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Show , Jaek-Sfrauifs. By Jack Wallis Over the years we have grown ac- ed to the existence of the local I of the Utah National Guard, but we do not fully realize its ueand community services. ih!ne!lthe earlv slogans of the Guard .s' Yu can sleep well tonight, jwuse the Guard is awake". The ex-Wun? ex-Wun? ' Sma" gr0UpS 0f me" Wh0 r to give up their weekend ret'me for military training in the tffil Guard as a service to their pities and nation is one of the wal organizations under our Coniform Con-iform of government. haLGuard Provides the military bourt 3nd the 0rganized strength h ; ,out the U.S. to supplement local Warn? r,Cement grol'PS in case of a Isturh? allng with nature or a civil nce involving violence. Ckf U,lk of the Soviet using I W rfare in Afghanistan, not I W t0 the SALT Treaty, and t Htfc"., missile capacity to destroy o tipa l missile locations. We fcvhaf.u rePrts frm Iran, how and a U S- and defv our military ktne,J an'u,ing concerning the more we fjanizar for a constant military of , t0 readv and trained in A W Utright conflict with an i v country- I aNi0nal Guard is the ideal Peace SssoL " quietlv goes about its S me mi'itary training to basis" n 3 voluntary and part- Grd'011 t0 the military training Nimiiv provides many important iw'rt rvices- Some of these ser-Shaii ser-Shaii 0rgamzing the youth into 'eagues, providing speakers and demonstrations on military activities ac-tivities to our schools, providing color guards for parades, and assisting in any kind of a manpower project when needed. Many construction projects have been undertaken by our local engineer unit. Roads have been constructed, bridges constructed, earth and rocks have been hauled for many local community com-munity projects. The Guard is always willing to assist generously in the use of its manpower and heavy equipment for many worthy community projects. Every year the Guard provides a summer training program for two weeks on a special project and exercise. exer-cise. Besides giving the community a trained military force, the Guard provides pro-vides an economic aid by paying those who volunteer for this training. Not only on-ly do the men learn valuable skills but they are able to supplement their incomes in-comes with additional wages. The Guard provides young men with the opportunity to further their education educa-tion by attending special schools. It also gives the basic training in dealing with people, disaster, community problems, and military outbreaks with aggressive countries. When we fully realize the intent and purpose of the National Guard, we begin to realize how important its role really is in our various communities. So this week it is fitting that one full week be set aside to recognize the local Guard unit for all the service they perform per-form to our community. We salute the Vernal unit of the Utah National Guard during -Guard Week" (Continued on Page 16) Jack-Straws - - (Continued from Page 1) and wish them success in their future efforts to do a job that is becoming more and more important to our communities. com-munities. Contrary to the belief of many people, who have either read the Salt Lake papers or listened to radio or TV, the Vernal City water quality has not changed, the only thing that has changed chang-ed is the State Department of Health's water rating of placing Vernal on the "not approved" list. Vernal City water is still the same, it has not recently been proved to be contaminated. con-taminated. It's just an old problem of surface water getting into spring water and the charge that Ashley spring does not meet the definition for spring water but has been classified as underground surface water. Vernal's system has worked fine until recent years when a larger demand has been placed on the Ashley spring and the problem of turbidity during high Spring run-oil has increased. We had hoi:d that the problem could be worked out gradually without the Health Department sanctions and the withdrawing of guaranteed support on federal loans for construction purposes in the water service area. Vernal has worked on its water problems pro-blems and future water sources probably pro-bably harder than any other area in the state starting with local irrigation systems, the Central Utah Project and the valleywide distribution system. We feel it is unfortunate to receive the adverse publicity the Health Department Depart-ment has decided to impose upon the area. Some of the information is unfounded un-founded and some is true. We have probably enjoyed the best water'ior the pi ice ol anywhere in the state. Now it looks like the time nas corne that our water costs will skyrocket sky-rocket in the name of quality. Our water will be safer, but the price we will be forced lo pay sometimes sounds unreasonable. The question is how much will il cost to make oul water safe and how much more safe will the added ex(fii!;e make our water? |