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Show Vol 78 No 22 30 cents March 31, 1994 dream moves to reality at March 23 groundbreaking party dream broke Water may be in short supply the Monticello council is told CEU-SJ- C A ground March 23 in Blanding. If you really want a Water rationing is dream to come true, get a lot of other people to dream with you, said Lynn Lee at the groundbreaking for the new Dan Shoemaker, city manager, told the city council last week that the water situaiton is serious and there has been no real decisions to ration water, as yet; but, every indication technology building at CElTs San Juan Campus. at Lee, dean of development CEU-SJ- recounted the C history and the efforts of different people who helped the dream come true during the ceremony for the new 24,000 square foot building. Gail Glover, dean of students and administrative services, conducted the ceremony. says it may be necessary. Despite the cold day, I am warmed all over by seeing this event take place, Glover told the gathering. Jay Andrus, dean of students from CEU- - Price, represented CEU president Michael Peterson, who was unable to attend the mony. Andrus called cere- the groundbreaking a celebration of the patience of people who stood by the growth of the campus against almost insurmountable odds. He recalled his first visit to the campus about 15 years ago when he saw instructors trying to remove a goat which had wandered into a classroom. Andrus thought to himself, Wow, these are humble beginnings. He told the crowd of about 70 people that the State of Utah, by funding the building, had made a commitment in recognizing CEU-Sa- n Juan Campus as a center for higher education. Weve come a long way since the time I saw the goat wander into the classroom, Andrus said. Former state Rep. David Adams was commended by Andrus for his leadership and political prowness in the state legislature, which helped secure state funding for the building. Other speakers at the cer- emony included Scott McArthur, representing the board of trustees, and Bill Jusczak from the State Division of Facilities and Construction Management, general contractor for the possi- ble for Monticello. ?- - :wvv' ' JSmnmi project Cliff Lawrence. Lawrence pointed out the construction site bound- aries and discussed the features of the new build- ing. Lawrence Construction specializes in school buildings, having done several high schools (including the remodeling of San Juan Council members discussed the enforcement of water rationing schedules. An effort to educate the public on the benefits of watering on the schedule will be undertaken by the city. In other business the controversial gas contract bids were opened. Three companies tendered bids; with unto Xajjfat- High School) and college campus buildings around the state. Glover said site preparations are already in progress for the building, with secheduled completion in the spring of 1995. Other dignitaries attending the ceremony included Board of Trustee member Woodys Adrian Taylor, of Moab; representatives of the local school district, including the MHS Principal Dennis Crane and counselor Gary Adair; as well as several CEU-SJstaff members along with citizens of Blanding, Monticello and San Juan County. C Navajo Trust case schedules April An important court hear- ing in the Utah Navajo Trust lawsuit is set for Friday, April 1 at 8 a.m. in Salt Lake City. The suit is challenging the State of Utahs alleged mis-managem- of the dollar trust fund for the Utah Navajos. The hearing, before multi-millio- n District Court Judge David Sam, will be at Federal the Federal Courthouse, 350 South Main, Courtroom 148. All interested individuals are invited to attend. The suit, filed in 1992, is a class action case by five San Juan County residents and a finding by the State Legislature in the last couple of years. Attorneys for the state filed a motion seeking dismissal, but Utah Navajos countered with a motion asking the court to decide the issues raised by the States motion in the Native Americans favor. Most recently, the Navajo Nation has intervened as a party in the lawsuit and San Juan County had actively considered joining the suit against the state. behalf of all San Juan County Navajos. It seeks to on Spring Ahead ? force the State of Utah to per- form an accounting of the trust fund and reimburse the fund for monies lost through reported 4 It is estimated that several millions of the trust fund were inappropriately used by the state, according to a Utah State Auditors report Daylight Savings Time Begins on Sunday, April 3 at 2:00 a.m. mis-manageme- nt. Fall Back 1 hearing Tribal representatives originally assured San Juan County Navajos that the tribe would do nothing to harm the claims originally asserted by the San Juan County plaintiffs. John Pace, attorney for the receiving the award for the contract. Diane Nielson updated the council on a grant to do a city master plan. Mayor Young told the council of a company interested in building a manu- facturing business opera- tion in Monticello. It will offer about 60 jobs and he plans to meet with the company to discuss further plans. down to the business of proving liability of the state for losing millions of trust fund dollars. Almost 2000 miles of area rivers become plaintiffs, claims that critical habitate sworn affidavits filed in the case, in February, indicate the State of Utah and the Navajo Nation have combined efforts to defeat the claims of the Utah Navajos so the suit can be settled on terms favorable to the State and the tribe, but most unfavorably to the people of San Juan County. Pace said they have been trying to unsuccessfully have these motions heard and decided for months. He said that if the motions are decided in the state's favor the suit will be. dismissed. If they are decided in favor of his clients the suit will progress beyond the arguing over technicalities and will get The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently designated 1980 miles of streams in the Colorado River basin as critical habitate for four endangered fish species. Announced March 16th, the designation will provide a minimum stream flow on portions of the designated rivers and streams. Its the largest critical habitat thats ever been designated, Lori Potter, an attorney for the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, told The Rocky Mountain News. It gives the fish a |