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What to Know When Ice Fishing This Winter

SALT LAKE CITY While skiing and snowboarding are often what first comes to mind when people think of outdoor recreation during the winter, ice fishing is another great activity for the coldest months of the year. If you are planning to go ice fishing this winter, here are a few things you should know.

Safety tips for anglers Staying safe is one of the most important aspects of ice fishing. Be sure to dress in layers and have all the needed equipment to stay warm. If you are bringing children, it’s nice to have hot beverages like hot cocoa or even hot soup available to help them stay warm.

It’s also recommended to bring hand warmers that you can put in your gloves or boots. Ice fishing bibs

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Wayne Escalante Prevention Coalition Holds County Community Education on Suicide Prevention Commission

by Nancy Goude

by Amiee Maxwell

Dec. 18, 2023

Courtesy Escalante Prevention Coalition

The Escalante Prevention Coalition (EPC) hosts activities designed to engage local area members in prevention efforts to help make our community safer and healthier. On November 30, 2023, the EPC held its first open-to-the-public QPR educational workshop at the Community Center in Escalante.

ESCALANTE - The Escalante Prevention Coalition (EPC) held its first open-to-the-public QPR educational workshop for the community on November 30, 2023, at the Com-

munity Center in Escalante.

EPC Director Heather Dunton led attendees through a topic that is uncomfortable for many— deaths by suicide, and suicide attempts.

QPR stands for Question, Persuade and Refer, and the training is designed to help people become resources for their loved ones, friends, community members and even strang-

Garfield Memorial Receives 2023 National Performance Leadership Award

So Far, So. Utah Snow Totals Remain Below Normal; No. Utah Sees Positive Progress

39 Bird Lovers (and 1 Critic) Attend Annual Bryce Canyon Christmas Bird Count

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Courtesy Becki Bronson

Intermountain Garfield Memorial Hospital has received the 2023 Performance Leadership Award in Quality, Outcomes, and Patient Perspective.

PANGUITCH - Intermountain Garfield Memorial Hospital (GMH) has received the 2023 Performance Leadership Award in Quality, Outcomes, and Patient Perspective. GMH is the only hospital in Utah to have received this award

in all three categories.

The Chartis Center for Rural Health gives this award to hospitals who score above the quartile in performance (i.e., 75th perLeadership Award

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

SALT LAKE CITY As of late-December, northern Utah has seen some positive progress in the snow season, while the southern part of the state is still recording belownormal numbers. With 105 days remaining until the typical peak snowpack, the state is planning for all scenarios.

Statewide Snow Water Equivalent (SWE), which determines the amount of water available in the snow, is slightly below normal for this time of year. One notaWater Update

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**Weather is subject to Change

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A Spotted Towhee, one of forty-three species spotted during the 2023 Bryce Canyon Christmas Bird Count on December 16.

BRYCE - “I don’t like birds,” 12-year-old Gavin told me. “They’re all the same.”

A slide show was passively running on the screen at the end of the room, showcasing photographic

teasers of local birds. I directed his attention to it.

“Look at that American Kestrel! Those colorful feathers! You can often see them perched on telephone wires, seeking out rodents in the fields below. And

that Red Crossbill, with a bill like a special tool to pry open cones. Oh, and there’s a Golden Eagle— you can find them feeding Bryce Bird Count Cont'd on A3

UPCOMING EVENTS...

Panguitch City New Year Fiesta December 30

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Partly cloudy on New Years Eve/Day with little chance of precip for the week until Wednesday (35%). Highs in the 40s; lows in the teens and low 20s.

ers they may encounter who are in a mental health crisis and who may be having suicidal thoughts.

WAYNE CO. - The December 18, 2023, Wayne County Commission meeting began with a request by County Assessor Sharon Torgerson to approve a contract with MCAT (Multi-County Appraisal Trust) which works with PUMA, the county’s assessor software. The county has used MCAT the past six years, and the system will eventually be state mandated. The commission approved the contract.

County Treasurer Colleen Allen presented the new and updated Wayne County General Plan for the commission's approval. “This is a living document; it can be changed anytime we feel the need with a public hearing,” said Allen. The commission passed a motion to approve the new general plan with a few

Many years ago, I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since.

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EPC Hosts Family Gingerbread House Contest; Davis Family Design is Voted People's Choice

Nancy Goude

Out of 18 entries, the Davis Family's (Stacy and Asa) design (right) won People's Choice at the Escalante Prevention Coalition's (EPC) Family Gingerbread House Contest on December 18.

ESCALANTE - Out of 18 entries, the Davis Family's (Stacy and Asa) design won People's Choice at the Escalante Prevention Coalition's (EPC) Family Gingerbread House Contest on December 18.

Participants were provided with Gingerbread house kits by the EPC, and the houses were then displayed at Escalante High School—prior to the Es-

calante Elementary Christmas Program—where attendees were encouraged to vote for their favorites.

According to Heather Dunton, EPC Director, the goal of the event "...was to increase family attachment, by having the families build the kits together to encourage family bonding!"

Winners in four cat-

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egories—People's Choice, Best Use of a Kit, Most Christmas Spirit, and Most Creative—were chosen, and prizes were awarded for each: • Davis Family: People's Choice, Cornhole Game

• Griffin Family: Best Use of Kit, Ladder Golf • Cooke Family: Most Christmas Spirit, Board Games • Treanor Family: Most Creative, Board Games —Insider

Water Update: It’s early in the season, and I’m hopeful Mother Nature

will deliver some much-needed snow, but we are planning for all possibilities. We need to be vigilant to changing conditions and ready for whatever amount of snow the state receives from now until April.—Candice Hasenyager, director of the Division of Water Resources Cont'd from A1

ble highlight is soil moisture, which is in a favorable state. Adequate soil moisture supports healthy spring runoff, agricultural activities and sustaining ecosystems.

Utah’s reservoirs, vital for storing water for various needs, currently stand at 78% full statewide. This is around 20% higher than normal reservoir levels for this time of year. For the most part, reservoirs will likely stay near these levels until spring runoff.

“It’s early in the season, and I’m hopeful Mother Nature will deliver some much-needed snow, but we are planning for all possibilities,” Candice Hasenyager, director of the Division of Water Resources, said. “We need to be vigilant to changing conditions and ready for whatever amount of snow the state receives from now until April.”

The division continues to help Utahns save water across all sectors.

Now is an excellent time to maximize indoor water efficiency by checking for leaks and upgrading old fixtures with water-efficient ones.

“We are naturally spending more time indoors during the holidays. Take this time to be a good water steward in your home,” Hasenyager said. “Even if it's not on your loved one's gift list, a water-efficient toilet (tied with a big bow) can make a great gift! ” To encourage water conservation among Utahns, the Department of Natural Resources contin-

ues to promote initiatives such as the Agricultural Optimization Program for farmers and SlowtheFlow. org for residents. These pro-

grams aim to educate and incentivize water-saving practices, ensuring Utahns become more drought resilient and prepare for future

conditions.

