Show First Meet of River Rescue Team Friday The first meeting of ot the Moab River Rescue team team will be held In the Fire hall Friday evening Nov 2 at 8 pm p.m. it was announced ed by members of ot the club this week This will be an organizational organizational meeting to set up practice schedules and future programs The public is cordially invited to attend and to join in an active or sponsoring r role le A good many of ot the Moab Volunteer Vol Vol- unter r firemen have already joined the Rescue team but since it Is quite possible to have a fire and a river disaster occur at the same time it is therefore felt that it is mandatory to send out the call for tor additional volunteers for forthe forthe forthe the Moab River Rescue team The River Skippers' Skippers club has volunteered Its services and many of its members have enrolled for diving instruction It is felt feit that as our population increases so will our water actIvities activities act act- accidents and Charles Steen has given the use of his swimming pool for diving practice and instruction John Biocic captain of ot the Grand Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion team tean states that thata a team Inthe Inthe in inthe the Moab area is most desirable and a necessity now that there are increased activities such as the Glen Canyon dam darn project beIng being be be- ing big put into operation The Grand Junction River Rescue team has been doing all the river rescue and recovery work in the entire central central cen cen- trai and south Rocky mountain area for the past six years The Moab Fire department has donated the money for the first set of ot diving gear which includes mask fins exposure suit aqualung aqualung aqua aqua- lung etc This will be enough to start the ball bali rolling roiling however additional funds either through donations or other fund raising activities will be needed I i As one fireman put it It Lets get this thing rolling who knows I who old man river will get next It could be my child or yours If It any persons or organizations wish to donate to this cause please send or give contributions to Moab River Rescue o c do Val Va Maughan P. P O. O Box Dox Moab Utah A complete accounting of at expenditures will be made public |