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Show CJursisy PANGUITCH • PANGUITCH LAKE • HATCH • BRYCE • TROPIC • ANTIMONY • HENRIEVILLE • CANNONVILLE • ESCALANTE • BOULDER Thursday, June 17, 2010 • Issue # 273 BRYCE VALLEY BASEBALL WIN 3 MORE UTAH COUNTIES FIA TTNE FROMTOICBEEINNEIT 2010 UTAH TROUT SLAM Want to add something fun to your trout fishing trips this year? You can by joining Utah's first ever Trout Slam. - An Effective Way to Identify, Remove Criminal Aliens from State The Bryce Valley Mustang Major League team won the Valley Buffalo Major League Invitational Saturday, June 12, 2010 in Orderville, UT. The Mustangs were able to knock off a hard-hitting Piute team in the first round; Milford in the second round, who has a phenomenal 11 year-old pitcher who was throwing 60 mph; and a tenacious Valley team in the championship game. Bryce Valley made a run in the sixth inning to win the championship game. The championship MVPs were awarded to Austin Brinkerhoff and Ethan Nell, who were able to get on base in the final inning and score the two runs needed to seal the victory. The accomplishment was a team effort, with all players playing excellent defense and contributing offensively throughout the entire tournament. The Mustangs made it an exciting tournament with home runs, solid hits, steals, double plays, pick-offs, aggressive base running, including a collision with the Piute catcher as Daxtyn Tebbs stole home! Good Job Mustangs! " COLD WATER DANGERS AND SURVIVAL. TIPS Utah State Parks Boating Managers remind everyone that water temperatures remain very cold despite warmer air temperatures, and encourage all boaters, anglers and anyone on or near the water wear life jackets and take other precautions. "You never know when you might end up in the water. Life jackets not only keep you afloat, but provide an extra layer of warmth," said Assistant Boating Program Manager Chris Haller. "The combination of additional warmth and flotation might mean the difference between life and death." Haller recommends these cold water boating safety tips: - Have a ladder or a method to re-board your boat - Carry a signaling device, such as a mirror or flare gun - Carry a cell phone or marine band radio and make sure your device has service in the area - Always tell someone your boating plans, including where you are going and what time you will return - Check local weather conditions before heading out - Carry proper equipment onboard your boat For more information and to find current boating conditions, visit stateparks.utah.gov or call (801) 538-BOAT. Wear it Utah! WEATHER THURSDAY HIGH: 75 LOW: 44 0 SUNNY FRIDAY HIGH: 79 LOW: 46 SUNNY SATURDAY HIGH: 79 LOW: 46 SUNNY SUNDAY HIGH: 78 LOW: 46 SUNNY MONDAY HIGH: 77 LOW: 47 SUNNY ) TUESDAY HIGH: 78 LOW: 46 SUNNY WEDNESDAIII HIGH: 79 LOW: 45 SUNNY Member , Utah IF*VA : Pressr * * * * * k_AfCP. II INDEPENDENT FREE PAPERS OF AMERICA MI•nt• “Aavam ..4V1•4 ■Iiirs Three more Utah coun- Communities Executive ties – Washington, Sevier, Director David Venturella. and Beaver -- have been "By using sophisticated officially included in the biometrics, this tool allows Secure Communities Pro- us to quickly and accurately gram, an initiative headed identify aliens who may by the U. S. Immigration pose the greatest threat to and Customs Enforcement our communities." Since its inception in (ICE) that modernizes the process used to accurately Utah, Secure Communiidentify and prioritize re- ties is credited with detectmovable aliens in local cus- ing more than 44 aliens in local custody who had tody. These three counties been charged with or conjoin the six statewide – Salt victed of crimes. Of those, Lake, Davis, Utah, Box El- 12 were foreign nationder, Weber and Cache coun- als whose criminal records ties -- that were announced included convictions for as Secure Communities the most serious types of participants in late March crimes, Level 1 offenses. by Hatch and ICE Assistant Seventeen of those arrested Secretary John Morton en- have already been removed abling them to have access from the country. "This fits in very well to this valuable information with our 287 g program, a sharing technology. "After working with the program that cross trains losheriffs' offices in these cal enforcement to enforce communities for the past federal immigration laws," several months, we deter- said Washington County Sheriff Kirk Smith. "Secure mined that the Secure ComCommunities is another munities program would be tool for local law enforcean effective way to identify ment to use to rid our comand remove criminal aliens munities of criminal aliens from our state," Hatch said. who are committing crimes, "By tapping innovative and could be gang members technology and sharing inor violent criminals. These formation between law enare the criminals we want to forcement agencies, Utah focus resources on to detain now has one more tool in and deport." its arsenal to protect our Secure Communities streets from criminal activiis part of DHS' comprety. Once fully implemented, hensive plan to distribute this program will help local technology that links local law enforcement officers law enforcement agencies enhance procedures to en- to both FBI and DHS biosure that serious criminal metric systems. DHS's US alien