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Show TIIE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday January 2, 1991 - Page 9 Blackhorse Emily and Curtis Yanito in executing the design. Incumbents Claude Lacy and Marian Bayles won the 1990 primary election. Lacy beat Mike Halliday as candidate for sheriff. Bayles beat Joe Slade for county treasurer. Corrine Sullivan held back tears as her mother place'll the crown of Miss Utah Navajo 1990 on her daughter's head. Sullivan reigned over the first-eve- r Utah Navajo Fair, which Monument Valley Representatives from the Civil Rights Community Relations Office in Denver talked with San Juan County residents about charges of discrimination leveled by Native American s. Johnny Miller, internationally reknowned golfer and golf course developer, toured the proposed site of a golf course ex- at Monticello. pansion Miller committed his company to working at no charge with the City of Monticello to help prepare a grant request for the Utah Community Impact Board. Leo Platero, Whitehorse High teacher, was filmed by the national television Today Show doing his job as a golf instructor at the Native American Preparatory School, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. Commissioner County Mark Maryboy was the top vote getter in the Navajo Nation primary for tribal councilman from Aneth. County commissioners hire a fulltime agreed to voting supervisor for eight months during election years. The action came following a briefing by the on alleged county attorney voting rights violations on the reservation. Alvin Reiner photo Helen and Tim Semadeni of Monticello took first place in the 1990 San Juan County Farm Bureau Talent Find. The win entitled the brother and sister dance team to compete at the State Farm Bureau Talent Find in Salt Lake City. San Juan The three-daCounty Fair was adjudged an unqualified success with Verna Louderback and Gay Kline taking Overall Best of Show for a crocheted tablecloth and oil portrait, respectively. In the Junior Livestock Show, Angie Sorrell took first in steers. Kyle Coleman took first in hogs, and Troy Pehrson took first in lambs. Louis Tapaha of Red Mesa was named to serve as voting coordinator for the 1990 general election in San y Juan County. San Juan County commissioners voted unanimously for a resolution aimed at assisting Utah Navajos. The vote came one week to the day after an executive meeting with Silke Hansen of the federal Office of Community Relations in Denver. The commissioners made plans to meet with the Utah Division of Indian Affairs, with the Community Relations Office, and with other federal agencies in Denver. investigation of al- leged gasoline price fixing in southwest Utah was expanded to include Salt Lake County and southeastern Utah. A general at San Juan Hospital was evident as occupancy rates continued to increase, and revenues through July were reported $95,000 ahead of budget. A plan to remove 1.8 million cubic yards of tailings from the Monticello up-tren- d The 1990 Junior Livestock sale brought $80,117, the highest amount ever recorded for the annual sale. school budget The 1990-9adopted by the San Juan School Board totaled over $20 million. Canyonlands Stars, local dance students coached by Julia Redd, were featured in the fall edition of Stars 1 magazine. Monticello City Council released funds to develop a trail around Loyds Lake. vVVVVVVVVVVVVV Utah Community Impact Board awarded a $320,000 grant for construction of a birthing facility in Bla n ding. Six Blanding juveniles were charged with mail theft. Mike Halliday, Blanding assistant chief of police, said the suspects apparently were able to reach inside the drop and take mail out. Halliday said the juveniles opened the mail, taking out any enclosed cash. September An The After comparing preliminary census information with county voter registrations and school district numbers, San Juan County commissioners requested a census recount for the reservation and for rural San Juan. A federal appeals court in e Denver affirmed the murder conviction of Vincent and Bedonie Thomas Cly, who had been found guilty of killing Navajo police officers Roy Lee Stanley and Andrew Begay in 1988. Mike Benny Hathale, Halliday, and Jim Shum-way- , all of Blanding, received awards for their promotion anchor participation in the 1990 Special mental Protection Agency. Olympics. the six men who served as Monticello postmaster were on hand August 28 to observe the 100th anniversary of postal service in Monticello. No special activities were scheduled. and arts and crafts booths. Ken Sleight, Democratic candidate for state repre- sentative, questioned the accuracy of voter registration rolls, suggesting that 450 or more Indians registered by University of Utah students had not been placed on the county voter rolls. Heavy rains in Monticello revealed drainage pro- blems at the corner of First South and Main streets. Ms. Buds Polly of Somer- Simmentals ville was judged the Grand Champion Female in the Simmental Division at the 1990 Utah State Fair. San Juan County schools welcomed 22 new teachers. October first-degre- abandoned uranium mill site was approved by the Utah Department of health and the U. S. EnvironTwo of attracted over 10,000 people. Held at Bluff, the fair featured Native American dancers from as far away as Canada; a parade; a rodeo; a mud bogg contest; awards The ceremony was held in Salt Lake City. The San Juan County booth won the grand prize at the Utah State Fair. Lou Mueller of Blanding de- signed the booth and worked with artists Janet Navajo, The site for a proposed ambulance in garage replacement Blanding was changed. City Council voted for construction on city property north of the San Juan Regional Care Center of having the garage built as an addition instead to the Blanding fire station. It was reported that a census recount had begun September 27 in San Juan County. The county clerk advertised that several of the white copies of voter registration forms had not been received at her office. 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