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The Iron County Com-mission, during its Feb. 23 meeting, unanimously passed a resolution to allow a Special Needs Registry in Iron County that would provide assis-tance to disabled residents in the event of a disaster.

County Emergency Manager Charlie Morris said the commission had tabled the resolution at its previous meeting because there had been some con-cerns about liability.

Commissioner Wayne Smith said although he understands there are disabled people who need assistance during emer-gencies, he had needed to address some concerns about the registry, but he got his questions answered.

“If they need help, they still need help,” Smith said.

Morris said when the county emergency services does its advertising about the service, it would be clear the registry is there for medical reasons in times of disaster.

Commissioner Lois Bulloch asked that it also be made clear that the registry does not make any guarantees of assistance.

Commissioner Alma Adams asked what kind of costs would be involved and who would be paying them.

Sandy Meissner, worker for Americorps-VISTA, said the registry is sponsored by a variety of organizations, including Homeland Security and Americorps-Volunteers in Service to America, and there would be no upfront cost to the county.

Adams asked what type of maintenance would be required.

Morris said the pri-mary maintenance of the registry would involve manpower to keep it going.

Meissner said she is training volunteers to assist caregivers in signing onto their computers, and 2-1-1 operators will be pre-pared to help with signing into the registry by phone if caregivers prefer to do it that way.

Commissioners approve Special Needs RegistryBY CaTHY WENTZStaff Writer

Man killed in accidentRichard Elwyn Sewing,

79, was killed Feb. 23 when the truck he was driving collided with a school bus at the intersection of state Route 56 and 7700 West, near Quitchapa Lake.

The accident occurred at 4:25 p.m.

Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Jeff Bigler, the investigating officer, said the school bus was

stopped on the eastbound side of the highway, letting children off, when Sewing crashed into the back of it.

It was the bus’s last stop, and at the time of the accident there were five children from Iron Springs Elementary still on the bus. A couple kids had already gotten off, and parents were there waiting for their kids, he said.

All the children were

checked at the scene by emergency personnel, and none were injured, Bigler said.

Superintendent Jim Johnson, of the Iron County School District, said the district was very sad about Sewing’s death, but grateful the students had not been injured.

“We were very fortu-nate that way,” he said.

According to a press release from the Utah Highway Patrol, Sewing

died of head injuries at the scene.

Bigler said Sewing was returning home from a ranch in Lincoln County, Nev., and it did not appear he had tried to stop.

Sewing was not speeding, but had several drivers license restric-tions including corrective lenses, daylight driving only, no more than 15-mile radius from home, and no speeds over 40 miles per hour, Bigler said.

BY aSHLEY LANGSTONManaging Editor

Utah Highway Patrol

A MAN was killed Feb. 23 when he crashed into a school bus. No children were injured.

A large group of people, mostly comprised of New Harmony area residents, turned out to a meeting last Thursday sponsored by

Wasatch Wind to hear more and express concerns about a proposed wind farm on Harmony Mountain.

The meeting took place in a large room in SUU’s Hunter Conference Center, and attendees filled every

chair and all standing space along the sides and in the back of the room, spilling into the hall.

The group was very vocal, primarily against the project. They voiced con-cerns about a decrease in

property values because of the loss of a great view, light pollution from the turbines, the access roads that would be built, danger to wildlife, unattractive power lines to

Winds cause worry

Residents express concern during wind farm discussionBY aSHLEY LANGSTONManaging Editor

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Morris said there would be some training for the Cedar City Dispatchers because, more often than not, calls for help would be handled by dispatch.

Meissner said, in a tele-phone interview, the county emergency services department wanted to express its gratitude to the commissioners for their support and vote.

She also said she is avail-able to give presentations on the Special Needs Registry to civic, faith-based and com-munity organizations. Further information can be obtained by contacting the county emer-gency management office at 867-7329.

During its meeting the com-mission also listened to a report from Scott Wilson, general manager of the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District, regarding the district’s 2009 activities and the water impact from developing alter-native energy in the county.

Wilson said when Gov. Jon

Huntsman did his most recent State of Utah address, he talked about his vision for the future, which is developing the state as “The Alternative Energy Capitol of the Nation.”

Wilson also said, in looking at solar and geothermal energy maps, Iron and Beaver Coun-ties appear to have the highest

potential for those alternative energy resources. He said his concern is the impact of alter-native energy development on the water resources in the area.

“I think when we look at the possibilities with that energy development, it would be wise for all of us to be, as much as we possibly can, in the driver’s seat with regards to that,” Wilson

said.He said although a geo-

thermal energy plant appears to have a relatively small hydrological impact in terms of surface water, the underground recharge and re-circulation system has a wide hydrological footprint.

He said he was requesting that the county commission enter into an inter-local agree-ment, or possibly make a joint statement, with the water conservancy district to plan for the type of impact alternative energy development could have on the county’s water future.

Bulloch said she felt the county ought to start asking questions about the impacts of alternative energy on county water resources.

“I think we have the obliga-tion, not just the right, to ask questions,” Bulloch said.

Wilson said he was not looking for a decision at that time. He just wanted the com-mission to give his request consideration and kick around some of their concerns because the conservancy district is pow-erless on its own.

The Building Industry Associa-tion of Iron County’s annual Spring Building Products Fair and Home Show is scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Festival Hall, with a theme of home improvement and technology.

Angel Cox, BIA executive assistant, said with the current economy, not very many people are buying homes, but many are remodeling. Technology is also more affordable now.

The event is an opportunity for businesses to showcase their products, and for locals to see what’s available, including new products and technologies. There will be businesses that do windows and doors, paint, countertops, appliances, water systems, flooring, landscaping, alternative energy and much more.

Cox said there have been a lot of financial and real estate rumors going around, and there will be mortgage and real estate represen-tatives there to teach people about what’s really going on and show them what’s available.

Those who attend the event will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for a makeover at A Mane Attraction, donated by Holly Porter.

The winner of the makeover and the winner of the ugly bath-room contest will be announced at the end of the fair Saturday, Cox said.

The winner of the ugly bath-room contest will win a free bath-room makeover. Corri Melling, of Melling Granite, said businesses that had committed to help with that, as of last Thursday, were Harris Custom Cabinets, Melling Granite, Kwal Paint, Mountain Lighting, Imperial Window & Door, Pioneer Floor Coverings, Shane Bess Tile, Southwest Plumbing, Arrowhead Plumbing, and CV Plumbing.

Entries for the ugly bathroom contest will be accepted until 5 p.m. today, and can be e-mailed to [email protected] or dropped off at the BIA office, 535 S. Main St., Suite 8 (behind Hogi Yogi), Cox said. Entrants should submit three to five photos, and the photos will be displayed at the event, but will not have names attached to them.

There is no charge to attend the Spring Building Products Fair and Home Show. Alternative Power Systems, Inc. is the major sponsor.

BIA fair to focus on home improvement, technologyBY aSHLEY LANGSTONManaging Editor

Spring Building Products Fair & Home Show■ Friday from 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.■ Festival Hall (above the Heritage Center)■ Admission is free

AT A GLANCE:

Suspects arrested in ArizonaSammy Swickey and Dustin

Overson, both 19, were arrested in Page, Ariz. Feb. 23 after alleg-edly walking away from the Horizon House, where they had been transported for treatment from the Iron County Jail.

According to a press release from the Iron County Sheriff’s Office, the two were in jail on felony charges, and as part of the

Iron County Drug Court Pro-gram, were receiving treatment at the Horizon House. They left the treatment center at about 8 p.m. Feb. 21.

A Page police officer found Swickey and Overson sleeping in a stairwell with a 17-year-old girl from Southern Utah, the press release reported. Both had Iron County Drug Court cards,

which prompted the officer to call Cedar City Dispatch. They were arrested without incident.

The two are being charged in Arizona for giving false information to police. They will then be extradited back to Utah, where they will deal with their current drug court charges and additional felony charges, the press release reported.

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People with special needs (or caregivers on their behalf) are encouraged to register electronically by accessing

www.ironcounty.net and clicking on the link for www.specialneedsutah.org, or dialing 2-1-1 and speaking with a

Special Needs Representative.

News Thursday, March 5, 2009 A3 Iron County Today

The proposed merger between Old Meadows Ranchos and Midvalley Estates water companies is expected to help provide the Old Meadows subdivi-sion with needed improve-ments in its water system.

Midvalley Estat-esTrustee Maggie Haley said the Midvalley Estates water system already meets state and federal standards, but Old Mead-ows’ water system needs to be brought up to the same standards.

Haley said although the cost of bringing Old Meadows up to standard has been estimated at approximately $500,000, that amount has not been written in stone yet.

“It might be less,” Haley said.

Ken Wilde, construc-tion assistance manager for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, said when his department learned that the United States House of Repre-sentatives had passed an economic stimulus bill in September 2008, they had meetings with the Environmental Protection Agency and associations the DEQ is involved with. In those meetings, he said, they tried to figure out what would be involved in the stimulus bill.

Wilde said the DEQ sent out letters to the nearly 450 community water systems throughout the state Nov. 28. The letters

invited the water systems to submit applications for funding in anticipation of federal funding.

Haley said that letter is being kept on file by the secretary of Midvalley Estates.

Wilde said he believes Midvalley Estates has returned a questionnaire to the DEQ that had been attached to the letter.

He also said Old Meadows applied to the Drinking Water Board for funding to repair its water system about two years ago, but the Central Iron County Water Con-servancy District offered to hook the subdivision up to its system. Because the cost of connecting Old Meadows with the district would have been so much less than repairing the subdivision’s ailing system, the Drinking Water Board refused to provide Old Meadows Ranchos with a loan.

“We told Old Mead-ows Ranchos it was not in the best interest of this public money to provide a loan that wasn’t necessary,” Wilde said.

He said the Drinking Water Board has received over $300 million in appli-cations for funding from the stimulus bill, some of them being returned ques-tionnaires only, and the board is getting ready to start authorizing projects with the goal of stimulat-ing the economy.

He said although all funding applications are placed on the priority list,

he anticipates that Mid-valley Estates would be placed very low on the list because he does not think the DWB is interested in spending a large amount of money when there is a relatively inexpensive solution for the problem.

Haley said Midvalley Estates is in the process of seeking out sources of alternative funding for the improvements that need to be made. However, she declined to elaborate on what those sources might be until there is more solid information.

“All Midvalley wants to do is help our neighbors,” Haley said.

She also said the Midvalley Estates water company is in great shape in terms of its finances and water system, and it would not jeopardize that to build improvements for Old Meadows if funding could not be secured.

Audrey Lebbon, who represents the Old Mead-ows subdivision, said its water company has 21 hook-ups.

Haley said Midvalley Estates has about 200 water customers.

Old Meadows resident Carole Photiadis said the basic reason for the merger between the two companies is a lot of people are needed to pay for the improvements that need to be made to the subdivision’s water system. She said the entire Old Meadows water company realizes it cannot exist without more members.

Improvements to water system a pricey propositionBY CATHY weNTZStaff Writer

A large crowd filled Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar City Saturday morning to memorialize Richard Sewing, who was killed in a crash on High-way 56 Feb. 23, and to offer support to his wife, June, and the family.

Memories of Richard Sewing, full of humor and kind words, were offered by family friends and col-leagues as well as Pastor John Jaster who officiated at the service.

Jaster spoke about what a precious gift life is, and how he believed that Sewing had lived his life to the fullest.

Bob Huber, a long-time family friend, said he had known Sewing since the late 1950s when they drove gasoline trucks together in Cali-fornia, and their families

had spent lots of time together.

Huber shared stories of his time with Sewing in fishing and camping trips, target practice, and family vacations.

“Dick was my true friend,” Huber said. “There was no stronger

bond than what we had.”Gus Warr, who had

known Sewing for about 15 years, said he was very knowledgeable and pas-sionate about the things he believed in.

“You always knew what he stood for,” Warr said.

He said when the word got out that Sewing had been killed, many people

contacted him with sto-ries about ways in which Sewing had personally touched their lives.

“He lived a life worth celebrating,” Warr said.

He also said he had seen how Sewing’s family was his highest priority even to the point that Warr accepted an award for him while he went on a planned vacation with June. Mike Sher-ratt, another friend of Sewing’s, said he was a very positive person who wanted to get things done.

Everyone who talked about Sewing could not help mentioning his deep love for wild mustang horses and his commit-ment to their welfare.

Music was provided by vocalist, Christine Winterrose, who sang “Amazing Grace,” and she was accompanied on the piano by Julie Beck.

Community pays tribute to Richard Sewing at serviceBY CATHY weNTZStaff Writer

“He lived a life worth celebrating.”

–Gus Warr

Jan 22nd - Pink StephanieJan 29th - Pink StacyFeb. 5th - Pink OmairaFeb 12th - Pink maryFeb 19th - Blue BeverlyFeb 26th - Blue Bobbi

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“Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.” Marcus Tullius CICERO (106 - 43 B. C.)

Will the stimulus be beneficial? The appropri-ate question is: beneficial for whom and when? The proposed stimulus is a complicated, interwoven and expensive package of debt handed to future generations.

While banking, health care, employment, and geo-political crisis components should be tackled as a package, I am not so sure that all of this should be paid for by our children and their children.

1. Should borrowed money go to Detroit automakers to protect U.S. jobs, if we don’t also take the payment for national healthcare systems off the backs of business. We don’t have manufacturers directly pay for fire, police or sanitation sys-tems, for example; why should business pay for something even more fundamental, citizen healthcare?

2. Should borrowed money go to failing bank-ing and financial systems

without a parallel look at the current subsidies to private and public national retirement and health insurance systems (which depend on these financial systems)?

3 Should borrowed money pay for sustain-able energy produc-tion, without a closer look at the cost of our dependence on foreign fossil fuel use and related national security expense?

4. Should borrowed money be used to create and keep more good jobs, without a closer look at NAFTA, and who wins and loses from our cur-rent tax and educational systems?

Our generation cre-ated the problems that Obama proposes to address through more and more borrowing.

The stimulus will not be beneficial if we just pass the bills to someone else in the future.

This generation must honor and enforce laws and have faith in one another such that no one is given an unfair advantage.

We can pay these bills by shared sacrifice and hard work. Will we take the easy way out and let grandpa pass the bills to the grandkids or will we embrace CICERO’S wise words and honestly address problems, rule out unfair advantage and sacrifice to pay what we owe?

Do you feel that the stimulus package that passed congress will be a benefit to you and your family?

Remember this is a plan that will be administered by liberal administration. They want every American to be on the government gravy train.

Also, remember that four of the five representatives from Utah voted against the stimulus package.

Congress did not have enough time to review the package before they debated and voted on the stimulus package. They only had four to six hours to attempt to read over 1,300 pages. They were promised 48 hours by Nancy Pelosi.

Do even the Democrats fully understand the package in its entirety? Mostly likely not or it might not have passed.

It has been reported that there are so many little special interest projects in this package; it makes this bill ridiculous at best.

The best way to stimu-late America is by cutting taxes to businesses, giving them incentives to hire more employees, thus giving more Americans money in their pockets. Put money in the hands of those who need it; not by giving government handouts to a few select people or groups.

Most Americans feel they will not benefit from the stimulus package. A Zogby Interactive poll shows 27

percent of likely voters are optimistic the recently passed federal economic stimulus bill will personally benefit them or their family. A new Zogby Interactive poll shows more than half – 56 percent – are doubtful the stimulus package will personally help them, and another 17 percent are unsure.

While nearly half of Democrats (48 percent) believe they will benefit from the stimulus, few political independents (19 percent) and even fewer Republicans (7 percent) believe they will be helped.

The vast majority of Republicans (88 percent) and most independents (62 percent) remain skeptical how they personally stand to gain from the new stimulus bill, compared to just 26 percent of Democrats who said the same.

Higher levels of opti-mism for the stimulus bill were found among the youngest adults, age 18-24, who were more likely (38 percent) than older adults to believe it would benefit them or their family. Just 16 percent of those age 65 and older felt the same.

The Zogby Interactive survey of 1,474 likely voters nationwide was conducted Feb. 23-24, 2009, and was completed before President Barack Obama’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on the state of the U.S. economy the night of Feb. 24. It carries a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points.

Is the stimulus package good for America? No!

Current generation should pay own bills

Americans pessimistic about stimulus package

BY LARRY LiNNLiberal View

BY MARK HersomConservative View

Speak UpIn the midst of the recession the country is going through right now, many people

are trying to be as careful as possible about spending and sometimes having to make

difficult purchasing decisions.

“Are you cutting back on anything during this recession?”

“I’m 88 years old. I’ve cut

back on everything.”Sam White

Parowan

“I guess grocery purchases, and making do with what I’ve got in terms of cloth-ing and cars.”Gen Phelps

Cedar City

“A lot of travel.”Sterling Trout,

SUU StudentCedar City

“I haven’t been work-ing since last month.

My wife just went back to work this

morning and we’re almost out of food.”Jimmy Ashley

Cedar City

“Pretty much everything

except food.”Adam Gifford

Cedar City

News Thursday, March 5, 2009 A5 Iron County Today

Cedar City moves forward on recreation facilities

Recreation facilities were once again on the mind of the Cedar City Council during its Feb. 25 action meeting when the architect’s contract for the aquatic center was approved along with a re-allocation of $200,000 to install lights in two of the ball fields.

