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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community Author Auction at underway Utils Kanab City Library the growing sea- dantly through son and beyond. Thus it was for me with the article, Now is the time to put your garden to bed , found in the Salt Lake Tribune of October 18. Interesting to note is the order of business in doing this very Michael Crichton or James Michener. There is also a chance to have an author such as Stephen King or Gerald Lund personally dedicate and sign a book for you. Different authors will be featured adver-tisingUta- 644-239- November 8 at Kanab City Library 533 East 300 South Kanab, Utah 6-1- to read or hear of those who have the same attitude or desire one tries to advance. Its especially nice to know youre not alone in trying to promote the right thing for the soil that feeds us so abun- 8. at libraries throughout the state. Ten percent of the proceeds will go back to the library that sponsored the auction. The remainh ing amount will go toward libraries. Kanab City is Library participating in the auction. Drop by the library' or 4 call for more information about the auction or a particular author. For investment purposes, or as a unique gift for the coming holidays, your library' is the perfect place to start looking for that special book. TsSCrffi Its always satisfying Library cards have the ability to open up worlds. Now they are getting used in a new way. The Utah Library Association is sponsoring an author auction from November Following the normal rules of a silent auction, you use your library card or an assigned number to bid on an autographed copy of a book by 6-1- 8 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1995 thing! 1) You must clean up the garden, removing all old plants that can harbor pests, insect eggs and disease organisms. Check your Repeatables open for business return some orto the soil to commatter ganic pensate for what was used. Big annual hits of synthetic fertilizers during the growing season dont cut it. 2) You must high-nitroge- Thats like living off the n princi- pal. Eventually you will be sorry not to mention broke. The only way to keep your principal soil intact is to add to it each fall. Sow annual rye or hairy vetch as a cover crop for winter. You will chop it up and hoe it under in early spring. A blanket of rough compost is great too. This is one of the best ways to encourage worm activity, which is essential to good soil. Im grateful to Diane beans, potatoes and squash es- Heilenman of the Gannett News Bum or bury infected Service for the back-u- p to what Rocky and Coleen Stubbs recently opened Repeatables, located behind pecially. Ive been shouting from my soapTaco Time. Repeatables sells gently used clothing and toys. Over half of their plants. Not following this excellent advice, there is one of many box for three years! I may use merctianaise is for children under five. Photo by Barbara Pyles. absolutes one can count on if the more of her suggestions in the past summers dead plants are future. She has more winter still sitting in the garden over preparation suggestions and the winter! There will be again theres much to be done around as many perhaps more, the home place before the snow just flies. next season. The North Kaibab Ranger Dis- planning for the Dry Park Eco- pests trict is plannig a Field trip and system Management Area invites the public to join in the (EMA). The District has begun is0o'e fit the process of looking at Dry Park to determine what management treatments, if any, are needed to By Kent Mason maintain the areas natural funcAll of the cowboys are unhappy tonight, tions as well as ensure continued They Ve taken our world from us opportunities for public use. And I swear its not right. The trip to Dry Park is planned Forest Service invites public to a field trip to Dry Park ?e's for Wednesday, November 15. The tour group will leave the District office in Fredonia, Arizona at 8 a.m. The focus of the trip will be to ULA Silent auction-highebidder gets books dedicated andor autographed by author. st A SAMPLING OF AUTHORS: UWQ8& QM wm SGfRi. 'MtcrjMQ GfMfflnmi, (cgM& iWBtfglBStRiMM &D, ffMfM8i& Patrons use library cards as bidding number. Books will be mailed to highest bidders mailing address. (Please check you mailing address so we can contact you if you are the highest bidder.) Bids must be made in person. Bids must be in even dollar amounts. Starting bid of $30.00. These books make great Christmas presents! review forest conditions and discuss the opportunities for improvement. Participants will have opportunities to view some, and possibly all of the following; a blowdown area (VT or Nine Mile), past treatments, both young and old timber stands, conifer invasion into meadow areas, under-stor- y vegetation (especially shrubs), dense mixed conifer vegetation, fuel loading (the dead and live material accumulating on forest floor that can create a high risk for wildfires), and recreational opportunities. The team has completed most of its field studies in Dry Park and over the winter will analyze the data, discuss the desired and existing conditions, and develop a proposal of management activities to move the area closer to the desired condition. A proposed action document will be mailed to the public sometime during the winter. Participants in the trip are asked to bring warm clothing, hiking boots, lunch and a willingness to look at the forest and un-dersto- ry consider alternatives. The tour group will return to the District office at approximately 4 p.m. If you plan to attend the Field trip, please contact either Ron Ellis or Brian Avery at 643-739- 5. We Environmental pests cant ride the range Cause a tortoise lives there, And there are some who believe that they really care. The cattle on the range sure give them a fit Theyre afraid one of them ! Might step in some Surely you know what theyre all about, Take our world away And kick us all out. . They ask for donations theyre sure on the take They must save the snails That live in the lake. We cant cut a tree because of an owl, But when they run out of wood, We sure hear them howl. We must save all the trees for an owls habitat They dont know what theyll have When this whole worlds like that. well move to the city a job we may find, Theres nothing else we can doSo lts matter over mind. r Lord, when we make that move To live up there with you, Can we then be free or are they up there too? You created this land for you and for me, Now theres no place left Lord,. For you or for me. 1 |