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Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.— Jane Wagner

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REGIONAL WEAthER fOREcAstthuRs. NOv. 28 - WEd. dEc. 4

Highs this week in low to mid 40s and lows in high teens to low 20s. Partly cloudy Thursday, Saturday and Monday; Sunny on Friday and Sunday. Chance of snow showers on Wednesday.

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BICKNELL/ESCALAN-TE/PANGUITCH - In 2010 a coalition of Escalante residents approached Wayne Commu-nity Health Center (WCHC) to request a broader range of ser-vices for their rural communi-ty. WCHC’s board of directors agreed that we should support Escalante if funding became available for a New Access Point. As part of this process our community partners need-ed to be on board. The City of Escalante, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Garfield County, sup-ported this application process.

In 2010 we applied for a

WCHC Awarded $900,00 to Provide Medical, Dental, Mental Health and Pharmacy Services

to Garfield County Residentsby Gina FlanaGan

For two days I stayed there, studying each piece care-fully, trying to figure out that last 10% that was not clear on that first afternoon. I finally got it all doped out except just what part failed first and that is the most important thing. But to learn that was impossible.

There were three sides to that trip. The hard going, the interesting places and beauti-ful scenery, and the chance to

SALT LAKE CITY - Eighth-grade student Kaitlyn Bair of Panguitch was award-ed a $1,000 Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) college savings scholarship account for winning UESP and Zions Bank’s “Make Your Mark” Bookmark Contest. Kaitlyn’s bookmark design was selected from more than 2,800 entries across Utah.

Kaitlyn, who attends Panguitch Middle School, was honored with other winners at a ceremony held November 15 at Zions Bank headquarters in downtown Salt Lake City.

“The bookmarks cre-ated by these talented art-ists remind us that reading is the foundation of success in school, work, and life,” says Utah First Lady Jeanette Herbert. “Reading expands a child’s horizons and sets him

TORREY - The 2013 Torrey Christmas Bird count will be held on December 14. Come and join us for a fun time and a chance to learn about our wintering birds here in Wayne coun-ty. To register for the count, go to the Audubon Christmas Bird Count website and follow the directions for signing up. There is no fee to participate and no experience at identifying birds is needed. In fact, those who participate in the count will have an excellent opportunity to learn about identification as we will have some of Utah’s best birders leading it! Terry Sadler, editor of the Utah State Checklist has been confirmed to join us. We will gather at the Sunglow Restaurant in Bicknell at 8 am. Count teams will depart that location by 8:15 am.To sign up, go to:

http://birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-countFor more information on joining the Torrey count contact

count Coordinator Jay Banta at: groverite@gmail.com or 435-496-3600.

Nationwide, the 114th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count will take place Dec 14, 2013 to January 5, 2014. The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Christmas Bird Count provides critical data on population trends. Tens of thousands of participants know that it is also a lot of fun. Data from the over 2,300 circles are entered after the count and be-come available on National Audubon Society’s Web site.

—Jay Banta

LOA - Garkane members experienced outages due to a large winter storm that passed through Southern Utah and Northern Arizona over the weekend.

Members in Colorado City experienced a long outage on Friday, November 22nd due to extremely high winds that dam-aged Rocky Mtn. Power lines from Apple Valley to Hildale. Rocky Mountain Power man-ages these power lines, so re-

WW II Comes to Wayne CountySeventy Years Ago This Month, the Wreckage of a Military Aircraft

is Recovered Near Factory ButtePart IV: Recovery Convoy Completes Their Journey

by Debra allen YounG

federal grant called a New Ac-cess Point, but unfortunately, we were not funded. In 2011 we again applied but were not funded.

In the beginning of 2013 New Access Point Grants be-came available again. WCHC, Escalante City, Boulder, Gar-field Memorial Hospital, In-termountain Healthcare, and Garfield County partnered and supported a new applica-tion. Competing nationwide with 400 other applications, WCHC was pleasantly sur-prised last week when award-ed a $900,000 grant to move

forward with this new clinic, to be located in Escalante, Utah. These grant funds cover two years of start up expenses for the clinic and $150,000 for x-ray and medical equipment. The City of Escalante

is supplying the Kazan Memo-rial Clinic as an

interim location for providing services. Plans are to construct a new, larger facility, as the existing building is not large enough to house the array of services that will be pro-vided. The City of Escalante will provide the land for the new clinic and about ½ of the capital needed for the build-ing. WCHC is contributing $100,000 for dental equipment and will pay off the balance of the building expense, an esti-mated $300,000.

In 2014 the new clinic will be completed and fully opera-tional. After the two year start up the Escalante clinic will continue to receive $375,000 grant support per year. This $375,000 will go directly to providing reduced cost servic-es. WCHC has received grant funding for its clinic in Wayne County since 1978.

You may ask why Wayne and Garfield counties would be eligible for this grant. Wayne and Garfield Coun-ties have a 40-50% uninsured population. These funds allow small, rural clinics to provide services at a reduced cost to

those whose income meets the federal guidelines. Last year WCHC provided $1,129,000 of services to patients at re-duced cost making healthcare affordable.

We will be providing medical and pharmacy ser-vices at the existing Kazan Memorial Clinic in Escalante with the help of Garfield Me-morial Hospital staff begin-ning on February 1, 2014.

The benefits to the com-munity go beyond providing just health services. Data from 2009 (Capitol Link) indicates that WCHC had tremendous positive benefits to Wayne County, with $4.1 million in-jected into the local economy, $900,000 of which was gen-erated indirectly through in-duced economic activity. In addition, 40 jobs were gener-ated by WCHC, with 12 jobs supported in other industries.

WCHC is grateful for all the community backing and assistance with letters of sup-port. Garfield Memorial’s sup-port has been critical to the success of this project.

Panguitch Student Wins $1,000 College Savings

Scholarship in “Make Your Mark” Contest

or her on a course for higher education and lifelong learn-ing.”

The contest, which took place in conjunction with Governor Gary R. Herbert’s declaration naming September as College Savings Month in Utah, was held to raise aware-ness about the importance of saving for college and encour-age students to make college part of their future plans.

“College is important because it prepares you to achieve your goals in life and gives you the knowledge you need to succeed,” says Kait-lyn, who wants to be an anima-tor at Disney when she grows up. “I know the importance of saving early because college is expensive and it’s good to get a head start.”

Large Winter Storm Causes Power Outagespairs had to be done by them. Power went out around 1:20 p.m. and was restored around 10:28 p.m. Garkane crews were able to restore power to the Cane Beds and Centennial Park areas at approximately 4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, over Garkane lines from Fredonia.

Heavy snowfall in Boul-der and Escalante caused mul-tiple outages on Saturday. The Boulder transmission line went off as a transmission cross-arm

was broken and was replaced by Snowcat access. Power was on and off throughout the night of Saturday, November 23rd.

Members in Hanksville also experienced a power out-age for 3 or 4 hours on Satur-day. Heavy snow caused an insulator on the line to break. Crews were able to isolate this problem and made repairs quickly.

We are thankful for the patience Garkane members

showed as crews worked tire-lessly in miserable conditions to make the needed repairs throughout Garkane’s service territory. Garkane also thanks the employees for the efforts and we are sorry for the incon-venience to our member/cus-tomers.

For any questions please email nbrown@garkaneenergy.com or call 435-644-5026

—Garkane Energy

A new grant awarded to WCHC will help provide expanded medical services in Escalante in early 2014.

WCHC

In November 1943, a crashed military Lockheed AT-18A was discovered in the desert west of Factory Butte. A team of soldiers with the support of a group of cowboys from Loa recover the wreckage and bodies of 6 crew members. In this final install-ment, recovery leader Major LeRoy Heston finishes his let-ter home to his folks in which he desribes the final details about the trip and what they found, and his impressions of southern Utah. Debra Allen Young finishes the story with a few details about the official accident report and what became of Major Heston and the LaVor Brown family in the years following their endeavor.

meet and know another type of people. The cowhands of course were as interested in us as we were in them. Big Bill Taylor, always listened, never talked much. A big tough guy who wasnt at all. And Andy Hunt the toughest looking of them all, hard as nails. We kid-ded him every morning, asking him if he thot he was going to be able to hold out till we got back.

There was the soldiers themselves, a gang I never get tired of watching. Every soldier is different, yet they have a cer-tain sameness. The sameness that makes them into an army I guess. Those kids were wonder-ful. They griped, they cussed, they kidded each other and dont worry, every so often the major too, or the Captain. No one was left out. I would have felt slight-ed if they had overlooked me.

The sand was awful, the wind was hard and cold, the chow was swell but always full of sand, the cook was hard to get along with but always full of wise cracks and gripping, just like a cook usually is. His helper was overworked and said nothing because the cook would always answer him, “well, you begged to come along didnt yah, shut your trap or you’ll never get to go any-wheres again.”

Then came the evenings around the brush fire. The soldiers gripped about collect-ing the brush but were tickled about having the fire. I had to drive them to bed so they could get their proper rest, none of them wanted to leave the fire. One bunch, three of them, dug a hole in the sand, about 3 feet deep and put the pup tent over it – “to get out of the wind,” they said. The next morning we had to dig them out. The wind

Army vehicles crossing a wash en route to plane crash site.Debra allen YounG/utaH HistoriCal QuarterlY

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Kaitlyn Bair holds her winning “Make Your Mark” book-mark design, which was among 2,800 entries across Utah.

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Friday, December 6n Nature’s Holiday Songs Open House Capitol Reef Nat’l Park Visitor Center 9am-6pm

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“Honoring tradition by keepingour elders close to home”

A 10 bedAssisted Living Home

that is like a home awayfrom home.

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175 East 300 South on Highway 24 in Loa, UT 435-836-3600Serenity Springs Assisted Living would like to express

our heartfelt gratitude to all in the Wayne County community that have lent us a hand this year.

Thank you for your thoughts and good deeds, Thank you for sharing your talents,

Thank you for all your wonderful donations of time, food and treasures!

Your kindness is the secret to our success!

CAPITOL REEF N.P. - The Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center operating hours will be 8:00 am to 4:30 pm daily starting Sunday December 1, 2013. Enjoy the 18-minute park movie “Watermark”, exhibits and bookstore.

The historic Gifford House, located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Visitor Center on Scenic Drive, will be closed for the winter and will reopen March 2014.

Winter is a wonderful time to enjoy the park. Visitation is low and solitude abounds.

For more information, contact us at (435) 425-3791 or fol-low us on www.twitter.com/CapitolReefNPS or www.facebook.com/CapitolReefNPS.

—National Park Service

Capitol Reef N.P. Drops to Winter Hours

I have had two experiences applying for individual health-care insurance. My most recent time, using the Affordable Healthcare Marketplace was, by far, the easiest, and most ef-ficient, being the most time and cost effective.

As a 60 year old woman, two years ago, when I had to go into the open market to find health insurance, I was required to list every medical procedure in my life, including a tonsil-lectomy when I was eight years old. I was warned that if I left anything out, it would be grounds for canceling my policy. I had to list hospitals, doctors, addresses, phone numbers, dates, etc. I was required to include all my personal information, such as my age, Social Security number, marital status, number of children, etc. I did not have to disclose my financial information, because I would not be receiving any financial aid from them. While I did have preconditions, they were controlled with medication. (My doctor said anyone who goes to a doctor has “precondi-tions.”) This arduous listing took many hours, and many days. I was rejected by three insurance companies before finally being accepted by one.

Two weeks ago, I applied on the Affordable Health Care site to compare what was offered to my current mediocre plan. After filling out the application I was told I couldn’t proceed but offered a phone number to continue. I called them. The friendly navigator that immediately answered my call, brought up my application and walked me through the rest of the requirements. He then submitted my application. It took 15 minutes and I was finished.

