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Show Concert member drive on Membership drive for Community Concert in Monticello began this week and will continue until September 17. Denise Frost, membership chairman forCommunityCon-ce- rt in Monticello, said this week that tickets will be avail- -, able in Monticello, Blanding, Moab, Dove Creek, Bluff, Aneth and Montezuma Creek by the end of the week. Although the end of the membership drive is September 17, for people who need to wait until the end of the month to buy a ticket, special arrangements can be made, she said. One of the biggest assets a of membership in Community Concert is that it will allow you to attend concerts mother towns that are affiliated with the Community Concert serthe chairman said. ies, The following concerts have been selected for the Four Corners area: Monticello: February 21, Eric Enderson, classical guitar March 15, Lola Montes and her Spanish dancers April 14, Los Angeles era ensemble Op- Cortez, Colorado: November, Serendipity Sin- gers One of the many the ruins of the old Jones reminders of pioneer days in Bluff. - . home. Photo by Alvin Reiner. February, Longstreth and Escosa, harpists April, Christian Di Maccio, soprano (Exact dates not determined) Durango, Colorado: October 25, Hodgens Howard, duo piano January semble 16, and Laureate En- Max Morath, March 21, talk show, piano (Please turn to Page 5) Journal chrom les pioneer trek This journal is an imaginary one. The dates and events as well as the names of the people were taken from several sources. It recounts the adventures of those who took part in either the exploratory party or what is known now as the Hoie in the Rock party. During the next year we hope to give you the account of the events that ended with the founding of both Bluff City and the huge San Juan County on April 6, 1880. 1 As I turn the pages of the journal that my grandfather kept of the record of the days1 events ever since he was a teenager, I remembered the stories that he and my father had told me. Suddenly something struck me I was reading of events that took place just 100 years ago. There were the lists of names of those who were called for this as yet unnamed mission, but that was' later called the San Juan Steak fry The annual steak fry for the San Juan County Stockmen's organization and partners will . be held Thursday,' September 6, at 6 p.m. at Devil's Canyon campground. Those attending are asked to bring theiir own utensils. Those more information wanting should call Dean Robinson at Monticello. 587-23- 33, Mission. These were the hardy pioneers who, on April 6, 1880, founded both Bluff City, as William Hutchins named it, and San Juan County. We pick up the journal in its second week: Sunday, August 24: Held meetings. All fished and feast- ed. Monday, August 25: Stayed at Pat 0Donnels cabin. More fishing and feasting. Tuesday, August 26: Still at Pat 0Donnels. Some have gone exploring the country around here looking for future - farmlands. ys. Marsha Keele Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding is continuing its program of demonstrations of Native American arts and c rafts. The program will continue until mid - November, museum officials said The demonstrations include, among other crafts, the weav By Eight students from San Juan County were among the 1,838 graduates who received diplomas at the recent 104th sum- mer commencement exercises at Brigham Young University in Provo. The San Juan County graduates included: ing of baskets, arrow making, pottery and beading. The demonstrations are held during regular museum hours. Anyone interested in be- coming an apprentice in any of the crafts should contact Terry Walker at the museum. It is hoped the program will be resumed next summer. Blanding: Chris Brent Johnson, doctorate; Rebecca Palmer, associate degree; Lewis Jones Richard Singer, doctorate; Reid Tranter, master's; Carl Thomas Winder, master's. Monticello: Lyle Robert Anderson and ; 27: August Wednesday, Moved a few miles north today and dug three wells. Game plentiful.. Many tons Of hay could be harvested here. Thursday, August 28; Moved north and came to a steep hill. More road building. Some cut trees and others made dug-waHamilton Wallace went back to Pat 0Donnels cabin for a crowbar that had been left behind and found the cabin had been burned by Indians. Friday, August 29: Finished the road down the hill. Road building on the way to Montezuma Creek taught us many tricks. Saturday, August 30: The scouting party has gone , on ahead again and we have found an old road from the Dolores River to the Grand River, said to have been built by an engineer looking for a railroad route and named after him the Gunnison Trail. Arts, crafts demonstrations BYU grads Derk Elwood elor's degrees. Lovell, bach- Montezuma Creek:. Diana White Gonzalez, bach- elor's degree. These graduates, in addition to those who received degrees in December and April, bring the total for the year to 5,173. operated by the LDS Church and is the largest church-relatuniversity in the United States. It has 26,000 students. The graduates represented 47 states and 28 countries outside the United States. Of the total graduating, 55 per cent were men and 45 percent BYU is ed women. During the August comoffmencement, university icials conferred 83 doctoral degrees, 405 master's degrees, 1,222 bachelor's de-gre- es and 128 associate Shirley Denetsosie of White Mesa works a basket of willows at the Edge of the Cedars Museum as daughter watches. Photo by Marsha Keele. |