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Show Page A2 - Lhc Itmeg-nbgpgnbe- Moabs --Thursday, nt Nobis-Scher- May 12, 2005 er ran an impressive Boston Marathon year now. Since starting in March of 2004, she has run in by Jeff Richards contributing writer 'Moabs Shannon Nobis-Schere- Nobis-Scher- Fourth graders dance . . . class at Helen M. Knight Intera special artistic dance program along with Mary Ann Lee, a dance professor at the of had worked with Prof. Lee The Utah. University in to practice what theyd time back January and had been given HMK of rest student body attended the perforlearned. The the mance last Thursday afternoon, along with faculty members and many parents. Moab artist Bruce Hucko, who wrote the grant that provided the funding for the project, said this year is the first of a program to bring professional dancers to teach planned three-yea- r dance to schoolchildren in Moab. Hucko added that outdoor dance performances in the local landscape are also being envisioned, and that local dancers have also expressed interest in getting involved. The HMK dance program was funded and supported by the Utah Arts Council, the Canyonlands Arts Council, and the HMK Photo courtesy of Bruce Hucko Community Council. Last week, the entire mediate School performed fourth-grad- e in artist-in-residen- fourth-grade- rs Young man jumps to his death off Dead Horse Point Saturday A Salt Lake City man was prescribed medication for a diagnosed mental illness, but he had apparently stopped taking the medication three months ago. The incident happened on a sheer vertical cliff of 1,500 feet. San Juan sheriff personnel recovered his body the next day with assistance from the Department of Public Safety jumped to his death Saturday at Dead Horse Point State Park northwest of Moab. According to the San Juan County Sheriffs Office, David Matthew Kopta had stopped to see Dead Horse Point with his father after visiting family in Monticello. The sheriffs office reported that the young man helicopter. r, 33, a former member U.S. of the Olympic Ski Team, finished 30th overall among nearly 7,000 female runners at the 109th annual Boston Marathon on April 18. finished the race with a net time of 2:55:29, finishing 471st overall out of more than 20,000 runners from all over the country and around the world. She also had the 15th-befinish among U.S. women. The overall womens winner . was Catherine Ndereba of Kenya, who won her fourth Boston Marathon with a time of 2:25:13. er st Im just excited, Nobis-Scher- er said this week from her home in Moab. I really feel like Ive gotten into the groove as far my training goes, and I hope to see even more improvement. Remarkably the race was only Nobis-Schere- second-eve- rs full r marathon. Nobis-Schersaid she has been running races for only about a er long-distan- by Jeannine Wait contributing writer Moab City Council approved several new business items at its Tuesday, May 10, meeting. Jim Lindheim spoke to the council representing the Star Hall Centennial Committee. The committee requested and was granted the use of Sun Court for Saturday evening May 14, 2005 to hold a community party to launch effort to raise their funds for the renovation of the ar Proposed 7 nuisance law Continued from page A1 some. As currently written it does not address noise or odor that is not dangerous. In a broader category within the draft ordinance, a public nui-san- includes ce inconve- and discomfort and the depreciation of enjoyment in its definition. The regulations are concise: prohibiting both the maintaining of a public nuisance, and the storage of rubbish, including junk cars. Complaints made to the zoning administrator or building inspector will be researched, and if a violation exists, the property owner will be notified and allowed 30 days to correct the problem. A member of the audience at the last planning commission meeting where the nuinience sance ordinance was til a nuisance. When we make that determination the only recourse for the neighbors is the HiHiaEH courts, Hurry in. "Limited time offer. Mail-i- n dis- cussed, said the odor from a small business on South Highway 191 qualifies as a nuisance to her. But Hofhine said that complaint was investigated and the county determined that the business did not fall under the category of iii Hofhine said. It would have to go to thqjudge. rebate. See dealer for details. JrL 9 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Closed Saturday Sunday On a larger scale, the county is trying to secure a local agreement to operate a junk car crushing site where people can bring their cars and have them salvaged without having to tow them out of town. The details of that agreement have not been made public pending negotiations. We have a brief, half-pag-e statement about rubbish in our zoning ordinance now, but this gives us definitions and an actual process to go through, Hofhine said. Its 10W South Highway 191259-443- ? point. Its still under discus- 0MATAG SoutheasternT fiance Center, Authorized Maytag Service JVlon. - & Sates -- half-maratho- er cross-trainin- g, Nobis-- finished third overall among women at the Scherer . . Canyonlands Half Marathon with a time of 1:23:34. Last October, she took first place in The Other Half race, complete course in ing the . . Saturday, May 7th, another rainy cool day just perfect for ducks! 