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Show VKin'icifVT'i '.".Iv.-.- v.Y' 'i'lCVXiH i'vn. THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday September 7, 1988 - 7i ozrM : '.S''; 1--', r Page 31-f- i 16 heavily on my head. The river seems to be revving up again with the assistance of the rainfall, which goes gurgling down little washes to dump large quantities of sand and water into the channel. Right after a heavy storm, river runners ride high and happily, all of them yelling, whee. Over the rapid, I pre- Every week I face a moment of truth when I type Around the Hat. Then I sit staring at the screen, the weeks collection of jotted notes beside me. This week, one small slip of paper says, God watered my trees. That was a circumstance for which I am most grateful. This is the first time in all the series of area storms Ive been able to watch raindrops falhng on the deck outside my part of a movie set. It was built for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, a John Wavne movie. she said. Thats where they filmed the river crossing scene. On the subject of movies, I am told Robert Redford bought the film rights to Tony Hillermans Thief of Time book, as well as to some of that authors earlier book. We cant presume they will film in this area. Movie crews notoriously film m Spain for a Bluff locale and in Bluff for a sizzling episode based in Spain. But maybe they will do it the logical way this time. The bus in front of the LDS church last week was the placement express. Relatives said goodbye tb Jennifer Yazzie, Jerome Begay, Ramonica Tree, Marietta Tom, Randy Sloan, Connie Black, Elroy Simpson, Roland and Clinton Denny, Monty Nelson, Ericson Cly, and Randy Yellowman. People in town include five young adults from Germany and France who wish they sume. For several years river runners have been asking me about the small abandoned cabin on the reservation side of the river near Hat Rock. around to some research. Connie Eneboe tells me it was I finally got window, rather than plopping )i Hunter education class changed Vs' The hunter education class scheduled to begin this week in Monticello will start on Thursday, September 8, rather than on Friday. The class will meet at 7 p.m. at the City Park pavilion. The day and time of the subsequent classes will be determined at the September 8 class. For more information call Rich McClure at or Guy Wallace at 587-287- 4 587-264- Public notice 3. Public notice Ballot Format Sample Ballot NS hadnt been here when their motor home caught fire on Highway 163 in Valley of the Gods. Their propane tank was hooked up incorrectly and the resulting flames destroyed everything, including passports and other papers. Chem Nuclear honcho Phil Mohrman and his wife Gail have been around looking for a place to settle down for the duration of the uranium tailings cleanup project. They have taken the Benally house m Bluff. Teddy and Minnie Deal Yazzie were here visiting relatives. Teddy is working 1600 feet underground at the Pigeon uranium mine near St. George. I saw George Petty and his wife Bonnie out doing clean up work on Jack Williams oil leases. I had been told that George was quite ill so it was nice to see him back in action. Jerry Baum has been down by the river getting his clothes black and oily on the two well sites he and Luther Risen- - the water zone. They are getting oil out of the well by using a separating unit so the water and oil part company. And the second well they completed, total depth of 190 feet, looked good, John Sanders has completed his first well and is not particularly happy with the result. Time for some testing, he said. But his project is now on hold while he is in Texas settling real estate matters. Mexican Hat has always been a place for big dreams, of gold and oil and uranium, or even a tourist boom. I keep wishing somebodys dream would come true as I sadly listen to my own cash register sing of postcards and pop and bar. one ice-crea- m More public notices on pages 17, 18 and 19. Public notice Sample Ballot feme's IriHil Jerry says. Public notice Public notice 293 hoover recently drilled. They hope they have licked the water problems on the first one by installing a packer to close off NS 1 293 t Official Primary Ballot For San Juan County, Utah September 13, 1988 Official Primary Ballot For San Juan County, Utah L I September 13, 1988 ydcLil County Clorlc County REPUBLICAN designation. TT Clorlc DEMOCRATIC INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote for a candidate place a cross X in the square at the right of the name of the person for whom you desire to vote and in no other place. Do not vote for any candidate listed under more than one party or group County Commissioner Four Year Term District No. 1 .OKJkKwh-- INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To role for a candidate place a cross X in the square at the right of the name of the whom for in to desire vote and no Do other you place. not vote for any candidate person listed under more than one party or group designation. Vote for One NONPARTISAN NOTE A primary election is not required this year for any candidates. non-partis- an TT tr TISAN NOTE A primary election is not required this year for any candidates. non-partis- an II Published in The San Juan Record September 7, 1988. |