Show iV' : - v “ - ' '!is£ir- yr ' " - I werMdden in Klondike Country Jiiiif kj PA Birnef Tower Arch standi hid- -' den within the maze of sand- giant salmon-pin- k stoue fins that are called the Klondike Bluffs in the northwest corner of Arches National Park Since Tower Arch is toot located near the pa-vroad that penetrates the park it takes a little special effort to reach this spectacular span There are several route’s by which the arch can be approached Two can normally be traveled by ordinary passenger cars but the others re- -' quire skillfully driven offroad vehicles of some Section B TkwriBf Apr 151974 V m : ed 1 Love of Teaching Resulted in Change Of Career Fields for Moab Teacher -- Within Arches a graded dirt road leaves the paved road near Skyline' His wife Hilda Joined in that decision and they enrolled in Southern Utah State College Cedar City in toe summer of 1964 The Gilger family par- -' ents three daughters and a son were all in school at toe same time Darwin graduated from college the same vear as his old-- ! daiqtfiter graduated from high school Both Darwin and Hilda are now teachers In the Grand County schools She teaches 3rd grade and levels at Southeast Elementary and he teaches Junior high math and adult education math Their youngest daughter Kathy is now a student in the 9th Arch Just north of the Furnace area This Fiery road drops quickly down into Salt Valley the broad flat drywash that stretches diagonally across the upper part of the park Once in the bottom of this valley the road turns and travels in a northwesterly direction About six miles from where the road first reaches the drywash bottom and heads toward the distant Klondike' Bluffs a short spur road ends at a hiking trail -head This trail winds for a mile through spectacular redrock scenery before reaching Tower Arch The road that goes up Salt Valley eventually connects with another graded dirt road thatgoes toward US 163 to the west or US 6 & 50 (Interstate 70) to the nor-- 1 th This same road can be used to reach Tower Arch from these high- ways but caution is reel for quired drive vehicles Most of this approach is over graded dirt or gravel roads that are outside of Arches National Park These roads receive only occasional and Arch received its name from the white-toppinfrequent maintenance A Tower tower of sandstone that stands on the fin can be rendered impas- el to but sable anythtog drive by even mod- - dike Bluffs area from the leads to toe viewpoint to toe westofTower Arch erate rains west Still another dirt road vehicles can One of these trails lea-- approach Tower Arch us- - ves US 163 at Dalton ing top roads already do- - Well about three miles mile tooth of Cenyontandi scribed or by more chal- - north of the Dead Horse lenging and scenic routes point turnoff This trail One such route leaves is difficult to follow' but eu often ufelyto el drive toe paved road within Ar- - by either of two branches veled by even south ches at toe Balanced Rock enters Little Valley a vehicles then winds and twists narrow wash that lies through the high sloping midway between US 163 country to toe west of and the Klondike Bluffs Salt Valley Joins another This shallow drywash is Klondike Bluffs and on trail that climbs bordered by low pastel-steep- out toe south end of Lit- Jeep up from the gra- - hued hills of toe Mor-de- d tie Valley require four- road in Salt Valley rison and Summerville wheel drive or some other nh fete then angles west through formations which afford tjpo of From toe viewpoint to sand - and - slickrock excellent rockhounding country before reaching a Near an old movie set toe west of Tower Arch viewpoint overlooking To- - another Jeep trail heads that is reached by jeep wer Arch toward toe Klondike Bluf- - trail it is necessary to r This same viewpoint fs climbing steeply up beautiful van can be reached by way of out of Little Valley into two other Jeep trails that the land of white slick-leaUS 163 and mean- - rock that lies to toe “ 7’ der through toe low hills west of toe Bluffs This toe rocky gorge to toe west of Arches trail too is difficult to but eventually before entering the Kkm- - follow Teaching adult education is very different from daily dasswork notes Mr Gilger It must be completely kidividuaUzed as each student's previous school career bad been interrupted at various stages Each person is interesting he said in that their concerns are so different some with behind the Urged by Cruise r®Ptrai'ts lre jmeouragetfto mate sure $z nirisi sriEs that & thatweek" end in Southeastern