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Show 6A Emery County Progress, Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday, December 14, 1999 (CcDimnimiminmSty Vn2s Guest Editorial Letters to the editor Clark Collins, Blue Ribbon Coalition Another reason for December 7 to live in infamy How fitting that on the anniversary of The second would eliminate snowthe bombing of Pearl Harbor a group of mobile play areas among other probWilderness advocates would launch a lems. The third would essentially only almajor nationwide attack on off highway recreation, said Blue Ribbon Coalition low ORV recreation if we dont touch anyExecutive Director. thing, which is impossible for any type of A Dec. 7, 1999 Wilderness Society press use. release announced that they, and the The fourth would be subject to the wiWildlands Center for the Prevention of lderness advocates interpretation of adRoads, intend to file a petition with the equate monitoring and enforcement; U.S. Forest Service requesting the adopAnd the fifth would be a catch all tion of the following five changes to the for prohibiting our use of any areas the current Off Road Vehicle (ORV) manage- Wilderness Society wants us kicked out of. ment framework. In my opinion, while mountain bikes Motorized vehicles are only allowed on system roads and trails designated arent classed as ORVs in this attack, and posted as open for specific vehicle mountain bikers should be on the alert. Mountain bikes are prohibited in Wildertype. travel by motorized ness areas! I believe wilderness proponents are atvehicles is prohibited. ORV can of routes only tempting to eliminate opposition to wilDesignation occur where the Forest Service can demderness designation of our back country onstrate that use of the route by ORVs recreation areas. If these groups should will not cause adverse environmental imsucceed in getting ORVs kicked out of the areas they want locked up in wilderness, pacts. ORV use is prohibited unless admountain bikers would be an easy target. The Blue Ribbon Coalition will be agequate monitoring and enforcement of the use and its impacts is fully implegressively opposing this latest land mented. lockup scheme. They expect that other ORV use is prohibited in legislatively recreation interest groups will stand with or administratively proposed wilderness them in this effort. While it appears that areas, inventoried roadless areas, and this attack is focused on motorized back other areas with roadless values, except country users only, it is a sneak attack on roads for which their use has been for- on all recreationists. Wilderness designation is not good for mally designated. ORVs are defined by these recreation, and more and more back groups as - motorcycles - ATVs country users are falling out of love with - snowmobiles and d 4X4s if used it. So, what has the BlueRibbon Coalition personal watercraft. The first proposed change would been doing while the Wilderness Society mandate a closed unless posted open was plotting this mischief. national policy. We, and our member groups, have been Cross-countr- y ss anti-recreati- -- off-roa- ,0 FOR EXPLORING UNKNOWN TERRITORY ss ss ward that end. IEAH. I KNOW. BUT I FIGURED WE UoULDNT OUT FOR .FIND WHAT A TERRIBLE SURE FOR FAILURE rrN"'! ANOTHER I TEAR J Dear Editor: I would like to add my come ments to Wright, on his remarks on Highway 6. Mr. Dog-gon- Wright should keep his remarks to himself. That way he wouldnt show how ignorant he really is. This highway is a killer! I have driven this highway for over 45 years, and it continues to get worse every year. Year after year, our good DOT sees fit to upgrade the roads and freeways in the Salt Lake Valley, and we dont get any- thing but a bandaid for our roads. Lake Powell is at the other end of our Highway 6, and during the season, the people that live on the Wasatch Front use this highway to commute to and from Lake Powell. Add about another 2,000 trucks per day, as well as the regular traffic, and you have one small road bursting with traffic trying to fit on an outdated road that hasn't had any thing done on it, to upgrade it, since the Billys Mountain slide. Then Pool? Dear Editor Anyone that travels the h Fork Canyon Highway 6 should give their full support to Kathy Justice of Huntington. If you cannot sign the petitions send her your letter pledging your support. What a tremendous task she has undertaken, on a project that has been brewing for many years and has been needed equally as long. I raise my hat and salute you Kathy Justice for your forte to get this manmade death trap brought to the attention of Governor Leavitt. Though the Governor has pledged $51 million dollars, it will probably receive a typical UDOT application, A little dab will do ya . Mayor Dale Barney of Span- ish Fork, and Mayor Mike Dalpiaz of Helper should insist that Governor Mike Leavitt and UDOT construct the road through those two canyons on the same design as the stretch of freeway through the Ltef? Virgin River Gorge, That once was also a death trap until the state of Arizona became aware of the situation. They took immediate action and corrected and made traveling through the Virgin River Gorge a safe highway to travel both day or night. What?? only what had to be done. They widened the road for a short distance with four lanes, by the rest stop, then abruptly ended the down hill lanes back to one lane on a blind comer. The people that arent familiar with this brilliant DOT goof will surly have an accident there before long. Speed may contribute to the accident, but the real problem is the road. It is a major U.S. Interstate Highway, and it is fic only. designed for rural traf- The only interest our State government has in us is our money, and how much higher they can raise our taxes to make Salt Lake Valley a better place to live. They dont want to upgrade us in any way. They will not help us to bring new industry or jobs that could help build an updated road. So Mr. are Dog-gon- Highway Wright, you e Dog-gon- Wrong about e 6. Ray