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Show r p Page Board of Adjustments names new members by Lia thurrh ktafT writer The Grand Countv Count it in tnuu.il v appointed Mathr Tan ami iruii Mark Sumli-rHer to fill vaiamiei on the irand un ( R-- n Countv board Honxilz was ul suli-itt'- x Mari j- - a board al djusUnt-nt- s tomato Tht- tour were a fix tod Iron a (lool applicant that aim iiu iudi-- d Bui and N Clark Minmn Council B in Leavitt and ''Uianne niiinU-M.ivU-rrdid not attend the Mondav inp'ht nieeiinu The Board of Adjust merits meets on art as needed basis to consider reijuehts for variances and to resolve issues "elating to interpretations ol the county's land use code Ilunninp- - 'secretary Marv (offline said the board last met ill 1999 In other business, the count il unanimously voUsi to hire.Judv Bane .is Countv Administrator Bane, who has Iss-- working lor the countv since last vear will begin the job ininiish atelv She was originally hired to lie Dave then administrator ol iit Ian- - 1 Hutchinson's secretary Several months ago, the ( mined promoted her hi personnel direetor for the county. The Council also approved a request from Seekhawn to allow the non profit group to hold a candlelight v igi I on the courthouse steps next month Seekhavena Debbie Nelson told the council that the vigil is intended to raise awareness of sexual assault and domestic violence The event is set for April 30 at 7 30 p m Film Commission Continued from Pane A I future film work in the area average, with onlv a dozen lieing really hot," said Page, hut the quality of leads in general mav not he quite as great as usual " Pam Seep, assistant director of the Travel Council, took on the job of responding to Expo 2001 leads, sending a production planning guide and location photos, when requested Taking advantage of the industry lull that may result from the impending strike, Leigh von der Fsch, executive director ol the Utah Kdm Commission, has planned some exciting FAM tours for the impact period This is in anticipation of the 2002 Olympics and the resulting Ismefts that can he reaped Also, von der Fsch reported that her office will have the rights on a film recently shot in Utah on the state's movie history It was filmed by Turner Classic Movies and can be used in Salt Lake City, as well as other parts of the state, like Moab. for promotional purposes," says von der Esch. Following a review of conditions, former Film Commission Dins tor Bette Stanton has agreed to assume the responsibility f providing information to the County Council that will help them determine the v due of the film commission and how to deal with its future, such as the degree ol time needed to effectively ojierate For a brief period, and onlv, Stanton will working part-timhe taking film company inquiry calls and simplifying the organization At some fsant, the County Council will determine whe ther existing county This m e personnel should handle future MM VF( ' operations, or a permanent person should he hired, and for how much time per week In my opinion, states Stanton, Grand County cannot afford to drop the hall on the film commission Not only do film people help fill our many motel rooms, but we have a certain obligition to the citizens who have built their careers in the film industry when our mining collapsed As compared to our service industry jobs, film work provides some pretty healthy payrolls We need to continue attracting these jobs to southeastern Utah and providing film career opportunities for our citizens," W'hile the reorganization is in process, the Travel Council will continue to house MMVFC Stanton will deal with calls forwarded to a dedicated line at her nome, w hile assisting the courty with the reorganization Persons wishing to register, volunteer, or who may have questions, can drop in and fill out the necessary forms Stanton will be in the MMVFC office, periodically, to pick them up and address the issues WTien film companies decide to film here, and provide approval for a public notification, information will be posted on the front door of the Travel CouncilAIMVFC office However," notes Stanton, due to circumstances, it anticipated that there will be a flood of activity in the very near future." int met Pump station Continued from Pane Ilu' A2 a t il i.i!ai 1 north ol Pot ju-- l ash Road ru ar ih- - mli rscct ion with H.ghwav 111 That could put tile five ai re itation witlim sight of and di reiilv ii run tht highway from a cult urn into n h planned ih-National Park We talked to them a read i and told tle-rthat it - not i ry feasible Trotter iaid But In the turn huol fu e learned of he i flange thi Drift FI's had alreadi been slit to the printers fie added W have i.iii (ertis about tfi.it mill.) itatioll and we re tr mg to figure it out Williams representatives will -- t. ) .n in i to Jim Uss I ills o Moab !j i -- i i -- -i- r ritiai National P irk rnie .Auperintt mb nt tor the south a- -t Utah Group Jerry Bantu. .lid hi-- i staff w a- - till rev lew mg the ifoi umeni win both surprised F Si -- -- "i National headlines Continued from Pane that 1 is becoming inon and in the region In the New Wit mnilort n no longer a crime." f'i'orls t ht Man h non-intereste- issue ol Xatmnal (leaprapha 'Trot eU tin ululed soli This