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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Issue # 1228

Wayne High School Impresses with Oklahoma!

Michael riddle

Wyatt Van Orden and Trena Wilson performed in the Wayne County High School's rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstien's Oklahoma! By all accounts the show was a huge hit and the crowds were wowed. Great job!

BLM Seeks Public Comment on the Dry Fork Trailhead Improvement Project

KANAB -The Bureau of Land Management Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is seeking public comment on an environmental analysis of an agency proposal to relocate the Dry Fork Trailhead. The project would improve access to several popular slot canyons. Comments are due to the “We want to hear from you about this project. Your comments help us identify issues for analysis and provides a perfect opportunity for the public to be involved in and influence the decision-making process,” said Cindy Staszak, Monument manager.

The Dry Fork Trail Head is located in Kane County along Hole-in-The-Rock road, approximately 25 miles southeast of Highway 12. The environmental analysis includes one action alternative

for consideration that includes the following improvements: · Construction of two new 30 car parking areas: one near the current parking area and a second along Hole-in-theRock Road approximately one mile south of Cat Pasture · Development of a new access road to the proposed parking areas (0.20 miles) · Rehabilitation of the current parking area (0.45 acres) · Rehabilitation of 0.69 miles of road within the Scorpion Wilderness Study Area; · Development of two new sections of trail approximately 2.2 miles in length to access the Dry Fork Slot canyons. · Improvements to BLM road #252 to improve access to the parking area · Installation of informational kiosks and toilets at

both proposed parking areas Relevant documents are available online via BLM’s ePlanning website: https:// go.usa.gov/xngDe. Comments may be submitted online, emailed, faxed or mailed using the address below and referencing "Dry Fork Trailhead" in the subject line. · Online through the NEPA ePlanning website · E-mail: BLM_UT_GS_ Comments@blm.gov · Mail: BLM GSENM, P.O. Box 225, Escalante, Utah 84276 (Attn: Jabe Beal) · Fax: (435) 826-5650 Before including an address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in any responses, please be aware the information submitted, including personal identifying information, may become publicly available. While in-

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Grand Staircase Escalante Partners Committed to Defending the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

by Nicole croft

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Trump Administration tells Senator Hatch the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Moment will be shrunk for him, despite local and nation-

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al support.

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument belongs in equal measure to all the citizens of our nation.

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

THURS. NOV. 9 - WED. NOV. 15

A LITTLE BIT OF SUN ON THE WAY. The upcoming week will be a bit sunnier than last week, with a few clouds on Sunday and Monday. This week's highs in the mid and upper 50s, lows in the low 30s and high to mid 20s. Winds should be quieting down a little this week, with an average of apx. 11 MPH.

If the Trump Administration acts as predicted in recent media reports, dissolving the current boundaries of the Monument, in violation of law and over the objection of millions of concerned citizens, Grand Staircase Escalante Partners will honor their pledge to defend this national treasure by seeking the reversal of those actions by all legal means, including judicial action along with our national conservation and scientific colleagues.

The creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was an earnest act of stewardship, an important word and action in Utah’s history. The 1996 Presidential action followed our country’s Op-Ed

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dividuals may request BLM to withhold personal identifying information from public view, the BLM cannot guarantee it will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their entirety.

If you have questions, or need additional information, please contact Jabe Beal, Outdoor Recreation Planner at jbeal@blm.gov or 435-8265601. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours.

The Federal Relay Service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. Replies are provided during normal business hours.

—Bureau of Land Management

Three Reasons to Spend the Holiday in Bryce Canyon Country BRYCE CANYON Thanksgiving will be here soon, which means food, family and fun. But with the festivities often comes stress. Rather than spending the holiday buried in worries, here are three reasons to spend Thanksgiving in Bryce Canyon Country.

1. Fewer crowds Bryce Canyon Country is a summer hotspot that gains a lot of attraction from tourists during the warmer months of the year. However, once the leaves begin to change color, the crowds begin to die down.

This makes tourist sites a great option later in the year, when visitors will not have to compete with large summer crowds. Fewer people also means discounted rates, which is just another added bonus.

2. Bryce Canyon National Park One of the most popular tourist sites in Southern Utah is Bryce Canyon National Park. Known for its wondrous rock formations known as hoodoos, Bryce Canyon is a site worth seeing, especially in the winter months when snow blankets the ground. Conveniently, Bryce Canyon is open year round, meaning that access to the park is available

during Thanksgiving. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore through activities like hiking, horseback riding, snowshoeing and skiing.

3. Ruby’s Inn Thanksgiving buffet Ruby’s Inn is hosting its annual Thanksgiving buffet.

The event is a great choice for those who no longer have kids at home or whose married children will be with their spouse’s family. The buffet will be held in the Cowboy’s Buffet and Steak Room located in the Best Western Plus Ruby’s Inn main lodge and is absolutely delish, featuring all of the expected Thanksgiving fixings. For more information on the Thanksgiving buffet, visit rubysinn.com/thanksgiving-buffet.

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, now is the perfect time to plan a trip to Bryce Canyon Country. The small crowds, easy access to Bryce Canyon and Ruby’s Inn Thanksgiving buffet without cleanup make Bryce Canyon Country a great place to spend the holiday. To learn more about special deals available at Ruby’s Inn, visit rubysinn. com.

—Ruby's Inn

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Cross country skiing in Bryce Canyon National Park is one of the many ways to enjoy the beauty without the crowds.

Snow College Announces New Partnership

Students studying business will have additional opportunities to complete a degree EPHRAIM - On Tuesday, November 7, Snow College and Utah State University announced a new partnership to begin Fall 2018. The announcement event will be held at 11:30 AM in Founders Hall on the Snow College Ephraim Campus.

The new partnership between the USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business and the Snow College Business Department will provide a way for Snow College students to remain in Ephraim while earning a USU bachelor’s degree in either business administration or marketing. Students who complete their two-year Associate of Science Business degree at Snow can seamlessly

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors and let every year find you a better man.

—Ben Franklin

move into their third and fourth years as they complete a USU bachelor’s degree.

The format is unique. USU courses will be taught during traditional daytime hours in the Snow College Business Building. Students will have access to Snow College student services and activities, while also taking advantage of the vast opportunities and resources available from the Huntsman School of Business. Additionally, the exclusive Huntsman Scholar program will be available to qualified students taking USU classes at Snow College.

USU has committed to deliver courses in a face-toface format where possible.

USU professor, Dr. Chalon

Keller, will both teach courses and serve as the liaison between the USU Logan Campus and USU’s students in Ephraim. Other USU professors will also travel to Ephraim to deliver face-to-face content.

Dr. Jim Davis, management department head from the Huntsman School, is enthusiastic about the partnership, saying, “The USU/Snow partnership challenges all of us to have vision, to suspend disbelief, and to ‘Dare Mighty Things’ together!”

Snow College President Gary Carlston applauds the partnership: “Snow College is pleased to join with Utah State

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Benefits of Classroom Consolidation

It continues to be argued that teacher salaries in Wayne School District are among the lowest in the state, although objective data disagrees. The Utah Taxpayers Association’s 2015 report shows that 21 of Utah’s 41 school districts had average teacher compensation below that of Wayne District, putting the district not in the bottom but in the top half of the group and very close to the state average.