Quinn Cleveland Leavitts promise for Highway 6 is still just a bird in the bush Price-Spanis- By Tim Huber POLITICALLY CORRECT MUCH busy contributing volunteer labor, supporting state trail funding programs, and working for passage of the federal Recreational Trails Program (RTP) to assist our land managers in managing recreation impacts. Virtually all the wilderness advocacy groups have opposed our trail funding efforts. It seems these selfish wilderness groups main focus is on attempting to eliminate everyones impact on the environment but their own. They have evolved into nothing more than hate groups. While we are promoting responsible user ethics, wilderness advocates are derecreationists monizing and other multiple use interests. While we are promoting cooperation on our public lands, the wilderness advocates are telling their members they dont have to share with others. The wilderness movement is alarmed at the growing popularity of ORV recreation and the growing effectiveness of ORV user opposition to their agenda. They are likely kicking off this major campaign in an attempt to block this growth. Of course, this is a serious threat to ORV users. While they may be a day late, they are certainly not a dollar short. With the commitment of $20 million a year from the Pew Charitable Trust to push new wilderness designations, ORV users are going to have our hands full. I believe the United States was motivated by Pearl Harbor, and the allies ultimately won WWII. I think the wilderness advocates will rue the day they initiated this sneak attack. I hope all recreationists will ally with us to- Highway 6 needs a major upgrade, no more bandaids the road, or a side hill cut on one side, at the base to the cut there needs to be installed a six foot chain link fence to catch the falling rocks and eliminate them from bouncing and rolling on to the road At every entrance and exit there must be a center turn lane. All entrances must have an adequate length merge lane. Some time ago, if I recall Senator Mike Dmitrich suggested that perhaps a toll road might bring the. Improvement about in a quick time frame. I would support a toll road if the road is constructed with one thought in mind to make it a safer highway. And yes, I would pay a dollar to travel west through those two canyons and a dollar to return. For $2 one cannot buy a cheaper insurance policy traveling that route on a safe ori- ented highway. If it means eliminating that death trap as soon as possible buy bonding for a toll road, I support it. Though Governor Leavitt pledged $51 million dollars to be spent on the road, it is only a tupence of what the actual cost would be to build a safe highway through those two canyons. Everyone must keep in mind, until the money is appropriated, it is still a bird in Understand there are 50 the bush. semi trucks going through the Once the State Legislature Gorge for every single truck passes the bond to build the that travels over Soldier Sum- toll road construction could mit. The Gorge is a safe section start on or before the end of of road to travel There is a four 200 1 . Tb me, even if that section lane road two lanes east and of road is completed within the two lanes west with a three next three years by bond or foot high concrete barrier diwithout bond it is still 25 years vider and a three foot plastic to late. screen on top of the cement Every effort should be made barrier to bar the headlights of to rebuild, correct and elimtrucks going in the opposite inate that man made death direction, the entire length of trap as soon as possible by the Gorge. There is no center whatever means. barrow pit. Where ever the road goes through a cut on both sides of Developing begins with love of self self-estee- m The fun of a greased pig race is the fact that the pig slips out of the contestants hands so easily. I am sure you have tried to pick up something only to have It roll away from you. Sometimes that is what it can seem like when it comes to building This is especially so for persons who begin with a very poor estimate of themselves. Feeling good about ourselves, or posi- derstanding. It helps to have another person who can discuss and encourage us in the process. That can be a mutual thing since everyone can always feel better about him or herself. Some days are better than others, too. is? What would you say I say, high is my owning that I am valuable and capable and livcan be described in ing as though that is true. It means rective words, but it is only really understood ognizing that my real needs come first. when the words touch personal experiHere is where the "but comes in. This ence. Without that experience the decan sound like selfishness. However the scription becomes a series of It is this... emphasis is on real. It is not selfishbut... as the one describing has to ness if we are consciously trying to find out what our real needs are. Everyone qualify the statement. So we must practice suggested ways to have needs respect, care from others, time for See what that feels like. Then go back themselves, rest, fun, etc.. If we do not over the word description for more un allow these things for ourselves, we will self-estee- self-estee- self-estee- IN self-estee- m self-estee-m be stingy in giving them to others. The trick, as always, is to know when it is real and when it is over concern for self. When we do not think of others. The tools we can use are keeping commitments, taking risks, making changes, forgiving ourselves and others, taking credit for our good points and actions. In the next few weeks in Home Made," along with recognizing the way the upcoming seasons enter into this, we will explore the above ways to develop and maintain As we will see, these are not easy to carry out. So it is not a giving in to what we feel like doing at the moment without regard for what others need. It takes discipline and courage and caring about others to accomplish this growth in good feeling about ourselves. self-lov- e. 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