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Show MOAB, UTAH Volume 111 Number 32 500 www.moabtimes.com Part 2: The people ... WEATHER FORECAST This Business for Sale: a familiar story in Moab Thursday Mostly Sunny High 98 Low 67 by Lisa Taylor Friday contributing writer Mostly Sunny High 95 Low 67' Saturday Mostly Sunny High 95 Low 67 Sunday Partly Cloudy High 89 Low 63 Weather forecast courtesy National Weather Service Grand Junction office. Footprints challenges community with a mighty big check fora mighty good cause. See pg. B1 Like so much in this town, the effect of businesses being bought, sold, opened or closed tends to be personal. The buzz at the post office isnt about the areas economy; its about really important stuff: Will Milts new ownership mean the end of weighed french fries? Will Back of Beyond Books still be a shrine to Ed Abbey after it changes hands? Where will Outlaw Saloon regulars go if new owners gentrify the place? Based on an informal survey of com by Lisa Church contributing writer draft environmental report examining options for dealing with the Atlas Uranium mill tailings site could be ready for release next month. The draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) was originally slated for public release in May, but DOE officials pushed back that date, saying further study of the options was needed. The draft EIS will not identify a preferred alternative for action, but will offer an assessment of these options for cleaning up the 13 million tons of Cold War-er- a tailings: cap the site in place where it is, transport the material to the White Mesa Mill near Blanding via a slurry pipeline, or relocate it to a secure cell at either Klondike Bluff or Crescent Junction. Agency officials said last fall that capping the site would cost about $249 million. The agency has estimated the price for relocating the tailings at between $407 million if the contaminated material is trucked to Klondike, and $543 million for the slurry Alex, Andrea and Rachel are GCHS softball stars. B1 0 Inside The T imes Business Directory: B9 Classifieds: B8 Editorials, Letters: A6-- 7 Historic Photo: B1 pany owners, realtors and local agencies, personal reasons are also the main motivation for building, buying or selling in Grand County. Getting rich isnt high on the list, while quality of life is at or near the top. People move to Grand County to get out of a city, to enjoy the land and recreation here, or because of family connections. Locals quit or double up on salaried jobs to pursue a dream. Customers buy ailing businesses rather than see them vanish. Friends talk each other into it, interest rates are low, wives tell hus- - pipeline to White Mesa. It remains unclear whether the DOE is also considering another option - slurrying the waste into a salt cavern located 300 feet below the river bed about 12 miles away near Potash. DOE Project Manager Don Metzler has said the Potash slurry alternative could cost about the same as capping the tailings in place. The release of the DEIS will give the public will its first opportunity to rev iew the detailed analysis of the options, and to make final comments on the individual proposals before DOE officials in Washington select a cleanup method. The DOE will release a record of decision announcing the selected alternative in March 2005. Since the 1980s, Grand County has lobbied Congress and federal agencies to relocate the tailings away from their current site on the banks of the Colorado River. The tailings pile is leaching ammonia and uranium into flitf Colorado, a main water source for more than 25 million people in downstream states. In recent years, legislators from Nevada, Arizona, and California have joined Utah lawmakers in calling for the pile to be removed from the riverbank. Grand County is working with Utahs congressional delegation and elected officials from downstream states to continue pressuring the DOE to move the tailings to a disposal site away from the Colorado. Moab Community School awarded charter, will accept student applications until Aug. 19 Jeff Richards Notices: BA Obituaries: A4 Region Review: B1 Sports: B1, 2, A, 8 TV Guide: B2-- 3 by contributing writer Lavarre fiddles each week LaVarre Hibl has joined the Senior Band which performs4 . days a week. A1 bands they are smarter than the boss or the competition, and the next thing you know, its all paperwork and paint chips. Perhaps because of that focus on lifestyle, here are opened by people many start-up- s whove never been in their industry or owned a business. Randy and Rachael Martin bought the Portal RV Park in the late 90s partly because they liked - Continued on Page A3 jiirr DOE preparing to release draft EIS on Atlas Tailings A See details pg. Thursday, August 12, 2004 At last Fridays meeting of the Utah State Board of Education, board members officially approved charter school status for Moab Community School and one other school, bringing the number of charter schools statewide to 30. We did it! exulted Moab Community School director Theresa Carey in an sent to supporters Friday evening. We are just thrilled to be moving forward in this wonderful and positive direction. Now that theyve been given the Moab Community School officials are scrambling to get ready to open by the end of the month. The school will accept registration applications for students in grades K-- 8 until Aug. 19, after which a random drawing will be held if d, Stephanie Brewer says her new business isn't about the money, its about seeing the dream happen." She also warns would-b- e entrepreneurs that even if their homework is pleasant, theres always lots of it: Its you dont just go home at the end of the day and youre done. Its constant: read a lot of trade magazines; if Im traveling have to visit all the day spas; it's my life now. Even though had lots of people telling me that, never quite could grasp it. Photo by Lisa Taylor I I I I Texas man being charged with murder in Arches Nat'l. Park by Lisa Church contributing writer A Texas man was arrested Tuesday evening for the alleged murder of his girlfriend in Arches National Park. James Ricky Cunningham, Jr., Richwood, Texas allegedly struck Rhonda A. Rosenbalm with the vehicle he was driving at the Moab Fault overlook in Arches. Witnesses said the couple had been fighting and arguing prior to the accident, a news release from the Grand County Sheriffs office stated. ld Rosenbalm, 34, of Seabrook, Texas, was transported by ambulance to Allen Memorial Hospital in Moab where she was pronounced dead. Cunningham received cuts and abrasions, authorities said. He is being held in the Grand County Jail, and will face multiple charges including felony homicide, attempted homicide, domestic violence, aggravated assault, driving under the influence and numerous traffic violations, according to the Sheriffs Department. Charges had not been officially filed at press time. The incident is still under investigation by the sheriffs office and the Utah Highway Patrol. first-degre- e children per grade level. Because charter schools are part of the public education system, they must be free and open to all students without discrimination, the same as with other public schools. However, certain preferences are allowed. For example, any siblings of a student who successfully qualifies for registration are also automatically enrolled. If needed, the random drawings will be held Aug. 20 at Moab Community School, which will allow any unsuccessful applicants time to place their children in regular Grand County Schools before their scheduled starting date of Aug. 23. Moab Community Schools scheduled first day of school is Aug. 30. Moab Community School, located at 358 East 300 South, operated as a private school called Moab Academy last ess Ass(w 4jf' n Four Categories First Place To subscribe to The Times-Independe- nt call subscribemoabtimes.com The This nt news-pap- er is wasn't a mere gust of wind. It wasn't an accidental bump. The vandalism to this sign required some real power. The sign is located on Moab City's East Center property, known as the old Middle School and soon to be transformed in new City offices. City crews arrived Tuesday morning as this photograph was being taken to rehang it. Cost to do the job is unknown. Photo by Adrien Taylor It 7 X) vUv printed on recycled paper and is recyclable. Moab Community School, located at 358 East 300 South, operated as a private school called Moab Academy last year after it failed to receive charter approval in 2003, but will Photo by Jeff Richards reopen on Aug. 30 as a Utah Charter School. |