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Show WWX'IW guy- I saw Dave's mom, Roberta, at City Market a month or so ago. We were both glad to see each other and spoke like two old blue & gray survivors of Gettysburg no longer adversaries, and instead bound by shared memories of a different time. (And by the way, Roberta, I meant to tell you...you looked great.) Last week, I was talking to my friends at the Nature Conservancy office, Fabulous Babes Sue BeUagamba and Anne Wilson. Anne had spent the morning at the river road orchard, trying to install a floating pump. Wilson groaned and said, "Good thing David was there ...I would have never got fire job done without him and his crane. 1 don't think he expected to wade into the river, but he went right in. They were speaking of David Knutson, of course, a gentleman to a fault A FEW WORDS ABOUT GIEN CANYON --THE NOVEL As die AprilMay issue of this publication attested to, there is a movement out there to drain Lake Powell and eventually dismantle Glen Canyon Dam. The cries of outrage by conservative and cigarette boat owners are enough to warm the cockles of any man's heart who despises that big concrete monstrosity and I don't even know what die hell 'cockles' are. And since this is an issue dedicated, in part at least, to honoring Women of die West, I am sure that their cockles are being warmed as well, provided that is, that cockles are a part of a woman's anatomy. I doubt, however, that Louis Liston's cockles are even remotely wanned by such a lake-love- rs proposaL If she has diem. I've got to quit taking these antihistaminea...they're making me goofy. When will the pollen go away? Anyway,, die movement has received national attention via television, radio and the print media and even congressional hearings, albeit at the hands of that right wing rascal Jumpin' Jim Hansen. And sometimes I think proponents of the dam have more confidence that it will be dismantled than we who want the damn thing tom down. They have that nervous little catch in their throats when they discuss the "absurdity" of die idea. "The idea!" In die midst of all this publicity and brouhaha, sits a very relevant big doorstop of a book, available at most bookstores in the western United States and certainly here in Moab (Back of Beyond. --shameless plug. Big Zephyr advertiser). The book is called, appropriately, Glen Canyon.. novel and its author is Steven Hannon. Some people have tried to compare Harmon's work to Ed Abbey's masterpiece The Monkey Wrench Gang and indeed, his little band of disgruntled dam haters bears a striking resemblance to Seldom Seen et al. And even Hannon admits that he "waited 14 years for Abbey to get rid of Glen Canyon Dam." Finally almost a decade after Abbey's death, Hannon took on the job himself. Hannon has struggled with die comparison because he truly hoped Abbey would pen die words that rid die planet of Glen Canyon Dam, if only in a literary sense. And as a novelist, Steve Hannon is no Ed Abbey. But then...who is? Instead, Hannon's bode must be measured in a completely different way. Although it is a work of fiction, Glen Canyon is actually a handbook about a drowned river. It is everything you ever wanted to know about Glen Canyon, before die dam and after. It is everything you ever wanted to know about Glen Canyon Dam. And it is everything you wanted to know about die forces of Nature that threaten the existence of that dam. It is fascinating reading and I found myself utterly absorbed by parts of the bode. It is the only novel I have ever read where I wish it had an index. I can tell you that a Russian nuclear physicist is one of die main characters in this book without giving away a major part of the story. But it is that aspect of die plot that has made mainstream den Canyon Dam haters a little wary of being too closely associated with it Science and economics will ultimately bring down die dam and no one in Congress will ever support a movement associated with nuclear terrorism. But Glen Canyon is after all, a novel. And other than the middle, which bogs down a bit there is a wealth of information stored within those pages and a vision of a future that I found.. .uplifting THE B.S. NEVER ENDS AT THE B.LM. For eight years Moab's Action Shots has been taking pictures of mountain bikers on die Sand Flats. Now, at press time, foe Zephyr has learned that the BLM is shutting them down. The BLM says it diminishes die visitors' experience. I asked BLM employee Mary von Koch for a list of people who have complained about Action Shots' presence and she told me foe agency has not received one single complaint So I asked her if humanity and compassion and common sense ever play a role in the decision-makin- g process...after all this of business. decision could put diem out And you know...she just didn't have an answer. More on this topic; next issue. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ZEPHYR Six issues a year for only $15.00 Twelve issues (2 years)$28.00 Eighteen issues (3 years).$40.00 Address....................................,...,... City State 6 Zip. (INCLUDE 9 DIGIT ZIP) PLEASE BEAD THIS: The P.O. 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 issue1996 6 97 back issues are available for $250 each. For earlier back issues call the Zephyr for a price list Those readers who choose to take discounts do advantage of the multi-yea- r so at their own risk. There is no guarantee that the world will be here in three years, much less this publication. The Zephyr may still make you ill but its still not the ink. WE USE NON-TOXI- C SOY INK Send Subscriptions to: P.O. BOX 327, MOAB. UT 84532 6 HE DESERVED PAGE 4 THE DEATH OF JOHN DINSMORE. By Jim Stiles A CHANCE By Dirk Vaughan (page 7) On November 27. 1997. a suicide threat led to a deadly confrontation with the Moab Police Department. What happened? And why? PAGE UkSUWAs CANYON COUNTRY WATCHDOG legislation, mining on the Green 6 Colorado Rivers. report on: (more) stupid BLM s latest chaining plans, the Pene Boys and their fools gold...and so much more. PAGE 12: MOAB IN A NUTSHELL.,THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE Robert finally gets to be Dog of the Month but is Bob his biological dad? Farewell (for now) to copy editor Koel Thomae invade Moab. Bumper sticker mischief. Hummers and Groene. Thomas 6 McHarg anti-wilderne- ss F-1- 6s PAGE IS: BROAD VISIONS-WOM- OF THE WEST (volume EN PAGE 16: CLARKE ABBEY: Gentle Voice of Defiance. broad 1) By Jim Stiles A founder of the Wildlife Damage Review, a dedicated mom and an extraordinary woman Womn PAGE & BARBARA EKKER: Historian of Hanksville. By Barry Scholl Making Is Barbara an expert on the area? She "knows where the bodies arc buried." PAGE 20: LOUISE LISTON: The RIGHT Voice in Garfield County. By Larry Davis The outspoken Garfield County Commissioner is known for her candor. And she drives environmentalists crazy. PAGE 22: HEIDI REDD: At Home on the Range. By Anne Wilson A lifetime in the saddle, owner of the Dugout Ranch. Heidi looks to the future and a good deal for everyone with the Nature Conservancy. PAGE 24: SUSAN TIXIER: A Bedrock Broad for Wilderness. By Amy Irvine Unlimited energy, the outspoken flipside to Louise Liston, spiritual leader of Great Old Broads for Wilderness, should read: Dont Tread On Me. the woman is not to be trifled with. Her PA GE 26: TWISTED TABLOIDS with DAN O'CONNOR: COSMOPOLITAN and is now somewhere in hiding.can Liston and Tixier be far behind? He T-shi- rt re-crea- tes PAGE 30: AROUND THE BEND AGAIN 'with KEN SLEIGHT PAGE RINGER'S AMERICAN WEST 31-HER-B Herb beads for Colorado aad Harry Truman is tbe prez. PAGE 35: GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE UPDATE A new regular feature 6 a progress report PAGE 3&FEEDBACK..THE READERS RESPOND Mr. Severance responds Objections to tbe Donald Currey AwanL-a- nd asms .vJtrB'.ay. v-- mtmsumim |
