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Show mi. jii yj mnpiiiijun g) f 'fnnr pr ipfi pk&i tjnu,, jl'iri'miiiiLiinpnMmiii"igii '(tlf f Thurttay, &umB-cflniepttir- tt, Aprinu,if pi Moab Long-tim- e resident , O. C, "Orb" Wiggle died Thistle slide is moving ... Price The Thistle landslide is starting to move. But to date, the movement is small and doesnt represent a danger to life or property, yet. This is s pretty sensitive subject around here, pointed out Utah Geological Survey state geologist Lee Allison. We dont want to make a big deal out of it or blow it out of proportion, but pieces of the slide are moving and slumping. The mountain area in question moved in a big way in 1983 and destroyed the road in Spanish Fork Canyon, the railroad main line and the small town of Thistle. The river backed up, creating a large lake which kept traffic off of U. S. Highway 6 for nearly a year. The current movement is near the top of the slide and amounts to about two acres in size. Price Sun Advocate . . rising Emery valuations taxes in . Castle Dale Property unincorporated Emery County are expected to increase significantly. Following a mandated five-yereappraisal, which will be conducted this summer, residents can expect their property taxes to increase anywhere from 20 to 40. Most of the blame can be attributed to the sellers market locally, said county assessor Jim Fauver. With the small availability of homes for purchase, home values have gone up markedly the past couple of years. The average home sale price has gone from $56,504 in 1995 to $78,183 in 1996, he said. Emery County Progress ar Schools boycotted . . . Roosevelt Half of Tbdd Elementarys Native American students who comprise 80 of the total student body were missing from class last Thursday, the result of a boycott launched by the Ute Tribe Business Committee in negative response to the appointment of Dave Murray to Uintah County School Board. By Friday, the day the boycott was called off, only 57 of students had returned to class, probably because word that the boycott had ended did not get out. The Ute Tribe is seeking representation on the school board. Uintah Basin Standard Bees under attack . . . Cortez, Colo. Few people have heard of the varroa mite or the tracheal mite, and even fewer have ever seen them. But these two tiny parasites are waging a savage war on honeybees of the United States and the havoc they have wreaked is being felt even in Southwest Colorado. Because of these two mites and, in some areas, because of the use of certain pesticides, the number of wild honeybees has declined drastically, by anywhere from 50 to 90 according to some estimates. And commercial beekeepers are having to struggle to keep their hives from being decimated. Cortez Sentinel Whistles blowing again . . . Heber City Several whistle blowers began arriving in Heber last week. At any given time each Saturday and Sunday their where-- . abouts will be known by almost everyone in the valley. The whistle blowers are the certified engineers ofthVHeber Valley Railroad andf they will be blowing the train whistle on a regular basis during April. Since the tourist railroad began renewed operations in 1993, the popularity of the excursion train has grown. Visitors from around the world have boarded antique coaches for a nostalgic ride into history. Popudate up a month from its traditional larity has pushed the start-uMothers Day opening in May. The Wasatch Wave p Well-behave- d Easter crowd . . . Nephi Easter weekend in Juab County resulted in fewer arrests with less accidents than has been the case in the past few years. This is the best Easter weekend we have had, from a law enforcement standpoint, in the 22 years I have been with the sheriffs department, said Sheriff David Carter. We had more people at the Little Sahara Sand Dimes this year than we have had since the 1980s, Carter said. 20,000 visitors were counted at the site during the weekend. Arrests were way, way down. We had mostly families at the Dunes this year. That is what we have been working toward for a number of years, said Carter. s Nephi 71 mes-New- A busy mountain , . . O. C. Orb Wiggle spring wedding film, The Scottish Tale , by Mack Polhemus, (Polhemus Pictures 1996), stars Beth (Ann Boehlke) and Mac (Josiah Polhemus) and will be featured Saturday night at Star Hall as part of the Canyonlands Film and Video Festival, running April 18 and 19. Mac, (left), prepares to fight his brother for the love of Beth while, (right), Beth fulfills her dream of marrying the man she loves and breaking the Guiness World Record for the longest wedding train. A Unique and, original films featured Apr. 18 & 19 at Moab Festival Get ready for watching some unique and original films coming April 18 and 19 as part of the third annual Canyonlands Film and Video Festival. Friday night screenings at the Slickrock Cinema will in- Water rates going up, , , Monticello Water rates are going up Pieces is a fascinating 54 minute documentary on a Colo- rado man diagnosed with a disorder and how he has come to terms with it. Bridgers is involved