I had already discovered that my income precluded me from any government financial aid. With that in mind I could contact insurance companies directly and know the actual cost to me. Recently the Salt Lake Tribune published a link to a list of the insurance companies serving Utah and offered a short de-scription of each policy. I went to the web sites of three compa-nies with policies that seemed to meet my needs. I called each company and chose a policy that is much better than the one I had. I estimate that it will save me at least 25% this next year.

I attest to the improved healthcare service thanks to Obam-acare. While I had to turn to phone help, the people there were friendly, helpful, and efficient. Certainly unlike what I went through the first time I applied for insurance, which was ardu-ous, unfriendly, and frustrating.

Robyn Russell, Notom Bench

The winners can use their $1,000 UESP college savings scholarship accounts at any college, university, or techni-cal school in the United States or abroad that participates in federal financial aid programs for students.

“This contest is a great way to get the word out about the importance of saving for college, but not everybody has to have $1,000 to start sav-ing,” says Lynne Ward, execu-tive director of UESP. “You can open a UESP account for free and start with just a few dollars. The earnings grow tax free, and Utah residents can get Utah state income tax ben-efits.”

UESP, Utah’s official non-profit 529 plan, is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 529 plans and is highly recom-mended by Morningstar, Inc., Money magazine, CBSMon-eyWatch.com, and financial expert Clark Howard. These high rankings can be attrib-uted to UESP’s efforts to be the industry’s low-cost leader,

Garkane Energy Will Refund $500,000

in Capital CreditsLOA - Garkane Energy Cooperative Board of Directors has

authorized the distribution of $500,000 in capital credits to current and former members of the Cooperative. Current members will see the credit on their December bill. Former members who are eligible will receive a refund by check in the mail.

Capital credits are issued, because unlike an investor owned or municipal utility, the members of Garkane actually own the co-operative. Management teams at Garkane Energy work hard at maintaining good margins while keeping costs at a minimum so when cash flows allow, they can return the extra to its members. At the end of each year, they subtract operating expenses from the total amount of money collected during the year, and the differ-ence is what is called the net margin. This margin is allocated to each member based on the amount each member paid for electric-ity. Over it’s 75-year history, Garkane Energy has returned close to $9 million to its members.

The Cooperative also receives a rebate from Deseret Power, its wholesale power supplier. Deseret was formed as a coopera-tive by six other distribution cooperatives to supply power at their cost. Purchasing power from Deseret puts Garkane in a great posi-tion to distribute capital credit refunds to its members.

—Garkane Energy

Royal’s Foodtown Black Friday

In-Store Specials

Royal’s Food Town, 135 S. Main St. , Loa

Your Home Town Grocer

All sale items are while supplies last. No rainchecks.

Meat Department:

Stones 80/20 Ground Beef 1 pound chubs $1.99 each

Bakery Department: Pumpkin Cheesecakes Regular $8.99 on sale for

$4.99 each

Grocery Department: Western Family Green Beans 3 for $1.00

Western Family Mandarin Oranges 3 for $1.00Western Family Low-Sodium Chicken Broth 3 for $1.00

Western Family Sliced Water Chesnuts 3 for $1.00Milton Crackers Regular $3.69 on sale for $1.99 eachBetter than Bouillon Regular $4.99 on sale 2 for $5.00

Badia Cinnamon Sticks and Ground Cinnamon Reg. $1.89 on sale 2 for $1.00

General Merchandise: Con Air Infiniti Pro Curl Secret Regular $109.99

on sale for $79.99Flannel Pajama Pants Reg. $7.99 on sale for $3.99Long Sleeve T-shirts Reg. $5.99 on sale for $2.99

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industry innovations such as an FDIC-insured savings ac-count, and customized invest-ment options.

UESP requires no mini-mum deposits or balances to open an account, so families can save a little or a lot accord-ing to their own schedules. With a user-friendly website, uesp.org, UESP makes it easy to open, manage, and con-tribute to an account online. Earnings on UESP accounts grow tax deferred and are fed-eral and Utah state tax exempt when used for qualified higher education expenses such as tuition and fees, certain room and board costs, and required books and supplies at any eli-gible educational institution that participates in federal fi-nancial aid programs for stu-dents, not just at institutions in Utah.

See the winning entries at uesp.org/bookmark. For more information about the Utah Educational Savings Plan, visit uesp.org, call UESP at 800.418.2551 or e-mail info@uesp.org.

—Utah Educational Savings Plan

We’re asking readers to share experiences (good or bad) of sign-ing up for the Affordable Care Act. Here’s one story we’ve re-ceived. Send us yours! (email: snapshot@live.com)

One ACA Signup Success Story, with Phone Help

SALT LAKE CITY - A group appointed by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is considering options that would expand Medicaid in the state.

Lincoln Nehring, senior health policy analyst with Voic-es for Utah Children, says the Legislative Health System Re-form Task Force is considering a partial expansion of the pro-gram and a plan that would use Medicaid funding to reimburse people with private insurance.

He adds that both plans being enacted could be equal to full Medicaid expansion.

“It’s not the Medicaid expansion as envisioned by the Affordable Care Act,” he explains, “but it is using Med-icaid funds to make sure that everyone below 138 percent of poverty has access to health care. “

Expanding Medicaid would qualify more adults for health coverage, and Nehring says they would likely enroll their children as well.

Utah Considers Medicaid Expansion Options

Utah has about 90,000 children without health insur-ance.

A recent report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families says about 10 percent of Utah chil-dren don’t have health cover-age, compared with a national rate of just over 7 percent.

Nehring says it appears that Utah’s Republican domi-nated government is softening its longstanding reluctance to expand Medicaid.

“I don’t think Utah has ever taken that step before, and to have a committee made up predominantly of Republicans and strong Republican lead-ership make that statement, I think was really important,” he says.

The Legislative Health System Reform Task Force is expected to make its recom-mendations to the Utah state Legislature early next year.

—Troy Wilde,Utah News Connection

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changed during the night and drove the sand into the open end of their tent. The next night the same gang tried to follow the advise of the cowboys and keep their tent crosswind for any change in the wind. That was fine but they also built a brush fire on the ground so the ground would stay warm all night. They got along fine for an hour or so until one of them uncovered a hot coal and then he went right straight up thru the tent. His blankets caught on fire too, and there was some of the best cussing I’ve yet heard in this mans army.

The cowboys laughed so hard during those days that they were actually sore in their sides. Soldiers will try anything once and in most cases be suc-cessful. When the trip was over, some of the cowhands told me it was as fine a bunch of kids as they had ever hoped to meet up with, yet to me they were just soldiers. When it came to work those kids would never stop going. It made no difference if it was cold, hot, day or night. They would just cuss, grip, grin and work. If they hadnt we would never have got in or out of those badlands.

The trip back was tough of course but it wasnt as difficult as going in. The trucks had cut a road now, flattened out the bumps and not much chance of getting lost. The first road in that part of Utah.

Back in Loa we slept on the floor of the courthouse again. Then it was goodbye to

the cowboys who helped us do a really tough job – and well too believe me. The cowboys hated to see our gang go. They followed us around, kept offer-ing us things. I brought home a big sack of jerky.

We wanted to pay Grant and he said, “No, Major, thanks just the same. Just cause you’re in the army dont think its just your war. Its seldom we folks get a chance to help out and we’re sure proud to do it. No, guess we’re hirin’ you, instead of you hirin’ us folks.”

Then back to Salt Lake and then off in a plane again over the mountains headed west. Approaching California weather broke clear and the moon sat big up there. Down below were the lights of Reno. It was nearly midnight but Reno was still going strong. Then the big Sierras, Lake Ta-hoe below – then the lights of the valley and Sacramento. I slept well the rest of the night, believe me.

It was a great trip and just thought you would like to hear about it in detail.

Bye, LGH

The official accident re-port was submitted and con-tained the following informa-tion:

The men who perished in the plane were the pilot Major Paul E. Spence of Boise, Idaho age 26 and who had logged in 1,331.4 hours of air time; navigator Captain Robert D. Spitzer of Anderson, Indiana age 28; navigator First Lieu-tenant Leonard A. Keyes Jr. of Newark, New Jersey age 27; navigator Second Lieutenant Orion Levi Mock of New Alba-ny, New York age 25; engineer Staff Sergeant Allen G. Herbert

This article first appeared in the Fall 2010 issue of Utah Historical Quarterly. Debra Allen Young is the grand-daughter of LaVor and May Brown, who are featured in this article. She has authored two family histories and is a history enthusiast. The article has been abridged for publi-cation in the Insider.

of Iota, Louisiana age 28; and radio operator Sergeant Charles F. Royse of Sacramento, Cali-fornia age 21.

The official accident re-port describes that parts of the airplane were found in an area of approximately one square mile. The largest portion of the wreck consisted of engines, the center section, control col-umns and floor of the cockpit. The impact was so violent that it was impossible to determine the position of any control at the time of the accident.

Safety belts found at-tached to seats indicate that they had not been used at any time during the current flight. All belts were pulled up to such short lengths that they would not reach around a man. Crew members with the exception of one man were not wearing parachutes, and the one man had only the leg straps fastened and could not use his parachute when thrown clear of the air-plane. Only five of the six para-chutes, which are presumed to have been in the airplane, were found and they were scattered over an area of 150 to 400 yards from the bodies.

The condition of the wreck indicates that the outboard wing panels broke upward from the engine nacelles and were torn from the aircraft. The nose sec-tion burst open across the bot-tom just ahead of the pilot’s in-strument panel. It parted from airplane, twisting upward and from left to right. The entire lower half of fuselage showed evidence of enormous internal pressure resulting in the skin being blown outward. The up-

per portion of fuselage showed some evidence of high external pressure. The airplane broke into six major units.

There was no evidence of fire or explosion by combus-tion on any part of the wrecked aircraft. The disintegration of the aircraft was so complete and the parts so scattered that it was impossible to determine conclusively the sequence of structural failures. The only fact which can be definitely established is that the airplane did not strike the ground before disintegration occurred.

It is the opinion of the investigating officer that this airplane flying at an altitude of approximately 11000 feet above sea level, and 4000 feet above extremely rough ter-rain, through scattered thun-derstorms, attempted to pass between two such storms and encountered such violent air conditions that a structural fail-ure occurred resulting in almost instantaneous and complete disintegration of the aircraft during flight.

Following Major Hes-ton’s return to Sacramento, he was reassigned to the Far East where he was assigned to General Douglas MacArthur’s staff to help prepare for the in-vasion of Japan. He remained on active duty following the war with assignments at the Pentagon, on the faculty of the Air War College, and as Air At-tache in Taiwan. He retired to Grant’s Pass, Oregon, in 1958 and lived there until his death in 1982.

In November 1943, LaVor received a letter from Colonel Frank W. Wright of the Salt Lake Army Base commending him for his efforts to help in the recovery of the wrecked air-craft. “Your conduct in riding

seventy-five miles by horse to report the finding of the wreck and subsequently guiding the accident crew to the scene re-flects the highest credit upon yourself, both as an individual and as a citizen.” He goes on to say “your untiring efforts . . . will be a source of consolation to the bereaved relatives of the deceased, and a cause of justifi-able pride in yourself. Certainly they have been for me a source of great satisfaction in you as a citizen of our nation at war.”

After the recovery and the hard life of cattling had run its course, LaVor tried his hand at many things from the Utah Poultry to hauling uranium. Then in 1947 he bought an Al-lis Chalmer tractor, the first one in Wayne County, to clear his land and clean the ditches of over growth. Soon it became apparent that there was a great use for it within the county and LaVor Brown & Sons Con-struction Company was born. This company made many improvements throughout the county and surrounding areas. He oiled and built new roads, realigned the Fremont River in Hanksville, installed the power

line into Hanksville which brought lighting to the Airports and many outlying areas in the county, and so much more. One of his most commendable endeavors was digging all the graves in the counties cemeter-ies.

