OCR Text |
Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday February 8, 1984 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 length. The publisher reserves the right to edit, condense or reject any contributions. Letters must be signed. Dear Editor: On January 25 an article was published in the San Juan Record regarding Newspaper Rock State Park in Indian Creek near National Park. Tocapsulize: When approached by Utah State Parks with the planned expansion of Newspaper Rock Park, the county commissioners were led. to believe that the preposed park would not be . . used to the detriment of a potential nuclear waste repository at Gibson Dome. However, during a recent hearing in Salt Lake City, Dr. David Madsen, Utah State archaeologist, stated that construction of a road through Indian Creek to the resite would cause pository extensive damage to archaeological sites in Newspaper Rock Park and that such damage would by a disqualifying condition for further consideration of the Can-yonla- nds Gibson Dome site. Newspaper Rock Park now consists of 10 acres with developed facilities and a: no-f- ee campIf the stale's ground. proposal is accepted by the Bureau of Land Management,' the park will be expanded to over 1,000 acres. San Juan County will benefit from this expansion by increased tourism. - Page 2 Contrary to rumors, the proposed expansion is not a recent development by the state to discourage the proposed nuclear waste repository. Under agreements made years ago between the state and the BLM, 1983 is the last year that the state can apply for additional lands for Newspaper Rock Park. Archaeological resources at Newspaper Rock and in Indian Creek are protected from adverse impacts by state and federal laws. In making this clear at the state meeting. Dr. Madsen was addressing a potential concern. If Gibson Dome is found to be the best suited geological repository host, then,, appropriate measures shouldbe taken to mitigate the unique archaeological resources that would be potentially impacted. If an alternate road is necessary to the repository site that damaging archaeological sites, then a cooperative effort should be made between concerned parties to achieve this goal. If impacts are unavoidable to will avoid . archaeological resources, then efforts should be made to preserve site features either in place or in a protected area such as an interpretative museum at the site. The proposed Anasazi Heritage Center near the "Escalante Ruins designed to house archaeological relics recovered from the Dolores River Canyon that would have been destroyed by the construction of the McPhee Dam, is a fine example of co- operation between those conwith cerned preserving America's past and those enriching America's industrial future. sJohn , Noxon Deborah Marcus . cost-effecti- 587-20- 587-24- 60 15, (Monticello Blanding. or 678-22- 74 besides his many other activities, he became president of the College of New Jersey at Prince- later became Princeton University. His wife was Elizabeth Montgomery. The other signer was Abraham Clark, who was born and raised in New Jersey. He was a frail boy, who apparently never had a formal education, but taught himself the fundamentals of mathematics and law to become a ton, ' which the I have fond memories of Valentine's Days when I was in grade school and the elaborate, would fancy boxes each class make. When the great day arrived, there was much anticipation as we waited for the time when the Valentines would be passed out. Those were anxious moments as we were fearful we wouldn't get as many Valentines as our best friends, or perhaps not receive a Valentine from that someone whom we special secretly admired. Then came the fun of comparing with friends and sharing with the family. ay 1,000 population. The national average is 4.4 beds per 1,000 population, which reflects the commitment to restrain in-dust- rys overbuilding and bed surplus. The white shark is known to spit out human victims after an attack, but it apparently has nothingtodo with the shark's distaste for flesh reports National Wildlife maga- zine. It's simply a clever protection technique. By first retreating, giving the victim time to go into shock, the shark can then dine in leisure without risk of attack. Valentines Day symbolizes and is love accepted as the day when we send words or gifts of love to friends and those who have special meaning in bur lives. It's a