September 12, 2013 Wayne & Garfield County Insider

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TORREY - On Saturday, September 14, Sweet Loretta, formerly know as the Vapor Trails, return to Torrey for a 7:00 p.m. performance at Rob-ber’s Roost Bookstore, 185 W. Main. The performance is sponsored by the Entrada In-stitute.

In preparation, the band issued a press release address-ing three of the questions they are most commonly asked.

First, why the new name? “Apparently, everyone except us knows that a certain Cana-dian Prog-Rock trio has a 2002

B I C K N E L L - Wayne Commu-nity Health Center has expanded our mental health ser-vices through our licensed Marriage and Family Thera-pist, Mike Peyton. He has a master’s degree from Michi-gan State Universi-ty. He began his ca-reer with extensive post-degree train-ing through the Jay Haley Family Insti-tute of Washington DC and worked for many years with parents and children in both residential and outpatient set-tings since 1991.

Mike’s therapy experience includes working with individuals, couples and family dynamics involving children. As a family thera-pist, his focus is on helping clients find solutions sys-temically. Individuals form

Sweet Loretta are: Barry Scholl, Dianna Cannon, Kay Cameron, J.S. “Shawn” Foster, Deb-ora Threedy. The band will be performing at Robber’s Roost in Torrey on Saturday, Sep-tember 14, at 7pm.

Bryce Canyon City to receive $275,000 in

CIB Funds for Main Street

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Permanent Community Im-pact Board (CIB) approved funds on September 5th for Bryce Canyon City. The city received a $275,000 grant to provide street improvements on State Route 63. Improvements include paved and lighted pedestrian walkways and landscaping. Improvements will increase safety by limiting pedestrian and traffic issues.

“This project will benefit both the community and its visi-tors from around the world,” San Juan County Commissioner Bruce Adams, who represents Southeastern Utah Association of Governments said. “The efforts of the public and private entities involved in this project show that the safety of pedestrians along this highway is everyone’s highest concern.” Bryce Canyon City has a year-round population of 138 citizens but hosts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year as the gateway community to Bryce Canyon National Park.

The Community Impact Board awards grants and low-inter-est loans to cities, towns and counties impacted by mining and the extraction of oil and gas on federal land. Projects funded by the CIB benefit rural Utah by creating safer, more livable com-munities. The program is managed by the Housing and Com-munity Development Division under the Utah Department of Workforce Services.

—utah.gov

Lynsey Shelar of Torrey enjoys one of several telescopes available during the annual Heritage Starfest held September 6th and 7th.

Introducing Sweet Loretta: Former Vapor Trails Return to Torrey with New Name,

Familiar Americana Energyalbum called Vapor Trails,” explains vocalist-guitarist Di-anna Cannon. “We got tired of people asking us if we were a Rush tribute band.”

Perhaps more seriously, the band elaborates that for the past several years, they have increasingly been influenced by the Americana movement, which has brought widespread success to artists like Allison Krauss, Mumford & Sons and Gillian Welch, and led to re-newed appreciation for veter-ans like Bonnie Raitt and Ry Cooder. It’s no coincidence

that the band’s repertoire in-cludes songs by Welch, Raitt and Nanci Griffith, along-side originals and traditional numbers. “Sweet Loretta just sounds more traditional than Vapor Trails,” says Debora Threedy, who plays hammered dulcimer in the band. “It seems like a better fit.”

Second, why should peo-ple give up a free Saturday night to come hear them? “We’re thrilled to be returning to the Robber’s Roost stage as the guests of the Entrada Institute,” says guitarist and dobro player

Barry Scholl. “We’ve got new songs, rearranged old songs, and even a few surprises, in-cluding the Torrey debut of our now not-so-new bass player and vocalist Kay Cameron.”

“We always have a great time in Wayne County,” adds J.S. “Shawn” Foster, who switches between fiddle and mandolin while contributing harmony and occasional lead vocals. “Going way back to when we played at the late, la-mented Torrey Music Festival, it’s always been one of our fa-vorite destinations—a very in-spiring place.”

Third and finally, what’s next after their September 14 performance in Torrey? More performances, including a gig at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law’s Centennial Gala on Septem-ber 20. The band has also re-corded several songs for their long-simmering CD and plans to return to the studio to finish another batch of new mate-rial. “We’re bursting with ideas right now, and can’t wait to get them down on tape, or at least hard disk,” says bassist-vocal-ist Kay Cameron. “At this rate, we might finish it sometime in the next decade.”

—Entrada Institute

GinA FLAnAGAn

relationships and those rela-tionships are central in help-ing us identify and resolve underlying stress that mani-fest through depression and anxiety as well as many other psychological and emotional problems.

Therapy services at the Wayne Community Health Center embrace a wide spec-trum of presenting concerns. These include mental or emo-tional barriers affecting job or school performance, family or other significant interper-sonal relationships and our general sense of individual well-being. Depression, anxi-ety, grieving, anger problems, mood or personality disorders and substance abuse are of-ten problems we cannot eas-ily navigate on our own. Call WCHC at 425-3744 to set up a consultation with Mike Pey-ton if you need support. All of our services support the low income uninsured population by offering a sliding fee scale.

—Gina Flanagan, WCHC

Family Therapist Joins Staff at wCHC

Mike Peyton, a licenced Marriage and Family Therapist, has joined the WCHC team and will be offereing ser-vices on a sliding fee scale.

Stargazing - The High Tech way

High School Seniors in Utah encouraged to Apply for Daniels Scholarship Program

DENVER - Motivated college-bound high school se-niors in Utah are encouraged to visit the Daniels Fund website -- DanielsFund.org -- to apply online for the Daniels Scholar-ship Program. The application deadline is Nov. 15, 2013.

“In establishing the Dan-iels Scholarship Program, cable television pioneer Bill Daniels wanted to seek out outstand-ing young people who possess tremendous strength of char-acter, the passion to succeed, a willingness to work hard, and a commitment to giving back to the community,” explained Linda Childears, president and CEO of the Daniels Fund.

Each year, approximately 250 new Daniels Scholars are selected from among thousands who apply. They go through a rigorous application, interview, and selection process. The re-ward of being selected for the program is the opportunity to

obtain a four-year college edu-cation at any nonprofit accred-ited college or university in the United States, complete with financial and personal support throughout the college journey.

To be eligible to apply for the Daniels Scholarship Pro-gram, students must be current high school seniors graduat-ing during the 2013-2014 aca-demic year from a high school in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. They must be a current resident of one of those four states and at the time of application be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. They must also demonstrate financial need and meet other requirements of the scholarship.

Daniels Scholarships are not full-ride. Instead, they are “last dollar” and are intended to cover the unmet need of the student. The scholarship amount is determined after all

other financial aid resources and an Expected Family Con-tribution have been applied. Daniels Scholarships pay to-ward a student’s required col-lege expenses, including tu-ition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, and miscel-laneous educational expenses.

The Daniels Fund awards approximately $14 million an-nually through the Daniels Scholarship Program. More than $107 million in scholar-ships has been awarded since the program was launched in 2000. The funding received

by each Daniels Scholar varies with the cost of the college or university they attend.

Bill Daniels, a pioneer in cable television who owned the American Basketball Associa-tion’s Utah Stars, established the Daniels Fund to provide grants and scholarships in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Upon his death in 2000, his estate transferred to the Daniels Fund, making it one of the largest foundations in the Rocky Mountain region.

—The Daniels Fund

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October 3-6n Cliff Notes Writing Conference and Boulder Book Festival, Boulder

October 12n Escalante Canyons Marathon

October 12-19n Harvest Time & Scarecrow Festival, Wayne County

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SALT LAKE CITY - New statistics about food in-security aren’t so new. The latest U.S. Department of Ag-riculture (USDA) report says the numbers have remained steady since the recession be-gan. Food insecurity, mean-ing not always having enough food for regular meals, re-mains at almost 15 percent in Utah. That’s the same as the national figure.

Jim Weill, president of the Food Research and Ac-tion Center, a national hun-ger-fighting group, said the numbers are proof that it has become harder to make ends meet - even when you have a job.

“There are too few jobs, and jobs frequently are pay-ing wages that aren’t enough to lift families above the pov-erty line, and that shows up in the food insecurity numbers,” Weill explained. “Appalling numbers of Americans report struggling to buy enough food to last the entire month.”

About 5 percent of house-holds have what is known as “very low food security,” meaning they miss meals be-cause of a lack of food. The USDA says that figure also has not changed since 2008. The agency surveyed almost 44,000 households for this re-port.

When members of Con-gress get back to work after the August recess, one item on their plates will be how much of the federal budget

USDA report: Hunger Isn’t

Budging in Utah, Nation

KANAB - On September 17, 2013, Dr. Corné Kreemer will present, “The Slow-but-Steady Deformation of the American West: New Constraints from GPS Geodesy” at the Bureau of Land Management Visitor Center in Kanab, Utah.

Geodesy is the science of measuring and monitoring the size and shape of the Earth. This talk will highlight how Global Positioning System (GPS) technology has enhanced scientists’ un-derstanding of deformation patterns and rates in the Intermountain West. Before the age of GPS geodesy, much about the present-day patterns and rate of deformation was unknown. With the introduction of GPS measurements, particularly those from continuous GPS stations, researchers are able to make horizontal velocity estimates that have a precision of a few tenths of a millimeter per year. Dr. Kreemer will also relate the latest GPS geodesy results for the Colorado Plateau area.

Dr. Kreemer is a geophysicist as the University of Nevada, Reno, where he is Research Asso-ciate Professor jointly in the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Geophysics at Utrecht University, in the Netherlands where he grew up. Dr. Kreemer received his Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, where he harnessed the new availability of GPS velocities to model strain rates across the Earth’s (diffuse) plate boundary zones. His work led to a quantitative refinement of the textbook picture of plate tectonics. Since being in Reno, he has helped expand high-precision GPS observations across the Intermountain West.

The program will begin a 7:00 p.m. at the BLM Kanab Visitor Center located at 745 East Highway 89, in Kanab, Utah. The presentation is part of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Walks and Talks Lecture Series, lasts about an hour, and is free to the public. Call 435-644-1200 for more information.

—GSENM

Four out of five car seats are used incorrectly. Could yours be one of them? The Utah Safety Council and the Buckle Up For Love pro-gram are celebrating National Child Passenger Safety Week September 15-21 this year by making sure all parents and caregivers are buckling themselves and their children safely and properly. The Utah Safety Council offers a few basic rules of Child Passenger Safety, along with information about Utah laws.

REAR-FACING SEATS: For the best possible protec-tion keep infants in the back seat, in rear-facing child safety seats, as long as pos-sible. It is widely believed that you may turn children forward-facing at age one, but the American Academy of Pe-diatrics strongly recommends to keep children rear facing up to two years of age – or as long as allowed by the car seat manufacturer. Your child seat owner’s manual and the labels on the seat itself will indicate the maximum height and weight limits of the seat to use it rear-facing.

