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Show Engineering study for proposed tannery Cowboy camp at Cave Springs in Canyonlands National Park. Frank Morrell photo The Sami Juan Record HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER Vol 70 No FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY. UTAH 25 cents 10 April 12, 1989 The green light to begin an engineering study for a proposed tannery east of Monticello came in the form of funds released by the State Community Impact Board. The planning and design study for a clarifier and sewer lagoon, and transportation of water to the tannery site, will be done by ARIX Engineering of Grand Junction. The Impact Board agreed last Thursday to release $28,000 from a previously approved $268,000 grant awarded in October of 1988. At that time, the board also authorized a $720,000 low interest 25 year loan for the project. On Thursday the board placed the tannery on its priority list and instructed city officials to submit a letter requesting release of the $28,000. The request for funds to conduct the engineering study was presented to the Impact Board by a committee composed of the following: Calvin Black, San Juan County Commission chairman; Ernest Son-deregge- Monticello mayor; Rick Terry, Monticello city Rock art symposium at Edge of Cedars in Blanding o On April 22 and 23, Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding will sponsor a symposium entitled Spirit Windows; Native American Rock Art of Southeastern Utah. The public is invited and encouraged to attend all or part of the two-da- y event. Several rock art scholars will address the group. Beginning at 9 a.m., Joe Pachak, an artist with a special interest in rock art, will present his views on rock art as a form of art. Pachak sees the rock art images as a way to gain Bracken's Utah on KUED April 15 Old Fights. Good Times. The J. Bracken Lee Story, a special about the life of J. Bracken and Margaret Draper Lee, will be aired Saturday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. on KUTV Channel 2. The special, by Steve Lacy, former resident of Blanding, features 16mni home movies made by the former ed governor from 1931 to 1958. Lacy says the program includes many color scenes of San Juan County shot in 1935. The space shuttle travels 30 times faster than a passenger jet, says National Geographic World. insight into how prehistoric Indians actually thought. Sally Cole has intensively : studied the connection between rock art and prehistoric artifacts. Her presentation will focus on images of crooked-nec- k staffs and digging sticks. Edge of the Cedars Museum recently acquired a staff, which will be available for inspection at the symposium in connection with her presentation. Steve Manning has done extensive research on the rock art of Southeastern Utah. In his presentation, entitled New Horizons in Barrier Canyon, he will address some of the exciting new ideas to emerge from that research. During the day the group will also view movies and videos on d rock topics. On Saturday evening at seven Ray Williamson, author of Living the Sky, will discuss the topic of archaeoastronomy. Dr. Williamson has found many clues which indicate just how much the ancients were aware of the complex cycles of art-relate- the earth and its relationship to the universe. On Sunday the rock art g experts will lead a tour of the rock art along Indian Creek, where the famous Newspaper Rock is located. Those interested in r, manager; Diane Nielson, San joining the tour can either meet at Edge of the Cedars Museum Juan County Development and drive over with the group or simply meet at Newspaper Rock at 10 a.m. The dustrial Trade Enterprise, a at 9 a.m. tour will begin there. On both days there will be ample time for questions and dialogue with the symposium speakers. The Spirit Windows symposium is part of a project sponsored by Edge of the Cedars Museum and founded by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities, the Charles Redd Foundation, Coy Cooper, and others. The project also includes a rock art sculpture exhibit entitled Catch Something Running, which will be at the museum from April 22 through June 10, and a permanent rock art exhibit and study guide being prepared at Edge of the Cedars Museum. Today, April 12 4 to 8 p.m. M0NTICELL0 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Thursday, tag-alon- 4-- 8 April 13 p.m. LDS SOUTH CHAPEL Blanding, Utah j Board; and Joe Slade and Winn Westcott of the Monticello In- economic development committee. We are pleased, said Slade, who expressed appreciation for city-sponsor- ed the assistance ofCommissioner Black. The county has been very supportive in our efforts to get the tannery, Slade said. In addition to releasing $28,000 to the city of Monticello, the Impact Board awarded grants totaling $946,000. Grand County School District will receive $300,000 to provide facilities for a University of Utah Canyonlands Campus for advance studies in the fine arts. The grant is subject to approval of the University Board of Regents. Cedar City will receive $251,000 to complete the Randall L. Jones Memorial Theatre, a repertory facility that will augment Utah Shakespearean Festival productions. Two grants totaling $215,000 were awarded to the Southeastern Museum Consortium, which represents several small museums being developed in Emery, Carbon and Grand counties. The board also approved Scofields application for a $180,000 grant to complete a regional sewer and water project around the reservoir that provides culinary water for much of Carbon County. Also, the board agreed to loan Beaver County $400,000 to attract Vegas Chips, Inc. to a Milford industrial park. A request by Price for a $250,000 grant to build a bubble over an outdoor municipal swimming pool now under construction was denied because no funds are available. The tannery facility proposed for Monticello will be built on a site just off 6 East. It will process sheep hides for use in making clothing. Oper-tio- n would begin with 30 workers with over 200 employees projected within two years. Additionally, the owner of Egyptex Company of Giza has expressed an interest in locating a textile plant at the same site if the tannery becomes a reality. Waste products from the tannery would be used by Egyptex to manufacture a needle-felt type of fabric. 35-ac-re US-66- Free immunization clinics April 15 April has been designated as immunization month by Governor Norm Bangerter and free clinics will be held in Monticello and Blanding. Clinics are scheduled Saturday, April 15, as follows: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Southeastern Utah District Health Department in the county courthouse in Monand in Blandticello ing from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. at the (587-2021- ), Social Services Building, 522 North 1st East The main focus of immunization month is to raise immunization levels among pre (678-2723- ). school age children. The childhood diseases of polio, measles, mumps, rubella, diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis still pose a threat to children who are not immunized. A d statewide survey of Utah children conducted in 1987 indicated that less than 60 percent were adequately imthree-year-ol- munized. There is a direct correlation between the decrease in childhood immunization levels and the increased incidence of preventable diseases. For turn to page ex-(Plea- se 3) |