widely pubhiution of r tin lamed Automat ( leapt aph a wa- - m town to con r Sorrel River Rum h. and devoted a foil storv to this cinturv old working ranch with citv shi ker sophist it at ion" that Robbie and Hope Levin have created at Mile 17 on the Colorado River The Tumi Imli penitent reported that tile February issue ol Sunset Xfaptuine named Sorrel River Rant h one ul Thi Ini s " West .s Be-- t a did Shape Magazine similar story on Sorrel m January, and a fei will follow shortly ('mule Xian t TYavelt considered to Is- th most influenti. travel magazine Las week Their oilier big business is Canyon 'll ght seeing " gui.iei! a.r lour- - with 1 -- it or- - sM mimg $201) e! x rson far - -- nt h as Monument to sighttiip Valiev "1 u ,n h a Aiqs rhost class for people who icotk in the tourism business usually al the reception desks of the lnt.il lloti Is " continues Bovle, and when I -- tart the class I k m student'. W fiat is th1 biggest quest ion people k con Tile answer If you is What - there to do here an t on n hai k w ith a dozen answers ion are mil doing your jut) For the must part von have the opportunity to help loin spend their money in t he coin iiiini it v and that's good for all of us Flier.- have always been high-engm -- is ii, town, but thev dont a a i - know who prov.dc.s the sen ii i - thev are looking for" Continuing down the list of Moab-- a r e a a-- a-- i d Ihnu-n- have ved rec acclaim, the writers want to do stories about Moab and call us all the time because a lag Sunflower Hill Bed f American Automobile Association i AAA) 4 Diamond Award certified lodging in Ia-vi- The growth of Slnkrock Air Guides is a prime indicator of the tourism growth of the high-enmarket m Moab Gene Boyle, owner, thief pilot, guide and Moab marketer, began Slicknick m 1913 with a three passenger Cessna 182 In 2)00, he purchased three new planes, bringing his total fleet to five Cessna aircraft, giving Slnkrock the capacity to fly 25 passengers at any one time. People want to experience more during the time they have here, and money is an afterthought. If you only have X amount of time, and your time is valuable, air service is where it's at" exclaims Bovle, who coincidentally is mamed to Sheri GirTfith Slnkrock Air Guides' main business is air shuttles for the river trips, picking up rafters doing Cataract or Desolation the distinction of being the only to people & Breakfast holds part of the Nos. 1 and 2 rated Top Tour Operators and Safari Outfitters" m the Worlds Best Awards of Travel Lemur? Magazine In the past, these tour operators hvpassisl Moab because their clients demand a level of accommodation that was not available High-en- d tourism is here now and seem to lie the driving force in bringing the travel media spotlight and biur oerators b Moab The (Toudrotk Lodge proposal would bring as its partner the No. 4 rabsi tour operator Butterfield & Robinson, also ranked No 1 hv Leisure for hiking, walking, Travel " rafting and kavaking biurs Int lusion of the these tour in offerings w ill now Moab means that companies be advertised in the more than one million hris hures distributed to their clients and travel agents each year Not onlv is Abercrombie & Kent 1A&K1 Imoking the Sorrel River Ranch, hut last year A&K merged with Sheri Griffith Fxssiitions. one of the oldest river raffing companies in Moab, and have made Moab their headquarters for active trips Tins new association with A&K highlights the dedication Sheri Griffith has put into her business over the years, growing it from 12 trips in 1981 bi almost 200 trips this year Griffith actually begun offering rafting trips in 1971 with her brothers in Steamboat, Goto Her passion for the red rocks brought her b) Moab, and that enthusiasm convinced A&K. one of her biggest cusbmiers. to make a real commitment to the area The new A&K Active Travel brochure includes 29 trips to 19 countries, and is distributed to more than 230,000 i national Travel you are going to stay," res)rt.s Robbie Our bookings are up 350' over last year Not only that, but we have Imoked travel companies like Taui k Tours and Aliercrombie & Kent who are coining to Grand (minty for the first time " In bringing Tam k Tours and Abercrombie & Kent to ! fraud Count v. Sorrel River Ranch has attracted the s that Grand County It work a lot ol hard and dedication to receive this certification, and a continuous attention to service tak(s and quality Richard and Marge Stuck) began Sunflower Hill with a sensitive resioritinn of two homes on the north end of 300 Fast in 1983, and today, their son Greg (a member of the Moab Citv Council serves as general manager ol the B&B. The family has turned the prop-rtinto a quiet oasis for their guests to enjoy after a day of hiking and hiking around the county Molly Jensen, assistant innkeeper, reports that business did well last year despite the lower visitation numbers in the parks Mo, lb- - Western Spirit Cycling is a leading organizer of mountain biking trips in the West. Ashlev Korenhlat, Western Spirit's 'White president, created high-enLinen' trips featuring a chef and mas .ages on the trail, and these trips were recently featured in Self magazine We find th.it as mountain biking becomes more and more popular you need to broaden your perspective and serve the