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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, November 3, 1999 - Page Monticello High School presents restructures wilderness planning process - will initially focus on southeastern Utah BLM Rogers & Hammersteins ietta ? The Bureau of Land Man- November 7:30 pm agement (BLM) recently announced that it has restructured the planning process it 12 11 & began last March to consider the establishment of new wilderness study areas (WSAs) in Monticello High School Auditorium Utah. fSl ls0 1 717 Abajo Dr Monticello (LaRue Barton's House) Many great gifts will be available or placed for later delivery. LaRues Embroidery fact-intensi- ve m can be orders & The restructuring is being undertaken as the result of the large number of scoping comments that provide detailed information on specific areas and regions. Since the statewide WSA planning began last March, the BLM has received by Anna Adair At the November 1 meeting of the San Juan County Commission, Commissioners: approved county policy for exercise situations. The policy will require that in any practice situation, all responders are informed it is an exercise; heard from Commissioner Mark Maryboy that he is on the Navajo Nation Transporta- site-specif- ic Saturday Novembers pm - 5 pm Sponsored by: Mary Kay Cosmetics established in other areas in Utah. Commission brief tion and Community Development board; approved the abeyance of taxes on the Monticello Clinic; heard a report on funds islation that puts a moratoapproximately 13,000 comrium on WSA planning in cer- ment letters, many of which from the county to the Utah tain areas of the West Desert. contain volumes of individual Chapters of the Navajo NaDetails of the modified plan- comments, photos and other tion. Money is remaining in most of the funds disbursed to informaning process, which includes detailed, the chapters. A letter will be the reopening of scoping and tion. sent to the chapters outlining a public comment period until Focusing planning on a rethe December 31, 1999, will be gional basis will allow for a money in the accounts; approved the $3,500 purpublished in the Federal more thorough consideration of software from Cardiinchase of this Register later this week. public nal Software to management Instead of preparing a single put. The planning effort has also of the landfill; Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for all inventory been modified to include all of approved the purchase of areas under study throughout the public lands that were in- a $13,860 accounting financial the state, the BLM will now ventoried and shown in the system from Micro Information Products; use a staged approach that will 1999 Utah Wilderness Invenbreak the plan amendment tory report. This includes approved a contract for process into four regional studapproximately 162,000 acres meals at the White Mesa Sr. ies. of public land that were ini- Citizens Center for $3.75 per The first study will focus on tially found lacking wilderness meal. A contract through Jan35 inventory areas encharacteristics by the BLM in uary to provide home delivered meals from the Four Corners compassing 815,000 areas of the southeast region. This change is in response to Regional Care Center was also public land in the southeast, administered under the BLMs extensive scoping comments signed. The center is no longer conMoab and Monticello Field of- received on these areas, and interested in a long-tertract. The County will confices. The draft plan for the provides the public an addisoutheast inventory areas will tional opportunity to comment sider alternatives for the long be released for public comment on all public lands that were term provision of the meals. in March with a final decision reviewed during the BLMs field inventory, leading up to expected by the end of 2000. Commission of the the 1999 Utah Wilderness InFollowing completion Week Quote of the initial study, the BLM will ventory Report. The king tries to be benevoproceed with three additional lent, but you still end up on the The restructuring responds to feedback from the public during the scoping process so far, as well as to new leg- $3 Children & Students $4 Adults EISs to address whether or not new WSAs should be 3 the rack. Bill Redd Nothing is stronger than habit. I Ovid ity of HotUftdlo (Si 5 of lit ! m Nov 3 Wednesday Monticello City Golf Committee. 7 pm. Monticello City Office, Monticello Recreation Committee, 7 pm, Monticello City Office, 587-227- 587-227- NOMINATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED 1 . Nominations must be made 2. Reasons for nominating an individual must be clearly stated. 3. in writing and signed. Nominations should be based on an individual's contributions to the City g for Examples would include service on committees, worthwhile projects, promotion of cultural activities, accomplishments resulting in betterment of the community, and efforts toward economic fund-raisin- development. Friday Nov 5 Town Meeting with Gov. Mike Leavitt, Noon, Monticello High School. Town Meeting with Gov. Mike Leavitt, 4 pm. CEU-SJ- Technology Bldg. C Monday Nov 8 San Juan Commission. County Courthouse, Tuesday 10 am, San Juan 587-322- 5. Nov 9 Monticello City Council, Special Meeting to canvass election returns, 6: 5 1 pm, Monticello City Office, 587-227- 1. Monticello Planning Commission. 6:30 pm, Monticello City Office, San Juan County Community DevelopmentYisitor Services Advisory Board. 6 pm. Desert Rose Inn, Bluff, 587-227- 1. 587-323- ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE MONTICELLO CITY OFFICE BY THURSDAY 17 Final North 1st East selection will be NOVEMBER 4 5 PM PO Box 457 Monticello made by the Monticello City Council Wednesday Nov 10 B landing City Council 7 pm. Blanding City Office, Monticello City Council, 7 pm, Monticello City Office, Friends of Blanding Library, 6:30 pm. 678-279- 587-227- Blanding Library. 678-233- 5. |