FORWARD-FACING SEATS: When children out-grow their rear-facing seats (must weigh a minimum of 20 pounds) they should ride in forward-facing child safety seats, in the back seat, un-til they reach the maximum weight or height limit of the particular seat - usually around age 4 and 40 pounds.

BOOSTER SEATS: Once children outgrow their forward-facing seats with a harness, they need to be in booster seats, in the back seat, until they are 57 inches tall. Until a child is 57 inches tall, they are not adequately

Thank YouIn behalf of our family, and Rick, we once again gratefully

acknowledge the love, kindness and generosity of all our rela-tives, friends and neighbors in our time of sorrow at the sudden passing of our loved one, Ricky Lee Haws. Nowhere else on earth could one find a place where everyone rallies around in times of turmoil and sadness and takes care of each other. Not only in Escalante but in all the towns surrounding us. We love and thank each of you for all your caring, outpouring of love and contributions. Marlene Haws and family. Marian Casse’ and family.

The kind of rain we’re getting isn’t quite “normal”…it feels like the Pacific North-west has moved in on top of us. But we’ll take it. Over here in Escalante we’ve re-ally needed it. Adus has talked about rain in Torrey. Mack has talked about rain in Panguitch. Vicki has talked about rain in Tropic. But in Escalante, other than a few brief show-ers (mostly) we’ve watched the skies build up time and again in the afternoons just to have the clouds dry up and float away. We’ve been the hole in the rain doughnut, so to speak, and the lack of pre-cipitation after a while can make some people frustrated, anxious and ill-tempered. But with these latest showers the air feels washed and the skies are a beautiful mix of blue and dramatic clouds (at least this particular morning) and we may get more of this for a few more days if we are lucky. Then it will be a matter of waiting to see about when things might dry out and that third hay cutting can come in.

We have a major mile-stone at the paper this week.Our Escalante correspondent, Marlene Haws, is retiring from her post. Marlene has written the Escalante News for the Insider for several years now—I asked her how long and she couldn’t re-member exactly, and I would have to go and dig through the papers to find out for sure, which won’t be possible prior to deadline. But long before writing for the Insider she wrote the Escalante column for many years with the Gar-field County News, during at least two different stints, one of which was for over 10 years straight, she says. So, let’s just say that Marlene has docu-mented and put forth on re-cord a lot of the comings and goings, and goings-on in this community, which altogether amounts to chronicling a lot of local history. She said that she has bound a good many of her columns into a book, which is a great historical resource for the community. She also ad-mitted that she tried to quit a time or two before while writ-ing for Katie Thomas at the News but that Katie wouldn’t let her. She had a break af-ter the Garfield County News closed their doors and while the Insider received contribu-tions from another Escalante columnist or two. Finally, she says, it was our mayor, Jerry Taylor, who came to her and

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to allocate for food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Senate has approved cutting it by about $4 billion over 10 years, and Republicans in the House have suggested trimming up to 10 times that much.

Weill believes it would be better to improve the program than to cut it.

“Half of all American children, and half of all adults during their working years, receive food stamps at some point,” he said. “That’s not because people aren’t trying to work hard and doing their best, but because the economy has created so much unem-ployment and low wages, and economic insecurity.”

Critics of the food stamp program have said the nation cannot afford it, and they also want to see more restrictions on what people are allowed to buy. Weill said, for most families, SNAP participation is temporary, adding that re-search has shown it works to improve people’s chances of success at work and school.

The USDA report can be viewed at http://ers.usda.gov.

—Chris Thomas, Utah News Connection

said, “You know, Marlene, Es-calante needs to be put back on the map.” So Marlene picked up the mantle and put us back on the map. And Ryan and Kim at the post office say that people wait in line for the pa-per to come in just so they can read the Escalante News.

I—and I’m sure the rest of the community—am only reluctantly allowing her to hang up her hat this time, but Marlene says she just cel-ebrated her 82nd birthday last week, and she has certainly more than earned herself a re-tirement. On behalf of every-one, Marlene, I’d like to thank you for all you’ve done, for the time and energy you’ve given and for and caring about your neighbors and helping us feel all the more like a community. We will miss your posts.

That said, we are looking for a new Escalante correspon-dent. Someone, as Marlene recommends, “Who knows most of the people in town, both the native people and the newcomers.” Though Mar-lene’s shoes will be hard to fill in that regard. So even if you feel you don’t quite know ev-erybody but you have an inter-est in picking up where Mar-lene has left off and making a column about Escalante your own, consider becoming our Escalante correspondent and give us a call.

(And Marlene says she’d still be willing to fill in from time to time—I think it might be as hard for her to quit as it is for us to let her go.)

I also want to put a shout out to our other communities, from Hatch to Hanksville to Loa to Antimony and places in between, that we’d love to hear and share what is go-ing on in your community. If you’d like to become a corre-spondent for your community, we’d like to have you.

As for our other colum-nists, I’d also like to welcome back this fall Lisa Stevens who is submitting Loa Elementary Snippets again, and our stu-dent columnists who are back from Bryce Valley. Thanks, Vicki for coordinating their efforts and thanks to students Maren Stewart and to Addie Steele who filled in for Maren this week.

Meanwhile, Mack and Pat Oetting have gone to Chi-na (!) on vacation, so he is tak-ing a break after this week’s column. And I hope he tells us all about it when he gets back.

Erica Walz, Publisher

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It’s Child Passenger Safety week

protected by a seat belt alone. According to Utah law, every child up to age eight must be in a child safety seat or booster seat. The booster seat positions them for the lap and shoulder belt to work correctly. Never use a booster seat with a lap belt only, boosters must al-ways be used with a lap and shoulder belt.

SEAT BELTS: When children outgrow their booster seats, they can use the adult seat belt. A child is the correct size to ride without a booster when their back can stay flat against the back of the seat with their knees resting at a 90 degree angle over the edge of the seat. A proper fit means that the lap belt lays across the upper thighs and the shoulder belt fits across the chest. It is recommended that children 12 and under ride in the back seat.

Anyone can help encour-age others to buckle up their children and save lives by participating in the Buckle Up For Love program. If you see a child that is not properly secured in a moving motor ve-hicle, report the Utah license plate number along with other details to 1-800-887-KIDS. The Utah Safety Council will remind the vehicle owner to Buckle Up for Love; they will receive an educational packet about child passenger safety in the mail. For more information on child safety seats, a free car seat inspection, or the Buckle Up for Love program, please call (801) 746-SAFE (7233) ext. 312. To order Buckle Up For Love materials such as ed-ucation brochures and posters, visit the Utah Safety Council’s web site at www.utahsafe-tycouncil.org or (801) 746-SAFE (7233) ext. 312.

—Utah Safety Council

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Box Top Mania

Garfield School District will be asking voters of Gar-field County to approve a Voted Local Levy in the No-vember election this year. The ballots will be mailed to all registered voters in mid- Oc-tober and must be post marked and returned on or before the election date in November. The District mailed flyers to each box holder in the County with additional information re-lating to the Levy.

I would respectfully re-quest each patron to become informed so you can make the best possible decision when the vote occurs. I am attending all of the City Council meet-ings across the County to an-swer questions and inform the public.

Some of the key points of interest are as follows: Garfield County School District will have two General Obligation bonds that will be paid off in June of 2014 and June of 2015. Voters approved these bonds to build new buildings or ad-ditions in the District. When these bonds are paid off in the next two years, the District will be completely out of debt. If the voters approve the Voted Local levy, their taxes will not increase. The taxes will remain

SALT LAKE CITY - A new report on public school grades from the Utah State Office of Education linked academic performance with economic status. Associate Superintendent Judy Park said the research showed that stu-dents in more economically affluent zip codes are getting mostly “A’s” and “B’s,” while kids in less affluent areas are scoring lower grades.

“We’re definitely seeing a high correlation based on eco-nomic levels,” Park said. “The lower-income schools defi-

With the start of each new school year comes the collecting of Box Tops, and Loa Elementary students are engaged once again in a boys vs girls competition to see who can bring in the most Box Tops. Last year the competition brought in $818.80 with the girl winning by $19.90.

For those who may not familiar with the Box Top program it is sponsored by the General Mills Company. Box top coupons worth 10¢ each can be found on hundreds of products including: Hanes, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Reynolds, General Mills cereals, Ziplock, Green Giant fresh and frozen veggies, Pillsbury, Totinos, Yoplait, Old El Paso, Progresso, Cottonelle, Kleenex, Scott, Land O Lakes, Avery paper products, Hefty and more. To earn money for Loa Elementary simply purchase items with a box top coupons on them, clip them out, and send them to the school.

Box tops can also be earned online through the box top website. Go to www.btfe.com and log in or create an account. At the top of the home page you can find a light purple tab labeled Earn Online; click this tab and you will be taken to the box top store. There are over 400 stores in 25 different categories to shop from; every-thing from clothing to dining; travel to home improvement. Each store has set an amount of box tops you can earn from their site for every $10 you spend. For example this year when we went on va-cation I booked my motel through Box Tops 4 Education and earned 20 box tops. My computer died and I purchased a new one from HP through the box top website and earned 80 box tops. While school shopping my children found clothes and shoes that they liked in stores such as Aeropostale, Journeys, Toms, and Under Armour but their size was unavailable; so we came home ordered the items online and earned box tops. Need to order business cards, banners or copies Vista Print, Office Depot and Staples all have shops on the box tops website. Planning a birthday party or Halloween party; Oriental Trading will donate 2.5 box tops for every $10 you spend.

So go create an account on www.btfe.com shop for the things you need and help our school earn money.

Bryce Valley elementary News by Addie Steele

1st Grade: The first grade class gets to have Mrs. Brittney Henrie help us during guided read-ing and math. We are already getting good at doing centers. Our reading is improving and we are getting better with our addition.

2nd Grade: We have been learning about the moons. In math we have been learning about place value.

3rd Grade: The third graders have been learning about the scientific method and how to come up with a great hypothesis! They are amazing scientists. The first few weeks of school have been wonderful and we are very excited for the year. Let the learning and fun begin!

4th Grade: They read the story of the seagulls and the crickets and made a mobile depicting the story. Rounding and estimation in math, and relating math to the real life situations in the world. Lots of reading and writing. We are already four weeks into the school year. Can’t believe it. Looking forward to “Utah’s Past and Present” on the 18th and 19th and we welcome any par-ents that would like to come and participate or help with the Indian Tacos.

6th Grade: Our saying this week is “Factors! Task the Rainbows.” We say that because we use the rainbow method when finding a number’s factor. (GCF) By finding the common factors we can solve so very many real world problems. We like factors.

THANKS to Addie Steele for getting the news together this week since Maren had to go out of town.

