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Show NOVEMBER 9,2006 Page 2 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER PANGUITCH'S OWN "BIGGEST LOSERS" CALENDAR EVENTS | THURSDAY, N O V E M B E R 9 • AA Mtg, New Awareness Panguitcht_ib-7pm | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 • Veterans Day - Thank a Veteran! •Holiday Craft Fair | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 EHS Career Day @ Dixie | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 •Gospel Meetings @ 7:30 pm Panguitch Library • GaifieW School District Board Mtg. PHS - 5PM I • BVHS Green and White Game! - 6PM American Legion's Voterans Day Dinner At Flying M Restaurant November 11th at 6:30 pm. All Veterans Welcome. $8.00 per person. Contact Robbie Irish for reservations. 676-2742; . By Becky Yard As Panguitch's Weight Watchers chapter celebrates our one-year anniversary, we are proud to report that our member's weight-loss to date has reached over 1200 pounds. This incredible weight-loss is due to the wonderful program that Weight Watchers offers and the dedication of each member. Our chapter has both men and women, with some members traveling as far as Circleville, Tropic and Escalante to attend our weekly meetings. At a time when about two-thirds of the adults in North America weigh more than they should, Weight Watchers is recognized as the safe and sensible way to manage your weight-loss. They have been teaching people how to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight for more than 40 years. As members, we are taught good nutrition, activity, and health behavior. Most importantly, we are inspired and encouraged every step of the way by our wonderful leaders, Evelyn Black and Heather Allen. It's no wonder that Weight Watchers is the most frequently recommended weight-loss program. In fact, more physicians recommend Weight Watchers than all other weightloss plans combined. We are just starting our 5th session. For those of you who might be interested in joining, we meet every Wednesday night at the Baptist Church at 5:30 pm (weigh-in starts at 5:00 pm). For more information, you may call Heather at 676-8567 or Evelyn at 676-2363. We would love to have you join our fun and healthy chapter. CREATE YOUR PLATE! DIABETES FOODS CLASSES Living With Diabetes/Surviving the Holidays (November) Entrees and Appetizers Nov. 8 12:30p.m. Henrieville Senior Citizens Center Nov. 9 12:30p.m. Garfield County Commission Chambers, Panguitch (Note: Due to flooding in the Senior Citizens Center in Panguitch, the class will be upstairs in the Commission Chambers for this class only) Using Sugar and Fat Substitutes, Herbs and Spices (December) Deserts and Snacks I can enjoy Nov. 30 12:30p.m. Panguitch Senior Citizens Center Dec. 12 12:30p.m. Escalante Senior Citizens Center Dec. 13 12:30p.m. Henrieville Senior Citizens Center Sessions: 1. Living With Diabetes/Surviving the Holidays (November) Entre'e's and Appetizers 2. Using Sugar and Fat Substitutes, Herbs and Spices (December) Desserts and Snacks I Can Enjoy 3. 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But, like one RAC member told me, 'The DWR isn't trying to price people out of hunting." There are five Regional Advisory Councils in the state. Steve Dalton and Gary Hallows are our resident representatives in the Southern Region. Both voted yes to the fee hikes. Why? You should ask them, and, if you don't like the way they voted, you should tell them. I personally think the new fee hikes are a scam, and I don't think Steve or Gary should have voted for them. But, they have a very difficult job. Here is one reason why. According to information on the DWR web site, the legislature created Regional Advisory Councils to give citizens a vehicle for input into decisions respecting the protection and management of Utah's wildlife resource. However, the design and management of these councils make that goal unattainable. The DWR sets the agenda, and mails action item rationale to RAC members two or three days prior to each RAC meeting. RAC members have little time to study pertinent materials before they are expected to act on them; they certainly don't have time to inform and receive input from a constituency. This creates adversary relationships. Attending RAC meetings is "too little, too late." Hunters cannot determine rationale from a sketchy agenda posted on a web site. Even if interested parties are in attendance, they get everything cold turkey and cannot tell if they need to respond until the meeting is over or nearly over. By the time anyone has had time to ponder the subject matter, it is too late for meaningful action. It is expensive, time consuming, and dangerous to travel long distances to RAC meetings. We should have opportunity to register our comments in writing before subjects become action items and we shouldn't have to wear our armor all the time. We expect our representatives to do that for us. This problem can be fixed. I encourage you RAC members to vote no on every item you have not had time to study and get input on. That should get some attention. A possible step toward solving the information problem would be to vote in the current RAC meetings on last month's agenda. I made this suggestion at the November RAC meeting. |