—Division of Water Resources | Utah Department of Natural Resources

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Bryce Bird Count: I met so many people today

that validated so completely my existence and obsession with birds. I found my equals and so many friends. It was amazing and I will be doing it again.—Tatiana, 2023 Bryce Canyon Christmas Bird Count participant

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One of seven Bryce Canyon bird count groups on December 16—this one preparing to embark on the Tropic Trail.

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on carcasses alongside the road.” I wanted him to see that birds are not all the same. They look different, behave differently, and play different roles in the ecosystem, whether helping to clean up carrion or disperse seeds. I wanted him to see that, well, birds are cool. But he had been dragged here with his family, and with an older sister who was self-described as “obsessed” with birds, it was no wonder that he was cranky about the ordeal.

It was 20 degrees, and we were about to trundle out to the Tropic Trail.

Although the Paunsaugunt Plateau in winter is not Costa Rica for birding, it’s a great place for beginners to hone their skills. “I’ll say that it’s a good thing if you’re getting into birding to come and experience an environment like this. You’re reducing some of the stimulus. You’re not going to be surrounded by flocks of birds, and they’re not going to land on your shoulders. It will draw your attention to the individuals. You will get a sense for what it is just to find any birds,” said Peter Densmore, Park Ranger at Bryce Canyon.

Forty people attended the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) at Bryce Canyon this year, the highest on record. It was the park’s 16th year of participation in an event that the Audubon Society has been running for 124 years.

The event is a remarkable show of global solidarity for birds. Birders from Garfield County down to Ecuador all fan out to look for birds. The data is collected by each group’s “compiler,” who submits it to the Audubon Society.

This longstanding tradition has contributed to the fact that birds are some of the most well-monitored animals in the world.

Count day is typically festive, a time of bonding over birds and a shared love of the outdoors, swapping stories while warming up with a bowl of chili, getting to know neighbors, and making new friends.

In general, it is a familyfriendly, feel-good event.

But, for all the resulting positive community vibes, the event has not always revealed good news.

Despite record effort and geographic coverage, last year’s global count tallied the lowest number of birds in decades. During the 2022 Christmas Bird

Count, at all CBCs everywhere, from the Arctic to South America, 79,005 observers counted 40,298,635 birds. This may seem like a lot, but if you compare it to the 1987 CBC, when 41,920 observers tallied 193,356,225 birds, the data begins to tell a story.

The harsh reality is that there are far fewer birds in the Western Hemisphere than there were 35 years ago. A 2019 scientific paper reported an alarming amount of loss since 1970: nearly 3 billion birds gone across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada. More than half of all grassland birds have disappeared. Forests have lost more than one billion birds.

Birds are an indicator species—observing them provides a snapshot of broader environmental health. As the study’s authors, John W. Fitzpatrick and Peter P. Marra, wrote in their 2019 New York Times op-ed, this staggering loss “suggests the very fabric of North America’s ecosystem is unraveling.”

Out on the Tropic Trail, we heard a scratching sound in the leaf litter.

Peering through the densely tangled gamble oak yielded no answers. The group began to move on, but Gavin, suddenly attentive, scanned more closely.

A flash of rusty orange flanks, black wings, a beady red eye…a Spotted Towhee! All smiles, he

looked around at the group, who patted his back, celebrating the find.

Perhaps Gavin still doesn’t like birds. But I like to think that maybe, secretly, the Spotted Towhee could have been his “spark bird,” the first bird to truly spark his interest in birding.

In any case, his big sister Tatiana made it very clear what the bird count meant to her: “I met so many people today that validated so completely my existence and obsession with birds.

I found my equals and so many friends. It was amazing and I will be doing it again.”

This year’s total species count was 43, with notable numbers of Redbreasted Nuthatches (48) and Red Crossbills (65), indicative of an irruption year likely correlated to a bumper crop of conifer seeds.

There are many things that Garfield and Wayne County residents can do to help ensure that young birders like Gavin and Tatiana can continue to enjoy birds into adulthood. Protecting and restoring the natural habitats of birds, turning out the lights at night to avoid window collisions, keeping cats indoors, landscaping with native plants, avoiding pesticides, preventing overgrazing, and supporting local leaders working towards ecological conservation can all have a big impact.

Leadership Award:

...Dedication, compassion, and true excellence can be seen in every area in the hospital, and it's wonderful to have these national recognitions that highlight this excellence.

—DeAnn Brown, Garfield Memorial president Leadership Award Cont'd from A1

centile or above) in Quality, Outcomes and/or Patient Perspective.

DeAnn Brown, Garfield Memorial president, said, “Garfield has the best caregivers anywhere. For those that work at our facility, it's more than just a job.

The people we care for and their loved ones are very often family or our neighbors, and even if they are visitors, each person are all people we’re blessed to have in our community.

Dedication, compassion, and true excellence can be seen in every area in the hospital, and it's wonderful to have these national recognitions that highlight this

excellence.”

The Performance Leadership Awards are based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®, the industry’s most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance.

—Becki Bronson, Intermountain Health

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Wills, Trusts, and More

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Estate Planning In 2024

by Jeffery J. McKenna Many years ago, as a young couple with young children, my wife and I excitedly boarded a plane.

The children stayed with grandma.

As the plane’s engines screeched into take off mode, my wife’s excitement had vanished; she locked my hand in a vice grip and said, “I hate this. What if something happens to us?” At that moment, I didn’t think it was the right time to explain the intricacies of our estate plan.

I am glad, however, that we had one.

As a new year begins, many people make plans and New Year’s resolutions.

If your plans include travel, or even if they don’t, you may want to make and keep a resolution to update or get an estate plan.

As an estate planning attorney for over twenty years, I have prepared thousands of estate plans.

Some for young couples with minor children, others for older individu-

als with adult children or single individuals with no children.

In every case, an updated estate plan provides peace.

Peace comes in knowing you have done everything you can to help ease the often strenuous, financial and emotional circumstances related to death.

I emphasize updated estate plan, because very often a plan that may have been perfect for you and your family five or ten years ago, may not now be adequate.

Although you cannot remove all the emotional stress and burdens that come when someone dies, you can help eliminate much of it. I have told many clients upon the completion of their estate plan, “You have done all you can to help make things easier for those you love.”

So, as this new year begins, review your New Year’s resolutions. You may want to add one that can bring peace to you and great benefit to those you love.

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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 435 628-1711 or jmckenna@barney-mckenna. com or visit the firm’s website at WWW.BARNEY-MCKENNA.COM, he would enjoy hearing from you. Additionally, you can RSVP to attend one of his FREE Estate Planning Seminars in Richfield, at 159 North Main Street, every Third Thursday.