According to a staff report by City Manager Ron Chandler, the $200,000 would be trans-ferred from a property purchase on 100 East to pay for improvements to the ball fields. With the fund re-allocation, the total amount available for ball field improvements would be $400,000, of which $52,257 has already been spent.

John Black, director of Parks and Outdoor Facilities for Cedar City, reported to the council regarding the status of the ball fields during its Feb. 18 work meeting. During that meeting Black had asked the council to autho-rize putting lights in the Kiwanis and Elks Little League ball fields.

Black said, at the work meeting, that City Engi-neer Kit Wareham had helped him arrive at an estimated cost of $204,000 for the ball field lighting. With the re-allocation of

the $200,000, the parks department would be $4,000 short on that proj-ect, but it could be made up with money already allocated to the ball fields.

Councilor Nina Barnes said, during the Feb. 25 meeting, although she wanted to go forward with the ball field lighting as a critical item, she still had some concerns about other ball field improve-ment needs including the direction of traffic flow to improve safety.

She said she realizes there are a lot of items on the list for ball field improvements, but she wants to see what could be done about at least getting some one-way directional signage put in.

“Let’s approve what needs to be done and get it moving this summer,” Barnes said.

Councilor Dale Brinkerhoff made the motion to approve the re-allocation for the ball fields, and the council voted unanimously in favor of it.

The next item the council discussed was the contract with Mark Wilson to do the architectural work on the aquatic center. The amount to be paid to Wilson is $380,800.

Chandler said nothing had changed from the pre-vious week’s work meeting except that Wilson had provided the city with a

list of four engineers that would be working with him on the project.

Brinkerhoff made several comments on the Request For Proposal regarding the aquatic center, and said he would like to make sure a project administrator is assigned to be responsible for the day-to-day inspection and the “nuts and bolts” involved in the project.

Chandler said the city is in the process of creating a committee that would include himself, the city engineer, leisure services director, two of the city building inspectors, the construction manager, superintendent, project manager, Mark Wilson, mayor and council mem-bers. The committee would meet weekly to monitor work on the aquatic cen-ter.

Brinkerhoff asked if there could be one spokes-man for the committee assigned.

“It would be foolish if we don’t make that assignment, whoever it is” Brinkerhoff said.

Chandler said he thought that would be part of the construction man-ager’s contract.

After further discussion regarding the RFP, which was not on the agenda to be approved that night, the council approved the architect’s contract.

The Parowan City Council voted unanimously, during its action meeting last Thursday, to authorize Mayor Jim Robinson to sign a contract with the state accepting a $68,000 federal grant from the Fed-eral Aviation Administra-tion for part of its airport project.

City Manager Joe Mel-ling said the grant, which is part of the federal eco-nomic stimulus package, would fund crack sealing at the airport, which is Phase I of the project.

The money, he said, would flow from the federal government through the state aeronautics agency. The mayor’s signature would be required.

Melling said the com-plete project is estimated to cost $150,000, and chip sealing is Phase II.

He said Armstrong Engineering told him the project could possibly go out to bid and get started by mid-April.

Melling said he was concerned because he had never seen anyone get a project through the FAA process in less than six months.

He said crack sealing needs to be done when the weather is cold so if the two-week job cannot get started by mid-April, it would have to wait until fall.

During the council’s work meeting, Parowan resident Tom Pierce opened the subject of starting mail delivery to homes rather than having all mail deliv-ered to post office boxes.

He said he believed the city has met the population criteria to have home mail delivery and it would be “a good thing” because post office box delivery impacts the area around the post office.

“You not only have to go to the post office to get your mail, but you have to go back for mailing,” Pierce said.

He added, “You could create another job or two for the community and free up that area.”

Councilor Troy Hous-ton said he liked the idea because he has had some difficulty getting some things mailed to a post office box.

Councilor Diane Lister, who is a postal service employee, said although she was not entirely sure how many citizens are

required in a city for home delivery, she thinks Parowan has met the cri-teria, and she is waiting for more information from the postmaster.

She said the post office would remain open and city residents would have options.

Lister said the city would have to make the request for home deliver-ies.

Cleve Matheson, Parowan building permits officer, asked if the mail would be brought to the city’s post office for sort-ing.

He also said, although he liked the idea of home delivery, he was concerned about the impact of deliv-ery trucks coming into the area to drop off the mail at the post office in its current location and whether the office would have to be relocated.

He said he wanted to express those concerns because there would still be people coming to the post office to pick up their mail.

Robinson asked Lister to get more information about home delivery, and it would possibly be discussed at the council’s March 12 work meeting.

BY CATHY weNtZStaff Writer

Parowan gives FAA grant go-ahead, discusses mailBY CATHY weNtZStaff Writer

the site, future expansion of the farm to other areas of the mountain, interference of communication during fires and emergencies, and much more.

New Harmony resident Jake Benson said New Harmony is one of the last pristine places, and the mountain is important to him. He does not want the view of the wind turbines or the access roads that will carve up and bring more people onto the mountain.

“It’s not going to hap-pen,” he said of the wind farm.

Christine Mikell, proj-ect developer, said Wasatch Wind is based out of Heber, and developed the Spanish Fork Wind Park.

She said the nation has been mapped out as far as wind, and the New Harmony area has been indicated as one of the best places in Utah to harness wind energy. Most areas do not have good enough wind speeds.

The company has been doing wind and environ-mental studies for the past year, and has so far found ample wind on Bureau of Land Management prop-erty along the higher eleva-tion southwest ridgeline of Harmony Mountain.

She said more data is required, and they cur-rently have two more years of a BLM grant to gather

data. Anytime within their three-year grant they can choose to submit a plan to the BLM, and they could do that as soon as next month, Mikell said.

Wasatch Winds pro-vided a slide presentation before answering questions from attendees. It included information on the size of the turbines and the way they work, the way they affect wildlife, and much more.

Lin Alder, Wasatch Wind project permitting manager and environmen-tal specialist, said turbines have changed significantly since they were first used in the 70s and 80s, and the new turbines kill a small number of birds and are much less dangerous than the older, faster-spinning models.

“We’ve learned a lot in the wind industry,” he said.

Mikell said benefits of wind energy include that it is clean and it does not require water (after the concrete bases are poured), and that grazing and hunt-ing can still be done up to the base of the turbines.

She also outlined ben-efits that would be received by residents, including a potential 100 to 200 short-term jobs and six to 10 long-term jobs, and well as taxes that would go to the county.

One attendee pointed out that New Harmony is in Washington County, and will be dealing with the wind farm’s effects, while

Iron County will be receiv-ing the tax dollars.

Mikell said they under-stand that, and promised they would find a way to funnel some money to New Harmony.

Kanarraville residents will also be affected, as they will have a clear view of the turbines.

According to a fact sheet provided at the meeting, no views of Kolob Fingers or Pine Valley Mountain will be affected from New Harmony. The turbines will be visible from Kanarraville, parts of New Harmony, and Interstate 15 approximately between mileposts 28 and 45.

One New Harmony resident, Sam Krevetz, said power has to come from somewhere, and he would rather see the wind turbines than air filled with smog from coal plants.

Mikell said once the BLM receives a plan for a wind farm, it goes through a rigorous permitting process that allows a lot of public comment. She said there were no requirements for them to be having the meeting, but they wanted to have an open dialog with residents and start the discussion early in the process.

“We’re not shying away from this conversation,” she said.

Wind projects typically take between three and five years to be developed and constructed, the fact sheet reported.

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B6 Thursday, March 5, 2009 BUSINESS Iron County Today

Big Lots, a chain known for its bargain prices with over 1,300 stores nationwide, celebrated its grand opening in Cedar City with a ribbon cutting last Friday.

The first order of business before the ribbon cutting, how-ever, was to present a check of $2,500 to representatives of Cedar High School including Assistant Vice Principal Scott

Sharp, teacher Dale Loveland and Office Manager Debbie Slaugh.

Sharp said although no deci-sions have been made, school officials are thinking about using the money for the Sterling Scholar program.

District Manager Lee Man-waring said it was an exciting day for Cedar City.

“Everyone loves a bargain, and you’ll certainly find it in our store,” he said.

Creative Touch: A Full Body Salon will celebrate its three-year anniversary in Cedar City Friday, and will have refresh-ments in the salon all day and a food drive throughout the month.

Owner Raina Robertson said they want to thank all their customers who have helped them make it to this anniver-sary. They had a food drive at Christmastime that was suc-cessful, and are doing it again to celebrate their anniversary. Anyone who brings in a can of food gets $1 off.

Robertson said Creative

Touch is a full service hair and nail salon that also offers facials and waxing. They also have a tanning bed available. The salon carries mineral makeup and other skin and hair prod-ucts. Their nail technicians do manicures and pedicures for men and women, she said.

Toni Hyita, Becca Hender-son, Sarah Ochoa, and Lynette Tanner are nail technicians at Creative Touch, and Sarin Hinkins, Shawnell Chiara-monte, Tonya Newbauer, and Tanny Roberts-McGee are cos-metologists. Jacie McDermaid and Kim McCann wear both hats, as cosmetologists and nail techs.

Their aesthetician recently

moved, but they have someone they are hoping to bring in this week, Robertson said. They also have an aesthetician who is willing to come in if she’s needed, and all the cosmetolo-gists at the salon are licensed to do facials and most waxing.

Robertson said most of the girls have been there since the salon opened, and they get along great and create a fun atmosphere.

Creative Touch is at 582 S. Main St. in Cedar City. They can be reached at 867-4786. Hours are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Satur-day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with other appointments scheduled as needed, Robertson said.

Maggie Moo’s ice cream and treatery opened Feb. 12, and owners Brandon and Camille Schank are planning a grand opening celebration soon.

Brandon Schank said he and his wife both love ice cream and wanted to bring Maggie Moo’s to Cedar City. Their shop is the fourth in Utah, and the

first in Southern Utah.The treatery has been

busy since it opened, and Brandon Schank said he would like to thank every-one who has come in for their business so far.

For more information, visit www.maggiemoos.com or 1760 N. Main St., Suite 101 in Cedar City. The phone number is 865-6839.

Ice cream shop opens

CAMILLE SCHANK, who owns Maggie Moo’s with her husband Brandon, works in the shop.

Ashley Langston

Cedar City Big Lots has grand openingBY CATHY WENTZStaff Writer

Salon celebrates 3 years

Cathy Wentz

SCOTT SHARP, CHS assistant vice principal, holds a check presented to the school by Big Lots.

BY ASHLEY LANGSTONManaging Editor

CREATIVE TOUCH is a full-body salon that offers services including hair and nails, facials, waxing and more. They have 10 cosmetologists and nail technicians.

Ashley Langston

Life TodayThursday, March 5, 2009

The annual celebra-tion of Southern Utah University’s unique beginnings, known as Founders’ Day, will take place Wednesday and Thursday and will include a lecture by Michael O. Leavitt, a banquet, a concert, and recognition of community members and SUU faculty and staff.

According to an SUU press release, “Founders’ Day is a time to remem-ber the people who have

given of themselves for the advancement of SUU, from those first days more than 111 years ago, to today.”

Wednesday, Leavitt, former Utah governor and U.S. secretary of Health and Human Ser-vices, will give the How-ard R. Driggs Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. in the SUU Auditorium.

During the banquet next Thursday, as part of a yearly Founders’ Day tradition, SUU will induct

Interim Provost Rodney Decker and Professor Jim Bowns into the Hall of Honor their life-long dedication to the success of SUU. Their portraits will hang in the Gilbert Great Hall in the Hunter Conference Center and will be unveiled as part of the recognition.

The Distinguished Service Awards will also be presented at the banquet, and will honor Marva Middleton and June Sewing.

“Both have given significantly, of their time and support to the overall welfare of the institution,” the press release reported.

The Founders’ Cel-ebration Banquet begins with a reception at 5 p.m. in the Hunter Confer-ence Center on the SUU campus. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. in the Hunter Center’s Gilbert Great Hall.

The community is invited to attend the event and participate in recognizing the contribu-tions of great people and celebrate the founders’ commitment to making the university a reality. Tickets may be pur-chased by calling Robin at 586-7775.

The Founders’ Cele-bration Concert will take place after the banquet, in Cedar City’s Heritage Center at 8 p.m. The concert, celebrating SUU becoming an All-Steinway School, features Steinway Piano Artists Kirill Gliadkovsky and Anna Gliadkovskaya, SUU President Michael T. Benson, and SUU students Joshua Infiesto and Savanah Sommers.

For free tickets, con-tact the Heritage Center box office at 856-2882.

SUU to celebrate founding

Founder’s Day to include banquet, concert

Last year’s Founders Day included historical activities and the dedi-cation of two new structures and the renovated Old Main.

The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present “Journeys: Faculty Dance Concert,” today through next Sat-urday and next Thursday through March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium Theatre.

This concert will fea-ture new choreography from SUU faculty and staff members Paul Oca-mpo and Shauna Mendini as well as visiting artist Michael Anderson. The concert will also include “Wagon Train” by Burch Mann and “To Have and To Hold” by Joanie Smith and Danial Shapiro.

Theatre Arts and Dance Chair Shauna Mendini will offer a piece entitled “Darkness and Light,” inspired by one of the most important female artists of the twentieth century, Kathe Kollwitz.

Faculty member Paul Ocampo will present “Spirit of Takasago.” This piece was inspired by the poetry of SUU Department of English faculty member Danielle Dubrasky. Paul is also using original music

composed by former SUU faculty member, Dr. Ger-ald Yun and a graphic and visual design, created by SUU Art and Design fac-ulty member Yueqi Zhang and two of his students.

“Journeys” will also offer an original piece by visiting choreographer Michael Anderson. This piece, a contemporary bal-let about hope, is entitled “Solace” and involves 14 dancers. Among these new works audiences will revel in the re-creation of two pieces, “To Have and To Hold” by Joanie Smith and Danial Shapiro and “Wagon Train” by Burch Mann.

Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for SUU faculty and staff, $5 for students/children, and SUU students attend free with a valid student I.D. Tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling 586-7878.

For more informa-tion on SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, call the Arts Hotline at 865-8800 or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

Faculty presents dance concert

Nine middle and high school students from Cedar City and Parowan participated in an anti-drug conference in Washington, D.C. Feb. 9-12 and made presenta-tions to Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Jim Matheson.

The students who took the trip were Austin Caldwell, Shelby Warren and Shantelle Williams from Parowan High School; Jessica Callister, Scott Callister and Robert Lawrence from Canyon View High School; Madi Baldwin and Sarah Kunzler from Cedar Middle School; and Richard Halstead from Southwest Educa-tion Academy.

Helen Rosso, project director for the Safety Solutions Coalition, said the Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America conducted

the conference. She said Safety Solutions has a grant of about $100,000 a year from Drug Free Communities, which was originally funded by Congress in 1997 with the understanding that

local problems need local solutions. The grant helps to finance the trip.

Rosso said Safety Solutions had other sponsors including the Southwest Center for Behavioral Health,

Enterprise Rental Cars and Sunridge Scrubs. The Southwest Center paid to get two of the students to Washington. Enterprise provided two

BY CATHY WeNtZStaff Writer

Students make impact on national legislators

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a groUp of students and other Safety Solutions Coalition members pose in Washington, D.C. during a Drug Free Communities conference.

Safety Solutions Coalition

a8 Thursday, March 5, 2009 NeWs Iron County Today

CalendarThursday, March 5“ByE ByE BIrdIE,” Heritage Theater, 7:30 p.m., presented by Cedar City Music Arts. For information and tickets, call 865-2882.JOurNEys: FacuLTy daNcE cONcErT, SUU Auditorium Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door or by calling 586-7878.arT INsIGhTs, 7 p.m., Centrum Arena, featuring four graduation art and design students, free, open to public.chILdrEN’s sTOry TIME, 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Cedar City Library in the Park.NaMI family support group, for family members of persons diagnosed with serious mental illness. Meets the first Thursday of every month at the Cedar City Library, 7 p.m. For more information, call Rosie Fletcher at 867-7631.NarcOTIcs aNONyMOus, Cedar City Public Library, west room, noon, open, handicapped accessible.

FrIday, March 6BuILdING PrOducT FaIr aNd hOME shOW, put on by the Building Industry

Association of Iron County, Heritage Center, 3 to 8 p.m., free admission.cEdar cITy cOMMuNITy MEdIcaL cLINIc, noon to 2 p.m., at the specialty clinic at Valley View Medical Center, low-income clinic for people without health insurance or Medicaid. By appointment only. Recurring through spring. Call 865-8573 to verify hours and with any questions.JOurNEys: FacuLTy daNcE cONcErT, SUU Auditorium Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door or by calling 586-7878.NarcOTIcs aNONyMOus, Cedar City Public Library, west room, noon, open, handicapped accessible.

saTurday, March 7BuILdING PrOducT FaIr aNd hOME shOW, put on by the Building Industry Association of Iron County, Heritage Center, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free admission.sMaLL acrEaGE WOrKshOP, 9 a.m., Crystal Inn. For more information call the Iron County Extension office at 586-8132.JOurNEys: FacuLTy daNcE cONcErT, SUU Auditorium Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets available at the door or by calling 586-7878.OVErEaTErs aNONyMOus, Cedar City library, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. No dues or fees. The group welcomes all who have the desire to stop eating compulsively. For more info call Marla at 867-4654.PrEscrIPTION assIsTaNcE PrOGraM, 9 to 11 a.m., available to help low-income patients receive reduced cost or free prescriptions. Call 865-8573 for more information.NarcOTIcs aNONyMOus, Cedar City Public Library, west room, noon, open, handicapped accessible.

