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Show ExCom vote on group formation, were probably a large part of the reason that the group approval process didn't go smoothly. It is basic common sense that when you want permission to form a group within some organization, you don't start off by announcing your dislike and contempt for that organization. Your editorial comments, and some of Mr. Sleight's verbal ones, left people in Salt Lake asking: If they dislike the Sierra Club so much, then why don't they form a group in some other organization, such as SUWA or the Earth Island Institute? I'm still asking that question, and I still don't know the answer. If you are interested in really fighting for issues, then stop whining and do it. You can fight for issues without an official group, and I'm sure that the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club will welcome your efforts. WRITERS WORK THE 2000 Writers At Work CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE. OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, July 9-14. FEATURES WORKSHOPS, AFTERNOON PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND LECTURES, AND ACCESS TO OTHER WRITERS, EDITORS, AND AGENTS. A Brief Understated Reply from the Publisher: Gordon, you accuse me of being a shameless liar and then you fail to mention a SINGLE factual inaccuracy in the "Sierra Clubbed" article. You complain that I pick on “trendy yupsters,” and then you accuse me of pandering to them. And then you actually, in print, admit that the opinions of an independently-owned and operated publication led the chapter ExCom to oppose a group in southern Utah. Last I heard, a free press was still an essential and basic freedom ini America. As for issues, Mr. Swenson, you can break your arm patting yourself on the back for all the hard work you ‘ve contributed to Utah lands; the truth is, NOBODY has been as devoted to Utah land “issues” as Ken Sleight. He's been defending the canyons of southern Utah for 45 years. Ken should have been welcomed as a hero at your chapter meetings instead of shunned and villified. Iam proud that The Zephyr has dealt responsibly over the last 11 years with a plethora of “issues” as well—including the behavior of the Utah Chapter ExCom. And for the record, this publication gives its full and unqualified support to the vision, goals and agenda of Rich Ingebretsen and the Glen Canyon Institute...JS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE, WRITE OR CALL: WRITERS AT Work, P.Q. Box 540370, NortH Sait LAKE, UTAH 84054-0370, (801) 292-9285, or visit US AT http://www. ihi-env.com/watw.html To fully understand the background behind Mr. Swenson’s complaint, read "Sierra Clubbed" by Ken Sleight & Jim Stiles in the April/May issue. It’s on-line at: www.canyoncountryzephyr.com POINT BLANK SUBMISSIONS: Essays should be less than 1000 words and have a theme that is at least remotely connected to life on the Colorado Platcau. Winners are chosen at the whim of the publisher and receive a five ycar subscsiption to The Zephyr. AT ¢- 101 NORTH MAIN STREET 2 We are Moab's Breakfast Place, we serve only breakfast and we're very good at it. ee ook Enough for a Loot Meck 3 ae 7 am to 12 noon Weekdays b Saturday & Sunday, until 1 In the back of your mind, do you cherish a dream of the perfect desert hideaway, a small inn on a little-traveled highway, with miles and miles of beautiful, lonesome country between it and anywhere else. Around it are high red mesas and sensuous slickrock canyons, undiscovered by the crowds, retaining their mystery and timeless meaning. In the calm of mid-day, there’s not a sound except the occasional flitter of a hummingbird and the quiet buzzing of the old ice machine on the front porch. When the breeze blows, you hear it in 100,000 juniper trees that dot the broad, sweeping benches all around. At evening, the sunset lingers over distant buttes. Though it’s wonderfully comfortable, the place hasn’t changed much in spirit since the 1950’s. Guests return again and again and feel it’s like a second home. Staying here, you could pretend that TV’s, phones, and driveup windows were never invented. Highway 95 near Fry Canyon & Glen Canyon. 1959 photos by Charles Kreischer Your dream isa reality at Fry Canyon Lodge, The Inn at Utah’s Wild Heart. Majestically isolated on State Highway 95 between Natural Bridges and Glen Canyon. (435) 259-5334 |
