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Show As an example, the article displayed "before" and "after" photos of the Mt. Rushmore -entrance sign. The traditional sign was a beautiful, distinctively curved affair with pictures of trees, mountains, and the four famous heads. The new "improved" sign will be some Moab’s Adventure Center trapezoidal abomination with clean, helvetica-lettered park name and sterile brick base. The article waxed rhapsodic about this new direction, this "McDonaldization” as it were, of the Park Service....almost as exciting as the dynamic NPS "mini-folders" of the 70s. Of course, it is no secret that I left the NPS due to a park. superintendent whose sole aim was to belittle, humiliate, and intimidate her employees while actively squelching any attempts at individual thought or creative decision making....a product of the new NPS and someone an NPCA representative referred to as "an EO experiment gone haywire". Be that CANYON VOYAGES ADVENTURE (2 at is may, I am hopeful that old guard folks such as Jerry Banta might still be able to cut through the current corporate/ franchise mentality and hew to the original NPS mission, and sustain an atmosphere that respects the employee, the resource, and the American taxpayer. jT's COOL Greg Gnesios Las Vegas, Nevada Greg Gnesios was a ranger at the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park in the late 1970s. RIVER TRI ANOTHER ANNOYINGLY OBSERVANT ZEPHYR READER (AND VIEWER) ps INTO THE FALL DESERT WEAR Mr. Stiles, I passed through Moab on 6/7 August and picked up a copy of The Zephyr. Did not get ING OFF! s HIKE WITH L OFFERING RI VER GEAR a chance to give it a read until I was back in South Carolina. Very interesting and well presented. I pretend to be a photographer based on over 60 years of making photographic images. Now and then, one of them is OK. I noticed in the photo on page 34 depicting Chama, New Mexico, 1952 that there is a 1957 Chevrolet at the left edge. I had one of those, so I’m familiar with the profile. 1 am sure someone else has pointed that out by now. g I enjoyed your observations on the ruining of the environment. I’ve watched the devaststation of the southeastern Arizona area. Humans rape Mother Nature. wl WY/) =a HW AWS SNS seemingly cannot resist the urge Best wishes, Bob Deardorff somewhere in South Carolina ee P.O. Box 416 WRITER SAYS: EXPECT ‘PHOOEY’ ON FUNAFUTI... , LORD JIM.... 211 N. Main St. Moab, UT 84532 email: cnvoyage@lasal.net I'm glad to know someone is awake...you and Dave Bodner both spotted the Chevy...JS 435.259.6007 800.733.6007 www.canyonvoyages.com we : As I was perusing "DRUDGE’S SITE," late...or early this morning...the name FUNAFUTI jumped out at me. Naturally, I thought of you, and your "paradise lost" dream. Hidden away among the palms, and, topless maidens bringing you maitais, while innocently wearing short grass skirts, no doubt. I hate to interrupt the dream, but, the same yahoos, (like those destroying your little desert ville), would eventually come along and build a tram to the top of the nearest high point and, of course, a McDonald’s and a Pasta Jay’s latte bar. At worst, they, (THE FANAFUTIANS) may return to their early roots, and look longingly at you and have a sudden desire for long pig. Bubble popping is not my forte, but this time, I could not help it. we gH MUNITIES OFTHE ay, ; ae 10;iy Dan's Helpful Astronomy Hints #1 PSN me ath, "Always Look in the SMALL end of the scope." et a es WESTERN SKY PLANETARIUM A Portable Traveling Planetarium Serving the Schools of Western Colorado (and Flat-Earth Utah) Best good wishes B.T. Raven FOR MORE INFORMATION 520.556.9311 CALL °Plant Now! i ee, 2 GLEN CANYON eT ay ee the way it could be again. POP m PSP October 28 Public Lecture by Winona La Duke « Plant Now! October 27 Fall Conference Seminar 9am-4pm at the University Guest House Dinner & Silent Auction 6-9:30pm at University Memorial House 11am at the U of U Fine Arts Center & Agaves...Consulting/Site Design “WE'RE THE NATIVE PLANT EXPERTS." « Plant Now! OCTOBER 27-28 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Native & Water-wise Plants, Cacti, Succulents mio NCOP mM LS PUP ANNUAL dog chase pebbles. Oo 2971 S. Hwy 191+(Next to the Branding Iron)*Open Mon-Sat 10:00 - 5:00 * Native Grasses For Large Areas © mM SIXTH FALL CONFERENCE HIGH DESERT GARDENS 435.259.4531 TNF ¢ Plant Now! GLEN CANYON INSTITUTES Emi Willey —ry For more information contact: DAN ROSEN : 970.858.3636 westskydan@aol.com. They'd have to settle for a short pig...JS ® Plant Now! «Plant Now! : Me 5 ly Y. |