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The Lady Cats volleyball team, traveled down to Valley where they took out the Buffalos in three games, without working up a sweat, 25 to 10 in all of the sets. Last night they got a real test, traveling up to Piute, against the always tough Thunderbirds. The Lady Birds always have really big crowds behind them and it is a fun place to play. The Cats go to Kanab on the 13th and Enterprise on the 16th to play a couple of 2A teams. The Lady Cats will finally have another home game on the 18th against Milford, these girls are fun to watch.

The Bobcat baseball team finally got some competition from Wayne, on their home diamond and the Cats came out winners again, 3 to 0. Valley came here on Friday and Cats came away with victorious 10-0. The Cats pitching has continued to be just as strong as it been has for the last three years. The Cats go up to Piute on the 11th, the Thunderbirds were runner ups to the Cats at State and it should be a good game to watch. Go to the baseball game early and hang around for the girls volleyball, two events for one day of Bobcat sports.

This week’s cross country race was held at Wayne in Bicknell, this was the first time that any-one could remember that the race wasn’t held at Fish Lake. Both the Boys and Girls came away winners. This was our first look at the girl’s team in full force. Whitni Orton taking off the same way she did last year won the race and was followed by Catania Holman, who was a minute and a half ahead of the third place runner. Dari Frandsen, McKayla Heaton and Makena Finch, rounded out the five that gave the Cats the victory. The Boys came away with a much closer win with Kilor Norris taking third, followed by the Anderson twins Ian and Connor. Garrett Finch is rounding into last years form, ended up 10th and Freshman Jonah Schoppe, who gets better each week took 13th and this gave the Cats a 39 to 42 point win over the Bryce Valley Mustangs. There were 55 runners who went to this meet, 43 of them from the High School. Coaches Danny Yardley and Jen Houston,are making running fun and more and more are taking to it. Next week’s meet is in Milford, it is run on the golf coarse and you can see the whole race. Then the following week the race will be here, so come on out and see the State Champs in action.

Voted Local Levy in the Garfield School District

flat which means as the Gen-eral Obligation bonds drop, the Voted Local Levy would collect the same rate of taxes so the overall taxes will not in-crease. The plan for the addi-tional money would be to save the money for the next six years and pay cash for a new elementary school. The Dis-trict would then continue to save the money to build addi-tional schools and structures. The plan would allow the District to stay out of debt and replace old buildings in the future, as well as, acquire in-terest on the money instead of paying interest on loans with a General Obligation bond; sav-ing the taxpayers money.

An additional advantage is that the Utah State Office of Education receives money from the Utah Legislature to supply additional funding or add-on dollars to districts that have a Voted Local Levy. The District would receive approx-imately $55,000 every year from the State of Utah. Any money left over in the State’s general education fund by statute, half of the money goes into the Legislative “rainy day fund” and the other half is dis-tributed to districts that have a Voted Local levy.

This year the General Education fund had an excess of $150,000,000 but because Garfield is one of only seven districts that does not have a Voted Local Levy, the stu-dents in the District will not have an opportunity to see this money reach the class-rooms. Please take a few min-utes to review the information that has been mailed to you so you can be an informed voter. Board members and I have attended several city council meetings to present informa-tion. If you would like to hear the presentation at the remain-ing city councils, we will be in the following locations dis-cussing the Voted Local Levy:

• Henrieville September 11 7:00 pm

• Antimony September 19 4:00 pm

• Tropic City September 12 4:00 pm

• County Commission September 23 11:30 am

• Escalante City Septem-ber 17 7:00 pm

• Panguitch City Septem-ber 24 5:30 pm

—Superintendent Ben Dalton

School Grades report: Follow the Moneynitely have lower grades. The higher-income schools have higher grades. We’re seeing a definite difference.”

Parents can track indi-vidual school grades on the Public School Data Gateway at www.Schools.Utah.Gov.

Utah Education Associa-tion President Sharon Galla-gher-Fishbaugh said more resources are needed to help students in lower income ar-eas do better in school. The Office of Education’s grading report shows that the state has not done enough to fund edu-

cation, she warned.“The light that it’s shed-

ding is that we have inad-equately, specifically in Utah, funded our schools. We are at the bottom of the barrel,” she said.

Gal lagher-Fishbaugh added that the Utah Education Association opposes the state law requiring the grading of public schools, because the system does not fully account for student improvement and growth in some areas.

—Troy Wilde, Utah News Connection

Bryce Valley High School News by Vicki D. Syrett This week Wayne hosted a cross country meet in Bicknell. This was a break from the tradi-

tional Fish Lake run, but the mostly uphill course was still a challenge. Many of the Bryce Valley runners made gains in their performance and improved their overall place rank. Four of our varsity runners placed in the top ten: Adam Platt, 2nd; Gerald Nez, 9th; Chandlyr Tebbs 10th; and Lizzy Platt 6th. For the junor high, the following five runners were recognized: Morgan Platt, 3rd; Baylee Baugh, 7th; Jushua Brinkerhoff, 7th; Clay Mortensen, 8th; and Jacob Brinkerhoff 10th. Nathan Platt, Coach.

The Baseball team played Milford and won and this week they go to Escalante to play. Good luck team and do your best. Coach is Clint Brinkerhoff.

Dear, Community I am Janalee Jackson. I moved here from Richfield and have recently been hired as the new HS Volleyball coach. With many challenges ahead of me and of these girls, I have realized one thing. We lack the support of our town to be there to support us, win or lose. They have made great strides and know that they do better when those who care about them come and show their support. They are great kids trying the best they can to make a community proud of them but if they are never noticed nothing will ever change. I will make my best effort to remind you of there up coming games. They‘re winners in there life and in there future regardless of how well they do on the court. I hope we can all join together and make a difference in the life of these teens! They are the future of our children and the future of our grand children. Please treat them as such. Game days are Wednesday nights. Jr. Varsity is at 5:45pm and Varsity is at 7:00pm. This Wednesday the 11 th is a home game against Wayne. I know if you are there it will make a world of difference to these girls. Just come and check them out. You will be pleasantly surprised. Head Coach Janalee Jackson.

* 6:00pm Community Council* Volleyball Wayne @ BVHS Wednesday, Sep 11, 2013* Cross Country @ Milford Thursday, Sep 12, 2013* Baseball Valley @ BVHS Friday, Sep 13, 2013* Baseball Panguitch @ BVHS* Cross Country @ Panguitch Thursday, Sep 19, 2013* Baseball @ Piute Friday, Sep 20, 2013


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You Must Forgive Yourself and

OthersBy Cynthia Kimball Nice TryMy husband’s uncle thought

he had conquered his problem of trying to remember his wife’s birthday and, also, their anniver-sary. He opened an account with a florist, provided that florist with the dates and instructions to send flowers to his wife on these dates along with an appropriate note signed, “Your loving husband.”

His wife was thrilled by this new display of attention and all went well until one day when he came home he saw a bouquet, kissed his wife and said off-handedly, “Nice flowers, honey. Where’d you get them?”

exerciseI’m not into exercising.Yesterday my wife said,

“Let’s walk around the block.”I said, “Why? We’re al-

ready here.”

AccuracyThere was a knock at the

door. It was a small boy, about six years old. Something of his had found its way into my ga-rage, he said, and he wanted it back.

Upon opening the garage door, I noticed two additions: a baseball and a broken window sporting a baseball-sized hole. “How do you suppose this ball got in here?” I asked the boy.

Taking one look at the ball, one look at the window, and one look at me, the boy exclaimed, “Wow! I must have thrown it right through that hole!”

New CarThe husband, a comput-

er-systems troubleshooter by profession, rode with his wife in her new car one afternoon. He had been working on a cus-tomer’s computer all morning and was still tense from the session.

When she stopped for a traffic light, she made sure to leave a safe distance from the stop line to keep oncoming drivers from hitting the car.

She couldn’t help but laugh when he impatiently waved at her to move the car forward while saying, “Scroll up, honey.”

Supermar-ket Cart

A young man noticed an elderly lady slowly pushing a cart through the supermarket parking lot.

Trying to be courteous, he insisted on pushing it for her as she struggled alongside, doing her best to keep up.

At the store entrance, he said, “Here you go, Ma’am,” and gave her the cart.

Catching her breath, she said, “Thank you, but I was us-ing it to lean on.”

Not at workWhen I phoned my em-

ployee to find out why she hadn’t come to the office, I expected to hear a sob story about how sick she was, blah, blah, blah. Instead, her excuse was pretty plausible.

“When I was driving to work, I took a wrong turn,” she explained. “And then I just decided to keep going.”

Better to Give Than to receive?by JeFFery J. mckennA

wills, Trusts, and More

A friend struggles with something that was done to him as a child. It was not any-thing he is responsible for. It is, however, something an adult will have to answer to. Yet, he still feels a tremendous amount of guilt. And he does not feel worthy. Instead he feels shame and insecure. What occurred to him as a child still haunts him today. Nonetheless, one thing my friend is in control of is that of forgiveness, regardless of what was done to him.

“To forgive is a divine at-tribute. It is to pardon or excuse someone from blame for an of-fense or misdeed,”. However, “forgiveness of sins should not be confused with tolerating evil, said LDS church leader, David E. Sorensen.

Often times, though, you will hear someone say, “I can forgive, but I can’t forget” to which American clergyman, Henry Ward Beecher, replied, “[it] is only another way of say-ing, I will not forgive” and sug-gests that, “Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one,” (BrainyQuote.com, 2013).

“People can be more for-giving than you can imagine,” said actor Bill Cosby. “But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what’s bitter and move on.”

You must forgive yourself and others to not only move forward, but for healing to take place. “The Lord commands us to repent of our sins and

seek His forgiveness. He also commands us to forgive those who offend or hurt us,” (LDS.org, 2013). In fact, in Mat-thew 6:14-15, we receive wise counsel, foretold blessings and even a warning: “For if ye for-give men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also for-give you: But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses,” (LDS.org, 2013).

Often time’s ego and pride get in the way of repenting and forgiving. It may be friends that need to forgive one an-other. Or family members, but it can also be to complete strangers (i.e., a customer ser-vice agent you chewed out on the phone). Whoever you need to forgive make sure to forgive yourself in the process.

“This is not to say that for-giveness is easy. When some-one has hurt us or those we care about, that pain can almost be overwhelming. It can feel as if the pain or the injustice is the most important thing in the world and that we have no choice but to seek vengeance.

But Christ, the Prince of Peace, teaches us a better way. It can be very difficult to forgive someone the harm they’ve done us, but when we do, we open ourselves up to a better future. No longer does someone else’s wrongdoing control our course. When we forgive others, it frees us to choose how we will live our own lives. Forgiveness means that problems of the past no longer dictate our destinies, and we can focus on the future with God’s love in our hearts,” (Sorensen, 2003, as cited on LDS.org, 2013).

