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Show Page w f Area-Wid- e Week in Review Items from regional newspapers Tbwn opposes road widening . . . Price Wellington officials have voiced formal opposition to the Company, proposing Nephi refined petroleum products terminal near Nephi was given approval to continue the process of preparing to build the facility following a public hearing held by Juab County Planning Commission. Williams proposed to build two terminals along the line, one near Crescent Junction in Grand County and one near Nephi. The northern terminus of the pipeline w ill connect with an existing facility near Woods Cross. Williams Pipe Line proposes to build and operate a pipeline transportation system that would deliver refined petroleum products from Bloomfield, New Mexico, to Salt Lake City. The Nephi s Monticello- - "Help save the Horsehead" is the plea to citizens from the Monticello City Council. According to the council, the spruce beetle infestation continues to spread and kill spruce on the Abajo Mountain. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Friends of the Abajo are pressiupng the Forest Service to do nothing and let nature take its course. At risk may be the familiar outline of a horse head in the trees that is an icon of city residents. Council Member Evan Lowry has been aggressively working on the project with the Forest Service, and is concerned that the environmental lobby is coming in the 7th inning and expecting to start the game over. LowTy said a local committee has been working on alternatives for a plan to save the trees for more than two years. San Juan Record CEU enrollment growing . . . Price Charles Foust, College of Eastern Utah academic vice president, reports that enrollment at the Price campus has increased by 188 students or 12 more than last spring. FTE enrollment is up 73 over last springs count representing an increase of 5.39. The increase underlines the need for more space. In an unrelated matter, CEU officials announced that the main building on the Price campus has reached the age of retirement after 63 years. College administrators are turning to the 2001 legislature to request funding for a new building. 95- - Sun-Advoca- . . . Tooele A proposal by Qwest to erect a cell tower near Stansbury Parks historical Benson Grist Mill could have had some people fuming. The trouble is, the proposal itself never got a chance to be controversial because the tower became a reality before anyone could do anything about it and now it's the tower itself, not merely a proposal, intern While fishing at Lee's Ferry more than 15 years ago, Phoenix resident Kevin Wright stumbled upon a local invention that needed little more than creative marketing and subtle improvements to become a nationally distributed tool. Originally called the Bait Saver and sold only in two local tackle shops, the Easy on Worm Threader" is now distributed from coast to coast, selling over 16,000 units last year alone. Wnght and his family now live in Moab and he as- sembles the in a in his back yard. The idea of the a fialung hook in place to be easily slid on a worm allowing to the hook and line. tool is to hold . . . No chance to complain Thursday, February 15, 2001 nt He 's hooked a market: Moab man manufactures nationally distributed fishing apparatus T-- I OKs petroleum terminal . . . Nephi Williams which is to build a Save the Horsehead tTimrs-3ifpcniif- by Michael Gostlin proposed Utah Department of Transportation project to widen U.S. Highway 6 to four travel lanes and a center turn lane between Price and Wellington. It is not that the city is opposed to the project, but we would like it to address the safety issues we have raised. It is UDOTs project, and they have a responsibility to help ensure the safety of Wellingtons children, citizens and city infrastructure, pointed out resident Bill Bates in ait interview. Highway speeds coming into Wellington are too fast to allow school children to cross safely. Widening the highway will result in higher speeds, asserts a letter sent by Mayor Paul Childs to the project manager. Sun Advocate Times-New- (The B1 Pop-style- Moab resident Kevin Wright sold 16,000 units of his "Easy On Worm Threader" last year Photo by Michael Gosthn the final packaging is done in Phoenix. Wright's hand in the production is assembling the two parts to make a complete Worm according to Wright, w hich is w hat makes much of the difference. While the actual assembly of the threaders is done in Wright's back yard, there are several steps to production that take place outside of Moab. Wright has the wooden handles custom made for him in Maine, the brass rods are produced in Salt Lake City, and Threader. Although Wright said the assembly is rather monotonous, he added, What is fun is having the fredom. If there is a problem, I make the decision. Theres no red tape." January visitation at Arches dips by 8 thats controversial. Tooele When Wright, also a Moab postal worker, first used the predecessor to the worm threader, he was impressed with the ease in which it worked, but noticed it was packaged poorly and was sold only in the Lees Ferry area. Researching the laws, Wrig'nt discovered that if a product had been on sale for a year or more with out a patent, then it was legal to produce and sell a similar item. Going into production in 1985, Wright's first sale of the threader was to a small Mom " and tackle shop in north Phoenix. From that point on, Wright never looked back, selling over 2,000 threaders the following year to Cabellas, a nationally located outdoor sporting goods store. According to Wright, the key to the Easy on Worm Threaders success is the appearance. Although he does have competitors, Wright said they are not packaged as well, and the wooden handles arent finished as nicely. The other threaders have no eye appeal," Transcript-Bulleti- n Gun activist wants militia... Monticello The San Juan County Commission at its last meeting heard a request from Neil Joslin for the county to look into the establishment of a militia in order to ensure the Second Amendment rights of county citizens. Joslin