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Show ' THE SAN JUAN RECORD Thursday March 11, 1982 - Page 3 County employee health claims exceed premiums by Carl Eisemann Price of Blue Cross Insurance met with county commissioners on Monday and presented a computer print-o- ut showing county employee health claims in excess of premiums. In a period there were $95,000 claims paid on a premium of Price said rate in$77,000. creases would be inevitable. boiler room at the San Juan Hospital. Work will be completed by local contractors and paid for by A1 money withheld from the original contract. In a discussion of recreational facilities at the Recapture Dam Commissioner Bailey project, noted that the San Juan Water Conservancy District (WCD) has the contractual responsibility to arrange for control of the area. indicated the WCD will Bailey He offered to compile figures which would reveal how much of the claim money was paid to the San Juan Hospital and county doctors. He also offered to prepare a plan by which the county could self insure its employees and perhaps save money. meet with the San Juan County Development Board to draw up recreational facilities plans. Commissioner Black suggested the county contact the Utah ' Parks Commission for a share of taxes collected on gas used on lakes in Utah. Black sees no reason why southeastern Utah should not be eligible for funds, since much of this tax comes from marinas in San Juan. Bailey reported that the Utah Commissioner Low reported that confirmation had been received of termination of a county contract with Southwest Manuto whom a bid was facturing awarded for construction of a GREAT COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC by THE NATURALS Tucson, Arizona Department of Indian Affairs had approved $750,000 for construction of 6.01 miles of road between Bluff and Montezuma Creek. He noted UDIA was receptive to constructing a road from Oljato to Navajo Mountain. A question was raised about efforts by the Utah Navajo Development Council to seek county property and vehicle tax exemption. Commissioner Black out the county did not that pointed not for profit exempt other properties. Cleal Bradford, chairman of the San Juan Health Care Services Board, asked for clarification on the hiring procedure for a health care administrator. He said that the Health Board assumed it could do the actual hiring. The commissioners stated they would do the hiring on a Health Board recommendation. If a recommendation comes to the commission with the unanimous agreement of the Health Care Board, they will accept the recommendation, the commissioners said. If the recomes to them commendation qualified, the commissioners - want to examine applicant qualifications and the reason for the lack of unanimous agreement. Clem Washburn of Monticello appeared before the commission for a second time to protest the will grading of grass covered roads in Dry Valley. Washburn felt that road crews were destroying reclamation work. Commissioner Bailey replied that he had discussed the problem with the road department, instructing them not to grade the roads. He assured Washburn that the problem would be corrected. In other action the commission renewed a beer license for the San Juan Bar in Mexican Hat, and apBruce Shumway, Jim pointed Ferris and A1 Haskins to the Human Services Advisory Board. Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 18, 19 and 20 Dine and Dance : - r - " 1 - - Juniper Tree Restaurant and Lounge Monticello, Utah E. Hwy. 666 587-27- 35 Elwood Lovell of Monticello poses with Ray Beckham, candidate for Utah 3rd Congressional District. John Noxon photo Beckham announces in San Juan Fifth, he wants to control by Deborah Marcus Ray Beckham, announced his candidacy for the Utah 3rd Con- fare costs: gressional District at a breakfast in Blanding and a news conference last Friday at the San Juan County library in Monticello. The press conference, attended by over 20 citizens began with an audio-visu- al promotional film the support for indicating the private and from Beckham, governmental sectors, of Utahs populace. According to Beckham he was conscripted by his friends to run: My country is in trouble and I love my country . . . unless there is a dramatic change in the country within the next six years, America, as we know, it will not We wel- want to create a workfare not a welfare. Sixth, he calls for a strong deAmerica is the fense policy: last pillar of hope for peace in the we must pay the free world price for freedom. Seventh, Beckham wants to reduce the size of the bureacracy of national government and return control to state and local agency decisions. He advocates a new and encourages Federalism Reagonomics. Beckham believes in what he considers the original role of the House of Representatives as a fininacial watchdog on the national government. He wants to curb government spending on all levels and to influence executive and congressional decisions impacting southern Utah, especially in mining and energy interests. Beckhams position is, The reassertment of the basics of the American way of life, including the right of life and basic human principles . . . people cannot expect government to take care of them . . . legislation for people to work for themselves has become too loose, I hope to change that. ... exist. put forth a 7 -- point program based on his concept of author D.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Number one pillar involves the reduction of the tax load and interest rates. Second, he feels that an urgent need to reduce spending levels. Third, he wants to balance the national budget. Fourth, he wants to increase national production to reduce Beckham pmi t An! 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If these hours are inconvenient for you, 4th West 2nd North thinking girls holiday by Bluff Girl Scouts Blanding and Bluff girl scouts recently participated in Thinking Day, a holiday during which girl scouts think about members the world. arpund Each troop was asked to prepare a dance, game or song from a specific country. Blanding Brownie troop taught a Japanese song assisted 9 a.m. till noon IPBini!JlG,s2i A The Take down cleaning Tuesday-Frida- Two Blanding girl scouts perform a Siamese dance at a recent Photo courtesy of Bluff Girl Scouts Scout Thinking Day in Bluff. Gunim SBn: Blanding, Utah Calf butchered The sheriffs department is in- vestigating a report of a butchered, unbranded calf, weighing 250-3pounds, in the Ucolo area. Tlie calf was killed last week. 00 by Rika Kishima, an exchange student from Japan. Blanding Junior troops presented an Irish jig, a Siamese dance and a Navajo song and dance. The Blanding Cadette troop taught 65 girls how to play the Israeli Dreydle game and our illustrious Bluff troop taught everyone to smile with their rendition of Honey, If You Love Me, Smile. A tasting party, which included such delicacies as Japanese lady fingers, Irish shamrock cookies and potatoes, Israeli molasses cake, Siamese puffed rice candy, Chilian rice and milk, fruit fondue and fry bread, ended the evening. |