Let us, from this moment forward, “.overcome foolish pride, resentment, and petti-ness. May He help us to forgive and love, so we may be friends with our Savior, others, and ourselves,” (Sorensen, 2003, as cited on LDS.org, 2013).

Cynthia Kimball is a speaker and trainer through her company Every1Counts, LLC, and a doctoral student in Workforce Education Leader-ship. She sometimes writes for Deseret Connect. E-mail: [email protected]

Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday, Sep-tember 7, 2013Receipts: 448. Last Week: 615. Last Year: 724. Feeder Steers: mixed but mostly steady. Feed-er Heifers mixed but mostly steady; Holstein Steers: mixed but mostly steady. Slaughter Cows: mixed but mostly steady on similar offerings. Slaughter Bulls: mixed but mostly steady on similar offerings.Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 182.00-190.00; 350-400 lbs 174.00-178.00; 400-450 lbs 168.00-181.50; 450-500 lbs 166.00-174.00, pkg 180.00; 500-550 lbs 162.00-170.00; 550-600 lbs pkg 165.00; 600-650 lbs 144.00-152.50; 650-700 lbs 143.00-153.50; 700-750 lbs 142.00-147.00; 750-800 lbs scarce; 800-850 lbs 143.00-145.00; 850-900 lbs scarce; 900-950 lbs pkg 136.00; 950-1000 lbs 116.00-127.00.Holstein Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs scarce; 300-500 lbs pkg 104.50; 500-700 lbs 69.50-98.00; 700-900 lbs 72.00-89.50; 900-1000 lbs 66.75-74.75.Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs scarce; 350-400 lbs 145.00-160.00; 400-450 lbs 147.00-160.00; 450-500 lbs 151.00-158.00; 500-550 lbs 140.00-158.00; 550-600 lbs 142.00-154.50; 600-650 lbs 143.00-148.00; 650-700 lbs 137.00-145.00; 700-750 lbs scarce; 750-800 lbs scarce; 800-850 lbs scarce; 850-900 lbs scarce; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs scarce; Heif-erettes: 60.00-83.00. Stock Cows: scarce.Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-90% Lean: 72.75-82.25; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 75.75-79.50; Commercial: scarce; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 63.50-72.00.Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 89.00-94.75; 1500-2435 lbs 95.00-99.25; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 73.50-83.75; 1500-2330 lbs scarce; Feeder Bulls: 1070-1210 lbs scarce.Source: USDA-Utah Dept. Of Agriculture Market News , Salt Lake City, UT(435-230-0402.)

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A teacher was reprimand-ing a teenager in the hall. “Do you mind telling me whose class you’re cutting this time?”

“Like,” the young teen replied, “uh, see, okay, like it’s like I really don’t like think like that’s really important, y’know, like because I’m y’know, like I don’t like get anything out of it.”

“It’s English class, isn’t it?” replied the smiling teacher.

“It is better to give than to receive.” The sage who coined this phrase was speak-ing in terms of the good we can do by making gifts. Fol-lowing this same advice can lead to tax-savings as well. However, it is important to “look before we leap.” Care-ful examination of both per-sonal and tax considerations should be made before em-barking on a course of life-time gift giving.

Gifting is a strategy that is often suggested by estate and financial planners to those with the largest estates. Perhaps the most significant advantage is that federal es-tate taxes and probate costs will be reduced because the gifted property is no longer part of your estate.

In addition, income tax savings are also possible through the use of lifetime gifts. Although certain provi-sions of the tax law restrict your options, you can still achieve income tax savings by giving income-producing property to those in lower tax brackets. For instance, if dividends from your stocks are taxed to you at 35 percent, you can pocket 25 percent more by giving the stock to a family member who is in the 10 percent tax bracket.

Making lifetime gifts allows you to see how the recipient manages the prop-erty or money. This may help you decide whether later gifts should be made outright or in trust. Also, lifetime gifts need not become part of the public record like gifts made under a Will.

Last, but not least, are the advantageous rules that make certain gifts nontaxable. The basic rule is that anyone can give up to $14,000 in money or other property each year, to any number of parties, with no gift tax. This $14,000

per year, per recipient, rule is known as the “annual gift tax exclusion.” Gifts between spouses, regardless of amount, are also nontaxable. So, too, are certain tuition and medical expenses that you may make on behalf of another.

While gifting obviously has its advantages, it has its disadvantages as well. Initial-ly, in order to achieve the ad-vantages of gifting, you must relinquish all controls over the gifted property. Gifts must be made with no strings at-tached. Gifting can also have an impact on your eligibility for nursing home medical as-sistance.

Perhaps the most sig-nificant tax disadvantage of gifting is the loss of the so-called “stepped-up” basis. This can be best explained by an example. Let’s say you pur-chased unimproved land for $10,000 but the land is now worth $100,000. If you sell the land, you would realize a $90,000 taxable gain. If you were to make a lifetime gift of this property, the recipient would stand in your shoes and would also realize a $90,000 taxable gain if he or she were to sell the property. If, how-ever, you were to bequeath the property in your Will or Revocable Trust, your benefi-ciary would receive it as if he or she paid $100,000 for it. As such, they could, in turn, sell it for $100,000 and realize no taxable gain. Because of this

stepped-up basis that a dece-dent’s beneficiaries receive, it is suggested that a donor re-frain from gifting appreciated property.

The decision to make significant gifts involves con-sideration of many factors. If you have the inclination or the need to institute a gifting program, you should speak with your financial advisor or estate planning attorney to determine whether it is truly better to give than to receive.

Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney serving clients in Utah, Arizona and Ne-vada. He is the former Presi-dent of the Southern Utah Estate Planning Council and a shareholder at the law firm of Barney, McKenna, and Olmstead with offices in St. George and Mesquite. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, you can contact him at 435 628-1711 or [email protected].

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These three classes(9AM,2PM & 6PM)are in conjunction with the Ò1st Annual Harvest Time Scarecrow Festival in Wayne County,Ó it is sponsored by Entrada, along with the people and businesses of Wayne County. The festival will be October 12 - 19. We hope that all businesses in Wayne County will participate in this new event and encourage everyone to get involved. There will be many prizes for Òbest of Ó scarecrow design. More information will be coming soon on other events happening during festival week. Please see and ÒlikeÓ our facebook page 2013 Harvest Time and Scarecrow Festival - Wayne County, UT. There will also be updated information at entradainstitute.org

WAYNE & GARFIELD COUNTIES - Our local region recently played host to the world-renowned bicycle race, Stage #2 of the Tour of Utah (TOU), “America’s toughest stage race”. To those not fa-miliar with pro-cycling, these bikes aren’t the 10-speed that you pedaled to Grandma’s house. These riders are pro-fessional athletes and their equipment enables them to reach speeds most of us only experience with motorized assistance. The riders in the TOU represented some of the top pro-cycling teams in the world. This level of cycling is fiercely competitive, tough and requires an amazing dedi-cation and commitment.

Tourism special events are a huge boost to the econ-omy in our counties, and the recent TOU was no excep-tion. Both Wayne and Garfield Counties have a good variety of these events and visitors, friends and relatives come and enjoy the festivities. While these visitors are here, they leave lots of dollars in the local economy - in our accommoda-tions, restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores, gift shops and other establishments.

The TOU has been held for 9 years, but this is the first time it has ever been routed through south-central Utah and along Scenic Byway 12. Throughout both counties many folks worked hard to prepare for the best event pos-sible. And their hard work paid off.

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What is Overactive Bladder?Normally, your urinary tract functions quite well. Your kidneys produce urine that is

stored in the bladder, and your bladder is relaxed when there is no urine present. As your bladder fills with urine, your nerves send a signal that it needs to be emptied. When you have overactive bladder, the signals to empty the bladder are sent even though the bladder is not full. As a result, you may notice the following: 1) you feel the need to urinate 8 or more times during the day, and 2 or more times during a typical night; 2) you feel a sudden, strong, and immediate urge to urinate; and 3) you leak urine uncontrollably after you have the sudden and strong urge to urinate. Further, when you attempt to urinate, there is often very little urine or no urine at all.

Overactive bladder is not the same as stress incontinence. With stress incontinence, you leak urine when sneezing, laughing, or carrying out other physical activities.

Who Is Likely to Have Overactive Bladder?Overactive bladder is more common with aging, in both men and women. Women past

the age of menopause and men with prostate problems are at greater risk, as are patients with a history of stroke or multiple sclerosis.

How Can Diet Affect Overactive Bladder?Some foods and drinks irritate the bladder, possibly contributing to the problem. You

should strive to eliminate caffeine from your diet by halting use of coffee, tea, and all caf-feinated soft drinks. Alcohol should be eliminated entirely, as it is another bladder irritant. Spices such as pepper add flavor to foods, but they also can cause severe irritation to the bowels and bladder. It may be helpful to keep a diary of your intake of these foods and drinks to see if they actually do produce a worsening of symptoms.

A New Nonprescription ProductWomen may try the behavioral changes mentioned above, as well as one of several pre-

scription medications (e.g., Ditropan, Detrol, Toviaz, Vesicare) that relax the muscles of the bladder to prevent contractions. Physicians may also attempt such therapies as application of electrical impulses or Botox.

A new nonprescription product may be helpful for overactive bladder. It is known as Oxytrol For Women, which is available as a patch that is worn continuously on the skin for 4 days and contains the medication oxybutynin.

This product may be appropriate for you if you have had two or more of the follow-ing symptoms (as described above) for at least 3 months: 1) urinary frequency, more than 8 times in 24 hours; 2) urinary urgency; and 3) urge incontinence. However, urinary frequency can also be caused by urinary tract infections, diabetes, pregnancy (in the early stages), and other more serious conditions. If you think you have any of these, you should see a physi-cian instead.

The product’s label will have many additional use precautions, warnings, and instructions. You should read and heed each of these. Further, it is wise to Consult Your Pharmacist for ad-ditional assistance regarding use of this innovative new approach to overactive bladder.

Many women experience overactive bladder (urinary incontinence). Now there is a new nonprescription product your pharmacist can recommend to help you combat it. It’s called Oxytrol For Women, which is available as an OTC skin patch.

ganizers worked closely with Travel Council Director Ny-cole Durfey and Torrey Mayor Adus Dorsey to address all of the details - and they all did a fantastic job. Torrey is one of the smallest communities to have hosted a stage finish in the TOU, and without the ef-forts of Nycole and Adus, and the dozens of volunteers, it would not have been possible.

We have a small cycling club here in Wayne County that was started by Tina and Scott Andersen. We ride for fun and it’s great exercise. I remem-ber the first time I reached 50 mph on the downhill from Fish Lake, with Michele Coleman, Carla Coleman and Gina Fla-nagan, and I was convinced we were going to crash and burn. But we all made it down safely and it was fantastic. Riding the roads in Wayne County has been great training for us--we have lots of tough hills, and the wind that never stops.

