • Shipping and handling when part of a taxable sale • A variety of special private personal schooling, such as yoga classes Sales tax rates, in general, would not be raised, nor would the state gasoline tax, although reduced or eliminated exemptions to motor fuel distributors could find their way to consumers. Other reduced exemptions to providers could affect consumer prices on a range of items, including electricity on ski lifts, coin-operated laundries, vending machine food that costs over $1, some public transit, tour operators, fine arts schools, language schools, private driver training, installation of tangible personal property (like charging to install an expensive TV/video

system), and much more.

In a separate bill to be introduced in an upcoming special session, the current state constitutional earmark that all income taxes go to higher and public education would be eliminated. Such a change would have to pass by two-thirds in the House and Senate, and then be approved by a majority vote in the 2020 election.

The current plan by GOP legislative leaders is to call a special session before year’s end to pass some or all of the task force’s recommendations. However, even if passed, the proposals only address problems over the next seven to ten years.

Some sources suggested continuing the tax task force as a yearly study committee.

—Insider

Final Tax Reform Committee meetings at the State Capitol are scheduled for Nov. 7 and Nov. 21.

Contact Senator Lyle Hillyard or District 73 Representative Phil Lyman with your comments: lhillyard@le.utah.gov, 435-752-2610 plyman@le.utah.gov, 435-459-2800

Grace Christian Church Sunday Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7-8:00 p.m.

Psalms 119:105 Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path

66 West Main, Torrey

435-425-2229

Page 6

The Insider

O bituaries

October 24, 2019

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com ST. GEORGE - Sara Ann Orton Urie, 83, passed on Monday night, October 14, 2019. This left a tremendous void in many lives. She was born in Panguitch, Utah on March 31, 1936 to Orien and Wilma Orton, lifelong Panguitch residents.

The Ortons had a sawmill near Panguitch Lake for many years, and she spent her summers at the lake growing up.

Sara was the youngest of four children and with her passing all of those siblings have left us. There were two brothers: Bill and Frank; and two sisters: Emma and Sara.

She was a 1954 graduate of Panguitch High, of which she was very proud. She believed firmly in the blessings brought by education. During her many years working at the University of Utah, she always took advantage of being able to take courses and learn something new.

While raising her family in Richfield, she taught many kids to play piano and worked at the elementary school as a teacher’s aide. Everyone loved her, and we were always proud to say that she was our mom.

Sara always treated everyone with kindness and respect.

She was raised by people who believed in personal responsibility and in the duty and obligation of making your way through life. She lived her life this way.

She was well informed and had her own opinions, of which she was not shy. She really loved being exposed to the people she met and cultures she encountered during her years at the University of Utah and spoke of her time there frequently and fondly.

She loved all animals—especially cats—many that benefited from her largess through the years. She cheerfully donated to any cause, if asked, and did not care for hunting, an opinion she expressed in print.

Sara was married twice during her life. She was married first to Brent Hatch. They had two children, Rachel and Mitchel. She dearly loved her four grandchildren and her six great-grandchildren. Her pride was boundless. Sara and Brent were later divorced and Sara married Miles Urie in the early 90s. Together they left Salt Lake for the warmer climates of St. George for many years. Miles passed away in 2017, and she spent the rest of her time in their home in St. George.

She was a life-long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She believed in the doctrine strongly and lived her life accordingly. She was not judgmental or preachy.

She truly lived and let live - another reason to love her. She fulfilled many church callings—whenever called upon—and served her fellow man cheerfully.

We will miss her, and we will collectively need to try a little harder to make up for her absence.

Sara is survived by her two children: Rachel Hatch Auernig, Hurricane, Utah and Mitchel Brent Hatch, Panguitch Lake, Utah. She is also survived by her four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

We, the family, wish to express our deep gratitude to the wonderful staff at Beehive Homes-Coral Canyon for their patience and tender loving care given to our mother in her final months of life. In addition, we will be forever grateful for the staff at Applegate Homecare and Hospice for their loving care and guidance during the last few months.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 12:00 p.m., with a visitation at 11:00 a.m., at the LDS Meetinghouse located at 415 Westridge Drive, St. George, Utah. Graveside services will be held in Panguitch at a future date.

Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, (435) 673-4221. Please visit our website at www.metcalfmortuary.com for condolences, complete obituary and funeral listings.

St. George, last week, set a record for days without measurable rain fall. They haven’t had any moisture since early in June. They surpassed the old record of 121 days, and it doesn’t look like there will be rain in the near future. This is not a record that you would like in any community. We, on the other hand, did get a little moisture late Saturday night. This has been a weird autumn. It has been so warm that our trees, on the whole, haven’t changed colors. This isn’t stopping the leaves from falling off the trees. When the wind blows, it is like walking in a green snowstorm. I went down to Mt. Carmel last Tuesday for the region cross country races, and, with all of the brilliant colors, the hills on the way down were spectacular. If you would like to see some fall colors, take a ride down to Kanab.

We have a lot of events coming up. Last Tuesday was the state cross country. Of course the 31st is Halloween, and time for the kids to stock up on their sugar fill. On the 1st of November, it will be the SARs annual dinner. It will be at the Smoke House here in

Panguitch. The 1st and 2nd of November, it will be the State Volleyball Championships at UVU. The biggie is the city council election on November 5th. You should be getting a ballot shortly. There won’t be any voting ballot boxes, and your ballot must be mailed by the 4th of November. We finally got some really great voting electronic machines, but they are so expensive that they have priced themselves out of the market.

Well, we are just getting started. The annual craft fair will be held on the 8th and 9th. The craft fair is always a great place to pick some unique gifts for Christmas or just for yourself. Santa will be there with her great Sub for Santa candy booth. If you are a candy maker, Santa could really use whatever you make to raise funds for the children of our area. By the way, the Sub for Santa bottles are out around town. All money raised goes back into the community, and your kind donations are what makes this program what it is. This is the program's 23rd year of helping out those in need. At the craft fair, Santa will have wish

forms there. No wish is turned down.

Then, on Monday, it is the Annual American Legion Veteran's dinner. November 11 is Veteran's Day, and the legion will honor all veterans and their spouses and widows of Veterans with a dinner and some entertainment. This is the legion's 100th birthday and a really nice way to honor the veterans in our area. The dinner will be at 6:30 and will be at the senior citizen's center.

By the way, legion members, your annual dues are needed.

They are $35.00.

Last, but not the least, is our annual Thanksgiving dinner on November 28th. All are welcome. If you are alone or have a small family, why go to all the work of cooking a bird when you can come on over and celebrate Thanksgiving with your Panguitch family and friends. The dinner will be held at the senior citizen's building. Don’t let the name fool you, you don’t have to be old to come.

Last week, my wife Pat and our daughter Shawn Caine went out to Ruby’s Inn at Ebenezer’s, featuring the Bryce Canyon Wranglers. Cortney

Houston was performing with this group. Cortney is a student of Shawn’s, as well as a FBLA club member. Cortney also went to FBLA Nationals in Texas this summer with Ms. Caine and her mother, Jen. As a FBLA participant, she spoke and sang in her competition category. By the way, she came in 11th place out of a hundred who she competed against. So when she said she was singing at Ebenezer’s, Pat and Shawn thought it was a great opportunity for Cortney, but not out of her ability range. Well, according to Pat, Shawn, and a large audience, she was more than great! She presented her songs (five) in a most professional manner. Her voice was awesome, and her presentation was “star” material. Grandparents Randy and Nancy, parents Jen and Matt, and aunt Mandy Soper were there cheering her on. Pat wishes that the town of Panguitch could have been there to see our “hometown star”.

