INSIDE... WEDNESDAY, N SPECIAL OVEMBER 4, 2020 PULLOUT SECTION VOL. 12 NO. 49 SHOWCASE IRONCOUNTYTODAY.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 Beach Boy Mike 4 Opinion Love discusses 11 Showcase new music, 15 Life Tuacahn, 23 Sports and fond 27 Classifieds memories 30 Comics PAROWAN PIONEER STORY IN LIFE COURTESY PHOTO 2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 NEWS IRON COUNTY TODAY New local process for COVID testing from Becki BRONSON COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER, CEDAR CITY HOSPITAL For local COVID-19 testing, all who need to be tested must first go to intermountain.com/ covidtesting. The COVID-19 hotline has been discontinued. At intermountain.com/covidtesting, there is a chat bot (an automatic text window) that is a COVID-19 symptom checker. It will help determine if you qualify for a COVID-19 test. If you qualify, you then schedule an arrival window of time to receive the COVID-19 test. Please do not go to the local test site without having scheduled an arrival window. Here are the steps you will take at inter- mountain.com/covidtesting: 1 - Click the chat bot in the bottom right corner of your screen that says “Questions about the Coronavirus?” Wait a few moments for it to load. GETTY IMAGES at one of Intermountain’s COVID-19 testing just show up at the testing site. 2 - Click on “Do I qualify for COVID testing?” locations. For local residents click on Cedar City The local Intermountain site for COVID-19 Then answer the questions to see if you qualify for InstaCare. a test. testing is the parking lot next to the Cedar City 4 - The only exception to not going online to InstaCare, at 962 Sage Drive, in Cedar City. The 3 - If you qualify for a test, click on “Select schedule an arrival window is if you already have test is no cost. In Utah, additional testing informa- testing time” in the chat bot and a new window an order from your healthcare provider or a QR tion can be found here: https://coronavirus.utah. will open to have you create an Arrival Window code. If you have an order or a QR code you may gov/utah-covid-19-testing-locations/ IRON COUNTY TODAY NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 3 C edar City invites all to help celebrate its 168th birthday from Scott PHILLIPS will be provided at both events. FO R IrON COUNTY TODAY Please follow all appropriate COVID guideline procedures. Cedar City was founded by a The first celebration is at 1:00pm, small group of brave soles that rode near the corner of 100 W and Center into the Cedar Valley Street, where a new on November 11, 1851. public art installa- Shortly after arriving, We are tion will be unveiled they established and dedicated. The Fort Cedar, located pleased new mural consists north and west of the of five large graphic current downtown to be circles depicting the Cedar Area. In fact, “ life-rituals, colors it’s closer to I-15 able to and traditions of and Industrial Road. the native Paiute Fast-forward some honor and people. The Cedar 168 years and you Band of the Paiute have our vibrant remember Tribe has a long LOCA L CEDAR and thriving city and rich cultural BAND OF PAIUTES of today—with an these history in the Cedar MEMBER DAVID estimated population Valley, as they were GROWLER creates a important special mural honoring of 36,000 residents, among the first our Paiute pioneers which call the Festival inhabitants in the past and present. City their home. parts of our area. It is appro- There are a priate we celebrate couple of special city’s rich the founding of birthday events our community by C OURTESY SCOTT PHILLIPS planned on November history.” honoring the Paiute 11th, in addition to Tribe by sharing any Veterans Day » Aleese Cardon, their stories visually. activities that are Historic Preservation Local Paiute Cedar occurring throughout Committee, Chair Band member, the community. A Daniel Growler is larger birthday party was originally the featured artist and will speak on planned, but was altered due to how he arrived at the images, colors concerns surrounding COVID-19. and idea’s for Cedar’s newest piece Both events are free and open to the public and light refreshments see BIRTHDAY » 8 4 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 NEWS IRON COUNTY TODAY OPINION A DMINISTRATION To the Editor From the Editor R . Gail Stahle P UBLISHER Scamming is very real [email protected] Last week I received an email from State A nd the winner is… D eborah Martineau Bank reminding me about scam artists. O FFICE MANAGER We hear on the radio all the time about t seems weird