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Show Listen to Cataract Canyon lecture Oct 27 at MIC . See Bl. Thursday, October 23, 1997 County delays action on development rules New species of dinosaur to publish items on Failure bones found at agenda causes postponement Dalton Wells by Ken Davey Four new species of dinosaur were discovered just outside of town, including a camarasaurid 45 feet long and 22 feet tall, according to Brigham Young University paleontologist Ken St adman. Stadman and other BYU paleontologists excavated a the Dalton Wells quarry near Arches National Park, where they found fossils up to 120 million years old. They included partial skulls and other bones from two new longspecies of tailed plant eaters known as two apparently new species of small meat eaters less than 10 feet long, and bones of long-necke- d, sau-ropod- the known vicious s, killer Utahraptor. Museum of Western Colorado paleontologist Brooks Britt told the annual gathering of the Geological Society of America that one of the new species of Cretaceous Period sauropods appears to be related to the much named older Jurassic plant-eate- r Camarasaurus. The other new sauropod is the oldest member of the titanosaurid family found in the Western Hemisphere. It was about 40 feet long and 15 feet tall. Until this most recent discovery, the only known North American titanosaur species was the Alamosaurus, found in central Utah and elsewhere. Titanosaurs were the dominant plant eaters in India, Africa and South America, and re- searchers believed their ancestors migrated to Uth from South America not long before they went extinct 65 million years ago. Finding much older titanosaurs in Utah means that theory needs rethinking, paleontologists said. Bike festival saw fewer participants, many injuries by Carrie Switzer Last weekends Fat Tire Festival drew far fewer bicyclists than in previous years, but the number of injuries remained about the same, with frequent calls for emergency medical care being made and high demand for doctors called in to set broken bones and care for head injuries. Although Allen Memorial Hospital would not release the number of bicycle-relate- d injuries over the weekend, spokesperson Cindy Hardgrave confirmed there were several emergencies related to the festival, most of them fractures. All but one of those who were injured were treated by emergency room staff and released. One cyclist was admitted to the hospital for further treatment. Fat Tire Festival participants began setting up camp at Swanny Pioneer Park early last Continued on page A2 The failure of the county to post public hearing items on Mondays county council agenda has delayed for at least a month proposals to relax land use regulations. The original plan was to hold discussions on an amendment to allow new lots in l zones to have frontage on county roads of 130 or more feet, replacing the current requirement ofl50 frontage. The A--l zone allows lots with a minimum size of one acre. According to a memo from county planner Richard Grice, many property owners found the requirement to be unreasonably restrictive and the Planning Commission agrees. A-- 150-fo- ot views, and those hearings were left off the agenda. So the county now must go through the process from the beginning, starting with four weeks of public advertisements of the hearings. In other business, the county council voted to allocate $3,000 from a special county fund to study plans by Atlas Minerals to cover the uranium tailings pile north of town with a rock cover. Atlas is asking the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to leave the pile where it is, saying it is a safe and cost effective way of controlling radiation. But critics, including a majority of the county council, are calling for looking at other alternatives, including moving the tailings to what they consider a more stable geological area, away from the Colorado River and town. The council was also going to hold a public hearing on a plan to widen the use of the highway commercial zone to include outdoor retail sales on the list of allowable conditional uses. The request came from Tom Shellenberger, who plans to establish the Moab Marketplace, a sort of open air market with 10,000 square feet of booth space at South Highway 191 and San Jose Drive. The zoning ordinance proposal would also permit warehouses and outdoor RV and boat storage. But since both the frontage and the outdoor sales amendments were changes in land use regulations state law requires public hearings to allow other In 1996, former council mem- ber Bill Hedden raised private donations to help the county fund legal and scientific research to support that view, which is where the $3,000 is coming from. The Rotary pavillion area is a favorite gathering place. Built by Rotarians four years ago under the supervision of Don Cook of First Security Bank, the structure now is undergoing some repair to a roof, (photo by Joe Kingsley) wind-damag- Student enrollment increasing to transfer Rotary Numbers park to Moab City are up by year we purchased used books. The two issues, Greenburg explained, are that textbooks wear out and they become outdated. In purchasing spelling books, she said a 1990 book in quality condition is likely to be good until the year 2002, when Continued on page A2 27 pupils by Carrie Switzer Grand County School enrollment is up by 27 students this year, which is always good news for districts budgeting by average daily attendance projections. Red Rock Elementary records enrollment of 474 students in kindergarten through the third grade. Helen M. Grand County High School enrollment is nearly double that of the middle school, at 487 students. The middle school enrollment is 272. District-wide, 1,632 students attend Grand County schools, compared to 1,605 last year. Elementary school programs and planning was the focus of this months Grand County Board of Education meeting, during which the principals of Red Rock Elementary and Helen M. Knight Intermediate Schools made reports. Red Rock Elementary will use a Centennial grant to fund k a program this summer to language arts for early readers. The grant pays for five teachers ($8,400) and transportation for students, who are introduced to listening and speaking skills in preparation for the districts reading programs. Also at Red Rock Elementary, Seekhaven has provided the services of five volunteers to work with students and parents on parenting skills; teachsix-wee- ers are receiving internet training; and staff is examining the English as a Second language program for improvements. HMK