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Show Slow month, average year THE SAN JUAN RECORD Ups and downs for park visitation Visitation to National Parks in southeastern Utah is variable, with heavy visitation some weeks and slow business the next. e 1996 Overall, visitation figures are near year-to-dat- 1995 levels. tourism-baseLocal businesses state that business seems a little slow. Reasons for the sluggish tourist season range from the price of gas to drought to the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The Needles District of d Canyonlands National Park has yet to reach visitation levels set before implementation of a backcoun-tr- y management plan that restricted the number of visitors to some areas. Decreased access to the back country may be a matter of perception rather than reality, according to park service officials. They state that some visitors just as- A man hatl rallier have a humlrvil lies told about him, than onr truth which he sume back taken, plenty that all permits to country areas are when there may be still available. One visitor walked into the Needles visitor center on the Saturday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend and was able to get a permit for that day into Salt Creek. e visitation to the San Juan County Visitor Center in Monticello is up 28 percent over 1995. Through May 31, 4,817 visitors have stopped at the center in 1996, compared to 3,754 visitors at the same point in 1995. Visitation to Natural Year-to-dat- Multi-Agenc- y Bridges National Monument is roughly equal to 1995 figures, with 42,382 visitors through May 31, compared to 42,759 at the same point in 1995. districts of Canyonlands National Park (Needles, Island, The four Maze, and Rivers) is also roughly the same as 1995, despite a slow month in May. Arches National Park continues to experience in- creased visitation. The 277,698 visitors through May 31, 1996 is 3.4 percent increase over 1995 figures. does not wish should he told. Samuel Johnson too! Mom, can I plant these? Five year old Robert holds out a few old maid kernels, left at the bottom of his popcorn bowl. They wont grow, I reply matter-of-factl- y. Why not? he demands. You can try it if youd like," I concede, before trying to explain the intricacies of live seeds. Why not is a good question to ask when considering the miracle of why - why and how do seeds grow in the first place? There is so much of life to be learned from the art of gardening -and from the proverbs on gardening: Gardening Its in my heart, its in my soul, its under my fingernails. Gardening is indeed something you need to dig into. If youre afraid of getting dirt under your fingernails youll never be a successful gardener. Not until last year did I realize the reason for the proverbial title green thumb. One has to be willing to pinch off an unwanted bit of greenery or pull a weed spontaneously in order to be a successful gardener. Not all moments wait for gloves. Someone turned this idea into a pun, proclaiming Gardeners know the best dirt. Someone else entitled that pun as organic humor. (Im still wondering about that one...) There are a variety of garden signs and plaques to choose from: some with just the owners name; some inscribed with gardeners prayers (Soft spring rain, warm summer sun, and SERVING ALL YOUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS TOM PALMER 801-678-21- nings: (Gardening Angel on Duty or Weeds have rights tender loving care make my ); some with maxims ( One who plants a 08 garden grow Fax 801-678-32- 68 garden plants happiness); and some with gentle war FOR ALL YOU GROWN-UPS.- .. Here's A Lesson From Us Kids! ) Like my young son, I once believed all I had to do was plant a seed, and what I planted would grow. Over time I learned to appreciate green houses and their variety of visible rewards. I also learned to choose plants whose labels proclaimed hardy or drought tolerant. Perhaps my sign should be the one that reads May all your weeds be uild-flower- A garden is a thing of duty... and a job forever the inscription on a wind chime declares. That sentiment is as realistic as the signpost that identifies the Garden of Weedin. The one thing I am certain of is that gardening is therapeutic. As I move about my flowers and vegetables, I marvel daily at the miracle of growing things. I agree with the person who said, One is closer to God in a garden than anywhere else on earth. I also believe gardeners are poets at heart. How else could there be names like Super Snoop for sweet peas, Evening Sun for sun flowers, Wednesday Juue 26, 1996 - Page 9 and Johnny Jump Ups for violas? Who can resist a watermelon known as a Sugar Baby, or statice named Love in a Mist? My children love to hear me recite the names of the flowers, bushes, and trees in Sweet William, our yard: Dianthus, Ageratum, Petunia, Marigold, Forsythia, Bees Balm, Pansy, Alys-suGeranium, Begonia, Dahlia, Lupine... Lilting titles that roll off the tongue like a foreign language. We also fondly refer to our burning bush as Moses, and another bush that nearly died on us as Lazarus. Our two year old Rosenka Bougainvillea wintered inside the house where the children petted her leaves and called her Rosy. No wonder Robert believed he could plant the old maid seeds and they w'ould grow. Do you want to grow corn you can pop? I asked him. Huh-uh- , he shook his head, I want an apricot tree! As my mind raced to understand his logic he kindly explained it to me, You know, popcorn popping on the apricot tree! Why not. Monticello Lions celebrate 50 years Devere Halls, Ned Jensen, and Gordon Wood, charter members of the Monticello Lions Club, were honored when the club celebrated 50 years at a Lion's Dinner on June 22. The District Lions Governor Ken Hendrickson and his wife Annette, from Heber City were in attendance. New officers are President Evan Lowry, First Vice President Carl Taylor, Second Vice President Bill Thompson, Third Vice President Steve Chaney, Lion Tamer Mike Harris, Secretary Max Halls, and Tail Twister F. M. Whitaker. Outgoing president is Dick Meyer. Other guests were Kent Barr, and former residents Mary and John Baker from Albuquerque. Charter members when the Lions Club was organized 50 years ago were Lau-reJensen, Irwin Behunin, Ross Musselman, Ralph ll Robson, Noel Sitton, Gordon Wood, Elmo Redd, Ralph Bailey, Ned Jensen, Donald Evans, DeVaughn Jones, John Lewis, Horace Andrews, Clement Johnson, Thomas Pearson, Seth Wright, George Palmer, G. A. 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