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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Thursday July 7, 1383 - Page 4 County liabilitie- s- actual and possible Wilderness hearings Informal public hearings are scheduled by the Utah Congressional delegation to gather public input on the delegations draft of a wilderness bill. Hearings will be held on July 11 at Salt Lake City and Roosevelt, and on July 16 at Logan and Cedar City. Call Jim Congressman at Hansens office to reserve time to speak at . the hearing and for further information on times and places of the hearings. The draft Utah wilderness bill includes 30,000 acres in Dark and Woodenshoe Canyons in San Juan County, along with nine other proposed wilderness areas totalling 615,000 acres for the entire state. All recommended areas are on National Forest land. The draft bill also permanently prohibits the Forest Service from studying roadless areas for future wilderness rein Utah; will commendations allow increased grazing use in designated wilderness areas; and exempts Utah from the mineral leasing ban set by the Wilderness Act of 1964. Formal hearings on the Utah wilderness bill are scheduled for later this summerin Washington, Written comments may be addressed to Senator Jake Gam, co Utah Wilderness, 4225 Federal Building, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138. The deadline for ' written comments is July 23, D.C. 1983. Earth resource data campaign to acquire simulated data of future satellite imagery of the earths resources is currently underway throughout the United States. During the three weeks of the simulation campaign, Spot Image Corporation has acquired data at 50 sites, including a site located near Comb Ridge in San Juan An All Tribes Indian Days wUl be held Sunday, July 10, at the rodeo grounds south of Bluff Elementary School. Josephine Warren and Teresea Nakai look forward toparticipatinginthepow-wo- w, scheduled 7 at for p.m, the community center in the park. Alvin Reiner photo MPD Bulletin For Help or Information Call airborne County. The future satellite, known as SPOT, is scheduled for launch in January 1985. SPOT wiU be the worlds first commercial earth satellite offering resources users worldwide coverage of 10m and 20m resolution satellite im- agery. The SPOT simulation imagery will be used to introduce future SPOT satellite data to the U.S. user community. The sites, dis- tributed across states, have specific applications for agricul24 ture, forestry, water resources, wetlands and wildlife habitats, petroleum and mineral exploration, and land use planning. 587-227- 2 During the past two weeks, MPD has investigated three cases involving injury to children who were passengers on motorcycles. None of the children involved were wearing safety helmets as required by Utah state law. Not only is it illegal for any person under the age of 18 years to be apassenger on a motorcycle while not wearing a safety helmet, it may be considered negligence and lack of concern for the child's safety on the part of the person operating the cycle. A cyclist cannot always control situations which make an accident unavoidable, but he or she can, and must, require their juvenile passengers to wear a safety helmet. This is not unreasonable when one considers that eight out of ten fatalities resulting from motorcycle accidents are due to head injuries. MPD will be making a concentrated effort to enforce the juven ile helmet by Carl Eisemann actual and County liabilities were discussed by possible and Commissioners County county attorney Bruce Halliday Tuesday. Halliday advised the Commission they may be liable for expenses involved in widening the Bug Park road where it crosses private land. Halliday said there might be approximately $5,000 due to the Environmental Protection Agency as a result of the bankruptcy of the contractor on the Mexican Hat Service District water and sewer project. He said the county would be liable for undetermined audit fees. The commissioners indicated that a special tax levy may have to be assessed against the Service District to cover costs. Halliday expressed concern about county liability when private vehicles are used to transport participants in county recreation programs. Halliday was asked to determine if the county had any liability. Commissioner Bob Low advised the Commission that the county is liable for sales tax on admissions charged for any ed activities. He said the county is obligated to report the names of all vendors county-sponsor- that violators will be issued citations and may be required to explain their lack of concern to the proper authormeans and overflowing into irrigation ities. Although these laws may be inconvenient to cyclists at times, they are laws intended to protect minor children from undue exposure to harm, and will be strictly enforced by MPD. ax That was the situation in some sections of MonticeUo. Flow from the mountains into the headhouse was ample, the headhouse was Ml to capacity law this summer. This Juvenile riders and their parents should also remember that unlicensed riders may" not ride cycles on or beside public roadways. Violators wiH be cited, and cycles may be impounded. Cycles must be pushed, not ridden, when upon or alongside any public roadway. No exceptions. at such activities. The county Fair Board was asked to inform all non-texempt organizations of the state sales tax policy. Commissioner Black reported that he met with representatives of other counties to finalize presentation on the 11 areas statewide that the counties will accept as Wilderness Areas, Commissioner Black asked that the Commission approve a letter to the cities of Monticello and Blanding asking that an referendum be placed advisory on the fall ballot regardingpublic opinion on the National Park Service and the retention of Pete Parry as Canyonlands Park superintendent. In other action, the Commission granted a beer license to E. Oliver, new owner of Shirttail Comers Service; heard a report from Gail Dalton, county clerk, that indicated the state assessed land value in San Juan County will be $18L259,860; and were informed by Commissioner Bailey that the Ucolo road work is complete. Sam Klemm, aid to Congressman Howard Nielson, attended the Commissionmeeting. Klemm offered to assist the Commission on the Utah WUderaess Bill and dealings with the Bureau of Land Management. FORTY YEARS AGO this week, San Juan and Grand county women were working hard to help win the battle of food supply, thereby playing a big part in the war effort, according to Thelma San Juan and Grand Walton, County Home Management Super- visor for Farm Security istration. Admin- Many women were working in the fields, taking the places of men who were in the armed services. repairs. MonticeUo City Council denied the request of the San Juan County Recreation Board for ball park lights. Karl Lyman, MonticeUo resident, announced his candidacy for the Utah House of Representa- tives. YEARS AGO week, water, water, every- TWENTY-FIV- E this ditches. Getting the supply from that point to the residential taps was the problem. City crews worked through the night to determine the source of the trouble and make necessary where, and not a drop to drink. Charles A. Steen, Moab mining executive, became acandidale for the state senate. NEED MORE THAN A BANDAGE TO FIX YOUR CAR OR TRUCK? 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