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WHS WRESTLING TOURNMENTNovember 22nd

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Panguitch Lake Fire Station Renamed

The Panguitch Lake Special Services Fire Dis-trict Property Owners and Board voted to rename the Panguitch Lake Fire Station in honor of Art Chidester. At a board meeting Octo-ber 14, 2010, the new name became the “Art Chidester Panguitch Lake Fire Sta-tion”. Art began volun-teering countless hours of his time and energy to this building in 2007 when he became a member of the board. He became Chair-man of the Board in 2008. His experience as a Civil Engineer and on several planning commissions helped him prepare for this

project. Art, and his wife Doro-thy, reside at Panguitch Lake during the spring, summer, and fall, but return to their home in Highland each winter. Although, in 2009 Art stayed at Pan-guitch Lake through the winter to work on the fire station so that the residents of Panguitch Lake would have the services of the fire station sooner. The actual building began September 2009 and was completed on April 1, 2010. Art was honored with a plague April 1, 2010, the same day the fire sta-tion was “accepted” by the

board. The plaque hanging in the fire station reads:

The Panguitch Lake Special Services Fire

District Property Owners Wish to Thank Art Chidester For His Efforts In Making This Fire Station A Reality

The fire station is lo-cated on the northwest side of Panguitch Lake at 811 West Clear Creek Can-yon Road. It is a beautiful building that blends with the surrounding area. The building is made of insu-lated metal with a light tan or wood color and a green metal roof. The building has two large bays, a multi-purpose room for meetings and training, a room for the fire chief and a dispatcher, and a room for the board members and county sheriff to use as needed. The sta-tion is equipped with a fire engine, brush truck, and a water tanker. The board members in-clude: Art Chidester, Chair-man; Mari Murdock, Sec-retary; Don Marshall, Joe Worthen, Randy Morris, Barry Bender, and David Etter, Fire Chief. All are invited to stop by and see the new fire station.

$500 REWARD A $500 reward is offered for information leading to the return of the 40 inch, flat screen, Phillips television that was stolen from the Escalante Heritage Center, “Cabin/Visitor Center”, three weeks ago. The television was purchased with donations from people interested in the Heritage Center, and it was used to show a video on the journey of the San Juan pioneers (Hole-in-the-Rock) who came through Escalante in 1879-80. The Hole-in-the-Rock expedition was the most difficult settlement journey in all of the west and was the last covered wagon journey in the United States. The goal of the Heritage Center Board is to build a large Visitor Center to better tell the story of the history of the exploration and settlement of Escalante from the years 1866 to 1876 when Escalante was settled, as well as the San Juan expedition. However, since it will probably be a few years before enough money can be raised for the Visitor Center, a replica of a pioneer cabin has been built with donated money to serve as an interim Visitor Center. After the TV was installed in the “Cabin/Visitor Cen-ter” in August, many visitors to the outdoor plaza were able to view the Hole-in-the-Rock video produced by Lamont Crabtree, noted Hole-in-the Rock historian. After seeing the

video the visitors always expressed their gratitude for the new insights they received about the San Juan journey. It is sad that someone would steal the television that was used for such a good cause.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency.

This makes me forever ineligible for public office. H. L. Mencken

UTAH SUES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER ROADS IN GARFIELD AND KANE

The Governor’s Office and Utah Attorney Gener-al’s Office announced today the filing of federal lawsuits to settle ownership rights on roads in Garfield and Kane Counties, including roads within the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monu-ment. “The BLM has com-pletely ignored local and state requests for local con-trol of vital roads within the public lands, instead choosing to unilaterally close roads and restrict ac-cess enjoyed by Utahns for decades, contrary to the protections with FLPMA of 1976,” said Governor Gary R. Herbert. “We will now bring the historical evi-dence to court, and ask that the access rights and travel needs of Utahns be upheld in the face of federal indif-ference. Ownership is the only tool that allows local and state governments to

have a legitimate say in the management of access to public lands.” One lawsuit was filed today over 94 roads in Gar-field County, and another lawsuit was filed Novem-ber 10 concerning 710 road segments in Kane County. “We have tried for years to resolve these issues with-out litigation but these two lawsuits represent the fail-ure of the federal govern-ment to recognize roads built and used by Utahns for decades,” says Chief Deputy Attorney General John Swallow. “We will continue to take action to protect the rights of Utah citizens.” U.S. District Court Mag-istrate Brooke C. Wells has been asked to grant quit title to the roads under R.S. 2477 in the Grand Staircase Escalante Monument, Glen Canyon National Recre-ation Area and other roads

now being administered by the Department of Interior. Although R.S. 2477 was repealed with the Federal Land Policy Management Act in 1976, the act still grand-fathered the rights of way on existing roads. “Plaintiff’s public highways serve the vital function of linking com-munities,” states the Kane County brief. “Due to the rugged terrain in Kane County, each of the roads claimed herein is incredibly important because there is rarely an alternate route.” The Utah Attorney Gen-eral’s Office and attorneys representing the counties are working together on the litigation. “We have strong evi-dence that these roads were used before 1976 and some even pre-date Utah’s state-hood in 1896,” says Assis-tant Attorney General Harry Souvall.

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SCHOOLS TO BE GRADEDHave you ever wondered how your local school com-pares with other schools in the district, state or the nation? Early this year the Utah State Legisla-ture passed a law requir-ing a grading scale for each school in the State of Utah. On November 4th, the Utah State School Board passed the process of how a letter grade of A,B,C,D or F will be given. The State School Board said they hope the tool will not punish schools that are falling behind.Grades will be based on a point system relating to a student growth mode, Core Test, and Direct Writing As-sessment. Special accom-modations will be given to schools with high poverty rates or non-English speak-ing students and low gradu-ation rates.I personally have not seen the grades for the schools in Garfield School Dis-trict. The State Office of Education has released the distribution of grades for the elementary, middle and high schools. At the ele-mentary and middle school level grades were: 27% A, 49% B, 15% C, 8% D and 1% F. In the high schools the grades were as follows: 17% A, 46% B, 16%C 12% D and 9% F. Grades for all schools will be available to the public in August 2012.So, what does this mean for the students in Garfield School District? It means

more emphasis on the im-portance of end of level testing. The State Legis-lature has not determined what will happen to schools who receive failing grades, but I anticipate future leg-islation to address require-ments of change for failing schools. Along the lines of politics, we had a visit from the Lieu-tenant Governor Greg Bell and Christine Kearl from the Governor’s office. They visited Garfield School Dis-trict to find out the unique challenges we face in rural Utah. A parent representa-tive, teacher representative, administrative and District office staff all attended the meeting. I presented information to them relat-ing to student population trends, the unique financial challenges we are facing, teacher certification issues, and student test scores. The Lieutenant Governor was very attentive, asked ques-tions, gave suggestions and

EHS Update Academic Achievers in math for the week are Rayjay Knight and Fabiola Plancarte. The ninth grade, winners of the Spirit Contest for the first term, enjoyed a pizza and video party. Emily Singletary, our activities director, organized a Veteran’s Day assembly on 11-11-11. We saw a couple of videos honoring the men and women who have served in the military, and veteran Wade Barney spoke about some of his experiences in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam conflict. The American Legion held a flag ceremony. This group of former military men will be presenting the school with a new large flag. Three of our recent EHS graduates are currently serving in the military: Jason Hughes (Class of 2006), Garison Lyman (Class of 2007), and Joe Broth-erson (Class of 2010). The Utah Opera both entertained and educated EHS students with a presentation, “Freeze Frame: Dr. Miracle” by Georges Bizet. Students enjoyed the unbroken action on the stage, whether the performer was singing or not. The comical actions and facial expressions also added to the story line.

PANGUITCH INVITATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR

SENIOR FAIR: Tyce Barney

& Baylee PalmerKensey Veater

& Brenley Veater Rowdy Miller

Cianna Swartzmiller& Sierra AllenWyatt Moore

& Cassidy Fehr Brenna Mooney

& Catania Holman Josiah Sarles

There has been science in the air in Panguitch the last few weeks. The Panguitch Middle /High School had their an-nual science fair on No-vember 2nd . It was a big success. Students 7th grade to 8th grade were invited to enter the Junior Fair. The students in 9th to 12th grade were invited to enter the senior fair. All students were awarded a certificate for their participation in the Science Fair. Over 90 students participated. The sponsors for the fair were: Panguitch Middle School,

Panguitch High SchoolParent Teacher Student Organization Panguitch Middle/ High School,

Garfield County Hospital, Panguitch City

Joes Main Street Market, Red Rock Eye Clinic

C-Stop Pizza, Yardley In-surance, Parkin DentalSubway/Silver Eagle

Big THANK YOU to the sponsors.

Many Middle and High School students will be in-vited to take their projects to the Southern Utah Uni-versity Science and Engi-neering Fair in March. We are proud of our Panguitch Students. Thank you to Mr. Reeder and Mr. Frank Houston for all their sup-port in holding this annual event. Thank you to all the volunteer Parents and judg-es in making this a success. The winners in both the Senior and Junior Divisions were awarded trophies and prize money they are as fol-lows:

SENIOR FAIR WINNERS:1st place Mason Orton/ Sam Vasquez

2nd place Katelyn Parkin/Frecia Houston3rd place ended in a tie between

Slader Mathew and Danny Brannon/Donnie Corwin

JUNIOR FAIR WINNERS:1st place Hunter Hatch/Ian Anderson

2nd place Jantzen Orton/Conner Anderson3rd place ended in a tie between

Ashlee Marshall/Andrea Heaton and Hannah HardingHonorable Mention Medals were awarded to:

JUNIOR FAIR:Jonee Holman

Ashley Julander & Jaylee Torgersen

Nathan Dennis & Jordan Sidwell

Brianne & Nicole BremnerJonah ShoppeMiranda SarlesMakayla Dalton

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Receipts: 2,186; Last Week: 2,571. Last Year: 2,162. Feeder Steers: mixed, wts under 600 lbs 3.00-4.00 higher, wts over 600 lbs mostly steady. Feeder Heifers: mixed but mostly 1.00-2.00 lower, ex-cept 300-600 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher. Holstein Steers: no comparison with last week. Slaughter Cows: 1.00-2.00 lower on similar kinds. Slaugher Bulls: 1.00-2.00 higher on similar and im-proved offerings.Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 182.00-199.75; 350-400 lbs 161.00-181.00, pkg 186.25; 400-450 lbs 145.00-165.00, pkg 169.50; 450-500 lbs 137.00-155.00, pkg 157.75; 500-550 lbs 129.00-139.50, pkg 152.00; 550-600 lbs 125.50-135.50, pkg 140.50; 600-650 lbs 126.50-137.75; 650-700 lbs 120.00-131.75; 700-750 lbs 122.25-128.00; 750-800 lbs 115.00-127.50, pkg 132.00; 800-850 lbs 116.50-130.50; 850-900 lbs scarce; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs 115.25-118.50.Holsteins Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs pkg 213 lbs 83.00; 300-500 lbs 75.50-83.00; 500-700 lbs 75.50-82.00; 700-900 lbs 78.50-86.50; 900-1000 lbs scarce.Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs 154.00-157.00; 300-350 lbs 127.00-141.00; 350-400 lbs 130.00-144.00; 400-450 lbs 124.00-140.50; 450-500 lbs 126.00-140.00; 500-550 lbs 120.00-134.50; 550-600 lbs 118.00-128.00; 600-650 lbs 113.00-122.00; 650-700 lbs 110.00-119.00; 700-750 lbs 109.50-119.00; 750-800 lbs scarce; 800-850 lbs 108.50-116.50; 850-900 lbs scarce; 900-950 lbs pkg 114.00; 950-1000 lbs scarce; Heife-rettes: 46.50-92.50. Stock Cows: scarce.Slaughter Cows: Bon-ing 80-85% Lean: 49.75-59.00; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 52.75-61.25; Commercial: scarce; Cutter 85-90% Lean: 40.50-49.00.Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 62.50-66.75; 1500-2445 lbs 71.25-80.00; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 57.00-58.00; 1500-2275 lbs 62.25-69.25; Feeder Bulls: 795-1225 lbs 52.00-95.00.

