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Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 162 1 E 3QG0 S STE 100 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84124-1601 2005 GarfielA County Sterling Amy PoU Andrew Whalen, Courtney Nay Jerica Owens Wesley Rawley Pearl A, Syrett Harris Burningham One hundred and seventy- Southern Utah University will two students representing six- serve as Master of Ceremonies teen high schools and five for the Awards Program at 7 school districts will compete for p.m. awards and honors in the Prior to the Awards Program Twenty-Seventh Annual a banquet will be held to honor Southwest Utah Sterling the Southwest Utah Sterling Scholar competition on the cam- Scholar Finalists and their famipus of Southern Utah University lies. The Master of Ceremonies in Cedar City, Utah, on April 7, for the1 banquet will be Jared Wilcken, Associate Director of 2005. This year Art Challis of Admissions at Southern Utah Justen Armstrong Schyler Howell Justin Bateman Jeanne Corap University. Fred C. Esplin, Vice President at the University of Utah will be the guest speaker. Students selected as finalists involved are from the following high schools: Beaver, Bryce Valley, Canyon View, Cedar, Dixie, Enterprise, Escalante, Hurricane, Kanab, Milford, Panguitch, Parowan, Pine View, Snow Canyon, Tuacahn, and Valley. The fifteen categories of Justin Brad Reeve Aaron Holland the competition include: Agriculture Science, Business and Marketing, Computer Technology, Dance, English, Family & Consumer Sciences, Foreign Language, General Scholarship, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Science, Speech/Drama, Trade and Technical Education, and Visual Arts. Each of the 172 finalists will ! Landon Eldredge Kali Jean Pollock be judged on personal achievements and awards compiled in their portfolios as well as interviews with the judges. The finalists will be judged on scholarship, leadership, and citizenship. The three judges in each category come from local communities, Dixie College, and Southern Utah University. A winner and two runners-up l/T/2007 II.. I, In ,!(, J McKenzie Christensen Kimberly Ann Rose EXD Nichelle Reynolds Steven Pollock in each of the fifteen categories will be announced at the evening program, and each will be given a Sterling Scholar pin along with cash prize. Finalists from each high school will receive an embossed Sterling Scholar Certificate. Colleges and Universities in Utah are offering scholarships lo both winners and runners-up. GARFIELD COUNTY NEWS Volume 85 Number 12 Tropic, Utah Thursday, March 24, 2005 County Residents Honored For Service By Marsha Holland The most outstanding volunteer(s) from each county in Utah will be recognized with a silver bowl, donated by O.C. Tanner, at the 27th Annual Silver Bowl Awards. The luncheon ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 22, 2005 and will begin at noon. During the ceremony, Lt. Governor Gary Herbert will declare April Volunteer Month in Utah in conjunction with National Volunteer Month. This year's Silver Bowl Award will be presented to the Garfield County Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), who began volunteering in 1978. County EMTs are called out at all hours leaving their (See AWARD on page 2A) Escalante To Honor Hole-In- The-Rock Pioneers At Festival On Memorial Day Weekend hardy pioneers has been written by two Escalante natives, Jerry Roundy and Louise Liston. Original music for the play is being written by Joette RexTalso of Escalante. Cast members will be Escalante townspeople, with some of them being cast in the role of an ancestor. The weekend will begi n Friday evening at 8 p.m., with a program in the Escalante High School auditorium featuring the Western singing group, "Stampede." Marsha Holland and Lori Mecham accepted an award Saturday's activities will given by Governor Walker for ther outstanding service to begin at 8 a.m. with a flag cereUtah's children and learners of literacy. mony honoring our veterans, and the placing of some Memorial Pavers in the walkway to the new Veterans, Memorial, dedicated last July 24. Teri Taylor will sing a speBy Marsha Holland County School District cial number at the flag ceremoThe Garfield County Education Foundation along ny. Immediately following the Volunteer Center was presented with grants awarded earlier this ceremony at the Veterans, with the Outstanding year from 100 percent Kids, Memorial, will be breakfast in Community Literacy Program State Bank of Southern Utah, the park, with everyone invited. Award during Governor Olene Utah Reads and the State office Breakfast will be an excellent Walker's Literacy Summit this of Education have all help build time for returning Escalanteans winter. Co-directors of the a wonderful remedial library to visit and renew old friendVolunteer Center, Lori Mecham with 3100 books, fund five book ships. Beginning at 9 a.m. will and Marsha Holland, accepted clubs and purchase student be a 5K run, which is open to the. award given by then organizers and curriculum mateanyone, no matter their age. Governor Walker in apprecia- rials. There is a registration fee of $5. tion of their outstanding service At 10 a.m., the craft show will to Utah's children and learners begin with booths set up in the of literacy. park. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Volunteer Center was there will be continuous live recognized for sponsoring the entertainment in the park, feasecond Summer Literacy turing another performance by Program throughout Garfield "Stampede" as well as other County last summer with help artists. In the afternoon tliere from community volunteers, By John Holland sure that visitors are finding will be team roping competition. Garfield County School District For first time visitors to answers to their questions the and Garfield County Public Highway 12, the two lane route Scenic Byway 12 Committee At 5 p.m. dinner will be served Libraries in Panguitch, and National Scenic Byway of has recently kicked-off a project in the park, and everyone is encouraged to, once again, minEscalante and Bryce Valley. 