Show i ii J ED EDITORIAL IT 0 It A L. L J J. J 1 most justifiable of all Over the years this publication has ha by large sur sup ported the infrequent bond bow proposals for tor construction n t f f governmental Improvements In this community There bare ave have been qU questionable ones questionable mainly because because because be be- cause they have authorized indebtedness s to pay for improvements improvements im im- that voters had been baen led to believe were paid for tor before In spite of this it has hM been our intention that ito 10 HO community should optimistically look forward to a 0 Aright right fright future futuro unless its iU people were willing to accept the responsibilities brought about when growth and prosperity pros prosperity are anticipated And until this thia time those responsibilities re rO- ro- ro have been assumed in a commendable man man- tier nor Before the voters voters' next Tuesday Y Is a proposal which would authorize the Grand District Board of Education to sell seU bonds ix f in the amount of thousand for the purpose of building a o new high school and for tor improving md and enlarging presently overcrowded elementary condi condi- Grand county's voters have never before been I faced ed with a more f justifiable just expenditure of funds And ever sever before has a bond proposal received so much detailed de de- de- de tailed nod study and analysis by responsible cit cit- Grand county high school designed and built in 1934 to handle handlo a maximum of students is now handling nearly early twice that many Forced double sessions in the the elementary system insures even l 1 larger groups of students in the tho high school in n the next Yew years An insured stable economy economy for or at least five five- more years in Moab's first major industry uranium coupled with proof f f community and area growth in the next two years in intIle inthe tIle the new industrial fields potash and oil will win not allow al allow at al- low anything other than an enrollment explosion in on nn alre already idy dy congested system We Ve are aware that the decision of the board of education education ed cd cation to construct a new high school on a new site He itc HeA J A decision recommended by a committee made up of the community's leading citizens i is in some cases contro contro- However to this point we have not been impressed impressed impressed im im- im- im pressed by produced statistics pointing to a gloomy and recessional near late We have on the other hand been n gre greatly impressed 4 with work Q of th the s school h x l board oard ind of th the l lay ihy y committee committee on building This Thia w work rk pitiS t to a continued attitude of attempting to td provide the best educational facilities possible under tinder existing con con- These Those conditions have been difficult Grand county's school district is charged with the responsibility of educating educating ed ed- all aU children who reside within the county In Inmany Inmany Inmany many instances this responsibility has been made to include children whose parents are taxed in a neighboring county And the responsibility has b been n cheerfully n ac accepted accepted ac- ac by the school district and its sponsors the taxpaying taxpaying taxpaying tax- tax paying property properly owners of Grand county A failure on the part of the voters to authorize the school hool board to co continue tin its progressive ve program program of improvement improvement im im- provement ment would be b be a two fold failure First it would be bea a failure to recognize ze and assume responsibilities every very community in the nation faces that of providing the i best est possible education for its youth Secondly it would b be a failure to give the school board and lay committee on building credit for the long hours of honest deliberation deliberation deliberation delibera delibera- tion that preceded the decision to build As for the future of Moab after 1966 it seems we weare weare weare are more fortunate than many industry basic com com- We have five years yearn to plan for the forecasted recessions and during that time have ample opportunity f ity to examine every potential in hope of bringing additional additional additional ad ad- activity to this area It is not difficult to argue with statistics that completely completely completely com com- eliminate the human element ment involved There are area a good many people who live in Moab because it is a good place to live That one factor has made this an outstanding outstanding outstanding ing community in comparison with others of its size for over a half century People after all aU are the number one one- potential in any community and we are confident that the interest the people of Moab have shown in the future of their community and county will give it Jt that future Analyze the arguments presented o on this page and other pages in this weeks week's edition We are sure that when you rou do you will agree that this above all others is the most justifiable bond decision the voters have ever been asked shed to support |