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Show iiju ir yy jr Beer control bill killed by motion Amended legislation to control beer and alcoholic beverage sales near Indian reservations in Utah is dead. It was kiUed on motion of its author, Representative Hardy Redd Juan), after passing both the House and (R-S- an Senate. Redd said he acted in deference to Montezuma Creek of a beer intiative petitioners referendum which was turned down by the voters in November. Mark Peterson, spokesman for the petitioners, said the amended bill did not accomplish what they wanted and was harmful to businessmen in Mexican Hat. Peterson added that his group has not given up and will seek other ways to legaUy control the and use of beer in the sale Montezuma Creek area of southern San Juan County. In its original form, HB 48 would have permitted local option in unincoiporated areas of Utah. The amended version restricted beer and alcoholic beverage sales within a 1000-fo- ot buffer zone to Indian reservations. adjacent resplendent in a traditional velveteen blouse, is one of 80 Bluff Elementary School students who parti ci pated in the Rock Point Navajo Song and Dance Festi va . The festival is the largest com'pet 1 i on of its, kind in the Four Corners area. Boy, Tammy' . I 1 'V Alvin Reiner photo HB 48 met stiff opposition by Utah beer wholesalers and some legislators who felt that businessmen in their districts might be adversely affected if local option were exercised. It was amended in the Senate Business yaou HOMETOWN y VoU' 65 BL.r.1 : No'i 7. HEVSPAPEn FOR SAHJUAH COMITY; UTAH -- 25 cents J March, 10,' 1983 . area managemont brlofo commissioners on ;v ; by Carl Eisemann - y. A y briefing of the Bureau ofLand Management Area Resource Plan, was presented Monday to county Pete commissioners by Grand Resource Christensen, Area manager. The plan will be released by BLM on March 16 for : XV v public comment. Christensen pointed out that the ; plan includes four alternatives, one of which is continuation of the present operation. One alternative calls for increased empha- sis on production. Another stresses protection. All of the alternatives allow for multiple use. According to Christensen, the management plan may conflict with BLM wilderness study plans. The Grand Resource Plan which encompasses Grand County and Northern San Juan County, is one of several study plans being submitted at this time. The San Juan Resource Area will submit its plan in 1986. - r ; ; said that state Christensen not will be completed until plans all resource areaplans are finalized. The state plan will contain an amalgamation of all alternatives in all resource areas. In thanking Cristensen for the briefing, Commissioner Calvin Black said that because of the inordinate - amount of state and federal lamiiai San Juan County, Ithe county foiist support any objections if might have wifi facts. Black said that because of the amount of BLM landin Utah, congressional action might be heeded to prevent too great ah impact on the resources of the state. business, Commis- sioner Bob Low said that Bill Reger, San Juan Health Care administrator, is unable to get a detailed breakdown on costs and services provided in San Juan by the Southeastern Utah Public Health Service. In other : ; Snovi moisture content above normal Snow conditions remain excel- lent on the Blue and LaSal Mountains as - shown by the snow surveys completed February: 24 and 25.' ;; : Buckboard Flat on Blue Mountain has accumulated 48 inches of snow which contains 14 inches of water and is 157 percent of normal. Jackson also on Blue Camp Mountain has 53 indies of snow containing 17 inches of moisture resulting in 169 percent of normal. San Juan still in nuclear waste siting program . . . V ijv ,. Snow survey results are re- ported by the Soil Conservation Service in Mocticello. v y Gibson Dome wiU be submitted to Energy Secretary Hodel for consideration of further explora- The commissioners requested that Reger make a written request as a high level waste tion repository site, as reported by San Juan Commissioner Calvin Black following a meeting in to the Public Health Service for the information. y Low reported that Bluff residents are complaining that the television transat Bluff is not providing mitter adequate nighttime signal. Commissioner Ken Bailey said that the county road department and the sheriff s office have taken legal action against a trucking firm that damaged a road in Eastland. Bailey stated that legal proceedings wilLbe initiated in all such road damage cases. He said road superintendent - the county has the auftority to efese roads to track: traffic at his discretion. 1 authorized Cleal Bradford chairman of the County Development Board, to meet with the State Community Development Board to work out an agreement to use county Block Grant money to plan a development project at Halls Crossing. Washington, Lawrence, solar-power- ed of . -- - head level nuclear waste ed Three of five sites nominated wifi be selected for detailed site characterizations, including construction of a shaft. Black said that if Gibson Dome is one of the three, San Juan could experience economic benefits soon. Black said that he was informed by Lawrence that Gibson Dome met all of the rea for quirements repository. Black said Monday that he had also met with members of the governors committee, congressmen and agency heads to discuss proposals for nuclear waste storage. Black stated that in his meeting with the governors committee, he was informed that Governor Mathesohhad contacted Secretary Hodel to express his opposition to a repository at geo-techni- ; The project calls for an agricultural, ; recreational and resort-complewith an airport adjacent to Halls Crossing. , In other action, the commissioners met with county attorney-Hallida- high D. C., with Mike newly-appoint- storage. ; The La Sal Mountain lower course has 48 inches of snow containing 13 inches of water and is 186 percent of normal. The La Sal Mountain upper course has 68 inches of snow containing 20 inches of water and is 168 percent of normal. The snow surveys do not include moisture that fell during the first week of March. Committee in language agreed to by the beer wholesalers. The enactment of HB 48 would have closed four beer outlets near the Navajo Indian reservation in San Juan County. Five outlets, one at Montezuma including would have been unCreek, affected. owner and Mark Sword, operator of a motel, restaurant and lounge at Mexican Hat, made a formal request through his attorney for a gubernatorial veto of HB 48. was introduced by HB 48 Redd after an Representative initiative petition that would have banned beer sales in San Juan County was refused by the electorate in November. The petition originated in Montezuma Creek where there is a reported high incidence of alcohol use and abuse and followed an attempt by the Montezuma Creek petitioners to ban beer sales only in Montezuma Creek. ramifications made it Legal impossible for San Juan County commissioners to comply with the community-ba- n request. The initiative petition, source of considerable controversy in San Juan, sparked the formation of a pro-be- er group, called The "San Juan Survival Committee, which fought vigorously against the initiative referendum. x cal , Gibson Dome. y to determine action on final payments ontheMexicanHat Sewer District project. The dis- trict contends faulty design must be resolved before final payments are made. Beer licenses were issued for-- , the San Juan Bar in Mexican Hat and Halls Crossing at Lake Powell.', was s told that the Black he will support said governor other . efforts to improve the of southeast Utah. economy According to Black, the state has repeatedly made but never kept this promise, so San Juan County will continue to fight for the repository. r fo a Washington meeting with Frank Coffman, director of low level nuclear waste projects. Black learned that because of and safety reasons, expense Coffman is opposed to shifting vitro tailings from Salt Lake City to Energy Fuels south of Blanding. Black stated that Utah congressional delegates support such a move if costs are not prohibitive and Energy Fuels is to storage of vitro amenable at tailing its Blanding site. , The San Juan County Commissent a letter to the sion Department of Energy stating to political in a nuclear considerations repository siting decision. The letter detailed the Commissions concern over a regulation which could disqualify a site that might impact a National Park. The Commission feels that this regulation could be interpreted to include impact on access to a their opposition Park. DOE nuclear hearing A public hearing on the nomin- ation of a repository site has been scheduled by the Department of Energy for April 12 at 7 p.m, at the Monticello High School auditorium. Nuclear conferences The College of Eastern Utah will host four nuclear energy conferences in San Juan as part of Education Days Week. The conferences will be held at different locations throughout the county. - |