with the College of Eastern Utahs Moab Center film program and holds an MFA in filmmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute. Other films include, but are not limited to: Out of This multi-personali- clude, a 35mm 100 minute feature length film entitled Joes Wedding by Canadian Director Michael Kennedy. Another 35mm print to be screened will be Hero Sandwich, (Happy Trails Animation), an animated short about handiby two noncapped parking-tolusers who experience awkward but illuminating situations with the disabled. The Saturday night screenings at Star Hall look equally Strong with the feature length 86 minute 16mm film, The Scottish Tale, (Polhemus Pictures), highlighting the evening. The film is a romantic comedy loosely based on Macbeth, about two Scottish brothers (one named Mac) in love with the same woman (her names Beth). The films writerdirector Mack Polhemus, with Polhemus Pictures will be on hand to answer questions about the film and its making. My film literally started out in the backyard of my grandmothers house with my brother, wife and sister as the main actors. Because so many talented technical professionals (and actors) became involved, this homemade film has turned into a personal and charming production that Im proud to present to 'audiences, stated Polhemus. In addition to Mr. Polhemus appearance, local film and video maker Lee Bridgers is also scheduled for a tentative appearance to speak on his work Pieces which will be screened Saturday night as well. ty World by Holly Du Rivage, a five minute 16mm animated travel adventure exploring earthly and celestial landscapes; d high-qualit- Vail, Colo. As had been predicted months ago, last week was one of the busiest weeks of the year. On Saturday, Vail Mountain had 14,000 skiers, and on Easter Sunday 15,000, while on Monday it dropped down to 14,000. These were not nearly the crowds of Christmas, when on one or two days Vail pushed the 19,000 mark. The crowds came despite the fact that March turned out to be one of the driest Marches on record, with almost no new snow to powder the slopes. Vail Beaver Creek Times The Ulti- mate Dive, (Gyro Productions), a tongue-in-chee- k how-t- o video about the art and science of dumpster diving; El Dorado, (Qreen TV Inc.), a 56 minute documentary about a com munity in conflict over a national forest in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The film takes an unusually Local Macintosh users finally have a place where they can go to meet others like themselves. The Slickrock Mac Users Group is focused on creating a supportive community to help Mac Users share ideas and information with each other. The next meeting of the SMUG will be Wednesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. User groups are people banding together to help each other with computers. There are thousands of such groups all over the world, covering every type of computer, application, operating system and hardware platform. SMUG is the first such group to be formed locally. Monthly meetings are being held on the third Wednesday of each month. This is the place y, troubles , , , Parking Cortez, Colo. There seems to be little question ' Montezuma Valley Journal at the door. For more information contact Country Pumpkin Productions, 435 River Sands Road, Moab, UT or for ticket 84532, information only 8. where members answer each others questions, demonstrate computer products, and share their knowledge and experience. Future plans for the Slickrock Mac Users Group include creation of a software resource center, hosting a web page, organizing field trips, and providing community sendees to assist and educate local citizens about the Macintosh world. Special Interest Groups- - such as education, desktop publishing, beginners, programming, internet, and business are being encouraged to form. multi-medi- a, -- A monthly newsletter, including notes from meetings, software reviews and short articles is already being published. In the future, SMUG Times will also include a classified section for people needing information, training, equipment, and so on. to memCopies will be bers and other interested parties. For those Mac Users who may be wondering about the future of their machine, or others who may be considering a purchase, SMUG encourages you to ponder the words of David Forte, Technology Manager for TIME Magazine, from a letter published in the Wall Street Journal on January 27, 1997: We use Macs and not PCs because the PC cannot do things the Mac has been able to do for years. ..We find the software available for the Mac to be more than adequate to publish our two-ho- all-da- unbiased look at four local residents, two timber workers and two environmentalists as they try to balance the health of the forest with the jobs of the workers who depend on it. By humanizing all the characters in the film, it shows a profound respect for both sides of this extremely volatile issue. Advance purchases of tickets are encouraged with prices at $8 per evening until April 12, $9 until the day of the shows and $10 the day of the