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Show Rodeos A total of over A Whitney Golf Aids State Cancer Drive By participation. Proceeds from this contest go to sponsor clinics which offer information and examinations for breast and uterine .35 cancer in women. k,v , . 1 IJ jrF-- - V ! -- A t 4i - F .? In Utah, exwomen have been 11,369 In the clinic held in amined. San Juan County in May of 132 women were 1972, - v examined. MOMfrm 1P ,Vf Plans are underway to hold another clinic in San Juan County this year. LM Support the golf contest and youll be a lifesaver! Fragments of the ages, the great fallen rocks in Recapture Pocket add a beauty of their own to the wonders of San Juan Tlh Sami Jyami 145 si? entries competed in the Little Buck-aro- o Rodeo held in Monticello on Monday and Tuesday evenThe event was sponings. sored by the Delta Iota Chapter of ESA. Producer of the rodeo was Burnice Hunsaker of Utah. Art Simmons and Gordon Miracle of CorTre-mont- tez, Colorado served as Julie Fellmeth The Virginia Whitney Golf Contest will be held on the San Juan Golf Course Saturday, June 15th and Wednesday June 19th. This contest open to the public, is sponsored by the Utah Division of the American Cancer Society. The project started as memorial to Mrs. Virginia Whitney and has nearly 100 percent statewide , i Deo on, an- nouncers. Robin Steele was named Best Cowboy of the rodeo for her performance both nights. Winners in Monday evenings competition were: Pony Bareback: Jeff (ages 7 - 10), Robin Steele (10 - 12), and Delbert Rockwell (12 - 14). Calf Riding: George Ro mero (7 - 10), Robin Steele (9 - 12), Colin Harvey and Clint Simmons (12 - 14). Calf Roping: Lloyd Niel son (time: 9 seconds). Barrel Racing: LeAnn Conner (time: 13.1 seconds). Tuesday evenings winners all-arou- nd Mus-selm- an were: Pony Bareback: Jack Sla-v- in (ages 7 - 10), Robin Steele and Scott Henderson (10 - 12), and Blaine Slavins (12 - 14). Calf Riding: Brett McFar-lan- e (7 - 10), Jack Slavins (10 - 12), and Blaine Slavins (12 - 14). Barrel Racing: Katie John- son (time: 17.5 seconds). Cloyde and Eva Johnson served as judges both Record HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY. UTAH Vol . 57, No. June 13, 1974 21 Jim Mike of a Nearly an Indian century ago, youth, the for horses pasture seeking he was herding, nimbly picked his way through a red sandstone gorge and stopped short, awed by the massive arch that rose in the distance. The youngster they called Mikes Boy had just seen for the first time the colossus among the worlds known natural bridges : Nonnezoshe, the rainbow turned to stone. This month, the National Park Service will honor the d, diminutive now Piute Indian for his role in helping to guide what is believed to be the first party of white explorers to the site of Rainbow Bridge in the late three-quarte- rs honored He will be presented with a special citation, a letter from Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton, and a check for $50 as belated payment for the guide service he rendered. The simple presentation is intended to publicly and offi- cially recognize Jim Mikes contribution to the success of the Cummings party in 1909. white-haire- summer of 1909. Now known as Jim Mike and believed to be nearing his 101st birthday, he is one of two known surviving members of the group that located the to- wering arch that was declared a National Monument in 1910. The other survivor is Neil M. Judd of Silver Spring, Maryland, then a young student assistant to Dr. Byron Cummings, a University of Utah professor who is generally credited with the first recorded viewing of Rainbow Bridge by a white man. Health permitting, Jim Mike will briefly join a group of National ParkService officials at Rainbow Bridge on June 18 for the recognition that was 65 years in coming. Arrangements- are being made with members of Jim Mikes family and with tribal officials to assure that the function is conducted with all concern for his health and well-bei- n. Crop Sign-U- p A Good Idea Although there are no farm payments, farmers can still benefit from sign-u- p k, this year," said Richard of the executive director San Juan County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). They have already started. Crops must set-asi- de Hol-yoa- be certified before harvest, and the cutoff date if July 15. Acreage certification in the wheat and feed grain programs makes farmers eligible for benefits that include allotment preservation and eligibility for The loans . commodity dinew program also offers a saster payment provision. The Department of Agriculture, under certain conditions, will make payments for prevented planting and for yield losses due to bad weather or other natural disasters. Disaster payments cover wheat, feed grain and upland cotton only. County Honored For Accounting System On Roads San Juan County, Utah has been honored by the National Association of Counties (NA CO) for its cost accounting NACO President system, Gil Barrett has announced. The cost accounting system for the countys road and road equipment assigns a number to each piece of equipment and to each county road and account for actual cash expenditures on salaries, materials, supplies, equipment rentals an accurate cost giving of each road in the accounting county for maintenance or construction expenditures. This system was designed and installed by Bob Fellmeth, C.P.A. at the direction of San Juan County Commissioners, Dale Holmes, chairman, Bill Dunow and Dick Broderick. Lynn L. Adams, County Purchasing Agent has been in charge of daily operations under Bob Fellmeth. San Juan County will receive its County Achievement Award at NACOs annual convention in Miami Beach (Dade CounFlorida , July ty), Achievement Awards are presented to counties for outstanding service to citizens and significant contributions to the cause of efficient, modern county government. 14-1- In announcing 7; the Achieve- ment Awards winners for 1974, Barrett said, NACO is proud to salute San Juan County for its admirable efforts to improve county government. We believe county government in the United States is an in- (Please turn to page 13) TOP went to ALL-AROUN- D, the award all rodeo hands shoot for, Robin Steele, daughter of Pete and Jackie Steele of Monticello at the Little Buckaroo Rodeo held June 10 and 11 at the County Fairgrounds. The winner gets a hug from Judge Eva Johnson, who shared judging duties with husband, Cloyde. Robin competed against boys and girls up to age 14, so it was quite an achievement. |