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Show K to Top Average Run-Of- f The April through July run- off from the Colorado River watershed above Lake Powell is expected to reach 9.8 million acre-fee- t, or 126 percent of the longtime average, the Bureau of Reclamation announced today. The forcast is based on the water content on April 1 of 1915 i. Mav snow courses within the watershed area. It presixty-fo- Record ur sumes normal precipitation for the remainder of the runoff season. Lake Powell will rise from its present elevation, 3,646 above to feet about 3,675 feet, Juan San The LAID, work on the new Blanding chapel is becoming more visible, and gotten underway the past two weeks. Photo and caption by Janet Wilcox. WITH THE FOUNDATION brickwork cps has mean sea level. Releases from Glen Canyon Dam from April to September 1975 will be 5.6 with a water million acre-fe- et 1975 of 9.3 milfor total year acre-feet. Powell Lake lion should remain above elevation 3,670 feet through the summer n months and then drop slowly during the fall and winter. The lake elevation prior to the 1976 spring runoff should be about elevation 3,665 feet and have an active content of 19.9 million acre-fee- t. The waters of Lake Powell are expected to reach a depth of 21 feet in the channel beneath Rainbow Bridge by the end of ' summer 1975. The National Park Service says boaters wishing to visit Rainbow Bridge may moor their boats at a courtesy dock near the boundary of the National Monument and then complete the visit by foot. To preserve the serenity of the National Monument and then conserve the serenity of the natural environment in the vicinity of the Bridge, boats will be allowed to proceed no farther up the channel than the courtesy dock, even though the water will rise to high tions this season. k Ward Gals Take Stake Title First By Janet Wilcox Having mastered the use of setters, spikers and running centers, the Blanding First Wards 1 team captured the Monticello Stake Womens Volleyball tournament held April 19, completing a full day of play without any losses. The team is composed of Carol Palmer, Kathy Fox, Jane Bayles, Mary Thornton, Linda Bayles and Trudy Shearer. Eight teams competed, six from Blanding and two from Monticello. The Blanding Third Ward white team placed second in the tournament and proved ready competitors in the day-lotournament. Team members are Joy Halliday, Iva Lou Perkins, Barbara Harris, Kathyrn Shumway, Cloe Ann Shumway, and LaVer 1 Roberts. ng Attractive hand-crafte- d pendants were awarded to Monticello Third Ward team for sportsmanship honors. This included Sadie Fewkes, Marilyn Bailey, Hope Mussel-ma- n, Linda Hurst, Dee Young, Loraine Hansen and Lana The Monticello Jones. Second Ward team lost to Blanding Third in the next to last set, and came in third. Marilyn Palmer, stake Relief Society athletic director, and Jane Bayles organized the tournament as well as planning a delicious dinner for all the The Blanding participants. First team won a traveling trophy and individual pendants. Referees were Jim Shearer and Dixie Barker from Moab. In the Stake Laurel- - Mia Maid tournament held in March, the Blanding First Ward team also took top honors the Blanding defeating Second Ward in the championThe girls were ship game. coached by Jane Bayles. The TEXBURGER will open May 5 at 6 a.m. Free coffee Monday morning 6-- 10 a.m. |