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Show The Garfield County Insider Page 4 Explore Escalante October 8, 2009 IN OUR TOWN FARMERS MARKETS GROWS TO MORE THAN 5,200 NATIONWIDE jana@exploreescalante.com First off, I have to apolo- candidate that spent money The number of farmers gize for not giving you all was Councilman Taylor markets in the United States the facts on the Allen Por- ($1,284.95). The next reter issue. First, he’s a co- port is due 7 days prior to is up more than 13 percent from a year ago. A recent owner and has the right to the election or Oct. 27th. decide what can happen on Tracy and I agreed to update of the online Farmthe property in question. photograph the Utah 4-H ers Market Directory lists And yes, the city ordinances Working Ranch Horse Pro- 5,274 markets nationwide, are silent on the number gram event at the Triple C up from 4,685 reported in of animals allowed. How- in Panguitch October 10th. 2008. ever, what I should have The store will be closed. “Farmers markets assure checked, and didn’t, were The Utah State Univer- that consumers have easier the land use zoning restric- sity Environmental Land- access to local fruits and tions on the parcel. scape class was in Escalante vegetables and this growth Single-family Residen- last week. A number of demonstrates incredible tial District RR-1-10 lists folks met with them and interest consumers have these 6 items as permitted provided information to in purchasing from local uses. 1) Horticulture and produce a draft park masproducers,” said Vilsack. gardening for personal use; ter plan. The results will 2) Single-family dwellings; be provided to the council “Farmers market also connects the community to the 3)Household pets; 4) Acand then forwarded on to local farmers who produce cessory uses and buildings the City Engineer for inclu- the fresh food, and play an incidental to the permitted sion in the park master plan important role in the direct use; 5) Planned Developprojects. If they record and marketing of produce to loment; 6)other uses similar turn in their time spent on cal consumers.” to these permitted uses and the project (without trails) USDA’s support of farmjudged by the City of Eswe’ll be able to use that calante Planning Commisers markets is just one comsion to be in harmony with as in-kind match for our ponent of the ‘Know Your the character and intent of USDA grant request. Stay Farmer, Know Your Food’ this zone. The burden of tuned. Preconstruction walk- initiative to help develop proof is on Mr. Porter to local and regional food sysshow that 16 horses and 5 through will be held in Es- tems and spur economic calante the 13th of October dogs are household pets. opportunity. By successThe Great Old Broads for for the Fire Station. Watch fully restoring the link beWilderness held their 20th for dirt moving immeditween consumers and local anniversary event at the Es- ately thereafter. The EA producers there can be new calante Outfitters this past for Wide Hollow should be week. According to their out right around that time as income opportunities for farmers and wealth can be website they heard speak- well. generated that will stay in Garfield County School ers from the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Earth Board meeting will be held rural communities. There First and the Grand Canyon at Escalante High School at also can be a greater focus Trust (among others). Their 6PM Oct. 15th. You should on sustainable agricultural newest efforts include sup- come and listen for your- practices and families can port of H.R.1925, Amer- self. I’ve gotten a sufficient better access healthy, fresh, ica’s Redrock Wilderness amount of hate-mail from locally grown food. Since USDA’s AgriAct. Proceeds from their both sides on this one that unless there’s something cultural Marketing Sersilent auction and donations from the Outfitters and oth- major to report I shall not. vice (AMS) began to track ers support their efforts to Senior Center Meals: Oc- farmers markets in 1994, declare the following loca- tober 13th – French toast; the number has grown by Wed 14th – Navajo Tacos; nearly 4,000 nationwide. A tions as wilderness: Wide Hollow, The Blues, Carcass Thursday Evening 5:00 PM national directory of farmCanyon, Heaps Canyon, – Pork Roast and all the ers markets is available at Paradise Canyon-Wah- trimmings. www.ams.usda.gov/farmerPlease call by 10:30 AM weap, The entire Escalante smarkets. Canyon, Forty Mile Gulch, to reserve your meal. 826USDA has been sponsorLampstand, Muley Twist- 4317. Happy Birthday to ing a seasonal farmers marFlank and hundreds of Dixie Mitchell- 14th and ket for 14 years at its Washother locations in the Grand Ray Masters – 19th. ington, D.C., headquarters, Until next week Staircase and other redrock locations. They also met with “The Alliance for the Escalante River Basin”. If you’d like more information just google Great Old Broads and follow the links As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment like I did. Act of 2009, a First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit is still Thanks to the