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Show SESS TRS Ra -aiet and comtaueeme eae aE MORE GOOD NEWS: Before Bob Phillips took over the Mosquito Abatement job, Moab was spraying its residents with a hundred gallons of malathion a year. With alternative control methods, Bob cut the malathion use by 99%. -1999 ultuous 2 OP Rs | TWENTY-ONE S| SSN = TSS . THE VOTE TO KILL THE BOOK CLIFFS HIGHWAY: In 1993 the newly elected Grand County Council voted 6-1 to kill the proposed Book Cliffs Highway. It ended a four year debate over the need for the paved highway to Vernal. THE MAYOR: After an unprecedented 16 years, Tom Stocks was defeated _ in 1997. His departure had the publisher of the Zephyr ali choked up...again. ade? yourself. MARCH MADNESS, MOAB STYLE: The Half Marathon began in the mid-70s and saw 200 or so runners participate in the early years. By 1998, the number of runners swelled to 2000. ANNOYED CISCO-ITES: Fed up with lost tourists, someone put up their own directional highway sign to alleviate congestion. THE ZEPHYR TOKEN RIGHT- so many conservative: diatribes to Feedback that the editor finally made him a columnist. THANKS LARRY: Since Volume | No. | Larry Hauser and the gang at Cortez News have been making us look good. ABBEY: What would Ed think of Moab now? A SYMBOL OF CHANGE: In the winter of 1991-92, Moab saw the construction of seven new motels and the promise of even more change just around the corner. Perhaps nothing was more unsettling to Moab’s long time residents than the demolition of the Canyonlands Cafe at Main & Center Streets. It had been something of a vortex to Moabites for years and ina day it was gone. ) oe ae |