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Show cm e,)k Cljunty J40) PANGUITCH • PANGUITCH LAKE • HATCH • BRYCE • TROPIC • ANTIMONY • HENRIEVILLE • CANNONVILLE • ESCALANTE • BOULDER Thursday, September 22, 2011 • Issue # 341 SILVER BEAVER AWARD RECIPIENTS Two Henrieville Scout Leaders are Presented their Silver Beaver, Boy Scouts of Americas highest award for voluneer leaders. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 Clifford Gene Mathews and Sarah J. Rose were presented the Silver Beaver Award in American Fork in a ceremony at the Alpine Tabernacle. Cliff's was escorted by his wife, Collette, and Sarah was escorted by her husband, Daniel. In the Silver Beaver presentation for Cliff and Sarah the escorts were also recognized for their support of scouting with a smaller Silver Beaver. Both Cliff and Sarah's families were present for the special occasion. Clifford Gene Mathews Henrieville Cliff as been a leader in scouting most of his life since 1972. Cliff has been placed in charge of planning camporees and Klondikes for the the Powell Point District and the Henrieville Troop as well as being a leader in Virginia Beach, Virginia, West Columbia, South Carolina, Vincennes, Indiana and Hurricane, Utah. When he was Scoutmaster in the Aloha Council, in Laie, Hawaii, Cliff enjoyed getting more familiar with Somoan and Hawaiian cultures; he and the Scouts went sailing on the ocean. Looking back and not seeing land is something he'll always remember. Cliff took the Scouts to both Council Jamborals in Fillmore where they heard President Hinckley speak of his love of Scouting. Cliff serves on the City Council, on the irrigation board and he is the CERT coordinator. He's also a volunteer fireman. He has served the Church in a bishopric, the High Priest Group, and as Young Men President. 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It was that same magnificent landscape—located in the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area's* Boulder Loop—that drew the festival's namesake, Everett Ruess, to the area in the 1930s. While there, Ruess disappeared, never to be heard from again. Locally, Ruess became a legend, as did his love for the "deep peace" of the wilderness. Now, far away from the streetlights, noise and congestion of the city, the Escalante Canyons Art Festival is a perfect late-summer getaway for those who, like Ruess, are artists, lovers of art, or lovers of nature. Sarah Rose "Everett's spirit of adHenrieville venture touches a special Sarah has been a Cub Scout and creative desire in all of us Scout Leader since 1991. Sarah as we seek to express, as he was the Den Leader for 3 packs did, our response to the rugat one point and she has been a ged landscape and mystery Webelos Leader. She is a 4-H of the Escalante Canyons volunteer and Mentor for the and Red Rock Country," Garfield County Teen Council declares the festival's weband Southwest Regional Ambassite, www.everettruessdays. sadors. Sarah cheerfully serves org. her husband and eight children; The festival—now in its two of her sons are Eagle Scouts. eighth year—also includes She is a Merit badge counselor literary and educational for Swimming, Lifesaving, First events, so it's an ideal desAid, Family Life, Photography, tination for history and culand Gardening; Sarah is also an ture buffs as well, and even Eagle Project counselor and Adfor the casual weekend vavancement Committee member. cationer just looking for Her special assignment is to be something a little different. the merit badge coordinator in "It's really becoming a big the district. deal," says Karin SmithSimmons, the festival's director. About 1,500 people attended last year's festival and, Smith-Simmons says, "It's more exciting every year." She says, "To me, the atmosphere is like having a big party with all of your friends and everybody having a great time. It hearkens back to F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Great Gatsby," when they had those salons where people would gather and talk about the arts and issues. The festival's atmosphere brings that to mind." Plein Air Art Competition The festival is built around the Plein Air Painting Competition. "Plein air" is French for "in the open air," and refers to art that is composed out of doors rather than inside of a studio. HIGH: 78 LOW: 45 MOSTLY SUNNY ESCALANTE: afcp. AWmill•"t• fill liana %.11% ► 4.11". LMSTEAD FOUNDING PRINCIPLES • ENDURING LEGACY Offices: St. George, Utah (435) 628-1711 Mesquite, Nevada (702) 346-3100 Competing artists select can West. scenes from across Garfield • The photographic and imCounty and neighboring aging history of the Grand Wayne and Kane counties. Staircase-Escalante NationWith their chosen land- al Monument. scapes in front of them, Arts, Crafts, Vendors and they replicate their beauty Entertainment on canvas. Festival-goers can Painting takes place browse the wares of comfrom Wednesday, Sept. 17 petition artists, other artithrough Thursday, Sept. 21. sans and craftspeople, and An exhibit of the art com- vendors who set up shop on pleted during that time runs Friday and Saturday of the Friday, Sept. 23 through festival. Saturday, Sept. 24. A silent Crafts and goods will auction during the exhibit be many and varied: sculpallows festival-goers an op- tured furniture, pottery, portunity to purchase piec- glasswork, jewelry, handes of the outstanding art. painted silk scarves, EvSmith-Simmons says, erett Ruess memorabilia, "We have anything from serigraphs (a technique of abstracts of the landscape, screen-printing), photograto what almost looks like phy and more. photographs of the landAnd the performing arts scape. There's something won't be left out, either. for everybody, whatever Several performers from your artistic tastes are." the southern Utah area will Last year, the works of share their talents those more than 80 artists in the same days. competition were on disTwelve different indiplay. A similar turnout is vidual and group acts will expected this year. grace the festival's outdoor Artists can register online stage during the last two for the competition at www. days of the event. newrentalsonline.com/ArtWhether festival atistRegistration.aspx. tendees choose to enjoy the Speakers and Seminars presentations as main-stage The festival offers a vari- performances or simply as ety of intriguing and educa- background music as they tional seminars from across meander through the festhe historical, cultural and tival plaza, the entertainscientific spectrum. ment provided throughout Experts, educators and the festival will be sure to professionals will share please. The singers, instrumentheir knowledge on a range of topics broad enough to talists and poets will offer have something for every- everything from acoustic one: rock to country and cow• The continued—and even boy, Celtic to Gypsy, and a growing—interest in Ever- good portion of something ett Ruess and the mystery with local flavor. of his Festival events are free disappearance. and open to the public. For • What archeology has re- more information and a vealed about early human schedule of festival events, history in Utah going back as well as to find local food at least 10,000 years. and lodging accommo• How a 200-mile trek (the dations, visit www.everHole-in-the-Rock Trail) ettruessdays.com . taken by Mormon pioneers *The Mormon Pioneer in 1879 Heritage Area (MPNHA) was only supposed to take is a federally designated six weeks, but turned into a area of central and southsix-month ordeal. ern Utah running along • How the canyonlands of the beautiful and historic Utah are similar to ones U.S. Highway 89—includfound on Mars and Saturn's ing the scenic by-ways of moon, Titan; how those in Utah state routes 12 and 24 Utah were explored in the which both intersect with past, and how the extrater- U.S. 89 and, together, form restrial ones might be ex- the MPNHA's Boulder plored in the future. Loop. The area includes the • A nighttime exploration counties of Sanpete, Sevier, of early autumn skies and Piute, Wayne, Garfield and heavenly bodies, and the Kane. legends that surround them. The Heritage Highway • The art, art philosophy 89 Alliance is the governand life of American West ing body of the MPNHA. landscape artist Valerie Or- Its purpose is to preserve, lemann. tell and interpret the stories, • The personal reminiscenc- history and heritage of the es of authors and artists area, and to promote its culabout living in the Ameri- ture and value. Phone: 435-676-2621 Fax 1-888-370-8546 PO BOX 472, Loa, Utah 84747 snapshot@scinternet.net The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. Robert Frost THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER is owned and operated by Snapshot Multimedia and is distributed weekly to all of Garfield County. Its purpose is to inform residents about local issues and events. 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