Show WHAT'S WHAT GOING ON By Sam Taylor The Colorado river is full of surprises surprise this year Almost a full month after what was thought to tobe tobe tobe be the peak high water of the season the level has gone above the early June mark Ordinarily the river would have been almost back to normal flow by this time of the year but due to the record record record re re- re- re cord snow packs In the mountains the floods continue After Arter thinking carefully for a logical reason for the abundance of water this year the best we can do la Js blame it on the H bomb H-bomb mb tests That seems logical enough for the time being and probably I there are many who seriously I agree with us us It is convenient to have a mysterious mysterious mysterious mys mys- answer or excuse to fall fallback fallback fallback back on when reason and common common com corn cornmon mon sense cant can't give us an ans ans- But if the bomb tests are responsible responsible res res- res- res for our moisture this year lets let's hope they continue We are secure in our valley awa awn from the threat of flood toma torna tornado do and Elvis Presley I The cIty Inherited d a real gift gifts I this week when the county turned the new swimming pool over to them The new structure should make any community feel proud and the way townspeople have taken to the pool since its opening a week or so ago serve notice that it was a wise investment invest went ment even though a costly one It seems only right that the city should have responsibility for the pool and it is plain to see why the commissioners were willing to turn it over so readily For the mo most part Moab residents resi resl residents dents will reap all the benefits from the pool and county residents residents residents resi resi- resi- resi dents should not be made to pay for its operation Which brings us to another point There seems to be some disagreement among on the idea of having to pay admission admission admission sion charges Many think that since so much ha has already been spent on construction there the few dollars that can be picked up through admission charges would not make much towards repayment repayment repay repay- ment of the expenditure That seems to us not to be the point It takes a certain amount of financing fin to keep a swimming pool poolin in operation and repair It is only right that these costs be met by bythe bythe bythe the people who are actually utilizing utilizing util util- izing zing the public pool The board of education has provided pro pro- pro pro-I I vided a time full employee under their summer program It should not be too difficult to raise the additional financing through charging Game Warden Dan Winbourn has been a much-bothered much man since the waters of lake and Mill creek were closed to fishing after being stocked with size legal-size trout It Is our prediction prediction prediction tion that when the waters open the morning of July 4 there wont won't be an empty spot along the banks And from all indications the fishIng fishing fishing fish fish- ing should be good on the La One more day Dan and you youcan youcan youcan can tell Midland to connect up our aur telephone again As the fourth of July season nears it is disheartening to again read of mishaps with children and fireworks Each year we hear hea countless requests for a quiet sane fourth but in spite of althis all al this we still have our injuries Fireworks are beautiful when attended attended at at- tended to by adults But to chil chit children dren without supervision they C can wn be he te disastrous |