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Show Panguitch • Panguitch Lake • Hatch • Bryce • Tropic • Antimony • Henrieville • Cannonville • Escalante • Boulder • Duck Creek Thursday, June 4, 2009 • Issue # 218 PLANE CRASH KILLS 2 IN GARFIELD COUNTY Becki Bronson, Garfield County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson About 8:45 a.m. Friday morning, a Stork 2-seater (SS4-MM) carrying John Austin of Boulder, Utah (DOB 09-01-44) and Susan D. Jordan from California (DOB 6-21-41) crashed near the Calf Creek Recreational Area, killing both on board. The plane is believed to have clipped a power line, crashed into the road, skidded, and then crashed into the Calf Creek bridge, just off of Scenic Highway 12, halfway between Escalante and Boulder. Moments before the plane crash, the Garfield County Sheriff’s office received several complaints from nearby residents of a low-flying aircraft, which indicate the plane may have been purposely flying too low before it crashed. QUILT WALK FESTIVAL 12th Annual Quilt Walk Festival, Panguitch Utah, June 10th through June 13th. Quilt Walk has something They set off with a wagon The men brought back the for everyone to enjoy. There pulled by two oxen. When flour and saved their famiare lots of Classes and Fam- the snow became too deep lies and the whole commuily Activities, as well as a in the pass they had to leave nity. They did all of this famous small town Dinner the oxen and travel on foot. with the help of the Quilts. The Panguitch Quilt As the men traveled they Theatre. The Panguitch Quilt Walk sunk deeply in the snow Walk Committee has orgaFestival is a unique event and had difficulty proceed- nized the 12th annual fescommemorating the early ing as the snow came up to tival which will be held, settlement of a small town their hips. These faithful June10-13 2009 in celebramen held a prayer circle. tion of this special historiin Southern Utah. The first time Pangui- They spread a quilt on the cal event. The festival will open tch was settled the pioneers ground and knelt to pray. with a Chocolate Fest/ Sinearly starved to death. The The men realized how well winter of 1864-65 was a bit- the quilts kept them on the lent Auction on Wednesday ter difficult year with a lot of snow instead of sinking in. evening. The Quilt Show, Quilt snow. The wheat didn’t ma- They then took the quilts Classes, Trunk Show and a ture and they were not able and laid them on the snow to grind it so, all they had and walked on the quilts. wonderful small town Dinto eat was boiled wheat and Picking up the quilts behind ner Theater will be held a few fish the men caught. them and laying them on Thursday through SaturSeven men were chosen to the snow in front of them. day. The Heritage Art Show go to Parowan through a The men were able to travel will be held on Thursday, mountain pass to get flour. across the snow this way. Friday and Saturday. The Lion’s Club Breakfast, Farmers Market/ Craft weather Fair, Tractor Parade/Quilt Walk Races, Heritage Fair/ thursday Pioneer Village, Pioneer high: 75 Home Tour will all be held Mostly CLOUDY low: 46 on Saturday. friday high: 75 low: 40 saturday ISOLATED T-STORMS high: 66 low: 39 sunday ISOLATED T-STORMS high: 73 low: 43 monday ISOLATED T-STORMS high: 77 low: 45 tuesday PARTLy CLOUDY high: 78 low: 46 wednesday PARTLy CLOUDY high:79 low: 46 Two men charged in big poaching case Tip received on poaching hotline pays off for Utah sportsmen. PANGUITCH — In the Garfield County Courthouse, two men plead guilty to charges stemming from search warrants served over the Memorial Day weekend. During the search of a home and shed in Panguitch, officers from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Garfield County Sheriffs office found evidence that implicated the two Panguitch residents in the illegal killing of nine buck deer, two doe deer, and two buck pronghorn. Gary Lyndyl Harp, age 35, plead guilty to two felonies; felony wanton destruction of protected wildlife and felony aiding and assisting in the wanton destruction of wildlife. He also plead guilty to four class A misdemeanors wanton destruction of wildlife in the case involving three deer and one pronghorn. He will serve six months in jail, pay $18,000.00 in restitution jointly as a codefendant $2500 in fines. He also will forfeit the two rifles that he used to shoot the animals. Mr. Harp faces revocation of hunting privileges for up to 48 years in most of the United States. Gavin Smith, age 19, plead guilty to one felony; felony aiding and assisting in the wanton destruction of protected wildlife and four class A misdemeanor wanton destruction of protected wildlife involving three deer and one pronghorn. He will serve 60 days in jail, pay $18,000 in restitution jointly as a codefendant, $2500 in fines and forfeit the rifle that he used to kill the animals. Mr. Smith faces revocation of hunting privileges for up to 34 years. Garfield County Attorney, Barry Huntington expressed satisfaction with the way the case turned out and expressed his gratitude to the officers from the Utah Division of Wildlife and Garfield County for the excellent work they did on the case. Two men are in jail and the heads of 11 deer and pronghorn have been recovered in a recent poaching case. The case is one of the biggest poaching cases in southern Utah in recent memory. And it happened because someone was concerned enough to call Utah’s Turn-in-a-Poacher (UTiP) hotline. “We’re so grateful for the information we received from a concerned citizen,” says Micah Evans, a Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officer. “Without that initial tip, we never could have put this case together.” Evans says the tip was received on Utah’s Turn-ina-Poacher hotline (1-800662-DEER [3337]). “We were able to take that tip and get the origi- Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind. ~ Leonardo da Vinci THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER is owned and operated by Snapshot Multimedia and is distributed weekly to all of Garfield County. Its purpose is to inform residents about local issues and events. Articles submitted from independent writers are not necessarily the opinion of Snapshot Multimedia. We sincerely hope you enjoy the paper and encourage input on ideas and/or suggestions for the paper. Thank you for your support. nal search warrant,” Evans says. “The whole thing just mushroomed from there.” Lots of antlers Over the Memorial Day weekend, DWR officers and deputies with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office served search warrants on a home and a shed near Panguitch. They found the heads of eight mule deer bucks, one mule deer doe and two pronghorn bucks inside the two buildings. “The antlers from two of the buck deer measured over 24 inches in width,” Evans says. “That qualifies them as trophy class under Utah state law. And that means the two men charged in the case might be facing felony charges.” In addition to the antlers the officers recovered, the two men they arrested Gary Lyndyl Harp, 35, and Gavin Smith, 19, both of Panguitch admitted to killing another mule deer buck and a mule deer doe. Two juveniles were also implicated in the case. Officers booked Harp and Smith into the Garfield County jail. Evans says the men killed the animals in 2008 and 2009 in the Panguitch and Mount Dutton areas in south-central Utah. “I can’t say enough about the help we got from the Garfield County sheriff,” Evans added. “It was great to work with Sheriff Danny Perkins and the other professionals who work for him in the sheriff’s office.” Phone: 435-676-2621 Fax 435-836-2700 PO BOX 472, Loa, Utah 84747 snapshot@scinternet.net ALL content for THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER must be submitted on FRIDAY before 5:00 pm to be included in the following Thursday edition of the paper. 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