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Show The w Week in Review . . . Price The College of Eastern Utah has extended a thank you to two local legislators for assisting in obtaining funds for construction of a $3. 76 million physical education building. The building, to be constructed on the CEU campus starting in July, will be named the Bunnell-DmitricAthletic Center, in honor ofSerC Omar B. Bunnell and Rep. Mike Dmitrich. The decision to name the building was made by the CEU Institutional Council at a recent meeting. It is estimated that about 16 months will be required to complete the building. h Floods cause highway closure . . . Utah the Delta Last week, Department of Transportation closed & due to flooding over the highway 50 to 6 traffic, through Highway between mileposts 70 and 73, about 18 miles west of Delta. At the junction of 6 & 50 and Highway 257, about five miles west of Delta, detour signs direct travelers heading west to a route south to Milford through Deseret. Signs placed 12 miles further west of 6 & 50 also warn of the route being closed, where the flooding across the highway is expected to worsen. No indication has been given as to when the highway may be opened. studied ... funding Hospital Fillmore At the next Fillmore Governing Board monHospital thly meeting, church and community leaders, along with proponents and opponents of the recent bond election, will discuss the hospital's current situation and make plans for the next "two months. The board has been investigating alternative means of providing community health care since rejection of the bond issue earlier this year. Hospital Board Chairman Joseph Warner commented that The continued operation of the hospital is becoming critical. School district to refinance ... Of- Energy dispute developed fice and San Juan County Commission over the state's weatherization program. Program representatives told the commissioners they are in violation of a contract, and are subject to lawsuits for failure to approve weatherization applications. They stated that the county had no authority to reject applicants who meet federal criteria. The commissioners asked why they have been asked to screen applications if they had no authority. Marty Nielson, of the Energy Office, responded that the screening function was a courtesy to show cooperation. The commissioners stated that they would not approve an application from a welfare recipient whose welfare income exceeded that of a working person. When informed that they did not have such authority, the commission unanimously agreed that they would no longer take part in the screening process. Water system threatened ... Manti Unusually heavy saturation of the ground and anticipated high runoff this spring are threatening Manti City's culinary water service and power. At a meeting of the Manti City Council, it was reported that some sections of the Manti Canyon road have already become impassable due to runoff and movement of saturated earth. The earth movement and runoff pose a threat to a culinary water pipeline in the area. City crews have been digging drain ditches in the area, in an attempt to stabilize the line and redirect runoff. A power line at the Gunnison Reservoir, which serves Manti, is also being threatened by high water. Citizens were urged to prepare for possible service interruption by maintaining stocks of water and alternative methods of heating and cooking. Will county help Watt? ... Commissioners have been Cortez, Colo. The Montezuma County asked to help defend Secretary of the Interior James Watt against a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club. The Mountain States Legal Foundation, a conservative Colorado-base- d group once headed by Watt, has asked Montezuma County to support the secretary's decision last December to withdraw 800,000 acres of federal land from designation as wilderness study areas. As Montezuma County owns underground rights to 160 acres in the Menafee Mountain Wilderness Study Area, the legal foundation asked the county to side with Watt's decision. The commissioners are expected to make a decision on the request this week. generator approved Experimental Colo. A ... Nucla, proposed experimental electricity generating Electric Association project in Nucla put forth by the Colorado-UtCommission. Public Colorado Utilities the was by recently approved The news was well received in the area, as the company anticipates hiring hundreds of workers for temporary construction jobs. e has proposed experimenting with an atmospheric d Nucla stations. at its Small-scal- e tests of the system have shown that they are capable of burning coal, wood