MONday, March 9NaMI cONNEcTION support group, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Cedar City Library in the Park, specifically for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness, free, For more information call Eileen at 435-817-0630, Brandi at 586-8991 or Deborah at 865-1643. cEdar cITy cOMMuNITy MEdIcaL cLINIc, 4 to 6 p.m., at the specialty clinic at Valley View Medical Center, low-income clinic for people without health insurance or

Medicaid, first-come, first-served. Recurring through spring. Call 865-8573 to verify hours and with any questions.NarcOTIcs aNONyMOus, Cedar City Public Library, west room, noon, open, handicapped accessible.

TuEsday, March 10rOcK cLuB for rockhounders, lapidary artists, ghost towners. Come join us for social gatherings, outings, raffles, and education, 6 p.m. at the Cedar City Library in the Park. All welcome.IrON MIssION sTOry TIME, Iron Mission State Park, 635 N. Main St., Cedar City, 12:30 to 1 p.m. An opportunity for pre-school children to learn about the past through stories and history-related activities. Thanks to the support of the Kiwanas club, story time is free to the public. For more information, call 586-9290.cONVOcaTION, “The History of Latin American Music” presented by David Burgess, SUU Auditorium, 11:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.NaMI BrIdGEs, the National Alliance on Mental Illness of southwest Utah is beginning this free, 10-week

course designed specifically for persons diagnosed with a serious mental illness, 4 to 5:15 p.m., Cedar City Library. Join anytime. For more information call Brandi at 586-8991 or Deborah at 865-1643.NarcOTIcs aNONyMOus, Cedar City Public Library, west room, noon, open, handicapped accessible.

WEdNEsday, March 11CHILDREN’S STORY TIME, 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Cedar City Library in the Park.cEdar cITy cOMMuNITy MEdIcaL cLINIc, 4 to 6 p.m., at the specialty clinic at Valley View Medical Center, low-income clinic for people without health insurance or Medicaid, first-come, first-served. Recurring through spring. Call 865-8573 to verify hours and with any questions.OVErEaTErs aNONyMOus, Cedar City library, 4 to 5 p.m. No dues or fees. The group welcomes all who have the desire to stop eating compulsively. For more info call Marla at 867-4654NarcOTIcs aNONyMOus, Cedar City Public Library, west room, noon, open, handicapped accessible.

Thursday, March 12JOurNEys: FacuLTy daNcE cONcErT, SUU Auditorium Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Tickets available at the door or by calling 586-7878.arT INsIGhTs, 7 p.m., Centrum Arena, featuring painter Carolyn Cardenas, free, open to the public.chILdrEN’s sTOry TIME, 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Cedar City Library in the Park.NarcOTIcs aNONyMOus, Cedar City Public Library, west room, noon, open, handicapped accessible.

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is having March Madness throughout the month.

The library will be open for special help on Fridays, March 6, 13, 20, and 27

from 6 to 9 p.m. They will have one on one help for all who come, including special computer help

and lots of special classes to sign up for. For more

information, contact Linda Michel at 477-1142 or

Pat Decker at 477-9098.

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LIFe Thursday, March 5, 2009 a9 Iron County Today

During a Christ-mastime visit with family, I

submitted myself to another “special” mother-daughter hair salon visit. Predictably, we floated regally from California Cuts bearing stunning hairdos that neither of us would be able to recon-struct after the next hair washing.

My mom has arthritis, but I have no excuse. In fact, I think I’ll go to my grave as the only woman in modern history who passed through life with-out learning to master a blow-dryer. An autopsy will find my DNA is miss-ing the gene for beauty tools.

I’m just not mechani-cally inclined. Meaning, I’m stumped by anything more technical than a rubber band.

In prehistoric past lives I might have lived as a male, I would have been unable to spark a fire or chuck a spear with my atlatl.

If you find a cave painting of some lummox with his foot pinned to the ground by his own spear, no doubt that’s me in a prior life.

I’m probably the doo-fus hunter responsible for the “gatherer” part of the hunter-gatherer designation, when my fellow Neanderthals gave up and left me behind to gather something useful in their absence – after repeatedly explaining to me how a basket works.

In my present life as a woman, I can’t operate a blow-dryer without singeing my eyebrows or gluing my eyelids shut with melted mascara. I’m likely to catch my collar on fire or bloody an eye socket.

No matter how I try, I cannot direct the blow-dryer correctly. My eye-hand coordination wanders off the neural pathway. Probably look-ing for ice cream.

And don’t even sug-gest that I do something athletic like maneuvering a brush in one hand while operating the blow-dryer in the other. My home-owners insurance doesn’t cover that.

I don’t understand my problem. I can eat a hamburger without miss-ing my mouth – usually. I can pat my head while rubbing my tummy. I can even parallel-park my Honda while gesturing my opinion of Rush Lim-baugh on the radio.

But don’t put a brush

in my hand while the other is trying to aim an 1800-watt blow-dryer at my head.

The last time I tried this difficult maneuver, I shattered the mirror, blew the towels out the bathroom window, and got my necklace tangled in the cord until I passed out. Not to mention how my hair turned out. Like a burned straw bale or an electrocuted weasel.

Going to a profes-sional hairdresser to have my hair styled is a frustrating experience. That’s because a hairstyl-ist can sling a blowgun like Annie Oakley with her rifle.

No misdirected airstreams carry off the plastic curlers and win-dow shades in the beauty salon. And a talented hairdresser and her blow-dryer can inspire even the limpest, do-nothing hair.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve left the salon looking dazzling and stylishly coiffed only to have my old, flat hairstyle return the next morning, no matter how I wrestle with my blow-dryer or how I upend or angle my head or manip-ulate my hair against the typhoon blast.

Men, if you’re running for sainthood, or if you want to eat dinner with-out hiring a food taster, I’m warning you: When your honey staggers from the bathroom with her hair still smoking, the back sticking up like a provoked porcupine, avoid saying, “Wow, what happened?

It looked so different yesterday.” Avoid raising an eyebrow or having even a nanosecond of hesitation when she asks, “Does my hair look all right?”

I think it’s not only a genetic disability, though. While other little girls were playing Barbie’s Beauty Salon, I was busy playing Edward Scissorhands with my Barbie.

I didn’t catch on to the fact that her hair wouldn’t regrow until the day I noticed I had turned my doll into Skinhead Barbie.

Apparently I played barber with my stuffed animals, too. My parents always exchanged a certain look when they walked past my bedroom and saw the row of fluffy animals on my bed, furry but for their patchy sheared heads and startled button eyes.

People

Newbornsadalei Miriam adair

Adalei Miriam Adair, daughter of Cliff and Angela Adair of Cedar City, was born Dec. 1, 2008 at 9:28 a.m. at Valley View Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19 inches long. She was welcomed with love by her grandparents, Mervin and Miriam Adair of Cedar City, Laura Graf of La Verkin and Michael and Linda Morris of Richfield.

She is also a joy to her great -grandmother, Beulah Smith Graf of Santa Clara. Adalei has such a cute personality and a smile that lights up the lives around her!

george Joshua FawsonGeorge Joshua

Fawson, son of Abe and Tia Fawson of Cedar City, was born Feb. 15, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. His older brother Benaiah and older sister Evelyn, as well as his happy

parents, are excited to welcome him into the family!

80th Birthday

1st Birthday

Wedding

tyrowleyTy Rowley cele-

brated his first birthday on Feb. 25, 2009. He loves basketballs, push-ing buttons, climbing and exploring, playing outside and keeping us on our toes! He is a very curious little boy with a ton of energy. Ty is the son of Lucas and Candace Rowley of Cedar City and the grandson of Craig and Marsha

Rowley of Parowan and Ron and Jill Graham of Farmington. We love you Ty!

steele-orton

Brittney Lee Steele and Kody John Orton will be married Friday, March 13, 2009 in the St. George LDS Temple. There will be a reception Friday, March 13 at

the Fiddlers Canyon Chapel, 638 E. Canyon Center Drive in Cedar City. There will be a formal line from 6 to 7 p.m. and dancing from 7 to 9 p.m. The parents of the bride are Jeff and Michelle Steele and the parents of the groom are John and Kris Orton.

geraldine Berry

JacksonGeraldine (Jerry)

Berry Jackson, born March 8, 1929 will celebrate her grand 80th birthday with family and friends at an open house Saturday, March 7, 2009 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Iron Springs Elementary. Jerry married Ross Berry in 1947 and is the proud mother of four children, Allen, Carol, Layne and Mark. On Sept. 1, 2001, Jerry married Wayne Jackson and gained three lovely daughters. Jerry, as all know, loves to do hair (40 years)

and was the first graduate of Southern Utah Cosmetology College (Evans), now at Roland’s Second Glance going strong. Her favorites are bowling, pinochle, cooking, crafts, knitting, crocheting, quilting, porcelain dolls and social gatherings.

Send us your birth, first birthday, mission, wedding, and anniversary announcements. There is no charge, and announce-ments and photos can be submitted to editor@ironcountytoday.

com or at 389 N. 100 West Suite 12, Cedar City. The deadline is Friday at noon. Announcements should be 100 words or less.

sharE yOur GOOd NEWs!

LaughingMattersBY SHARON May

Look out, Barbie Scissorhands!

The information in last week’s issue was incorrect. CaLLIe Bassett of Parowan was the first reader to submit the correct answer for the Where in Iron County? section that ran Feb. 12. The statue pictured is located in Parowan’s Heritage Park. JeN aLger was the first to identify last week’s photo correctly. The kiln shown is located in Old Iron Town.

This section has a different photo every week and readers are invited to identify where the subject matter is located. The first reader with the correct

answer has his/ her name printed in the following week’s issue, along with the answer. Submit answers by e-mail to [email protected].

Kina Wilde

A10 Thursday, March 5, 2009 News Iron County Today

Gateway has just wrapped up third term and is on break thru March 16.

In addition to end-of-term activities, we held our Hula Hoop Cham-pionship finals last week ... a big congratulations to Drew Beatty for tak-ing first place. Our 8th graders started looking forward to next year by attending freshman ori-entation at the local high schools.

Dr. Seuss Read-a-thon Day was a huge hit. Visiting parents and friends read Dr. Seuss

books in class, served green eggs and ham to students, and helped with Oobleck-making for our Level 1 students. We even had a few turtles come in as special guests for the day.

Our off-track and after-school program, “Beyond the Gate,” kicked off, with clubs for dance, crafts, chess, bas-ketball, books/reading and producing a school newspaper.

Registration for 2009-2010 Kindergarten classes is March 18, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

SchoolsGPA ends third term

East Elementary would like to thank the Cedar Middle School Band for the wonderful concert it put on for our fifth grade students. East Elementary students are excited about the pros-pect of participating in the Middle School Band next year.

We would like to remind parents about the

upcoming Community Council meeting next Thursday at 3:30 in our school library. The public is welcome to attend. We appreciate our Commu-nity Council and all they do to help our school.

We would also like to remind parents about SEPs this week.

March 19, begin-ning at 6:30, will be our

school science fair. We encourage all students to participate.

We will also be having our spring PTA meeting and Art Show the same night. We would love to have all those who are available to attend. A special thanks to all those who do so much to make our school a great place to be.

East prepares for science fairThis week is SEP

week. School has been getting out at 2:30 p.m. all week. If you have not had a chance to meet with your student’s teacher, please contact him or her. The PTA is sponsoring a Book Fair during SEP week.

Spring picture day is

March 17. The PTA spring meeting is March 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the gym.

Kindergarten regis-tration will be March 19 from noon to 4 p.m. in the library. Your child should be 5 years old by Sept. 2, 2009. Please bring your student’s birth certificate,

social security number, and immunization records.

If you are unable to come to the school that day call the school at 586-9485 and make an appointment. Please inform your neighbors and friends about Kinder-garten registration.

Iron Springs has busy month

Enoch Elementary is having a week full of Dr. Seuss activities to celebrate the popular author’s birth-day beginning last Friday and continuing through this Friday. Thanks to the generosity of our cafeteria staff, we ate birthday cake last Friday.

Tuesday found us counting, counting, count-ing as we tried to guess the number of goldfish in a jar.

Wednesday students wore wacky, mismatched, or inside-out clothes.

Today students are wearing their most outra-geous, zany, colorful, loud socks that have been hid-den for years!

The week’s celebra-tion will culminate with students wearing their favorite hat to school on Friday.

Happy birthday from Enoch Elem. Dr. Seuss!

Enoch celebrates Seuss

This past week at South, the Cedar Middle School band came to share their talent and build enthusiasm for future musicians. Also, Mrs. Patty Johnson and her class came down from CMS and transformed South into Seussville with a celebra-tion of Dr. Seuss’ birthday.

This created a lot of enthusiasm for our Read-a-thon focused on Dr. Seuss coming up. We will have a kick-off celebration on March 9. Start logging your reading minutes

beginning Friday. Watch for more information from your child’s teacher.

If you haven’t met with your child’s teacher and don’t have a plan for meet-ing with him or her, please contact the school!

Don’t forget to be help-ing your child get ready for the science fair, which will be taking place March 26. Display boards will be on sale at the Spring Book Fair during SEP week. Make sure to stop by and check out the Buy One Get One Free event.

South gears up for Seuss read-a-thon

seveNth grade studeNts put on a Dr. Seuss play at South Elementary.

On Feb. 25, the Fid-dlers Canyon Elementary School Community Council met to discuss the 2009-10 Trustlands Budget. With a small carryover, we anticipate having $26,000 to spend next year.

This is a drastic reduc-tion in funds from last year, mostly because of the weak economy. This money must be spent to directly improve student instruction.

The council decided to spend it as follows: $8,000 on textbooks, $4,000 for wages for our take-home library aide, and $14,000 on wages for some reading aides.

The council also dis-cussed the need to fund the Fiddlersburg Choir and improve security at our school. The school will ask the PTA to fund a stipend and supply budget for our choir teacher.

We will also make improving school security one of our school goals for next year. The public is also reminded that two posi-tions are up for election on the council.

The election will be April 23. Any parent who is interested in running for a seat on the community council must notify the school office by April 22.

Fiddlers allocates Trustlands Budget

On Feb. 25, the third graders of Parowan Elementary School presented their annual Pioneer Program.

Through music, dance, and skits, the students painted a wonderful picture of Iron County’s pioneer heritage.

The children sang their hearts out with old

favorites like “Red River Valley” and “Don’t Fence Me In.”

The audience espe-cially enjoyed the square dancing and line danc-ing.

A special tribute was given to a community leader, Carey Shurtleff. Students created indi-vidual pioneer projects,

which were displayed in the hallways of the school.

The Pioneer Program has been a tradition at Parowan Elementary for over 25 years and has proven to be an effective and enjoyable way for children to learn about Iron County and it’s rich history.

Parowan celebrates pioneers

Our rockin’ CMS Jazz Band was able to be the warm-up band for the Cedar High Redmen Jazz Band Feb. 25. It was a great experience to be able to perform on the same stage as the “big-boys.”

Jim Francisco has been honored as the “Employee of the Year.” We can all look up to the example of his positive attitude

and his dedication to the faculty, staff, and students of our school.

Shawna Smith was honored as the “Vol-unteer of the Year.” She is an active member of the PTSA. She spends a lot of time here at CMS, spearheading Red Rib-bon Week and supporting many other activities.

We appreciate the PTSA and all of the

people who spend count-less hours volunteering in our school.

Mrs. Shana Benson and Mrs. Michelle Deck-er’s seventh grade core classes are reading the novel, “Where the Red Fern Grows.”

While they read this novel, they also discuss The Great Depression as part of their Utah History curriculum.

CMS recognizes staff, volunteer

Congratulations to Sharon Wasden, one of our history teach-ers. Sharon has been accepted to the Miller History Seminar and will spend nine days this summer traveling to sev-eral Revolutionary War sites with other teachers from the state.

Spring pictures are scheduled for Monday during core classes. All students will have their

picture taken and par-ents will receive a picture proof and information to order a packet a few weeks after pictures.

SEOP appointments are this week for sixth and seventh grade stu-dents.

Please contact the school at 586-2830 if you have not had your appointment or received appointment informa-tion for your student.

Eighth grade students have SEOP appoint-ments with their ninth grade advisor at Canyon View High School.

Our GYC will have a bowling activity after school on March 25. The cost will be $4.

The CVMS Choir had a concert on Tues-day. There was also a CVMS Orchestra Solo & Ensemble concert on Wednesday.

CVMS schedules spring pictures

gateway PreParatory academy Level 2 students had a Ancient Greece theme during their end of term festival. Students created art projects, put on plays, and cooked a Greek recipe.

Kina Wilde

South Elementary

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LIFe Thursday, March 5, 2009 A11 Iron County Today

Richard SewingRichard Sewing passed

away Feb. 23, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident.

He was born Dec. 14, 1929 in Bell, Calif. He lived in southern California, graduated from Burbank High School and worked for Shell Oil for 20 years.

Richard and his wife, June, moved to Utah in 1975 where they operated a farm in Newcastle for over 20 years. Upon retiring from farming they moved to Cedar City.

