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Show October T9 201 Page LI L • CALENDAR OF EVENTS PANGUITCH Thursday, October 7, 2010 FLU SHOOT-OUT • BVHS Cross Country at Valley • EHS Cross Country at Valley Friday, October 8, 2010 • BVHS Volleyball at Valle • Baseball State at UVU THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 (11am-4pm) At the Fire Station (100 E. 40 N.) ALL AGES Saturday, October 9, 2010 • Baseball State at UVU Flu season starts this fall...stay healthy USDA Announces Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program Grants by getting immunized! Just drive through and get your FREE shot without leaving your car (families Funds will Help Improve Access to Private Lands for Recreation in 17 States with kids and everyone under 18 will go 17 state public access programs will receive grants inside). totaling $11.76 million through the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP). The state Bring insurance card if available. programs were selected from 28 applications vying for the This years vaccine will also include protection competitive VPA-HIP grants program that was announced against H1N1 flu. July 8, 2010 to preserve and enhance the great conservation legacy of our nation's hunters and anglers for the benFor more information call 676-8800 or visit www.swuhealth.org efit of current and future generations. WA-HIP will help achieve conservation goals and increase opportunities for hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation by providing greater access to privately held S OUTHWEST UTAH lands and we are excited to assist these 17 states in develPUBLIC HEALTH oping new and enhancing existing public access and habiD EPARTMENT tat incentive programs." The 17 states and their grant amounts are: Arizona - $600,000 Colorado - $445,318 Flu vaccine approved for everyone over 6 months of age. Vaccinations will be free at this and other Idaho - $400,000 SWUPHD sponsored Dnass-vaccination ❑events only, while supplies last. Illinois - $525,250 Iowa - $500,000 Kansas - $1,500,000 Kentucky - $651,515 Michigan - $457,449 Minnesota - $582,367 The average first frost dates for Utah range from early Nebraska - $1,091,164 TO PLAY; September to late October, according to Utah State UniOIMPIETE THE GRID 50 THAT North Dakota - $300,000 versity Cooperative Extension horticulturist Taun Beddes. EVERY ROW, EVERY COLUMN AND EVERY Oregon - $786,795 3X3 SOX CONTAINS THE PICTS 1 TO "There have been early frosts throughout Utah that Pennsylvania - $1,500,000 have caused serious produce damage," he said. "With South Dakota - $558,325 7 1 2 8 such a wide range of first freeze dates and because autumn Utah - $84,837 weather is often unpredictable, many Utahns are worried 5 6 4 2 Washington - $836,999 about protecting their garden harvest." Wisconsin - $936,040. 4 To minimize damage, it is wise to watch weather careThe Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive fully, Beddes said. If the weather warms up after the frost, 3 5 7 6 Program incentivizes owners and operators of privately cover susceptible plants with tarps or blankets. If weather 9 _2 held farm, ranch and forest land to voluntarily give huntdoes not warm back up, it may be necessary to harvest ers, fishermen, hikers, bird watchers and other recreational early. Consider the below harvest information. 7 8 3 1 outdoor enthusiasts access to land for their enjoyment. Tomatoes: When unripe, harvest fruit that is light green 4 6 Program funds were made available to states and tribal or that has some hint of red in the flesh. Tomatoes picked governments through a competitive process. Eligible states excessively green may rot. Indoors, temperatures near 70 F 8 4 7 2 and tribal governments could request funding for existing are ideal for faster ripening. Temperatures near 55 F delay 3 6 8 5 public access programs, to create new public access proripening for around a month, and tomatoes stored below grams, or to provide incentives to improve wildlife habitat this temperature develop a bland or off flavor. To ripen toAnswers for this week ISZ8L91, £6 on enrolled lands. WA-HIP funds may be used to provide matoes, store them in a box. Place a layer of fruit in the 9L6P£SZ8I rental payments and other incentives, such as technical or fir£IZ6LS9 box and cover with wax paper. Another layer can be placed 1, 6L9I£8ZS conservation services to landowners who, in return, proon