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expressed his appreciation for everything that is done in Garfield School District to improve a students learn-ing experience.On a different note, I want-ed to pass along a wonder-ful free online resource for parents and students. If you have ever had a student come home from school and need help with a math problem you might not know how to solve, have them go to http://www.khanacademy.org/ . The Khan Academy has deliv-ered over 85 million lessons covering everything from arithmetic to physics, to fi-nance and history. I would encourage you to use the Kahn academy as resource to help your students un-derstand concepts they are learning in their classroom.

“An investment in knowledge pays the

best interest.” –Benjamin Franklin

Superintendent Ben Dalton

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ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTSWayne County

SCHOLARSHIP OF

EXCELLENCE Every year Wayne High School has awarded quali-fied seniors the Scholarship of Excellence Award. This award is made possible through donations from lo-cal businesses and alumni. The aide from this scholar-ship has helped numbers of students in their educational goals and is greatly appreci-ated. We’d like you to meet our seniors who may be apply-ing this year. We will spot-light our seniors very soon so you can see who will be the recipients of your dona-tion. Watch for them each week!If you are able to contribute to this cause donations can be sent to:

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THE HOSPICE HERO AWARD Teri Leavitt was awarded the Hospice Hero Award, Thursday Nov. 10, 2011 at the 22nd annual Utah Hospice and Pal-liative Conference, held at the Larry H. Miller convention center in Sal Lake City. The Hospice Hero Award is giv-en for devoted and exemplary service to hospice patients and workers. Teri is an RN with Gunnison Home Health and Hospice. She takes care of Wayne County, Koosharem, Boulder, and Em-ery. She spends many hours traveling to her patients. She even goes to the base of the Henry Mountains to give care. She has three workers that help her give the best service possible, Trista Morgan, Connie Durfey, and Sara Rees. She lives in Fremont with her hus-band Evan and their three children, Kel-sie, Kenadie, and James. Congratulations Teri, for the well deserved award. We truly have angels among us.

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Community CenterTime: 8-10 am

Cost: $3 per plate or $10 for a family of 4

Activities: Christmas CraftPictures ($1 each extra copy)

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VETERANS DAY 2011, PROGRAM AT WHS

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Last month the American Academy of Pediatrics met and made some significant changes to their recommenda-tions on sleep safety and SIDS risk reduction for infants. The recommendations made in 1992 of placing babies on their backs to sleep have made a dramatic decline in Sud-den Infant Death Syndrome. However, sleep related deaths from suffocation, and entrapment of infants during sleep have increased, thus spurring new recommendations to keep babies safe while sleeping. The suggestions are as follows:-Breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of SIDS-Infant immunization reduces risk of SIDS by 50%-Bumper pads should not be used in cribs. There is no evi-dence that they prevent injuries and can potentially cause suffocation, strangulation or entrapment-Always place baby on his or her back for sleep every time-Always use a firm sleep surface. Car seats and other sit-ting devices are not recommended for routine sleep-Baby should sleep in same room as parents but not in same bed-Keep soft objects or loose bedding out of crib, including pillows, blankets, & bumper pads-Wedges and positioners should not be used-Don’t expose fetus or infant to cigarette smoke-Offer a pacifier at nap time and bedtime-Avoid covering infant’s head or overheating-Do not use home monitors advertised to reduce SIDS risk as they give a false sense of safety-Supervised, awake tummy time is recommended daily for development of head/neck strength If anyone has questions concerning these recommenda-tions, please feel free to contact our nursing staff at Wayne Community Health Center for more information.

Dr. Jeff Chappell, Bret Hilton, PA, Sherree Rechtsteiner, FNP

SLEEP SAFETY AND SIDS

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“Do you want to watch a movie?” this middle-aged gentleman, who was sitting next to me on the plane, asked me. “Whatcha watching?” “The new Pirates of the Caribbean movie.” “What’s that?” “On Stranger Tides.” “Oh, sure,” I said as I searched for my iPod head-phones in my purse. This would be perfect, I thought, since the movie had to be at least two hours long and our flight to Dallas, about two and a half. Prior to this conversation, this man, Jason, told me about his family’s recent vacation to Disney World. He was so excited; he was beam-ing. Jason told me all about the rides they went on and how they didn’t have time for swimming because they were visiting differ-ent theme parks everyday waking up at 7:00 am and getting back to their hotel room around 10:00 pm. He was like a big kid bouncing all over the place with his hands, expressions, voice, and laughter, while sitting there in his seat describing their theme park adven-tures especially the rides. Then he showed me pic-tures of his kids. And out of nowhere, with a big grin, came, “I have ADHD, bet you couldn’t tell.” “Right on,” I smiled. Midway through the movie, Jason handed me a snack, a nut bar from Star-bucks. “I have two of them,” he whispered. “Oh, thank you,” I mouthed. At the end of the movie, he handed me four Star-bucks gift certificates cau-tioning with a large grin and a wink, “Don’t use them all at once.” As I got off the plane to catch my connecting flight, I thanked Jason profusely. And as I ran through the airport with only 15 min-utes to catch my next flight, and with still a consider-able ways to go, I thought about Jason and how genu-inely kind he was to me. I also thought about how his spirit was larger than life and contagious. Jason eas-

ily and unselfishly shared his movie, snacks and gift certificates with me. What if we all did things like this? What if we all shared what we have un-selfishly and without ex-pecting anything in return? “I expect to pass through this world but once;” said French missionary, Stephan Grellet, “any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow crea-ture, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” And in the New Testa-ment, in 2 Peter 1:7, we are told, “And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.” Today work to be a Ja-son. Work to share unself-ishly without expecting anything in return. Work to be excited and beam when you talk about your family, yourself and even your life. And if you have ADHD celebrate that because it

can be a good thing if you let it; just like Jason did. Be kind –even expressing brotherly kindness-- to ev-eryone you encounter. Do-ing so can not only impact someone’s life for the bet-ter, but; perhaps, even save it (can you imagine your beautiful smile preventing someone from committing suicide? Think about that). Doing all of this can add to a “Kindness Movement” –as Jason did so beautifully-- that hopefully can eventu-ally work to stamp-out any people who are doing evil in this world. All because of “plane” ole’ kindness. Cynthia Kimball is a pro-fessional speaker and train-er through her company Every1Counts, LLC, and a doctoral student in Work-force Education Leader-ship. She also writes a col-umn for the Deseret News which appears regularly appears on deseretnews.com. E-mail: kimball@ev-ery1counts.net

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Old Maserati I was living in the mountains above Denver when my college buddy, Gary, arrived in his ancient Maserati sports car. He had just driven it from Ohio, and as he pulled into my driveway, the car broke down. Calls to auto-supply houses and garages in search of replacement parts proved futile. The 1962 model was simply too rare. Responses ranged from “Mas-a-what?” to “You’ve got to be kidding.” One guy just

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BRYCE VALLEY AREA NEWSby Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com

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Since Friday was Vet-eran’s Day we want the Military folks to know how much we love and appre-ciate their service to our country. The very free-doms we enjoy each day are protected by these men and women who put their lives on the lines for us. Our country was founded to give us freedoms we now enjoy. Even though some out there would like to eradicate the very things we fought for we still persevere and go forward and to you people in the service we thank you for your devotion and dedication to our coun-try. We owe you a huge debt of gratitude for serving and taking care of things so we can enjoy our freedoms. We need to thank you a lot more often that once a year publicly. So thank you. May God be with each day of your life! Gary and Sandy Johnson received the exciting news of the delivery of their 2nd set of twin grandchildren. Jason at 6 lbs. 2 ozs. and Al-lyson at 6 lbs. 10 ozs. were born to Jed and Rosana Johnson on November 12, 2011. The twins join their older brother Jayden, age 2. The Johnson family lives in American Fork. I think that Stan and Lou-ise Ott are running around Heaven with huge smiles on their faces. Grandson, Tyler Ott just signed a letter of intent to play basketball for the UC Davis team. He is very excited to be doing this. Tyler is the son of Richard and Julie Ott of St. George and we congratulate the family on this exciting news. How fun!! Condolences go out to Kathern Syrett on the pass-ing of her Uncle, Darrell Ray Blackwell. He was married to Lois Chynoweth who passed away in 1960 and was the sister of the late Gene Chynoweth of Tropic. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family mem-bers. We also want the Bulkley Family to know we express our sympathy and condo-lences to you on the pass-ing of your beloved Shirley Bulkley. You are also in our thoughts and prayers as well. We send our condo-lences to the family of Nor-ma Talbot who passed away last week. We want them to know we are thinking about them and wish them well. The Road Shows held in Escalante were wonder-ful. They were also well attended and a lot of talent was shown. It was a lot of fun. Hope everyone missed the big elk who wanted the road to himself outside Es-calante. He was huge. The Henrieville youth traveled to St. George twen-ty-five strong to do bap-tisms for the dead. It was a good trip. Shawn and Lisa Chyn-oweth went to Denver to at-tend the wedding of Lisa’s sister, Amanda. The elections took place in all of our towns and the winners are: In Tropic it was Shilo Richards and Mike Burbidge for seats on the Town Council. In Cannonville it was Melanie Ott and Stewart Ivie who were elected to the Town Board. In Bryce Canyon City Bryce Syrett, Lee Rob-erts, and Shiloh Syrett are now members of the Town Council. Henrieville can-

celled the election and just moved the ones already in office on the a further term in the same job. Congratu-lations to all of you and good luck in your new po-sitions on your town coun-cils. The Fireside on Sun-day was given by Jason Wright who is the author of the “Christmas Jar” and “17 More Miracles”, plus many other books. He is the grandson of our very own Marva Fletcher. It was an excellent evening and he talked about the “Giving Gene”. He shared many stories about those who have overcome and gone on to live productive lives. It was so good one lady com-mented. When it went cold it went way cold. It changed so fast I am not sure we have caught up with it yet. I am already ready for summer. Hope everyone has a great week and will call or email your news to me. I can’t do a column unless you send me the news. Thanks VS.

HOOFBEATS (BVHS)

by Sam Cloud ‘Tis the week Thanks-giving, and things are roll-ing right along. All over the valley, teenagers are anxiously awaiting the time when they are released to spend the majority of the week the way they want to, free from the oppressive burdens of enforced aca-demics. Tensions build and patience wears thin from the frustration that comes from being so close and yet so far to this event, the only major holiday that the gov-ernment has acknowledged in it’s pure, un-commercial-ized form. Despite all of this, school is doing quite well, with successes in both catego-ries. Academics have got-ten a kick start form the 4-H TRY session thingy on November 3 and 4. Several students from our school were able to attend a train-ing seminar to learn skills for teaching kids and en-couraging them to get ac-tive and outside. The week-end turned out well, and the students were able to pick up several important bits, including how to plant garlic despite a full inch of snow and the proper way to hold a full-scale potato gun war. Needless to say, it was fun. Athletics are also on a roll, and the new season of sports is quickly gaining momentum. Our first-ever wrestling team is coming together, already 11 strong and dedicated to at least giving the whole thing the

benefit of the doubt. Tak-ing the lead as head coach is none other than Carlon Johnson. We wish him much luck and patience as he tries to figure things out. The practices are moving right along, getting ready for the first tournament in Wayne on November 22. Basketball is going strong, and both the boys and the girls are fully committed to rocking out this season and making sure that this is the best year they can get. The girls will be taking the lead this year, playing their first game against Duchesne on Friday, November 18, also known as tomorrow. This game will be the start of our official season, our first impressions in the minds of our students and fans and rivals. But no pressure.