Richard became involved with National Mustang Association, a wild horse advocacy group. He managed their ranch sanctuary in Barclay, Nev. and was their Operations Manager.

As a result of his work with the horses, he had a close association with many Bureau of Land Management people.

He was currently in his second term as member of the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board.

He leaves his wife, June, of 54 years, Cedar City; two sons, Rick (Robin) of Fort Lupton, Colo. and Jerry of Arroyo Grande, Calif.; six grandchildren, Christopher

(Tammy), Rick (Victoria), Tiffany (Frank), Jennifer (Adam), Heather and Jenny; as well as four and one half great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by daughter, Sherry (Roger) Warden.

Richard was a long-time member of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod and served as Elder and President.

Services were at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar City on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations please be made to the Valley View Health Care Foundation.

Obits

Madge C. JunkinsMadge C. Junkins passed

away on Feb. 26, 2009 in Parowan, Utah. She was born on April 17, 1921 in Dalton, Ga. to Mable Baker and John Cash.

Madge loved to bake, and she loved to teach her granddaughters to bake; and you had to make sure you had

your hair back in a bandana or hair net. She had the cleanest kitchen, even after helping her grandkids to bake.

She loved playing games every night with her daughter Norma and her son Pete. When her eldest son Gerald would come up to visit, they would all be together, and she loved those moments even more.

Madge was an independent woman you never saw her without her make-up. Madge loved plants and she had a green thumb. She could make anything grow beautifully.

She is survived by her children, Gerald (Sandra) Gallaher of Las Vegas, Nev., Norma (Robert) Hoovan of Parowan, Utah, and James Gallaher of Parowan, Utah; her 12 grandchildren, Teresa, Scott, Debbie, Greg, Marta, Rosalie, Sheila, Micheal, Frank, Julie, Cassandra, and Paul;

her 21 great-grandchildren and her four great-great-grandchildren.

She is also survived by her brother, Felix Gallaher of Cleveland, Tenn., and her sisters Betty Turner of Orlando, Fla. and Sue Reynolds of Cleveland, Tenn.

Madge was preceded in death by her parents Mable Baker and John Cash, her husbands Frank Gallaher and Roy Junkins, and her sisters Dorothy Pierog and Aline Swafford.

Services were Tues-day, March 3 at the Southern Utah Mortuary in Parowan. Visitations were Monday, March 2, and Tuesday, March 3, before the services. Interment was in the Parowan City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be sent at www.southernutahmortuary.com.

OBITUARIESThere is no charge for obituaries. Submissions can be e-mailed to [email protected].

The deadline is Monday at noon.Obits must be 400 words or less.

vans to take the group to the Las Vegas airport and back, and Sunridge Scrubs pro-vided a discount on the special jackets worn by the students.

“Other coalitions have come in specific jackets or t-shirts, and this year we wanted to do the same,” Rosso said. “And we did stand out at the prevention rally.”

She said the group was bused to Capitol Hill Feb. 10 for the rally at which the students listened to speakers.

Rosso said the stu-dents later went to give their presentations. They started with Matheson and then went to visit with Hatch. The students were split into groups of five, and an adult that accompanied the stu-dents joined one of the groups making presenta-tions. T

he two groups were assigned to making pre-sentations to Matheson or Hatch, and they pre-sented statistics about prescription drug abuse in the state and local area.

“We went to let them know the things that are going on in our commu-

nity,” Rosso said.Parowan High School

student Shantelle Wil-liams said she was among the members of her group talking about personal stories that hit close to home such as prescription drug abuse in the family. Her group spoke to Matheson.

She said she also sug-gested solutions to the problem that included organizing a task force that would research and address the issues involved with prescrip-tion drug abuse.

Some ideas offered were stricter policies for online pharmacies and other pharmacy accountability measures so people are not able to go from one pharmacy to the next to get more medication.

“It was the chance of a lifetime,” Williams said.

She also said Hatch was so impressed by the presentation made to him that he invited all the students to help him in a subcommittee meet-ing he was attending concerning drug abuse.

Scott Callister, who represented Canyon View High School, said he was also in the group that spoke to Matheson, and his part was to provide statistical information about the

ages of people abusing prescription drugs. He said the students that did not make a presen-tation to Hatch still sat in on it, and those not making presentations to Matheson were present for that.

Callister said he also enjoyed the learning opportunities he had on the trip by visiting the Holocaust Memorial Museum and National Museum of American History.

Rosso said the stu-

dents also made a pre-sentation at the National Youth Leadership Initia-tive awards luncheon. They did a great job.

“I get so proud I can hardly stand it,” she said.

Rosso said several adults accompanied the students on the trip including Sgt. Darin Adams from the Cedar City Police Department; Chandra Fraser and her brother, Darrin Fraser, from Mishap Studios, which provides the coali-tion with media assis-

tance; and Matt Nielson from the Southwest Center for Behavioral Health in Cedar City. Logan Reid from the Southwest Center for Behavioral Health in St. George accompanied the students on the day they made their presentations, Rosso said.

Locals will have an opportunity to hear from the students at Commu-nity Family Night March 16. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and is at Can-yon View High School.

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When the Cedar High School boys’ basketball team was 1-7 in the preseason, senior guard Joel Einfeldt said many people already started counting it out.

The Redmen silenced those critics with its state tournament run – making it to the state semifinals, ultimately taking fourth.

“We took fourth in the state,” coach Craig Cardon said. “We can’t feel too bad about that.”

The Redmen earned their trip to the semifinals by shooting well against Judge Memorial, the defend-ing state champion, defeating the Bulldogs 62-41 on Thursday. That win set up a date with Logan, the same team that sent the Redmen pack-ing after the state quarterfinals last season. The Redmen did not shoot as well against the Grizzlies as they had the day before and fell 51-38. The loss sent Cedar to the third-place game against Juan Diego.

The Redmen led 24-6 before the Soaring Eagles went on a 21-0 run the rest of the first half. Still things looked good only being down 27-24

at the intermission. In the second half, however, the Cedar offense was anemic, only managing 15 points in the third and fourth quarters com-bined.

Both games were not good for Einfeldt. The fifth-leading scorer in 3A, averaging just over 16 points a

game this season, Einfeldt only man-aged 8 points against Logan and 6 against Juan Diego.

Cardon attributed both debacles to poor shooting. Despite the losses, Cardon was proud of his team’s effort.

“They played extremely hard,” he said. “They did everything they could do. I thought we did well.”

Einfeldt agreed with his coach.“I think we did all we could,” he

said.

With this tournament run, in which the team improved on last season’s showing, Cardon said the team would regroup and expect big-ger things next season.

“The bar has been raised,” he said. “The expectations have changed at Cedar High School.”

Einfeldt said it was the team’s goal before the season was to make it to the final four, which it achieved.

“I hope we raised the bar,” he said. “I hope everyone has more pride in Cedar High basketball.”

One thing the Redmen can be proud of is a better showing than region rival Hurricane, who went undefeated in region play. The Tigers finished sixth at the state tourna-ment after heading for the consola-tion bracket after a 47-38 loss to Juan Diego in the semifinals.

The Redmen will lose seven seniors: Einfeldt, Michael Nakken, Taylor Eyre, Ryan Decker, Bryce Anderson, Michael Pearson and Jase Bleazard. Several juniors, including Kai Eldredge, Kenny Grant and Brandon Garrett, received quality minutes this season and should help the Redmen to another tournament run next season.

Despite a close loss to Wasatch in the state quarterfinals, the Canyon View High School girls’ basketball team felt good about its run this year.

“Even after the game was over, it felt like we’d accomplished something,” junior forward Cassidy Holmes said of the game against the Wasps, the eventual state champions. “We didn’t feel like we had lost.”

Holmes said she felt

like the team had done everything it could and played its hardest.

The Lady Falcons were up by one against the Wasps with about a minute to go. With a chance to go up by more, Canyon View lost the ball out of bounds and Wasatch immediately converted on the other end.

Holmes said from then on the Lady Falcons had to start fouling and the Wasps made their foul shots, seal-ing the 52-46 victory.

Coach Brad Lambeth said missing key layups and

free throws was the reason the squad lost against the Wasps. The Lady Falcons shot only 4-for-11 from the line during the game.

“You can’t give good teams opportunities to beat you,” he said.

After the loss to Wasatch, Canyon View went on to play Grantsville in consolation, but fell to the Cowgirls 54-33.

Lambeth said the team put so much energy into the Wasatch game the game against Grantsville was a let down. He said his players did not match up

with Grantsville’s size and did not shoot the ball well.

Overall, Holmes said the team achieved most of its goals this season, which included winning the region championship, outrebounding opponents, and holding opponents under 35 points, which the squad did throughout most of the region season.

“We made a lot of improvements from last year,” she said.

Lambeth said the sea-son was a success in that the girls had fun and improved their games.

“They worked their tails off to get where they did,” he said.

Next year is looking good for the Lady Falcons, even with the departures of seniors Shaylee Berry, Jayli Zingelman, Sage Womack and Ashley Evans.

“I’m going to miss them a lot,” Holmes said of the departing seniors. “I’m going to miss their personality off the court. It’s going to be weird not having them.”

With a core of juniors Holmes and Danielle Wynn, as well as sopho-mores Kassidy Carter and Tori McGrath, back next season, she said she feels the team should be just fine.

Lambeth agreed.“We’ve got four players

that played a lot of time back for us next year,” he said. “We’ll be good again.”

Cedar boys basketball finishes fourth at state

“I hope we raised the bar. I hope everyone

has more pride in Cedar High basketball.”

–Joel Einfeldt

BY REUBEN WADSWORTHSports Editor

Junior Kai EldrEdgE raises for a jumper in Cedar’s win over Morgan in the first round of the playoffs.

Lady Falcons fall in quarterfinalsBY REUBEN WADSWORTHSports Editor

I always struggle with how to begin telling the story of

the 3A state basketball championship run we experienced as a team at Canyon View High School in 1999.

It feels, in retrospect, more like a dream or a fantasy than the t a n g i b l e r e a l i t y it was. Sometimes “once upon a time” seems like as good a way to start the story as any because it was truly a kids’ fairy tale in many ways.

Many people can point to certain games in the season that were turning points, and they would most likely be right. That being said, the beginning of our state championship run began when Coach Steve Hodson took our team to a team basketball camp at Pepperdine University in California.

That trip included our coaches (Coach

“Hod” and Kit Janes) and a handful of play-ers (myself, Jaron Tate, Rand and Nate Janes, Stevie and Jeremy Barnes, Zach Cowan, Nate Holman and maybe the most impor-tant part of our team

Cade “But-ter Love” Parke). At that camp, we beat many good teams from all over the nation and bonded as a team.

W h e n the season c a m e around, we were ready to pick up where we

left off. It was not easy. In fact, every game we had a bulls-eye on our chests due to our season-long high rank-ing in the state.

Many people could point to certain wins as turning points for our team. I, however, felt like the moment that we realized our potential was through a debilitating loss.

We traveled to

1999 CV basketball season a fairy tale

Blair EinFEldT1999 Canyon View Basketball Player

See 1999 on A13 Canyon ViEw girls head coach Brad Lambeth instructs his team during a timeout in a game at Cedar late in the regular season.

Reuben Wadsworth

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Sports Briefs

Southern Utah gymnastics completed the season sweep against Brigham Young Univer-sity as the Thunderbirds posted a 194.675-189.125 victory over the Cougars in Provo on Friday night.

The win was the third straight over BYU this season as the T-Birds will likely vault into the NCAA regional quali-fying scene with their score in the 194s.

After the BYU meet, senior Kellie Dangerfield continued

SUU’s streak in the all-around, as a Thunderbird gymnast finished first in the event for the third consecutive meet. In all, the T-Birds have captured all but one all-around title this season.

“Both of our freshmen were fantastic tonight,” Bauman said after the meet. “They did a great job and they have improved a lot. We still have yet to put four events together at one meet so I know we are capable of even better things.”

“I would like to say that it was good for us to score as we did on floor, but a 47 is a hor-rible score,” he added. “I think our team was just a little too cocky on that event and this will be a wake-up call for them.”

Southern Utah will return to the Centrum Arena Friday night to host San Jose State in the final home meet of the year. The squad will honor seniors Dangerfield, Katie Hicks and Erin Morgan during the night as part of senior day activities.

After road losses to Oakland and IPFW in its final two games of the season, the Southern Utah University men’s basket-ball team enters the Summit League tournament as the fifth seed.

The Thunderbirds finished the season 8-10 in conference

play (10-19 overall) and face IUPUI in the opening round of the conference tourney Sunday in Sioux Falls, S.D.

“The good news is that right now everyone is 0-0,” Reid said after his team’s 69-52 loss at IPFW Saturday. “We start a new league this week and it’s time

for us to regroup, go home and practice hard and get ready for the tournament.

“That’s one of the great things about a post-season tournament, everyone starts over and everyone has a chance to win it all – that’s what we’ll be shooting for,” he added.

Southern Utah women’s basketball suffered a 56-64 defeat at IPFW on Saturday afternoon and could face the possibility of missing the con-ference tournament for the first time in school history.

The loss dropped the

T-Birds to 9-19 overall and 5-12 in Summit League play, while the Mastodons moved to 8-20 and 7-10 in conference play.

Senior Anne Westwood Higbee led all scorers with 15 points and added 11 rebounds for her third consecutive

double-double. Caitlyn Sears joined Higbee in double figures with 13 points.

The Lady T-birds wrapped up the regular season at Oak-land on Monday night (results were not available at press time).

SUU gymnasts finish 3-meet sweep of BYU

SUU men head to league tournament as fifth seed

Lady T-birds fall to IPFW

As the mother of a Canyon View 1999 C h a m p i o n s h i p

Basketball player, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to add “my slant,” by invitation, on this event.

Our son Blair played guard for this remarkable team and remarkable coach, Steve Hodson. This team, that year, has made quite an impact on our lives and our family.

I’ve always enjoyed bas-ketball. It is a game that for me was easy to watch and easy to understand. I got it – two bas-kets, two teams – get the ball in the basket more times than the opposing team and win! I could understand that.

When Blair wanted to play, I was all for it. The new Canyon View High School allowed this opportunity. The 1998 Falcons were young (no seniors) playing tough against “older” more established teams.

Coach Hodson wasn’t worried. He was building a team for next year. They had potential. They finished 5-5 – fourth in region, qualifying for a play-off against Emery at Emery.

The Falcons battled the Spartans through double overtime, but the Spartans won 64-62 and eventually took second at state.

The 1999 preseason proved successful – more wins than losses! The gym had a gorgeous new Falcon painted on the floor and it reverberated with excite-ment. “Ah, CV” had begun!

The legendary BRU KRU kept spirits high. They welcomed my son, Joel, 8, as an honorary member. The BRU KRU was big on yell-ing “Defense!” and the CV defense was amazing!

The guys had this squeaky shoe-thing going on. They would squeak with the shuffle of their shoes when they ran up to guard another player. You could hear the squeak when they were threatening the ball.

It seemed that the squeakier they got, the more of a defensive nuisance they became, forcing a turnover. They didn’t have to yell or say anything, they’d just squeak!

Winning was fun and it was happening game after game. Canyon View had set itself as a threat in 3A bas-ketball competition.

Noting the points allo-cated to each player, I saw that Canyon View typically had high scoring games. I also noticed that Blair was not scoring a significant amount, thus, in my wise

and informed “basketball opinion,” was not pulling his weight.

Now, I knew basketball. I’d certainly seen plenty of games. Perhaps it was time to address this. I kindly and carefully approached Blair regarding my concern for his comparatively diminutive tallies. I said something to

this effect: “Son, you’re not scor-ing a whole lot. What’s up with that?”

Now, real-izing that Blair was a f u l l - f l e d g e d teenager, my parental affront could have been met with a myriad of points not nec-essarily meant for discussion.

W i t h patience and wisdom far beyond his 17 years, he lov-ingly replied, “Mom, it’s not my job to score.”

“What?” my eyebrows responded, “Isn’t it every-one’s job to score?”

Blair continued: “I’m a point guard. It’s not my job to score. It’s my job to get the ball to the big guys so that they can score and keep the other team’s point guard from being able to do his job.”

Wow! I was taught. I now watched the game with a new set of eyes. I watched Blair do his job and he did it well. I watched Steve Barnes do his job, working the ball into the center and shooting from the outside.

He allowed Jaron Tate and Rand and Nate Janes to do their jobs on the inside. Nate Holman shot handily from the outside – his job. When the team needed momentum, Blair and Zach Cowan gave the team an energetic boost.

Each had a job, knew it and did it. Unselfishly, each did what he needed to do for the success of the team. Not everyone had to score for the team to have success. They just needed to do their jobs.

That Canyon View team taught me a lot that year. I learned to watch basketball differently and understand it better.

I’m not quite confident enough to yell at the refs –and that’s a good thing. I am still learning the game! More than anything, I learned that it takes a team, selflessly working together, to achieve.

It was all very memorable that 1999 season. Maybe my memories are different from those of others, perhaps the same, as I know that every Falcon fan that year cheered every bit as loud and as hard as I did.

Ah, CV! Thanks for the fun!

‘Basketball mom’ learns lesson from1999 champions

MaurEEn EinFEldTBasketball Mom

Emery High School that season as the number one team in the state. Everyone around town told us how great we were and gave us ego boosts that, hon-estly, no high school student should hear.

