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Show AUGUST 31,2006 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER ESCALANTE CANYON ARTS FESTIVAL AND EVERETT REUSS DAYS Undeniably, early October is the optimum time to visit and enjoy the splendors in and around Boulder and Escalante, Utah. An additional attraction is the Third Annual Escalante Canyons Art Festival which will be held in Boulder on October 5 and in Escalante on October 6 and 7. These communities are located on Utah's first All-American Scenic Byway, UT. Scenic Byway 12. Also identified as Everett Reuss Days, the events feature a Plein Air paintings competition which concludes with a Gala and a silent auction on Saturday evening. This event follows days of capturing the essence of natural scenes and pioneer structures in Garfield, Kane and Wayne Counties in a variety of mediums by artists from throughout the U.S., as well as local competitors. Many of these peopleliave been published in popular art magazines and several have received multiple awards. This year's judges will be last year's winners, Clay Wagstaff of Tropic, UT and Darrell Thomas of Centerville, UT. Kicking off festival events in Boulder on Thursday afternoon are speakers Cindy Micheli, Capitol Reef National Park Interpretive Specialist on "Peoples and Orchards of Capitol Reef-1880 to the Present" and Stuart Steinhardt on "Restoring the Everett Reuss Block Prints" in the Anasazi State Park conference room. Outdoors, will be afternoon musical presentations at the park. A dutch oven dinner by Larry Davis from 5-7 pm (RSVP (435) 826-4810) will be at the Burr Trail Grill. Concluding this days' activities will be a Poetry Slam and Irish Set Dancing at Boulder Mountain Lodge. Sponsored by the Utah Humanities Council, several speakers have been scheduled for presentations in Escalante on various relevant topics. Road Scholar Larry Cesspooch will present "A First Nation's History of the Great Basin" on Friday at 2:00 p.m. in the Escalante City Hall. On Saturday, at 3:00 p.m., Road Scholar Craig Miller will entertain the audience with "Old Time Dance in Utah" at the same place. Also funded by UHC is speaker Polly Schaafsma, noted rock art scholar. Her topic on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Escalante High School will be "Shaman's and other Canyon Explorers". Then, at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at the Escalante City Hall, Alan Petersen will address "Maynar.d Dixon's West". • " .'. UHC's keynote presentation at 1:00 p.m. at the Escalante City Hall on Saturday will focus on the Festival's 2006 featured artists: native Escalante resident, western artist, Lynn Griffin, the winner of the previous two year's People's Choice Award; and the works of the late Wallace G. Lee, formerly of Panguitch, and especially noted watercolorist. Paula McNeill, art professor from Valdosta State University in Georgia will educate guests with "Kindred Spirits: the art of Lynn Griffin and Wallace G Lee". Works by these featured artists will be displayed in the main arts and craft venue, The Old Gym at the Escalante City complex. The arts and crafts exhibits in and around the gym and Community Center will be open at 10:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Also in this area, entertainment, workshops, vendor and food booths will be available, along with the opportunity to enjoy working artisans. In addition to various daily musical performances will be the special attraction of Cody Michaels, award-winning piano soloist and composer, on Friday afternoon and evening at the Escalante High School Auditorium. Throughout the festival, he will be available for interviews, to mingle with the public and to visit and absorb the area. Michaels' unique musical expressions reveal influences ranging from classical to contemporary, jazz, popular and more. Formerly a park ranger and mountaineer, he currently reside Jn Montpelier, UT. Also a poet and storyteller, Michaels' music communicates the essence of Nature. As the Balladeer for the 2006 Escalante Canyons Art Festival-Everett Reuss Days, Cody Michaels' compositions reflect inspirations from the works of Everett Reuss. Viewing and bidding on the Plein Air entries will be in the Escalante Community Center on Saturday. The culmination of the Escalante Canyons Art Festival will be the drawing of the winner of Lynn Griffin's original painting, "Dance Hall Rock", donated by Desert Wolf Gallery of Escalante and benefitting the festival. And, most importantly, will ne the awarding of $10,000 in prize money to this year's Plein Air winners and the purchasing of their pieces by the bidders. All venues, speakers and events are free to the public through the sponsorship of Envision Escalante, a non-profit organization, the Utah Arts Council, the Utah Humanities Council and MANY generous donors. For more information on and aspect of the Escalante Canyons Arts Festival, you may contact the website www.everettruessdays.org or phone (435) 8264810. Page 8 NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE Panguitch Lake Special Service District for Fire Protection is proposing to increase its property tax revenue. As a result of the proposed increase, the tax on an $150,000.00 primary residence will be $66.00, and the tax on a business or secondary residence having the same value in the taxing entity will be $120.00. Without the proposed increase the tax on a $150,000.00 residence would be $29.37, and the tax on a business or secondary residence having the same value in the taxing entity would be $53.40. The 2006 proposed tax rate is .000800. Without the proposed increase, the rate would be .000356. This would be an increase of 124.72%, which is $36.63 per year ($3.05 per month) on a $150,000.00 primary residence or $66.60 per year on a business or secondary residence having the same value in the taxing entity. With NEW GROWTH, this property tax increase, and other factors, the Panguitch Lake Special Service District for Fire Protection will increase its property tax revenue from $22,529.00 collected last year to $51,681.00 collected this year which is a revenue increase of 129.40%. All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on the tax increase to be held on Wednesday, September 13th at 6:00 p.m. at the Rustic Lodge, Panguitch Lake. OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT Mt. Dutton Vegetation Management Project The Powell Ranger District, Dixie National Forest, is preparing and Environmental Assessment for the Mt. Dutton Vegetation Management Project. The Proposed Action contains the following components: Harvest wood products, reduce fuels, reforestation, broadcast and pile burn, machine pile, and travel management. This project is located approximately 15 air miles northeast of Panguitch, Utah and is located on the Sevier Plateau. The legal description for the project area includes parts of T31S, R2 »/iW, Sections 32 & 33; T31S, R3W, Sections 34,35, & 36; T32S, R3W, Sections 5, 6, &7; T32S, R4W, Sections 1, 2, 10,11,12,13,1-4,15,16,21,22, & 23; SLBM, Garfield County, Utah. Theproposed action and associated analysis can be obtained from the Powell Ranger District Office, 225 East Center Street, P.O. Box 80, Panguitch, Utah, 847590080, 435-676-9300, or on the project website www.fs.fed.us/r4/dixie/projects/ dutton/index. Supporting documentation including the roads analysis report RAP) and specialist reports which include descriptions of the affected environment and environmental consequences are also available on the website. The comment period ends September 18,2006. Comments must be submitted to District Ranger, Powell Ranger District, 225 East Center Street, P.O. Box 80, Panguitch, Utah 84759-0080. Hand delivered comments must be provided at the Responsible Offical's office during normal business hours, weekdays 8:00 am 4:30 pm. If submitting comments via fax send to 435-826-5491. Comments may be submitted by email in word (.doc),richtext format (.rtf), text (.txt), and hypertext markup language (html) tocomments-intcrmtn-dixie-powell. If you have questions about this project, contact the project team leader, Marianne Orton at (435) 676-9300. |