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Show Recapping 1999 DECEMBER Santa Arrives in Panguitch Santa arrived in Panguitch on Dec. 4 to kick off the community's "Country Christmas" marked by a Christmas Home Tour revenues from which were donated to Sub for Santa. New Principal at Panguitch High School The Garfield County School District and Panguitch High School welcomed the arrival of new principal Robert Banks "to," as he said, "take on the role of principal in the best 1A school in Utah. ... I can't think of a better place to work," he said. Hospital Faces Challenges December brought news that Garfield Memorial Hospital in Panguitch was in serious financial trouble. Estimates for the fiscal year indicated that the hospital would face a loss of approximately $800,000 and residents began looking for ways to prevent the closing of the only hospital in the county. Bobcats Win Over Bryce Valley, Milford; Mustangs Beat Badgers. In Boys basketball, Panguitch ran their league record to 2-0 with wins over Milford (50-42) and Bryce Valley (71-44) while the Mustangs picked up a key league win over Wayne 75-52. Escalante lost a tough game to Piute 97-74. Longtime Local Doctor Retires He "never looked back nor had any regrets" that he didn't go back into the orthopedics specialty he'd always planned, said longtime family fam-ily physician Dr. E. Terry Henrie, retiring after 38 years. Henrie spent his final 18 years of practice at Garfield Memorial Hospital where he would be sorely missed. Mustangs Top Moquis; PHS Girls Stop Badgers In one of the long time rivalries in Garfaitld County, Bryce Valley drove past Escalante 68-50 on Dec. 18 as great balance in the scoring department helped the Mustangs to a sweep of their weekend games. In their biggest game of the year to date, the Panguitch girls defeated Wayne 61-50 in a shootout of the leagues best two teams. RECAP OF 1999 (From Page 6A) McCulIough Honored for 20 Years Service in EMS After countless emergency medical med-ical runs, a few lives lost and a great many saved, Garfield County's Coun-ty's principal Emergency Services Coordinator Robert K. "Bob" McCulIough retired from his day-to-day EMS activities after 20 years of dedicated service. Instrumental in starting EMS services in Garfield County, McCulIough was honored at the annual Emergency Medical Technicians banquet at Rubys Inn by those who had served under him and with him over the years. |