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Show I don't know of anyone who has committed such an offense. out by the Equal Opportunity Commission. Jon Debdlis, 41, said he found the word Yank offensive and racist. He claimed he suffered racial harassment and victimization...which led him to take stress leave and consult a psychiatrist. Mr. Debdlis intends appealing against the decision. "It's not about financial compensation. It's about educating employers to make sure that the next guy who comes along after me doesn't suffer," he said. And yet do believe about half the latches on public toilets across America are in need of repair. What kind of sick mind goes around kicking in doors to the porcelain throne? Then you have to ask yourself, were they broken by the guy already inside the stall? Or was it someone outside trying to get in? And then since most of us realize that half the toilet doors in America are broken, why don't most of us have the good sense and courtesy to peer under the door before blundering in there, for cryin' out loud? I SUBSCRIBE TO THE ZEPHYR Six issues a year for only $15.00 Twelve issues (2 years)$28.00 Eighteen issues (3 years)M.$40.0b Someone bring me a tissue. Yeesh. Second, I am sick of alleged outdoorspersons who cannot bear to go on a hike into anything even remotely resembling wilderness without taking one of those damn GPS (Global Positioning Systems) devices. It is pathetic. I will forgive those who are using the GPS to locate some specific object or natural feature to plot on a map, but the weenie who needs it just so heshe can know where shehe is at any given moment might just as well stay home. Recently an article in Time magazine took the GPS obsession to new levels of ridiculousness. A company in Vail, Colorado rents little fanny packs to yuppie walkers equipped with a GPS that records every step of their little trek. At the end of the day they get a topographic map that traces their route. "Heather! Take down the Ed Mell print from the computer room. I've got something even better to hang bn the A STAY OF EXECUTION FOR ACTION SHOTS The Bureau of Land Management has decided to let Action Shots continue to operate on the Sand Flats until the end of the year, while it 'reviews' the situation. We're still waiting to hear from a bicyclist out there who's "experience was diminished" by Action Shots' presence. So is the BLM. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS self-absorb- ed wall!" The Vail company next plans to rent cams to daytrippers. mini- head-mount- ed Finally, we all know that Americans are nothing if not a bunch of litigious blood suckers. We will sue anyone anytime anywhere for damn near any reason. Now we have spread to other continents. I recently received a newspaper clipping from Australia. Let me quote directly from the story. An American migrant, who complained of racial discrimination called him a Yank, has had his case thrown because his If your mailing label indicates an: 898 or 998 date following your name, your subscription is ABOUT TO EXPIRE! You should have received or you should soon receive a renewal notice. In order to avoid an interruption in your subscription we must receive your renewal by SEPTEMBER 21 State 6 Zip., (INCLUDE 9 DIGIT ZIP) PLEASE READ THIS: The P.O. will not forward 3rd Class nail 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 issuem1996 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 yean much less this publication. ' The Zephyr may still make you its still not the ink. We cannot include back issues with a bulk mailing. Back issues can be purchased separately via 1st Class Mail for $2.50 each. WE USE NON-TOXI- ill but SOY INK C Send Subscriptions to: P.O. BOX 327. MOAB.UT 84532 rs PAGE 4 MOAB IN A NUTSHELL By Jim Stiles The River Corridor: For sale to the highest bidder...No jeeps in Salt Creek...The Kane Creek rest area: Will it ever opcn?.CrystaI-mct- h in Moab? PAGE 7: NUTSHELL: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE Finally a roof on the Steen PavillionYou CAN polish a turcL.A 'rancho too many? NcverLDog of the Month: PAPPY PAGE 8: WHAT JACKSON HOLE IS BECOMING By David Swift Swift sees a few unsettling trends including animal rights activists and churches without windows. But don't give up hopc...wc'll always have pathways. PAGE 10: THE WATCHDOG By the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance SUWA announces the results of a new wilderness inventory. PAGE 15: THE ATLAS PILE: Moabs Toxic Ticking Time Bomb? PAGE 16: ATLAS POLITICS ByBillHcddcn Why is the Atlas tailings pile such a hot potato? Where we've been. Where we go from here. PAGE & CHARLIE STEEN'S U.R.E.C.O. MILL By Raye C. Ringholz How a pig farm ultimately became a 10 million ton tailings pile. From Raye's book: Uranium Frenzy PAGE 20: AS THE TAILINGS LEACH By Lance Christie Just what's in those ten million tons? Lance says we'll be asking ourselves that for the next 270 years. PAGE 22: CAP IT WHERE IT IS By Robert S. Pattison Atlas Corporation's former contract project engineer expresses a dissenting view. Moving the pile is a wa?tc of tax dollars. PA GE 24: AROUND THE BEND AGAIN IN SAN JUAN COUNTY By Ken Sleight Creating a nuclear waste dump in San Juan County? The White Mesa Mill is ready to accept waste from the Manhattan Project and two of the county's three commissioners say GREAT! PAGE 27: TWISTED TABLOIDS with DAN O'CONNOR: With all those millions of tons of toxic tailings, can Godzilla be far behind? PAGE 33: HERB RINGER'S AMERICAN WEST Herb finally reaches Colorado. Just in time to see Aspen the way it was. PAGE J4STREAMOFCONSCIOUNESS By Anne Wilson A shocking, titilating. but ultimately revealing story of Anne's day planner. READERS RESPOND PA GE 38: FEEDB ACK-.TH- E On the Dinsmore shooting and the Moab P.D. SUWA gets slammed An objection to Owen Severance's objection turn HmhBm SEE s - |
