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Show Psge A3 tlhr Thursday, March 15, 2001 trimfs-3lnbfpnibn- it takes honors at Utah Press annual convention Film Society to show ' The King ofMasks' The Canyonlands Film Society inaugurated its new digital projector ca lean from the Sharp Electronic Corporation at its Feb. 22 screening of The Color of Paradise in Star Hall. There was a festive air as moviegoers came through the doors of the historic hall, which has long been envisioned as home for the Film Society's monthly screenings as well as its annual festival. Also inaugurated at the February screening was Canyonlands Film Society membership. Film Society Treasurer Terry Fearing presented applications to the audience, w hich reiterated the Film Societys commitment to providing the Moab comy films and seminars. The munity with membership applications served as an invitation to individuals, businesses and organizations to partner with the Film Society Board. Benefits of membership include discounts off monthly screening as well as festival events, and access to a quarterly new sletter and joint marketing effoits. Completed membership applications with dues ran be mailed to the Canyonlands Film Society (50 South Main Suite 214, Moab UT 84532) or brought to the March screening. The March Film Society Flick takes the Moab community to China. The King of Masks is de high-qualit- Cloudrock Continued from Page A1 string of smaller buildings con- nected by paths and plazas. Perched along the edge of Mill Creek Canyon, Liss says he hopes to make his resort appear as part of the mesa land scape. But the code does not say your project has to be invisible," he added. And our project wont be invisible." Due to the large crowd expected, the planning commission held last Wednesdays hearing in Star Hall. Following a lengthy presentation by Liss and his team, Grand County planning consultant Richard Grice ran through a list of 20 conditions he recommended be added to the application Hours later, after 35 citizens had spoken. Commissioner Levin suggested three additional conditions be added to Grices 20. Levin also added a fourth during the discussion, bringing the total num- - im 24-h- hollywood.com V Showtimes for 31 601 All shows before 6 p m $4 J The 0 MmcAN Sat Nightly 7:00 4 9:15 ft Sun. Mutinies 1:00 ft 3:15 STEVEN SEAGAL DMX M uciiras. THIS IS GONNA HURT NO ONE GETS IWIY CLEAN www.AMAzoN.coMrnArric Sat scribed as a film of simplicity, beauty and emotional power. It has been compared to the Brazilian film Central Station w hich won rave reviews from the Moab audience in September. The difference between the two films is that the old curmudgeon in Thj King of Masks can become a father, if he chooses, and the child is a little girl in a country where girls are not valued. The film is set in a remote area of China in the 1930s, w hen street performers were viewed as members of an elite group. The director, Wu Tiamning, was a studio head in the 1980s, w ho helped bring Chinese filmmakers to prominence. After the Tiananmen Square revolt, he moved to the United States. He returned to China in 1995. The King of Masks was his first film after his homecoming. It proceeded to win Best Feature Film (as well as Best Actor and Best Actress) at Carrousel International du Film, as well as awards at festivals in Istanbul, Singapore, Tokyo and Wurzburg. Although marketed as an art film for adults, the Film Society encourages Moab parents to bring children old enough to read subtitles for a special night out. Roger Ebert, critic for the Chicago describes The King of Masks" as a magical film for third graders and up". It will screen at Star Hal! Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. Sun-Time- Nightly 7.00 Only 1 :00 Only ft Sun. Mstinaa Gift Certificates Available 580 Kane Creek Blvd. Turn at McDonalds! The Times Independent took top honors for news writing during the Utah Press Associations 108lh annual winter convention held last weekend in St. George The newspaper received first place in the categories of Best News Story and Best Feature Story among a field of about 15 papers of similar circulation size. Moab contends with newspapers in cities Brigham City, Cedar City and Delta in the Group II" competition category. For Best News Story, The Times submitted materials written throughout the year on the Atlas Tailings issue. Staff Writer Franklin Seal devoted news coverage of the tailings in of the papers about 52 issues last year. For Best Feature Story, Seals work also took top honors for his coverage of the Big G" landmark. Anonymous persons last summer painted over the historic emblem painted high on the cliffs north of town. That act of vandalism prompted Grand County school district loyalists to organize an effort to replace the giant white letter. The UPAs areas of competition are divided into four categories. Three divide the states weeklies into similar numbers of circulation. The fourth area allows the states daily papers to compete against one another. But all of UPAs nearly 50 member newspapers compete together in one area of s, ber of conditions voted on to 24. Since Wednesdays vote, Grice has combined some of those conditions and added one new one that came out of a meeting with county staff. That means the Cloudrock application will likely be presented to the Grand County Council carrying 22 conditions it must meet in order to get its building permit. Those conditions currently include severed that are meant to deal with questions raised about the project's impact on water and sewer systems. One requires developers to submit detailed sewer line construction plans for approval to the commission. Another requires that the City of Moab and Grand Water and Sewer Service Agency resolve the current disagreement over providing sewer service outside the districts service area. However, that could become a moot point because condition number six requires the mesa be annexed into the service area. The list also would require Lass to make his development comply with a pending state water source protection designation. That could mean the equestrian complex planned for the center of the resort would need to be moved to another part of the- mesa or eliminated altogether. The commission is also requir- ing that Liss pay extraordinary impact" fees to offset the coet of ex- panding general civic improvements to meet needs created by Cloudrock. Those include library and administrative facilities, police and fire protection, parks and drainage systems. Other requirements listed would have the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration sign the development agreement along with the developer, Moab Mesa Land Company. SITLA owns the land on the mesa and will retain title to portions of it under a ground lease partnership designed to generate ongoing funds for state schools and other trust beneficiaries. A parking mitigation plan was sues that popped up repeatedly included the developments effects on water and sewer services in the rest of Spanish Valley and Moab, housing prices in the area and public access to the mesa. Another question raised several times concerned the status of the road onto and across the top of the mesa. Moab Mesa Land Company has requested that the road be given a private lane" designation. But several citizens stated theii belief that it is a public road. Has the county given up their right to those roads? asked Grand County resident Mike Johnson. In later discussion, Grice stated that he did not believe it was a county road. Spanish Valley resident Barbara Morra asked if the county had been maintaining it, and Commissioner Lance Christy replied, Yes." Others pointed out that the road has been listed on county maps as a County B road for decades. None of the 22 conditions being proposed for the application concerns the issue of who owns the road, and apparently the commission intends to recommend that the road be turned into a private lane. Immediately prior to the beginning of the hearing, Commissioner Christy met with Liss and his attorney to resolve a dispute regarding two memos by Christy that appeared on the website of a group opposed to the development. Later, Cliristy told the audience the letters were private memos and in early draft stages. The errors they contained were corrected after he received feedback, he said, and he did not approve them for posting on the site and did not know they had been posted there until after Liss attorney raised ethics questions about them. Christy stated that he now believed the Wilderness Lodge Use On Review included destination resorts. At the end of the hearing, Christy voted along with five other commissioners to approve the project. Commissioner Susie Harrington recused herself because of a conflict of interest. one-thir- d competition, called Com- munity Service." Although The didnt take the blue Times ribbon in this category, it received 95 out of a possible 100 points for its coverage of the Atlas Tailings issue throughout the year, both in terms of news and editorial coverage. The winner was awarded 97 points. The guest columnist Ron Georg took a first-placaward for Best He writes an Column." 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