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Show (Dig Page A9 arent many locals signed Two Wheels ftk On pedaling periodical of ' bj By Ron Georg Big race, hectic pace The Times-lndepende- test ride their bikes before they got to Moab. Theyll be flooding through the doors of the bike shops, trying to exorcise the demons that will surely be clinging to their drive-tramOthers will come in to find warmer clothes because they thought deserts are warm Still more will just be wandering around like they're at a lycra-onl- y cocktail party where the conversation leans toward battery recharge rates for mountain bike lighting systems. Most wont be from here Between injuries and busy schedules, there ctose'y with Granny Gear Productions to help keep you informed about the upcoming 24 Hours of Moab race weekend, and that s a good thing for me While m the past I've had plenty of time for things like the annual press dinner (I hate to pass up a free meal), this year's different. Since I've started working as a bike mechanic this season. I ll be one of the many local cyclists who is busy helping alt the folks who didn't think to s. HUMANE SOCIETY of MOAB VALLEY Is Seeking Homes for Pets of the Week" with black highlights. Ebony is a black female with short hair and pale green eyes. 12 weeks old, she is sweet and affectionate. lm This week's sponsor: O.A.R.S. Canyonlanti's (259-586- O.A.R.S. supports the efforts of the Humane Society, and for the month of October we will offer 10 discounts on anv daily trip to all Grand County Residents. Visit us on the web at www.utahpcts.com DON'T FORGET OUR NEW HOTLINE: (4862) Cmr Market Adoption Days: Oct. 14 4 Nov. 11 Oct. 28 the Post Office 259-Huma- October Art Walk " 141! - 1 Sat, V'410ct 7-- 9 -- ' the MflRC 111 E. 100 N. for a community show by artists of all ages celebrating breaking free froitt domestic violence. 51m Ay Knsber Parry -- r 4- - ' rrf 1 i pue 4tt & . Ft! of us hoot. tuo sides, A goodside end a bad. Tfe goodside is grotsing and flourishing, hat the bad is old and dead. Take cars net to let gour life become like the bad side. Charlotte (tieimg f f well-staffe- 24-Ho- This year is wo king Keep things Grousing up this year. be Then it's time to relax At least the group that follows close on the heels of crowd wik be here the type-A- , to relax. For local shops, toe upcoming Canyonlands Fat Tire Festival will be the last boom before writer. The festival has seen huge leaps in advance registration tots year, partfy thanks to the efforts of local shop managers and employees who've been helping spread the word. It probabfy also doesn't hurt that this season will be the debut of a new format m bicycle racing, the Freende Contest Held on the Moab Rim, this will be a judged event where riders are expected to use terrain features with creativity and daring to traverse a short piece of ground. Of course, the biggest points will go to whoever keeps their wheels off the ground most. Wtuie local pro downhill racer Greg Smith is currently ranked 1 5th xi toe nation, look for local nderTJ. Cowern who also moved into the pro ranks this season to rack up the most style points. With their hometown advantage, the pair should do well m this contest There will be other events at the festival open to the public, including a fashion show, clunker toss, chariot races, and more. Also, the Moab Bike Patrol is holding its annual Bike Swap during the festival, on Saturday, Oct. 21, in front of the Sand Flats Recreation Area office at the corner of Mill Creek and Sand Flats Road. The swap is an excellent opportunity to get those old bikes out of your garage unless theyre really old and cool, in which case you should call me first For more information about the festival, pick up a copy of the free schedaround town, includule at drop-off- s ing all the bike shops. wiU news and view's nre invited Yrji 1 Thursday, October 12, 2000 nt Hopefuhy, that also means the shops A bicycle-relate- d iTimfs-3nbgpmbc- Btf Josh urn Hornet pxce peadl r 4 f .Hands are (or kef; ,yK0T ftittlstj You get what you pay for Last Sam Taylor, week, T--l whos graciously hosted my column tor years now, let on that he's noticed don't do much research. Thats because research is for writers who get paid. I use whatever information is at liand, and I apply my own view, skewed by years in the slow lane. And from here, eighteen- - wheelers are big and scary, and highway bypasses dont move them far enough away. Id be happiest if their interstate use were limited to roads big enough to handle them safely and I dont want to see Highway 1 9 1 become one of those roads. For years I lived in the Heber Valley, at the too of Provo Canvon and around the bend from Park City. Heber was a sleepy littls town, until U S. 40 was expanded in the late 80s to get around the new Jordanelle Reservoir, opening a floodgate of traffic from the north. Now that Provo Canyon features its own little superhighway, after locals failed to stop the expansion, and people are looking for any route to avoid Salt Lake Citys own traffic hell, you need to get in your car just to cross the street in Heber City. Thats what highway expansion has done for small-tow- n life in Northern Utah. You could take the provincial view and say, "if Provo cant change transportation policy, neither can we," or you could look a little farther. Go to New England, for instance. There you have your choice between big-ri- g choked interstates, or I book Such a program would have to go through a committee review Dy representatives of the BLM, Forest Service, Travel Council. Park Service, and the Canyonlands Natural History Association. These folks are wetf aware of the offense many locals have taken at Bridgers' book. Since controversy is not pan of the MIC's mission, the free book program would have trouble getting past the committee. I wasnt taking notes, but I believe the source I talked to said something about a damned snowball You can reach me with information or comments about this column at 259-305and you can email me at ontwowheels 6 lasal net Or, if you're a newspaper publisher, you could just sneak up behind me and give me a big dope slap. Letters to the Editors Continued from previous page gomg in cirtles aruund until they discovered the correct route At about 9 30 p m , as SAR volunteers were entering the trail on four different routes, these women reached their Jep at the end of the trail. It was one of our easier searches The reason for this letter is to ask that the aforementioned bike shop owners'emplovees, etc., give realistic estimates as to the amount of time a trail will take riders ho are new to the area. Many of the