1998-Yea- SOUTOKEN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8. 1991 in review r Monument. In abrief ceremony, Clinton signed into law the largest designation of land mass in Continued from Page 5 the lower 48 states in this century. It (this land) will become clinic. Medical the Fredonia at a testament to our children, said Dr. Avnish Pandya received President Clinton. an excellence in teaching award October from the University of Utah The Kanab City Council held School of Medicine. a public hearing to determine community priorities for potenSeptember No substantial leads have been tial city projects for a CDBG discovered onBigWater six year-ol- d grant application. Citizen input Lance Guevarras disappear- placed the library as priority 1996 ance. number one. Donna Prisbey, daughter of Kay and Dixie Prisbey was crowned queen of the Northern Arizona Fair on August 23. Word began to leak out that President Clinton was consider-ingnaminlarge swath ofKane federal land a national Countys monument. The Washington Post broke the story which said Political apd citizen reaction to the national monument des- ga ignation has dominated the news. Legal strategy is being developed by the State of Utah, Utah School Trust Lands and the Kane County Commission. Hope Tait was sworn in as the new Fredonia Postmaster. A backhoe accident on Cedar Forest Service rangers inspect the fire damage on the Kaibab from the Bridger Compfes Fire. As many as 1200 blaze that consumed wen over 55,000 acres. Clinton intended to name Mountain claimed the life of City firefighters from all over the country fought the lightning-cause- d roughly 1.7 million acres the Power manager Greg Houston. Miracle in Coyote Gulch! PhoGrand StaircaseEscalante Monument under the Antiqui- tographer John Ey of Tucson, ties Act. Utah politicians feel Arizona, was rescued from a slot Clinton is doing this to stop min- canyon crevasse south of ing prospects on the Kaiparowits Escalante after being trapped Plateau. for eight days. ofPresident Clinton made it The Garfield County Commisficial at the south rim of the sion decided to turn down the Grand Canyon on September e $100,000 offered to them by the majority ofKane County will federal government. The money now be referred to as the Grand was offered from the Interior CanyonEscalante National Department to both Kane and 18-th- 1 , The Orderville and Glendale Wards presented Land of Our Destiny', a play on the history of the United Order, early Mormon pioneers and the trek they undertook before settling in the vailey. Garfield Counties to assist in the costly three year monument management transition period that the counties are primarily responsible for. In related news, Jerry Meredith of Cedar City was named the new manager of the Grand Staircase-Escalant- e National Monument. November It appears that Kane County will receive $200,000 from the Kane County residents were treated to an excellent performance of "My Fair Department of Interior to plan for the Monument. The extra Lady" last summer. The acting, singing and orchestra music were top notch, $100,000 is supposedly due to as usual. LaVen Edwards, head football cosch at BYU, was the Grand Marshall for the Centennial parade in Kan&b. St Christopher's Catholic Church built general contractor on the project the Garfield County Commission rejecting the funds offered to them. Missing Big Water boy Lance Guevarra was featured on the series Unsolved Mysteries.' a new social hall next to their existing church. Thebeau Consulting vras the Kane County Deputy Allen Johnson and Kanab City Police man Jared Hammon worked the hotline at the California studio. No new leads have turned up. In the general election. Commissioner Norm CarroU wan reelected. Kane County School See YEAR REVIEW, Peg 11