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Show Continuing Our Recap Of 1995 June A French photojournalism on assignment for the French magazine Ailleurs, spent 24 hours walking the desert without food or water before be-fore being chanced upon by vacationers vaca-tioners and rescued. Julien Avrial, 51, from Montpelier, France, a world traveler, writer and photojour-nalist photojour-nalist was spotted about 1 1 a.m. on June 14 by his rescuers, a couple in a pickup who had changed their plans only an hour earlier and turned onto the dirt road where they happened onto Avrial. Clifton Kent Robinson, 20, son of Escalante Police Chief Kent Robinson, made an initial appearance appear-ance in Sixth District court in Panguitch June 22. He was released re-leased without bail pending his appearance ap-pearance at a preliminary hearing for which a date had not yet been set. Several employees at Kaibab Forest Products Panguitch sawmill who were laid off on May 5 were brought back preparatory to a larger call-back of employees slated for July 5, exactly 60 days after the company announced a two-month layoff of some 30 workers. Five employees had been kept on payroll through May and June just to maintain main-tain equipment and grounds and to take care of a few targeted projects during down-time. The old log pond was eliminated and in its place was a new log deck structure. Scheduled to go back to work were 25 people, with an additional 18 new people to be added for a planer crew. A five-member team from the Panguitch High School Chapter of the Future Farmers headed for national na-tional competition after capturing a solid first place at the annual state FFA competition held June 19-21 at Utah State University in Logan. July Dedication of Garkane Power Association's new $1.4 million Lower Boulder Hydro Plant culminated culmi-nated an effort by the electric cooperative coop-erative that spanned two decades. Situated near Boulder, the plant uses the same water that passes through Garkane's original Boulder Plant located some three miles upstream. up-stream. According to Garkane General Manager Carl Albrecht, the new plant was designed to satisfy a multitude of interests and concerns from federal and state agencies, while being sensitive to local needs and serving 400 homes with electricity. The plant was designed to pay for itself over a period of 1 1 years based on power generated at 3.2 cents per kilo-watthour. Nearly 200 people attended the dedication ceremony. Escalante Police Chief Kent Robinson, who faces four felony counts and four misdemeanors in Kane County, resigned his post In a related case, a settlement was close according to attorney Marcus Taylor of Richfield who represents Robinson's 20-year-old son, Clifton Robinson, facing manslaughter charges in Garfield County. Taylor also represents Kent Robinson. Garfield County residents who didn't get their permit immediately would not be hunting deer in their own back yard. With sales starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, the first day of the sale throughout the state. no one in Garfield County was too surprised when the 18,845 permits for this Southern Region were gone by the end of the day. The Division Divi-sion of Wildlife Resources notified its license sales agents late Monday afternoon to cut off sales for Southern South-ern Region resident deer permits at 6 p.m. Anyone who didn't get a permit by then was out of luck and could expect to hunt elsewhere in the state. Hunters in the southern area, historically accustomed to stepping up to the counter to buy their license just before the hunt starts, were having trouble adjusting adjust-ing to the DWR's new system. It was hard to find a happy hunter anywhere in the Southern Region on the day before the sale; they were afraid there wouldn't be enough permits to meet local needs. A visitor to Bryce Canyon National Park fell to her death on July 20. Linda Ann Munnerlyn, 36, of Denver, Colo, and Conroe Tex., fell over the rim near Inspiration point while gathering wildflowers at the edge of the rim. Park rangers began a rescue effort immediately and Munnerlyn was found approximately approxi-mately 300 feet below the rim. She suffered major injuries as a result re-sult of the fall and apparently died instantly. Communities all over Garfield County were readying for Pioneer day Weekend celebrations. From the smallest town to the county seat, (See Continuing Our Recapping Of 1995 On Page 5A) Continuing Our Recap Of 1995 From Page 4A special plans were made to mark the state's most popular summer holiday holi-day on July 24. August After deliberating only two hours, an eight-person jury brought in a verdict of guilty in the trial of the four professional hunting guides accused by the state of Utah of wanton destruction of wildlife, a third degree felony. As the verdict was read, three of the five women on the jury were weeping and a fourth near tears. The state claimed that Chris Robb, 30; Shawn McElroy, 24; Brandon Robb, 24 and Shawn Robb, 28 of Red Creek Outfitters in Paragonah, illegally set up a "canned" cougar kill for their Pennsylvania client. The jury agreed. State Representative Met Johnson John-son (R-Dist. 74) filed for a federal investigation with allegations that the U S Forest Service based its recent decision to grazing rights on the East Slope of the Boulder Mountain on data the agency had falsified. Johnson's letter went out to Attorney General Janet Reno stating, "We have documents and copies of documents that show alteration al-teration of data pertinent to range evaluations that will cause significant signifi-cant cuts in grazing on one allotment" allot-ment" Johnson's letter added, "... this altered data is being used to justify the permit reductions andor AUM reductions that the Forest Service has ordered." Garfield County residents had a long list of issues for Congressman Bill Orton to address at a town meeting in Escalante. Many had driven as much as 70 miles to hear Orton in the historically agricultural, agricul-tural, more recently tourist-oriented community where the presence of federal government agencies has !?n- hgrl a nrominent impact on their lives. The 45 people in attendance atten-dance at the meeting represented over one percent of the county's population. The 3rd Annual Garfield County Demolition Derby was held in conjunction con-junction with the Garfield County Fair and had its largest attendance yet. With a new improved sound system and near perfect cooler evening weather, the grandstands filled to overflowing. Attorney Marcus Taylor, Richfield, Rich-field, said that, at a status hearing held Aug. 17 in Sixth District Court in Panguitch, a tentative date of Sept. 14 was set for Clifton Robinson to appear in court in Panguitch. An alternative date of Sept. 26 was set for Richfield. Taylor said he hoped in the meantime mean-time to work out with the state details de-tails of an agreement for his client, Clifton Robinson. A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the new terminal and housing facility at Bryce Canyon Airport where a substantial sub-stantial crowd of interested and excited ex-cited county residents came to watch the ceremonies and take pan in free plane rides offered by two local pilots Blaine Anderson and Trent Moyers. Shaun Hansen, 23, formerly of Spanish Fork was hired by Escalante City as the city's new chief of police. The Salt Lake City native began work on a six-month probationary contract. The 1994 graduate of Peace officers Standards of Training (POST) had completed 10 months as a reserve officer in Grantsville before his Escalante assignment. as-signment. Garfield County schools opened Aug. 28 with a five-day week, joining join-ing schools all over the state returning return-ing to the traditional five-day week mandated by the Utah State School Board. i |