Show ¥ Ernest H Linford "yiir- The Salt Lake Tribune Thursday - February 19 1987 A15 The Numbers Look Good BLM or Landowner to Owe an Apology For Pricing Out Soviets It may be a tempest in a teapot or it may mean Utah conservationist Cleve Kincaid has to move his unfinished house out of a wilderness study area Thus comments editor Betsy Mar-sto- n in the February issue of the conservation publication High Country News Mrs Marston continues: "The disagreement began when the Bureau of Land Management requested an official survey of the Steep Creek wilderness study area which is near the Burr trail six miles from Boulder There had never been an official survey and the agency was glad to have one done of the area What the survey revealed is that Kincaid’s house is not only on BLM land it is also within a wilderness study area Under interim management protection that is illegal The BLM sent Kincaid a notice of trespass” Kincaid the outspoken director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance said that he mailed a dissertation to the BLM spelling out agency mistakes on the survey Kincaid never had a survey done on his e land which is part of a homestead completely surrounded by 280-acr- cm operating Yellow Gem opal mine Both mines are at the headwater drainages of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River Rick Johnson public lands director of the Idaho Conservation League says Collard's proposals cannot be allowed Building the roads will have a tremendous impact on water quality and fish production and will jeopardize the wild and scenic river recommendation for Big Creek Joseph Togue an environmental coordinator on the Payette National Forest says that Collard's mining proposals do not conflict with the 1964 Wilderness Act Mining is allowed on valid claims in the wilder- gotten overzealous BLM policy in Utah is for the agency to do an environmental assessment on any interim management violations in wilderness study areas That study is under way and will iny clude a public review and comment period ness The proposal of Idaho miner James Collard to build 23 miles of road into the River of No Return wilderness in According to a Forest Service draft mineral report prepared for use by the Bureau of Land Management the Golden Bear claims will most likely be mined by tunneling along a quartz vein hauling ore to a mill site for crushing and then recovering the gold by gravity separation The mill site would be located either within the wilderness area beside Big Creek or in a town two miles outside the wilderness boundary The Idaho has some conservationists determined to fight him to the bitter end Collard is seeking a patent to his Golden Bear gold claims in Idaho so y he may begin mining says Mike in the current issue of High Country News Collard also hopes to increase production of the currently Med-berr- m m&me Hera i BLM land but he used a BLM inventory map of the original survey posts of the homestead Although some of his land might actually be public land Kincaid says none is near the wilderness study area boundary high up on a bluff The state BLM director will have an apology to make he says The BLM has mm a T & The President Cooperates atti- lam disturbed about society’s tude toward families in need of which Utah has many Welfare recipients are not getting rich The average single parent of thfee receives $439 per month This is expected to pay shelter costs food clothing and medical This income can be supplemented which brings the amount close to $600 per month for a family of four (This is not free assistance These people have to try to become sufficient and get off public assisor boyfriends are tance this to money back pay required Thus the taxpayers are not actually Supporting welfare families Why then does society treat these people like dirt? A human being in need still deserves society’s respect There are those individuals who have no motivation probably due to selfesteem But they need moral and emotional support not condemna- tion JUANITA KENYON Tax Them lotd j So the issue of a tery is not to be placed on the ballot and the evils of such a lottery have been explained to all of us by the hierarchy of the LDS Church Just as unconscionable is the busistatus of church-owne- d ness properties such as the Lion House (exempt from sales tax also) Deseret Gym and Deseret Industries The latter recently advertised their KSL television sales on prime-tim- e The LDS Church office buildings have never paid tax from day one The issue of properties” should be placed on the ballot and not determined by the Legislature or the State Tax Commission All properties should be taxed for basic services such as ‘police fire water sewer roads etc The "leaders” of this state need to deal with these issues now Place these issues on the ballot we cannot afford not to LD BYRNE state-operate- “tax-exemp- t” “tax-exem- pt ’ t 1 i Not a Dead End leges Need Salvation” taken from the New York Times and published Jan 28 The thrust of the editorial was Community colleges open many