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Show WEDDINGS Matthew - Spencer He asked...She said Yes! Or was it the other way around? Anyway, Justin and Nicole are getting MARRIED Saturday July 11th, 2009 at Angel’s Landing They would be thrilled to see you at their reception between 6:00 & 8:00 Friday July 10th Saturday July 11th Panguitch Stake Center Orderville Seminary Building Parents of the Groom: Robert & Melanie Spencer Parents of the Bride: Tony & Nan Matthew MARIJUANA OPERATION FOILED Deputies from the Wayne County Sheriff’s office were assisted by members of the U.S. Forest Service, Utah State Bureau of Investigation and the Central Utah Narcotics Taskforce on June 30, 2009, in eradicating an illegal marijuana growing operation on Boulder Mountain. Approximately 11,000 marijuana plants were destroyed in this multi-agency operation. THE BUCKSKIN COLT We’ve got a new family member, out here on the edge of town. A little buckskin studhorse is camped here, hangin’ around. He’s a handsome little feller. Black legs and a dun-colored hide. I guess he’s only about half-growed. Way too little to ride. He’s got about five acres to do what he wants to do on. Mostly, now, that is swishin’ flies. There’s lots of good grass to chew on. He’ll come to me for a minute when I go to give him a rub, But mostly he wanders off real soon. I guess I’m not in his club. He likes to run, and watchin’ him’s fun. He don’t do nothin’ bad, Which is kind of surprising, I guess, ‘cause Rexie is his dad. So we are pleased to have him here at our place on the edge of town, That little buckskin studhorse, just camped here, hangin’ around. Poems written by Ray Conrad www.raymondconrad.com J.W. DISPOSAL 1270 East Highway 89 • Panguitch, Utah LET US BE YOUR FULL-SERVICE WASTE REMOVAL PROVIDER!!! We provide weekly curb-side pickup for all Garfield and Piute County Residents $11/ Monthly (use of black can included in price). Please ask about our single senior discounts. We also provide 4-6 yard dumpsters for your business needs; with your choice of weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly pickups. We also have 15 yard roll-off bins for any construction or clean-up needs. We service all Garfield, Piute, Kane, and Iron Counties. We guarantee to meet or beat any competitors prices. For quotes or questions call: Wally (435) 616-8376 Amber (435) 676-8199 Business line (435) 676-8375 - Please leave a message. UCC PROVIDE SUMMER SERVICE ON STATE, PUBLIC LANDS Charlene Feick drags brush from a small downed tree across the grassy hillside that surrounds the Southern Utah University Mountain Center. Working with two fellow members of the Utah Conservation Corps, she snaps off limbs here and there, and begins arranging them in the shape of a teepee. Logs from the dead tree will be added later to protect the brush as it dries. In the winter, when the fire danger on Cedar Mountain all but disappears, crews from the Utah Division of Forestry will burn the dead brush piled into dozens of similar teepees dotting the hillside. “It’d be nice to come back with some marshmallows in the wintertime,” Feick said with a smile. A 20-year-old SUU junior from Ely, Nev., Feick — or “Charlie,” as she prefers to be called — is spending her summer with the UCC as part of a pilot program sponsored by SUU’s Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative. IIC partnered with Utah State University to sponsor a UCC crew, made up of college students, in Southern Utah this summer. The cooperative is also sponsoring a high-school crew under the auspices of the Youth Conversation Corps. Together, the two “youth crews” — ranging in age from 15 to 26 — are working on public and state lands to protect and enhance natural resources in Southern Utah. After two weeks of training, the crews built trails in Snow Canyon State Park and at Three Peaks Recreation Area, and worked on forest management and fuels reduction at the SUU Mountain Ranch surrounding the Mountain Center. Between now and midJuly, they’ll also spend time on projects for the Nation- Page 3 The Garfield County Insider July 9, 2009 al Park Service in Bryce Canyon National Park and at Cedar Breaks National Monument. IIC Agency Coordinator Steve McCarthy described the program as “a twoedged sword.” “We’re meeting the needs of the region’s state and federal land-management agencies who are our IIC partners,” he said. “At the same time, we’re giving these young people a new opportunity through. By plished. That’s the big picture — to work with the land management agencies on site getting work done. And it’s working; the youth crews are doing a bang-up job.” To be hired for Utah Conservation Corps, the college students went through a series of interviews with IIC staff, after which they were rated and ranked before successful candidates were selected. Most of the UCC members are from the Cedar City area or have connections to SUU. The high school students working with the Youth Conservation Corps were selected randomly, as required by program policy. They are from the Cedar City area. Tyler Savage, a 26-year- the end of the summer, they will have had a great job and been exposed to several different agencies and outdoor projects.” Brian Cottam, Associate Director of SUU Regional Services, said the idea behind both the IIC and the youth crews is “to use university resources and students to help the land management agencies get desired projects accom- old SUU graduate from Thatcher, Ariz., serves as the overall crew boss. He said the youth crews like to start work each day at about 7 a.m., “before it gets too hot.” Crew members work 40 hours each week, and the pay ranks above “burgerflippin’ wages,” McCarthy says, but the work can be exhausting. “They earn every dime,” he said. “It’s hard work.” In addition to the work itself, the program also features an education component, McCarthy said. For example, each student is required to complete a “reflection journal assignment,” in which