needs of different kinds of people First it was who just wanted to just the hard-cor- e rack up the miles, now everyone wants to mountain hike1 and this new market doesnt want to rid1 as far. and needs a few more creature comforts along the way reports Korenhlat. The March issue of Forbes d FY'I. the travel and lifestyle supplement of Forbes magazine (the national business magazine), highlights Western Spirits mountain biking trips in Southern I'tah. The White Rim is still one of our most popular trips," says Korenhlat. We had over 900 user days in Canyon, intis National Park last year. Overall, our business grew 50 G last " year Korenhlat purchased Western Spirit in 1997. after serving as the president of Merlin Metalworks, a high-en- d bicycle manufacturing company in Cambridge, Mass. Half of our customers were buying Merlins and taking them to Moab Mountain bikers put Moab on the map. and there - still a lot of unrealized potential out there " In la- -t Friday's Wall Street Journal. Allan Kay. a spokesman for the Travel Industry Association, says that unlike in the past, vacation travel seems to be getting almost recession-proof- " L'pon review of the nine hotels and resorts in the Journals accompanying Cool Economy. Hot Resorts" weekend cover story, a quick calculation revealed an average price of $2 17 to $1 000 per night for the hotels listed, indicating the high end is an important component of the overall market Lawsuit on dump hill ,i Friday. Feb 2i Federal District J nig Bru.e S Jenkins in Salt latte tlli 'ssueil a partial summary judgment in a suit brought ag.imrt Oram Coungi tht 1itv of Moab and ihe Grand I'ounli Solid Waste District bv developer William T Browder The judge ruled in t.nor ol B. owner on three of seven motions The summary judgment is a screening process used by courts in narrow mg ilow o subject matter prior to trial, explained Moab I'm Attorney Chris MiAnanv in tt.e suit, Browder alleges the uetendanis did not legally lose the Did Moab Landfill across from his property on Sand Flats Road He also alUgre that the landfill is the source of gm. ndwater contamination in M.ll Ore k and that the defendants allowed tile public to dump garbage on his property years ago. Inal thev helped aver up th." trash and failed to disclose that hisiorv to him in discussions prior to his purchase of the prort hi S v ptember of Id;, Brow der pure hased the property, but was later told his plans for the property would not be approved The defendants contend that if any dumping occurred on l tie property u w as from t fit actions of indii iduals and they had no control over it As to the groundwater allegations, McAnany -ais. We haven t seen am information that would support that, fl - tex, soon to tell what impact the summary judgement would " have on the case, he added ll s at a very preliminary stage Airline proposes flights to DEN, PHX, by , - story oiut rued that the proposal appear- - n. contain a pumping station almost directly ai ross from Ar. In - National Park It ioesn t seem to mi lude inui h detail alsict it Wc were also concerned that the construction proposal tor the Crescent Junction terminal d.s -- n t address light pollution in that ar a " The Draft FIs is the suhiect of a series of eight put.lii meetings along the pipeline route sc heduled for liltond had of March The atcond uieet.ng w ill lake Moab Mari h 1 at 7pm at the Civic Centi r in place A cop i of the full Draft FIS can tie lewed at the Moab BLM office and may tie available on the Internet at a a a qu k ei an; At press tune, the electronic docu iin nt was nut available A summary of the Draft FIS contained no mention of the new pump station But it did contain a map that showed the new station located north of the Colorado Rm r across from Moab The complete Draft FIS contained the same map shewing the station, p'us a dt si r it inn Trotter said the FIS w as being w ritten bv a consulting agency on behalf of the BLM hut paid for bi Williams and two other pipeline companies who, together with Williams, are doing a joint ELS fur separate projects in roughly the same rights-o- f wav t uii-- I hi Thursday, March 8, 2001 3uiU'jciiiU'nt - i Imig doscumon," a. ut. r s.nd aw m sail! tht toiupani - original is aint tig hut final We III! need son n tti.lig III dial ininitv. hut w hi re w. it roHis d is bv no meal nth final del moll Wt re Hearty oM II III looking it .1 limit suitable It' He sals one ol tin II 111 roll men Ini inwall tal ion.sull.uits at hW( Laki City ha- - suggested a t- somewhat i lost to the met further from tin i nt rant i to the .ai k ! Incal substation M ;n i .1 !i tin vTiuu's- Franklin Seal staff writer Fven though the Department of Transportation has vet to am. ounce which airline wdl get the federally subsidized Moab passenger air ser- ice route, on Tuesday, w hen a Great Lakes Av lation team dropped into Chamber of Moab for a lunch-tim- e Com nerve presentation, it increased the appearance that the Chevenne, Wvo based airline had it in the bag Four airlines placed bids on the Moab Essential Air Service contract: Great Lakes, Sunri-- Airlines, Cae sino Airlines and locally based Arrow West Aviation. Great Lakes, v. h:ch currently operates 26 sub.,1 code-shar- The bad news is that Great Lakes won t start operations