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Show outline of a dyed orange. Across the back of his head are the letters BOO in black spray paint. Dustin lets holidays go to his head, evidently. Last Christmas, he had a green Christmas tree sprouting on his crown. His hair dresser is Mitzi Thode. If anyone wants to follow Dustins creative bent, she is experienced in artistic creations. Halloween is becoming known in many parts of the jack-o-lanter- n, & Pieces by Terri Winder This may well be the year of no Indian Summer. The earliest turning trees managed to display their fall fashion show, but many trees were rejected by the fickle temperatures. Green leaves tinged with black are left frozen on the trees, shivering in the wind. Halloween night saw a reduction in trick-or-treater- Most little s. and ghosts witches are not immune to the cold it seems. Our two toddlers stayed home to gape at costumed visitors. I gape at the ones who make comments like, Is that all the kinds of candy you have? Dont I get a choice?! and, Give me more, more, more! Give me all youve got!! The feeding frenzy must have been created by what teachers in school Friday term the sugar high. Teachers are grateful for a short school day preceding a weekend! Unfortunately, there are some teenagers who were not chilled by the warnings of local police to cease the growing tradition of pump- I observed kin smashing. one pickup driving up and down streets with a spotlight, looking on porches for to steal and vandalize. It has replaced the pranks of tippings and waxing windows, but it is as senseless and degrading. I know of a father who this year took his sons out early on the morning of November first to clean up smashed pumpkins on Main street. I cant say they had fun, but it was a good deed appreciated by many. One that survived damage is atop Dustin Reeds head. His head is shaved except for the jack-o-lanter- out-hou- jack-o-lante- rn United States the as difficult holiday. As Satanic cults become more apparent, sensitivity to anything related to it is growing. And perhaps it is time. Our nation has outlawed Christian connections to Christmas in the schools, but Halloween parades and spook alleys are promoted. Angels are out, devils are in. Is it any wonder disrespect, vandalism, and violence are becoming the norms? Ill climb off my soapbox and get back to the safer subject of the weather. Saturday brought a welcome respite from cold temperatures and a cloudy pattern. It was therapeutic to be able to get out and do fall The recent moisture made the soil just right to work. Many town residents werent in residence to do however, as the San Juan High Broncos played their final football game in yard-wor- yard-wor- k. k, Morgan. One fan missing the game was Elder Anthony Wilcox, (continued from page 2) want. After all the controversy about the Blanding Merc building and requiring new businesses to have beautification areas, the City has approved a building project utilizing sur- plus, folding, portable forest service buildings to be built in our neighborhood at 200 South and 300 East. Are we only concerned with the appearance of the community along Main Street? We can not imagine this project being permitted in another part of town. If there are no provisions in the law to require standards of appearance in new projects, how can we possibly encourage residents to clean up and upgrade existing structures? It appears that its time to look at what kind of a com- munity we want and then enact zoning ordinances that will give us the power to control new growth. If no appearance standards can be imposed on this new project, we stand to lose thousands of dollars in property value as well as the feeling that we are living in a substandard neighborhood. Bevan and Elaine Wright Ken and Jessica Hickman Mel and Betty Early Duane and Dorothy Bishop June Morrell Kate Black and Gary Charles and Lucy Johnson Denise Bradford Larena Huskon whose parents, Steve and Janet Wilcox, traveled to Salt Lake City, to see him off on a plane bound to his LDS mission area, Australia. Willie Barton is in Bland-instaying with her daughter Nancy Bradford. She will be here until after Christmas and would love to visit with her San Juan County friends. (Her birthday is Friday, November 8, a good day to give her a call!) g, Get ready for winter! Snow tires A fe" Letters to Editor It) Batteries Dear Editor: Monticello residents who were accustomed to seeing and enjoying the beautiful, domesticated buck deer that frequented upper Clay Hill Drive and the vicinity of the Monticello Cemetery, regrettably will see him no more. While we were hunting in the mountains on Saturday, October 26, the buck was shot and killed within 40 yards of our house next to our fence amidst residential buildings, within ten yards of our neighbors corral which held horses, on posted private property and within Public notice The regular scheduled meeting of the San will be held on Thursday, November 7, 1996 at the San Juan County Library in Blanding, Utah at 6:00 Juan Health Care Services Board fifsgr p.m. Published October 30 and November 6, 1996 in the San Juan Record, Monticello, Utah. Snow Flake Wood Pellets HOURS Weekdays: 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CARHART FEED & SEED 281 N. Guyrene Dove Creek 677-223- 3 Public notice SPECIFICATIONS San Juan County will received sealed bids for the construction of a concretemetal sand shed to be constructed at the San