The Bryce Canyon Wranglers will be back next season. If Cortney is singing with them,

Op-ed

1. Minutes for all WCWCD meetings for the years 2015 through 2019; 2. All budget reports for the WCWCD for the years 2015 through 2019; 3. Copies of all contracts, leases, and sales of any water rights to any third party since 2010. This includes the Teasdale Special Service District, Gaylen and/or Nancy Rees, and Jeff and Candace Kunze; and 4. Copies of all semiannual written reports and those semiannual reports reported in WCWCD meetings with content indicated that are required of Tim Vetere and Green River Companies from 2006 through 2019. Either the written reports and or documentation of presentation in a public WCWCD meeting with content documented.

Roger Brian received the GRAMA, October 4, 2019, by certified mail. This means that the WCWCD has ten business days to respond with the information requested. The WCWCD has through October 18, 2019 to gather information to mail.

So, what, again, is a GRAMA? GRAMA stands for Government Record Access and Management Act and was updated May of 2017 (UT Code 63G-2-100). It is the legal way to access public information from government entities available to all individuals.

Public records include information contained in or compiled from transcripts, minutes, reports of open portions of meetings of government entities (Title 52 Ch. 4 Open and Public Meetings) and voting of members. Records of county recorders, clerks, treasurers, surveyors, zoning commissions, Divisions of Forestry, Fire, State Lands, SITLA, Divisions of Oil, Gas, and Mining, Division of Water Rights, and other public entities that give public notice are all subject to GRAMA requests.

Every person has a right to inspect a public record free of charge and has a right to receive a copy of a public record during normal working hours, UT Code 63G-2-203, 204.

A record is considered a book, letter, document, paper, map, plan, photograph, film, card, tape, recording, electronic date, other documen-

tary materials, regardless of physical form, UT Code 63G2-301 Classification.

A person requesting information can be an individual, a nonprofit, partnership, sole proprietorship, and other business organizations.

So, a public record is not private, controlled, protected, and not exempt from disclosure (UT Code 63G-2-201 (3) (b)).

There is a specific GRAMA request form that you can download from the State Auditor’s Office (auditor.utah.gov grama request form).

GRAMAs must be completed by the WCWCD and other government entities, particularly if releasing the records primarily benefits the public and not an individual. We, the public, need to know how the WCWCD is conducting business for us and whether or not it is fair and equitable. A government entity may fulfill a record request without charge and is encouraged to do so if it is determined that it benefits the public (UT Code 63G-2-203).

The WCWCD has not charged for past GRAMAs. Requests are time limited. As soon as possible, but no later than ten business days after receiving a written request, the request must be filled.

If denied, which should not happen if it benefits the public, the WCWCD must notify the requester of the denial and the reasons. The WCWCD did not respond in any way to the GRAMA requests of January and February of 2019. The notice of denial contains the following information: a) description of records denied; b) citation to provision in GRAMA chapter as to rules and statutes; c) statement of right to appeal denial to chief administrative personnel; and d) time limits for the appeal (UT Code 63G2-205).

Requester must submit a GRAMA request form with the person’s name, mailing address, daytime telephone number, and a description of the record requested that identifies the record with reasonable specificity (UT Code 63G-2-204). You want to request the information in a form normally maintained by the government entity.

So, that is the GRAMA process. October 1, 2019, a GRAMA was submitted to the WCWCD through Roger Brian, Loa trustee. We will see how the WCWCD responds.

What do we want to know?

On November 4, 2019 at 10:00 am at the Wayne County Commissioners Meeting, we want to hear from the WCWCD and the County Commissioners, particularly Stan Wood, as to how they have used these last two and a half months to work on the noncompliance issues of the WCWCD. Did they do the three requested recommendations? Have they worked on rules and regulations for the WCWCD? Do they have a commitment to work on what has been dysfunctional in the WCWCD for decades? Are they listening to the concerns of the public with response?

Where do we need to be?

Come to the Wayne County Commissioners Meeting on November 4, 2019, and ask those involved if they have done any work so we, the public, can understand the functioning of the WCWCD and how they are serving us. We want them to succeed because it benefits all of us, but they need to do the work. They need to inform the public, us, about their work and how they are serving us. They need to get in compliance with the State, the law and us. They have had since July 2019 to show some evidence of movement with Utah Code and issues given to them and the public.

