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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday April 8, 1987 The judges at the Mexican Hat School Science Fair, including me, suffered from an embarrassment of riches. Im always astounded at the of projects the kids come up with at these affairs, subjects ranging from the solar system to types of herbs the Navajos use as medication. I can remember many Science Fairs through my own childrens school years, but my most trying contribution to the advancement of science had to do with daughter Donnas comparison of the learning ability of a capuchin monkey named Bo and a two year old child. For several days Donnas mother (!) had to transport Bo about 20 miles along city demhighways for onstrations. Bo was very amiable so long as things were done her way. She liked to ride in the car perched on my left shoulder with her tail wrapped around my neck. The window had to be rolled down far enough for her to express her opinion of passing traffic. This was hard on Donnas mother and even harder on the drivers of other vehicles who often indicated shock at the sight of a lady with a monkey on her back. On the subject of animals, Ill bet you thought a rabbit was just a rabbit that goes bounding away across the pasture. Not so. A rabbit is also a gauge va-rit- y on-the-sp- ot - Page 24 which is run through tubing which an oilman plans to use as he attempts to wrest his goodies from the earth. When they start poking stuff down in holes, its essential all the parts are exactly the size and shape they are supposed to be else they wont fit together and oilmen get more gray hairs. I am more and more at the complexity of the oil game. The processes the drillers go through is something like building a ship in the bottle when you cant even see the inside of the bottle. faci-nate- d Baby Rocks for the past couple of years. All those things that dont stop mailmen on their appointed rounds also dont stop river runners. A Durango party, led by Jerry Sombess and Allan Scott and Wick Culbert and James Munro with their friends from Flagstaff, all put on the river very happily in Saturday morning sunshine. By noon they were enjoying blizzard conditions. But the most intrepid visitor of all is J.C. Stimson of Las Vegas, who is experimenting with a new canoe and keeps getting dumped in the San Juan. Its a mite chilly when your clothes are all wet. J.C. is easily dismayed, as I discovered when he went with me down the Mendenhall Trail. I promised La Verne Tate Id get pictures of the Trail for the Historical Commission and J.C. did the photography for me. I awakened that morning hearing the wind howling outside my windows and considered putting a pillow over my head and remaining incognito for the rest of the day. It would have probably been a wise decision as the wind frequently threatened to topple us off the cliff-sidas we made our way to old cabin on the Mendenthe hall Loop saddle. My unflappable companion kept calm even when I decided we should take a short cut home and we swayed in the wind on that narrow ledge where a misstep would end in a disaster-ou- s splash in the river some 50 e feet below. fF1 The weather, which has all of us registering complaints with UMPIRE ELECTRIC'S ANNUAL most devastating effect locally on the livestock. Its lambing season and sheep owners have to watch their flock closely and get the newborns to shelter immediately. I was commiserating with school bus driver Samuel Holiday because he has to be up and out so early in the cold. He sniffled that his problem wasnt the morning school kids but the midnight Stockholder's Meeting anyone wholl listen, has its April 11, 1987 Mancos High School Gymnasium, Mancos, Colo. Free noon lunch for members and their families ELECTRIC FAIR OPEN 10 A.M. See Exciting Displays lamb tending. The few out of towners around include Linda Weckessers house guests Pamela West from Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and Beth Smith from Sweethome, Oregon. Locals remember Pam from 1976 to 1979 when she and Linda were both teaching at the Mex Hat School. Corinne Denny was here to spend a weekend with her sister Juanita. Corinne left Mexican Hat for South Dakota a few years ago and has been back in by Montezuma County 4-- Club Montezuma Dolores Extension Homemakers South Western Colorado Cowbelles Sears San Juan Basin Farm Bureau Bureau of Reclamation h School San Juan P & M Repair Service H Vo-Tec- Duro-Te- st Corporation Shell Western E & P Inc. New fee program at Canyonlands For the first time since its establishment as a National Park nearly 23 years ago, the collection of entrance fees went into effect in Canyonlands National Park on April 6. Visitors entering the park at the Needles or the Island in the Sky Districts will be required to pay an entrance fee of $5 for a private vehicle or $2 per person if riding a bicycle, travelling as a member of a commercial tour, or walking. Permits will be valid for entry into both Canyonlands and Arches National Parks for a period of seven days. Local residents or others planning repeat visits during the year may choose to buy an annual pass available for $15. The annual pass is valid in both parks throughout 1987. An important provision of the new fee legislation program involves returning a major portion of fees collected back to the park to increase interpretive services and expand resource management programs. In the case of Canyonlands, guided nature walks will be offered for the first time at both the Island and Needles districts and a special guided hike into the Great Gallery in the Horseshoe Canyon section of the park will be offered every Saturday at 9 a.m. through early September. Evening campfire programs have been doubled in the Island and Needles. new visitor By information stations will be mid-summe- r, replacing the trailers at both the Island and the Maze. The $67,000 we receive this year will not only restore programs cut the last two years, but provide a tremendous opportunity to better serve the rapidly increasing numbers of visitors to canyon country, said Nick Eason, acting superintendent of Canyonlands. Good Health Habit Most breast cancers are first discovered by women them- selves. The American Cancer recommends the Society monthly practice of breast (BSE) by women 20 years and older as a routine habit. on Regostfrcotfion Open 10 a.m. Lynch 1 1 :30 a.m. Business Meeting Program 1:30 p.m. Review of Officer reports Election of Directors Drawings for vast array of prizes EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. Wo Aro Owned By Those Wo Serve |