| Show Educational TV Set for Vernal In Pall Fall of 1964 After two meeting held by county commissioners of seven counties it appears that the first relay point in bringing educational television television ion into Uintah County has been established UINTA county stoner Rulon Hacking has been chosen chairman of the Educational Television Com Com- mittro of the Basin Under his direction San Juan Grand Emery Carbon Du Du- Duchesne chesne and Uintah County Commissioners of Utah and andI I the county commissIoners of 01 I Rio Blanco County of Cola Colo- Colorado rado have met twice at Price to establish a relay I point on Beaver Mountain rear near Soldier Summit t in Car Carbon I Ibon bon County I At their last meeting g County Commissioners Rube o Hacking and Harold McKee Engineer Joe LeBeau Ray Ra y Nash Board of Education n representative and J C CHaws Haws School Superintend Superintend- Superintendent ent represented Uintah I County IT WAS decided that San SanJuan SanJuan Juan Carbon and Uintah Counties would underwrite the original expense of the Beaver Mountain installation tion with the hopes the Du Du- Duchesne chesne and Rio Blanco Coun Coun- ty Colorado may later par par- participate financially It was necESSary to take take action action im- im immediately immediately mediately in order to qualify for approximately of state aid a From the Beaver Moun- Moun Mountain taro tain Carbon County site ed- ed educational ed television from the University of Utah can then Ulen be relayed as far s south u th as asSan asSan San Juan and as far east as Colorado with additional installations in- in installations being established hed hedin in th the local areas THE THE UINTAH School Dis- Dis District D h tract Board of Education has pledged to the Uintah Coun Coun- County I ty Commission to participate I financially to 50 of the original installation cost and up to per month main main- maintenance maintenance for the first year Continued on page 8 Ed TV Continued from page 1 The approximate cost to Uintah County to bring ed- ed educational television into the area is Uintah and Duchesne counties will now need to cooperate on additional in- in installations installations namely at Tabby labby Mountain Blue Mountain and Lapoint Ridge JUdge However because of the lack of funds in the present county bud bud- budgets budgets gets it is doubtful that edu- edu educational channel 7 can be re- re by this means before the summer of 1964 1904 THE UINTAH AH School District is making plans to bud bud- budget budget get for television sets on which to receive channel 7 so that they will be able to enrich the present curriculum curriculum lum at least by the fall of 1964 The Basin Television Inc plans to bring channel 7 in by microwave and place on their cable system in the near future so it has been re- re reported reported ported They in turn have offered to bring it to the schools in the area wl which ch are being presently served by bythe bythe the cable |
