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Show MIublishod.in the interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground' Diijjwav, Utah Friday, June 26, 1981 Tooele plamminig Fourth-oJuly bang-u- p The Bit and Sput Horse Parade will march down Main Street beginning at 6 p.m., followed by a rodeo at the rodeo grounds. Officials of the Tooele community have extended a special invitation to residents of Dugway to participate in their July fourth weekend activities. Festivities begin on July first with a Cultural Arts Festival in the City of Vine and Park at Main Streets. All types of artwork will be displayed. A homemade quilt will be given away, and refreshments will be served. ON JULY second a 2.3 mile family fun run will be staged. Contestants meet at the top of Main Street, at the south end at 6:00 p.m. At 9 p.m. a live western band will be featured for a Western Stomp. good That will be held at the Home Works parking lot. Hv : s'. - ON THE Fourth there will be a flag raising ceremony on Little Mountain at the south end of town at 6 a.m. A Chamber of Commerce breakfast will be served at the City Park beginning at 7 a.m. Then at 9 a.m. the July Fourth parade. This year the theme is Honor Our Heritage, Relive a ' Memory. .. , d Vi''. m ' v ' I old-fashion- ed Following the parade there will be activities at the Vine Street Park at the comer of Second West. The Bit and Spur Rodeo will continue starting at 8 p.m. The four days will conclude with a giant fireworks display on Little Mountain, south of town. These are scheduled to begin immediately following the conclusion of the rodeo. day-lon- g - July third begins with a motorbike competition in Settlement Canyon at 10 a.m. Registration is at 9 a.m. At 1 p.m. Cannonball and Harvey of television's Hotel Balderdash fame will be at the City Park. Jellybean. the Clown will also be on hand. Almost 100 personnel from Dugway Proving Ground battled a series of range fires in and around Dugway Thursday evening. 36 military from Headquarters Company were joined by 16 members of the DPG Fire Department along with a contingent of civilian employees fought the blazes into the early morning hours of Friday. Started by a liiir nf irpisln that hit the area at about 6 pan. on Thursday, for a time the fire in Skull Valley threatened several ranches in area. Several hundred acres of range were blackened on DPG in the area north of the sand dunes and Stark Roar . Many of those 1 r who responded heard the alert over the audio portion of the cable TV. It was the first time this system wai the-Terr- a purpose. .00 r cn ;i3 C nos ho 1 u? (JO iOUIlDftglODT) by SP5 Dave Pinnick M Vlf Stai'W- ,X ft f-- :nm v A V. v ' a M ,r;VV' It could have been from an old movie, had it not been for the army helicopter zipping overhead, the walky-- t alkies over which the riders relayed instruc tion, the pickup trucks and horse trailers that awaited the captives after the roundup. ,."5' 'M ' On June 19 at Granite Mountain, it was like a scene out of hundreds of old western movies, with cowboys, horses, lassos, wild Mustangs, the dust and the heat, whistles and shouts filling the air. The According to Martha Burfoidge, BLM spokesperriders chasing and herding wild horses into a corral, son, there had been an increase in the number of the neighs and whinneys of the mustangs as they rea- wild horses migrating into the Ditto and Baker Lab lized theyd been trapped, the sweat soaking areas, as well as other controlled areas.The horses through the cowboys shirts, and the dusk caking on were interferring with flight operations and testing, and in danger of being hit by an aircraft. So the deci- it. sion was made to capture and have the horses in ' ' V, 4 The roundup was carried out under a cooperative agreement with the Army arid the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). v : - Once they were wild and free, but lack of water and range hazards threatened their lives. Now, theyll have new homes and live longer and be happier. IN DAYS of old, a wild mustang roundup usually meant that the old cavalry had some more horses for its pony soldiers, or years later, that the Mustang- ere had gathered more horseflesh to be made into dog food. This roundup was a humane effort to spare these proud and beautiful animals from. possible injury or death cm the range, or collision with a vehicle or aircraft. It was to save them the ever-presethreat of thirst, and over-taxin-g the limited natural water and grazing resources. thoseareas adopted. Some of the others participating in the roundup included Darryl Taylor, Patrick Day, Neil Wold, Sonny Duell, Larry Thorstead and also Gary Kidd, Lana and Laura Hawkins of BLM. A representative of the Humane Society was also on hand to observe the entire procedure. were captured and brought up to the holding area near Fries Park. They will .be held there, until a veterinarian has examined and treated them, . THE ENTIRE operation, was' supervised by members of BLM to insure that none of the horses were injured or mistreated. A US Army- chopper, from Michael Army Airfield was used to locate and herd the animals toward the captive area. On board were Maj- - Lucius Wright,. CW3 Thomas Alpin and - Barry Farquhar as Flight Crew, Mr. William B. Woods, DPG executive officer, and Bob Mitchel of nt Then the horses will be adopted by persons who had previously applied. BLM insures that each horse