top of the first and covered with additional wax paper. SE86VZ9IL vide the public access to their land. Z 1 9LS8£6t, Place the lid on the box when finished. Another ripening £9IS8L6VZ Funding priority was given to proposals that use the method is to wrap tomatoes individually in newspaper. LZS£617198 grant money to address these objectives: 68tZ9 I SL£ Remove them as they ripen. An additional step that may • Maximize participation by landowners; speed ripening is to place a banana in the box and allow it • Ensure that land enrolled in the program has appropriate to ripen near the tomatoes. wildlife habitat; Winter squash: These are ripe when the skins develop a • Provide incentives to waxy coating and cannot be easily damaged by scratching strengthen wildlife habithe outer skin with a fingernail. Unless immediately contat improvement efforts sumed, the squash should be harvested with at least 1 inch on Conservation Reserve of vine attached to the actual fruit. Harvest before vines are 1-TurrmsnAvy 0 EMBER Enhancement Program killed or severely damaged by frost. Store winter squash (CREP) land, if available; at temperatures ranging from 50 to 60 F at relatively low • Supplement funding and humidity. services from other federal, Onions: Harvest when the tops start to fall over. Lift state, tribal government or them from the ground and place in a well-ventilated area. private resources that is proWhen the necks turn brown and bulbs "rustle when disvided in the form of cash or turbed," they are ready to be stored. Shelf life is maxiin-kind services; and mized when the bulbs are stored at low humidity and near • Inform the public about freezing temperatures. Many factors influence storage lonthe location of public access gevity including variety and whether the bulbs were grown for land. from seeds or sets. Bulbs should be checked periodically, FSA will open the grant and rotten onions should be removed. application period for fisPotatoes: Remove potatoes from the soil after vines start District 5 cal year 2011 funding after to die. Cure them in a dark area at 50 to 60 F for two weeks. publication of a final rule. It After this, store tubers near 50 F. Lower temperatures may is anticipated that the grant cause an off flavor to develop. Warmer temperatures will My Goals for Garfield County Education application period for states decrease storage life. Other crops, such as apples, pears, • Promote fiscal responsibilty and transparent decision-making. and tribal governments will cabbage, celery, carrots and parsnips, can be stored for an • Provide a quality education to all students of Garfield County. occur in the late fall of 2010. extended period of time. • Value and support the teachers of Garfield County. For more information Sweet Corn: The tip of the ear should feel full when • Find ways to keep our small schools intact. on WA-HIP and other FSA grasped, silks will be dry and most kernels will appear maprograms, visit http://www. ture. Remove the husk at the top of the ear and puncture a fsa.usda.gov/vpa. few individual kernels. If ready, kernels will exude milky Background: GARFIELD COUNTY EARLY FROST CAN WREAK HAVOC ON UTAH GARDENS 110 OWE PREVENT • PROMOTE • PROTECT 2n4 z Garfield County School Board ADVERTISE INSIDER Call 676=2621 to patens. Retired Educator Boulder Heritage Festival/Foundation Treasurer & Education Director Utah Counselor of the Year in 1995 St. George Chamber of Commerce, Educator of the Year in 1994 Utah School Counselor Association Human Rights Award in 2009 State leader in Comprehensive Guidance 9-District Leader in Educational Reform Career Pathways Coordinator School to Careers District Leader I would like to hear your thoughts about education in Garfield County and to let you get to know me better. Please call me at 335-7550 or email ccox*boulderheritage.org. sap. Use immediately or store in refrigerator. Root Crops: Harvest before hard frost or cover with several inches of light mulch such as straw or leaves. The factsheets listed below can be accessed online and provide useful information. For a complete look at home food storage, USU has produced a comprehensive bulletin at http:// extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/FN_502 . pdf. Cornell University's website also gives useful vegetable harvesting information. It is available at http://www. gardening.cornell.edu/factsheets/vegetables/harvestguide . pdf . |