We strolled into Castledale thinking that the Spartans would roll over for us. Thirty-two minutes later, we not only had been outscored by Emery, their leading scorer, Ben Luce, outscored our entire team. He now coaches at Kanab High School and takes every oppor-tunity he gets to remind me of that score: Ben Luce 27, Canyon View 24.

After that loss, we regrouped. We tuned out the quickly dimin-ishing praises and refocused our attention onto our leader, Coach Hod. Following that loss, we went undefeated in Region 9 – 10-0.

At the state tournament, we again went in as favorites. How-ever, Emery and top-ranked Bear River were on the opposite end of the bracket.

Coach Hodson, throughout the state tournament, kept us pretty much isolated from

everything. We were at the Mckay Events Center only for our games and when those were over, we were at the hotel, or eating. On Thursday night after the first round game, Coach surprised us with tickets to the BYU vs. New Mexico game. It was great to see that level of play.

We found out the Friday night of the tournament that we had avoided a rematch with the Spartans when Bear River beat them in the semis in overtime.

Our scouting report pretty much covered one player to stop as the key to winning the game. Chris Huber, who later played at Utah State, was a six-foot-four shooting guard who averaged close to 20 points per game.

That sounds like a daunt-ing task but not for the best defensive player I have ever seen in person – Rand Janes. In the championship game, Rand locked down on Huber and held him without a field goal until the fourth quarter. We had a very comfortable lead most the game – usually about 10 points.

Bear River made a late push and we found ourselves up four with about 10 seconds left. Bear River came out in a trapping press and tried to take

the ball out of Stevie’s hands and it landed in mine. I quickly secured it under my chin and waited for contact, knowing the Bears would foul me. They did.

I stepped to the free-throw line with five seconds remain-ing, more nervous than I had ever been in my life. I did my normal routine and swished the first one.

I remember the Bru Kru, our cheering section, erupted in cheers. The second free throw was as true as the first. A quick thought of falling to the ground and waiting for my teammates and friends to rush the court passed over my mind.

I quickly brushed that away thinking that if I didn’t defend Bear River’s point guard that I’d be running sweet sixteens until I was in my mid-30s. The buzzer sounded and the crowd stormed the court shouting in unison “Ahh-CV!”

In a way, we were the under-dog as Bear River was ranked higher than us although anyone involved in that season would tell you that it never felt like that. That is why it is hard to call it a Cinderella-style fairy tale. But, for all intents and purposes, it was dream come true. We all lived happily ever after.

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A14 Thursday, March 5, 2009 LIFE Iron County Today

Custom home reduCed by another $25,000. 7 bedroom 4 ½ bath custom home. 4300 sq. ft. Great neighborhood, close to school and shopping, within walking distance to new reservoir on Leigh hill $375,000 OBO. Please call 435-586-4928 or 435-463-4929.

3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home. Only $137,000. In Cedar City. Call Sheila Kline at Hall-mark Realty, 435-590-4969.

For saLe; buriaL pLots in SLC area located in the “WASATCH LAWN CEMETERY” 3 Adult and 2 children plots. Price negotiable. Call for Info. 435 865 2734 or 435 632 8708

beautiFuL ½ aCre Lot backs to mountain in Ashdown Forest. 1927 N. Mill Hallow Way Lot # 38. Please call for details 435-313-2576.

1995 3 bed 2 bath home on 1.2 acres. $119,500 Please call 867-5874.

For saLe in Cedar City New house, 1600 sq ft. on one acre. 3 bdrm 2 bath plus of-fice. Appraised for $205K sell for same. Cost me $276K! Nice covered patio. Country home. (209)723-6745

Want to trade homes? Looking for a home in Toquer-ville to St. George area. Mine is in Cedar. Need next to com-mercial zone. Must be cute! Victorian or ? 586-2418

toWn oF neW harmo-NY Aprox. 5 acres; old pioneer home, 44 shares water, apple orchard, pond, 30x40 bunk house, gorgeous sunsets, unbe-lievable views! SUB-DIVIDABLE.Taking offers. 435.867.1756.

For saLe- 1 aCre buiLd-ing Lot with trees for Privacy. On Westview Dr. Cedar City, Only $65,000. Call Debbie Smith 435 531-1515 Great Western Realty Providence Towne Center.

Fsbo 6bd. 2ba. $179,000 in Enoch Utah .43 acre. 2 car garage, fruit trees Please call Chris 801-808-4496 or [email protected]

CLose to baLL park, Nature Walk, Memorial, Shop-ping and more. 3 Bedroom 2 Bath quiet cul-de-sac all on .21 acre. Loan is assumable. Only $145,000.. Call Debbie Smith 435 531-1515 Great Western Realty Providence Towne Cen-ter

home is zoned r-3 on .30 acre. Room to add up to a 4-plex. This home has been set up as 2 rentals and has separate meters. Each level is 2 bedroom 1 bath.$152,000. Call Deb-bie Smith 435 531-1515 Great Western Realty Providence Center.

buiLding Lot in ViLLage Green Farms. 1.36 acre with 3 acftugwr. Next to the Ridge sub-division. Call Debbie Smith 435 531-1515 Great Western Realty Providence Center.

goLF Course buiLding Lot. Back yard faces 16th hole, .28 acre. $118,500. Call Deb-bie Smith 435 531-1515 Great Western Realty Providence Center

2 aCFt underground water rights. Virgin River Drain-age, New Harmony Valley. Can

be sold seperately or together. $40,000 per acre foot. (435) 233-1776

5 bed/2 bath home For rent/sale in Enoch. 1/2 acre fully fenced lot. Recently remodeled. $950/month, $500 deposit. Outside pets ok w/additional deposit. 435-680-9430

gorgeous 2006 4 bed 2 Bath Home. 2 car garage. Stone and stucco exterior. Cor-ner jetted tub, travertine floor-ing, spacious open floor plan, upgrades throughout. Must see! $225,000 Call 586-6867

Fsbo enoCh home 2300 sq ft $199,700 .57 acre, 4 bed 3 bath, office, new laundry room, 16 x20 shop and 8 x 16 shed, fenced, close to park. 435-531-9779

Lds FamiLy needs two apartments right next to each other, one for us and one for my parents. It would greatly help if one of the apartments was handicapped accessible but this is not a must. Location can be anywhere from Paragonah to St George but not in Cedar City. Unfortunately we can af-ford only a rent of $400 to $500 per apartment. [email protected]

shotgun reLoading EQUIPMENT AND COMPO-NENTS. PACIFIC PRESS, Dies, Powder, Primers, etc. $150. Speer 148 grain WC 357/38 bul-lets for pistols, lead bullet cast-ing equipment and bullet mold. Make offer or trade. 590-1920

aVon produCts!!! per-sonalized & convenient for you. Holiday specials, skin care, jew-elry, & more. Appreciation gifts with every purchase! Contact Summer at (435) 590-5121. For direct delivery, shop at www.youravon.com/stremelling!

great giFt For Wed-DING! “Salt Lake Temple at Night,” Jon McNaughton giclee painting; gilded frame; retails for $450--get it today for $300!! Call 865-7739 or 327-0103 quick!

pregnant? Learn hoW to have your baby the natural way. The method I teach encour-ages you to use natural breath-ing combined with relaxation. I also teach active participation by your coach. A new series of classes starts right away. Call Michelle at 586-9875

transCription serViCes available locally. Medical, legal, and general office transcription services available. Your records transcribed, excellently and ef-ficiently, from your digital me-dia, cassette tapes, or video tapes. Vacation coverage avail-able. Call for a quote on your transcription project(s); ask for Kathy at 435.865.6197, or e mail your requests to [email protected]

Wait!!! you’Ve got to see this-let me show you a company that actually GIVES you customers, advertises for you and DOESN’T re-quire selling or stocking products? 435.590.1003 [email protected]

steeL buiLdings great Discounts! Huge Inventory! Lock in winter prices for spring! Local Dealer/Contractor 435-531-9779

aVon produCts and Opportunities! Perfume, make-

up, skin care and more. You can shop my website 24/7. Just go to www.youravon.com/tamerar-obinson.com or give me a call. (435)-586-4915

start ahead presChool tues,wed,thurs 9-11:30 $80.00 month a fun learning, social at-moshere, with an experienced teacher. Call for more info. Mel-anie 590-3859

Lamond road bike in excellent condition w/ low miles. Great for century rides. Please call Jennie 435-463-4929

attention gamers!!! do you get PAID to PLAY!! 2009 New Social Experience w/Games & we’ll PAY you to PLAY & socialize. For details on how CALL ME NOW. 435-590-6344

prom dresses! do you have a prom dress you’re try-ing to sell? Need a new prom dress? Check out www.for-malxchange.com. Free listings.

ComFort zone prod-ucts, superior cold/hot packs and covers. Call for more infor-mation 435-559-1657 or visit www.rentwapo.com.

sCheduLe your FamiLy Reunion at Willow Glen Inn with lodging, dining, outdoor stage, and acres of lawns. Call 435-586-3275 or visit us online at www.willowgleninn.com.

get Wise to age-Fight-ing. Think fine lines should be quoted-not appear on your face? A simple and effective daily program with TimeWise® skin care can help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. So skin looks firmer. And feels softer. Start looking younger now! Contact me to ex-perience TimeWise® for your-self. Cathy. 327-1657

need ink and toner? Buy re-manufactured and save $$$. Products guaranteed. Call or e-mail for further information or quote. Cedar City Ink and Toner. (435) [email protected]

Lost traiL mineraLs Rock shop and bead store. Open at 5 N. Main St. lower level suite 103 Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Rocks, Minerals, Meta-physical Stones, Beads, Books, Metal Detectors, and Supplies. Call 435-817-1676

*getting married?* Magnificent wedding venue. Streams,Waterfalls, Lodge. Ab-solutely breathtaking setting to get married. Local 435-590-9090 www.BeaverFallsResort.com

eConomy got you doWn? Ready to try a business that doesn’t cost tons? If you’d like to check out the newest, fastest selling antioxidant drink, call for free CD! 592-2195

Custom Long arm Machine Quilting. Any size, competitive pricing, fast ser-vice. Custom Quilt Creations. 435-865-9426

Wanted oLd Food storage including home canned fruits and vegetables. Call Jim 477-8036

in home babysitter needed part time, pay nego-tiable. Please call Shannon at 435-586-8973

Wanted oLd books LDS and others. Please call Jim at 435-477-8036

miniature pinChers with papers, For more informa-tion call 435-586-0930 or 435-559-6847

CaVaLier king CharLes Spaniel Puppies 2 boys, 4 girls; Beautiful blenheims; sweet dis-positions; loving family house dogs and companions; 1 year health guarantee; parents on site; born 12/27/08; $800-$1,000. 435-586-3723

2 FemaLe akC soLid white toy poodles and 1 female black and white AKC toy poo-dle. On special from $400-$500. Tails docked and dewclaws re-moved. Ready for good home. Please call Melissa at 867-5978 or 435-559-2425.

Free to good home(s) 1 black lab/mix dog about 4 years old and 1 collie/mix puppy about 4-5 months old. Both are playful and good with kids, I just can’t afford to feed them right now. Please call 435-559-3984.

2 FemaLe CoCker Spaniel dogs; raised with small children; dog house, food, col-lars and accessories included. 865-1422

Free to great home: Four year old spayed female Cocker/Scottish Terrier mix. Gets along well with kids, cats and other dogs. I have too many dogs, so she needs a new home. 435-867-1635

Free to good home 2 beautiful female dogs 1 lab/mix 5 years old, 1 lab/cocker 4 years old. Very friendly and great with kids I can’t keep them. Please call 867-6349 or 592-2783.

bunnies, buCks and does. Specializing in Angoras, Lion Heads, and English Spot. Blue eye gene, good disposi-tion. One black mini buck house trained. Great house pets, breeders or 4-H. 867-5171

Rentals

Condo For rent in Parowan Utah. 1 bed 2baths with option for second bed-room. All appliances, washer and dryer. Near Brian Head. Has fire place. No smoking and no pets. $495/mo with $400 de-posit. Please call 435-586-9542

doWntoWn Cedar Commercial Space for Lease. Several sizes. All terms nego-tiable. Make an offer. Corner of Hoover Ave and 100 W, one block from Main Street and 200 W. 865-1299

modern Country LiVing! 3 bed 2 bath with all the ame-nities. Big deck off back, 2 fire places, unfinished basement. A must see!!!!! Call Steed-Corry P.M. for your private showing 435-586-2323 or 435-691-4785

FourpLex. 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, washer and dryer, private yard, close to SUU. No pets. Available now. $550 a month, $400 deposit. 586-0690 or 559-2346.

retaiL/oFFiCe For rent $500/Mo. or For Sale $75,000 800 sq. ft. on Historic Main Street in Cedar City. Fronts Main Street with parking garage ac-cess. Call 435-704-1083

Cedar City Four-bedroom house, 2-car garage, $750 a month, $600 deposit, no smok-

ing or pets. (435) 586-2550

neW, 5 bed, 3 bath with upgrades. Double garage. Finished basement. Hardwood floors, tile. 2,556 square feet. No pets/smoking. 158 E. 680 South, Cedar City. $1,400 per month, 586-9070

Cedar City West oF Hospital HOUSE FOR RENT 3 BED/2 BA/2 CAR $875.00 in-cludes: water/sewer/garbage lawn care/road snow removal Mike or Jo (435) 619-2068

neW toWnhomes For RENT 3 Bdrm, 2.5 Bath w/ga-rage & appliances from $800/mth. Lease/option avail. 865-2870

apt For rent 2 bd/ 1 ba. Excellent location, central heat & air, laundry hookups. $500 per month, plus a $500 deposit. No smoking & no pets. Call 865-5792.

For rent: oFFiCe or store front, 1,500 sq ft. 3 pri-vate offices and a large recep-tion area, plus 2 large rooms for meetings or storage. Or can be modified. $1,200 a month. 1/2 block off Cedar City’s main street. 425-586-4572 or come see at 40 W. 400 S.

2 bed 1 ½ bath Large bedroom. New kitchen and din-ing room, utility room with wash-er and dryer. A lot of storage space. Please call 586-7314.

For rent in Cedar City. Built in 2007! 3 bdrm 2 ba, plus office. 2 car garage , one acre horse property. 7 miles out dirt road. Beautiful view! Picket fence, cute! $900 mo (435)586-2418

dupLex For rent $1300 sq. feet with 3 bedroom, 2 baths, and 2 car garage. Lare kitchen and living area located in quiet part of town. Call Josh at 435-531-6333

Looking For priVaCy- Home on 2.49 acres. 3 bd/2bath new carpet and fixtures.$900 per month Call Debbie 435 531-1515 Great Western Realty

rentaL-horse property-1ST MONTH FREE. Pets ok 3 bedroom 2 bath on 2.49 acres.Privacy. Only $900 month. Call Debbie 435 531-1515 Great Western Realty Providence Towne Center.Please mention ad IC 2

1-bedroom basement apartment. Very nice. Near Al-bertsons. Includes all utilities, laundry, cable, internet, dish-washer, stove, refridgerator. No smoking/pets. $550/mo. $550 dep. Available March 1. 865-1299

house For rent in Enoch. $725 per month. 2/3b1b. Large RV Sized garage with workshop. Avail. April 15. Call 702-523-9103

LampLight tWin home, 3bdrm/2bath, 2 car garage, fireplace, vaulted ceilings, open floorplan, fenced & land-scaped. No smoking/no pets. Call ERA Property Manage-ment 435-867-1136 or 435-592-0535

486 east 1935 north #1, #2, #3, #4 Cedar City - Four-Plex - 2 Bedroom 1 Bath - Rent: $550; Deposit: $550; NEWLY RENOVATED; No Smoking, No Pets. Flyer in Window; 408-209-4938

1414 north 625 West #1, #2, #3, #4 Cedar City - Four-Plex - 4 Bedroom 2 Bath - Rent: $750; Deposit: $750; NEWLY RENOVATED; No Smoking, No Pets. Flyer in Window; 408-209-4938.

335 south 500 West Cedar City - 6 Private Rooms in House; Either 6 Females or 6 Males; Rent: $350; Deposit: $350; No Smoking, No Pets. Flyer on Door; 408-209-4938

Services

QuiCk books... need help bookkeeping? Whether its getting set-up, caught-up, or maintenance. Let me help. 14 years experience, Depend-able, Trustworthy, and Discreet. References available 435-590-7516.

d&b’s pet sitting and HOME CARE Serving Cedar City and surrounding areas. Large or small animals cared for at your home. Starting at $10/visit. Bonded, Insured. 435-865-7347 www.dandbspetsitting.com

reCession reLieF: mini facial with brow design only $39.00 by the glow of the fire-place in beautiful, quiet room. 1800 West Royal Hunte Drive. By Appointment with Rita, Aes-thetician. 435-592-2835

dustbusters house Cleaning *dependable *low priced *military and senior dis-counts *running errands *set-ting up and taking down parties *house cleaning *licensed 435-572-4810, 435-749-2885, or [email protected]

CarLe’s ConstruCtion is available to handle your re-model and/or new construction needs. No job too small. Finish work is our specialty. Let us re-model or repair your home. Call Don at 435.865.6197. Licensed local Contractor

remodeLing & handy-man Services. Cedar Valley Building & Renovation, LLC Ad-ditions, garages, basements, etc. Licensed and Insured, 14 years experience BBB Mem-ber 435-531-9779

Want to Learn to sing? Experienced vocal coach is ac-cepting new students. Weekly lessons (semester basis) de-velop performance and micro-phone skills. Act on your dream today! Debbie Staples (435) 867-8213

CLothing aLterations, custom sewing and repairs, modest prom dresses, etc. Free estimates. Call Debbie 559-1521

tiny Feet ChiLdCare has 2 openings from3 months to 4 years old. Lots of learning activities, games, and crafts. Call 867-5715

getting married? Beyond Memories special-izes in creative and memorable wedding videos for all occa-sions. Check out our low prices. www.beyond-memories.com or call Hollie at 435-590-5490

proFessionaL horse-shoeing and Trimming. Stan-dard, Corrective, Therapeutic and Natural. Certified and Ac-credited, 20 years experience. Great Rates-Reliable and Prompt. Rick Haag 435-327-1077 On the Web: www.rick-haag.com

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Kung Fu Training Ving Tsun Kung Fu Master now accepting students in Cedar City and St. George. Adults and Teens. Free Introductory Offer. Call Now: 435-590-6005

ChildCare. Our Five year old wants playmates. My Dad’s Daycare. Available 24/7. Home cooked meals, fenced yard and play equipment. Call Craig/Debbie 327-2180.

