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Show 01 County apportioned $322,000 San Juan County should receive $322,000 as its share of a second installment of approfor payximately ments in lieu of taxes to Utah counties, according to an announcement from the office of Representative Gunn McKay in Washington. A House -- Senate conference committee on which Representative McKay sits last week $6-milli- 1977 30, June San The dont think anyone in the Interior Department has the sliI ghtest idea. just hope its On Dean's List funding on terior appropriations I earlier than this year. of the $ program for 1978 and, according to McKay, probably for years to come. Representative McKay, second ranking member of the In100-milli- Juan cording to law, payments for 1977 must come by September of this year. As for 1978, on assured full Record million package for 1977, but the money has not yet been distributed. McKay said that, ac- Peggy Montano of Monti-cell- o, has been placed on the Deans List for Term II at Colorado Womens College. Students on the Dean's List at CWC- have achieved at least a 3.5 grade point average. Peggy is a political science major at the private, independent four-yeliberal arts located in for women, college subcom- mittee, said the payment plan was designed to compensate 1000 counties in 40 states for service on federally -- owned land within their boundaries not subject to local taxation. In March, the subcommittee approved the initial $100- - - ar Denver. Its picnic and cookout time! Entire Stock COOLERS 10 off CORPS are working in San Juan at and Hovenweep National Monument. The youths, some improving trails County, rebuilding at of whom are pictured here work are living at Aneth Community School for the summer. YOUNG PEOPLE Celebrity 3-Sp- Portable eed BOX FAN 20-In- ch 17.88 Reg. $30.89 We can now custom-mak- e FACTORY QUALITY HOSE ASSEMBLIES for your hydraulic needs With our NEW Weatherhead HOSE we Coll-O-Cri- OF THE U. S. YOUTH CONSERVATION Conservation Corps youths working in county by Cathryn Cook San Juan YCC Camp Director The U.S. Youth Conservation Corps involving 40 boys and girls from San Juan County began work on June 13. The young people, ranging in age are living at Aneth from 8, Community School for the Tower Trail. This trail was previously marked by unsightly rubble and arrows painted on the slick rock. The trail is now marked by rock All 40 boys and girls worked at Hovenweep National Monument last week under the direction of Alan Wilcox, area manager, and Worthy Glover, ranger, accomplishing a great deal of work. anyone to follow. cairns 15-1- summer. CRIMPING MACHINE arrows have Another work crew, led by Alfred Yazzie, rebuilt the Cutthroat Ruin Trail, again marking the trail with rock cairns. The work crew led by Everett Silas cleared tall salt brush which had grown up over the Hovenweep camp leech field. Later in the week crews led Three work crews led by Veva Jones, Frank Curley and Kee Yazzie, rebuilt the Square mp and the been chiseled away. The purpose of this trail rebuilding is to make the trail as natural as possible and yet easy for - FARM MACHINERY - LOADERS MINING ...and tional Forest. Pictures of the Hovenweep projects can be viewed on the community bulletin Board at Blanding Mercantile. lifespan During the of the biggest program in the nation's history, nearly 17 millionAiheri-can- s have been educated under one of the three GI Bills passed 33-ye- BACKH0ES ar free-schooli- ng EQUIPMENT many . GIBill can make hydraulic hoses for TRUCKS by Paul Walters and Kee Yazzie marked the Holly Tower Trail with rock cairns. In addition to these projects and that of digging holes for new septic tanks, the YCCers also had a tour and discussion led by the head visiting archeologists including site finding, theories on the Anasazi people, and site dating. This week the YouthConser-vatio- n Corps were to be campin Devils Canyon and ing breaks in the Nafire building other uses! since World War Save 25 on a FISHER STOVE! Now through July Save up to 80 on your 23 heat bill! Frank Hobbs Construction Co. LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR Motor Parts Pro Mart Home Center HOME CENTER Monticeb CUSTOM model ing-Kitch- Call en 259-56B- HOMES-LAR- GE & SMALL Bathroom Commercial & 5. Specialties Moab, Utah H, the Ve- terans Administration said this week. The program trained nearly 8 million World War n veterans, more than 2 million Korean conflict vets and nearly 7 million post Korean conflict servicemen and women. Free to the students, the three GI Bills cost the taxpayers $40.7 -- billion and are regarded as one of the most successful and widely used of all veterans' benefits. |