| OCR Text |
Show , THE ZEPHYR/ APRIL-MAY 2004 isolated wasteland...You think you are Ed Abbey or something. So Abbey saw Glen Canyon before the dam? Well so did I and I’m glad One a 20 ou your (pn the dam is there. If the dam wasn’t there I would be short one kid. of my kids was conceived in Dangling Rope Canyon on the floor of foot Wellcraft. Did you factor my kid into your thinking? Hell no, don’t care about people. You would gladly sacrifice my only son to earth religion. MY ONLY SON.” A eee aw Volume 16 Number I April/May 2004 Jack, if you’re still out there somewhere, it’s time you vented again; it’s been way too long. Win a Dream Date with Stiles Contest Wait...there I go again, confusing the highs and lows. We did have a contest. There was only one entry, a Brittany Spaniel with bad breath named Dippity-Do who insisted I show my love by drinking out of the toilet. Did I or didn’t I? Hmmm... Three Crazed Advertisers Businesses and individuals who support this publication through advertisng, subscriptions and the Backbone can never truly appreciate the THE 4....POINT BLANK: ‘IT’S A WORKING RANCH, DUDES" By Bill Boyle NEW WEST BLUES REDUX By paper. This is a publication that is held together by you guys. There are three businesses that Id like to identify and thank, who have been in every issue of this publication since it began. To Ron Maupin at Haggle of Vendors in Grand Junction, to Vern Erbe at the Hogan Trading Company in Moab, and to Ken and Jane Sleight at Pack Creek Ranch. You're crazy but I appreciate it. The Glen Canyon Institute Holding a grudge against Glen Canyon has been a lifetime hobby for me. I first saw the dam, a few years after its completion and was too oung of course to have ever seen Glen Canyon before the reservoir. Promoting the draining of Lake Powell was not a popular cause or one given much credence, even within the mainstream environmental community. I had to fashion my own DRAIN LAKE POWELL bumper sticker in the early 80s and finally took it down when I kept getting pulled over by deputies of the San Juan County Sheriff's Office because I “looked suspicious.” Then in 1997, along comes this mild-mannered, Mormon, ER doctor from Salt Lake City, who eats food off other people’s plate and who looks clean even after a five day river trip named Rich Ingebretsen. He first saw Glen Canyon before the dam as a Boy Scout and 35 years later created an organization called The Glen Canyon Institute. He and his group have brought world-wide attention to the tragedy of Glen Canyon Dam, through good science and common sense, while never losing their passion for the most important fact of all: This dam flooded the most beautiful canyon system on Earth and should be decommissioned because it’s the right thing to do. But I do wish Ricardo would keep his fork off my dinner plate. Jim COUNTRY eha Lees "What's an Orchard?" depth of my appreciation. As I’ve said before, we don’t depend on corporate ads, grants, or personal trust funds /inheritance to produce this CANYON en ear Stiles om Not to SEND a the eas 7.... SE UTAH ina NUTSHELL The Photographic Evidence DOG of the MONTH...then 6 now Where Arches puts its money and its mouth. Amenities Economy...Good? Agriculture...Bad? The latest loss of open space... Lire MiAZANa «es ea ont Mur 8... LOSING SOLITUDE: Another rant By Martin Murie 12... IT’S TIME FOR M.A.H.B.U. Mormons And Heathens for a Better Utah By Jim Stiles 15... THE COVERS... A collection of the most memorable Zephyr covers from the last 15 years. 18..... FROM AROUND THE BEND AGAIN... By Ken Sleight A Late Entry: Jennifer Speers Just when I faced such hopeless despair that I was about to give up on finding Highlight #10, along comes Jennifer Speers, who I must first beg for forgiveness. Over the years I have made disparaging comments about wealthy people. If I recall, I called some of them “rich weasels.” Repeatedly. I’ve even been annoyed by the “benevolent rich weasels” who try to assuage their consciences by making large donations to their favorite environmental group while simultaneously building obscenely 20..... THE LAST FLIGHT of FELON 22 When a B-52 crashed in San Juan County in 1961, were there live hydrogen bombs on board? By Jim Stiles 25..... HERB RINGER'S: American West extravagant, absurdly consumptive dwellings for themselves, hoping for recognition in Architectural Digest and Sierra magazine, all at the same time. And considering the compromised, money-hungry attitude of most enviro groups these days, such dual recognition is not beyond the realm of possibility Then along comes Speers. 26..... THE ZEPHYR BACKBONE REPERTORY CO. Some new faces for 2004 I’ve never met this woman, but I will, right here, right now, get down on my knees and grovel for forgiveness. I will lash myself with wet leather straps. I will allow you to bury me in sand, pour maple syrup on my head and cover me with fire ants. I’m sorry. Here is what Jennifer Speers did. First she bought Proudfoot Bend Ranch, north of Dewey Bridge on SR 128, to assure its cow pastures and open space would never be condominiumized. Fee Demo ups and downs... 29.....F EEDBACK: An extended edition That was good enough, but she didn’t stop there. And this is where we enter the realm of The Unheard Of. Adjacent to the bridge itself is (was) the Dewy Bridge subdivision. A developer bought the river frontage land several years ago, put in a road and services, and carved up the acreage into expensive lots. Then he built a $600,000 home on the banks of the Colorado River to, I would guess, prime the real estate pump. But nobody was interested. The “development” languished for the last few years, until Jennifer Speers came along. She bought all the lots, the whole damn subdivision. And then... She tore down the house. Ms. Speers sent in contractors to salvage what could be removed and reused—doors, windows, the huge wooden beams-anything that could be recycled. Then she had a bulldozer knock the adobe walls down and cleared the premises of any debris. There is not even a hint that a monstrous, out-of-place abode mansion, just across the river from SUBSCRIBE TO THE ZEPHYR SIX ISSUES (ONE YEAR): $15... TWELVE ISSUES (TWO YEARS): §28 EIGHTEEN ISSUES (THREE YEARS): $40 a public campground, ever existed. I hope that Jennifer Speers becomes a role model for other wealthy people. Even if she owns other large homes elsewhere, this is precedentsetting. If all rich people would tear down just ONE of their mansions, I will sing their praises as well. And to Ms. Speers, even though by all rights you should pick up the check, if I can ever buy you dinner, it’s on me. And that’s it...my Top Ten list for the first 15 years. If I’m still here in 2019, hope I can find ten more highlights to recall. Thanks again. 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. Back issues are available at ridiculous prices. Call for a price list. Those readers who choose to take advantage of the multi-year discounts do so at their own risk. There is no guarantee that the world will be here in three years, let alone this publication. CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS ONLY TO: P.O. BOX 327, MOAB, UT 84532 PAGE3 : | |
