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Show r VOLUME C3 NUMBER 11 BMP! m WEDNESDAY may 7, nn COLOR COUNTRrS HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER roll-ov- er n m Utah Highway Patrol Trooper rolled onto its wheels. The John E. Davis investigated a driver was thrown approxiin Kanab mately 90 feet from the vehicle. fatal one car She was pronounced dead at on Sunday, May 4. Kane M. of Laura County Hospital shortly Lamph, age 15, Kanab was driving on Kanab thereafter. Two passengers, Josh Hall, 15, and his sister Isis Greek Drive in the Ranchos of Kanab when the ve- Medina, 5, both of Kanab, were hicle drifted off the roadway to wearing seatbelts and suffered the right. She overcorrected to minor injuries. The accident was handled by the left and went off the road into some large rocks. The rocks the Utah Highway Patrol at the caused the vehicle to roll onto request of Kanab City Police. It its rooLpartially ejecting the isvet undetermined if speed was driver. The vehicle hit some a factor, and the accident is still more large sired boulders and under investigation. roll-ov- er Sub-Divisio- at the request of trie victim km to mm o6m students about trie danger of not using a seetoefc. Rock Festival runs & rides into town Grab your running shoes and your spurs, the Red Rock Cowboy Festival for 1997 is about to start in Kanab. Beginning Saturday, May 10 and continuing through May 17, Kanab will be the ranter of attention as a week of events heralds in the summer season. The Old West theme will begin with a Vaudeville Show, The Villain Wore A Dirty Shirt", being performed on the Kanab High School Stage May 9, 10 & 12 at 7;30 p.m. Fitness buffs will line up at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 10 and eryoy the morning air for the annual running of the Kanab 10K and 6K walk. Those who prefer getting their exercise on the links may opt for the Golf Tournament being held at the Coral CliHk Golf Cmirtf just east of Kanab on US89 that begins at 9 e.m. that same morning. If you'd rather watch firIeqpd USS2A starting at 9 a.m. While play and good old fashioned western fun in Kanab, May at the guys are busy in these events, mom and the family can enjoy the Quilt Festival and Art Show on display In the Kane County Visitor Center, 78South 100 East 10-1- 7, the Red Rock Cowboy Festival. For information about pricing or times, call the Kane County Travel Council at in downtown Kanab. or between 8 During the week, the Kanab and 5 Monday through Friday. Civic Orchestra will offer a concert in the Kanab High School Auditorium on Thursday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. The concert, titled On The Trail", will feature popular Western themes. The Rodeo comes to town and starts at 7 p.m. Friday, May 16 at the Kaneplcx Rodeo grounds. Continuing Saturday evening, May 17, the Rodeo la joined by & "Playday" also held at the Kaneplcx begtaningat 10 am. If you like the scenery and. beauty of the southwest, then you can join the Kanab Civic Orchestra for a replay of their "On The Trail concert at the Grand Canyon North Kira Lodge running, the Team Penning at : ' Competition will be held In the Savings Time). Gome ea end have reme horse Kaneplex south of Kanab on 4: p.m. 1IST (5 pjm. Daylight 801-644-50- n Both sides bugged over changes at Coral Pink By Dixie Brunner Everyone has bran given the opportunity to have their eay-nothey may want their day in closed to OHV use, with 137 acres affected by limited access restrictions. 370 acres of BLM land will be affected, but in an court area where very little riding is Much to do over a bug. done. Both sides of the Coral Pink The initial action at Coral Pink Sand Dune Tiger Beetle debacle Sand Dunes was a result of are contemplating legal action Southern Utah Wilderness over how much of the popular Alliance's request that the beetle dunes should be closed to be listed as endangered. The envehicles (OHV). vironmental group contended The hug calls that increasing OHV use, threatthe sand dunes home. 1500 acres ened the beetles well-beinas of the dunes lie within the park See BEETLE , Page 2 boundaries, 1500 lie in the Bureau of Land Management area. 95 of the adult beetle population reside in one small isolated KANAB WEATHER swell area in the state park. The closures, aimed at pro-- . tecting the Corel Pink Sand Prec Dunes Tiger Beetle, were part of a plan developed in lieu of listing the beetle as a threatened or endangered species. The Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, Kane County, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM worked jointly cm the new management plan signed w off-highw-ay now-infamo-us g, 10-ye- ar lastweek. Park ranger Rob Quist said the new plan rails for 200 acres cf the state park to be entirely April Pswdp .89 G&jrtssf.FmkSmppFmnfy |