Garfield County Insider | 2009-09-17 | Page 2

The Garfield County Insider Page 2 September 17, 2009 ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS Escalante Canyons Art Festival Come one! Come all! The time is nearly here for the Sixth Annual Escalante Canyons Art Festival/Everett Ruess Days, September 25-26. Artist and Vendor applications have been submitted, the Speakers and Entertainers are scheduled and final preparations are proceeding well, all of which indicate a fantastic event. Art co-ordinator Melanie Boone-Reznick reports that she has received some 70 applications from artists representing area people and participants from UT, AZ, CO, NM, as well as from KS, MN,HI and even Germany for the Plein Air competition which begins 9/20. This number includes about 75% returnees and some 35% new entrants in the categories of oil/acryllic and watercolor/pastel/ mixed-media. Entries will be submitted on 9/24 and be judged on 9/25 by Vern Swanson, curator of the Springville Museum of Art since 1980, co-author of Painters of Utah’s Canyons and Deserts and co-Keynote Speaker for the Festival, along with Alan Peterson, Professor of Art at Northern Arizona University in Flag- staff and speaker at previous ECAF’s. Following the judging on Friday, the Exhibit Hall will be open to the public who will be able to view and also judge the entries for the People’s Choice Award, while fellow artists will select their Artist’s Choice awardee. Bidding on the art works for the Silent Auction will begin then and continue until the Hall closes at 6:00 pm on Saturday for tabulations. Buyers can expect a selection of affordable art representative of the various styles and expertise of the artists. Purchases must be paid for at the close of the bidding and be picked up following the Awards’ Presentation. Payments may be by cash, personal check or credit card. As an encouragement to young artists, the Festival is again awarding scholarship money to the Art Department at SUU in Cedar City. At the request of former artists, a new event has been added during the week for anyone to attend a gathering of competing artists at Devil’s Garden on Wednesday where demonstrations of various styles and tech- Bowery Haven Resort at Fishlake Hours: 7 Days a Week Store: 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. Restaurant: 7am - 9 p.m. Prime Rib: Friday and Saturday Call for Info 435-638-1040 Fall Hours: 8am - 6pm Sun - Thurs • 8am - 8pm Fri & Sat Closing for season at noon on September 27th Thanks to all of our loyal customers for a wonderful season! niques will be conducted throughout the day. This provides an opportunity for a “gathering of the artists” as well as a time to illustrate what Plein Air is all about. Specific information for this event and directions are available at: www.escalantecanyonsartfestival.org Karen Rangitsch, Vendor committee chairman, has accepted some forty applications for booths from former and new participants with various arts, crafts, foods, etc. to be sold. Entertainment chairman, Dana Waggoner has slated quite a variety of performers for Friday and Saturday in the Festival Plaza. Chautauqua representative, Steve Roberts, has reported that the forensics element for this forum has chosen not to participate due to on-going questioning concerning the verification of testing of the “Everett Ruess” remains. However, the other listed speakers will discuss relevant elements of the Ruess dilemma in the Festival Plaza on Friday morning. A change in the Speakers’ agenda has been necessitated with the cancellation by Michael Carroll of “Mars in Escalante...”. However, committee chairman, Brigitte Delthony has arranged for his replacement by BYU Professor John Telford, a Utah native who has been making photographs of the landscapes and environment for nearly forty years. His works have been published and exhibited nationally and internationally and are included in many collections. As such, John is amply qualified to address his audience at 3:30 on Saturday at the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Auditorium on his topic, “The Legacy of Ansel Adams...”. For attendees of the Festival who bring an appetite for food as well as the arts, siDE lines ... Pat Dix LADY BOBCATS SWEEP VALLEY Led by Aubry Parkin’s 13 service points and Natashia Barney’s 22 assists the Panguitch Lady Bobcats volleyball squad swept the Lady Buffaloes at Orderville, 25-7, 25-16,and 25-14, to remain undefeated in Region play. BOBCATS ATOP REGION 20 HEAP WITH WIN AT VALLEY’S DEDICATION At Orderville Wednesday, the celebration of the dedication of Valley High’s new baseball facility,was dampened somewhat by Brooks Leach’s finest pitching performance of the season, as he hurled Panguitch to a 4 to 2 win, and the top spot in region 20. Leach threw 7 innings of 3 hit ball, allowing just 2 unearned runs, while racking up 9 Ks. Valley’s 2 runs came on a base hit and back to back errors. Brooks’ earned run average (ERA) for region play was lowered to a superb 1.68. Dexter Humphreys, who leads the Cats in just about every offensive category, continued his rampage with the bat with a double and triple and 1 RBI. Riley Miller chalked a 2 for 3 day with an RBI, while Cameron Fawson drove in 3 runs and had a double in 4 trips to the dish. Freshman Dallan Bennett batting in the nine hole came up with a pair of singles in three at bats, and a run scored. Panguitch has the bye this Friday, and will start their second half of the season hosting Escalante, Wednesday the 16th, at 3:00 pm. In other games, Piute downed Bryce Valley 14 to 3, and Wayne racked up 7 runs in the 6th inning to down Milford 13 to 5. In Volleyball, Panguitch played host to the Lady Mustangs of Bryce Valley and remained undefeated with a 3 game sweep. The Potato Valley Lion’s Club will prepare dinners on both Friday and Saturday evenings in the Festival Plaza area. All information regarding the festival can be found at www.escalantecanyonsartfestival.org DR. BARNETT’S MOBILE ORTHODONTICS Call us for Complimentary Orthodontic Consultations Call 896-4930 2nd Annual Cowboy Heritage Festival & 4-H Working Ranch Horse Gathering Tell Your Friends, Tell Your Family! All residents in Wayne and Garfield Counties are invited to attend the 2nd Annual Cowboy Heritage Festival and 4-H Working Ranch Horse Gathering This year’s events include: • Western Arts and Trades Show- attending public can win free Western items during door prize drawings! • Open Mic- for Cowboy Poets and Singers • Local Lifetime Cowboy of the Year Award Program • Dutch Oven Dinner- limited tickets available • 4-H Working Ranch Horse Gathering • Cowboy Bean Chili Cook-Off- public chooses the winner, cash prizes • Cowboy Poetry Gathering (Competition)- age divisions from pee-wee to adult For registration forms or for more information visit us online at www.garfield4-h.org/wrh-gathering or call Cassie Lyman 435-826-4088 womens health issues DISCUSSION Free discussion every Wednesday, starting August 26th, regarding womens health issues. Each week will be a different topic. Discussion will be from 12:10-12:50pm, please bring your lunch and join us. For more information and weekly topics, please contact us at [phone]. Creative Writing Workshop in Boulder Join us at the Cliff Notes Writing Workshop and the Hogsback Heritage Project with faculty, David Lee, Utah’s First Poet Laureate, Dianne Oberhansly, and Raymond King Shurtz in Boulder, Utah on October 16-18, 2009. The workshop has an unusual format with two writing events happening concurrently. Cliff Notes is a traditional writing workshop. It includes poetry by David Lee, personal narrative by Dianne Oberhansly, and playwriting by Raymond King Shurtz. We will also have readings by the faculty that are free and open to the public. Raymond and Dianne will read on Friday, October 16th at 7:00pm at the Boulder Town Hall. Dr. David Lee will read at 6:00pm on Saturday. The Hogsback Heritage Project is ongoing with followup activities throughout the year to research and write stories “Of This Place - Boulder, Utah,” including the people, the history, the culture and the landscape. For more information contact Cheryl Cox at [phone] or Camille at [phone] or email [e-mail] . You can also get more information and applications at our website at boulderheritage.org.