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Show THE SAN JUa!n RE6r) Thursday Octobei i I 7 1QQO Neel Cure Clinics closed down due to a lack of patients afflicted with alcoholism. When Prohibition was repealed drunkenness increased 350 percent in Americas 226 major cities and the major hospitals alone recorded a 400 percent increase in alco(The following perspective on holic patients. Restricted accesthe Initiative Petition related to does help. beer sales in San Juan County was sibility about the proWhen submitted by Mark E. Peterson, a blems ofquestioned increased bootlegging, citizen of Montezuma Creek.) Terry responded, Bootlegging The San Juan County Commisincrease some, but bootsion has gone on record opposing may can never haul in as much the beer initiative which will leggers alcohol as the beer distributors appear on the November Ballot. presently truck in legally. In Last week the San Juan Record addition, one of the worst proreported Commissioner Calvin blems that we here in Montezuma Blacks objections to the initiative. Creek face is the The initiative sponsor and several of beer from the retail involved in alcohol bootlegging individuals outlet across the creek to beer abuse and juvenile delinquency Whitehorse High School. Closing programs were contacted for our beer outlet will not stop all their reactions to those claims. drunkenness here, but it will cerBruce Terry, evangelist for the tainly make Montezuma Creek a Montezuma Creek Church of better place to live. and Christ sponsor of the initiaTerry further remarked that tive, was disappointed that the the commissioners claims that county commission has ignored passage of the Initiative Petition the moral issues at stake and conwould have a negative effect, on on the supposed centrated tourism are without foundation. San Juan economic issues. Tourists come to San Juan County has the highest rate of alCounty to see the wonders of cohol abuse in Utah. This is a nature, not to drink beer. I have he heard it despicable state of affairs, reported that the San Juan commission but the county said, Board did reseems to think that nothing can be Development on the economic search impact He done about it, so why try? of this measure on San Juan Counis convinced that something can be ty by phoning businesses and askdone about it. ing if they thought they would be I have lived in a wet city that hurt if this ordinance passes. This went dry and it made it a better kind of research does not find place to live. This did not stop out the economic impact; it meredrunkenness there, but it did rely tells how many businessmen duce it and save lives. I have also are opposed to this ordinance. lived in a dry city that later went Real research would have queried wet. Drunkenness and major the tourists coming into the councrime increased dramatically, ty. But the County Commission even though alcohol had previous -- turned down a request to have a ly been available in a small twon marketing research firm conduct that bordered the city. The easy that kind of study last August. accessibility is what made the This is not just an issue for difference. People may cry1 Prosouthern San Juan County. The hibition, but the facts are that residents of Blanding have worked hard to keep beer out of Shirttail during Prohibition (1) crime decreased 54 percent, (2) the death Corner. However, if Binding rate due to liquor decreased 42 votes against this ordinance, this percent, (3) insanity decreased may well be taken by the County 66 percent , and (4) 97 of 98 Commission as a mandate to give Keely Alcoholic Ciinics and all Shirttail Corner a beer license. yT5o 60 Z Letters to the editor The Record welcomes letters from its readers on any subject of public interest. Letters must be no more than 300 words in The publisher at all length. times reserves the right to edit, condense or reject any contributions, in the interest of suitability andor good taste. Letters must be signed. Dear Editor; Is the County Government being fair? We challenge the propriof using the San Juan ety Development Board, which uses public funds, to conduct a study of the impact of the beer Initiative in San Juan County should it pass in the November election. Its bias against the Initiative has already been stated, implied, and inferred by the County Government. In the broadest sense, the study and report it has commissioned to conduct and publish prior to the election will most probably be heavily loaded with selected data and designed to bring about the defeat of this Initiative by the peole. r . There are legal questions in Mabel Wright kindly called to tell us that following the stewardship of Leah Conn as Bards sing qf Octobers bright blue weather and how delightful it is when it is indeed, bright blue. Even if it were raining, Mr. Ford likely felt covered. with sunshine on October 1,190 8, when his Model T automobile was first put on sale. What a revolution his happy wheels have made in our lives! Who has not thrilled over the lazy homey poems of James Whitcomb Riley who was born October 7, 1848. He used the name of Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone, when he first began to I am glad he decided write. to use his own name. I like it