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Show THE SWIMMING POOL QUESTIONI QUESTION QUESTIONBy I By ( ( By Mitchell MltcheIl Melich Mehch ) I About tuo h\o h o to \ years year 'ear ear ' . ago the municipal mt.mclpal mtmclpal . s \Imming Imming sImming oimmning shimmingPool Immingpool oimmningpool \ pool at Moabas Moabwas Moab \ was \\as as opened lo to the publ c but shortly shortlythereafter thereafter the pool peol \ was \ as closed because it failed to tomeet tomeet tomeet meet ceitain celtaIn cestamn requiien requllel1 requsiesu ents of the state board of ofhealth ofhealth ofhealth health S nee nce that time the cit cits cit3 } council of Moab has hashad hashad hashad had several confciences confclences confclenceslth with \\lth lth so \ \ ith members of the boardof board boardof boardof of permissionto health for the purpose of obtaining permission to reopen the pool peol The board of health has refu refused refusedto < ed edto to grant a permit to open the pool unless certain certainregulatIons certainregulations certainregulations regulatIons were complied compl1ed with The . ' regulations of ofthe ofthe ofthe the board beard of health are of such a nature that be before before before fore the s vimming vimmfng pool can be lecpened iecpened a complete completerecirculating completerecirculating completereclrculating recirculating and sterling stenll71ng sterill7ing system must be mstaIl install mstaIled installed installed ed The cost of Installing Install111g this equipment will wIIl be beapp beapri beaprio\unately beaprio unately app apri o\lffiately o lffiately oimately \ ' $4300 4300 $4300The $4300The $4300The $ The question now is whether "hether hether " or not the pcople people pcopleof peopleof peopleof of Grand county particularly those in Moabant Moab \\ant ant want wantthe \ wantthe antthe the swimming s\\lmmmg s lmmmg swimrmng \ pool reopened It can be safely said saidthat saidthat ald aldthat that had the pool been in operation this summer summerthp summerth summerthp thp th accIdenthlch accident \ / which \\/hlch hlch recently lesulted iesulted In the death I of ' i 'o o ' \ minor child here in 111 Moabould Moab \ would \\ould ould probably not nothave nothave nohave have occurredVhy occurred \ Why \Vhy Vhy should our children be com corn cornpelted cornpelled ' pellEd pelted to b 5 bIm s > \ sim \Im Im oim at the power po\\er po er \ dam and various vanous other otherplaces otherplaces otheplaces places when for the amount above statcde stated statcd we \\e e \ can canhave canhave caihave have a filst fist class swiming swimmg pool at Moao MoaLJ Moa ' ? It Ii is too toolarge toolarge tolarge large a financial obligation obhgatlon tor for one particular grouto group groupto groupto ) to undertake in Ira order to reopen the pool but 1the If ifthe ' the citizens of Grand county particularly the parents parentsI parentsof parentof I of young boys and girls desire the reopening reopcnlng of the thepool thepool th'pool thpool ' pool at an early date they are hereby urged to 1m im immediately immediately , medIately contact each and every member of the theboard theboard i board of county commissioners the school board boardand boardand I Iand and the city council of Moab and demand that thatthese thatthese thatthese these groups groUJ grous , find ways \ ays and means of financing the theconstruction theconstruction theconstruction construction and Installation of the necessaryequipment necessary necessaryequipment necessaryequipment equipment required to reopen the poolIf poolIf pool poolIt It If the citizens of Grand county will WlIl exprcss express exprcsstheir expresstheir expresstheir their vIeS vie \ vs \S S os to the proper public pubho officials there can canbe canbe canbe be no doubt about the reopening of the pool Do DoyoUl Doyoui DCyoui yoUl youi part today |