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Show THE ZEPHYR/ AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2003 e a various conferences, meeting, and on stages for events relating to the preservation of this or that. I’ve sung for their causes whenever they asked, whenever I could, been interviewed with them, photographed with them, listened to their lectures, presentations, their stories and dreams. What came from both men, in spite of their disparate personalities and singular approaches to a causewas the ENERGY, DRIVE and CONVICTION they exuded when they spoke of the things dearest to their hearts. Ed would go before a congressional committee or a regional scoping, stand and growl out his carefully written words-so finely tuned they sounded like poetry in spite of the growl, then do a flip and end his appeal or proposal with words balanced on a blade of sharpest steel! Then, he’d come away mumbling, Grill "Bastards-swine-Neanderthals,” certain that they weren't about to listen, or even understand the alternative to whatever destruction was being planned. House Whereas, David Brower, long mindful of bureaucratic bullshit, could wrap his tongue around that lingo in a way that was startling-even to Utah politicians, who only listen to more of their kind and not the voice of the people, which MOAB'S STEAK PLACE was David’s. He made friends in very high places, unlike Ed, who made them in low, fertile places that bloomed and flowered into activism. David’s friends helped him win the bureaucrats’ and politicians’ ears, if not their wholehearted support. At least they knew there was opposition. He was good at name-dropping, as well as speaking off the top of his head, but what he perfected to a state-of-the-art Our Waterfall Patio were his one-liners (with brilliant help from Ann, his dear wife) like the one that literally saved the Grand Canyon from three dams! "Should we also flood the Sistine Chapel, so tourists can get closer to the ceiling?” is now Neither man’s words will be forgotten by those who have read, heard, or been fortunate enough to know the Colorado’s great canyons from river to rim, and seen the immense damage that many huge dams already in place have done to a unique and irreplaceable ecosystem. Will we ever learn from our mistakes? From history? As long as there are bureaucracies, politicians and pimps, warmongers, whoremongers and Sybarites. No. KATIE LEE lives in Jerome, Arizona. Her book Grandpa Beck 13593 N. HIGHWAY POINTBLANK SERVING DINNER NIGHTLY (4355) 259-5201 STATE LIQUOR LICENSEE www.bucksagrillhouse.com > All My Rivers are Gone is available at Back of Beyond Books in Moab and fine book stores everywhere. CX THE BUSINESSES & INDIVIDUALS WHO ADVERTISE IN THE ZEPHYR SUBMISSIONS Submissions to The Zephyr may be on any topic even remotely relevant to its readers. They must be between 500 and 1000 words. Authors of essays printed in this publication receive a five year subscription and our gratitude. 191 |’ ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP IT ALIVE. PLEASE...Support them and let them know you appreciate their support of this publication. ae WESTERN SKY PLANETARIUM 970.858.3636 westskydan@aol.com WATCH THE SKIES! & HEATING oe 259-8324 Mars has hegemony in the '03 sky. If only all gods of war were little dots of light in the sky For all your sky info call 970.858.3636 z 3 Five Quail Se SF : NEW BOOKS — SIGNED ° "FIRST THROUGH GRAND CANYON, The Secret Journals and Letters of the 1869 Books z : ee : | x aS d PO Box 10067 - Prescott, AZ 86304 5quail@GrandCanyonBooks.com 928-776-9955 2 Crew Who Explored the Green and Colorado Rivers" edited by Michael Ghiglieri ¢ "THE BRAVE ONES. The Journals and Letters of the 1911-12 Expedition Down the Green and Colorado Rivers by Ellsworth L. Kolb and Emery C. Kolb including the journal of Hubert R. Lauzon" edited by William Suran ° "EVERY RAPID SPEAKS PLAINLY. The Residential - Commercial - Sales Installation - Drain Cleaning Salmon, Green, and Colorado River journals and out-of-print books, documents, Call or write for latest catalog of new of Buzz Holmstrom" ephemera relating to Grand Canyon, ° "LANDSCAPE OF DESIRE, Identity and Colorado River, and Colorado Plateau.| On-line catalog at: www.GrandCanyonBooks.com Nature in Utah's Canyon Country" by Greg Gordon aaa 3 edited by Brad Dimock. COMPLETE LINE OF PLUMBING FIXTURES : Kohler - Grohe - Mansfield Ejer - Moen - Delta - Sterling - Price Pfister HOT WATER HEATERS - GARBAGE DISPOSALS WHIRLPOOL BATHS - SPAS PAGES |