Additional data from utahsright.com, which publishes salary information for Utah’s public employees, shows compensation (salary and benefits) for Wayne District’s 35 fulltime teachers in 2016 ranged from a low of $15,236 (presumably for a teacher employed only part of the year) to a high of $92,872. Excluding the low outlier, average compensation for the remaining 34 teachers was $75,154, with a median of $79,001. Combined compensation for teachers, teacher aides and substitute teachers was $2.8 million, which is nearly half the district’s annual budget. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in 2016 the average annual wage for primary and secondary school teachers nationwide was $61, 450. While it’s unclear whether the BLS calculation includes the value of the same benefits as in the above data, it doesn’t support the idea that the district’s teachers are underpaid.

With 35 teachers in 2016 the student/teacher ratio in Wayne District was 12.3. Since other low-population districts have similarly low ratios it has been suggested that this is unavoidable and that only “economies of scale” present in large population districts can reduce the high per-student costs prevalent in small population areas. Such a conclusion ignores the obvious. Simply increasing the student/teacher ratio in Wayne District to the state average of 22 would reduce expenses by over $1 million annually.

In 2016, with 432 students, Wayne District had 156 full and part time employees, which strongly suggests ample room for downsizing to reduce costs. While a variety of the district’s expenditures appear questionable, such as $89,240 for a business officer, a modest consolidation of classes to increase the student/teacher ratio is the most apparent path to substantial savings. Combining 2 or more grades in a classroom with one teacher is specifically permitted under the Utah Administrative Code and is an effective teaching arrangement that can even improve education quality. In such an environment older students can assist younger ones, to the benefit of both. This was the situation in my own early education where 4 grades and approximately 30 students were in a single classroom with a single teacher. When those of us completing the eighth grade moved on to a high school that had one grade per classroom we found ourselves academically ahead of the other students there. More importantly, our grade school environment had fostered individual talents, interests, and the development of a questioning analytical mind, while the high school culture discouraged these qualities, stressing regimentation and unquestioning conformity to the system, its authorities and established protocols.

In considering which of the two environments is more desirable I would argue that the former is better for children and for the future of society, while the latter is better for an education system that has as its principal objective the perpetuation and growth of itself.

As student enrollment in Wayne District declines, the objective of maintaining the established system is suggested by resistance to reducing the district’s staff, which collectively costs taxpayers $4.6 million annually.

Rigidity in the public school system, and of ideas about how education must be accomplished, makes it not only unnecessarily expensive, especially in low population districts, but it may also hinder childhood development. The cost of educational materials is lower and their availability higher now than ever before, which should be making education more economical. With creative adaptation to local conditions instead of adhering to an inflexible bureaucratic structure, the cost of education can be substantially reduced while keeping its quality quite high.

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A New Cretaceous Dinosaur from Utah With Origins in Jurassic of Europe geologist Robert Young, who conducted the first comprehensive work on the Early Cretaceous age geology of the Colorado Plateau, where Mierasaurus was discovered.

Although the Doellings Bowl Bonebed was first identified by Utah State Paleontologist James Kirkland in 1991, the age and great extent of skeletal remains at the site were not recognized until 2006. Following a flash flood in 2010, some large bones were observed by former UGS geologist Gary Hunt of Enterprise, Utah at the base of a dry wash adjoining the original dig site. Excavation of these bones revealed the skeleton of a mired sauropod or longnecked dinosaur with both a fore limb and hind limb extended down into the marsh deposit below the level of the

rest of the skeleton. The excavation team, led by Dr. James Kirkland of the Utah Geological Survey, discovered and prepared two sauropod specimens, one of them very complete, including the skull.

The Doellings Bowl Bone Bed is in the lower Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation near the very base of Utah’s thick and very fossiliferous Cretaceous sequence. The Yellow Cat Member is divided into an upper and lower sequence as it preserves two non-overlapping dinosaur faunas separated by a well-developed fossil soil horizon representing significant time on the order of one to a few million years. It has been shown recently that the Yellow Cat Member in Grand County, Utah preserves the TWO oldest dinosaur faunas because

Early Cretaceous salt movement induced subsidence, creating a protected depression in the northern Paradox “salt” Basin while the rest of western North America was undergoing erosion.

The presence of silicified peat, fern roots, tiny fish bones, rare turtles and rare crocodilian fossils suggests the Doellings Bowl Bonebed represents a marsh deposit.

Mierasaurus coexisted in the same ecosystem as the ornithopod Iguanacolossus, an armored polacanthid ankylosaur (not yet described), small “raptors” (carnivorous dinosaurs), such as Yurgovuchia, large allosaurid theropods, and a large, primitive therizinosaur. The environmental inUtah Dinosaur Cont'd on page 10

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SALT LAKE CITY - A team of Utah, Spanish, and British paleontologists have just described and named a new dinosaur, Mierasaurus bobyoungi, in the scientific journal “Scientific Reports,” which is part of the prestigious Nature Group. This Utah dinosaur is both a new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur (colloquially known as “long-necks”) that emigrated between approximately 140 and 150 million years ago from what is now Europe. Mierasaurus is the first of its group, known as Turiasauria, to be found in North America, though the researchers also recognized that another recently discovered Utah dinosaur, Moabosaurus, belongs to the group as well.

The researchers believe that this new group of European invaders replaced the sauropods whose fossils are found in underlying and older bone beds in Utah and hypothesize that they may have arrived before the Atlantic Ocean fully separated Europe from North America.

The Mierasaurus bobyoungi specimen is the most complete individual sauropod ever found from the Cretaceous geologic period.

Paleontologist with the Utah Geological Survey excavated the new discovery at a site on U.S. Bureau of Land Management lands northeast of Moab in Grand County. They knew they had discovered a new species but according to State Paleontologist Dr. James Kirkland, “it was not until we worked with Spanish paleontologist Rafael Royo-Torres, that anyone recognized it as belonging to a distinct group of European sauropods.”

The paleontologists named the genus, Mierasaurus, for the Spanish cartographer and scientist D. Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713-1785). Miera was the scientific leader of the 1776 Domínguez-Escalante Expedition, which similar to the new dinosaur was the first known arrival of a European scientist into what is now the state of Utah. With this expedition, Miera made the first map of the territory. The name of the species, bobyoungi, is dedicated to the American

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long, rich and bipartisan tradition of protecting unique landscapes, which is one of the defining characteristics of our great nation. For a brief moment in time, we followed that tradition, believing in ourselves that we were strong enough, rich enough, and brave enough to preserve a portion of our national landscape for the benefit of future generations.

Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, an organization specifically created to support the mission of the Monument,

is pledged to protect and preserve the Monument. We recognize a solemn obligation to stand and defend the principle that future generations should be able to experience the quiet whisper of water flowing in a desert canyon, to discover a shard of dinosaur bone-nowrock, to chance upon the shadowed ruins of its first people, to hear the sound of silence, and to witness dark skies in a pristine, primitive setting.

