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Show UPA (Exp: 123199 1 ASSOCIATION PRESS UTAH 200 S M I POOR COPY - SUITE UT CITT APE 500, 8W1 Farwells celebrate 65 years Page 9 o VOLUME 64 NUMBER 47 500 Closure of Last commission meeting of 19S5 national parks Roads Risk Management Evan Callister gave the A letter was passed around mission a packet for requesting showing the mandate for all CDL funding from the state on the drivers in the county to undergo Hancock and Kodachrome random testing for drugs and Roads. Norm Carroll pointed out alcohol, this goes into effect that most of the people being January 1, 1996. served are going to the two State Accident review Parks and Callister said a copy A motion was made to set up an of the request will be going to accident review board with Colin Tom Hatch, our state represen- Winchester, Karla Johnson, Sherman Cox & Allen Johnson. tative, for legislative support. The road work at Swains Motion carried These same people Creek is shut down for the win- will head the drug testing proter. Sherman Cox, road supervi- grams for all county employees sor then gave the Commission a who hold CDL licenses. list from the State Highway DeAnthony Edwards for of roads partment indeed Anthony Edwards came to the com- Because of a lack of progress on the federal budget reconciliation, most National Park areas throughout the country have been ordered to go into a second round of closures. According to Zion Superintendent Donald A. Falvey, all guests at the Zion Lodge and campers in the Watchman Campground have been notified that they had to . depart no later than noon on Wednesday, December 20, if budget reconciliation had not been achieved by that time. Falvey stated that the order continues the closure of all visitor centers and trails at the three southwestern Utah park group made up of Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks and Pipe Spring National Monuments. During this emergency closure, the Zion Mount-Carmhighway (connecting to state road 9 at the south and east entrances) is open to through traffic only. In order to safely conduct oversize vehicle traffic through the Zion Tunnel, the escort service remains available from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the $10 escort fee remains in force. Entrance fees will not be el collected. Also, persons holding reservations at the Zion Lodge are to urged to call check on the status of lodge operations during this period of 801-586-76- WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 27, 1S95 COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER 86 repair or paving. The commis- commission again regardingthe sion said that Kodachrome Road, Vermillion Cliffs Subdivision. Sand Dunes Road and North Real estate broker Lynette FosFork Road seemed to be upper- ter said the question of who most in order of priority. owns the water rights was held Sherman asked the commission up by the holidays. Chairman for guidance for getting the drug Carroll said if there is a chance testing program, mandated by to put this matter before the UDOT, into effect. This must be planning commission on Januin place by January 1, 1996. ary 3, 1996 it would be good. Joe Judd spoke of the meeting Edwards said Peter McCall he and Cox attended last Friday wants to operate the Kanab East on the legal aspects of2477 roads, Water Company as a monopoly. the rights of the counties vis a vis He said that for McCall to do so the Federal government. means undergoing complete told The commissioners I've been a good girl, Santa regulation from the public utiliSherman to remove snow to clear ties commission. This has yet to This little girl is peeking through the window to see if Santa is bringing her any the school bus routes. be decided and looks like a long goodies. Photo by Myrna Cox. Boards & commissions process. The county must defer Mike Noel and Carl Heaton to the state during this period, were reappointed to the Kane so the matter was tabled with a County Water Conservancy caveat the county will not issue Board. any building permits in this e Commission-Thaynarea. Planning Smith came before the See COMMISSION, Page 2 commission with proposed changes to the board procedure. to offer services Utah will be commemorating gious thanksgiv- Norm Carroll said the appointits 100th anniversary of state- ing for the State of Utah and for ment of new members to the KANAB WEATHER hood on J anuary 4, 1 996, and the its religious diversity. All citizens planning commission and 150th anniversary of the arrival are encouraged to attend a reli- Smiths ideas will be discussed of Mormon pioneers to the Salt gious service of another faith to at the meeting of the planning Lake Valley. The state will be promote understanding and unity board on January 3 and acted upon at the next commission hosting and celebrating events toward other denominations. Also on J anuary 3 will be three meeting on January 8, 1996. for two years beginning with the A motion was made to appoint Governors Centennial Ball and special centennial train rides festive banquet in Fillmore (the originating from Cedar City, Mary Craven and reappoint Rifirst territorial capital), Utah on Green River and Ogden, Utah. chard Negus to the Board of These will be a Adjustments. Lloyd Heyborn January 2, 1996. Frank Utah oD brates Centennial uncertainty. These closures are the second phase of shutdowns that began last Saturday and will remain in effect until fiscal reconciliation has been achieved. We deeply regret the negative impact these closures are having on visitors, Falvey said, But without due authorization, no visitor use including hiking, can be allowed. He stressed that these actions have been imposed as a result of national budgetary constraints and not Statewide celebrations continue by National Park management on January 3 at 7 pm wrh reli teams. See CENTENNIAL Page 5 was appointed to the Western Crurtesy: mmi aaMwwyg'Mi Swapp Family m j |