Show Jack Jach- Str StruBy Straws vs By Jack Wallis Walli This is John Wayne Country no long longhairs longhairs longhairs hairs here ruddy face b businessmen coffee at the Hotel Vernal and wear crisp golf jackets instead of business suits So said a wide page-wide story in Sundays Sundays Sunday's Sundays Sunday's Sun Sun- days day's Salt SaIt Lake Tribune about the oil activity in the Uintah Basin Telling of the oil boom in the area Tribune writer Robert Woody told of the impact the oil discovery was having on the Vernal Roosevelt and md Duchesne areas Vernal's Main street along with Mayor Alvin Kay were pl pictured along with the story The daily dally media coverage of this area has come a long way wa since the day of long-haired long movie stars hippies and shoot School lets out today for the annual spring break that includes Monday Many families have planned trips for the Easter Easter Easter ter weekend to take advantage of the extra two days which will mean crowded highways Those These who are driving please drive safely and those who stay at home and are lucky enough to have two days off find something useful to do Frontier Airlines has been tearing its hair canceling flights in and out of Vernal for the past two weeks because of runway construction Flights will be resumed today just in time for the Easter Easter Easter ter weekend rush Frank Merrill station manager stated he has lost at least passenger flights during the close closedown But even the busiest air terminal in the world Chicago's O'Hare International has its problems Flights from Chicago to Phoenix Arizona have been booked solid for the last two weeks over the Easter weekend When you cant can't get a flight out of O'Hare things are really busy immunization The idea of getting immunization shots is a real traumatic affair for most child ren I smiled at the fearful expressions of the children and parents at the recent measles clinic that is until it was my turn to take my youngsters through the ordeal I had them all talked into believing believing be lieving it was a breeze nothing to it and had gotten my year old through without a whimper I stood him aside with his sister while I got set to take a picture of the next victim when I heard a thud and turned to see my little one hit the floor white as a sheet Watching Watch ing those other little boys and girls getting getting get get- ting their shots was just too much for him Residents on the west side of the county have petitioned Mountain Bell for better service In a petition signed by 46 individuals individuals they claim to have from 24 to a maximum of 40 persons using a single circuit Th They y say their phones are ringing ring ing all the time day and night with so many on one line With 40 persons to toone toone toone one line I would think they should go goback goback goback back to smoke signals to carry carryon on their conversations e that Jn In another letter that came across my desk a reader asked why couldn't we give more coverage to local political and educational issues and then cited the in in- reported to the radio station by bya a welfare recipient who said in essence Why work she enjoyed all the plus and could sit by the fire Cire and watch TV According to the local Family Family Fam ily lIy Services officials this isn't so That Thatis is unless you call 1344 for a one per son household or 1236 for k family of six yearly In indgin Q q aU all i e plus I 1 guess it amounts to io what you think it takes in this day and age of inflation high prices taxes and me give here bere and give give me me there requests to tobe tobe tobe be able to sit by the fire and enjoy life |