Friday May 21, 2021

It’s not unusual to see people flying through the air on 500 West – wheels up, soaring over hand packed mounds, flowing over pump tracks. These features at Anonymous Park are built and maintained by a group of passionate volunteers, like Paul Lehr. For our next audio portrait of people in the Moab Valley, we hang with Paul as he builds out some new areas of the park.

Plus, our Weekly News Reel where we speak with reporters about the stories they most recently covered in our area. The Times-Independent’s Doug McMurdo (7:00) discusses the twin crises of housing and workforce shortages, paperwork slowing construction at Arroyo Crossing, and funding for the county’s river path project. The Moab Sun News’ Maggie McGuire (15:30) talks wag bags – specifically, a request from local waste haulers to not throw them in trash cans. And, a volunteer day to move delicate soil and plants at Arches National Park.

Show Notes:

Photo: Paul Lehr, bike mechanic, teacher, and volunteer tests out some of the new features he helped build at Moab Bike Park.

Audio Portrait –

Anonymous Park/Moab Bike Park Contact
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Moab Bike Park on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/moab.bike.park/?hl=en

Audio Portrait Featured Music:

La Surf by Chiquita y Chatarra from Animal de Amor
Le surf by Chocolat Billy from Mon pere est ma mere
Icelandic Surf by Scott Sherk from Phonology Compendium
The Lonely Surfer [BadPanda061] by Johnny Hawaii from Smurf’s Up
Headin’ Inside by Surf City Live @ KEXP

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Weekly News Reel Mentions –

The Times-Independent: Moab’s housing crises create a hiring crisis
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/moabs-housing-crises-create-a-hiring-crisis/

The Times-Independent: Paperwork, insurance slow Arroyo Crossing project
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/paperwork-insurance-slow-arroyo-crossing-project/

The Times-Independent: County gets $150,000 to start river path project
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/county-gets-150000-to-start-river-path-project/

The Times-Independent: Renn, Holyoak are GCHS’ top scholars
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/renn-holyoak-are-gchs-top-scholars/

Moab Sun News: Though landfill-safe, wag bags can’t be thrown in the garbage
https://www.moabsunnews.com/news/article_ba33ad14-b931-11eb-8d0e-139c67d1a485.html

Moab Sun News: Crust Farming – Volunteer to help Arches move delicate soil and native plants
https://www.moabsunnews.com/get_out_and_go/article_4570c64a-b929-11eb-a77f-4b3ab2c815b0.html