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Show The Garfield County Insider Page 8 Full Time Professional Real Estate Services Serving Escalante, Boulder & St. George AG MARKET NEWS Receipts: 1,337; Last Week : 1,326. Last Year: 1,485. Feeder Steers: mixed wts under 500 lbs 5.00 lower early, later sales 4.00-4.00 higher; 500-700 lbs steady; wts over 700 lbs 1.00- 2.00 lower. Feeder Heifers: mixed wts under 750 lbs 5.00 lower early, later sales 4.00-5.00 higher; wts over 700 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower. Holstein Steers: to few offerings. Slaughter Cows: firm to 1.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls: 1.00-2.00 higher on similar kinds. Feeder Steers: Medium and Large Frame 2: 200-250 lbs 128.00-140.50; 250-300 lbs 128.00-141.00; 300-350 lbs 116.00-124.10; 350400 lbs 105.25-116.50; 400-450 lbs 96.75-113.00; 450-500 lbs 91.50-100.00; 500-550 lbs 83.50-92.50; 550-600 lbs 82.00-91.50; 600-650 lbs 81.00-91.50; 650-700 lbs 79.00-87.25; 700-750 lbs 75.50-84.00; 750-800 lbs 76.00-85.00; 800-850 lbs 74.75-82.75; 850-900 lbs 75.00-84.00; 900-950 lbs 74.75-80.50; 950-1000 lbs 77.00-80.00. Holsteins Steers: Large Frame 3 Baby Bull Calves: scarce; 200-300 lbs scarce; 300-500 lbs 47.00-62.00; 500-700 lbs 57.50-59.00; 700-900 lbs 54.00-55.00; 900-1000 lbs scarce. Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large Frame 1-2: 200250 lbs 113.00-119.50; 250-300 lbs 91.00-112.25; 300-350 lbs 90.50-110.00, pkg 119.00; 350-400 lbs 85.00-100.00; 400-450 lbs 82.50-95.50; 450-500 lbs 82.00-92.00; 500-550 lbs 75.50-89.75; 550-600 lbs 79.00-88.50; 600-650 lbs 72.00-80.00; 650-700 lbs 74.50-82.50; 700-750 lbs 74.50-82.25; 750-800 lbs 68.00-77.00; 800-850 lbs scarce; 850-900 lbs 65.0069.00; 900-950 lbs scarce; 950-1000 lbs 69.00-75.50. Heiferettes: 40.00-64.50. Stock Cows: Medium and Large Frame1: scarce. Slaughter Cows: Boning 80-85% Lean: 37.5046.50; Breaking 75-80% Lean: 39.50-46.00; Commercial: scarce; Cutter 8590% Lean: 31.75-36.25. Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1000-1500 lbs scarce; 1500-1970 lbs 58.25-65.50; Yield Grade 2 1000-1500 lbs 39.2547.00; 1500-2785 lbs 42.00-53.75. Feeder Bulls: 725-880 lbs 58.75-65.50. www.trailsendre.com For Great Real Estate Service.... Come Visit Us at 10 W. Main St., Escalante or Call Leslie Venuti 435-668-0540 or Denise Olson 435-680-4663. We can show all properties in the area and assist you with all your buying or selling needs. • Better Than New- Only 2 years old on 1/2 acre. 3 bdrm home w/ wood burning stove & large master suite. Only $114,900. • Bring Your Horses- 4+ bdrm/ 3 bath, full basement w/ large kitchen & storage plus barn/corrals & irrig water. $259,000. • Rare Find- Custom remodeled 2 bdrm home on 1 acre by river w/ incredible views! Garage/workshop, corrals & much more. $225,000. Adjacent 2+ Acres can also be purchased separately. Call for details. • Ready to Enjoy- Clean 3 bdrm w/ garage, gas fireplace, deck, workshop/ garage. $137,500. BOULDER • Hard to Find: Build Here!- 5+ Acres in town with well, irrigation shares, orchard, fenced and ready for you! $225,000. $8,000 tax credit is still available, but expires on 12/1/2009. Don’t wait, call for details. UTAH’S ECONOMIC RECESSION BOTTOMING OUT Utah’s most painful economic contraction since the Great Depression appears close to establishing a bottom, according to the Autumn 2009 issue of Zions Bank’s Insight—Economic News of Utah and the Nation released today. Prospects are rising for a return to modest Utah job creation that should be clear within 6 to 9 months. “Utah’s economy should show more signs of life throughout 2010,” said Jeff Thredgold, “Even as the economy stabilizes, however, more vibrant economic conditions seem perhaps 18 to 24 months away.” The five states sharing a border with Utah currently have an average unemployment rate of 9.0 percent, versus 6.0 percent in Utah, while the three West Coast states have an average jobless rate of 11.2 percent. Utah’s painful 4.4 percent decline in total employment during the past year has been exceeded by the average 5.4 percent rate of decline among the five bordering states. · Only education and health services and the government sector added jobs during the most recent 12-month period. · Utah will continue to do well in attracting new employers and retaining existing companies in coming years because of the reasonable cost of doing business, as well as a more affordable cost of living than found in many areas across the U.S. The August 2009 Utah “cost of doing business” estimate of Moody’s Economy. com was 90 percent of the U.S. average. Similar costs for Salt Lake City and ProvoOrem were 87 percent and 81 percent, respectively. • The plunge in new home construction across Utah and around the nation during the past two years should give way to modest, but continual, improvement in coming years. October 15, 2009 USU Extension Updates: Jots from Jorgensen Why Extension and What Is It About?, by SuzAnne Jorgensen, USU FCS Extension Agent, Garfield County The mission of the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) is to help people improve their lives by providing research-based information from the land-grant university (Utah State University) through non-credit classes and informal programs. It is a cooperation between federal, state and county partners to provide this outreach to individuals and families of the county. This infrastructure is supported by federal, state and local funding. It is educational rather than regulatory. It all began when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act of 1862 establishing landgrant universities to educate citizens in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts and other practical professions. Extension was formalized in 1914, with the Smith-Lever Act, which established the partnership between the agricultural colleges and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work. Cooperative State Research, Education and Ex- tension Service (CSREES) is the federal component of CES and is housed in the USDA, which includes 74 land-grant universities and 3,517 county and city administrative units. Farmers were the first to be provided help from Extension. Some