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Show jy vv VW.W v.w..v.f.v.x v.v wmv, . w .v.v v w1 . v w vw vw; of latching onto surplus, is when he came in one day with four or five sheets of quarter-inc- h thick stainless steel He was going to make grills, until we found out that nobody knew how to weld stainless steeL That stuff was worth a small fortune, but I don't know what they ever did with it." With the new construction came new problems, a taste of things to come. For starters. Bates, Lloyd and Lyle found themselves in the middle of a labor dispute. During the summer after work began on the visitor center. Bates and his son Tug were laying water line, when a large Cadillac rolled up. Dressed to the nines, the car's occupants asked to see these two guys' union card. Bates bristled Tm the superintendent of this park, this is my son, he's working for nothing and we'll do what we want" The union men retreated. Later the Cadillac made a second appearance. According to Lyle, "these guys looked like they came from the Mafia. They represented the Iron Workers Union from Salt Lake City. One of them was about six foot four and three hundred pounds. The contractors were using labor to place the steel beams and the labor bosses weren't too happy." By 1959, the first nine miles of paved road were completed to Balanced Rock, and a short time later, the new visitor center opened for business. Visitation began to climb and has never stopped. By 1961, over a hundred thousand tourists came to Arches. Today annual visitation approaches a million. With all that success, perhaps it was inevitable that Norma Nunn W) 259-502- 1 (H) 259-727- 5 - non-uni- QUALITY REALTY on 505 N. Main St. FAXi (80 1 ) 259-83- 259-64- 93 87 Location! Location! Location! Custom built 3 level home on large lot. 4 bedrooms, large family room, beautiful stone fireplace and formal entry. Huge covered patio is great for entertaining. Motivated seller has priced right at $134,000. 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According to Jamison, "the Park Service is bloated, overextended. Everybody has office jobs, and nobody is in the park. It's just a big bureaucracy, and that's a shame. It used to be we knew everybody in the Park Service; we were like a big family, and our paths crossed all the time. Now, it's a faceless organization." Lloyd Pierson sees the day when the Park Service will have to split itself up into smaller units before it sinks under its own weight. "They need to break it up into Natural Areas, Historic Areas, and then these damn Recreation Areas. And stop transferring people back and forth between them. Pick your field of interest and stay in it None of us who wanted to be in a natural area felt that working in some horrible place like Lake Powell was anything like a National Park. "The other problem with the Park Service is their management attitude. They want to manage everything, and sometimes the best way to manage is to leave it alone. Sometimes you've just gist to sit on your butt and not do a damn thing. Let Nature take its course ... the Park Service doesn't understand this. Mother Nature has been doing the job for four billion years. Sure, the Park Service can and should protect these places, but Nature realty doesn't need a helping hand. Only Time." ASHLEY'S PLEA TO SENATOR HATCH (as reported in the Wall Street Journal) let's Ride , Senator V in 'On. mat TT COOLITUIT A DIVISION OF WESTERN SPIRIT 478 MU Creek Drive Moab, UT 84532 (800)845-245- 3 (801)259-873- FAX: 2 259-273- 6 WSCycllngOslsna.com do Uoyd and Marian Pierson. Lyle Jamison died in 1991. His wife Lois still lives in Moab as u:ri - h 'do PEACH APRICOT 6 NECTARINE ORCHARD 2nd Annual Dog Days of Summer For Sale by Owner Located in Moab. Utah Ad you look this shaggy, you need If electrolysis, a haircut, or a serious examination of your geneology. 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