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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, Aufu-- t 16. 2000 In The San Jaar. Record welcomes letter frvrr. o- -r readers Ler.crs to the ed.tor m- -t be- No mi. re ian 3f0 w Signed Include the author 'i address ar.d phone numoer The San Joan Record reser.es the right to edit letters for length, clarity and to eliminate libelous or tasteless material. The San Juan Record HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH SINCE 135 AN AWARD WINNING NEWSPAPER PubLsner - Editor BILL BOYLE Office Manager TERRY CRAMER Ad Design Paste-u- p AMANDA HILLHOUSE Proofreader DAWN BOYLE SAN JUANiTH EATER Page 8 D.D.S. Dear Editor: The prime directive of Southeast Utah Land Users is to keep our roads open for all and prevent the establishment of unnecessary wilderness. Allen Thorpe expresses our ideals as well as anyone. He has given me permission to share some of his thoughts with you. Allen Thorpe says: The Salt Lake Tribune, on June 12, had a number of stories about public lands. They focused on the Coral Sand Dunes and on President Clinton's use of the 1906 Antiquities Act to create millions of acres of national monuments in the West. These stories illustrate the issues in public lands regulation we face right now. In the past, it seemed as though the public lands in Utah were federal in name only, managed mostly for the use of local people and extractive industries. On the other hand, they were public in the full sense. Few of them were closed to access by anyone who wanted to go in. There were lots of dirt roads that have been there long enough to establish public easements. People could drive out and see the sights, collect rocks, study geology, hike, bike, canoe and so cn. But today we have a new' breed ofactivists who have vast political, economic resources, and who have taken it on themselves to save everything, by which they mean restoring it to some ideal state of pristiness and locking it there. The key to this is to create wilderness, as though wilderness couldn't exist without federal legislation. And a whole new vocabulary was developed, to wit: Wilderness is now defined to mean accessible only on foot. Protect nowr means nobody is allowed to put the land to beneficial use. Roadless means existing roads will be ignored. Pristine means the way the Sierra Club wants it. Recreation means hiking, but not camping or leaving footprints.' Preserve means to try to guess how things were before the white man and the industrial revolution, and make it that way again. For our children now means the members of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the Sierra Club, the Great Old Broads and any other politically correct group, and their posterity. Progress means becoming like Moab. And last, the land belongs to everyone now means The land doesnt belong to you people who have been using it, but to everybody else as long as they live somewhere else. Today, the highest and best use of federal land is for taking photographs of it and printing them on calendars to raise money to close more public land to the public. Jim Bourne President, S.U.L.U. August 16-- 24 movies will be We'll keep your bite (PG-1- Family Dentistry & CaU For Show Times ROUND THE REGION dad $5y PHONE & FAX 435-587-22- 77 IL sjrnfiwsaol.com WEB PAGE www.utahpress.com sanjuanrecord To have a sample copy sent to a fnend, send us his or her address. Write to PO Box 879, Monticello, UT 84535. Copyright, The San Juan Record, 1998. All rights reserved. Reproduction, reuse or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited without prior written permission by the publisher. ISSN 3 Mam. Monticetto.Ulah. Periodical poetage paid at Monncello. Utah (ISSN0B94-3273)- . Poetmaater: Sand all addreea changee la P.O. Boa 979, Monticello, Utah 94535. The San Juan Record w a member of the Utah Praaa Association and Natnnal Nenwpapor Assoaaton. PIANO STYLINGS ktrlotUnzgJVottk SINGER & SONGWRITER performing at the san juan county fair for three days thursday august 17 august 18 4:30 pm 12:30 pm 11:30 am Saturday august 1 1 19 come hear her choice of original songs for one and all th Annual Utah Navajo Fair 5K FUN RUN AND 3K FUN WALK Na adizh ntaahgo Massive search ends on tragic note Moab - A four day search for a 13 year old boy ended on a tragic note when the boys body was discovered lying beneath a juniper tree. The body of Jeff Firak was discovered near an area called Fins N Things". Authorities believe the boy died of heat exhaustion after he became separated from mountain bikers while riding the Porcupine Rim trail. Temperatures in Moab reached an August 1 record high of 108 degrees when the boy became lost. Times Independent Dove Creek ambulance 0894-327- PubMwtf weekly el 49 South 94535 Cortez - Local businesses are feeling the heat of area fires. Business at thj Country West Motel in Mancos was killed by the fire, manager Russ Harris said. The motel relies heavily on summer tourist traffic. Harris said that 75 percent or more of his business is seasonal, and he depends on a strong summer to mak? it through the winter. It was bad before the fire," he said. But then it just absolutely died." As the flames grew higher, he and his staff logged cancellation after cancellation. The day Piih officials announced the opening of Mesa Verde, his phone rang off the hook." The hopes were dashed hours later when a new fire galloped along the edge of Wetherill Mesa and the Park was closed again. Cortez Journal uch thursday august 17 3 pm san juan county fairgrounds friday Summer business goes up in smoke HEgcmnywiE Cs Wes McNeill San Juan County SIS Outside County USA SI B APO or FPO address SIB Newsstand 50c Sr Citizen SI 4. SO Sr. Out of County SI 7.50 7:30 pm At The MOVIES! 696 E CentraLLMonticello Thank you, Alan Rogers, for fixing our car in a fast and timely manner when we passed through your town on our way to Washington state. I would highly recommend you to anybody for your work. Thank you, SUBSCRIPTION RATES 3) www 212 South 2nd East Blanding, Utah (435) 678-344- 0 It en (PG-1- Orthodontics See 3 sta'S Richard G'eer and Wyona Ryder X-M- Thanks for timely car repair Texas Autumn In New York bright Darkroom & Reporter LESLI TRACY Writers ANNA ADAIR FREDA ARON NELL DALTON MAXINE DEETER MARY LOU HOGGARD LEO PLATERO GARY TORRES TERRI WINDER JAMI YOAKAM r435r678?2653l Brent Johansen the past vs. today will be without a home Dove Creek - Chub Meyers, Veteran of Foreign Wars Post, told the Dolores County Commission that the organization would call it quits. As a result, Dove Creek will be without ambulance service. After 50 continuous years, the VFW found it to be financially impossible to continue complementary ambulance service to the public. In July, the organization s newest ambulance was totaled in an accident while transporting a patient to the Cortez hospital. Officials say it would cost $20,000 over what the insurance company would pay to equip a new ambulance. Dove cree press hatsiis bidziil dooleel biniye SATURDAY AUGUST 26 7 AM UTAH NAVAJO FAIRGROUNDS Registration 6:30 am rts will be given BLUFF to first 100 registered participants! Utah Navajo Fair wiB not be responsible for injury, damage or theft |