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Show Cfre Page B9 CALIFORNIA Heard Around the West -- UTAH Michael Moore's g documentary enraged so Park residents movie that a theater added a disCity many Fahrenheit claimer, saying 911 did not represent the views of the management. That a disclaimer was considered necessary disturbed several readers of the Park Record, who praised the film for highlighting crucial questions about the necessity of the war in Iraq." Another reader, Roger Strand, labeled Moore a Jabba the putz," among other epithets, but he concluded his letter by urging everyone to think for themselves, investigate both si4es of all issues, pray for guidance and vote their conBush-bashin- science. NEW MEXICO Its sad when old giants die. As drought continues throughout the West, downtown Santa Fe has lost at least eight cottonwood trees along the pitiful Santa Fe River, mostly a trickle now, says the Santa Fe New Mexican. But instead of turning the old trees into firewood, the citys pest manager, Fabian Chavez, had a brilliant idea: Why not find artists to transform the trunks into sculpture? Artist Don Kennell was first on the job, chainsawing a tree trunk into a fish swimming upward through flowing water. Kennell said he chose that theme because he saw a photograph of people fishing in the river 60 years ago. The river was full of water back then, he said. Santa Fe will pay the artist $1,000 for his work and another $7,000 to santero Jose Lucero, who will carve images of archangels into seven other cottonwood trunks. ' WYOMING Columnist Bert Raynes in the Jackson Hole News & Guide, admires the imaginative terms people have come up with to describe assemblies of animals over the years. One of his favorites an intricacy of hawks was coined by a famous observer, Henry David Thoreau. He shares the vivid but less well known gulp of cormorants, scurry of squirrels, tiding of magpies and unkindness of ravens, and suggests that all of us try to hang a moniker on a gathering of somethings. Two from Raynes: a shrewdness of apes, a drift of fishermen. NEVADA A Lake Tahoe homeowner who left kibble out for wildlife now owes $2,300 to his neighbor. It seems a black bear, attracted by the free food, was even more excited by the neighbors truck, ripping it apart to the tune of several thousand dollars, reports the AP. Recently, a district court judge said Douglas County had the right to enforce its code, which prohibits attracting bears through negligence or sharing food. For all your home health needs Community Nursing Services Experts in Home Care Since 1929 www. cnsvna. org er often-express- ed Foot Check Clinic for Details 259-046- 6 Subscribe to The for $26year in town or $36year elsewhere... And keep current at moabtimes.com nt 259-752- 5. nt Thursday. August 5th Fallen Arches, square dance, 7:30-9:3- 0 pm, Civic Center. Grand County Cemetery District, meeting, 5 pm, GC Council Chambers. Moab Arts and Rec Center Board, meeting, 6:30 pm, MARC. Grand County Mosquito Abatement, meeting, 5:30 pm, Mosquito Abatement Office. Utah Unorganized Militia, open gathering, 7 pm, Pack Creek Campground. Friday. August 6th Chess and Strategy Games 0 Club, pm, MARC Room. Powerstrip Daughters of Utah Pioneers, museum open, 6 to 8 pm, DUP Hall, 45 N 200 E. Saturday. August 7th Saturday Story Hour, all ages, 11 am, Grand County Library. Humane Society Adoption Days, 1 am, City Market. Dance 1, featuring Jim Borzym & Moab Community Dance Band, 8 pm, MARC Monday. August 9th Grand County Council On 259-781- Moab Valley Fire Protection Dist., meeting, 4 pm, Fire Sta- tion No. 1. Thompson SSD, meeting, 7 pm, Thompson School House. Fiber Club, meeting, 7:30 0 for pm, call Diane at location. Moab City Council, workshop 6:30, meeting 7 pm, City Council Chambers, broadcast live on KZMU. Trail Mix, interagency planning for hiking, biking and 259-304- Board, meeting, horseback trails in Grand County, 12 noon, County Council Chambers. Parents for public Schools, meeting, 5:15-6:3- 0 pm, high school cafeteria. CERT Training, 6 pm, Senior Center, Disaster Medical Operations-par- Street. Tuesday. August 17th Chamber of Commerce Lun- cheon, noon, Allen Memorial Hospital, Jailhouse. Moab Aglow Lighthouse Womens Fellowship, 6:30 pm, meeting, Grand Oasis Clubfor info. house, call Grand County Council, afternoon session 3 pm, evening session 7 pm, Council Chambers, broadcast live on KZMU. Moab Bird Club, meeting, 259-551- 4 pm, Library. Chess and Strategy Games 0 Club, pm, MARC Room. Powerstrip Daughters of Utah Pioneers, museum open, 8 pm, DUP Hall, 45 N. 200 E. 7 for info. 6:30 pm, call CERT Training, 6 pm, Se259-644- 6-- Saturday. August 14th Saturday Story Hour, all ages, Lions Club, monthly meeting, 6:30 pm, Lions Park. 11 am, Grand County Library. Farmers Market, local farmers sell their wares, every Saturday, 8 am to 11:30 am, Swanny City Park, Monday. August 16th Wednesday. August 11th 0 Blood Testing Day, am, Senior Center. AARP, meeting, 12:30, Senior Center. Thursday. August 12th Fallen Arches, square dance, 9:30-11:3- 7:30-9:3- 7 259-232- Center Authority, north Friday. August 13th 2. t Grand County Housing Authority, board meeting, 5:30 pm, Grand County Housing Grand County Solid Waste SSD, meeting, 4 pm, Solid Waste Office. Moab Planning Commission, meeting, 6 pm, City Council Chambers. Hospital Special Service Dist., meeting, 7 pm, Hospital Cafeteria. Moab Area Travel Council, meeting, 6:30 pm, GC Council Chambers. Grand County Library 6. Valley Voices Womens Barber- shop Chorus, 7 pm, 23 La Sal Rd (Hecla Subdivision) nior Center, Light Search and Rescue Operations. Wednesday. August 18th Grand County Board of Education, meeting, 6 pm, School District Office. Museum Board, meeting, 5:30 pm, Dan OLaurie Canyon Country Museum. Grand County Recreation Board, meeting, 6:30 pm, Moab City Chambers. pm, Civic Center. 0 Aging, 12:30 pm, Senior Center. 259-551- FIND IT in the Over 30 years experience Custom Upholstery Furniture - Autos Boats and Covers of All Types Scott Taylor 4. CONTRACTOR Remodel Residential San Juan County Fair presents CouMty Times-Independe- nt The encourages readers to use this column to announce upcoming events, meetings and services, which are open to the community. The deadline is Thursday, 5 pm, a week before publication. Mail notices to 35 E. Center St, Moab, 84532, them to tommoabtimes.com drop To schedule them by The office, or call major special events call the Moab Area Chamber of Commerce at Veterans of Foreign Wars, meeting. Tuesday. August 10th Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, noon, Robert Newman from OSHA, Pancake Haus. 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Tips of Western oddities are always appreciated and often shared in Heard around the West burials are coming to a grassy site near San Francisco-- says The Associated Press, and relatives of the deceased just need strong backs, a couple of shovels and a Global Positioning System. Developers of Fernwood Forever in Mill Valley say bodies will be placed in biodegradable boxes or shrouds and interred in nondescript graves that mourners can dig themselves." Graves wont be completely anonymous: Strategically placed native boulders will act as guideposts, while the GPS system will pinpoint a graves location. CemTyler Cassity, 34, who grew up in the burial etery the business, says organic cemetery wont allow formaldehyde, used to preserve bodies, or floral arrangements at funerals. But Cassity says it will protect 32 acres of open space and wish to be buried naturally allow people the a under tree. THE WEST . 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