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Show wvi A2 The Times-lndependen- Tr " Thursday, Dec. 16, 1982 t, Enough Rope by. BIH Davis honored .. . Retiringw Sheriff from officials enforcement vs tvs egsssivivviww house ana Richfield-La- throughout the state gathered in Richfield to honor retiring Sevier County Sheriff Rex Huntsman. After 28 years, seven consecutive terms. Huntsman announced that he would step down. At a retirement banquet, Huntsman received awards from the FBI and FBI academy. He also received letters of congratulations from President Ronald Reagan and Governor Scott a Bah, humbug er when it comes to Christmas cheer. The reputation, is cost . . . IPP bears half the Council has Delta The Delta City tentatively agreed to a plan in which a new municipal office building would be financed by an Intermountain Power Project grant for 50 perpent of the cost, with the remainder being split between Delta City and a grant from the Community Impact Board. It is estimated that the building, to be located at the Delta City Park, will cost over $1 million. Pro-Te- home deficit . . . Nursing Commissioners Monticello San Juan exCounty in deficit over an alarm anticipated $200,000 pressed 1983 for the San Juan Nursing Home. It is projected r that the accumulated deficit of the facility over a Commissioner will million. be over $1 period Calvin Black stated that the county might consider seeking a private operator or enlarging the nursing home, rather than be faced with the possibility of closing it. County Health Administrator William nursing home could Reger commented that the never operate on a balanced budget, and suggested unit. that the county consider building a four-yea- 35-be- d New sewer system ... advice of the city attorney, Manti Acting on the the Manti City Council voted to proceed with construction of a municipal sewer system. An initiative petition had been circulated in the community, seeking to delay the project. However, the proposed ordinance will not be presented to the voters until next November, at which time the new sewer will probably have beeh completed. Call for volunteers Dont like BOLD . . . Panguitch The Garfield County Commissioners voted in favor of a resolution rejecting both alternatives of the states Project BOLD plan for blocking state lands through exchanges with the federal government. They commented that ranchers and cattlemen can make better use of the school sections as they are presently scattered. bonds Hospital Fillmore The Millard ... County Commission gave the Fillmore Hospital governing board permission to bond for $3.2 million, to fund construction of a new hospital. The final bonding figure will depend on the sale of the current facilities and the amount of contributions. Next step in the procedure will be to schedule a special bond election. A planned, if voters approve the bond issue. 20-be- d facility, is chase ... High speed A chase which Springville began on ended in a three-ca- r crash in downtown Springville. The suspect vehicle, which was being pursued by highway patrol troopers and city police, smashed into two other vehicles. The drivers of both vehicles were injured in the crash. The driver of the suspect vehicle was not. The suspect vehicle, reportedly driven by Raymond L. Ludlow, 33, of Salt Lake City, allegedly sideswiped one of the pursuing highway patrol cars during the chase. high-spee- d I-- Building activity . . . There could be a Cedar flurry of building acCity if a bond election is in near the future, proposed tivity passed by the Utah State Legislature. Over $9 million has been earmarked for Cedar City in the proposal, including a new state office complex and three projects at Southern Utah State College. The bonding was proposed by Gov. Scott Matheson, for consideration by the legislature in a special session this week. race track Bigger son Power plant expansion Nucla The Colorado-Ut- e during Will Bliss brought the Times a fine bad of wood last week. All those little incidentals is what keeps the editor alive. Besides fine mountain air, plenty of sunshine, beautiful scenery, clear cold water and something to eat now and then the editor requires the extra luxury of a warm sanctum. Hes a mortal thats hard to month of November. A creative writing group was formed in Moab. Title of the organization was Quill Incorporated. Organizers included A.J.Schow, Spen- cer Squire and Lyman Peterson. In response to a request by the U.S. Army, the Utah Liquor Control Commission announced that liquor would be sold to service men only between 5 and 8 p.m. President Franklin Roosevelt