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Show THE ZEPHYR we can more clearly see what our priorities should be. We “ debate among ourselves just what accounts for a successful life. Is it the value of our real estate? Our material assets? Our "buying power?" What is our most precious commodity? Volume 13 Number 4 October/Novem ber 2001 For me, it’s Time. Time is our most precious commodity. We cannot buy it or sell it. It is offered to us in very finite quantities. We can use it wisely or we can squander it. Imagine this. Imagine that all the September 11 victims had been told a week earlier what awaited them. That they could not alter their fate, but they could make choices as to how they might spend their last seven days. Would any of them considered anything but spending those last precious moments with the people they loved and cared for? 9... Time is our most precious commodity, We cannot buy it or sell it. Suddenly, for me, most local matters ABOUT THIS of debate 12... STREAMOFCONSCIOUSNESS "Part of the Problem" and I do not have the Why does anybody? but right now I just grateful for my life, 18..POPULATION. THE WEST & THE CENTURY AHEAD By John Theobald 20... THE FUTURE: Energy. Population & Pollution The Murfin Computer Model of 1600-3000 AD By Lance Christie ISSUE... 11 struck us. The core of this issue, about our overcrowded planet and our overconsumptive ways remains. All of it was written weeks ago, but after reviewing the articles again, I felt they are indeed relevant and important. What did seem improper at this time was my own silly of humor By Anne Wilson 15..... STANDING ROOM ONLY Over,“population 6 Over-consumption are leaching us This has been as excruciating as anything I have ever had to do. I really don’t know what's appropriate right now. More than half of this issue was complete when September brand YMBOLS OF OUR SORROW Moab. One Week Later... It is offered to us in finite quantities. We can use it wisely or we can squander it. disagreement seem so utterly trivial. energy or inclination to argue minutia. I know the feeling won't last forever, want to visit with my good friends, be and watch a desert sunset. What else is there? es AROUND THE BEND ee on September Il By Ken Sleight that is laced throughout each issue in the form of Zephyr cartoon ads. Most of this publication is in production two to three weeks before press day, and not only did the comedy seem out of place, I just didn’t feel very funny. I contacted as many - my. adverusess as I could, and they were almost i jing. Many sent me quotes or poems-or sentiments to reflect their feelings in these very tough days. Others asked me to find something appropriate. I did leave the caricatures--they are the faces of this community, after all. I could not wipe the cartooned smiles from their faces, but I can assure you, smiles are hard to come by around here. Whether an ad carries a special message or not, I think I can speak for ALL of them, because the people who make this publication possible have kind and gentle hearts. ? know we all share the same sense of loss. Hopefully, the humor will come back and we will get past this, but | hope we don’t forget. We have a tendency to do that--to say, Oh this is just too awful; I don’t want to think about it anymore. But I think it’s important ‘to famemberto honor the dead, to offer comfort to the survivors, and to remember how much more we cherish life itself, when we come so violently in touch with our own fragile mortality. - 22... DEAR MOM: Some words of anger & concern for an over-crowded planet...By Katie Lee Sr THE COMMODIFICATION OF NATURE ee the federal government 6 corporate America _ plan to restrict freedom on public Iands... By Scott Silver gee MARKETING BEAUTY or you need is money to be an “adventurer” in the 2st Century. By Alexandra L. Woodruff 30..ANOTHER LETTER FROM CACTUS RAT... Ee MEASURING THE VALUE OF OUR LIVES ik words by Robert F. Kennedy, March 18, 1968 35..... THE LAST RIDE: Return to Moab, 2040 AD By Jim Stiles SUBSCRIBE TO THE ZEPHYR SIX ISSUES (ONE YEAR): $15.. TWELVE ISSUES (TWO YEARS): $28 EIGHTEEN ISSUES (THREE YEARS): $40 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS If your mailing label indicates a: 10/01 OR 11/01 your subscription is ABOUT TO EXPIRE! You should have received or you should soon receive a renewal notice. In order to avoid an interruption in your subscription we must receive your renewal before NOVEMBER 15, 2001 We cannot include back issues with a bulk mailing. EMAIL THE ZEPHYR: ZEPHYR@MOCI.NET AND THE WEB SITE WWW.CANYONCOUNTRYZEPHYR.COM NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE 6 9-DIGIT ZIP PLEASE READ THIS! : The Post Office will NOT forward 3rd Class mail. If you do not send us a change of address, we cannot be responsible for issues you did not receive. Subscriptions must begin with the next issue. 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