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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20, 1839 yrtxgiD By Laurali Noteman The Duttons, the singing fam- ily from Branson, Missouri, have been looking at Kanab as a possible entertainment location for them and other entertainers. Working closely with the Kanab Chamber of Commerce the initial investigative work was completed and a request for funding was initiated. Travel Council members, on Thursday, Oct. 14, approved a one time fund request of $7,000. The monetary figure is being designated as advertising and considered a good deal. The Duttons will produce a minimum of 500,000 bifold brochures which will be ready for distribution beginning the first of November 1999. Kanab will also be part of the Duttons promotional programs on their web page, television, and live shows. Donna Casebolt, Travel Center Mini-Cineposiu- suoMrEs'SIh) Dofttoim u u ing towards the preservation of ing to their deterioration. New owners of the Johnson Paria Canada, Netherlands, and Canyon and Johnson CanFrance on the international yon movie sets. There were ap- Canyon Movie Set have exscope. Domestic visitation ranks proximately 15,000 visitors to pressed their desire to restore are: Utah, Arizona, California, Paria Canyon in 1998. F ast flood- that set and open it up to visiTexas, and New York. This in- ing and time have made the tors. They are looking into grants formation is utilized to target buildings unsafe as well as add and are takingdonations. advertising markets. Response from Kane Countys representation at the State Fair was marginal this year. There were several days of preparation involved as well as a y display of the booth. Volunteers from Best Friends had agreed to man the booth and make sure brochures were available during the fair. Apparently that commitment wasnot met. Board Chairman Dennis Judd, realizto date is: Germany, England, The tentative budget for the year 2000 was accepted. The Board stated that any individuals, groups or events that will be looking for funding for the year See TRAVEL, Page 16 10-da- ing Casebolts frustration, agreed that it is probably a lot of money for the return, but he and fellow board members felt it necessary to maintain a space at Administrator, explained, They the State Fair. A discussion was entered into are committed to investing $100,000 to begin a theater pro- concerning the Miss Kane gram in Kanab. The Duttons County Program. It was unaniare planning to start with a par- mously decided that the Travel tial season in August 2000 and Council will support Miss Kane commence with a full season in County ventures but will no the year 2001. longer be involved in promoting Casebolt introduced two new the Miss Utah aspect. employees to the board members. Marketing for the year 2000 Jean Cahoy, Information Special- and beyond was next on the ist, will be handling the front desk, agenda. From statistics dating phone and inquiries among other back to 1993, a fountain ofknowl-edg- e duties. Cahoy is a full time emcan be obtained. One of the ployee. Teresa Wlcken, Adminis- more interesting points is visitrative Assistant, is a part-tim- e tation to the national parks has employee and as Casebolt stated, remained fairly consistent She has become my right hand throughout the years. UsingZion man. Casebolt continued with, National Park as an example, in as a staff we are becoming more 1993 visitation ran at 2,392,580; organized. Teresa and Jean are in 1995 visitation rose to and 2,430,162; and in 1998 fell to proficient, have blended well as a team. 2,370,048. While these steady Casebolt attended the Utah numbers are just that, steady, State in which they dont show an increase to the filming industry was the our area. With figure variances topic. The Cineposium was rep-- . similar to these for all of the resented by the State of Utah, national or state designated the federal government, National parks, the Travel Council apPark Service, and the Forest Ser- proved the proposed change in vice. Filming in the state is fight- marketing strategy. Year 2000 ing an uphill battle due to three strategy holds true to the remajor factors; l)Utah is a right quests of local businesses, which to work state, 2) the filming in- is to build on the county as a dustry is basically a unionized destination site rather than a organization, and 3) incentives stop over or drive through. which are being offered by the Through tentative budget proCanadian government. posals some advertising dollars Unions dont relish nor pro- will be spent on developing summote right to work states be- mer evening entertainment procause they operate in direct com grams which will run six nights a ' petition with the unions. This is week from May through Septemthe basis for continuous conflicts ber. Council members felt greater and discouraging for the local support for functions which were .filming industries, which ad- started in 1999 and will liold dresses the first two filming fac- their second annual events in tors: Canada is doing what it the year 2000 were priorities. can to promote itself as a filming The Board will take a more conindustry by offering enticing in- servative approach to international marketing. They will gear centives such as tax breaks. toward the individual travmore Visitations into the Kane County Information Center are eler versus the group travelers. A few of the stated special suprecorded through guests signatures. 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