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Show Taking A Look Back At 2001 JANUARY GSENM Closes Grazing Area Garfield County commissioners commis-sioners objected strongly to and officially protested what they perceived as Grand Staircase-Escalante Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) manager Kate Cannon's arbitrary indefinite closure of a grazing area on the monument. The commissioners stated that they had been ignored in decision-making processes on the monument contrary to specific spe-cific promises made by the Bureau of Land Management under which the GSENM and resolutions adopted by two counties and several cities and towns. New Fire Engine For Hatch Hatch volunteer fire fighters were excited to take delivery of a 1984 FMC fire engine, a near $50,000 value, for a mere $10,700, with only 26,000 miles. The deal was arranged by retired former Salt Lake City firefighter Leonard Iverson of Ticaboo working with city of Riverton and Garfield County. New Commissioner Newly elected county commissioner com-missioner Dell LeFevre was sworn .in on Jan. 9 by Garfield County Clerk Camille Moore. Commissioner LeFevre was returned to office after a 12-year absence. Sports By John Yardley The Panguitch boys basketball basket-ball team took sole possession of second place in Region 15 standings, one game back of Valley. The Bobcats stopped a cold-shooting Escalante team .62-40 in Panguitch and held on to edge Wayne at Bicknell 53-51. 53-51. The Panguitch girls rolled up a. couple of lopsided wins, defeating Escalante at Escalante and Piute at home in Panguitch. 2001 's First Baby Garfield Memorial hospital welcomed the arrival of the first baby of 2001 with the birth of Morgan Ann Piatt on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The baby girl, who weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and measured 19 inches, was born to Nathan and Lori Piatt of Henrieville. Waiting anxiously at home to meet the new baby were Marilee 6, Adam 5, Lizzy 3, and Roma 1. PHS Homecoming Royalty Four young ladies from Panguitch High School were chosen to reign in the Homecoming Court for the year ' 2001-2001: Shauna Sawyer, named Miss Congeniality; Sabrina Martinez, 2nd attendant; atten-dant; Amanda Cooper, 1st attendant; atten-dant; and Emily Dalton, queen. UDAF and BLM Agree on Policies for BLM-Impounded BLM-Impounded Livestock. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agreed on procedures governing the gathering gath-ering of livestock from federal range land. The agreement was reached following lengthy discussions dis-cussions regarding the BLM's impounding and attempted sale of cattle that were removed by their owners from federal range land within the Grand Staircase-Escalante Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM). Sports By John Yardley Bryce Valley's Mustangs (See REVIEW on page 4-A) YEAR IN REVIEW From Front Page traveled to Milford and galloped past the hometown Tigers 64-58. 64-58. Panguitch put a renewed Piute team away in the second half, coming from behind to win 60-50 in Panguitch. The Panguitch Lady Bobcats upset any hopes Valley might have had of getting into the top tier, of Region 15 leadership as PHS rolled up a 53-38 win. Affordable Housing Project Proposed For Tropic A proposed low-income housing project captured the interest of some 50 residents of the three Bryce Valley communities commu-nities of Tropic, Cannonville and Tropic on Jan. 24. Tropic mayor Jean Seiler said the project proj-ect had "been in the works" for several years. The group listened lis-tened to details of the proposed project. i Sports By John Yardley Free-throw-shooting wins or loses games. Seth Steed stepped to the free-throw-line with his Escalante Moqui team trailing by 1 at 61-62 with just 12 seconds sec-onds to play. After two Piute time-outs to try and rattle the Escalante Junior, he calmly drained both charity tosses and Escalante upset Piute at Junction, 63-62. With Panguitch up by only 2 and just four seconds to play, at Valley, Senior Clint Pollock knocked down two pressure-packed pressure-packed free throws and the Bobcats upset league-leading Valley in their inaugural game in their new gym, 54-50. In other games, Bryce Valley gave Valley all they could handle, han-dle, before falling in the end, 52-45 52-45 and Escalante lost to Wayne 55-43. The Panguitch girls rolled (See REVIEW on page 5-A) YEAR IN REVIEW From Front Page past Milford 61-225, FEBRUARY Wilson To Resign Garkane Board Garkane board member High Wilson announced his intent to resign the board of directors of Garkane Energy, effective Apr. 24. Elected to the board in April 1999, Wilson, who represented District 6, the Bryce, Bryce Valley, Hatch and Panguitch areas, said the need to move his family to the Salt Lake City area required his resignation. PHS Bobettes Take 1st At State The Panguitch High School Bobettes competed in !A State Drill Team competition Feb. 3 at Utah Valley State College in Orem and came away overall state champs. They competed in three categories military, prop and novelty and came home with first place wins in each of those categories and winning overall by 27 points, the team traveled home by bus with the traditional entourage of police cars, fire engine, and many excited fans and family members in private vehicles honking horns and setting off sirens. Courthouse Meet Draws Angry Opponents on BLM Cattle Sale Concerned with the recent sale of cattle from the Bulloch and Griffin ranches on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), citizens and county officials from Garfield and Kane Counties as well as ranchers from Utah and as far away as Nevada and Arizona, met Feb. 3 at the packed Commission Chambers of the Garfield County Courthouse in Panguitch. Because of the size of the crowd, the meeting was moved downstairs to the courtroom. At the end of the lengthy meeting with many speakers, a unanimous show of hands demonstrated that the group "believed that the cattle at the Salina auction yards were returned to Mary Bulloch and Quinn Griffin because the brand is real property and the livestock are therefore property" and that the recent agreement entered into by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and the Bureau of Land Management should go to the Governor and Attorney General's office for rescinding because "they cannot sign away your property or anyone any-one else's, including anyone's brand or their livestock." Sports by John Yardley The Panguitch girls team roared out to a 22-4 first quarter lead and never looked back as they defeated Wayne 79-49 in Panguitch. The win over Wayne tied the two teams for first place in Region. The Bryce Valley Mustangs got revenge over rival Escalante with a 57-46 win at Tropic. The Panguitch boys rolled out a league win over Milford 79-50 and won a non-region shoot-out 91-80 over Grand County.