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Show J mum SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Opinion 4 WEDNESDAY DECEMBERS!, 1OT Dixie Speaks New horizons While our area has experienced stormy weather in recent years, it looks as though "the gray skies are going to dear up." 1998 should be regarded with great anticipation. These are a few things that should have a positive impact on our area's future: New Kane County Hospital, complete with a highlyr competent medical staff. Construction on Kanab City Library soon to begin. Fredonia Firehouse being built. The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument designation has resulted in a lot of positive, national publicity. School district was recently recognized for test score achievement. Yes, things are looking brighter for 1998. Letters to the Editor that the credit for the work be- 19.Represented Kanab City on longs to our city employees and the following: . What is your opinion? This newspaper welcomes opinions from its community residents who served Kane County Mayors reprereaders concerning any subject. Anything of a libelous nature or in various capacities and on a sentative to the Five County defamation of character will not be considered for publication. number of committees and Association of Governments. Please limit your letters to 300 words or less. Letters must be signed boards. Five County Association of and include your full name, address and telephone number. Thank 1. Refinance the cities electric Governments policy board repbonds - saving the city $ 180,000. resentative to the CDBG (Comyou for your interest. 2.- Completion of the third street munity Development Block Grant ) Policy Board. crossing. 3. Vote old UDOT the shed for Served as a member of the Turning farewell Mayor yes Garkane move Dear Garkane PowerAssociation Users: At the regular scheduled meeting in August the Garkane Power Board of Directors met and voted unanimously to relo- cate the Richfield Garkane Power Office to Hatch, Utah. As your representative I urge ; . you, the consumer, to vote in favor of moving the office out of Richfield and onto the Garkane Power system. Hatch being centrally located among those we serve. I feel that the Garkane Power Headquarters should be located on its system and among its consumers. We need to be located among those that we serve. You will be receiving a ballot .in January and by voting yes you can make this happen. Only you can make the difference and so I am asking each of you to send in your vote. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 644-2358. Thank you, Nolan Button Garkane Power Board of Directors says into a community center. 4. Paving the road and parking lot at the Kanab Senior Center. 5.- Build and pave roads at 7th and 9th East, south of US 89. 6. Upgrade roads and water resources in the Ranchos. 7.Update the cities Master Plan. 8. Update the cities Personnel Manual. 9. Develop a new Design & Construction Manual. 10. Completed a Soil Survey" for Kanab City. 11. Converted the Airport into something to be proud of. 12. Proved up on water rights: three wells drilled, entire system to be improved and enlarged. 13. Worked with County on dty land for new hospital. 14. Worked with County on city land for the new "KanePlex" rodeo grounds. 15. Curbs, gutters and sidewalks east of traffic light on 3rd South. 16. of US 89 through downtown Kanab. 17. Develop a Citizen AIR Patrol (CAP) at city airport. facts. 18. Close old library, move to Let me just enumerate some temporary space, accumulate of the issues dealt with during funds for new library, break the last four years. Bear in mind ground. Dear Editor: As I leave office as Kanabs Mayor, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of the residents of our community for the support, counsel, and patience shown me and the members of the City Council during the last four years. I especially eijoyed working with the City Council. They are hard working,- honest, reliable and concerned residents who spend a lot of their time looking after you and I and our cities problems. I am very proud to have been able to serve with them and express my gratitude for their counsel, friendship and service to their community. . It is most difficult to do what is right when not everyone agrees on whats right. Fortunately, there were only a few times when issues arose that may have been embarrassing for our city. For these I am sorry, but do not think any other decision could have been made based on all the Re-surfa- ce SOUTHERN Utah news Deadlines AAA FRIDAY 1PM See LETTERS, Page 5 The Southern Utah News (ISSN No. is pubSshed evfery Wednesday at 26 N. Main St, Kanab. Utah 84741. The SUNew serves Kane County, Utah, and the Arizona Strip Address communicsSonS to 23 Htah 8474i or telephone Faf43S-- ' Adverbsing rates available upon request Second Gsss-Pgpad at Kanab, Utah 84741. Newsstand price Ysarty subsoipbon rates to Kane County eddresses end FredonlTS others W0 (out of U S. $50). The SUNews reserves die right to editor reject any advertisement or subreKted terns. 0043-1(55- 9) 435-644-230- 644-S2- 6. e t2 Carol SuKhrsn Kanab News. Dennis and Dixie Brunner Publishers and Editor UymaCox, Glendas News - Sharlotte Brewer Production Staff Dilion Cunningham ' Advertisin&'Productfon , Postmaster Send change of address cards to 26 N. Main St. Kanab, UT 64741 W ' Barb FredordaNews , .. 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