adopted, will be taken care of and that the owner has the facilities to maintain the horse. Its too late to apply to adopt any horses this roundup, applications must be sent in advance, but periodically, BLM holds these roundups, and persons interested in adopting a wild mustang should contact their. local office of BLM. Applications are sent to Denver for screening, but those who qualify may someday have a bit of the past for their own, one of the wild Mustangs from Dugway. ft Facilities' Engineering Directorate reports more than a million dollars has been spent during the present fiscal year on repair and maintenance contracts, primarily in the English Village area of Dugway. V replaced. Summer hire personnel are now in the process of repainting sign posts, bike racks and guard rails. V A CONTRACT has been awarded and work is presently underway for a . Major Earl R. Love, the FE Chief, says some of the more visible contracts are the repair and repaving of streets and parking lots. The W.B. Gardner Company of Salt Lake City has been busy, and nearing completion of a contract to repair cracks in the streets, repaving several parking lots, and con- -' st ruction of a new parking lot for the Chapel. That work should be completed g at both McCormack Field and (be Little League field. major Work will include new backstops, new fences, sprinkler system, infield dirt and grass, and in the case of the Little League field the building housing the PA system and refreshment stand will be rebuilt. Work on both locations should be completed irt July 1981. face-liftin- in July. ROOFS on four English Village buildings are being repaired. They are Building 5240, the GLCM Test Team building. Building 4234, the Nursery, and buildings 5226 and 5228, the VOQs. Under the Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP) a contract was just let, and work started last week on the installation of storm windows, thermostats and wall insulation in 57 buildings special night set-baThese are all administration-typ- e buildings in the English Village and Ditto area, no family housing buildings are involved. This contract, handled by the Sacramento District of the Corps of Engineers, is designed to reduce energy consumption. . ck Another major project now completed is the painting of the exteriors of most of the administrative buildings in English Village. The heating system in building 5140 has been completely repaired. That building is the dorm next to the Chapel presently housing the Teen Club and VOQ. New paint and doors were also installed. r i One unique project was the installation of three utility poles with plat- forms on top. It is hoped that eagles and hawks will build nests .on these high perches rattier than electric poles where they run the risk of being electro- 0 - The plumbing systems in 11 buildings in English Village, Carr Facility and Ditto Area have also been refurbished. . ; r cuted. Two poles were installed on the Well Road south of English Village and one on the river bed south of Tower Grid. A CONTRACT has been let, and work started on the repair and repaving of nine miles of .Stark Road in the West Area. - on-po- st. JUST LAST week funds were received for four projects that are expected to be awarded to contractors before the end of fiscal year, September 30. A number of projects are either completed or underway to generally beautify the post. The stone wings on the side of the main gate is one of the most visible. White rocks have been placed in areas outside the Mall, the Nursery, Theater, Fire Station and Rec Center. Trees and shrubs have also been planted in these area. Other areas that have been ghren,the beauty treatment are Ditto Diner, the Headquarters Building, Bowling Alley and three buildings in the Ditto Area. These include painting the interior of Baker Lab with a special paint that will facilitate cleaning. A new floor covering and. exterior doors will also be installed at that facility. -- - f r&.: i - A new roof will be installed on the Main Gate building. Several buildings, in the Ditto Area will be painted, and the Chem Lab will receive a new roof. y According to Major Love, every sign on Post has either been repaired UA - I . Although a number of these projects are very visible, many are not. Major Love asked the patience of the residents of Dugway during these summer months when repaving streets, and work on buildings hamper routine life. He said, however, these projects will add a great deal to making Dugway a nicer placeto live. A WHEELCHAIR ramp was constructed at building 5330, Civilian Per- sonnel office, and 5234, Child Care Center. A new automatic sprinkling system for irrigation was placed at the Mall area (Bldg. 5326) and the Security Building (Bldg. 5438). IWV i While most of the repair and maintenance projects underway at Dugway this summer are readily visible, some are not. One is the installation of eagle roosts, built in an attempt to keep the birds firm nesting on electrical wires, and poles, where they are in danger of electrocution and could cause power failures. : ' or replaced. , Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Company, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed . own. and are not to be considered an official by writers herein are expression by the Department oif the Army. The appearance of advertise- I mentsinserts in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. |