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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 28-31, 2018 The Park Record Zinke visits on Pioneer Day Interior head in Utah as it jockeys for BLM office LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lauded Mormon pioneers in a speech Tuesday at a rodeo in Utah where state leaders hope he’ll relocate the nation’s largest land management agency. Zinke didn’t make any announcement about the future of the Bureau of Land Management, but the visit was another chance to tout Utah’s central location close to vast tracts the agency oversees in several Western states. Zinke, who oversees the bureau, is considering moving its headquarters from Washington D.C., to the West. A decision could be made in the next six to eight months. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert had a “good discussion” pitching Utah to Zinke, his Deputy Chief of Staff Paul Ed- wards said Tuesday. Other states such as Colorado are also trying to lure the headquarters, he said. Conservative Utah leaders have long chafed under the agency’s management of some 23 million acres of public land in the state and called for it to come under state control instead, but Edwards said that moving the agency headquarters West would be a step toward addressing their concerns. The bureau manages nearly 388,000 square miles nationwide, and 99 percent is in 12 Western states. While other Western leaders agree the headquarters should be closer to the land it manages, bureau veterans say the agency needs a presence in Washington, D.C. Zinke’s short Utah speech recognized Pioneer Day, a state holiday that recognizes the arrival of Mormon pioneers who trekked across the country in search of religious freedom. “Today we have a man in the White House that respects religious freedom, and that man is Donald J. Trump,” Zinke, a former Montana congressman, said. The crowd at the Days of `47 Rodeo cheered in response. He read a proclamation from the president recognizing the accomplishments of settlers with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who “worked tirelessly to transform the arid desert landscape into a blossoming new home.” Zinke then mounted a chestnut quarter horse named Cowboy and rode around the arena, waving to the crowd with fringed white gloves. He was not available for questions from reporters Tuesday. He spoke hours after a closed appearance in New Mexico at a conference of state attorneys general that was met by protests from environmental and native activists. Though Trump foundered somewhat in Utah as voters balked at his brash style, many state officials cheered his move to downsize two national monuments last year. The decision was decried by Native American tribes and environmentalists. LGBTQ displays removed Hurricane library workers dismayed by decision Associated Press ST. GEORGE – Workers at a southern Utah library were pressured to remove buttons and other displays highlighting LGBTQ-themed materials because they are seen as divisive, they said. The LGBTQ-themed displays and buttons have been contentious issues at the Hurricane library for the past two years. Last year, workers were ordered to remove the displays because a county official thought they were too controversial. This year, they were asked take off buttons that read “Ask me about LGBTQ reads,” workers said. The buttons and displays at the Hurricane library drew complaints from upset visitors, said Joel Tucker, the director who oversees library branches in Washington County. Library employees who placed the displays and wore the buttons told the Spectrum that they never received any complaints. The LGBTQ-themed displays were similar to those that they put up for Saint Patrick’s Day, polygamy, Black History Month and most recently Pioneer Day, they said. The intention behind the Pride Month displays was to show the library is a safe space to learn more about the topic, said Ammon Treasure, a clerk at the library. “There persists an idea that acknowledgment of LGBTQ people equates to promoting a specific agenda or advocating for deviant behavior,” he told the St. George newspaper last week. “I want to go on record in stating that this is not true. We only desire your respect and equal treatment in regards to the services the library provides.” Some of Treasure’s co-workers have spoken up in support, including Natalie Daniel, who thinks the censoring the displays sends a bad message. Staffers replaced this year’s LGBTQ display with new diversity-themed displays over a selection of books that read “libraries are for everyone.” The new displays were a safer choice, Tucker said, because the alternative would “give rise to or would be likely to give rise to disagreement.” As for the buttons, Tucker said they were no longer allowed under new dress standards approved last month for employees. A-15 Pioneer Days Celebration Specials WILL GET ANYBODY APPROVED! and we will get it done with HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND TRANSPARENCY All Chevy Silverados Up to 14% OFF MIKE HALE CHEVROLET CARES ABOUT OUR PARK CITY COMMUNITY! Get your next { $ 95 14 OIL CHANGE Go to www.MikeHaleChevrolet.com/oil to get your coupon! Drive a new Chevy Colorado for as a low as $249 mo. * see dealer for details If we don’t have it, we can get it. 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