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Show Kanab, Utah Volume 37, Number 42 Contract Signed For $400 Million Power Plant At Page (from Jan. 17 Arizona Daily Sun) Secretary of Interior Stewart L. Udall advised the SUN today that he had signed a contract clearing the way for construction of the $300 million Page power plant. The contract between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Salt River Project provides for industrial water service from Lake Powell for the big thermoelectric generation power plant to be known as Navajo Plant in honor of the tribe. In addition to the generating plant, the Salt River Project and associated companies expect to spend an additional $110 million to construct transmission lines and related facilities. An important economic bene long-soug- fit will be the mining of coal on nearby Indian lands to fire the big generators. The tribe will receive royalties from sale of coal and also benefit from significant Indian employment in the mines and in processing the fuel, as well as in future operation of the power plant. Salt River Project spokesmen said recently that the construction would employ about 2,000 men over a six year period. The generating and transmission plant will have 175 permanent employees; the coal mine will employ 225, and indirectly another 260 persons will be employed. Construction payroll will amount to $160 million, operation about $2 million a year, the coal mine about $1,800,000 Posing recently for a ( were from oldest to youngphoto Annie Mildred Isom, Morrison, Elda Henderest) son, Lynn Marshall, and Jacki Lynn Marshall. five-generati- on L. large-scal- e Governor Williams of Arizona and the Salt River Project Rave agreed on a plan to absorb this deficiency. Under the Governors proposal, this would be met by charging (Continued on page two) Must apologize for being late with this weeks Heres the story: Had decided to acquire a larger newspaper press and set out on this task Thursday last week. The press came from Manti, and on Thursday, after much hard toil the press was finally loaded about 6 p.m. Friday, with the help of several husky local fellows, the old press was dragged out and at noon the new one arrived on the truck. The next problem: How to get it off the truck? Decided against having a man under each comer . . . although it only weighs about 11 tons. Several sidewalk superintendents came up with some very good ideas, but the spoil sport editor was against using a cutting torch, or dynamite. Anyway, to make a long story short, we finally decided on the best way to get it off the truck, but as the press was being Upped, one part, which had been previously wLed, slid a little, broke the wire and went banging into the opposite end of the press (oh, nightmares, the story of my life). Now mind you, this did not occur because of too much sittin, but perhaps because of too little observin. the press Later . . . back at the shop was finally in the building. Several parts had to be removed, straightened, and welded. Well, today, Friday, it is finally back together, but I still dont know if it will run. It was no easy job to position the thing once it was in the shop, but with the help of several men, it was moved into place. Dan Ogden helped get the press off the truck wiih his loader. Evan McAllister, Jim Skaggs, and John Augustus helped unload it and position it, ana Dave Rider helped remove the old press. This little publicity is, of SUNews. ... course, their only pay. Greatness lies not In being strong, but in the right use of strength. The press is in positioned and running, but still fighting it, but am confident we will win the battle, and hope it will upgrade the service we are giving. To further serve the area with a better newspaper, an engraver was also recently installed, as previously mentioned. This will make pictures less expensive to publish, and it is hoped that more pictures can be included in the paper. The engraver will only reproduce pictures the original size, so keep this in mind when you have pictures, and if possible keep them to a good publishing size. We encourage you to send pictures in of anj interesting news event. I am . . . , Another advantage with the engraver will be that we can include a picture almost up to the last minute, whereas before, pictures had to be sent out of town and required three days to get them back. Your reputation can be damaged by the of others. Only you yourself can can damage your character. opinion As we make our last minute preparations to publish (Friday) it is snowing in Kanab. January, this year, has been a good one as far as moisture is concerned. According to Sterling Johnson, weather observer, we have received over three inches of moisture this month. Last week we received a steady mild rain, that should do the area much good. Over 100 extra copies were printed of last weeks paper, and every one was sold, and more were wanted. When we realized they might sell out we were in the process of moving, but still had pages one and four intact, so saved them until the new press can print them. Therefore, page one and four, containing the information about the plane crash and those involved will be available this weekend. IT DEPENDS If he hasnt any small talk hes the quiet type." If she hasnt any she is mousy. Several weeks ago two men from one of Arizonas Sunday Magazine papers stopped by for a visit with us before they started a weeks visit on the Arizona Strip. This week we received copies of their feature stories, pictures, and cover picture in color. Until an observing youngster identified the cover picture as the view slightly north of east from Fredonias new post office, wed heard it described as the most disgusting picture. So all you folks who dont want to be identified with remote America and where an old barn, and a clothesline, and a child playing in a spacious back yard symbolize the rural life, had better see to it that we hurry up and get crowded and modernized and urbanized in the least possible time. As for us, we prefer the atmosphere where one can be a person instead' of a statistic, a parof city ent and child without the hectic hub-bulife, and the peace that comes from just looking at such scenes as the cover picture story as seen IFF from Fredonias Post Office. , b , (Continued on page four) 23, 1969 Norman Cram, representing Golden Circle Tours, and