LaVor also purchased a motel in Loa and he and May called it the Brown Motel. Here they made many new friends from across the states and abroad. Later he built a café and Laundromat next door to the motel to accommodate their guests and the residents of the county.

He continued his friend-ships with his fellow cattle-men throughout his life, riding with them in the Wayne Riding Club where they participated in the County’s rodeo and pa-rades, and chasing wild horses in the San Rafael swell north of Hanksville.

Rough and rugged he al-ways was. May often said of her husband “he’s like a bull in a china closet.” He worked hard and played hard. His hands once held red dirt and lava rock; fields of alfalfa and livestock; saddles and ropes; gears of backhoes and tractors; and lumber and nails. In all of his life of hard work and strife he never forgot about one week in 1943 riding across the desert with the army in tow to bring home the boys who had died for their country in his wild and wonderful part of the world.

Debra allen YounG/utaH HistoriCal QuarterlY

Camp in Salt Wash near the crash site.

Our sincere thanks to Debra Allen Young for offering us this story for publication.

USDA Announces Notice of Funding Availability for Value-Added

Producer GrantsWASHINGTON, D.C.

- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Monday the availability of nearly $10.5 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants to help agricultural producers en-ter into value-added activities designed to give them a com-petitive business edge.

“U.S. agriculture is re-sponsible for millions of American jobs – both directly and indirectly,”

Vilsack said. “Supporting farmers and related businesses strengthens rural economies and helps fuel innovation and product development. It’s also an important part of USDA programs that link farmers to their communities, and it un-derscores the many benefits of local and regional food sys-tems.”

The funding is being made available through the Value-Added Producer Grant program. Grants are available to help agricultural produc-ers create new products, ex-pand marketing opportunities, support further processing of existing products or goods, or to develop specialty and niche products. They may be used for working capital and

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2013 --- USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is re-minding farmers and ranch-ers who participate in FSA programs to plan accordingly in FY2014 for automatic spending reductions known as sequestration. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) mandates that federal agencies implement automatic, annual reductions to discretionary and mandatory spending limits. For mandatory programs, the sequestration rate for FY2014 is 7.2%. Accordingly, FSA is implementing sequestration for the following programs:• Dairy Indemnity Payment

Program;• Marketing Assistance

Loans;• Loan Deficiency Payments;

FSA Advises Producers to Anticipate Payment Reductions Due to

Mandated Sequester• Sugar Loans;• Noninsured Crop Disaster

Assistance Program;• Tobacco Transition Pay-

ment Program;• 2013 Direct and Counter-

Cyclical Payments;• 2013 Average Crop Rev-

enue Election Program;• 2011 and 2012 Supplemen-

tal Revenue Assistance Pro-gram;

• Storage, handling; and• Economic Adjustment As-

sistance for Upland Cotton.Conservation Reserve

Program payments are specifi-cally exempt by statute from sequestration, thus these pay-ments will not be reduced.

“These sequester per-centages reflect current law estimates; however with the continuing budget uncertainty,

Congress still may adjust the exact percentage reduction. Today’s announcement in-tends to help producers plan for the impact of sequestra-tion cuts in FY2014,” said FSA Administrator Juan M. Garcia. “At this time, FSA is required to implement the se-quester reductions. Due to the expiration of the Farm Bill on September 30, FSA does not have the flexibility to cover these payment reductions in the same manner as in FY13. FSA will provide notification as early as practicable on the specific payment reductions. “

For information about FSA programs, visit your county USDA Service Center or go to www.fsa.usda.gov/ .

—USDA Farm Service Agency

planning activities. The maxi-mum working capital grant is $200,000; the maximum plan-ning grant is $75,000.

Eligible applicants in-clude independent producers, farmer and rancher coopera-tives, and agricultural produc-er groups. Funding priority is given to socially disadvan-taged and beginning farmers or ranchers, and to small- to medium-size family farms, or farmer/rancher cooperatives.

The Value-Added Pro-ducer Grant program is one of many USDA programs that support the development of strong local and regional food systems as part of the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative. Launched in 2009, the initiative strength-ens ties between agricultural producers and their local communities, helping meet growing consumer demand and creating opportunities for small business development. Initiatives like this create new income opportunities for farm-ers, generate wealth that will stay in rural communities, and increase access to healthy, lo-cal foods in underserved com-munities.

Today’s announcement

comes as more than 1,400 communities nationwide gear up to support Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to championing small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. This year’s Small Business Satur-day is Nov. 30.

Rural Development is encouraging applications from Tribal organizations as well as applications that support regional food hubs. Applica-tions supporting value-added activities related to bio-based products are also encouraged.

Examples of how VAPGs assist local and regional food producers are available on the USDA Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass, which is searchable by zip code and key word.

Grant applications are due by Feb. 24, 2014. More information about how to ap-ply is available on page 70260 of the November 25 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-11-25/pdf/2013-28175.pdf Federal Register, or by contacting any USDA Rural Development state office.

—USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

SALT LAKE CITY - The end of the government shut-down, combined with falling gasoline prices, has sparked the most significant upswing in consumer confidence in the history of the Zions Bank Con-sumer Attitude Index (CAI).

The CAI increased 15.7 points to 93.8 from October to November. For comparison, this month’s national Consum-er Confidence Index® (CCI) slightly decreased, down 2.0 points to 70.4.

Twenty-four percent of Utah consumers think jobs in their area are plentiful right now, up from 17 percent last month; 27 percent expect more

The Zions Bank CAI Reaches an All-time High

jobs six months from now compared to 22 percent in the month prior. Consumers also feel more secure in their current jobs, as 75 percent think they are unlikely to lose a job they want to keep over the next two years, up from 69 percent in the month prior. Consumers view business conditions more posi-tively: 39 percent say business conditions are “good” right now, and 27 percent think busi-ness conditions will be even better six months from now, up from 36 percent and 21 percent, respectively.

Although the government has been reopened, Utahns are still hesitant to give the fed-

eral government much credit for its economic policy. The percentage of Utahns who say the federal government is do-ing a good or fair job with its economic policy is 29 percent, up from 23 percent last month. But excluding last month, that percentage is still at its low-est level since March, when the Sequester went into effect. Only 19 percent of Utahns think it is likely the U.S. econ-omy will improve over the next 12 months, up from an all-time low of 14 percent last month but still well below the average level observed over the past three years.

—Zions Bank

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School Notes

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Mrs. Stephanie Williams presented a question to her third grade class, “Would you have rather been a pilgrim or a Native American on the first Thanksgiving?” After learning all about the historical events leading up to that first harvest feast students were asked to write an opinion paper with three opinions and reasons sup-porting their choice. “We defi-nitely know what we would rather have been”, said Mrs. Williams, “Native Americans won our vote eleven to four.” Mrs. Williams shared 2 of the papers with us; the first is by Reed Edwards.

“I would rather be an In-dian than a pilgrim on the first Thanksgiving. First of all, In-dians would know the place. Indians would know where food and water was. Also, In-dians helped the pilgrims. In-dians helped the pilgrims grow crops and catch fish. Most im-portantly, Indians knew how to hunt game. The Indians know what type of game there is and they know how to kill them. It is good that the pilgrims got to practice a religion. But I would still be an Indians because I would know how to survive.”

The next is by Hadlee Taylor.”

“I would have rather been a pilgrim on the first Thanks-giving. First of all I would have rather been a pilgrim because they got their freedom. The pil-grims got their freedom back by leaving their home. The pil-grims wanted freedom so they left to not have to be treated bad. Also I would have rather been a pilgrim because they were nice to the Native Ameri-cans. The pilgrims wanted to make friends with the Native Americans but they wouldn’t let them. One day they decided to talk to one of them and met Squanto. Finally I would have rather been a pilgrim because their stomachs are used to get-ting sick. Most of the Native Americans died from sickness because their stomachs didn’t like it. The pilgrims stomachs was used to it so they got by. Although the Native Ameri-cans didn’t have to leave their homes I am glad that I chose to be a pilgrim.”

The students have also been busy in science; they have been learning about the sun, Earth and moon, and how Earth moves through the sky. “One of the funniest things we did was watch the moon as it changed in our sky”, said Mrs. Williams, “Then we got

to make our own moon phases picture with Oreos!”

The preschool students have been just as busy! This month the preschool has been focusing on the letter B. Mrs. Sarah Taylor, a “b”ee keeper visited the class and taught the children about honey, and bees. She told the students about the roles of each bee, “The stu-dents loved that only the girl bees can sting and they kick the boy bees out of the hive. But the girl bee can only sting once and then she will die,” said teacher Mrs. Jan Brown. “The students are still talking about it.” Then the whole class enjoyed rolls with honey and butter.

The preschool classes have also been talking about Thanksgiving and what they are grateful for. Each student made a turkey out of their handprints. “They turned out so neat, I love to see their little hand prints and think about all they do during preschool. I love, love, love my job!” said Mrs. Brown. The preschool students would also like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving today!

The phases of the moon, as represented by Oreos.

As the Thanksgiving break looms in the near future, and we start to see bits of snow forming in Panguitch, I think we can agree that the holiday season is beginning its slow descent. ( Yes, you can start your countdown, Mrs. Ben-nett! :) ) We ease into this joy-ful time with an eventful week.

Wednesday brought a sense of duty and accomplish-ment to the officers of Garfield county, as a 4th- hour assembly by the Sheriff gave the students a view into the happenings and concerns of our local men in uniform. We always welcome the officers into the halls of

It is the time of year that seniors, and especially parents, start to dream of scholarships. Scholarships and other finan-cial aid can make attending a post-secondary institution easier to think about. Some scholarships are available at the colleges, some notifica-tions are sent to counselors, and many more are out there hidden. Here are some tips that may help:

1. Scholarships are earned not given. Most schol-arships are a culmination of grades, test scores, citizen-ship/service, leadership, and involvement. There are very few scholarships that are given based on random drawings. So if you are waiting until your senior year to start doing these things you are too late. Get started doing these things while way before your senior year.

2. Apply. In order to get a scholarship you must fill out the application AND submit it. Scholarships don’t go looking for you. You must find them and follow the instructions.

3. Colleges are a great place to look for scholarships. Some colleges have an ap-plication and scholarship ap-plication all in one others use a separate application. Check with the college/university you are interested in to see what they use.

4. Apply for more than one college. Often seniors are not 100% decided on which institution to attend. Apply in October and November to three or four colleges that in-terest you the most and fit your career interests. You can be accepted to several colleges. After applying wait to see which college is going to offer you the best financial package then make up your mind about which college to attend in the spring.

5. In addition to merit based scholarships (those that are based on high school grades and test scores) there are many other scholarships available at colleges. Other types of schol-arships are departmental, talent,

leadership, and private donor scholarships. These scholar-ships will often require a sepa-rate application and are often hidden. They are also typically renewable each year and often don’t require the same GPA re-quirement to maintain the schol-arship over time. Contact the colleges recruiting or financial aid office to find out where to look for them.

6. Counselors only get a handful of scholarship notifica-tions across their desk so look online. There are many free places to look for scholarships. Fastweb.com, zinch.com, cap-pex.com, scholarshipmentor.com, and schoolsoup.com are some great online scholarship search engines. They take a few minutes to fill out the pro-file but once you do you will start to receive e-mails about scholarships that match the information put in. One help-ful idea is to create a separate email account to handle these. You will receive spam from these sites but they are worth it. In addition to those sites, parents check with your em-ployer, union or other affilia-tions you belong to, they often have scholarships available for students.

7. No matter what the scholarship, find out the due date and criteria behind it. Make sure you strictly follow them. If letters of recommen-dation are required, jump on it early. Don’t wait until the day before to ask someone for a let-ter of recommendation.

