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Show Cl I if I7 C; 3NW1 AiIp y Utah Highway Patrol reports Memorial weekend traffic should be HoiiMiacccJ8-- j busiest of year, r 00? n n, :jHi 3 6101 IfiTTr. (iB35B5lGni p Page 2 Butch Cassidy Blowout mountain bike race slated for Saturday in Price. rarvin will :oach. Page 4 Page5 o o Tuesday 105th Year May 28, 1996 - Price, Utah No.43 Fire restrictions placed in Utah Price City Fire Department personnel burn structure...on purpose Despite recent rainstorms, hot and dry weather conditions continue to pose wildland fire concerns in southern Utah. The extremely dangerous situation has prompted state and federal officials to place fire restrictions on parched lands located within the state. Effective May 24, southern Utah will be closed to fires until further notice. The fire restrictions cover all lands in Iron, Washington, Garfield, Kane, San Juan and Grand counties in Utah as well as N ational Forest in Colorados Mesa portions of the Manti-LaSand Montrose counties. Also governed by the fire restrictions are Beaver County west of Interstate 15 and portions of Wayne County in Canyonlands National Park. Additional restrictions may apply in some local areas. A fire restriction this early in the season is unusu al, pointed out Art DuFault, state forester. Severe drought conditions coupled with dry, heavy vegetation throughout the region are combining to create an extremely hazardous situation. Were asking for everyones cooperation. The order includes all state, private, national forest, Utah Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service lands within the restricted areas. The fire restriction order will remain in effect until officially rescinded. Lands located in incorporated towns and cities are not affected. The fire restriction order: Prohibits open fires of any kind. Campfires in facilities provided in designated campground and picnic areas are allowed. The use of propane or pressurized gas stoves is not restricted. Prohibits smoking, except in vehicles, boats, developed ment to stand by while the structures were destroyed.- recreation sites, residences or in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials. Prohibits fireworks, tracer ammunition or other pyrotechnic devices. Prohibits operating chain saws or internalexternal combustion engines without spark arresting devices, chemical pressurized fire extinguishers and readily available shovels. tions skills, knowledge, and the opening. According to BLM fire management officer Dave Bott, 1 9 96 is A committee consisting of has a good vision for students. an unusual year. Rainfall is 60 percent of normal in the Cedar At the same time, Crookston an individual from the district City area, 50 percent of normal around Escalante and 30 perwill be an asset to Wellington. level, a principal, a teacher, a cent of normal in San Juan County. In addition, live fuel moisShe has the administrative parent from Mont Harmon ture for pinyonjuniper registers at its lowest rate in the last 45 skills and will do a great job and a board member will years. for the students," commented select three finalists from the The Manti-LaSNational Forest and surrounding area are Bush. applicants. extremely dry, indicated Jon Tucker, fire staff officer. Weve The secondary superintenhad an unusually dry and windy spring, and the outlook isnt dent will then select a candiAddressing the vacant pringood for the next few months. San Juan and Grand counties are date to fill the principals posiin extreme drought condition. cipals position at Mont Harmon Junior High, the board of tion, pending approval from There are large expanses of grass left from the spring of education board decided to the school board. 1995, above normal temperatures and more winds than usual. The deadline for applicasend out statewide advertiseThis combination puts us in a fire danger that we normally ments for applications to fill tion has been set for June 3. (Continued on Page 2) al feet in the air Wednesday and drew quite a crowd 1o the area. - School board to transfer principals By MELONEY RIGBY Staff writer Superintendent Val Bush recently announced several administrative changes affecting schools in the Carbon County district. With the retirement of Gary Wilson, principal at Helper Junior High, the board of edu- cation considered the overall situation and made decisions designed to benefit the local school system. District policy established in June 1994 mandates an annual review for staff changes or transfers. After reviewing the needs of the schools, the board has moved Tom Montoya, principal of Wellington Elementary, to Helper Junior High. Tonita Crookston, principal at Mont Harmon, will fill the vacancy at Wellington Elementary. It is a positive change with Montoya moving to Helper. He has excellent communica al Roadside markers stand as reminder of fatal accidents with traditional ceremonies. These simply mark the spot v where someone died, an emoRoadside markers stand as tional marker erected by a mute testimony of a tragic friend or family member. No one knows exactly traffic accident taking someones life. They can be found where the tradition began , but along isolated stretches of it first appeared in Utah about highway in Carbon and 10 years ago, according to Emery counties, but their Utah Department of Transpopularity is increasing portation safetyrisk manager Russ Jensen. nationwide. I first noticed it about 10 The crosses and memorials no names years ago and Ive seen it off usually contain Some and on since then, Jensen victims. identifying bear the date of a fatal wreck. said. It certainly has become All are a graphic reminder of increasingly popular the last what happens when cars colwhile, though. A similar tradition seems to lide with another vehicle or been brought to Latin hillside. have into a America by early Spanish Some have artificial bouquets showing that someone priests. They marked their cares about the lonely spot route through the Southwest where death occurred. One as they ventured into Indian example in Spanish Fork country. In parts of Chile, folklore believes spirits of people Canyon contains three handinitials killed violently remain in turmade crosses bearing moil and linger in the area of and the date, Roadside memorials are a death. Roadside markers and recent phenomenon in Utah, monuments provide a spot for to pray for souls in but similar crosses and small passers-bshrines bearing candles, flow- turmoil. Some evidence suggests the ers and photographs are a idea has been around since mountain common sight along before Mexico. southern in 1783, according to Jim roads folklorist with the markers. burial not are Griffith, They Most accident victims are bur- University of Arizona library ied in cemeteries, complete in Tucson. A letter between By LAYNE Staff writer MILLER y 50C officials from state Carbon County residents observe Memorial Day the Mexican of Sonora, which included part of Arizona at that time, quotes a Catholic bishop who was complaining about the large number of crosses lining a road where travelers were being killed by Apache Indians. The bishop ordered the military to outlaw the crosses because they profaned a scared symbol, struck terror in the hearts of travelers and encouraged the Apaches, explained Griffith. They did eventually outlaw them and they have been proliferating ever since, commented Griffith. Jensen said UDOT has no formalized policy about the roadside memorials, but the markers are technically illegal. We havent identified any problems with it, but it is actu- ally illegal. We havent actually gone out and removed any, indicated Jensen. One exception was an attempt to erect a large monument. That one was an actual monument and it was a monument. very large . Observers point out that the markers usually last two (Continued on Page 2) i |