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Show Recap Of 1998 We continue our recap and brief summary of the events of 1998 that filled the pages of the Garfield County News. It's always interesting interest-ing to review recent history as it relates to today's events. SEPTEMBER Baseball Complex The "dream come true" baseball complex was being constructed in the southeast corner of Panguitch. The complex featured three baseball diamonds, one for high school, one for softball, and one geared to little leaguers. Legislators In Tropic Some 70 Utah State Legislators traveled to southern Utah for a hands-on tour. They stopped in Tropic for a town meeting to provide pro-vide a forum for the legislators to express some of their impressions and an opportunity for county residents resi-dents to approach a large number of state legislators in one sitting. County Residents Help Young Cancer Victim Residents in Garfield County were asked to help in raising funds for young Cami Mumford, Cedar City, granddaughter of Vaughn and Mae Twitchell, Cannonville. Mumford was diagnosed with osteosarcoma or bone cancer in July (See RECAP 1998 on Page 4-A) . Recap From Front Page 1998 and was scheduled to have chemotherapy treatments in the coming weeks. Escalante Center Director Dr. Suzanne Winters was named director of the proposedEscalante Center. She envisions the science center as a focus of opportunity for Garfield County's students, as an internationally recognized center for scientific research, and as a magnet for one of the world's fastest growing grow-ing tourist attractions - eco-tourism. eco-tourism. Road Damage Flash flooding caused road damage dam-age across the Escalante District of the Dixie National Forest during the third week of September. Fourth Graders Get History Lesson Fourth graders from all county elementary schools took part in a two-day activity, "Utah, Past and Present," at Bryce Valley. The youngsters took turns learning about Utah history and early Native Americans in the state. Boulder Artist Artist Scotty Mitchell's pastel drawings were on exhibit at the Iron Mission State Park in Cedar City through Oct. 2. A resident of Boulder, Mitchell depicted views that could be seen from Utah Highway 12, familiar scenes to many who travel the road. Hospital Foundation Dinner The annual fandraising Garfield Memorial Hospital Foundation dinner was set to take place Sept. 25 in Panguitch. It is the largest and most extensive project by the foundation to raise moneys for worthwhile health care projects. Proceeds from the event were used to purchase a rapid infuser and newborn hearing screening equipment equip-ment for the hospital. Utah National Guard Bikers Visit Bryce Valley Some 22 National Guard bicyclists bicy-clists rolled into Tropic during September. Sep-tember. The group was participating participat-ing in the Utah National Guard's 5th annual Border-to-Border Bi-kathon Bi-kathon to deliver "Drug and Vio- Ience Free" messages to youth at local area schools. Changes In Aquarius Ecosystem The Forest Service set up a public pub-lic field trip day so that interested individuals could view project areas which included Dark Valley, Big Lake, and Philo Lake in the Teas-dale Teas-dale district and Barney Top, Griffin Top, and Big Swale in the Escalante Esca-lante District. They proposed several actions to move existing conditions to desired future conditions, including commercial com-mercial timber harvesting, aspen regeneration, management ignited prescribed fire and travel management. |