They have had two and a half months to fulfill three minimal requests as a sign of good faith. They have been offered volunteer help, as well as services of a water lawyer without cost, to which there has been no response. So, cross your fingers! We will find out if they care about the public they are supposed to serve.

NOVEMBER 4, 2019, 10:00 am, WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING, LOA COURTHOUSE, LOA, UTAH. BE THERE! Toni Thiriot, Ph.D. is a resident of Grover and is coordinator of Grover Irrigation Company (GIC) east line since 2007.

Cont'd from page 1

1. Before Sept. 30, 2019, a written report about percentages and amounts of revenue from property taxes, water rates, and other sources for the fiscal year ending 2018 to be sent to Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee (UT Code Part 10 2007 Water Conservancy Act).

2. Completion by all nine trustees of board member training increasing understanding of role, function, and responsibilities of a member.

This training needs to be done once every three-year term, usually in the first year. This has not occurred, I was told, with any trustee. This is an online training module at training.auditor.utah.gov.

3. As there is no evidence of bylaws or written regulations and procedures, we requested that a document of regulations and procedures be established in the next two and a half months, so that the public can see how the WCWCD is supposed to function.

What else are we waiting for?

Meanwhile, a GRAMA request has been submitted to Roger Brian, Loa trustee, on October 1, 2019. The request has been submitted to Roger Brian because he appears to be trying to deal with some of the WCWCD noncompliance issues, as evidenced by his doing an audio recording of the July 15, 2019 WCWCD meeting—the first ever! John Jackson, President, and Mack Morrell, Budget, did not respond to submitted GRAMAs in January and February of 2019. There does not appear to be an “official” GRAMA officer designated, as well as no organization secretary. We hope Roger Brian can help the WCWCD in producing the requested GRAMA information. The requested GRAMA information includes:

FYI Panguitch Cont'd on page 10

The Insider

October 24, 2019

Page 7

W eDDiNgs

Brinkerhoff - Bradford

Insider

Volunteers helped out at the Community Juicing Day event in Torrey by packaging freshly pasteurized juice into boxes. An enterprising youngster loaded up a red wagon and assisted apple donors in transporting their boxes to their vehicles.

Juicing Day

Cont'd from page 1

Still, Wayne County showed up in force, as did an amazing group of visitors from Bountiful and South Jordan, who Garfield Commission Cont'd from page 1

currently at full capacity, with 98 inmates.

Beaver County Children’s Justice Center (CJC): Theresa Wood and Beaver County Attorney Von Christiansen presented information of the value of establishing a Garfield County center. Christiansen said his attitude about such venues changed dramatically five years ago when a young family member became the victim of crime. As county attorney, he witnessed a different way of doing things which made tremendous difference to a young child. He said children, as witnesses, formerly were taken to the jail, an imposing, cinderblock building and disconcerting environment with noisy hallways and slamming doors. He said the quality of interviews were sometimes not good because the child thought he or she was in trouble and were afraid to disclose. With the CJC, children are taken to house in a neighborhood, and they’re greeted in a comfortable living room.

It’s less threatening, they’re less frightened, and investigators can obtain better information from the child. In addition, the Center provides resources for the whole family.

Christiansen said each county can decide what it wants to do, but he wanted to share the load in Beaver County with municipalities and other interested entities.

These reps took on the outreach efforts, which also resulted in a property being donated. Wood and Christiansen invited the Commissioners to come to Beaver and take a look at their facility.

Christiansen said, “Once word spread of how interviews were being handled, the floodgates opened and reports started coming in. People who were terrified of reporting before are willing now to tell their stories. The first year was almost overwhelming, but we’re still having more people come forward in child abuse cases.”

Wood further noted the importance of proper care for children dealing with abuse.

She mentioned national stud-

Tyson and Kayce Brinkerhoff of Tropic, Utah are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter

Danielle Lynn to

Asa Clayton Bradford

staffed the packing table. Over $800 and over 100 pounds in goods was again raised for the Wayne County Food Bank.

Thanks to all of you.