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When I worked in a hardware store, it was my job to help contractors order their supplies, and there was a certain contractor who would always come into the store shirtless.

We had a long lineup one day, and I was busy entering orders when the customer at the front of the line said, “Give me what I usually get.” I looked up and realized that it was the shirtless contractor—wearing a shirt.

Without thinking, I said, “Sorry, I didn’t recognize you with your clothes on!”

Cold Turkey

Drive-thru

My sister and her husband were travelling and stopped at a fast food drivethru.

My sister gave her order through the intercom but couldn’t make out what the employee was saying.

She mentioned this several times, but it wasn’t helping, so she got right out of her car to speak louder into the intercom—and realized she was talking into a mailbox.

Drinking Game

It was dart night at the Barrhaven Legion.

There were only seven people in the branch, including Dave the bartender and six patrons, also all named Dave.

Geoff strolled in, walked up to the bar, took a look around the room and declared, “I’d like to buy a beer for everyone but Dave.”

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

My dad, a tugboat captain, recently told my daughters about how he quit smoking cold turkey when he was a younger man. “I was about to become a father,” he said, “so I held the pack of cigarettes and I said, ‘I’m stronger than you,’ then balled up the pack and tossed it overboard.”

He did not receive the admiring reaction he expected when both girls exclaimed in horror, “Papa, you littered in the ocean?”

PUNishment

No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.

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THEME:

Zodiac Signs ACROSS 1. NASDAQ's TSLA 6. Meme dance move 9. Feudal laborer 13. Plant louse 14. Inflated feeling 15. Signaling flare 16. She turned to stone, Greek mythology 17. Barn call 18. L in AWOL 19. *Zodiac sign for those born on Halloween 21. *Ford "Zodiac" 23. Cash machine, acr.

24. Island 25. Short for although 28. Cul de ____, pl.

30. Owing something (2 words) 35. Argo's propellers 37. Mature 39. Passed 40. Guilty, e.g.

41.

Presidential promises, e.g.

43. Those against 44. Waker-upper 46. Skin infection 47. King of beasts 48. *1960s California serial killer 50. Address a deity 52. Short for ensign 53. Hoodwink 55. New Zealand parrot 57. *Fish sign 60. *Half man/half horse sign 64. Blood vessel 65. This is well if it ends well 67. Body trunk 68. Move like ivy 69. Grazing field 70. Plant with liquorice-flavored seeds 71. Catch one's breath 72. Trim the lawn 73. Roebuck's partner DOWN 1. Sun kisses 2. Colossal

3. Pest command 4. *Zodiac sign or Don DeLillo's 1988 novel 5. One who is skilled at something 6. Visual presentation 7. "Four score and seven years ____" 8. Dora the Explorer's simian friend 9. Court petitioner 10. Genesis twin 11. RPMs 12. Extra charge 15. Like a native speaker 20. Insect, post-metamorphosis 22. Prince in Disney's "Aladdin" movie 24. Heavy hydrogen, e.g.

25. *Birthstone for some born under Scorpio or Sagittarius 26. Hello, alt. sp.

27. Mountain nymph 29. *Cancer crustacean 31. Lentil soup

32. Golfer Els 33. Take a chance (2 words) 34. *Gemini 36. Delhi dress 38. Sound of a fan 42. Satisfy, as in thirst 45. Eccentric one 49. Pool tool 51. Gossipy ones 54. Religious song 56. Make amends 57. Skin opening 58. Wraths 59. Proofreader's mark 60. Old-fashioned bathtub foot 61. Vocal piece for one 62. Brezhnev's domain 63. Fish eggs, pl.

64. Acronym, abbr.

66. *#47 Across, in the sky

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Obituaries MacRay Julander PANGUITCH - John MacRay Julander, age 92, passed away peacefully on December 13, 2023, in Panguitch, with his wife by his side. Dad was born on December 23, 1930, in Elsinore, to Carl and Violet Julander.

Dad met Mom while she was a waitress at the Bryce Canyon Cafe. They were married December 14, 1963, in the St. George LDS Temple. Their marriage was blessed with 5 children.

Dad worked at Kaibab Industries as a forklift operator.

He retired after 30+ years of employment.

Dad was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing, and teaching his children his love of the outdoors. He was never too busy to spend time with his family.

He was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he served in many callings.

In his retirement years Dad enjoyed spending time with Mom, riding in the mountains, working in his wood shop and spending time on the lakeshore fishing. He loved to visit with his children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Dad is survived by his wife of 60 years, Jean; children and their spouses: John and Kathy Julander, Jodi Young, Stacie and Darron Matthews, Marni Julander, Dameon and Andrea Julander; 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Juana Dean Hunt.

Preceded in death by his parents; brothers: Jay and Duane Julander; sisters: Barbara and Alice Julander.

The family would like to thank the medical staff of the Garfield Memorial Hospital.

Cremation services in the Magleby Mortuary Cremation Center. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

Jean Dutton

EPHRAIM - Flora Jean Haws Dutton was born November 19, 1944, to Earl Dee Haws and Elda Elizabeth Barker Haws. In her youth, she attended Escalante Elementary and High School. Jean married Douglas McInelly. They had two sons: Richard Dean and Kaylon.

They later divorced.

Jean then completed beauty school in Salt Lake.

Jean married Marty Stock. They had three daughters born to them: Jeanette, Kristy, and Teresa “Tricia”. Jeanette and Tricia preceded her in death. Marty and Jean later divorced.

Jean married Kendall Melvin Dutton “Mel” on July 5, 1975. He brought 3 children into the family, Kendall Melvin Jr, (deceased), William “Bill”, and Helen Ann. Mel and Jean enjoyed camping, great adventures in the outdoors, and just being together. He preceded her in death October 22, 1999.

After Mel passed, her passion became bowling with her friends. She was active in the bowling league in Ephraim and gained many friends through bowling leagues. She competed at the Senior Games in St. George and won several medals.

Jean was very talented and crafty. She was always had projects she was working on, and shared her finished items with all.

The family wishes to thank Jake and Taska Clark for letting Jean get to know Keiley. Keiley brought joy and renewed life to Jean in her last years. The family also wishes to thank her Ministering angels for taking such good care of her for the past several years.

Jean is survived by her children: Richard (Karleen), Kaylon, Kristy (Sean) Clark; sisters, Lois (Ray) Barney, Phyllis Alvey.

Also preceded in death by her parents; daughters, Tricia and Jeanette; step-son, Kendal Dutton; brothers: Klyn Haws, Don Haws; brother-in-law, Freeland Alvey; sisters-in-law, Marlene Haws, Ethel Haws.

