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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community WEDNESDAY MAY 17, 2000 Local earth day a Neighbors from Fredonia and Kanab came together for the fifth annual Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 29. The kickoff ceremony was highlighted by mayors Joy Jordan and Karen Alvey presenting the Earth Day poster contest grand prize winners with their prizes. The poster contest had this years national theme of New Energy for a New Era, and 353 entries were received from Kanab,. Fredonia, and Mocassin schools, as well as representation from home schoolers. The grand prize winners are as follows: 1st Place: Adam Hiscock, 6th grader from Kanab Elementary; 2nd Place: Brianna Bayles, 1st grader from Kanab Elementary; 3rd Place: Megan Buck, Kindergartner from Kanab Elementary. Thanks to the Grand Staircase-Escalant- e National Monument and the Arizona Strip Interpretive Association for providing the poster contest prizes. Following the award ceremony, Kanabs Boy Scout Troop 632, under the leadership of Paul Chapman and Lex Chamberlain, and local residents turned their attention to the Highway 89 cleanup project. From the border, workers went in both directions to clean up their states stretch ofhighway. Steve Martinet coordinated the Forest Services effort to clean up AZ-U- T success theiT adopted stretch of High- time and tough decisions they way 89. Over thirty bags of had to make: Kate Cannon, Jen- nifer Kaufman, Cyrus Mejia, and garbage were collected, aluminum cans Carol Sullivan. Prizes for the poster contest picked up. Other venues saw Earth Day winners at each grade level will participants in action too. be awarded later this month at Fredonias Cub Scouts, under each schools closing award cerWeston Burchs direction, cleaned emony. For more information on how up Fredonia City Park. Other workers helped Julie Nannenga you can be a part of the Earth at the high school greenhouse with Celebration Team, please cona planting project, while the tact Maggie Dowrd at (520)643-739- 5 ext. 0. or (435)644-267Squaw Trail benefitted from a includ-ingrecyclingt- he 2, contingent of Vermillion Hiking Club members and Best Friend employees doing maintenance and cleanup work. Thanks to BLMs Janaye Byergo and the Forest Services John Neeling for coordinating this. The Earth Celebration Com- mittee would like to thank Honeys Jubilee Foods for the refreshments provided to these participants. The Honeys are loyal supporters who have donated food for Earth Day for each of the five celebrations weve sponsored. Were also grateful to the teachers of Kane, Coconino and Mohave counties who continually support the poster contest and have made it a success through their efforts. Another round of thanks goes to Jubilee Foods, Food town, and the Kanab Elementary School for displaying the posters. Gratitude goes out to this years judges for their 'ISSlffiSBOfil fji i ft j Lutherans clean up i iTi i z Members of the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church did their part to keep Hwy. 89A trash free and looking good. Kane Ranch Planning Planning for nine grazing allotments (five BLM and four Forest Service) in the Arizona b Plateau area has been underway for more than two years. These allotments are called the Kane Ranch Allotments, and the environmental assessment (EA) resulting from that analysis is expected to be released for public review sometime soon, in The EA addresses questions related to livestock grazing on approximately 623,000 acres of BLM and Forest Service lands. The decision to be made by the line officers of the BLM and Strip-Kaiba- mid-Ma- Public Invited to: CANDIDATES NIGHT FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2000 Meet new candidates Glen Davis & Greg Hawkins Running for Governor & Lt. Governor Dinner at Kanab City Park at 6:00 p.m. & Public Meeting at Kanab High School Auditorium, at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by: Color Country Chapter of the People for the USA y. Forest Service include what meetings, open to the general level of grazing, if any, is tn be public, helped identify situaauthorized in view of multiple tions that might need to be ad- resource concerns, what the grazing season would be, how many livestock would be authorized, what facilities are needed to manage the livestock, and what provisions would be needed to protect other resources. An inter-agenc- y, interdiscipli- nary team has reviewed a number of comments related to the proposed management and analyzed the environmental effects ofthe various alternatives. Last year a series of collaborative Always PRICE REDUCTION dressed and helped define desired conditions for this large block of public land. Six alternatives have been developed, and five ofthem have been analyzed in detail. Identified resource concerns include: potential conflicts between deer and cattle for winter browse in the Central Win- ter Allotment, conflicts be- tween livestock management and recreational visitors in the Paria Canyon and some other locations, potential for effects on the Federally listed Apache trout species in North Canyon, the occasional presence of cattle in the campgrounds, the potential for additional damage by livestock to rock art in Snake Gulch, and po- tential adverse effects to pediocactus species. The EA will be posted on the Kaibab ERA REAL ESTATE National 520-643-752- 1246 S. Powell -- $161,900 Spacious home perfect for the family that needs more room. Large lawn with horse property. Great views of mountains and city. Close to Ranchos Park. This home is a great buy! Look at it today. Forest webpage and can be downloaded from there. It will also be available in hard copy, and a copy may be requested by writing to ihe Ron Ellis, North Kaibab Ranger District, Fredonia AZ 86022, phoning or sending an message to rellisfs.fed.us. ail 3, |