estimated times Ive read and heard are absurd strictly for the gonzo bikers Those gonzo times should be padded when talking to I would suggest adding at factor least 1091 for the Another lO'i or so should be added for the time lost due to confusion at some trail intersections and the time taken to study andor misinterpret maps along the way And as we all know, some of our local scenery can . non-gonz- non-gonz- Shops should o be rather distracting At least another 10 should be added to take tourist into account the awe-struc- syndrome So we end up with X plus 3091 tat least) This formula might have allowed these women to complete the trail before dark and the subsequent paging of Search and Rescue Luckily, there was a fairly bright moon Sunday night which helped them find their way They had no flashlights Many visitors to our area look to the locals and to books for guidance. Lets try to give them correct and realistic information, with esti- mated trail times properly thought out .. and perhaps shared among the local shops so that one person is not being told X hours at one place and X hours plus or minus 2 at another Sincerely. Frank Mendonca Training Officer, GCSAR, via email Letters continued on next page cmsxroaBiroQisi GGnimaziaiDacDCEDGEm 033033? CHIP Dear Sam, Im writing thia letter with the assumption that local bike shop tour book authors, trail map publishers, etc., read your Letters to the Editor column. Over the past several years, Ive lost count of the number of times Search and Rescue has been called because a mountain biker, who has never ridden here before, was told or read that a trail takes considerably less time to complete than it actually takes. On Sunday evening, Search and Rescue was paged out to search for two 30ish women (one from Australia, one from Idaho) who were riding the rather lengthy and rough Gemini BridgeaGold Bar'Colden SpikePoi-so- n Spider loop. These women, both experienced, fit, and talented mountain bikers, were told by someone at a local bike shop that they needed X hours to complete the trail. At X hours plus 2, and with darkness setting in, they were still at least six miles from the end of the trail and had just reached what was, to them, the most confusing section of trail. FIND OUT IN SALOMON SMITH BARNEY'S TEN STOCK LIST 2000. 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Okay, thats sophomoric; well find fuel cells or some other way to power trucks and cars. However, my contention that semi traffic needs to be restricted instead of accommodated is not sophomoric, as Sam suggested. It might be idealistic, even unrealistic, but it is not uninformed. 2 d the most extreme conditions, a Trane XV 00 gas furnace can take anything that winter has to dish out. Every element is Should've done some research Usually the information in On Two Wheels is easy to gather. I work with cyclists, both outfitters and retailers, so I hear the gossip. I'm also very trusting when it comes to fellow cyclists; its part of the tribal bond. So I just took it at face value when Lee Bridgers wrote a letter to the editor patting himself on the back for giving away free guidebooks through the Moab Information Center. I had some pretty nasty things to say about Lees book a while back, so in my last column I thought it would only be fair to praise this effort at spreading valuable trail information. The problem was its not true. The Moab Information Center is a font of information about desert backcountry travel, and the chances are that a tourist who stops there will leave prepared for the desert But they won't leave with a free copy of the designed with durability in mind. So call your Trane dealer, and leave Mother Nature shaking In her shoes. M It's Hard mmrtmmsrn lb Stop A Trane. 'Heldmld & Refrigeration 1070 Bowling Alley Lane 2595625 Heating 2l w f WPEP W ArlfWP 1ew w wnea Aw rla wwa Aa 6wy iw g i ve of key factors that make each stock so attractive insight into each of the pick's market sectors FOR YOUR FREE REPORT CALL David J. 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If Moab is eliminated as an obstacle, Highway 191 becomes a more attractive option for truck- HsiUs ky Jessies bottom f IS stocks we believe offer superior growth over the 12 months j lovely, Crestisf k c3nmomDCE)a33 provide realistic info Luckily, they did everything right. They did not stray far from the last point where they were certain they had been on the trail. They told SAR members that they kept that point A history of leadership, experience and committment 25 years building museum quality furniture in Castle Valley. of local small businesses. I understand the challenges Utah Director of the Grand Canyon Trust. I have been a leader in efforts to clean up the Atlas millsite and to reform State Trust Lands. Managing remote offices has made me intimately familiar with the problems facing modem entrepreneurs and high tech . businesses in rural areas. Member of the Utah Board of Parks and Recreation. This position gives me a voice on recreation and tourism issues throughout the region. I was instrumental in getting the money to rebuild the Dead Horse State Park Visitor Center. Member of the Utah Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy. This work is part of my lifelong commitment to protecting lands and waters that are critical for healthy wildlife and plant populations. President of the Castle Valley Irrigation Company for 20 of the last 25 years. I understand agriculture and water rights, and the people who know me best have trusted me to be the peacemaker when neighbors start fighting over water. Proud husband and father. My wife, Eleanor Bliss, and I have watched our kids grow up in Moab. They have moved on to college now, but we still believe that education should be the top priority for all local leaders. Member of the Grand County Council from 1993-199Our Council form of decisions causes to made be all the painful discussion in full and with government slowly public view, but nobody ever said they wanted government decisions to be quick and private. I am proud of the record the Council compiled during my term in office. We got the county out of debt and balanced the budget, helped save the hospital, scrambled to build a new landfill in compliance with federal law, stopped the wasteful Bookcliff Road project, initiated the Sandflats recreation program, reformed the Mosquito Abatement District, updated the county Master Plan, and formed the Canyon Country Partnership to give us a say in issues on the public lands. I would be grateful for a chance to serve my community again. 6. Bill Hedden Experienced Leadership for Grand County Government w |