he or she records thoughts and feelings about the youth crew experience. The social aspect of working together is also important. McCarthy said Savage and assistant crew boss Rebecca Moses of Blanding have been good about scheduling social activities after work. “This crew is pretty tight,” he said. “The crew members seem to like each other and work well together. That’s important because so many of these students either attend SUU or will attend SUU. These kids will see each other on campus, and they will already have a bond.” Meanwhile, Cottam pointed out, the crew members are being exposed to several state and federal agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation. “They’re learning a lot, and as they do, they’ll realize that there are opportunities available working for the state and federal government in managing public lands,” he said. Building brush teepees in the mountains is exhausting work, and Feick seems happy to take a break and reflect on the potential shortterm impact of her work. “We’re reducing the fire danger in the forest, especially near structures like the SUU cabin,” she said. “All this brush would burn if a fire came raging through here. It feels good to be doing something that could make a difference.” Every1Counts IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR A CLEAN SLATE By Cynthia Kimball Humphreys A week ago I was a counselor at Operation Military Kids (OMK) “Kick in the Attitude” camp where youth (ages 12-18) from Nellis Air Force Base in conjunction with the University of Las Vegas (UNLV) host an annual summer camp at Zion Ponderosa Ranch & Resort for military youth who’ve had or will have a parent deployed. They also host the same camp for middle schoolers after this one is held. OMK provides a chance for youth to take their mind off the perils of deployment and to be around a support system of other youth who are in similar circumstances. It is an amazing program. From the leaders to the counselors to the kids. Oh yeah, Zion Ponderosa Ranch & Resort’s not bad either. Especially the food. One afternoon I had the opportunity to conduct a class on networking. It never ceases to amaze me how many networking contacts there are when you get a group of people together. It was no different with these youth. Every one of them had at least three new found networking contacts, but many had pages filled! After the presentation and up until the end of camp, I’d frequently hear, “Miss Cynthia, I networked today” or “Miss C. you should have seen so and so network or “We networked with tourists on our Zion hike.” And some of our male campers even practiced their new networking skills on young women from a girl’s camp out of Santa Clara, Utah. “I got three phone numbers!” one of them said with a large smile on his face. Some of the OMK activities we participated in were GPS, zip line, hikes in Zion National Park, paint ball, skeet shooting, and rock climbing. And yes, I did all of these activities and even have the battle scars from paint ball to prove it (which actually look a lot worse than they are). And even though the other counselors would tease and scare me about snakes, cougars and bears –one of their plans was to put a stuffed cougar right in the entrance of my tent so when I’d unzip my tent…yeah, funny, huh? And don’t get any ideas Mr. Lyle Sawyer from Hatch, Utah-- I found them to be amazing people from a soldier who recently served in Iraq and Afghanistan to a laid off manager who had to leave Las Vegas to move back home to Alton, Utah, to two friends who flew in from Minnesota, at their own expense, to be counselors for what was their fourth year at camp this year. But, the absolute best part about camp was the reaction from an evening presentation I conducted on “YOU MATTER No Matter What”. “I’ve got a lot of changing to do, said Tala a high school student and football player. And James and Tai approached me to say how much they learned. “It almost made me cry,” said James. And even Miss Carol (Carol Padilla), the youth director at Nellis said, “You made an impact on a lot more than just kids tonight.” Then there was counselor, Mr. Ricky’s, feedback, “If that weren’t such a great presentation, I’d still be giving you a hard time about snakes (that good intention only lasted that night, but at least he was heading in the right direction). The two remaining days of camp I’d continually hear the youth asking, “Is it good or useful?” (one of the concepts I spoke about in the presentation. Namely, before you think, speak or act ask, “Is it good or useful?”). And even though the kids were teasing each other asking, “Is it good or useful?” I could see that they were understanding the concept and really thinking about using it. Several youth even talked about wanting to have a clean slate. To start over. To stop doing inappropriate things they have done in their past. “It’s never too late,” I said. “Never, ever.” That goes for anyone of us. We can decide to be kinder to people and remember their names. We can decide to forgive and not hold grudges. We can decide to not be dependent on substances. We can decide to end cycles of abuse even if it was done to us. We can decide not to gossip and be loyal instead. There are so many things we can stop and start doing. It is solely up to us. So, which ones’ will you stop and start? Now if it took some of the youth, maybe even adults, to attend OMK “Kick in the Attitude” camp to want to change, start over and create a new clean slate than it was worth that tick riding home with me attached to my back. But rest assured, next year I’ll be on the lookout for those counselors who I know are already planning how they are going to mess me with the likes of cougars and snakes and bears. Oh my. But I will love and forgive them anyway. For information on coaching, consulting, speaking or training contact: Cynthia Kimball Humphreys, Vice President, Every1Counts, P.O. 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