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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday May 25, 1994 Page 16 Interior Dept, hands over $10 billion With his options cut off by an archaic mining law, on May 16 Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt complied with a court order and turned over title to lands containing more than $10 billion in gold to a domestic sub- sidiary of a foreign corpo- ration. Though the gold is on federal lands and owned by the American people, taxpayers will receive no royalties for the minerals. The U.S. Treasury will receive less than $10,000 in fees from for applied patents in the spring of 1992. The Bush Administration accelerated consideration of its applications under a pilot program to expedite the patenting process. Secre- tary Babbitt ended this program upon taking office. In 1993, Barrick sued the Interior Department, claiming Babbitt was drag- - Employee honored Donald Jack, an employee of San Juan School District, recently was honored by the Utah State Board of Education at their Sixth Annual Evening of Recognition in Salt Lake. The Light of Learning award Jack received is given to individuals from City The City of Monticello expresses sincere apprecia- tion to everyone who participated in City Beautification Days, including: Grayson Redd, his crew, and the State Roads Department for the work which was done to clean up Main Street; Tom Livingston and the boy scouts who cleaned up Loyds Lake picnic area; Margaret Bronson, Margaret Halls, Corinne Ror-in- Telesfora p i r at National Noel Poe, superintendent of Arches National Park, discussed such a possibility artificial sprays , wreaths & are full, visitors will be turned parking lots bouquets away. Reservations also may be a solution for overcrowding problems at Arches. As part of an environmental assessment, people will have until fall to comment on the proposals. at the Governors Conference on Tourism and Eco- nomic Development held in Price. Poe said he hired a survey team last year to interview tourists using some of the more popular attractions in the park. He said the survey revealed that some Potted Mums Fresh Flowers BLOSSOMS 1 1 & 6 S Main (Reprinted in part from an article in the Salt Lake Tribune by Tom Wharton.) 587-237- BALLOONS Monticello 5 please order early Ottdkm involvement continuous A Auto Parts strings attached -it doesnt matter where you bought your tires, we will rotate your tires at absolutely no charge to you Schafer Tire and AT.WKXATJ Big A Auto Parts 533 E Central i the backcountry and contacting residents; Judy Barton and the Youth City Council for distributing flyers and for their No ETJFJEIS ti in strumental in establishing City Beautification days FREE TIRE ROTATION 9 , ike the one started this year Chacon, !. ) tourists think Arches is too crowded. With that in mind, Poe is making plans to limit parking space at trailheads to major attractions. When -l- Norma Lance, and Layne Livingston, of the Parks Committee, who were in- Schafer Tire and Big f Reservation systems g, I ! MEMORIAL DAY MAY 30 Sight seeing by reservation only Park - could be the wave of the future. says thanks to veto. Today, Congress can act, knowing this Administration is steadfast in its commitment to true reform of our mining laws. There will be some who continue to push for delay, but I say 122 years is long enough, said Babbitt. Its time for change. pect a conference committee to begin discussions soon. In the past Congress tried to reform the Mining Law, but the previous two Administrations clearly were poised the education community, with city projects; Liz Miller and her from business, and from the sophomore English class public sector for their confor their work at the F. tributions to public educaBennion Redd Park; tion in Utah. The award Elementary school sturecognizes an individuals dents who delivered service to young people in education and in the proclamations and garbage bags; and community. All residents who cleaned Jack has been employed their properties in reby the school district since up 1964. During that time he sponse to the citys proclahas held several positions, mation. It is heartwarming to see including principal and the pride in our community He is superintendent. so many of demonstrated currently director of the its citizens. byThanks for bilingual program, and assistant director of the your help in keeping Monticello beautiful! Paradigm Grant. In addition to his work in educaMayor Jack N. Young Monticello City Council tion, Jack has served the community in many other City Administrator and Employees capacities over the years. I I said Babbitt. Many mining companies, like Barrick, do in fact play by the rules. Unfortunately, those rules say they dont need to pay their fair share. Congress is well on its Canyonlands Canadian-base- d Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. Barrick ging his heels in signing the patent. A federal judge directed Babbitt to transfer the land by June 20 of this year, unless there was cause for denial. This is the biggest ripoff since the Yankees stole Babe Ruth from the Red Sox for pocket change, said Babbitt, after signing the mineral patent. And its the biggest gold heist since the days of Butch Cassidy. But these folks stole it way to changing those rules," said Babbitt, referring to the effort to reform the Mining Law of 1872. Reform bills have passed on both houses, and we ex- fair and square, Babbitt said. 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