MORE HOOFBEATS by Vicki D. Syrett

The girls th and 8th grade Basketball Team played in a Tournament in Panguitch called the “Panguitch Vet-eran’s Tournament”. It was a great tournament and the girls had a good time as well. They played on Fri-day and won both games but lost out their two games on Saturday. The rank-ings were Panguitch 1st, Emery 2nd, Bryce Valley 3rd, Wayne 4th, and Kanab came in 5th. The girls for the 8th grade were: Taylor Nelson, Natalie Pollock, Allysa Smith, Taylyr Ste-vens, Emily Garcia and Brittaney Shakespear. 7th grade girls were Emilee Courtright, Emily Jessen, Danielle Brinkerhoff, Ki-era Smith, Alycia Flores, Keni Floyd, Ambree Leslie, Tyerah Tebbs, and Dakota Stevens. The coach is Ty-son Brinkerhoff who does a great job. Good going girls.

BRYCE VALLEY ELEMENTARYBy Vicki D. Syrett

Mr. Le Fevre held and character assembly for the Elementary students. It was very nice. There was a wonderful Veteran’s Assembly done by the PTA held on the 11th. There were many veterans and community members present to enjoy this assem-bly. Grades 3 - 12th were also in attendance. They had a Flag Ceremony by the Tropic Boy Scouts. Alexis Tebbs played the Star Span-gled Banner on the piano while everyone sang our National Anthem. Sheldon Pollock talked about his be-ing an MP in Afghanistan and it was a moving expe-rience to listen to him tell the events that took place. There are only 25 MP’s for over 10,000 troops in

Afghanistan. Some of his duties involved loading the fallen onto the planes for their journey home to the USA. The High School Chorus sand a beautiful pa-triotic number under the di-rection of Nathan Platt with Collette Mathews on the piano. It was a very mov-ing assembly. Mrs. Keefe’s sixth grad-ers did some pumpkin math that incorporated measure-ments, graphing, and pre-dictions. They then packed the pumpkins in differ-ent packing and they were dropped by Mr. Le Fevre from the roof to see what material used was most ef-fective. It was a fun activ-ity for the students and all. There was an “Anti-bul-lying” Campaign held. It was a poster and writing ac-tivity. Someone from Pan-guitch was in charge and we are sorry but we could not remember his name. Win-ners were selected through all the grades. Prizes awarded were movie tickets for the winner and their par-ents to attend a showing at the Panguitch Gem Theater.More BVE NEWS by Keilani Deccio Hello Bryce Valley read-ers. This week was Vet-eran’s day as you all know and there was and assem-bly. Sheldon Pollock who just came back from serv-ing our country in Afghani-stan came and spoke for all the kids in the school. Also there was Parent-teacher conferences. It was cool. I hope all of your are ready for snow and winter cause I’m not. I’m ready for eat-ing Santa’s cookies thought. Thanks for reading this...bye folks!!

CITIZENSHIP AWARDS FOR BVES

WEEK OF OCTOBER 28TH

Kindergarten Taylor Le FevreFirst Grade Jimmie AgueroSecond Grade Carter WillyerdThird Grade Quayden TebbsFourth Grade Liam Le FevreFifth Grade Kameron TalbotSixth Grade Taten LeechWEEK OF November 7thKindergarten Collin StewartFirst Grade AnnaCa & William Fletcher (Twins)Second Grade Porter SteeleThird Grade Brooklyn SyrettFourth Grade Whitney RobertsFifth Grade Nicole Corrales-FloresSixth Grade Morgan Syrett Congratulations to all of you!!

11-11-11 has come and gone and there where a lot of tributes to the Veterans throughout the Town. The El-ementary School had their annual Veterans program at 11 in the morning, and the kids serenaded the Veterans with songs. At the High School, Ryan Josie a member of the National Guard spoke about the time that he spent in Iraq seven years ago. He saluted the Freshmen Class, for they wrote letters to the Guardsmen when they were in the second grade and how much the letters meant to them; War is a terrifying time for anyone, and little things from home are greatly appreciated. Sergeant Josie became choked up and everyone in the audience began crying it was very emotional time. When they played the George Scot Keys story about his writing of the Star Spangle Banner and when the National Anthem played, you could have heard a pin drop, as the students stood at attention. That evening the American Legion played host to the Veterans and their wives and widows. The Senior Citizens women fed 7 with a great roast beef dinner and topped it off with pie and ice cream. The musical entertainment was supplied by Cheryl Church and Shawn Caine’s Multimedia students, created a video, which listed each Veteran from our area. Sicily Houston represented the students and presented the video. Shawn also received a list of names that will be included in next year’s video. It seems no matter how hard Shawn and her students try there is always a veteran’s name that needs to be included in the video. Jan Frandsen brought two of the 4 girls who went to Girls State. The girls, Avery Veater and Jaylee Brinholt, told of the highlights of Girls State and appreciated all they learned. Thanks to all who helped to make events honoring all those who have served our great Country in the Military possible. On November 11, 1918 at 11:00 am the Armistice was signed ending World War I. The European Countries were exhausted materially and morally after 4 years of brutal conflict. An entire generation of young men had been lost. The casualties for this war to end all wars were stagger-ing. France mobilized about 8 million of which 1.3 mil-lion were killed and 4 million wounded. Britain lost over a million men, the best of their young men. Austria and Hungary had a 90 percent casualty rate. Germany losses were comparable losing 1.7 million soldiers dead and a casualty rate of 65 percent. America got involved in the war in 1917 and fought alongside the French and the Brit-ish in the trenches and we lost 126,000 brave young men. The only event in our history to compare to this with was the Civil War, where 650,000 lives were lost. Throughout the World, Armistice Day is Remembrance Day and it was changed in our Country to Veterans Day in the late 1940s. Some great news, 32 of the 222 are at home as of this last weekend. They are from the Richfield and Salina area, hopefully ALL will return safe fully by years end. The Craft Fair was again a great success, with well over a thousand buyers shopping. Most of the sellers that I talked to were please with their sales. Pat and Elaine would again like to thank all the candy makers, for the Sub for Santa booth. The Social Hall is a little small for the big crowd, but it seemed to work out well and it was warm. Thanks to Mandy Soper and Carla Owens for sponsoring the event. Darri Frandsen received her 2nd degree Black Belt in Karate, last weekend. She is a Freshman and the Daughter of David and Sheree Frandsen. Florence her Grandmother told me that Darri can do anything and I agree, she was a starter on the Volleyball team and part of the State Cross Country Championship team and she is on this year’s Bas-ketball Team. Her Grandmother also bragged that Darri sang the National Anthem at one of the home volleyball games. One thing that I forgot to note, that at each home game a different girl took turns singing the Anthem and at the final game of the year, they sang it as a team. Darri has learned her karate skills from Alberto Vosquez, who has been working with the kids for over 6 years. He has as many as 25 students at a time in the Martial Art classes, this is a great exercise and teaches the kids self confidence. Alberto’s whole family takes part in karate, including his wife. Hailey Sawyer is home from her stint as a professional basketball player in Germany. With professional sports, there is a lot time on your hands. With only 1 1/2 hours of practice each day and in a foreign country, it was very boring. Hailey is back home where all the excitement is and is helping out with girls basketball team as well as the 7th and 8th grade teams. Did you get down to the Blood Bank last night? If you did, then thank you from Vee and Janis Henrie, if you didn’t mark it on your calendar as something for next year. This will be the last call for the 4th Annual Lions Club Sponsored Thanksgiving dinner, because I don’t know if next weeks paper will be out because of the holiday. It will be held at the Senior Center and will run from 12:00 to 3:00. All are welcome, young, old, small families. The Senior Center lunches are not delivered, two weeks a year, Thanksgiving and Christmas. We are hoping that these seniors that get Meals on Wheels, will join us for this Thanksgiving feast. Please if you are coming give us a call (676-2418) so we will have some kind of idea on how many birds to buy. However if you don’t call there will be plenty of food for all. Last year we fed about 90 people and hope to make it even more this year. Santa will be here at the Social Hall on December 3rd at 10 am, so have your kids get their list ready. Santa will make a stop at the Care Center and there will be a draw-ing at the Social Hall at 1:00 so get your tickets by buying local. It’s that time of the year for our second go around, with high school sports. The Girls Basketball team starts it off with a tournament in Richfield, tomorrow Friday. The Bob Cats will have their first game at North Sevier on Novem-ber 23. The wrestlers will start with Panguitch’s tourna-ment at the Triple C Arena on Dec. 2 & 3rd. This is a real big tournament with about 20 teams coming. Bryce Val-ley will have a wrestling team this year, before their boys came here to school so they could take part in this sport.

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On Saturday, November 12, fifteen wrestlers from the Wayne Middle School wrestling team traveled to North Sevier High School to compete in their tournament. These boys have only been practicing together for two weeks and did an amazing job. The team placed 7th out of 22 teams, most of them from much bigger schools. They wrestlers were all great examples of sportsmanship and team play-ers. There were several boys that came to watch their teammates without participating themselves. Coach Rick McCartney showed up to support all “his boys”, thanks for being such a great example! First place finishers include Trevor Barlow, Brayden Lawton, Jay Jackson, Barlow Pace and Jaden Ellett. Great job boys! Thank you Greg, Phil and Tony for all your time and hard work with these boys!

PHS Language

Arts Scores Ranked 5th in the State

The Utah State Office of Education recently re-leased CRT test data from all schools across the state. The data was then used to rank all schools in the ar-eas of Math, Science and Language Arts. A com-parison of all schools--1A through 5A, Charter and Public--was completed and Panguitch High School is ranked 5th in the entire state of Utah with 97% of the students proficient in Language Arts. This is a great academic honor and achievement for our small rural school to be ranked in the top five and also the only public school in the top seven. The scores are based on the CRT tests that all stu-dents are required to take at the end of each school year. The tests are based on the Language Arts Core Cur-riculum of Utah which en-compasses Reading, Litera-ture, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar, and Usage. Our high school students are confident and competent in their Language Arts skills and continue to score above average in their Language Arts classes and tests. The Language Arts Department is committed to providing the best classes and curricu-lum possible and dedicated to the students of PHS. A focus on reading, writing, vocabulary, recreational reading, usage, and gram-mar as well as Instructional Focus, Advanced Place-ment and Debate has helped move PHS to its 97% profi-ciency level. For more details or in-formation about how our schools rank, go to the following website: www.schools.utah.gov/main Congratulations to our students and our staff for this tremendous honor.Rod Quarnberg, Panguitch

High School Principal

MISSIONS

Elder Peter Christensen will return from the Marshall Island Majuro Mission on Friday November 18th. He will speak in the Escalante First Ward on Sunday November 20th at 11:00. Elder Christensen is the son of Chris and Jennifer Christensen of Escalante.

ELDER PETER CHRISTENSEN

WMS WRESTLING OFF TO A GOOD START!

