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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday January 6, 1988 I keep glancing out my window awed by that odd golden glow which I assume is sunshine. 1 assume rather than know because its been so long - Page 12 since the sun showed its face that Im not sure I would recognize it. In the 13 years Ive been in Mex Hat this is the first Christmas that inclement weather has cancelled our family Christmas day hike. This year, only daughter Donna and I, chaperoned by Donnas pony sized dog, Baby, braved More on safety inspection rules Contrary to information previously released by the Utah Highway Patrol, the state will require only one safety inspection on a car during 1988. For purposes of registration in 1988, the State Tax Commission will recognize a Utah safety inspection that has been conducted during the previous 11 months. In situations where safety inspections expire after license plates, drivers may use the affidavit that came along with their old safety inspection. Using this new method no one will be required to get an inspection twice during a twelve month period. In fact, there are situations where drivers will be able to go almost two years on a single safety inspection. In some cases 1987 safety inspections will expire before its time to renew license plates. Drivers can let their old stickers expire and forget about them. Then sometime during the 60 days prior to the registration date, they should get their cars inspected. Under the new law taking effect on January 1, 1988, drivers will get a Certificate of Inspection when they go in for a safety inspection. The certificate must be sent in with auto egistration materials. Since ;he Motor Vehicle Division will lot register a car unless the certificate or last years affidavit is included, the presence of a current registration tells law enforcement officers the car has also been safety inspected. The license plate decal will serve the same purpose as both a window sticker and a plate decal has in the past. The system has the advantage of moving all the deadlines a car owner must be concerned with into a single time frame. Registration, safety inspection and auto emissions tests can all be taken care of at the same The Hitchin Post Boot Shop H Cortez. Colorado BOOTS FOR LESS ! Need boots or shoes repaired? Leave work at Juan Record time, once each year. The Highway Patrol has taken the additional step of instructing the states 2,000 safety inspection stations not to inspect a vehicle unless the registration is within 60 days of expiring. Stations are required to advise drivers of the new law and are subject to having their licenses suspended if they do an inspection before the proper time. Law enforcement officers are being asked to pay particular attention to unsafe vehicles during the conversion period. Even though drivers may go beyond their old safety inspection date, they are still required to make sure their cars are in safe operating condition. Officers will be looking closely at faulty equipment including bad brakes, defective steering mechanisms, worn tires, burned out headlights or taillights and cracked windshields. The new law applies to passenger cars, light trucks registered for under 10,000 pounds and to motorcycles. Commercial and larger vehicles will still be required to display a windshield inspection sticker. Advertising Pays the elements and slogged around the oil field with snow and sleet stinging our faces. Weather and the multiple hazards thereof affected everything this year. Im sure almost everyone in this area shared my anxieties as loved ones drove or rode or flew home for the holidays. And after a too brief period of rejoicing because they had all arrived safe and sound, we had to start chewing fingernails again as they waved goodbye and returned over those same impassable roads. I have nightmares about the Flagstaff hill and the passes outside Denver. I didnt enjoy my own driving adventures much either. There was an icy hill between Montezuma Creek and the Colorado State line when I was behind a tow truck with a disabled school bus on its hoist. Awaiting an opportunity to pass, I was much too close behind for my peace of mind when tow truck, school bus, et al, lost control on the ice and started backward. With a choice of stopping and being squashed or ice skating around my attackers, I chose the latter and, to my surprise, arrived intact at the top of the hill. Then there was the blizzard as I left Blanding and drove home through the night. By the time I reached Lime Ridge, the highway had vanished under the snowfall. I drove on with tentative wheels, trying to find the road. As dark shapes suddenly loomed up in front of me, I knew I was in the right place. There were Coreys cows and where else would they be except in the middle of the road? Another dimension is added to the weather hazards on the reservation. Pickup trucks slip have unwisely come early and their owners must have lamb nipples and milk. Nellie Grandson was coddling one baby lamb and Luke Y azzie nursed five little ones. Today I walked around the oil wells with the sun warm on my back, beside slopes of glistening bubble beauty, with soap colored snow crystals sparkling until they seemed to dance on the pristine surfaces. I was annoyed. There it lay, all lambs meekness and innocence, look- ing as if butter wouldnt melt in its mouth, if it happened to have a mouth. The same nasty stuff that has been terrorizing us for days. I am also being terrorized by fish. They turn belly up and float to the top. My daughter Cheri arrived one midnight with my Christmas present: a fish tank and all its accoutrements (and thats a neat $5 word out of my new dictionary). There were also eleven fish in little plastic baggies. It was therefore necessary to put the tank together, fill it and make a home for the fishies immediately. About the time the first rays of light would have been seen across the eastern horizon if it hadnt been snowing, I was moaning, Cheri, couldnt we put them in the tank now? Now, Mother, you cant just dump them in. You hang the little baggies over the side. See, like this. Now get me a quarter cup measure. We have to put in one fourth cup water and wait 30 minutes and then add another to the baggies and then... A couple of days later son Paul arrived. Now, Mother, you and Cheri did it all wrong. When I set up my acquarium, I let the tank age for two weeks before I put any fish in. What we have to do now is... My fish man said the temperature should be 80, said Cheri. No, no, thats too hot, Paul said. My fish man says the temp should not be over 76. The only time they agreed was when I whined, I cant handle this... and they turned on me simultaneously and said, Now Mother, you just have to read your fish books. Now they have both gone. The sun is setting and tonight will be my first night alone with my new babies. Feverishly I flip the pages of my books. . . . , and slide into town because new Maste While MECHANIC Supplies Last SPEED ST 1161to14 ndy Gage & Sizing Cha "I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT SOMEBODY'S FOOT IS STICKING THROUGH OUR CEILING." High-Spee- d Drill Bit Set includes bits from all from premium steel for long life, 64ths. made by Theyre for extra hardness and precision-groun- d for accuracy. Plus, the handy case has a built-i- n sizing gauge MM13J 13-P- c. Vi6-V4-i- n., heat-treat- I nA?e wish you atC a happy and prosperous Hew year . QUANTITIES LIMITED PARLEY REDD w.C ESDEEHID CARHART FEED & SEED 290 N. 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