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Show Comments from Our Readers Dear Sam, These news leaks have got to stop! Alvin Reiners expose' last week of our closely guarded guard-ed plans for arches at Arches caught us unawares. It's getting get-ting so you can't trust anybody any-body any more-even my bosses back in Washington D.C. Thank goodness our really big plans weren't leaked. I guess you're aware that for some time now the Colorado River has been wearing down Canyonlands National Park. In some places it's actually cut more than 2,000 feet down into the Park. If this is allowed to continue, we're not sure what kind of a Park we'll have. To correct Mother Nature's Na-ture's mistake, we're planning on filling in the canyon and restoring the country like it once was. This will make bridge construction somewhat simpler. We do have several small problems -we're not sure where we can get the dirt and we haven't quite figured out what to do with the river. This project is also due to start our April Fool's Day --which --which is also what this letter's all about. (Maybe.). Pete Parry Dear Sam, The tide of public education ebbs and flows. Could we possibly get in a little good news yet this week? The high school students of the Red Rock Rodeo Club have fooled everyone (except themselves). They survived -doing all the administration, funding, leasing stock, etc - all the details of putting on a full scale rodeo. This year, without using a school lens, a uniform, a pigskin or a divot digger, they will have assembled 237 contestants con-testants from 21 high schools around Utah. Thirteen rodeo queens will be on hand. Not 5c of any school money lias been used. $2000 in entry fees is already in the bank, stock is ordered, trophies and door prizes are ready. Adult advisors are on hand but all decisions are handled by students. I think we (the community) should show our appreciation of the good work as enthusiastically as we do the other high school sports. Football or basketball would probably fall on its face if the players had to do all the scheduling, busing, uniforming, uniform-ing, etc. How do we back these kids? We show up at the Rodeo. Thanks, Sam. Parents of Rodeo Club Members. Dear Editor: I'm hoping some of your readers can help rae witha. research project. As secretary of the Hanks-ville Hanks-ville Chamber of Commerce. I get all types of letters of inquiry. The recent one was on the place called Sager Flat and Sager Station-seven miles east of Thompson (in Grand County) on the D&RG railroad. It's listed on maps but what letters I've written to the D&RG have come up with nothing as far as name origin. So I'd appreciate hearing hear-ing from anyone who knows of its early beginning and history. his-tory. Sincerely, Barbara Ekker P.O. 37 Hanksville, Ut. 84734 Dear Sam, Once again, a public hearing in this community has been held without the public. I refer to the Title XX budget hearing last Tuesday evening. Only a few citizens made their appearances and nearlv all of those were staff or board members of organizations which receive Title XX funds. Two of them were County Commissioners. I can hear the multitudes of those who were absent saying, say-ing, "So, what's Title XX? Why should we go to a hearing about a budget for something we know nothing about?" Well. I didn't know what it was about either, until I went to the hearing. It was very simply and concisely explained there, and then I was indeed interested, because Title XX funds are the heart of many of the social services that Grand County is fortunate enough to be able to offer its citizens, through its membership in the Southeastern South-eastern Utah Association of Governments. I hear opinions expressed almost daily on the need for food stamps, services for Senior Sen-ior Citizens. Planned Parenthood, Parent-hood, Four Corners Mental Health, and other services. Some are for, some are emphatically em-phatically against, and few, if any, are ever heard in the right places. Our County Commissioners Com-missioners are and have been pursuing what appears to be a policy of divesting this county of all Federal funding, beginning begin-ning with funds supplied to the now defunct Community Action Program and ending w ho-knows-w here, perhaps with our schools. If that is a frightening thought (as it is to me, for our schools are in sad enough shape already), or even if one heartily approves, public hearings for special purposes and County Commission, City Council and School Board meetings are the proper arena to air one's opinions. Without this, the elected officials responsible res-ponsible for the quality of our lives have no alternative but to assume that their own wants and needs reflect those of the community at large. In closing, let me direct a plea to each citizen of our community: If you have any interest in what social and governmental services are available av-ailable to you, please interest yourselves in the question of whether Grand County shall remain in the SKAOG, and in all budget and other public hearings that are provided for your enlightenment and comment. com-ment. Don't let 3 men decide for you. Thank you, Cheri Black |