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Show nw ui It, 1I7S Pop S Canadian Mountain Sheep At Heme in Florence Creek Another natural tourist attraction has been added to Florence Creek area shortly before the purposed grand opening of the Lodge. Last month 13 mountain sheep fled from large wooden crates to explore their new home in the Book Cliffs. (Five mountain sheep were placed in the area several years ago and a Tribal Game Conservation Officer reported seeing a few in the area last fall) sheep were trapped in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, and transported to Fort Duchesne in a frailer by Jack Woody, Big Game Biologist with the Bureau of Twenty-tw- Q o Sports Fisheries. Woody was accompanied by an employee of the Alburquerque N. Mex. office which is also his headquarters. Upon arrival here, the sheep were tagged and transferred to the crates for transporting to Florence Creek. The numbered, flourescent neckbands were recorded and will aid in spotting the sheep and observing their habits. A helicopter crew from the National Guard, Salt Lake City, cabled the crates to the copters of the one-hotrip to Florence NEW RESIDENTS - Of Hffl Creek area are 13 Canadian Mountain Sheep which were transported from Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, through joint efforts of the Tribe, BIA and Bureau of Sports Fisheries. Tagging the sheep are from left Steven Ridley, Tribal Fish and Game Conservationist; Jack Woody of the Albuquerque, N. M. Bureau of Sports Fisheries Office and Mac Davis of Heber who dropped in and became interested in the venture. The face of an unidentified employee from New Mexico BSF is hidden. Photo by A1 Parriette. ur PfOAIT LODGE TO OPEN Their arrival at Fort Duchesne caused quite a bit of commotion with Tribal employees and local residents to say nothing of what the sight of a mountain sheep will do to an Eastern visitor at the Florence Creek Lodge. The new Lodge will be under the direction of Ute Trails and Rivers Enterprise and will be used for wilderness vacations and hunting expeditions. Enterprise personnel and directors have selected furnishings for the lodge and are hoping far a dedication and grand opening sometime in June. I.H.S. Grants To Better Living Conditions V'' Sewer facilities for 34 Indian homes will be realized from a grant of $55,000 which the Tribe received last week from the Indian Health Service. Hie homes designated are on the Housing Improvement Program for which IHS provides sanitation facilities. A second grant received by the tribe last week, also from IHS, was in the amount of $7,000 which will be used toward construction of a new 400,000 gallon water storage reservoir. The new storage tank will be located on the highest knoll between Bottle Hollow Lake and Highway 40. Flw w Greek micnUNt aew from the National Guard, Salt Lake CRy. The I Subdivisions Slated For Paving, Curb, Gutter Construction The dust barrier will be broken in mutual help this summer when pavement is laid and curb and gutters are constructed. Dan Crambo, U & 0 Roads Supervisor for the BIA, has announced Thorn Construction Company of Springville, Utah, was the low bidder for the construction job. One street in Randlett, one in White-rock- s and the entire subdivisions of Sunsub-divisio- shine Acres, Little Chicago, Richardsons and Yellowstone will receive a covering of crashed aggregate base and bitumious road mix as well as curb and gutters. Construction is expected to begin sometime in June. BOCKIE RIDE - To large crates. Arrampanyksg the crew aa the twe Mai Hah aad Gam Directar A1aad AUea Phatea by Parriette. rare Alfred Parriette, Tribal Hah aad Gam Diabetes Clinic Screens Half Of Population, Testing to Continue of the Ute peoApproximately one-haple who are at a susceptiable age for diabetes (over 15) were screened during a series of clinics the week of April 23. The screening clinics opened at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Offices and Uintah Basin Community Budding, Fort Duchesne, on Monday morning and continued throughout the week with clinics in each of the five communities. With a high percentage of those tested having positive returns, Charles Wells, Service Unit Director of the Roosevelt IHS Clinic, has stated testing will be conducted at the clinic. Wells said testing will begin as a routine check as soon as the refracting rrmrhine necessary to complete the test is received at the clinic. A machine has been ordered as permanent equipment lf on-goi- and is needed to successfully measure magnitude of the diabetes problem on the the Reservation. The clinics were prompted by the fact 63 Tribal members are known to have Diabetes. While the clinics were 50 percent successful. Community Health Representatives will be notifying those who did not take advantage of them and will encourage them to be chewed bv the IHS doctor. Conducting the testing last month was a team from the Intermountain Regional MedicaT Programs out of Salt Lake City. Dr. Dana Clarke was the medical director on hand for the clinics and Chuck Hanks, the Programs administrator was also here. Two registered nurses, another physician and two registered nutritions completed the team. V A- - y'Vvsi&W- Of Indian Manpower Training and Technical Assistance program pause during seminar at Ute Learning Center from left, seated Catherine Lippencott, Reasearch Analyst; Pete Homer Jr., Director; and standing from left Bob Melvin, Assistant Director; Ed Leon, Manpower Specialist; and Charlene Parrish, secretary. The staff of the Phoenix Area Office work with the Navajo Community College Indian Manpower TAT and conducted the third in a series of workshops with approximately 35 Manpower representatives from the VISITING EXECUTIVES in |