Etta Place Cider sends special thanks to Cody Clark

for wrangling the skid-steer from start to finish and his beautiful kids for elegantly transporting heavy juice containers to customers' cars.

They also express their gratitude to Gary and Fracine Hal-

lows for allowing Juicing Day to again be held at the Saddlery.

—Etta Place Cider

son of J.J and Kayela Bradford of Blanding, Utah

ies showing recurrent problems with health, drug abuse, and incarceration related to untreated “traumatic childhood events.” She said the objective of CJC is to work with children early on. Beaver, Iron, and Kane counties have been accepted into a trial program for telementalhealth services, she said, which is particularly useful for people wanting to keep reporting in private. In answer to a question, Christiansen said medical exams, as well as portions of interviews, are conducted by primary children’s abuse specialists who are trained in the signs of abuse and can see what others may miss. In terms of the process, Wood said law enforcement and Child Protective Services schedule the CJC interview.

In addition to interviewing the child, interviewers talk with the attending family member as to services they may be requiring. She said their multidisciplinary team meets monthly to talk confidentially about cases to make sure all component services are being covered.

Wood said the Center’s funding comes largely from grants, as well as some state funding. Costs to the county is minimal because of the partnering arrangements with municipalities. She said acquiring the appropriate property is the hardest thing to locate. Garfield County’s next step would be finding that property: minimally enough space for an intake room, an interview room, space for investigators to observe, and a parents’ room. She said getting towns involved is helpful, as is establishing a county organizing committee. Garfield County Attorney, Barry Huntington, said the county used to have a “soft room” and a therapist, but now sends cases to the CJC in Cedar City. He said interviews are being done correctly, there’s no center here. He also noted the problem with such services being funding primarily from grants and the potential of grant funding expiring.

Wood said the communities need to be aware of child abuse and the fact that anyone age 18 and older is required by law to report if they've seen abuse.

Planning Department, Kaden Figgins, County Planner: First item of business was recommended adoption of a Moderate-Income Housing Plan, as prepared by Nathan Wiberg of Five Counties Association of Governments (FCAOG). Figgins mentioned projects moving forward in Escalante and Tropic in association with the nonprofit, NeighborWorks.

The Commission approved the adoption of the plan.

Next item was the Short Term Rental Ordinance. Figgins said it establishes the rules and regulations that will help ensure renters’ safety and compliance with permitting and licenses. The ordinance applies only to properties located in unincorporated areas of the county, not to municipalities.

The process requires an application for the STR Conditional Use Permit to go immediately to the County Building Inspector for approval even before being submitted to the county Planning Commission. The building inspector checks that every room has a fire alarm, an available extinguisher, and proper egress. Upon receiving the Building Inspector’s approval, the application goes before Planning Commission to obtain the CUP. With CUP is in hand, the owner applies for a business license. Each property requires a CUP and a business license. If a property is managed by a third-party, that manager needs his/her own business license. A $150 inspection fee is charged.

Details of the requirements are contained within the ordinance.

The ordinance will be enforced by 1) the planner sending a certified letter to a property owner requesting compliance within 30 days, followed by 2) a letter from the county attorney, with a 14 day deadline. Following that, the owner would be charged with a misdemeanor, carrying a $750 fine and imprisonment up to 90 days or combinations thereof.

The only comment during the public hearing on the ordinance came from Joe Orman. He said he’d been mistakenly contacted a few years ago about a presumed rental

property he owned. He asked that the county first makes sure it’s acting on accurate information.

Commissioner Tebbs said Air BnB has been remitting the applicable sales tax to the State and that as of October 1, VRBO will start to do that too.

County Clerk Camille Moore said she’ll make the appropriate adjustments on the business application if an owner is renting their property via either of those services. The Commission approved the ordinance.

In departmental business, the Commission approved a Travel Council request to hire an intern through Southern Utah University Department of Outdoor Recreation to update the county trail map and website with photos and GPS coordinates….

The Commission approved the Board of Equalization recommendations from the hearing officer for $250K….