Grand Staircase Escalante Partners was established in 2004 as the official friends group to the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monu-

ment. Four core programs support our mission: the Frontier Science School, the Site Steward program, the Paleo Program, and the Escalante River Watershed Partnership. Grand Staircase Escalante Partners is committed to preserving and protecting the vast landscape of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. More information on GSEP can be found at: www.gsenm.org.

Nicole Croft is resident of Escalante and Salt Lake City and the Executive Director of the Grand Staircase Escalante Partners.

Christmas Tree Cutting in the National Forests for 2017 SALT LAKE CITY Cutting a Christmas tree in a national forest is a family tradition for many residents of Utah. Weather conditions in the mountains are unpredictable, so always be prepared for winter weather. Stay on designated roads and trails.

Be prepared for slick, snowpacked roads and have chains, a 4-wheel drive vehicle, or a snow machine available. Let someone know where you are planning to go and approximate time you will return.

Carry a cell phone; bring additional warm clothing, and gloves, boots, and a container of hot liquid, water, and a lunch or snack. Carry a flashlight, chains, shovel, first-aid kit, matches, a hatchet, ax or handsaw, and rope to secure your tree.

Trees must always be cut close to the ground leaving the stump no higher than 6 inches.

A shovel will come in handy to dig through the snow to reach the base of the tree. Make sure your permit is attached to the tree before leaving the cutting area.

TREE TOPPING IS NOT ALLOWED. No cutting is allowed within 200 feet of riparian areas (lakes and streams), roads, campgrounds, picnic areas, administrative sites, summer home areas, or within designated closed areas shown on tree cutting maps.

DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST: (435) 865-3700 – http://fs.usda.gov/dixie. Cedar City Ranger District: 435865-3200 and 435-865-3700 - Permits will be available Monday, November 6, 2017 and can be purchased at the Cedar City Ranger District office, 1789 North Wedgewood Lane, Cedar City, Utah, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Escalante Ranger District: (435) 826-5400 – Permits are now available and can be purchased at the Escalante Ranger District office, 755 West Main, Escalante, Utah from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday.

Permits may also be bought at Antimony Merc, Antimony, Utah (435) 624-3253, 7 days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Contact the Escalante Ranger District for a list of other vendors. Permits are $10.00, one permit per household, one tree only. All species of tree may be cut, except bristlecone pine.

Powell Ranger District: (435) 676-9300 - Permits are now available and can be purchased at the Powell Ranger District office, 225 East Center Street, Panguitch, Utah from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Permits are $10.00 for a tree up to 10 feet and $20.00 for a tree 11 feet to 20 feet. All species of trees can be cut, except bristlecone pine.

St. George Public Lands Information Center: (435) 688-3200 - Permits will be available Monday, November 13, 2017 and can be purchased at the Visitor Center, 345 East Riverside Drive, St. George, Utah, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Permits may also be purchased at Veyo Mercantile, 13 North Main Street, Veyo, Utah (435) 574-2749, Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Friday and Saturdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Permits are $10.00. Pinyon pine and juniper are the only species of trees that may be cut.

One individual can purchase up to 5 tags.

FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST: (435) 896-9233 – http://fs.usda.gov/fishlake Christmas tree permits sell for $10.00 each and they must be obtained in person.

Mail orders and phone requests will not be accepted.

The permits must be securely attached to the harvested tree and remain with that tree during transport. Most species of trees on the National Forest may be cut, except for ponderosa pine. Permits may be

bought at any of the Fishlake National Forest offices. These offices are not open on weekends, except as noted.

Richfield Ranger District - 115 East 900 North, Richfield, Utah - Beginning Monday November 6, permits may be purchased during regular office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday. The office will also be open three Sundays – November 19, and 26, and December 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the public to purchase Christmas tree permits. For more information, call 435-896-9233.

Fremont River Ranger District - 138 South Main, Loa, Utah - Permits may be purchased during regular office hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The district office will also be open Saturday November 25 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the public to purchase Christmas tree permits. The Fishlake Basin Recreation Area, including Johnson Valley, is closed to tree cutting from the forest boundary on the West to Zedd's Meadow on the East. Cutting Ponderosa pine is prohibited except on the Boulder Mountain of the Fremont River Ranger District.

For more information, call 435836-2811.

As a convenience to the public, permits will be available again this year at: Beaver Sports and Pawn, 91 North Main, Beaver, Utah, Monday through Saturday from 9, a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fishlake Lumber1627 N Hwy 357, Beaver, Utah, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Piute County Sheriff Office, 550 N. Main, Junction, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Don’s Sinclair, 215 W Main, Salina, Monday-Saturday, Larsen’s Ace hardware, 1155 S US Hwy 118, Richfield, Monday-Saturday, Jorgensen’s, 980 S Cove View Road, Richfield, Monday-Saturday.

—Dixie & Fishlake National Forests

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PHS Notebook by abbey bleviNs

Hello students of PHS and of the community of Panguitch. Some exciting news for our girls volleyball team. Our girls are state champions! Facing Rich once again in the championship game our girls pulled through with a win and a state title! We are so proud of them and of their hard work they have put in this year for their sport and we want to thank them for showing good sportsmanship and representing our school with pride.

Basketball and wrestling season is just around the corner! We want to wish our teams good luck and hope that they work hard this season and have fun during the season.

The halloween carnival was a major success along with the FFA Spook Alley. Thanks to all of you who came out to support our school and activities and also a huge thank you to everyone who helped with the Spook Alley and the carnival.

Money Tip for Students, November 2017 Students should learn about credit scores SOUTHERN UTAH Students should be familiar with credit scores, according to KHEAA. Your credit score is a three-digit number that has a long-lasting effect on your buying power. When you apply for credit, your credit score will be checked. The higher your credit score, the better the chances you will be approved.

Although there are several scoring methods, the most widely accepted one comes from FICO. Your FICO score ranges from 300 to 850. These items make up your FICO score:

35 percent is based on your payment history. Early payments will have a higher number than on-time payments, which will have a higher score than late payments.

30 percent is based on outstanding debt. This outstanding debt is how much you owe on car loans, mortgages, credit cards, etc. The number of credit cards you have and if those cards are near the maximum borrowing limit will hurt your score.

15 percent is based on the length of time you have had credit. The longer you have been borrowing money and paying it back in a timely

manner, the better your score.

10 percent is based on new credit. If you have opened several new accounts, that will have a negative effect on your score. Also, the more inquiries on your credit report in a year, the lower your score.

10 percent is based on the types of credit you currently have. It helps to have a mix of loan types. If you have a credit card, an installment loan will even the credit out.

KHEAA is a public, nonprofit agency established in 1966 to improve students’ access to college. It provides information about financial aid and financial literacy at no cost to students and parents.

KHEAA also helps colleges manage their student loan default rates and verify information submitted on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). To learn more about those services, visit www.kheaa.com.

In addition, KHEAA disburses private Advantage Education Loans on behalf of its sister agency, KHESLC. For more information about Advantage Education Loans, visit www.advantageeducationloan.com.

— Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority

November 9, 2017

Help Kids Get the Most out of Music Education

As the list of known benefits of music education grows, you may be wondering how you can help your kids get the most out of their efforts. Here are five ways to help make music education a success.

1. Be encouraging.

Learning music is hard work, but it shouldn’t feel that way.