until Voss s ud We early or would normally not want to start up withou' having the 45 davs of s He expects the DOT to issue the order for the contract Friday or sometime next week. It mid-June- pre-sale- with others e takes two or three weeks to get the flights scheduled and into the computer reservation systems and on internet travel sites. Oniy then can customers start booking summer days later. Great flights Forty-five Lakes hopes to begin service, Voss said A Look Back in Time Historic pictures of Moab & Grand County Have a picture you would like to share? Submit it to The Times-lndepende- nt dized routes from hubs in Denver, Paul and Chicago, Minneapolis-St- . is the largest among them And several indicators point to Great Lakes hai mg the deal already wrapped up. Last month, several sources close to the negotiations said Great Lakes had reached an informal agreement with the DOT and that the contract was virtually assured. Great Lakes proposal includes two flights per day. to Denver and one to Phoenix. On Tuesday, Great Lakes CEO Doug Voss flew to Vernal, Moab and Page, Anz. to talk with community leaders. All three communities lost their federally subsidized air service last November when Sunrise Airlines filed for bankruptcy; three of the four companies submitted bids to serve the three communities. Meanwhile, DOT representatives in Washington, DC said they were still at least several days away from an official decision. At the Chamber lunch. Voss and Senior Vice President of Marketing Dick Fontaine, told the assembled members that at least as far as marketing goes, Moab would be gaining not just one. but two airlines. In recent years. Great Lakes has operated as one of several United Express companies. Now, having just renegotiated their arrangement with United, they will e also be free to with FronVoss tier Airlines, explained. The change means Great Lakes will beits planes with the gin Great Lakes logo instead of United Express. It also means that to customers trying to book a flight into Moab, beginning sometime this summer it will appear as if they have a choice between two large airlines. g allows two airlines to list connecting flights as if they were operated by one company usually the larger company with the greatest branding power Customers get one ticket, baggage is checked only once and most important Voss pointed out codesharing tends to boost ndership and decrease prices. To the shopper or travel agent searching for reservations, a flight to Moab from any of hundreds of national airports will appear as if the entire trip was on either Untied or Frontier. To them it will appear as if there are two large airlines flying into Moab. Though Great Lakes has yet to g work out a agreement with Frontier, Voss said he hopes to conclude that deal soon. Voss also announced that the DOT had agreed to their proposal for Ariz. flight, with cona Ivloab-Pagnections to Phoenix. code-shar- Code-sharin- code-sharin- e, Doug Voss speaks with Rosemary Cassamassa during Tuesday Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Photo by Franklin Seal Senatorial look-alik- e . . . Shortly after the new entrance road into Arches National Monument was opened in the late 1 950s, Superintendent Bates E. Wilson, left had the pieasure of showing the park to U. S. Senator Wallace F. Bennett. Looks kind of like our Senator Bennett of today, doesnt it? A trip out to take tne picture was a pleasure for the editor, who didnt often get a chance to see Bates all dressed up and wearing his Smokey hat. Times file photo Peak Cablevision approaches the completion of its Moab rebuild and prepares to bring a revolution in cable television to the residents of Moab Peak Cablevision menu with TVGuide, has been rebuilding its cable system to give Moab residents better Pay Per View, additional HBO, Encore, ShowTime creased reliability, fewer service disruptions and new cable channels. Over the past two and Movie channels and up to 30 channels of digital music. Digital cable does not require a special digital television to receive the service, it can several million dollars into our Moab cable system to replace our old cables with new fiber op- that are going to be picture quality, in- years weve invested tic technology said Shane Baggs, (Peak Cablevision General Manager). Contractors doing the rebuild for us will be moving subscriber service drops from our existing cable system to our new hybrid fiber coax cable system during the last part of March and the first of April. Then in May, after all our subscribers are connected to our new cable sys- tem, well be adding more channels and digital cable. Digital cable will be an optional service and tures an fea- on screen be connected to a regular television. To inform subscribers of the new cable services added well be sending out notification letters the first part of April with a listing of all the new services, what their channel location is going to be as well as the new cable service pricing. Some channels will also be moved around when the new cable services are added to better align them with like programming for subscriber convenience. We are working hard to bring our subscribers television of tomorrow and look forward to serving the residents of Moab today and for years to come. |