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Show i. f VIOOH 4 CO. ATT ll 136 k. so. t r.i p ! r. SPiTi: ioc SALT LAKE CITY, IT. BOKTTCHIR ( C-U- Recent storms brought snow as well as beautiful cloud formations over the mesas of San Juan. Photo by Alvin Reiner Access to Recapture Dam lake area may be open this summer by Carl Eisemann The Recapture Dam Project reservoir may be open to recreation this summer and San Juan County Hospital may have a new by letter that the county will have to apply for right-of-wa- ys for the and also Recapture project assume responsibility for planthe recreation area assocning iated with the project. The Commission hopes to meet with the Water Council on Tuesday, February 16. It was stated at administrator soon. Tom Redd secretary of the San Juan County Water Conservancy District, notified the Commission Auto accident cause of power loss power outage occurred at 10:42 p.m. last Saturday to consumers in Monticello, Dove Creek and the Egnar area. A major switching these lines to a circuit from the Dove Creek substation. Power to rural taps were restored at different time between 1 a.m. , and 3 a.m, as soon as crews could The outage was caused by an get to them. accident at Burns automobile Empire crews replaced the School intersection northwest of .broken poles and restored ser' Egnar which broke a guy wire and vice back to normal at 8:22 a.m. two poles on a 44,000 volt Empire Empire Electric Association r ; transmission line. ' regrets the inconvenience of these outages and appreciates Empire crews were able to isoconsumers patience and telelate the damaged line and restore service to Dove Creek and Montphone calls. ; hour service is Twenty-foicello at 11:39 p.m. - Power was restored to rural available calling by areas around Burns and Egnar by , . ur 303-565-85- 34. House spills off truck at Mule Shoe cording to Highway Patrolmen John Mealey, investigating of- d Moab man has been with serious injuries caushome slid ed when a pre-bui- lt an of off the trailer approaching A hosita-lize- , ficer. vehicle and crashed head-o- n drivinto the oil tanker 7 ing. ' The accident involved Steven Harker, 32, Taylorville, Utah, trailing an Interstate home south on Highway 163 behind a 1981 belonging to Peterbilt cab-ov- er Diehl. Lumber of Salt Lake City y and Roger Alderman, 26, Moab, northbound In a 1975 Kenworth , . belonging to McDougald Oil. to' As the two vehicles began pass on the curve at Mule Shoe home slipped Bend, the pre-bustruck the and off the trailer McDougald truck. Both vehicles remained in the proper lane, ac he-w- as : T ! ilt . Alderman was taken by ambulance to the Allen County Memorial Hospital for emergency treatment and later transfered by Air Life of Grand Junction to the Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City were his condition is reported critical. Damage to the oil tanker was estimated at $50,000. Tie home was demolished. The cab-ov- er sustained only minor damage. Harker was cited for spilling his ' load. Traffic was delayed approximately four hours before the wreckage could be cleared away. . The accident occurred at 4:45 p.m. last Friday. . Commission meeting on Monday that there is a possibility that access to the lake area may be open this summer. Commissioner " Bob Low reported on Monday that there were a number of applicants for the post of hospital administrator, many of whom were very highly qualified. At present, the deadline for submitting an application for the position is February 28. Commissioner Low reported January revenues of $35,000 with 100 percent occupancy for the San Juan Nursing Home and $78,600 January revenues for the county hospital with 29 percent occupancy. In other business the Commisinformation reviewed sion supplied by Commissioner Black pertaining to block grants for Utah Counties. Black, who attended the Board Governors Advisory on block grants, reported meeting two types of grants available, one of which would cover such items the Juan, Grand, Emery and Carbon counties. Allocations for poverty mitigation programs will amount to over $1.5 million statewide. A stipulation attached to any of these funds will bar the funds being used for lobbying to influence legislation in such pro- grams. meeting with representatives of four insurance companies to discuss specifications for more comprehensive county insurance resulted in general coverage the present that agreement to continue the allowed be carrier coverage for this year. It was felt that this would allow reasonable time to inventory the counties assets and type of coverage needed. The Commission also acted on renewed beer the following: licenses for Bluff, Montezuma A programs. by Deborah Marcus For Valentines Day in the 1700s, one could choose from an and rehabilitation type grants will total $370,000 for San of Penny to a $10 hand-paint- ed card with loving verse. In either Detention Center bid awarded the establishment and acknowledgement of Valentines Road at $356,000 General Builders, Kearns, Utah, received the bid last week for the new Detention Center to be built in Blanding. Tie bid for" the youth center was $356,293. east at Work will begin the site of the Social Services Building, when weather permits. The bids for electricity and plumbing were awarded to Lyle Johnson, Northern Electric, and E. A. Black Plumbing, both of National Blanding roads on the reservation; received a report from County Auditor Bill Francom on the year-en- d budget adjustment schedule; upon threat of a law suit, to pay a $40 fine levied on the county by the Mine, Safety and Health Adminis- tration. assistant to the commissioners, reported that surplus commodities, such as turkeys and butter, had been ordered for use in the county nutrition program. A1 Haskins, e as road services, rehabilitation The other grant and building. relates to poverty mitigation Creek and Hatch Trading posts; established a policy that will require all firms who contract with the county to furnish lien waivers before the county authorizes payon ment awarded contracts; requested that the county road meet with the superintendent Navajo Tribal Utility on problems developing as a result of service lines being run underneath county insulting, Dreadfuls semi-rhy- me case, Day was re -- instated. History has it that around 200 A.D., Roman Emperor Claudius II forbade young men to marry as he felt that bachelors made better soldiers. A Roman priest and physician, Valentine, disobeyed and secretly married young couples. He was beheaded for his loving efforts. Another story, perhaps about the same martyr, asserts that an early Roman Valentine, Christian, befirended children and refused to worship Roman He was imprisoned gods. for his beliefs and his young friends tossed him loving notes through his jailhouse cell window. He was beheaded on February 14, A.D, 270, for unrecorded reasons. In 496 A.D., Roman Pope Gelasus ordained February 14 as St. Valentines Day. Another history of Valentines Day relates that spring is the time for lovers aTnd refers to an old English belief that birds seek their mates on February 14 or 15 (depending upon whether you use the old or new calendars). Another account cites February 14 as the Lupercalia ceremony an ancient Roman fertility rite. At the Lupercalia festival, held to insure the protection of people from wolves, young men struck young ladies with wolf pelts. The women felt the blows encouraged fer- tility. William Shakespeare has the martyred heroine Ophelia sing: (Please turn to Piage 2) |