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Show And the BONUS "Good News" highlight: With a little bit of luck, we just might see that Atlas tailings pile moved...let’s just hope that they don’t take the vacant land and build a Hilton with a golf course and a THIRD tram. And if you have still more good news, let me know. THE ZEPHYR Volime 12 Number3 INCREDIBLY...MORE GOOD NEWS August/September 2000 I and others feel that the name should not be Glen Canyon...You folks may prefer something else and I don’t really care as long as it’s not 4... THE NUTSHELL With Steve Russell & Jim Stiles Russell on the Plot to Get Rep. Cannon in Westwater Canyon. Stiles on Trams & Tourists. And where are all the young activists? Glen Canyon. Dan Schroeder, Vice Chair, Utah Chapter August 18, 1999 If you are a regular reader of this publication, you're more 6 ..POINTBLANK: The Selling of Nature By Will Caldwell and...VEW WEST BLUES: By Jim Stiles than aware of attempts over the last year by a group of local activists to start a southern Utah group of the Sierra Club’s Utah Chapter. We wanted to call it The Glen Canyon Group and wanted to make the restoration of Glen Canyon Dam one of our major priorities. After all, draining Lake Powell is a position supported unanimously by the national board. But the chapter fought to stifle the group at every turn and 9... THE NUTSHELL: Photographic Evidence New power lines to Wilson Arch; temporarily defunct Second Tram; Wanda Brown Reader of the Month! the conflict became very ugly. But now, the Utah Chapter has lost its attempt to kill the Glen Canyon Group. Last March the chapter agreed to hold a meeting in Moab to see if there was “any interest" in the formation of a group. A healthy turnout from across southern Utah showed up for the 10.... CANYON COUNTRY WATCHDOG By Liz Thomas & Herb McHarg of S.U.W.A. Moab meeting and this spring, ballots were sent to all 120+ Sierra Club members who reside within the seven county group 15... 7 WISTED TABLOID By Dan O'Connor AND NOW..THE GOOD NEWS! boundary. We were given the opportunity to vote on a name (In addition to Glen Canyon,.I think the group was offered "Canyonlands" and "Colorado Plateau" 16....EARTH DAY! By Art Goodtimes (As a Disturbance Event inthe Flow of History) as alternatives. I can’t recall for sure because it didn’t matter. Chapter ExCom members are reportedly stunned at the turnout: Fifty percent of all members in southern Utah sent in their ballots--a remarkably high level of participation, given the chapter’s dismal 1-2% voter turnout for chapter-wide elections~ and overwhelmingly, we chose the name "Glen Canyon" as our group name. In addition, the new group needed to select five of its 18....."BOARDS THAT KICK ASS" By Lynn Winters For most of us, Boards of Directors are hopless chasms of chaos and indecision. But can the Carver Paradigm change all of that and change the country as well? 20....AN INTERVIEW WITH RICH INGEBRETSEN Rich is a physician, an Eagle Scout, the president of the Glen Canyon Institute and an unbridled optimist. What makes Rich so darn sea With oe Stiles members to serve on a group Executive Committee. Ken Sleight, who served as interim chair of the new group before it received official group status, and who was maligned and attacked by various members of the Utah Chapter for his pro-drain Lake Powell position, received the greatest number of votes. Others elected to the group ExCom are John Weisheit; Patrick men — Kevin Walker, and Jean Binyon. From within the new group ExCom, a chairman 29 we will be elected and that person will sit on the Chapter Executive Committee. If there is any justice in this world, the group will have the good sense and the vision and the courage to select Ken Sleight. He was there with the group at the beginning, he has led the fight for environmental issues for 45 years, and he deserves the opportunity. The group meets on August 3 to make its choice 26.... AROUND THE BEND By Ken Sleight Seldom Scen celebrates 20 years of Earth First! and to set goals and plans for the future. I wish them good luck and the courage to stand by their own convictions. If you wish to contact any of the group ExCom members before the meeting, here are their email addresses: Ken Sleight: ksleight@lasal.net. John Weisheit:john@drainit.org Patrick Diehl: toripat@color-country.net. Kevin Walker: kwalker@xmission.com. Jean Binyon: binyon@lasal.net. 30.....STREAMOFCONCIOUSNESS By Anne Wilson Reunions and the passage of time 32... THE MOON IS UPSIDE DOWN: An Australian Notebook By Jim Stiles AND FINALLY... I know...I must be making all of you sick by now. But one more tidbit of good news--this even comes from the City of Moab. There has been a lot of concern expressed lately about Moab’s growing light pollution problem. I got a taste of it first hand when a hideous new 34... THE HERB RINGER COLLECTION: Chama, NM, 1950s ee FEEDBACK sodium vapor street light went up next to Dave’s Corner Market on Mill Creek Dr. It lit up my entire backyard, and of course I was livid. I called the city and spoke to Janet Lowe, who SUBSCRIBE TO THE ZEPHYR had been handling light pollution issues and she promised to take a look SIX ISSUES (ONE YEAR): $15.. TWELVE ISSUES (TWO YEARS): $28 EIGHTEEN ISSUES (THREE YEARS): $40 at it. The next day she called back with good news: those kinds of street lighta are the easiest of all designs to remedy with a hood or shield. BUT MORM Contradiction in Terms?7 By A Nene - Woodruff Its roots are planted firmly in the carth and its history speaks of stewardship for the land. But for many Utahns in the 2Ist Century, ‘wilderness’ is a four-letter word. Where does the Church stand now when it comes to the environment? the lights actually belong to the State of Utah who currently manages the trailer court for which the lights NAME were installed. Janet passed my concerns along to Brent Williams, the City Works Director, who got the names of the State people who oversee the property. I called have been more cooperative, and a a shield over the light that has cut I’m stunned. I’m amazed. And ADDRESS CITY STATE 6 9-DIGIT ZIP Shelli Goble, who could not few days later, Brent installed the glare by about 95%. I’m grateful. Thanks. PLEASE READ THIS! NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS If your mailing label indicates a: 08/00 or 09/00 The Post Office will NOT forward 3rd Class mail. 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