Funeral services will be held [today] Thursday, December 28, 2023, at 12:00 Noon in the Ephraim 6th Ward, where friends may call from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Burial will be in the Ephraim Park Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti.

Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

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Desalination Startup in Southwest Utah Addresses World’s Water Crisis ST. GEORGE - It started with a few explosions.

After watching a film about worldwide water shortages in his high school biology class, then-14-yearold Hunter Manz began building machines to solve the problem. The tinkering in his family’s Las Vegas garage didn’t always end well.

“Some of the machines would catch on fire or blow up,” said Manz, now 24. “So my parents wanted to find somebody who could help guide me.”

That mentor ended up guiding him to the mechanical engineering department at Utah Tech University in St. George. That’s where Manz came up with the idea behind his Washington County-based startup, Eden Technologies.

Around the world, desalination plants extract freshwater from saltwater by pushing it through a series of filters at high pressure.

But those plants are typically less than 50% efficient, Manz said, meaning for each gallon of seawater they process, they create less than a half-gallon of freshwater.

That leaves a lot of salty leftovers, which are often pumped back into the ocean.

Manz’s idea aims to wring more drinkable water from the leftovers by adding a centrifuge toward the end of the desalination process.

Think of a giant metal salad spinner that rotates rapidly, pushing the salty brine to the edges and leaving freshwater in the center.

Because desalination plants can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build and tens of millions of dol-

by David Condos | KUER 90.1 lars per year to power, the materials like lithium in the price tag has kept this poten- ground—a practice that cartial source out of reach for ries its own environmental many dry parts of the world. concerns.

Despite a worldwide Eden Technologies’ tests show its centrifuge could need for more freshwater roughly double the efficien- and a prototype that shows cy of desalination plants, potential, he said, Eden Manz said, which would Technologies found it hard make them more financially to get private investors on board because desalination viable.

A new $250,000 invest- can’t scale as quickly as ment from the Utah Innova- something like a new softtion Fund—a state-backed ware.

“We have to build a program aiming to boost local startups affiliated with facility. We have to do repost-secondary schools in search and development,” the state—could help the Manz said. “The process company take its next steps takes a lot longer, and it's hard to find investors nowatoward that target.

“Our main focus is low- days that are willing to go ering the price now, making through that.”

That’s why getting the it more affordable to people around the world, and then big investment from the eventually aiming to make it state fund makes such a difference, he said. The comfree,” Manz said.

The long-term goal is pany will use the money to to get to 88% efficiency, build a larger prototype of leaving just 12% as waste its centrifuge, which it plans —a concentrated brine filled to test at its Washington with sought-after minerals County warehouse and the like lithium and magnesium. San Rafael Energy Research Being able to sell those ele- Center before delivering it to ments could eventually dis- an actual desalination plant. count the entire price of the The company is already plant, he said, meaning the talking with potential clients freshwater would essentially from Saudi Arabia to the become “the byproduct of Navajo Nation about putting the technology to work, the brine mining.”

The new technology Manz said.

Utah Innovation Fund may provide other environmental benefits, too. If the managing director Gabi briny wastewater from a de- Tellez said getting investsalination plant isn’t diluted ment in the early stages can properly when it’s pumped be tough for new startups, back into the ocean, it can especially ones that need a harm marine life. But if the longer runway to become waste becomes so concen- profitable.

“There's this gap in trated that it’s a valuable mining commodity, Manz funding between your tradisaid, that could reduce how tional grant and then venture much of it is sent back to capital money,” she said. the sea and may also de- “So it's really serving to crease the need to mine for bridge that gap.”

Created by HB 42 in the 2023 Utah Legislative session, the fund takes $15 million the state earned in investments years ago and puts it toward today’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Any returns it pulls in from the startups go back into a pot for future investments, Tellez said.

The program goes beyond financial support, too.

It connects companies with a database of experienced people to add to their leadership team or their board of advisors, she said. The fund’s managers also meet with venture capital firms outside of Utah to highlight what’s coming in the pipeline here and find out what benchmarks startups need to hit before firms would consider investing.

The fact that the fund’s first investment is going to a company in southwest Utah, she said, reflects its goal to boost entrepreneurship in cities and universities beyond the Wasatch Front.

“Some of the most innovative things are happening at some of the schools that maybe would traditionally be overlooked,” Tellez said. “We are here to support the whole state. And … we plan to continue doing that.”

This article was originally published by KUER 90.1 on December 12, 2023.

This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aim to inform readers across the state.

Obituaries Clifford Olsen 1922 - 2023

LOA - Early on December 16, 2023, Clifford Olsen passed away as a result of TMB, too many birthdays, 101! In his own words he wrote: “I was born April 30, 1922 in Monroe, Utah, to Ervin and Delma Hunt Olsen.

I’m the fifth of six children: Allen Hunt (Bill), Maude Alice, Melvin Coy, Paul Thomas, Clifford, Delma Mary and half siblings Mack and Fern. My mother died six days after giving birth to Delma. I was a year and a half old. My dad died when I was nine, in an accident hauling lumber off Monroe Mountain.

I learned to ride a horse when I was 3. My jobs growing up were tending sheep and cows on horseback. I worked in the fields and orchards. I had a shoebox with an inch deep of rattles from snakes I killed while herding sheep. I was an average student in school but always enjoyed learning.

When I was 14, my sister, Maude, arranged for me to live with the Robert A. Meeks family in Bicknell, Utah. I helped with farming and range cattle until my senior year when I graduated from Wayne High School.

I worked at Hill Field as a mechanic’s helper before I enlisted in the Naval Air Corps. I was selected as a pilot instructor as a cadet. After I learned to fly, I taught many World War II pilots how to do the same. After three years I was discharged.

I went back to Bicknell and worked with Kay Taft installing bathrooms in many homes in the County. I lived with Dee and Artie Taft whose family claimed me as their own.

I married LaRee Maxfield in the Manti Temple on December 17, 1947 (76 years ago). We had five perfect children: Jeff, Pam, Denise, Candy and Terry. There wasn’t a dud in the bunch.

I worked at various jobs that took our family to Utah, Idaho, Nevada and back to Utah.

I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and served in many callings. We retired and moved to Loa, Utah. LaRee and I were called to the Australia Perth Mission where we met and served many wonderful people. After returning home, we were called as ordinance workers in the Manti Temple. We served for 22 years.

I knew I would live a long time, but I never thought I would live this long. For my enjoyment, I loved dancing, hunting, fishing, camping, family activities, four wheeling and a big bowl of ice cream!

I am survived by children: Jeffery Mack (Christine) Olsen, Pamela (Lester M) Park, Denise (Robert G) Schofield, Candis (Reed C) Hawkes and Teresa (Steven K) Jensen. 21 grandchildren, 52 great grandchildren, 15 great-great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

I am preceded in death by everybody! My wife, parents, 1 grandson: Clinton Olsen, 1 great granddaughter: Aubrey Jensen, son-in-law: Robert Schofield. All of my brothers, sisters, my brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.”