8. Appearance. Many scholarships are completed by submitting a form online. There are also scholarships that you can download the applica-tion and fill it out on your com-puter or by hand. If you can’t type your application make sure to use your best handwrit-ing in pen. It is a good idea to copy it and make a rough draft and have someone proofread it before writing and sending it in.

9. Many scholarships are based on an essay. Most students click delete as soon as they see that word. Scholar-ships based on essays are not

applied for as heavily; because of that so your chances are actually better with an essay scholarship. Most essays are 500 words or less which is not much writing.

10. Start searching early, before your senior year. There are a lot of scholarships out there for students who are in 5th through 11th grade. The above listed search engines (point #6) have many in their databases.

11. Keep track. As listed in point #1, most schol-arships are a culmination of ac-tivity. Make sure that you keep track of the service projects, leadership positions, activities, and other involvement so that you can remember your senior year what you did. Scholar-ship opportunities favor those who are able to be exact on their applications. Also, find a place to keep certificates and write down dates of activities you have participated in.

12. Scams. There are many scams out there disguised as something great. Be careful about them. Keep your identity safe; don’t give out information that could put it in danger. Nev-er pay to enter a scholarship; if it asks for a credit card, don’t do it. If you have questions regard-ing the validity of a scholarship you can often ask the financial aid office at the college you are interested in if they have ever heard or dealt with them. They are a great resource. You can also go to http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/misused/sscams.html for additional in-formation.

13. For students in Gar-field County go to your high school websites and look for a “Counselor” link. Wayne stu-dents go to www.wayne.k12.ut.us and then “Counseling Of-fice” to find scholarships.

I would like to the coun-selors from Wayne, Escalante, Bryce Valley, and Panguitch High Schools for providing this valuable information for students and parents.

—Superintendent Ben Dalton

Students at Escalante High School have been busy this last week. On November 7th and 8th, Cory Adams Photography came to Escalante High school for school pictures. On Novem-ber 7th, the seniors came in after school to get their senior pictures taken. The next day, the rest of the student body and the faculty and staff got theirs taken. These pictures will be used for the school’s yearbook. For anyone who doesn’t like their pictures, retakes will be taken on December 4th. Those interested in retakes need to no-tify the office.

On November 30, Es-calante juniors took the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The test

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PHS, and the assembly was well-received.

Thursday was a busy night for parents, teachers, and students of PHS alike, with parent/teacher night at the high school providing a great opportunity for all members of the school to get in touch with parental figures. Along with meeting any concerns of students or their families, this provides a good opportunity to build on the already strong re-lationship between faculty and the community that supports them. Financial aid night for students was also held later that night as well.

Friday marked an impor-tant event in our winter sports season, as the girl’s basketball team was given their first op-portunity to show off their hard work , challenging Monument Valley. With boys games sure to follow, as well as the Pan-guitch Wrestling Invitational set for the near future, it can be clearly seen that winter sports in Panguitch are heating up as we wrap up a good week at PHS.

Donnie Corwin is a senior at Panguitch High School and serves as high school historian.

consisted of 8 sections, includ-ing: general science, arithmetic reasoning, word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, mathematics knowledge, elec-tronics information, automotive and shop information, and me-chanical comprehension. This test will be used by the armed forces for recruiting purposes.

Also, this week there will be a 1A girls’ basketball tour-nament held on Friday the 22 and Saturday the 23. This will allow all the teams to evaluate each other before playing in the region games. The games will start at 10:00 A.M. on Fri-day and 9:00 A.M. on Satur-day at the Richfield SVC Cen-ter. We wish all teams playing in the girls’ 1A preview good

luck. Our game times are 10:00 A.M. on Friday and at noon on Saturday.

Next week, Escalante High School students get out for fall break which will start on the 27th. We will return back to school on the 2nd of Decem-ber. Thanksgiving is Thursday the 28th. It is a great opportu-nity to spend time with the fam-ily and eat amazing homemade food. Family coming together from all around is always excit-ing. There is also a sport mora-torium that will begin on the 28th and last until the 1st. This moratorium allows players time to travel with family without missing team practices. Be sure to travel safely and have fun.

—Sarah Gardner

WAYNE HIGH SCHOOLSENIOR SPOTLIGHT 2014

ÒMy name is Rhett Blackburn and my parents are Randy and Nicole Blackburn. I'm the third of four boys. I live on the outskirts of Loa. My dad has been a huge inßuence on my life and supports me in what I do. I will be graduating in 2014 and then plan on serving an LDS mission. When I return I hope to go to mortuary school at SLCC.Ó........Rhett

This weekly student spotlight is brought to you by Wayne High School and they Entrada Institute Scholarship Committee. These spotlights are not only to introduce the people of our area to these Þne seniors, but to encourage contributions to the ÒScholarship of ExcellenceÓ program for students at WHC. For more information about tax-deductible donations, please contact Candence Peterson at Wayne High School.

Rhett Blackburn

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah public schools grew by 2 percent, or 11,913 students in 2013, according to Oct. 1 school census data released today by the Utah State Office of Education. For comparative purposes, the United States Census Bureau estimates the 2012 population of Heber City at 12,260, so Utah public schools added approximately the equivalent population of Heber City in 2013. Utah public schools now have a total population of 612,551.

Charter schools account for 54,900 students, or 9 percent of Utah public school students, the census showed. Charter schools grew by 8.2 percent over the previous year. Nationally, charter school students account for 3.6 percent of public school populations.

Utah does not survey private schools for enrollment numbers. The most recent federal survey from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 2009-10 estimated Utah’s private school enrollment at 18,038 or about 3.2 percent of public school enrollment which is well below the national rate of 9.5 percent.

Utah public schools reported parents or guardians sought homeschool exemptions for 8,586 students in 2012-13, giving Utah a home schooling rate of 1.4 percent. The most recent data from NCES in 2011-12 puts the national home schooling rate at 3.4 percent.

—Utah Office of Education

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Dudley’s Anti-FreezeFence Lines by Ray Conrad

He has a little stainless flask of bourbon mixed with schnapps,To fortify and warm him as he rides the mountain tops.No alpine breeze can chill him on a wintry horseback trip.To ward off hypothermia he takes a little sip.He wears a lightweight denim coat, you’d think he’d cool down fast,But he stays warm as toast whilst his concoction lasts.He tries to be quite frugal, and not run dry, of course.He hides if from his pardners and he don’t share with his horse.But when the blizzard breezes blow, try as hard he might,That little flask don’t hardly last ‘til the ranch is out of sight.So Dudley says, “Excuse me, boys, I’d love to ride with you,But I remembered stuff at home I promised I would do.”And he tells himself, “Next time we ride and the weather turns off cool,I’ll bring me a barrel of bourbon and schnapps on my big red pack-mule.”

Dudley’s Anti Freeze, from Fence Lines, by Ray Conrad, published by Avalanche Creek Productions, 2009.

Wayne School District held its monthly meeting on Wednesday Nov. 13, 2013. Minutes and monthly financial business transactions were ap-proved with minor changes.

Information items includ-ed:

1. Miss MarJean Davis gave a presentation from Loa Elementary on their school’s web site. She demonstrated a very user friendly web site and included a presentation on how she was using an on-line tool to help with her class-room management. She is able to track student behavior with little effort, and also pro-vide reports to parents daily or weekly as to students’ class-room behavior. She said the students loved the program. She also mentioned how it helped the entire class be more positive in their behav-ior. Principal Blackburn also talked about the new math program and felt it was pro-viding more rigor in the math curriculum. She praised the teachers at Loa Elementary for their dedicated efforts on behalf of all the students.

2. Superintendent and Board recognized the out-standing efforts of Mr. Won-nacott and the students in the school musical. They also recognized Sarah Taylor, Brinlee Chappell, Maggie El-lett, and Rebekah Rasmussen in their achievement of Aca-

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November 2013 Board Reportdemic Allstate in Volleyball. Supt. Torgerson recognized the successful Parent Infor-mation Meeting organized by Mrs. Mary Bray and Mrs. Candence Peterson and others. This meeting provided some very valuable information on various topics of teen suicide, cyber bullying and texting, bully prevention and other im-portant topics. We appreciate all who provided information, displays, and workshops, and participated in this informative meeting, and made it a suc-cess.

3. Superintendent Torg-erson discussed the comple-tion of the major Capital Maintenance projects, and briefly discussed the priorities for Capital maintenance proj-ects for the coming year.

4. A rough draft of a Board meeting schedule was discussed and will be finalized in the December meeting.

5. There was consider-able discussion on the draft proposal presented by the Football Committee. There was concern on both sides of the issue based on the proposal submitted. Both groups were able to provide their input and the committee scheduled a meeting to discuss items fur-ther. It was agreed by all, that there were still some issues that needed to be resolved.

6. The idea of offer-ing Drill Team was discussed.

There were pros and cons in the discussion and most thought it should be consid-ered as an activity in the High School.

Business items included:1. Discussion and ap-

proval of the UCA plan (Utah Consolidated Application). This plan is required by the State, to account for expen-ditures in restricted program funding such as Title I and Special Education.

2. Merrill Chappell was approved to teach English Speaking Language Classes in the Adult Education Program.

3. Scott Chestnut was approved as a substitute bus driver upon final completion of his training.

4. Policy BBF1 on School Board Ethics was ap-proved.

5. The School Board will attend the annual meeting in January. It was noted that Troy Brian will be recognized for twelve years of service, and Dennis Ekker will be rec-ognized for twenty-four years of service as Board Members at the January Convention. We congratulate them and thank them for their dedicated service.

6. Names were submit-ted and approved for District Substitutes pending comple-tion of background checks.

An executive session was held to discuss personnel.

GARFIELD CO. - Con-gratulations to the 2013 Gar-field County Farm Bureau Creative Story Contest win-ner, Dallas Woolsey! Each year the Farm Bureau hold a creative story and a video contest. Winners are selected at the county level to repre-sent their county at the state level, where $100 cash prize and class pizza party is given to the winner. The purpose of this contest is to foster a great-er understanding of Utah’s agricultural industry and the role which farmers and ranch-ers play in supplying our food, fiber, fuel and other farm prod-ucts. The contest gives stu-dents an opportunity to share

what they have learned about agriculture in a fun way while increasing their ability to express their thoughts in writing. The “Celebrate Agriculture” writing contest meets several core content standards in grades 3-8. The contest conformity with the core standards gives teachers an oppor-tunity to provide students with an additional opportunity to write within the framework of already developed lesson plans. Plus, it provides prizes and recognition beyond the classroom as an added incentive. The topic for 2014 is “There are Plants in my WHAT???”. If your 3rd-8th grader is interested in participating in the creative story writing contest or your 7th-12th grader is interested in the video contest contact Garfield County Vice President Cassie Lyman 435-826-4088. Contest Deadline is March 1st, 2014. For contest rules visit http://utfb.fb.org and select the link Creative Story Contest / Video Contest.

—Cassie Lyman

Celebrate Agriculture Contest Winner

Garfield County Farm Bureau Creative Story Contest win-ner Dallas Woolsey holds $25 first place prize surrounded by support from his classmates.