many from available. However, as we work with clients in real Escalante and surrounds for estate, we have found most are not aware of this credit eating at the Potato Valley and the benefits it provides. Lions Club dinners at the The tax credit is equal to 10% of the purchase Art Festival. We’ve made price of your home up to $8,000. This is different than enough money to pay our the credit that was passed in 2008 that was limited to half of the Welcome to Es$7,500. and unlike the 2008 credit, this tax credit does calante signs that are under not have a repayment provision. However, if you construction. It’s amazing sell your home within 3 years of purchase, the entire the number of projects Liamount of the credit is recaptured, that is, the governons Clubs complete worldment takes it back. wide. As of July 31, 2009 But this special tax break end soon as homes must be Lions Clubs International purchased before December 1st, 2009. Any single had 1,317,351 members in family residence that will be used as a principal resi45,663 clubs in 753 districts dence is eligible. and 205 countries. Why not join Potato Valley and help If you have not owned your principle residence for a with the projects. Have a 3-year period before your purchase, you should qualify project you need completas a first-time homebuyer. Like all tax credits, it will ed? Contact a Lions Club directly reduce the total amount of taxes you owe. You member (from either club) will be able to subtract the amount of the credit from or come by the Gallery. your Federal income tax liability, increasing the size Elections 2009 – There of your refund or reducing the amount you owe. The are now four candidates for credit does have limitations based on adjusted gross incouncil and two for mayor. come. Other tax benefits of homeownership are still in Council candidates are: place. The mortgage interest deduction, capital gains Councilman Jeff Dunn, tax exclusion, and property tax deduction are some Councilman Lenza Wilson, well-known examples. For more specific details about Linda Mansell, and Melathe tax implications, please consult a tax professional. nie Torgersen. Linda and Recent market news has been positive on the housMelanie are certified writeing market in Utah. Several counties have seen increasins and will not appear on es in sales of existing homes with inventory declining. the ballot. Both Mayor PorWith the combination of low prices on homes, the lowter and Councilman Taylor est interest rates we’ve seen in years and this $8,000. will appear on the ballot as tax credit, it’s never been a better time to buy a home. candidates for mayor. As full-time realtors, we’re dedicated to helping you The campaign finance with all your real estate needs. laws require financial reDenise Olson & Leslie Venuti ports are filed three times www.trailsendre.com during the campaign. Sept. 435/668-0540 8th reports show the only 2009 HOUSING TAX CREDIT EXPIRES SOON and last year launched an indoor winter market. USDA also works with the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Carver Office Building in Beltsville, Md., to support their farmers markets. In addition, the Department just published an update to its guide on how to establish or operate farmers markets on federal properties, available at www.ams.usda.gov/MarketingServicesPublications. AMS continually updates market listings on the web. New information about markets and market contacts should be sent to Velma Lakins, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, at velma.lakins@usda.gov. Advertise in the Insider Call 676-2621 to place ads. PANGUITCH SWIMMING POOL HOURS OPEN SWIM Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 6-8 pm Saturdays: 2-4pm LAP SWIM Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 6-7 am Tuesday: 6:30 - 7:30 pm Thursday: 8-9 pm Saturday: 8 - 9 am SWIM TEAM Tuesday & Thursday: 3:15 - 4:30 pm Bryce Valley Area News by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com Congratulations to Dack and Katie Cleveland on the birth of their beautiful little girl. They have chosen to name her Samantha Marie. She came in at 6 lbs. and 13.6 ozs on September 27th, 2009. Proud and pleased grandparents are Darwin and Kathy Shakespeare of Tropic and Shirley Cleveland also of Tropic. Parents and baby Samantha are doing well and very excited to be at home. News from J. J. Dunham is that he is fine and not one of those who have contacted the flu that killed one of the servicemen in his unit. He also gets to come home for Christmas and grandma Anna Dunham is very excited about that. Shauna Anderson traveled to Orlando Florida to spend a fun time with her children and grandchildren. Husband Blaine decided to sit this trip out and stay home and work. Cary and Teresa Deccio, Shaine and Anne Anderson, and Jared and Holly Lemke and all their children were there to enjoy the Disney Resort area. Shauna said her favorite part was the Natural (Animal) Kingdom but also enjoyed Epcott and Disney World. It was a fun time but is always nice to be back home. Art and Vicki Syrett went to Cedar City to watch the Cross Country