So, as a fledgling cyclist, I was thrilled to be able to ride in one of the pace cars in the TOU from Panguitch to Tor-rey. It was terribly exciting to be in the middle of it all (a tad nutty as well) with cyclists, motorcycles and cars going down the road at a quick pace just barely avoiding crashing into each other.

At the starting line in Pan-guitch it all seemed a jumble of bikes, cars and motorcycles, but then soon we were off! The riders are intense and focused - they are pros for a reason; they are talented, muscled and chis-eled without an ounce of fat on any of them. The course

Marshalls, and ‘regulators’ on motorcycles, were there to ensure a fair race. Many team cars with extra bikes and me-chanics, and other cars with photographers, officials and spectators lined the route.

There was even a heli-copter overhead, swooping down for “camera-zooms” on the riders.

The racers pedaled for 131 miles on our very own All-American Road - Sce-nic Byway 12. It started to sprinkle about 10 miles out-side of Panguitch and riding in wet conditions is not fun for the riders, not great for photo ops either. It really started raining through Red Canyon when two of the racers chose to “break away” from the rest of the group - called the pelo-ton - and those leaders forged ahead. The helicopter was not to be seen or heard; just a car-avan of cyclists, motorcycles and cars weaving in and out, all snaking their way along Scenic Byway 12.

Pedal strokes after hun-dreds of pedal strokes, up and down, “false” flats just when riders thought they might get a break for their scream-ing legs...more hills, and then more up and down...the only thing that keeps them going is their determination to cross that finish line. They do it for their team and for themselves.

Past the “Blues”, speed-ing through the Upper Valley then down into Escalante - a horseback rider waving a gi-gantic American flag just out-side of the town of Escalante - it made me proud. We had

cheering crowds in all of our Scenic Byway 12 communi-ties, and they greeted us with traditional cow bells and shouts of go, go, go!

We were heading down to the spectacular Escalante Can-yons just in front of the pelo-ton- it was amazing to watch how quickly the riders wound their way up and down. With speeds varying from a climb at maybe 12 mph to a scream-ing descent at 60+ mph - these guys were fast! We sank down to the Escalante River crossing and then started the winding climb back up, past Calf Creek and headed for the Hogsback.

Back at the finish in Tor-rey, all of a sudden folks start-ed screaming, cow bells were clanging and we knew the race for the finish and the stage #2 win was on! The riders made the turn from Scenic Byway 12 to Highway 24 just outside of town and the pace turned into a mad, feverish sprint for the finish line and the yellow jersey. Wooooooosssssshh-hhh and they were past the fin-ish line – if you blinked you might have missed it!

Australian Michael Mat-thews, zipped past his com-petitors to win the stage race and take home the yellow jersey. Greg Van Avermaet scored second place and American Christopher Jones was third. Yes, there were a few stragglers that pedaled in – bloodied and beaten from a few mishaps and crashes on the route.

Hopefully, the TOU will come again to Wayne & Gar-field counties – it was a world-class event for our extraordi-nary area of the country.

Nan Anderson lives in Bicknell, with her husband James, three weiner dogs and 3 cats. She rides her road bike as often as she can.

wasn’t it Grand?Local Cyclist Enjoys Pace Car View of the Tour of Utah

by nAn AnderSOn

Wayne County Travel Council Director Nycole Durfey and Torrey Town Mayor Adus Dors-ey enjoy a victorious moment at the Tour of Utah Stage 2 finish line in Torrey.

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Dee L. ChidesterOctober 7, 1927 – September 7, 2013

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MILFORD - Dee L. Chidester (Honey), 85, passed away September 7th, 2013 in St. George, Utah. His family was by his side when he drove peacefully off into the sunset to be with the Lord.

Dee was born in Panguitch, Utah on October 7th, 1927 to Loris E. (Fuzz) and Hilda Orten Chidester. He was the eldest of four children: Art Chidester, Ted Chidester, and Lola Henrie. Once raised, he went on to serve aboard the U.S.S. MC CAF-

FREY DD860 in the United States Navy dur-ing World War II.

Dee married the love of his life Drexel Gould-ing on June 4th, 1951 in Fredonia, Arizona. On this same day, he chose the role and responsibility of loving father to Wil-liam Robert. In the years following, they were blessed with two more children: Jo Ann and Shannon Dee. Together, they raised their family in Southern California un-til they decided to return

home to Utah.Dee had a love for the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fish-

ing, and camping. Although he’s been known for a few good shots, his favorite part of the hunt was the ride through the moun-tains. If he wasn’t cruising around in the hills, you could find him tinkering in the garage or outside in the yard.

More than anything, his most significant interest was his family. He was a devoted husband, loving father, adoring grand-father, and loyal friend. He was known for his witty personal-ity and charismatic smile. He will be forever in the hearts and memories of all whose lives he has touched.

Dee is survived by his children: William Robert (Donna) Romine of Milford, Utah; Jo Ann Parker of Houston, Texas; and Shannon Dee (Kathryn) Chidester of Hawthorne, Nevada. Also, he is survived by his six grandchildren, thirteen great grandchil-dren, and two great-great grandchildren. With arms stretched out wide, he will be welcomed in heaven by his loving wife and parents.

A viewing will be held on Thursday, September 12th, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to noon in Milford, Utah at the Southern Utah Mortuary. A graveside service will follow at 3:00 p.m.at the Panguitch cemetery in Panguitch, Utah, under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be sent to www.sumortuary.com.

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TROPIC – Eva Marion White Pollock passed away in Rich-field, Utah in the home of her daughter on September 5, 2013. She returned home to her loving husband, David Larvin Pollock. She was also preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Elginora White, Velma (John) Wozab, LaVon (Victor) Bird, Alfred (Jewel)

White, Dorothy (Delwyn) Goff, and (Lowell) Meacham; Her-bert (Merelda) White; Joseph White

She is sur-vived by her children: David (Kathryn) Pol-lock, Gerald (Carol) Pollock, also of Tropic, UT; Maureen (Ronald) Reed, Mesa, AZ; William (Sta-cey) Pollock, Ephraim, UT; Juanita (Reyn-old) Price, Sno-

homish, WA; Marion (Blake) Allen, Orem, UT; and Pauline (Brent) Allen, Richfield, UT; 43 grandchildren and 86 great-grandchildren; sister in law and brothers in law: Vertis (Lester) Clark and DeVar Pollock, both of Tropic and sister-in-law Vera White of Salt Lake City.

Eva was born on December 15, 1923 in Salt Lake City, UT to Alfred Henry White and Johannah Marie Cardall. She grew up in Salt Lake City and was raised by her widowed mother. She attended West High School and graduated in1941, then began working for a telephone company. She was set up on a blind date where she was introduced to her eternal sweetheart, Larvin, less than a year later. They were married on Nov. 27, 1942 in the Lion House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was later solem-nized in the Salt Lake Temple by Harold B. Lee.

Shortly after her marriage to Larvin, he enlisted in the Navy, which took them to San Diego, California. It was there they be-gan their family which was of great importance to Eva.

Following the war, they moved to Tropic where, after hav-ing grown up in the city, Eva became a genuine country girl. During their early years in Tropic, Eva helped run a little café across the street from the old school (now the Town Park build-ing).

A few years later, Eva and Larvin moved their small family to the Salt Lake area where Eva focused on raising her family. Eventually, they decided to return to Tropic and bought a farm. Eva was a true helpmeet to her husband as they raised their fam-ily and worked on the farm. She enjoyed baking, quilting, gene-alogy, playing games, and socializing. She even learned to love and care for the dogie lambs and calves that were a part of farm life. She also loved dancing, especially square dancing with the Ponderosa Promenaders. She grew to love Tropic and the won-derful people there so much she never wanted to leave. Her fam-ily, the many friends she had and her involvement in church and community activities made her life enjoyable. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in a variety of callings, including Relief Society President and teacher in various organizations.

Eva was one who gave her all, not asking for anything in return except love and the resolve of her children to follow what they had learned at her knees. Each child felt her love and nothing made Eva happier throughout her life than her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Every accomplishment by her family brought a wide smile to her face. Her family was her pride and joy, and her love was unchanging because of her motherly commitment. She will be missed.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 12:00 Noon in the Tropic LDS Ward Chapel. There will be a viewing at the Heritage Center, 20 N. Main, where friends may call on Friday evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday at the LDS Ward from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Tropic Cemetery.

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Rain, rain go away, come back another day. I did get my lawn mowed on Satur-day, between storms. Some of my grass was 18” long, but the lawn has never looked so good. I have tried to grow grass in the corners of our lot, for fifteen years and because of the all the rain, we have grass in those areas at last.

Talked to our grand-daughter Teah today she said she studying on the roof of the condo she lives in, sun tanning, in Seattle where it is supposed to have weather like we are having. I wonder since they keep records of the mois-ture from Oct. to Oct. what our rain depth was for the year; with little rain in April, May or June, it may not be that much. If only this would continue and turn into snow during the winter months, it would be sooo nice.

The road crew seems to be finished with their won-derful work. They brought in a machine that ground off the high spots and finished the ce-ment work on the corners for handicap access. Talking to one of the workers, who said that their company was work-ing on rerouting 89 south of Page. It’s a 28 mile detour and it is called 89T. He said it would be almost two years till the repairs to 89B will be completed. I understand that there are a lot of restrictions on the detour, so check before you use it to go south.

This is a repeat of last weeks alert to all Scout Master of an Eagle project. Jennifer Bremner speaking to the Di-rector of the Red Cross Blood Bank in Utah, who said the blood drive, would make an excellent Eagle Scout project. The blood drive will be in No-vember and the project would need to be started shortly. Give Jennifer a call for more information at (676-8211).

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Pat Oetting is establish-ing a committee for Pan-guitch’s 150th Birthday Party in March of 2014. If you want to be part of this committee and help plan and execute this celebration call Pat at 676-2418 after October 7th.

Alberto Vasquez and Jon Torgerson of Garfield Memo-rial Hospital has provided computer technology equip-ment to be used in Ms. Caine’s Technology Department. The equipment is up and running and the students are furthering their education about com-puter operating systems, hard-ware and software. Thanks to the additional equipment the students are improving their computer skills as well.

Events coming up to look forward to in the coming month: Nov. 5 the election for the open City Council posi-tion. People make light of this election and the turn out is al-ways low. However the City Council is the only positions you have any control over, the candidates are local and you can talk to them, try to get a hold of the Senators or Legis-

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I objurgate the weatherman. I scoff at his prediction.He forecasts something every day, and it is ususally fiction.He’s on the news show every day, wasting many a minute, Speaking of the coming climate. There is no truth in it.I think his script is upside down, this meteorologist fella.If he calls for a sunshing day, well, carry your umbrella.And if his radar, Viper, and all should indicate a blizzard,Take your suntan lotion out. Don’t believe this wizard!Take that expert’s weather news, and put it on the shelf.Just look out the window, and figure it out yourself.If you’ve ever watched these guys, it shouldn’t take you long,To forecase that the weatherman is gonna get it wrong.

