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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Watestay SqXaitoer 2, 1987 - Pag! 6 Bluff Stuff Nielson MHS happenings The by Dorothy by Nannette Slade Who says we cant get rain in Bluff? We even had a flood down the ditch by my place We used along the old highway. I to have them all the time, but hadnt seen one like this one for school year began at 8:15 on August 21 at Monticello High School when the students gathered in the auditorium for an assembly. Principal Bill Long reviewed the class schedule and talked about his expectations for the coming year. The students then attended shortened sessions of the eight classes on their 1987-8- 8 years. A long time ago, we had a flood where the water came over the road and into my house. I was out of town at the time, so my post office clerk and other good friends cleaned it out for me. This one, I didnt get to see, as my house is now on the other side of the lot. It wasnt until I saw all the debris on the road schedule. Monday, August 24, was the first full school day and it involved adjustments by staff and students to the new schedule: four 45 minute classes in the morning, then or schedules in the afternoon. On fifth and sixth period classes are attended, and on seventh and eighth classes are attended. The period afternoon classes are 85 minA-da- y A-day- B-da- realized what had happened there. Bill Davis and Susanne Herman were aware of it. They worried for fear it would get in their homes. All this rain has made everything lovely and green, but there is forever a fly in the that y s, s, utes. ointment. Weeds, weeds, weeds are popping up all over. I have been out trying to get rid of goat heads but it is a losing cause. It is always a losing cause. Thursday was a scramble for the seniors as they were involved in having their pic- tures taken. The other grades had their pictures taken on Friday. A pep assembly on Friday centered around the school song and was presented by the cheerleaders. During the assembly the coaches and new teachers were introduced: Ronald Atkinson, David Campo-pianPatti Husted, and Janett Slade. Bert Odette and Bobbie Suttlemyre were also introduced as they have new responsibilities this year. Later that day, the volleyball team beat the Monument Valley Cougars, and the football team played the Moab Devils in heir season opener but, unfortunately, did not win. After the football game, the mnual yearbook dance was leld with many students spending the evening signing yearbooks and reminiscing about the good times last year. The week ended with the cheerleaders dragging home after a day of wood hauling their third annual money making venture. o, Ozone layer The earths protective ozone Shawn Black and Stephanie Shurtz Temple wedding Mr. and Mrs. Hal R. Shurtz of Escalante, Utah are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Stephanie to Shawn Jack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald V. Jack of Blanding. Stephanie and Shawn will be married in the St. George Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. They will be honored at a reception on Saturday, September 5 from 8 until 10 p.m. at the Escalante Stake Center. While aerosol Stephanie is a graduate of Escalante High School and Evans Beauty College. Shawn graduated from San Juan High School. He completed an LDS mission to Boston, Massachesetts. The couple plan to continue their education at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City, Utah. The Mormon History Association has given its award for the best book in the field of Mormon history published in 1986 to Thomas G. Alexander, professor of history at Brigham Young University. Alexander, director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies award for at BYU, won the Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-da- y Saints, published by the University of Illinois Press. He was honored at the MHAs presidential banquet in Liverpool, England. This is the fourth MHA award Alexander has won. He previously won best article awards in 1968 (with James B. 1890-193- 0 Allen), in 1976 and in 1980. spray-ca- of chloroflurocarbons has Trailside General Store" Monticello OPEN use de- clined by 82 percent over the past decade, their use as refrigerants, insulating material and solvents has increased by more than 70 percent. The EPA estimates a 20 percent depletion of the ozone 40 layer, possible in less than 3.7 years, would result in million more cases of skin cancer each year in the U.S. Wednesday night at the LDS chapel. Mamie Martin of Cortez and Alma Barnes of Oklahoma, sisters of Buck and John Wilson, are visitors in town. Duke Simpson has moved a new trailer on his lot here and is putting on a cover for the roof and porches. He says he has no definite plans for it. Weather report: A niece of my husbands, Betsy Lamb of Sandy, and her came daughter and through town the other day. It son-in-la- w was good seeing them. Dan and Dixie Barber were visitors for a couple of days at thjg home of her parents, the Buck Wilsons. Louise and Everett Berensen have returned from a family reunion in Salt Lake. They stopped in at Provo to have a short visit with their son, Perry. The Ed McElveys have also returned from Santa Fe where they took the pottery they had There was .05 precipitation on August 21, .08 on August 22, .02 on August 23, .93 on the 24th and .13 on the 25th. Appalled by the suffering of 42,000 wounded men at a battlefield in northern Italy in 1859, Geneva businessman Henry Dunant wrote a book, A Memory of Solferino, which inspired the founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross, says National Geographic. The Workshoppe Upholstery Have you been looking for The Workshoppe Upholstery that was located at 310 East Main in Cortez for 18 24 HOURS DAILY PEPSI PRODUCTS gJ We have not sold out. We are now located 12478 Highway 145, just two miles north of Wal-Ma- rt on the Dolores Highway. Our phone number is 7 303-565-963- 0, at our former address for 18 years. 6-pa- ck ttarffHEto SEUiGEB FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL ' ,V. years? at We are still in business, always ready to serve you, as we have served the Four Corners area for 18 years with the same excellent work and quality you expect. 1987 n Helene Tarr is home from Houston where she went because of the serious illness of her son. She reported a rough trip home because of the storm. The LDS Branch here was reorganized last Sunday, with President Jimmy Bennally and his two counselors released. Craig Empey is our new president with Stan Bronson his first counselor. A party was held for the Bennallys on Historian wins award layer, which absorbs high levels of radiation from the sun, is at serious risk from worldwide chemical use, reports International Wildlife magazine. There will also be an open house on Wednesday, September 12, from 7 until 9:30 p.m. at the Blanding LDS chapel. y I made. They were able to sell them for a good price. Cecilia, their oldest daughter, is getting to be an expert at making pottery. The other girls are doing well, too. fi' A. the same number we had |