issued a proclamation abolishing the Works Progress Administration. WPA projects in most states, including Utah, were to be suspended on Feb. 1. The only WPA projects in Grand County were school lunch and nursery school programs. During its history, the WPA spent $10 billion and employed a total of 38 million people. It was reported that during the preceding month, the Ohio Copper Company had completed the diamond drilling of about 25 test wells at the Big Inidan copper mine, 40. miles southeast of Moab. The wells ranged in depth from 10 to 70 feet, and were said to indicate a large ore body. The Ides Theater was Woman of the showing Year, starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hep-bu- a please. The , Taylor Mercantile Company was having a going out of business sale. In other business-relate- d items, an ad read, "Kane Springs Hotel . . .17 miles south of Moab on Road. Hay and Grain on hand. Covered First Class Accomo. Corral. dations. J. P. Steele, Prop. Grand County Sheriff A. J. Young left for the LaSal Mountains, to attach the property of a mining company. It was reported that a smelter at the Cashin Mine in the LaSals was in operation and a shaft had been sunk 100 feet. Approximately 50 men were employed at the operation. Operators stated that the ore was extremely rich in silver and copper. The Times commented, Everything now indicates that this mine will prove to be the richest mine in silver and copper in the United States if not in the world. C. County Attorney-eleS. Rice traveled from his home in Castleton to Moab for a visit. While in town, he attended a meeting of county high school officials. Lester Taylor returned from a one month stay at his home in Salt Lake City. . . . power plant at Nucla is for expansion from 36 to 100 being megawatts, using a new coal combustion process.. Research on the new method is being done by the Electric Power Research Institute, which identified the Nucla plant as one of several possible demonstration facilities. According to a note from Monticello, San Juan County was getting "a taste of real as the mercury winter, dipped to five degrees above zero. A quarantine was put into effect at Green River, due to an outbreak of measles and fever. Although scarlet school was after 34 one week, families remained quarantined in the area. 20 Years Ago It was reported that the fourth phase of Moab Citys 40 Years Ago A proposed budget for Grand County for 1943 was prepared by Auditor Margie M. Learning. The budget called for expenditures total- - The Times-lndepende- ' would be finished on Jan. 7. The work was financed by a million $1 bond issue approved by local voters. Of the total, $280,000 went to pay off bond indeptedness, $50,000 for development of Skakel and Somerville No. 1 springs, and $730,000 for water and sewer improve-- , ments in the city. The city was also attempting to obtain a federal grant to help pay for improvements to the waste water treatment plant. It was announced that sinking of the large mine-sha- ft at Texas Gulf Sulphurs Cane Creek Anticline potash development was nearing projected depth. Plans called for the shaft to reach 2,797 feet. When the shaft was bottomed out, excavation work would begin on a drift out to the ore body, an estimated distance of 3,000 feet. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall reported that legal questions had developed which were delaying acquisition by the state of 1,000 22-fo- ot the Cane Creek area percent of royalties resulting from potash mining could go to the state, to be used for basic school support. The land was to be in place of property promised Utah at statehood by the federal government. State officials said that the transfer would have to be made before the Texas Gulf development went into operation. The legal questions concerned the exact point at which the became potash operation producable. spoils the whole thing. Rex was in the midst of constructing a new adobe house in Spanish Valley, when he suddenly was forced to go to the hospital in Grand Junction, leaving the roof unfinished. Adobe is notorious for being sticeptible to damage from moisture, if it is not properly protected by a roof. Responding to the problem, a group of Rexs neighbors and friends took it upon themselves to finish the roof and protect the walls. As can be seen by the photograph elsewhere in this issue, the scene looked a little gray and grim. There isnt a sign of tinsel, Christmas lights or a decorated tree, yet that photo carries more of the true spirit of Christmas than anything Ive seen in long time. That spirit would have been the same had