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They will honored at a reception that evening from 7 to 9 pm held at the Cotton Town Village

located at 25 N 300 W in Washington UT.

There will also be an Open house held Saturday, Sept. 14th from 7 to 9 pm at the Loa Stake Center

located at 20 S 100 W in Loa.

The bride is the granddaughter of Brenda Brown, Oklahoma and the Late Phil Brown; and the late Robert & Teresa Cochran.

The groom is the grandson of Stan Wood, Lyman; Lois & Stanley Brian, Loa; and Carolyn and Ron Moosman, Torrey.

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der Eric M. Frandsen has returned from the Texas Lubbock Mission. He will be reporting Sep-tember 15, 2013 at 10:00 am in the Panguitch Sec-ond Ward. He is the son of Kevin and Debbie Frandsen and grandson of Lawrence and the late Margaret Frandsen and Earl and Lola Henrie.

LOA - Sister Tara Larsen has been called to the Colorado Fort Collins mission and will speak September 15th in the Loa Ward Loa Utah at 10:00am. She is the daughter of Gaylen and Ramona Larsen.

The annual Torrey / Teasdale Ward / commu-nity party at the Teasdale Park was the place to be on Wednesday night last week. The smell of mutton fry-ing surely had Dunc Taylor sniffing the air and licking his lips all the way up in Fremont.

Some of the best mut-ton and deep fried chicken cooks around, the likes of Dudley Elliott, Dean & Leon Bogedahl, Jeff Cole-man, Ronny Hunt, Tyler, Don and Shirley Torgerson, Courtney Cropper, Doug Pace, Stu Meat (Stu Baker) and others were huddled over roaring propane camp stoves stirring mutton and frying up crispy golden chicken tastier than the Colonel’s own recipe at KFC.

According to un-official estimates by Bishop Don Coombs, as he licked his fin-gers to keep count, approxi-mately 230 people attended the community pot-luck dinner in the Teasdale Park. For the un-informed and passers-by you would have thought Golden Corral or the Dinner Belles had set up shop in the Teasdale park to do a bang up business.

The dinner spread was something to behold, a bach-elors dream meal. From the looks of the food layout, surely some Teasdale and Torrey folks had to have set aside the whole day to prepare all the delicious dishes and deserts for the fall potluck event.

There were garden fresh salads made with mouth water-ing homegrown tomatoes, the kind of tomatoes that Dudley always sings about during the long winter months. Just har-vested fresh and crisp green lettuce straight from granny’s garden and topped with so many kinds of healthy ingre-dients that the locally famous Dr. Chappell would beam with pride, the types of natural greens that cures all that ails you and keeps you regular.

Oh, and the colorful deca-dent deserts most of which were never meant for the weekly WW (Weight Watcher) menu or dreaded weigh-in but were secretly wrapped and sud-denly disappeared into purses

and hand bags to be enjoyed later in the middle of the night with a large glass of milk and a satisfied smile shortly after the weekly WW meeting in Bick-nell.

The Teasdale / Torrey din-ner was a community event meant to bring people together for an evening of food, fun and music provided by the local music group “Rough around the Edges” that included a va-riety of friends, and a musical selection by Kenna Stephens, a new Teasdale fiddler play-ing fiddle for only the last four months, professionally accom-panied by the queen of the fid-dle Lynsey Shelar.

True to form, if you want to get folks to come together all you have to do is mention food and the word will spread faster than soft butter on a just-out-of-the-oven homemade bread. To the organizers of the annual Teasdale / Torrey community get together much credit and appreciation is due and as was noted, some individuals came from as far away as Peru and some even made the arduous trip off of the late summer mountain range to come and enjoy the great grub.

A community is not a community without its people and like a salad it takes all kinds of colorful ingredients to make a good one.

In the larger scheme of things the visiting public to Wayne County is often in search of the spectacular, and those that actually take time to stick around Wayne County long enough generally find that the spectacular is not always found in the expansive and

daunting landscape but lies in the local inhabitants that they might meet. The hardy and hard working pioneering individu-als that are not so dead set on taming the wilderness as they are embracing it and constantly striving to learn how to peace-fully live within it.

Speaking of taming the wilderness, Torrey Town ordi-nance enforcement of weeds, constantly barking and un-li-censed dogs were (and always have been) a hot topic at the latest and at just about every Torrey Town Council meet-ing since the Big Bang. All of which played quite nicely into the proposed draft General Plan presentation by the new and improved Torrey Town Plan-ning Commission headed up by Torrey Town resident and water guru Darrell Menzel.

As part of the draft, (and yet to be publicly adopted,) Torrey Town General Plan, an un-biased, independent ordi-nance enforcement officer was suggested in the proposed Gen-eral Plan as a way to ensure or-dinance compliance across the board.

The idea of a Torrey Town ordinance enforcer brought to mind the worse case scenario, like someone highly skilled in intimidation and applied rubber hose tactics, someone that pos-sesses or illegally possesses a counterfeit concealed weapons permit and a lengthy police re-cord and has an audible Italian or a New York accent.

But since there is no one living around here that meets those criteria (except maybe Bart Albrecht) it was suggested that some mild mannered indi-

vidual with people skills might be a good fit for the job.

It has to be Bow season, if it ain’t there is some idiot driving the streets of Torrey Town in a 1982 Nissan pick-up truck spewing toxic ex-haust thinking that it is.

Real bow hunters go out in the hills where the wild deer live, they don’t park out in front of someone’s house at 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday morn-ing puffing anxiously on Marlboro cigarettes while

watching a fenced in animal that is “not a deer”. A quick heads up, that was a U.S. gov-ernment tattooed donkey with floppy ears you were stalking, not a two-point buck. Get your eyes checked ASAP and im-mediately consider choosing a non-alcoholic breakfast bever-age while hunting in the wee hours of the morning.

Without actually taking time to consult the common-sense idiot’s guide for stupid overweight deer hunters I am sure there is some sort of oath that real deer hunters have to personally take that prevents them from harassing and hunt-ing deer (or nonchalantly graz-ing donkeys) within the Torrey Town limits or in Capitol Reef National Park.

Don’t be coming around here anymore, as there is noth-ing scarier than an angry hairy guy at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. A human being so hairy and scary that he has often been confused with the only living Rocky Mountain Sasquatch or the elusive big foot. A rare and rumored local Wayne County phenomenon that kid nightmares are made of, an aging fruit of the loom underwear wearing senior citizen with a baseball bat the size Paul Bunyan would car-ry, readily willing to apply as many dents as physically pos-sible all over your 1982 Nissan pick-up truck and your ridicu-lously amateur camouflaged head.

In the words of the noto-riously infamous Clint East-wood, go ahead and “Make My Day”!

Wayne County deerhunters beware: Choose your game wisely and ap-propriately or this beast will be after your own hide.

Congratulations to Dirk Chynoweth on his mission call to Brisbane Australia. He will be speaking the Chinese lan-guage. He enters the MTC on January 22nd. How exciting for him. He had family and friends in attendance on Satur-day as he opened his letter and read his call. His parents are Shawn and Lisa Chynoweth of Henrieville and grandparents are Ralph and Lael Chynoweth also of Henrieville, and Grace Hall Wyatt.

The Bryce Valley Soc-cer League practices will be held on Mondays at 3:00-4:00 P.M. at the track field behind the elementary. If you haven’t turned in your registration yet please bring it to practice with you. You can contact Mindy Grimshaw at 616-5439 for any further information. First game against Panguitch will be held on October 5th at Pan-guitch Elementary.

Spent Saturday evening enjoying some wonderful music with a sold out perfor-mance at Ebenezer’s. The Bar G Wranglers are a great show all by themselves and so en-

BRYCE VALLEY AREA Senior Lunchesat the HENRIEVILLE Senior Center

THURS Sept. 12th

Hoagie sandwich w/lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, squash, macaroni salad, chips, pears, Congo bar

TUES Sept. 17th

Roast pork, potatoes & gravy, stuffing corn, Jell-o w/pineapple, cake

WED Sept. 18th

Sheopard pie w/potatoes, cheese, green beans & corn relish tray, apples, roll, pudding

THURS Sept. 19th

BBQ beef ribs, squash, green salad, peaches, cake

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

Escalante Senior Citizens Menu

All meals are served with milk or juice. If you would like a meal, please call us by 10:00 am. 826-4317.

Suggested donation for seniors over 60 $3.00, and under 60 is $7.00

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Wed. Sept.18th

Thurs. Sept.19th

Tater tot casserolew/ mixed veggiesWheat breadBroccoliFruit cocktailBlonde brownies

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joyable but a guest performer was Red Stegall and we shared a table with folks who came all the way from Las Vegas to see him perform. It was great and the food was delicious. Saw so many local people there en-joying the evening also.

On September 13th there will be a Youth Fireside for the Escalante and Panguitch Stakes. It is for youth 12 and up and will be held in the Tropic Ward Chapel at 7:30 P.M. The featured speaker will be Chad Lewis who was a NFL player, played in the Super Bowl and a BYU All American.

Glenna and Anita Fletch-er went to St. George to the home of Marie Broderick, their mother, for a Sister’s re-treat. They met with Janeen Jensen, Joyce Johnson, Viona Evans, Janiece Broderick and of course Marie, Anita, and Glenna. Did crafts, tied a quilt, and ate good food. It was an enjoyable weekend to-gether.

Released were Guy and Beverly Thompson as Ward Missionary Leaders. Frankie

Moore was called to fill that position. Clayton and Heather Johnson were released as Pri-mary Teachers and Travis and Erica Shakespear were called to take that position. Steve and Clarene Jensen spoke in church today. They are new to Henrieville and live south of town on a farm they bought. Brooke Palmer sang a beautiful rendition of a hymn and was accompanied by her mother Donene Griffin.

Reading the list of the top ten schools in the Deser-et News I was excited to see Bryce Valley High School come in at #9 and Escalante Elementary came in at #7.

Way to go people. Keep up the good work.

Joseph and Wendy Rose were here visiting parents Daniel and Sarah Rose. They brought their two little girls with them to see grandma and grandpa. Kimberly Rose was also here visiting.

Have a great week and try to stay dry. Looks like we are going to have rain for a few more days. Please call or email your news. Remember if you don’t email your news or call it in it cannot be put in the col-umn. I know some of you pre-fer that but we need to keep our column full or you have to hear about my news. Thanks VS


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HANKSVILLe TOwN 2013 CANDIDATe FILING

The following Hanksville Town residents have filed for the November 2013 Election: Ronnie L. Albrecht – Mayor (4 year term) Lucinda J. Wallace – Town Council Member (4 year term) Chylene Whipple – Town Council Member (4 year term).

