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Show Merle, You're A Prince! It was with interest and some amusement I read of the announcement announce-ment in the January 12th Garfield County News about the airport grant received by Panguitch City. I am sure the newspaper just printed the press release that was sent out by Congressman Orton's office but, let's give credit where credit is due. Neither Congressman Orton nor anyone in his office even knew that the project was being considered until after the grant was awarded. The credit for this grant goes 100 to Panguitch City's economic development de-velopment director MERLE PRINCE. Congressman Orton did not specifically take credit for the grant, but everyone I've talked to who read the article seemed to believe he had been a major player in securing the grant for Panguitch City. This is not so, all of the effort ef-fort was due to Merle Prince and the Airport board. Merle has worked hard on a Master Plan to improve the airport. air-port. He has obtained money from the FAA in the past and now has been instrumental in gaining 1.7 million dollars to improve the runway, construct an apron, drill a well for rest room facilities, and fence the runway against antelope that have become a major problem. Panguitch City Council voted to proceed with the project in order to make the airport a safer situation, situa-tion, especially for life flight, who have sometimes had a problem taking tak-ing off in this altitude. We appreciate Merle Prince and his work on this project. We also appreciate the Garfield County News as they reported the project correctly, but Merle deserves the credit not Congressman Bill Orton. Elaine Baldwin Panguitch City Councilwoman |