the work taken place in July or February. As I was pulling away from the building, the heavy gray clouds parted for a few minutes allowing brilliant sunlight his sleigh. Just as I sink into a really good Christmas grump, along comes the bunch at Rex Kauffmans 10 Years Ago There was a good turnout for Moabs annual Christmas parade. First place in the to float division went Royces Electronics for their "Little Toy Train entry. About 15 citizens attended Grand Countys annual budget hearing. A budget of $1,120,430 was approved for 1973. . Personnel changes at the Jon Leatham was named Moab office of Town TV were new conservation officer announced, after the com- for the Moab area by the pany was purchased by Utah Division of Wildlife Wentronics, Inc., of Wyo- Resources. ming from Jack Foote and Glen Lile. Lile and Foote Crowds were so large at formed their partnership in Grand County High Schools which 1958, grew into a of Charlie production corporation owned by several Browns Christmas that an local businesses. Lile and his additional performance was family moved to Grant Pass, scheduled to accomodate and while Foote his Oregon, those who were tinned away family moved to Mendocino, at the door. , Calif. to paint the sandstone fins to the east a vivid orange, outlined by the black sky behind. The sight, although not common, was typical of the canyon country. There are, you trudging along with your head down, grumbling about some insurmountable problem and all of a sudden something seems to say, Okay, sport, open your eyes, Were going to show you one of the mosf; beautiful things anyone ever saw. , The combination of the two events gave me pause for thought thought which angled from petty away frustrations and incipient ulcers to scenes of beauty, and love. friendship, Maybe Christmas isnt so bad after all. 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Elsewhere Gift Shop Jewelers downtown Moab 200 Limited number Timex quartz watches 30 OFF . .It just depends on how you look at it. . ct . . . Volunteers, working with Pay son City, completed lengthening of the straightaway at the Payson race track. Almost 600 feet was added to the straightaway on the east side of the track to make it more suitable for cutter races. The improvements were made through the efforts of Payson City, two racing clubs, Walt Limb Construction, Utah Technical College and the Utah National Guard. Pay considered By the time Christmas finally rolls around, I Through the Files of find myself snarling every The Times-lndepende- nt time the phone rings and nodding off to sleep at 7 and the p.m. Anything remotely resembling a jolly fat partand Valley Times ty in a red suit would likely get beaned with a fruitcake if he knocked on 80 Years Ago mg $81,262. A report from water distribution project acres of land on Cane Creek An editorial in the Dec. 12, the my door. I would no county hospital listed was 66 percent complete. It near Moab. Utah wanted a doubt 1902 issue of the Grand figure that he wantof and $1,1485 expenses was estimated that work total of about 8,000 acres in to take a picture of me ed Valley Times commented, income of $2,272 the so 100 Moab-Monticel- lo Castle Dale Emery County Fire Administrator Don Almond issued a call for volunteers to apply for membership in local fire departments in the county, to alleviate a critical shortage of manpower. Castle Dale and Huntington are the two departments with the greatest need for volunteers, he said. Only 10 men and two trainees cure members of the Castle Dale department, compared to a normal crew of 20. Huntington has a full crew, but not enough men are available during the daytime hours. .. . looking backward d. As Christmas approaches, the number of ads multiply, enlarging the news space of each issue that must be filled. Fortunately (sort of) there are enough activities going on that there is plenty to cover: parades, parties, dinners, budget hearings, sporting events, etc. etc., Naturally all of this means that getting home before 10 p.m. or staying home until 8 a.m. are extremely rare events for those in the news business during the month of December. as Salina Elliot Crane of Salina was Utah Cattlemens the Year at of the Cattleman Utahs Association state convention in Salt Lake City. day ... dyed-in-the-wo- ol well-earne- . Cattleman of the year . .honored Cortez With tongue in cheek, Cortez Mayor Bill Mollenkopf proclaimed a No Name Day, commemorating the fact that Mayor Merit Carter was out of town on vacation, and was not in his office signing proclamations. Ive got a reputation as Matheson. No-nam- e .. . ", : |