The Commission approved adding a Employee Tuition Reimbursement policy to the Employees Handbook. Commissioner Tebbs requested language added about working with the department head to establish hours and restricted to classes that are related to their position. The policy will allow reimbursement for 50 percent of out-of-pocket tuition expenses not covered by scholarships or grants, up to half the IRS limit, which currently would equate to about $2500-$3000. Commissioners also okayed reimbursement for 2019 classes already taken.

In other business, the Commission tabled action on a request by the Mammouth Creek Board to increase their makeup from five to seven members. Attorney Huntington said he wanted to review their minutes and make sure the proposal was properly advertised before the Commission votes to approve the action. Finally, the Commission approved business licenses for all the businesses recommended by the Planning Commission since last month.

The Garfield County Commission meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at the Commission Chambers in the Garfield County Courthouse.

—Insider

D eath N Otices

On Friday, November 1, 2019

in the St. George, Utah Temple.

A reception will be held in their honor on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Bryce Valley Elementary School from 6:00- 9:00 pm with live music and dancing.

Ray Asa Burrows

HATCH - Ray Asa Burrows passed away in Ogden, Utah on October 17, 2019.

A funeral will be held Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the Hatch LDS Chapel on Main Street at 12:30 p.m.

Burial will be held at the Hatch Cemetery at 2:00 p.m.

Poaching

Cont'd from page 3

you can’t remember or find the UTiP number, and you feel the incident must be reported immediately.

“If you have a license plate number but you can’t get cell reception, it’s totally fine to wait and report the incident when you get home,” Shirley said. “A license plate number will lead us directly to the suspect.”

Don’t call UTiP for information Please remember that the

UTiP hotline is not an information line. Only call it to report possible poaching and other wildlife-related crimes.

“Every time our officers receive a UTiP call, even if it isn’t related to a wildlife crime, they have to file a follow-up report,” Shirley said. “Filing the report takes time away that could have been spent fighting wildlife crime in Utah. Please call the UTiP line only to report wildlife crimes. If you’re simply looking for information, call a DWR office.”

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

The Insider

Page 8

October 24, 2019

LegaL Notices THE NOVEMBER 5, 2019 MUNICIPAL ELECTION WILL BE BY MAIL FOR: * BOULDER TOWN *BRYCE CANYON CITY *HATCH TOWN * ESCALANTE CITY * PANGUITCH CITY Any registered voter in the towns listed who have not received a ballot

by Wednesday, October 23rd should contact the Garfield County Clerk’s Office.

Please be aware that on Election Day there will be NO POLLING PLACE in your precinct.

You may return your voted ballot by mail. Ballots must be postmarked by November 4, 2019.

OR You may drop off your ballot in person at the County Clerk’s Office, 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through election day, Tuesday, November 5, 2019. On Election Day the Clerk’s Office will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Voter Registration Deadlines: You may register to vote in person at the County Clerk’s Office until Tuesday, October 29, 2019.

Early Voting will be held in the Clerk’s Office, 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Monday, October 28 - Friday, November 1st and on Monday, November 4th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

A logic and accuracy test of the voting equipment will be conducted on Wednesday, October 23rd at 3:30 p.m. in the County Clerk’s Office.

If you have questions or to check your registration status, please call the Clerk’s Office at 435-676-1163, 435-676-1100 or 435-676-1120.

Other municipalities in Garfield County will not be holding elections this year.

SAMPLE BALLOT HANKSVILLE TOWN

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on OCTOBER 24 & 31, 2019

Need to give public notice?

PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY The Garfield County Board of Adjustment has scheduled an appeal hearing on Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. and an executive session at 9:00 a.m. in the Garfield County Commission Chambers, located at 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah regarding: Inability to Obtain Permits.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on OCTOBER 17 & 24, 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE TORREY TOWN TORREY TOWN LOCAL ELECTION CANCELLED On October 10, 2019 Torrey Town Council adopted a resolution canceling the November 5th 2019 local election Pursuant to Utah Code to Utah Code 20 A-1-206: “ A municipal legislative body may cancel an election if all the municipal officers are elected in an at large election: and the number of municipal officers candidates, including any eligible write-in candidates, if any do not exceed the number of open at large municipal offices for which the candidates have filed.”

