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Show Community Comments . . . Qi Last week in this space, Q I urged readers to be gen- n n -i erous with their views to the . Xf-fJ Tt- Congressional delegation. In fX3$r r-r3) particular, I referred to the wOJj proposed centralization of yStsz BLM offices in already crowd- SCjrl r ed cities and away from the Tb7fW7 tm PeoPle- The admonition, how- fi ever, applied to almost any 11 jU issue, and the need for people to make their views known. Short y after publication of that column, I had occasion, along with neighbor publisher, Miles Turnbull of Monticello, to go one step further. Miles and I met with Sen. Frank E. Moss and Congressman Allan E. Howe in Salt Lake City, to discuss the proposed BLM move. Sen. Moss had already reacted to the BLM proposal. In a news release published elsewhere in this issue, the Senator describes his letter of protest pro-test over the consolidation idea. Congressman Howe, who does not serve this particular Congressional District, but who is very familiar with this part of Utah and its people from his stint as Director of the Four Corners Regional Commission in Farm-ington, Farm-ington, pledged his active support to keep the office alignment as it is now. It will be interesting to see what happens now. --sjt You win a few and lose a few. Despite protests from nearly everyone in the area concerned, and despite pressure from a United States Senator, the National Park Service is sticking by its guns relative rela-tive to the hoped-for opening of the Halls Creek jeep road along the Waterpocket Fold in Capitol Reef National Park. Regional NPS Director Lynn Thompson of Denver informed Sen. Moss that it was the decision of the service to keep the closure in effect because of the potential of environmental damage along the Halls Creek drainage. Opening of the road would have meant some alterations in the Wilderness proposal pro-posal for Capitol Reef. Sen. Moss has promised that the fight isn't over yet. It is his intention to have the bill amended when it comes before Congress for approval. I'm sure that moral support from those who don't believe that controlled jeep roads are particularly bad things would help the Senator in his endeavors, -sjt- Police Chief Mel Dalton reported Tuesday that he may be bumming meals this week, after having cited his wife in a minor vehicle accident. Chief Dalton was called to his home, 324 E. 1st North, at 10 a.m. to investigate an accident. He reported that Mrs. Mel (Ida) Dalton was backing from the driveway in a 1969 Ford, and backed into a 1969 Chevrolet driven by Erma Bunce. There was no damage to the Dalton vehicle, but the Bunce car sustained about $180 damage. Mrs. Dalton was cited by her husband for improper im-proper backing, causing an accident. |