WAYNE COUNTY

COP SHOP NEWSNOVEMBER

CASE UPDATES

Accident On October 1, 2011, Dep-uty Gulley responded to the Swing Arm area for a mo-torcycle accident. Driver was jumping his bike when he over shot the landing and was thrown over the handle bars. Victim was transport-ed to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. Criminal Mischief On October 2, 2011, Deputy Webster responded on a call in the Loa area where sprinkler pipes had been shot up with a .22 and possibly bird shot. Suspect could have been driving a full sized truck with aggres-sive snow tires. Anyone having any information, please contact the Sheriff’s Office at 836-1308.Accident On October 23, 2011, Deputy Chappell was dis-patched for an accident out-side of Lyman. Driver hit a cow, doing damage to ve-hicle. No injuries.Domestic Dispute On October 24, 2011, Sheriff Taylor was dis-patched to a disturbance in Torrey. When he arrived he met with two males that were arguing and had been in a physical altercation. Sheriff Taylor de-escalated the situation and separated the parties. One male was charged with ‘Assault’ and the other one was charged with ‘Disorderly Conduct’.Juvenile Problem On October 24, 2011, Deputy Robinson and Sher-iff Taylor were notified of a party with underage drink-ing. When they arrived

several of the teens ran. Two individuals were cited: one juvenile male was cited with ‘Unlawful Consump-tion by Minor’ and referred to Juvenile Court, and one male cited with ‘Unlaw-ful Consumption by Mi-nor’ and referred to Justice Court. Missing Person On November 1, 2011, Deputy Robinson, assisted by Sheriff Taylor, received a call concerning a missing person. Subject had left the area and not returned as expected. An attempt to lo-cate for welfare check was put out through Dispatch. Two days later subject re-turned home and was OK.Fire On November 2, 2011, Deputy Webster was pa-trolling in Bicknell when he observed a fire that was burning dangerously close to the side of a residence. He informed occupant of the fire, called out the Fire Department, and then worked to keep the flames down until the firemen ar-rived. Fire did melt some of the siding on the house and completely destroyed the garbage container.Accident On September 3, 2011, Deputy Chappell responded in the Torrey area for a Hit and Run accident. Report-ing party noticed damage to his vehicle while staying at a local Motel. No suspects at this time.Run-a-way On November 7, 2011, Sheriff Taylor was dis-patched for a run-a-way juvenile out of the youth program in Loa. Sheriff

Taylor had Dispatch put out an Attempt to Locate. Fe-male was later located by staff and was taken to the Medical Clinic for medical treatment. Accident On September 15, 2011, Deputy Gulley was dis-patched to an accident in the Torrey area. Driver was traveling on a motor-cycle when the tire rup-tured, causing him to loose control of the bike. Driver and vehicle crossed road-way and came to a stop in the gravel on road shoulder. Driver was transported to Sevier Valley Hospital for medical treatment.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

YOUR WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

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TORREY NEWS Orange construction cones and highway warning signs have occupied Main-Street in Torrey the past week. Scott Chestnut, under contract from South Central Communications, has been installing underground conduit for a “fiber-optic” cable that will enhance ex-isting internet service to South Central Communica-tion customers.

The Wayne High Drama student’s final performance of the musical “Footloose”, on Monday the 7th of No-vember was a huge theat-rical success. Under the direction of Nate and Erin Woodward, and Student Di-rector Hannah Peyton, Ren, played by Taylor Albrecht and Ariel, played by Lonnie Wells, and the rest of the student body of Wayne High

performed Craig Brewer’s classic screen play with the precision of seasoned Broadway actors. The ca-pacity auditorium audience was dazzled with synchro-nized dancing and singing. Ren, an outsider, with the hopeful help of a few bible verses and dogged deter-mination does not seem to be able to persuade the city council to sanction a dance.

Ren, over time, convinces the students of a rural town that there really is not much the city council can do to stop them. Willard, surely a character based on vari-ous individuals of Wayne County, played Veldon Noyes (the crowd favorite) learns to dance and after his 23rd try can finally tie his own tie. The dance fi-nale brought the crowd to

their feet! Afterwards the performers lined the audi-torium exit to greet the au-dience and receive well de-served praises. Wayne High appreciates the constant support of parents, visitors and County residents. Torrey Town’s Public hearing on November 10th at the Camp Radiare DUP Building was very informa-tive. Tristan DeMille, of Jones and DeMille Engi-neering Richfield, present-ed a developing history of the Torrey Water System as well as an overview of the Community Impact Board (CIB) application for the water system upgrades and improvements. Although the Public Hearing atten-dance was slight, the at-tending public’s questions were fielded expertly and a general sense of acceptance of the proposed project was accepted. The Torrey Town Council in a unanimous vote, voted to proceed with the water project funding request to the CIB. American Flags lined the Main Street of Torrey in celebration of Veterans Day on 11-11-11. Our Veterans are our treasured resource, show them you care.

A FATAL MIX: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS AND DEER

It’s nice to have extra daylight in the morning. But if you’re driving in deer country, Daylight Savings Time can be a mixed bless-ing later in the day. As soon as the sun goes down, deer get active and start to feed. Having the sun go down one hour earlier in the evening, when many people are coming home from work or leaving home for the night’s activities, can spell trouble. More information about the number of deer that are killed on Utah’s roads will be gained through studies the Division of Wildlife Resources is conducting in cooperation with Utah State University. “The stud-ies will give us better num-bers,” says Anis Aoude, big game coordinator for the DWR. “But even without solid numbers, we know a lot of deer are killed on Utah’s roads every year.” And it’s not just the to-tal number of deer that are killed that’s concerning. Utah’s deer herds contain mostly does and fawns. Un-like the hunting season—when mostly bucks are tak-en—does and fawns are the deer that are usually killed by vehicles. “Losing a buck isn’t as

critical to the overall health of the deer herds,” Aoude says. “One buck will breed several does. But every doe that’s lost means fewer fawns in the state’s herds the next summer.” Fortunately, you can do several things to reduce the chance that you hit a deer while driving: While you can hit a deer any time of the day, be es-pecially careful when it’s dark. Remember, deer feed actively as soon as the sun goes down. Slow down, especially if you’re driving at night. Instead of looking straight ahead, be aware of what’s happening on the edge of the road. That’s the area from which a deer can spring into your path. Remember that deer usu-ally travel with other deer. If you see one deer, it’s

likely other deer are just off the edge of the road. Any of those deer could spring into your path. If you see a deer in the road and realize you can’t slow down enough to avoid hitting it, don’t swerve. If you swerve at high speed, you might lose control of your vehicle and go off the road. Hitting a deer is better than rolling your car. If cars aren’t approach-ing you from the opposite direction, keep your high beams on as much as pos-sible. Having your high beams on will help you see deer at a greater distance. If you’re traveling on a multi-lane road, travel in the inside lane instead of the outside lane. Traveling in the inside lane will put more distance between you and deer along the side of the road.

PATIENT INFORMATION

Remember, if you have questions, Consult your Pharmacist.

Thermal Burns and Other Causes Exposure to a source of heat is the most common cause of burns. If the burn is a minor one, you can soak it in cool water for 15 to 20 minutes. You should continue soaking it until it is free of pain when in and out of the water. First aid for a minor sunburn consists of applying a topical nonprescription pain reliever. Thermal burns and sunburns should only be self-treated if they are minor. If they are severe, you will need to visit a physician. Your pharmacist can help you determine whether the burn needs medical care. Generally, you will need to seek physician care for deep second-degree and third-degree burns. If the burn was caused by electricity, you should remove the individual from the electrical source by using a nonconducting object such as a broomstick. While you are making sure the person is safe, have a bystander call 911. Exposure to a dangerous acid or alkali can also cause skin damage that is referred to as a burn. For these chemical burns, remove any clothing containing the chemical and flush the skin for at least 15 minutes with large amounts of clean tap water before seeking emergency care.

Is the Burn Painful? A general rule to remember is that self-treatable burns are painful. If the burn looks dark red, yellowish-white, or pearly and is not painful, it may be the more severe second-degree or third-degree type that requires a physician or emergency room visit. Lack of pain does not mean that the burn is minor. Instead, it does not hurt because the nerves have been burned away. Thus, you cannot use the absence of pain in your decision as to whether or not to seek immediate care.

Burn Self-Treatment Self-care is not appropriate for those under the age of 2 years. It is also wise to seek care if the burn is on the hand, foot, face, or genital area. However, if your burn is not severe enough to require physician care, there are several things you can do to treat it. You may choose a skin protectant to cover the burn and a lubricant to help the burn feel less dry. Protectants/lubricants include cocoa butter, glycerin, and pet-rolatum (Vaseline). You may apply any of these freely as often as needed. Aloe vera has no proven therapeutic value and should be avoided, since it may cause allergies. You may also wish to deaden the pain and itching associated with the burn. Choose products with ingredients such as benzocaine, dyclonine, pramoxine, and benzyl al-cohol. Aerosol sprays are convenient and allow you to place a product on the burn without having to rub it on and produce further pain. Examples include Itch-X Spray, Dermoplast Spray, and Americ-aine Aerosol. If the skin was broken, you may wish to apply an antibacterial product to pre-vent infection. These products include Polysporin Ointment and hydrogen per-oxide.

Observe the Burn Closely If your burn looks or feels worse or doesn’t improve after 7 days have passed, you may have a wound infec-tion. You should stop self-care and seek an appointment with a physician.

MARRIAGE CHECK-UP 2004 (c) The National Healthy Marriage Institute LLC

Far too many couples experience what Michelle Weiner-Davis in her book Divorce Busting calls the “Walk-Away-Wife Syn-drome.” Marty and Sharon had been married for 15 years. They had 3 children, good jobs and a marriage that most people admired from a distance. Marty was feeling okay about his marriage; he admitted that he and Sharon had drifted apart emotionally, but there were no red flags or major blow-ups. One day, out of the blue, Sharon said, “I’m leaving. I want a divorce. I just don’t think I can do this anymore.” Marty, who felt like a bomb just exploded in front of him, stood awe-struck in the doorway and had no clue what just hit him. “What do you mean you are leaving? Why? What’s the matter? I thought our marriage was doing just fine.” Sharon replies, “Just fine? Have you been living in the same marriage I’ve been living in for the past 3 years?” The problem is that it is often difficult at this point to turn the ship around and get it pointed back in the right direction. A much bet-ter approach is to have peri-odic marriage check-ups so it doesn’t “suddenly” get to this point. Consider why we go to the dentist. Most of us don’t particularly like going to the dentist for a checkup, but we tolerate it. Why? We tolerate it because we know that the discomfort of the dentist poking around our tender gums and shoving x-rays the size of Montana into our mouth will prevent worse pain and problems down the road. Nobody wants to go through a root canal. It’s painful when the rot gets down that far, the procedure to fix the prob-lem is down right uncom-fortable and expensive, and in the end, you may end up losing the tooth any-

way. Similarly, the periodic cleanings are important in preventing plaque buildup and consequent tooth decay. A marriage must be treat-ed in much the same way. It is critical that we have pe-riodic marriage cleanings and check-ups. If we do not, we risk having marital rot, bonding disease, and relational root canals. A few tips will help your marriage avoid such unpleasantries:Tip #1- Floss regularly. Don’t let nasty stinky marital plaque, marital problems and other corrod-ing crud build up between you. This is what leads to more serious problems. Men- Take her seri-ously. When your wife does complain about some-thing, you’ve got to stand up straight and pay atten-tion. The man who doesn’t see it coming when his wife leaves him, probably should have seen it com-ing. Keep in mind that by the time she has become bothered enough by this issue to bring it directly to your attention, she has likely already tried more indirect methods for quite some time. You must snap to attention and assume that this is a huge and marriage-threatening issue. Just be-cause she’s not hitting you over the head with a sledge-hammer while presenting the problem doesn’t mean she doesn’t want to use the sledgehammer! Take her seriously and you will save yourself some trips to the marriage counselor for marital rot. Women – Use the sledge-hammer! I’m not saying to dishonestly make things sound worse than they re-ally are, but I AM saying that you MUST present the problem as negatively as it truly is. Too often women nicely bring up an issue with a toy hammer such as, “Honey, it would be nice if you told me you loved me sometimes.” Instead,

