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Show Annual banquet is April 14 THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday April 8, 1998 Proud history for County Stockmens Association The San Juan Stockmens as being opposed to the Moss Association has been around just about as long as National Canyonlands Park Bill. anyone can remember. For decades it has served the needs of the livestock industry in southeastern Utah. Minutes from past meetings and activities outline the history of the livestock Ken Summers warned the Association of the impor- tance of ranchers keeping their identity and putting up a united front when issues arise. The issue that year, 1966, was changing the status of the Utah Big Game Board. In 1970 the San Juan business in San Juan County during the twentieth century. In 1960, John Lewis made a motion that a fund should be set up to reward anyone who had information on cattle being rustled in the county. The goal was to have the fund reach $250 in the coming years. Today that fund is well over $1,000. In 1962, it was decided that the County Cattlemens Association be combined with the local wool growers, and the name be changed to the San Juan Stockmens Association. That same year the Association went on record Stockmens Association sponsored the summer convention of the Utah Cattlemens Association. The state summer convention was again held in San Juan Comity in 1992. During the 1970s plans were being made to move the BLM office out of Monti-cellLocal stockmen pulled together in 1975 to o. work with Congress in keeping the BLM staff housed in this area. In the 1980s the Association lobbied to get a livestock AIR ABRASION & LASER... scale put in at the San Juan County Fairgrounds. This was finally accomplished in the early 1990s with the County providing materials, and the stockmen providing volunteer labor un- der the direction of Jim Keyes. In 1989, Lisle Adams stressed the importance of ranchers publicizing the good things that are occurring on the ranges. If ranchers do not educate the public, who will? In 1992 the main issue was a raise in grazing fees and the impact it would have on not only cattleman, but businesses in the local communities that provided goods and services. Stock-me- n banded together to support political entities that opposed grazing fee hikes. The fee schedule remained the same. San Juan County has always been very dependent on the livestock industry. That relationship is rich in history, but at the same time has a bright future. The San Juan Stockmens Associa- tion plans to be an integral part of that future. The Association will have its annual banquet on April 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Monticello High School Cafeteria. Everyone is invited. Please RSVP to the USU Extension Office by close of business on April 9. CALL AND ASK FOR OUR BROCHURE... A PATIENTS GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING MICRODENTISTRY iltl & AIR ABRASION 3 I0 Dr. G.O. Miller, D.D.S. New address at 217 S. 100 W. Monticello Diane Harris and Kay Shumway are the two newest members of the San Juan County Library Board. The appointments were recently announced by Library Board President Gail Mar- ian. nc summers national in parks, worked for the State of Idaho as a social case worker, sang and directed choirs professionally in New York City and St. Paul, Minnesota. She taught school in a one-roo- country school in Idaho, and in a school for gifted children in New York City. In 1962 Diane took a motor scooter tour of the United States and rediscovered the Southwest as the place she wanted to call home. It took a while, but in 1968, Diane moved to Oljato where she taught Head Start for 5 years; and married and raised a son, d whom she 12th grade. She through made extensive use of the San Juan County Bookmobile in teaching him. He subsequently majored in Philosophy at Northern Arizona University. 20,000-mil- e home-schoole- tech (now deceased), learned to make pottery of the local clay and had a pottery studio in Oljato for several years. MESA JAVA make 'ya roam the range" "It'll FAMILY DENTAL CLINIC 587-260- Monticello, Utah 1 SALT LAKE CITY TO MOAB OR Salt Lake City Oljato. She enjoys music, hiking and with people. She visiting friends has many among her neighbors and plans to spend the rest of her life there. Kay Shumways recent appointment to the San Juan gardening, County Library Board is in line with his lifelong interest in books. As a student at San Juan High School he read a big share of the books in the small library and wished that more were He borrowed available. books from friends and neighbors to satisfy his voracious appetite for reading. Late in life he read books for information about his interests in genetics, botany and chemistry. Currently, he reads news magazines and local newspapers to keep up with what is going on in the world. Dr. Shumway believes that one of the finest gifts that parents can impart to their children is an ability to read well and then teach them how to choose good books to read for enjoyment Furtherand learning. a more, strong library system that serves the needs of the local people is a mark of an advanced civilization. After high school, Dr. Shumway received degrees from Brigham Young and Purdue Universities.- His most recent employment was as dean of instruction at the College of Eastern Utah San Juan Campus. One of his supervisory responsibilities at the college was the library. He worked to provide the library with staff and funding. He welcomes the utilization of computers to aid in storing and retrieving information to supplement but not to replace books. Since retiring from CEU-SJhe has exto a desire serve the pressed community and the library board assignment fits his interests very well. C Best Schedule The Only Pressurized Turbo Aircraft Alpine Serves the Main SLC Terminal Convenient Connections to Other Airlines The Only Non-Sto- p Flights FARE BASIS ADVANCE PURCHASE FARE RATES 3 days or more $109.00 $99.09 M3P67 0W $119.09 11.91 131.00 2 days or more YP67 OW QE7P67 RT ME3P67 RT YE2P67 RT Call Alpine Air for reservations in Moab in Salt Lake FAX Ticket Counter. at standby. No reservations. May be purchased only Alpine Cash or check only. One-wa- y mm op- - erates FireTree Bed and Breakfast at her home in - Native American Arts & Crafts Fly Alpine Air to She and her husband, a retired nuclear medical Diane now owns and Diane Harris was born in 1932 in Prescott, Arizona, and raised on a homestead in Oregon where her main interests were art, horseback riding and reading. 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