Utah cruisewiJl be laun ched May 25-2- 6 running ly ik off-ro- ad down toe Green River SLJlfc5S2Sr SS-- - ® Moao uian Bottom if your boat and toe River Marathon Assoda- - is disabled (CCRMA) has been Friendship Feast in Moab assured ample gasoline on Sunday The cruise does nnt will be available for toe registration ss boats and automobiles for cover toe Anderson exciting family event tom Steak Fry and en- It is very important that tertainment however The CCRMA recomeveryone this year and the dead- mends that all parties line is only a week away have at least two exas is perienced boat pilots in 1 this your May party River runrequired by year The registration ning is hard work for any fee is $3500 and forms t pilot even on such a mild may be sent to toe Can- - trip as this The trip will yon Country River Mar- - be much better if boat Box pilots are rested ever atoou Association 105 Moab Utah 84532 though the waters are The registration fee relatively calm and water covers many services level should be great VJS “ CEide HeM Bot-acro- pre-regist- clinic was held Thuesday at toe Courthouse with a very poor turnout of preschool children for toe er test The clinic is an nual project of Beta Eta and Alpha Rho chapters of EpsUoi Sigma Alpha who : BW) mki rt vjTy ' iAV 3 - i I— 1 fV 4‘ — — —— f- - also standard children llnb tract was awarded to Un- ion Carbide Corporation Cash payments totaling $1065000 were received by toe AEC The cash payments are in addition to future production royalties and royal5325 acres ty bid'amounts which are Cotter Corporation of payable under the lease Golden Colorado re- terms ceived leases on seven of Bid opening for 18 toe tracts The other tracts set aside for small business concerns ART EXHIBIT la scheduled for May 15 Moab Artist Joe Mil- - 1974 and bids on toe ler opens a special ex- - AEC’s 17 remaining Mbit of paintings at toe tracts will be opened on Fine Arts Museum at the July 1 1974 University of Utah be- ginning April 28 Friends CITY COURT are invited to view Mr JnM Patrick Keogh Miller’s work of 'thirty fr°m Moab smeared be- the City Court Judge paintings created dur- ing his project as an Don Crist April 22 on a Artist - In - Residence in charge of driving while toe National Parks of under toe influence of Bryce Canyon toxicating beverages He Zions and Canyonl&nds was sentenced to pay a The exhfoit will run for Gne of $200 and on de-sweeks with a gallery fruit of payment is to ser-tal- k scheduled for the ve six months in Jail He afternoon of May 19th was also placed on six im-oi- n 2 At Utah State A Janet Elaine Galbraith'' daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Galbraith of ab was among toe new members tapped for the Utah State University’s Sigma Phi Eta Chapter of Mortar Board April IS Mortar Board is a tional ‘organization Seated to recognizing and supporting outstanding collegiate women in os of leadership schol-smi- th arshlp and sendee Miss 'Lucy Yazzie a young woman from cnospas Arizona was toe seventeen al°rnion selected for toe honor Mo-Vall- ey m H m na-bi- es m i ded-carpen- try ar-sa- ys Tee-whi- cb mS : '!0®8n ' Held Fun Golf tourney i The Women’s Golf Association held another ton tournament Play Day Tuesday : April 23': and this week they played "Tee-t- o -- Green” Nancy Kemper won Jhe game with the fewest number of strokes and Wayaleen Flowers was the runner- -' iq The Play Days have’ been received with good response by many of toe Moab women so tor this r- ‘ sijr? A year N Tuesday April 30 will be toe regular month ly meeting for the Moab Women’s Golf Associa- w " ' at? : rA tion and all members or’ interested women are urged to attend The meeting will be at the Moab Country Club at -- 12:00 noon All : S taft members remember r : that should dues $ th and that weekend most of the persons toat were in attendance stated FOR WEEKEND Mrs Robert (Donna) toat they were interested in seeing more of toe Reid and son Kelley and their daughter and her area husband Mr and Mrs The flower planting Turner and son Doug undertaken yearproject ly by toe Chamber is Shayne from Salt Lake spent last weekscheduled for Saturday City May 4 Further notice end in Moab visiting parwin be given to members ents Mr and Mrs Carrol J Meador v at toe administer eye tests to toe during next-meetin- IMKtoHMn year ix From beneath Tower Arch the view toward the southwest ip magnificent past to Honors s an- Cetter Cerp Successful Sldder on AEC lands The Atomic Energy Commission announced recently that awards of uranium mining leases have been made and