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Show ae a The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Saturday, December 5, 1998 Canyonlands ‘Air Service Approved Landing Strip Reopens The US. Bureau of Land Management ha commercial aircraft to sI river runners to a dirt landing strip at Mineral Bottom along the GreenRiver. Environmentalists opposethe decision. den, a halfway house for parolees and a reporting centerfor criminals on probation. Resumption of commercial air ‘Theclassis also an experiment nowin its Thedirt runway, located adja- cent to the GreenRiver in a remotearea about 30 miles west of Moab, will be used to shuttle tour- complaining noise of air- planeswill disturb other visitors to the area and could disrupt the breeding of desert bighorn sheep and peregrinefalcons But experts at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management(BLM) con- cludedthe environmental impacts of theair strip are within acceptable limits, and on Thursday gave final authorization Aviation for Red and Mountain Flying Service to begin commercial operations Grand County road gradersai- ready have widened and smoothedthe landingstrip in anticipation of renewed use. This is another example of landsadjacentto Canyonlandsbe. ing compromised by BLM mis- management,” said Herb Mcharg Moab representative for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alli ance Dale Ogden, managerof Moabbased Redtail Aviation. said the Mineral Bottom landing strip is a valuable resource that should be much commercial usethe landing strip will receive, said Ogden. The number of flights will depend on the demand nextspring fromriver runners In the past: river companies have charteredplanestofly customers from Green River to Min- eral Bottom. Theflight takes only 20 minutes, while an overlandtrip takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes when road conditions are good. River trips then proceed down the Green River, past the confluencewith the ColoradoRiver, through Cataract Canyon, and end at Hite near Lake Powell. A cleanup of the runway sched- uled for today has been delayed because of stormy weather and a natural-gas-pipeline explosion near Moab, said Steve Durtschi of the Utah Back Country Pilots As- sociation “This is a veryenvironmentally friendlywayto visit an area,” said specialist at BLM’s Moab field of. fice. Special Wing of BYU Library To Honor LDS Apostle Perry Brigham Young University has nent facilities of its kind in the nareceived a $3 million gift from AL- tion. Holdings in thecollection are SAMFoundation for the creation valueda million andinclude ofthe L. Tom Perry Special Collec and printed items tions Library wing in the Harold B morethan 500,000 historical phoLee Library tographs related to Utah and the Philanthropists Sam and Aline West and more than 8.000 manuSkaggs are founders and trustees script collections. of the ALSAMFoundation. Sam BYU President Merrill J. BateSkaggsis theretired chairman of mansaid the special collectionsli \ press releasestates that Perry a member of Quorum of The Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church, was honored by the foundationforhis lifelong commitment to education He has servedin both the public andprivatesector and has been a shining exampleto everyone,” said Michael Miller, president of the ALSAMFoundation BYU librarian Sterling J Altbrecht said the special collections { library will be among the preemi- brary will be a learning center that will reach “far beyond the cam- The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints has named two new associate directors of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mack Wilberg, a professor of music at church-owned Brigham Young University, and Barlow Bradford, director of orchestras at theUniversityof Utah,will join the choir May 1 With the rapid growth of the church andthe planned completion of the new assembly building[in Sait LakeCity] in 2000, it becomes moreimportantthanever beforeto provide the very best musicaltal entandleadership to meetthe demands of the coming century Church President Gordon B Hinckley said in announcing the appointments Friday Wilberg and Bradford will work with longtimechoir director Jerold He also teaches graduate and uncian, clinician, composer, arranger and guest conductor throughout the United States and abroad. Bradford, in addition to his Uni- versity of Utah work, is artistic director of Utah Chamber Arti: He is regularly heard in concert halls Ottley. Wilberg is director of choral activities at BYU, where he conducts the Concert Choir and the 240voice Men’s Chorus, which he has developed from a 45-voice group toa choir that has produced national television and radio programs as conductor, pianist, arranger and composer. As a conductor, he has per. formed andrecorded with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Utah Symphonyand Utah ChamberArt- and made a number of recordings. ists. His compositions and arrange- 7s BarlowBradford Mack Wilberg ments have been performed and recorded bythe Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Utah Symphonyand Utah Chamber Artists. 