124 miles that connects Bryce to review the existing signs and gle and visit with old friends. While reading specialist Canyon National Park and to develop a comprehensive Harmony Langston reported Capitol Reef National Park, it's interpretive plan for the entire Proceeds from both the breakthat 90% of third and fourth best to keep your eyes on the length of the Scenic Byway cor- fast and the dinner will go graders do not read outside the road. This is easier said than ridor. Getting the job done will toward construction of the new classroom and 67 percent of done as the road winds through take several months and will be pavilion that is being built in the U.S. households did-not buy one some of the most remote and the result of the efforts of many city park. book for their home last year, it beautiful scenery the western people. And getting the job done Ending the day will be the is heartening to know that the United States has to offer. properly will leave visitors with play, "Hole-in-the-Rock Trek: Garfield County Volunteer Getting out of the car to take in a meaningful and lasting The Last Wagon," presented in Center distributed over 600 free the sweeping views and to enjoy impression of their travel on the the Escalante High School audibooks to young readers in the small towns along the route Byway. torium at 8 p.m. Tickets for Garfieid County in 2004, all. is the best way to maximize the For starters the Byway group Friday night and Saturday night donated by Scholastic Books, visiton's enjoyment of the trip. hired a firm based in Salt Lake events will $5 per person or $15 Inc. through Volunteers of When visitors travel City with some experience in per family. Tickets will go on America headquarters in Salt Highway 12 they are often over- creating these kinds of plans. sale April 15 and can be Lake City. The Garfield County whelmed by the scenery and The Grassli Group was among a reserved by calling Sherree. Volunteer Center plans to sponhave many questions about the handful of companies that sub- Roundy at 826-4542. sor the Summer Reading place, the people that settled the mitted proposals for the job. IWe Program again this year. region, and what goes on out chose the Grassli Group for their In addition, generous dona- here. To find answers to their creative approach and willingtions continue to flow into questions visitors can slop in ness to work with the Scenic Bryce Valley High School's waysides, pullouts, and visitor Byway 12 Committee, citizens Weekly publication of the auxiliary resource library from centers along the road and read and businesses along the highboth community and state enti- the interpretive panels and way in order to develop the best Garfield County News will be ties. Ruby's Inn, South Central kiosks. Over the years a number possible plan for the best price?, temporarily interupted pending Communications, Garkane of panels have been installed says John Holland, Byway the sale of the business. Energy, Amerigas, Garfield along Highway 12. To make (See HIGHWAY 12 on page 2 A) For questions, call Katie at 435-644-5466. Community Literacy Shines In Garfield County Tanielle Tebbs, Janice Hatch, and Hailey Orton stand beside their presentation table on Organ and Tissue Donation, which is their project for FCCLA. Panguitch Students Work On FCCLA Project By Tim Tebbs PANGUITCH - TanieMe Tebbs and Hailey Orton have chosen. Organ and Tissue donation as their FCCLA project. Their project is titled "A Gift of a Lifetime." The girls are concerned that their peers and community members are asked to become organ and tissue donors without the necessary information to make an informed decision. High school students are faced with many important decisions- related to jobs, relationships, college, driving and, even organ donation. Today in virtually every state in the nation, young people are asked to decide if they will become organ and tissue donors at the time they obtain their drivers license. Many are not prepared to make this decision. Tebbs and Orton have been working with the Intermountain Donor Association of Utah and Janice Hatch. Hatch has been a great influence because she feels so strongly about organ and tissue donation and has shared her personal experience and knowledge with them, thus making this project a very emotional one. The girls organized and presented an assembly for some 200 fellow students and faculty last week. They used a PowerPoint presentation and also had two guest speakers. Courtney Nay and Janice Hatch both spoke about their personal experiences and shared some of their thoughts and feelings about organ and tissue donation. Students were given a brochure and encouraged to talk to their families about organ and tissue donation. Here are a few facts to think about when considering organ and tissue donation: • The number of patients waiting for an organ is over 80,000. • One organ can save the lives of nine people. • A single eye and tissue donor can restore sight to two people and enhance lives of 50 more. • Many donor families have said that donation was the one positive thing that occurred during their tragedy. • Donation is a gift- there is no charge to the donor, the donor.s family, or the donor,s estate. If anyone would like to receive a brochure that has a registration form in it please contact either of these girls. Tebbs and Orton will be competing at state FCCLA on March 31 in Salt Lake City. Tanielle is the daughter of Tim and Monica Tebbs and Hailey is the daughter of John and Carol Orton, ail of Panguitch. Price 750 By Jerry Roundy One hundred and twenty-five years ago, during the winter of 1879-1880. 240 Mormon Pioneers traveled through Escalante Valley seeking a direct route to the San Juan Country, where they planned to establish a settlement. Hole-inthe-Rock historian, David Miller, said, "No pioneer company ever built a wagon road through wilder, rougher, or more inhospitable country, still one of the least-know regions in America. None ever demonstrated more courage, faith and devotion to a cause than this group of approximately two hundred and fifty men, women, and children, who with some eighty wagons and hundreds of loose cattle and horses, cut a wagon passage through two hundred miles of wilderness country." On May 27 and 28, Memorial Day weekend, the Escalante Heritage Festival will pay honor to these hardy pioneers on the 125th anniversary of that memorable trek. A historical play depicting the trials, faith and courage exhibited by these Scenic Byway Group Initiates Sign and Interpretation Plan Notice |