so much better. It was October 12, 1492, when Columbus landed in America. I was quite a few days When younger, I learned that date so well that I used it on most of the things I learned about. But Papa put a stop to that when he heard me tell somebody that I was born December 29, 1492. If your birthday falls between September 21 and October 21, your sign is Libra. Librans have two , priorities in their work, beauty and balance. They are efficient organizers, excell in engineering, and art of any kind. Social work salesmanship are also in their bag. That does not imply that these are their only fields of success. Several U.S. presidents were born under this sign. They were Hays, Arthur, Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt and John and probably bemost the spectacular. ing Librian people keep a pretty tight lid on their money and often -are not tempted to buy something they want when they can put money in a saving account. For the most part, they are happy outdoors Adams--Roosev- elt participating in gardening, sports, swimming and camping. They love good food and hate ' to be curtailed. It is easy for them to develop a weight problem. They are subject to disease early in their life and often suffer from chronic kidney disease. They are thoughtful and considerate and are capable of a delightful marriage. Even so, in these times of values, we may not shifting always be true to our sign. The trend is to love ourselves above all else. Only 31 percent of college people polled opted for marriage and a family. Another poll in 1978 showed that only 34 percent thought of themselves as" happy. It depends on how and where we cultivate our values. I am not jumping the gun when I talk about Thanksgiving in October. It is celebrated in Canada on the second Monday of doubt it is as No October. to them as if it were precious celebrated in November. Here in the U.S., Labor Day is a holiday in the first week and Columbus Day brings another holiday on October 12, with programs apropos to the occasion, often singing or telling stories about the three ships that carried Columbus and his people the N ina, The Pinta, The Santa Maria. Even then they were considered small ships, and compared with the ships of today, they are very small indeed. October is the softly lazy and month of Indian romantic Summer. Fall colors are gorgeous inspiration for painters, poets, photographers and all lovers of abundant Nature. How sweet is is to lie on the mountain side and watch the wonderful formations of clouds through tall pines that whisper music you love to hear. No wonder kids dont like to go back to school just when Earth is becoming so restful and lovely. Perhaps no part of October is more dear to the kids and the young at heart than Halloween. Some pretty raw pranks have ired many a citizen when they arose to find their back-houtipped off its their over, gate hinges, se jJm their wagon on the front porch. These days it is a little less hectic as children tramp from door to door begging goodies. Trick' or treating used to be considered a harmless thing for children to do and no one worried about them as they gathered their loot and enjoyed it. But today, who dares to let their child go unattended, even to school, let alone out on a "dark night to a party or anything else. Even should be children older adult by adequate accompanied protection. It is a sad thing that such a fun should be marred celebration by the fear that our kids are no longer safe. A policeman speaking to a group of parents, said the only answer is for the parents to see that every child is- supervised at all times. - ' Although it may be inconvenient, it is a joy- - and a pleasure when compared to the crushing of have ' a child vanish ache never knowing where he or she may be. Oops! We slipped John Knudsen, superintendent of the Cedars Museum in Blanding notified us that any group of students in Utah with their teacher is admitted free of charge to Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding. Winter hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Edge Anyone can bo a father... , ATM m AM AM BEYOND YOUR CHILDS WILDEST DREAMSI SBCRETytN-IM7 p.m. Oct. 7 and 8 H GiGdliMUSlMIICB VCJE POBOJUE UJliUTDB Oct. 9-11- 8 p.m. Chuck Norris c j KENNY ROGERS Oct. 13-14-- 13-1- p1 5 LATE SHOW 9 p.m. ViENGE'A'NCE Oct. 13 15 15 SPECIAL-Monda- y 8 Christopher Atkins EH Christy McNIchol 7 p.m. Oct. -12 p.m. Family Night $8 See it at The Movies Monticello librarian, early Isabell Redd and Elizabeth Halls served in the capacity of librarian. CHCKBI GOO? JUST BURNS? TOWN . Pagebrush Lady short-distan- ce volving the use of public funds in this manner. Those who are in favor of the beer Initiative are being forced to play cards against a stacked deck. We feel that a railroad job is in the making. We do not have equal access to funds or resources as the County Government to state our case equally. If the County Government wishes to be fair to the people of San Juan County and be truly objective in its goals, it could easily form a special committee to conduct the study instead of using the Development Board. This committee should contain (Please turn to Page 17) SWEAT, MA'AM... FARMER THOMPSON'S Blandingi Monticello |