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Show tDdDnimtt Thursday, October 7, 1993 D Page A12 The Park Record D Section A You've made a difference Most any Tuesday night for the past seven balancing act it takes to make room for more or so years you could drive by the Park residents while maintaining a community Record offices and see only one light on, identity founded on cooperation, shining in Teri Orr's office where she spent communication and common goals. She tried endless hours agonizing over tough editorials to make this a better place to live. She kept a and thinking through the array of news watch on our local governmental leaders and stories that crossed her desk each week. called for honest, well-intentioned actions :This is Orr's last week as editor; she from them, having made the decision that seven years in On the human side of things, Orr was most th'6 hot seat of civic communication is deeply involved. That was the side of the job enough, and that it's time to move on to that tore at her heart and spurred her to make other reaches where her skills as a writer and the Record a leader in humanitarian efforts, a monitor of community goings on can be such as collecting clothing for a women's utilized. Her presence here will be missed. shelter and highlighting the efforts of Orr saw Park City endure dramatic changes during her tenure at the Record, and she made regular Editorial volunteer agencies that are available for those in need. She watched children die of adjustments to the paper to keep it current cancer, and she wrote about a small girl born with residents' and visitors' interests. She without a face and how that girl underwent took stock of journalistic trends that were innumerable surgeries so that she might look being made in the country's finest dailies, normal in the public's eyes. And Orr looked and she applied them to this paper in an further than this community to the larger effort to satisfy an opinionated and issues facing the country and world. She kept demanding audience that asks a lot of the town's weekly voice. Just as the city and county have struggled to keep up with rapid growth and maintain the qualities of life that have lured new folks here, so has Orr strived her headlights on until journalist and hostage Terry Anderson came home. While she reported the happenings and issues of a town she saw grow from a budding resort community to a real spot on Guet Editorial T to maintain the quality and integrity of the the map, Orr also let the public have a view Record and Park City, through the paper's of her own life. Her award-winning column, thorough examination of issues and its "Strike a Vein," was published for 14 years, editorial stands. detailing a range of her reflections on Puring the past few years Orr saw the subjects such as her children, her staff school district, where 14 years ago as a members, and her town. To those who read single parent she enrolled her now-grown the paper, it made clear her focus as an editor children, begin to burst at its seams and and a responsible community member. For in struggle to maintain its renowned qualities, all areas of the paper, Orr put the She championed efforts to pass school bond community's best interests first, initiatives that would raise taxes but which Yes, Orr will be missed here at the Record. would put the students' futures ahead of But she's promised to hang around town for money issues. Where city and county issues a few more years, certain to keep an eye on were concerned, she supported endeavors to things in her own way. Good luck, Teri. preserve the green open spaces that gave Thanks for all you've given of yourself. Park City its name, and to be mindful of the You've made a difference. Rangeland plan threatens Utah by-Orrin G. Hatch environmental management. In their place, : the Clinton administration proposes new cln town meetings last month, I listened as government bodies that will diminish the Utahns described the threat to their influence of rural Utahns who would feel the livelihoods posed by the Clinton greatest economic impact from the new administration's plans to triple grazing fees rangeland policies, om public lands and to impose other Third, the Clinton strategy imposes rangeland policy changes. Though restrictions on the tenure of permits or leases administration officials demonstrate a clear that would make their renewal a subjective bias against the western states, I am confident exercise hinging on the discretion and whim that the bipartisan Senate coalition that voted of federal land managers. for a one-year moratorium on the Clinton Fourth, improvements to public lands policies can force the White House to pay attention to western concerns. ,The stakes for Utah could not be higher. A large majority of Utah's 13,200 farms, which cover 11.3 million acres, depend on livestock production. Livestock generated 76.6 percent of farm cash receipts in 1991, with cattle or their communities, who have been good production accounting for 38.7 percent, and stewards of public lands. It endangers the added an estimated $1 billion to our state's financial interests of those who have invested economy. in range developments and improvements The Clinton proposal to triple the grazing that benefit both domestic livestock and fee, of $1.86 per animal unit month would be wildlife. It adds further complications to the devastating, particularly in rural areas. For often tense and difficult relations between example, Gary E. Madsen of Manti, Utah, permittees and federal land managers. Worst told me, "We are committed, as a small of all, it threatens rural communities already family ranching enterprise, to succeed, if struggling to foster economic development, possible. Last year, our grazing fees were Tragically, all these problems could have $d?365. Tripling that amount equals $19,095. been avoided had the administration not That is $6,000 more than our son earns, and succumbed to a bias against western states. If he: labors many hours each day to ensure that undertaken with a spirit of cooperation, werun one of the tightest, most productive rangelands policy can be designed to provide operations in the state." ' incentives for proper stewardship, preserve As data produced by Darwin Nielsen of the economic well-being of rural areas, and Utah State University show, the fee increase protect rangeland ecosystems. But that was would threaten thousands of ranches that the path not taken, operate on narrow profit margins. A rancher Fortunately, the bipartisan Western States with a 300-head cow-calf operation and a six- Senate Coalition passed an amendment to month Bureau of Land Management permit next year's Department of Interior would lose $5,663 annually. A shepherd who authorization bill that prohibits the runs a 2,000 ewe-lamb operation and who has expenditure of funds to implement the a four-month Forest Service permit and a six- President's "Rangeland Reform in '94" month BLM permit would lose $11,132 in program. The coalition will work on annual income. constructive proposals for rangeland issues Moreover, the administration plan contains but will continue to oppose one-sided policies equally threatening rangeland policy changes, driven by an anti-western bias. First, by broadening the legal definitions by I am not optimistic that the battle in the which groups are considered an "affected Senate will be the Clinton administration's interest" under federal lands management last assault on the interests of western states, regulations, it opens the door for narrow But the coalition of western members of interest groups to wreak havoc on rural Congress will stand firm. While willing to Utah's economy by adopting obstructionist deal constructively with the issues raised by political or legal tactics. the administration, the coalition will insist Second, the plan would eliminate the that any changes in rangeland policy protect grazing boards through which rural Utahns the way of life of rural Utahns and other successfully addressed issues related to westerners. coticucy: I PAII THE DOILfcAK, MM BUGfC undertaken by permitees, including water developments, would belong to the federal government rather than to those who invested to create them. The Clinton plan could not be worse for rural Utah. It fails to reward those ranchers, Quote off tSse Weeli "The intent is there, the hard part will come after the intent statements are signed. " --School Superintendent Donald Fielder, concerning a potential joint agreement between the city, county and school district on concurrency and impact fees. TflBMiMl Up, TMimIb owe THUMBS UP to all those who helped make last weekend's Tour des Suds the success it was--organizers, participants and spectators alike. THUMBS DOWN to low voter turnout for Tuesday's primary election. Let's hope the November election generates more interest. Sixth Annual Women Helping Women Career Clothing Drive Donations of new & nearly new office appropriate clothing are needed to assist women in self-sufficiency programs. Among clothing items needed are: New and nearly new blouses, shoes, coats, skirts, dresses, suits, handbags, accessories & lingerie. Drop off donations at PYKE MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE 1473 So. 700 West, Salt Lake City Dates: Fridays, Oct. 8 and Oct. 15 From noon to 5:30 p.m. (Volunteers are needed for this event. Call Katherine Sheehan at 535-7936, for additional information on how to danate clothing and get involved. 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