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Show Panguitch • Panguitch Lake • Hatch • Bryce • Tropic • Antimony • Henrieville • Cannonville • Escalante • Boulder • Duck Creek Thursday, March 12, 2009 • Issue # 206 What Is America? ....by Harry Browne, January 24, 2002 Politicians love to tell us of others. cape from poverty, the widhow special America is. But Mark Skousen has said, est distribution of goods what is it that’s special? “The triumph of persuasion and services, the wealth that It can’t be the scenery — over force is the sign of a permits lavish generosity. the “purple mountain maj- civilized society.” What Is America Today? The American way was esties” or “thy rocks and Unfortunately, all three rills.” Dozens of countries for commerce, personal re- pillars of that unique Amerlationships, and religion to ica have been torn down. have beautiful scenery. It can’t be the people. be voluntary. No one was The Bill of Rights is now Citizens of other countries forced to participate in overruled by nine judges can be just as generous, something he didn’t want. and ignored daily by politiSo an individual could cians and bureaucrats. courteous, fun-loving, or better his life — not by anything-you-might-want. Voluntary association It can’t be bravery. Peo- appealing to government has been replaced by the ple have fought and died for force, but by offering oth- government’s forcible imtheir countries since the be- er people incentives to do position of discrimination business with him. ginning of history. laws, monopoly suppliers, Civilization reached a And yet, there most cerand subsidies financed with tainly is — or was — some- new high by the maximum money confiscated from thing singular about Ameri- reliance on voluntary per- you. suasion and the minimum ca. What was it? You’ve been replaced In my view, America’s reliance on government coas the regulator of the free uniqueness rested on three ercion. market by people like TedThe Free Market pillars. dy Kennedy and George Voluntary association The Bill of Rights Bush. Now companies have The first is the concept produces the free market to please Washington before that government is limited — where each person can they can even think about to a few specific, clearly choose among a multitude pleasing you. defined functions. The Bill of possibilities. The free market empow- The Revolution Is Over of Rights makes this clear. Those who say we could The 9th and 10th amend- ers the most effective regulose America are looking in ments specify that the fed- lator in the world — you. the wrong direction. We’ve You don’t have to deal eral government may not do already lost it. anything that isn’t spelled with a company you don’t Those who think immilike. You don’t have to out in the Constitution. grants will change America And to drive that home, buy something if you don’t overlook the changes althe Bill of Rights specifical- want it — or if the price is ready in place. Our governly guarantees your freedom too high — or if you aren’t ment, taxes, and ideas of to speak, worship, write, sure the product is safe. The freedom are already dupliassemble, protest, or pro- seller must satisfy you that cates of the Old World. Our he has what you want at a tect yourself. There are no politicians determine how price you’re willing to pay. exceptions allowed — even With tens of millions we should live our lives — when the politicians claim to have a “compelling in- of individual regulators and our individual liberties terest” in limiting your lib- like you, companies are are sacrificed for the benefit pressured to provide what of the Fatherland. What is erty. Before America, no people want and need in unique that’s left to lose? Those who fear a “loss of country was ever governed the real world — not what American sovereignty” to by such a document. It put bureaucrats think would government in a small, con- be best in a utopian world. international agencies don’t In the free market, you are realize how little such agenfined compartment. the King because you aren’t cies could bring about that Voluntary Association The Bill of Rights frees forced to buy anything you we don’t already have. Are they afraid someone will you to engage in any kind don’t want. impose coercive healthThe free market brought of activity you want with care regulation on us? Or us the greatest prosperity consenting adults, provided government schooling? Or the world has ever known you don’t forcibly impose upon the person or property — the easiest road to es- regulations dictating the size of your toilet? What could happen that our own weather government hasn’t already done? thursday What to Do If you devote yourself high: 49 low: 23 Mostly CLOUDY to fighting against the latest political proposal, you may be wasting your time. friday The growth of government is inevitable because RAIN / SNOW the major issue has already been decided: there is no longer an America of tiny saturday government, voluntary ashigh: 53 sociation, and the free marlow: 24 Mostly Sunny ket. So the only arguments now are over how the polisunday ticians will run our lives — high: 50 the Republican way or the low: 24 few showers Democratic way. Our one hope is to persuade our fellow Americans monday that a return to the Bill of high: 54 Rights could bring us much low: 26 Sunny smaller government, much greater personal income, access to more low-cost tuesday products and services, and high: 58 the freedom to live your low: 30 Sunny own life as you think best — not as the President or wednesday Congress wants. high:59 Every battle is trivial low: 29 Mostly SUNNY compared to the fight to restore that unique America. MOQUIS DO IT AGAIN STATE CHAMPIONS! ...by Pat Dix, Champion Reporter For the second year in a row and the third in four years, the Escalante Moquis have brought home to their fans, their community, and to their school, the coveted State Basketball Championship Trophy. A great