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Show THE ZEPHYRJAN-FE- endowment funds and the scholarships given to Native American students. These funds are used for administration as well as for student scholarships. A great amount of these funds were contributed from the Utah Navajo Trust Fund. After a county breakup, should the Indian communities then boycott the college, is it a possibility the college would fold or at least be forced to change its mode of operation in order to survive. In any event, there would be much litigation as the school itself was started with Navajo trust funds. The Native American people have a great stake in the college and its use. I feel there would be an eventual litigious Indian pull-ou- t if the college was to be annexed to a different county than the Indians are in. They would no longer need go to one school as is now required of them. They would send their children to other schools, Indian and otherwise, where their endowment and scholarship funds are accepted. There may even be an opportunity to build another Indian School on the reservation, possibly at Montezuma Creek. This is a great possibility as it is no longer necessary to have a full campus in which to study and obtain a degree. Technology has taken care of that College courses and degrees, given by varied colleges and universities, could also be obtained at classes held at Montezuma High School or at physical facilities located at Aneth should conditions dictate. The subject of endowment funds and scholarships must be addressed. At present, die state has forced the Navajos to give much of their trust fluid money to the scholarship fund of CEU over their objections. The Indian community would rather have these funds given to their children directly so that they may go to any college that would accept them. There are many such colleges. They would then have the g objectives. opportunity to choose classes favorable to their own 1996 B PAGE 19 study the merits of dividing the county into more equitable commissioner districts. The proposal went nowhere as the two Republican commissioners, Ty Lewis and Bill Redd, opposed the study. My proposal was to have a five member board. Two commissioners from the reservation and two from the northern white communities. One commissioner would be elected at large. It's possible too that seven commissioners could make up the board as is done in Grand County. I think the Department of Justice would look kindly on this. They are sure to be asked to intervene. It's time to make our county government work. It's time to make our educational programs work. The San Juan School District must accept their responsibility. Educating all of our children and achieving equitable results for all must be our goal. And the College of Eastern Utah must see to it that their curriculum benefits all students of the county, not just a program based upon the survival of the school would aid in helping both the Indian Devising better programs, including children and help assure the survival of the college. The people of San Juan County are in a good position to demonstrate that racial lines can be eliminated - not new ones erected. The people can show the world that harmony between cultures can be achieved. We the people all have to work together to eliminate all semblances of racial discrimination in all avenues of our lives - in our churches, our schools, our service groups, our committees, and in our government We don't need to draw additional lines that separate us. We have enough of them. We need a circle that envelopes us and brings us together in harmony with ourselves, each other, and our environment. Happy New Year. al, life-lon- COUNCIL FORM OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT I think it is time to get away from this whole Bosnia-typ- e of thinking that is based on economics, race and religion and get on to making county government work. This can easily be done by giving residents of each area representation on county government This means instituting a council form of government as did Grand County. More representation surely must be given to Native Americans. They have long been neglected and shoved aside. Equity demands it. Conscience demands it. The US. Department of Justice demands it Mark Maryboy, the lone Indian Commissioner was awarded his seat only after the Justice Department interceded. It would be much easier and much less costly to merely adjust the election district lines. I made the proposal some months ago to the San Juan County Commission to ANOTHER LOST DOG... PAN has been missing since SaturdayOcL 28 during Fat Tire Festival. 9 month old German ShepherdHusky mix Vet-A-rt I.D. tag & black collar No one hires a bag boy to do brain surgery, yet each year Congress hands over $36 million to an program called Animal Damage Control so that it can kill the remaining bit of wild we have left in this land. Its a mockery of wildlife management Wildlife Damage Review is working to change the underlying philosophy, the roots, that support the ADC mentality: that predators are a threat and danger to humans, and that wildlife must always be controlled for the profit of a few. For more info: out-of-da- te I85Z54I520-884:088- REWARD CALL MICHELLE AT 259-42- 3 TOM 505 N. Main St. (801) 259-50- 21 FAX or (801)259-838- 259-64- 93 THILL 7 QUALITY REALTY Doug McElhaney Sue Noah Shrewsbury .. 259-687- 8 259-794- 6 Phil Gnunlich Barbara Holcomb Paula Angeli Crain Nonna Nuim 259-727- 259-505- 0 5 259-874- 2 Jan K. Flynn 259-228- 8 Barbara Rayburn. Lola McElhaney John Sensenbrenner a; 259-565- 4 259-756- 4 259-697- 8 Photography Here's to a fair WILDERNESS BILL in 1996. And Peace . 25W851 259-890- 94 8 Each office is independently owned and operated B |