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Show v l ' t i .1 , r ! 1983 Page 2 THE SAN JUAN RECORD Thursday March 3, mineral extraction are restricted in wilderness areas. Grazing; by law, may not be reduced due to wilderness designation. . At the same time, wilderness management benefits watersheds, scenic preservation, wildlife, archaeological conservation, biological Rich Warnick, staff member and recreation. San Juan Record . research, Wilderness designation has kept The southeast comer of Utah is the last ofour1 'wide open spaces known to the rest of the world for its wild back country as much as from getting narrower. the canyon Unfortunately, for anything else - because of country of southern Utah has been books, articles in magazines and outfitter catalogs. Yet the idea of left out of the wilderness system vp to now. I think this is due to having parts of the county designot understanding what wildernated as wilderness areas is often ness is for, or perhaps due to scoffed at. worrying that too much wilderArizona has set aside a half million acres of wilderness. ness might hurt the economy. In fact, the economy of San Juan Wyoming has two million acres, County is not likely to be affected Colorado 2.5 million, Idaho 3.8 at all, even if all thirteen of the Utah has one small million. BLM wilderness study areas were wilderness area near Salt Lake to be recommended to Congress City, with about thirty thousand as suitable. By law, a report acres, must be prepared for each proWilderness is looked upon by some people as being the same as posed wilderness area by the U.S. a national park. True, some Geological Survey, based on a detailed survey of wilderness lies within the national Indications resources. mineral park system, but most is on so far show that, within the bounto Forest Service land. In years daries of these areas, uranium come, a great deal of it will be and other hardrock minerals do managed by the Bureau of Land not exist in commercial quantManagement (BLM), which is now ise s. Oil and gas, which have been finishing up a wilderness study in drilled for extensively over the San Juan County. Unlike national years, have not been found in parks, wilderness areas are very ' quantity. an integral part of the much These wilderness study areas, multiple-us- e system of public which are primarily deep canlands. In 1964, yons, have no future as developed Congress defined wilderness as an area where the recreation sites. Eventrailbikes earth andits community of life are would have a tough time in most untrammeled by man, where man of these places. Yet horse and foot himself is a visitor who does not travel, rock climbing, river nature study, photograremain. The Wilderness Act set running, and phy such the in areas general sightseeing are aside many in and around these excellent national forests, and specified that any new additions to the areas. recreation in National Wilderness Preserva- , . the U.S. is growing faster than tion System could be made by subwilderness acreage, which to me sequent acts of Congress. says that additions to the wilderThe Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 mandated ness system are inevitable. With million wilderness visitors a study of BLM land to determine 10-a year in this country, wilderness . areas suitable for designation as has become another form of tourwilderness. Both of these legislative acts ism. And did I leave out hunting and fishing? Hunting and fishing recognized wilderness as multiple use, along with grazing, in wilderness areas go by the same rules as everywhere else timber, minerals, wildlife and recreation. Only logging and in the state. i i , , Non-motori- zed 15 , Letters to the editor The Record welcomes letters from its readers on any subject of public interest. Letters must be no more than 300 words in The publisher at all length' reserves times the right to edit, condense or reject any contributions, in the interest of suit- ability andor good taste. Letters must be signed. the past few weeks, we have received more than the usual number of unsigned letters to the editor. Some of these unsigned letters were worthwhile and interesting, however, our policy requires that all letters to the editors Nmust be signed. Thank you. This statement strikes us as asinine and absurd. We opened the Mini Mart in July of 1974 on borrowed money - no city bonds or government subsidy. Our main objective at the time was to occupy a vacant building and make a place to shop in the evenings and on Sunday. We we were offering a thought to the t?wn that was service desperately needed, We were soon to find out, after putting in 16 hours each day, seven days a week, that we had criticism Lewis Carroll wrote this little verse that so well fits the child of March: Child of the pure unclouded brow, and dreaming eyes of wonder! Though time be fleet and I and thou, are half a life asunder, thy loving smile will surely hail the love gift of a fairy- tale. If you were bom between February 21 and March 21, your sign is the fish, or Pisces. Your element is water, your ruling planet is Neptune and your greatest desire is' to have things fit into place with grace and unity. Your gem is chrysolite, yourplant moss and your best is day is Thursday. Your magical number is 11 and your magical factor is love. There, you have it as I found it in a book. Now you are at liberty to look into the book and find out a lot more things that mayormaynotbetrue. Some of the things I found, I simply did not want to repeat. Seemed more in keeping for you to search them out by yourself. But several of the books I read agreed that these Fish people are delightfully talented and able to handle almost anything in the fields of art, dance, literature , , sea-we- ed -- death!' . One S v - 0.) SSCJ First Race fiT I l think God didnt know howtoprop-erl- y guide the sun in its journey. . Published every Thursday at Monticello, Utah, 84535. Second class postage paid at Monticello, Address Utah (USPS 480-40: Box 879, Monticello, changes Utah. Hie San Juan Record is a member of the Utah Press Assoc. - the San Juan Record Michealangelo and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were those splendid people among PUBLISHERS Group 1 COMMUNITY very smart thing the United States was able to do, was to purchase Alaska from Russia on March 30, 1867. In 1870 they made another amart move in the Fifteenth-Amend- ment, giving the vote to citizens of all races and color. . The U.S. was not so smart, in my opinion, when on March 31, 1918 they put daylight saving time into effect. Seems like they ad and music. claiming the Fish. These people usually have dainty, features, with small hands and feet,' but if they are not small, they are enormous like clods. Now you go and find the book. U.S. presidents Jackson, Madison, Cleveland and Tyler were bom in March. Merrimack to keep the North from capturing it. It had been only 77 years since Patrick Henry declared' on March 23, Give me liberty or give me English soldiers took part in the Boston Massacre, , killing five Americans who were struggling to remove the British soldiers from their city. The Hall of Fame was founded in March 1900. I ani so glad they saw fit to establish it. Otherwise, where could my credits, be recorded? One page of history records a battle between two U.S. ships on March 9, during the Civil War. The Northern ship was called the Monitor and the Southern ship, the Merrimack. Both were iron-cland could not prevail against each other. The Monitor was lost in a storm and the ' South sank' their PAGE J. Martin L Adams TYPOGRAPHY SUBSCRIPTION RATES San Juan County Outside county Canada Dear old William Penn, after much pain and hard labor, was finally awarded a grant from $8.00 9.00 12.00 15.00 25$ Elsewhere Newsstand him which gave Pennsylvania on March 4, 186L England Less than 70 years passedbefore from some of the town people for staying open on Sunday. , We have survived this - thanks to. the people who do appreciate having a place to shop at night and on Sunday. Safeways policy is to have shopping hours from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. We couldnt help but be a little concerned as these are also our hours, and there definitely is not enough business for four of us Gofer, . Westside, Safeway and (Please turn to Page 20) In Dear Editor: February 26 we received the following letter from one of our former customers. On To the Mini-Ma- rt, Congratulations: You really blew it. If you had not joined your back scratching friends you would now have more business than you could handle. Yours in disgust, . A former customer SPECIAL SHOWINGS Honkytonk Man March 3 7 p.m. March 9 p.m. 4-5- -7 f E.T. March 4-1- 48 Hrs. March 7 p.m. 0 8-1- 0 9 p.m. SPECIAL Monday Family Night $8 See it at The Movies Monticello |