The family would like to thank Connie Durfey, Teri Leavitt and Julie Jeffery with hospice for their compassionate and loving service to our dad.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. in the Loa LDS Stake Center where friends may call for viewing Saturday morning from 10:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. prior to the services.

Live streaming of the funeral services can be found at: ww.springerturner.com under Clifford's obituary about 15 minutes prior to starting time.

Burial with military honors accorded by the Harold Brown American Legion Post #92 and the United States Navy Honor Guard will be in the Lyman Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah. Online guestbook at www.springerturner.com

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Schools and Sports Escalante Girls' Basketball Team Plays Scrappy

by Nancy Goude

Nancy Goude Mazee Dunton scores two for Escalante against Wayne on December 20.

ESCALANTE - The Escalante girls’ basketball team has lost some close games and has been playing incredibly scrappy ball in December.

The Moquis hosted Wayne on December 20, but came up short while struggling at the free throw line and getting the wind knocked out of them with three back-to-back threepointers in the final quarter. The Badgers walked away a 45-30 win over the home team. Defending state champion Wayne im-

proved to 7-2 overall with the win.

“The girls did well against the defending state champs. We had some competitive quarters and didn’t do well in our free throws,” said Escalante Coach Ryan Cottam.

Escalante was 5-for-17 from the charity stripe for a hobbling 29 percent.

The Moquis played gritty defense and limited Wayne’s usually high-powered offense to just eleven and ten points from the leading scorers, Raegyn

Blackburn and AJ VanDyke, while Escalante’s Mazee Dunton had a gamehigh 13 points.

Taylie Carlisle hit the Moquis’ only three-pointer of the night and finished with five points, while teammates Sonata Griffin and Raylin Roberts both added four points for the home team.

Dunton is averaging fourteen points, five rebounds, three steals and one block each time the Moquis take the court.

Had the home team not

been hampered with illness the players picked up during the Pinnacle tournament that rendered them unable to play at full steam, they could have easily pulled off an upset over Wayne due to their defensive efforts.

“We’ve been doing alright. We keep getting losses, but hopefully we can come back stronger and get wins,” said team captain and leading scorer Mazee Dunton.

Escalante dropped to 3-5 overall and 0-2 in Region 20 action.

SUU Biology Club Hosts Holiday Food Drive CEDAR CITY - In the giving spirit of the season, Southern Utah University's Biology Club hosted a food drive and donated the accumulated proceeds to the HOPE Pantry. Collectively, the drive produced almost 1,000 pounds of food, nearly doubling the HOPE Pantry’s current stock for the holidays. The professor who raised the most food was Dr. Dillon Monroe.

The SUU Biology Club on campus has also just been reorganized, and having completed a food drive with this high of a success rate, the feat is nothing short of remarkable.

“Biology faculty and students—both club members and not—donated food to help others during this holiday season. I'm proud to be a part of such a giving department,” said Whitney Hoff, advisor for the SUU Biology Club.

The HOPE Pantry (Helping Our People Eat) provides essential food and toiletries to students of SUU and Southwest Tech while providing educational opportunities that help students learn food budgeting, meal prep and cooking skills. The HOPE Pantry works to raise awareness about food insecurity and food waste and encourages student engagement to address these issues in the community.

The SUU Hope Pantry has been in opera-

tion since 2002, setting the precedent as the first on-campus pantry in the country. A research study conducted by Temple University concluded that due to a lack of access to food with nutritional value—or simply any food at all—approximately 4 million college students nationwide experience food insecurity. Since the fall of 2019, the HOPE Pantry has seen over a 1,000 percent increase in use. From the 2022-23 school year, the pantry has seen a 77 percent increase in usage; approximately 190-250 students stop by weekly, providing each student with up to $50 worth of food and toiletries.

Students can access the HOPE Pantry on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. in room 120 of the Sharwan Smith Student Center.

To support the HOPE Pantry: • Donate food or toiletry items.

• Set up a recurring payroll deduction (SUU employees): Go to the Advancement Office Payroll Deduction page. In the "Select a Fund" field, select "Other" and fill in Hope Pantry.

• Volunteer: Contact the Pantry at hopepantry@ suu.edu for current volunteer needs —Southern Utah University

Escalante Boys' Basketball Team Ranked No. 13 in State

by Nancy Goude

Nancy Goude Kendal Gardner gets ready to go in for the layup at a recent practice session. Gardner has been lighting up this season with double-doubles (points and rebounds) nearly every game.

ESCALANTE - December featured eight games for the Escalante boys’ basketball team, and their overall record moved to 5-6 and 0-1 in 1A Region 20 action as the Moquis finished out the 2023 portion of their season on December 16 at the Pinnacle Tournament.

The Moquis lost a one-point heartbreaker to Green River on December 8 at the 1A Preview Tournament. Korben Young led Escalante with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while the Pirates were powered

by Raul Mendoza’s gamehigh 21 points. Escalante’s Jaxen Cottam had sixteen points and seven rebounds.

Rayce Jenkins had six rebounds, four assists and two points against the Pirates.

Escalante avenged

that loss with a 71-59 win over the Pirates on December 15 at the Pinnacle Tournament, fueled by a 25-point third quarter.

In the December 9 game against Telos, the Moquis cruised to a 15-2 first quarter lead and never looked back as they picked up a 65-35 win over the Titans.

Cottam turned in a dominant, well-rounded game-high twenty-two points, thirteen rebounds and three assists, while Kendal Gardner had nineteen rebounds and twelve points. Young contributed twenty points and three assists for Escalante.

Milford’s offense overpowered the home team Moquis and walked away with a 53-47 win.

Jenkins led the Escalante offense with a

season-high 16 points and Kendal Gardner added 10.

Milford’s Kilo Tsosie led all players with a gamehigh 21 points, and Sadler Barnes added 15.

Pinnacle’s Cole Barton had a massive thirtynine point, eight rebound, four steals and three assist game to lead the Pirates to a 61-52 win over Escalante on December 14 at the tournament the Panthers were hosting.

Cottam led Escalante with a nineteen point, eight rebound and two steal performance. Jenkins had eleven points and dished out four assists for the Moquis, while Gardner had fourteen rebounds, eight points and three blocks.

Mac Porter had a seasonhigh 10 points.

Manilla’s Riley Brown’s game-high 23 points powered the Mustangs to a 70-55 win over the Moquis on December 15 at the Pinnacle Tournament. Riley Browning pulled down seven rebounds, while Bracklin Lail had eighteen points, and teammate Sim Brady had nine points. Wyatt Muir had an impressively complete game with nine point, nine assists, six rebounds and six steals for the Mustangs.