PANGUITCH - Panguitch Middle/ High School Science Fair was held on November 12, 2013 There were over 100 projects the judges really had their work cut out for themselves as the students worked hard to come up with Creative, Through, Thought Provoking Projects using the Scientific Model. We would like to thank the sponsors of the Fair: Joes Main Street Market, Garfield Hospital, Panguitch Lion’s Club, Red Rock Eye Clinic, Yardley Insurance, Owens Travel Center, Parkin Dental, Panguitch PTSO,

The winners in the Senior Fair 9-12 grade are:

1st place - Garrett Finch2nd place – Jonah Shoppe3rd place tie – Brianne and Nicole Bremner Konner Hughes and Kenly Hudson

Honorable Mention:Brenley Veater and Kodee FullmerParker Palmer and Hunter HatchJazmine BenceJaylee Torgersen and Ashley JulanderCorbin Lee and Tyler RoundyDrew FischerRebekah Holbrook Slader Matthew and Hunter Hughes

The winners in the Junior Fair 7 & 8 grade are:

1st place – Christopher Holbrook2nd place – Jaren Frandsen and Jace Eyre3rd place – Parker Brinkerhoff

Honorable Mention: Dallen Torgersen and Jaxton Brein-holtChris ParkinBosten EnglesteadKarlee Eyre and Brittney HenrieJosh Holman and Xander BarnhurstMachele Yardley and Kyle Bushnell

—Laura Adams

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Execu-tive Director, Arthur Douglas, urges producers who want to purchase coverage through the Noninsurable Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) to do so before the sales clos-ing date of Dec. 2, 2013. The sales closing date is actually Dec. 1, 2013, but producers have until Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, to purchase coverage this year because Dec. 1 falls on a Sunday.

NAP provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields/grazing loss, loss of in-ventory or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters including drought, freeze, hail, excessive moisture, ex-cessive wind or hurricanes.

The following crops (and may include other fall and pe-rennial crops) have a NAP ap-plication closing date of Dec. 2, 2013: grazing and forage/

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hay on native and improved grass, and ininsured fruit crops including grapes and caneber-ries. Honey has a closing date of December 31 and spring an-nual crops have a closing date of March 15, 2014. .

“NAP allows producers to protect their investment by purchasing coverage for non-insurable crops,” said Doug-las. “Natural disasters are an unavoidable part of farming and ranching and FSA pro-grams like NAP help produc-ers recover when they experi-ence a loss,” he said.

In order to meet eligi-bility requirements for NAP, crops must be noninsurable, commercially-produced agri-cultural commodity crops for which the catastrophic risk protection level of crop insur-ance is not available.

In the event of a natu-ral disaster, NAP covers the amount of loss greater than 50 percent of the expected pro-duction based on the approved

yield and reported acreage. Eligible producers can

apply for coverage using form CCC-471, “Application for Coverage.” Producers must file the application and pay a service fee by the Dec. 2nd deadline. The service fee is the lesser of $250 per crop or $750 per producer per admin-istrative county, not to exceed a total of $1,875 for a producer with farming interests in mul-tiple counties.

Limited resource farmers may request a waiver of the service fee at the time the ap-plication for coverage is filed. Producers must recertify their limited resource status for each year that a waiver is re-quested.

For more information on sales closing dates and NAP, contact the Utah State FSA of-fice at (801) 524-4530 or your local FSA county office.

—USDA Farm Service Agency

Science Excitement in Panguitch

Jr. Fair winners: Top Lft Jaren Frandsen Chris Hol-brook, Jace Eyre in front Parker Brinkerhoff.

Sr. fair winners: lft top Konner Hughes,Kenly Hud-son, Nicole Breamner, Brianne Bremner, Front Lft to right Jonah Shooppe, Garrett Finch.

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HOLLADAY - Graydon Jay Briggs, age 66, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2013 in Holladay, Utah. He was born in Cardston, Alberta to Don Hardy and Arlyne Cahoon Briggs on January 4, 1947.

The oldest of six children, Graydon grew up in the Cotton-wood/Holladay area and graduated from Olympus High School

in 1965. Follow-ing his LDS mis-sion to the Gulf States, Graydon attended dental school at USC.

Early in his career Gray-don partnered in the first 24-hour emergency dental clinic in Utah. Continu-ally perfecting his skill in the art of dentistry, he took great pride in the quality of

his work. Graydon created a niche for himself as Utah’s first trav-eling dentist, performing thousands of root canals across the state of Utah and in Las Vegas.

In his professional life, he was often referred to affectionately as “Dr. B.” But outside the dental office, Grady took on numerous other roles, including restaurateur, musician, logger/builder, and artist, to name a few. He had a passion for woodworking, specifi-cally using large timbers and logs, which he personally harvested. Eventually he built his dream cabin in Southern Utah.

During his nearly 20 years in Wayne County, Graydon made many close friends and thoroughly engaged in the community there. He was kind and generous and would often barter dental work for local services simply to help a friend in need.

Graydon was a spirited outdoorsman and adventurer. By bi-cycle, motorcycle, or dirt bike, he toured the beautiful countryside of Ireland, France, Mexico, New Zealand, and Canada. One year he challenged himself to ski a Wasatch peak each month, including August! Whether he was skiing, backpacking, or rafting, the great outdoors was undoubtedly Graydon’s second home.

He loved spending time with his daughter and her family in Seattle, and playing the guitar with his son, anywhere. Graydon’s beautiful singing voice melted hearts all around him. And in his spare time, he could often be found on his backhoe moving big logs and boulders around his property in Grover, Utah.

A creative, caring and gentle soul, Graydon touched the lives of countless people with his passion and inspiration. He continu-ally strived to live a kinder, more meaningful life in every way. Graydon was preceded in death by his parents Don and Arlyne Briggs, his brother David Briggs, his former wife Debra Walker Briggs, and his step-son Spencer Pierson. He is survived by his children Erin (Clayton) Greenleaf and Patrick Briggs, grandsons Koen and Finnegan Greenleaf, siblings Kerry Briggs, Brenda Keller, Kim Briggs, and Jeff Briggs, and twelve nieces and neph-ews.

The family wishes to express their gratitude to the employees of CareSource Home Health and Hospice in Holladay, Utah. Their tender care and genuine compassion for Graydon during his final weeks will never be forgotten.

Memorial services will be held Friday, December 13, 2013 at Noon at the Parleys 1st Ward, 2255 South Wasatch Drive (approx. 2700 East) Salt Lake City, where friends and family can visit one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, it was Graydon’s wish that donations be made to the CareSource Charitable Foundation, 1624 East 4500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84117, for people who could not other-wise afford such an invaluable service.

Graydon Jay Briggs Nice little storm we had the weather station said we got about 5” of the white stuff. Like most of the early storms in the year, it’s melting pretty fast. Maybe I can finish up my lights before Dec. The City has up the Christmas lights already and they are looking good.

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving, I believe it’s my favorite holiday. Good food, good friends and a great place to celebrate it. Friday after Thanksgiving is black Friday, I think that is the day that the stores make it for the year. We still have a few stores that are open in town and they offer great gifts. The Cowboy Col-lectables has unique gift that will please even that hard to please on your gift list. The Shed Sporting Goods offers excellent buys in hunting, fish-ing gear. You can’t find better fishing gear anywhere (they have poles of all different quali-ties and prices) lot cheaper than Wall Mart. Little Lu’s bak-ery is cranking out all kinds of breakfast pastries and bread, all made daily. Shop at home, save your self the crowds and keep your money in Panguitch and gas money in your pocket. Panguitch buys gives you Pan-guitch bucks that will give you a chance in the drawings to be held each Saturday in Decem-ber. Read the advertisements for the location- because on the 21st Main Street will close down for an old time Christmas drawing at 1:00 pm.

Rowdy Miller and his PHS buddies had a food drive for the care and share, last Tuesday. I hope you got the word about the collection. I see on the news that some of the Wall Mart stores are taking up collections of food, for their employees, I

don’t think that the Wall’s have to worry too much about that, being some of the richest fami-lies in the world.

This Friday and Saturday is the big Turkey Shootout and if you want to take in some fun basketball games check out the schedule at LeLands Chevron. On Saturday the 30th, Caryl Mason Hatch Englestead will be celebrating her 80th birthday. Come celebrate this Great Lady birthday at the Triple C Arena from 2-5, Caryl doesn’t let a number slow her down, at the ATV rally, she was there taking on the steepest of hills with no fear.

Santa will be coming to town next weekend and will be at the Social Hall, starting at 10:00 am, on Saturday Dec. 7th. This will kick off the Christmas in the Country celebration, so get your little ones list ready for Santa. Hot chocolate, along with donut holes will be served. Santa will go on over to the Ex-tended Care Center and drop off some gifts to the shut-ins. In the evening it will be the

Christmas Home Tour, as usually there will be some beau-tiful decorated homes to enjoy. All proceeds will go to the Sub for Santa fund. Sub for Santa will be on hand, with applica-tions for anyone that can use some help this Christmas.

The winter sport season got off to a fast start by the Lady Cats, with a couple of run away game against Monument Val-ley and Tinitic. The girls ran their way to a couple of 70 point games and holding Tinitic to 19. All of the girls got to play in the games. With 4 of the 5 players on the Cross Country team, you are going to see a lot of running this year.

The boys played last night up at North Sanpete, let you know what happened next week. Next week is the Annual Panguitch Wrestling tourna-ment at the Triple C arena, on the 6th and 7th. There are al-ways a lot of teams that come (between 25 and 30 each year). Our wrestlers find out how all the training they did all summer paid off.

Back to China and a three day cruise on the Yangtze River. The Yangtze is China’s longest river and the third largest in the world. It is 6300 kilometers long covers 1.8 million acres and accounts for 1 fifth of Chi-na’s wealth. We cruised to the Thee Gorges Dam and up the locks to the Three Gorges. This is the biggest dam in the world and construction was started in 1993 and was completed in 2003, to the point that water was put in to the lake. After 80 years the dream came true (50 years of designing and 30 years of ar-gumentation). In 1919 Mr. Sun Yat-Sen, conceived the notion of improving the navigation chan-nel of the Yangtze and utilizing the upstream river for power. It is the most expenses project in

history, resettling over 1 million displaced people added big time to the cost. In the first five years of generating power through the dam, China has recouped over 1/3 rd of the cost. The dam re-placed over 10 nuclear plants. Much of the Yangtze River was not navigatable only being 21/2 feet deep, however the main reason the dam was built was because of the floods that came every 10 years claiming 100s of thousands of lives. The dam created benefits in flood control, power generation, navigation, tourism, ecology projection, en-vironmental purification, devel-op oriented resettlement, water transmission from south to north and irrigation.

The scenery in this area is unbelievable; we took a number of side trips on small sand tans, what beauty. These narrow can-yons weren’t big enough for anything big, but they opened up into small bays, where there was small new towns where the displaced were moved. The Three Gorge area is really a spe-cial area.

All is well, do not worry.Mack O.

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NOTICE

Garfield County is accepting applications for the position of

Motor Vehicle Technician/Deputy Assessor. Applicants need

basic office and computer skills.

Applications are available at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office

55 South Main, Panguitch and will be accepted until 5 p.m.,

Wednesday, December 4, 2013.

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

Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer.

4-H After School Adventures Coordinator

Do you like to get paid to play? If so, this is the part-time job for you! USU Extension is looking for an energetic, fun loving, person who enjoys working with youth in grades three through five to provide safety, security, and an enjoyable learning environment. Responsibilities: Coordinate with USU Extension staff and volunteers in planning and executing the after school activities including but not limited to healthy snack preparation, homework supervision, projects planning, volunteer and youth leader coordination and other assignments as needed. The job is 8 hours a week starting in December through April. Pay is $12.00 an hour. Apply on line at http://jobs.usu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=59294 or contact the USU Extension office (435)836-1313. Applications will be accepted until December 5, 2013. 11/28

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TORREY - House for rent in Torrey. $400/month. Call 435-690-9827 12/5

WAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICTVolleyball Coach

Wayne High School is seeking to fill the position of Volley-ball Coach for the 2014-2015 school year.

This position will require adequate knowledge of Volleyball rules, skills, schedules and safety procedures to properly prepare students for high school league participation.

Applicants must have a current coaching, CPR and First Aid certificate. Must also posses the ability to work and interact well with student athletes, demonstrate professional and ethical char-acter, and have excellent communication skills. Applicants must commit to the appropriate amount of time and effort to facilitate effective practices and scheduled games.

