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Show irTtiHfrrrniifi 4m i THE SAN JUAN RECORD, Thursday, March 9, 1978 - Page 12 Nells Notes Bluff pupils involved in reading programs (Continued from Page 3) by Alvin Reiner To help activate an interest in reading and writing, teacher Ray Johnson of the Bluff elementary school has involved his fourth and fifth grade pupils in two programs. In one of the activities they go into the lower grade classrooms once a week to read to the younger students. Not only does this encourage the students to read--the- y must prove themselves proficient in the stories before going into anoth- Fifth grader Hobart Begay, center, of Bluff Elementary School, has captivated the interest of kindergarten students Emaroy Maryboy and Mitchel Blackhorse during one of the reading sessions. Photo by Alvin Reiner. New sqjerintendent at Dead Horse Mike Barker, park superin- tendent at Dead Horse Point State Park for the past seven years, has accepted a transfer to Salt Lake City, where he will assume duties as park superintendent at Pioneer Trails State Park. With the future development of the Pioneer Village, Mike said this week he sees a real challenge when it is completed. The village will be a significant chapter of American history, that can only be told where the Mormon settlers ended their travel west at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. Gordon Topham will assume duties as park superintendent at Dead Horse Point. Gordon has of Escabeen ranger lante Petrified Forest State Re-charge serve for the past year. He has worked on the state recreation vehicle program and was of Edge of the ranger Cedars in Blanding before moving to Escalante. He is a gradcharge uate of Southern Utah College. His wife JoAnn and their three children will reside in the park residence area. Dead Horse Point visitor cen- ter will open for the 1978 season on March 16. The hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. There will be a park guide on duty during these hours to help visitors with informat MARKETS ion. There will be no daily park entrance fee for daily visitors. The camp ground fee will be $3 per night per vehicle. Reservations may be made by callby ing the park, at Box the 187, park writing Moab, Utah, or by personal contact at the visitor center. The point will be used for camping until weather permits the opening of the Kayenta camploop. It is hoped to have it open and in operation by Easter weekend. The 1978 annual Fun Tag and Special Utah Fun Tag (senior citizens and handicapped ) cards are now available at the park visitor center. The Fun Tag will cost $10 again this year and will be good until December 31, 1978. The permit will allow daily use of all Utah parks and a $1 per night per vehicle campground fee reduction. 801-259-65- 11, Potato crop Utah stocks of potatoes held by growers, local dealers and one processing plant totalled 525,000 cwt. on February 1, according to the Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, Utah stocks were down 12 per cent from the same month a year ago. USD A. Wheat $3.65 $20.00 Beans Farm workers Farm workers on Utah farms totaled 20,000 during the week of January according to the Utah Crop Reporting Service, USD A. This is an increase of 2,800 from a year earlier but a decrease of 4,000 workers from October of 1977. Of the 20,000 workers in January, 16,000 were farm operators and unpaid family workers (compared with 14,000 in January, 1977) while the remaining 4,000 were hired (compared with 3,200 hired in January a 8-- 14, year ago). The hours worked by family members during the week of January averaged 28.2, with 27.2 last Jancompared Hired workers uary. averaged 34 hours for the week, the same as a year ago. Farm wage rates for all methods of payment averaged $2.79 per hour, compared with $2.71 a year ago. This average wage rate made no allowance for other benefits which may have been 8-- 14 received by some workers. er classroom ut proves their self-imag- it also es im- and helps overcome shyness. Mr. Johnson's students also wrote and illustrated their own books, which they read to the youngsters. In fact, a representative of the Holt Publishing Company was so impressed with their books that she traded the students' books for a large assortment published by her company. Tax abatement for same vets Under certain conditions disabled veterans in Utah and their widows are eligible for an abatement in their property taxes. According to George L. Carey, National Service Officer for the Disabled American Veterans, prior to 1972 this abatement was granted whether or not the disability was due to military service. The 1971 Utah state legislature made several changes in this law and required that beginning with the 1972 calendar year, veteran and widow applicants would have to prove a for the disability on which they sought tax abatement. The new law also prohibited the grant of this tax abatement to any applicant whose annual income, exclusive of VA exceeded benefits, At that time the law$12,000. makers tacked a granddaddy amendment" to the new law, which read; "The provisions of this act shall not be used to deny benefits to any disabled veteran, unmarried widow or minor orphan of such veteran exempt from taxation at the time this act goes into effect." Carey said this week that his office has had several complaints that some counties are ignoring this "granddaddy amendment" and are denying tax abatement to veterans and widows who are entitled to this benefit under the protective provisions of the law. service-connecti- 59-2-- on Creek. Birthday greetings this week to Roma B. Young and Michael D. Wankier, 6th; Devon Burten-sha7th; Alan Rogers, Mike Christensen, Paul Langston and Neil A. Black, 8th; Loyd Young, 9th; John G. Adair, Bishop Kenneth Bailey, Zoie Young and Robert Ace Holden, 10th; Sandy w, Johnson, Jens Lovell, Michael L, Rice, Della Wright, Seresa Johnson and Iris J. Barton, 11th; and Elna K. Smith, 12th. Anniversary congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. El wood Lovell and Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Adams. visited her June Bailey and family in daughter, Karen, Wellington last week. Eva Johnson and yours truly visited Ruth McKelvey in Montezuma Canyon last Saturday. The longest way round is the sweetest way dowm there; in fact, the only way is around by Hatch. Ruth had to ride her horse across the creek to visit with us, and rain cut our visit short. En route home, we tried to pull out a pickup for a guy who drove it into Montezuma Creek at Cross Canyon crossing. We couldn't budge it. Wish I knew if they ever got out. We left them at Hatch. Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Sondere-gge- r and son, Paul, returned last Thursday from an enjoyable trip to Cancum, Mexico, as guests of Interstate Homes. They saw the ruins at Tulum and at Chick-en-Itz- a. They swam in the ocean and enjoyed the beach. They attended church services at a small branch of less than 100 people. There were 70 people on the tour. The Nielson baby was the only birth at San Juan Hospital since I last reported. Could the stork be grounded because of bad wea- ther? recent guest of the Ernest Sondereggers was Vern-ettA sister, Charlotte Anderson of Vicksburg, Virginia. Mrs. Anderson had come to Salt Lake with her son, Nathan, who was entering L.T.N. in preparation for his mission to Chile. The Sondereggers met them in Salt Lake and brought her to Monticello for a short visit. 6.6 HOUSE PLANTS SEE OUR NEW DEPARTMENT Check the advantages of a Planters Potting Soil Insect Sprays Spray Leaf Polish long-ter- m Land BanKLoan representative from the Federal Land Bank Association will be in A MONTICELLO Good Selection the third Wednesday of each month. Please call for an appointor ment, in 587-25- 88 373-86- 40 Provo, Utah. Blanding Home Center Many people attended open house on Monday of this week at the Activity Center operated by Four Corners Mental Health at 247 N. 300 West, in Monticello. Pictured at the open house are, left to right; Dr. William Kindree, Four Corners Mental Health psychiatrist; Ms. Carolyn Reid, psychologist for San Juan and Grand Counties; Darrell Peck, assistant director of Four Corners Mental Health; Sally Martinez, Chicana outreach worker at the Activity Center, and Travis Campbell, director of Four Corners Mental Health. as 162 N. Highway 163 Blanding, Utah 678-22- 36 Wayne W. Probst Manager |