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Show r Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10B Emery County Progress, Castle Dale Utah Blue Ribbon Coalition allege Cl in ton Gore And the winner is... College of Eastern Utah Pre-Registrati- on roadless initiative bad for recreationists Spring Semester 2000 Classes Start January 11, 2000 Register at the CEU Admissions Office Upstairs in the College Center December 3 January ments on President Clintons Roadless Protection Initiative. Each of these 11 hearings were hastily scheduled in or near the Forest Services regional headquar- 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Spring Semester Fees - $164.00 must be paid in order to register ters. Notice of the meetings had only just appeared in the Federal Register on Nov. 10. V,4 Adena Cook, Public Lands Director for the BlueRibbon Coalition, attended and testified at the meeting scheduled Nov. 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Local notice had just appeared in the Salt Lake media that very day. Cook reported on her impressions of the meeting. I was surprised at the number who attendee, given $ f J H The Forest Service last w'eek began a series of public hearings to receive com- voiding holiday hazards such a short notice," said Cook. "Wilderness advocates, who are pushing the Clinton Administration to s lock up 60 million more acres 5 of roadless and unroaded lands, were highly organized, and obviously had ' n advance notice. Our perspective, which speaks for keeping public land open to the public, was capably represented by the few who w'ere able to find I Si M 3 out about the meeting," M Cook continued, We were, outnumbered by an Wilderness elitists who represent only two Ktffxubjq clothes unfortunately, wd ether fmwhle, few si Garrett Horton a second grader from Castle Dale Elementary receiving, a new BMX Bicycle from Greg Killpack, General Manager of Emery Telcom. The bicycle was the grand prize in Emery Teleoms Christmas Card Contest, part of Emery Telcoms Education Initiative. All Emery County Elementary students were encouraged to participate. Emery Telcom had 6 13 entries. All participants received an Emery Telcom fomyour ftriuue, fl looter keiter. j tostiymyfrtHKtke, c h These public lands are now enjoyed by a wide variety of f ju H I! fl ! Green River Western Family ! v u . r-- , vO. - fadwtjkjtkt frtocifilter, mk& sure, 'tkhtem locked dor is secure if k H f f ' i !i v ' r., fl f'l T to i V4. f mcncn 1 WJ for that It is not Keep V 'MotrmiyfiHt, themi rents and cur utk- - Muhsmiceutd mm'tfllfmtkroof ' : -- u- ? - . r A v , i- '! , - - -r V 1 i rf Box 589, Castle Dale, UT 84513; or by fax (435) "K t 381-243- 1; progressfgetv.net; or submit it in person at r the Progress office. ,.1J The person receiving A the most nominations 1 s will be named By BETTY BAILEY Green River correspondent f f 1 190 E. Main, Castle Dale. H ; pirpM' - ?- - ' v--. v ' , t jmrtutje A room. 4 f c Contuse a V - - i A .n A M Ij i 4, ') Jj mi:sion Emery County Person of the Year Contest. There are lots of people in the county who deserve to be recognized for all they do to help others and make our county so great. Please submit your nomination for Person of the Year, along with a short write-u- p of why you feel heshe should be chosen, your name, address and phone number to Emery County Progress, PO ; i ' v 1 kjtkce. j to t t -- H 1999 Shopping.Spree Winner '1 T7 r tc ' . a! The Emery County Progress will once again be a sponsor of the 4 I "far hotter ad I ditional ti I pipes inside, yourkome. recreationists visit Wilderness areas) This elite group, already having over 100 million acres of designated Wllderness, now want to lock up an ad- . Tesuhsimll children percent of the recreating public." (only two percent of national forest would be no collisions in On Nov. 18, at 10 a.m.. Green River resident Chris Cross, winner of the two minute Western Family shopping spree was plannmg her route through the aisles of the Best Way Melon Vine. Meanwhile, owners Duane and Penny Riches cleared the store of customers so there '"fathometer. the winner. In the event of a the tie, a aisles. At approximately 10:10 a m Chns was at the starting pomt waiting for the signal from Duane Riches to begin. At the unrd go she was off like a shot and on a direct route to the walk-in- . Two mmutes and two shopping carts later Chris was the proud wmner of $377.33 worth of Western Family grocenes. tie-break- er will be held. In an effort to allow ample time for nomina- tions to be made the deadline for submittal be January Jan. 14, 2000, and the wanner will be highlighted in the Feb. 1, 2000 edition of the Emery County wall Progress. 60 million acres. recreationists, motorized and The Wilderness advocates to kick these folks out of the backcountry and have it all for themselves." Cook also pointed out d. w-a- that the Wasatch-Cach- e National Forest was currently revising their forest plan, and that public meetings were an ongoing part of this effort. Its obvious you care deeply about your local forest, she said, Why would you want the management n of your forest dictated from Washington, DC? You should go to those local meetings where you can look at the maps and resolve these roadless issues on the ground." top-dow- Forest Service officials stated that other meetings would be held on this initiative in or near each of the nations national forests. Since the comment deadline on this proposal is Dec. 20, these meetings must be hastily organized and an- nounced as well. Cook concluded, The Wilderness extremists obviously have the inside track. To be fair, we must lengthen the comment period at least 120 days to let the general public know whats going on. If the present schedule is maintained, the public will be kept in the dark un- til they visit their favorite forest next. Then all they'll see is a closed sign." P'orftnmuul fa inspected December 10 th muwlly iMtiiUjprofession. & 11 th Emery County Progress office hours: iraif 10 over invoice on selected lot models Monday 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday Oishing you a safe holiday season, from all of us at Questar. f 5 n Jf Financing Available on site - Loan officers Jiere! 3&4 Bedrooms Available (QlttUESTER 5115 N.U.S.Hwy. 6 Helper t Friday 9 to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesdays, and weekends Gas :jd. - UT. 472-523- 8 800-789-33- t |