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Show VACATION TIMES FIRE DEPARTM ENT NOTES Castle Valley residents continue to have had an enviable record of safe observance of the Christmas holidays. More TRAILER, fromp.1 have a centralized location from which to conduct the business of Castle Valley, each having a separate office but sharing a central room that can be used for small meetings, copier, That doesn’t “just happen.” You must be using power cords that are heavy enough. You must be checking light strings for bare wires and repairing them. You must be taking care that _ your Christmas trees are kept as fresh as possible. One of our Commissioners, Paul Sizemore, tendered his resignation last month. Paul and his wife Margie have sold their home in Castle Valley and are now living in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They came here from the Chey- telephone, and other equipment, includinga cooling and heating system. The trailer has been placed adjacent to the parking area (to be gravelled FEBRUARY 15, 1998 - 3 AS THE WORLD TURNS SOLAR ECLIPSE UPDATE Full .Moon...Wed...Feb 11th Rises....5:27 pm Sets 6:17 am New Moon...Thurs...Feb 26th Rise's...5:54 am....Sets..5:28 pm The Great Eclipse of ‘98: On Thurs, Feb 26th, an eclipse of the Sun will be visible in its later) along the front of the lot (see partial phase from sections of the drawing). Many issues were considered U.S.,southwest. (This will begin .4 after 9 am in the Southwest.) Better yet. get yourselves down to M- the Caribbean where the spectacle will be at its maximum. Only once a decade or so do all factors 4 M02; LAtOD‘T‘ Uwoxsmzscb wager/«vow /\ . T Fowafi enne area and have returned to another group of friends. We are placing ads in the Castle conspire for a really favorable eclipse. For our part of the world this is the last total solar eclipse .\HANTEN' for the next two decades. for the Planets: Venus climbs rapidly into the Eastern sky in the i532" Valley Times and the Times—Independent listing the qualifimtions and the procedure to be followed in applying for Paul’s position We encourage you to apply for this opportunity to serve - j 6W0; ELL-(’- morning twlight. Watch for it on the 23rd when it reaches its most prominent position—positively dazzling! This same morning, it your neighbors We also encourage you to serve your neighbors by becoming firefighters. Extinguishing fires is quite safe if you know your equipment and stands next to the crescent moon and ofters its own crescent for those using binnoculars or small telescopes. your own capabilities. It becomes Orion the Hunter is hard to miss, as the year’s greatest concentration of stellar brillance. danga‘ous when people decide to do their “own thing” at the scene of a fire. A deliberate, methodical , approach which you learn only through training will keep us out of trouble. -—Floyd Stoughton, Fire Chief —William Rose Benet TRANSITIONS Excerpted from Old Farmers Almanac —Jennifer Redding Castle Valley residents were saddened last month by the passings of Wilma Welch and John McGann. Both died after valiant fights with cancer. Wife of Sam Welch and mother of other uses. This new section will join the existing road as it crosses the cul- Michael Omana, Wilma was loved by many of us. Wilma’s warm generous vert near the site of our future pavil— spirit brightened the lives of her ron. The county building permit and family, friends, and acquaintances, and will be sorely missed. John, husband of Elaine McGann, and brother of valley resident, Kevin Mch, kept a low profile in the valley, in part because of his job as Detective in the Grand County police department. His white Bronco could be seen passing through the valley, a quiet presence to remind us that, if really necessary, police help was near. We’re glad their struggles are over, and hope where they are is peaceful. —Joan Sangree ’PAQQ ML, the Town conditional use permit have been issued. Before full occupation we will need utility hookups. Thanks are VCR/karma, \lausz‘r Dz . in choosing the trailer site: adequate clearance for construction of a permanent community building in the future, septic tank placement, access for elec— tric hookup and water. Another change will be the shifting of the lower end of the lot access road toward the east fence to clear the center of the lot for due Lois Oliver, recently retired Town Clerk, for the free storage/office room she has provided for several years, accepting that inconvenience with her usual good grace. Best wishes to all who use the new trailer: May the stresses and hours spent in community service be eased by this new acquisition. —Cris Coffey |