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Show Page 7 NOVEMBER 9,2006 T H E GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER PRESCRIBED FIRE PLANS NEAR BRYCE CANYON ENTRANCE The Powell Ranger District intends to bum about 300 acres a few miles west of Ruby's Inn and the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park when fuels, safety and weather conditions permit. Ignition could occur as early as Thursday. The East Fork Underbum is designed to clean up accumulated surface and ladder fuels in the area, reducing the possibility of a large, fast moving wildland fire that could threaten campgrounds, power lines and private property on or adjacent to National Forest or Park Service lands. Once ignited, fire managers expect the fire to bum for about a week. No area or road closures are planned. Fire crews will monitor the fires to ensure that they meet management objectives, and to provide for public safety. Forest Service fire managers are also working closely with Bryce Canyon National Park, the Utah Division of Air Quality and local businesses to minimize the impact of smoke on local residents and visitors. Historically, fire has been the dominant disturbance on the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Prescribed fire is a tool used by foresters to re-introduce fire into this ecosystem, which 100 years of intensive fire suppression has unnaturally altered. Carefully managed fire also improves wildlife habitat, rangeland conditions and general forest health. For more information about the East Fork Underbum, contact the Powell Ranger District office at (435) 676-9300. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO WATER USERS The State Engineer received the following Application(s) in Garfield County (Locations in SLB&M). For more information or to receive a copy of filings, visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call 1866-882-4426. Persons objecting to an application must file a CLEARLY READABLE protest stating FILING NUMBER, REASONS FOR OBJECTION, PROTESTANTS 4 NAME AND RETURN ADDRESS, and any request for a hearing. Protest must be filed with the State Engineer, Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300 on or before DECEMBER 6, 2006. These are informal proceedings as per Rule R655-6-2 of the Division of Water Rights. (The Period of Use is generally yearround except irrigation which is generally from Apr 1 to Oct 31 each year.) CHANGE APPLICATION(S) 61-2097(a30719): Sunset Cliffs Inc. propose(s) using 1.78 cfs or 214.49 acft. from the Hillsdale Canyon Creek (5 miles East of Hatch) for IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING; DOMESTIC; OTHER: Reservoir evaporation. 61-1540(a32103): West Panguitch Irr. & Res. Company, State of Utah Board of Water Resources, Charles H. Risse propose(s) using 0.25 ac-ft. from groundwater (1 mile W. of Panguitch Lake) for DOMESTIC. Jerry D. Olds, RE, STA TE ENGINEER Published in The Garfield County Insider on NOVEMBER 9 & 16, 2006. NOTICE Garfield County is accepting applications for the position of Panguitch Care and Share (Food Bank) Manager. The position is part-time. Applications are available at the "Garfield County Clerk's Office 55 South Main, Panguitch and will be accepted until 5 p.m., Friday, November 17, 2006. Garfield County reserves the right to accept or reject any or ail applications. Garfield County is an equal opportunity employer. PUBLIC NOTICE Please take notice that the Garfield County Planning and Zoning Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Wednesday, November 15,2006, at 2:00 p.m. in the Garfield County Commission Chambers, located at 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding the proposed fourlot subdivision plat by John Ellenburg for Antelope Ridge Estates, north of Panguitch City. Property being subdivided is the south half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 36, Township 33 South, Range 5 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. Published in the Garfield County Insider November 9, 2006. PUBLIC NOTICE Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday November 27th, 2006 at 1:30 pm, in the Garfield County Commission Chambers, located at 55 South Main Street, Panguitch Utah, to consider adoption of the Garfield County Resource Management Plan. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing on the Pangutich Cemetery District Budget, will be held on Thursday November 9,2006 at 6:00 pm. in the Council Chambers at the Panguitch City Offices. Lorraine Owens , Secretary Panguitch Cemetery District The Garfield County Volunteer Center would like to ask you... . Would you like to help individuals and families in your community? Would you like to learn a new skill? You can do this by volunteering to prepare tax returns to members of our communities! Volunteers receive free online training from the IRS to become a certified volunteer tax preparer. Training varies from 16 to 24 hours depending on experience and can be done anywhere with an internet connection. Training will take place during the next few months and is FREE. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) volunteers are trained in simple tax law with an emphasis on credits, in particular the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), benefiting many in their community, including families. Volunteers will be trained to file returns electronically, set up direct deposit and use special tax preparation software. „, Volunteers are asked to serve three hours a week from January 16, 2007 through April 15,2007. Tax preparation will take place in Panguitch, Tropic and Escalante. Volunteers are needed to cover each of these volunteer locations. If you would like to become a VITA volunteer tax preparer, own a business and would like to help to notify your employees of the free service available to Garfield County residents or would like more information please contact Shauna Talbot, (435) 6798737. Do something wonderful, VOLUNTEER. tHe lAuGhiNg NAIL BITING Most of us have a bad habit we are constantly trying to break. For me, it's biting my fingernails. One day I told my husband about my latest solution: press-on nails. "Great idea, Honey," he smiled. "You can eat them straight out of the box." PUPPY LOVE My dog chewed the tongue on one of my new, expensive running shoes. I hoped to save my investment, so I took the sneakers to a shoe repair shop. I placed them on the counter and told the man, "My dog got hold of this." The repairman picked up the shoe, looked it over, and placed it back down on the counter. "Well, what do you recommend?" I asked. He looked at me and replied, "Give your dog the other shoe." WHAT'S GOOD TONIGHT? Our family-owned restaurant is the setting for many of our discussions about how to handle the customer who asks, "What's good tonight?" Obviously, we would never serve anything we didn't think was good. I braced myself one Saturday night when I heard the dreaded question posed to my husband. He calmly replied, "Anything over $17.95." HAIR CUT The supervisor of my work section recently made a casual comment about my shaggy mane of hair. He then went on to extol the virtues of a good haircut, which, he insisted, makes an elderly man look younger and a younger man seem more mature. "How would a haircut make a middleaged man like me appear?" 1 asked. "Still employed," was his answer. |