beautiful tradition, but as far as the words of love are concerned, Pm for making every day Valentine's Day. WEATHER 23 in in -- 44 16 54 21 55 23 23 -,- 49 47 21 44 21 - Mon. FAMILY NITE $8 Thur. BUCKET NITE 85 oz popcorn Tue. 2 FORI NITE 1 get refill FREE! Wed. DOLLAR NITE COUPON NITE Fri. . LAST TWO DAYS! FEBRUARY tv.viv. n. hi Smrch 4 8-- 9 UNCOMMON SPT p.m.ll9 Chamber of Commerce Community Events P-- STARTING FEBRUARY 10! J Calender Juan County Board of Commission: Tuesday, February 14, 10 a.m. in the Commission Room at county courthouse. Monticello City Council: Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. at city offices. MITE; Thursday, February 9 at 8 p.m. at Juniper Tree. of Chamber Commerce: Tuesday, February 14, noon, at Juniper Tree. Ron Johnson, manager of First Security Bank in Monticello will speak. The Chamber of Commerce annual banquet is coming in March. of- fering. 45 Montlcello San found. !the wonderful little Blanding . Hi Lo Pr. surveyor, a real estate dealer, and a general legal advisor. He married Sarah Hatfield. Both the Clarks and the Witherspoons had 10 children. Another special event of February is Valentine's Day named for Saint Valentine, a bishop who was put to death in Rome on February 14, 270 during the reunder ligious persecution Claudius then hide in the shadows so we could watch while the lucky soul John Travolta 7 J L 12 price admission day, February 10 Monday Thursday n -- Present this coupon for Newton-Joh- TWO OF A KIND 'jlPGl February 1016 COUPON tj Present this COUPON j 011713 for - 7 p.m. coupon 12 price admission Friday, February Friday & Saturday 10 7, 9 p.m. See it at The Movies! Monticello (Paid Advertisement) Published weekly at Monticello, Utah, 84535. Second class postage paid at Monticello, Utah (USPS 480 -- .400.) Address Box changes: 879, Monticello,, Utah. The San Juan Record is a member of the Utah Press Assoc. ve Drinking or drug problem? San The Detox Unit at the inMon-ticel- lo Juan County Hospital can help. Ask your doctor or call Social Services at hospitals provided 1,571,000 outpatient visits through same-da- y surgery, clinics, lab and and emergency departments rooms. This represents a 38 J percent increase in outpatient visits in 1982 over 1981. Utah is also distinguished in having the second lowest number of beds per 1,000 population. Next to the state of Alaska,Utah hospitals have 2.8 acute care beds per X-r- Ground Hog Day (on the 2nd) and it's always interesting to know whether or not the little fellow is going to see his shadow, and return to his hole for another six weeks of winter. Quite frankly I think it's a tossup between him and the weather forcasters as to who knows what's going on. This is also the birth month of two of our most revered presidents, George Washington and Abraham ' Lincoln were true patriots who rendered invaluable service to this great country of ours. I'd like to have known them. And speaking of great service to our country, two signers of the Declaration were also born this month. John Witherspoon was born and educated in Scotland. He was a Presbyterian minister and , Utah inpatient hospital stay lowest in nation The results of a 1982 statistical survey released by the Utah Hospital Association show that Utah has the lowest length of inpatient hospital stay in the nation. On an average, Utahns stay 5.4 days in the hospital compared to the Mountain States Region of 6.6 days and the U.S. average of 7.6 days. The $488 million hospital industry in Utah averaged $2,038 per admission in 1982 as compared to the Mountain States average of $2,300 and a U.S. average of $2,500. Despite being 22 percent lower . than the rest of the nation, the trend reflects a 15.8 percent increase over 1931. Still, this average cost per admission has been reduced by 5 percent over the previous year. Utah hospitals provided in 1982 $64 million in uncompensated care as compared to $53 million in 1981. This amount of "free care includes charity care, bad debt, and shortfalls ii Medicara and Medicaid reimbursements. Losses from these two government sponsored patients alone costs $100 per day, per patient. In 1982, total inpatient admissions were 205,000 which included 40,000 births and 121 thousand surgical operations. In an effort to encourage consumers to use more methods of health care, Utah is the month of February PUBLISHERS J. Martin L Adams SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' |