chips, or even garbage. A spokesman for the utility commented that the process burns fuel so efficiently that sulphur dioxide scrubbers on smokestacks are unnecessary. The utility is seeking support for the project from the Electric Power Research Association, a national coalition of utilities. Colorado-Ut- e fluidized bed combustion system coal-fire- Burn victim discovered ... Escalante The body of a man believed to have been dead for several months was discovered in a pickup truck by a hiker in a road in Kane County. Both the remote area east of truck and the victim had been burned, but the truck appeared not to have been involved in an accident. The truck was found far from any roadway. The body was removed from the scene and taken to the office of the State Medical Examiner for autopsy, to determine the cause of death and attempt to identify the victim Hole-in-the-Ro- Grant for park asked .. . Springville The Springville City Parks and Recreation Department has applied for a $150,000 matching grant for the second phase of development of Jolley's Ranch, located five miles past the Hobble Creek Golf Course in Hobble Creek Canyon. The city is expected to e park, adpay half of the $300,000 cost of the project for a ditional roads and parking areas, 40 overnight campsites, 25 picnic areas and playing field facilities. The first phase of the project included a road, a few parking stalls, a tubing hill, and areas for crosscountry skiing and snowmobiling. 350-acr- Road problems divert traffic ... Keetley Traffic was diverted through portions of an old road while Utah Department of Transportation crews worked to halt the erosion of a section of Highway 40, eight miles north of Heber City. DOT officials reported that the highway began to deteriorate last week, and crews were called to haul in fill to keep the road level. A day later a portion of the hill slid about 50 feet, taking most of the westbound lane of pavement with it.. Thursday, March 31, 1983 t, B1 Theft charges Douglas James McKieman, 34, of Moab, was charged with burglary and theft, in connection with a break-i- n of the office of Dr. Jay P. Munsey, Sunday, March 27. According to information released by Moab Police Officer Robert Keating noticed that the front door of the office had apparently been kicked in. An investigation revealed that approximately 200 tablets of the tranquilizer Valium had been removed from a cabinet in the office. Following a lead which turned up in the investigation, McKieman was arrested at his residence later the same day and taken into custody. Charges follow accident on river road A Loma, Colo., man was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor after a rollover accident on Highway 128, two miles north of the Dewey Bridge, Sunday, March 27, at 12:30 p.m. Highway Patrol Trooper Ken Ballantyne reported that Leo Suazo, 52, was northbound when his 1969 Chevrolet pickup apparently drifted off the right side of the road, then crossed the highway and ran off the pavement to the left, rolling onto its side. He was taken to Allen Memorial Hospital by Grand County ambulance, where he was treated and released. Moab Police reported that the previous evening, Suazo was taken to the hospital by ambulance after he apparently fell off a stoll at Woodys bar. After being treated for minor injuries, he was released. He was charged with public Jessie Doubleload Ekker demonstrates flint and steel skills for a group of Boy Scouts from Moab and Green River, during a Spring Camporee held the weekend of March 18. Ekker is a member of the Silent City Muzzle Loaders, a group of Green River mountain men who helped sponsor to Jim Bates The Bighorn Sheep Society of Utah recently named Jim Bates, regional game manager for the Southeastern Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Conservationist of the Year. Bates received the award for his involvment in restoring desert bighorn sheep and their native habitat throughout the southeastern part of the state, including transplant projects in the Canyon-land- s area, where desert bighorns were reinstated in some of their-- , traditional ranges, from the Island in the Sky area. The local projects were a cooperative effort of the Division of Wildlife Resources and the National Park Service. In addition to working on the transplants, Bates was involved in developing new trapping techniques and in evaluating the desert bighorns habitat with graduate students who have been working on studies associated with the bighorns. Bates, a resident of Price, has been with the division for about 28 years. Rendezvous Range, located five miles west of Green River. The camp, which was set up included both