Keep it positive and be encouraging. Fostering a love of music is only possible if a child enjoys practicing and playing. If your child is taking lessons, be sure that is or her teacher practices a similar philosophy.

2. Get practical. Incorporate practical engagement and games to make it fun. For example, learn new musical words with body actions like clapping and stomping, so students can better understand the rhythm and music through movement.

3. Be contemporary.

Many kids will prefer playing what they already know and love. If your child is learning to play piano or keyboard, consider a new digital instrument that makes learning the latest tunes easy, such as Casio’s LK-265 keyboard.

Outfitted with lighted keys, a voice fingering guide and a Step-up Lesson System, beginners are able to learn built-in songs at their own individual pace. The instrument can also connect to Casio’s Chordana Play app -- a free app that displays the correct keyboard position for both hands in real-time. The app is expandable through downloadable MIDI files, so students can customize lessons to their taste.

4. Pace yourself. Every

child has his or her own musical aptitude and passion for learning. To ensure that your kids are neither overwhelmed nor bored, discover the pace that works best for each individual and don’t pressure anyone into rushing or slowing

down.

5. Set goals. Whether it’s working to perfect a particular song, or it’s practicing for a talent show, setting achievable goals can be a great motivation for budding musicians.

—Statepoint

Bryce Valley High Wrestling Schedule Starting Date: November 6, 2017 Game Time: 7:00 PM Coaches: Shawn Mortensen, Nick Pollock, Fred Beesley Fri-Sat., Nov. 17-18, Hydration Canyon View Fri-Sat, Dec 1-2 Panguitch Invitational-@ Triple C Tues., Dec. 5 PANGUITCH @ BVHS Fri., Dec. 8, Parowan Tournament@ Parowan Tues., Dec. 12 TRIPLE DUE @ BV/Wayne,Piute Fri-Sat., Dec. 15-16 Dixie Desert Storm Tourn. @ DHS Wed., Jan 3 Water Canyon Duel Sat., Jan. 6th Milford Invitational Wed., Jan 10 Milford Duel @ BV

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Wills, Trusts, and More

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The “Best” Tool by jeffery j. McKeNNa

WITH A SATELLITE OFFICE NOW IN PANGUITCH. Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney serving clients in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.

He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney McKenna and Olmstead. He is a founding member and former President of the Southern Utah Estate Planning Council. If you have questions regarding this article or if you have a topic you wish to have addressed in this column, you can call 435 6281711 or email jmckenna@ barney-mckenna.com.

I have a neighbor named Dave that loves tools. He is a welder by trade and can fix anything.

He built a huge garage, a true man cave, next to his house. The addition even has the head of a buffalo that Dave

killed in the Henry Mountains of Southeastern Utah.

Underneath the mounted buffalo head are tools – hundreds of tools. I’m sure Dave has a “best” tool.

My tools are not like Dave’s tools. In my toolbox at home, I have a hammer, two screwdrivers, a pair of pliers, and of course duct tape.

However, for 20 years as an estate planning attorney, I have used “tools” to help save taxes and facilitate the administration of my clients’ estates.

I have a “best” tool that I really like to use. In order to avoid thousands, even up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes for clients, I reach for the Donor Advised Fund on my charitable giving “tool shelf.”

Donor Advised Funds are sub-funds of a larger charitable entity. They are an individual’s or family’s own private charity.

Monies or investments go into the fund with a tax deduction and grow tax free. The monies come out tax free, but must be directed to churches, schools or other charitable 501(c)(3) organizations.

A Donor Advised Fund is a wonderful estate planning tool for three reasons.

First, it is refreshingly simple. Many estate planning tools are difficult and complex. A donor advised fund can usually be set up using a standard form of two or three pages.

Second, Donor Advised Funds can be someone’s own private “charitable checkbook.” Monies left in a fund for family members can be used through decades of charitable giving for your children and grandchildren.

Third, if IRA or 401k monies are left to a Donor Advised Fund upon your death, significant amounts of taxes are avoided. Every dollar that would have been taxed can flow into the Donor Advised Fund tax free and can continue to grow tax free - Uncle Sam doesn’t get a dime.

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Hard Knocks

A woman was listening to her 12 year old niece explain how hard her life used to be when she was younger.

"It was so rough when I was little. I didn't get a phone until 4th grade and the wi-fi didn't work upstairs."

ZZZ...

The little girl's father fell asleep on the sofa and began to snore.

The child ran out into the kitchen and shouted,"Mommy,come quick, Daddy's boiling."

Christmas?

Figuring that her fouryear-old son Kevin was listening in the next room, Janet decided to tell her husband Don the latest Christmas gift she had bought the boy by spelling out the words "Swing Set." Don nodded and said, "I think it would be a great Christmas gift."

From the other side of the wall, they heard Kevin yell, "I don't want letters for Christmas!"

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Lye Burns

Four friends were taking Chemistry at the University of Alabama. They did pretty well on all of the quizzes and the midterms and labs, such that going into the final they had a solid "A". These four were so confident going into the final that the weekend before finals week (even though the Chemistry final was on Monday), they decided to go up to the University of Tennessee and party with some friends. They had a great time.

However, with hangovers and everything, they overslept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Alabama until early Monday morning.

Rather than taking the final then, they found their professor after the final to explain to him why they missed the exam. They told him that they went up to the University of Tennessee for the weekend, and had planned to come back in time to study, but that they had a flat tire on the way back, and didn't have a spare, and couldn't get help for a long time, so they were late in getting back to campus.

The professor thought this over and told them they could make up the final on the following day. The guys were elated and relieved. They studied that night and went in the next day for the final.

The professor placed them in separate rooms, and handed each of them a test booklet and told them to begin. They looked at the first problem, which was worth 5 Points. It was something simple about Molarity & Solutions.

"Cool," they thought. "This is going to be easy." They did that problem and then turned the page.

They were not prepared, however, for what they saw on this page.

It said: (95 Points)- Which tire ??

Today's Thought

They say, "Wisdom comes with age," but sometimes age comes alone.

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B irthday Alta Orton 95th

Please join us for a 95th Birthday celebration for Alta "Granny" Orton Saturday, November 11, 2017 From 2:00 - 4:00pm Panguitch LDS 2nd Ward 191 S. 400 E. Panguitch, UT 84759 No gifts, please.

W eddings Talbot - Jensen

Gerald and Shauna Talbot are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter

Taylor Talbot to

Jacob Jensen son of Douglas and Amber Jensen of South Jordan, Utah.

They will be married Saturday, November 18th, 2017 in the Draper Temple.

All are invited to join in a celebration in their honor on Friday, November 17th, 2017 from 6-8 pm at The Barn at Wadley Farms, 35 E. 400 N. State Street, Lindon, Utah 84042.

Taylor and Jacob are registered at Amazon and Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Taylor is the granddaughter of Lowell and Kathy Mecham and the late Margaret Mecham of Tropic and Tom and Maxine Talbot of Greenwich.

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Draygen

was born at Sevier Valley Hospital on October 29, 2017 to Mercydee Quinn and Mikell Canoon of Salina.

Congrats on your new baby boy!