FOr PianO lessOns with experienced teacher, ac-cepting beginning & intermedi-ate students, including adults, call Rebecca at 435-586-8140

guiTar lessOns - Now accepting new students for private and group pro-grams. First lesson is free! If you want to play the guitar, con-tact Ken Rhodes. (435) 586-6938http://kolobmusic.music-teachershelper.com/freelesson

CarPeT and linOleum layer. Over 40 years of expe-rience. Please call 435-586-6036.

are yOu PrePared? Do you have a hand pump for your well? Call Jim Petersen Water Well Drilling at 586-0886

We have sOlar… Panels and submergible pumps all in one unit up to 12 gpm. Call 435-586-0886 Jim Petersen Water Well Drilling

have COmPuTer PrOb-lems? Local computer tech-nician for hire. Build, repair, upgrade. Virus and Ad-ware cleanup. Get your computer running like it was brand-new. (435)258-6363.

lOCal Well driller, Get your free quote today. Call Him Petersen Water Well Drilling & Pump service 435-586-0886 or www.jwpwelldriller.com

drum lessOns... Las Vegas Drummer (new in town) has openings for a few drum students. All ages and/or skill levels accepted. Please call Steve @ 702 245-7670

need a resPOnsible babysitter??- Responsible and reliable young adult. I’m a fe-male engineering major attend-ing SUU. I have experience babysitting. Ok with pets. Flex-ible schedule. Pay is negotiable. Call 435-705-1391.

CusTOm lOng arm Machine Quilting. Any size, competitive pricing, fast ser-vice. Custom Quilt Creations 435-865-9426

need a TuTOr? is yOur elementary-age child experi-encing difficulty in MATH or READING? Help your child be successful in school! Call Gina at 586-8487 for available hours and ratesFor Sale

FOr sale 2002 COaChman Mirada motor home. Only 18,000 original miles, is like new. One owner. Has generator, air conditioner and many extras. A steal at $30,000 but will take $27,000. Please call 435- 559-1240

8mm mOuser ammO FOr sale approximately 10,000 rounds $.30 ea. Please call 435-559-3981.

shOal CreeK Candles: hand poured highly scented candles made in Cedar City. Three sizes with prices starting at $5.00. Thirty-five scents to choose from. www.shoalcreek-candles.com

general eleCTriC side BY SIDE REFRIDGERATOR/FREEZER. EXCELLENT CON-DITION, $150. 590-0120

FireWOOd, Pine, $130 a cord in rounds, $180 a cord split & delivered Cedar area, Chace, 590-3439

denim quilTs FOr sale: King $600, Queen $500, Twin $300, Baby $100. Custom made to order. Call Ginger 435-559-3984

beige WhirlPOOl suPer capacity front-loading dryer. Works great, washer went out so we got a new set. Will take best offer before Jan 6th 2009. 435-867-0372, 801-310-9857 cell.”

Frigidaire gas range oven/stove, white in color, good condition, only $50. Cedar City: 435-865-7873.

PianO Kimball 42” tall 24”deep w/ dark wood $950. Storm door 80x32 full glass $55. Dodge towing mirrors (1999) slide on $20. Please call 867-9860 Enoch. c.c

FOr sale: TWO - 48’ l x 8’ W x 9’ H Metal Cargo Contain-ers - $2,500. Each or Best Offer Excellent Condition - Cedar City - Victor - 435-865-7001.

greaT buy! liKe neW! 100,000 BTU Meridian Brand natural gas downdraft, horizon-tal or updraft, non-condensing furnace. Will hear 2,000 sq. ft. ONLY $700 or best offer. For more info and informative com-parison chart visit: www. Merid-ian.com

marCO brand FirePlaCe insert. Can use natural gas or wood. 50,000 BTU output. ONLY $300 or best offer. For more info visit: HYPERLINK “http://www.marco.com” www.marco.com Call 435-559-1657

2006 bObCaT WiTh lOW hours in excellent condition. Comes with trailer or could be sold separately. Trailer has a fuel tank and pump. Please call 586-4928 or 463-4928

OnCe-Fired brass 1000 ct +or-9mm-$45, .40-$45, .45acp-$50, .223-$70, .308-$70 435-559-1974

Wedding inviTaTiOns Are you getting married? We provide quality custom wedding invitations at affordable prices. Check us out at www.cedar-weddings.com or call us at 435-531-3215

COmPleTe seT OF sTar trek next generation figures on stands for $77. Please call after five 865-2811.

elvis POCKeT KniFe in a wood case with his picture on it, $25. Please call after five 865-2811 Cabage Patch doll first edition by Hasbo #B27 excel-lent condition and clean, $35. Please call after 5 865-2811.

Jimmy sTeWarT dOll never out of the box $40. Please call after 5 865-2811.

Old Time radiO PrOgram on 20 cassette tapes in a book, $50. Please call after 5 865-2811.

brOTher maChine disney model $400.00 has over $300.00 worth of accessories.Including Sponge Bob and Dora software andUSB memory card attachment to download pat-terns. Call 435-531-6359

TOshiba 42” inTegraTed High Definition DLP projection TV. Model # 42HM66. Needs a lamp. $250.00 Cedar City 435-867-5947

FOr sale; neW POrTable Kenmore sewing machine- $50- Bread Maker- $25- 7 drawer oak desk- $150- Large entertain-ment center- $200- can see at 361 N Tahquitz Dr, Cedar City. or call 865-2734 or 632-8708

True COrd OF FireWOOd...Split Stacked & Delivered to Ce-dar or Enoch $165 a cord. Will deliver elsewhere. Call 435-590-7647

end OF seasOn sale - hurry while supplies last Quaky firewood, split and delivered to local Cedar City area $160/cord Call Todd @ Wilde’s Wood and Stables 592-5994

savage bOlT aCTiOn Model 116 7MM Stainless with accu/trigger and matching 3x9 stainless scope $500 435-586-5254

snaP On TOOl bOx, blue. Has 3 banks asking $3,200. Call 867-5715

FOr sale: 36” rCa ana-logue TV and stand. Excellent condition. Asking $75. Also two formal dresses, $25 each. Please call 586-6172.

TOshiba 42” inTegraTed HIGH DEFINITION DLP PRO-JECTION TV. MODEL # 42HM66. NEEDS A LAMP. $250.00 CE-DAR CITY 435-867-5947

TWin CraFTmaTiC Adjustable Bed. Head, Foot, & Vibrate Controls. Located in Parowan. $900. OBO. Call 435-817-0119

FOr sale: blaCK mOdern Style Entertainment Center. 31” TV Capacity. Stereo side has double glass doors & ad-justable shelves. Storage area in bottom. Located in Parow-an. $80. OBO. Call 435-817-0119.

Automobile

1998 FOrd ranger 4x4 5 spd V617-18 MPG, with a 4” lift and custom wheels and tires.$5,000 OBO (435) 559-0069

1992 WhiTe TOyOTa Camry for sale; great condition; auto-matic, service records; 185,000 miles--many more to go! call to-day! $2500. 865-7739

1993 hOnda del sOl Yellow two doors with targa top roof. CD player, Ac, Automatic. Gets 33 MPG and 153,000 miles. Asking $2,400 OBO Call 590-4411 for more details.

1998 JeeP Wrangler, 4x4, Automatic, 6-cylinder, 2-piece hardtop, 115,000 miles, runs great, looks great, new fuel pump, new starter, new steer-ing box, $7299.00, Cedar City, Chace 590-3439.

Chevy rims: 6-lug, 17.5” x 8”, fits early 1990’s Chevy Sub-urban or Pickup, great condi-tion, only $100 for all four rims, lug nuts included. Cedar City: 435-865-7873.

2004 FOrd F-150 lariaT Tri-ton V-8 4 wheel drive, 4 door, low miles, quad cab, leather in-terior, many bells and whistles. Beautiful truck. $15,599.00 OBO Call: 435-215-6285

2002 F-250 lariaT diesel Truck. 4X4, 4 doors. Almost per-fect condition. Loaded. Leather, power everything, heated seats and more. 120K miles, no bet-ter deal at $15,500. Call John (435)592-2769

2006 dOdge daKOTa Crew Cab 4x4 Select Auto Source 1093 S. Main in Cedar City, 867-8728

2001 FOrd esCaPe FWd, 4cyl, 5-speed $5495. Select Auto Source 1093 S. Main in Cedar City 867-8728

2001 FOrd ranger suPer Cab, v-6, Auto, A/C, $6995. Se-lect Auto Source 1093 S. Main in Cedar City 867-8728

2007 TOyOTa siennna le – 28,000 miles, 8 passenger. Se-lect Auto Source 1093 S. Main in Cedar City 867-8728

2005 ChevrOleT silveradO 2500 HD Crew Cab 4x4, 3.0 LV8. Select Auto Source 1093 S. Main in Cedar City 867-8728

1989 FOrd PrObe, Automatic, New silver and black paint, New low pro-file tires. Sporty and clean. $1500.00 435-590-1783

1993 FOrd PrObe gT, 5 spd, Power everything, New White Pearl paint, New low pro-file tires, Great looking and runs great. $2800.00 OBO 435-590-1783

1990 mazda rx7 Convert-ible, 5 spd, 3 inch exhaust, runs okay, $4000.00 as is 435-590-1783

FOrd F-150-exCellenT Condition, 4WD, Dual Tank, bed liner and tool box, under 100,000 miles. $4,200.00 OBO 435-531-9779

2004 s-350 4x4 POWer Stroke diesel crew cab. New tires in excellent condition only 48,000 miles. 2002 F150 dual fuel natural gas and regular un-leaded w/ construction rack and

tow package Please call 586-4928 or 463-4928

2003 POnTiaC suv 45,000 miles, all wheel drive, XM ra-dio, well equipped, asking only $7,800. Please call 435-865-9707

1992 hOnda Prelude nice tires and rims. $2000 OBO Please call 531-6349.

2003 yuKOn slT blaCK clean fully loaded, leather, rear entertainment, 3rd row seat, 22” wheels, Denali grill, 62k miles $15,900 Call 865-5792

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SPRINGSPORTS

After finishing first in region and fourth at state last season, Cedar returns most of the play-ers that accomplished those feats, which makes coach Mark Johnson expect the Cedar High School boys baseball team to do well again this year.

“We fully expect to be there,” Johnson said.

Considering their impressive season last year, the Reds are expected to be in the mix this season.

“Our biggest challenge will be living up to our expectations,” Johnson said. “It’s easy to expect to win. Every aspect of the game, physically and mentally, will be challenged.”

Johnson listed many players to watch this season and said he has many good contributors returning to the team.

“Some of our biggest strengths this season will be leadership, solid offense and

defense, and a few good arms

on the mound,” he said. “We have three good pitchers coming back.”

The Cedar High baseball team is picked to win region again this year, but Johnson said he feels Canyon View could make the Reds’ road to the region title more difficult.

Johnson said Canyon View is the team to beat in region this year.

“They will come back strong

this year,” he said. “They took fifth at state last year and have a lot of returning players.”

It is apparent Cedar will be formidable not only in region competition but also at state. Johnson realizes it will take much more than just skill to do well there.

“To win it takes more than just talent,” he said. “If we play to our abilities, we should do great.”

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Stating the Stats

Parowan High School shocked the state with a sur-prising run in the baseball state tournament in 2008.

They finished the season with a 19-9 record and battled their way to a third place finish at state. What is even better – they lost only two seniors from last year’s solid squad.

“All of our pitchers are com-ing back,” coach Matt Labrum said. “We have a lot of experience in our strong junior class. We’ll have tough competition for starting spots. (The players) will push each other and make everyone that much better in the end.”

Strength for Parowan will lie partly in their pitching.

“We have lots of returning pitchers, eight I think,” senior Tyler Terry said.

Terry will play catcher behind home plate for this plethora of pitchers. He is one of eight returning starters from last year’s third-place team. Other key starters include senior Dustin Roy and juniors Brett Cecil, Karl Harrison, Corie Blackham, Josh Frand-sen, Trevor Terry and Dylan Lewis.

Tyler Terry said to be suc-cessful, the team must not get too confident.

“We need to play as a team and listen to our coaches,” he said. “They know what’s up. If we take it game by game, we should be fine.”

The Rams expect to be at the top of their region, although they recognize a few tough opponents.

After placing 3rd last season, Rams gunning for state titleBY SKYLER HARRISContributing Writer

SenIoR CV pItCHeR Mike Dedrick throws in a game last season. Dedrick, who signed with the University of San Diego, said he expects the team to compete for the region championship.

Falcons to hit the field

Once again, all eyes will be on senior pitcher Mike Dedrick when the Canyon View High School baseball team hits the field this sea-son.

Coach Jason Jacobsen said Dedrick will have a better supporting cast this season to improve on last year’s second-place region finish and fifth-place state finish.

The team lost four seniors from last season, but returns four starters.

Obviously, Dedrick, who

has committed to play col-lege ball at the University of San Diego and played in several all-star games last summer, is one of the team’s greatest strengths, Jacobsen said.

The question mark is who will be behind him.

See CV on B3


CedAR bASebAll CoACH Mark Johnson said the Reds have the talent to repeat as region champs this season.

Cedar baseball looks strong with many returning playersBY COLIN HUnSAKeRContributing Writer

INDEXSoftball B2Soccer B3Track B4Tennis B5Golf B6Water Polo B7Games B8Schedules Insert

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CV baseball features excellent cast, star pitcher

Even though the trees around town do not have leaves on them yet, most grass still has a brownish tint, and according to the calendar, it is still winter – it is time to leave the gym and venture outside to enjoy spring sports – baseball, soft-ball, soccer, track and field, tennis and golf (You will still be inside if you choose to watch water polo, however).

All of the Southern Utah University spring sports teams have already begun their seasons, while the local high school spring squads will start this week or next.

That being the case, this week my staff and I have put together our spring sports preview issue, complete with a glossy insert featuring the schedules of every local team – college and high school – you can hang up on your wall so you will always know when and where to be to cheer on your favorite team(s).

Our previews will let every fan know the strengths each team possesses going into this season and the chal-lenges each team expects to face, as well as many of the teams’ goals based on their performances last season. We hope you enjoy our previews, our coverage this season, as well as cheering your team to victory.

As sports editor, I wel-come and seek your feed-back. Feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] with your comments, suggestions, story ideas and photos of Iron County’s spring sports teams.

I wish all of the Thunder-birds, Redmen, Falcons and Rams the best of luck!

Spring season upon usBY REUBEN WADSWORTHSports Editor

Cindy Tegge

Jason Jacobsen

Kina Wilde

SUU oUtFIeldeR Nick Freitas connects on a pitch during the Thunderbirds game against Utah Valley last Thursday.

SUU baseball hosts 3-game series with MWC’s Air Force

After going 2-1 in its first home series last weekend, the Southern Utah University baseball team hosts Air Force in doubleheaders tomorrow and Saturday beginning at noon.

“We are always excited to play a team from a bigger conference,” SUU sophomore infielder Tyler

Hogge said of the Falcons. “We want to make a name for ourselves.”

Coach David Eldredge agreed, saying it is nice that a “bigger team” is coming to play the Thunderbirds at home.

Even though the Falcons are from a bigger conference, Hogge said the past few seasons, they have not performed well.


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“Our goal is a state championship.”–Matt Labrum

B2 Thursday, March 5, 2009 SpoRtS Iron County Today

As spring sports begin at Parowan High School, everyone turns with particular anticipa-tion toward softball.

After posting a 12-0 region record last year, the high school is expecting big things from the Lady Rams this year. Coach Doug Rogerson said the team would live up to those expectations.

“ T h e team’s big strengths are pitching and hitting for sure,” Roger-son said. “I expect we’ll do really (well) at region. We are definitely the team to beat.”

Leading the team, Rogerson said, are seniors Mindy Rasmus-sen and Jamie Barton.

“Both Jamie and Mindy have excellent leadership skills,” he said.

Rasmussen said she

is feeling the preseason pressure, but, like Rog-erson, she said she has a positive outlook.

