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Show Foirl j2LMEJ 1 WITII Rsi: miiiii O' iii — E-redd: nalargiesalia*SiailCCia Saturday started off with the Panguitch early pioWell it was a great week for the Quilt Walk Festival the Lions breakfast and we neer's. If it were not for the it just gets bigger and bet- had a lot of members there Panguitch volunteers, this ter every year. Thirteen helping and the FCCLA stu- celebration would not be years ago the Main Street dents also gave us a hand. possible. Thanks to each Committee was asked The weather was cold and of you who helped in any which week was the slow- it reminded everyone where way. We have been getting est, and it was the 2nd week we live. At ten it was the Heritage a lot of traffic during the in June and the rest is history. Elaine Baldwin, Clau- Fair and it was crowded week from the closing of dia Crump and Pat, went to with kids and their par- the east wing of Zions. work and came up with the ents learning all skills that The State has changed the idea of a festival that would it took to get by in early schedule on the closing; the revival that of Sisters Or- times, there was even gold road will be closed from 8 egon. The first year Clau- panning. Lorena and Joe am in the morning and will dia had 35 in her Quilting Decker had their very popu- open again at 5 pm. And classes; this year well over lar Pawz's petting zoo, the will be open till 8am in the 200 were learning the art of kid's just love getting in and morning, Monday through petting and holding the ani- Thursday, and open all quilting. The first year of the mals. It's a lot of work for weekend Friday to Monday Play, we had prompters tell- the Decker's, many thanks morning. The BMW riders will be ing Alexander Matheson to you. Ileta Dix had some boiled here this week, they have his lines. Mike Savage has played Alexander Mathe- wheat that really was good been coming here for about son and he lives the lines with a little milk and sugar twelve years. They are a and do son many of the old it made a real good cereal. very interesting group from timers who have been with Ileta said the wheat was all over the country and they the play from the beginning. over twenty years old, so just love Panguitch and all This year the play sold out get out your wheat and start of the wonderful roads to ride. The Lions will serve Friday and Saturday. Many doing something with it. In the afternoon we had breakfast at the fair buildchanges have been added to the play, taking advan- our tractor parade, many ing, so if you missed last tage of some of the great thanks to Joe Nay and Saturday come on down, voices of the youth of our Wally Veater for rounding breakfast will start at 7am community. You wouldn't up so many tractors. Nan and run to 9am, everyone is recognize the original play Nay rode their red antique invited. Arlene Davenport and and many of the custom- tractor and the Veater's also ers come year after year. brought their vintage trac- her brother Richard Davis Elaine always asks if there tors. Well they did get a and sister Lorraine Henry are descendents of the 7 little wet at the end of the went on a great trip. They Quilt Walkers and usually parade, but it is fun watch- flew into Istanbul Turkey and spent 5 days seeing the there will be someone from ing these classic tractors. Next came the Quilt sights there. They boarded one of the families. This year we had many every Walk race, it was really fun a ship and sailed the Medithis year with mostly little terranean Sea for 10 days. night. The Quilt Walk Festival kids taken part. One little Their stops included Mitystarted off on a high note, 5 year old, grab a quilt and len, Greece, Kusadasi, TurWednesday night was the took off running and made key where they had a priChocolate Fest, with Kelly half a block before some- vate tour of Ephesus, which Anderson in charge; there one caught him, I wish I is the oldest city in the eastwas plenty of sugar to make would have had a camera. ern Mediterranean and one everyone break out. The Who was he? My wife of the greatest reconstructed Porter Family supplied the thought he was the star of sites in the world. Santorini Greece, it is an extraordimusic and they have added the parade. nary island in the Aegean. The Ribbon Cutting for a couple musicians from the boy's ranch and the Porter's the Patchwork Parkway, They arrived on day 6 at fourth grader daughter is a Federal By-way, Highway Valletta, Malta, being the star in the making. The Si- 143, was held at 5 pm, the capital city, it is surrounded lent Auction was well sup- same time as the Ribbon by a limestone wall. They ported both by donations Cutting in Parowan . The visited Fort St. Elmo, the as well as buyers. A lot of Quilt Walk Festival and Grand Masters Palace and good items at the silent auc- history helped contributed numerous cathedrals and tion were all taken, even the to the naming of the high- churches. The next day they hay sold, thank you John way. Leland Pollock, co- stopped in La Goulette, TuOrton for your generous do- chairman of the project, nisia (North Africa) and had nation. Close to $2,000 will conducted the ceremony. a tour of Carthage, an 8th Maloy Dodds cut the ribbon century BC city and home go toward the park. I guess I was the high- on the Panguitch side of the of the legendary warrior light of Thursday's Trunk highway. Someone ask Pat Hannibal. Next yhey went show, after helping pass if Panguitch was the end to Sardinia Italy, where out gifts, I was sitting on of the Patchwork parkway. they rented a small car and the steps in the auditorium "No" she said. "It is the saw the sights of the city. watching the ladies show beginning! ! !" There was a They visited Cinque Terre their quilts. This lady came classic car show in Parowan Italy which consists of 5 up and told me how great I and they where supposed to small villages and have to was looking since I lost all make the drive over, but it be visited by boat or ferry, that weight and ask if the was snowing up at Brian but it is Italy at its best. women in town were chas- Head, so they cruised the They ended their cruise in St. Tropez, France where ing after me, then she gave streets of Parowan. We finished off the fes- they rented a car and drove me a kiss on the cheek. I thought maybe some of tival with the final night the for two days to Paris. In these women where here Play,that was sold out. I Paris they visited the Eifor something beside quilt- learned a lot this year by ffel Tower, Notre-Dame ing, when my daughter talking time to visit many Cathedral, Arc