evening, Friday authentic tepees and the boys puptents. After sundown, a campfire ceremony was conducted by master of ceremonies Ron Griz Taylor, who was also Booshway y (man in charge) of the event. After an Indian Pipe ceremony, there was Indian dancing, tall tales and entertainment. Several boys were tapped to become members of the Order of the Arrow in a special ceremony. two-da- City holding special meet to award contract Faced with an April 1 deadline, a special meeting of the Moab City Council was scheduled for Wednesday March 30, to make a final decision on insurance for the city. The deadline is set by state statutes governing the accepting of bids by a municipality. The city, which is presently insured by Kelling Insurance, advertised for bids last month. To comply with the law, one of four bids submitted by local agents must be accepted by Friday, April 1, or all the bids will be invalid. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in the conference room at city hall, beginning at 7 4-- 1 4-- 4 pie. 4-- 5 slaw. 4-- 6 4-- 7 No School - Bake Sale Hamburgers, fries, apricot Vegetable beef stew, cole Fried chicken, Spanish rice Sliced turkey, potatoes, gravy. David Bill Olsen, Mosher, Trent Flucky and Tory Brock, Gimpy sponsored by Bruce. one-quart- er place by 30 seconds were Valden EkThompson and Doubleload ker, with third going to the team of David Mosher and Big Thunder Asay. After the events, an award ceremony was held, with first place winners medallions, receiving second place a SCML mug, and third, an SCML keytag. Winners of the team pistol event won a buffalo pin. Each boy drew a prize from a blanket in the order they placed in the long rifle event. Members of the Silent City Muzzle Loaders extended thanks to the Mountain Men from Meadow and Orangeville and others who assisted in the event. Nelson. In the long rifle black powder shoot, each boy competed individually with the aid of his mountain man sponsor. Valden Thompson, sponsored by Doubleload Ekker took first place, and second place was a tie between David Mosher and Tom Martin, both sponsored by Rod Big Thunder Asay. Lory Quamberg, sponsored by Pierre Parks and Lee Hible, sponsored by Green Foot, a mountain man from Orangeville, tied for third. Despite rather wet weather the St Patricks Day party combined with March Birthday party was well attended. The hall had been nicely decorated by Goldie Barks, Ellen Thomson and Ellens grandson. Thank you nice people. It looked real pretty. Of those having birthdays in March only Bernice Beard, Susanne Anderson and Curtis Freeman were present for us to honor them by PTA group No school - come to the PTA son, by Violet Wiler Bake sale set 3-- five-ma- n, m The five winners and their sponsors later participated in a mountain man run event, which consisted of the boy building a fire, the Scout and sponsor running together carrying a black powder rifle, tomahawk, throwing knife and of necessary gear about amile, where they each shot at two targets, then returned to the starting point at the finish line. The Scout had to stick a tomahawk in the ground and the mountain man sponsor, a throwing knife, to finish the course. First place was taken by Lory Griz Quamberg and Taylor, running in place of his partner Pierre Parks. Finishing in second Senior Citizen news: p.m. Bake Sale! change the babys diaper before continuing. The event was won by a group of Patrol leaders from the Black Panthers, Flaming Arrows and Snow Panthers of Moab. During the afternoon, a mixed-teablack powder pistol shoot was held. Members of the winning team were Valden Thomp- At 6 a.m. the following morning, the Scouts and mountain men got the activities underway with a flag ceremony and black powder salute. The Scouts were assigned mountain man sponsors who joined them for breakfast. Following the morning meal, the Scouts and their sponsors prepared for the flint and steel fire building competition. Those qualifying for the finals were David Martin, David Mosher, Scott Winn, Mike Elmore, Greg Levitt, Sheldon Brock, Lory Quamberg,' Tommy Hughes and Ty Taylor. The overall winner was Mike Griz Elmore, sponsored by Taylor. Second place went to David Martin, sponsored by David Martin, Martin, sponsored by Jessie Doubleload Ekker, and third to Tommy Hughes, sponsored by Art Big Bear Hughes. The second event was a tomahawk , Subject to Change throw. First place in the event went to Mike Pierce, sponsored by Johnny Thumper Gardner, with a perfect score. Trent Flucky, who Pierre was sponsored by Don Parks placed second, and third went to Tommy Hughes, sponsored by Big Bear Hughes. A relay event was held involving four groups of Scout patrol leaders