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Show The Garfield County Insider June 11, 2009 IN OUR TOWN FYI PANGUITCH Well its Thursday morning and hopefully you made it to last nights Chocolate Fest. It’s the kick off for the Quilt Walk Festival, wasn’t Cheryl Church great, as were the rest of the entertainers. I hoped that you picked up some bargains at the Silent Auction. The fun has only just begun. Claudia Crump has her famous quilting classes, and her very professional instructors. The first year Claudia did these classes she only had 16 students, and since then she has had as many as 170 taking part. People come from all over the state to learn new techniques on quilting; the sad thing is not many of the locals take advantage of this opportunity. There will be 3 Trunk Shows, this is where a Quilter will pull out her quilts of a trunk and talk about each endeavor, this is very popular show and each day will be different. For eight dollars you get a great lunch, but the Trunk Show is free. Tonight the famous Quilt Show Dinner Theater will start at 7pm and will run Thurs through Sat. I am the star of the show, but don’t blink or you miss my part. Friday is a repeat of Thursday events. Saturday starts off with Panguitch Lions all you can eat pancake breakfast. The Panguitch Lions Club will be celebrating their 80th birthday serving Panguitch. After the breakfast there will be a petting zoo, a heritage and craft fair. Steve Marshall will be hosting an art show at the Old High School, there will be a lot of wonderful art pieces on display. Tim Harris will also be displaying many of his high school students art work, this will be open both Fri. and Sat. There will be a tractor parade; it is a chance to show off your tractors that you have work so hard on. Call Jane Excell at (676-8079). Right after the tractor parade, there will be a quilt walk race on Main Street; this is great fun, with prizes. You need to get seven of your friends and show up, quilts will be furnished, Big Brian will have the Quilt Walkers there to take on all comers, except us really old cast members. This will be your last chance to see the Quilt Walk Show, the tickets for the dinner show are $15.00, however if you just want to come out and the incredible handsome John Blevins, you can watch the show for only $5.00. Don’t forget the Home Tours on By: Mack Oetting Sat., starting at 3 pm. With the help of Nick Matthew and four of his yellow shirt friends, we were able to put up the pioneer village and the hay bales out on Main Street, on Monday. The Quilt Walk ladies then got the quilts up and built the seven men that line the street, with their very own fences. You can make money betting on the wind starting to blow as soon as the quilts are hung, however we didn’t lose one building this year. Many thanks to John Orton for the use of his hay bales. John has a lot of toys, one fits on the front of his tractor and picks up eight bales at one time, turns and lays them just a neat as can be on his trailer, he was able to put on one hundred bales in this manner. The Quilt Walk Festival is a lot of hard work, and to all of the volunteers that take part in making this event possible, we can only thank you from the bottom of our heart. I ran into Steve Marshall’s (Steve owns our local drug store) younger brother Dan at Church the other day, and he was telling me about Steve’s training routine. I have known a few people in my day that has Steve’s ability to put maxim effort into what is fun for him. I am sure when he was training Tennessee Walking horses it took the same effort. One of those people with this ability was a friend of mine also named Steve. He and I started running at the same time and we were both running 10Ks at about 48 minutes. My friend started running 10 miles every morning and doing speed work in the evenings. He was the ugliest runner you ever saw, but he got his time down on the 10Ks to 36 minutes, and he ran a marathon in under 3 hours to qualify for the Boston Marathon. Steve Marshall has this same dedication. His workouts consists of weight training, swimming, running 10 miles three day a week and riding his bike for forty miles, also three days a week. Steve races from early March to late October, mainly competing in triathlons in Utah and Arizona. During 2008, he did nine triathlons, six half-marathons, five 10ks, five 5Ks, two swimming events and three biking events. Steve is training for the Iron Man Triathlon which will be here in Utah next year. The Triathlon consists of a 2 mile swim, 116 mile bike ride and a 26 mile marathon; it makes me tired even thinking about it. Steve says if you are bored stop by his store and he will tell you what he did on his 64th birthday for fun. Good luck Steve in your endeavors. We have three new restaurants in our area. The Rice King is at the Big 4 restaurant. We have needed a Chinese restaurant for a little variety for a long time; the Rice King has another restaurant in Richfield. Judging from the line out the door they should do a good business. In Hatch someone has completely rebuilt that ugly old blue building into a very charming 50s dinner and motel. It also has motel rooms and a motorcycle shop. Its called Bikes, Beds and Burgers. The burgers are outstanding, and you can add all kinds of items to it for a small charge, fries are included. There is also a new Steak House in Hatch that I hear is very good and will give it a try one of these days. Did you notice your Questar gas bill, natural gas price went down about three months ago and this is reflected on your latest gas bill. Since I get two different bills and the refunds are different, I can only assume that it is based on usage. The H1N1 virus is in the news all the time, (Swine Flu). We have lived in such a panic state this last 8 years, every time something like this comes up, the sky is falling. This flu has killed 18 people in the U.S. so far and 85 in Mexico. The flu in the United States kills between 25, and 30,000 people each year, 90% are over the age of 70. In the World, between 250 and 