was concerned that judges are interpreting the right to bear arms as only being valid if you are a member of a militia. The commission to discuss the the with issue agreed county attorney and sheriff, as well as with state legislators. The commission had concerns about the liability to the county if a militia is formed. The San Juan Record well-regulat- January is generally the slowest month of the year for visitation at Southeastern Utah national park units. Those involved in the tounst industry, though, are hoping that it isnt a trend setter. Visitation at Arches National Park for the month was 10,566, down 8.2 percent from January, 2000. Canyonlands National Park showed even shorter numbers. A total of 4, 110 visited all units of the park during the month, 11.8 percent below last year's figures. Some 2,563 of that total visited the Island in the Sky District, which showed a small 1.5 pe rcent increase over a year ago. Natural Bridges National Monument, w ith 1,131 January visitors, was down a whopping 38 8 percent Hovenweep National Monument, administered from the Moab NPS office, was down 12 7 perce nt with a total of 576 people visiting. A Look Back in Time county coyote bounty program. Residents can get $20 for turning in a pair of ears and scalp to the USU Extension Office. Funding for the program will come from the county, a sportsmans club and the State Wildlife Services Division. The San Juan Record Moab Rep prepares a new play But is Moab ready for it? w ritor Over the p.i't two moral,-grou- p of 12 women undirtln or tistic direction of Laurel CoI.it has Inn n quietly practicing wl,.u Is sure to lie the- Moab la r1"r Theatre's most provocatm pn. yet The Yanina Miuuiluui Gasp' Did ju-- t n ad i a i Yes, ves vou did 7, M onolupm s is a comp, it on, of i over 200 interviews tliii York playwright K r rsii re1 ducted with wonun (round t!a world Enslc r d nianv q,a tions. syc h as If your v ugina dressed, what would it wi and If your v agina could - ,ik what would it say " The monologues nft-- n humorous and c onsi-t- c nth oma tive. reveal attitudes arid p nences ranging from hv curm ity to devout glorification of it male bodies and s xuality -- Historic pictures of Moab and Grand County Have a picture you would like to share? Submit it to The - Times-lndepende- nt -- Housing starts are down... 1 BLanding Housing starts and construction, in general, was down considerably in 2000, compared to 1999. In a report to the Blanding City Council last month. City Planner Bret Hosier said total construction evaluation for Blanding City was off nearly $4 million in 2000, from the previous year. However, he pointed out, there were a number of reasons for the decline. First of all, 1999s figures included nearly 30 units for the Blue Mountain Dine' housing project He also noted that employment in the area was down due to the loss ofjobs at the White Mesa Mill and the loss of other businesses in Blanding. Only 10 dwelling units were constructed in 2000, compared to 49 in 1999. Of the 10 in 2000 only one was stick built. Animal shelter not homeless... Vernal The Uintah County Animal Shelter is going to be in a place of its own after 24 years of with the Ashley Valley Veterinary Clinic. Vernal City, Uintah County and Naples City submitted a joint application to the Community Impact Board Feb. 8 in St. George for funding to build the project. The application is the first time the Impact Board has been asked to fund an animal shelter. Vernal Express subdivi- sion in Dolores County, Redstone Land Company, Inc. of Dolores has provoked the ire of adjacent landowners and drawn concern e over developing a pristine forested area just south of critical winter range. Documents Redstone submitted to the Forest Service in October describe a proposed development that would land mass into 87 plots with one home split a 3.048-acr- e site per acreage. Currently owned by Blanding rancher Richard Perkins, the tract lies north of Narraguinnep Mountain and south of Benchmark Lookout on the San Juan National Forest. Cortez Journal big-gam- -- The February. Tin Munolopiu s wall lie jx Va.r.a Harmed or, stage world w (T in upjxrt of Pm 1 und. Enslc r s recc r.tiv V-D- gras-roo- . Subdivision draws fire... ! po-e- Blue Mountain Panorama COPY1 r Guest Monticello The San Juan County Commission approved a 35-ac- re re by Mara Shurgot Coyote bounty offered... Cortez, Colo. In a bid to develop a third remote Wright is expeitmg that year According to Wright, this will In the first year that the thread) sold on the East Coast lb is Very excited" about entering that jNipulous market In Moab the t hri adc which retail for under 83 i an h picked up at Moab )utdo i 2001 will be a good sales Biggest cottonwood in Utah . . . This magnificent giant cottonwood tree, located in me center of 400 North Street in Moan, just west of 500 Wast, was once said to have been the largest cottonwood in me State of Utah, with a circumference of some 30 feet cabled it me Grandma Brack Tree" Mrs. Brack was a midwife in me early of Moab. to to and from town from her home, located west of where Allen Memonal walk She used days Hospital now stands, and a'ways stopped to rest under the big tree Like me cottonwood on 100 South and 300 East, me free would probab'y have s been mere despte co'T,r",uniy growth, if nature hadn't intervened. In me late 1940s, me south hal (r.ght in mis picture) frew down in a windstorm, and toppled into me C. S. Thomson cornfield where Grand Oasis now exists The remaining half of me tree was too unstable to leave and had to be removed Photo courtesy D S. and Bette IVmmer Old-time- rs H t- ,rg,in'.,n - 16-1- 7 23-2- 4 n -- Pa---- 259-627- 2 I ' flaw? c. aimed at ending viol) nee against w omen ev eryw here The Fupwhl paHicipate in achieving tills aim by running tw o cons. cut iv e w it kends.Fcb and Ajr-tioof all proceed' w ill tie donated to Seekhaven in an effort to top violence agamst w ome n in our ow n community All show w ill be held at 7.30 pm at the Moab Arts and Recreation Center, f Ik id ty dessert w ith the ca- -t A SS donation i suggested For more ir for-, mation call Eve liner (5 t |