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Show 00 'ii 'n m p-- nni p jm xl1' $ I f "TT ",r lri 'j Md'imm liNlMi ,J J 1T1 J lyiiiinii Pr yiM' 0ip00i0ii0m puii pit yjii' jM11 The f tuesttijLp the average A flash flood roared down Salt Creek Canyon on May 17 in the Needles District of 'jkimnmJm war ; iy-- 2 four-wheel-dri- The Eagles, bottom left to right: Cody Dalton, Jessica Lawley, Calvin Denney, Mikayla Denetclarence, Cody Adams, Logan Key. Top, left to right: Brad Ankrum, Joseph Djurich, Cody Olesen, Audren Adams, Steven Hirschfeld, David Djurich, Brian Ankrum, Kira Day and Cindy Hirschfeld. at soccer champs . . . Peeway Cool Bears, bottom, left to right: Sydney Knowles, Whitney Ankrum, Carson Dalton, Tasia Denetclarence, Hailey Dalton. Top, left to right: Jordan Davis, Leslie Ankrum, Tony Dalton, Kellen Day and Sylvia Bentley. Not pictured, Justin Ward. Local Elk Foundation group held annual banquet the much of which will be reinvested in Utah. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has helped purchase several ranches in the Book Cliffs. These ranches will be managed for wildlife and will open up opportunities the users of that land. The local chapter will be installing a water catchment (guzzler) on Pine Ridge near Old La Sal, sometime in the next couple of months. This project is funded by the foundation in cooperation with the BLM Moab District Office. If for all RMEF you are a member of and would like to participate, please call Dave Bierschied at 7 or Gary Lawley at 259-640- $2,500. The Canyonlands Chapter thank all the businesses and people who donated to the banquet. Special thanks went to Moab Valley Inn, Dave Story and his staff, who worked very hard to handle every need. Next years banquet will be would like to held on May 11, 1996. Middle school set assembly Grand The County Middle its year-en- d awards assemblies on Friday, May 26. The assembly for the 8th grade will be in Star Hall at 8 a.m. The assembly for the 7th grade will be in the middle school gym, also at 8 a.m. Friends and parents are encouraged to attend. undergroundjiranium;miner bombsiteiparticipantMT EARlFAtLOUTiVICm entitled to Individuals or their surviving family may be under the Radiation Exposure compensation 9. The lucky winners of the gun safe were Kevin and Dawn Sheets. Several items were auctioned including a $3,500 Elk Ridge deer hunt donated by Heidi Redd and the banquet rifle which went for School will hold fee unless successful. Compensation Act. No attorney 0 today announced a safety recall involving 37,599 SecureRide infant child safety seats manufactured by Gerry Baby Prod- ucts (Gerry) of Denver, State Colleges field day. Both McHugh and Hill agree that students who desire to work with their hands should investigate the trade options available to them. Any student or young adult who envisions themselves as an auto mechanic, diesel mechanic, auto body repairperson, welder, Salt trip. Grand County is a pilot site for the STUDY Project (Systematic Transitioning of Utahs Disabled Youth). This $20,000 grant was acquired through the skillful grantwriting of Special Education Director Annette Greenberg. Its mandate is to Provide a seamless transition from the high school environment into bricklayer, computer aided draftsman, electrician, computer repair person, or computer programmer should contact the high school care of John McHugh or Suzanne Hill for more information. employment. thing that has been made clear to special education Resource Room staff members John McHugh and Suzanne Hill is that only 24 of the curg rent jobs require a meaningful One well-payin- college degree, a relatively few percent demands a graduate degree, and approximately current of the 72 meaningful employment consists of specific trades that can be attained at regional Applied Technology Centers. John McHugh believes that taking Grand County students these vocational-technolog- y centers will plant a seed in their brains and inspire them to explore the trades that they find themselves interested to Suzanne Hill emphasizes the fact that a handyman in todays workforce can no longer be a Jack of all trades and must show valid certification in their field of employment. She continues, The time was when a man who was mechanically inclined could find odd jobs through g word of mouth. Now it is mandatory that these same talented people be able to produce certification from one of the areas Applied Technology Centers to attain a lucrative position in a specific skill. well-payin- The administration at each that students disthe following prerequiplay sites: reading level of at least 6th grade (surprisingly, adult literacy is approximately 4.8-5.- 0 grade level), math levels of at least 6th grade, and solid work ethics. In fact, Ogden-WebATC reports that 82 of those students who do not com- ATC reported er Flymfeiwg & Heating RICK HIRSCHFELD Licensed & Insured Plumbing Contractor - 366 N. 5th West Phone: 259-832- 4 the plumbing brand names you know and trust right here in our store. usll! Interested in a hot tub? See We have Residential & plete their certification requirements typically fail not because of incompetence, but because of disrespect, inability Need Printing? Stop by for prices THE TIMES-INDEPENDE- NT 35 E. CENTER 259-75- 25 Commercial - Senior Citizen Discounts t i 4. Safety Hotline, Operators are on duty Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Eastern time, and requests for information are recorded around the clock. 