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Show PANGUITCII • PANGLITCIILAKI- • HATCH • BRYCI-: • TROPIC • ANTIMONY • HI-NKH-MUX • CANNOWILU- • ESGVLWTF. • BOULDER •DL:CKCRFJ:K Thursday, March 8, 2007 • Issue # 102 Garfield County Funniest Home Videos Competition Highway 12 Towns and Non-Profits Apply for National Scenic Byway Funds Each year the Federal Highways Administration makes funding available for projects on State and National Scenic Byways through the National Scenic The Panguitch High School Future Business Leaders of America Club, is Byway Grant Program. This year five applications for fiinding were submitted holding a Fun Fundraiser that all of by towns and non-profits on Highway 12 National Scenic Byway and AllGarfield County Community can enjoy. American Road. They are sponsoring a Garfield County Escalante City and Cannonville Town submitted grant applications that, if Funniest Home Videos Competition. awarded, will provide funding for projects in their communities. Escalante City So, find your old videos, make a new is requesting $8,000 for upgrades to the Escalante Mohr Christensen City Park one. Film animal antics, sweet baby and Cannonville submitted a request for $16,000 that would be used for imlaughs, kids at play, people dancing, sing- provements to the property at the corner of Highway 12 and Kodachrome ing just enjoying life, gags and jokes are Way. o.k. as long as the dupe is alright with In addition, area non-profits submitted grant funding requests for their the filming. projects. Envision Escalante requested $20,000 to help fund construction acKeep your entry no longer than 3 to tivities related to the development of a Center for the Arts in Escalante. The 5 minutes. You can enter as many times Scenic Byway 12 Foundation submitted two separate grant applications, a as you like. The club members will put $72,000 request to fabricate and install interpretive signs in pullouts and waythe entries together and then will have a sides on Highway 12 and a $25,000 request to help fund the activities of the public viewing. There will be gift prizes Scenic Byway 12 Committee. given to the top three entries. The grant applications submitted for projects on Highway 12 will compete The deadline is Friday April 13th for the Federal funding with Byways across Utah and the United States. Fed2007. Be a part of this fun event. If you eral Highways Administration and National Scenic Byways staff in Washinghave any questions you can call Laura ton D.C. say decisions regarding which projects will be approved for funding Adams at 676-8782. $5 per entry. All through the grant program will be announced by late summer 2007. homemade Videos and DVD'S are welThe National Scenic Byways Program was established under the Intennodal come. Just send them in to, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, reauthorized in 1998 under the FBLA ~ P.O. Box 926 , Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and again in 2005 Panguitch, Ut 84759 under the Safe Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act Or you can bring it by - A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). PANGUITCH HIGH SCHOOL Under the program, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation recognizes certain roads as National Scenic Byways or Ail-American WEATHER Roads based on their archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recThu Mostly reational, and scenic qualities. There are 126 such designated by•-«— Sunny Mar 0 ways in 44 states. The Federal Highway Administration promotes the collection as America's Byways. Utah's Highway 12 is both a ••1MHMB National Scenic Byway and an All-American Road. For more information on National Scenic Byway 12, Utah's first Partly SS»F SBV30* 10* ^**^ Mar 10 All American Road, visit www.scenicbyway 12.com or contact John Holland in Tropic. •- Mnr 11 MOCtty Sunny • - - _ 10% i-g •„! ^ " mmwkn 62-F Hon Mar 1) Partly —13 Cloudy 61V38* lO*i '— 1 — Mar 13 Portly Cloudy 59V27" 10% Mar 14 Sunny 52V27' 10% ^ S *mzm's 2 « F 61°F 59»F I decided not to let my past rule my future so I decided to change my present in order to open up my future. Dr. AnaM Guzman BOXHOLDER BUSINESS AND BRYCE Utah State University Extension is proud to present a half-day Garfield County Business Resources Conference noon to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29 at Ruby's Inn near Bryce Canyon National Park. Luncheon speaker is Leigh von der Esch, director of the Utah Office of Tourism and former director of the Utah Film Commission. She will discuss marketing strategies including branding and how to effectively use the Internet. This will be followed by General Business and Tourism workshops. Some of the topics covered will be Marketing on a Shoestring, Financial Alternatives and Curb Appeal. The day will conclude with a panel discussion which includes all the presenters. A resource fair featuring information from presenters and organizations will be offered the entire time of the conference. Co-sponsors include Garfield County, Governor's Office of Economic Development, City of Panguitch, Garfield County Travel Council, Five County Association of Governments, Small Business Development Center and Main Street. The registration cost, which includes lunch and hand outs, is $20 per business owner plus $10 for each additional individual representing that business, if received by March 16. From March 17 to the day of the event registration will be $25 per business owner and $15 for each additional individual. Individuals interested starting a business can register for $15. To register or to receive more information contact USU Extension in Garfield County at 435-676-1114 or suzannei@ext.iisu.edu. ^ ^ M f A ^ j *rjJ*$ wEE+&$m>&W ^^^ »Mulhm«do snapshot@scinternet.net Phone: PRE-SORT 435-676-2621 STANDARD Fax 435-836-2700 PAID PO BOX 472 LOA, UTAH Loa U t a h M 7 4 7 » PERMIT No. 5 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER is owned and operated by Snapshot Multimedia and distributed weekly to all of Garfield County . Its purpose is to inform residents about local issues and events. Thank you. |