I’m suggesting you use a sledge hammer and tell the whole truth, “Honey, I very seldom hear you tell me ‘I love you.’ This pains me, it hurts, and it feels like I am a worthless roommate to you. That is not the kind of mar-riage I want. Sometimes I sit and cry just thinking about it. If you really do love me like you say, then you need to tell me those words much more often.” Tip #2 - Have monthly cleanings. Many couples plan a time monthly to discuss how their relation-ship and marriage are do-ing. This can be over din-ner at a restaurant, or in the quiet of your own home. Simply take time to ask, “How is our marriage do-ing?” “What have I done this month that you have liked and would like me to continue doing?” “Is there anything you want me to improve on?” “How can I better meet your needs?” “What do we need to do to make our marriage better in the coming month?” Tip #3- Do a yearly checkup. Perhaps the best tool available to assess how your marriage is doing is called REFOCCUS (avail-able at www.foccusinc.com). REFOCCUS is a packet of five self-scoring questionnaires that married couples can use to assess the strength of their marriage in five areas, the marriage itself, intimacy, compat-ibility, communication and commitment. You can also see a marriage and family counselor for a check-up (see www.Therapistloca-tor.net), attend a marriage seminar (see www.Smart-marriages.com), or read a good marriage enrichment book together (see www.Smartmarriages.com). So remember, floss reg-ularly, have monthly clean-ings, do a yearly checkup, and your marriage will remain as pearly white as the day you were married.

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or 836-2622(Wayne)

November 17, 2011Page 8

RENTALS HELP WANTED

STUDIO APT Furnished - $300/month. Utilities included. 1st and last month. $100 Deposit. ALSO: 3 BR Mobile Home 1.5 Bath $250/month, 1st & Last months rent & $300 Deposit, in Bicknell 435 425-3723

REAL ESTATE

MISC ITEMS

APARTMENTSTwo apartments for rent in Lyman. $325.00 per month, plus utilities. No smoking. No pets. Cleaning deposit required. Call 836-2344 eve-nings

COTTAGE FOR RENTOUTSIDE FREMONT

Little 2 BR Cottage home out-side Fremont for rent. Contact Esther at 836-2318 between the hours of 9am and 2pm or after 8pm, or leave a message.

CLASSIFIEDSGarfield: 676-2621Wayne: 836-2622

Barney Trucking is looking for truck drivers in the Panguitch, UT area. Great pay and benefits. Valid CDL with Doubles endorsement required.

To apply, go to www.barneytrucking.comor call 435-529-4422.

HAULING CONTRACTOR

MSHA Certified Dry Screen-ing and Hauling Contractor wanted for Placer Ore opera-tion in the Henry Mountains 10 miles south of Hanksville Utah. Please call or e-mail to: Jquackenbush@greentech-mining.com 415-830-1410

DRIVERS: Gross $4,000 month. Paid Benefits! CDL-A, 2yrs OTR Exp. Weekly pay. Still time to get some bling before holi-days! 1-888-880-5921

NORTH OF LYMAN3600 sq. ft. 6 BR, 3 Bath, Open and spacious home with 950 sq ft. finished detached shop and 12’ X 16’ Log Cabin on 1.88 acres. Only $188,000. This home won’t last at this price. See on homes for sale on KSL.com. Just type, Ly-man - 84749. If you want to see in person, call 435-836-2622 or 435-691-0263 for an appointment.

DRIVERS: Central Refrigerated IS GROWING! Hiring Expe-rienced & Non-Experienced Drivers. CDL Training Avail-able! Employ Today! Avg $40,000-$70,000! 800-525-9277

HOME FOR SALE BY OWNER!

Price reduced over a $100,000.00 in Grover. This is NOT a short sale. 5 bedroom 3 1/2 bath over 4700 sq. ft. on 4 acres. 1910 S HWY 12 Beautiful custom home. Call for details 425-2006 or 491-1539

WANTED:Summer & Winter Grazing Permits

Call Chad at 435-491-0377

FOR SALE:2012 Wayne High School cal-endars. Only $15.00. Contact a Junior class member or Mrs. Stringham at the high school to purchase one of these great calendars. (435) 425-3411.All proceeds will support the WHS Junior class. Calendars should be available for pick up the week after Thanksgiv-ing. These make a perfect Christmas gift!

Garfield County School District

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Garfield County School Dis-trict is looking for an individu-al to fill the part-time position of ELL/Migrant Ed. Instruc-tional Assistant. This person would be responsible for pro-viding instructional support to English Language Learners (ELL) and Limited English Proficient (LEP) students at-tending all schools within the District’s boundaries. Primary duties would include (but not limited to) providing assis-tance with: Completing classroom as-signments, Implementing instructional interventions in the classroom Providing non-English speaking fami-lies with interpreting services where necessary for educa-tional progress (i.e. SEOP and IEP meetings, etc) Completing the administra-tion of the UALPA assessment (training will be provided). The position would require some travel between schools within the District. A District car will be provided for travel to outlying communities and schools. Also, attendance in a few regional and/or State level workshops would be neces-sary (at District expense). This is a 19.75 hour per week position with no benefits and the specific salary will be based upon the Garfield Coun-ty School District classified employee salary schedule. Applicants who are bilin-gual (Spanish) will be given preferential consideration. Interested individuals should submit a Garfield County School District classified ap-plication. Applicants must have at least a High School Diploma, two years college education, or may complete the Para Pro Test. If hired, ap-plicant must be fingerprinted and satisfactorily pass an em-ployment background check.Please direct questions to Lu-cinda Josie, and application packets to: Garfield County School District, P.O. Box 398 145 East Center, Panguitch, Utah 84759, (435) 676-8821 Online application available www.garfield.k12.ut.us Applications will be screened and the most quali-fied candidates will be granted interviews.Closing Date: Open Until Filled

THE HOME ON THE RANGE IS GETTING BETTER

By Norman McKee - Panguitch

“Wow”! my son-in-law commented. “They’ve cut down a lot of trees.” We were riding ATV’s, head-ing west out of Panguitch. He was right. Hundreds of acres of Pinyon Pine and Utah Juniper (P/J) trees had been cut down by chain-saw crews the last several years. Re-claiming lands in-vaded by pinyon/juniper trees actually began in ear-nest around the Intermoun-tain West sometime back in the 1950’s. During the next several decades, most projects on federal proper-ties, as well as on state and private lands, were cleared of P/J trees by using two caterpillars with a large anchor chain dragged be-tween them. As the chain was dragged through the trees, first one direction, then cross-ways the other direction, nearly all the P/J trees were uprooted. Project areas were re-seeded, usu-ally with a grass that would quickly establish, such as crested wheatgrass. The re-claimed tracts were usually large blocks of land, and were meant to primarily in-crease forage for livestock, with wildlife needs being secondary. Today, most projects are wildlife related and funded, with livestock receiving important sec-ondary benefits. Times have changed, however. Chaining is now non-existent on federal lands and is only occasion-ally used on state and pri-vate land projects. The up-rooting of the trees causes more ground disturbance than some other methods, so some environmental groups have been largely successful in curtailing chaining as a method of treatment, with only a few exceptions. Today, remov-ing P/J is done by hand-cutting with chainsaws, us-ing a “bullhog” machine or by prescribed control burns. Many of the earlier projects, such as those east of Kanab, near Escalante, or in John’s Valley, were done with cats and chains. Several smaller projects, as in the East Zion area, were handled by push-ing over the trees with bull-dozers. In recent years, large projects on BLM lands around Panguitch, in the Skutumpah area and on Buckskin Mountain, east of Kanab, all were done by handcutting and bullhogs. The large tractor-like bull-hog machine does an espe-cially good job. Each tree is approached and grabbed by the machine. Within a few seconds, the tree is reduced to scattered chunks or chips

of wood. Whenever possi-ble, seeds of mostly native grasses, forbs, and some-times shrubs are scattered before the downing of the trees. The chips help pro-vide an excellent seedbed for the new plants. With normal moisture condi-tions, the area can be trans-formed within a couple of years from mostly P/J trees and bare ground, to a productive mix of grasses, forbs, and shrubs, good for both wildlife and livestock. As an added benefit, soil erosion is usually lessened because the new vegetative growth helps protect the soils. So the question remains, is it necessary to go to all the expense and work to take out the native P/J trees? The answer is defi-nitely YES, if the land is to be restored to a productive habitat for the needs of na-tive wildlife and improve forage conditions for live-stock use. Plant ecologists have determined that in about 1870, as Western settle-ment was going on, that the Intermountain area had about 8-10 million acres of pinyon and juniper tree for-ests. By around 2005, these P/J forests had expanded to approximately 80 million acres. Most early pioneers, such as those settling the Panguitch Valley, found the valley and foothill country mostly open country, with only a few scattered clumps of trees. Large areas that today we see as P/J forests, were, at that time, a mixed rangeland of sagebrush, grasses, and forbs. Many people today cannot envi-sion the change that has occurred. However, if you are elderly and have lived in an area most of your life, perhaps you have witnessed some of this change. What then caused the change? Climate may be a con-tributing factor. However, most changes are blamed on past land management. Early grazing practices had no regulations. Most areas became overgrazed and lost much of the grass/forb base. Natural fires were also suppressed. As time went on, sagebrush and

rabbitbrush took over the previously mixed grassland areas. Without fire, the P/J tree seedlings established and expanded. Eventually, the trees were able to out-compete the more shallow-rooted grasses, forbs, and shrubs. No wonder that grandpa grazed a lot more cattle and sheep in areas that today only support a frac-tion of previous numbers. Deer had ample winter for-age, such as sagebrush and bitterbrush, in areas that today only provide P/J tree cover. Incidentally, the deer will eat some tree needles. However, the nutrient value is insufficient to sustain the deer through normal win-ters. Sage grouse have been especially impacted by the expansion of P/J trees. Thus, today many groups are demanding that they be designated a federally en-dangered species. Are P/J control projects needed? Do we want sage grouse listed? Tens of millions of acres of public and private lands throughout the West would be seriously impact-ed if that were to happen. Thank goodness for BLM Wildlife Biologist Lisa Church, and her su-pervisor, Kanab Field Of-fice Manager Harry Barber. They have facilitated most of the large projects we now see in Garfield and western Kane Counties. Lisa is ever working to get more done, along with oth-ers in the BLM, US Forest Service, Division of Wild-life Resources, and some private landowners. They are working hard to restore a semblance of the produc-tive native vegetation that once existed in our valleys and foothills. The projects are usually designed in a more natural appealing mo-saic design than many ear-lier projects. Most wildlife, along with livestock, and nearly all watersheds ben-efit from these projects. As you now visit these treated areas, watch for sage grouse, pronghorns, deer, elk, cottontails, turkeys, and many other critters that are now finding a new home in a once restricted rangeland environment.

Briana Dalton helps Britain Harrison make a wool bracelet as part of the 4-H set night. The Wayne FFA will be teaching the next five weeks of lessons on basic animal husbandry. Classes will start at 4 pm at the Loa Civic Cen-ter. The classes are as follows:

Nov 14th HorseNov 21st Chickens & Game Birds

Nov 28th Sheep & PigDec 5th Cats & Dogs

Dec 12th Cattle If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Grun-dy (FFA Advisor) or Mary Sorenson (4-H Secretary). The National FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. 4-H Mission: 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults.

