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Show 7 75 INDIVIDUAL FAMILY UNITS Rappelling Classes Offered At College Mow BUM Campground pons in Virgin rgo of The Arizona Strip District the Bureau of Land Management has recently completed a major campground on interstate MS in northwestern Arizona. The campground, which is known as the Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site, was opened to the public on February 28, 1977, and is located at the Cedar Pockets interchange on MS, 20 miles southwest of St. George, Utah. It contains 0 BcO sS ihz-- - : rife 115 individual family units and three spacious restrooms with flush toilets and wash basins. The site was built by Halec Construction Company of Flagstaff, Arizona at a cost of $500,000. According to Garth Colton, Arizona Strip District Manager, the family units have been designed to provide for the needs of large motor homes, trailers, or pickup campers. Part of the units are the pull-thrtype which are to accommodate the trailers and mobile homes. The other units are the spur type which necessitate backing in or out; these units are for the pickup campers. Mr. Colton points out that an attractive feature of the campground is the interpretive facility located on a small hill near the campground entrance. A marked trail leads to the facility which has combined a rock masonry sitting wall with interpretive plaques mounted on the wall. The interpretive ' u tell displays about the geology of the Virgin Canyon, a major division line between the Great Basin and the Colorado Plateau. On one of the plaques, it is learned that the Virgin Canyon has been a thoroughfare for mankind for 10,000 issued Federally permit gives a 50 percent reduction to persons over the age of 65 is honored at the campground. Holders of the Golden Age Passport need only pay $1.00 and indicate on the fee envelope their permit number. The Golden Eagle permit is a different program, and only applies to entrance fees at National Parks. The Golden Eagle permit is not valid at the campground. The Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site is situated within three miles of the Paiute Primitive Area, a which REGISTRATION- - March 16, 17, 18, at Dixie High School from 12 noon till 4:00 P.M. Classes start March For information registration call 22. or or Edna Mae Sampson is Coordinator in charge. TYPE Webb (beginning) Tue 6:30-8:0- 0 $6.00 673-586- 1 673-393- Webb TYPE termediate) Tue (in8:00-9:0- 0 $6.00 CERAMICS Sherman Tue $6.00 STATUE PAINTING Yack Tue 9 $3.00 (5 weeks) GUITAR Webb (beginning) Wed 8 $6.00 7-- 9 7-- 7-- Webb GUITAR (in$6.00 termediate) Wed GIRLS MARCHING Jetetts Wed 5 $3.00 (age SEWING (mens tailoring) $6.00 Kenworthy Wed 4-- 7-- ART (water color-drawin- Sherman Thurs 9 $6.00 ART (oil painting-ou- t doors) Spilsbury Thurs 7-- $6.00 WOOD Thurs 7-- 9 7-- 9 SHOP Chapman $6.00 KARATE Chan Thurs 6:30 8:30 $6.00 ..SEWING -- $6.00 Rainey Thurs 6:30-8:3- 0 WOOD REFINISHING Hunt Tue 9 $6.00 7-- $6.00 UPHOLSTERY Christensen (tba) DANCE Milne Wed e) $6.00 Wearin' the Green" "A Hurricanes Golden Agers will meet in the Hurricane Elemtary School multipurpose room Friday, Mar. 18th, at 6:00 p.m. for a dinner and dance. In honor of St. Patricks Day. POT-LUC- persons are invited to attend, bringing with them a favorite food and All interested utilize dead material for firewood. It is especially important that the public not get off the established roads with motorcycles or other vehicles. Tire tracks on the desert heal slowly and the scenic beauty of the campground setting can be seriously affected by the thoughtless acts of a few people. The Virgin River Canyon Recreation Site is very centrally- located to the of centers population California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Travel time from Las Vegas is just two hours that may not be everyones idea of the great escape, it is a useful technique which will be combined with hiking in a special course called Hiking and Rappelling to be taught Friday evenings at Dixie College beginning March 25. According to course instructors, Kevin Gentry and L. Arden Chadburn, the course will be geared for beginners with perience. Hikes and approximately seven hours from Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City. This new recreation facility is now ready to use, so if you need a change of scene, or an escape from the doldrums of winter, get the motor home gassed up, or the trailer ready to go, or the camper loaded on the truck and head for the Virgin Canyon in Northwest Arizona on In- terstate The Siring and fall months are ideal seasons to visit this desert canyon when the high country is locked in the grip of winter or at least too cold no ex- will be arranged into surrounding areas, with hikes graded according to length and degree of difficulty. We usually try to arrange one hike where we have to rappel down into a canyon to reach our destination, stated Mr. Gentry. Course instruction will be directed towards developing working skills in mountain climbing and descent, safety, food, clothing, conservation and leadership in group conduct. The instructors are well n RAPPELLIN- G- "Chad" Chadburn fastens rappelling harness on student, HIKING AND center Darla Dodds, while Kevin Gentry looks on. Mr. Chadburn and Mr. Gentry will instruct course in "Hiking and Rappelling" Spring quarter at Dixie College. Anyone is welcome to register for the course. qualified, having assisted Washington Co. Nows Thursday, March St. George, Utah 84770 ,Q 17, 1977 to be comfortable. but said Mr. Chadburn, mostly we use it in mountain descent. The instructors have over seven years of experience and distinguished themselves by being the first climbers ever to climb the Mountain of Mystery in Zions Park. In addition, they have rappelled 2,000 feet down into the Grand Canyon at Tuweep. Persons wishing further information on the course should contact the Dixie College Registrar at 673-481- Kolob Finger Canyons Road Reopened The Kolob Finger Canyons Road in Zion National Park was reopened March 7. Because of unusually light snow-fal- l and few rockslides, this road has been reopened much earlier than usual. Superintendent Robert C. Heyder announced that this e long road will remain open during the spring, summer and fall travel seasons barring any late winter or early spring five-mil- both the Rangers in Snows Canyon and the Washington County Jeep Posse in learning rappelling and rescue techniques. mountain established in snow storms. cam you choice at wilderness 1975 to provide recreation opportunity for backpacking and related ar Also, nearby, the Black Rock Mountain area provides high country set with parklike stands of Ponderosa Pine their own table service. After dinner a program will be presented followed by a dance at 8:00 p.m., (and with the Luck O the Irish, it should be fun. For more information contact nearest your or call Mr. Leprechaun and Mrs. Jack Hallahan. the public Whenever participates in outdoor activity together there is a need for some rules of conduct so everyone can have an enjoyable experience. At the Virgin Canyon Campground, rules of camping courtesy are posted on each of the restrooms in the outside ZIONS BANK GOLD ACCOUNT (formerly Bank Americard) NAL BANK display cases. Visitors should acquaint themselves with these rules and conduct themselves accordingly. The campground is located in a fragile desert environment even though the thorns and spines on most of the vegetation give a forbidding appearance. Visitors should not damage the vegetation, or attempt to K a CARO O ) i vm 30 123 15b 183 i s'f ' s' s ' s , ' ss ' ' IMiM We will soon issue these separately or in combination with Gold Account Heres a new dimension to the premium services of Gold Account. 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This fee goes into the Land and Water Conservation Fund and is eventually returned to BLM for maintenance of existing sites and design of new facilities. The Bureau can also utilize this fund for land in special acquisition situations. The Golden Age Passport, a Communify School Spring Schedule A good way to take out your frustrations is to rappel down a cliff, said Dixie College student, Darla |