has purchased brand new math texts and other used textbooks in fair" and quality condition, and Principal Annette Greenberg presented a report pointing out that the Tree house on land just recently acquired by the Moab Rotary Club. John Fogg is leading the development work on this project, said Joe Kingsley, presi- Dedication ceremony is Friday, Oct 24 The Moab Rotary Club will hold a dedication ceremony this Friday, Oct. 24, to transfer ownership of the Rotary Park to the City of Moab. After years of work by the members of the Club acquiring the land, building the pavilion, and working with the City in the design of the Park, it is now ready to be dedicated to the City. All past and present members of the Rotary Club are encouraged to attend the dinner Knight Intermediate School has 399 students grades four through six. HMK needs an ongoing plan and resources for updating and replacing textbooks." We are now asking ourselves, do we replace worn out books with used books or do we buy new, updated textbooks? Every year we are replacing worn texts, she said. This i residents and property owners an opportunity to express their e Justin and Heather, students of Miss Rowes class at HMK, examine one of the skulls used to study Animals and What They Eat.. (Photo by Carrie Switzer) fourth-grad- 'Museum on the Move' comes to fourth grade by Carrie Switzer strictions. The Museum on the Move is funded by the Utah State Office of Education and targets fourth-grad- e students by providing material to augment the The relationship rocks and minerals have to the earth is very much like the relationship flour ansugar take to cake: Alone, each substance is distinctly different than when combined. Fourth-grad- e states science curriculum, students at which focuses on Utah natu- Helen M. Knight Intermediate School learned about some of these relationships last week when the Museum on the Move visited Grand, Emery and Wayne School Districts. The program is sponsored by the Utah Museum of Natural History, which set up a virtual mobile museum so students could see, feel and discuss fossils millions of years old and rocks and minerals from around the state. Chuck Wayland, a natural history instructor from Salt Lake City, encouraged students to guess which skeletons fit which ral history. Teachers can choose from six different kits to help supplement their lesson plans. Some of the most popular topics include Animals and What They Eat, Archaeology: Understanding Past Cultures, Minerals and Soils of Utah, The Great Salt Lake and Dinosaurs. In Moab, Rocks and Minerals of Utah and Animals and What They Eat were the chosen topics, and fourth-grad- e classes rotated the classes offered through by Wayland. The Museums visit was a perfect adjunct to a week during which each fourth-grad- e class took a field trip to Arches National Park to explore how animals adapt animal description, and what that animal probably ate. After explaining jaw and teeth structures, students were able to tell if the animals were carnivores or herbivores. The outreach program, now in its third year, visits elementary schools located outside of the Wasatch Front, as many of those students are unable to visit the Utah Museum of Natural History due to budget or travel re to their environment. Games, including a migra- tory bird experiment, marked the path along Park Avenue where one class hiked for the half-da- y trip. with their spouses at 6 p.m.. Please RSVP by contacting Doug McElhaney at The club is pleased to have the District Governor, Mr. James M. Bromley and his wife, Lena at the dedication and participat259-502- 1. ing in the ceremonies. The Moab Rotary Club is proud to dedicate this lovely park to the community of Moab and will continue to develop it. Many local families use the park regularly. The club is sure that Moab will use it even more as the Mill Creek Parkway is expanded. The Moab Rotary Club fully supports the efforts of the City of Moab in this very worthwhile endeavor. There are still projects underway for the park, including an amphitheater to be located near ifffftimrniinitffliinnfflu iff mm - iffin nlu hHl Hi Adair, Nathan, just returned from Eastern Europe and plans to return next summer because of the many friends he made. Another example of students doing something of a lifetime while on a Rotary Exchange is what happened to the daughter of Roberta and Roger Lowry of Castle Valley. Hannan spent a year in Sweden. During that time, one of her host families was the King of Sweden. She was asked during a State visit from President Bush, to fill out a foursome for golf with the President of the United States, King of Sweden and the Prime Minister. Ten Castle Valley residents petition for de-annexati- Ten Castle Valley property owners representing 19 town lots have petitioned the Town Council for According to Merrill Brady, who owns four Castle Valley lots, the town has lost focus Eighty-fiv- e percent of our roads are dirt roads, Brady said Monday. Not even rock on them. Yet the main objective of the town is to get a town lot' so they can have an Easter party The Castle Valley Property Owners Association met recently and during an informal poll a vast majority of its residents reaffirmed a preference to maintain a rural residential existence in the valley, according to a report by valley resident Ron Drake. The desire of the petition- ing property owners to secede flrTlnOunfi dent. In other activities, Kingsley noted that through the years, the Moab Rotary Club has sponsored an exchange student from this community to some foreign land. We have also hosted a visiting student as well. Many Moab families have been permanently touched by the experience and draw on the events many years later. Allen West, Moab Police Chief, was an exchange student to Brazil and had to learn Portuguese as a second language and was one of many who have shared similar experiences, observed Kingsley. The son of Joyce and Bill on from the towns political structure is indicative, however, of differing values. Castle Valley has been incorporated since 1985, when a majority of property owners voted for incorporation. The town has since developed by-law- s, enants and restrictions, cov- ordi- nances and elections to establish how the valley might or might not be developed into the fu- ture. The properties included in proposal encompass approximately 95 acres in the northwest end of the valley. The petition was presented to the Town Council this week, and legal notice will be published for three weeks, as required by law, before the Tbwn Council will be asked to vote on the issue. the |