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Show Wasatch Canyon Reporter Ca p gule Community Creig hton’s by Creighton Hart Staff Writer While fairy dancing Indian smiles plums snowflakes and summer has brought of delight to hiker, backcountry enthusiasts, and exceptional rock climbing alike. As for me I know that it has been hard to go indoors these last few weeks, but This, and Fire Land Sale To Of Ski_ the original sponsors hard at work in his reallocating of the Country’s family jewels, the Federal lands to privatization. While the budget bill is dead, Hansen is now supporting the sale of Forest . That the receive Citizens ter recreation 625-5112. Wasatch be fol- — Olympics special privilege. are encouraged to comment actions unfolds. and as In offer this much project same . way as Wallace Stegner, the outspoken Western Environmentalist, stressed civic cooperation as a key coordinator ie Front - Forum/ Governors Growth Summit As any one with one eye open can see, the community is getting a bit more crowded | and hustle-bustled. To meet these growth concerns a> series creative the - Ranger Randy Welch, ranger or Rick Vellejos, win- need not follow criteria and | supporting the sale of 1320 of forums, meetings and the up coming Governors Growth Summit are designed to address these _ issues, Population Growth, Transportation issues and Water Usage and Conservation Meetings start- element in the regions future. ed in mid October and have After several calls to Rep. Jimmy Hansen’s office we were unable to get a status report and little information. Not wise management. Much They have not responded to _ basin resort, owned by the Service or Federal Lands is Sun Valley Corporation. of the current push to sell the lands is for the development dead. McInnis stated that the Original land requests for the will allow the elected officials a platform to present > Ateas* * base facilities was 200 acres, of an extensive condominium and base housing facility at Snowbasin in anticipation of the Olympic events sched- our question from Nov. 13th. WCR encourages that the Jim Hansen contingency take ral _ National = OK Association (NSAA), which— then the Snowbasin Corp. came out and requested 600 represents the resorts, came out against the proposed land _ to 800 acres of land, now the The Forest 1320 acres. The Fabulous uled at Snowbasin. taught by Associates. further Stegner and Comments and conversation, plus Service would receive a total direction, are needed to over- issues. shuttle bus range. 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We certainly oS 3 | Mount Superior Gift Shop to ie DISTAN CALLING CARD This to the philosophy of Some kind of responsibility ina social way—to family, SISOS . , Community members are asked to attend hearings and present local solutions to the of 4000 plus acres of current- SESSILIS *Helly Hansen *Altaholics T-Shirts “Sundries and Gifts and gather ideas to address and meet the growth in Utah. - some social and environmen- tal respect for all beings, as Snow interactive forums have 4000 well within tions of Weber county in the — munity Basin owners buildable acres O eer lowed. planning or Ogden District, - service-oriented project. That all EIS and EIAs Hubbard, 524-5030, proposal should follow the same rules as any other forest 1320 acres of Forest Service land at the base of the Snow © areas operating on US Forest - Julie could continued for virtually every day since on some level since leading up to the Dec. 6 and 7 summit. These com- Rep. Scott Mcinnis R Co. said that a plan to sell the forest service lands to the ski wae eb endree LL facilities The recent article in the _ Deseret News took the stance that the entire Snowbasin acres of Forest Service land at the base of the Snow basin resort... and head anti druid is still Resorts Extinguished bills base at the base of the Snow Basin Hansen is now ~Jim Hansen R. UT. one of - increasing cooling weather, does bring the hopes of a blanket or two of winter whiteness in the near future. the remain westernly and quaint. equal acreage at an other site. resort supported the. proposed efforts of self dominion of ski resorts on the Federal Lands. the ever Utahns be mitigated and replaced in one with checks and balances.” Locally only the Snowbird Informed need to realize that the acres resort include habitat for elk and moose and in many spots are wet lands. Wetlands are currently _ under federal protection. If destroyed, wetlands need to ship, the community, the forest service and the ski areas, gosh it has been great. Now this morning I saw _ the famous red sky in the morning (sailors take warning?) as the tinniest sliver of the gibbous moon rose above the Wasatch. exchange. sale, and sought its removal from the budget bill. McInnis who has more ski areas in his western Colorado district than any other member of congress said “it 1sa dumb idea, we have a good partner- await, | If you are wondering about some of the strange terms - so do we but there are just too many words to look up. So when it turned out “westernly” was actually in our dictionary, albeit the jumbo one, we gave up and let gems like “hustle-bus- tled” . go without checking. For those of you who care about your English here are a few tips: Often when. you use “I,” it should be “me,” “irregardless” is a meaningless nonsense word ( “regardless” is what you want. © |