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Show Commissioners will meet with Creek residents by Carl Eisemann One week following the defeat of a petition initiated by Montezuma Creek residents to restrict beer sales in San Juan a tentative date of County, November 30 for a meeting in Montezuma Creek to discuss concerns of area residents was set Tuesday by County Commis- sioners. A letter received by commissioners from one Montezuma Creek resident emphasized the wish of the Montezuma Creek community for County Commission support of legislation being prepared to allow more wet in and dry areas in Utah. self-determinat- ion The writer of the letter also requested increased policing of beer sales, cooperation between Sentinels of the desert San Juan monoliths rise majestically under deep blue skies and sweeping cloud formations . John Noxon photo The Sami Juami Record HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH Congressional fact-findin- Howard will participate in a Congressman-ele- ct Nielson interior subcommittee tour in southeastern Utah and central this weekend to major fact-findi- ng study energy deposits and the nuclear repository study site in San Juan County. tour includes San Juan g Nielson was invited by Rep. John Sieberling (D, Ohio), chairman of the Public Land and National Parks subcommittee of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. Jim Hansen, present southeastern Utah congressman, wiU one room school Modern-da- y The San Juan School District m recently opened a school at Halls Crossing on Lake Powell. There are presently seven students in grades 1 to 9 enrolled in the school. The students, whose parents work for Halls Crossing all Marina, previously attended school at Ticaboo in Garfield one-roo- School District. For the past year the students were ferried by their parents across Lake Powell to Bullfrog from where they rode the bus to Ticaboo. The trip took nearly an hour each morning and evening. While the daily boat ride could be considered an adventure, it could also be considered hazardous, at least on certain days. The par aits petitioned the School Board for a school withboat out ride. When a Superintendent Jack relayed the request to the State Department of Education, the school became a reality with State funding for a necessarily existent small school. Chris Wyatt is the teacher and the school has now been open two weeks. m There are not many schools stiU operating in the state. Neither Wyatt nor the students have had previous exm school. perience in a a So far, it is good experience one-roo- one-roo- for all. The school is presently held in a portion of a trailer owned Halls Crossing Marina. by Parents of students and representatives of the Marina have been very helpful in establishing the school. Drivers exam schedulethechanges basement of the Because of scheduling probto a shortage of due lems personnel in southern Utah, drivers license examinations in MonticeUo will be offered only on the last Wednesday of each month during the months of November and December. Prospective drivers or persons seeking to renew drivers licenses may take the written test in Moab each Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday from 1 p.m, to 4 p.m, in Grand County Courthouse. Both the written test and the road test are available in Moab each Friday from 1 p.m, to 4 p.m. Blanding driver examination hours will remain the same Thursday, from 10 a.m. to every 2 pjn. The Department of Public Safety plans to return to their old schedule beginning early in 1983. also participate and Congress- Kogovsek of Raymond Colorado and Pat Williamson of Montana may be on the tour. The contingent wiU include staff members from the offices of Utah Senators Jake Garn and Orrin Hatch, the Public Lands Subcommittee office, Governor Scott Mathesons office, the man Park National Service, the of Land Bureau Management and the U. S. Forest Service. Nielson said he was pleased with the invitation because it will him the opportunity to allow become directly involved in his new district, representing even before taking office. The tour wiU begin Friday with al a flight over and Utah. Early the Saturday group will participate in a private breakfast in Moab where 10 citizens will speak in favor of the nuclear repository and 10 citizens wiU speak against south-centr- south-easte- rn it. During the next two days, the fact-findi- group will ng fly by over portions of helicopter central and southeastern Utah stopping at random to inspect federally controlled land. Monday the group wiU fly in fixed-wiaircraft over National Parks land and will meet with Governor MathesoninSt. George, where Matheson is expected to ng outline Project BOLD. Project BOLD involves exchange of state lands for federal lands to provide better management potential. Members of the group will then have the opportunity to take an afternoon hiking tour in Zion National Park. On Tuesday, the tour will end with some of the group flying on to Las Vegas. the Navajo Tribal Police Department San Juan County and Sheriffs Office, road blocks and the establishment of an alcohol detoxification center in Montezuma Creek. Montezuma Creek Another resident wrote to request that the county provide a road grader and a water truck for Montezuma Creek, to which Commissioner Bailey stated that placing additional equipment at Montezuma Creek was contingent upon the Navajo Tribe furnishing land for a vehicle storage building. In other business Bernal Bradford, county road superintendent, reported to county commissioners that he had investigated reports of comSan Juan County about plaints roads adjacent to the Colorado border, Bradford stated that he had made a count of vehicles using these roads and over 60 percent carried Colorado license plates. Bradford said that 90 percent of vehicles parked at homes in Utah in that area had Colorado license plates. Bradford said he feels most of the complaints about road conditions are coming from people using Colorado plates. The Commission agreed that the county is responsible for road maintenance but county noted that violations of vehicle registration reduce county funds for such maintenance. The commission indicated it will press for stricter enforcement of vehicle registration laws. The Mexican Hat Sewer and Water District reported rates for the new service as follows: $15 base rate for the first 15,000 gallons of water and 45 cents per 1000 for gaUons over the base rate. Connect charge to December 1, 1982, wiU be $75 but wiU escalate to $500 after that date. A $10 fee wiU be charged for the foUowing services: non n; payment disconnect; re-co- nn Commissioner Bob Low reported that a recommendation had been made at a state meeting of county officials for a program to equalize fees charged by Utah counties and also the need to charge sales tax on materials sold by county road departments to private purchasers. A canvass of the November election baUots by the commissioners showed no change in the unofficial results reported earUer. The commissioners indicated that they will attend the November U Project BOLD meeting in Moab and also a Moab breakfast commitmeeting of a tee of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. The breakfast meeting is one of several stops on the itinerary of a tour organized by Rep. John SeiberUng(D, Ohio), chairman of the PubUc Land and National Parks subcommittee, to study al energy deposits in Utah and the nuclear repository study site in San Juan County. Accompanying SeiberUng wiU Howard be Congressman-ele- ct Nielson of the Third Congressional District. fact-findi- Love, assistant director of the Utah State Board of Corrections, and Kenneth Shulsen, state prison at a November 16 warden, luncheon meeting at the Juniper Tree Restaurant. Love and Shulsen wiU be in town at the invitation of the Chamber to discuss plans by the state of Utah for locating a 288-b- ed maximum security prison somewhere in southern Utah. MonticeUo Industrial and Trade Enterprise, a Chamber of Commerce committee, has invited the Board of Corrections to investigate San Juan County as a possible site and to inform residents of the advantages and disadvantages of a prison in a community. Love and Shulsen wiU m eet with ng south-centr- discuss prison MonticeUo meeting to by Carl Eisemann The MonticeUo Chamber of will host Stephen Commerce ec-tio- meter reading orbiUingandnew service meter reading. change-of-servi- ce San Juan County commissioners at 3 p.m., Monday, November 15, the day before they address the MonticeUo Chamber. The chamber encourages all members and interested citizens to attend the November 16 meeting and become better informed about prison installations. Questions wiU be welcomed. Holiday news deadline to Due the Thanksgiving HoUday, articles and advertisements for November 24 issue of The San Juan Record must be in by Friday noon, November 19. Bluff Beer Vote vote for the Initiative Petition to restrict The Bluff beer sales in San Juan County was 69 for and 131 against. |