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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday March 27, 1985 Signals scrambled on few satellite channels a handful of satellite television channels have plans to scramble their signal, Tom Bradford of Satellite Systems at Hucks Museum and Trading Post in Blanding said last week. Bradfords statement was in Only BES remodeling plans by Jody Bailey Current plans are to remodel the Blanding Elementary School in three phases, as discussed at the monthly meeting of the San Juan Board of Education. Phase One will involve remodeling the administrative area, existing classrooms and the kitchen. Projected completion date is August 1985. During Phase Two the north playground will be blocked off while construction of additional classrooms progresses through the 1985-8- 6 school year. Phase Three is construction of a media center in the south central portion of the existing building. The death of Design West architect Richard Clyde may affect the August 1986 target completion date of the project. West, who was overseeing the remodeling, was killed recently in a plane crash. Vehicle use may be reference to an article published recently in The San Juan Record. Of the over 135 satellite channels listed in the current issue of Satellite TV Week, over 30 channels list free movies, either as their total programming taxable to employee by Carl Eisemann The county deputy auditor told commissioners Monday that their designation of 19 employees as employees whose job requires that they take a county vehicle home might not meet IRS reconcerning travel quirements move was made to avoid The pay. use as taxvehicle such showing to the employees. able income The commissioners decided to continue the policy pending an anticipated IRS ruling in June. All employees whose job requires them to take a vehicle home wiU be notified that value equivalent to their travel to and from their jobs may becometax-ab- le income. or as part of their regular pro- gramming, Bradford said. Bradford said there are 135 channels available on 15 satellites, adding that wily 19 are This leaves over scrambled. 100 channels that are not scrambled. The scrambling of a few movie channels will not greatly affect the selection available to dish owners, Bradford comWith the launching mented. of new satellites each year, the outlook for dish owners is very good. On October Hof 1985, Congress approved House Resolution 4103 SateUite TV Viewing Rights making it clear that the manufacture, sale and home use of earth receiving stations is perfectly legal, Bradford said. Bradford said satellite dishes are a good investment for people living in isolated areas, people not served by cable companies, and people who want to broaden their programming choices. - Advertising Pays Bill Skeen, Clint Howell and Luther Risenhoover have completed three recent weUs on the Gebauer and Groom lease. They have also perforated, treated, and put a pump on a previously drilled well on the Gebauer Skeen lease. Howell Oil Company interests other current oil activity, Stan Roger, Wright Drilling Company of Cortez, is sinking an exploratory hole near Goosenecks. D. Valle photo In Coalition against environmentalists control by Carl Eisemann Haskins of MonticeUo was in an named president pro-te- rn organizational meeting last week of a coalition of Southeastern A1 Utah residents interested in prosouthern Utah from tecting environmental controls imposed by northern Utah and national interests. Haskins presented a series of news articles showing the degree to which the urban segment in Utah has thwarted development efforts in southern Utah. He pointed out two immediate and serious threats: (1) a proposed miUion acre Wilderness and (2) the Integral Vista action, 3.8 concept. The Wilderness bill wiU mean that acreage in the Grand Gulch area wiU be off limits for deThat velopment. acreage, Haskins said, is more than the total acreage in CanyonlandsNa-tion- al Park. If enforced, the Integral Vista concept wiU put an end to aU development in San Juan and Grand counties, Haskins said, adding that there are few places in either county that are not visible from a national park or monument. For that matter, Haskins said, if Integral Vista had been in effect years ago, MonticeUo and Moab would not exist. A prime goal of the coaHtion is to establish an organization of rational environmentally oriented people large enough to be recognized in the same manner as radical environmental groups are recognized. It was noted that in media coverage of issues affecting southern Utah, such groups as the Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth are quoted frequently while groups interested in development are largely ignored. The coalition hopes to become it, tax incorporated as a exempt organization and plans to solicit members statewide. Persons interested in joining are asked to write to A1 Haskins, Box 715, MonticeUo, Utah, 84535. non-prof- San Juan Education Days Aerobi-Tec- h Easter Dresses Shoes 'and Shoes ((tipple computer James Shearer Utah Authorized Dealer 20 Off Blanding, Boys and Girls Knit Tops representing Off Southeast Utah Computers Wrangler Jeans and Tops for men and women administrative Rick Bailey, aide, reported that the county can use a work week for employees without any overtime, and reminded the commissioners that all county employees must be paid at least minimum 4-d- ay 10-h- our wage. The commissioners approved responses prepared by Bailey and the Southeast Utah Association of Governments on the Utah Clean Air Act. Both responses register objections to the Utah act, which has more rigid standards than mandated federal standards. The responses also take exception to the fact that only one Utah member of the Clean Air Committee is from southern Utah. County commissioners believe that the strict state standards wiU seriously curtaU development in southern Utah. The Wasatch Front area has less stringent regulations. Commissioner Ken Bailey reported that there is a move to divert over $15 miUion in Highway User revenues to uses other than roads. BaUey feels that many legislators are unaware of the diversion, even though the Joint City and County Road Committee is attempting to get legislation to curtail the movement. Bailey reported that the addition of culverts on the Piute Farms road wiU cost nearly $50,000. The county wiU consider this project only if the Bureau of Indian Affairs proBids for the vides culverts. Montezuma Creek bridge wUl be let April 9. The county assessor reported that the state has never made an on-si- te evaluation of state assessed properties in San Juan County. The commission angrily took the position that the county should chaUenge legaUy the State Tax Commission factoring order. Tina Garaick of the 20 P.O. Box 52 15 Off 20 No. Carbon Avenue Price, Utah 84501 for a Contact Jim at demonstration on Apple products. 678-235- 9 no-obligati- on Monticello Merc - Page 3 five-coun- ty association in southwestern Utah met with the commission to discuss a survey being conducted to evaluate the status of tourism in southern Utah. Commissioners expressed concern that the results could be used to block economic development in the future. Donald Jack, San Juan County school superintendent, submitted a copy of a proposal to establish rea joint city-county-sc- creation program. |