and one group of mountain men, in called the Log Cabin Race, which each boy had to run to a bucket, fill it from a barrel of water, run back to their cabin, pour the water into a dishpan, wash and dry a plate, cup, knife, fork and spoon, then run back to the starting line. There was a catch in the event, as there was a doll in the cabin, and when someone yelled, Your babys crying! the competitor had to drop what he was doing, pick up and rock the baby before continuing. Occasionally, someone would yell Your baby messed its pants!, requiring the Scout or mountain man to Scouts and their leaders from Moab and Green River held their annual Spring Camporee, the weekend of March 18. A total of 53 Scouts participated in the event, held near Green River. In the featured program, the boys received instruction and participated in demonstrations of wilderness skills, provided by the mountain men of the Silent City Muzzle held at the groups Loaders, Boy Bighorn transplant brings recognition SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS g Annual Spring Camporee held by MoabGreen River Scout groups . The Helen M. Knight Elementary School PTA will sponsor a bake sale this Friday, April 1, in connection with the annual Jeep Safari. The sale will take place in the parking lot of the post office on 1st North. Easter treats and baked goods to take along on the Safari will be available at the sale, which is scheduled to begin Friday morning at 10 a.m. Soda pop, popcorn and Dakin stuffed animals will also be sold. Also at 10 a.m.', the HMK PTA will be selling ham and cheese sandwiches made to order and packaged for traveling at City Market Friday morning. Baked goods will 'be sold by the Grand County High School PTSA at the same time and place. All proceeds will go the PTA and PTSA. fire-buildin- the event. . Richfield The Sevier County Board of Education voted unanimously to restructure the district's bond debt, freeing over $2.7 million which can be used to construct a new middle school in Richfield and meet other building needs of the district. Larry Denham, of Burroughs and Smith, Salt Lake City, told board members that the refinancing plan could be implemented without raising taxes or increasing the district's indebtedness. Weatherization program feud . . . between the Utah Monticello A Times-lndependen- follow Mar. 27 breakin, robbery Area-Wid- e CEU says thanks ' accomHappy Birthday, panied by Gen. Holyoak on the piano. Each of the three had a few words to say. Bill and Felica Stocks were not recovered enough from their recent illness to attend. Our program was furnished by Slim Mayberry. He showed some beautiful slides of Mexico, sang Bill several songs, one titled Boards. He told several cute stories; they were really funny, all present had a lot of good laughs and really enjoyed the whole program. President Andy Anderson complimented Lois Lathrop for the fine job she has been doing in obtaining entertainmnet for our special nights. And she deserves a big vote of thanks as we have enjoyed all the programs she has gotten for us. decorated cakes Beautifully beautifed the serving tables. The cakes were baked by Marie Dull, Goldie Barks, and Ella Slama. Dancing, dominoes and visiting was enjoyed after the cake, punch, ' coffee, ice cream and other goodies. Sat., April 2 will be our 6:30 'covered dish supper. So come out and bring a dish to pass, your own tableware (dish, knife, fork, spoon). We always have lots of food to eat. After the meal there will be dancing, . visiting, cards and or dominoes. Dont forget our April meeting Wed. the 13th. Listen to KURA and watch TV for location of this meeting as it MIGHT be held at Legion Hall so more people will want to attend. Sat., April 16, we will celebrate Easter and the birthdays of those bom in April. There are a lot of birthdays in April, so come out and celebrate with us. Remember Tuesday, April 19 is our covered dish dinner at 12:00 at Legion Hall. Some of the ladies are still making beautiful ceramics. Why.not join us. You could start on your Christmas 1983 gifts and avoid the end of the year rush. River participated in a variety of events at the Spring Camporee, including flint and steel The boys were sponsored by members of the Silent City Muzzle Loaders of Green River; who helped them learn traditional mountain man skills. fire-buildin- g. v Taylor of the Silent City Muzzle Loaders, explains the to a group of Boy Scouts from Green River and activities days Moab, during a two-daSpring Camporee held earlier this month. "Griz" served as "Booshway" (man in charge) of the camporee. A total of 53 local Scouts and their leaders participated in th'' event. Ron Griz y |