He/she must be able to work cooperatively with high school faculty, staff and administration. Applicants must exhibit a will-ingness to promote and encourage healthy, safe and sportsman like conduct.

This position will start this summer 2014, with planning and participating in summer camps and training.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Wayne School District is an equal opportunity employer provid-ing programs and services to all persons on a non-discriminatory basis. Wayne School District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications. Resumes must be sent or brought to Mr. Elmer at the Wayne High School office. 12/12

WAYNE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ESCALANTE SITE

All part time positions possible full time later. Please e-mail resume with work experience, contact information, education and references to ginaf@waynechc.org, or mail to WCHC, P.O. Box 303, Bicknell, Utah 84715. These positions will be at the new Escalante Site. Bilingual in English and Span-ish beneficial for all positions. The starting hourly rate will be based on experience and training. WCHC is an Equal Employ-ment Opportunity Employer.

ESCALANTE MEDICAL OFFICE RECEPTIONIST Welcomes patients and visitors by greeting patients and

visitors, in person or on the telephone; answering or referring inquiries. Schedules appointments in person or by telephone. Maintains patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updat-ing personal and financial information. Obtains revenue by re-cording and updating financial information; recording and col-lecting patient charges; controlling credit extended to patients; filing, collecting, and expediting third-party claims. Maintains business office inventory and equipment by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; scheduling equipment service and repairs. Helps patients in dis-tress by responding to emergencies. Protects patients’ rights by maintaining confidentiality of personal and financial informa-tion. Maintains operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes. Contributes to team effort by accom-plishing related results as needed.

Skills/Qualifications: Multi-tasking, Flexibility, Telephone Skills, Customer Service, Time Management, Organization, At-tention to Detail, Scheduling, Computer Skills , Professional-ism, Quality Focus.

ESCALANTE MEDICAL ASSISTANTThe role of the Medical Assistant (MA) is to provide com-

passionate care to patients and customers through friendly, caring, courteous, and professional services and to ensure that our patients feel welcome in our health center. The MA is re-sponsible to provide a variety of patient care tasks including: preparation of patients to be seen by physicians, performance of diagnostic tests, and appropriate documentation. MA’s have the opportunity to work every day with a variety of patients and provide exceptional care in a friendly clinic environment.

Preferred Experience• One or more years experience in an outpatient clinic or

other healthcare setting• One or more years of Medical Assisting or similar work

experience• One or more years experience using electronic medical

records (EMR)• Comfortable with IV’s and other medical procedures.ESCALANTE DENTAL ASSISTANT Responsibilities: Assist the dentist during a variety of treat-

ment procedures. Set up and breakdown operatory post treat-ment. Take, develop and mount dental radiographs (x-rays). Manage infection control - prepare and sterilize instruments and equipment. Provide patients with instructions for oral care fol-lowing all dental treatment procedures. Educate patients on ap-propriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health. Perform various office tasks as necessary. 12/5

PANGUITCH - Norman T. Henrie, 80, passed away No-vember 26, 2013 in Panguitch. He was born February 14, 1933 in Richfield to Torild and Nina Hatch Henrie. He married Dora

Ann Judd, September 17, 1952 in Fredonia, Arizona. The mar-riage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. She pre-ceded him in death, February 8, 2005.

Norman ran the Panguitch clothing store for many years and also served as mayor. A wonderful husband, father, and an awesome grandfather. A faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served in many dif-ferent callings.

Survived by his children: Martha Ann (Robert L.) Leslie, Panguitch; N. Dale (Margaret) Henrie, West Jordan; Jeff “T.J.” (Marcee) Henrie, Washington; Diane (Bill) Colby, Salina; Michelle (David) Schow, Pan-guitch; 18 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren, with one more coming.

Also preceded in death by parents; son, Michael Taylor Henrie; brothers: Jesse Henrie, Donald Henrie, Steven Hatch.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in the Panguitch 2nd Ward Chapel, 200 North 400 East, where friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Sali-na and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

Norman Henrie

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Escalante Senior Citizens Menu

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

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

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Elder Dalan Gary Bennett

In the event you did not finish all of your fall yard work last week and if you live in Torrey it doesn’t matter much now. In fact with all the white stuff we received over the weekend everybody’s yard looks about the same, for the time being, so enjoy it.

Although the trees have dropped all of their 2013 leaves and are standing shiv-ering and naked in the day-light. And the ground is cov-ered in white, and in spite of all the Christmas commercials on TV there will be a Thanks-giving this year, yet no one dares whispers the word win-ter. Like every year about this time we all go into deep denial and refuse to believe we will not be seeing anything green until next May, March if we are real lucky. For those of us that were not born with a green thumb we rely heavily on one of MariDee Hiskey’s artificial flower arrangements I got from her and Dennis dur-ing Torrey Apple Days last summer to remind us we will survive the next six months.

Something that has gen-erated a lot of excitement and produced much interest in Torrey is the expansion of Torrey Town’s westerly boundary. As part of a legal petition for annexation and a welcomed movement forward by a proven majority of home, vested land and business own-ers some of which are pres-ently and monetarily profiting from the services of Torrey Town.

In regards to the thirty-day public response and pro-test period, there was only one protest filed with Wayne County and Torrey Town. The protest stated, “I am protest-ing the annexation Petition because I question the process and consider it flawed” and goes on to say that as required by law the property owner was never notified of the an-nexation by the petitioner, and that Torrey Town’s ability to govern and properly service the area of annexation was in question. The area under pro-test (two parcels totaling 7.99 acres with an assessed prop-erty value of $941,957.00) proved to be less than that of the Utah State annexation property protest requirements as legally published in the Utah 2013 Lieutenant Gover-nor Code book, section 10-2-47, as referenced under the in-corporation of Municipalities.

Wayne County records show that the property owner was mailed the same materials as everyone else in the annex-ation area as required by law. And Torrey Town, with out prejudice has been upgrad-ing, maintaining, expanding and servicing the area under consideration for annexation since the big bang.

Torrey Town water re-sources are not finite nor is continued available state and federal funding for infra-structure projects. The water

Picture by Haylie Durfey

service area that Torrey Town services in comparison to the present Town limits is about the size of the State of Texas, if you were to look at it on a map. Without a doubt a major part of Torrey Town’s budget and time is spent maintaining and servicing the water system beyond the town limits.

According to present Tor-rey Town elected officials, the most recent annexation peti-tion west of Torrey Town is considered to be a major first step in community consolida-tion. An arduous hard sought after process meant to some-day erase the invisible line in the sand and do away with the old adage of “insiders vs. outsiders”. To do so would re-quire an active effort of com-munity minded individuals to take that first step forward and take personal responsibility in a community effort to continue to provide quality services and localized government.

There are two sides of ev-ery wall and it is impossible to tear down one side without

tearing down the other. Bar-riers are meant to be broken; they are life’s challenges that give rise to greatness. To judge or be judged by some-one else’s limited maturity, inexperience or inability to communicate is nothing more than a sign of weakness, an open opportunity to exploit or explore.

Solutions come in all siz-es and shapes, some take more time and effort than others to realize, depending on whom you have to deal with.

What I find extremely troubling is that every year retailers somehow decide we should start celebrat-ing Christmas before the last piece of Halloween candy is even gone from the trick-or-treat bowl. Pretty soon I suspect Christmas reminders will be butting up against La-bor Day in September. To the Pilgrims’ credit they thought it was a pretty good idea to give thanks for all the things they had in November, before they started thinking about all the things they didn’t have but

wanted from China and Wal-Mart in December.

It is rare to go anywhere these days and see Thanks-giving decorations of gob-bling turkeys or black hatted Pilgrims. There just is not enough money in the idea of giving thanks, so retailers cre-ated credit cards and Black Friday to scurry us along into the season of spending, a greedy money grabbing attempt to push us on past Thankful Thursday.

To me Thanksgiving is why we are here, and why we should be grateful. Being bombarded with Wal-Mart Christmas commercials in an attempt to make us forget that the Arkansas retail gi-ant under pays its indentured servants and they all have to openly ask for food assistance is absolutely absurd. That is surely not my idea of why we as families and friends gather around the Thanksgiving table and humbly bow our heads.

For me at 59 years of age, and after all the Thanks-giving niceties are said out loud at the dinner table, I find myself privately praying for feet as swift as a fifth grader and a fair game of touch foot-ball after Thanksgiving din-ner. A casual backyard game with a dozen or more younger cousins that will not involve a trip to the local ER, or painful-ly having to seek out my old high school buddy Jim Green the chiropractor.

I have way too much to be thankful for this Thanks-giving and refuse to be just another reported holiday re-tail sales statistic. Just a few things I find myself thankful for this Thanksgiving are; my family, my friends, my freedoms, the gift of life and Metamucil. Happy Thanks-giving all.

Clenn and Evelyn Okerlund were married 50 years ago on Thanksgiving Day.

They were married on November 28, 1963 in Lyman, Utah.They celebrated the event by taking their children

and grandchildren on a trip to Alaska.

TROPIC - The immediate, and extended, families of Hel-ma Richards Haas of Tropic, Utah, celebrated her 90th birthday combined with the Richards family reunion. Family members converged on Tropic from Nevada, Idaho, Colorado, California, Utah, and Arizona to honor Helma and the surviving children of Thomas E. and Blanche Richards.

Helma was Born in Tropic on Nov. 2, 1923, one of 11 chil-dren. She was married to Lewis T. Haas for 68 years and is the mother of three children; Ken Haas (Susan), Lucine Haas Fox (Richard), and Elaine Haas, 8 Grandchildren, 19 Great Grand-children, and 3 Great Great Grandchildren.

During her 90 years on earth, she has experienced life to the fullest showing love and compassion and giving service to everyone she came into contact with. Her love and tenacity gave her strength to weather the great depression, World War II, and the rigors of raising a family in a world of changing values. She is fun to be around and her stories and wit make her home a fa-vorite destination for all visitors.

Your family and friends lovingly wish you a very happy 90th birthday.

Helma R. Haas90th Birthday

Bryan & Jasley invite you to join us at our reception

November 30th 2013 from 6:00-8:00pmat the Lodge 14095 highway 24 Lyman Utah.

Bryan Morgan son of Michael and Stephanie Morgan.Jasley Taylor daughter of Kurt and Tanya Taylor.

PANGUITCH - Da-lan Gary Bennett, has been called to serve in the New York, New York South, Hatian Creole Speaking Mission. His farewell will be on Sun-day, December 8, 2013 at 11:00 am at the Panguitch 1st Ward, located at 550 South 100 West in Pan-guitch, Utah.

Elder Bennett will report to the Provo MTC on December 11, 2013. Good luck Dalan we wish you the best.

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Love and Forgive Your

EnemiesBy Cynthia Kimball

ScannerIn our local large store,

customers often ask the clerks to direct them to the right depart-ment. One evening a woman stopped and asked where she’d find a scanner to check a price.

Pointing to the automotive section, the clerk said, “See that tall pole with the red flashing lights? That’s where the scanner is.”

“Oh, my,” she replied. “Don’t you have one a little closer to the floor?”

PaybackI live in New Jersey and

I’m used to having people cut me off on the highway. But this one time I was cut off by a con-vertible -- he missed my car by inches -- and the driver made an obscene gesture to boot.

Still steamed, I noticed that we had gotten off at the same exit and the convertible’s driver had pulled into an office com-plex parking lot. I pulled my car over and waited for the driver to leave the parking lot and enter the building. Then I entered the lot and pulled up next to the car.

Well, as my luck would have it, I had just made a stop at the supermarket and had a loaf of bread that I was willing to do-nate to the cause. So I did.

I tore up a few slices of bread and threw the pieces into the front and back seats of the open convertible. Then I drove off out of the lot and pulled off across the street to watch.

It didn’t take long for the seagulls to start descending ...

