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Show PAGE2 THE ZHrKDECSVOES: 15E2 much patience as I could mister. Twos strode jv Ae ataaica if jnyunefojm foe of jjovenunaiL Ih Jie list .'enerol1 Section,. Ae cr,a-ScStr e atat Impxtientlv at form roromunitivrtoippMaC w pwaerf SfepOjllcan M mlker? f could not Wi30f page two IT we eva Knutsons? Where was Vianuel Tiri7,iid; when on oarA wnvmmie G a to pr ase foe fch shamelessly gfoat 9cScfP' imagine on sSedinn mgnt without jimmie foer was instead dominated by or ml against Ae- asvuraimental axtnamiBts- Jn' feafk Tie of Ae change to government people wtia bad played an 2ive role pronente When Ae numbers inaily. made foefr wr to fie foiga wafl char?, if became apparane Aat A community rwft Ae ciiizens of Grand County bad came & fon g way jfer.ee I 'ffk fe a Jiaubuv and lmuef Dwif had rtsected Ae. results, of on aleetiott ffiaf bad gi'sw oAer "Ae from side" fc vxs&Ay lawrtaHrtie ftx4j, victory. U waited until' dmsf mnfryg?.t cf to !a.a,Tiie wmted r. surprised tMn'fmmargin victory want A dmo by. gioaf, I icnesiffpisfl someone vto me and itwouid have 'seen aititpsiting to Atcuse fie implications of Ae vste I learned Aat had honed to maintain Ae stetise gsa Cf ccwne, lie mkI day "envunnmentaiist'.AfltructicniQf xihisrab" wsrs responsible for fie cvtccane, according to fiat 2i via afimoet ike dry vtt where had I heard aS this before? wise, aid sags,, Jiminu Wdl, if wef in oucting; jjnuny,yvs Sear fiiaorptwrycfid day, Vmj gel wed toiL Ycuahscat for its- aitsrtiuimestf vaSse, if rcJang else, Hd rhetoric provides a ax.tisuatj lank farvanf in Ae feHrn of Ais- smoiumti life Aaf wvdd o&erwfee not exist, (Look efoewhere to fids wit and wtsdcci cf meet memcra Me juoke-"Th- e issue for comciete Kiedi'1 of - yti Jim Stiles - wh day leading up to November jnlr I' could Ainic of little else esc apt the election. VIinwr f arent,, then m only one topic of conversation, and 1 wan pointlem to to avoid: it And, of coune, T dldn' t Ar night worried aver poll oumtvrn,, and listened tofieroalysta rod pundit and worried acme mom. There was no- refuge in dees;, on Anas, nights in s row,, t dreamed fiat Tsat upall night watching. CMNI Nothing; atrange happened In aiy drcanutw just like reality. And when I woke up in die morning,. I was as exhausted as I'd been the nignr before. My brother,, on die other hand;, had similar dreams,, but in one of Ietf political nightmares ?ns Perot was spewing; one of those 'dean out the ban" speeches,, and had forgotten to- put in his partial plate. Throughout the monologue;. 3os rambled on without die benefit of his upper four front teeth. Tie audience, while shocked, failed to inform fieomdiri&te of his oversight Nowr (can't watch ?arot without wondering; if fonae peartjMvhitea an really his In foe : I - i - own. , ; Cn Election Cay,. Tarried my camcorder with me ail day, .convinced fiat I was documenting what would someday be groat moment in history. T wanted remember what it feit to he alius and a part of November, 1902 And Aar align,, as (huddled in front of die: TV7 and watched As numbero- roll in and Cinton'i liarf increase,, t was strodr by a sense- of euphoria but also, a feeling of pride m my country Aat t had not sxperenced in long Axis !t was amasing.r reit like s patriot And T am particularly proud to remind everyone Aat in Ais most conserativ state in America,, wear fie only county in Uah Aat went for Glntnn and Cora Gund County' has become, for Ae moment at least;, an oasis of progressive A ought. After 12" years of Itonald 2ea$v Cervrga 3uRh James W'jtfo, Mhnuel Lujan,, Din Quaye 3hti 3xfonn,, and Ae D.tna Eight