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Show ''(.M' . A1''11 ri ; t fj THE SAN JUAN RECORD Thursday March. 25, 1982 Page 4 ; v ' - .-- i - ; HSecapture dam roadway bid to be let May 21 accidents. contribute to the area's San Juan Water The Development Board decided minimum recreational facilities must include cement boat way this week. Tom Redd, board secretary, reported that a plan and estimate review is scheduled for March 29, with call for bids May 1. Bids are scheduled to be let on May 20 and it is hoped construction can begin by June 1 and be completed by November," Redd noted. Norman Nielson, Board chairman, said the dam area is already beginning to collect spring runoff as earthwork for dam preparation has been started. ramps, toilet facilities, garbage disposal, parking, and picnic sites. There is a possibility that part of the Indian ruins dug prior to the project's beginning maybe restored by a team from Brigham Young University, which could An investigation when Patrolman Mike Lacy arrived on the scene, was burning shrubs for river bank protection was completed at Bluff. The work was to supplement tree and cable revetment and rock jetties constructed alonga strip of the San Juan River. Norman Nevilles, George Reed and Preston Walker showed a ile series of pictures. Reed was the boatman who met modern-da- y pilgrims, TWENTY-FI- YEARS AGO VE a total loss. Lacy said there are indications that the 1972 Ford, registered to Russell Hupp of Moab, was southbound and ran off the road and hit a fence across from the Northwest Pipeline pumping station north of the junction of Highways 163 and 46. Authorities have not been able to contact Hupp and it is not known who was driving the car or if there were occupants in the vehicle. Roy Romero of Monticello was cited for failure to yield in a accident at 5 p.m. last Sunday approximately one mile north of Monticello. Romero, driving a 1975 Chevrolet, was charged with driving into the path of a 1979 Toyota County met in Blanding determined to protest and fight to the bitter end the withdrawal of 73,600 acres of San Juan land bytheU.S, Department of Interior to compensate the Navajo Indian Nation for 53,000 acres of tribal land in Arizona and Utah which would be inundated by the construction of Glen Canyon dam. The group decided to contact the Navajo Council and arrange a meeting so the proposal could be aired and the status of affairs accurately determined. A drive to raise money for of a Blanding construction municipal swimming pool was begun. The drive continued a 1956 effort that raised $4,000 through advance sale of swimming tickets and bake sales. 2-- car FORTY YEARS AGO this week, the planting of 19,000 trees and ock by the Utah Highway Patrol is under way of a car reported on fire north of Monticello last Saturday at 9:45 p.m. The car, which was still Board to discuss recreational plans for Recapture Dam. Bob Talley, Bureau of Land Management architect, was assigned to take aeriel photographs and to draw up three plans for possible recreation development from minimum to maximum use. Recreation is one of the major purposes for this dam," Nielson commented. We want to get the high water area staked and assure that no rocks or trees are disturbed that don't have to be. This will make an ideal camping spot." Nielson said the existing road through Recapture Canyon will serve as access routes to boat ramps when the area is inundated with dam waters. The dam itself will be placed south of the present roadway to eliminate two dangerous curves that have been a cause Hole-in-the-R- tional interest. A committee of representatives from the Water Board, Development Board, BLM, Parks and Recreation, and the Forest Service was formed to finalize recreational facility plans. The committee will meet in mid-Ju- Save Water Each Flush with the. FMM WsiUuq ne after preliminary architectural plans have been prepared. Burned car abandoned by driver The board met in conjunction with the San Juan Development the recrea- of many Conservancy Board outlined the timetables for construction of the Blanding Recapture Dam roadThe this week, citizens of San Juan driven by Monty Clawson. There were no personal injuries. Damage to the two cars was estimated at over $3000 by investigating officer, Patrolman Mike Lacy. Phil Cantania, seismograph crew worker, was arrested in Moab last Saturday on criminal mischief charges" in an theft of tools at a attempted residence in Devils Canyon. Fayn Scott Cary of Monticello was arrested and charged with a third degree felony for failure to stop at the command of police officer and for operating his vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal as to interfere with or endanger the operation of a police vehicle and cause damage to police did property." The charges were related to a 1:30 a.m. incident Sundays in which Cary allegedly backed into a police patrol car near the junction of Highways 163 and 666. Officer Brent Bryant and trainee Kevin Johnson were attempting to stop Cary for speeding at the time. Stops Noisy, Leaking Toilets PATENTED TOILET TANK FILL VALVE GIVES PRECISE CONTROL OVER WATER LEVEL IN TANK. E BALLCOCK REPLACES UNITS, NO ROD OR FLOAT NEEDED. OLD-STYL- EASY INSTALLATION, FITS MOST TOILET TANKS. 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