500,000 each year die from the flu. You don’t get it from eating pork or Mexican food, it is a virus. So if you are going to get the flu try and make it the terrible Swine kind. There are some advantages to this scare. My Granddaughter Tèah who is in Mexico to learn the language is now enrolled in a Spanish speaking institute. Thirty-two students, from the U.S. had enrolled, because of the Swine flu only 8 showed up. Instead of having 30 students in her class there are only three. Tèah is a pre-med student, and knowing a foreign language is becoming a necessity to get into medical school. Keep the good news coming. Mack O. Panguitch Scouts Earn Eagle Rank The Eagle Rank is the goal for most every boy scout. Two of Panguitch’s finest recently were awarded the rank of Eagle. Good friends, Brendan Lee & David Roundy, are both top students at Panguitch High School. Each of their Eagle Projects helped to beautify and make more functional the recreational property adjacent to the LDS Panguitch Stake Center. David is the son of Raymond & Rushelle Roundy and a member of Venturer Post 681 of the the Panguitch 3rd. Ward. Brendan parents are Wallace and Kelly Lee. He is a member of Venturer Post 680, sponsored by the Panguitch 2nd. Ward. Brendan and David each have high goals in life, including an LDS mission when reaching age 19. Every aspiring boy scout can look to Brendan and David as role models. Why I Forward JOKES: This explains why I forward jokes. A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of- pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, “Excuse me, where are we?” “This is Heaven, sir,” the man answered. “Wow! Would you happen to have some water?” the man asked. “Of course, sir. Come right in, and I’ll have some ice water brought right up.” The man gestured, and the gate began to open. “Can my friend,” gesturing toward his dog, “come in, too?” the traveler asked. “I’m sorry, sir, but we don’t accept pets.” The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog. After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book. “Excuse me!” he called to the man. “Do you have any water?” “Yeah, sure, there’s a pump over there, come on in.” “How about my friend here?” the traveler gestured to the dog. “There should be a bowl by the pump.” They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree. “What do you call this place?” the traveler asked. “This is Heaven,” he answered. “Well, that’s confusing,” the traveler said. “The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.” “Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That’s hell.” “Doesn’t it make you mad for them to use your name like that?” “No, we’re just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.” Now you know why I ALWAYS forward really good jokes! Page 5 AG MARKET NEWS Receipts: 906; Last Week : 518. Last Year: 1,075. Feeder Steers: mixed but mostly 5.00-6.00 higher, instances 10.00-12.00 higher. Feeder Heifers: mixed but mostly 5.00-6.00 higher, instances 10.00-12.00 higher. Holstein Steers: 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter Cows: 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls: 1.00-2.00 lower on similar kinds. Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200250 lbs 118.00-129.00; 250-300 lbs 116.00-129.00; 300-350 lbs 122.00-129.00; 350-400 lbs 112.00-124.50; 400-450 lbs 109.50-125.00; 450-500 lbs 115.00-125.00; 500-550 lbs 115.00-125.00; 550-600 lbs 117.00-121.00; 600-650 lbs 108.50-116.00; 650-700 lbs 88.00-102.25; 700-750 lbs 88.00-95.75; 750-800 lbs 87.00-98.00; 800-850 lbs 85.00-91.50; 850-900 lbs scarce; 900950 lbs 75.00-82.00; 9501000 lbs scarce. Holsteins Steers: Large Frame 3 Baby Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs scarce; 300-500 lbs 53.00-58.00; 500-700 lbs 51.00-66.00; 700-900 lbs 55.50-62.00; 900-1000 lbs 54.50-60.00. Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200250 lbs pkg 112.00; 250300 lbs pkg102.00; 300-350 lbs pkg 117.00; 350-400 lbs 101.00-112.00; 400-450 lbs 85.00-107.00; 450-500 lbs 107.00-111.00; 500-550 lbs 97.00-111.50; 550-600 lbs 95.00-104.50; 600- 650 lbs 90.00-101.50; 650-700 lbs 84.00-92.50; 700-750 lbs 79.25-88.75; 750-800 lbs 77.00-87.00; 800-850 lbs 78.50-86.25; 850-900 lbs 73.00-80.50; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs pkg 82.00. Heiferettes: 39.50-74.50. Stock Cows: Medium and Large Frame1: Few Older Pairs 600.00-885.00/pr. Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-85% Lean: 40.5047.00; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 42.00-49.75; Commercial: scarce; Cutter 8590% Lean: 34.00-39.75. Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs 54.00-56.00; 1500-2305 lbs 60.25-67.00; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 48.75-49.50; 1500-2435 lbs 51.25-58.25. Feeder Bulls 1070-1175 lbs scarce. Advertise in the Insider Call 676-2621 to place ads. Online Subscriptions Available at: www.snapshotmedia.com BLM’s Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet The Bureau of Land Management’s Utah Resource Advisory Council will meet June 19, 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Resource Advisory Council will meet at the Radisson Hotel, Wasatch 4 Conference Room, 215 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Agenda topics include election of officers; an overview of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act; fee increase presentations from the Bureau of Land Management and U. S. Forest Service; and, fee recommendations and approvals by the Resource Advisory Council. A public comment period is scheduled from 3:15 p.m. until 3:45 p.m., where members of the public may address the Council. Written comments may be sent to the Bureau of Land Management, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101. All meetings are open to the public; however, transportation, lodging and meals are the responsibility of the participating public. For further information, contact Sherry Foot, Special Programs Coordinator, Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management, at (801) 539-4195. |