November 9, 2017

FYI PanguItch

by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Today two of my least favorite things happened, a birthday and standard time. I am glad I don’t have a job; it would really bother me getting off work at 5:00pm and having it get dark at 5:30 pm, very depressing. The sad thing I can’t do a stinking thing about either one.

The big thing the last two weeks is the Temple open house in Cedar City. Last Saturday was the Panguitch’s Stake opportunity to serve.

The leaders that are there all the time complemented our Stake, on how well things went and wished that we were there every day. The credit goes to those in charge, everything was really planned out, I helped with the parking and there was a map that showed me right where to go.

President Yardley told me I couldn’t wear short pants and a good thing he did, because it was freezing in that Cedar City wind. I was impressed with the Bryce Canyon shuttle and how well they transported the visitors from the Stake Center to the Temple. Lamont Olson told me the buses transported over 9,000 riders that day. He said because of the crowd, they asked them not to go over 20 miles an hour. There were over 3,000 more visitors Saturday than at any time so far 13,765. When I left the line to get in was wrapped around the Temple from the front to the back and had an hour and a half wait to get inside. Traveling back to the Stake Center, I checked out how big the parking lot was, there must have been 500 cars there. I believe that the many volunteers from our area that took part were happy that they could be of help in showing the world, this beautiful building. And those who will have the privilege of serving in it were excited that such an awesome opportunity is close to our community.

The LDS Church has donated 10 million dollars to help out the homeless problem in SLC. This is a growing concern, throughout our Country.

Even San Diego had a lot of people sleeping on the street, but they were warm. Maybe we need to ship those poor souls to Southern California at least they would be warm.

The LDS Church over the last decade has donated over 46 million to help with housing and originations that deal with the homeless throughout our Country.

Lots of things going on this week; at the High School starting last night and running through Saturday is the musical “Annie” and it will be double cast so you can go on different nights and enjoy the play twice as much! The shows start at 7:00 pm and cost $5:00, money well spent.

Friday morning starting at 10:15 the Elementary School will be honoring all Veterans Snow College Cont'd from page 1

University in offering this exciting opportunity for students.

Working together, we can provide a great benefit to students and increased support for economic development in our sixcounty service area.”

In addition to the two bachelor’s degrees in business administration and marketing, the Huntsman School will also deliver minors in entrepreneurship and technical sales. Both minors could be valuable additions to the business-related majors and also to the two bachelor programs at Snow College in commercial music and software engineering.

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in our area with a program.

This program is to teach the students the many sacrifices that Veterans go through in serving their Country and letting the veterans know of the appreciation we have for their sacrifice and service.

The next morning the Craft Fair will be open for business at 10:00 am and will have many great ideas for gifts or your own pleasure. Santa will again have her Candy Booth at the back Fair Building and they will also have raffle tickets for gifts that will be drawn every half hour. Also there will be tickets for one of Claudia Crumps famous Christmas wall hangings, that will be drawn for in early December. If you miss the craft fair tickets and the wall hanging will be at the Zions bank.

Please support this fundraiser.

All proceeds again go to the Sub for Santa kids.

ATTENTION ALL PANGUITCH AREA VETERANS! THE AMERICAN LEGION WILL BE HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL VETERANS DAY DINNER, ON SATURADAY 11-11, AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER AND IT WILL START AT 6:30 pm. The dinner is free and there will be entertainment supplied by Becky Henrie and the PHS computer wizards. All veterans and their Wives and Widows of Veterans are invited. The signing of Armistice for WW 1, occurred on the 11 day of the 11 month on the 11 hour and the 11 minute, it was to be the end of all wars. More than 60 million soldiers participated in WW1. The conflict involved 33 countries or, in other words, 1.5 billion people.

That was 80% of the world’s population at that time. Ten million soldiers died, more

than 20 million both soldiers and citizens, were injured.

France, the UK, Russia and their allies lost 6 million soldiers, Germany and the other Central powers 4 million.

There will be a Red Cross blood drive on 11-15. It will be at the Stake Center from 1:00 to 7:00. With all of the disasters that have hit our country this last six months, your blood is badly needed. They will take walk ins or you can call Mike Savage to set up an appointment.

Coming up on the 4th Thursday of the month of November will be our annual Thanksgiving Dinner. It will be held at the Senior Citizens and the meal will start at around 12:30. All are welcome (why cook a turkey for 4 people?). Thanksgiving is a great holiday, where you get together with your family and friends to celebrate all of the good things in your life. The dinner is free, just bring your happy face.

You can always tell when the tourist season is over, gas prices go down all over the state. It is $2:45 at COSTCO in St. George and $2.22 up in SLC. The Flying M and the Smoke House have closed their doors for the season, as have a number of the motels. Except for the six weeks of our fire, most of the businesses have said that it was another good year. We lost the Cowboy Collectibles and Becky and Randy Yard will be plotting what new adventure they will come up with in the future. It was a record year for the Quilt Walk, Balloon Fest, 24th of July and the ATV Rally. It also was a hot summer, setting records all over the country, with California getting the brunt of the heat and the many brush fires that were

caused by the excessive heat.

SLC had record high temperatures., having 27 days in a row that the temperatures did not drop below 70 degrees.

Those in power that brought us the incredible shrinking National Monuments are at it again. They want to raise the entrance fee from $30.00 to $70.00, feeling that if they will pay that much to get into an amusement park, they will pay the extra to see one of the wonders of the world. It seems entrance fees are to go to pay for busses and maintenance of the roads and trails in the parks.

For years the government has been cutting back on the Parks finance’s and they have been using the maintenance money to pay for the park employees.

This has left the maintenance work a shortfall of $13 billion dollars. Those that control the park system want to raise up the fees, as I stated earlier to $70.00, but didn’t raise up the annual park pass that will get you in all of the National Parks for $80.00. If Bryce sells an annual pass or even a day pass into the Park, they get to keep the money from the sale.

However if the tourist buys their passes elsewhere, they get nothing. Also if you buy your annual pass on line, none of the parks get any of it, real smart huh? How does raising the entrance fee really help our parks?????

I left out in last week’s sports column that the State Champions Lady Bobcats, went through the season, without a loss in regulation games.

The knocked out most of the teams, (1A or 3A) in 3 sets, they were that good. Also Coaches Ann Marie and Troy Norris are the proud grandparents of a baby boy.

Mack O.

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Grand Ma Barbara Pace Turns 96

O Bituaries

by adus f. dorsey ii NOVEMBER 4, 2017 To hear Grand Ma Barbara Pace tell it, “life is all about how you choose to live it.”

Amen….. “Dickey, hurry up and pass the biscuits.”

Driving up to the white house that Amasa Lyman built in Teasdale in the 1920’s, a slight curl of gray smoke slowly rises out of the brick chimney and the smell of burning coal is distinctly drifting throughout Teasdale Town. In the little corner white house is where Grand Ma Pace lives, and all Guy Pace’s descendants have gathered since way before anyone over 40 in the area can really or ought to be able to remember.

In the little, out of the way town of Teasdale, in south central Utah, on November 9th, 1921 Barbara Coombs was born to George and Mae Coombs. Her grandmother Mary Williams, who had been the Post Mistress for a time in Teasdale, delivered baby Barbara. Grand Mother Mary Coleman/William’s husband had died when he was about 40 years old, leaving Grand Mother Mary with six kids. So Mary Williams decided she would go up to Salt Lake and take a course to be a mid-wife and eventually delivered babies in Teasdale, Torrey, Grover and Fruita in the early 1900’s as a mid-wife.

