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Show CASTLE VALLEY TIMES . FERTILE TIMES Castle Valley, Utah - Volume 2, Number 5 - May 15, 1993 1993 Trash Pick-up Home at Last Saturday, May 22nd crew will be available to help Castle Valley residents get rid of larger items of trash and junk. This year’s clean-up I remember well my first few months here in the valley, two winters past. I remember how I immediately felt as if these canyon walls had wrapped themselves about me, and Once again the Grand County road is scheduled for Sat. May 22. Hank how the river rushing through promised Freeman has generously volunteered to be the coordinator for the clean-up this much more—a moving metaphor for year. Here’s how it works. This pick-up bringing something new to me each to be a source of fun and has become the ever-changing quality of life, season. is for larger and more cumbersome types of trash. (Please, no kitchen type garbage or loose stuff that might blow away before the County can get to it.) Old construction materials, junk from As I began to meet my neighbors I was deeply moved by their openness and was impressed with the diversity and commonality within the valley. around the property, even some old cars, have been taken in the past. This is your chance to get rid of that old After so many years of living in a foreign land I looked forward to becoming involved in a community. kitchen sink and refrigerator that This was it! I followed my heart and doesn’t work. Trash is supposed to be set out on Castle Valley Drive the evening before the pick-up. The County road crew is not allowed to pick up stuff on your property. The trash must be in the road easement. If you can’t get your trash out to made friends. I became active in this community in many different ways and never really spent time wondering how long I might be here, knowing that for now it was the right place for us to be. We hesitated to buy land as we were uncertain what direction this valley was headed. We were drawn here by the Castle Valley Drive, you can arrange to have it picked up on your side street if you call Hank (259-6938) by Tuesday, rural feeling of this valley, but May 18. The road crews will not be checking the side streets automatically, so don’t just put it out there and expect that it will be taken. If you have larger stuff like old it would be the perfect place for us. We bought it the night before leaving on a trip to Mexico. The thought of our place sustained wondered, will it last? But when a lot nearby came up for sale, we knew that - Greening Up the Valley plans may change. We are looking forward to working together on what we hope will last forever, if not on this earth certainly in our hearts. The crowds along the river road don’t bother me this season. Instead, I drive slowly and take in the view like a tourist and marvel at my good fortune—4hat I shall be blessed with this beauty every single time I want to go to Moab. For now I am greatly appreciative of this place we have chosen as our home. —Jil Kulander Well, Well, Well, It’s Time for Well Dressing Water means Life, but it is frequently taken for granted unless it is NOT there. Here in Castle Valley our wells are our lifeline to our drinking water and the water that nourishes our trees and gardens. We all remember how joyous we were the day our well was drilled and we knew for a fact that there really WAS water on our land. Well (pardon the pun), on May 19th, we have an opportunity to give recognition to our source of water. We can celebrate the ancient English tradition of WELL DRESSING Day. On that day the English dress or decorate their wells in flowers, and give thanks and appreciation for the Auto Wrecking (259-7736). Bert will there were twenty fruit trees in full take the wrecked cars, and the County bloom—the apple blossoms so sweet smelling that I lay on the ground below them and felt myself rooted. There is no house, yet every day I find myself on water provided. This is a nice tradition in rainy, wet England, but in our dry desert land there are even more reasons to celebrate the source of our water. So let’s put a sprig of globe mallow or lilac on our well and stop for a moment to give thanks for this precious gift of water that comes from of them by working with Bert. For this land. Each time I discover some- deep within the ground to quench our larger items, get in touch with Hank or Bert. thing new, yesterday a barrel cactus in full bloom, today a cluster of four 0’.clocks Walking together with my thirst on a hot day, to water our gardens, to bathe our bodies, and in general make our lives pleasant in this otherwise dry land. —Maria Loe cars and trucks, you can call Bert’s is willing to help load them. Sounds like the County will not take the old cars this year, but you can still get rid Pick-up will begin 8 am. Saturday and cheered us during some difficult moments on our trip. Upon our return morning, May 22. Now’s your chance to family we talk of our dreams and what get rid of that stuff without having to we will have some day, knowing that make all those trips to the County dump yourself. —Jack Campbell this process will be slow and that our '0 —'o' 9:33;? 5:3 [71 flA35:7)ll'll‘:5... m 6%. ‘ ‘ |