800-424-939- 3. Col- TM3E orado. The trip did not solely consist of work. Staff and students found time to din in various restaurants, see the play Noises Off, shop in the malls, attend two planetarium shows, and take part in a Utah Lake is an It Community College. school the high attempt by Resource Room to meet the and needs of the present-da- y was future workforce. $949 raised by the students for the campuses 259-821- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tions. Valley must be changed. Backpackers who were planning to access Salt Creek by vehicle will have to alter their routes when they pick up their permit at the Needles Visitor Center. Access to Upper Salt Creek is also questionable until the road to Cathedral Butte and Beef For more inBasin dries out. contact the park at formation Child safety seats recalled because of airbag danger to be prompt, and the refusal to follow an authoritys direc- er Foundation held its 5th Annual banquet on May 13. 260 members and their families enjoyed an evening filled with great food and fantastic fund raising activities. The banquet was held at the Moab Valley Inn Convention Center and was catered by Dan Harrison Catering. Once again, the banquet brought in over $30,000 with nearly $15,000 to benefit wildlife. The Canyonlands Chapter has raised over $80,000 net to and has had a 50 logross. This means that the cal chapter has raised around $40,000 over the past six years, Visitors who have booked reservations for a day trip up Salt Creek or an overnight stay at Peekaboo campsite are being notified that their travel plans High School field trip prepares vocationally oriented students here barn-stormin- four-wheel-dri- route." The parks road crew foreman was to analyze the situation on Monday. vehicles. In April a group of eight junior and senior special education students and a teacher and paraeducator from Grand County High School took part g tour of in a Utahs Applied Technology Centers. field trip conThe four-da- y sisted of tours to Davis ATC, , Ogden-WebATC, Utah and both State College Valley the academic and vocational The Canyonlands Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk the popular miles of thTToad from Angel Arch downstream has been severely damaged with numerous pools of water standing three and four feet deep according to park rangers who hiked the canyon the day afterwards. Over the weekend, park officials opened a portion of the area to vehicle access. Horse Canyon, which branches off Salt Creek, was opened yet some vehicles have found difficult driving conditions even for well equipped superintendent. The road leading up Salt Creek Canyon ends at the popular Angel Arch. Normally, the southeastern portion of the park receives an average of .41 inches of rain in May. This year, the district has already received 1.93 inches in May with .58 inches falling on May 17th. May came right after a wet April, where more than twice . . . According the Dabney, "We are doing everything we can to assess the damage and open up ceived. No vehicles or hikers were trapped by the flooding. Three Canyonlands National Park closing the area to vehicle access for the indefinite future, according to Walt Dabney, park we Junior soccer champs A5 NPS closed Salt Creek after flooding lfWW - May 25, 1995 NHTSA said that Model 626 infant child safety seats manufactured from August 15, 1994 through March 17 do not comply with the federal safety standard because an important warning label is mislocated. The required label warns g owners not to use a child safety seat in a seating position equipped with an air rear-facin- bag. air bag could insuch a seat. It child a in jure cautions parents to put rearfacing infant safety seats in the back seat Owners of the seats should contact Gerry to obtain a new label and installation instructions Owners can do so by calling at Gerry toll-fre- e or by writing Gerry Baby Products Company, 1500 E. 128th Avenue, Denver, ColA deploying 2, orado 80241. Owners of Gerry child safety seats who have questions about this or other recalls should call NHTSA's Auto TRUMPET MOAB BAPTIST CHURCH 294 S. KANE CREEK BLVD. Four Wheel Christian Isn't it strange that when God s people possess freedom and material abundance they often become worldly and complacent7 Take, for instance, the prosperous Israelites of Amos' day they were so busy that they hardly gave the Lord any place in their lives By contrast, those who have lived underdifferent circumstances tend to become more zealous for the Lord Christian businessmen from the south report that the mem bership of Moscow Baptist Church is 5,600, the attendance 6,200 and the participation almost 10 percent The Pastor said they ha e no four wheel Christians, meaning those who nde to church for their Baptism, Easter Service, Christmas program and then their funeral. How about you7 Are you a four wheel Christian? |