Cottam again led the Moqui scorers with twenty points and seven rebounds, while Gardner had thirteen points and four rebounds, Young had eleven points and five boards, and Jenkins tallied seven points and snatched four steals for

Escalante.

Young’s sixteen points, eight boards and three assists led the Moquis to a 73-51 win over Monument Valley on December 16 at the Pinnacle Tournament.

Jenkins again bested his season-high mark with fifteen points, four steals, three rebounds and two assists, while Gardner nabbed twenty rebounds, sunk nine

points and dished out three assists. Cottam added thirteen points and five boards for the Moquis.

“The team is looking pretty good. The RPI came out and we’re ranked 13th in the state. We should move into the top 10 soon.

We have played close games with several of the top teams, including No. 5 Manilla. We are scoring the

ball well, and we still need to tighten up our defense and reduce the number of turnovers that we give up in a game,” said Escalante Coach Kevin Griffin.

Escalante will return to action on January 4 at Valley, and they will return to their home court for a January 17 matchup with Wayne.

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QPR Training: QPR is about being more

resourceful as a community and helping people recognize at-risk behaviors. Letting people know that it is okay to struggle, okay to have conversations about struggling emotionally. QPR is about normalizing the reality that deaths by suicide are increasing.

—Heather Dunton, Escalante Prevention Coalition Director

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Insufficient access to mental health resources and a crisis-level shortage of healthcare professionals makes educational opportunities like the QPR training fundamental to the health, wellbeing and safety of community members of all ages. As the training highlights, none of us know when we may be in a position to support someone who is an acute mental health crisis and having suicidal thoughts.

In that instance, the stakes are high, a human life is on the line, and well-meaning but uninformed harm could create additional suffering for the individual. None of us wants to be in that position, which is exactly why the QPR training is a necessary resource for every community.

Attendees of the EPC’s community-wide QPR workshop now know what to do and say and what to avoid.

“QPR is about being more resourceful as a community and helping people recognize at-risk behaviors," said Dunton. “Letting people know that it is okay to struggle, okay to have conversations about struggling emotionally.

QPR is about normalizing the reality that deaths by suicide are increasing.”

QPR consists of three skills: • Question the person about suicide. Do they have suicidal thoughts, feelings or plans? Don’t be afraid to Ask! • Persuade the person to get help. Listen carefully and then say, “Let me help” or “Come with me to find help.”

• Refer for help. If a child or adolescent, contact any adult, any parent or call your minister, rabbi, tribal elder, a teacher, coach or counselor.

“As someone who may be in the best possible position to prevent a suicide, you’ll find that QPR is designed to help you save a life. QPR is not a form of counseling or treatment.

Rather it is intended to offer hope through positive action. By learning QPR, you will come to recognize the warning signs, clues and suicidal communications of people in trouble and gain

skills to act vigorously to prevent a possible tragedy,” state the QPR training materials.

Dunton opened the workshop by sharing a video of the story of suicide attempt survivor, author and public speaker, Kevin Hines. To see the video, visit https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=AAocBPOD4_A Participants received a two-year certification as a QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper.

“Think of QPR like CPR but for mental health,” said Dunton.

According to 2020 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), death by suicide is the ninth leading cause of death in Utah and the leading cause of death for ages 10-24 in the state.

Programs like the QPR Gatekeeper certifications help provide extra layers of support to communities, and, as Dunton says, “suicide is the most preventable cause of death. We must learn the warning signs and take all of them seriously.”

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Interior Department Urged to Pull Plug on Lake Powell Pipeline PAGE - Conservation groups across the Colorado River Basin called on the U.S. Interior Department on December 18, 2023, to cancel environmental reviews and scrap plans for the controversial Lake Powell Pipeline. The Bureau of Reclamation is reviewing the planned pipeline, which would divert water from the shrinking Colorado River to Utah, as water cuts are being proposed downstream in three states.

“Each minute wasted on this pipeline sham comes at the cost of real solutions that the Colorado River’s communities and endangered fish desperately need for survival,” said Taylor McKinnon, Southwest director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s time for the Interior Department to pull the plug on the Lake Powell Pipeline.”

In the letter to the Interior Department, the groups said the state of Utah and the Washington County Water District have spent at least $40 million since 2006 planning the 140-mile-long pipeline. The project has been stalled since 2020 when the other six basin states voiced concern about the water project exacerbating stress on the already shrinking Colorado River and threatened to sue to block construction.

“The Lake Powell Pipeline is a paper dinosaur that needs to be shredded once and for all,” said Zach Frankel, executive director of the Utah Rivers Council. “Forty million residents need the federal government to step in and stop Utah from wasting anymore tax money on this irresponsible boondoggle.”

Climate change has

reduced Colorado River flows nearly 20% over the past two decades, draining reservoirs and creating a water shortage crisis the Bureau of Reclamation is scrambling to address. The first-ever water shortage declaration on the river in 2021 has already resulted in significant supply cuts for users across the Lower Basin, with millions of acrefeet of new water cuts proposed in California, Nevada and Arizona.

“There has never been water available for this project and there never will be,” said Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network. “Let’s retire the idea of Lake Powell Pipeline and relinquish any notion that the paper water remaining on the river will become wet water.”

Even proponents of the Lake Powell Pipeline have said there is no imminent need for the water project.

The Washington County Water District released a new water plan outlining how the region could satisfy water needs for the next 20 years without the pipeline.

“The Colorado River is already over tapped, and the Lake Powell Pipeline is a sure way to make everything worse,” said Eric Balken, executive director of the Glen Canyon Insti-

tute.

The pipeline would provide water to the suburbs of St. George, Utah.

The 2020 draft environmental impact statement said water use in the Utah area was 304 gallons per person per day, more than twice the water use of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Denver. The 2020 analysis failed to address impacts on downstream water supplies and underestimated the threats of climate change on the Colorado River Basin.

The letter was sent by the Utah Rivers Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Glen Canyon Institute, Great Basin Water Network, Living Rivers the Colorado River Waterkeeper, Wild Earth Guardians and the Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association.

People are invited to sign a change.org petition to tell the Interior Department to scrap the project.

The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.7 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.

—Center for Biological Diversity

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Can Narrower Roads Save Lives and Help the Environment?

by Alex Gonzalez, Utah News Connection UTAH - A new study then it gives the drivers this of the most challenging sheds light on the impor- false sense of safety that climate change issues of tance of street design, espe- makes them drive faster," our time—all of that comes with wider lanes." cially as it relates to traffic Hamidi explained.

Hamidi added city and and pedestrian safety.

Hamidi contends speed In Utah, from 2019 to is the main cause of most state transportation depart2022, the number of traffic crashes, and when streets ments could pair lane-redeaths increased by almost are narrower, drivers tend to duction projects with other 30%, according to the Na- be more cautious. Accord- initiatives, like adding bike tional Transportation Re- ing to the study, there are lanes or larger sidewalks, to search Project.

