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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 24, 1839 Opinion Dixie Speaks Hats off to: Ken Brown and company for getting the KHS track purchased and installed. It will be a source of community pride for years to come. Robert Houston, Barb Sharrow, Mary and Doug DeWitz, the BLM, and all volunteers who donated time and money to preserve the Paria Movie set. The reconstructed set will be safer, dryer and more informative. LeAnne Chamberlain and Christmas In Our N eck of the Woods organizers who labor selflessly on behalf of the Kanab City Library. The festival is a wonderful community event. All of the many people whove been kind enough to call and express support to the Southern Utah News. Im always impressed with people who take the time to tell you when you are doing something right. Sandy Wilkey for being recognized by the FTD Association. When one community member receives an honor such as this, its a feather in everyones cap. To local government entities and private contractors who wrote support letters concerning legal notice publication in newspapers. It was gratifying last week, when I was testifying before the Senate Utilities committee, to hear that the Senators and Representatives had been inundated with letters from, rural communities supporting their local newspapers. The proposed bill was tabled until more newspaper-inclusiv- e wording is included. A special thanks to Senator Mike Dmitrich and Representative Tom Hatch for their support and concern for the rural communities they represent. Letters to the Editor What is your opinion? This newspaper welcomes opinions from its readers concerning any subject. Anything of a libelous nature or defamation of character will not be considered, for publication. Please limit your letters to 300 words or less. Letters must be signed and include your full name, address and telephone number. Thank you for your interest. and the actual grazing costs, a accurate comparison can. be MjceH made: $14.29AUM total pub-DeEditor: lie cost and $14.76AUM pri- An editorial that appeal ed in vate grazing cost. A difference the November 3, 1999 edition of of $0.47. A subsidy? No defi-th- e Southern Utah News en- - nitely not, due to the fact that titled Dixie Speaks (page 4) had private land is of much higher some misleading information. quality than public land. I know One misleading comment is many ranchers who would trade Grazing rights have always their public grazing permits for been secured at a fraction of private leases in a heartbeat, if what farmers throughout the there were private leases n must pay for leased agri- - able. cultural land. On the surface In 1998, the citizens of Kane this may appear to be the case, County had a vision of economic but with every too good to be growth outlined in the Bureau true offer one must read the of Economic and Business Refine print. search published profile ofKane In 1990, Dr. Darwin Nielsen, County. It indicated that if the Utah State University, pub- - Alton coal mine materialized lished research comparing all 700 construction workers could costs associated with grazing be employed in the early 1990s on public land vs. private land with a permanent work force of for the years of 1966 and 1990. 450 miners by the middle of the Dr. Nielsen used the following decade. Today with the advent nonfee costs to determine a dol- - of the Escalante Grandstaircase lar amount or comparison: lost Monument, we look forward to animals, association fees, vet- - increased government jobs and ar avail-natio- erinarian, moving livestock, the tourism for economic herding, salting and feeding, growth, travel, water, fence mainte- - nance, horse cost, water main- tenance, development deprecia- tion and other costs. Whental- lied up the 1990 nonfee cost on land was $12.48animal unit per month (AUM) and pri- land was $10.41AUM. The actual 1990 grazing fee for pub- lie land was $1.81AUM and a private land was $4.35AUM, By totaling up the nonfee costs We need to make sure that in order to achieve economic growth we dont destroy our basic industries. One industry which we need to protect is riculture. Many of you may gasp and ask Why? Agricul-vat- e ture is not that important to our economy even in rural Utah. One way of assessing dependency between economic sectors is using a model with ag-publ- ie multipliers. In 1995, several stirred Anger USU professors published Research Report 151 which iden- Dear Editor: I dont know when I have ever tified multiplier effects for The had following Wayne County. anything that stirred my are income multiplies (the anger like this unsigned letter higher the multiple the greater to the editor in the SUN news the economic impact if removed today, by The Reality from the economy): Range cattle Checker! Since I dropped three subscrip1.85, retail trade 1.02, eating and drinking 1.10, lodging 1.05, tions for my out of town sons FRIDAY 1 PM and schools 1.05. Another discovery of this study See LETTERS, Page 5 was that most people in agriculture use it as a second income. Therefore, being dependant on two sources of income to make ends meet, the many part-tim- e farmers would not be able to survive in rural Utah if agricultural production was lost. Also, many of the inputs of agriculiixinssaromgrmni i? tural production are purchased The Southern Utah News (ISSN No. is published every ) locally, thus spreading economic wealth to the local community. Wednesday at 26 N. Main St., Kanab, Utah 84741 . The SUNews serves Kane County, Utah, and the Arizona Strip. Address communications to 26 Again, there is a great need to N. Main St., Kanab, Utah 84741 , or Fax ft support agriculture producers telephone and realize they are an imporAdvertising rates available upon request Second Class tant part of our economy, both postage paid at Kanab, Utah 84741. Newsstand price is 504 per copy. Yearly subscription rates to Kane County addresses and Fredonia and directly and indirectly. Moccasin, Arizona, $22; others $30 (out of U.S. $50). The SUNews I am employed by the governreserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement or submitted items. ment and appreciate the opportunity for this employment. In the article it states, GovernDennis and Dixie Brunner Carol SuilivanLauraSi Noteman ment families have paid an Publishers and Editor Kanab News amazing amount oftaxes. I pay Sharlotte Brewer taxes and couldnt, agree more, Myma Cox Production Staff but we dont have government Glendale News Michael Evangelista jobs to pay taxes we have indusBarb Kimba!!Lori S. Mohr Corrigan tries which pay taxes which enLayoutProduction ables people to work in governFredonia News ment positions to serve us. Barbara Pyles Postmaster. Send change of Kevin Heaton Feature Writer address cards to - 26 N. Main St, SOUTHERN Utah News AAA 11-17-- Deadlines 99 AAA mu 0049-1659- 435-644-290- 0, Utah State University Extension Kanab, UT 84741 435-644-292- 6. |