With only a horse and buggy to get around, Mary Williams traveled the Wayne County countryside delivering babies, and generally stayed with new mothers during confinement for about 10 days, being paid in produce or a little money to do so. In a little book that lists all the babies Mary Williams delivered, a little girl, baby Barbara Coombs was the second to last entry. Today, at five foot tall, Grand Ma Barbara Pace of Teasdale is a giant, in my book.

On March 4th, 1921, Warren G. Harding was sworn in as the 29th President of these United States, and in November 1921, the New York Yankee’s Babe Ruth logged in his best baseball year. History would not remember Warren G. Hard-

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Adus Dorsey and Barbara Pace. ing well but in 1921 the Babe would go down in the books as one of the best baseball players ever. If you lived somewhere else other than Teasdale, Utah in 1921, a house cost about $7,000.00, bread was 10 cents a loaf, gas was 11 cents a gallon, and a gallon of milk was 58 cents. But in Teasdale at the time, you built your own house, baked your own bread and milked your own cow… and “you were happy as can be to do it,” says Grand Ma Barbara Pace.

Teasdale is a place that you only go if you live there; it has pretty much always been that way and will probably stay that way. In Ann Snow’s book “Rainbow Views,” Cora King writes that in about 1878 Willard Brinkerhoff and Ebb Hall took up some land in a circular valley and planted some corn in hopes that it would grow. Sometimes the corn grew, sometimes it didn’t. Wayne County history has it that Ebb chose to move onto green pastures and cousin Willard prospered.

When Wayne County consolidated its school system, buildings were urgently needed in all towns except Loa and Bicknell. The Board of Education proceeded to provide buildings as fast as funds would permit. Between 1917 and 1924 school buildings were built in Torrey, Lyman, Teasdale, Hanksville

and Fremont. In her formative years young Barbara Coombs walked to school in Teasdale.

At 95 Grand Ma Pace can still recall her grade school teacher Cecil Clayton and his wife that gave tap dancing lessons, and the names of all her Teasdale classmates like Rena Bell Hiskey, Irene Forsyth, Melba Larsen, Iva Daly, Vernon Buchanan and Reed Brinkerhoff, but most importantly were the names of the Teasdale lunch ladies Wanda Heaps, Jane Forsyth and Luva Hiskey.

Lee Pierce of Torrey ran a small one man trucking service and would drive the old dirt road on the east end of Boulder to near Oak Creek where the semi-improved road ended. About every other week at a predetermined time, Lee Pierce of Torrey would meet Ephraim Coombs, Grand Ma Pace’s Uncle Eph, to gather up the cream from Boulder.

Sometimes, as a young girl Barbara Pace would hitch a ride with Brother Pierce to get to Boulder to go visit Uncle Eph and Aunt Floss and her many Coombs cousins. The road around the east end of Boulder Mountain would not see much improvement until the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC,) arrived in the area in 1933 to 1942. The CCC was a public work relief program that operated in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief

families as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Grand Ma Pace is probably best known for her cooking and large noontime meals rivaled only by her love for quilting. For as long as I can remember noontime at the Pace house was an event that you had to see to believe.

From breakfast on Grand Ma Pace was in the kitchen making bread, cooking beans and everything else from the garden and everyday the Pace table was set like a Thanksgiving feast. When the dinner bell rang there would be a dozen men fighting for a seat at the table. After all was said and done reaching for a roll became a blood sport, and the term “stick a fork in it” took on a whole new meaning. The first time I witnessed the noontime meal at the Paces I was totally traumatized for a week and I still carry the fork marks on my right hand from thinking the last dinner roll was going to be mine.

Like a four year old that can’t lie down and go to sleep without one more bedtime story, I often find myself at the corner white house in Teasdale asking Grand Ma Pace to tell me another story about how life in Wayne County used to be. And without hesitation she always does. Happy 96th Birthday, Grand Ma Barbara.

BrYce ValleY area news

by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 orvickidiane36@hotmail.com

There will be a Veteran's Day Program on November 10th at 10:00 A.M. in the Bryce Valley High School Auditorium. Come and celebrate our Veteran's.

That same evening in the Elementary Gymnasium will be PTA Movie Night and Pizza Dinner Fundraiser. Dinner will be at 5:30 P.M. with the movie following around 6:00 P.M. Steven Littlefield and his wife Andrea will be sealed to each other in the Bountiful Temple on the 10th of November. Steven is the son of Wally and Lynette Orton and the grandson of Marion & Catherine Littlefield of Tropic and the great grandson of Rae Hughes of Cannonville.

Taryn Syrett was released as the Course 16 Teacher and Carter Mortensen was called to fill that position.

The 17th of November will be the Stake Temple

Day in St. George. It will be the last time it will be held in St. George because the Cedar City Temple will be open the next Temple Day. Congratulations to Rusty & Trista Rich who had a beautiful little baby girl on Thursday, November 2nd. Her name is Elize and she is the granddaughter of Steve Beagley of Cannonville and Marthy and Ethel Rich of Bryce Utah. The cute little girl came home and was greeted by her two older sisters and one brother. (Sorry if I misspelled her name) Congratulations to Roman Platt who has earned his Eagle Award. His project was to bring up to code the ramp at the Senior Citizen Center in Henrieville. He built a new one and installed it so the seniors would be safe when visiting the Center. Roman leaves on Tuesday to enter the MTC in Africa. We send our best wishes with him. Roman

is the son of Nathan and Lori Platt of Henrieville.

Marcia Evans is home from the Hospital and recovering nicely. She is glad to be home and we wish her a speedy recovery.

A new scam to watch out for. It involves messages coming from Amazon about orders.

They are asking for your information and it is not coming from the people of Amazon. com. Be wary before opening

or answering the emails. If you want to check, the news said the best way to make sure is to log into your Amazon account and check there. They are not sending those posts out and worry that some are opening and answering them. It is just a way for the scammers to get the information so they can use to their advantage.

Please have a safe week and email or call your news into me. Thanks VS

PANGUITCH - Boyd S. Owens, 94, passed away at his home in Panguitch, UT on November 5, 2017. Boyd was born in Panguitch on May 30, 1923 to Ernest V. and Sarah Malinda Shakespear Owens. He married Renee Porter on October 6, 1952 in Fredonia, AZ. A veteran of Word War II, Boyd fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded the Bronze Star. He worked for BLM for 35 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and never missed a horse race if he could help it.

He enjoyed spending time with his family, especially the grandkids and great-grandkids.

He is survived by his wife Renee; children, Steven Wayne (Lela) King, Karen (Kenny) Hoppes, Patty (Dempsey) Morgan, Brian Owens, Tonya (Rex) Johnson; 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; siblings, Elma Johnson, Ned (Melva) Owens, Eugene (Elva) Owens.