shows. Tickets and specific film schedules are available at Back of Beyond Books, Mondo Cafe, College of Eastern Utahs Moab Center and Macintosh users group is in Moab getting organized computer in the City of Monticello. The Monticello City Council approved the changes at a recent meeting. A packed group of concerned residents attended the public hearing to her the City's case regarding water increases. Officials state the increases are necessary to pay for a revenue bond to help build a new water treatment plant for the City. "We really have no choice," said City Manager Trent Schafer. "The way you pay back a revenue bond is through increased revenue. The proposed increases include a fee for secondary water based on the size of the lot. Monticello has not read culinary water meters for several years, but will begin doing so under the new plan. The San Juan Record that a parking problem exists in downtown Cortez, but the nature of the problem isn't quite as certain. Joe Keck, owner of the J.C. Penney catalogue store and president of the Downtown Development Committee, explained that a survey will be conducted this summer to determine exactly what the parking demands are in various parts of the town's core. In the meantime, he said, other steps to create more customer parking are being initiated. First and foremost, employees of downtown businesses are being asked to park somewhere other than the parking zones closest to the businesses. Employees considered "abusers," both those who move their vehicles from one spot to another and those who believe a $2 parking ticket is a small price to pay for y parking, are being notified that they are contributing to the problem and must desist. Moab resident Orbra Claude Orb Wiggle died April 6, 1997 in St. Marys Hospital of complications following a blood clot. Memorial Services will be held May 3, 1997 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Spanish Valley, details to be announced later. He was bom March 24, 1912, in Bayard, NE to Harry and Beulah Reyburn Wiggle, and graduated from Lone Star High School near Sterling, CO, in 1929. He married Irene Campbell on Aug 1, 1932 in Akron, CO They lived in Washington County, CO, until the dust bowl blew them away with a lot of other people in the 1930s. In 1933 they went to Oregon, w here they heard there were better opportunities, and on the way they stopped at Thompson, UT, to visit Orbs father, who was the Long-tim- e Moab Jazz Booster , Moab . . grader, Toby Smith had the experience of a lifetime when he attended a Utah Jazz booster party in Salt Lake City. He met, and got the autographs of most of the players including John Stockton, Jeff Homacek (pictured). Antoine Carr and team coach, Jerry Sloan. fifth little magazine...We find it easier to train people on...We get great support from Apple... ignore the propaganda and focus on what you see. Next Wednesdays SMUG meeting will feature Ways to Set Up Your Mac. In response to member requests, Duncan Mackie will present some shareware tools that allow users stationmaster for D&RGW Rail- road. One day during the visit, they came to Moab to visit, a for a soda at the drug store. As they continued their trip to Oregon, they thought about Moab and decided they hadnt lot anything here, and never expected to see it again. In about 1936 they moved to Cortez. At the end of World War II, they were living in La Sal, and Orb had been working at the Big Indian Copper mine. At that time they moved into Moab, and lived here for 52 years since. In 1945 Orb opened up an electrical shop and began selling appliances, radios and Maytag washing machines. He also fixed appliances, wired houses and did work people couldnt get done during the war. About 1947 he and Ed Provonsha began the Eastern Utah Gas Co., selling LP gas and appliance in Moab and the surrounding area. He sold the gas company in 1959. After operating a gasoline station for some time, he then worked as maintenance engineer at Allen Memorial Hospital for 16 years. Orb and Irene were charter members of the Moab Seventh-da- y Adventist Church. He was also an active member of the Moab Lions Club, instrumental in the building of Lions Park. He had a ham radio station in his home for many years, and for about 25 years ran a bible study net on the radio every morning at 6 a.m. He was interested in computers and was one of the early users in Moab. After retirement, the Wiggles enjoyed travel, visiting Hawaii, Guam, the Micronesian Islands, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico City, Acapulco, the Holy Land, Rome and Venice on various trips. He is survived by his wife; two sons and wives, Jerry and Mitzi Wiggle, Lincoln, NE; Ronald and Rose Wiggle, Deerbom, MI; a brother, Joseph S. Leech, Atlanta, GA; several grandchildren and n, nephews and nieces. to toggle between applications, manage extensions and fonts, and more. Evnavigate plug-inis and eryone invited, beginners are encouraged, to attend. s, For more information about the Slickrock Mac Users Group, contact Barbara Morra at 3 or bamorrasisna.com. .259-571- I .1 IT ifnjjJL.ll 1 |