offenders who are ar- VISIT Automated Biometrested are identified for de- ric Identification System portation and not released (IDENT) holds biometricsback into Utah communi- based immigration records, ties." while the FBI's Integrated Administered by ICE, Se- Automated Fingerprint cure Communities relies on Identification System (IAFlaw enforcement partners IS) contains biometricssharing biometric (finger- based criminal records. print) information. Using The Secure Communities biometric information-shar- biometric information-sharing technology will en- ing technology is currently able ICE to better identify activated in more than 220 aliens at the time they are jurisdictions in 21 states. As fingerprinted and booked a result of this technology on criminal charges. This and ICE's response to date, includes aliens who are in ICE has removed more than lawful status and those who 20,000 convicted criminal are present without lawful aliens who were identified authority. Once identified through their fingerprints. through fingerprint match- ICE does not regard aliens ing, ICE will respond with charged with, but not yet a priority placed on aliens convicted of crimes, as convicted of the most seri- "criminal aliens." Instead, a ous offenses first. "criminal alien" is an alien "We want to ensure our convicted of a crime. For more information local law enforcement partners know as much as pos- on the Secure Communisible about the people in ties program, visit www. their custody," said Secure ice.gov. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau 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. Articles submitted from independent writers are not necessarily the opinion of Snapshot Multimedia. We sincerely hope you enjoy the paper and encourage input on ideas and/or suggestions for the paper. Thank you for your support. The slam's goal is simple—be among the anglers who catch Utah's seven major trout species before Dec. 31, 2010. Rainbow, cutthroat, brown, brook, lake, tiger and splake are the seven species you'll target. Six of the seven trout must meet a certain length requirement. That requirement ranges from at least eight inches long for the brook trout you catch to at least 16 inches long for the lake trout. There's no minimum length requirement for splake. Once you've caught all seven trout, you'll receive a Utah Trout Slam certificate; a "Victory" Slam t-shirt; recognition on the Utah Trout Slam and Sportsman's Warehouse websites; and in-store recognition at Sportsman's Warehouse stores across Utah. After adding the lengths of the seven trout together, the three anglers who caught the longest total length will also receive some awards. "You already know you're a great trout angler," Roger Wilson says. "Here's your chance to show the rest of the state." Wilson serves as the coldwater sport fisheries coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. The DWR is one of the event's sponsors. More information about the 2010 Utah Trout Slam is available at www.utahtroutslam.com . You can sign up for the event at the website. WA ANNOUNCES SOLAR ENERGY RENTAL RATES In support of the President's energy strategy that calls for rapid development of renewable energy, particularly on U.S. public lands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released a rental schedule for solar energy right-ofway authorizations on the public lands. "Publishing this rental schedule moves our nation closer to creating a new energy frontier – one that relies more on renewable, clean energy sources," BLM Director Bob Abbey said. "Today, we are providing the solar energy industry the level of certainty it needs about the costs associated with projects on the public lands and ensuring a fair return to American taxpayers for the use of their public lands." The BLM is required by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) to collect an annual rental payment for right-of-way authorizations on the public lands. FLPMA also requires that rents for these authorizations reflect the fair market value for the use of the public lands. The solar rental schedule was developed based on review and analysis by the BLM, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Department of Energy of economic models comparing the effects various rental rates may have on different kinds of solar projects. The solar rental schedule developed from this review and analysis includes a "Base Rent" for the acreage of public land included within the right-of-way authorization and a "Megawatt (MW) Capacity Fee" based on the MW-size of the project. The "Base Rent" will be paid upon the date of issuance of the right-of-way authorization and will be paid on a continuing annual basis during the term of the authorization. The "Base Rent" is a per-acre rental fee that varies from county to county, based on the different average rural land values for each county published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service ( www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp). The "MW Capacity Fee" will be paid on an annual basis upon the start of generation of electricity from a facility, based on the MW-size of that facility. No "MW Capacity Fee" will be due until a facility is in operation. 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