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Show Page March PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY AT BINGHAM ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER The Utah Division of Arts & Museums' Public Art Program, in partnership with Utah State University Uintah Basin, Vernal and the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, announces a call for artist qualifications for the creation of site-specific public art as part of the new Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center (BEERC) at the new campus in Vernal, Utah. The Art Selection Committee seeks individual artists or teams to generate a representational monumental painting or mural for the entry corridor of this research and classroom facility on the new Vernal campus. The committee will invite finalist artists to consider as inspiration and/or context; the purpose of this facility, energy research and development, the people and community of Unitah basin and Vernal, the ancient and modern history, as well as the future of the region. This project is separate from the February 3, 2010 announced call for entries regarding site-specific artwork for the approximately 80' traffic circle that serves at the "marker / gateway / welcome" to the new campus for the community of Vernal. The deadline for receipt of letters of interest and qualifications is April 1, 2010 at 5 p.m. Interested artists may apply online at www.dccgrants.org or submit materials by mail or delivery to Jim Glenn, 617 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84102. A full project description and submission specifics are available at www.artsandmuseums. utah.gov or by calling 801533-3585. The Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center will provide the local business community with business research support and open seminar spaces. The facility will also provide the scientific research and education community with laboratory support spaces and advanced training in Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Natural Resources. The Utah Division of Arts & Museums' Public Art Program was created by the Utah State LegislaOPEN SWIM ture in 1985 with the pasMonday, Wednesday, sage of the Percent-for-Art Thursday: 6-8 pm Act. This statute allows for Saturdays: 2-4pm 1% of construction costs for new or remodeled State LAP SWIM facilities to be added to the Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 6-7 am project for the commissionTuesday: 6:30 - 7:30 pm ing or acquisition of art that Thursday: 5-6 pm is site-specific to the facility Saturday: 8 - 9 am and community. For more For more information contact Jim information, contact Glenn at jglenn@utah.gov Kim at 690-9206 or 801-533-3585. PANGUITCH +4;610 14 dleo Wildlife biologists found an encouraging sight when they visited a bear den near Vernal recently: The two bears that were just cubs the year before were alive and doing well. "When Kevin Bunnell first entered the den, we thought there was only one [yearling in the cave with its mother]," says Dax Mangus, wildlife biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. "But then Kevin whispered an urgent, 'get another dose ready. There's a second [one]." The sow and her two ii;ei 14 March 25th, 2010 from 3:00 to 6:00 PM at the Triple C Arena. Panguitch City dog tags will also be available to purchase during the clinic. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Do you like to have fun and help others? Do you like planning activities and fun things for others to do? If so, please come and volunteer to be our activities/wellness director at any one of our Garfiled County Senior Citizens Centers. Escalante, Henrieville, or Panguitch. You set your own hours. Contact Heather Mcknight @ 435-616-4143 or at heretohelpgarfield@hotmail.com Let me know if that works because I have until the end of September to set some programs into action and they all require volunteers which are hard to get around here. It's like pulling teeth without novacaine. Fun stuff. Let me know when you need that lemonade. Actually hot chocolate would be more better and I would bring it right over if my van wasn't stuck in a huge mud puddle in my driveway. Bring on the heat. National Park Service (NPS) and concession facilities within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area are now operating on a spring schedule. The Carl Hayden Visitor Center and Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center are open daily from 8 a.m. -5 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time- MST). The NPS entrance stations will be opening on Friday, March 19. Launch ramp hours are as follows: • Wahweap Main: Saturday thru Thursday, 6 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 6 a.m.-8 p.m. MST. • Stateline: Saturday thru Thursday, 6 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 6 a.m.