Home Fix ItBecause our new refrig-

erator was taller than our old one, I told my wife I’d have to cut away part of an overhang-ing cabinet to make it fit.

Not wanting to mess it up, I called a local radio home-fix-it program for advice. I was in the middle of getting the in-structions when my wife burst into the room.

“You won’t believe this,” she said, “But there’s a guy on the radio with the same prob-lem!”

Cohabitation Agreementsby JeFFerY J. MCkenna

Wills, Trusts, and More

Missing DogOne overcast evening I

passed the principal of our lo-cal high school who was out looking for his missing dog, a Lassie look-alike. He told me the dog often ran away, so he had put a metal tag on its col-lar asking that anyone finding the dog send it home in a taxi.

A few days later I again met the principal, and he told me that as he was trudging home during a downpour that night, his snug and dry dog had passed him in a taxi.

AG MARKET NEWS

Cleaning Unexpected guests were

on the way, and my mother, an impeccable housekeeper, rushed around straightening up. She put my father and brother to work cleaning the guest bathroom.

Later, when she went to in-spect it, she was surprised that the once-cluttered room had been tidied up so quickly. Then she saw the note on the closed shower curtains.

It read, “Thank you for not looking in the bathtub.”

Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday, No-vember 19, 2013Receipts: 2,215. Last Week: 2,918. Last Year: 1,078. Feeder Steers: mixed but mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder Heifers: wts under 450 lbs 3.00-4.00 higher, over 650 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower. Holstein Steers: to few for comparison. Slaughter Cows: mostly steady on simi-lar offerings. Slaughter Bulls: 1.00-2.00 lower on similar of-ferings.Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs 192.00-202.00; 250-300 lbs scarce; 300-350 lbs 207.00-218.00, pkg 223.00; 350-400 lbs 187.00-206.00; 400-450 lbs 178.00-196.00; 450-500 lbs 177.00-191.00; 500-550 lbs 158.50-174.50; 550-600 lbs 152.00-165.00, pkg 168.00; 600-650 lbs 147.50-161.25; 650-700 lbs 148.50-158.00; 700-750 lbs 144.00-151.25; 750-800 lbs 139.00-151.00; 800-850 lbs scarce; 850-900 lbs 132.50-138.50; 900-950 lbs 127.00-135.00; 950-1000 lbs scarce.Holstein Steers: Large Frame 3: Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs pkg 113.00; 300-500 lbs 76.00-95.00; 500-700 lbs scarce; 700-900 lbs scarce; 900-1000 lbs scarce.Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200-250 lbs scarce; 250-300 lbs 177.00-185.00; 300-350 lbs 156.50-172.00, pkg 180.50; 350-400 lbs 162.00-173.00, pkg 179.50; 400-450 lbs 165.00-178.50; 450-500 lbs 152.50-167.00, pkg 172.50; 500-550 lbs 148.50-162.50; 550-600 lbs 141.00-155.50; 600-650 lbs 136.75-147.50; 650-700 lbs 131.00-145.00; 700-750 lbs 131.50-135.25; 750-800 lbs 132.00-133.75; 800-850 lbs scarce; 850-900 lbs scarce; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs scarce; Heiferettes: 59.00-112.50. Stock Cows: scarce.Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-90% Lean: 63.00-71.75; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 67.75-75.00; 85-90% Lean: 54.00-62.50.Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs scarce; 1500-2140 lbs 81.00-84.00; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs scarce; 1500-1715 lbs 52.00-79.50; Feeder Bulls: 810-1000 lbs scarce.Source: USDA-Utah Dept. Of Agriculture Market News , Salt Lake City, UT(435-230-0402.)

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I was talking with a friend of mine. “What should I write about?” I asked. He thought for a minute and then said, “Write about people doing things for those they do not like.”

There are people you may feel uncomfortable be-ing around. There are people you may not like. There are people you may view as en-emies. There are people that may have wronged you. There are people who may have hurt you. All of these, could have been unintentional or not’ yet, these are the people you need to do good things for. And when you do, it will not only change your heart, but it may change theirs in the process. Said Abraham Lincoln, “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” (BrainyQuote, 2013).

Yes.Make your enemies your

friends.

Make those you feel un-comfortable with or around be comfortable.

Make those who have wronged or hurt you be for-given.

Who are your enemies? Make a list, then work to make them your friends.

Be the one who forgives the grudge.

Put pride and ego aside.Do the right thing.Do it today.Who do you feel uncom-

fortable around? Make a list, then work to get comfortable around them.

Think of creative ways to make this happen.

Such as finding common-alities with them.

You have a commonality with every single person in this world. Find out what it is with the person you are uncomfort-able around. Actually, keep finding commonalities with

that person until you cannot think of anymore.

When you do, you may be shocked at how much you have in common instead of how different you are.

Today’s a game changer. Put the past aside and behind and mend and forge new rela-tionships.

It is up to you.Take action.Watch the impact of your

action.You will never be the

same.Nor will your recipients.Repeat process as often

as it is needed.Cynthia Kimball is a

speaker and trainer through her company Every1Counts, LLC, and a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruc-tion. She sometimes writes for Deseret Connect. E-mail: kim-ball@every1counts.net

Cohabitation is a way of life that has become more common even among older couples. There are many rea-sons couples chose to live together rather than marry, including reducing living ex-penses, or not wanting to give up certain assets (i.e., social security or other retirement benefits) that may be lost if a person remarries. How-ever, unless you define your partnership through a writ-ten legal contract known as a Cohabitation Agreement, you may be taking a great risk.

Although you may re-gard your partner as a family member, the law may not. As a result, your partner may not be taken care of in the manner in which you wish, or inherit your estate should you pass away. Paradoxically, the law may provide certain benefits for your partner that you had no intention of giving to him or her. It can happen that a common-law marriage ar-rangement can be assumed by the courts if you have a general reputation of being husband and wife. The courts have precedent to use equi-table doctrines to apportion assets between cohabitants to prevent hardship and injus-tice.

It is far better to be pro-active and to define your own partnership through a Cohabi-tation Agreement, a private contract between cohabi-tants. It is a powerful tool for disclosing the financial and personal expectations of the relationship. It can prevent misunderstandings and legal battles. It contractually estab-lishes the rights and obliga-tions of the parties.

The attorney drafting the Cohabitation Agreement will outline the parties’ wishes re-garding property and the pos-sible sharing of any assets, as well as the terms of the rela-

tionship. It can cover any fi-nancial aspect of the relation-ship, including, but not limited to, the distribution of property in case of death or breakup, obligation for (or elimination of) financial support during the relationship or upon its dissolution, the responsibil-ity of each party for specific debts, ownership of the prin-cipal residence upon breakup of the relationship, definition of support, custody or visita-tion rights for minor children, specification of health insur-ance coverage, determina-tion of the right to serve as guardian/conservator in the event of incapacitation, and establishment of the right to make medical decisions. Each partner should have individual legal advice, and the contract ideally should be drawn up prior to living together.

It is important to note that there is a difference between Cohabitation Agreements and Prenuptial Agreements. Co-habitation Agreements are governed almost exclusively by general contract principles. They usually are no longer valid if the parties eventually marry. A Prenuptial Agree-ment goes into effect only upon marriage and is bind-ing throughout the marriage unless both parties agree to modify it.

From the viewpoint of Estate Planning, a Cohabita-tion Agreement can eliminate concerns that your cohabitat-

ing partner may, against your desires, attempt to access your assets upon dissolution of the relationship or upon your death. Your rights and obliga-tions would have already been set forth in your Cohabitation Agreement. Conversely, a Cohabitation Agreement can help ensure that your assets will go only to your choice of beneficiaries, which may in-clude your cohabitating part-ner if you so wish.

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

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November 28, 2013 Page 9The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF CONSULTANT SERVICESGarfield County is seeking the services of a qualified con-

sultant to prepare plans, specifications and a final bid package and perform preliminary engineering services for the improve-ment of the Burr Trail Switchbacks in Garfield County. If you are interested in submitting a proposal, information on the Re-quest for Proposals and Guidelines for Preparing Proposals for Engineering Services can be obtained from the Garfield Coun-ty Engineer, at 55 South Main, P.O. Box 77, Panguitch, Utah 84759, Telephone (435) 676-1101. The deadline for submitting the proposal is 5 p.m. on December 4th, 2013. The County re-serves the right to reject any and all proposals. Garfield County, being an equal opportunity employer, suggests that qualified DBE’s and WBE’s consider this notice.

Dated this 1st day of November, 2013 Published in the Wayne and Garfield County Insider on

NOVEMBER 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2013

NOTICEThe Wayne County Assessor’s / Motor Vehicle office

will be closed on Fridays at 11:30 am beginning October 4th thru December 27, 2013.

We are beginning our 2014 re-appraisal of the Teasdale, Torrey and Grover areas.

We will be out in the field doing the Inspections of each property during this time period.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Sixth Judicial District Court for Garfield County, State of Utah

Civil No. 133600015Judge Marvin D. Bagley

In the Matter of the Estate of: CATHERINE P. MON-GINI, Deceased.

Michael E. J. Mongini, whose address is 302 N. Verde Street, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, has been appointed Personal Rep-resentative of the above-entitled estate. Creditors of the estate are hereby notified to: (1) deliver or mail their written claims to the Personal Representative at the address above; (2) deliver or mail their written claims to the Personal Representative’s attor-ney of record, L. Edward Robbins, at the following address: 190 West Center Street, Kanab, UT 84741; or (3) file their written claims with the Clerk of the District Court in Garfield County, the court’s address being 55 South Main, Panguitch, UT 84759, or otherwise present their claims as required by Utah law within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice or be forever barred.

Date of First Publication: November 14, 2013. L. Edward Robbins Attorney for Personal Representative 190 West Center Kanab, UT 84741 (435) 644-3299 Published in the Wayne and Garfield County Insider on

NOVEMBER 14, 21 & 28, 2013

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARINGA Public Hearing on the Upper Sevier River Water Conser-

vancy District Budget for the calendar year 2014 will be held at 7:00 p.m., Monday, December 2, 2013 at the Garfield County Courthouse, Commission Chambers, 55 S. Main St., Panguitch, Utah.

Published in the Wayne and Garfield County Insider onNOVEMBER 21 & 28, 2013

NOTICE TO WATER USERSThe applications below were filed with the Division of

Water Rights in Wayne County.These are informal proceedings per Rule R655-6-2.Protests concerning an application must be legibly

written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights, PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300, or by hand deliv-ery to a Division DECEMBER 18, 2013. Please visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)-538-7240 for additional in-formation.

NEW APPLICATION(S)97-2385 (A79880): John Murcko propose(s) using 1.73 ac-

ft. from groundwater (12 miles NW of Escalante) for IRRIGA-TION; STOCKWATERING; DOMESTIC.

97-2386 (A79884): John Murcko propose(s) using 1.73 ac-ft. from groundwater (12 miles NW of Escalante) for IRRIGA-TION; STOCKWATERING; DOMESTIC.

Kent L. Jones, P.E.STATE ENGINEER

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 21 & 28, 2013

NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE

The Upper Sevier River Water Conservancy is proposing

to increase its property tax revenue.

- The Upper Sevier River Water Conservancy tax on a

$150,000 residence would increase from $2.89 to $16.39,

which is $13.50 per year.

- The Upper Sevier River Water Conservancy tax on a

$150,000 business would increase from $5.25 to $29.78

which is $24.53 per year.

- If the proposed budget is approved, Upper Sevier River

Water Conservancy would increase its property tax

budgeted revenue by 467.30% above last year's property

tax budgeted revenue excluding new growth.

All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on

the tax increase.

PUBLIC HEARING

Date/Time: 12/2/2013 7:00 pm

Garfield County CourthouseLocation:

To obtain more information regarding the tax increase,

citizens may contact Upper Sevier River Water

Conservancy at 435-676-1120.