PVe forgotten what it feels like to have a government with. cares about Ae environment and recognisss Ae president Aat actually istens to Ae ? rople-anof Aan more and service to education, and health care, mid welfare Up rights minorities, pays reform. V!iaf Ae ommtry wanted and elected is what we want in Crmd County: Jtcnest;, and vision for Ae future Aat everyone can share compassion, With Ae vision, of coune, comes responsibility Ifcv tore into MaHty, fre Ae irot timein year), T Aink w can make it happen. - - j i ; i j i ; d ss, open-mindedne- - A-aa- t After Cinton wmf over Ae top, drove dbra to Ae temporary courthouse behind eii Cry Varlret to check out Ae focal tesiU& After Ae Presidential! nee, nothing wstied on my mind more Aesrtil; Aan Ae referendum- for Ae optional form of gevenmenf. Over Ae months I had fried to gtf a feel for iuvw Ae community was going to vote on Ais one, hut f dldnft have a dbe. There was no consensus af alt Opinions shifted from one day to Ae okhS, and by Section: D17, if was anyisods- gysess'hen f found Court Cerir Ftstv Townsend and Ser staff, Aey were auraad processing Ae bailota, buf she warded if was going to Sake while The write-i- n vote for count aetrasy can didate Sandra Stari was grmg to sfowr Ae process donor, and she adftised ns to relax PeUk? A a Sme like Ais? 1 mad- Ae besf of it, sitting to Ae Clafr'xS Jbdsft. padfed dais' in- Ae maireshifr ovstiv-wand frying to sneak into Ae halway for a cfoser fook af Ae SaifoH scolded for crossing ovat aome bandar site Sad esaifiahed me ;r vessin g 7A hrx to keep Ae Jitass- oif 4 her haw.- VfoauSed, 1 retimed to A.e ftjdre's chair and wnfed whto an - - - sev-sre- f "" - I ; "1 tiw f.erAfse& wbefevre rt 0 Ae pt&pfe &rAV.r) of Ae animate pssrt of Ae .vvefery ; j i Ais-- Aerw not entlghfaned auvighi toeterdise Adr concrof with; a t-i- f i duicrifkvav &x.tiwS Ae nwed fe xof to tU if from Aerm, &ic to inform: Aer Ih&rnas Jeffgrim THE CANYON COUNTOY ZEPHYR P.O. Box 327 Moab, Utah 84532 (801) 259-777- 3 Jim Stiles, publisher political specialist Cf features KfinDa vcy umtribulmg vHtert Jack Campbell JaneS, Jones Clierle Gilmore Crnem to-it- , - - bs) jimmy Wiikia:l) Surf still lunged for i rewcnaiife race from fie oppreiHon, and surprisingly, I kept wishing IT could nt ibwir for fong ttiilr wltS EJnrti Knutton. If sbeen mure foan: tyur nace Dyr-- and Manuel quit participating to Zephyr interviews, and it has- been oirU;ue to me Aaf ofier members of ihtfjiulvn Clan wish 1 would g9 "back East" and sow!! under Ae rxk t care frsra and where (In their eyes) I am most suited to live to forget, t still remember my first encounter with our Ae rest; of my years, and Aesdbseqjent two years in which he grew as a pubfic leader Cauld A Ae toting if d - iityul rs! rod ae a fosatii. H wmtt ouc to mtentew Dm2 for fie first time at Ae Knut It Sons shop on file south cirentzed trucks, dozers, loaders and a yard full of oil field i office adjacent to the main tube bay, and talked. tt small a maintHiama-Kiiicmin'i ivrsfa While lie pnuntied! ibvi Utt Woxtcn Dew, we discussed the issues of the day and I found bun. to 'm ssnotiiauty candd ulrrj Isa perspectives, but also genuine and sincere about his isuwclunH. Tbe1 "Intrs'ViPH" laited 43 minutes, but we talked for another hour. When I finally A: Ato'Xbilvnrod beaded hsod, I got fie feeling we were boA feeling a little confused. jotCJC H Auugtttt to mMllJrmi &e environmentalist here, Knutson Is the quintessential mmitodiviitiRito.J'jxd! ytt we yjst aptot two hours discussing the future of this community and D iipTHd vrifrimr. mure limn I diuMd. What is wrong with me? And bade at