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Show Recapping The Year 2002 AUGUST Garfield County TARS Welcome Vice-President Dick Cheney at Republican Convention Twenty Teenage Republicans (TARs) from Garfield County joined nearly 2000 Utah GOP delegates in welcoming the Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney to the Republican Organizing Convention held in Sandy. Capping off an exciting day's activities, three members of the county's group were elected to fill three out of four Utah State TARs offices. SEPTEMBER Cannonville Town Hits Water Bonanza Cannonville Mayor Al Stone announced success this month in the town's efforts to drill a new water well for the community. Local drilling company, Fletcher Drilling, hit pay dirt with a well that is producing 450 gallons a minute. Construction To Begin on Two GSENM Visitor Centers The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has awarded award-ed contracts for construction of the first two visitor centers in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, one located locat-ed in Garfield County. The Cannonville Visitor Center contract, con-tract, at $1 million, was awarded to Bird Construction of Provo. The $ 1 .3 million contract for the visitor center in Big Water was awarded to Cal Wadsworth Construction of Bluffdale. New Garfield County Deputy in Escalante Dave Jones, newly hired Garfield County Sheriff's Deputy stationed in Escalante was happy to be relocating his family from the Wasatch Front to this rural community. Jones fulfilled a commitment made by Garfield County to provide additional law enforcement coverage cov-erage in the eastern end of the county. BLM-GSENM Release New Wide Hollow Assessment The Bureau of Land Management released the new (See RECAP on page 3-A) Recap From Front Page Wide Hollow Reservoir Environmental Assessment (EA) for public comment on Monday, Aug. 27. The proposed project lies outside the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The EA addresses environmental impacts of the construction of a new reservoir, new pipelines, new associated diversion structures, and new access roads for construction and maintenance. Robert Orton Called to LDS Second Quorum of Seventies Elder Robert F. Orton, a Panguitch native, was called by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve in the Second Quorum of the Seventy. Orton and wife, Joy Dahlberg returned from serving an LDS mission in Romania a year and a half previously and resumed his legal practice, which he will now set aside to devote full time to the church. Hwy 12 Corridor Meetings Set Areawide The Steering Committee for the Highway 12 Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan sent out update letters this week which also announced important (See RECAP on page 3-A) Recap From Page 3-A town meetings scheduled throughout next week. Utah's Scenic Highway 12 is considered consid-ered one of the "crown jewels" of the state's designated scenic byways. Local elected officials, economic development professionals, profes-sionals, travel councils and land management agencies have accepted the challenge to gain national "All American Road" designation for Highway 12. Illegal Killing of Cougars and Bobcats on Mt. Dutton Under Investigation The illegal killing of seven cougars and 15 bobcats in the Mount Dutton area northeast of Panguitch is being investigated by the Division of Wildlife Resources. To date, officers have seized 65 illegal snares (See RECAP on page 5-A) Recapping The Year 2001 FromPage 4-A while conducting the investigation. investiga-tion. In addition to the cougars and bobcats, officers have documented docu-mented the killing of two foxes and one hunting hound which were also caught in illegal snares. Panguitch Fire Fighters Add Extrication Equipment to Cache Panguitch Volunteer Fire Fighters announced the purchase pur-chase of new Hurst Jaws of Life SpreaderCutter and a new hydraulic pump to their cache of fire fighting equipment. Five fire fighters have been trained in the use of the new equipment which was funded through $17,000 in donations, garnered from fund raising events. Cedar Breaks National Monument Releases EA Superintendent of Cedar Breaks National Monument Denny Davies stated, "the bark beetle infestation on Cedar Mountain had created an extreme fire potential that threatens both Cedar Breaks historic his-toric structures and visitor facilities, facil-ities, as well as private property and forest resources on lands adjacent to the park." "To reduce the possibility of future catastrophic fires, National