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Show COMET TIMES FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTES The Spring cleanup season has arrived We are pruning trees, trimming shrubs and getting ready for the growing season. A lot of debris is collected, and some of us choose to dispose of it by burning. If you choose to burn your wastes, be sure you have a means of controlling it (garden hose, extinguisher, etc). Don’t leave it unattended, and be sure it is fully extinguished when you do leave. Try to pick a day when the smoke rises rather than hugging the ground remark and walked into the cabin and put on my "chaps." On the inside of my chaps I always carried a colt six shooter and I was determined to use it pasture where Dogy was running and March 23rd, Mars is near the full Moon as it goes into eclipse. This lunar event reaches maximum just before 10 pm. Mercury, the solar system’s most elusive planet will shine some 45 minutes after sunset; look low in the deepening twilight ' during the first two weeks of April. TRACKING HALE-BOPP: The comet is now visible to the naked greeting, "and we only had to pay eye during the first hour after nightfall. (Look straight down the thirty—five dollars for him." I had not thought to try and buy him from the I got much joy from riding Dogy for a number of years, but as I was starting for Rico in the fall of 1889 he was taken sick and died near East New proposals under review by the Federal EPA could drastically change the way we look at burning. For the Canyon in Dry Valley and I was heartbroken for a long time. first time, they are considering controls Next month: “Silvey's Pocket." Much appreciation to the TimesIndependent for giving permission to reprint these selections from the History and Settlement ofNorthern San Juan County, Utah, from the writings of Frank Silvey, an early pioneer in this area interpretation and zeal of the enforcer is Planet Sightings: we soon returned to our cabin. "We months of April and May. (According more important than what the words to cross the equator from south to north. have bought Dogy for you," was my Indians, so this lifted a great cloud and I was happy. on fine particulate matter. This would include smoke from any source. As with most regulations, the March 20th, when the sun appears sister, little Ralph and Ida would also already bans open burning on residential properties except during the There are people other than the Fire Dept. responsible for those regulations. Rises...6:23pm....Sets..6:02am New Moon...Mon...Apr 7th Rises....6:12 am Sets 7:24 pm Full Moon...Tues...Apri122nd Rises...7:12pm....Sets..8:24am Vernal Equinox occurs at 6:55am, not do it as I thought too much of him. "You will get us all killed off," they said, and "please give him up." Walking out of the house and past the Indians, I went around the cabin and for a few minutes thought. "If I would kill some of the Indians it would not save Dogy. for in time they would get me and Dogy as well as my parents, dispatch on 259-8115 and let them know you are having a controlled burn. This will ensure that the fire department will not be sent to your location. The Utah version of the EPA to the last letterI received from them.) Full Moon...Sun...Mar 23rd had overheard my quarrel with the Two Indians went with me to the valley, just above the horizon.) Binoculars give a dramatic view of the comet. Optimum moonless viewing occurs Mar 28-Apr 10 and Apr 26-May 9. It is the first mild day of March: Each minute sweeter than before; The Redbreast sings from the larch That stands beside our door. —William Wordsworth Excerpted from Old Farmers Almanac —Jennifer Redding actually say. Next month, 1311 write a little about how you can help us protect your home in case one of those wildfires gets started. In the mean- l.——'— Cobb’s while, keep up your great record. —Floyd Stoughton, Fire Chief 'Commercial ‘ ~ CLEAN WINDOWS ' Residential '1 MORE SILVEY, from p. 2 'High ladder work Late in August as I returned home 'Hard water stains riding a fine, big horse of the company, I found a bunch of Piutes, six in number, at my home. Among then was Hatch and Bridger Jack. "Maybe too you got um Ute pony, my brother's pony," Bridger Jack said "No savy," I replied. "Maybe you heap lie, " remarked Hatch. I saw red at this 3 Spring ahead 1 hour April 6th after 2 am Indians, begged me to give Dogy up, but I replied that I could not and would lot of smoke, please call the sheriff ’s - D AYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME thought this the only way to save my beloved pony. My mother, father, and sister, not knowing my thoughts but be killed, so I decided to give him up. MARCH 15, 1997 AS THE WORLD TURNS if necessary to save Dogy, and kid-like, being at the time only nineteen, This will help protect your neighbors who may have respiratory ailments that can be triggered by smoke. The older our population gets, the more likely it is that this could be a problem. Finally, if your activities could create a - ' Referrals For FREE Estimate ,eallAlcx . .. " 259-8791 leave message BO. Box 591 Moab. Utah 84532 |