Show nnm y' i Vii t"tc"li ijimitfiir‘rTitri'rg“ryyl1'-- i111 O inions A4 Sanpete Messenger Sanpete turnaround Policy is healthy is recognizing to falling and them susceptible becoming That left a tinderbox of fuel along the forest floor and contributed to devastating wildfires that ravaged Yellowstone New Mexico and other locations several years ago Logging was another phenomenon that was contributing to forest health Then groups for that only they can fathom filed suits that environmental emotional reasons in halting logging One such suit temporarily succeeded halted logging in the National Forest in Sanpete County Besides eliminating jobs at Sattcrwhite Log Homes in Gunnison the suit prevented downed logs from being harvested from the forest That contributed to spread of the pine bark beetle which has destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of trees across the West It also contributed to the tinderbox buildup on the forest floor But things are changing In early 2003 the Forest Service adopted a impact statements environmental Recently the Forest Service adopted its Wildland Fire Use permits it to let certain fires to bum if lightning-causeforest rangers believe the fires will help the forest and if the fires are a sufficient distance from homes The Policy which fire use policy is an important supplement to the Forest Service’s prescribed bum program under which the forest service actively starts fires in designated areas Forest managers have cited a number of potential benefits of the fire It destroyed conifers creating space d for aspens to regenerate slopes have more space for grasses That means increased livestock forage which helps our local livestock industry Because snow trapped in conifer branches often evaporates before it reaches the ground reducing conifers will increase the amount of snowfall that seeps into acquires or runs off the surface The result will be to increase the water available for overgrown local irrigation and culinary use It is vital that prescribed bums that are permitted to bum be carefully managed so that adjacent communities are protected But on the whole taking active steps to conserve forests including permitting logging and putting fire back into its natural role in forest ecology makes a lot of sense and natural fires We’re happy to see policy that we believe will turnarounds new rule to make for healthier forests gunnison valley hospital Home Health and Hospice Awareness and of the Evils with public input to launch fuel reduction projects without preparing fire as a natural in forest evolution phenomenon Fighting tires only extended the lives of old weak trees making for forest enable local Forest Service staff couple of years an encouraging turnaround has occurred in the way the US Forest Service manages national forests The agency’s handling of the fire southeast of Manti is an example of this new ecologically oriented approach Until recently the Forest Service had a policy of fighting every forest fire Now the agency In the past FTAA I have just read Kenneth Davies letter about the evils of the FTAA I went to the site he mentions Concerned about Please visit the site and you in his letter wwwstortheftaaorg and was impressed and forced to ask why is our government doing this? What's going on? tell me Ed Painter Spring yon down by adding flammable liquid to it These mountains are public grounds and we happen to live here and use them I think it is time we start having a say in what happens with them instead of letting the last couple weeks I believe the Forest Service procedure is to let the fire started by Mother Nature bum but to also let Mother Nature put the fire out A week ago I noticed approximately six trucks with trailers that had large propane tanks on them in front of the Forest Service office What were these for? I do not disagree with some fire but I don’t think I ant very concerned with the stance the Forest Service has taken on the fire burning in Six Mile Canyon I am sure that this fire would not have burned near as much without aid from substances placed in areas they would like burned or should I say a certain rancher with political pull would liked burned People have seen the flammable material added over the we need to bum the entire politicians cide what Sometimes it is difficult to know truth from error light from darkness War — right? Or wrong? Some say those who brought down the towers did so in the name of God Well what God? The God who rules with force and fear — the God of darkness The God we follow is the God who rules with love and freedom — agency They didn’t find weapons of mass destruction but they found mass graves The Iraqi people searched for evidence of their lost murdered loved ones and some found their loved ones in those graves Saddam’s people dropped on the Kurds that killed women and children in the streets The leaders over there asked a man for his daughter He said “no” and they hung him in the town square and took her away There are those who think we should just roll over play dead and do nothing They con chemicals “It’s not our concern because it’s over there” Well brought it over here loud and clear They want to destroy freedom A while back they showed the names and faces of the young men and women who have died fighting over there It was heart wrenching — each so young so beautiful so full of promise But I am sure the Lord of Light embraced them They are okay All is well for them Saddam took riches unto