He is preceded in death by his parents; daughters, Marilyn (Robert) Law and Suzanne (Chris) Schow; siblings, Merle Braithwaite, Garn Owens, Glen Owens, George Owens.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 12:00 Noon in the Panguitch 2nd Ward Chapel, 200 North 400 East, where friends may call from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery with military rites by the Panguitch American Legion Post #25. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

Albert A. Chappell

MANTI - Albert A Chappell of Manti, UT passed away on October 31, 2017 at the age of 93. He was born on November 21, 1923 to Lee Ron and Ardeen Okerlund Chappell. He was the third child of eight children: Jack, Van, Bessie, Tom, George, Angus and Ruth. Albert grew up in Wayne County on a farm, before he entered the US Navy in 1944 during WWII. While serving in the South Pacific, he was in two major invasions: Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa. After the war he returned to Utah and married Eris Hunt. They had six children whom they raised in West Valley City, UT. He worked as a carpenter in home improvements and as a welder to support his family. He later divorced and married Teddy Hunter who were later sealed together in the Jordan River Temple. Teddy had six children in a previous marriage whom he called his ‘bonus’ children. After retirement they moved back to Lyman, UT and restored a beautiful home.

Teddy and Albert served as missionaries together at Cove Fort as tour guides before moving to Manti in 1997 where they served as ordinances workers in the LDS Temple. Albert had many hobbies; he loved to build and create in his shop, fishing on the boat he built, growing beautiful gardens, and going on adventures with his dear wife. Teddy passed away in 2010 after 36 wonderful years together. He has waited 7 very long years to be reunited with his eternal sweetheart.

Albert was preceded in death by Teddy Chappell, Kathryn Chapple (daughter), Josh Horner (grandson) and brothers Van, Tom, George, and Angus; survived by Mary Addison, Ardeen (Keith) Biesinger, Doris (Randy) Moore, Drew (Cookie) Chappell, Mont (Shar) Chappell, 16 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Services will be held at the Manti Tabernacle on Saturday November 11th at 11 am located at 90 South Main Street.

Friends and family may gather Friday evening from 6-8 pm at the tabernacle or 9-10:30 am before the service.

The family would like to express sincere gratitude and heartfelt thanks to Gunnison Valley Hospice and to all the caregivers who loved and cared for our father so dearly.

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LegaL Notices PUBLIC NOTICE PANGUITCH CEMETERY DISTRICT A public hearing on the Panguitch Cemetery District budget for the calendar year 2018 will be held at 6:00 pm on Thursday November 16, 2017 in the City council chambers in the city library.

Lorraine Owens, Secretary, Panguitch Cemetery District Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 9 &16, 2017 IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT JUVENILE COURT GARFIELD COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH STATE OF UTAH in the interest of G.B., DOB 08-16-2006 and C.B., DOB 01-11-2008 Judge Paul D. Lyman / Case No.’s 1024391 and 1024392 THIRTY (30) DAY SUMMONS THE STATE OF UTAH TO: VICTORIA BEARD The State of Utah has filed a Verified Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, which is on file with the clerk of the above court, 55 S. Main, Panguitch, Utah 84759, telephone number (435) 644-4600. A proceeding concerning the minors, G.B., DOB 08-16-2006 and C.B., DOB 01-11-2008, is pending in the above court, and an adjudication will be made.

A Pre-Trial on the State’s Verified Petition for Termination of Parental Rights will be held on October 18, 2017, at 11:30 a.m., before Judge Paul D. Lyman, Sixth District Juvenile Court, located at 55 S. Main, Panguitch, Utah 84759.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the petition and appear at the above-noticed trial. Within 30 days after this Summons is published, you are required to file your written answer with the Clerk of the Court at the above address, and you must mail or deliver a copy of your written answer to the Office of the Guardian ad Litem, 845 E. 300 N. Richfield, Utah 84701, and to the Office of the Attorney General, 55 South Main, #22, Manti, UT 84642.

If you fail to comply with this Summons, your parental rights to G.B and C.B. may be permanently terminated.

You are entitled to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, you should complete the application for appointment of an attorney available at the Juvenile Court at the above address, and if you qualify, an attorney will be appointed to you. The Court has appointed a guardian ad litem to represent the child.

Dated this 10th day of October 2017. /s/ David S. Tibbs, Assistant Attorney General Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on OCTOBER 19 & 26 and NOVEMBER 2 & 9, 2017

PUBLIC NOTICE GARFIELD COUNTY Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday November 13th, 2017, at 11:40 a.m. in the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the following: MINOR LOT SUBDIVISION PROPERTY BOUNDARY: THE VIEW LEGAL DESCRIPTION COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 2 TOWNSHIP 36 SOUTH, RANGE 4 WEST, SALT LAKE BASE AND MERIDIAN; THENCE S.00°13'59"E., A DISTANCE OF 49.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE S.89°53'33"E., A DISTANCE OF 1,270.81 FEET; THENCE S.00°21'46"E., A DISTANCE OF 2,060.08 FEET; THENCE S.89°38'14"W., A DISTANCE OF 1,225.45 FEET; THENCE S.00°13'59"E., A DISTANCE OF 1,516.87 FEET TO THE POINT OF CURVE OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT, OF WHICH THE RADIUS POINT LIES N.23°49'26"E., A RADIAL DISTANCE OF 5,681.99 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE ARC, THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 00°33'12", A DISTANCE OF 54.88 FEET; THENCE N.00°13'59"W., A DISTANCE OF 3,564.66 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 2,704,658.32 SQUARE FEET OR 62.0904 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 2 & 9, 2017

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NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule R655-6-2. Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights, PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300, or by hand delivery to a Division office during normal business hours on or before NOVEMBER 29, 2017. Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)538-7240 for additional information.

NEW APPLICATION(S) 95-5375 (A81013): State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration propose(s) using 0.015 cfs or 1.48 ac-ft from groundwater (23 miles South of Hanksville) for STOCKWATERING. CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-3123 (a43036): Maxi Miller, State of Utah Board of Water Resources, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company propose(s) using 1.6 ac-ft from groundwater (Panguitch) for IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING; DOMESTIC. 61-3119 (a43026): KRSS, LLC propose(s) using 0.0041 cfs or 0.5 ac-ft from groundwater (8 miles South of Hatch) for DOMESTIC. Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 2 & 9, 2017

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There is also a position of technology aide at Loa. Applicant will work closely with the district technology director and needs to have a good understanding and experience working with technology.

These positions are for 27 hours a week with no benefits. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.

Please send applications to Wayne School District, PO Box 127, Bicknell, UT 84715.

Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer and provider and reserves the right to accept or reject any or all application.

The Accountant is primarily responsible for daily and monthly general accounting tasks with an emphasis on cash management and general ledger accounting. The Accountant is responsible for the preparation of accurate financial reports and supporting schedules. In addition, the Accountant will analyze financial information, call attention to trends, make recommendations, collect information and prepare reports for management which highlight any potential issues affecting expenses, balances or cash flow.

Lastly, the Accountant should perform general accounting functions, including operation of the general ledger system, journal entries, and month-end close work. Great benefits including Health and Dental and Vision Insurance, 401 k, Retirement. Generous vacation, holiday and sick leave.

A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting preferred or equivalent work experience.

