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Show CO five years in; now he is home for good. He will be working for Ron, at the Texaco Station here in town. Welcome home, Kev. Tom Knight is the owner of the Mexican Hat Trading Tom and his family Post. in town going on been have seven years, he is retired 1976 22, with Mai Jones We have had no phone ser- April from Arizona Public Service as an electrician. The trading post has been here for years, built by a Mr. Freed, then sold to Tom. ..At the Trading Post, you can get food, drinks, clothing, boots, hats, Navajo jewelry, vice for three days, and that is no good, yet when we get our phone bill, we are charged for three days, phone service . We should deduct or not. six dollars when we send in . Record our bill. Wonder what would rugs, fishing and hunting licenses, and also our post office. This is a picture of happen. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Davis Juan San The SEVEN LEGISLATORS from the State Appropriation Committee were in southeastern Utah Wednesday, April 7th to vsit the offices of the Four Corners Mental Health program. They met with staff members in Price,. Moab and Blanding. Shown here the committee questions outreach workers and director, Rick Mainord, from the Blanding office. Also in attendance have their grandson, Kevin, home from the Navy. He has the trading post looking south. were county commissioners, and personnel from Family Services and the school district. Legislators in attendance were Gilbert Marriott, chairman, Sam Taylor, Steve Holbrook, Beverly White, Stanford Rees, Elmo Turner and Stuart Smith. Photo and caption by Janet Wilcox. Legislators discuss mental health by Janet Wilcox. Seven Utah State Legis- lators, all members oftheAp- - propriations Committee were in San Juan County April 7 visiting the Four Corners Mental Health offices and per- sonnel. ' The committee is re- sponsibile for recommending financing for all social ser- vices in the state, such as the state prison, state hospital, training school, and other so- cial service programs. In a meeting held in Bland- ing they also met with county commissioners, Job Service, and Family Services person- nel, as well as mental health - workers. The legislators quizzed mental health workers on their program (which was a National Gold Award winner last year) to see how it func- tions. The local budget for the mental health program will be $750,000 next year, which County Commissioner Calvin Black said comes to an aver- age cost of about $17 per person. He also noted that about 1 of the population of the county is currently served by the program. It was pointed out by mental health workers that their ser- vices are one of the biggest needs in the county, mainly . because of the poor economic base county-wid- e which creates lots of problems. Rick Mainord, director of the local program, stated that besides working with people who come . . to them for help they also handle referrals from the' schools and other agencies, Last year there were 76 referrals from the local schools, They also give testing, and treat behavior and cultural problems relating to the school referrals. Help in financing- the services given, in addi- tion to county funds comes from assistance payments, So- cial Security, and Rehabilita- - Services. He said he felt that by eliminating two or three administrative organizations, more services could be offered for less money. Some question exists as to whether the same services are offered at various agencies. There is also the question as to how the combining of agencies could be resolved without losing the identity and force of specific programs and the question of whether a central director of programs could insure that various their retain agencies inmoiney ' (and help your neighbors, too) autonomy. Money you leave with us for awhile is still completely yours. And you can get it back anytime you want it. for years to come; it is the center of our town. You also can get ICE, and in this country ice is a must in summer. We hope Tom and family more luck and good business. Stay with it, . much better than a couple of years ago,- - but that he was concerned with the cost vs. benefits of the program as well in ad- as with the duplication ' minister ative costs and ser- vices which he felt was some- what overlapped by' other agencies, such as Family Keep your We know that it will be here - tion as well as private surance companies. Mainord stated that they are utilizing more private billing, also. Commissioner Black said he felt the local mental health personnel were doing a good job, that the quality of people working in the program was in- . Abe. We have a geyser in town The water main to the school's broke. We can see the water 35 feet in the air. Jack Pehrson will be the one to repair it, good luck, Jack, We also have a strange cat in town. It rides all over town on the top of my wife's car. today. . I wonder what people think when they pass a cat doing 55 m.p.h. WeU we had the car wash for two days. Now I can't think of why it is not working. I was told pump trouble. is going and Everyone coming for Easter. Not me. I'll wait for Hie Easter Bunny at home. Kristen Nielson and Raymond Chobaz were our house guests over the weekend. They are from Salt Lake City. My wife, Phyllis, got her a new horse coming. IPs registered Quarter Horse, and will foal in June. I guess we (Please turn to page 15) We have the LATEST in Toe-inAlignme- equipment nt But putting it into a savings account of any kind more-mone- y to your friends gives us the ability to loan and neighbors, for their good purposes. We insure the money safe, it helps someone else, and it earns you more money. 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