1.5 times more crashes on make streets what she calls Shima Hamidi, a pub- roads when the lane width "more livable."

For those worried lic-health professor at Johns increases from nine to 12 Hopkins University and feet. The report includes about traffic congestion, director of the Center for policy recommendations, Hamidi said narrower Climate-Smart Transporta- like prioritizing street de- roads will likely slow down tion, helped lead the study. It sign over driving speed and the speed of traffic, but that doesn't mean there will be may sound counterintuitive, functionality. she said, but shrinking lane Hamidi sees another more traffic.

"It will help many peowidths of 11 or 12 feet down benefit to narrowing lane to nine feet can help reduce width as the environmen- ple to switch from driving traffic collisions. tal impact it can have on to other modes of transpor"What we found in this communities. She said less tation, such as biking and study—which is a national asphalt used for streets and walking, which could result study of more than 1,100 roads equates to less heat: in greenhouse gas emission streets in the U.S.—is that "Really, the cause of urban reductions from transportawhen streets become wider, heat islands, which is one tion," she predicted.

Wayne Commission: A request to approve

a contract with MCAT, approval of the new and updated Wayne County General Plan, two minor subdivision requests, support for a letter to be sent to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) expressing disappointment with the BLM’s decision to close off-road vehicle routes in the Labyrinth Rims Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area, and approval of a resolution to change the fee schedule for various county services discussed.

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minor clerical error corrections.

The commission reviewed two minor subdivision requests. First, Shirley Hanks asked to divide one acre from her lot to sell to Steve Tippetts, who already owns an adjacent acre.

Hanks fulfilled all requirements for the sale, and the commission approved her request. Second, Diane Borgerding asked to divide a one acre and three acre parcel off her 5.5 acre lot.

She submitted all required paperwork, and the commission approved this request.

The commission granted their support for a letter that will be sent to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) expressing disappointment with the BLM’s decision to close off-road vehicle routes in the Labyrinth Rims Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area.

The letter encouraged the BLM to keep routes open while promoting environmental health to keep with their multi-use mission.

The letter also stated concerns about the visitation

and tax benefits the county may miss out on with the closure. San Juan, Garfield, Emery, and Kane County Commission Chairs have also granted their support for this letter.

The commission approved the COINS software agreement that was tabled at the last commission meeting. This is the software the county uses to track property appraisals.

County Attorney Michael Winn reviewed the contract with the software developer and agreed that it is in compliance with state requirements. The commission approved the contract, which is good for five years.

The commission then approved tax rates and budgets for 2024. The commission reviewed all tax rates, revenue numbers, and budgets for county offices.

The commission also approved a resolution to change the fee schedule for various county services, noting that all county departments have had the same fee schedule for around twenty years. The commissioners agreed to increase charges for things like event permits, marriage licenses, building rentals,

airport hangar fees, and planning and zoning applications. There were previously no fees for planning and zoning applications, like conditional use permits and zoning change requests, besides covering notice fees if required. The new planning and zoning application rates may be temporary.

County Treasurer Colleen Allen said she would like to do more research into what other counties are charging before setting these fees.

Lastly, Commissioner Brian briefly discussed the possibility of supporting American Wool, which is working to preserve the American wool industry. He will talk more about this at a future meeting. The commission also passed a resolution to add a new fire department hire to the Utah firefighter retirement system and approved vouchers with a brief discussion about ways to reduce propane costs for county buildings.

The Wayne County Commission meets the first and third Monday of every month at the Wayne County Courthouse in Loa.

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Legal Notices DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX LIST OF WAYNE COUNTY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023 To all persons whose name appear on the following delinquent tax list. You hereby take notice that unless the delinquent taxes upon the property and in the amount indicated below, together with penalty are paid before 12 o'clock noon on the 31st day of January, 2024, the real property upon which such taxes are a lien, excepting only such property as is held by the county under a proper preliminary tax sale, will be sold to Wayne County, State of Utah, to satisfy taxes and costs and the personal property and improvements will be attached to the real property of said owners and sold according to law. Interest shall accrue as of January 1, 2024 unless the delinquent taxes, together with the penalty, are paid before 12 o'clock noon on January 31, 2024.

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Legal Notices NOTICE TO WATER USERS The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule 655-6-2. Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights on or before Jan. 17, 2024 either electronically using the Division`s on-line Protest of Application form, by hand delivery to a Division office, or by mail at PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300. Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)538-7240 for additional information.

GARFIELD COUNTY CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 89-1717 (a51067): David Mathews propose(s) using 1 ac-ft. from groundwater (SW of Henrieville) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION. EXTENSION(S) 61-2894 (a35946): Valeria Arevalo, Martin Garcia and Leticia Garcia, Alvin Peralta and Elizabeth Peralta, State of Utah Board of Water Resources, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company is/are filing an extension for 1.8 ac-ft. from groundwater (6 miles North of Panguitch) for DOMESTIC. Teresa Wilhelmsen, P.E. State Engineer Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on DECEMBER 21 & 28, 2023 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS GARFIELD COUNTY Garfield County is seeking the services of a qualified contractor to provide asphalt emulsion and distributor trucks for our 2024 chip-sealing projects. Work will be conducted in Garfield County.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, information on the Request for Proposals can be obtained from Garfield County Public Works Department, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah 84759, Telephone (435) 238-0935, Email: dave.dodds@garfield.utah.gov. The proposal submission deadline is 5:00 p.m. on January 2, 2024. The County reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals.

Garfield County is an Equal Opportunity Employer Dated this 15th day of December 2023 Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on DECEMBER 21 & 28, 2023 BICKNELL TOWN BOARD AND PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2024 Meetings are held at 7:00 PM at the Bicknell Town Hall at 64 W. 100 N. in Bicknell 2024 Dates for Town Council Meetings & Town Work Meetings June 27 January 4 July 3 January 25 July 25 February 1 August 1 February 29 August 29 March 7 September 5 March 28 September 26 April 4 October 3 April 25 October 30 May 2 November 7 May 30 December 5 June 6 2024 Dates for Planning & Zoning Meetings January 2 July 2 July 30 January 30 September 3 March 5 October 1 April 2 November 5 April 30 December 3 June 4 Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on DECEMBER 28 and JANUARY 4, 2023 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING DATE CHANGE GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT The date of the January Garfield County School District Board meeting has changed from the 18th to the 17th. It will be held at Bryce Valley Elementary School in Tropic.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on DECEMBER 28, 2023 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TICABOO UTILITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT On November 8 and 29, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Ticaboo Utility Improvement District reviewed the need for a fuel surcharge due to the rising cost of diesel fuel and budgetary needs. On the same date (November 29,2023), the Board also scheduled a public hearing regarding the tentative budget to be held on February 7, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the Board’s regular electronic meeting.

