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Show PAGE 38 THE ZEPHYR AUGUST 1993 are looking for a living man, first check his kitchen and save yourself some time. --Submitted in defense of Willie Flocko by Devon "Hollywood" Vaughan, Moab, Utah feedback the readers respond Dear Jim Dear Mr. Stiles I was intrigued by the Zephyr before the airport became controversial and am now most certainly enjoying it. section about the airport issue. I did contact Ken Davey regarding his I clarified for him that Red tail did not deny Mountain Flying Service space within the Board Canyonlands Held terminal building but did refer them to the Airport Board. The Airport for other available isn't there determined any operators and conducted a site survey and space erf There is a small metal foe terminal. that all must provide their own office building outside Service and building on foe north end of foe terminal which was offered to Mountain Hying done haven't will indicated (but have which they accepted and anything they put signage upon "Fact-Opinio- On the 20th of July 1994 Comet Shoemaker-Lev- y 9 will crash into the planet Jupiter at about 60 kilometers per second in what will be a most spectacular event. The largest cometary fragment about 10 kilometers in diameter, is one of several resulting from the breakup of a 20 km diameter object now orbiting both the sun and Jupiter. An object of that size hitting the earth would produce a 200 kilometer diameter crater, and major global changes, similar to Chicxulub Crater in Mexico formed 65 million years ago. More importantly, this event will liberate a billion megatons of energy in an awesome fireball visible from earth in broad daylight, assuming the event occurs on the sunward side of Jupiter. Now the point is, celestial observation opportunities in Southern Utah are the best anywhere. One could anticipate that as the media become more aware of this event, thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of mountain bikers will converge on Moab combining viewing and cyding skills, on 20 July 94. You may see more bikers than you ever imagined possible. Some sort of get ready plan may be in order. It could be the end of dvilization as you know it Well, in Moab anyway. I am not planning to be there in July of 94. Good Luck. Sincerely Doug Travers San Antonio, TX yet . .) The Airport Board is workig very hard to acquire a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for a new terminal and is anticipating receiving some money for this project in 1995. Until then, all companies that want to operate from this airport will have to bring or build their own office quarters. It seems the growth in the Moab valley has caught up with us. The Airport Board is currently dealing with a growth inundation like they haven't seen before. If plans continue as projected, there could be four air tour air taxi operators and two helicopter companies on the field by the end of this year. The board is attempting to handle the requests in a fair and proficient manner; trying to balance between an existing lease agreement and foe specifics of free enterprise, FAA assurances, and competition rights. Thank you Editor15 note: Weve just lamed that the impact will be on the far-sid- e from here or anywhere else.. except in San Antonio, I believe. n" to the opportunity to get in my two cents worth. of Jupiter, and will not be visible Dear Jim Now that you have all but vanquished the evil oil companies, miners, and ranchers, the new enemies are tourists and recent immigrants to Moab who are (1) mountain bikers, (2) people who explore the back country in groups, 0) absentee property owners, and (4) owners of new businesses. These heathens may cause Moab to grow in population and to otherwise change. They must be stopped so that you, Jack Campbell, and Scott Grocne can have Delicate Sincerely, Bonnie Undgren Airport Manager Arch all to yourselves on full moon summer nights. Your ideas on how to keep Moab small and static are interesting but far too timid. I recommend the establishment of the Zephyr Thought Police. An elite, action oriented group is needed to stem the influx of the new human pollutants, and to cause transient room tax revenues to be used to recreate the Broiler for ZTP approved locals only. Very truly yours William H. Rutter Moab Editor's note: If Mr. Rutter continues to unite these outrageous, to have no choice but to make him a regular columnist on this newspaper. .JS. one-side- d, diatribes, I am going Dear Editor With regard to your comments on Willie Flocko's unkept house, Iwould like to offer you these insights by that great thinker, Charles Bukowsld... show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually dirty kitchen, and 5 times out of 9 Ill show you an exceptional man." H -- Charles Bukowski, over the 19th bottle of beer. " show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 out of 9 times 1U show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities." --Charles Bukowski, over 20th bottle of beer. "... often, the state of the kitchen is the state of the mind, confused and unsure men, pliable men are the thinkers, their kitchens are like their minds, cluttered with garbage, dirty ware, impurity, but they are aware of their mind-stat- e and find some humor in it. at times, with a violent burst of fire they defy the eternal deities and come up with a lot of shining that we sometimes call creation; just as at times they will get half drunk and clean up their kitchens, but soon again all falls into disorder and they are in darkness again, in need of BABO, pills, prayer, sex, luck, and kitchen is the freak, however, beware of him. his salvation, the man with the kitchen-stat- e all in order, settled, he has let life condition him quickly to a is his mind-statif you listen to him for basened and hardened complex of defensive and soothing thought-ordeten minutes you will know that anything he says in a lifetime will be essentially meaningless and always dull, he is a cement man. there are more cement men than other kinds of men. so if you ever-order- ly To the Editor, When I recently heard that approximately 2000 acres of public school trust lands lie within the Castle Valley township, I appreciated anew the suggestion Jack Campbell put forth in last month's Zephyr. Jack's idea that the Travel Council use tourist tax money to buy the school lands and preserve the scenery that brings the tourists seems far preferable to up to possibly 400 more 5 acre home sites in Castle Valley. The sale of these lands may bring large scale development of hundreds of individual homes with cars, pollution, infrastructure strain and rise in property taxes that inevitably accompany population increases in small areas: either way, the quality of life in Castle Valley would deteriorate. Providing funds to schools through sale of state lands could be accomplished in this instance without sacrificing yet another community to the growth monster if we are willing to support this common sense alternative to "business as usual" Evidently there are lots of other places in Grand County also, where the sale of state lands would impact filming, vistas we enjoy, and foe quality of community life. If anyone dee's imagination has been provoked by this issue, you can send a copy of Jack's article to Governor Mike Leavitt at 220 State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, UT 84114. e: r, Dont worry.Jve got a plan. Sincerely, Melanie Allardale Castle Valley |