Two candidates filed for the two at large 4-year town council seats.

The Following candidates are considered elected to the office: Incumbent: Douglas Max Robinson Council member: Jordan W. Pace Their four-year term will begin on January 1, 2020 Torrey Town Clerk, Paula Pace Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on OCTOBER 17, 24 & 31, 2019 LAND FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION SITLA

Legal Notices are $10 per column inch Call 435-826-4400 or email snapshot@live.com

Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) will be selling 3 lots in Garfield County at a public auction to be held on November 6, 2019. The parcels are part of the Widtsoe Townsites in the John's Valley area. Each parcel contains approximately one acre. For more information, please call (877) 526-3725 or visit our website at trustlands.utah.gov.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on OCTOBER 10, 17 & 24, 2019

NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERMIT RENEWAL ESCALANTE CLASS IVb LANDFILL The City of Escalante has submitted an application for a permit renewal for the Escalante Class IVb landfill located approximately one mile south of Escalante, Utah. The proposed permit renewal for the Class IVb landfill has been reviewed and determined to be complete and is in compliance with the Utah Solid Waste Permitting and Management Rules. A draft permit has been prepared which allows the facility to continue to operate the Class IVb landfill for ten years after final approved.

The public comment period for the proposed draft permit begins on October 25, 2019 and will end on November 25, 2019.

Documents related to this modification can be reviewed at the following locations: Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Multi Agency State Office Building 195 North 1950 West, 2nd Floor Salt Lake City, Utah For the public’s convenience, an unofficial copy of the application and the draft permit is available on the Internet at “http://www.deq.utah.gov/NewsNotices/notices/waste/index. htm#phacp” Written comments will be accepted if received by 5:00 p.m. on November 25, 2019 and should be submitted to the address below. Comments can also be hand delivered to the Division address above and must be received by 5:00 p.m. on November 25, 2019.

Ty L. Howard, Director Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 144880 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4880 Comments can also be sent by electronic mail to: “dwmrcpublic@utah.gov”. Comments sent in electronic format should be identified by putting the following in the subject line: public comment on the Escalante Class IVb Permit. All documents included in comments should be submitted as ASCII (text) files or in PDF format.

Under Utah Code Section 19-1-301.5, a person who wishes to challenge a Permit Order may only raise an issue or argument during an adjudicatory proceeding that was raised during the public comment period and was supported with sufficient information or documentation to enable the Director to fully consider the substance and significance of the issue.

For further information, please contact Allan Moore of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control at (801) 536-0255. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with special needs (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) should contact Larene Wyss, Office of Human Resources at (801) 536-4284, Telecommunications Relay Service 711, or by email at “lwyss@utah.gov”.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on OCTOBER 24, 2019

Do you need an announcement placed in The Insider?

snapshot@live.com

The Insider

Page 10 Fishing Report Cont'd from page 1

fish schools dimpling the surface while idling through the shortcut. Young smallmouth bass and largemouth bass, were ranked in larger numbers than in previous surveys.

Good Hope Bay — Gizzard shad were overwhelming in numbers. A normal catch is 25-50 fish per sampling run.

In the back of the sampling canyon, 1000 gizzards were caught in 15 minutes. Sport fishing in the northern lake has been much slower than usual. It is obvious that the amount of forage has taken the drive out of striped bass population. When it is time to eat, they just open their mouth and grab a shad from the giant wall of shad residing in the backs of canyons. We were able to catch a few stripers in 40-80 feet on jigging spoons. The catch was much less than normal. All sport fish species were shocked in great numbers. Largemouth bass and crappie are making a comeback due to the high water, which has covered the shoreline vegetation.

Rincon — Water clarity at the Rincon was over ten feet compared to three feet at Good Hope, eight feet at Wahweap and six feet at the San Juan. High clarity reduces the catch rate, but we

stunned good numbers of bass, sunfish, gizzard and threadfin shad. Rincon results were better than previous years.