4-H & FFA

WANTED:Horse Hay – Small or Large Quantities and or/ Horse Pas-

ture to rent.Call Dan at 435-691-3580

November 17, 2011 Page 9

LEGAL NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE

The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration has received an application to remove ordinary sand and gravel from the following described land:

GARFIELD COUNTY Township 35 South, Range 2 East SLB&M,

Section 16: SW¼NW¼ (within) Containing 4.51 acres, more or less

The Administration will accept competing applications to remove the sand and gravel, and also competing applications to lease, purchase, or exchange this property, a portion thereof, or a parcel including any of the above described acreage. Contact Andy Bedingfield for the appropriate required application. The Administration will accept competing applications during the following period of time:

From 8:00 A.M. November 16, 2011 Until 5:00 P.M. December 16, 2011

TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION 675 East 500 South, Suite 500 , Salt Lake City, Utah 84102

801-538-5100 In the absence of competing applications for lease, purchase, or exchange, the Administration will evaluate the applications for the removal of ordinary sand and gravel and award the permit for such removal. Each application for the removal of sand and gravel must be accompanied by a completed application form. Materials permit bids will be evaluated on the following criteria: 1) The amount of the bonus bid; 2) The amount, rate, and type of the proposed materials extraction and associated minimum royalty*; and, 3) Other requirements provided for by the rules of the Administration or contained in this notice. The successful applicant will be required to pay advertising costs and the costs of a cultural resource study if necessary. The success-ful applicant will be required to rehabilitate any areas disturbed during the permit period and areas with existing disturbance. Bonding for reclamation and performance will also be required by the Administration. A term of up to five (5) years, will be considered for this Permit. Applicant must be qualified to do business in the State of Utah. Please submit sealed application to Trust Lands Administration at the above referenced address. Reference MP # 499 The Administration reserves the right to reject any application or subsequent bids.

*Minimum royalties vary by commodity Contact Mr. Andy Bedingfield for details

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 10 & 17, 2011.

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NOTICE TO WATER USERS

The State Engineer received the following Application(s) in Wayne County (Locations in SLB&M). For more infor-mation or to receive a copy of filings, visit http://water-rights.utah.gov or call 1-866-882-4426. Persons objecting to an application must file a CLEARLY READABLE pro-test stating FILING NUM-BER, REASONS FOR OB-JECTION, PROTESTANTS` NAME AND RETURN AD-DRESS, and any request for a hearing. Protest AND A $15 PROCESSING FEE MUST BE FILED with the State En-gineer, Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300 ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 7, 2011. These are informal pro-ceedings as per Rule R655-6-2 of the Division of Water Rights. (The Period of Use is generally year-round except irrigation which is generally from Apr 1 to Oct 31 each year.)CHANGE APPLICATION(S)95-5125(a37798): Mildred M. Morrill and Gary William Morrill propose(s) using 0.612 ac-ft. from groundwater (4 miles Southeast of Torrey) for IRRIGATION.

Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 10 & 17, 2011.

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COMMUNTIY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

(CDBG) FIRST PUBLIC

HEARING NOTICE Wayne County will hold a public hearing to consider potential projects for which funding may be applied under the CDBG Small Cities Pro-gram for Program Year 2012. Suggestions for potential proj-ects will be solicited, both ver-bally and in writing, from all interested parties. The expect-ed amount of CDBG funds for this program year will be discussed along with the range of projects eligible un-der this program and a review of previously funded projects. The hearings will begin at 10:00 A.M. on November 21, 2011and will be held at the Wayne County Courthouse, 18 South Main, Loa, UT 84747. Further information can be obtained by contacting Mi-chelle Coleman at (435) 836-1315. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing spe-cial accommodations (includ-ing auxiliary communicative aids and services) during these hearings should notify Mi-chelle Coleman at the Wayne County Courthouse, 18 South Main, Loa, UT 84747, at least three days prior to the hearing to be attended.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 10 & 17, 2011.

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INVITATION TO BID The town of Hanksville invites bids for the remodeling of building #1 of the old Henry Mountain Hideout motel in Hanks-ville to a 2 unit apartment building. The project is located at 55 East 100 North, Hanksville, Utah 84734. The work includes removal of walls and some plumbing and electric. New framing, plumbing, electrical. windows, doors, HVAC, interior finish, exterior stucco and new metal roof. There are also two alternate bids for building #2 and #3 which include windows, doors, exterior stucco and new metal roofing. This project is funded in whole or in part by a grant through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The contractor will be required to com-ply with all federal labor standards and attendant law. Local, minority and woman owned business owners are encouraged to bid. The lowest responsible bidder will be selected. Bidding documents and specifications may be obtained from the Clerk’s office located at 30 South Hwy 95, Hanksville, UT 84734 beginning November 7th at 9:00 a.m. Sealed bids will be received at the office of The Town of Hanksville, 55 South Hwy 95, Hanksville, Utah 84734 on or before November 17th at 3:00 p.m. Bids will be publicly opened and read at council meeting of the town of The Town of Hanks-ville to commence at 7:00 p.m. on November 17th, 2011 in the Town Council Chamber. Bid bond must accompany each bid to be considered. Any questions you may have on this matter please contact Kori or Sheldon at 435-542-3451. Please leave a message if we are not available as we only work 3 days a week.

Kori Weihing, Hanksville Town ClerkPublished in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider

on NOVEMBER 10 & 17, 2011.UPAXLP

WEDDINGS

Miss Suzie Pace and Greg Camp will be married on Friday, November 18 in the Wayne Community Center in Bicknell, UT. The couple will be honored at a reception on Friday, November 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Wayne Com-munity Center and Saturday, November 19, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Enoch Stake Center in Enoch, UT. The bride-to-be is a daughter of Jeff and Donita Pace; a granddaughter of Madonna Hunt of Torrey and the late Cleland Hunt; Sonja Pace of St. George and the late Alfred Pace. A 2007 graduate of Wayne High School where she was active in cheerleading, she attended Southern Utah University in the nursing program, received an Associate’s Degree and is continuing her education as a Dental Hy-gienist. She has been employed at Cedar View Pediatric Dentistry in Cedar City. Mr. Camp is a son of Ron and Shirlene Camp of Cedar City, UT. A 2001 graduate of Canyon View High School in Cedar City, where he was active in the wresting pro-gram. He graduated from Southern Utah University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing and is continuing his education as a Nurse Practitioner. He is currently em-ployed as a Clinical Supervisor at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. The couple plan to make their home in Henderson, NV.

PACE – CAMP

LOA TOWN ELECTION RESULTS

4 YEAR TERM LOA TOWN COUNCIL

Cody Grundy votes 67Gaelynn Peterson votes 42

4 YEAR TERM LOA TOWN COUNCIl

Bart Brian 99 votesUnopposed

2 YEAR TERM LOA TOWN COUNCIL

Gary Hallows 58Kori Brown 54

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider

on NOVEMBER 17, 2011.UPAXLP

SALE/LEASE OF “OLD FIREHOUSE”38 NORTH MAIN

PANGUITCH, UTAH Panguitch City is selling/leasing the “Old Firehouse” located at 38 North Main in Panguitch, Utah. The prefer-ence is to sell the building, however a lease will be con-sidered if here are no qualified buyers of the building. The structure is 6389 square feet and currently consists of retail space in the front and shop/warehouse in the rear of the building. Asking price is $148,000, as per an appraisal dated August 2004, however all bids/leases will be considered. Building will be sold “As Is”. The City Council reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids/leases. The council is not in-terested in financing the build-ing purchase and winning bid will have 30 days to pay the building in full unless other arrangements or made through the city council. Sealed bids/leases options will be accepted through De-cember 9th at 5pm and bids/leases options will be opened at a regular city council meet-ing on December 13th at 5:15pm. Send bids/leases to 25 South 200 East P.O. Box 75 Panguitch, Utah. To view the building or if you have ques-tions please contact city staff at the above address or call 435-676-8585

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on

NOVEMBER 17, 2011.UPAXLP

NOTICE OFBUDGET HEARING

A Public Hearing on the Upper Sevier River Water Conservancy District Budget for the calendar year 2012 will be held at 7:00 p.m., Monday, November 28, 2011 at the Color Country Complex (Tri-ple CCC Arena), 822 N. Main, Panguitch, Utah.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 17 & 24, 2011.

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TROPIC TOWN MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS

Shilo Richards 71 votesMichael Burbidge 67 votesJason Bybee 56 votesAlfred Foster 46 votesReed LeFevre 47 votes

Registered Voters: 307Votes Cast: 150

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider

on NOVEMBER 17, 2011.UPAXLP

LOA TOWN BOARD ELECTION CANVAS

Loa Town Board will meet on Monday, November 21st to canvas the 2011 elections held on November 8, 2011. The Town board will meet at the Loa Town Hall at 12:30 pm to publicly open the returns and determine from them the votes for the Loa Town pre-cinct. Each board of canvass-ers shall declare “elected” those persons who had the highest number of votes and sought the election to an office completely within the board’s jurisdiction. This will be con-sidered an accurate and true count and will be sent to the Lt. Governor of Utah.

Published in The Wayne & Garfield County Insider

on NOVEMBER 17, 2011.UPAXLP

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Old man winter paid us a visit last Sunday night (Nov. 6, 2011) leaving us with six inches of WET snow! Monday night his brother , North Wind, blew in and distributed the snow all around. Then their sis-ter, Sunshine, as usual had to come out on the next day and try to fix things up so we could get around town! But she won’t even get that all done until they will be at it again. Well….. I guess that’s life and we are thank-ful for the moisture! I heard through the grape-vine that Mildred Gates had a birthday November 9. I know she reads the Es-calante News all the time so I’ll say, “Happy Birth-day, Mildred, hope you had a great day.” Mildred had sixteen of her family members here on the 24th of July and while they were here they decided to have some remodeling done on their little house on the cor-ner where Ike Sevy used to live. I think Reed Mun-son has that all done and it is now rented out again. Reed is also working on the new houses for Fred Spen-cer and Robert Liston. Gene and Thais Griffin made a trip to Las Vegas to visit their daughter and son-in-law, Melanie and Jay Johnston. They have a little eight year old grand-daughter down there, Ken-nedi, who wanted Grandpa Griffin to come down and baptize her. So how could Grandpa refuse? Then when they got back home these same grandparents took care of the two young-est of Brent and Kathy Griffin while they went to Zion’s Canyon to attend a Telephone Co. Meeting. Marilee Miller and her son, Jaden, have moved back to Escalante. Marilee says she is glad to be back home but she kinda misses the palm trees and the nice weather in Arizona about now! But her sisters will keep her busy. She has already joined Marlene Stowe for a fun trip to St. George. They picked Cris-tie Stowe up in Panguitch, went on to St. George where they joined up with Joy Carter and her daugh-ter, Ashley Burnette, Ann Alleman and her daughter, Cindra Orr, Debbie Nelson and her daughter, Kimber-lee. Then they all went to the “Women’s Time Out.” First Ward Relief Society President, Lori Beebe, said they had approximately twenty other women from here who would be attend-ing those meetings also. Norman and Ardis Chris-tensen and Lynn and Judy Griffin went to St. George to attend the temple with their grandson, Kyle Chris-tensen, son of Gary and Ju-dilynn Christensen. Kyle will be going to Anchor-age, Alaska the latter part