were early adopters of the information and practices for growing crops, but others were slow to jump on the bandwagon of innovation. “Corn clubs,” the beginning of 4-H, solved the problem finding youths to be the key to adopting these innovative practices. Next, homemakers were provided life-skills information such as canning, food preparation and safety and formed social networks through homemakers clubs. Throughout the years, Extension has provided information and programs based on the needs of the people. Today, Utah State University Garfield County Extension provides information and programs in the areas of 4-H and youth development, agriculture, families, finance, food and nutrition, horticulture and J.W. DISPOSAL 1270 East Highway 89 • Panguitch, Utah LET US BE YOUR FULL-SERVICE WASTE REMOVAL PROVIDER!!! For quotes or questions call: Wally (435) 616-8376 • Amber (435) 676-8199 Business line (435) 676-8375 - Please leave a message. natural resources. There are several Utah State University Extension and Garfield County employees who work through our office. All of the employees are part-time, but have big jobs. Deborah McLaughlin is the administrative assistant/secretary who works Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (including lunch). Kevin Heaton, our agriculture/natural resources agent, covers Kane and Garfield counties and also some agriculture in Washington County. He’s in the office when he can be, but spends a lot of time out in the field. I handle the family and consumer sciences/4-H for the county. I work Monday through Thursdays, sometimes in and out of the office as well. Our 4-H assistants are Cassie Lyman and Brandi Dickinson. Cassie covers Garfield County but is based in the Escalante area for 4-H as well as the 4-H Mentoring Program for Escalante/Boulder. Brandi covers the Panguitch/Hatch area for 4-H. Michelle Zubia covers the 4-H Mentoring Program for the county, with the help of Cassie and she also translates or teaches classes in Spanish. Last, but not least, Teri Brown teaches the Food Sense Nutrition Education classes. You will be hearing more about these programs in our column throughout the coming weeks. We look forward to helping you with your informational needs through the Utah State University Garfield County Extension Service. 200 North 400 East • Panguitch, Utah 676-8811 www.garfieldmemorial.org Family Practice Dr. Richard Birch Dr. Todd Mooney Becky Roberts, FNP Tim Dennis, PA-C Dr. Mitchell Miller Speech Therapy Flora Howard Anesthesiology Lewis Barney, CRNA Certified Nurse Midwife DeAnn Brown, CNM VISITING SPECIALISTS FOR OCTOBER 2009 Dr. Robert Pearson 13 Ear, Nose Throat .........................676-8842 BENNETT PUSHES to see citizenship questions asked in 2010 census Dr. Randy Delcore 8 Orthopedist...................................676-8842 Dr. Eric Maxwell 7, 21 Audiologist....................................676-8842 Senator Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) introduced an amendment today that would only allow continued funding of the 2010 census if the census includes a question of citizenship status on all future decennial censuses. “The system is broken and areas of the country with high illegal populations should not be rewarded with greater representation in Congress” said Bennett, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee. “The decennial census is an overwhelming and extremely expensive undertaking and it must be done right.” The amendment is based on the Fairness in Representation Act, introduced by Dr. Mark Hansen 15 Gen Surgeon................................676-8842 Dr. Brad Webb 5, 19 Podiatrist.............................. (800)260-3668 Dr. Robert Nakken 29 Orthopedist...................................676-8842 Dr. Ronald Crouch 7 Urologist.......................................676-8842 Dr. Kevin Walsh 1 Cardiologist...................................676-8842 Bennett last month. The bill would require the Census Bureau to include a question on its decennial census asking whether the individual is a citizen or lawful resident of the United States. It would further direct the Census Bureau, that for the purposes of apportionment of congressional seats, the population should be based on the number of legal residents of the United States. Wan t Publi the ct Know o ? Launc hing a new p roduc Spons t? oring an ev e n t ? Grand openin g? Neither Bennett’s bill nor the amendment introduced today would affect federal funding to states. It is also important to note that by law, information collected by the Census Bureau is completely confidential, and therefore Senator Bennett joins the bureau in urging all respondents to return their census form and feel confident answering honestly. Statewide Press Release Service Take advantage of our press release services for $25 801-308-0268 www.utahpress.com Our Pharmacist, Tim Smith, will provide Coumadin testing and results at outlying clinics. Please call clinic for available dates and times. Coumadin testing and results at the Garfield Memorial Clinic will be by appointment. Mammography will be available in Orderville Oct. 1st, Panguitch October 7th, in Escalante Oct. 14th & 15th and in Wayne County Oct. 28th. To schedule an appointment please call 435-676-1267. Clinics - Call For Appointments Garfield Memorial Clinic, Panguitch .................................................. 435-676-8842 (Mon - Fri) Kazan Clinic, Escalante . ........................................................ 435-826-4374 (Mon., Wed., Fri.) Bryce Valley Clinic, Cannonville ............................................... 435-679-8545 (Tues. & Thurs.) Circleville Clinic, Circleville ....................................................... 435-577-2958 (Tues. & Thurs.) Physical and Speech Therapy . ........................................................................... 435-676-8840 Mammography .................................................................................................... 435-676-1267 Diabetic Counseling(Jan Frandsen) .................................................................... 435-676-8811 Garfield Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Center ........................................... 435-676-1265 |