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Show VOLUME 64 NUMBER 1 City will Kamiailb By Dixie Brunner The Kanab City Police partment has received notification that they have been chosen as a Cops Fast grant recipient. Kanab, along with seven other southern Utah communities, will be beneficiaries of the federal grant money that was appropriated under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The award will fund 75 of the cost of a new police officer for three years. Police Chief Doug Crosby received official grant notification from Bob Muci of the U.S. Attorneys office. Crosby was thrilled with the announcement. We were really pleased, commented Crosby. Another officer will enable our department to provide increased protection for the citizens of Kanab. De- City manager WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1995 COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER 500 Keith said Crosby, getting case level numbers, salary scales, population figures and other pertinent information. Its been a long road to securing a new city police officer. For the past two years, Chief Crosby has expressed concern over the need, and diligently lobbied the Kanab City Council to fund a new officer. Last year a mayoral-appointe- d police ad hoc committee added their time and energies to the effort. The committee came up with several funding ideas, including a wheel fee, structure fee and sales tax, none of which received much public support. The $67 , 540 Cops Fast grant cannot be used for anything other than salary and benefits for the officer. The city will be responsible for purchase of a patrol car. The new officer position will be advertised and filled according McAllister and Chief Crosby wrote up the grant application. The Cops Fast grant targeted to department policy. We hope cities with populations under to have a new officer in place by 50,000. We put it all together, April 1st, said Crosby. KMS students get lunch with principal These students were selected by their teachers as students who have shown great improvement during the first semester. Each student received a certificate and lunch out with the middle school principal. Front row Josh Hall, Aaron Hudak, Brandi Allred, Ryan Noteman and Clinton Daley. Back row: J.D. Wright, Kabra Heaton, Marquita Manzanarez, Linsy Black and Principal Doug Jacobs. (l-r- ): Scam artist Bennett reintroduces Leucadia honored by park concessions bill Hollywood's Film Advisory Board Salt Lake Citys own Leucadia Ben Wagner and Windrunner. Nest Entertainments Film Corporation and Nest En- were recently hon- - tion of The Swan Princess, an ored by the Hollywood, Califor- - animated theatrical release Film Advisory Board, rected by Richard Rich, pro-a- n international organization duced by Richard Rich and Jared which recognizes and promotes Brown, executive produced by enter-- Jared Brown and Seldon Young, quality family-oriente-d with songs by David Zippel and tainment. Film Advisory Boards Lex De Azevedo, music by De d Award of Azevedo, was honored, the film Excellence was presented to was released through New Line Cinema; Leucadias Los Angeles-base- d The awards were presented head of acquisitions, Cyndi in Zale for the following video Hollywood by Film Advisory titles: A Family for Joe; Cap- - Board president, Elayne Blythe, tains Courageous; High Fre- - The Film Advisory Board has quency; The Little Kidnappers; been presenting awards since Sky Trackers; The Witching of 1975. produc-tertainme- world-recognize- nt By Dixie Brunner The Kanab City Police are urging residents to be alert for a scam artist operating in our area. One local woman was recently contacted, and informed that she had won $100,000. The caller told the woman that in order to receive her winnings, she would have to quickly pay taxes in the amount of $2,500. She was instructed to wire the money via Western Union, and then would promptly receive her windfall. Wind or rather hot air are exactly what Kanab City Police officer Mark Fisher feels the caller was offering the woman. Officer Fisher said that the scam isnt unusual in that these kind of operations, entice people to pay money up front, and then take off. Remember, if you are called by someone offering a deal too good to be true, it probably is. For more information or to report a similar occurrence, call the Kanab City Police at 644-585- 4. Senator Bob Bennett recently reintroduced legislation to reform the policy governing concessions operators in the National Parks System, a move that Bennett says will promote healthy competition in the mar- ketplace and, more importantly, the experience of the park visitor. Its time to bring some sound business sense to this area of our government. The circumstances that applied to this situation 30 years ago have changed dramatically. No longer must we entice a business person to set-u- p shop in remote areas of the country. Instead, would-b- e concessionaires are pursuingthe chance to do business in our parks. Increased competition (R-Uta- h) will only improve their performance, while giving our park visitors the best possible experi- - ence, Bennett said, In my home state of Utah visitation to the park system has increased dramatically. In 1983, 1.4 million people visited Zion National Park. This amount more than doubled to 2.9 million in 1993. With this increased tation, comes the obvious need visi-impro- ve |