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Show r ?A locds1 J fx gfy s f3H f 'i.v-- t VOLUME C3 NUMBER 18 35 - j? Y MONDAY MARCH 25, 1891 COLOR COUNTRYS HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER Scams springing up again J- rrt Spring is in the air, thoughts quiries that have been made to are turning to home repair, and the Police Department. it is prime time for rip-o- artists. Blasdell warned that the group So warns Kanab Police Chief has vehicles with contracting Bill Blasdell. A family of gypsies signs on them, so dont be fooled that roam the country each year into thinking its legitimate bedoing shoddy repair work is cause of this. hitting this area again, the chief The approach used by these says. is that they say theyre in people A couple of weeks ago, the the area providing a certain serPolice Department got inquiries vice. They offer something that about a roof repair outfit that seems like a good deal. Blasdell said is part of the infaPeople are looking for a good mous traveling family. and these traveling busideal, In addition to roof repair and nesses seem to offer it," sealing, the group has been Blasdellmay comments. But the re known to offer asphalt repair not do to licensed kind of that and septic tank cleanout. They in and some cases work, people offer to spray the roof with a sealant to make it last longer, may get ripped off." The police chief suggests that but the sealant turns out to be watered down paint The mate- the best way to check this kind rial used in the asphalt repair of offer is to contact the Police looks good for awhile, but it ac- Department and ask ifthe outfit local business license, and tually makes it deteriorate has a deal with them if they dont dont faster. Blasdell said he arrested some have a license. Blasdell said this of the group four years ago when goes for local people who also they were operating here. The might be operating without a group arrested included a license. Residents need to be grandfather, father, and son, wary of anyone offering housewho were taken before a judge, hold repair and maintenance services, he said, including and they all pleaded guilty. A scam involving septic tank things like carpet cleaning. cleanout was perpetrated in People can easily be taken adChurch Wells, Blasdell said. vantage of. Theyre here every year," he Gettinga business license does asserted. Blasdell saidne doesnt not assure that people are propknow if anyone has yet this year erly trained and will do quality agreed to let work be done. He work, the chief said, but at least only knows the group has been it means some level of in the area because of the in ff K- - v ' -it I. v, ' IP f t, X. r i 4 I I k M V t leSLrtdtieWfewiie: I'niin rTT WfriiTfriife'TiWiir Mf m w ; ' T Some of fhe new osfrfch owners In Kanab pose with a couple of the exotic birds getting Into the family album. The people are (from left) Brent and Vaelynn Mackeiprang and their sons, Chad and Brye; Ron and Vldd Parker: and Dennis and Pam MacDonald. Locals betting on new ostrich industry Southern Linda to take advantage By JEANETTE RUSK Editor The new ostrich farming industry is getting to be pretty well represented in Kanab, with six different families putting up the large investment and entering the business within the past three weeks. The 1 8 strange new creatures with their ks, of enough like $30,000 whopping prices, for a mature breeding pair and $3,000 for a chick. The local people paid in this range for their birds and they hope to get their investment back and a great deal more as they breed the ostriches and raise the young hatchlings to three-month-o- ld and sell. bulky bodies in between, were recently transported to their new homes on both ends of town. The Kanabites who have taken the plunge are hoping to getinto theyoungindustiy early Easter Egg Hunt set for Saturday The annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Kanab Lions Club will be held on Saturday, March 30, at the Kanab City Park, starting at 9 a.m. The event is open to all children from 1 through 8 years of age. The Kanab Area Chamber of Commerce is arrangingfor some special prizes to be given away. Some ofthose just getting into the business have watched the success of the Meadow Creek Ostrich Ranch above Mt. Carmel Junction, operated by trans- planted Californians Donald and KANAB WEATHER March Sayles. (The Utah News ran a story on the Sayles and their ostrich ranch in our July 23, 1990 edition.) Twelve of the recent move-in- s were the brainchild of Ron and Vicki Parker and Dennis and Pam MacDonald, who are next-doo-r neighbors at the south end town on Highway 89A. Ron of sold his auto parts business on Jan. 1 and was looking for a new investment, and the MacDonalds see it as an extension of their cattle business. Ron modified a special trailer to haul the big birds and picked up the 12 in Albuquerque, N.M., on March 8. Since then, hes sold two of the pairs, expanding the local business to three other families in the process. Dick and Taylor Lewisbought a pair, and another twosome were purchased jointly by Brent and Vaelynn Mackeiprang and Joe and Verene LaCorti. The oldest and most likely to breed and deliver the coveted eggs any day now are the pair Coming goshawk guidelines may resolve forest appeals New guidelines for protection and management of the sensi- tive" goshawk species in the Forest Services Southwest Region may be the answer to settling appeals and a lawsuit that have tied up timber sales on the North Kaibab since last summer. Mike Lannan, Supervisor of the Kaibab National Forest, who was in Kanab last week for a local open house on the forest reanalysis currently under way, said he pins a great deal of hope on the new goshawk guidelines due from the regional forester on April 1. Regional Forester Dave Jolly in Albuquerque, N.M., will issue See OSTRICH, Page 8 his decision on the new guide lines for management in areas where goshawks are found to be nesting, based on recommendations from a group of technical experts as well as a task n force representingabroad of interests. Lannan explained that the new guidelines will be broadly stated requirements that then will be adapted to ground conditions and circumstances at the cross-sectio- local level. Concerning the status of the lawsuit on the Kane Timber Sale and administrative appeals of three other North Kaibab sales, Lannan said that since the allegations center around the See FOREST, Page 2 |