“We have a fast and strong lineup so our hitting should be great,” Rasmussen said. “I also think we’ll have a pretty good defense.”

U n d e r c l a s s m e n make up the majority of the team, which both Rogerson and Rasmus-sen said is a challenge,

but one that the team is well up to facing.

“The girls are young and aren’t as experienced, but we will have great attitudes so our team-work will be great,” R a m u s s e n said.

The team is setting the bar high. It expects to make it all the way to the top.

“It all depends on how hard we work,” Rogerson said. “We’ll make it to state if we work hard enough for it.”

pARowAn CAtCHeR Jamie Barton throws to second base in a game last season. After an un-defeated region season last year, expectations are high for the Lady Rams.

Parowan softball ‘the team to beat’ BY JILLIAN bUllContributing Writer

After walking out of the 2008 state cham-pionships second in 3A to Bear River High School, Lady Reds soft-ball is back for another season that promises to be just as rewarding as the previous.

“We should be at our best this year,” senior Rebecca Stewart said. “We have lots of experienced players returning.”

Coach Larry Kot-traba agreed, saying those returning players would be their strength.

“It’s hard to say which players will be the key players, but all those who are returning will be good,” he said.

“Everyone on the team is going to shine this year,” senior Doro-thy Peacock said.

The team definitely has talented players. In 2008, Kelli Kastanes and Whitney Waters were named to the 3A All-State Softball team and Brooke Warren and Tani Freeze were honorable mentions. The All-State Softball team selects players who have shown the

most talent during the season. Many schools are lucky to get one player selected.

The team is confi-dent that they will go on to state.

“The way region is set up this year, there are four teams and three of them get to go on to state,” Kottraba said. “The teams to watch for this year are Canyon View and Hurricane because they both beat us once last year.”

Not only will the Lady Reds be watching Canyon View and Hur-ricane, the Lady Falcons and Lady Tigers will be watching them as well. It is hard to ignore a team that took second at state and is out to defend its Region 9 title.

Many of the players are excited about this year. Some have been practicing since the beginning of January, despite the weather. The Lady Reds hope all their practice will pay off.

“We should be good at hitting this year,” Pea-cock said.

The Lady Reds open their season at home Tuesday against Delta.

Cedar softball confident about upcoming seasonBY HANNAH GRoVeRContributing Writer

AFteR FInISHInG second-place at state last season, this year looks just as promising for the Lady Reds. Team members have been practicing since January to be at their best.

“The team’s big strengths are pitching and

hitting ... I expect we’ll do really

(well) at region. We are definitely

the team to beat.”–Doug Rogerson

The state champi-onship two years ago for the Canyon View softball team made last year’s 8-15 overall record and inability to qualify for the state tournament a tough blow for the Lady Fal-cons.

However, coach of five years, Kolbi Frandsen, is ready with a newfound excitement for the team and new

players.With tryouts still

pending at press time, Frandsen found it dif-ficult to anticipate team make-up but expressed excitement at the unknown.

“I don’t know the combination this year,” she said. “I think that’s the fun of it.”

Despite Frandsen’s uncertainty about total team make-up, a few returning players plan to grace the fields and will likely help the team

toward a better season than a year ago.

Seniors Jayli Zingle-man, Ashley Evans, and Sage Womack, as well as junior Danielle Wynn, will return to lend their efforts to the team, along with young sophomore pitcher Alissa Potter.

Zingleman, who has played on the diamond for as long as she can remember, anticipates good things from her teammates.

“I think we’re young,

but we’ve got talent and if we put it together we’ll have a good team,” she said.

Frandsen believes the Lady Falcons have a chance in region and cites their even record (1-1) last year against second-place Cedar High as a reason for her optimism.

Zingleman agreed, saying she looks for-ward to joining her friends and teammates on the field as soon as practice begins.

New horizons ahead for CV softball

BY DERRICK dUnCAnContributing Writer

“I think we’re young, but we’ve got talent and if we put it together we’ll have a good team.”

-Jayli Zingleman

CAnyon VIew SoFtbAll players congratulate an opposing team at a tournament last season. The Lady Falcons are looking to rebound from an off year to compete for the region championship.

Mindy Rasmussen

Reuben Wadsworth

Cindy Tegge

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CedAR And CAnyon VIew boys’ soccer teams (shown here in a game last season) both expect better showings than last year.

The state soccer title is in the sights of the Cedar High School boys’ soccer team this year after last season’s loss to Morgan in the state quarterfinals.

As returning Region 9 champions, the Redmen are favored to do well.

“We are going to be very competitive in our region this year, but there is no one we can over-look,” coach Scott Kama-chi said. “Hurricane did not graduate anyone that I know of, Desert Hills should be good, and you never know with Canyon View.”

The team has many players coming back that have been assets to the squad in the past, such as senior forward Cody Bradley, senior fullback Stetson Bassett, junior midfielder Jesse Carter, sophomore sweeper Trevin Hanson, and for-ward Carlos Duarte.

“We have a lot of team unity,” Bassett said. “We have been playing together for a while.”

Kamachi echoed Bas-sett’s sentiment.

“We have good players and a pretty level team,” he said. “Some of them are young but they will

help. The kids play in the offseason, which helps.”

Kamachi was espe-cially complimentary of Bradley.

“Cody Bradley has a lot of experience,” he said. “He has played varsity for four years.”

Even though it is apparent Cedar will be formidable this season, the Redmen still have their challenges.

“Hurricane will be tough,” Kamachi said. “We have to make sure we come together as a team. We need to stay focused and play on our highest level all season.”

“Hurricane and Desert Hills will be chal-lenges,” Bassett said.

He said Desert Hills would be good because Pine View, some of whose players from last year are now with the Thunder, always fields good teams.

The Redmen feel they have a good chance of winning the state title this year.

Kamachi said players are coming back that can score goals. He said he hopes the team can make it past the quarterfinals, the squad’s obstacle last season.

“All we have to do is work hard and keep our heads up,” Bassett said.

Expectations high for Cedar soccer after quarterfinal run BY COLIN HUnSAKeRContributing Writer

The Canyon View boys’ soccer team has nowhere to go but up this season, after finishing 0-10 in region play last season.

Coach Corey Merrell, in his second year at the helm, said he hopes his system will finally be integrated into the players’ minds and game.

Merrell is concerned with a challenge that faces almost every coach – hop-ing his team can develop a winning attitude.

“One of our biggest challenges will be learning

how to win,” he said. “There are a bunch of players on the team that don’t know how to win yet. We need to work on finding confi-dence.”

When asked what the team needs in order to suc-ceed, senior forward Cody Pearson was frank.

“We need more defense,” he said. “We need a little bit of everything.”

Despite the team’s many challenges, it also has several strengths.

“The players actually want to be there, and they have a better attitude about everything,” Pearson said.

“We have a lot of return-

ing experience,” Merrell said. “The team has a better attitude and a better com-mitment to being there.”

Seven of the squad’s 32 players are seniors. Ten are juniors, 10 are freshmen, and the rest are sopho-mores. The good balance this year will help make the Falcons a potential threat in Region 9 competition.

Even considering Can-yon View’s record last year, the team is optimistic about its chances of qualifying for the state playoffs.

“We expect to make it to the state tournament,” Pearson said. “The team’s smallest goal is to make it

there.”“We have a fairly good

chance to make it to state with all the experience we have,” Merrell added.

One of the team’s pri-mary goals is to beat Cedar this season. Merrell said a victory over the Redmen would make a statement.

“It will be a great men-tal hump for us to get over if we can beat Cedar,” he said. “They are the team to beat (in) region.”

The Falcons opened the season at home against Delta Wednesday (results were not available at press time). They host Park City Friday.

CV soccer plans turn-around after last yearBY COLIN HUnSAKeRContributing Writer

Though he does not know which other pitchers will shine, Jacobsen said he is confident several pitch-ers will step up.

Usually, once the region season starts, Jacobsen has only used two pitchers. He said this is the first year he might have more than two pitch in league play.

Besides pitching, Jacobsen said he has no qualms about his infield, led by senior shortstop Mervin Garcia and sophomore second basemen Zane Affleck, who started last year as a freshman.

“We’ve got a couple of fast guys that should be able to track balls down,” Dedrick said.

Jacobsen said he would be switching play-ers around in the outfield, but the biggest hole to fill is at catcher – espe-cially when considering the speed of Dedrick’s pitches.

Gentry Julian, who

played center field last season, might be the catcher this season. Sophomore Zach Han-sen might also see some time behind the plate, Jacobsen said.

“What we do at catcher will dictate what we do in the outfield,” Jacobsen said.

Jacobsen said he emphasizes versatility with his players.

“The more positions you play, the more oppor-tunities you are going to get on the field,” Jacobsen said.

For instance, when not pitching, Dedrick played shortstop last season. This year, Jacobsen said he might move Dedrick to the outfield when he is not on the mound.

Jacobsen said this year Region 9 would be a tough, fun region. In his mind, Cedar, the return-ing region champions, are the team to beat.

“There are some really good players in Cedar City,” he said. “Both teams have some really good kids.”

Dedrick said Cedar

would be good. He has played with many Cedar players on a traveling club team and knows their abilities.

Jacobsen said Hur-ricane is always solid and Desert Hills will be good, even in its first year.

“We can’t count them out at all,” Dedrick said of the Thunder.

Jacobsen said he would use the preseason to figure out what rota-tions he will use in region play.

“Hopefully, by the end of March, we’ll know what we’re doing,” he said.

“We always want to do better than we did last year,” Dedrick said.

Dedrick said a region championship would especially be sweet since he has never won one as a high school player.

Besides a region championship, Jacobsen said the team’s goal is to make it to state.

“I think we’re right in the mix this year,” Dedrick said. “We will be able to compete with the talent we have.”

CVContinued from B1

Karen Johnson

“Besides us, Beaver, Kanab, and Enterprise will all be right at the top,” Labrum said. “But we have a great chance to make it if we work every day to prepare ourselves for that opportunity. Our goal is a

state championship.”Like Tyler Terry,

Labrum insisted that the players must focus on a team effort. When asked who would be the out-standing players, or play-ers to watch, Labrum said, “anyone with a Parowan jersey on.”

The Rams are an expe-rienced team full of a lot

of individual talent, but a team effort will be sure to send them deep into the state tournament again this year.

“We have a big chance to go far as a team,” Tyler Terry said. “We expect to do better than last year.”

Parowan baseball kicks off its season on Tuesday at Canyon View.

PHSContinued from B1


A state championship for the boys’ team and a second-place finish for the girls’ team last sea-son has done two things for Cedar High School track and field this year. It has increased expectations and attracted more athletes who want to compete.

“As far as expec-tations, they’ve always been high,” said boys’ coach Josh Bennett. “We’ve raised the bar. We expect them to perform well.”

The boys lost four standout seniors from last season but return six state placers, he said.

Despite the boys’ team’s many strengths, Bennett said one of the biggest challenges would be trying to place athletes in the right events since each athlete can only compete in four events at each meet.

“We want them to be able to do their best individually to help the team,” he said.

Another challenge should be keeping everyone healthy and in shape, he said.

Some of the standouts on this year’s team, Bennett said, would be junior Bradley Williams and sophomore Treyson Fullmer, who placed fourth in the 200 meters, fifth in the 100 meters, and sixth in

the long jump at state last season as a freshman.

Another runner Bennett expects to do well is Jon Her-mansen, who placed fourth in the two-mile and sixth in the one-mile at state last season.

On the girls’ side, the main two to watch are senior Shaye Maurer, who recently signed with SUU,

and sophomore Aubrey Bryson, Bennett said.

At state last year, Maurer placed first in the 110-meter hurdles, the 300-meter hurdles and the high jump and Bryson finished first in the 200 meters, 400 meters, and was a member of the first-place 4x100 relay team.

There may be some surprises though, with a large number of girls coming out to practice.

“Currently we have about 65 girls

that are coming out for track practice each day,” girls’ coach Heather Wilson said. “Having a team that big is exciting. I think it will help us because it forces everyone to try their best if they want to compete in the meets.”

Wilson said the expectations after the team’s stellar perfor-mance last season are actually one of her team’s challenges.

“Having done so well last year

The Canyon View boys track team placed 15th at state last year while the girls team finished 12th.

Coach Bryan Werber and senior runner Mike Haligarda said the Falcon squads are going to have much better showings this season.

“We’re going to be more solid in every event this year,” Werber said. “I’d like to move up four to five spaces at state.”

Both Werber and Haligarda said there is a different attitude on the team this year.

“They came out ready to work hard,” Werber said about spring practice so far. “They’re not going through the motions.”

“We’ve got coaches for every event, which will make us strong,” Haligarda said.

Werber said Haligarda would be one of the boys’ team’s top performers this year. He will do well in the 400 meters, 800 meters and mile races, Werber said.

“He’s one of those kids that can run anything,” he said. “He’s very competitive. He’s got lots of natural ability and is easy to coach.”

Fellow senior Wade Hol-

lerman, a standout in the 100, 200 and 400 meters, should also perform well, Werber said. In addition to individual events, both seniors will also be fixtures on Canyon View’s 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams.

On the girls’ team, junior Aly-cia Robinson is the athlete that sticks out in Werber’s mind.

“She’s fast,” he said.Robinson should do well in

the same events as Hollerman on the girls’ side, he said.

Despite Werber’s optimism, he said the Falcon track teams do have weaknesses. Werber admits both the girls and boys squads lack true high jumpers and long jumpers.

“We’re hoping to develop some,” he said. “We’re pretty good everywhere else. We’ve got 76 kids on the team.”

In addition to the running events, Werber said the boys team is also solid in the throwing events, led by senior shot putter Zach Eckhardt, who also throws discus.

Besides improving their finishes at state, Werber said the teams’ goal this year is to improve at least one spot in region. He said Hurricane is always tough, but Cedar is always the team to beat.

He said if his teams compete with the Redmen, he knows they will be good.

Haligarda disagreed with his coach, saying the Cedar teams would be weaker this year since they lost many seniors from last year’s state champion boys’ team and state runner up girls’ squad.

“We’re going after Hurricane this year,” he said.

Parowan Track ended the 2008 season on a stellar run, as both boys and girls took region with decisive victories, almost doubling the point totals of any other team at the region meet.

At state, the teams took second place. This year, both teams are look-ing to go all the way.

“We’ll be very competitive in region, looking to take region again,” said senior sprinter Tanner Orton. “We’re hoping to take state for both boys and girls.”

Orton is one of a handful of returning runners who have a lot of experience under their belts. He

was the state champ in the 400-yard dash last year, and is the favorite to win again this year. He mentioned that one of the biggest challenges the team would face this year is “getting kids out to come work – in the weight room, and on the track.”

Other notable athletes include senior Tyler Robinson, a long distance runner who just missed a champion-ship in several events last year and senior Megan Robinson, who led the team with four state championships – in the 100 and the 200 as well as the 4x100 and 4x400 relay races.

Another athlete to watch is sophomore Stephanie Harwood, a 400-yard sprinter who took third in state last year as a freshman.

“We have great runners, but we need (help in) field events” coach Mike Robinson said about this year’s team.

Blake Overson will be part of that help. He was on his way to becoming a state challenger in the pole vault last year until he broke his arm, but will return this year healthy and ready.

Both Orton and Mike Robinson agreed that the team to beat in Region 13 this year is Parowan. The Rams will also have a home advan-tage as they host region this year. Notable foes include Millard and Kanab.

“We’ve broken three fourths of our school records in the last couple years,” Mike Robinson said. “We are developing a great program.”

The Rams start their season on March 13 with a two-day meet in Hurricane.

SpRInteR CHRIStInA dAy, shown in a race last season, is one of SUU’s female sprinters to watch this season.

BY SKYLER HARRISContributing Writer

pARowAn tRACK teAmS look strong again this season.

Parowan track strong, competitive in region


SUU track team hits ground running for outdoor season

Falcon track teams better in more events this season

FAlCon tRACK teAmS feel they will be neck and neck with Cedar this year.


Redmen track teams hope to repeat successBY REUBEN WADSWORTHSports Editor

tHe CedAR boyS hope to repeat as state champions this season.

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Bryan Werber

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Nearing the close of its indoor season, the Southern Utah University track team is ready to focus on its outdoor season, when coach Eric Houle and his athletes said they really want to shine – and shine they have in the last 12 years.

In that time span, the indoor track, outdoor track and cross-country teams – both men’s and women’s – have com-bined for 36 conference championships and have sent numerous individuals to the NCAA championships.

In Houle’s mind, the indoor season is a warm up for the outdoor season.

“We’re not going to peak indoors,” he said. “We’re going to peak outdoors.”

“The outdoor season is when you really start to see your hard work pay off,” freshman distance runner Kirsten Sly said.

Houle said SUU’s women athletes are making “headway” in the indoor season, which should set the stage for an even better outdoor season. During the indoor season, the Thunderbird women set 25 personal records facing good competition, Houle said.

“Quite frankly, this is one of the best girls teams we’ve had,” he said.

Some of the women to watch, in Houle’s mind, are distance runners Sylvia Bedford, Sharla Manuele, Diana Medina, Madalyn Olpin, Jamie Smith and Sly.

“We’re a young team but performing well for freshmen and sophomores,” Sly said.

A few of the top lady sprinters are Sharae Hill and Christina Day, a returning NCAA regional qualifier who has run the 400 meters in 54 seconds – one of the all-time best marks at SUU.

