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Show February Nan 4-H IS ALIVE AND WELL IN GARFIELD COUNTY FOREST SERVICE AND WA ANNOUNCE 2011 GRAZING FEE We have Livestock, Gardening, Sewing, Cooking, Teen Council, Region Ambassador, Mentoring, Service, Leadership, and Horse Clubs currently enrolled in Garfield County for the 2010-2011 4-H year. We are actively seeking leaders for Panguitch, Hatch, Bryce, Tropic, Cannonville, Henriville, Escalante, and Boulder. To be a Garfield County 4-H leader you must: first fill out a volunteer application, complete a background check, be willing to serve youth (as a family club or community club, number of youth in club will vary depending on projects and individual situations), teach youth a project for a minimum of 6 hrs within one year, be willing to be trained and rewarded for your service as a 4-H Leader. The 4-H motto is to "Make the Best Better" and Garfield County 4-H Volunteer Leaders get the opportunity of seeing this first hand. We are grateful for our current 4-H Leader and the sacrifices they make for the betterment of our 4-H Youth Programs. If you would like more information about being a Garfield County 4-H Volunteer Leader or about how to get your youth involved in 4-H please contact Cassie Lyman 435-826-4088 or Garfield County Extension 435-676-1113. Don't let your talents die out with the coming generations be willing to teach a few youth your skills and talents by becoming a 4-H Volunteer Leader. Tips for 4-H Leaders: Have Offices within your clubs and give each youth leadership roles, remember to do service in the name of 4-H, help each youth keep a 4-H Portfolio (or record book), be sure to take advantage of Leader resource available to you, recite the Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H Pledge at each club meeting, remember 4-H is Belonging-IndependenceGenerosity-Mastery! The 4-H Pledge: I pledge My head to clearer thinking, My heart to greater loyalty, My hands to larger service and My health to better living, For my club, my community, My country and my world. For more tips and resources about 4-H visit www. garfield4-h.org , www.utah4-h.org , e-mail cassie.lyman@ usu.edu or call the Garfield County Extension Office. 4-H is open to all youth without regard to race, gender, color, religion, national origin or disability. Cassie Lyman, Garfield County 4-H Assistant 435-826-4088 • cassie.lyman@usu.edu Lark N. Reynolds CPA, PLLC Looking for a local CPA to help you with your Tax Preparation or Business Accounting? Contact Lark today. He has experience preparing Corporate, Partnership, and Individual tax returns. 0 (435) 676-2578 4lark.reynolds@gmail.com *Tax Preparation & Business Accounting Services Federal Judge Declares that ObamaCare Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional Sen. 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Under that order, the grazing fee cannot fall below $1.35 per AUM, and any increase or decrease cannot exceed 25 percent of the previous year's level. The annually determined grazing fee is computed by using a 1966 base value of $1.23 per AUM/HM for livestock grazing on public lands in Western states. The figure is then calculated according to three factors — current private grazing land lease rates, beef cattle prices, and the cost of livestock production. In effect, the fee rises, falls, or stays the same based on market conditions, with livestock operators paying more when conditions are better and less when conditions have declined. The 2011 grazing fee of $1.35 per AUM/HM grazing fee applies to 16 Western states on public lands administered by the BLM and the Forest Service. 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