-8 p.m. MST. • Antelope Point: Launch ramp is open when the entrance station is open. • Bullfrog: Saturday thru Thursday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. (Mountain Daylight Time – MDT). • Halls Crossing & Hite: Open, currently self-certification is accepted and required. As the season progresses self-certification will not be available when authorized personnel is available to issue launch certificates. Boaters are reminded that a mussel free certificate is required prior to launching any watercraft. Please check the website at www. nps.gov/glca for the latest lakewide ramp times and certification requirements. The launching of motorized Fiber Choice Turns Smoothies watercraft is currently proAnti Oxidant Assorted Fruit hibited at Lone Rock and 90 ct. 60 ct. Stanton Creek Beaches. Dangling Rope Marina I-RAT ING opened on March 1, allowTHER A.6E ing boaters the opportunity to purchase fuel between Wahweap and Bullfrog. Other Lake Powell Resorts Ensure Shake Blistex Lip Balm & Marinas facilities are Vanilla or Chocolate Medicated SPF 15 open or will be opening 8 oz. 6-Pack 0.15 oz. soon. Visitors should call the resort to get the latest Blistex information. For the Wahweap area, the number is 928-645-1125. For the Bullfrog area the number is 435-684-3000. TRESemme Antelope Point faciliMoisturizing ties are also getting ready Shampoo or Conditioner for the coming season. To get the latest information Dulce far on openings, visitors should call 928-645-5900. Colorado River Discovery began their river trips in early March. For more information visitors may call Hyland's Absorbine Jr Pain Relieving Liquid Leg Cramps Tablets 888-522-6644. 2 oz. 100 ct. Please come out to enjoy springtime in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, but remember that weather conditions vary widely and can change rapidly at this time of year. Boaters are For more great deals, visit goodneighborpharmacy.com advised to obtain frequent weather updates. BEAR Entering RAISES BOTH CUBS dens part of statewide study one-year-old bears (called yearlings) were nestled in the back of a cave that was about 20 feet long. The biologists used a tracking device to find the cave. The device picked signals up from a radio collar the biologists placed on the female in August 2008. "When we found her den in early March 2009, she had two newborn cubs—a male and female," Mangus says. "A year later, both are still alive and in good shape. We only got a good look at one, though. The den was extremely narrow. If we pulled the other DOG VACCINATION CLINIC Spring Openings and Hours of Operation Announced 201 bears out, we weren't sure we could get them back in again!" The survey these biologists conducted in the Ashley National Forest north of Vernal is part of a larger statewide project. Biologists in each of the DWR's five regions have placed radio collars on bears to determine their reproductive success and how many of their cubs survive. The biologists find and enter the dens in late February and early March. They tranquilize the female and any yearlings she has. Then they check the bears' health and gather biological data. "We've been monitoring four collared bears in this region and one that was originally collared in another region," Mangus says. "Checking on the bears might sound easy, since we know where they are. But it isn't. The bear we checked last week looked easy on paper, but I think it was the [toughest] hike I've ever been on. "And [checking] that one is nothing compared to its closest neighbor," Mangus says. "This year, one of our collared bears is down in Ashley Gorge. We took a look from the air at its radio location. Reaching its den site would require a long trip by snowmobile, a hike of a mile or so on snowshoes to the edge [of the gorge], then roping up and rappelling down the cliff face before hiking through a boulder field [filled] with thick brush." Because of the risks involved, biologists will not check the Ashley Gorge den this year. Justin Dolling, game mammals coordinator for the DWR, says other biologists are also finding good bear survival this winter in siie 4 egrb 4siie *gib other parts of the state. "Cub survival is running about 90 percent so far this winter," Dolling said on March 16. "We still have another week or so [before this year's survey is done]. But so far, the biologists I've heard from [have told] me that 10 out of 11 cubs they checked last year have survived. And about 80 percent of the cubs Hal Black has checked on the Book Cliffs have also survived." Black is a long-time bear researcher at Brigham Young University. iiie 4 edib 1.4•44 gib Dolling says their successful birth and making it through their first year of life means the yearlings north of Vernal are about two-thirds of the way to becoming healthy, independent adults. "This spring, the sow will 'kick the yearlings' off so she can prepare for the upcoming breeding season," Dolling says. "The habitat conditions the yearlings find as they venture out on their own for the first time will be a big factor in whether they survive and become adults." |