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Show (Die (Dmr 5 Page A3 -- 3 nhfprnbrni- j- Thursday, December 13, 2001 Environmental groups file J energy plan lawsuit against Busn Fatali pleads guilty to lighting fires near Delicate Arch by Franklin Seal tafT writer Rockville nature photogra- e pher Michael Fatali pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Friday to seven misdemeanors in connection a ith fires lit at Delicate Arch in September, 2000 and at Horse hoof Arch and the Joint ! Trad in August, 1997. In a seven-pagstatement submitted to Magistrate Judge Samuel Alba, Fatali agreed to plead guilty to all seven counts and to make full restitution to Arches and Canyonlanda national parks for hi offenses. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to Saturday Classes are coming to the Center of Higher Education. .Here are just a few examples of the fun classes that will be offered: Raak t Seftenars Competing Grant Writing ta Shop On Line Keep watching our ads; much more to come! Cali 259-725- 7 take hi guilty pie and restitution into account in determining their sentencing recommendation. Prosecutor denied having made any further promise to Fatali about recommending a light sentence. Sentencing wa set for Feb. 1 at 9 30 a m. F stall face a maximum sentence of 6 month in prison and I'i.OUO m fines on each of the seven count Park manager ray so far, about $7,000 has been paid out for restoration work on the damaged sandstone, though that does not include all the costs of restoration effort to date. Arches administrators were working on Monday to come up with a final tally of money spent so far. Man- agers also said the restoration work did not completely restore the stone; a decision ha not yet been reached on w hether to conduct further restoration work or leave it to nature to complete the restoration. II park resource man- agers decide further work is needed, those cost also probably would be included in Fatali s res- titution Paul said order, Henderson, park service admin- istrator. In the statement, Fatali said that on Sept. 18 and 19, 2000, he led a photography class to Delicate Arch for nighttime photography sessions and brought with him Durafiame logs and aluminum baking pans for special lighting effects. He directed his assistant and others to light fires in the pans under and to each side of the arch. He also directed others in the group to collect nearby wood and to light a fire in a sandy bowl below the arch. The Natural Resource Defense Council NRDC and Southern Utah Wildernes Alliance tSUWAI have filed a lawsuit to atop the Buah from administration implementing hat they consider to be an i!l conceived national federal BLM PS N I Mam'S 59-071- 2$ Buy your friends and loved ones a Gift Certificate that can be used across the nation... iSS? rom Dallas t0 Essex Junction, w from Dunkirk to Kirkland from Santa Barbara to Park City... in ...or 1200 other cities throughout wiVythe country -- ss& Arches Book Company is one of MANY Book Sense participants. You purchase the Gift Certificate in Moab and it can be redeemed in almost any independent book store nationwide. The statement also acknowledged that Fatali gathered wood and lit fires without a permit at two locations in Canyonlands National Park in Fresh, artisficaljy created wreaths. 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