doors for students and one is not nec- essarily better than another — just more suited to the interest and aspirations of a diverse student body LUCILLE T STODDARD Vice President Academic Affairs Utah Technical College at ProvoOrem that students need salvation from vocational education programs There appears to be a misapprehension reflected in the article that vocational education is a dead end Vocational education is not ’ Many graduates in the vocational reas make a fine living contribute fo their communities and lead fulfilling lives A community college meets community needs that include vocation 84110 Who Needs It? The Salt Lake County Board of Recreation is master planning for a golf course that would be located around 10600 South running from 1300 East to Little Cottonwood Canyon A $30000 feasibility study already has been conducted The recreation board has forgotten this area once was designated as flood control They’ve also forgotten there are already 25 privately- - and publicly-owne- d golf courses in Salt Lake County As an explanation for the golf course the recreation board claims the area is a dumping ground for old cars sheetrock and garbage And it is But with funding the two parks could be cleaned up and promoted as natural recreation areas and wildlife preserves Jogging hiking and equestrian trails also could be maintained e Dimple Dell Park and the Dry Creek Regional Park which runs from 10600 South between 1300 East and 300 East are the only two natural areas left in Salt Lake County They should be maintained in their natural state to compensate for population density in the valley PAULA KAYE HUFF Holladay A Little Ironic Until I read Ronald J Anderson’s "Little Trickle” (Forum Jan 31) I was unaware state tax burdens were a direct result of being a "right to work state” Obviously realize the high taxes here could be reduced if he could just encourage employers statewide to increase wages 20 percent It seems a little ironic however that two of the largest employers in the state Geneva and Kennecott (both unionized) had to close because of high costs andor cheaper imports Perhaps we may be fortunate that there aren’t more unionized companies here in Utah otherwise they may also seek the same misfortune Heaven forbid what would our tax rate be then and alas who would be left to pay the unemployment bur- Gov Bangerter doesn’t mines sal know where the great Soviet 8 missiles are and we can describe an orbital path for our satellites that Cost Ratio at the Margin gives us takes them over missile sites every the acronym CRAM — very useful time the satellite circumnavigates the globe here The CRAM tells us how many additional dollars the Soviets will Still more bad news: A satellite need to spend in order to counter our hovering over a Soviet missile in the defense If the CRAM is larger than boost phase is going to have a very 10 that means the Soviets will need good kill record but not a perfect to spend more than one dollar to one One out of four Soviet missiles counter one dollar’s investment by will get away so that we are required the United States in defense which is to multiply the $60 million figure by bad news for the Soviet Union By 43 giving us $80 million contrast if the CRAM is less than 10 So: It costs us $80 million to knock then our projected (early 1990s) deout one Soviet ICBM 8 How fense system is accomplishing nothmuch does it cost the Soviet Union to to cause the Soviet Union manufacture an ? ing except to spend more money though less Answer: $200 million money than we are spending That means that our CRAM is $200 We are pretty well prepared now million (the Soviet cost of an addito make a sober estimate of the tional ICBM) over $80 million (the CRAM We speak now of a technology US cost of knocking down an ICBM) defined and to the relevant degree Or 25 to 1 This clearly satisfies the g "kinetic tested It is the Nitze Criterion energy” weapons envisioned as our Such figures as these are not diffipartial space shield for the 1990s cult to assimilate but energetic tic-energy weapons destroy Soviet American minds are going to have to ICBMs by sensing the heat they emit do their homework and to keep these and then zeroing in on the rockets figures in mind in order to guard colliding with them at high speeds against the snake oil being used to Sort of like a Big Mac Sidewinder discredit the program Bear in mind that it is not only These kinetic-energ- y are weapons that we have in mind to dedesigned to be based in space on orThese are stage me later ploy Soover that the satellites biting pass stages contemplating the use of particle-viet Union They are called quite logbeam and laser technology The d “space-basekill kinetic ically objective — and never lose sight of vehicles” (SBKKVs) Three different — is to make it so unprofitable contractors have estimated for the this for the Soviet Union to attempt a first of cost Defense that the Department of each of these missiles will be $15 strike that it will simply eliminate this possibility from its