Show t-t t 1 There has never been as far lar faras faras laras as we know an earthquake in inthe inthe inthe the eastern portion of ol the Uintah Basin but early Friday morning a few lew residents in Roosevelt lt Duchesne and areas north of ol these cities particularly particularly particularly par par- around Moon L Lake ke experienced a genuine ear ear- As far lar as we have heard the Friday earthquake skipped over the Vernal area or else we weare weare weare are all very sound sleepers and were not awakened by the tremor To survey the earthquake area we are running a questionnaire for lor those who may or may not have felt the tremor Friday morning The questions are published in this weeks week's paper and should be mailed to the University of ol Utah where they will be analyzed asto as asto asto to location and severity of the tremor and of course well we'll report the findings With several earthen dams being built and contemplated in inthe inthe inthe the area the possibility of being classified as earthquake prone has its drawbacks Just one earthquake could destroy our good record and this could give the area a black mark just as a flood every years makes an anarea anarea anarea area according to government criteria a potential flood area Anyway we can get along without earthquakes Hopefully the Friday tremor in inthe inthe inthe the Moon Lake area is as close as we ever get to having a genuine earthquake I J and Thursday Friday the schools in Uintah District as aswell aswell aswell well as the entire state will shut shutdown shutdown shutdown down so the teachers and employees can attend the Utah Education Association and the Utah School Employees conventions in Salt Lake City Better Betler plan on keeping an eye out for the children those days they'll be on the loose Monday is a designated holiday for Columbus Day It will be a holiday for some but most retail businesses will be open School will be in session after its holiday The traditional Columbus Day is October 12 in case you dont don't remember Two other Mondays Monday's this month also have significance Monday the is designated as Veterans Veteran's Day instead of November and Monday the this year is Halloween Someone has really been tampering with the calendar this month and done their best to turn those blue Mondays into holidays t tWe We heard a good skunk story at the Chamber of Commerce meeting last week It seems that Mike Perry of the Vernal Natural History Museum needed some concrete for a new foundation for the three concrete dinosaurs in front of the museum The cement shortage has put the crimp on concrete and Joe Murray at Intermountain Concrete Company told Mike he didn't know if he could let him have any This according to the story was before a skunk got into the works of the concrete ready- ready mix plant After Mike and Ivan Hall lIall an assistant at the museum chased the skunk around the tha concrete works and received the treatment from the wrong end before finally subduing subduing subduing sub sub- duing the animal Joe relented and said How lIow few much do you need This is what is called going the extra mile mUe for the dinosaur project at the museum We dont don't think anyone responsible for presenting Mike with the Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Public Service Award Tuesday of last week was aware of the skunk episode It all goes to show that Mike will do almost anything to further his dinosaur displays at atthe atthe atthe the museum |