55 South Main Street

Panguitch

Upper Sevier River Water Conservancy

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe Boulder Town Planning Commission will hold a pub-

lic hearing on Tuesday, December 10, starting at 6 p.m. in the Boulder Community Center Meeting Room, 351 No 100 East, Boulder, UT.

The purpose of the public hearing will be to hear public input on changes and additions to the Boulder Town Zoning Or-dinance Table of Uses, as follows:

1 Add: Major Home Occupation: Must meet all the require-ments listed under Minor Home Occupation, and may allow for 1 non-family member employee; may allow for limited outside activity and/or storage. A major home occupation can only be conducted after issuance of a CUP.

2. Add: definition of Retail Sales: Sale of goods and ser-vices to an end user.

The public is welcome to attend the hearings or submit comments in writing to Peg Smith, at femmith@scinternet.net.

Published in the Wayne and Garfield County Insider onNOVEMBER 28, 2013

PUBLIC NOTICEEffective January 1, 2014, Garfield County will no longer be part of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. As a result,

no property tax will be collected for the Central Utah Project in 2014 or in the future. The Upper Sevier Water Conservancy District Board has decided to collect a portion of those taxes to be used to fund water projects within the district, keeping control of the funds in Garfield County.

In 2013, taxes on a $150,000.00 primary residence was: CUP $36.80 UPPER SEVIER $2.89In 2014, taxes on a $150,000.00 primary resident will be approximately: CUP $0.00 UPPER SEVIER $16.39If you have questions, please plan to attend the Public Hearing on Monday, December 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 28, 2013

TORREY TOWN ANNEXATION PUBLIC HEARINGFor the property of Sand Creek West Addition

Torrey Town will hold a public hearing for the annexation of Sand Creek West Addition at its regularly scheduled town board meeting, Thursday, December 12, 2009 at 6:00 pm. Ev-eryone is welcome to attend this public hearing. If no objections have been made, the town board will proceed to then annex the property into Torrey Town.

Published in the Wayne and Garfield County Insider onNOVEMBER 28th and DECEMBER 5, 2013

PANGUITCH CITY ELECTION RESULTSFollowing are the Panguitch City results from the November 5, 2013 election, as submitted by Donna Osborn, City Clerk/RecorderOffice Candidate Total Votes CastMayor Eric Houston 347 Write-in Votes 50Council Member 2 year Harshad P. Desai 14 Connie Orton 160 Trudi Owens 387 Lloyd Brinkerhoff 325 Write-in Votes 1Council Member 4 year Kim Soper 335 Tim Smith 342 Mack Oetting 161 Write-in Votes 1Proposition #1 For 290 Against 306Registered voters - 873Ballots cast - 501

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 21 & 28, 2013

NOTICE OF BONDS TO BE ISSUEDNotice Is Hereby Given pursuant to the provisions of Sec-

tion 11-27-4, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, that on November 26, 2013, the Mayor and City Council of Panguitch City, Garfield County, Utah (the “Issuer”), adopted a resolution (the “Bond Resolution”) in which it authorized and approved the issuance of its irrigation water revenue refunding bonds (the “Bonds”), in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $255,000.00, to bear interest at a rate or rates of not to exceed 3.10% per annum, to mature over a period not to exceed nine (9) years from their date or dates and to be sold at a discount from par, expressed as a percentage of principal amount, of not to exceed two (2.0%) percent.

Pursuant to the Bond Resolution, the Bonds are to be issued for the purpose of refunding the City’s outstanding Irrigation Water Revenue Bond, Series 1983 (the “Refunded Bond”). The principal amount of the Bonds may exceed the principal amount of the Refunded Bond. The Bonds may be issued in one or more series at one or more times.

The Bonds are to be issued and sold by the City pursuant to the Bond Resolution. A copy of the Bond Resolution is on file in the office of the City Recorder of Panguitch City at 25 South 200 East, Panguitch City, Utah 84759, where the Bond Resolution may be examined during regular business hours of the City Recorder from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Bond Resolution shall be so available for inspection for a period of at least thirty days from and after the date of the publication of this notice.

Notice Is Further Given that pursuant to law for a period of thirty days from and after the date of the publication of this notice, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the above-described Bond Resolution of the City or the Bonds authorized thereby or any provisions made for the security and payment of the Bonds. After such time, no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of the Bond Resolution, the Bonds or the provisions for their security or payment for any cause.

Dated this 26th day of November, 2013.Panguitch CityDonna Osborn, City Recorder

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 28, 2013

SALT LAKE CITY - A new report confirms what ad-vocates for children in Utah have been saying for a while now: Expanding Medicaid would help reduce the state’s high rate of uninsured children.

According to the study from the Georgetown Univer-sity Center for Children and Families, about 10 percent of Utah kids don’t have health coverage, compared with a na-tional rate of slightly more than 7 percent.

Most states have taken steps to reach out to low-in-come families through pro-grams such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insur-ance Program, the report said. However, Lincoln Nehring, senior health policy analyst for Voices for Utah Children, said Utah lawmakers seem reluc-tant to spend the money.

“Utah’s a very Republican state,” he said. “State policy leaders are very skeptical of anything done by a Democratic federal government or a Dem-ocratic president.”

Expanding Medicaid would qualify more adults for health coverage, and Nehring said they likely would enroll their kids as well. Utah has about 90,000 children without health insurance, although the report found that 5,000 more children have been enrolled

More U.S. Kids Have Insurance, but Utah Lags

since 2010.Nehring said Gov. Gary

Herbert commissioned a study that shows expanding Medicaid would help reduce the billions of dollars that hospitals lose treating uninsured patients.

“That study estimated that 3,000 new jobs would be cre-ated in Utah as a direct result of the expansion,” Nehring said.

A poll released with the Georgetown study found that a majority of Americans believe fewer children have health cov-erage now than in years past - when just the opposite is true. Partly as a result of CHIP and Medicaid, more than 1.6 mil-lion more children nationwide are covered now than in 2008.

“We may be seeing chil-dren who are in mixed-status families, where the children are citizens but their parents may be immigrants,” she said. “We may have families, if there are immigrant parents, who are very reluctant to engage with the government - and, indeed, fearful to engage with the gov-ernment.”

The report said Massachu-setts has the nation’s highest rate of insured children, while Nevada has the lowest.

The report and poll are on-line at ccf.georgetown.edu.

—Troy Wilde, Utah News Connection

November 28, 2013Page 10 The Wayne & Garfield County INSIDER

Practical Money MattersWatch Out for Potholes in Your

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Would you be surprised to learn that if your laptop gets stolen during a car break-in, your automobile insurance probably won’t reimburse you for the loss? Don’t be.

Many people have only a vague idea of things like: what their car insurance does and doesn’t cover; how they might accidentally void their coverage; or that even if an accident isn’t their fault, their own insurance may not pay for damages if they don’t have the right kind of coverage.

Common car insurance exclusions include:

Named driver exclusion. This is an agreement between you and your insurance com-pany to exclude a specific per-son from coverage for liabil-ity or physical damage caused when driving a car you insure. You might choose it if, for example, the insurer is threat-ening to cancel your policy because a family member has an unsafe driving record or a suspended license.

Such drivers should never be allowed to drive cars from which they’ve been excluded; it’s the same as driving unin-sured and you both could be held personally liable for any damages.

Interestingly, some poli-cies will cover friends and/or family members when they drive your car, provided they don’t live in your household. Coverage levels in such situ-ations may be less, so check your policy carefully for de-

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rental agencies offer their own collision, liability, theft and other insurance coverage. Conventional wisdom says you should avoid buying it if your own insurance – or ben-efits available from your credit card – provide similar cover-age for rental cars. However, first contact your insurance company and credit card is-suer to make sure you are fully covered.

Replacing stolen items. Most car insurance policies won’t reimburse you for items stolen from your car that are not permanently installed (like built-in sound systems). These might include cellphones, computers, wallets, luggage, etc. However, homeowners or renters insurance generally covers your personal property, no matter from where it’s sto-len.

Business use restrictions. You must maintain a business car insurance policy if you use your personal vehicle for busi-ness purposes, whether you deliver pizzas part-time, par-ticipate in a ride-sharing ser-vice (like Lyft or Sidecar), or even run business errands for your boss. Otherwise, you may not be covered in an accident or theft and may even void your coverage. Ask whether your employer’s policy covers you; if not, add business use to your own policy or use a com-pany car.

Other coverage shortfalls

to watch out for:• If your car is stolen or dam-

aged, most insurers cap payments for a loaner car at specific daily and total usage rates, so if you want a nicer loaner car or your vehicle needs extensive repairs, you might have to pay out-of-pocket for some expenses.

• If your car is stolen or to-taled, the insurer will reim-burse you for what the car is currently worth (Blue Book value), which, if you’re leasing or paying off a loan, may not be enough to cover what you owe. In that case, consider getting gap insurance.

• Don’t skimp on uninsured motorist coverage, which protects you if the other driver is at fault and isn’t insured. It’s relatively in-expensive compared to the collision coverage you take out in case you’re at fault, so why tempt fate?

• Policies generally won’t provide liability coverage for injuries or property damage that were caused intentionally.

Even if you drive a clunk-er, it pays to have adequate car insurance. Just make sure you fully understand what is and isn’t covered.

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

Celebrate Christmas at The HomesteadCEDAR CITY - Cel-

ebrate the Holiday season on Monday December 2 with Frontier Homestead State Park as they present their sixth an-nual Christmas at the Home-stead. Enjoy some hot choco-late, roast marshmallows, and munch freshly baked bread from our earth oven as you wander through some of the oldest structures in Iron Coun-ty. Make holiday rag dolls as you cozy up to the fire in the pioneer schoolhouse, create Christmas Cord, make holiday themed decorations, dip can-dles, and produce special holiday cards in the Museum. You will be entertained by seasonal music played by local artists Wilhelm and Steven Swift, and of course a very exceptional visitor from the North. The cost is $5.00 per family. The Homestead Christmas activities run from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

For more information call 435-586-9290. Frontier Homestead State Park is located at 635 North Main Street in Cedar City.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Arts & Museums will award visual arts fellowships to two outstanding profession-al artists in Utah. Applications and guidelines are now open at visualartsfellowship.org. Applications are due Monday, February 3, 2014.

Each year Utah Arts & Museums offers a $10,000 fellowship award to two pro-fessional artists. Fellowships are available to individuals practicing in any visual arts medium. The award is intend-ed to advance the professional careers of accomplished Utah artists and does not require matching funds, a project, or a report. Applying artists must be Utah residents not enrolled in a degree- or certificate-granting program. Last year’s recipients were Christopher Gauthier of Logan and Mark Hedengren of Provo.

“We have a mission to ac-knowledge and encourage the careers of Utah artists,” said Utah Arts & Museums Direc-tor Lynnette Hiskey. “Each year the notable accomplish-ments of Utah’s visual artists bring national attention to the state for artistic achievement. It’s important to recognize and support these artists for their remarkable work.”

The artists are chosen by a juror recognized for his or her accomplishments in the field of visual arts. The juror for 2014 will be Nora Burnett Abrams. Abrams is Associate Curator at MCA Denver. She has organized solo exhibitions on Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Dario Robleto, Allison Smith, Frohawk Two Feathers, Wil-liam Lamson, Tatiana Blass, and others. Recently, she co-curated the group exhibition Postscript: Writing After Con-ceptual Art. She is currently organizing a large group exhi-bition exploring different rep-resentations of domesticity in contemporary art. She gradu-

Utah Arts & Museums Offers Visual Arts Fellowships

Applications due February 3, 2014ated from Stanford University and is completing her disser-tation at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.

For more information,

please contact Felicia Baca, 801.245.7272 or fbaca@utah.gov.

—Utah Arts & Museums

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