the shop, I had s found: foett IDnvid smtdmig fiat siiny dome of his and wondering the same thing WieitiDnvti! rod Hindi incmnma I finally figured, was a shared desire to keep Moab from dtanipng tf&mnnuitiadly mdiadciliy fiat we no longer recognized our own home town. David md 3 fold lived he for most of my "adult life" (whatever that is). The tourist bruum wiu abac) forming life srpaide down as early as '89 and Change was inevitable But it dktirfb for vs to foe nr ipdiai'4, 1 figured. If we could maintain Ae integrity of the community and prrewrvr it unud! town Tafias then maybe, just maybe, we could assimilate the newcomers. We enuid evuJve ass rjmznrdy, preserving Ae best of the past and welcoming new ideas as welL fo aisssthS to me fiat David Knutson was Ae man who could make that happen. Tluit teftatflk a foxfish assumption now, I'm sorry to say. But at the time, it fdt right David readied srJt to fie ofier side of Ae aisle; he was interested in what "the other side was saying." lArjn Sam fie-- foe srxrted to understand why we felt the way we did. 1 was encouraged by his cpegtgndedsMB his generous spirit; and his candor. Djnsg fielsO campaign for commissioner, I found Aat, personally, I admired and respected ictSa foiendded and Knutson. Mostly because Knutson supported the Book Cliffs Road, I voted fee Bdvdfed fti election night, I stopped at Ae courthouse to watch the numbers go up on the board; Kxntison was winning wifi almost 60 of Ae vote. While my candidate had lost, I eaten fed a land shake and congratulations to Ae winner. "b David, I warned, Don't let this turn out like Nixon's second term." aigaway. Tbere amuf Sort at j v.-- b ;jrBw-mpir.frjit- Theft wany, be grinned, "It won't" w2 always wonder what happened to David Knutson in fie monfis and years Aat fidfcnrtd. He had an opportunity to play a major role in the future of this county. He had Ae fc touch both sides at the same time, and to be trusted by boA sides at Ae same scuue fine as weL It was a gift that he squandered. Dmd Krutsan is still a young man and anyone who tries to write his political obituary is a fedL 3x tfreedd be ever consider public life again, I hope he remembers his true potential as a leaSto, licit a divider. S Ebts'nlisre is fids issue, Ken Davey takes a look at what's next There are a lot of citizens who out ntfis fer fi dtge of government who aren't sure what Ae logistics of the plan are. Davey am (fJS to explain il iH, in terms even I could understand, so it should be a helpful guide. But I love to teO you. I'm worried. Too many times, I have heard it said Aat apathy, mare ffoas aryfissg else; is what motivates this of a contradiction in terms. When Ae ciiza have risen up to take Aeir community bads, the sweet taste of victory has lulled us into a dirgsrms state of complacency. Look what happened in 1988, when we voted out Ae fexfientsr and Ae commissioners who supported it? Like Jimmy Walker said' recently in a Tribune artide, after he was defeated, he just went out and started his own government town-somet- subscribe to THE ZEPHYR P.O. Box 327 Moab Utah 84532 t hkturiud phfAfJt Herb Ringer rotting reporter Robert Fnt Prank Lemon fulghum copyrlgfit WA yhoto ley Quit Colleen Wimzner food tiilor Willie flocko n IE CANYON COUNTRY ZEP1 fYR all rights reserved The Canyon Otuntry Zephyr ii a monthly newspaper, published eleven times a year at Moab, Utah, llie opinions expressed heron are not necessarily those of its vendors, advertisers, or even at times of its publisher hing one year (11 lssues)....$15 two years (22 issues)...$28 three years (33 issues)..$40 name address renewal new subscription |