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Show THE ZEPHYR/FEBRUARY-MARCH 2005 "So," she says, “islands that get diced up by roads and stuff become even more fragmented. A plant or animal living on the island becomes more likely to disappear ...” LITTLE WEASEL ADS, INC. PRESENTS ee AST LTT oKOy Bingo. I tell Diane that the latest dicing has been planned for the San Francisco Peaks. The Arizona Snowbowl, with Forest Service backing, wants to dig 14 miles of pipeline for artificial snow making, a ten-million gallon holding pond, cut more than seventy acres of new skiruns, gouge new building foundations into the mountain's skin. ‘T tell her about the Hualapai, | know, how How ATTENTION ZEPHYR ADVERTISERS AND&é ? FUTURE ZEPHYR ADVERTISERS... _ AND READERS AROUND THE WORLD! READ THIGH! In order for the Zephyr to make some sense out of the fiction world and figure out exactly what the hell is going through our reader's minds, we have contracted with Media Magic Mojo Pollsters. Below is the Ist annual Canyon Country Adverts Anonymous Reader's Poll. Please take a moment fo consider the following well-considered Truths... my Navajo friends, about the Hopi, Supai and White Mountain Apache the mountain is sacred to them all. it has been so for all time... 1, Isn't it a fact that the Zephyr provides invaluable local color to an otherwise rust hued geopolitical locale? 2. Don't you find the Zephyr's advertisements to be some of the best in the publishing world? "Which is why the Snowbow! there's more." I tell her about and White Mountain Apache all. How it has been so for all will never get a dollar of my business," I say. "And my Navajo friends, about the Hopi, Hualapai, Supai people I know, how the mountain is sacred to them time. These friends tell me that skiing on ‘the mountain, making snow up there from treated waste water -- sewage.--. insults them and their religious beliefs. I understand this argument, thoughI doubt I will ever comprehend the enormity of their hurt. I'm a white man, and I've only lived here a short time. But I know my adopted home's history well enough to say that if | were Hopi or Navajo, I'd be furious. Let's face it, they are in some ways conquered peoples. Wars were fought, and — Pee : Given that, and knowing that the Peaks are to my Native friends what a church, altar or mosque may be to you or me; how could I support snowmaking, or the presence of any commercial recreational operation on the Sacred Peaks? I can't. No argument that I've heard persuades me otherwise, and I've listened carefully, Economic and social justifications for recreational development on the Peaks simply don't work. The mountain is sacred. My friénds deserve respect. ~ I tell all this to Diane. And, I point out the trailer window, at the west-facing slopes of the Peaks. "I think that's what's holding you here." I see the gears turning. She is weighing the evidence. Will she buy a lift ticket, or fight? 3. Admit that, while in Moab or the surrounding areas, you've made consumer choices solely based on a silly cartoon you saw in the Zephyr. 4. Confess that you shun businesses who refuse to advertise in the Zephyr. 5. If given the choice, you'd give up TV in order to continue receiving the Zephyr. 6. The Zephyr's ads bring light into an otherwise bleak cultural landscape of the mind. 7. The publisher of the Zephyr is an advertising guru and should be supported at all costs. 8. If you owned a business in Moab, you would advertise in the Zephyr every issue. 9. You decided not to vote for Jim Stiles in the 2004 Presidential election and regret your decision. To make amends you will become a staunetis Beesen |in the Zephyr. ara: _ 10. (For long-time persistent readers only) Over the years you began noticing _ subliminal messages scattered throughout the Zephyr's advertisements and are now ready to obey. Thank you for your patience and support over the last 16 years. If it weren't for The Z's dedicated local advertisers, youd be reading some bullshit magazine featuring Britney Spear's cup size and Bill Clinton's bunions. This would suck and the world would be a sorrier nee SUPPORT THE DAMN ZEPHYR...WE DO!!! A PAID ADVERTISEMENT BY ‘LITTLE WEASEL PRODUCTIONS" Michael Wolcott lives and writes in Flagstaff, Arizona. POINTBLANK SUBMISSIONS Submissions to The Zephyr may be on any topic even remotely relevant to its readers. They must be between 500 and 1000 words. Authors of essays printed in this publication receive a five year subscription and our gratitude. UNCLE BeBoP is BACK! ESPRESSO CAFE’ SAME GREAT COFFEE PLUS SOME NEW SURPRISES... BREAKFAST ALL DAV... waffles _paninis [eo 7 nes 59 S. Main St #6 McS&tiff Plaza 259.5551 |