The purpose of the public hearing will be to give all interested persons in attendance an opportunity to be heard on the estimates of revenues and expenditures, rate changes, or any item related to the fuel surcharge need and proposal.

After the public hearing has closed, the Board may adopt the fuel surcharge and Tariff change as the final surcharge, subject to review and approval by the Public Service Commission of Utah. A copy of the proposed surcharge and examples will be posted online by visiting www.ticaboouid.com/recent-news and can be examined at the district’s offices by appointment located at Hwy 276 MM 28 in the Basecamp store buildings, Ticaboo, Utah 84533 during normal business hours at any time prior to the public hearing.

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Ice Fishing: Quite often, ice fishing is so good that people can forget about

the regulations and take too many fish. If you are lucky enough to experience one of those kinds of fishing trips, please remember the rules so other anglers can enjoy that same kind of day later on.

—Chad Bettridge, DWR Capt.

Courtesy Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

While skiing and snowboarding are often what first comes to mind when people think of outdoor recreation during the winter, ice fishing is another great activity for the coldest months of the year.

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are another great way to bundle up and stay warm, and they also use material that keeps the angler afloat in case they fall through the ice.

To avoid falling through the ice, a general safety recommendation is to not step on the ice unless it is at least four inches thick. Keep in mind, though, that ice thickness can vary across a lake. If you see the ice is four inches thick in one spot, don't assume it’s four inches thick across the entire lake.

Be sure to drill test holes into the ice as you venture onto it or take a spud bar (ice chisel) if it is really early in the season, so you can test the ice regularly as you walk out. You should also avoid putting large groups of people and equipment in a small area —spread the weight out.

“As a basic precaution, you should also purchase and always wear ice safety picks, which can help you get out of the water if you fall through the ice,” Utah Division of

Wildlife Resources Sportfish Coordinator Trina Hedrick said. “I’d also recommend taking a throw rope with you, and it’s always a good idea to have someone else with you when ice fishing.”

Find more ice safety tips on the Utah State Parks website.

Common mistakes to avoid when ice fishing Another important element of ice fishing is to make sure you are following all the laws. A few of the most common mistakes that DWR conservation officers encounter are: • People catching and keeping too many fish over the legal limit • License violations “Quite often, ice fishing is so good that people can forget about the regulations and take too many fish,” DWR Capt. Chad Bettridge said. “If you are lucky enough to experience one of those kinds of fishing trips, please remember the rules so other anglers can enjoy that same kind of day later on.”

Catch-and-release tips for ice fishing If you want to release

Legal Notices PUBLIC NOTICE TORREY TOWN Torrey has one Short-Term Rental Business License Available.

Due to many requests for the license, a drawing will be held during the January, Town Council meeting.

To be included in the drawing, call, or come by the Torrey Town office prior to the January 11th Town Council meeting.

Call 435-425-3600 or come by the office 75 East 100 North, Torrey.

Office hours are Tuesday through Friday 10 AM to 3:00 PM. Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on DECEMBER 28 and JANUARY 4, 2023 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LYMAN TOWN Notice is hereby given Lyman Town will hold a public hearing January 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m. at the Lyman Town Hall, 115 S. Main St., Lyman, Utah 84749 to discuss the following: INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN WAYNE COUNTY AND LYMAN Town REGARDING Emergency Medical Services AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING NOISE DISTURBANCE AND REGULATING UNWANTED SOUND IN LYMAN, UTAH AN ORDINANCE OF LYMAN TOWN, UTAH ADOPTING A MUNICIPAL ENERGY SALES AND USE TAX AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A ONE PERCENT MUNICIPAL TRANSIENT TAX ON ALL ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES FOR THE TOWN OF LYMAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING and RIGHT OF WAY WITH LYMAN WATER SYSTEM Contact Dortha Chappell, Town Clerk 435-836-2877 for further information.

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the fish that you catch while ice fishing, there are a few things you can do to help decrease stress to the fish and increase survival.

Just like hot temperatures and warm water can have impacts on certain fish species, freezing weather can also be tough on fish. Anglers have to remember that even though they are ice fishing, the fish they are catching are living in water that is not frozen—which means that the water temperature that the fish are experiencing is often warmer than the temperatures they are exposed to coming out of the water.

“If an angler is fishing on a particularly cold day, pulling a fish up through a hole and exposing them to freezing conditions can be stressful to a fish,” Hedrick said. “The water that remains on sensitive areas —such as the gills or eyes —can begin to freeze and this can cause damage to a fish. So, it is best to minimize exposure time and to release the fish as quickly as possible after catching it.”

One way to eliminate the air exposure time is to make sure you have quick access to all the tools you will need to easily and quickly release the fish.

“A unique aspect of ice fishing is that anglers tend to dress in layers to keep warm, which is definitely recommended,” Hedrick said. “However, they often bury key equipment, such as pliers and cameras, under those layers. Another key aspect of ice fishing is that anglers often fish with two holes that are somewhat separated from each other. This makes it easy to forget key equipment for releasing the fish when you head to another hole in response to

a strike. What you don't want to do is increase air exposure time for the fish because you are scrambling to find equipment.

Anglers should carry the equipment that they need to release their fish in an easily accessible location.”

One idea for doing that is to keep your pliers on a lanyard around your neck to make them easy to find and access while ice fishing. Another idea is to keep all your equipment in a bucket or sled so that it’s easy to find and doesn’t get buried in the snow on top of the ice.

Another tip for decreasing the stress to a fish is to remove your gloves before handling the fish. Wearing gloves while ice fishing is typically recommended to protect an angler’s hands from freezing conditions.

However, winter gloves are often made of absorptive fabric. Fish have a protective slime coat on their skin, and wearing gloves while handling the fish can remove the slime coat.

“That can leave fish more susceptible to various skin issues, such as fungal diseases,” Hedrick said. “I know that it is tough to take gloves off while ice fishing because it’s cold, but handling fish with your bare hands is best—and when the fishing is hot, your hands just don’t seem to get as cold!

Once the fish have been safely released, then you can put your gloves back on.”

Find more information about where to go ice fishing in Utah on the DWR Fish Utah map.

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

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POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Garfield County School District is hiring for the following positions. For the application process and description of each, please see the district website www.garfk12.org Remediation Specialist/Librarian at Panguitch High Part-Time Custodian at Bryce Valley High Head & Assistant Track Coach at Bryce Valley High Substitute/Activity Bus Drivers in Escalante Route Bus Driver in Boulder Paraprofessionals/Aides at All Schools Substitutes for Teachers, Custodians, and Food Service Workers SALARY: Please see 2023-2024 Garfield County School Districts Classified, District Office, and Certified Salary Schedules on the district website.

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