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Show .1 'rofl luing 5-- lt. prepares for Atlantic t has not been completed. Mrs. Haycock of Spring Glen, director of the Carbon County Senior Citizens center, plans on launching her canoe from Washington D.C. on April 16 for a 30 day trip on the Altantic to try and raise support and funds for the Senior Citizens. Mrs. Haycock has set up a trust fund at a local bank and asks for residents to make a pledge for so much per mile she covers. The money collected will be used to help finance a new Senior Citizens center in Price with the remainder being donated to centers across the state. An appeal has been made by Mrs. Haycock for a companion to make the canoe trip. Thus far, her son Ray, 15 and a San Bernadino, Calif, man have been listed as a possibility. Finding a companion is just one of The Scribbler Carnival to offer new 'pitch ' for all The Notre Dame School Carnival should be a roaring success this year a with the addition of a new teaser booth staffed with local ... community as the leaders targets. There will different be targets on duty all three nights and so if your frustrations run rampant . . . night. Its for a great cause so go out and pitch to content. She originally wrote the Coast Guard for an answer, but when none arrived, Mrs. Haycock then wrote Utah Senator Frank Moss. The Senator asked the Guard to reply. She is presently trying to design her craft to meet the Coast Guard regulations. The supplies for the venture have already been collected with a major portion of it coming from Deseret Supply Company of Redlands, Calif. Some of the local dignitaries who are will take the Price Mayor Walt Maynard, Sheriff Albie Passic, County Commissioners Guido Rachiele and Gary Prazen, CAP Director Dan Johnson, City Councilman Walt Axelgard, Police Chief Art Poloni, Father Louis Fisher, Carbon High Principal Eugene Crocco, Coach Lou Mele, Mountain Bell Manager Ron Griffith and many others. r y V. If The Gracious Lady was in town again today and as always was in her true form. Lucybeth Rampton, with the Guv in tow, was here to open Utahs visit of Artrain and just got out of town late Tuesday before the weather got nasty. The state is fortunate to have these people as many staunch Republicans will vouch for. 'f , Foolin'! LARGE AMOUNT of snow is still evident the first week In April at Clear Creek. Huge drifts of the white stuff still surround the town's abandoned school. Residents say snow began falling there as early as October. They say snow fall is about the Photo yearly average 17 feet! $et Desert travel The first item on the Kiwanis Radio Auction will go up at noon Sunday, starting the annual fund raising drive warning issued by two counties Emery County Sheriff Jack Leamaster and Carbon County Sheriff Albert Passic urge residents not to travel in any desert area in Southeastern Utah, especially the Buckhorn region. Recently both departments have been called to rescue three Carbon county families, four Ogden families and an Orangeville man who became stranded in the Buckhorn area. The past storms have left the region covered with mud making recreation travel impossible. trial set to begin April No (April) forAsUuX which last year collected an estimated $3,500. The broadcast, carried by KOAL radio, will originate at the Carbon Emery Bank office. It is expected to last until 6 or 8 p.m. Items will be announced and residents interested in bidding may do so by phone to one of five operators. Carrier application opens for Helper The United States Postal Service announces an examination for the position of substitute rural carrier of record for the Helper post office. The examination will be given at the Price office S-- A 11 The automobile CASTLE DALE homicide trial for Norman Rouse of Green River will begin April 11 in the Seventh District Court at Castle Dale. Mr. Rouse is charged for 7 death of Gordon J. Robertson who died shortly after an auto accident in Green River involving a vehicle driven by Mr. Rouse. The trial is set to begin at 10 a.m. with the selection of a jury. He was bound over to the district court after a hearing before Justice of the Peace Russell Snow. S.J. Sweetring of Price will defend the suspect. Testimony started Tuesday morning for three firms seeking air authority into Southeastern Utah by the Public Service Commission at the Carbon County Courthouse. The session is expected to continue until Thursday with all three firms seeking routes that will include Price as a stop. Sun Valley Key Airline opened the session Tuesday with a member of the Edmund R. Rich family, the firms owners, testifying. The Ogden firm presently runs flights from Boise-Su- n Valley to Salt Lake plus a City, Ogden to Salt Lake run and one trip south to Provo from Salt Lake. The firm is asking for a carrier and air freight route from Salt Lake to Price and Moab then north to Vernal. In Uintah Basin, the plane will Logan-Brigha- m return, along the same route. Sun Valley Key has been in ARTRAIN was officially opened In Price, Tuesday by Utah Governor Calvin L. Rampton and his wife, Lucybeth. The Governor welcomed the crowd at the Artrain site and praised the local committee for their work on the project. One youngster, Lisa Anderson, 5, of Richfield, (left), casts a critical eye to the speakers at the opening, since she couldn't see the proceedings. Mrs. Rampton, (center), examines pot she was