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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD, Thursday, August 14, 1980 Fires, keep volunteers busy non-fir- e Hurricane Allen "spin-o- ff may have caused a Monday evening Monticello dump fire as two other nature-inducnon-fi- re fires and one area kept firefighters busy earlier this week. nel discovered a way down into the it appeared canyon, that a firefighter air-dr- op would be necessary, ed A lightning strike in the Eastland area last Saturday, evening seen but not repored blazed up on Sunday, burning a grove of cedar and pine trees. Firefighters, called to the scene at noon Sunday and assisted by Eastland residents, battled the blaze for over ten hours. Two pumpers, a tanker and a bulldozer were needed to suppress the flames. Monticello area firefighting crews traveled over 66 miles to answer a call for assistance in suppressing a 90 acre fire on private property, approximately one mile - A strong northerly wind, unusual for this country and perhaps induced by atmospheric pressure changes as Allen moved inland, blew burning debris into the northern reaches of the Montezuma. Creek canyon system and caused a dump blaze to spread over a 25-acre area. It 12 took men over two hours to extinguish the fire, which was described as "very hot. John Baker, San Juan district fire warden, said that until sheriff's department person 30 Bluff Stuff from Hovenweep National Monument. Personnel from Mesa Verde National Park, Hovenweep, Bureau of Land Management in Monticello, and San Juan Fire District worked cooperatively to bring the blaze under control. The like a non-fi- re familiar and irritating tune Monticello city firefighters answering the alarm, out to be another turned "falsie for the closed and to vacated Lariat Restaurant on highway 666 East in Mon-ticeH- o. The scenario echoed activity at that site on July 2 when a call to extinguish a small roof - blaze was followed within the hour by a fhlse alarm for the same building. CONTINUING INCREASE IN THE COST OF OWNING AN AUTOMOBILE, CROWN TOYOTA HAS DUE TO THE RENEWED ITS FABULOUS GUARANTEE. V.V.V.V.VAVA. By Carolyn Drollinger Summer means visits with family and people are both coming and going. Faybelle and her mom, Buena Gaines, a few days out of took their busy schedule to visit with relatives in New Mexico. We missed the coolers from her cafe, but were glad able to take a was she break. Dorothy Nielson enjoyed a visit with son Ted and his family last week. Three granddaughters are staying for a few extra days. got home mid- Bob Son week, bringing my aunt, Elsie Miller, this far on her', journey from Port Orford, Oreto the Gulf coast of gon, Ttexas. The archaeological dig west of Bluff is winding down. The site makes an interesting place to visit early in the morning or late in the day, but those dedicated workers have spent many hot, dusty hours uncovering information about the early occupants of our valley. "VISTA Headquarters -Bluff has relocated to the little log cabin across the street from the ball park. Linda and Trenley, along with Steve (another VISTA) provide numerous services to our community, not the least of which is the tutoring they offer in many fields of study. Glen French purchased the equipment and parts from Power Mark's Equipment Shop .in Bland ing, and is now providing repair service on small gasoline engines at his er home in Bluff, If your is acting lazy, or chainsaw is getting your lawn-mow- . AT NO CHARGE! SELECTED USED CARS for up to 1 YEAR OR 12,000 MILES I the wonder how many towns size of Bluff can boast of a professional music group in their midst? "Country is the name of the Affair group, and those who make the music are Bob and Norma Evans, Bobby Evans, and Reuben Carson. Their specialty is an easy - listening country rock, but they play many other kinds of music to old - fashioned jazz polkas. Norma have Bob and played and sung together since they were married. Son Bobby has been playing drums or bass guitar in different groups for about six years. Reuben has also been involved with other groups. Bob and Reuben alternate between lead and rhythm guitar, Norma picks out the bass, and Bobby plays the drums. They been together about a have year. has per"Country Affair formed throughout the Intermountain region at lodges, public dances, school proms, church socials, and other events. You may have heard them at Pioneer Days dance Monticello last month. your group is planning a dance and your are interested in learning more about Bob and "Country Affair Norma run the Sunbonnet Cafe Bluff and you can reach in them there. Thats all for this week, more next time. in If LYMAN & THOMPSON, CPAs Blanding, Utah GAS-SAVIN- G MILES churlish see Glen, one block west of the S unbonnet Cafe. Ray and Kathy Johnson are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the other half of their new house. There's been a lot of shoveUng at their place as they level the ground and construct the pads for the modular home to rest on. Hope it arrives soon! By Francis M. Lyman, CPA GUARANTEE EVERY NEW, QUALITY TOYOTA AUTOMOBILE FOR 50,000 EXTRA Page 9 Tax Planning YES, CROWN TOYOTA, AND ONLY CROWN TOYOTA WILL 3 YEARS OR T' rj " JL - TAX AVOIDANCE (Phony Schemes) et Selected taxpayers are being approached by certain promoters to set up trusts which presumably will avoid taxes. The costs of these trust packages will run several thousand dollars and employ the use of trusts in foreign countries. The promoters of these trusts promise substantial tax savings, as well as the deductibility of their fee for setting high-brack- up the trust. Most of these arrangements use two trusts in foreign countries. The "would be savings are engineered by a inter-trust loans to the transfers and long-ter- m series of the which are promoters say taxpayer, The Internal Revenue Service has successfully challenged these trusts and will continue to do so. In some cases, the taxpayers have not only lost the intended tax savings, but have paid penalties and interest on the adjustment for "back non-taxab- le. ALSO AT NO EXTRA CHARGE! ONLY CROWN GUARANTEES! taxes. The promoters will try to convince the prospective buyer that this trust concept is so new that his accountant and attorney would not understand the fine points. He suggests, therefore, that the buyer not contact his professional ad- visors. CROWN TOYOTA 100 W CENTER OREM 224-132-0 salesmen selected to promote these trusts must or they wouldnt be selected for the job. be If you are contacted to purchase one of these foreign trust schemes, get in touch with your accountant or your attorney before you sign any documents or advance any money. It may save you many dollars and a great deal of wasted time. The slick-talke- rs |