- Jim Yardley Honored For 25 Years Of Service To IHC James F. "Jim" Yardley was honored by the Intermountain Health Care Board of Trustees for 25 years of service as a member of the Governing Board of Garfield Memorial hospital Sports By John Yardley In girls games, Panguitch defeated Bryce Valley and Escalante lost to Valley 38-26 as the Panguitch girls headed for state in second place behind Wayne. At Carbon High School in Price, for the third consecutive year, they captured the state 1A basketball championship by defeating Wayne in a tight game 40-35. Coaches Curtis Barney and Scott Christensen led their girls to a "Three-peat" title the first team since North Sevier in the years 1981 to 1983 to win three championships in a row. Commissioners Say No To Road Signs, Kiosks on GSENM Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Manager Kate Cannon mat at length with Garfield County Commissioners Maloy Dodds, Clare Ramsay and Dell LeFevre to discuss recent signing placed by the BLM on the monument. Also at the meeting was Garfield County Engineer Brian Bremner who was outspoken in challenging challeng-ing Cannon who apologized for placing signs prior to any discussion dis-cussion with commissioners. Final decisions by the county's commission awaited informa- tion from its attorneys. Sports By John Yardley All three county basketball teams advanced to state playoffs. play-offs. Valley defeated Panguitch 48-44 for the Region 15 championship cham-pionship at Southern Utah University's Centrum to win the region title. The two teams had tied for the regular season lead and flipped for seeding going into the region tournament. Bryce Valley and Escalante also headed for state finals at St. George. Groundbreaking For Red Canyon Bike Trail Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Feb. 21 at the Thunder Mountain trail head at the mouth of Red Canyon for a new $1.7 million bicycle trail. The 5.5-mile trail to roughly parallel Highway 12 through the canyon was to be the first section sec-tion of a 17-mile trail that will extend to Bryce Canyon National Park. MARCH Hilma Excell Named Utah's Super Fan Hilma Excell of Panguitch was named the 2001 Super Fan of the Year at the state 1A basketball bas-ketball tournament in St. George. The award was presented pre-sented to her by her son Evan Excell from the Utah High School Activities Association during half time of the PanguitchWaterford game. Sports By John Yardley Panguitch High School swept to the Boys State Championship Mar. 3 in St. George. Their well-deserved 1st place win was the second title in four years and the first under head coach Arlin Sawyer, and assistant coaches Glen Partridge, Kenny Tebbs and Brent Roundy. News Captures Utah Press Awards The three generations of Thomas family women, owners of the Garfield County News , Katie Thomas, publisher; daughter Nancy Twitchell, editor; edi-tor; and granddaughter Rebecca Bales, newspaper computer layout; lay-out; enjoyed the acclamation of their peers at the 108th Annual Utah Press Association Winter Convention in St. George. In the annual statewide Better Newspaper Contest for small weeklies, they were awarded coveted first place plaques for Best Editorial and Best News Story and second place honors for Best News Photograph and Best Sports Photograph. The family has operated the newspaper newspa-per for 22 years and owned it for 12. Escalante Girl Takes 4th In HOSA Competition Ashley Beebe of Escalante was named a statewide 4th place winner among high school students stu-dents all over Utah taking part in competing for honors in Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) competition. Also competing from Escalante were Cortney Reynaud, Angela Fischer, Elisa Cottam, Jessica Munson, Jennifer Lyman, and Libby Venuti. Their advisor is Sheree Rechsteiner, The competition com-petition was sponsored and hosted by Southwest Utah Area Health Education Center (AHEC) at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. Mongolian Exchange Student Enrolled At PHS Foreign exchange student Dauvaasuren Oyunbaatar whose nickname is "Ohindoo", (meaning (mean-ing girlie) and whose home is in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia spent her school year at the home of Steve and Marilyn Marshall in Panguitch, Dauvaasuren, who hopes to become a doctor, wanted to. come to America to improve her English speaking skills. Travel Council Sponsors Annual Business Day Some 60 local business owners own-ers accepted the invitation from the Garfield County Travel Council to attend its Annual Business Meeting Mar. 22 at Rubys Inn. The morning session was dedicated to a training session by Krista Rahe of Denver's World Wide Brudge who taught the group on discerning the differences dif-ferences and nuances among cultures and anticipating the needs of international visitors. A half dozen presenters shared the afternoon session. Travel Council Executive Director Bruce Fullmer introduced intro-duced Joe Decker, promoter for Panguitch's new Canyon Country Complex (Triple C Arena) which is funded one-half by Panguitch City and one-half by county funds. Decker outlined out-lined upcoming events for the |