Show August 22 2001 Gunnison Valley NewsSalina Sun Speaking of Sports File Tha Can't See The Forest For The Smoke the area home by Bob Bahlmann Staff writer ve would like to call timber unavailable Satterwhite is forced to spend US dollars to import timber from Canada in an effort to stay in business The company usually supplies sawdust for the Sanpete County Fair free of charge but with the cut backs on available timber they didn't have any sawdust to donate Satterwhite has also joined forces with the U S Forest Service to battle a lawsuit filed by special interest groups aimed at stopping any review of the With local No matter where you go m the nation among the top news stories you will find a segment on the forest fires that are plaguing the west Hot weather and dry conditions have contributed to the second year in a row of devastating wild fires At last count there were million acres of nearly public lands going up in smoke Over 30000 firefighters have been mobilized and recently National Guard troops were called out to be trained and offer assistance The official estimate on how much the fire fighting efforts will cost the taxpayers is quickly approaching $200 million The most ironic part of the whole situation is that not long ago the US Government passed regulations that could turn our whole National Forest system into a tinderbox just waiting for a spark According to Satterwhite Log Homes there are two blazes in Utah today in areas that could have been logged Instead of turning the standing dead trees into homes the roadless ruling that was announced last January made it impractical to harvest the timber in these areas There is no guarantee that removing dead trees will prevent forest fires but there is no doubt that responsible logging can greatly reduce the impact of wildfires There are approximately 200 million feet of standing dead timber on the Manti If we get a lightning strike in the wrong place that stand will be a total loss and present a serious safety risk Studies conducted by the forest service have shown that areas that have burned take 100 yeas longer to recover and become productive than areas that have been logged and restored as per government guidelines Locally Satterwhite has been forced to lay off 32 employees That's 32 families that are without jobs 32 families that are not paying taxes buying groceries coaching little league filling church and civic positions or being able to make a living in 55-Ali- they Under by Jim Olsen Publisher Welcome to a new effort on my part to write a weekly column don’t want to call it Left of Center because the column will not be located on the left hand part of the page don’t know if you even caught the significance of the name am stuck with As it is searching for a name Throughout my career have only used one other name for a column While editor of the Dixie Sun at Dixie College and later at the Emery County Progress SerForest roadless policy The filed my column under the vice is not allowed to bring up heading “Off The Cuff” Howissues like loss of jobs and loss ever Richfield Editor Emeritus of US revenues in the case so Hal Edwards has used that involvement Satterwhite's name in our region for more could go a long way in allow- years than can remember So ing relevant information to be don’t feel right resurrecting my depresented so an intelligent old name ' rision can be made Since am a trivia factoid It seems to make a lot more specialist thought about ussense to have someone pay to ing Trivia in the name However cut down the dead trees and Max Call former publisher of the use them to provide jobs and building material than to pay someone to try to extinguish the same trees when they have become a wildfire and a treat to life and property Some time ago and this is supposed to be a true story an attorney as he presented his by Sr Trooper Terry C Smith Section 10 Public Information closing arguments said "Your honor common sense would " Education Officer As you read the paper you "Objection there is no common sense in the law" interrupted will notice that quite a few the opposing attorney "Objecpeople have died in vehicle tion sustained" ruled the crashes lately Of course if it doesn't affect you personally it judge The US Government has doesn't really matter right? It demonstrated a little common should! sense by choosing to reevaluWe are coming up on the last ate the roadless area ruling big trip of the summer — Labor Kids are going (Please see related story in this Day Weekend issue) They have opened up a back to school and the warm new comment process and citidays of summer will soon give zens have a chance to express way to the cool days and nights their concerns The current adof fall So let's pack up the kids ministration has demonstrated and all of the toys and make a that they will be more likely to last trip into the great outdoors listen to the comments than the It's the last big party of the sumlast group of elected leaders mer were So what can you do to make It is the responsibility of evsure you have a safe trip? to share his or her citizen Well you can plan and pack ery feelings about the issue If you ahead of time so you are not in need more information contact a big rush at the last minute your local US Forest office or You can make sure you get a call Jody Sutton at good night's rest before you driving course set for Seniors There are millions of graduates — are you missing out? 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SuperHerbal Drug Store Inside You will: Thriftway Market Gunnison (435) Recipe of tlie Week I Pasta Bake from Shayla Anderson Mostaccioli mushrooms finely chopped lb ground beef 12 c onion finely chopped 12 c green peppei finely chopped 30 oz jar spaghetti sauce 8 oz Mozzarella cheese shredded 12 c Parmesan cheese grated 8 oz 1 1 To enter please send a copy of the recipe along with a short explanation of why it’s so special Mall your entries to: Gunnison Valley NewsSalina Son PO Box 189 Gunnison UT 84634 R COPY Cook Mostaccioli according to package directions While pasta is cooking melt butter in a frypajn placelmushrooms in melted butter and cook until lightly browned Place mushrooms in a baking pan In the same frypan brown ground beef onion and green pepper until vegetables are tender and beef is no longer pink Place the ground beef jpuxture in the baking pan with mushrooms spaghetti sauceJ'Moz-zarell- a and Parmesan cheeses mix well Bake at 350° for 15 minutes until cheeses are melted and the mixture is bubbly that women chewed West Virginia says that smelling peppermint can boost exercise performance levels The scent alters your perception of how hard you’re workManti Messenger has used ing says Bryan Raudenbush Trivia’ for his award winning colPhD the study's director This umn for more than 30 years So makes workouts seem less that one is out strenuous and For now let’s call this “File easier to complete” he says ” That Under Any minty fragrance could work hope to bring you interestincluding the scent of mouthing facts have combed from wash gum or candy the many press releases newsLori and and the kids are papers and magazines have the proud hosts of a Youth For read or will read will also feaUnderstanding Foreign Exture some of my own observachange Student Her name is have to be Annika Kreutz She is from Gertions After all pretty observant in order to be many Someone asked me if a newsman lied and said knew German Someone once told me no have an astute ability for seetook one year of Actually ing the obvious Who knows German in high school All can here are some remember in: Anyway space filling observations have “Wo ist Monica? “An den see” gleaned from recent items that have some across my desk “Wo ist Peter? According to an article on “Mit Monica!" fitness smelling peppermint Interpreted that is: can boost exercise performance “Where is Monica?” levels The paragraph written to “At the sea” a male audience said that it University leave so you are not driving half asleep You can take your time getting there and not have to break the sound barrier trying to get to your location If you slow down and drive the speed limit you might see things you have never seen before "Gee Honey when did they put that mountain there?" We all think we are great drivers but we need to worry about the other guy We need to worry about the folks who think it's fun to drink and drive Some in idiots actually think they drive better when they are drunk! There's also those who don't plan — just throw everything together screaming at each other so they are in a great mood to hit the traffic Or there's the guy who worked all night and now thinks he can drive to Lake Powell with no problem These are the people you will be competing with to get to your destination So your only protection is to make sure you and your family are wearing seat belts and that your young children are sitting child in a “Where is Peter?” “With Monica” Goes to show you how retained much information the class All could think about was the relationship between Monica and Peter Perhaps will be able to talk her into sharing some of her observations as the school year continues On a more serious note the 2002 Olympic Torch will be coming through Richfield skip Salina and start again in Centerfield and finish at the from Gunnison City Park before go' ing on to Manti I’m not sure if Salina will actually be skipped hope not We need to show the world the new million dollar road and tersection After all we have lost hubcaps shocks and struts for this progress Besides it ought to be finished by then digress Local governments are looking for special events to plan around this occurrence If you up with a good idea send to us! 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