In the throwing events, Houle said Kristi Coplin should fight for the conference title and be a regional qualifier in the hammer throw.

On the men’s side, some of the distance runners that have distinguished themselves are freshmen Nigel Sharp and Nate Jewkes, whose top times in the two mile are 8:21 and

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With three coaches in as many years, the Canyon View High School boys’ tennis team struggled last year, finishing the season ranked 14th in the state.

However, thanks to the faculty and parents’ hard work, Canyon View alumnus and tennis player Mike Averett landed the coaching position last year. Averett hopes to build the program back to where he feels it should be.

Though he admits that this year may not be the year that sees Canyon View as champions, Aver-ett still feels confident in the growth of his team and looks to qualify all varsity players for state – a pertinent goal considering the Falcons did not send a tennis player to state last year.

Along with inex-perience, the team also struggles with numbers and team members some-times have trouble finding other players of a similar skill level with whom to practice. However, as the team grows and improves, Averett hopes that he can encourage new students to gain interest in the sport and add their skills and excitement to the team.

Sophomore Tyler Eastmond supports his coach’s views. Eastmond, who missed state by only one point last year as a freshman, plans to work hard and make it to state this year. Eastmond is also keenly aware of the inexperience of his team, which had only one senior last season.

“We have a lot of play-ers coming in, so I think

we’re going to have more of a building year,” he said.

Eastmond is one of the players to watch this season as a returning sophomore who has four years of expe-rience and a family back-ground in tennis. Another player to keep your eye on is the coach’s brother, sophomore Thomas Aver-ett, who also barely missed state qualification last year.

In the doubles, Mike Averett predicts a strong showing from returning seniors and second year tennis players Brandon Pena and Sam Kempter.

The new players added to the returning team members give the coach confidence the squad has a chance in the region this season.

“I feel that we can compete with any team in the region,” he said.

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In the past, the Cedar High School boys’ tennis team has delighted and astonished fans over and over again. They have fiercely battled for the few positions at state and in region. Last year, the Redmen were region champions and took sixth place at state.

Now it is time for the 2009 season, and the Red-men are eager to compete

once again. This year the team hopes to send more players to state than ever.

In previous years, many of the players made their way to state, where they proceeded to do well. Last year, Cedar sent three singles players and two doubles teams to state.

While many of the Red-men’s key players from the past have graduated, there will be many new players to replace them. It is hard to tell which players will make the biggest impact.

Even though the team is promising this year, the region will not be handing Cedar the Region 9 cham-pionship on a silver platter. There are three other teams competing that want the title and none of them will surrender easily.

“Desert Hills is the team to watch,” said senior Ammon Bunker. “They went and got all the good players from the other school to play for them.”

Despite probable com-petition from Desert Hills,

Bun-k e r said he is confident his squad will be able to defend its hard-won Region 9 championship from last year.

The team features few seniors and many under-classmen, but Bunker said the squad has a positive attitude that is contagious and is ready to compete.

Coming off a 13-7 season last year, the SUU women’s tennis team holds a confident position in its conference and this season it hopes to improve on last season’s success.

The squad is off to a good start by matching last year’s opener with another 9-0 victory over Dixie State.

With a strong group of returning players sup-ported by the young talent that has come in, coach Lenny Lee said he feels that SUU’s team is better than last year.

Team captain Emmi Nelson-Bulloch, a senior, agreed the team has improved. However, like her coach, she realizes that their competition is not going to stand still.

“We’re one of the best,” she said. “But we’ve definitely got to work hard.”

Three teams in the Summit League that should challenge SUU this year are IPFW, Oral Roberts, and Western Illinois.

Lee said his team is at a level to compete, but tempers his excitement with an eye to overcome some basic challenges.

Lee said he views most of the team’s challenges as matters of balance as he works to improve so that his athletes show peak performances at the right time.

The number of return-ing players provides one of SUU’s strengths in team chemistry and cama-raderie.

Players to watch include sophomore Kir-rily Burden, from Wall-ington, Victoria, Australia, Bulloch, from Grantsville, Utah, and senior Martha Kruk, from Toronto, Ontario, who should all present strong perfor-mances.

Redmen tennis shows signs of shining this yearBY HANNAH GRoVeRContributing Writer

BY DERRICK dUnCAnContributing Writer

“We’re one of the best. But we’ve definitely

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Since they play a split season – a portion in the fall and another in the spring – the Southern Utah University golfers already have some spring competition behind them, unlike most other local spring sports, many of which start this week.

The T-Bird golfers have already hit the links twice in regu-lar competition.

Coach Richard Church said both teams are progressing well this season.

“The women are doing really well for a second-year program,” Church said. “With each tourna-ment, they’ve improved.”

The Lady T-Bird golfers are consistently finishing in the bot-

tom third at tournaments, but they are beating some squads, including Utah Valley and Weber State. They have a winning record against UVU this season. Church said they have a lot of talent, but are still learning. The biggest chal-lenge is the team’s youth, he said.

The top three women’s golf-ers, who are extremely close in performance, are freshman Kacy Buckner, sophomore Candra Sumedhatip, and freshman Sadie Palmer, Church said. He said golfers one through five on the women’s squad are “close together in talent.”

The women’s goal this year is to finish in the top half of the conference, which Church said is realistic. Oral Roberts, he said, is the team to beat in conference for the women. The rest of the Sum-mit League teams are much closer in ability, he said.

In contrast to the women’s team, the men are a veteran squad that can challenge for the Summit League championship and qualify golfers for the NCAA champion-ships, Church said. Last month, the T-Bird men placed fourth out of 17 teams at the spring event the squad hosts – the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational in St. George in early February, the first tournament of the spring season.

Senior Matt McArthur and freshman Jeff Evans placed fourth and 10th, respectively, as individu-als at that tourney.

Church said the men struggled a little in the fall season, but are off to a good start this spring.

Church said McArthur and fel-low senior Nate Page – the team’s co-captains – are the team’s lead-ers – constantly battling back and forth, score-wise, in tournaments. Junior Tai Reynolds, freshman

Denny Job and Evans round out the team’s top five golfers, Church said.

“They’re a very talented group one through five,” Church said. “We expect big things from our guys. The goal is to win the conference with this group. We’ve got the talent to do it.”

Church said he feels a confer-ence championship is attainable. Last year the T-Birds placed fourth in the league. They placed second for two straight years before that.

“They’ve been a fun group to coach,” he said. “They are self-motivated.”

The Canyon View girls’ golf team placed first in Region 9 in its first season last year, but last season Desert Hills was not in the mix.

With the Thunder golfers now competing with Canyon View, Cedar and Hurricane, it might be more difficult for the Lady Falcons to repeat.

No. 1 Lady Falcon golfer Heather Kadera

said the amount of prac-tice time it can squeeze in when the weather is favorable in Cedar is one of the team’s challenges. In contrast, St. George schools like Desert Hills can practice year round and have an advantage, she said.

“I don’t know what Desert Hills will bring,” Kadera said.

Even with the addi-tion of the Thunder to region competition this season, Kadera still likes

her team’s chances.“I feel we’re pretty

strong as a team,” she said. “If we believe in ourselves, we can take region again.”

Canyon View lost three golfers from last season’s team, but Kadera said the team should be able to fill the empty slots with girls that can compete at the same level.

Kadera, along with Carly Stewart and Lindsay Olcott, will be the Lady Falcons’ top three golfers this year.

“We have a really good bond with each other,” she said of her teammates. “We pretty much have the same vision. We have fun as a team.”

If the team practices hard, Kadera said she thinks it could place in the top three or four at state.

The Lady Falcons started practice this week and will hit the links for their first tournament next Thursday at Dixie Red Hills Golf Course in St. George.

CV girls’ golf squad expects to repeat as region champs

In only the second year of the program’s existence, the Cedar High School girls’ golf team has a base to work from with four returning golf-ers and two that quali-fied for state last year – senior Misha Regouski and sophomore Alex Van Scoyk.

Both golfers had excellent rounds at state last season, but not good enough to place, Van Scoyk said.

In a three-team Region 9 last year, Cedar finished last and did not qualify for state as a team. The squad was only a few shots behind second-place Hurricane in region last year, coach John Elison said.

“They made some good progress,” Elison said of his team’s first year.

The Lady Reds other two returners are juniors Taylor Carter and Kim-ber Cox. Elison said he hopes to fill all six slots this year, but does not know who else will come in and compete just yet.

“Hopefully, we can find some scorers,” Elison said. “We’re still trying to build a program.”

Going into the sea-son, Regouski will be the team’s number one golfer, followed by Van Scoyk. Elison said he has been impressed at how quickly Regouski has developed.

When she started last year, Regouski had hardly picked up a club in her life.

“Somehow, she had a knack,” Elison said. “She’s been fun.”

Despite his team’s inexperience, Elison is hopeful the team will do better than last year.

“I think we’ve got a shot (in region),” Elison said.

“If we work hard, we will do well,” Van Scoyk said.

Van Scoyk admits that because of the weather in Cedar, the team members have not practiced much this winter. The squad started regular practice this week.

One of the team’s goals this season is to defeat its cross-town rival.

“We just want to beat Canyon View,” Van Scoyk said. “We just kind of want to outdo each other.”

Elison said Canyon View, the returning region champions, would again be the team to beat this season.

“Hurricane will battle with us,” he said of the Lady Tigers.

The wild card in the region will be Desert Hills, he said.

Based on how well the Desert Hills boys did in the fall, Elison said Desert Hills makes him nervous – especially since the Thunder can practice year round.

Cedar girls’ golf looks to improve on first seasonBY REUBEN WADSWORTHSports Editor

“If we believe in ourselves, we can take region again.”–Canyon View’s Heather Kadera

“Hopefully, we can find some scorers. We’re still

trying to build a program.”–John Elison, Cedar ‘s Golf Coach

SUU golfers improve at every tournamentBY REUBEN WADSWORTHSports Editor


SopHomoRe moRGAn KeRbeR and the SUU wom-en’s golf team look to finish in the top half of the Summit League in their second year.

SenIoR mAtt mCCARtHUR looks to lead the SUU men to a Summit League champion-ship, coach Richard Church said.

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“They are usually in the bottom of the Moun-tain West,” he said. “But we’re not going to take them lightly.”

T r a d i t i o n a l l y , Eldredge said, Air Force has been a team that does not give up. His team cannot be comfort-able even with a five-run lead when playing Air Force, he said.

“You just can’t let up on them,” he said.

The Thunderbirds bats did not let up in their last two games against Utah Valley last weekend.

The squad defeated the Wolverines 12-0 on Friday and 9-5 on Saturday after losing to the Wolverines 4-3 on Thursday.

SUU exploded for 19 hits, including seven runs in the seventh inning alone, on Friday

and 10 hits on Saturday in defeating the Wolver-ines.

“I expect those bats to be hot all year long,” E l d r e d g e said after F r i d a y ’ s o f f e n s i v e showcase.

D u r -ing the Friday game, Eldredge was also impressed with junior pitcher Steve Johnson, who allowed only five

hits and no runs in a complete game.

“He was outstanding,” Eldredge said of Johnson.

“He didn’t get behind in counts.”

T h e T h u n -d e r b i r d s played the University

of Portland at home in a three-game series on Monday and Tuesday (results were not avail-able at press time).

SUUContinued from A1

“I expect those bats to be hot all year long.”

–David Eldredge


The end of the 2008 water polo season for both the Cedar High School girls and boys water polo teams ended well; the teams placed fifth and fourth, respectively, in the 3A State tournament.

“We are near the top and play really well,” said coach Richard Coston. “Sometimes we make mistakes but we’re a strong team. It all comes down to how well we’ll be seated in the tournament this year. All the kids truly love their sport. I have to control practice constantly because they just want to scrimmage each other the whole time.”

The challenge facing both Cedar teams is the travel required to play

their beloved sport.“We’re so far away and

it’s so expensive to travel so we play (fewer) games and when we go up north sometimes it’s hard for the kids to adjust,” Coston said.

“This year looks really good, we’re all excited and ready for the season,” he added. “We have four seniors on the boys’ team and the girls’ team are all underclassmen except for one senior.”

That senior is Melissa Morris, who is great at con-sistently driving through other teams’ defense.

“The girls are one of the fastest teams in the state while the boys could swim any school and do well,” Coston said.

Blake Brown, a ‘senior to watch’ on the boys squad, is optimistic about

the season.“This is going to be a

good year,” he said. “We have a good chance at state. Our team has a lot of returning guys, which is good for this year. This will be a fun season. I’m hoping we do well.”

The Redmen’s first tournament is at SUU on March 13-14. One of the most exciting tourna-ments, the Utah Summer Games tourney, is the third weekend in April.

The tournament is unique because it incorpo-rates all teams in the state, regardless of school size. For instance, the Redmen could face Kearns, an all-year team that competes in the 5A classification.

Coston said he would like all the support the community can give.

“Water polo is a very different game than many people are used to,” he said. “The fouls are differ-ent. Since water polo is not a high school-sanctioned sport the kids don’t usu-ally get the recognition they deserve so anyone is welcome to come to any of our tournaments.”

This upcoming season looks bright for both Red-men teams, who feel they can take the state title with enough determination.

8:22, respectively, placing them 18th and 19th over-all in the country among freshmen. They currently rank 1-2 in the Summit League.

“This part of the state has not seen these kind of athletes before,” Houle said.

The Thunderbird men also boast two standout mile runners – Cameron Levins and Dave Sheeran, whose best times are 4:04 and 4:08, respectively.

“BYU would have been excited to have those guys,” Houle said of the pair. “That’s how good

they are.”Two of the male sprint-

ers to watch are Austin Hill, who has run the 400 meters in 47.3 seconds, and Shaka Richards, who can run the 100 meters in 10.4. Both were NCAA regional qualifiers last year.

In throwing events, the first athlete Houle men-tions that should make an impact for the Thun-derbirds is Carlos Valle, a returning NCAA regional qualifier in the discus.

With the addition of North Dakota State to the Summit League, Houle said the Thunderbirds’ path to the conference title would be more dif-ficult this year. He said the Bison are definitely the

team to beat.Ultimately, however,

Houle said he would not judge the success of the season by winning a league championship.

“If we have people rise to levels they have never achieved before it would be a successful season no matter how they place,” he said.

Houle said he encour-ages his athletes to look at where they rank and try to improve that rank-ing by at least one place. That is the attitude he has tried to instill in the team and each athlete clearly understands it, he said.

“We’re not going to set ourselves up for failure,” he said.

TRACKContinued from B4

For the 2009 water polo season, both Canyon View’s girls’ and the boys’ water polo teams are under a lot of pressure to maintain their first and second place finishes, respectively, at state last season.

“We’re coming in on a good year,” coach Kirt Brown said. “The girls team lost a lot of starters this year, so we’re a young team but we have lots of future. Most of our girls were on the swim team this year so they’re still in shape and ready. We just need to refine some skills.”

“One of the greatest c h a l - l e n g e s for us t h i s

year is the financial situa-tion that everyone is feel-ing,” Brown added. “The teams up north don’t want to come down and play us so we won’t have as many games to play but we’ll still find ways to get our work in.”

This year, both the girls’ and boys’ teams look strong enough to make another state-ment in this year’s 3A state tournament.

Cassie Brown, a returning MVP goalie, will undoubtedly be a driving force in the girls campaign to keep their state title, as will Jamie McPhie, a returning senior.

On the boys’ side of the pool, some players to w a t c h out for

include three

returning players: Kyle Fredrick, Chase Killpack, and Ian Shipley.

“We’ve got a lot of great returners,” assistant coach Blaire Bentley said. “We only lost two boys

last year. Cedar is one of our biggest

competitors. We match up well and have some unbelievable matches, some

real nail-biters. Bear River will be

the returning champi-ons and we hope to give them some competition also. I’m hopeful for a top three finish.”

“As a whole, Canyon View is very competi-tive and we plan to do well this season,” Brown added.

“We’ve got great teams and even though we’ve got a lot on our shoulders the kids can

handle it. They’ll go far.”

Falcon water polo under pressure to stay on topBY MISHA REGOUSKISports Editor

tHe CAnyon VIew GIRlS’ water polo team rides on an emergency ser-vices vehicle in a parade last year with its state championship trophy.

Cedar water polo teams plan to hold their own

BY MISHA REGOUSKIContributing Writer

tHe Redmen boyS’ water polo team competes last season. Love of the sport and hard work should help the team do well this season.

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during the track season some people expect us

to do (well), but every season is different – the dynamics of the team are different,” she said.

One thing that has helped the Cedar track teams achieve success is the athletes setting weekly and yearly goals, Bennett said. They post their goals somewhere where they can regularly see them, which

helps spur them along to achieve it, he said.

Region 9 will be “inter-esting” this year, Bennett said.

“I think this is one of the better regions in the state as far as track goes,” he said.

He expects Canyon View boys to do well since they took the region cross-country title and he said Hurricane is usually good.

“Desert Hills might have some kids that will surprise you,” he said.

At state, Bennett feels

his squad has a good chance of repeating as champions.

“We set that goal early,” he said. “The kids are ready to go for it, but the competition will be tough.”

“I think we have what it takes to do just as good as last year, maybe even better,” Wilson said of the girls’ squad. “It will take work and it will take everyone giving their best effort to come together if we want to do as good as we hope to.”

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