Show o Seafli Ceidnd Uto!t Supplement To: Gunnison Valley News The Salina Sun Garfield County News The Richfield Reaper VOLUME 3 WEDNESDAY U NUMBER JUNE 22 2 1982 w Calf Creek 'New' Retreat For Area Recreationists a a c :Pi d ' Hi y 15 miles east of Approximately Escalante and 12 miles south of Boulder the Calf Creek Recreation Area encompassing the entire drainage area of the tributary of the Escalante River affords the visitor a chance to view beautiful Lower and Upper Calf Creek Falls Although the falls attraction of the area o $ Escalante By Nancy Bales Spotlight Writer are the major the spectacular surrounding scenery along the entire eight mile length of the Calf Creek drainage above the confluence of the Escalante River is what makes one want to stay or on nearby Mountain can always afford space for any disappointed campers at Calf Creek There a group people locally primarily for fence posts their seeds or "berries” are eaten by wildlife and dried used by the Indians of the southwest for making jewelry The lower falls are reached by a two and mile long trail (five and miles round trip) most of which is sandy very strenuous walking and can be very exhausting in very warm weather particularly However the falls areas once reached is a delightfully cool shady haven the effort to see the stream of water which drops 126 feet The campground area is often filled so visitors should plan to arrive early to find camping space A swinging bridge over Calf Creek a campground attraction and the campground itself has 10 campsites and clean restrooms nh Boulder camping would-b- are individual picnic areas and area which can accomodate 100 Other campgrounds near Along the trail to lower Calf Creek Falls the hiker notices only a short distance from camp a miniature natural arch formed by the erosive aciton of wind and water The erosional process is very slow and even though the arch is small it took many thousands of years for wind and water to cave through the sandstone Prominent at Calf Creek and found throughout the Garfield County area is the Utah Juniper called “cedars” Used commonly vacation Pinyon pines are also abundant in the a popular Christmas tree Its edible nuts have long been used by Indians as one of their staple foods and are also eaten by rodents and birds Resin from these trees was used by Indians to waterproof baskets and to cement turquoise stones in jewelry area Continuing along the trail just below the rim and high on the cliffs east of the creek at a point about two miles from the falls the hiker can see an ancient Indian storage structure Built some 800 to 1000 years ago the structure was used by the Indians who farmed the canyon bottoms to store their produce The high dry probably storage units were built either by Indians of the Anasazi or Fremont cultures both of whom lived in the area at the same time An old fence is a (Continued on reminder Page of the 6) - 4 o ‘fKa c 41 '’ fcV Calf Creek’s Lower Falls can be reached mile long trail (five and by a two and miles C round trip) with some very strenuous worth the effort O walking but well comodate 100 people Campgrounds visitors should plan to arrive early Calf Creek Recreation area offers both individual picnic areas as well as a group picnic site which can ac are often filled so Female Automobile Art Painter Produces 'Funky1 Designs By Pam Williams Spotlight Correspondent The funky art of car painting has itself this year at Sevier manifest Valley Tech area vocational school in Richfield in the person of Melanite Bunting of Kanab Officially it’s called automotive and customer design But refinishing what it looks like is a dragon on the hood of Steve LeMmon’s blue Cougar three terms of crammed commercial art into two by doing a lot Melanie of home and night work Her specialty was in airbrush technique and her final project for the class was a street bike “I painted every plug and bolt thing” she recalled on that For the design of Steve’s car or for any automotive project there is more involved than just grabbing a brush and opening a can of paint the sanding Melanie painting Bsides the design Melanie also did window engraving for Steve This is similar to glass etching and can be dyed to add interest Teacher Mel Hyatt pointed out that has also of Steve’s done the basic car “People just don’t know what goes into a job like this ’’Hyatt said of the custom design "Somebody like great demand talent for this Melanie is going to be in because she has a real kind of thing” The design took about 15 hours to she reported And Steve was paint pleased Melanie was on of 57 who Sevier Valley Tech on graduatedfrom May 21 She plans to seek employement in the southwest where custom design painting is more in demand For the second step color and paint selection the type of paint already on the car must be taken into consideration Then stencils are cut from the basic design using a plastic film called spray guide Melanie then made a test sketch of her design using the same background color as the car so she would know how the lighter colors would look over the blue “I have to know before I start on the car just how the colors Steve chose are going to react with each other” she said Color sanding comes next “If I tried to paint the design right over the smooth finish of the car” Melanie “it would chip right off explained because there’s nothing to make it adhere” Going over the area to be and water painted with sandpaper roughs it up enough to let the paint of the design sink in What comes Consulting car painter with teacher Mel Hyatt' Melanie Bunting checks details begins of her design before she a new phase of the project next? “Just start spraying” the artist says Using the test sketch she applies A the colors doing details by hand clear coat over the design seals it into finish automotive the top coat of the bring back the Polishing compounds original luster reversing the effect of A |