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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wethesday September 2, 1987 - Rage 20 Doris Valle I can see Cedar Mesa out my window and it looks beautiful up there basking in the sunshine with a few wispy white cloud drifts overhead. Its nice today because today I have to work. When I took extreme measures to get a whole day free for hiking, I got to watch dark storm clouds laced with streaks of lightening over the barely visible dark gray mass of the Mesa. All day. Oh, well, I didnt get very wet walking out around the oil wells. Ive been seeing Sally Frazier and her son, Herbie, out there recently, jogging enthusistical- - Workshop on selling to the federal govt. ly down the road. The Daddy Herb Frazier has long been a familiar figure trotting along in sweats. As principal of the Mexican Hat School, Frazier is sometimes stressed. He says he has to keep in shape to keep up with the kids, who comprise his school population. MFK construction honcho Mike Mitchell reports another six to eight weeks on Phase I of the uranium tailings coverup. Dirt work is now 75 percent completed, building demolition 25 percent done. The five foot high fence with three strands of barbed wire on top reaches almost all the way around the site. The 30 foot wide and 150 foot long concrete decontamination pad will be poured this week, weather permitting. This part of the project will include radiological engineering assessments to determine what steps are to be taken on the nine local properties with possible minor contamination. Over 50 percent of Mitchells work force is local. Anyone interested in a little social life could find lots of action last week with one Squaw Dance First Night at Ben Begays and Third night at Tall Litsues house, another for James Freddy with a First Night 15 miles SE of Mexican Water and Third Night at the home of Rose and Ella Grays father, Dan Gray. Grazing Committee member Herman Daniels, Oljato Chapter was in charge of the 1987 counting, vaccination, and branding of cattles and horses for District 8, Area 4 Corrals. Harlan Harrison says we can expect a bonanza pinion nut crop this year. All those little gold tips on the pinion trees indicate a heavy harvest. Harrison also told me that Navajos used to live on the Bears Ears until conflicts with cattlemen drove them back down on the Reservation. I guess the good old days were not always so good. Which reminds me that I got a letter from Donald Baker of Millsboro, Delaware, assuring me that Philadelphia is still the City of Brotherly Love except for isolated trouble spots. I am sure he is correct but the seamy side of life story is usually the one which gets printed. Which is unfortunate because a climate of fear and hate flourishes as it is fed on publicized episodes of violence. Trouble has again reared its head around my house. . . or perhaps I should say its several heads. About two months ago I kept seeing a trio of most charming kittens, scampering away to a hidey hole under a trailer as I walked by. One was coal black, one snow white, and a third a pale gray with dark paws, tail tip, and ear tips. We have always had a thriving population of what are hopefully bam cats here, and, since I am not a cat lover, they have gone their way as I went mine. But those kittens. ..Sol started putting cat chow on my back porch. I have created a monster. At least a dozen cats now scamper when I open my door. They also sit around out there and yowl when the chow bowl is empty. Now I have seen another very short tail flick out of sight behind the porch cup- board. Another litter. The most disturbing aspect of this situation is that my daughter, Cheri, will be here for a vacation in early September. And she is a cat lover. NO! And no! Cheri, I hereby categorically and unequivocally announce that no cat, no kitten (I dont care how cute it is), and no- animal of a feline nature is going to move into my house. Now or at any time in the - future. . . . Cheri, do you really think Gus needs a little white kitten playmate so he wont be lonely? The Southeastern Utah Association of Local Governments, in conjunction with the Utah State Federal Procurement Office, will conduct a one day Federal Procurement Training Workshop on Thursday, September 10, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Mi Vida Restaurant in Moab. This workshop is geared toward all local businesses that have an interest in becoming suppliers of goods or services to the federal government or the federal government prime contractors. Informational presentations are geared to those who are encountering the Federal Procurement process for the first time as well as those who may already be participating in the SEUALG Federal Procurement information system. Workshop topics will include: the federal procurement process, how to find out who buys your product or services, how to do business with prime contractors, and, how to submit a bid and more. Anyone who would like to know more about doing business with the federal government should plan on attending, rhe workshop is being present-iat a $6 cost for materials to oarticipants. For further information con-aMrs. Audra Donaldson at d ct 801) 637-544- 4. fitoGEEGfoGtzm EtmoSEni? dEUBfiDftieED QtlEBIggpgnSEB -- KD 0ihytSiHH:ny owmmivmo See Allstate Agent John Fogg Every Thursday At Monticello Sears Store CALL THURSDAYS 587 - 2580 |