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Show San Juan area being considered for nuclear waste disposal site Geological and environmental exploration is being conducted in parts of the Para- dox Basin to determine their potential for development of for underground repositories nuradioactive waste from clear power plants. The project is managed by Battelle Memorial Institute, a private research institute headquartered in Columbus, lie land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Bat- telle firm said. At least two 5,000 - foot holes are expected to be drilled in each of those areas. At Salt Valley, tentative plans are to start drilling and hydrological testing of four to eight shallow about 600. feet deep, holes, in July. Salt Valley is the location where three holes, ranging in depth from about to 4,000 feet deep, 1,300 were drilled and tested in 197 8. The Utah Geological and Mineral Survey is conducting a . k Ohio. The Paradox Basin contains H Horse Show winners, and Robin Steele. 4-- left to right, are' Natalie Butt, Lori Pearson, Michele Certonio deep salt deposits underlying areas within San Juan and The field Grand Counties. work is being investigative the U.S. Departperformed for ment of Energy and is part of the national program to identify potential geologic sites for radioactive waste disposal. Battelle said that, based on previous studies of a 12, -- mile region of the Paradox Basin by Woodward-Clyd- e Consultants and Bechtel National, Inc., both of San Francisco, and the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver, three smaller areas have been identified for further field exploration: -- Gibson Dpme,' 25 miles south of Moab in San Juan 000-squ- 0 Many compete in By Jim Stevens Extension Agent Robin Steele of Monticello won a spectacular victory in the senior division of the San Juan County H horse show last Saturday in Monticello, by winning 27 out of 28 possible points. However, it was not an easy victory for her as Natalie Butt crowded her airthe.way, win- - , ning 24 out of 28 points and time by beating Robins of a second in the poles. There were seven areas of competition including a written test, fitting and showing, western horsemanship, western riding, trail class, flag race 4-- and poles. In the senior division, Robin Steele took six blue ribbons and Horse Show 4-- H points. Michele took three blue bons and four red (24 points out of 28 possible); Joni had three blue, three red and one white (23 points); Lori Pearson took third place with three blue, three red (22 points), and De-APionke crowded her closely with two blue, four rib- red (21 points). public hearing concerning alcohol in San problems Juan County will be held Wednesday, August 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the courtroom in the court- Marine Private Carl Holliday, son of Calvin and' Julia body in Monticello. Every- is encouraged to attend. Power outage - In the Littlest Cowboy division, Todd Bailey was top Ends training house - nn Hearing set A 20 points, followed by Stacey Steele with closely 19 points. Marty Bailey had as did 17, Tony Guymon. Tracy Certonio took two blue, two red and., two white; Kristina Steele two blue one white; Kasey Shiew, one blue, one red and three white; Kami Leach, Moab, two blue, one red and one white; Trisha Pearson, two red and one white ; Rena Pearson, one blue, one red and one white; and David Pionke, two blue, one red -and one white. The judge was JoAnne Green from Cortez, Colorado.- Ring steward was Jim Stevens. Mand ribbons- were icrophone handled by Mrs. Dennis Guymon anji Pat Huskey. A special thanks goes to Jackie Steele and Chris Bailey for allXheir help, as well as all the husbands and other leaders who pitched in and helped make the 4-- H horse show a special person with one red; Natalie Butt, four blue, two red and one white; Pam Pearson, two blue, four red and one white (22 points); and Gail Hawkins took two blue and three reds (18 points). In the junior division Michele Certonio and Joni Lyman competed for first place the entire day, with Michele finally edging Joni out by one the region, a study in which consulting geologist Harvey Merrell of Moab is participating, to determine whether loc- ations of energy and mineral resource extraction or re- serves are positories. Paralleling the geological will be an environinvestigation of the areas wildlife habitats, land uses, surface water, drainage, . meteorology, populated areas, transportation cor- studies mental ridors, Environmental studies will be based on gathering currently available information from public and private organizations and local experts. Area-lev- el field work is expected to be completed in the Paradox Basin by next summer. Under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, .office of nuclear waste isolation also is investigating the feasibility of repositories in other salt formations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas and plans to explore other types of rock such as granite and shale throughout the U.S. Other, DOE proare grams investigating the of government -potential site's. owned (Please turn to Page 11) Elk Ridge, 20 miles west of Blanding in San Juan County. --Salt Valley, 25 miles northwest of Moab in Grand " County. Geologic investigations in Dome and Rlk Ridge the Gibson areas in San Juan County were to begin this month with field mapping of such features as rock layers and faults' and with placement of a station , microseismic earthquake network between Moab and the San Juan River. Some of the measuring, stations will be installed and serviced via Deep geologic and and sociol-econom- ic other non - geological aspects. -- helicopter. could be in conflict. with possible underground re- County. Bat-tell- es hydro-log- ic drilling will start about October 1 in the Gibson Dome and Elk Ridge areas on pub- -. Policy to grow Like to receive food&Fiber Holliday of Monument Valley, has completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California. . During the ten and a half week training period, a Mar- ine recruit learns the basics of battlefield survival. He is mineral resource inventory of The San Juan Record every week? Its easy... just fill in the coupon below and the Record will be in your mailbox each week! ) , Subscription rates: ire Electric Association, Inc., at 7:35 p.m. on Tuesday of last week, causing a power age in the Pleasant View, and Dove Creek areas in Colorado, and rural San Juan County, Utah. A supervisory relay located in Empire substation was also fell by' lightning. The relay, normally controlled by the Colorado Ute dispatcher in Montrose, had to be closed manually by Empires crew after the trouble was isolated. ' Empire crew found a shat- Whae Agriculture - i- Land Bank people know agriculture and how to make longterm borrowed capital work toward reaching a goal. Drop by, soon.- - representative from the Federal Land Bank A to the typical introduced daily routine that he will experience during his" enlistment and studies the personal and professional standards traditionally exhibited by Marines.' Private Holliday participated in an active physical conditioning program and gained proficiency in a variety of military skills, including first aid, rifle marksmanship and close order drilL Teamwork and self-discipl- ine were emphasized throughout the training cycle. Carl joined the Marine Corps in April of 197 8. Association will be in MONTICELLO ;the third Wednesday of each month. Please call 587-25for an appoint- ----- ---- Mail to: The San Juan Record P.O. Box 879 Monticello, Utah 84535 Comas Firet Ca-ho- ne tered insulator northeast of Pleasant View and replaced it. Power was restored at 8:51 p.m., Empire said. $10.00 to Canada $12.00 elsewhere $7.50 in San Juan County $8.00 elsewhere in the United States Lightning struck a 44,000 volt transmission line of Emp- I f x T I I I I I I I I Please send me The San Juan Record for one year. I enclose a check or money order for $ Name . .Address ; City .State I ZIP. .1 88 ment, or Provo, Utah. 373-86- 40 in Wayne, W. 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