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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wahsday Septate 2, 1987 - Pag; 6 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, 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. 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 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 was good seeing them. Dan and Dixie Barber were visitors for a couple of days at th home of her parents, the There was .05 precipitation on August 21, .08 on August 22, .02 on August 23; .93 on the 24th and .13 on the 25th, Bluff Stuff Nielson MHS happenings The by Dorothy by Nannette Slade 1987-8- 8 school year Who says we cant get rain in Bluff? We even had a flood 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 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 classes are period attended, and on seventh and eighth period classes are attended. The afternoon classes are 85 minA-da- y A-day- B-da- down the ditch by my place along the old highway. We used to have them all the time, but I hadnt seen one like this one for 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 that y s, s, utes. I Thursday was a scramble for the seniors as they were involved in having their pictures 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-piano- , Patti Husted, and Janett Slade. Bert Odette and Bobbie Suttlemyre were also introduced as they have new responsi- bilities 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, did win. not infortunately, Yfter 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. Ozone layer The earths protective ozone layer, which absorbs high levels of radiation from the sun, is at serious risk from worldwide chemical use, reports International Wildlife zine. While aerosol spray-ca- n Shawn Black and Stephanie Shurtz Temple wedding Mr. and Mrs. Hal R. Shurtz of There will also be an open house on Wednesday, September 12, from 7 until 9:30 p.m. at the Blanding LDS chapel. 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, 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. 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 Massachesetts. The couple plan to continue their education at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City, Utah. y Historian wins award 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 at BYU, won the award for Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-daSaints, 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. Allen), in 1976 and in 1980. y he Workshqippe (Upholster y 1890-193- 0 Have you been looking for The Workshoppe Upholstery that was located at 310 East Main in Cortez for 18 years? Trailside General Store's We have not sold out. We are now located 12478 Highway 145, just two miles north of Wal-Ma- rt on the Dolores Highway. Monticello OPEN 24 HOURS DAILY use Our phone number is 303-565-963- 6-pa- the same number we had 0, at our former address for PEPSI PRODUCTS 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. maga- of chloroflurocarbons has declined 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 eacHyear in the TJ.S. 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. 18 years. The Workshoppe ck Upholstery 12478 Highway 145 Cortez, CO 303-565-96- FIRST WEEK.0F SCHOOL ;t V V 7 a r.r |