of this month. His two older brothers have both filled missions. Klay served in England and Kolby served in Brazil. Lynn and Judy left from St. George to go to Califor-nia. Something to do with his art work. His paintings of “The Hole In The Rock” have really been popular this summer. He did a great job with those. Speaking of the “Hole In The Rock.” A new little cabin was built this sum-mer to serve as a visitor center at the heritage cen-ter site. Really a nice little place. Among other things it was equipped with a large screen TV to show a movie of the “Hole In The Rock” to visitors. But it was too good to last! Two weeks or so ago someone decided they needed it worse than it was needed there so they went in and stole the big TV! Don’t you wonder how anyone who would do that is able to sleep at night now? If anyone out there has seen or heard anything that may arouse your suspi-cion or makes anything or anyone seem suspect, I’m sure Jerry Roundy or any one of his committee would like to hear about it. Ardis Christensen and some of her girls took their annual trip together and went to San Diego, Ca. In-cluded in this group were her daughter, Jo Ellend Bullock and her daughters Jody Gledhill and Page Babbitt; and Liberty Lyman and her children also ac-companied them. Liberty is a daughter of Julie Lyman. Doneen Griffin and her daughters: Brooke Palmer, Henrieville; Katie Godsey, Escalante, and Jaimie Ly-man, Loa (?), made a quick trip to Salt Lake and back. How do you shop on the run like that, girls? Lane Liston is home from the hospital and feeling much better. He did get a new pacemaker. DeLane Griffin was all set to go to Cedar City for cata-ract surgery on Monday, but the snow storm came so he cancelled out. He will have to wait another two weeks now. He and I both agree that it’s too bad those drops you have to put in your eyes before surgery can’t just melt those cataracts off and save on the surgery and emotional stress! Mary Ellen Coleman and her daughter, Valerie Da-vies, came from Richfield for the funeral services of Clorene Vidrine. It was good to see them. They say their family is mak-ing good use of the County Insider. Mary Ellen’s son Doug McInelly, get’s it then they pass the Escalante News from family member to family member. There’s nothing like these good old loyal former Escalante na-tives. Hello to all of you!

I called Connie Jepsen to wish her a happy birthday last week. She says Alfred is getting along a lot better now, which is good news. Most of their family will be spending Thanksgiving at their home in Boulder this year. Their son, Conrad, is living in Boulder and is SO good to see that his wid-owed aunts get where they need to go now. Faye Jep-sen, Boulder, is one of them and he came to Escalante last week to take two more aunts, Carrie Griffin and Martha Schow to Cedar City for a doctor appoint-ment and shopping. They also visited with Connie and Alfred at their Cedar City home while they were there. Nathan and Elisa Ly-man and two little children, Kanab, were in town on the long weekend to visit with Brent and Patrice Cottam and Richard and Debbie Lyman. Word was received by relatives in Escalante of the passing of Dennis Creek, West Valley City. He was married to the for-mer Elna Cottam. They had been married for 58 years, they have seven Children, 37 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Den-nis was an educator and administrator at the Toutle Lake School in Longview Washington for over 30 years. Elna was a daughter of Lorin and Malita Cot-tam and their family grew up in a home that used to stand where Tom Mansell’s Breakfast Inn is now locat-ed. Our condolences to the Creek family.

THANKSGIVING FAMILY DINNERS CAN BE CLOSE TO HISTORIC WHEN

IT COMES TO ACTIONS AND/OR CONVERSATIONS...

HERE’S A NEW WAY TO SHARE... AND IT’S FUN!

THANKSGIVING STORY STARTERS

My BABY BOOK: “I remember my grandparents as being______”

Earliest Memories: “My first pet was...”“My best surprise was______”

When I was a KID: “Something I wish wasstill sold in stores.....” The first PresidentI remember was________”

Teen Talk: “My first job was______” My firstcar was a______and it cost_______”

I’m not blushing: “My first crush was on _____”“My first kiss was (with)______” “My favoritewedding memory is_______”

Modern Times: “I’m happiest when______”“I often crave_______” My favorite book is____”“My favorite movie is____________”

Believe it or not: “My beliefs once changed when_______” “My biggest hope is that______”“I am superstitious about________”

Juicy Secrets: “If I could marry a celebrity it would be__________” “I think my best feature is_____” “I am secretly proud that I can________”

Talkin’ Turkey: “One time I got in hot water whenI__________” One time I got scared when_____”“I’ll always regret______________”

Bragging a little: Our family Claim-to-fame is___”

My proudest moment was______” “My favoritething about someone at the table is________”

“Something I hope you like about me is_______”

HAVE FUN (and a Great family thanksgiving!!)

SERVING ALL OF WAYNE COUNTY

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OBITUARIES

WHAT IMMIGRATION PROBLEM? by Sheldon Richman, The Future of Freedom Foundation, 703.934.6101

Arizona, Alabama, and Georgia have each enacted stringent laws aimed at curbing illegal immigra-tion. Before saying more, let’s be clear about the al-leged problem. What is an “illegal immigrant”? It’s simply a person — pos-sessing natural rights, mind you — who comes to the United States without the permission of the U.S. gov-ernment. Now isn’t it cu-rious that in this country, which began in rebellion against and secession from an empire, people are upset about other people moving around without government permission? In revolution-ary times the smuggler of goods was a hero, and the customs agent was a vil-lain. If we were true to the best parts of our heritage today the “illegal” would be a hero, and the border agent would be a villain. This shows how far we have slipped from Ameri-ca’s substantially libertar-ian origins. This is really quite sad. Imagine if we Americans needed government per-mission to move from state to state. We’d be appalled at the hassle, not to mention the grave interference with our freedom. Would we put up with it? I hope not. Then what is the jus-

tification for having an elaborate, presumptuous, tax-financed bureaucracy whose purpose is to deter-mine who may live in this country? Rights belong to all human beings, not just to Americans. Note that the Constitution expressly pro-tects the rights of persons, not just those of American citizens. But, we are told, a coun-try is not a country without secure borders. Why? This premise goes unexamined. A country is defined by its traditions and attitudes rather than by its border checkpoints and armed guards. It is disheartening to hear people claim to believe that America is not synony-mous with government and yet favor harsh measures to “secure our border” and stop free migration. All the economic argu-ments for stemming the flow of immigrants fall when examined even ca-sually. The nativists can’t quite get their story straight. Are the newcomers ambi-tious go-getters trying to “take our jobs,” or are they freeloaders planning to col-lect welfare? Those who are afraid of the former fail to understand that people not only produce when they hold jobs, but also con-sume. Newcomers expand

the market and the divi-sion of labor, which Adam Smith taught us is the path to higher living standards. Some opponents of immi-gration bring up the cur-rent high unemployment as an objection. But that is purely a government-pro-duced phenomenon, and it has nothing to do with im-migrants. Seriously, scape-goating does not become us. As for any government-financed services that im-migrants might use, let’s not forget that they also pay a good deal in taxes. There’s no reason to think they are a net drain on the welfare state. But that is really beside the point. If we don’t want people living off the tax-payers — and this should apply to American citizens as well — we should trans-fer welfare services to pri-vate charity and the free market. There is no good reason for government — the essence of which is physical force — to be run-ning schools and hospitals, which are the tax-financed facilities most likely to be used by immigrants. I really see no moral difference be-tween a citizen and a non-citizen taking advantage of a government program. The most objectionable aspect

of government largess is not who accepts it but how the politicians obtain the resources that they then dis-tribute. Taxation is robbery. Finally, there is a good deal of worry on the Right these days that immigration is making “white America” a thing of the past. Those who hold this view say ear-lier immigration presented little concern because most newcomers were European and could assimilate into American culture. But this is selective memory in the first degree: virtually every group from Europe was at one time spoken of in the same degrading and alarm-ist terms as are today’s Lati-no and Muslim immigrants. In fact, as Thaddeus Russell documents in his fascinating book, A Renegade History of the United States, almost every European immigrant group — including Ital-ians, Irishmen, Poles, and Jews — were initially not considered to be white! As a result, many of the new im-migrants felt close to blacks and African-American cul-ture. Only with the passage of time were they admitted into the ranks of the white race by the establishment. The more things change, the more things stay the same.

US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FISHERIES PROGRAM HELPS SUPPORT 68,000 JOBS IN U.S.

Fisheries’ recreation and conservation activities are huge economic drivers for nation The fisheries program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in association with state agencies and other con-servation organizations, con-tributes $3.6 billion to the nation’s economy and sup-ports 68,000 jobs across the country, according to a new report issued by the agency. “The report confirms once again that fishing, hunting and other outdoor recreational activities are an economic engine for our country,” said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. “When we invest in restor-ing fish and wildlife habitat and creating opportunities for people to enjoy outdoor recreation, we are investing in economic growth and jobs for the American people.” Overall, hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation con-tribute an estimated $730 billion to the U.S. economy each year, Salazar noted. One in twenty U.S. jobs are in the recreation economy – more than there are doctors, lawyers, or teachers. The report, Conserving

America’s Fisheries, An As-sessment of Economic Con-tributions from Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Conserva-tion, shows that each dol-lar invested in the Service’s Fisheries Program, com-bined with its partners, gen-erates about $28 in economic contributions and value. The economic contri-butions generated are evi-denced at sporting goods stores, marinas, guides and outfitter services, boat deal-erships, bait shops, gas sta-tions, cafes, hotels, and many other enterprises. “Since 1871, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish-eries Program has been a leader in managing species, conserving habitat and sus-taining the biological health of America’s aquatic re-sources,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe. “These resources are inextricably tied to the health and wealth of our na-tion. These benefits are eco-logical, scientific, aesthetic, recreational, commercial, subsistence, social, cultural

– and economic in nature.” The report – the first time that Service economists have analyzed the economic con-tributions of the nation’s fisheries programs – finds that a total of 68,000 Ameri-can jobs are associated, di-rectly or indirectly, with the fisheries conservation pro-grams and projects. The report also shows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-vice’s National Fish Hatch-ery System alone generates $900 million in industrial output and $550 million in retail sales. National Fish Hatchery programs generate 8,000 jobs and $256 million in salaries and wages. Meanwhile, the National Fish Passage Program works with partners to reopen an average of 890 miles of river habitat annually, which has a economic value of $483 million and supports 11,000 jobs. That is more than $542,000 in economic ben-efit per stream mile restored. The Service’s Fisheries Program plays a vital role in conserving America’s fisher-

ies, along with key partners from states, tribes, federal agencies, other Service pro-grams, and private interests. The fisheries program consists of almost 800 em-ployees nationwide, located in 65 Fish and Wildlife Con-servation Offices, 70 Nation-al Fish Hatcheries, 9 Fish Health Centers, 7 Fish Tech-nology Centers and a His-toric National Fish Hatchery and Archives. The program supports the only federal fish hatch-ery system, with extensive experience culturing more than 100 different aquatic species. These employees and facilities provide a network that is unique in its broad on-the-ground geographic cov-erage, its array of technical and managerial capabilities, and its ability to work across political boundaries and em-brace a national perspective. For a copy of the report, or to see the summary of the report titled Net Worth: the Economic Value of Fisheries Conservation, please visit www.fws.gov/fisheries.

2011 Thanksgiving Click It or Ticket Talking Points

The goal is simple: get more drivers and passengers to buckle up day and night. The Utah Department of Public Safety, Utah Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement is urging all travelers to buckle up during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday or be ready to face the consequenc-es. Law enforcement will be buckling down on all drivers and passengers that refuse to buckle up.