presented with by the local Artrain committee. The pot was made by John Davis, a CEU sophomore. After the opening, residents flood Into the exhibit, (right). The train and other community fine arts events will remain open for viewing until t Protection. y , The Industrial Park will get a $19,300 boost under the Federal Revenue Sharing Act, with that figure expected to climb upon receipt of engineering reports. Improvement of the water, sewer and utility lines will take an estimated $17,000 while a new truck and replacement doors completing that total. The County is also waiting another Federal Revenue Sharing check which was due this week. Air service hearing begins operation since 1964 and last year carried 2.4 million pounds of freight. During their testimony Dwight Wetenkamp, representing the Vernal Chamber of Commerce, came before the state examiner, Frank S. Warner and asked to testify against Sun Valley Key. He read a letter from the Chamber asking them not to grant the authority because Vernal is presently served by Frontier Air lines. He later said the Chamber was concerned about a Salt Lake to Vernal route and the Vernal to Moab route, route. The next firm to make a presentation will by Skywest Aviation of St. George. Its owner, Martin Empey said the company now has six planes flying on a route of St. George-Ceda- r Lake. Skywest is applying for authority to extend their Salt Lake run to Price, City-Sa- lt Art on wheels, local talent go on Saturday. Sheriffs Department would get a $15,575 increase. New police cars will take up $8,500 of that figure and high band radios for the two jeep rescue units would amount to $7,075. The Road Department would collect the biggest share of funds under the proposal, $70,000. This amount would be split to purchase a new caterpillar plus new trucks, sanders and heavy equipment. The nursing home will receive the second biggest share with $52,510 earmarked for the home if the proposal is approved. An estimated $33,000 will be used to install a fire prevention sprinkling system which is required to be completed this year or the structure will be closed down. Another $19,510 will be set aside for an addition to the nursing home. The Recreation Department will get $30,500 with $22,000 set for television translators and $8,500 for roads, parking area, picnic area and improved boat ramps in Scofield. A figure of $830 will be used for salaries and benefits for employes of the Mosquito Abatement Department while the Weed Eradication Division will get $1,375 for Environmental Auto homicide i C She still remains optimistic about her trip and is not openly bothered by the fact that three ships have sank on the Atlantic recently including one tanker that went down six miles away from her anticipated course. ss - i - On a hearts jtai to disperse funds A public meeting has been scheduled for today (Thursday) by the Carbon County Commission to discuss a $190,090 increase in the budget using Federal Revenue Sharing funds. The session, slated for 2 p.m., will give residents a chance to voice their opinion about using the funds. Under the proposal by the county, seven departments will get an increase in their budgets through the funds. The amount made available for appropriation came from a $97,001 check on January 1 and another $93,089 from an allotment received January 10. In a break down of the proposal, the A major obstacle is getting permission to set sail. The U.S. Coast Guard could halt the sea venture under a federal regulation that covers a person risking their life on the sea in a craft that may not meet the demands of stress it may face. California. better hit the carnival every your the many obstacles facing the Senior Citizens director before she can depart. Another is that the Salt Lake firm that is building her canoe that has an outrigger attached, has not started on the craft as of Monday. recent trip to California, to try out a craft similiar to the Ark. Mrs. Haycock, her sons, Ray and Jesse, 13, plus a friend, Mrs. Darwin (Joan) Hunt stopped at the Redlands firm to taste the food. On the voyage, she will take ice cream, corn, cheese, honeybuds, dates, pudding, white sauce and meat flavored soy bean products in dehydrated form. The firm also donated a freshwater still that retails for $140 plus a sprouting outfit which will allow her to eat green vegetables while at sea. Mrs. Haycock does have experience with a canoe traveling along the Green River, Lake Powell and Utah Lake plus her recent trip to v.itv, County sets meeting Spring Glen woman Plans are being made by Shirley Haycock to sail the Atlantic Ocean even though her Senior Citizens Ark Lfike- - Corp 1-. S-- Photos Moab and eventually Monticello. He added they will by flying to Las Vegas, Nev. within a few months. If granted the authority, Skywest will fly to either Moab or Monticello then return and may eventually fly from Moab to Cedar City on the return route. The final presentation has been slated for Westair Stages of Grand Junction, Colo. According to Walter Hall, the firm president, if the authority is granted, they would extend their route from the Colorado Junction-Moa- b ski resorts-Gran- d to include Price and Salt Lake. The examiner plus Eugene Lambert, a Public Service Commissioner, will return to Salt Lake with a transcript of the hearing plus the massive stack of evidence that is being submitted, to study before making a decision. |