Juan County Road Department in Blanding. The sealed bids are due at the office of the San Juan County Commission by 10:00 A.M. on Monday, November 18, 1996. Bids received after this San Juan date and time will be returned. County reserves the right to reject any and all of waive bids and to any bid. any informality San Juan County reserves the right to select the bid which in the opinion of the County provides to the best service and product to the county. Interested Bidders can received a copy of the specifications by contacting Mr. Rick M. Bailey or at 117 South Main Street, at Monticello, Utah 84535. Published November 6 and 13, 1996 in the San Juan Record, Monticello, Utah. THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday November 6, 1996 the Monticello City Limits, by a couple of local sportsmen, who then onto backed their pick-uour driveway to load it. Had they been after the p meat, there are plenty of deer in and around their own property (they could have shot up their own neighborhood with the more than five shots that were reportedly fired). Had they been pursuing the challenge of hunting, they should have gone to the mountains where the real challenge is, so we can rule out both of the above as their motive. Selfishness and greed prompted them to kill this deer in our backyard, for its and unique unusually large three by two point velvet covered antlers, and an arrogant disregard for the law forbidding the discharge of fire arms within the city limits. Or was this ordinance passed to protect the properties and residents in the south-wes- t section of the city only? We have lived at the same address in Monticello for 16 deer hunts. On at least 10 of these hunts, I have been unable to fill my deer tag and so have gone without venison rather than endanger residents and livestock, destroy the wildlife that we enjoy having around our home and break the law-afte- the nance was passed a few years ago. However, every year at least two deer are killed immediately around our ordi- house. One year, five were killed, and this year there were seven, three of which were left to rot across the road from our house. The only surprise is that so far no one has been hurt by any of these inconsiderate hunters, of which the vast majority have been locals who know the habits of the deer so it is easy to approach and kill them. Some sport. So why should I and other residents in our neighborhood be so upset over this incident? Besides what has already been mentioned, our grandchildren who stay at our house weekdays (and to whom we have attempted to explain what happened to the deer that they watched for daily), our neighbors and our properties are equally as important to us as theirs are to them. In addition, this deer was born and raised in the juniper and oak thickets around our home. The first evidence that this deer was different was the summer of 1994 when he had a single unusually large spike horn on one side of his head and no horn on the opposite side. Last year, he had an over on the same sized side as the original spike and a large single spike on the other. This year, he sported the unique three by d rack that two two-poi- velvet-covere- nt - Page 13 we all admired. Beyond that he was unbelievably docile. To add insult to injury, because this happened in the city limits, the Department of Wildlife Resources will issue no citations whatsoever, and the city can only cite the person who actually fired the shots for discharging a firearm in the city limits. The offenders can hunt again next year as if nothing ever happened. They get to keep the deer, and they get to keep the horns (a trophy anyone would be proud to possess). As far as the Department of Wildlife Resources is concerned, they evidently have committed no violation. A note to the hunters, if at some point your conscience starts to bother you, you can turn the horns over to the Monticello City Police Department (not the DWR). You dont deserve to keep them. A1 Garcia Dear Editor: Yesterday (after making to leave arrangements early from my job), I traveled from my home in Bluff to San Juan High School to attend ParentTeacher con- am well aware of the importance of these conferences and I was pleased to note that both local papers had published the upcoming event. After speaking with most of my son's teachers (I tend to contact those teachers whose subjects my son is not doing well in), I was told that one of the teachers I wanted to see was not available because he coaches and the team was practicing. ferences. I I have ambivalent feel- ings about sports in school. I realize that it can be an important part of a students education, but I dont think it is the most important part. I think that too much em- phasis on team sports deprives students who are either not interested in participating or are not talented enough to make the team. This deprivation takes the form of shorter school hours and less attention to academics, as well as stigma- tizing the or less talented students. I am very disappointed, though not very surprised, that San Juan High School thought it much more important for a supposedly activity to take precedence over an extra-- curricular academic one. On the up side, I guess I can tell myself that the grade my son received was because the teacher in- volved was too busy coaching to grade the papers and tests. On the down side, maybe the coach involved was too busy to properly teach. Respectfully, Vicki Harrison |