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Show County resident to mark one hundredth birthday Helen Redshaw, an early County home- San Juan steading pioneer, will mark her one hundredth birthday next week at a party and open house at the San Juan Many San Juan County residents are eager to see the Monticello LDS Temple when the exterior scaffolding is taken down. For a sneak preview, please see Staff photo photos on page 10. The San Juan Record HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH SINCE 1915 Vol 82 50cents No 28 April 8, 1998 Planning and zoning hits pitfalls in Bluff by Anna Adair Residents of Bluff at the April 6 meeting of the San Juan County Commission voiced concern about the Planning and Bluff resident Zoning Committee in Bluff. The committee works under the Bluff Special Service District and has been working to create a planning and zoning ordinance for Bluff. Sam Cantrell asked the commis sion to lend formal direction to the committee. According to Cantrell, many Bluff residents are con- cerned that they are being taken out of the zoning decision and their concerns and needs are not being met. Commissioner Ty Lewis said that the commission will not approve a specialized zoning ordinance: it must be what the majority of the people want. In order to incorporate any such document, it will be subject to a vote by the people of that area. Commissioner Bill Redd said, The county is not going to get into lots of restrictive zoning down there because there are too many problems associated with it. He referred to the enforcement required on re-- strictive zoning and the cost associated with it. stated Commissioners no desire has that the county to get into The zoning ordinances. county already has planning and zoning ordinances in place. Lewis said that if Bluff wants to go beyond that, they must become a town to make their own ordinances. micro-manage- Water year close to normal A series of late winter snow storms has improved the snow pack in the mountains and bouyed the hopes of farmers and ranchers in San Juan County. Months of dryer than normal weather have been contrasted by record-breakin- g d El Nino-influence- storms in neighboring states. Even though the storms came later than anticipated, they were perfectly timed for the April 1 precipitation measures. The late winter surveys are typically the most critical measure of the year, as the snow pack generally reaches its highest point in early April. The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has completed the Buckboard Flat had 44 inches of snow with 12 inches of snow water equivalent. This is 95 percent of normal. The total water year is 136 percent of normal. There was 10.5 inches of new snow. The La Sal lower has 32.5 inches of snow with 9.6 inches of snow water equivalent. This is 95 percent of normal. There was 10 inches of new snow. Precipitation totals in and Blanding are similarly encouraging. The Monticello Port of Entry reports 7.85 inches of precipitation for the water Monticello year, which begins October 1. This is 117 percent of normal. The Lewis Black family in Blanding reports 7.5 inches for the water year, which is 99 percent of snow survey for the month of March. Recent storms normal. The San Juan Soil Conhave helped the snow pack on the snow courses and servation District has prealso helped the soil moisture cipitation cans located in the lower country. throughout the county. Here 40.6 are some of the March tohas Jackson Camp 13.6 Infamous Keith Ivins tals. inches of snow with of Blanding reports 1.1 inches of snow water equivof inches of moisture. James 136 is alent. This percent normal for the snow pack. Barry of Eastland reports The total water year is 102 2.4 inches of moisture. percent of normal. There Steve Deeter of La Sal rewas 9.5 inches of new snow. ports 1.5 inches of moisture. d See related article on page 7 Commissioner Mark Maryboy said there are many good people in Bluff who just dont understand how the county government works. He fears there are people who have their own agenda they are trying to satisfy. Bluff residents in attendance pointed out that, in their opinion, 95 percent of Bluff would be nonconforming if the current document being discussed were to be put in as an ordinance. Cantrell informed Com- missioners that the committee has stated it will no longer accept public input in the revision of the document. He asked that Commissioners do something to assist Bluff residents who wish to be involved in the (please turn to page 14) provided for us by Dicks father, who wanted us to live near him. We raised potatoes, milked some cows and sold bottled milk and cream. Later we bought another 320 acres and built a new log home near where a new school house was built later on. We also built an ice house and sold ice to neighbors to help meet the payments on our land. I boarded the school teacher and also helped Bea Bradley, county nurse, deliver babies. Sometimes I Hospital in Monticello. Redshaw moved to Ucolo in 1932 and began writing for the San Juan Record soon after that. She still periodically submits articles for the Record , more than 60 years after she began. Helen tells her own life story as follows: I was born on April 13, also boarded the new mother 1898 in Peoria County, Illinois in the little town of and child for up to 10 days Clark. I am one of four for $1 per day. We started going to Dove children of Mary Idella Dimmick and H. Walter Creek to church and became charter members of the Crone. Our family also included a much loved half Methodist Church and were active in the grange. I also brother and sister. When I was 11 years old joined the Womens Interour family moved to Iowa state Community Club where I later met and mar- which met at Northdale, the ried Richard Pratt Redshaw United Methodist Women, on January 14, 1919. We and was a member of the Canasta moved to Altamont, MO to Grandmothers live near my parents. Here club for many years until it our two children were born: disbanded. I started writing news in Bernice in 1921 and Herbert 1934 and still write some for W. in 1923. both the Dove Creek Press In 1932 we sold our livestock, bought an old Inter- and the San Juan Record. I stayed in my home at national truck and came to Ucolo for many years but Utah to make our home on 320 acres on the Ucolo Road (please turn to page 9) |