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Show Chamber is Making Plans For Busy Season in Moab Dixie Barker, president presi-dent of the Moab Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, welcomed wel-comed a large crowd to the groups weekly meeting meet-ing on Tuesday. Over the past few weeks, the turnout turn-out of members has been very good and seating arrangements ar-rangements have been changed to accomodate more persons. Correspondence from Representative Gunn Mo-Kay Mo-Kay and Senator Frank Moss of Utah headed the list of letters to the local Chamber this past week. Rep. McKay replied to a letter sent to him earlier concerning the closing of the Halls Creek Road and indicated that he was still in the process of finding out Just what the problem is and how to straighten it out. Sen. Moss Indicated that he was not lnfavorof the proposed move by the Bureau of Land Management, Man-agement, the transfer of its employees and closing clos-ing of local offices. He noted that It was incompatible incom-patible with the setup as it now stands and that he would support the local groups in opposing the proposed move. It was announced that 32 teams would be in Moab this weekend to participate in the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce sponsored spon-sored volleyball tournament. tourna-ment. The tournament will be held at the high I school and junior high ; school on Friday and Saturday. Sat-urday. ' The Jeep Safari plans . have been coming along great over the past few . weeks, and three new trails have been proposed for the event this year. Connie Caouette has I made scouting trips on one of the new areas and has plans for the others in the upcoming weeks. Dry Mesa, north of the Colorado River and east of Arches Natl. Park . Is one of the new areas with the Porcupine Rim and Flat Pass being considered consi-dered as other new routes. These routes will be Included Into the already al-ready existing routes that Include the Moab Rim, Poison Spider Mesa, Kane Spring Canyon, r.e mini Twins and Behind the Rocks. It was also announced that the Boy Scouts will host the annual Friday night Barbeque for guests that arrive in time for that event, and that the Moab Lions Club would host the annual breakfast to be held at the Lions Park. It was noted that 107 units have already sent In applications for Inclusion Inclu-sion on the safari which includes 243 adults and 124 children. Vehicles from California, Kansas, Colorado and other western wes-tern states are Included In that list. Reports indicate that the upcoming cleanup campaign Is well on Its way and should again be termed as a success. Groups have been contacted con-tacted and will be available avail-able for support during the big cleanup drive in Moab. Tex McClatchey, Indicating In-dicating that he had received re-ceived several tour 1st information in-formation brochures from the State Travel Council, noted that according ac-cording to the Information Informa-tion received, the area of Moab was doing nothing. noth-ing. He indicated that there should be better contact with the state organization or-ganization and that all promotional events of the area be Included In the brochure. Speaker for next week's meeting will be Miles Turnbull, published of the San Juan Record in Montlcello. Mon-tlcello. Mr. Turnbull, formerly affiliated in the magazine publishing field In Chicago, has become noted for his scenic photography pho-tography of San Juan County. |