writing this before mercials than people make in years, all officemanager@ the election results are final. My in an attempt to put their “opponents” ironcountytoday.com scam artists and by turning on a radio almost anytime of the day one can hear an deadline comes before that of the in a bad light for voters. Is it from fear IPresident and our future community that their plans and policies aren’t A DVERTISING advertisement urging us to buy something which will give us some protection against leaders. However, does it sound enough to overcome S cott Stahle scammers. seem weird to anyone else any opposition? S ALES REPRESENTATIVE I am constantly reminding my husband that someone has to “win” an The bottom line is, no [email protected] not to give out any personal information election? Whether it’s an elec- matter who we each voted 801.755.5999 (i.e. Social Security #, bank info, etc.). So, tion for our city, schools or for and no matter who won, you can imagine my humiliation when I got our country, winning doesn’t we still have a life to live. We Patti Bostick seem like quite the right each still need to keep voting S ALES REPRESENTATIVE scammed last week! Swallowing my pride, I word. I think winning has for ourselves and our abil- [email protected] am going to share that experience with you an implication that a person ities and responsibilities to 435.592.1030 in hopes it will prevent others from falling for the same thing. who is unfit for the job can not only support our leaders still win an election simply (imperfect as they may be) EDITORIAL The day had been hectic. I had company COREY arrive, I took a grandson to the hospital for by votes; whether or not they BAUMGARTNER but to have the courage and can actually do and follow commitment to help make C orey Baumgartner a scope, and I had a million things on my M ANAGING EDITOR M ANAGING EDITOR mind—however, they are not good excuses. through with what they said changes now and in the [email protected] I also had to check my email for a bill that in all their campaigning speeches. future with our voices (not vices) and I was supposed to get. I quickly scrolled Which, campaigning shouldn’t be a our progressive and positive actions, Shay Baruffi competition either. Both sides should not riotous reactions. R EPORTER through my inbox. Suddenly, a familiar name popped up. The subject line was, “I present their best plans and let people Here’s to a better future for our T om Zulewski need a quick favor.” Of course, I opened it. decide. Why does all the bashing, country, communities, neighborhoods S PORTS WRITER It seemed that she was in a remote area backbiting and gaslighting have to and our homes, of which we each have a where there were no banks, no telephones, come into the process? People spend part to play—to not just win, but to live LAYOUT/DESIGN no cell service, and she needed some money. more money on a few censuring com- the best lives we can, together. “I will repay you as soon as I get back” D evin Christ C REATIVE DIRECTOR should have been my first clue—she won’t [email protected] be coming back here—she moved away two years ago. But, not thinking very clearly, I Thought of the Week C IRCULATION dashed to the store. Following her instruc- from the desk of R. Gail Stahle, publisher tions, I purchased a NIKE gift card, took it “A person with outward courage dares to die; a S tephanie Millett home and carefully removed the covering S . CEDAR CITY of the card number and security number. I person with inner courage dares to live.” » Lao Tzu [email protected] took a picture of the back of the card and 435.272.3050 proceeded to email the card. That was not a simple procedure since I am somewhat S tormee Anderson N . CEDAR CITY/ENOCH technically challenged. [email protected] The next morning, I awakened with a 435.592.5724 sick feeling. I was pretty sure I had been scammed. Things just didn’t add up. Why W endy Hanson hadn’t I though things through more? Later, P AROWAN/PARAGONAH opening up my computer, I found a “Thank [email protected] you” note and a plea for $500 more. I just 435.477.9100 about went through the roof! Two or three more messages were exchanged (very angry Iron County Today is distributed free of charge, on my part) and I haven’t heard from “my thanks to our advertisers. friend” since. It is hand-delivered to over 14,000 households in Cedar No matter how kind you are, and no City, Enoch and Parowan matter what kind of trouble someone you and is available in several rack locations in Iron and think you know seems to be in, get a lot Beaver Counties.