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Show UFA -- tdl 467 Ff'Pec - 3,V ?a!t association .. Ci tv oT S4111 v ix6)itilfen?! Lynx Girls Vw' ctplure Stc,2 Title f'j? School v;in:;:ism:3! In Fistric! Sr;!::na B: VOLUMES) NUMBER IS Z5t ' Hr' W i R ?0 & MONDAY MARCH 11, 1931 COLOR COUNTRYS HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER Locals urged to defend multiple use CORE readies for fierce battle husband runs a cattle ranch operation in Escalante, contends that Utahns have taken good ApepraHylastThursdaynight for a new local organization care of the land, while using it. called the Coalition of ResponIts in better condition today feasible Environmentalists than any other time in the cenmultured rousing speeches by tury," she said. We have been tiple use proponents and a key- caring for our lands, but doing it By JEANETTE RUSK Editor note address by Garfield County quietly. Commissioner Louise Liston. About 7 5 people turned out for the first general membership meeting ofCORE since the group was organized in response to timber sale appeals by environmental groups on the North 1 - 4 Kaibab Forest last summer. "Liston; who has become noted for taking on environmentalists, particularly on the issue of paving the Burr Trail, told the group they need to stand up and defend the multiple use of public lands. She advised that the groups position should be pro multiple use instead of against anything, because it is better to be positive. However, she made it clear BUI Grannell Louise Liston what she is against: her view of the environmentalists agenda as locking up public land for a single use. Th e Southern Utah News won tels took first place in the Liston talked in fiery tones of a ofawards in the Utah "Best Special Section category. number the urgency of getting involved. Press Association Better An editorial in our Oct. 29 After Alaska, Utah is No. 1 on Contest for 1990. edition just before the NovemNewspaper the environmentalists hit list, The were awards announced at ber election, entitled Election she asserted. She expects that semi-annuconthe recent calls for intelligent vote, garthe battle with environmentalvention of UPA in the held second place in the Best St nered will be an even fiercer battle ists Editorial" George. category. for survival than we saw in the local The won first A newspaper promotion for new subGulf. in three second scribers place that went out as an categories, Liston contends the most potwo in and third place a November SUN in others, insert tent weapon in the battle is to go one. in which offered three place edition, back to the Multiple Use, SusThe covpapers free with each new months continuing tained Yieldlaw passed in 1960. all oflast throughout erage subscription, won secyear It says the purpose is to protect on the hazardous ond proposed place in the Best Circuand maintain while making waste incinerator won first lation Promotion category. beneficial use, she pointed out. in contest the of A place categoiy All we have to do is defend the story in our Jan. 31, 1990 News Best Series. edition, entitled Gouging multiple use of public lands. The in feature our June story as who soar, charged gas prices with her Liston, together 27, 1990 edition on Brandt drop, concerning the charge Childs plans to drain Three that Petrolane was gouging KANAB WEATHER Lakes in search ofMontezumas when prices jumped 25 percent March treasure, entitled Mysteries of in three weeks, took third place Three Lakes probed in new in the Best News Stoiy cathunt for Montezumas gold, egory. The Southern UtahNews was captured first place in the Best Feature Story category. a winner in six of the nine catOur Kanab Area Vacation egories entered by the newspaGuide for the summer of per in the annual contest En1990 included with our June trieshad to have been published 27 edition as well as distributed between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, of Merrell Dan Courtesy separately through local mo 1990. r X Karen Alvey Norm Carroll Karen Alvey, Norm Carroll cited for making difference Liston hit another familiar theme in the battle with environmentalists, that people and jobs need to be given a higher priority. "People need to be put back in the environmental equation," she said. Weve got to consider See CORE, Pag 2 1 , & Two Kane County residents, Karen Alvey of Kanab and Norman Carroll of Orderville, were among 14 southern Utahns honored by Southern Utah University last Friday for their contributions to the area. Those honored received Southern Utah Honor Medallions during tiie fifth annual Southern Utah Honors ceremony, held in conjunction with the universitys annual Founders Day Banquet. An important part of the (lavs activities to celebrate the universitys 94th birthday was the Honors ceremony held at 2 p.m. in the Harris Pavilion. The activity was created in order to pay tribute to "people who have made a difference and continue to make a difference in the quality of life for all of southern Utah, said SUU President Gerald R. Sherratt. The medal- lions were made possible through a grant from an anonymous donor. It is appropriate that we honor these people on Founders Day, a date commemorating the devotion of southern Utah residents who worked together in a to make spirit of tneir community and region a better place to live, Sherratt explained. The people we will honor have those same qualities in common with the founders of SUU. Each of them has made a self-sacrifi-ce commitment to making the world around them a better place. Alvey has been manager of the Utah Job Service Office in Kanab since 1975 and is coowner and secretarytreasurer of Alvey Development. She is a past president, vice president, and director of the Utah School Board Association. She served for 13 years on the Five County Association of Governments Steering Committee, among the many councils, committees, and task forces on which she has served. She currently is the president of the Kanab Area Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition of Responsible Environmentalists (CORE), and is a member of the Kane County School Board. She is a graduate of Hayward Union High School in California and also attended San Jose State, SUU, Boise State, and Mohave Community College. Alifelongrancher, Carroll has been involved extensively with agricultural organizations, in addition to service to his community. His memberships and positions in agricultural organizations include president of the Kane County Cattlemens Association, chairman of the Kane County Soil Conservation District, president and member of the board of directors of the Utah Association of Con- servation Districts, appointedby the governor to serve on the Utah Conservation Commission for eight years, a member of the Utah Agriculture Advisory Board, and member of the Na-Se- e HONORS, Page 2 r Paper wins 6 UPA awards al 12-mon- th |