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Show MOAB, UTAH Volume 50c 1 Number C3 WEATHER FORECAST Th.ur$dd- X- In the New Parfly Cloudy High 58 Low 37 EMdjL 'a Partly Cloudy i-Hi- Low 34 58 Low 31" Hign 53 Ssingay Partly Cloudy ' , Low 30 3 High 51 Six ringy dingy A .eHular by hdb rtrceiued a green light to build mx u wers on : Sena Flanders Editor Passengers ruling m hundreds of thousands of Delta Aar Lines jets this month wont help but notice a promotional travel story about Moab tucked in the pocket of their seat. Deltas SKY magazine, published monthly and distributed on every seat in the airline's fleet, trumpets the excitement of a trip to Moab The front banner of the magazine this month sports a story on Hawaii, a photograph of Holly wood star J uiia Roberts, and a teaser for an inside feature story wuth the phrase Made for Moab of the The lay-o- pncne company nuHh Highway 191 A7 Inside T he T imes Business Directory' 85 Calendar S3 Crossword P'izzSe: 87 Classifieds: 67 Dining & Lodging- S3 Editcnai3, Letters: A8-1- 0 Noticas. 56 Obituaries. A4 Region Review S3 Television Listings: 54 - 50 35 .19 1 52 32 Mar. 2 57 25 Mar. 3 54 Mar. 4 53 Mar. 5 58 Mar. 6 65 A 27 35 33 mystery On Tuesday, 24 hours before the Cloudrock development was scheduled for an important public hearing at Star Hall, citizens on both sides of the debate prepared arguments which they intend to present to the Grand County Planning Commission. The hearing on Cloudrocks preliminary plat application was set to take place in Star Hall Wednesday night at 7 p m If the Com Continued on Page by Ken Duvev staff w riter Utornevs tor the Moab M s i (.rind Countv l"i Commission Member I ami C ,,n.i mg I Company s.iv should recuse hmiself or di i n-'- ii Ine par tndvutis n;i. proji it in discussion- - ticipite. Johnson's The ci'inpinv states in a ;w to County Attorney RJ1 Benge tliat i Continued on Page V7 Ip-On-T- i r lei-i- i. topics, such as The 3est Books," The Best Box Office, and in Moabs case The Best Off the Beaten path. Gimme Moab! shouts a T 37.02 - staff writer mission approves it, the application will move on to the Grand County Council for a second pubic bearing But at a citizens group nice ting on Tuesday, members of Moab Citizens Alliance, a group that has vigorouslv opposed the luxury destination resort, talked about strategy and the puss! bility that they might appeal a nega tive decision by Grand County to the Board of Adjustments or to a court ut QatjMLwPrec& Mar. by Franklin Seal Attorneys: Christie should not vote magazine highlights the best" of a list of travel-relate- d WEATHER HISTORY Feb. 23 Both sides prepare arguments West comfort is not a crime .M. Saturday Shower 2CQ1 Critical time for Cloudrock National headlines 4 Thursday, March 8, wwsv.moabtimes.com 1G headline sandwiched j between two mountain-bikin- g photographs. A sidebar story is titled Fat Tire Fun," and mentions Moabs Poison Spider Bicycles and Rim Tours. Writer Robert Lamme' tells of the Shckrock Trail, Porcupine Run Trail, Arches, Canyonlands and other local s. No wonder the locals call the area Photograph Alley," the writer observes. Moab's appearance m a major airlines publication points to a trend that visitors may consider traveling here by air, from long distances. That type of travel is indicative of a high-en- d market "Continued on PaTA2 BASE jumper Lisa Barton of Santa Barbara California makes a turn for the landing pad during the IPBC Tombstone Challenge The competition brought more than 20 jumpers to the region and consisted of seven lumps per person See coverage of thi , and other events in Sports & Recreation, Section B Photo by Michael Gosthn two-da- y Stanton steps in to help revive Film Commission by Lisa Church staff writer A autnor river-runni- tackles the mystery of missing newlyweds The Grand County Council agreed Monday to temporarily hire Bette Stanton to oversee the Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission. The move is an interim step to keep the Film Commission operating while the County Council determines how it will be run and by whom Stanton, the former longtime executive director of the RELATED mission, will perform Actors strike puts damper on L.A. expo Because of the impending actors strike in the film industry, there was a bit of a damper at Location Expo 200 1 in Los les last week. Manning the Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission booth were Bego Gerhart, Page Holland and Larry Campbell. The Expo is sponsored by the Association of Film Commissioners International, and the MMVFC booth is one of four selling Utah locations. Campbell, who has represented MMVFC at prior Location Expos, remarked: In addition to the strike, another concern i3 com-SE- E A closer look 4th quarter real estate figures reveal some interesting trends see Real Estate Weekly, inside Look at the Legacy v" ZL The new edition of Canyon Legacy feaVes mountain man Andy Swanson A5 hr Group ( Vp Place N General Excetienre ) rne Tune- J ' uxiepenetent OTORY, PaGEA7 