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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Residents of Cannonville Push Back on Promise Rock Development
Entrada Hosts 'Classic Conversation' with Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Roshi, April 3 TORREY - The Entrada Institute’s "Classic Conversations" continue again in 2025, with Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Roshi being the featured guest in April. Zimmerman will engage in conversation with Don Gomes at Robbers Roost, 185 West Main Street, in Torrey, Utah, on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. This one-hour conversation will include a limited live, in-person audience, as well as viewers on Facebook Live—all of whom will be encouraged to ask questions and share stories about Zimmerman. Zimmerman’s legal career began with exposure to the appellate decisional process as a law clerk to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of the U.S. Supreme Court. His resulting fascination with decision making, and Classic Conversation Cont'd on B3
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Promise Rock and the Red Ledges are not public lands but part of Utah’s state trust lands, managed by SITLA to generate revenue for the state’s K-12
WAYNE CO. - Between March 27th and April 5th, five local nonprofit organizations serving the Wayne County, Utah, area will participate in the annual social media Give Wayne County campaign to raise money for the important work that they do to support the people and animals of this area. Color Country Animal Welfare (CCAW) is dedicated to reducing the number of homeless dogs and cats and to advocating for the welfare of all animals. CCAW runs the only animal shelter in the area and helped rescue over two-hundred animals in 2024. Your donations will be doubled by the generous support of local business sponsors. https:// ColorCountryAnimalWelfare.org. Capitol Reef Open Mic is a monthly gathering which provides a venue for musicians, poets and other creatives to
Promise Rock
Give Wayne County
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by Kathryn Chamberlain
Kathryn Chamberlain
A public meeting was held on Saturday, March 15, at the Cannonville Town Council meeting room to discuss the potential sale and development of 520 acres southeast of town. The parcel includes Promise Rock and the Red Ledges, lands that bear historic cultural significance for Garfield County and Cannonville locals.
CANNONVILLE Residents of Cannonville and the greater Garfield County community packed a public meeting on Saturday, March 15, at the Cannonville Town Council meeting room to discuss the potential sale and develop-
BIFF 2025 Celebrates Elvis: Enduring, Enigmatic, Everlasting; July 25 & 26 BICKNELL The Bicknell International Film Festival (BIFF) 2025 celebrates Elvis: Enduring, Enigmatic, Everlasting. The 90th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s birth was January 8, and that lends itself to a lot of fun. BIFF runs Friday and Saturday, July 25 and 26, at the Bicknell Theater. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Friday night’s activiThe Bicknell International ties include a costume Film Festival (BIFF) 2025 contest and possicelebrates Elvis: Enduring, bly a performance. Enigmatic, Everlasting. Valuable door prizes worth hundreds of cents sub-theme since 1995, is will be awarded to lucky not to be taken lightly. It winners. Following Satur- will be fulfilled once again day’s film, an “after party” this year." There are numerous will happen at Etta Place Cidery and Tap Room in Elvis films that meet the criteria of "BIFF—Where Torrey. Entrada Institute good things happen to bad vice-president and BIFF movies." Most observers producer Don Gomes enBIFF thused, "'Better Living Cont'd on B3 Through Bad Cinema,' a
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ment of 520 acres southeast of town, a parcel which includes Promise Rock and the Red Ledges. The land, owned by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), is being considered for development. A representative
from SITLA, the prospective developers, local officials, and concerned citizens gathered to hear the developers’ proposal and debate the future of these lands which bear historic cultural significance for locals.
Support Local Nonprofits During 2025 Give Wayne County
BLM Seeks Record 1,901 Big Game Animals Assessed, Public GPS Collared During 2024-25 Comments Winter Captures for Re-opening Taylor Flat Airstrip
PRICE - The Bureau of Land Management’s Vernal Field Office opened a 30-day public scoping period on March 3, 2025, to receive public input on a proposal to re-open a portion of the Taylor Flat Airstrip. The comment period ends April 3, 2025. The Taylor Flat Airstrip was originally constructed in the 1960s and reclaimed in the 1990s. Daggett County has requested a right-of-way for a portion of the access road and airstrip that lies outside the Green River Wild and Public Comments Cont'd on A3
Courtesy Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Each year, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources captures big game animals to perform important health assessments and to place GPS collars on the animals to learn more about their migration patterns and survival rates. SALT LAKE CITY Each year, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources captures big game animals to perform important health assessments and to place
GPS collars on the animals to learn more about their migration patterns and survival rates. This winter, a record 1,901 big game animals were captured, provid-
ing important data about big game herds across the state. Health Assessments Cont'd on B3
UPCOMING EVENTS... Panguitch Quilt Walk Festival 2025 Registration Opens
April 1
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. —Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Escalante Hometown Spring Market
April 12
Escalante Old Community Ctr. 10 AM to 3 PM
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