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Show t community comments... Moab's continued attempt to remain one of Utah's few rural towns with daily commercial air service has been making quite a bit of news lately, and as one Federal investigator stated Wednesday, while in the community on an investigation trip for Congress into how and where airline subsidies were being spent, "You guys have really become a guinny pig for the whole country on this third level carrier business." That well may be true, and it's my bet that what happens with respect to Moab's air service problem will be a pattern that will be followed in literally hundreds of communities across the nation. The idea of a statewide system of third and fourth level air service, not only to Moab, Vernal, Price and Cedar City, but to a score more communities, is an interesting thought, and should be pursued. But it isn't the whole answer. As Pete Byrd stated this week, "If we had a darn good bus system that hit Moab in the middle of the day and didn't stop at every little dinky town between here and Salt Lake City, we wouldn't have to keep trying to hang on to air service." This is right. Utah needs to do a lot of looking and thinking about public transportation. And that thought has to be directed to the whole state, not just to the Wasatch Front. -sjt- Friend Russ Donoghue got all dressed up for jury duty Monday, reported for work at the courthouse, and then found out that his call wasn't until Tuesday. Come on, Russ, you can keep a better calendar than that. -sjt- Mary Pogue stopped by the office Wednesday morning to leave a letter to the editor which she had promised to write on behalf of a group of senior citizens which had gotten together. Mary said, in essence, that many of the senior citircis here feel they are not only very able of taking care of their own needs, but also resentful of the fact that the division on aging evidently wishes to remove this prerogative from them. We can understand Mary's feelings, and those of many of our older folk. They have done for themselves all their lives, and they take pride in the fact". They don't take kindly to being told that they need services. It appears, in fact, that the division on aging plan looks to expanding the horizons of the older citizens. We suppose, however, that this group of people also has the right to say they don't need or wish to have their horizons expanded. sjt Park Service naturalist and green house expert Dave May said the other day that people in Moab water their lawns too darn rucn i e got a lot of faith in Dave, so I quit watering mine so much It died What now. Dave? sjt- Wp applaud Governor Calvin Rampton for taking the proposed Title XX comprehensive annual services program plan, currently under fire from various public sectors, into his own hands. Following public outcry that the proposed fee schedule was exhorbitant for middle-income people while providing free services to low-income and certain other classifications of people, the Governor has slated a public hearing of his own on the matter the '-earing will be held Wednesday, Aug. 27 "from 2 to 5 p.m in the uovernor's Board Room in the Stale Capitol Building. In addition, the period for public comment has been extended 4b days beyond the original Aug. 15 cuoff. Although it often appears that governmental agencies have their minds completely made up before any public hearing on matters most assuredly of importance to the public, we hope the Governor's move to look into the Utah Department of Social Services' proposed plan will result in changes in the plan which will make it more acceptable to the general public. |