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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER | | a : A9 % X is so pe: yo ans of Fanny’s Grill need , not fret. Rumors were the swarming —_ that Homestead’s mid-level restaurant would be shutting its doors to k December beverage at _ “Some of the locals are pretty the | upset about it;” said Craig Palmer manager of Fanny’s. “They are not — very happy.” 3 This is the first year of fee exper- Homestead, Fanny’s will be expanding soon and. taking over. where the Pro Shop is now. The Golf Pavillion: which is adjacent to the Pro Shop about 50 yards will be turned into the Pro Shop, or else the Pro Shop will be rebuilt altogether he said. iment and the restaurant will open Customers enjoy lunch in Fanny’s dining room. amounts of people and won’t need Fanny’s to be open.” More expansion is being considered _ “We are becoming a business and popular __ the traffic picks back ‘up. In the meantime, patrons may just have- to order the Homestead’s monstrous Crater Club Sandwich for lunch and eat the rest for dinner. They’re big enough, and bring the © it shouldn't bea problem. for the future. Ideas to put the golf carts - convention oriented hotel and they are especially back up for dinner in May when closer to the Pro Shop during the winter Skull. i hen Leon Bear are very, very Valley Band of... slim,” . Bullcreek — said. ’That’s why we (the oppos* ‘ -Goshute Indians elects a new leader later this tion) are in this terrible posi- Ww month, the outcome could tip: the scale in favor or against a plan to build a ~ nuclear waste site.-~ | ‘Tribe If incumbent Chairman Leon Bear is reelected, the proposal would _ steam ahead. If Sammy Blackbear or some other: opposition leader is elected, - the proposal would sink. “First thing [d do, I would get rid of the waste contract,’ said Margene Bulicreek, a Blackbear ally who might make a run for tribal leadership. Bullcreek is not setting HOM > 2: | As tribal chairman, Bear was the principal Goshute ‘negotiator of a lease signed in ‘1997 with Private Fuel Storage, a consortium of eight electric utility compa- nies looking for a place to store up to 44,000 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel rods. Salt Lake City, has prompted a major outcry from Utah her hopes too high, however. officials and citizens groups. — The state, however, doid it She acknowledged that oust- is staying out of the tribe’s ing Bear is a long shot, pri- elections process. marily because most of the. tribe’s 70 voting members are his relatives. “Chances of replacing “Obviously, we’re Watching inter- ested in (the outcome) to the extent that it allows the council to reconsider its . supporters the controver- penn are illegitimate. Steadman has filed a federal sial lease come apart would action to: force the BIA to reverse its approval of the ‘“We’ve always felt that Goshute-PFS lease. was the cleanest, easiest way - The Goshutes have no written constitution that to deal with the situation,” ‘be adream come-true for the waste opponents. said Steve Erickson, an antinuclear waste activist. It is unclear whether the — - The proposal to store the waste on the reservation, about 45 miles southwest of nuclear waste desk Duncan Steadman, a Payson attorney who represents Bullcreek, Blackbear and others, said Bear and his ‘agreement with PFS,” te Connie Nakahara, director. of Utah’s High-Level Nuclear Waste Storage Cepaamne office. Goshute-PFS lease could be easily broken. State attorneys said the termination provisions in the lease appear to have been blotted 3 defines - their election ’ process, but Bear has told several people the elections will occur sometime this month during a meeting of the tribal council, comprised ‘of all adult members. ‘Danny Quintana, an attor- out by the U.S. Bureau of ney for the tribe, said he Indian Affairs. to protect knows nothing about the information such as how. elections but is amused by their potential. much PFS is paying the ‘‘What cracks me up is tribe. that national energy policy is Bear and his enceueills committee are under pres- - going to be determined by a sure by tribal opposition members seeking to kill the small band of Indians out in Skull Valley,” he said. el i allieiorne Indians Fight Over Waste Issues i : | : |= - and 23-January 3 it will be open for every meal. Hungry customers will have to frequent Simon’s in the meantime, where a Fanny’s menu will be provided. Patrons will just miss the atmosphere. make room for an expanded Pro Shop. Not only are > they not true, but the roles may be_ reversed. . According to Bill Riley, director of food closer to the action are al on the - front burner. | As for Fanny’s, as of October e it is closed for dinner only during the week. It will still be open for dinner and from on the weekends Denes else dyomnn everything a ic slow,” said Riley: “We will be putting more of an effort into buffets for large © Feat mtn Snecma ee EDITOR mae MANAGING ed JON LAMOREAUX meray een _ Fanny’ S Closes For LPR RB centers EEE LEENA PEPPPEEPEDEE NOVEMBER 8, 2000 |