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Show 4 - MARCH TIMES - MARCH 1993 there is little that can be done to alter the results. Any requests for changes occurring after the EA is signed are often regarded as criticism of the BLM. At the last Town Council meeting Hot Air Balloons Over Castle Valley? BLM has received a request from Wild West Balloon Tours to run hot air balloon trips through Castle Valley, there was strong and uniform dislike for the invasion of privacy and possible safety hazards that this proposal could bring about. (Earlier hot air ballooning Professor Valley, and Fisher Valley. This is in addition to their request to continue their existing operations south of Moab in the Canyon Rims area near Canyonlands National Park. in the valley apparently caused one Points to Ponder . . . A MAN IS ON A BOAT. He is not alone but acts as if he were. One night, he begins to cut a hole under his seat. His neighbors shriek: ”Have you gone mad? Do you want to sink us all?” Calmly he answers them: ”i don’t understand what you want. What I’m doing is none of your business. I paid my way. I’m only cutting under my own seat.” fire.) Wild West Balloon Tours is asking permission for daily tours occurring People living in the Professor Valley area also are opposed to this what you and I cannot forget, is three hours after sunrise and two hours before sunset. Groups of three balloons may be used at one time. activity. Let’s ask that Wild West Ballooning be kept down in the canyon Rims area where it was before. Once it gets started in our area, it can only increase traffic on the River Road and that all of us are in the same boat. —Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai BLM is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for this proposal. The EA is expected to be completed towards the end of March, according to What some will not accept, (Thanks to Sally Rains) degrade the countryside with noise and visual pollution at the cooler times of day when we most like to be outside. What this means is that if you want to be heard on this issue, call both Brad Palmer and Alex Van Hemert at 2598193 and let them know of your concerns. —Jack Campbell Alex Van Hemert of the local BLM office. After the EA is prepared, the public will have a 30-day period to comment on the conclusions in the EA. Unfortunately, once the BLM has decided what it wants to do in the EA preparation that is occurring right now, A MAN IS LIKELY to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business. —-Eric Hoffer (Thanks to Gwen Martineau) RIVER ROAD TO CLOSE Saturday, March 20th, from 9 to 12 noon, for the Half-Marathon. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0.0000000.0.0.0. éCELEBRATE SPRING g O c O - as v?” g ..$::::i§f§§i;s;;. o o v. e‘ ' 9. -. O /\ s . o 0 as«it é CASTLE§ § q, 0. e . a CA NYO N é g A <90 0” a 9 N u RS E RY§ <3 C.) O @E%:% o ‘59," 0?.an lie—569% “i " 82 7 4 C.) o aOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00000000000000.0009 |