aspect of the 2009 Champions is the fact that defensively you cannot concentrate on stopping one individual. With talents like Kevin Griffin, Tim Hughes, Brady Barney, Logan McLemore, Jace Taylor, Dalton Lisonbee, and Kace and Kam Roundy etc. there is always someone who will take command and lead this team. Saturday it was Kevin Griffin. With Tim Hughes hampered by a bad back, and Duchesne seemingly aiming their defense his way, Kevin figuratively “took the bit in his teeth,” and ran with it, ringing up 14 points from the field and 8 of 9 from the free throw line for a game high total of 22 points. Tim was not totally throttled either, chipping in with 12 points including one from downtown. Logan McLemore and Brady Barney each contributed 6, Dalton Lisonbee pumped in the “Bomb Squads” other trey. Due to the fact that Escalante is such a great shooting team, especially from 3 point range, there are times when the Moqui defense is overlooked. Saturday they continually frustrated Duchesne’s offense when they thought they had an advantage. The Tournaments MVP, Tim Hughes (his second in a row) fouled out with just over 3 minutes in the game, and suddenly the Moqui’s title prospects began to dim, but then the defensive side of this team’s talent flexed their muscles and held the Eagles to just 4 points for the next three and half minutes, to salt away Championship number 3!!!! In my opinion the Escalante Moquis of 2009 can be described by a single solitary word.........TEAM !!!!!!!!!!! On a personal note allow me to extend to my two good friends, Coach Greg Allen, and Coach Brent Cottam and all of the Moqui squad my heartiest and sincerest congratulations. You have done Region 15 and Garfield County proud!!! DWR proposes more deer and elk permits The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources proposes big game permit numbers for this fall’s hunts You might have a better chance at drawing a permit to hunt big game in Utah this fall. Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are recommending an increase in the number of permits available for most species. Now the biologists want your ideas about their recommendations. All of the DWR’s big game proposals are available at wildlife.utah.gov/ public_meetings. Once you’ve read the proposals, you can share your thoughts and ideas one of two ways: Five Regional Advisory Council meetings will be held across Utah. Citizens representing the RACs will take the input received at the meetings to the Utah Wildlife Board. Board members will use the input when they meet in Salt Lake City on April 2 to approve permit numbers for Utah’s 2009 big game hunts. You can participate and provide your input at any of the following meetings: Southern Region March 17, 7 p.m. Richfield High School, 510 W. 100 S., Richfield You can also provide your comments to your RAC via e-mail. E-mail addresses for your RAC members are available at wildlife.utah. gov/public_meetings. The group each RAC member represents (sportsman, non-consumptive, etc.) is listed under each person’s e-mail address. You should direct your email to the people on the RAC who represent your interest. Proposals: “Most of Utah’s big game animals are doing well,” says Anis Aoude, big game coordinator for the DWR. “And that’s great news for sportsmen. It means more permits can be offered this fall.” The following are among the DWR’s recommendations: Buck deer The number of permits the state can offer for Utah’s general buck deer hunts each fall is decided by two factors. One is the state’s permit cap. The cap does not allow more than 97,000 general buck deer permits to be offered each year. The other is a requirement that deer herds have at least 15 bucks per 100 does. A few years ago, the Utah Wildlife Board decreased buck deer permits by 1,000 permits each in both the Central and Northeastern regions. The board lowered the number of permits because the threeyear buck-to-doe average in each region fell below the minimum of 15 bucks per 100 does. Since then, the number of bucks has improved. Over the past three years, biologists have found an average of 16 bucks per 100 does in the Central Region. I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson 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. We sincerely hope you enjoy the paper and encourage input on ideas and/or suggestions for the paper. Thank you for your support. In the Northeastern Region, the herds have averaged 16 bucks per 100 does. “Both regions have good numbers of bucks,” Aoude says. “We’d like to give more hunters a chance to hunt these bucks by returning 1,000 permits to each of the two regions.” One region biologists do not want to add permits back to is the Northern Region. “A lot of deer died in the Northern Region during the winter of 2007–2008,” Aoude says. “Even though the three-year buck-to-doe average across the region is good, the average on two of the units — the Cache and Ogden units — is down to about 10 bucks per 100 does. “We’d like to maintain the current number of permits to help the deer in those two units rebound faster.” Bull elk On 26 of Utah’s 28 limited entry bull elk units, hunters are taking bull elk that are older than the age objective for the units. Because the units have plenty of big bulls, biologists are proposing that the number of limited entry bull elk permits be raised this year. The biologists are proposing 2,760 limited entry bull elk permits for 2009. That’s up 13 percent from the 2,447 offered in 2008. “There are plenty of big bulls on these units,” Aoude says. “We want to give a few more hunters a chance to enjoy hunting them.” Phone: 435-676-2621 Fax 435-836-2700 PO BOX 472, ~ Loa, Utah 84747 snapshot@scinternet.net ALL content for THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER must be submitted on FRIDAY before 5:00 pm to be included in the following Thursday edition of the paper. BOXHOLDER PRE-SORT STANDARD PAID LOA, UTAH PERMIT No. 5 |