races. Granddaughter, Cambry Jensen ran for the Canyon View High School Varsity team. She is in the ninth grade there and while she didn’t win she did very well and timed in at 20.52 seconds. We are very proud of her. Parents are Mike and Stacie Jensen. She came in fourth on her school’s team. There were between 16-20 schools from all over the state participating and it Is this year the year to retain ownership? By Kevin Heaton, USU Extension Agent, Garfield, Kane and Washington Counties. Most ranchers are wondering why calf prices are under $1/lb for 5-600 lb calves which is lower than last year. Corn, forage (hay) and fuel, the costliest inputs of finishing beef cattle, are 40-60% less expensive when comparing this year’s prices to last year. These factors should improve the demand for calves and drive the price up as the returns from feeding livestock look positive. Unfortunately for the beef industry, the feedlot industry has experienced 2 years of negative returns. Similar to the down turn in the general economy, cattle feeders are at the bottom. Even though there appears to be positive returns in the near future, the past two years of red ink keeps cattle feeders cautious about the future. In addition, demand for beef is in the toilet. Beef tends to be a higher priced source of protein and in times of recession, consumers choose cheaper protein sources such as poultry or pork. Reduced beef exports also contribute to the lower prices of beef. If you have ever considered retaining ownership of your own cattle, this year may be the year to try and redirect some of the value-added profit back to the ranch. Backgrounding breakevens look positive depending upon the individual ranch resources. However, producers must remember time, management and risk offset the rewards. In order to successfully background or retain ownership of calves, a rancher would need to have the facilities, the time, a cheap source of feed or know a good feedlot manager. One program that may be attractive to ranchers is selling 50% ownership of their calves to the feedlot. If a feedlot has ½ interest in each of your calves, they have a vested incentive to take care of your calves and ensure that they’re fed and marketed appropriately. USU Extension can help project background breakevens and develop rations for your operations. Give me a call if you’d like some help on these issues. For current market information, check out the following website: http://cattlemarketanalysis.org was exciting to watch. One of the runners on the J. V. Team, who came in first, is the grandson of Delpha Rose of Henrieville. He is Alan Payne and he ran the 3.2 mile course in 16.46 minutes and his beautiful red hair could be seen as he ran a steady course and went flying over the finish line first. He is the son of David and Jeanne Rose Payne of Cedar City who were very excited to see him come in first. He ran for Cedar High School. Congratulations to both of these awesome runners. It was great to watch. I was even excited to see some runners from my alma mater, East High School in Salt Lake City. They say there were 170 runners for the JV teams and about half that for the varsity runners. Lamar and Cheri Feltner went to Rexburg to tend their grandkids while their mother, Tami, went to Cheyenne Wyoming to interview for a job as a Paramedic. She was offered the job so Tami, husband, and their kids are moving to Cheyenne so she can do her new career. They are excited because her husband also got a new job there and they will be settling in soon. Ben and Judy Riddle came up from San Diego, California for a few days to visit with Ben’s parents, Ben and Luana Riddle and with Lamar and Cheri Feltner and their families. Then Cheri’s sister Shauna Smith and her husband Joe came from Phoenix to visit. Tristen and wife Jerica and daughter Shaylie came from St. George and joined in the fun. Tristen is going to college at Dixie and just made Supervisor at the Boy’s School he works at. Congratulations to Alex Cox and Keisa Eddy who are engaged to be married soon. Alex is the son of Paul and Rebecca Cox and Keisa is the daughter of Bill and Laurie Eddy. This is the week all the District Fourth Graders will meet at Bryce Valley Elementary to participate in the Annual two day Intrigue of the Past. It is a very exciting and learning experience for all. We are looking forward to it. It was done last week in the Piute School District at Circleville Elementary. The kids always enjoy the workshops. Not a lot of news this week but we will make up for it next week. SENIOR CITIZEN MENU: If you would like a meal please call by 9:00 A.M. at 679-8666 and the suggested donation is $2.50. 7th: Shepard Pie, Corn Bread, Jello/Pineapple, Apple Crisp. 8th: Baked Chicken, Pot. & Gravy, Corn, Hot Roll, Trop. Fruit, and Lemon Bars. 13th: Pork Roast, Mash. Pot./ Gravy, Hot roll, Carrots, and Applesauce. 14th: Hoagie Sand. W/Ham & Turkey, Cheese, Tomato, Lettuce, French Fries, and Watermelon. 15th: Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Green Salad, Bread Sticks, Pears, Cherry Cake. Sounds good and is lovingly prepared for you. |