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Show Iiaw mr-- Page A8 On Two Wheels of d model, aoTei waa cycle waa a high-enexcited to pay S 100 for hia new wheela The bike waa relatively rare, and it attracted attention -- eapeeially from ita previous owner, from whom it had been alolen The bike'a serial numta-- r had laen filed, but Muab Cy lery Manager Knh a nwthid for rvstor Cleveland d A few weeka ago Tex Wilhamaon a ueed BMX bike The K2 bi bought Thursday, February 24, 2000 nt acratched-of- That was the end of the story-unt- d Chile Feat. Bicycle raffles are a traditional part of the festivities This year there were four raffles, including a Schwinn BMX bike that was even better than the nde Tex gave up. It's not hard to see w here this story is going Although everyone at the party was holding at least one raffle ticket, and we all love to win free stuff, the room erupted in cheers when Tex won the bike. There was order in the cosmos after all. Still, there is one bothersome g thread left dangling The scum who started this chaos has gone unpunished. Hopefully there's a cosmic raffle going on nght now, and the grand pnze is a flyover by a flock of Canada Geese who've just gorged themselves on rotten berries and swamp algae. More for the kida The annual Tour of Canyonlands race is returning April 8 and 9 this year, and the event will be bigger than ever. The 2000 Tbur of for a whole Canyonlands is the kkk-ofnew point senes, the Mountain States Cup This should mean more racers, especially professionals, as well as more industry support for the races. The event will also provide a tremendous opportunity for local spectators as the downhill race, formerly on Porcupine Rim, has been moved to the Moab Rim, bicycle f Tex accepted pedaling periodical news and views Ron By Georg Raffling Karma Well over 100 people got treated to a bike ride and libationa courteay of Chile 1epper Bike Shop over the weekend, at the annual Chile Kent, but one parta ipant alao got a beautiful teuton in the or der of the con nine kEimfg-3nhrpntftf- number. That w aant the word of lite bike'a owner and turned it over Then Tex led the police to the bike thief to retrieve hia $ 1 00. Thu ia w here an olherw lae touching atory goes bad The thief denied hia crime, and there waa no evidence that he actually atole the bike He could have found it in a ditch or aomething I m no legal acholar, but it aeema to me that fencing a bike you didn't purchase, a bike with a filed aerial number, la a crime If not, 1 can wait tor the next mg the A bicycle-relate- (Eljf bike-thievin- time I need a new car. Hooeat, officer, I found thin 1orache in a ditch. Anyway, Ttt waa out $100 and a Don't miss the year's gala event! SeekhaVen's 8th Annual Benefit Putting on the Pitzl Dinner ! Dancing! Live Music! Raffle! which is much more accessible from town. However, perhaps the biggest news for locals, especially you parents, is the addition of a kids race to the line-uThe race will be open to all kids under age 1 2; all theyll need is bikes. Any bike will do, as the race will be designed so that all kids can compete. Kids who participate will be treated just like the older racers, with numbers, swag bags and except the kids won't need a race license or an entry fee. As more details of the race become available, Ill include the information here. The TlmesI nde pendent will also be publishing a race insert the week of Tbur of Canyonlands, and it will contain all of the registration details for the kids race. p. Kaflt Grand Prut: Home Computer System flat The Valley Voices ether freat petit ft J Party! - Saturday, March hth, at Moab Valley Inn 6:30pm - Dinner at 7:30pm $35. Donation to Seekhaoen Family Crisis Center Join Social Hour fir lull svsilsbts tt WMd The Rom s - Shaft Griffith tipsdltiont - Bsck of Beyond Books or Ssstthsvsn Bosrd Msmturs Music of Most csk And for the 9 rest of us Ron Lind ley, promoter of the annual Fat Tire Festival in the fall, visited town last week to solicit opinions about how to improve hia event. While no Final decisions were made at the meeting, look for some big changes in next seasons festival. Once a major highlight of the bicycling season, the festival has grown diluted over the years. Last years event featured some great rides, as usual, but socially the festival was sluggish. Next season, look for local bike ahups and other businesses to step up to make this a community event Cyclists watch jealously as the Rod Benders stage their annual rally, which permeates Muab. Ideally, the Fat Tire Festival can regain that sort of presence. The more, the merrier? If all by Rep. Keele Johnson We are now at the point in the session that things really start to move. The big discussion in the legislature this year has been the budget and how we intend to fund education. It has made it a very tight year. We have two types of money that e and on going. we deal with: One-tim- e money is money that we use for projects that only need a oneone-tim- time source funding, such as a state building or highway construction project, and is sometimes used to supplement the purchase of textbooks, computers, or a number of other small projects. Ongoing money is used for funding projects and programs that must be continued from one year to another, such as salaries and the maintenance and operation of buildings and highways. It is unwise to fund ongoing projects with e funding. At this time there is a planned 7.424 overall increase for public of this increase is education; 5.5 ongoing money, and will go to fund the WPU (from which teacher salaries come). A total of 1.924 is onetime money and covers other education needs. This effort for education is remarkable, as the budget numbers that came in were lower than anticipated. The budget that the governor proposed in the First part of December has to be estimated according to the revenues they think will be available. We dont get the actual numbers until Feb. 15. The legislative budget must be based on actual numbers. When we received these numbers, the budget was down $12,050,500. One percent on a WPU is $16,000,000. If the projections had come in closer to expectations, we would have been able to fund the WPU at 6 without a problem. The legislature worked hard to remain fiscally responsible to g qUCING f HOME EQUITY CREDIT LINE 259-305- Legislative Report one-tim- r of the bike shops in town do participate in next year's festival, well have quite a few events to choose from - possibly as many as six. Its still just rumor, but two new bike shops could be opening in Moab. Speculation is running wild at the moment as existing shop owners and employees wonder just how much room there is for more competition in this seasonal market. In fact, it wasn't too long ago that we had five bike shops in Moab. Now we have four. Market forces can be complicated to interpret, but you don't need an MBA to do that math. Ron Georg welcomes input or comments for this column. You can contact email at him by ontwowheelslasal.net or by phone at the taxpayer and provide education with a much needed increase. Senate Bill 93 has generated quite a bit of interest with young people in the state. The bill passed in the Senate, but failed in the House. This bill deals with drivplacing restrictions on ers. Most of us have seen tragic situations where young drivers cause unnecessary accidents. Some of the statistics that concern legislators include the fact that 15- - to are: Nearly as likely other drivers to receive a citation, and more likely to receive a citation when all passengers are under the age of 21 2.5 times more likely to be cited for speeding when traveling with passengers than when driving alone. 3.5 times more likely to have a crash that results in hospitalization when traveling with passengers than when driving alone Five times more likely to have a fatal crash when traveling with passengers than when driving alone. This bill would have required a period that new drivers would have some restrictions. These restrictions would require the new driver to drive alone, with an adult over the age of 21, or with an immediate family member. While this bill failed in the House, there is great interest in doing something to help young people avoid the tragic consequences of driving thoughtlessly. We could see this bill resurface before the session closes. 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