Remember, Click It or Ticket, day and night.• Seat belts save lives – they are the best defense against crash-related injuries and fatalities.• Wearing a seat belt costs you nothing, but not wearing it could cost you a ticket or worse…your life. We want all drivers and passengers to Click It or Ticket day and night.• In 2009, seat belts saved an estimated 109 lives on Utah’s roadways.• Additionally, research has shown that when lap and shoulder belts are used properly, the risk of a fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants is reduced by 45 per-cent, and the risk of moderate to serious injury is reduced by 50 percent.• The message that seat belts save lives is getting through to people and fewer are dying each year. Over the past de-cade, the number of unbuckled motorists has dramatically decreased in Utah from 134 deaths in 2001 to 87 deaths in 2010.• While seat belt use is at a record high of 89.2% in Utah, nearly 300,000 motorists still fail to buckle up when they get in a motor vehicle on Utah’s roadways.• Unbuckled motorists in crashes were 32 times more likely to die than those who were buckled up.• The holidays are no different and, in fact, are often some of the most dangerous days of the year.• The holidays, which for many are the happiest times of the year, can quickly turn into a nightmare when loved ones fail to buckle up.• Each year, an average of 575 motor vehicle crashes oc-cur during the Thanksgiving holiday travel season leading to hundreds of serious and fatal injuries.• During the 2010 Thanksgiving holiday, crashes claimed the lives of six people on Utah’s roadways.• Help us reach Zero Fatalities during the 2011 holiday season by buckling up every time and making sure every-one in your vehicle is protected.• Zero Fatalities is a goal your family can live with. For additional information, please visit www.highway-safety.utah.gov. Data obtained from the 2009 Utah Crash Summary and 2010 crash data.

Shirley T. Smith 1925 - 2011

Bicknell, Utah – Shirley Taylor Smith, age 86, died Novem-ber 9, 2011 in Holla-day, Utah, of natural causes. She was born September 5, 1925 in Bicknell, Utah, a daughter of Francis Preston and Emma Baker Taylor. She lived in Bicknell virtu-ally her entire life and had a deep love for its people.

Mom graduated from Wayne High School, fell in love with our father, Wayne Alfred Smith, and waited for him to return from serving with the US Army during WWII. Dad and Mom were married February 25, 1945 in Bick-nell. Their marriage was solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple, July 2, 1953. Wayne died April 13, 2009. Dad and Mom were a partnership of love and mutual support. Together they ran a small family farm for over thirty years near Bicknell. Their love survived and thrived even amid the sorrow of watching one of their children die in infancy of heart disease. They loved each other dearly and were each other’s best friend. Mom was active in the LDS Church, serving throughout her life in a variety of church positions. She loved several things: Dad, her family, her Church, Wayne County, fish-ing, and the Utah Jazz. Mom is survived by her son: Ted and Camille Taylor of South Jordan; her daughter-in-law Linda T. Smith of Sandy; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren (with one more on the way); a sister, Fay Nydegger of Salt Lake City; brother-in-law, Denny Dow and Dee Smith of Port-land, Oregon; sister-in-law: MaeVon Taylor of Escalante; step-brothers and sisters: Montez and Wayne Chidester of Springville; Merrill C. and Melba Forsyth of Bicknell; Ward R. and Judy Forsyth of Aurora; Grace Blackburn of Orem; Lowell Clark and Karen Forsyth of Salt Lake City; Myrna and Dick Chappell of Springville; Donald R. and Flovonn Forsyth of Bakerfield, CA. She was preceded in death by her husband Wayne A. Smith; her sons Ron W. Smith and Don Taylor Smith; a brother Arden P. Taylor; and stepbrothers: Brent and Mau-rine Morrell and Terry Forsyth. The family expresses special thanks to the staffs of Cot-tonwood Creek Retirement, the Canyon Creek Memory Unit, Silverado Senior Living, and Silverado Hospice for their loving care for Mom. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at 1:00 P.M. in the Thurber LDS Ward Chapel in Bicknell, where friends may call for viewing Saturday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Bicknell Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home. On line guest book at: www.springerturner.com

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CABIN, not quite finished. 1.3 acres. irrigation & city water. Near Bicknell Bottoms. $95,000. 5 ACRES EAST OF LYMAN. Power and city water available. Good building site. $23,000. 3 BEDS, 2 BATHS on .91/acre. 117 East 100 South, Loa. $120,000. Subject to 3rd party approval. 5 BEDROOMS on .49/acre with irrigation water. 72 East 100 South, Bicknell. $139,000. BUILT IN 1894. 4 bedrooms. .4/acre. 87 South 200 East, Loa. $119,000. GOOD VALUE. 2 beds, 1 bath. 1.27 acres. 121 South 100 West. Lyman. $80,000 3 BEDS, 2 BATHS. 279 West 300 North, Bicknell. $175,000 . Price subject to 3rd party approval. DUPLEX. One studio apartment and one one-bedroom. 24 West 200 South, Lyman. $65,000. $73,000 FOR 5 ACRES. South of Teasdale Road. Electricity and well permit. ONE ACRE on Juniper Drive north of Torrey. Adjacent acre available. $35,000. 3 BEDS, 2 BATHS on .25/acre lot. 178 South Main, Loa. $125,000. 47.3 ACRES on hilltop overlooking The Bicknell Bottoms. $85,000. 2 BEDS, 2 BATHS, STUDIO next to National Forest. Sleeping Rainbow, Torrey. $340,000. BUILDING LOTS in The Boulder View Homesites Subdivision. $21,000/lot. ALLRED POINT. 40 acres. $95,000.

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SECOND MARRIAGES AND ESTATE PLANNING

Love knows no bounds. Many couples have expe-rienced the extent and truth of this common saying. Often, older couples have to cope with adult children who cannot understand why mom or dad wants to remarry. By updating one’s estate plan, many concerns related to the marriage can be minimized. In second marriages later in life, there is often a desire to allow the estate of the first spouse to die to be available for a surviv-ing spouse during his or her life. However, the deceased spouse often wants the es-tate to ultimately be distrib-uted to his or her children upon the surviving spouse’s death. The best way to ensure that one’s assets are avail-able for a surviving spouse but ultimately distributed to one’s children from a prior marriage is through the use of a trust. The trust can be created within a will (this is called a testamentary trust)

or it can be created within a living trust (this is a trust created while one is alive). Significantly, the trust maker would set forth the terms of the trust accord-ing to his or her wishes, and would select the trustee (or trustees) to manage the trust. Upon the death of the trust maker, the trustee would then manage the trust assets subject to those specified wishes of the trust maker. For couples in a second marriage, it is often impor-tant to sign a marital agree-ment that states each spouse can dispose of his or her estate as desired. If such a document is not signed, a surviving spouse could legally attempt to “over-ride” the estate plan of the deceased spouse. Proper estate planning in these circumstances can

be a great blessing. It can relieve significant concerns of adult children when a parent remarries later in life, and it can bring peace of mind to the parent, knowing that he or she has succeeded in protecting the financial legacy of the chil-dren. Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney licensed in three states and serving cli-ents in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. He is a partner at the law firm of Barney, McKenna and Olmstead, with offices in St. George and Mesquite. He is a founding member of the Southern Utah Estate Plan-ning Council. If you have questions or topics that you would like addressed in these articles please email him at jmckenna@barney-mckenna.com or call 435 628-1711.

BOARD REPORTWAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING

November 9, 2011 Wayne High School had the spotlight for the November School Board meeting held Nov. 9, 2011. Mrs. Sherri Ellett presented some quality art projects, showcasing some of the outstanding work being done in the WHS art department this year. She has expanded her curricu-lum, and is providing many new art experiences for her students. She expressed ap-preciation for the donated ceramic’s materials, which are allowing her to improve her instruction and offer-ings in that department. She and her son Randi dis-played examples of some ceramic casting that Randi and other students in the class have completed. She also showed an example of a beautiful painting by one of her advanced students, Shayla Brill, who was un-able to attend. The board had many questions for Mrs. Ellett, and admired and appreciated the qual-ity work shown. They ex-pressed appreciation for herinstruction in the Art de-partment. Superintendent Torger-son had many information items for discussion. Which

included:• Various policy readings, revisions and updating.• Invitations for the board to become involved in po-litical meetings as a group.Supt. Torgerson stressed the importance of getting involved in considering important legislation that could profoundly effect school funding. There are strong suggestions by the legislature and urban inter-ests that could negatively affect and deplete rural school districts’ funding.• Administrators and se-lect teachers participated in training to allow access to teachers to cautiously use material from You-Tube for instructional purposes. Thiswill be closely monitored by those trained to provide access for teacher use only.• All athletic coaches and assistant coaches must now be certified in order to coach competitive sports. A memo was sent to all coaches and secondary principals with requirements necessary for certification. Mrs. Heidi Woolsey, Wayne Athletic Director, is following up with district personnel to ensure that all involved are, or will be certified.

• There are a small number of teachers for whom we must apply to the state for letters of Authorization in the subject they teach. Supt. Torgerson was pleased to announce that those teach-ers are working hard to be-come “highly qualified” in all subject areas for which they are assigned. It is an-ticipated that by this time next year 99% of teachers in the district will be highly qualified. This is a major accomplishment.• Other business items in-cluded further discussion on a High School Marquee,legislative items concern-ing orderly termination of certified staff, and school funding issues. In business items, two more people were added to the substitute list. Brayden Wilkens was hired for some minimum help as a bus aide. Some restructuring of personal time and assign-ments, were discussed and passed to accommodate some special education is-sues between Hanksville Elementary, and Wayne High School. An executive session was held to discuss personnel is-sues.

WAYNE FFA PARTICIPATES IN THE SNOW COLLEGE JUDGING

Back L-R: Olivia Leavitt, Eli Booth, Justin Hunt, Stetson Labrum, Hagan Ekker, Laticia Hunt, Brittney Hagel, Kayden Van Dyke, Bethany Lamb Front L-R: Briana Dalton, Jocee Morrell, Tristin Weihing, Kasidy Griffiths, JayCee Gleave,

Kirstin DeBoer, Tristin Harker, Jeffery Brinkerhoff, Brielle EkkerLivestock Judging Teams: Eli Booth, McKenzie Ellett, Jeffery Brinkerhoff, Tristin Hark-er, Laticia Hunt, Brittney Hagel & Brittney Hagel Horse Judging Teams:Hagan Ekker (13th individual overall), Stetson Labrum (25th individual Overall), Kasidy Griffiths, JayCee Gleave, Jocee Morrell, Briana Dalton & Kirstin DeBoer Dairy Judging Team: Kayden Van Dyke (6th individual Overall), Tristin Weihing, Brielle Ekker & Justin Hunt

CUT YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE ON THE DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST

This year why not cut your family’s Christmas Tree on the Dixie National Forest? Cutting down your own Christmas Tree can be a great family tradition,” said Rob MacWhorter, Dixie National Forest Supervisor. “For a small permit cost of $10-20, you can have a great outing with your family in the forest.” Trees can be purchased for $10 (up to 10 feet) or $20 (over 10 feet) at all Dixie Na-tional Forest Offices (Panguitch, and Escalante) and through partner vendors (Boulder Exchange – Boulder, Clarke’s Market – Tropic, Antimony Merc – Antimony, and Cot-tam’s Canyon Country – Escalante). Receipts from this special forest program go into back into a local fund that directly benefits recreation users on the Dixie National Forest. Special regulations dictate what types of trees can be cut in different areas of the for-est. For instance, on Cedar Mountain it is legal to cut white fir, subalpine fir, pinion, and juniper. On the Powell and Escalante Ranger Districts, all tree species except bristlecone pine can be taken.