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Show Looking Back At 2003 The Garfield County News begins each New Year with a recap of the previous year's major events. Last week's issue covered January and most of February. We continue with late February into March this week. Escalante Drug Bust Members of the GarfieldIron County Drug Task Force and Division of Wildlife Resources made a drug bust in Escalante on Feb. 20 after extensive investigation inves-tigation by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office led to the issuance of a search warrant. Officers arrested Lyle Davenport, Daven-port, 50, and transported him to the Garfield County Jail. . Conservation Teacher Of The Year Panguitch Elementary fifth grade teacher Marilyn Bulkley of Panguitch was recognized by the Utah Association of Conservation Districts (UACD), at their annual convention held in Provo, as the 2002 State Elementary Conservation Teacher of the Year. Grazing On Public Lands Here To Stay Or Gone Forever? In the fifth in her series of six articles about threats to grazing on public lands, Toni Thayer charged that the Department of Interior and the Grand Canyon Trust had used "junk" science" in efforts to eliminate grazing on public lands. Thayer used the definition by the Center for Informed Decision Making (CI DM), a joint project of the University of Michigan's Business School and School of Natural Resources in explaining "junk science" as opposed to "sound science". MARCH Woman Dies, Man Survives Week-Long Challenge In GSENM When 27-year-old George Metcalfe of London was finally rescued on Mar. 3, a week after he and girlfriend Rachael Crowley, 26, of Boston became stranded in deep snow on a lonely lone-ly road on the GSENM, his first words to rescuers were, "On the map, it looked like an easy trip to Escalante." After five days without food, the couple began backtracking to their starting place. Crowley made it only three to four miles, before succumbing suc-cumbing to the environment. Metcalfe made it nearly 20 miles, before being discovered by Shannon Pollock of Tropic on his ATV. Utah Peace Officers Association Presents Check To Slain Deputy's Widow Utah Peace Officers Association (UPOA) President Eric Nielson, Taylorsville; Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Jim Keller; and Garfield County Sheriff's Deputy Clint Pierson presented a check for $600 to Carolyn Jones, widow of slain Escalante deputy Dave Jones. The funds were spontaneously collected from members among their ranks attending the annual Mid-Winter UPOA Conference in St. George. State Tourney Time Sports columnist John Yardley reported that late in the afternoon on Mar. 3, Panguitch High School's Bobcats qualified for the 1A State Tournament by (See RECAP on page 4A) Recap From Front Page defeating Wendover at Wen-dover Wen-dover 60-47. Panguitch would play in the first round of the state finals on Mar. 5 in Cedar City against Tabiona. Escalante also played on the road, coming ever so close to tournament play. The Moquis, who played their finest basketball in their final three games, lost 62-59 in overtime over-time to Meridian. Communities Honor Local Military Members Fanfare, tears, salutes and ovations abounded at the Mar. 4 patriotic program presented at Panguitch High School to honor those from local communities serving in the military, many of whom were being immediately deployed. Corridor Management Plan Gets Underway Since the National Scenic Byway Program awarded Ail-American Ail-American Highway status to Highway 12 in June 2002, the Scenic By 12 Steering Committee had met monthly to begin implementation of the Corridor Management Plan. The committee's job was to1 develop and approve bylaws, setting the stage for the Scenic Byway 12 Committee and its Executive Officers to be in place by late Spring of 2003. (See RECAP on page 5A) Recap From Page 4A Grazing on Public Lands Here to Stay or Gone Forever? In her sixth and final article in her series on the threat to grazing graz-ing on public lands, Toni Thayer wrote that the Grand Canyon Trust had modeled the GSENM Management after United Nations Treaties. She wrote that the philosophy of the UN Wildlands Project which includes the action of sending land into a downward spiral of cycle disruption is being implemented imple-mented around the world. "From the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro came the Global Biodiversity Assessment, an 1,100 page book that spelled out the world's plan to save wildlife and its habitat, and Agenda 21, the world's plan for building sustainable communities communi-ties and economies. The Wildlands Project blends the two U.N. treaties . . ." LEPC Meet Addresses Potential Emergencies The Garfield County Local Emergency Planning Committee met in Panguitch to discuss several sev-eral important county issues ranging from HAZMAT (hazardous (haz-ardous materials) cleanups to emergency communications. (More Next Week) |