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Show f w THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, March 28, 1984 - Page 2 day a Blanding school will be named alter Joseph B, Harris. It is an honor he richly deserves. He promoted education in Letters, to the editor The Record welcomes letters from its readers on any sub-- , ject of public interest. Letters must be no mbre than 300 words in length. The publisher reserves the right to edit, condense or reject any contributions. Letters must be signed. Dear Editor: Each March I think of Joseph B. Harris, a pioneer in education in Blanding. It was through his insistence and hard work that Blanding got its first high school. He was bom in Henefer, Utah. He came from Salt Lake City with his wife Lucy to teach school in Bluff. He taught in San Juan for 39 years during which time he served as superintendent of and principal of the schools and at the same school Blanding time carried a full load as a 4-y- Blanding all his life, often working without pay. I feel very strongly that he shouldbe honored for all he did. for education in San Juan County. s Florence Galbraith Dear Editor: The following is a letter which I received and I would be proud if you would share the letter with your readers. Thank you. James JJIarris, Principal San Juan High School ear teacher. He was civic minded and served , as mayor of Blanding for several terms. A religious man, he filled three missions for the LDS church, served as a bishop, and was president of the San Juan Stake for eight years. He and Lucy had six children. If he were hereToday, how proud he would be to see his grandson James J. Harris, principal at San Juan High School, following in his footsteps. I and some of the other old timers in Blanding hope that one Dear Principal Harris: I am writing to express my thoughts about the positive impression your basketball team and cheerleaders left on myself and my wife this past weekend in Richfield. We, by chance, were placed in the same motel your young people were staying at. Having been a coach, for many years, I know what young people can do as far as noise and other things. We spent a most restful night not even knowing your team was there. So many times aU we hear are negative things and I would like to compliment your coaches, players, ,and cheerleaders for being the fine positive example they were and for helping to keep my faith in our youngpeople. Sincerely, L. Blaine Hyde, Principal Ticaboo School - Blanding Drug and Alcohol Task Force by Paul Foreman, President San Juan High PTA The Blanding Drug and Alcohol Task Force created last November is alive, well, and making progress. . Under the leadership of Russell Stevenson, the Task Force organized itself into three groins peer pressure, legal and enforcement problems, and public education. The peer pressure group is aimed at countering some of the negative influences in the community; This group is called the Blanding .l Youth Council and is comprised of high school students, teens and a few adults. They have been active in promoting wholesome entertainment and educating their peers about the dangers of substance abuse. The group is in the process of another internal forming group called the Junior Youth Council, consisting of seventh and eighth graders a cooperative group of youth helping each ' other. The Blanding Youth Council meets each Thursday and wehelp and participation from all. It recently opened a room next to the boodrop-i- n kstore in the high school where information may be found about the harmful effects t)f drug and alcohol abuse. It is handy for lcomes rently surveying records of local arrests.- They are pleased to note the high ratio of convictions to arrests for DUL The Task Force supports all San Juan law enforcement efforts to rid our roads and highways of drunk drivers. The third Task Force group has concerned itself with educating the public young and old alike about the dangers of substance Teachers have been abuse. trained to give instruction in the classroom regarding such dangers. A comprehensive education program about these dangers, to be presented to all grades, is becoming a reality in the schools of San Juan. A recent study conducted by, the State Office of Education indicates that parents in Utah overwhelmingly support drug and alcohol education in the schools. As the Blanding Task Force moves closer to achieving its goals, we ask all parents to do their part in contributing toward the success of the program. Establish your lines of communication to those sources andpeople vital to you. The ugliness and horror of substance abuse can be We can fight back and ended. - we can win. Its my realm of remembrance just why, we acquired Bobby. We already had Tess and surely we didn't need another dog. But I suppose that he was just a lovable Uttle puppy needing a home that day we first met him at Grandad's. His full name was Bobby Freckles Smith and Fll explain that. He was a toy shepherdwith a naturally bobbed tail, thus the Bobby. His face had a number of spots that looked like freckles and gee, dogs need last names tool He was quite an addition to our small family. We had only one beyond little girl at the time and she accepted Bobby wholeheartedly, and enjoyed him as well as Tessa. Tessa was the big great Dane. I don't remember that she and t Bobby had particular any fascination for each other but they got along weU. It was always a would walk beUy and surprise when Bobby right under Tessa's not bump. difference under-bel- ly seeing the Even in their sizes, this business didn't seem possible somehow. From somewhere, I had acquired the' Idea that all dogs could swim and so, of course, I just supposed that Bobby could too. He wouldn't ever get in the water though and one day my husband decided it was time for Bobby to begin swimming. He picked the little feUow up and threw him into the pond. Well, guess what? After a few minutes, the teacher had to swim out and : rescue our little toy he was about to shepherd , drown. Bobby was never thrown in again and as far as we knew he never went in on his own. When fear of animals myself I suffered for weeks over the stark dismay Fd seen in that little boy's face. that little boy's eyes enlarged in absolute terror as he saw a demonic monster descending on him. It was just a second or two before the little boy knew that he had not been attacked after all, but the damage had been done. I can't say how long the little boy suffered from that experience but I suffered plenty. , Bobby Freckles, however, was quite unaware of any problem he might have caused. After all, he'd just . been tending to business, ruling his kingdom, as was his right, and putting his subjects in the proper place, or tryipg to. Food prices average higher in January December levels. Pork prices rose 4.4 percent Jbut were stiU 7.8 percent below January a year ago. Fruit and vegetable prices increased 6.3 percent and were 12.6 percent above a year ago. Egg prices rose 13.9 percent and were 54.1 percent higher than January a year ago reflecting lower supplies. The consumer price" index (CPI) for food in January rose percent from the December level (before seasonal adjustment), according to the monthly consumer price index released last week by the U. S. Department of Labor. Prices for food bought in grocery stores in January rose 2.5 percent from the December level, and were only 3.9 percent January a year ago. Prices for restaurant meals and snacks rose 0.5 percent in January and were 4; percent .above a year - earlier;4 V; - ' , Beef and veal prices increased 3.3 percent in January from the 1.9 a-b- J- Drinking or drug problem? The Detox Unit at the San Juan County Hospital in Mon-t- ic ello can help. Ask your doctor or call Social Services 5, at in MonticeUo" or in ove 587-201- -- 587-246- 0. 678-22- 74 Blanding. Mon. FAMILY NITE $8 Thur. BUCKET NITE Tue. 2 FOR Bobby loved to fight. He was small and rarely won a fight, but he never passed ig a chance to try. We used to drive anoldl936 Ford pickup and Sir Bob would get in the back of that pickup and survey his subjects and domain as we drove around, and he was the cock of the walk. He likedbeingin the pickup but if there happened to be a dog around when we slowed down, his majesty would take a flying leap and tear into whichever hapless canine happened to be infringing in his world and the fight was on. I'm really quite surprised that he survived, but however difficult it was for him, he was always ready to go again the next time. Mr. Freckles didn't bother people, but other dogs were another story. We were going on some errands one day with his royal self riding majestically in the back and as we slowed to turn a comer, a little boy and his dog were passing. Bobby didn't notice the boy but the boy didn't Having experienced a horrible Bob took his flying leap out on the dog, know that. 1 NITE Wed. 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