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REDS SATURDAY APRS 21 1930 CITY EDITOR: £25-42- pS (( 20 By FAT BEAN Stanaanj-Examma- of the nation's designated r LOGAN' — Wilderness is a mythical ideal that Americans can't afford said the president erf’ the Mountain States Legal Foundation “We're not gods of the past roaming the land we're mortals who need more than nectar" said attorney Perry Pendley “We need jobs and we still have to go home at night and feed our kids" he added But Pendley’s view of wilderness was a minority voice at the Wilderness Symposium held this week at Utah State University For most people wilderness is 1 mriWwitMt is I :i not a dirty 1 1 WOft forester jdi soys i sv ' v - not a dirty word said Stan Tix-iIntermountain Region 4 forester for the Forest Service which manages about ore-thi- er rd wilder- ness acres “Most reasonable people are for wilderness” he said “Where the controversial debate comes in is how much wilderness and how should it be managed" added Tixier Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964 designating at that time 91 million acres as wilderness The legislation was eight years in the making and 65 bills were submitted and debated before the final one was approved “Today some 25 years later there is 10 limes — over 90 million acres — the original acreage and a myriad of views on wheth er there should be more" said Tixier Jane Leesorn of the Wilderness Society of Utah said some people fed there should be no more “But they are in the minority and among those who have exploited the wilderness for gain" she said Leesora said a study showing that $ 1 35 billion would be lost if an additional 51 million acres of land were to be designated as wilderness in southern Utah "is ab- surd" “Trends show wilderness complements economic growth — and protects air and water resources Our western water systems are al ready Lke a sweater raveling off our backs" she said "Besides people don't expect market value to be a driving force for wilderness And it has far more value than just recreation" she said Jim Magagna a stockman and president of me Public Land Council said when Congress created the 'Wilderness Act it said the land's resources should be protected from the impacts of human life “But Congress also said wilderness was for the benefit ecioy-meand use of people The intent was not to isolate it from people said Magagna “Congress nt was saving ‘Protect but use'" He said management of wilderness has suaved from that philosophy 'People see w ilderness only as ‘what 1 want it to be fur me" he said He said multiple use of wilderness and not separation of uses should be encouraged “There’s a place m wilderness for the livestock producer They've been the most consistent users of the land And the way the Wilderness Act is written there should be no problem with that continuing 'Instead 1 see a narrowing of access to users" he said Council to rate officials By TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examine- r OGDEN — The city council is in the midst of conducting its first evaluation of City Manager Robert Hunter and preparing to evaluate the city recorder also for the first time Mayor Scott Sneddon said council members are currently ' deliberating over evaluation forms that will be returned to him at the May 3 council meet- ing A closed executive session will be scheduled at that time to discuss with Hunter the evaluation forms council members have had since March 15 Sneddon said the evaluations are routine annual events the council conducts with the manager and the recorder the only two city employees hired directly by the council Hunter was hired in February 1989 Sneddon said in February of this year Hunter asked him to begin the evaluation process Hunter said he asked for the evaluation because he wants the feedback “What they say that is good is not as helpful as what they say that I can improve on” See COUNCIL on 2C Utah deprived of data By TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examine- r OGDEN — Reluctance to include nine questions relating to teen sexual activity in a national health risks survey will deprive Utah — and specifically two local districts — of a measurement of that activity which most of the participating states will get A new version of the survey substitutes questions on AIDS awareness for the nine questions to which Ogden and Weber school officials objected in January “The information would have been very interesting" said Scott Hess a curriculum specialist with the state Office of Education Hess is coordinating the survey with the US Centers for Disease Control It begins May 1 “It could have helped us in some ways But I can understand their pressures and concerns” Hess said of the Ogden and Weber school superintendents who backed out of the survey because of the sex questions Davis County is participating in the new survey with the AIDS See SURVEY on 2C Schools for deaf blind to get new superintendent Phoenix man appointed by state board as replacement for Bannister West to take over position in June By USA CARRICABURU Standard-Examine- r SALT LAKE CITY — A Phoenix man has been chosen to replace Thomas Bannister as superintendent of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind David L West who is currently principal of the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf was appointed to the position Friday by the state school board Board member Keith Checketts said West will earn a $52000 salary as superintendent of the schools and will assume the position on June 25 after spending several months learning his new responsibilities West was chosen from a final field of three candidates that included interim Superintendent Lee Robinson a Pleasant View resident and Steven Witchey assistant superintendent and princi- - Red Cross worker keeps WASHINGTON TERRACE — Carolyn Mann learned all about the American Red Cross on a tennis court between serves “I had a friend who talked of the Red Cross across the tennis court When I lived in Colorado 1 was real active in volunteer work I was feeling kind of guilty because I hadn't been too involved with the community here" That was a couple of years ago and Mann's guilt has since been swept away in the waves munity swimming pools of com- We By Amy SUnd4rd-Fm- Salute Joi Bryson slit Mann is chairman of this a yearly year’s event that raises money for the Bonneville Chapter of the AmeriSwim-A-Cro- ss can Red Cross will be from 9 The a m to noon April 28 at the Marfund-rais- er shall White Center and Hill Air Force Base and from 9 to 11 am at the Ogden Athletic Club Mann said the event is at three fund-raisin- g different places to accommodate a variety of swimmers “We try to get as many people involved as we can” she said adding that other swimmers because of extreme handicaps will be swimming at different times throughout the week Mann a Washington Terrace resident said a portion of the money raised comes from participants who pledge to swim a certain number of laps More of the money comes in from corporations who agree to sponsor individual swimmers she said pal at the South Dakota School for the Deaf in Sioux Falls West was recommended unanimously by the screening committee the institutional council for the schools and the state school board said Dee Davis administrative assistant at the schools came deaf After that “I never ty in Morgantown WVa and considered getting into anything Shepherd College in Shepherds-tow- n else” he said WVa Robinson was named interim Before assuming his position in Phoenix West was principal at superintendent after Bannister the West Virginia Schools for the left the Utah School for the Deaf Deaf and Blind in Romney and Blind in November to asWVa and taught at the North sume a position as president of Carolina School for the Deaf in the Alabama Institute for the During an interview at the Ogden school last month West said Morganton NC He has also Deaf and Blind in Talladega Ala West could not be reached for he learned sign language at age been an adjunct university pro12 when a family member be- - fessor at West Virginia Universi- - comment Friday campaign afloat “There’s not a lot of money that comes from the pledges — most of it seems to come from companies which have shown a real interest in the Red Cross” Mann said her role as chairman involves mounting a calling campaign to area companies “There has been a tremendous response from people in the business community who want to give something back” she said She said the event is more than just a because it boost provides a big to those handicapped swimmers fund-rais- er self-estee- m who participate “It’s like a real party for a lot of these swimmers You can’t imagine the excitement they feel because it lets them know they are part of the community and they’re contributing to a worthy cause” Mann who has lived in Utah for nine years said she became sold on the Red Cross after learning of the variety of programs the organization oilers “The Rea Cross is something you can count on 24 hours a day" A |