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 and SEPTEMBER 5 & 12, 2013

NOTICe OF TrUSTee’S SALeSecurity Title Company Of Garfield County No. 00020352

The following described property will be sold at public auc-tion to the highest bidder, payable in lawful money of the United States at the time of sale, at the West Entrance of the Garfield County Courthouse, located at 55 South Main Street, Panguitch UT 84759 in Garfield County, Utah on September 23, 2013 at 10:00 of said day, for the purpose of foreclosing a Trust Deed originally executed by Walter Joe Jourdan as trustor, in favor of Lillie Mae Jourdan, as beneficiary whose beneficial interest has been assigned to Dave Higham and Christine Higham, husband and wife as to an undivided 50%, Eddie Joe Fox and Reatha R. Fox, husband and wife as to an undivided 25% and Comstock Financial Inc as to an undivided 25% interest, covering real property located at 227 North Main Street, Hatch, UT 84735 and more particularly described as:

PARCEL 1: All of Lot 3, Block 2, Plat “A”, HATCH TOWN SURVEY.PARCEL 2: All of Lot 2, Block 2, Plat “A”, HATCH TOWN SURVEY.EXCEPTING THEREFROM the South 144 feet of the

West 75 feet.The Current beneficiary of the Trust Deed is Dave Higham

and Christine Higham, husband and wife as to an undivided 50%, Eddie Joe Fox and Reatha R. Fox, husband and wife as to an undivided 25% and Comstock Financial Inc as to an undi-vided 25% interest and the record owners of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Default are Terry Arnold Messer

The sale is subject to bankruptcy filing, payoff reinstatment or any other circumstances that would affect the validity of the sale. If any such circumstance exists, the sale shall be void, the successful bidders funds returned and the trustee and current beneficiary shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damage.

Bidders must tender to the trustee a $5,000.00 deposit at the sale and the balance of the purchase price by 12:00 noon the day following the sale. The deposit must be in a form of a cashier’s check or bank official check payable to Security Title Company. The balance must in be in the form of a wire transfer, cashier’s check, bank official check (credit union official checks are not accepted) or U.S. Postal money order payable to Security Title Company. Cash payments are not accepted. A Trustee’s deed will be delivered to the successful bidder within three business days after receipt of the amount bid.

Dated: August 26, 2013Security Title Company of Garfield County, TrusteeTRAVIS V. HATCH, Vice-President15 No. Main Street/PO Box 177Panguitch, UT 84759(435) 676-8808THIS NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IS AN ATTEMPT

TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on AUGUST 29 and SEPTEMBER 5 & 12, 2013

INVITATION TO BIDCUSTOM STOrAGe SHeD FOr SALe

Wayne High School is looking for projects to build for their Carpentry Class. The students, under the direction of their in-structor/general contractor, will design and build custom storage sheds, chicken coops, etc. We are offering these custom build-ings for bid to the general public. The winning bidders will pay for the full cost of the materials for their custom-built building PLUS the amount of the bid, which will go to the Carpentry program to help cover overhead (tools, etc.). For example: If the actual cost of the materials for your shed is $1000, and you bid $500, the total cost for your new shed will be $1500.

Estimated cost of material for some sample sheds (2 x 6 treated floor, 2 x 4 wall framing, asphalt shingles, vinyl siding, aluminum fascia and soffit, 8’ garage door on larger sheds and 3’ steel door on smaller sheds):

8 x 10 - $100010 x 12 - $150012 x 16 - $220016 x 20 - $3000Please note: The cost of the materials will vary depending

on the actual size and options selected by the owner. The owner will pay the actual cost of all material plus the amount of their bid. Transportation of the building after construction is provided by the owner. To submit your bid or if you have questions, please contact Steve Hill at 435-425-3411.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5 & 12, 2013

GArFIeLD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTrICTPUBLIC BUDGeT AMeNDMeNT HeArING NOTICe

Thursday, September 19th , 2013Garfield County School District will be proposing to the

Board of Education a budget amendment hearing for fiscal year 2014. This budget amendment hearing has been scheduled at Antimony Elementary School at 4:00PM, on September 19th, 2013 in conjunction with the regular monthly Board of Educa-tion meeting. A copy of the budget can be obtained from the District’s internet web site or from the District Office at 145 E Center Street, Panguitch, Utah, 84759.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 5, 12 & 19, 2013

NOTICe TO wATer USerSThe 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 PRO-TESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights, PO Box146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300, or by hand delivery to a Division office during normal business hours ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 9, 2013.

Please visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)-538-7240 for additional information.

NEW APPLICATION(S)95-5312 (A79832): Aaron P. Jacobs propose(s) using 0.015

cfs. from groundwater (3 miles NW of Bicknell) for STOCK-WATERING.

95-5313 (A79838): Water E. Hanks propose(s) using 0.015 cfs. from groundwater (1 mile NW of Grover) for IRRIGA-TION; STOCKWATERING; DOMESTIC.

Kent L. Jones, P.E.STATE ENGINEER

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on SEPTEMBER 12 & 19, 2013

PUBLIC NOTICe: LOA TOwN wATerwOrKS - IMPOrTANT INFOr-

MATION ABOUT YOUr DrINKING wATerTests Showed Coliform Bacteria in Loa Town WaterOur water system recently violated a drinking water stan-

dard. Although this incident was not an emergency, as our cus-tomers, you have a right to know what happened and what we did to correct this situation.

We routinely monitor for drinking water contaminants. We took 6 samples to test for the presence of coliform bacteria dur-ing August. Two of the 6 samples showed the presence of total coliform bacteria. The standard is that no more than 1 sample per month may do so.

What should I do?You do not need to boil your water or take other corrective

actions. However, if you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor.

People with severely compromised immune systems, in-fants, and some elderly may be at increased risk. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infec-tion by microbes are available from EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1 (800) 426-4791.

What does this mean?This is not an emergency. If it had been, you would have

been notified immediately. Coliform bacteria are generally not harmful themselves. Coliforms are bacteria which are naturally present in the environment and are used as an indicator that oth-er, potentially-harmful, bacteria may be present. Coliforms were found in more samples than allowed and this was a warning of potential problems.

Usually, coliforms are a sign that there could be a prob-lem with the system’s treatment or distribution system (pipes). Whenever we detect coliform bacteria in any sample, we do follow-up testing to see if other bacteria of greater concern, such as fecal coliform or E. coli, are present. We did not find any of these bacteria in our subsequent testing, and further testing shows that this problem has been resolved.

What happened? What was done? To explain in a short summary of what has happened; the Leavitt Dam Project caused this contamination in the Loa Town Water System. Loa Town Water Company went to the sources of the contamination and injected liquid chlorine of 1 parts per billion into the system to mitigate the contamination. The Loa Town Water Company will follow all the state rules and regulations set forth by the state concerning contamination of a water system.

For more information, please contact Charles Chappell at 435-616-0785 or Loa Town & Waterworks Company – PO Box 183 – Loa, Utah 84747.

This notice is being sent to you by Loa Town Water System. Water System ID#: 28004.

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Sweet Loretta, formerly know as the Vapor Trails, have been influenced by the Americana movement including artists like Allison Krauss, Mumford & Sons and Gillian Welch, Bonnie Raitt, and Ry Cooder.

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SALT LAKE CITY - Utah and much of the nation will watch as Congress opens debate on a potential U.S. military strike on Syria. President Obama has said the Syrian regime must be pun-ished for using chemical weapons against its own people. Opponents said the action could lead the U.S. into another costly war.

Mattea Kramer, director of research, National Priorities Project, said a military strike will be pricey. Firing million-dollar-plus Tomahawk cruise missiles, such as those used against Libya a couple of years ago, will get expensive, Kramer warned.

“In the first hour of our strike on Libya, we launched 110 of those missiles,” Kramer said.

The total bill for Libya, Kramer said, turned out to be more than $1 billion. There is no way of predicting how much

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military intervention in Syria would cost, she said, but she pointed out that the Bush ad-ministration had predicted that intervening in Iraq would cost no more than $60 billion. Ten years later, the bill is more than $800 billion.

Across the nation, faith communities prayed for peace over the weekend, and some plan candlelight vigils for to-night. Mery Zerkel, co-co-ordinator of the Wage Peace campaign, Chicago American Friends Service Committee, said her organization has had people in the region for a very long time, and they understand that Syria’s problems are com-plicated. She pointed out that it is not just about two choices - to bomb or not to bomb.

“There are more than two options. We have to look at a cease fire, the comprehensive

arms embargo, the humanitar-ian assistance on the ground,” Zerkel said.

President Obama has told reporters that he is aware of American opposition to a mili-tary strike. However, he said Congress needs to make a deci-sion that is right for the country.

Prof. Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, said even if Congress ap-proves the strike, it would be illegal under international law because the United States has not met the two conditions that the United Nations Charter re-quires for such action.

Obama may have a tough time making his case to the American people. Recent poll-ing showed nearly 60 percent of Americans oppose U.S. mili-tary action against Syria.

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“I think we should go back to the lake and get back on the trail,” said Shadow.

“Well, I think we can just cut to our right and we should still hit it,” I replied. And it was my suggestion we followed that splendid fall day up on the Aquarius Plateau last year, as the two of us sought to make our way back to where the trail dropped down toward the res-ervoir, the road and my car.

After decades of tramp-ing through the northern Rocky Mountains, plunging more than a week deep into the wilds in diverse locales and facing innu-merable serious and sometimes life-threatening situations, how could I possibly doubt my skills as a mountaineer and highly ex-perienced amateur backcountry guide? Many physically ex-hausting but spiritually insight-ful journeys - plus a few very close calls - have made me more confident of my woods-manship and ability to find my way through sometimes con-fusing situations (which some people call “being lost” or “al-most dying.”)

So there I was hiking up to Trail Point and beyond with a hardy 19-year old young man from Boulder who was inter-ested, as I was, in exploring the

The Outsiderby Bob Phillips

A Walk in the Woods With ShadowAquarius Plateau on a beauti-ful fall afternoon. We’d fully enjoyed the hike to this point, and Shadow had exclaimed his wonder aloud several times over the beauty of the meadows and lakes, trees and flowers.

At one point, we encoun-tered some very loud visitors who drove up to Horseshoe Lake from the other side and seemed a bit insensitive to the quiet of the place. They didn’t know we were there.

“Can you whistle?” I asked Shadow.

“I wish,” he replied.“Well I don’t want to yell,

but they’re really bugging me.” Quite spontaneously I launched into some kind of native chant-ing: “Heya Heya Heya Heya!” Dead silence echoed back. We quickly departed, no doubt leaving our suddenly very quiet friends from the other side a bit bewildered.

