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Show Wtcz Page A2 features, get lower quality of service or be charged higher rates. More importantly, slamming preempts a customers freedom of teenagers. Its illegal and can amount to telephone fraud. Consumers need the facts on how to protect themselves or detect slamming if it happens. Slamming is the term the telecommunications industry uses to describe the switching of a consumers preferred long has established a slamming resolution center to provide service representatives 24 hours a day, seven days a week to resolve any slamming complaint involving AT&T. If you have been slammed choice. Most customers do not realize that they have been slammed until they receive their next phone bill and discover unfamiliar company names and charges. away from AT&T, call Keview your regular and long distance bill carefully each month. Watch for unfamiliar company names, logos or charges. If you want to verify your com- - AT&T recently announced several bold initiatives to eradicate slamming and protect consumers choices in communications providers. Among those initiatives, AT&T dis- tance, local toll or local telephone service without his or her knowledge or consent. A slammed customer may lose important service Thursday, April 9, 1998 ii:t tips to help consumers guard against slamming AT&T offers Slamming. It is not a difficult basketball move or a new dance for hra8-3nhepcnh- r munications carrier, you can call one of the following numbers from the phone you are checking. For long distance service verification, call For local toll verification, call Support efforts to put an end to slamming. Not only is the practice illegal, it costs consumers and businesses significant amounts of time and money each year. If a customer has been slammed, AT&T recommends tak ing these steps to resolve the problem: Call your selected carrier and ask to be switched back immediately. AT&T customers can call Then, contact the company that switched you without permission. Ask them to reimburse you for any excess charges over what you would have paid with your regular carrier, as well as any fees involved with switch on-lin- The Gonzo Inn is just completed Times-Independe- nt Knight Brothers Construction of Salt Lake City has finished construction of Moabs newest destination hotel, The Gonzo Inn, located at 100 W. 200 South. The 28,000 square-foo- t inn features 44 rooms, an outdoor swimming pool, spa and a meeting room. All rooms are oversized and contain private balconies or patios. The luxury suites offer a Jacuzzi, area. Each sitting area, bedroom, fire place and a wet room is individually decorated with high-enfixtures, vibrant colmaterials and Spanish doors. ors, According to Ken Shoulders, one of three partners in the project, The Gonzo Inn is definitely a little different from the basic lodging experience. We have designed an artsy and wild, yet casual and relaxing inn to match the unique Moab experience. The Gonzo Inn will hold its grand opening on April 15'. Founded in 1980, Knight Brothers Construction is a Salt d and operated general contracting company. $18.00 Green River, Grand & San Juan $26 per year outside area $3 discount for persons 62 and older upon request for 52 bar-kitch- news-fille- d issues Subscribe Now! d hand-selecte- ing back to your regular service. You can also file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at your states public utilities commission or attorney generals office or your local Better Business Bureau. If you have Internet access, you can visit The Council of Better Business Bureaus Web site - www.bbb.org to find information or file an e complaint. d IMajLto: The P.O. Box 129, Moab UT 84532 Times-Independe- Name Address Lake-pwne- Phone .WELCOME enclose $18.00 or $26 for one year or $35 and $51 for two years JSEPEHS Cash Check A quick stop here, and you re on your way! Gas Snacks Ice Cream Oil SPACE SAVING Groceries Drinks Propane Alpha Rho learns about weaving Diesel Alpha Rho chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha srority met at the home of Tammy Taylor on March 26. Thducation program was presented by Kelly Taylor, son of Alpha Rho member Colleen Taylor. Kelly gave a history of Indian rug weaving, and is shown exhibiting one example. He also demonstrated Navajo rug weaving on his loom, and had various wools and rung designs to display. were Rosemary Yama and Lois Jamison. 'HYLANDS SPANISH VALLEY COUNTRY STORE 2728 S. Hiway 1 91 5 259-63- 1 Pene appeal Continued from Page A1 JJ0N N D gressional delegation and to an administrative law judge who will review Penes appeal, show that the Wilderness Study Area status of Westwater Canyon was allowed to lapse in 1982; Pene began filing claims in 1984, and the WSA was reinstated under Utah guidelines in 1986, Pene said. In addition, the validity exam used figures which conflict with a formula established in BLMs own guidelines for measuring cubic yards of material for analysis. Pene said the numbers are inflated, and therefore dilute the amount of gold or silver to be found in the ore. BLM spokesman Glenn Foreman said the agency stands by its findings, which were made after two years of study, and will submit its analysis to the administrative law judge to be reviewed along with the appeal. The study was one of the most extensive conducted in Utah, officials said, and its conclusion maintains the Pene claim cannot be mined for a profit. Easter Jeep Safari Trade Show Sponsored by the Red Rock 4-Whe- Inc. elers, Old Spanish Trail Arena Thursday Friday, April 9th & 1 0th 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. & Annual Bov Scout Barbeaue 6:00 P.M., Friday, April 1 0th COMFORTABLE During the Night! Correction ... Drawing for registered Safari participants 8100 P.M., Functional During the Day A wrong phone number was inadvertently printed at the end of an article in The Times Independent concerning a recent meeting of uranium miners and mill workers in Moab, and an upcoming meeting at Windgate High School outside of Gallup, New Mexico scheduled for April 18. The correct phone number for more information is (Verle Green) Apologies for inconvenience. any Friday, April 10th THANK YOU MOAB FOR 32 YEARS OF SUPPORT yn-eo-t v fo THE RED ROCK INC. N flft ilT TTHi iTfc m fruwtite, (vee&ertd vititvit! ERS, i toy TVeCcome 259-657- 4. 4-WHEEL- toze to-- I EWniTli flTir IWkiOli fttnift gMHn Ha. M |