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Show SERVING MOAB AND Moab, Grand County, Utah 84532 SOUTHEASTERN UTAH SINCE 1896 Volume 87 Number 1 2 Thursday, March 26, 1981 Integral Vistas hearing is scheduled Monday in Moab The Division of Environmental Health, Bureau of Air Quality will hold a public meeting in Moab, Monday, March 30 to receive public comments on the protection of visibility in Utah national parks. The meeting will be held in the courtroom of the County Courthouse, beginning at 7 P.M. The Moab hearing is one of four m ' response to Environmental Protection Agency regulations which went into effect December 2, concerning integral vistas. Integral vistas are defined as views from within a national park to a landmark or panaorama outside boundaries. A total of 21 integral vistas have been identified by the National Park Service in Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion National Parks. A release from the Bureau of Air Quality states, The visibility regulations integral vista designations have the potential to significantly impact land use and industrial development in the Get that villain ... The Moab Community Theater will be presenting two melodramas in Star Hall, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 2, 3 and 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Shown above are (left to right) Barbara Hunerjager, Joy Quigley Weatley and Joe Sorensen, practicing for He Ain't Done Right by Nell. The second presentation will be The Great Western Melodrama." Tickets will be available at the door; $3.50 for adults and $1.50 for students and senior citizens. Moab Art Guild season tickets will also be honored. The production is sponsored by the Guild. 10-1- At the hearing, bureau spokesmen will inform the public of the visibility requirements and discuss local concerns regarding visibility held in Utah this month, in and associated has, as a result, proposed a phased long as emissions from proposed or Mountain States Legal Foundation approach to visibility protection. existing sources are consistent in in opposition to the integral vista The first phase will be directed making reasonable progress regulations. Public hearings were toward control of point sources of toward reaching long-tervisibility held earlier this month in St. emissions and the second phase goals. George, Richfield and Salt Lake will require a A suit has been filed by the City. 5 year plan to deal with complex problems such as regional haze and urban plumes. on state. As a result of the new regulations, the State of Utah must develop and submit to the EPA a State Implementation Plan (SIP) by August 2 of this year. The SIP must contain the plans and strategies developed by the state to meet requirements of the regulations. The release continues, EPA has recognized that certain scientific and technical limitations exist and Early necessary due to shortage of funding pre-registrati- and gather information prior to the preparation of the SIP. According to a map prepared by the state agency, almost all Of Grand County for the next is included in the areas proposed school held is being early this year for visibility protection. year because it is a critical budget Before the August 2 deadline, and staffing year. Grand District the state must determine areas Officials need to know as early as where visibility exists and identify possible what teacher needs will be which for another year. existing point sources cause impairment. On identified for next years point sources, the state must perform a Best Available Retrofit Kindergarten students will be Tuesday, March 30 Technology (BART) analysis and Monday and cut-ofand f The 31. date for Kincontrol , identify techniques to is students September dergarten improve visibility. 30- - as it was this year. However, In addition, the state is required if you feel that your child is mature to develop a visibility monitoring enough to start Kindergarten and strategy and consider monitoring hisher birthday falls after Seprequirements for new sources. The tember 30 but before October 5th, state must also develop a long-terheshe can be tested for early en' plan to remedy existing and trance. The testing will be done at prevent future visibility impacts, the District office and all prior to preparing the SIP. arrangements must be made m - through that office. Those parents who register on March 30 or 31 will be given their methods to achieve visibility goals of Morning or After-nooxiid develop regulations to assure preference sessions. Parents who ' progress toward those "goals. In register their Kindergarten addition, the EPA will provide children after that date will have to for the SIP; guidelines require take their .chances. emission limits and a schedule for The Grand County Board of and As part of the program, the EPA will prepare a report to Congress on n Half Marathon willdraw joggers . -- e About 400 contestants from marathon, a race will also throughout the West are expected be run this year. to compete in the annual Both races will begin at 9 a.m. race Saturday. The will Canyonlands this Saturday, March 28. In ad- start 11 miles up Highway 128 dition to the 13.1 mile half along the Colorado River. The five- five-mil- Half-Maratho- n half-marath- oQ r U. S. j Thrift and Loan . . . the opening of a branch office of U. S. Thrift and Loan on Moab in the Energy Building. This is a depository institution and its primary business area will be in consumer lending with a secondary interest in mortgage lending for person-- I al loans, auto financing, recreational vehicle and mobile home April 13 will mark I I I financing. This type of lending service has not been available in Qrand and San Juan Counties for many years, and the service will add a new dimension to lending choices in the area. At the deposit end, the firm will pay higher rates than any bank or savings and loan in the area, with passbook rates of 8 per cent, Local manager will be Mike Goodall, who comes to Moab from Brigham City, but is a native of Idaho. He is married and the couple expects a child. He said U. S. Thrift and Loan, with primary offices in Logan, .was formerly State Finance Thrift Company, but was bought by U. S. Bancorp, Oregon, which changed the name. J I j I j I j I j I Spring Sale ... The Moab Retail Merchants are sponsoring a Spring Sale this weekend, with many businesses planning to hold sidewalk sales on Friday and Saturday, weather permitting. Free food samples and refreshments, lots of bargains will make for a festive spring feeling in the Moab business community. I I J Moose Park Opening ... I j I I . J . I I At a meeting of the Moab Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, March 24, Grand County Commissioner Ray Tibbetts announced that Moose Park, along the Colorado River on Highway 128, would be opened to vehicular access by the Easter weekend. He stated that the Commissioners met Monday with BLM District Manager Gene Nodine and Area Manager Pete Christen- sen to discuss the proposal. Previously, access to the area was blocked by the BLM with a series of boulders along the highway. Tibbetts said that the change was a joint effort of the county and the BLM. Benefit Golf Tournament I , I J j 1 j . Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The tournament, which begins at 10 a.m., will be followed by a steak fry at 5 p.m. Participants will be asked to donate $25 per person. A donation of $7.50 will be asked for ' j guests. I j I I I non-golfin- dinner g v , Prizes of $50, $25, and $15 will be awarded for first, second and third place finishes in the mens and womens net and gross 18-- I e hole competition. A mens and womens tournament will also be held, with prizes of $25, $15 and $7.50 awarded for first, second and third place finishes in each division. All prizes have been donated by Moab merchants. The entry deadline is Friday, April 10. Golfers without an established handicap will use the Calloway System. For further nine-hol- j . A benefit golf tournament, sponsored by the Moab chapter of Beta Eta Sorority, will be held at the Moab Country Club, Sun- day, April 12. Proceeds from the tournament will go to St. Judes information, contact Mary Mahoney at 259-547- mile event will begin at Negro Bill Canyon. Both races will end at the City Park. Contestants are urged to preregister at the Chamber of Commerce office on North Highway 163, but registration will be open Saturday morning for late arrivals. A registration fee of $6 will include bus ride to the starting a and beverages after the race. point All those who complete the races will be awarded certificates and shirts. The winners in each category will receive ribbons and trophies. Competition will be split into mens and womens divisions, with age groups in each divided into classes: 13 and under; and 50 and over. Contestants should meet at the Chamber office between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. All runners will be transported to the starting lines by bus. As of Tuesday morning, about for 200 runners had the event. 14-1- 30-3- 9; any role in the identification process, but are then required to vistas protect the federally-selecte- d in state implementation plans. A release from the Park Service stated that states will be able to balance visibility protection with energy and economic objectives, as 40-4- The Half-Maratho- that parents have well-chil- d examinations regularly and that they keep the school informed in the event any problems arise. The State Department does require that every entering Kindergarten child have an Immunization Record on file at the respective school and no child will be permitted to start school next year without having fulfilled this obligation. slips will be sent home with all other Elementary children on Monday, March 30. If your child will be attending school in Moab next year, please fill out the registration form on the sheet. If you know that your child will not be attending school in Moab next year, please fill out the ( , bottom part of the registration form only. Please have your child return the completd form to his teacher on Tuesday. Changed mail rates created a big run on 3 cent stamps in Moab If everyone had mailed the the post office is between 3,000 and letters they bought those 4,000 pieces of mail daily, so the stamps for Monday, wed still be ruil on stamps seems to verify commented Prowses theory. here sorting , Mail, He also announced a raise in box Moab Postmaster Lew Prowse He estimates rental the rates, except for people Tuesday morning. local post office sold 15,000 areas, such as living in stamps on Monday, the first day of Castle Valley, whose rates will first class rate. remain $2.50. Boxes renting at the the And by Tuesday, the local post $8 rate for six months will be $10; office was out of and those renting for $11 will be $13; those renting for $15 will be $22.50; more but stamps, expecting in Wednesday. Prowse said he and those going for $30 will be $51. thought everyone in town was Persons and businesses currently trying to match up their current renting post office boxes may wish supply of stamps with the to consider carrier delivery instead, he said, adding that the personal stamps. non-delive- ry 18-ce- nt 15-ce- nt Canyonlands with its route along the spectacular Colorado River canyon, is one of the most popular running events in the area and attracts a large number of entrants. Spectators are welcome. For further information, contact the Chamber of Commerce at n, Normal volume of mail through delivery by carrier is free. 259-753- Jacobs outlines work of Council at Chamber meeting Grand County Commission Chairman Larry Jacobs gave a presentation on the operation of the Travel Council at a meeting of the Moab Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday, March 24. Jacobs was recently selected by the Commission to serve as county administrator and director of the Travel Council. Jacobs told Chamber members that the Commission passed an ordinance in April of 1970, authorizing the collection of transient room taxes, used to fund the Travel Council. In October of last year, he continued, Director Dixie Barker met with Commissioner Ray Tibbetts to discuss her recommendations for the future of the Council, as she' was moving out of the area. In an effort to save money and (Continued on A 7) ' -- T.: 20-2- compliance provide guidelines to determine emission limits for power plants generating over 750 MW. The EPA will then approve or disapprove the states SIP. The new regulations have been sharply criticized by Utah Governor Scott Matheson for denying states Education is no longer requiring Physical Examinations but it is imperative that the school be made aware of any physical limitations; Epilepsy, Diabetes, Heart Trouble, etc., so it is strongly recommended Set for Girls State ... Grand County High School girls selected to attend the 1981 session of Girls State are (from left to right): Megan Tibbetts, Sally Crossland, Lorri Bennett, Selena Miller, Amy Urbanek and Rachel Rhea. Girls State will be held June at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City. The session is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. 3 |