Will coordinate interviews immediately. Send resumes to PO Box 555 Escalante, UT 84726, or email to HR@socen. com

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HELP WANTED SANITATION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE Wayne County is accepting applications for a Sanitation Department Employee. Application forms may be picked up at the Wayne County Clerk's Office during regular office hours and must be submitted to the Wayne County Clerk’s Office by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 10, 2017.

Applicants must have a current CDL license and experience with heavy equipment. This position is full time and benefits will be available upon successful completion of a probationary period.

For further information, contact the Wayne County Clerk's Office at 435-836-1300.

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

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Garfield County School District is hiring the following positions. For a description of each, please see the district website www.garfk12.org Boulder Elementary School Custodian Boulder Elementary School Food Service Worker Boulder Elementary School Para Professional Bryce Valley Elementary School Para Professional District Business Administrator Panguitch Elementary School Para Professional Substitute Teachers for all schools CONTRACTS AVAILABLE: Structural/Engineering evaluation contract for PES gymnasium SALARY: Please see 2017-2018 Garfield County School Districts Classified Salary Schedule and Certified Salary Schedule.

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

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

Please direct questions to: AES Head Teacher Julie Allen (435-624-3221) BES Head Teacher Elizabeth Julian (435-335-1110) BVES Principal Layne LeFevre (435-531-0405) BVHS Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff (435-679-8835) EES & EHS Principal Chip Sharpe (435-704-4199) PES Principal Nick Reynolds (435-676-8847) PHS Principal Russ Torgersen (435-676-8805) Superintendent Tracy Davis (435-676-1379) Online application available: www.garfk12.org Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates will be granted interviews.

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

Garfield County School District is an equal opportunity employer.

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

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CITY ENGINEER / BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR RICHFIELD CITY CORPORATION

Richfield City is accepting applications for a City Engineer / Building Official to perform a variety of engineering functions including the design, oversight and inspection of routine public works projects; coordinating with consulting engineers on larger city projects and serve as the City’s Building Official, with responsibility for building inspections and zoning regulations.

This full-time position with an excellent, comprehensive benefit package and beginning salary range of $63,000 to $68,000, depending on education and experience.

Further details can be found at www.richfieldcity.com.

Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2017.

Fiber Technicians are responsible for the installation and customer experience of high speed Internet services. Will be responsible for pulling wire within the subscriber home for new installation work. Must be willing and able to work in confined spaces such as attics and crawl spaces. Technicians must have experience with CATV, CAT 5/6, coax, and/or wiring. Previous in home installation is preferred with installing cable and internet or alarm systems and you must have top notch customer service skills. Good benefits and competitive compensation based on experience.

Submit resume to: South Central Communications PO Box 555 Escalante, UT 84726 Attn: HR

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terpretation for the site where Mierasaurus was discovered was a marsh area with vegetation of ferns that was climatically wetter than that indicated for both the underlying Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation and overlying upper Yellow Cat Member.

The specific age of these rocks is controversial but new data is being published. Our best current estimates are approximately 130-135 Ma (millions of years ago); see: https://www.utahgeology.org/ openjournal/index.php/GIW/ article/view/9 Breakthrough. The collaboration of Utah paleontologists with Spanish and English researchers led to identification of the correct familial relationships of the new Utah dinosaur. While it is obviously a new dinosaur species, without the collaboration Kirkland’s team would almost certainly have compared the new dinosaur with North America’s well-known Upper Jurassic sauropod Camarasaurus. As it turned out, Dr. Rafael RoyoTorres first recognized the more primitive turiasaurs as a distinct group of European Upper Jurassic sauropods.

During 2016 and 2017 the description and comparison of the new remains was conducted by an international multidisciplinary team composed of Dr.s Rafael Royo-Torres, Alberto Cobos and Luis Alcalá from the Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis (Teruel, España), Paul Upchurch from the University College London (London, United Kingdom), James Kirkland and Donald D. DeBlieux from the Utah Geological Survey (Utah, USA), and John Foster from the Museum of Moab (Utah, USA This new paper, published recently in the journal “Scientific Reports” contains several milestones: 1.-Description of a new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur (quadruped, with long neck and tail and small skull); 2.- identification of a group of Upper Jurassic European dinosaurs, the Turiasauria, not identified in North America prior to this study; 3.-Given the evolutionary relationships of the Turiasauria, Mierasaurus is the most primitive sauropod identified in North America, though actually younger than many Jurassic N.A. sauropods 4.-Recognition that a second North American sauropod from the upper Yellow Cat fauna, Moabosaurus, also belonged to the group of Turiasauria; 5. Moabosaurus is more specialized than the older Mierasarus in having divided ribs along its neck; and 6.- Recognition that the Cretaceous turiasaurs in North America are the geologically youngest known so far.

Recovered fossils (from the skull, teeth, neck, back and tail, bones of the shoulder and hips, and bones of the front and back limbs, including the hands and feet) allow us to state that this new specimen, Mierasaurus, represents the most complete individual sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of North America.

In addition, Mierasaurus (as well as Moabosaurus) are sauropods with more primitive characteristics, when compared to other sauropods from North America. The length of Mierasaurus, estimated between 32-39 feet (10 and 12 meters), is much smaller than that of its European relatives, which in Turiasaurus could surpass 82 feet in length (25 meters).

How did the turiasaurs arrive to North America from

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Reconstruction of the skull of the dinosaur sauropod Mierasaurus bobyoungi.

Europe? The study indicates months, they traveled 2,000 that none of the more than 430 miles, establishing peaceful examples of sauropods docu- contact with numerous groups mented in North American of native Americans (Hopis, sites from the Upper Jurassic Lagunas, Yutas and Apaches, are turiasaurs. The Turiasauria among others). Bernardo de were well-represented in the Miera y Pacheco made the first Jurassic only in Europe. The map of this territory, largely discovery of the turiasaurs Mi- unknown to Europeans at this erasaurus and Moabosaurus in time. This map stands out for younger deposits, in the Lower its accuracy and artistic style, Cretaceous Yellow Cat Mem- and for the numerous geober of the Cedar Mountain graphic, geological and ethnoFormation in Utah, allows sci- graphic notes that it contains. entist to infer that representa- This expedition was also the tives of this group of primitive first known arrival of Europesauropods migrated into North ans into what is now the state America via an intercontinen- of Utah, where Mierasaurus tal bridge, after the Upper Ju- was discovered. The name of rassic (between 145 and 130 the species, bobyoungi, is dedmillion years ago) from Eu- icated to the American geolorope, during the final opening gist Robert Young, who conof the North Atlantic during a ducted the first comprehensive time of lower sea levels. work on the Early Cretaceous The name of the genus of of the Colorado Plateau, where the new dinosaur, Mierasau- Mierasaurus was discovered. rus, is dedicated to the Spanish — Utah Department of cartographer and chief scienNatural Resources tist D. Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713-1785), born in Santibáñez de Villacarriedo (Cantabria, Spain).

Miera was the scientific leader of the 1776 DomínguezEscalante Expedition. The purpose of the expedition was to establish a stable communication and courtesy ut dePt. of Natural resources trade route between Reconstruction of the Utah landscape Santa Fe, New Mex- in the Lower Cretaceous based on the ico, and Monterrey, information of the Doelling's Bowl California. For six site: Mierasaurus.

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