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Show B-12 The Park Record Wednesday. December 13, 2Q0Q Make the career change you'll never regret. Get jour Real Estate license right here in Park Citj! Rotating classes QV CXS START ANY TLHE Classes available 6 dajs a week Contact: Karen Eans karcneardley gmac.com Call: 435-649-9200 I-SO0-999-7355 Plan proposes to qive dinosaurs new lifi SALT LAKE CITY (AP A plan under discussion would create cre-ate a new state natural history museum and a new, research facility facil-ity next to Dinosaur National Monument. Utah Division of Parks and Recreation officials are working with federal land managers on the Vernal proposal, which would put state and federal dinosaur experts in each facility. "There is a natural tie," said Courtland Nelson, director of I'tah Stale Parks. "Visitors can see a scientist working and complement com-plement that with a visit to a museum for education and inter pretation. They could pay one fee and get two parks." The proposed museum would replace the 53 year-old Utah Fieldhouse of Natural History, which has problems with its heating, heat-ing, fire protection, electrical and structural systems and access for the disabled. Many exhibits are out of date, and both the museum and the national monuments Quarry Visitor Center near Jensen lack storage space for bones excavated excavat-ed in the area State and federal paleontologists need a place to complete research on new finds. So the stale parks dej.uii.ui.i.1 has decided to demolish the museum and construct a new $6.5 million building, using $5,5 million mil-lion in state funds and SI million generated from Vernal and Uintah County, of which $800,000 is already committed. The new building would include exhibits, classrooms and the already popular outdoor dinosaur garden. "We'll never have the kind of exhibit space that would allow for fult -sue mounts of specimens," speci-mens," said Dennis Ditnun-on. superintendent of Dinosaur National Monument. 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C3EE DUDSDOcsci IOt'4, IDAHO CSLUTAH RUSSAXUTAH tlYISJAUCCD' UTAH 3301 EAST UNARI 40 1 UNWIrSfrt mm 161 L 1400 1 4045 i HVBOAa IQU 288-4100 227-8803 251-6SO0 622-7400 SYtAOISiUmM UTICSSY1UI VitST VAUIX UUM KOVOttnUlUnN aiAIMaCUTJT 1693S 2700S. 39151.4700 1 207 1.1001 MlOllOTOQDtWS rrrisvr:" jh-izw ni-UQQ iii-mu Mi-im Opcn..ftil l:0 pm. ViMlllC.Wa.y 2301 i 303 1. 461-38C0 CAtPIT (KRUT 5S30itW!KSOi 273-5800 . be displayed in a facility in Vernal. It only makes sense to have a closer working relationship." relation-ship." In addition, a regional curatorial curato-rial and storage facility to be shared by state and federal researchers would be build on the outskirts of Vernal. That kind of co-operation would be wonderful to see, said Vernal city manager Ken Bassett. "It is rare," he said. "Many times, you see an incredible amount of duplication. It has enhanced our ability to go to the Legislature and get funding for ju the museum this year." Bassett and other city and countv officials have worked closely with state leaders to secure funding. The project is sixth on the state capital priority list. The project is important for Vcrnal's tourism industry. The state park brings in 80.000 visitors visi-tors each year, generating $1.8 million and providing 40 jobs. Visitation at the monumtnt on the Utah-Colorado border is about three times that at the state facility. Ditmanson stressed that no signed agreements have been made between the agencies, but said all agencies involved support the idea Millcreek dogs to go on leashes SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Plans to enforce leash laws in Mill Creek Canyon have some dog owners yelping in protest. "Cant we have one place where we can take our dogs without with-out a leash?" asked Liz Schulte as she completed a ski tour with her doc Fndav Milf Creek is the only Salt Lake County canyon where canines can run unleashed with their human companions. Dogs have been allowed on the Mill Creek ski trail on even days only for the past four years. Owners are required to bag and dispose of droppings. But managers of the Wasatch-Cache Wasatch-Cache National Forest now say they were never exempt from the Salt Lake County leash law and federal regulations that have been on the books all along. "We were always out of line with the county ordinance." said Cheryl Hall, a Wasatch-Cache law enforcement officer. Starting Jan. 1, rangers and county sheriff's deputies will hand out misdemeanor citations for leash-law violations on the three-plus miles of groomed ski trails and picnic areas, as well as backcountry trails. Come summer, the leash law will be enforced at Dog Lake, a favorite haunt for Salt Lake City's canines. Hall said managers have gotten got-ten complaints about frightening and annoying encounters with unruly dogs. Canyon visitors have reported being charged and bitten by loose dogs. Others complain dogs obstruct the trails. "It's just a crowded area." she said. That is the main reason Blaine Stavn supports the move. "When you are skiing on the trail and you have 50 dogs running run-ning free, it makes it a little uncomfortable," said Stavn, who said he likes animals and often enjoys outdoor trips with dog-owning dog-owning friends. "Dogs donl follow fol-low the commands of their masters," mas-ters," he added. '"When the number num-ber of dogs and number of people peo-ple are all confined to the same space, it is too much." Laura Gray, a Salt Lake City dog owner and skier, said she did not like the decision but realized that it is the result of people abusing the privilege of taking their dogs up the canyon. "I am disappointed but not surprised." Gray said. "As a group, dog owners are not as responsible as they should be," she added. "When you're not, you have problems." Skier Osman Sanyer, who was on a trail with his dog, Zeke, suggested the forest require leashes only for first half-mile, w here most of the congestion is. "1 am going to stop paying my annual fee and go somewhere else," he said. r mm Don Rubalcava Ceramic Tile Installation Phone (435) 655-9093 25 Years Experience. J m tA K Hi ? 5- 1 |