We also tried bass fishing in my favorite cove and caught only two smallmouth. Fishing is slow over then length of the lake. Hopefully, water temperatures dropping to the low 60s will encourage bass to feed more actively.

San Juan — We caught shad of both species in great numbers along with largemouth, smallmouth, small catfish and sunfish. This station had fish abundance similar to the other sampling sites.

Sport fishing was slow while waiting for the sun to go down so we could start electrofishing sampling. Our journey all the way up the Great Bend is usually action packed with striper boils and bass along the shore. This time we almost struck out with only a few smallmouth bass caught in open water. These bass act like stripers busting through an open-water shad school. A splash is either an adult gizzard shad jumping for joy, or a smallmouth feeding on shad in open water. Those of you looking for smallmouth along the rocky shoreline need to turn around and look in open water for surface disturbances.

One fish splashing is now the new definition of a "Striper or Bass Boil." Look for that one

fish and you may be surprised how many fish will end up in the cooler.

Summary — Catching fish is not as easy as normal.

That is not bad, it just means the catch rate is now like other lakes. Warm weather and amazing forage conditions have made the sport fish fat, large and not as hungry as usual. Stripers caught in 70 feet of water on spoons are in the best shape possible.

Smallmouth bass caught in 30 feet of open water are robust.

Remember, look for one fish jumping instead of a whole school of bass or stripers.

There are more threadfin shad in the southern lake. Stripers really like threadfin. It may be possible to catch more topwater fish in the southern lake than in the north or central lake where more gizzard shad reside in huge bait walls.

Largemouth bass spawned in big numbers and schools of young bass often swim along the shoreline right under your boat. As I write this report, a cold weather front is forecast.

The water temperature will drop and fishing conditions will change once more. A bit of slow fishing will be forgotten next spring when the size of all sport fish will be enhanced due to the amount of forage now available.

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

FYI Panguitch Cont'd from page 6

I will let you know so that we can all go. By the way, if you eat dinner, it is $30-$40. For $10, you can see the show and get a drink and dessert.

Good news for the pork industry in the states. China is in a national crisis with a shortage of pork. The price of pork has rocketed up 50 percent, putting the meat out of reach of many consumers.

The culprit is African Swine Fever, which has wiped out one-third of China’s pigs and is still spreading. China’s 1.4 billion people eat nearly 56 million tons of pork a year.

This is as much as the rest of the world combined. China is smart with their tariffs and don’t put any taxes on items they need. This is where the U.S. pig market comes in.

The overall tax rate for the 400 wealthiest households in the U.S. (includes federal, state and local taxes) last year was at 23%, lower than for any other income group for first time on record. A decade ago, Americans clamored in outrage over the government’s growing mountain of debt.

Today, U.S. debt explodes at the rate of $1 trillion a year to a total of $23 trillion, an increase of $4 trillion in less than three years. The Tea Party movement, that raised such

October 24, 2019 fierce objections to President Obama’s profligate spending, has gone silent. The interest payments on our debt have soared to $400 billion this year, and, when the low interest rates go up, our interest obligations will skyrocket to $700 billion. This will probably surpass what we spend on national defense. No one in the government seems to care anymore.

The 2020 census is expected to cost $15.6 billion, or about $48 per person counted and will require 475,000 temporary census workers.

It seems to me that it could be done a whole lot cheaper,

someway.

The IRS audits the poor at about the same rate as the top 1%ers. Out of last year’s audits of 380,000, 39% of the total were conducted on low-income taxpayers. The IRS excuse is that they can use low level employees to do these audits, where it takes senior auditors hours to complete an exam on the richer taxpayers. It is cheaper and easier to audit the poor.

I would rather sit on a rock in Panguitch than on a velvet cushion in crowded Salt Lake City. Mack O.

sudoku Answers for this week

Driveways Decorative Rock Culverts Gravel Sand bullhead@iwebconn.com

Call 435-425-3030 or 435-691-5745