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Show Panguitch • Panguitch Lake • Hatch • Bryce • Tropic • Antimony • Henrieville • Cannonville • Escalante • Boulder • Duck Creek Thursday, June 11, 2009 • Issue # 219 Red House Farm Celebration Red House Farm, a new venture in Boulder committed to homegrown foods and art, would like to announce its OPEN HOUSE on Friday, June 19th. The five acre property on Boulder Creek was recently purchased by Brynn and Scott NEW BUSINESS LENDING WEBSITE Five County Association of Governments is delighted to announce the launch of its new website which is dedicated to business financing: www.SouthernUtahLoans.com . With a fresh and clean design, the website consists of the following sections: Biz Info, Biz Resources, Success Stories, Microloan, and Revolving Loan Fund. An application, several brochures, as well as numerous web links are provided as well. Oh yeah, don’t miss the extremely interesting and current business articles! Five County will offer regular updates to the website and anticipates that it will be a valuable resource for area businesses. The new website can be accessed at: www.SouthernUtahLoans.com Brodie who have lived in Boulder for the last decade. It includes a farmhouse, barn, and workshop, as well as pasture and a large garden. Scott says, “People here have been discussing ways that we can become a more self-reliant community in the areas of food production, local economy, and the arts. We want to create a pleasant venue where folks can come together and share their talents and ideas.” The general purpose, according to Brynn, is for the place “to be a working farm where we can produce plenty of food for ourselves and others, but also a place for workshops and all things creative. I think we’re only limited by our imaginations. We need to foster our creativity and local talent to better address our needs in a changing world.” The Red House Farm celebration will start at noon on Friday, June 19th. It will include live music, local foods, demos, and more. The Farm is located South of Highway 12 on Boulder Creek, call 435-335-7654 for more information. DESERT DOCTOR MOTORCYCLE REPAIRS & PARTS 24 Hr. Service Escalante, UT 435-826-4951 ARBOR DAY TREE PLANTING CELEBRATION On May 14, 2009 Panguitch City celebrated Arbor Day with the planting of several trees at the baseball fields. Over thirty-five 4th graders helped city staff plant the trees. Mayor Cooper gave a short talk on the importance of trees and Kory Owens, parks and recreation director talked about taking care of trees and the impact vandalism has on our trees. Punch and cookies were served and for once the wather was beautiful. This is the 3rd year Panguitch as celebrated Arbor Day with the planting of trees in the community. Panguitch is proud to be a Tree City USA community. Arbor day is typically held in April, However “Panguitch Spring Weather” dictates a May celebration. GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT HIRES NEW BUSINESS MANAGER Garfield County School District announces the appointment of Lark Reynolds as the Business Manager replacing Justin Baugh who is leaving Garfield County to work for Canyon School District in the Salt Lake City area. Mr. Reynolds has a Masters Degree in Accounting from the University of Utah and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Southern Utah University. For the last few years, Lark Reynolds has worked for the accounting firm Hansen, Barnett, & Maxwell, P.C. Prior to that, he worked for the Utah State Tax Commission as a corporate auditor. Lark has deep roots in Garfield County. The majority of his formative years were spent in Panguitch where he graduated from Panguitch High School. Lark’s father, Nick Reynolds, is the Principal of Panguitch Elementary School. The School Board took on the difficult task of narrowing the field of 53 can- didates down to the six candidates who were interviewed. Superintendent Park complimented the diligence of the Board in meeting multiple times and putting in the required hours to find a highly qualified candidate for this position. Mr. Reynolds wrote in his letter of interest, “School and work have motivated me to apply for this position. Because of my experience as a tax auditor and tax preparer, I feel confident in being able to assist the School Board as well as the general public by completing the necessary assignments in a timely manner.” Records preservation grant funding available weather thursday ISOLATED T-STORMS high: 68 low: 40 friday PARTLy CLOUDY high: 72 low: 42 saturday ISOLATED T-STORMS high: 66 low: 39 sunday ISOLATED T-STORMS high: 73 low: 43 monday PARTLy CLOUDY high: 78 low: 47 tuesday CLOUDY high: 75 low: 46 wednesday Showers high:79 low: 48 Grant funding for historical records preservation projects is available to nonprofit organizations and local governments that apply through the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board. Funding can be used to help repositories statewide preserve at-risk, historic records and to provide access to important collections. Historical records preservation projects might include purchasing archival supplies to house historical records, processing or organizing historical records, rebinding severely worn records, or performing a records inventory. Grant funds are not available for digitization projects. These mini-grants are intended for short-term projects and the maximum award will be $500. All grants require a one-to-one in-kind and/or cash match. Grants must be completed with reimbursement forms submitted by December 15, 2009. A portion of the money to fund the preservation of historic records in Utah was appropriated by the state legislature during the 2007 session. Additional funding comes from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Applications are required and must be received by July 15, 2009. The grant guidelines are available at http://archives.utah.gov/ USHRAB/grant-menu. html. An application is available at http://archives. utah.gov/USHRAB/formsmenu.html. For further information, contact Janell Tuttle at jtuttle@utah.gov. CATCH THE WAIVE Bryce Canyon National Park Will Waive Entrance Fees on Three Summer Weekends Secretary of the Interior jobs. So these areas need Ken Salazar announced that to maintain and expand this the National Park Service vital tourism.” Meanwhile, many park will offer three fee-free weekends this summer to partners including tour opencourage Americans seek- erators, hotels, restaurants, ing affordable vacations gift shops, and other vento visit these national trea- dors will offer additional sures. There are 391 na- discounts and special protional parks located across motions on those dates. the country in 49 states. More information on the “During these tough eco- fees and discounts can be nomic times, our national found at http://www.nps. parks provide opportuni- gov/findapark/feefreeparks. ties for affordable vacations htm. Xanterra Parks and for families.” “National Resorts, concessionaire for Parks also serve as power- Bryce Canyon, will offer ful economic engines for a Neighbors Discount to local communities and we Utah residents residing in hope that promoting visita- Garfield, Kane, Iron, Washtion will give a small shot in ington and Sevier counties. the arm to businesses in the Just show your ID (with address) to the cashier for area,” he said. The 147 National Park a 20% discount on retail Service sites across the items and dining during country that charge fees these three weekends. Grofor entry will waive these ceries, sundries and lodgentrance fees during the ing are not included. Bryce weekends (Saturdays and Canyon National Park will Sundays) of: June 20-21, waive the $25 entrance fee July 18-19, and August 15- during the three fee-free 16, 2009 “Tourism income weekends. The entrance helps America’s economic stations will be staffed to recovery,” Salazar said. provide maps, information “National park sites in the and sell annual park passes. Great Lakes states, for ex- The waiver does not include ample, attract 8 million other fees such as camping. recreation visits a year that As these weekends may be bring $211 million into the extra busy with traffic and local economies. Spending parking congestion, visitors by visitors from out of the are encouraged to ride the area supports 4,400 local park’s free shuttle. There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. ~ Mark Twain 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. 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