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SARA | fenders graduate from the program.” The program offers a more instructional and therapeutic contact with their criminal clientele. officials said, beyond the usual en- ‘Theclass winds up with victim empathy les- sons. “Theidea is to get themto think ofthe victim, to see what they did to their victim, not A meeting will be held in January to establish flight corridors private pilots who want to enjoy the board for AmericanStores. people whoare under supervision andto give them someinformationto changethe waythey “Freedom vs. Anarchy,” Evaluating Alcohol and Drug Decisions,” Durtschi. “Granted, thereis a lit- this scenic area It is too early to know how eurfew checks and phone checks — with first session to the last session when the of- ing from Decisions,” “Deciding to Be Successful” and “Under- standing Your Hot Buttons,” tle noise during takeoffs and landings, but only footprints leaving thelandingstrip.” that minimize impactson wildlife Canyonlands National Park and other people usingthe river corri dor, said Mary von Koch, realty preserved for river runners and “We needed a way for probationofficers to be able to spend some qualitytime — notjust Wahl is currently using the program in ju- venile court, where he nowworks asthe state juvenile court administrator. it’s making a great dealof difference,” he said. “Instructors note the change from the cover the “offender's path to the present and their path to the future, so they'll look at how theygot here and howthey want to move on.” Other chapter and lesson titles include, Understanding Wants and Needs,” “Learn- We rr MINUTES FOR ONLY ae S LESS. THAN. 3¢ Murray, Utah’ 84123 reere! FcvleMolep alatolc) “OPEN ON §tSvats!” ee,oe Ua Sort g Pee bx Ohao See oa LD NSE DN a Cees ay ONEna eae ae oe aero NEN Ree a Meee TS PON CNET ro BO Essa re coo cel mata) Olu eGR MO) MeL Som ape) FINAL COST $19.95 ( NO PROGRAMMING OR CONTRACTFEES) ‘The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com Se ae oe a a ae um, for adult probation’s Northern Region Wahl said of Life Skills. & & % & % & & E strip after a three-year moratori- Dirt roads back up their gut feeling that the program works. ‘It’s a way for us to show them their thinking errors.” said Kim Allen, an administrator Canyonlands National Park Le opening the 50-year-old landing think about things,” said Ray Wahl, who was state director of adult probation when Life Skills began third year. It has officials glowing and ready to conductstatistical studies they hope will lands National Park was authorized this week “It’s still new,” “But we need new approachesin supervising corrections and I knowit nowin juvenile Alaina Gibson, a supervisorat the halfway house, pointed out the different lessontitles Ray Wahi Juvenile Court administrator Theclass is held at the center in West Og- landing strip north of Canyon verifying job interviews offenders. I knew it when I worked in adult court.” Probation and Parole division. It consists of a series of 25 one-hourclasses for people on probation or parole forall types of crimes service at the Mineral Bottorn It also is forcement duties that take up a parole or probation officer's time such as bed checks and “It’s making a great deal of difference. Instructors note the change from the first session to the last session when the offenders graduate from the program.” Cognitive Skills, is run by the state’s Adult HE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE opentoprivatepilots. Environmentalists opposed re- ASSOCIATEDPRESS trouble with the law. The program, formally titled Cornerstone BY JIM WOOLF and Colorado rivers. THE A class at the Northern Utah y Correctional Center aims to repair the flawed thinking thathasits targets in OGDEN Ce BLM: Mineral Bottom air strip not too noisy ists taking floattrips on the Green Skills Class Aims to Change Paroles’ Minds on Crime Officials say experimental program helps inmates to see errorsin decision-making and makebetter choices Ae ed eae Siete ONCE CryCand rs aoa ONO Tee Tans Rienal (aan nan ean Sm een nenys eae ea |
