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?'-"-! ';..,' ~~j ii, ~'::- f-."".'~ ;;:~ .~'.. -~ ~1' )';1 C . V-''"'dnesday, April 17, 1991 THE DENVER POST 2' Peggy Noonan to speak Friday Two Colorado areas under consideration Sweet-natured but remote, a he- roic figure of slightly above aver- age intelligence, Noonan's Reagan intuitively understands his role in history. "I think it's a very loyal book," said the author, who shares Rea. gan's conservative ideology. "If you found my portrait of Reagan to be complex, that's because he is a paradoxical man. His own wife said in her memoirs that he's not an easy person. to understand. I was struck recently when Edmund Morris, Reagan's biographer, said he is wrestling with the paradox of Reagan. When he said that, I was relieved, partly out of vanity." .......... ~ NOONAN from Page 1 F Probably none displayed more savvy and talent than Noonan, the 40-year-old daughter of a New Jer- sey appliance salesman, who has parlayed a brief White House ex- perience into sizable speaking fees and a contract with Random House for a still-unfinished novel. She lives with her 3-year.old son in an apartment on New Vork's fash- ionable East Side. Besides unsolicited editing, Noonan'S greatest frustration in the White House was gaining ac- cess to the president. Still, she managed to write an engaging, perplexing portrayal of the former president, published last year. (1!1 table, because they are so unusu- al: Some are more than 95 feet tall and 76 feet wide. The arches in remote Rattlesnake Canyon are some of the best in the world. Though there are no actual counts of how many people use the Ruby Canyon area, John Singlaub, Grand JunctioD re- source area manager, estimates that 20,000 are on the Colorado River itseU each year, an equal number bike at Black Ridge and the arches, and close to 50,000 recreate on the north side of the river. Gunnison Gorge NCA is high- lighted by a wild and scenic riv- er, recognized as an exceptional white-water boating river and for its gold-medal trout waters set amid unique geologic fea- tures. A lush riparian habitat de- fines a narrow green band along the river, unexpected contrast to stark rock walls. . It is a hard-to-reach territory, with a uqique white-water expe- rience, challenging but not death.defying, as floaters pass by narrow canyon walls that open to broad river vistas and then the fertile valley. Perhaps an annual average of ;,:) CONSERVATION fr,?m Page 1F the country. As America continues to de- velop privately owned open spaces and natural areas, ever- increasing usage is predicted for public lands, BLM's new atten- tion includes activities like building the KokopeuI Trail, a nationally famed l28-mile mountain bike route from Grand Junction to Moab, Utah. The National Conservation Ar. eas all are extraordinary lands. Following designation of the GO,OOO-acre King Range more than two decades ago, the 25 million acre California Desert Conservation Area came abbard in 1976. In 1980, the 1.2 milUon acre Steese NCA in Alaska was designated; in 1987, the 262,000- acre EI Malpais NCA was named in New Mexico; and in 1988 the 56,400.acre San Pedro Riparian NCA in Arizona. The proposed Ruby Canyon ar. ea, with the Colorado River curl- ing around a sweep of awesome scenery and four major canyons, has dramatic variety in land- scapes. The magnificent sandstone arches are perhaps the most no- ""-:~; ~;0 ','.,,, t;:~ it;; ,~,. . .-,: ,.- , ,':, '-'~',J>: :'-,":': r~'~~~;::"~sr ,:.'') ,<. ~~i k.': ~ ;,;t~ )~; r~;~ ;;,":~ ,,>,:) ;}:'c~ ~}~ ~fj ~?i ~"::"': ".-.",! i>;~1 ;;;.] . ~r~' ~]I ~:;jl t~~~~l ' The Bureau ofLand Management is the nation's largesdand manager, overseeing about 272 million acres. son National Monument as a na- tional park. It also would create the Gunni- son Gorge National Conservation Area, and include the Gunnison River in the Nation's Wild and Scenic River System. Campbell also has named a task force to take public com- ment on Ruby Canyon and its fu- ture and make recommenda. tioos. io,ooo people fish, boat and hike on the inner gorge, and lS,OOO P;eOple in the total conservation area, according to Alan Kes- terke, district manager in Mon- trose. In March, U.S. Rep. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, D-Colo., introduced HR 1321, which sets in motion tlJ.e plan to give these areas special designation. The bill would redesignate the enst- ing Black Canyon of the Gunni. Fiddler's lowers some ticket prices Turtles go on sale at 10 a.m. Satur. day. Other ticket sale dates will be announced in the next few weeks. The Pops on the Green series, on sale May 12, features Ray Charles, June 16; the Canadian Brass, June 21; the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, June 26; Itzhak Perlman, July 13; the Planets with the Na- tional Repertory Orchestra and the David Taylor Dance Theater, Aug. 11; Bugs Bunny on Broadway, Aug. 13; Jazz on the Green with Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Fred- die Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine and Jimmy Smith, Aug. 24; and Peter, Paul and Mary, Aug. 25. A special section with complete schedules and information will be in Friday's Denver Post. To order tickets by phone through TicketMaster. call 290-8497. For season tickets or group sales of 25 or more, call 220-7000. ~'Wbrks FIDDLER'S from Page 1 F Night and Dave Mason will take the Fiddler's stage on Labor Day. "This is only part of our sched- ule. Well end up doing other su- perstars who have confirmed but haven't resolved play dates," Fid- dler's Vice President and General Manager Gene Felling vowed. Only five of the shows booked thus far have a top ticket price of more than $20. "It's a result of what we saw last year with our reduced ticket price promotions," Felling said. "They were wildly successful, so the hope is that instead of" coming to two or three shows at Fiddler's this summer, now people can af. ford a few more. "The schedule proves we're here to serve everybody - party with anyone from Jimmy Buffett to Bugs Bunny," TIckets for Chicago and Ninja tat ~ ,: 'i;l ,~ ) "YOUR BELIX WILL ACHE WITH LAUGHTER!' _ c..,I'lorio,.COSl.f)pOUTA,N >,~ --, ,(.:,,' .J,.'. ,~J}l ';"'1 "BRILLlANTIX INVENTIVE:' _ ~~r Tmoen, ROllING STCNE >~';';l ',; ~,~J! ;:" ~i I ..****. _1Awmw:ef...:eUa- us MADAZlNE "TWO D THUMBS UP!" EFENDING _SISKE1..&EBEKT" r fiiGla>. ~ :';,0:':':::=''::. 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