accepted for eight tracts of land in Montrose County Colorado covering about An Amblyopia pre-registrat- ion ! and will arrive In Moab on Friday afternoon The ers MGM ve Chamber Meet : rivers search and rescue assistance in case of trouble on toe rivers moving your outfit out of Mineral Canyon or Named iss the-cleanu- such as launch and docking assistance at Green River State Park and the Moab Boat Dock moving your car and trailer to Moab parking and guard service for your car and rig in Moab radio communication for emergency messages at vital areas along toe two Janet Galbraith Moc annual Parade will beheld on Friday and will be fol- Peterson past president towed fay toe Rodeo on of toe local Chamber ' Friday and Saturday Mr Peterson expresTentative plana are be- sed thanks to those per- ing made for a Western sona who belpetL in Art show a sidewalk art a square dance1 of toe South show Highway between Millers street dances on both FriShopping Center and toe day and Saturday a bank Bowling Alley on both robbery and a melodra' sides of toe road He sta- ma y Much work remains to ted that numerous items that were usefiil along be done on sane cd toe with some money was plans but things are gofound ing along smoothly at toe Mr Peterson took time present time to elaborate slightly on Plans for toe Labor the dans for toe upcomDay Jeep trips are being ing Butch Cassidy Days made and good support has already been noticed celebration The trail ride which from Apis slated to start in Green proximately 40 vehicles nave made tentative reRiver will start on Wednesday morning June 5 servations for toe event and more are expected It was also noted that Eye Test toe Toastmasters had a CCRAIA iI?5f mS two-whe- r years The Tuesday meeting of toe Moab Chamber of Commerce was held under toe leadership of Keith arch Early Cruise Signup Off-ro- ad tfVw at Outlined four-whe- r of his protesting or volhowever toe unteering statement may be interpreted he was asked by toe Grand County Commission to serve on the new Spanish Sewer and Water special improvement dis- trict board of trustees The Gilgers live in Spa- nlsh Valley where they raise grapes and rabbits and tend two cows Hob- include gardening & Their children have artistic interests inherited from Hilda he Their son is a gold- in Salt Lake City Another interest has been toe Republican Party of Mr Gilger was pro- cinct chairman for two Summer Community ActivHy ed vrL community activities L was involved in Jaycees and Chamber of Commerce work but that this kind of participation was not common for teachers here As a result grade two-whe- JJfrwr’a money ment positions with JC Penney Co before he decided that what he really wanted to do was become a teacher sort i others with securing employment while others are preparing to enter college This spring two of his adult students will receive their diplomas in the high school completion program Mr Gilger noted recently that while he was with Penney’ s he was invited to Join into many Darwin Gilger spent 15 years in various manage- MMUMHOM The standard eve tests' and toe amblyopia tests are different and “lazy eye” tests should be V made by age four If toe condition is not detected and treatment begun before age six the am blyopk eye will gradual ly lose vision which can not be retrieved by later treatment LITERARY CLUB The Literary Club will meet Saturday April 27 at fee Helen M Knight Elementary School before leaving for Fisher Towers Everyone should bring a picnic lunch Mrs Marvin Jensen and the Conservation Committee will he the hostesses PATIENT Helen Ossana was a Da- in toe Allen Me- - ikl tosStoftois past wee months’ probation W Place of Clif- Colorado had been ordered previously to ap- pear in court on April 23 However he foiled to appear and toe bail which he bad posted earlier was forfeited Jesse ton " Theatre Production - Moab Community Theatre will present their spring production on April 26 & 27 and May 3 and at 8:00 at Star Hall "Don’t Drink the Water” by Woody Allen is a riotous femily comedy recJed by SUcey Lawrence and JBary Smith The £?st’ I?1 People include Rodger Darbome' Mery Lawton ubde Barker Bruce Lawton Jean Roberts Ron Dickerson Denise Horstman Bill Hauser Terry McKenna Patti Murphy Joe Miller Sandy Ophier Marty Miller Bill Higham ' ana Malaska Tickets are $150 for adults and fl-0for students with 20 discount for SouthEast Utah Fine Arts Guild Members Tickets are av- silable at toe door Bring toe whole fomtiy to tills d will love it! 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