himself to the point where his people felt they were so above the common people that they could take their daughters and murder them at will Isaiah 2:9 says: “And the mean man boweth down and the great man humbleth himself Therefore forgive them not" Those men who behave that way and bow themselves down in the public square are not to be forgiven Their God is the God of force and fear a God of darkness Why is the fire on the I wonder why the mountain is on fire and there is no intelligent effort made to put it out Four years ago when we moved to Manti there was a certain lumber company that was complaining about not being allowed to harvest the dead trees from the forest They had to lay off many of their workers and were forced to import trees from Canada in order to stay in business so it seems that it is all right to bum the forest so no one can get any use out of it but it is wrong to sell the dead trees You can’t build houses by burning down the forest How many board feet of lumber were destroyed in letting over 2200 acres of forest bum down? How many millions of dollars of employment would have been pro vided by the wise stewardship use of this dead forest When our president bears right testimony of the to be free which God does he follow? I believe he follows the God of light and truth I believe he is a man who deserves the prayers we pray for our leaders tend mountain in the temple each day President Bush has borne testimony of the power of prayer many times on public TV I would support a man like him We are not forcing anything on the Iraqi people We are helping them to be free of severe oppression President Bush had a group of highly intelligent and educated Iraqi people ask him for help to free their people Those same people are taking the dangerous and difficult responsibility of setting up the new government in Iraq They need our military to help them stabilize the country Thanks troops! I’m proud to be an American! Leatham Manti Alice ? not return to green lush forest in our lifetime maybe in the lifetime of our grandchildren or greatgrandchildren How many generations can man produce in one hundred years or even in three hundred years? Do you realize that some of these trees were seedlings when George Washington was the Delaw are River? They were half grown when Isaac Morley led the Saints into the Sanpete valley Now is it all right to just let it bum instead of harvesting the trees and getting some millions of dollars worth of benefit from them? crossing Letting the forest bum may clean up the forest and allow new growth to take over My history background tells me that it takes at least five years to get a decent crop of grass The deer and the elk will not touch a bumed-oforest until that time In the meantime what happens when the rains and the snows descend upon these naked hills? The water will just flow down unimpeded and flood the valleys where we live I have read about many floods that have come down into the cities and towns when the mountains were denuded from overgrazing What happens when the mountains are burned which is a little more thorough than overgrazing in denuding the forest? The watershed that has taken over 60 years to produce in the t forest is now gone It may be that the forest was old and its time of harvest was at hand Then why wasn’t it harvested? How many millions of dollars worth of board feet of lumber has been allowed to be consumed in the fire When the grain is ripe docs the farmer set it on fire or does he harvest it? Rex Anderson Manti ADULTS: $550 CHILDREN & SENIORS: Other services provided are Medication Evaluations Mental Health Medicare Information Home Care and Hospice Information Physical Therapy Food Handlers Class and Arthritis Clinic presentations by Utah Highway Patrol Gunnison I lospital Ambulance Search and Rescue Gunnison Fire Department and SWAT team demonstrations! MOVIES SUBJECT TO CHANGE SUNDAYS originally reported that The above laboratory tests will be offered Wednesday through Friday at the Hospital Results will be available at the Health Fair Special $350 CLOSED $1500 (only at fair) $1500 Information $350 6 PM AND TUE NIGHTS A story in last week’s Messenger about Don’s Gallery Caff said “Rumors $1200 $500 $1000 $1400 $1000 de- War - right or wrong ? MATINEES Discount tests will be available for: Complete metabolic profile Complete Blood Count Lipid Profile Prostate Specific Antigen Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Bone Density Scan Hemoglobin AIC from Washington the best for us is Gary Lyon Sterling Utah can- - figatio 2ias Gunnison High School Sept 25-- 9 am to 12 noon City fire policy Six-Mi- le My background in history tells me that it takes between one and three hundred years to grow a forest That means that what we allowed to bum in a few weeks will Health Fair Wednesday September 22 2004 Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- n Ernie and LuDon Augustus owner’s of Don’s Caff had been evicted from the build- ing However Esther Thorson said that the couple broke their lease by closing the restaurant on Sunday Ernest Augustus says he was in effect evicted He provided a letter from the Thorsons’ attorney asking him to vacate the premises The letter stated “If you fail to vacate an eviction action will be commenced” Starts Matinee Starts 6:00 Sat Sat The Forgotten Friday 9 00 6:45 Sat 4:30 Matinee 415 Starts Friday 7:45 Matinee ®5:30 Classifieds just 20c word! 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