504 pink, yellow and blue ducks swam through town raising money for the Humane Society shelter fund. Dylen Fosseys speedy pink duck won the first prize Navajo rug donated by Stephanie Warchal. Nancy Holemans yellow duck took second place prize of dinner for two donated by the Desert Bistro. Third place of a signed photo book donated by Tom Till went to Kate Thompsons pink duck. The Humane Society would like to thank all the volunteer duck herders, Ted Draper for the music and especially J.J.Wang for the use of the creek side property beside the Ramada Inn. Board member Lenore Beeson said, We look forward to this becoming an annual event. All 504 ducks were sold, one escaped and more ducks plan on Photo by Jeannine Wait joining next years flotilla. 13.1-mil- 1:27:00. said she to run several more plans races throughout the year, including possibly either the Chicago Marathon in October or the New York Marathon in Nobis-Scher- .Ducky, you're the one . er November. Business as usual for City Council on Tuesday one-ye- C) a couple of races, a 5K, three plus a full marathon in Sacramento in December. Running a variety of distances has helped her pace herself according to the length of the race, Nobis-Schernoted. Its really all about the preparation. Its quite a bit different than training for skiing, she said. Theres not as much strength conditioning or but you still have to put in the time and have the right schedule. In Moab on March 12, not an action item at this sion." V' interior of Star Hall. The interior has had little improvement since the 1960s asd and a sessment of needed work is calling for about $750,000 dollars of improvements. The party is being held Edmunds and Bob Morgan were granted approval for a Court and West Center light fixtures from the firm. The restaurant liquor license, a contract supplies 50 lights temporary beer license and a cabaret license for their business at 59 South Main Street. The contract for decora- recently-complete- k over a portion of the downtown area. The city budgeted $205,000 for this purchase, a good part of which was provided by a transportation enhancement grant. The extra money will be spent to buy metal andor fabric banners or planters or hanging art for the downtown business owners. six-bloc- tive street lighting was awarded to Holophane for $171,255. Although their bid from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to publicize the effort and to hand out literature encouraging donations. Entertainment, free popcorn and light refreshments will be available. The committee hopes to raise the money and complete the work in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic building in May 2006. Another 100th anniversary will be celebrated at Old City Park on Sunday, June 26. 2005 as the Community k Church of Moab holds a to picnic and program commemorate 100 years of ministry in Moab. Mondo Cafe owners Sarah was not the lowest, they have an excellent warranty, a great reputation and the city has already purchased the Sun Moab Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Annual Banquet May 14th Civic Center at 5:30 p.m. 15th For tickets call: Rick McElhaney at or Kevin Sheets at pot-luc- Rocky (Mount ELK FOUNDATION This weekend: Castleton Land exchange 259-790259-416- 259-531- 7, 5 7. Scheduled! Clean-U- p Continued from page A1 nesses that depend on tourism for their livelihood by protecting a large tract of open space near the Colorado River from being fragmented by develop- ISag ment. This land exchange will directly benefit our business, said Oblak, owner of Canyon Voyages Adventure Co. Our clients come for a wilderness experience and development in the river corridor would have removed that opportu- .VrrrrTMlTiTT Get the scoop from a reliable source The your community Times-lndependen- nity. And Castle Valley Mayor Bruce Keeler called the land swap a win, all around. The trade will conserve valued open space, protecting our watershed and critical winter range for the La Sal Mountain deer herd, he said. v: : t, . newspaper published weekly, with breaking news updated on the web at www.moabtimes.com A'iS? 1 -- MOONFLOWER MARKET 38 E 00 N William Brandt-AbstraOils 259-5- 1 7 54 Centennial Celebration Till GALLERY 61 N MAIN 8 ARTS Landscape Photography III CREATIONS 5 N MAIN (Upstairs above Slickrock Cafe) Ekaterina Harrison (Tatarovich)-Sculptur- e FOOD 50 N MAIN Kira Schneider 5 ROCK BAKERY 74 S MAIN c Oils CAFE 59 S MAIN 6 1 1 Joe IMAGE FRAME SHOP 59 E CENTER STE.B - (Down the alley east of Parriott's Hair) 6 Jonathan GALLERY 83 E CENTER Yrma van der Steenstraeten GALLERY 88 ST 1 E CENTER and Nature Photography Bil t E 100 N AND RECREATION (MARC) 2 Photography Symposium 8 Alex Burbidge-Coml- A 5 HALL McFadden-Watercolo- TILL Tom MUSEUM OF MOAB Annual Quilting Show OF BEYOND BOOKS 83 N MAIN 259--5 Greg I I DAN O' LAURIE 1 18 E CENTER ST 2 |