de Triumph Kelly who was sitting next of the events. I found the and visited the grave site of to me, said the lady thought artistry in quilt making is Jim Morrison, lead singer I was someone else. Well a learned skill, that creates of the Doors, from the 60s. on Saturday Claudia called beautiful works of art,that Arlene felt the trip was fun me up and told the 300 la- anyone that wants to put and very educational, but dies there what had hap- in the time, can learn. I was glad to be home. A lot of things coming up pened and the lady was a learned that chocolate can friend of hers and thought I be fun and really good. I in Panguitch this summer, was her husband, Leon, She also learned how much the Beamers this week, the was wondering why Leon work that Claudia, Elaine Balloon Fest in two weeks, looked like he didn't know and Pat puts into this effort, July 4th , Fiddlers Fest, the her, everyone got a good they are meeting this week 24th Home Coming, the high school rodeo in Aulaugh and I got a kiss from to plan next years event. The Quilt Walk Statue gust and the County Fair Claudia. is progressing well and on the week of the 20th cap should be finished shortly; off with the Lions club dethe men here are working molition derby on the 21st COLOR really hard to finish the ce- of August. Get your body COUNTRY ment work. Claudia, Pat off the couch and in joy the NURSERY and Elaine want to have fun. With fishing, hiking, plenty of time to get the 378 W. Center, Panguitch word out to all of those that ATV trails and unbelievable Closed on occassion. want to see the dedication, scenery, there isn't reason Call Ahead to stray to far Panguitch. throughout the State. 676-8301 Keep up the good stuff The Quilt Walk Festival or cell 616-8301 is a celebration honoring coming. Mack 0. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IMPORTANT FOR SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS By Norman McKee Panguitch - The political atmosphere is highly charged these days by talk show pundits and others continually ranting about the presidential dealings and possible congressional and gubernatorial candidates. All these political figures promote their own national or state agendas that significantly affect our lives. However, our daily lives are perhaps influenced more by our local county commissioners than any of the big name guys or gals. County commissioners make the local decisions of our everyday life such as property taxes, zoning ordinances, law enforcement, and even health care and long-term care availability. Since our commissioners are daily amongst us common folks, as compared to federal politicians, or even those in state offices, we are even more hopeful that their decisions will reflect the common-sense approach to life that most of us try to implement each day. It seems that so much political rhetoric these days is spent defending a party position that the duty of many elected officials to work out sensible solutions and resolve problems seems to be lost in the frenzy. I am hopeful that with some new commissioners in Southern Utah, that much more emphasis will be given to working out sensible solutions to some of our pressing concerns. Of course, in most of our counties in Southern Utah, the administration of federal lands is always in the forefront of most decisions. Personally, and I know many feel as I do, the extensive public lands are a blessing to our culture and way of life. We enjoy certain freedoms of movement around our area that most people cannot even imagine, not alone enjoy. However, these lands continually present management situations that need sensible, calm people to help resolve, namely, our county commissioners. For example, Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz recently introduced a bill in congress to sell some 132,000 acres of Utah BLM lands listed as excess in the area Resource management Plans. Several million acres are listed in other western states. Rather than selling these acres outright, as Chaffetz's bill proposes, a much more sensible solution would be for him to put his time and energy to expedite BLM/ state trust land trades. In Utah, hundreds of sections of school trust lands are scattered throughout BLM lands. These are difficult and expensive to manage. Utah's trust land board mandates that sections be sold off each year, as opposed to how some of our neighboring states manage their trust lands. When the trust land administration (SITLA) sells an isolated section, completely encompassed in federal BLM lands, new management programs, such as fire, road and utility line access, and law enforcement all cost taxpayers additional funds to administer. Also, should a family with school children settle on this newly purchased land, school districts are then obligated to provide or pay for transportation to and from school. As it is now, exchanging trust lands for BLM lands is almost unworkable. The red tape process takes years and frustrates and discourages both agencies, even when it is a win-win trade. Rep. Chaffetz, and our other Utah congressmen, could help to expedite these exchanges with more workable solutions. The BLM and SITLA, could conceivably, more effectively manage their lands with less cost. In time, many of the SITLA acres could be consolidated to areas close to developed infrastructure, making their lands even more valuable for needed uses. So how do county commissioners fit into the situation as I've explained? Without doubt, their decisions are continually affected by land ownership distribution and human needs. Hopefully, the commissioners would use whatever influence they could to persuade state and federal politicians, such as Rep. Chaffetz, and land management officials to come together with them to work out SENSIBLE solutions, rather than just continue with the turf fighting that has been so prevalent in recent years. It seems that special interest groups and individuals exert too much influence with many politicians, where much money is needed to be elected. I would rather count on our local county commissioners for the decisions affecting our lives. Hopefully, they are not so pressured by the big money interests, and besides, they have to live amongst us each day. Some good candidates are currently running for commissioner offices in our local counties. Whoever is elected, may their new approach be effective in resolving some of these pressing problems. As citizens, we should be anxious to vote in the primary and general elections for the candidates who are most willing to take on these and other challenging issues. |