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Show .. - ' X. ' . .,1' !' ; , . , J? W .fi . V " " : JW V y ,, " ; ''-- n.- ecor J?MET0WN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, 1 T .T Volume 90 Number 16 vf '"' . T Hdfl 5T5Lv . r&S f.. UTAH 50 cents SINCE 1915 January 19, 2005 ( Historic copies of San Juan Record are now e SPEAR preserves historic bridge on-lin- An archive of 27 years of the San Juan Record is available at the click of a mouse with the recent addition of the San Juan Record to the University of Utah Digital Newspapers program. Each page of the San Juan Record published from 1930 through 1953 has been scanned, digitized and is now available at the Utah Digital Newspaper website: digitalnewspapers.org. Visitors to the website can use Mw An fw angel is captured in ice. Bernal Bradford photo Monticello to pursue new Library Visitor Center idea Jay Willard Marriott Library, in partnership with Brigham - See page 2 Young University. It contains 200,000 digitized pages from 26 newspapers in 15 Utah counties. The award-winnin- g program is growing, with the San Juan Record being the most recent addition. The digitization process developed at the University of Utah delivers high quality images and accurate keyword a powerful search engine, which searching at low cost and puts has indexed all text from the the University on the leading papers over that period of time, edge of newspaper digitization, thus giving an unprecedented according to the Association. research tool. With this program we can Archived issues of the San open up long forgotten Utah hisJuan Record were borrowed tory to a whole new generation from the newspaper office in of internet savvy users. And Monticello and scanned into the since were a public institution, database. In addition, the Uni- funded with state and federal versity of Utah found several monies, its all free. Our evenback issues of the San Juan tual goal is to have a robust Record, dating from 1919 to statewide collection that will 1929. Microfiche of these early satisfy practically any newspaissues, which have not been per researchers needs, exavailable at the newspaper, plains John Herbert, program have been scanned and placed director. online. The San Juan Record In addition to the San Juan suffered a devastating fire in the Record, other newspapers whose records are digitized on early 1930s and all archived copies of the paper to that point the newspaper collection include tives of the Department of Enby Anna Thayn were lost. the Grand Valley Times and The City of Monticello may ergy. The purpose of the meeta Times Independent in Grand This is the first step in turn out to be a big winner in ing is to develop a plan for getthe coming year. The City reCounty, the Emery County ting the mill site property to a project to create a complete online digital library. At the curProgress and Green River Jourcently received an offer from level where the DOE could debound issues of the nal in Emery County, the Eastrent time, San Juan County in which the classify it. Mayor Scott Pehrson reports San Juan Record, beginning in ern Utah Telegraph, Eastern City would take ownership of the San Juan County Library that it was a very good meeting, 1960, are available at both the Utah Advocate, Carbon County and the DOE was good to take Monticello and Blanding News, and News Advocate in building to remodel into a visitor center. At the January 12 on a large share of the projects branches of the San Juan Carbon County, the Manti Messenger, the Richfield Reaper and meeting of the Monticello City that need to be done. The City County Library. As the a host of other historic newspacombined with a result, Council, the Council told the has committed to the plan that public they had met with the was developed, in which they digital record on the internet, pers. there is ready access for local Boyle hopes to complete the County and will accept their of- were assigned specific tasks, into fer. nearly all of the archiving process. I am parcluding building a footbridge residents known issues of the San Juan ticularly interested in getting The City will need to work on and signage at the millsite. The DOE will be taking care Record. Archives from 1954 the 1950s and early 1960s digia design and parking plan in the said Boyle. new location. City park was the of ditch rehabilitation, refurthrough 1959 issues are avail- tized and These historic newspapers able onsite at the San Juan original choice of the agencies bishing, and building any structure. The time frame assigned Record office at 49 South Main have proven invaluable to those who partner in the visitors cendoing research to document ter due to its location near to the agreement is six weeks, Street in Monticello. r status. San Juan Record Editor Bill however some of the larger Monticellos main intersection. The City council however, seprojects may take longer. The Boyle is pleased with the new resource for area researchers. I lected a location further South City stated that the signs are alon Main Street near the Barn ready complete and will be think our readers will be excited to use this powerful new search Museum. With the change of loplaced as soon as possible. In other business, City Man- feature. said Boyle. You can cation, it may become a possibility that a new library may ager Trent Schafer reports that simply type in a name and if find a home near the museum. there are still 500 gallons per that person was ever mentioned City officials report that the minute of water runoff from the in the San Juan Record during Utah Senator and Senate Mimountain. He states that the the time frame specified, it will project will most likely be deLeader Mike Dmitrich layed by a year while the County city ponds are being kept full list every example. All for free nority seeks funding for a new library. and extra water is still being and in a matter of seconds! This underwent surgery on January 14 and will be temporarily abcould significantly assist histoThe City will also try to find diverted to Loyds Lake. sent from the new legislative On January 12, Loyds Lake rians and genealogists. funding to include space for a session. He anticipates returnThe University of Utah Digcommunity center in the new filled to its high mark from the reing to the Capitol soon. library. They would like to be summer of 2004 - 1,200 acre ital Newspaper program Senator Ron Allen and Senaable to accommodate weddings, feet. Schafer said there is 75" of ceived an Award of Merit from the American Association for tor Gene Davis will serve as conbusiness meetings, banquets snow at Camp Jackson containfor legislative and other uses in the building. ing 21" of water, which is 319 State and Local History for the tact persons questions. They can be reached project. The program is operCity representatives have also percent of normal. ated by the University of Utah at met recently with representa Felony court report - See page 3 Storytelling Festival coming to Blanding - See page 7 Full court basketball - See page Football awards -- quet 8 ban- See page 9 You may be from Blanding...-Se- j j e pg. 20 Funeral services for Katie Pipkin will be held at the Monticello LDS Stake Center at 1 1 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 24. The viewing begins at 10 a.m. If I girl Jazmen Desbah Holiday Arlinda Chee & Donavan Holiday January 4 on-lin- e, Down-winde- Senator undergoes surgery 801-538-140- 6. January 17 snow report 21 .6 of water in 63 of snow 7.2 is multi-yea- r average 16.7 in 93 was multi-yea- r high 1 .40 in 90 is multi-yelow Current snow is 300 of normal of normal La Sal snow is 131 ar News Roundup Letters to Editor Society Sports Community news Legals Classified Real Estate 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 15 |