repertoire of million approaches to winning the struggle for the world But of course we have just begun We have accounted for the cost of the There are other ways of conquerSBKKV but not for the satellite on ing The Soviet Union has never needed atomic weapons in aggressions which it rides Double the figure which is now $3 million against Berlin or Afghanistan or Ethiopia or Angola or Cuba or VietBut keeping those satellites doing nam or Nicaragua nor to maintain what they are supposed to do requires its imperial grip on E istern Europe maintenance Every 10 years $3 milBut to end the Sov t capacity to lion worth so what you now have is a threaten the United itates with excost of $6 million per SBKKV tinction is a dream that could come But the worst is yet to come We true SS-1- SS-1- SS-18- heat-seekin- Kine- mmmu Needs Answers marriage license was raised from $10 to $30 about a year ago At that time I got the impression The cost of a 1 that the extra $20 was to be used to provide vocational training for displaced homemakers As I now have a relative who needs such assistance I have some questions about the disbursement of those funds 1 What agency is responsible for deciding who is eligible to receive assistance through these funds? Are these funds being disbursed through the Pell Grant program? 2 If this money is not available through the Pell Grant program then where does one apply for them? 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Will previous government projects proposed for Utah in the past and fiercely fought off for a variety of reasons come back to haunt us? We didn’t want the MX missiles fearing we would be an easy target for the Russians This latest development would surely target the Russians curiosity as well We threw up a blockade when Washington needed a place to locate a repository for nuclear waste We didn’t even swing at these two pitches Washington threw us but Utah ended up with two governmental strikes against it Will the DOE throw a third pitch without Utah swinging again? I hope the people of Utah make it known the DOE has our full support in getting the project to Utah because if we allow a strike three we're done! 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Forum Rules 643-acr- I was somewhat concerned with "Another Viewpoint: Community Col- ' lege similarly-situate- within any wilderness area is Tribune Readers’ Opinions and transfer programs To disparage one or the other of these roles doesn’t do justice to the options that people want and have at a community col- high-grad- erating The Public Forum Need Respect mine would have a life span of 10 to 30 years Access to the mine would require reconstruction of 95 miles of a road along Big Creek which has been closed to public traffic since 1980 when the wilderness was established Such construction is inappropriate says Thomas Robinson intermountain region representative for the Wilderness Society The public is outraged by the below-cos- t timber sales and overgrazing but those don’t hold a candle to the mining giveaway This issue in the River of No Return area demonstrates how bad the mining law is The Idaho Conservation League and the Wilderness Society each have filed a protest of Collard’s patent with the BLM The draft mineral report proposed that the BLM deny Collard’s patent on the basis that the applicant would sustain a $28 million loss if he only e mined the ore If the final report echoes the draft the BLM will contest the validity of Collard's claims and allow him to respond at a hearing If the hearing results are contested the Interior Department board of land appeals then will rule on the matter The recourse of an aggrieved party thereafter is in the federal courts A final mineral report is expected by BLM within a month and will not be made public unless the patent is granted The Yellow Gem opal mine is patented and has been worked for more than 20 years by prospector Wilbur Wiles Now in his 70s he backpacks into the wilderness each summer to work his mine with a jackhammer pick and shovel In years past Wile has brought out a three-poun- d coffee can full of opals Collard asked the Forest Service for road access to the Yellow Gem mine in a special-us- e permit application The developers hope to build 12 miles of jeep road along Monumental and Mud Creeks to bring heavy equipment to the mine Collard estimated the value of that land at $12 million to $15 million An environmental impact statement by the Forest Service is now under way to consider access to the Yellow Gem mine While access must be granted to a valid mining claim the Wilderness Act also stipulates that access must be by means that have been or are being customarily enjoyed with respect to other areas similarly situated Whether there are any other op- CHROMA-COLO- K' R C CONTRAST one-in-fi- PICTURE TUBE- t - SWIVEL BASE FOR BEST I1 VIEWINGj I ' ANGLE - — - Or Pay under $42 per month twt t mii rw om Hm Ny yy k rnmm mMmm xritime i vtffc tmm M lb i—nHdy - be yours for jus All this can ri — w Uhuwi um Yv pay— an f J |