Park officials proposed to selectively reduce the number of standing dead Englemen Spruce trees by cutting and removing them." Garfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Holds Fund ' Raiser Dinner Friday evening, Sept. 21 was the evening set for the Annual Garfield Memorial Hospital 'Foundation Dinner held at the Panguitch LDS Stake Center. The event is the largest fund raiser held by that organization each year featuring outstanding cuisine, enjoyable entertainment and fabulous door prizes. Proceeds from the dinner were identified to be used for a new hydraulic lift for the Extended Care Center and defibrillator for the emergency room at the hospital. hos-pital. Wooden Truss Bridge Set In Place on Red Canyon Bike Trail i Two cranes, subcontracted from Ruesch Machine of St. George were used to hoist a 90 x 25 foot wooden truss bridge into place on the nearly completed bike trail through Red Canyon. The bridge, manufactured in Minnesota, was brought to Hurricane and transported and assembled by contractor Interstate Rock. Primary Election Set for Oct 2 Registered voters in Boulder and Panguitch were slated to go to the polls on Oct. 2 for a Primary Election to narrow their choices for November's municipal munici-pal election. OCTOBER Votes Counted For Boulder, Panguitch Registered voters in two Garfield County municipalities went to the polls in the Oct.2 primary election toreduce the number of cadidates for the Nov. 6 municipal election to two for each post. In Panguitch, Janet Oldham would face Cindy Taylor for mayor and five candidates candi-dates were reduced to four for the two open council seats. The November ballot would include the names of Leland Pollock, Denny Orton, Michael Savage and Eric Houston. In Boulder, three candidates for the open two-year council seat were reduced to two: Brad Timothy and Gladys LeFevre. Escalante Search And Rescue Reports Two Rescues Garfield County Search and Rescue, Escalante Division, participated par-ticipated in two early October rescues. On Oct. 4, they rescued a Brooklyn, N.Y., man who was immobilized in quicksand up to his knees in the Coyote Gulch area. He had been hiking alone and was discovered by other hikers who went for help. On Oct. 8, they rescued a French visitor who had become stuck on top of a large slickrock area at Sody Springs on the Hole-in-the-Rock Road. The man's hiking hik-ing companion, from Belgium, called for help. Students Watch Nationwide Show On Area Dinosaur Find Students from all over the country were invited to Kanab to participate in a program that centered on a spectacular partial dinosur sleleton with skin impressions discovered in the heart of the Grand Staircase -Escalante National Monument on the Kaiparowits Plateau. The program explored various field abd laboratory techniques scientists scien-tists use to study such fossils. "It's really great to have the Kanab students involved. They are a top-notch group and their enthusiasm has really made it happen for us," said GSENM paleontologist Dr. Alan Titus. Academic All-State Awards EHS Runners Four Escalante HighSchool students, Seth Steed, James Crawford, Mike Spencer and Brandi Cox, all members of the cross country team team in 2001, were selected to the Utah HighSchoolActivities Association (UHSAA) Academic All-State Cross Country Team. The four students stu-dents each received a written commendation and were honored hon-ored with keepsake awards at the state competitionon Oct. 17. Runners From Three High Schools Take Wins At State 1A Finals Runners from all three of the county's high schools performed per-formed commendably at State 1 A Cross Country Finals on Oct. 17 at Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City. In fact, all of Region 15 showed well at State, having six of the first top nine winners where 71 runners participated par-ticipated in competition. PHS Volleyball Team Takes First At Region Panguitch HighSchool wonits first-ever Region 15 Volleyball championship Oct. 19 at Wayne High School, and headed for state competition set for Oct. 26. The team included Mandy Cooper, Ashlee Orton, Jenna Sawyer, Shauna Sawyer, Emry Humphreys, Nicole Orton, Lacee Leach, Jonie Bartomn, Mendy Orton, Syney Houston, JordanLeach, Kelci Eldridge and Holly Talbot. Dry Conditions Awaited Rifle Hunters With dry conditions prevailing, prevail-ing, rifle hunters could expect to find buck deer at high elevations when the state's 2001 general buck deer season opened on Oct. 20. Between 70,000 and 80,000 hunters were expected to take to the field for Utah's most popular hunt. |