I got a good laugh out of that one as I pushed my pace quickly back down the trail. I hustled along feeling a bit prideful of my cleverness. Ha, I’d certainly put the fear of the madman in those folks. It was shortly after that when Shadow suggested we needed to back-track, noting that we had lost the main trail for some second-

ary route that evidently led no-where.

The cleverness, the con-fidence and the chuckling diminished to zero not long thereafter, when my ongoing expectations of intersecting the trail were repeatedly frustrated. Up on the plateau, there are no real landmarks to guide a hiker. It’s cut with some roads and tracks, but without a big peak or rocky crag to provide a little perspective, the otherwise fea-tureless woods can be vast and tricky.

That is especially true if you left the map in the car, along with the compass and the flashlight. For now, all I knew was I didn’t really know exact-ly where I was.

We cut far too much to the west, sighted South Point and somehow convinced ourselves that it was Trail Point. Maybe 45 minutes later, we concluded it was not, and that we had un-necessarily burned almost an hour of the rapidly diminishing daylight. We returned the way we came, seeking a route that proved to be disappointingly elusive. The sun sank lower in the sky, which at least provided a good directional reference point though hardly adequate to provide the key details we

now needed.It’s really remarkable how

useless maps are when they are back in your car five miles down the mountain.

Finally we met some float fishermen who informed us of the name of the lake they were fishing, which I recognized from the “map” in my head. When we asked the direction to Trail Point, they gestured north towards Torrey or some such. I knew at least this much – it was not that way. I thanked them and we walked away, as Shadow seemed to be having increasing misgivings about the wisdom of his highly expe-rienced mountaineering guide.

I did apologize, but somehow managed to get us on a few paths that took us a little closer to where I thought would be better than where we were. As dusk rapidly descend-ed, we came at last to the little lake we had left perhaps three hours earlier.

“Is this that one lake?” Shadow asked in astonishment.

“Sure looks like it, yep,” I said. “And here is the trail we were supposed to take. We bet-ter hustle now.”

And we sure did. We hus-tled over ups and downs and rocks and logs and by the time

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Wayne School District is accepting applications for a para-professional at High Top Ranch School in Koosharem. This po-sition will be for 20 hours a week with no benefits. Preference will be given to applicants in the local communities located near High Top Ranch School.

Applicants must meet the requirements to be “Highly Qual-ified” to be considered. “Highly Qualified” requires at least two years of higher education or an associate or higher degree, or pass a rigorous academic assessment.

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SALARY: Beginning paraprofessional hourly rate accord-ing to 2013-2014 Garfield County School District Classified Sal-ary Schedule ($9.16 hourly).

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have at least a High School Diploma, two years college education preferred, or may complete the Para Pro Test. Must be fingerprinted and satisfacto-rily pass an employment background check and work well with children.

APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified application. Please di-rect questions to Principal Jeff Brinkerhoff, 435-679-8835, and application packets to:

Bryce Valley High SchoolP.O. Box 70721 West Bryce Way Tropic, Utah 84776Online application available www.garfield.k12.ut.usApplications will be screened and the most qualified candi-

dates will be granted interviews.DEADLINE: Open until filledGarfield School District is an equal opportunity employer.Garfield School District reserves the right to accept or reject

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Garfield County is accepting applications for a Corrections Officer. Applications are available atthe Garfield County Clerk’s Office and will beaccepted until 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 14,2013.

Anyone interested in applying for this positionmust pass the Standardized P.O.S.T. Exam priorto making application. The Exam is given at theBrowning Learning Center on the Dixie CollegeCampus. For additional information regardingthe Exam and registration requirements, contactthe Browning Learning Center at (435) 652-7696. The exam is also given at Southern UtahUniversity. Call 435-586-5419 for additionalinformation.

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AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM COORDINATORUSU Extension Wayne County

Do you like to get paid to play? If so, this is the part time job for you! USU Extension is looking for an energetic, fun lov-ing, person who enjoys working with youth in the 3rd through 5th grades to provide safety, security, and an enjoyable learning environment. Pay is $12.00 an hour, approximately 12 hours a week for 16 weeks.

Responsibilities: Coordinate with USU Extension staff and volunteers in planning and executing the after school ac-tivities including but not limited to healthy snack preparation, homework supervision, projects planning, volunteer and youth leader coordination and other assignments as needed.

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we finally did make it back to Trail Point and the spot where the trail drops off sharply, it was dark.

With the sharper-eyed youth ahead of me, we navi-gated through the very last of the grey into the black, but somehow managed to stay on the trail. I stumbled a few times, occasionally inquired about Shadow’s state of mind and body (he had brought no coat but never got cold), and a couple of times fell down com-pletely in the dark after tripping over a rock or log.

It’s really remarkable how useless flashlights are when they are back in your car five miles down the mountain.

When we hit the big mead-ow, we lost the trail as I knew we would. For some time we wandered in search of the spot where the trail reentered the woods. There was a sliver of moon, but it and the stars were both hidden by clouds now.

Earlier in the day, I had imparted to Shadow a small part of my immense and ex-tensive wisdom gained through years of challenging mountain-eering, showing him the ubiq-uitous Forest Service blaze cut into trees to mark the way.

It’s remarkable how dif-ficult it is to see Forest Service blazes in the pitch black. Some-how, however, Shadow found one.

“Do you think this is a blaze?” he asked. I felt where he had been inspecting a tree. Sure enough, it felt like the old

“heel and toe” double blaze. I was excited. We embarked again through the darkness.

I fell at least two or three times after that, muttering fierce expletives before reas-suring my shadowy friend ahead in the darkness that ev-erything was cool. Of course, I realized it wasn’t that cool, but it was better than it had been. At least we’d make it out and wouldn’t have to curl up next to a wet log or something, and Shadow’s mom wouldn’t have to call search and rescue.

At long last, our feet hit the road, which leads back to East Fork Reservoir and the car. We shared a little trium-phant handshake and managed a little laugh or two. Cooking breakfast at the ranch the next morning would be somewhat of an ordeal for me, but by golly that was sure a good day up on the mountain, wasn’t it, Shadow?

Yes sir, after years of backcountry experience, miles and miles of wilderness trek-king and plenty of close calls, a guy develops a strong sense of know-how, confidence and free-spirited, adventuresome self-sufficiency.

But, in lieu of a flash-light, it doesn’t hurt to have a Shadow along who can see in the dark.

Bob Phillips is a Boulder writer and Montana native who has never been lost in the wilderness, only temporarily confused.

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Few events inspire more dread than an IRS tax au-dit. Even if you’re confident you’ve accounted for ev-ery cent of income and only taken legitimate deductions, it’s hard not to worry what a close examination of your tax returns might uncover – not to mention the time spent track-ing down old records.

Here are a few pointers to help allay your fears and bet-ter prepare in case you should ever get chosen for the dread-ed IRS audit:

There are three basic types of IRS audits:• Correspondence audit,

which is conducted entirely by mail. You’ll receive a letter from the IRS asking for additional information about specific items on your tax return.

• Field audit, where an IRS agent comes to your home or business to examine re-cords and observe where you work.

• Office audit, where you must be interviewed at an IRS office.

According to Chris Kol-laja, a certified public accoun-tant and partner at A.L. Nella & Company in San Francisco, California, if you’re having a correspondence audit and you feel your records are too vo-luminous to mail, you can re-quest a face-to-face audit.

“You can also ask a rep-resentative, such as your ac-countant, tax preparer or lawyer, to help prepare for the audit and even attend it in

your place, if allowed,” says Kollaja. “An experienced tax professional can tell you what to expect, guide your respons-es and keep the audit on track should you get tongue-tied or start sharing more than is nec-essary.”

The chances of being audited are low. “Sometimes returns are randomly selected for audit, but more often it’s because something jumped out in the computer analysis each return receives,” he explains.

Common items that might trigger an audit:• Taxable income listed on

your return doesn’t match amounts W-2 or 1099 forms, 401(k) plan or IRA distributions, brokerage ac-counts, etc.

• Taking above-average char-itable deductions relative to your income.

• Deducting business meals, travel and entertainment.

• Claiming the home office deduction.

• Failure to report foreign bank account assets.

• Concealing cash income or receipts.

• Excessive cash transactions over $10,000.

• Your close relationship to another taxpayer being au-dited.

• Someone reports suspi-cious activity by you (the IRS offers a Whistleblower Award).

Kollaja recommends sev-eral ways to prepare for and at-tend an audit: Respond to the IRS within the stated deadline

– usually 30 days.• Organize paperwork and

receipts pertinent to the is-sues they’ve identified.

• If you won’t have every-thing ready in time for the audit, contact your audi-tor to discuss whether it can proceed anyway, or if they’ll agree to postpone it.

• Bring or send only docu-mentation requested in the initial notice. At an in-person audit, keep you answers brief and don’t voluntarily provide infor-mation that could launch a fishing expedition.

• If the examiner questions you on an item not men-tioned in the initial notice, you’re allowed to ask for additional time to fulfill additional requests.

• Never give original re-ceipts to the IRS agent – they are not responsible for lost paperwork.

• You’re allowed to make an audio recording of the audit provided you sent your agent written notice 10 days before the appoint-ment. Video recordings are not allowed.

• Always be polite. Acting belligerent or evasive can only hurt your cause.

Kollaja suggests reading IRS Publication 556 to learn more about how the audit process works and review-ing the section on itemized deductions in Publication 17, both available at www.irs.gov.

Bottom line: Think posi-tively – you might even come out of the audit with a tax re-fund – it happens.

Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Arts & Museums an-nounces a call for proposals for exhibitions in 2014 in the Rio and Alice galleries. The deadline for proposals is Oc-tober 1, 2013.

The Rio and Alice galler-ies were created as a service to Utah artists. They provide free venues for emerging and established artists to collabo-rate on exhibits and engage the community through art-making and dialogue. Both galleries participate in the monthly Salt Lake Gallery Stroll and host public recep-tions on Gallery Stroll eve-nings.

We welcome proposals from artists, arts organiza-tions and independent cura-tors. These include small group shows of two to eight artists or larger curated/juried exhibits. All media are ac-cepted and all work must be original — no reproductions. The visual arts committee will review and select propos-

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als for the galleries. Quality, completion and clarity of the proposal — as well as media, reach and content submitted — will all be considered.

“Our program is unique in that not only do we display the work of Utah artists, we provide professional develop-ment and assistance to artists for curation, coordination, artist statements and exhibit installation,” noted Utah Arts & Museums Director Lyn-nette Hiskey. “Providing these services from start to finish is an invaluable service to Utah artists.”

Exhibitions have been a program of the state since 1899. Utah Arts & Museums will have exhibited the work of more than 170 Utah artists in 2013 as a part of this pro-gram. To submit a proposal for exhibition, visit http://visual-artsutah.org/ and download guidelines in the Galleries sec-tion.

—Utah Arts & Museums

The Rio and Alice Galleries were created as a service to Utah artists.

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