administrative du- - ties including orga nizing files, fielding inquiries, and providing resource information to the Grand County Travel Council for a period of about two months. In the meantime, the County Council said it will examine alternatives for staffing the Film Commission, which is currently housed with the Economic Development program under the umbrella of the Travel Council. Last August, council members agreed to take over management of the financially ailing Film Commission, and to have newly County accepts resignation of CJC director Is facility in jeopardy? To subscnbe to subscrttjeigmoabfimes com 77ie nt This news- - paper i (Jj print on recycled paper and is recyclable. four-yea- by Franklin Seal After several months of tough negotiations regarding the role her organization will play in the community, on Thursday, March 1, Mel Giles, the director of the Childrens Justice Center of Grand County turned in her resignation, effective March 30. At 3 p m. on Tuesday, Grand County Continued on Page A7 i On Monday, DeLay asked Council members to provide some guidelines for managing the Film Commission, until a permanent solution is devised During Mondays afternoon meeting. Chamber of Commerce Board Member Rex Tanner suggested that the Council consider placing the Film Commission under the umbrella of the Chamber He said any such move would require some funding for additional staff, as well as clear guidelines but said the Chamber was willing to put to- - gether a props il T inni r ..ud hi m- - ik ing the suggestion after Council h n h r Jim Lew ii contacted him for ugt Council Member Birt Liavitt who he said approai hed Stanton for help he felt 'tronglv tbit tl. Film said week, i -- -- i ion-B- ut -t Commission should tav w it h f e i ouiii "I dont think the count h m u r nut w mte d to take the Film Commie-io- n on " L ivitt tt said The fir- -t te p thought some body in there to ki p it going " -- v -- 1 wi-tog- e Pump station may be neighbor to Arches entrance by Franklin Seal staff writer With the release of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement by the Bureau of Land Management last week. The Timez-Indpendent learned that Williams Energy made a addition to their plans for a pipee last-minu- staff writer call hired Economic Development Coordinator Kari Huts allocate five hours each week to Film Commission business But that plain was sidelined two weeks ago when Huts was charged with misappropriating Film Comr mission funds during her tenure as the Film Commission executive director After Huts was charged, Travel Council Director Manan DeLay decided to have Travel Council staff temporarily take over all business related to the Film Commission. that the AFCI and the American Film Institute (AFT used to have their annual events together. The AFI conference is attended primarily by directors and producers and they attended both event-- . Tin n the AFI moved across the street, which still allowed participants to attend both functions. This year the AFI moved to another town and this hurt. In the future, the AFCI needs to schedule Location hxo on another date, so it isnt in direct competition with the AFI According to Holland and Gerhart, they were still able to pic k " 100 leads for potential about up Continued on Page 1 te line conversion and construction project. The EIS now shows a new pump station located just north of Moab near the entrance to Arches National Park. Williams plans to convert its existing pipeline, which runs through Moab and is designed to handle pressurized gas products, into one suitable for transporting liquid petroleum products. The converted pipeline will connect to new pipelines north of Cres- - cent Junction, allowing the company to ship product between Bloomfield, N M and Salt Lake City An existing pump station, located at the southern end of Spanish Valley, will remain online after the conversion A new pump located near a new truck terminal to be built at Crescent Junction was disclosed in previous versions of the plans Originally, they had proposed to have it -t- a-tion at Crescent Junction, said Daryl Trotter, planning and environmental coordinator for the Moab BLM Field Office But then they took a closer look at the engineering They came in at the lat minute and aid thev needed to add a pump station north of Moab " -- Kelly Swan, spokesman for I William-- , -- .aid the rea-o- n they needed to old the- p imp ta tion wa- - to ove riome a 1. )) f t t h it,on gun between the Colorado R.ver n,d the Crescent Junction terminal and pomp ta tion Originally, thev thought the- vp iru-- h Valley pump tation and the new one at Crescent would be sufficient But ifer reexamining their hvdrauhc analysis they decided the project needed an addition il somewhere between the river and the mouth of Moab Canyon Trotter said William- - had not specified exactly w here they w anted to loc ate the new Moab pump tation though they had mentioned putting it somewhere the elec- -- -- - -- -t- ation -- re-e- r Continued on Page A2 4 |