Dale Clarkson, representing Southern Utah Development Center, man a booth in the Sports Vacation and Travel Show in Los Angeles. The show L, considered one of the nations best travel shows. This years show is the 10th annual, and will be held in the Great Western Exhibit Center, off the Santa Ana Freeway, just south of Los Angeles. Five hundred thousand minded Californians, who will be looking for fresh air, out door recreation and natures scenic spots, arc expected to visit the show. Armed with enlarged photo of scenic southern Utah and thousands of brochures of the area, plus a lot of enthusiasm the two hope to sell the Kanab area to thousands of Californians. The booth will also feature the colorful State of Utah which includes a Magazine, colorful section on Kane Coun- Denny Frost Outstanding Teenager vacation-- KHS 'Outstanding Teenager' Named , ty. California accounts for 52 all tourists coming into Utah and we feel this is a requirement to develop Golden Circle Tours, said Mr. Cram. Golden Circle Tours is a local tour company organized by local businessmen to increase tourist business in and around Kanab, and the group feels this show will do a great deal to promote our area. The booth will have as a cen tral theme that Kanab is in the center of it all, referring to the beauties of nature which the National Parks, Lake Powell and other areas offer to the vacationing tourist. The Southern Utah Development Center, while interested in the travel business, also concentrates on industrial, business and real estate development. The Los Angeles show will last for ten days and Mr. Cram and Mr. Clarkson will spend the full time at the show. Others from the area are expected to spell them off in the booth for part of the time. While we may not generate great numbers of tourists to the Kanab area, we do feel that it will do the area much good, and we expect to learn greatly from our experiences at the show," Mr. Clarkson stated. of Kanab News Notes Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Beard were surprised this week by a visit from an old Navy buddy and his family, the J. T. Borsts 111. conmiurnTY CALENDAR Friday, January 24 Kanab Basketball at Dixie Saturday, January 25 t Brown Sherri reception at home of Jack Crofts-Rober- Crofts. South Ward Date Party, 6:30 p.m. Monday, January 27 Lions Club meeting, 8 p.m. Kanab Womens Civic Club, 3 p.m. at home of Mrs. Murray Masterson. North Ward Primary, 4 p.m. Jr. Cultural League, 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 28 North Ward MIA, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 29 South Ward Primary, 4 p.m. South Ward MIA, 7:30 p.m. Daddy-Daughte- r Council Makes ng Plans For Kanab Centennial A. Travel Show of Chicago, $4.00 Yearly, 10c Single Copy Co-ordinati- Represented At a year. The Navajo tribe should receive about $1,600,000 a year in coal mining royalties. Secretaiy Udalls office said that this added source of electric power provides an opportunity for other industrial development which the area may attract. The big power plant, to consist probably of three generating units, could bring Coconino County an estimated $4 million in annual tax revenues. Construction is expected to begin in 1970 and will probably take six years. Udalls office says the contract provides for delivery of 15,000 acre feet of water in 1974, 30,000 in 1975, and 40,000 each year thereafter, provided the consumptive use of water does not exceed 34,100 acre feet in any calendar year. Assurances have been given by the Navajo Tribe that it will limit uses of water on Arizona Indian land in the Upper Basin so that the 34,000 acre feet annually can be used for the Navajo Power Project without exceeding Arizonas 50,000 acre feet allocation of Upper Basin water. The resolution by the tribe did not cover the small amount of water that ultimately will be required to meet the needs of the community of Page and the National Park Service recreation area at Lake Siftin' 'n Observin' Thursday, January Kanab Area Will Be Powell. However, FIVE GENERATIONS 84741, -- Denny Frost, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Frost of Kanab has been selectrd as an Outstanding Teenager of America for 1969, according to word received from the Outstanding Teenagers of America organization in Chicago, IU. Denny will receive an official certificate in recognition of this honor from the Kanab High School Principal. Having been selected in his school, Frost is automatically in competition for the Utah title of Outstanding Teenager for 1969. The winner of the state honor will receive a trophy, to be presented by Governor Calvin L. Rampton. Each of the fifty state winners will compete for one of the two National Outstanding Teenagers of America awards. The recipients of these awards will each receive a $1,000 college scholarship as well as recognition in national newspapers and magazines. The Outstanding Teenagers of America awards program is sponsored annually by the nonprofit Outstanding Americans Foundation. Sixteen members of the Kanab Co ordmating Council met Tuesday to discuss and coordinate Kanab activities. Wendell Bentley, representing the American Legion, reported that the Legion Hut has been broken into, and Mrs. LeOna Swallow encouraged citizens to notify the Junior Cultural League for new and better species of trees that are obtainable for spring planting. Mrs. Harriet Judd, representing the Daughters of Utah Pioneers read an activity calendar for the Centennial year, 1969, suggesting historic and patriotic events commemorating the Elsie Cameron Laid To Rest In Kanab This Week Funeral services honoring Elsie Cameron were conducted Tuesday, January 21, 1969, in the Kanab Stake Center. Miss Cameron passed away Sunday, Jan. 19 at the Aiken Oaks rest home of natural causes. She was 84 years of age, and had been a resident of Kanab for 30 years. She came to Kanab with a friend, Myma Service. She had kept books for several businesses during her time here. Services were conducted by Bishop Dan Ogden, with President Daniel S. Frost as speaker. An all male chorus from the Kanab High School, under the direction of LeRoy P. Judd furnished music for the services. Miss Cameron apparently has no survivors. Pall Bearers were: Stacey Church, Steve Church, George Stewart, Joe Brown, John Nelson, and Amron Humphry. Know Your Schools (23rd in a Series) Arithmetic of ideas expresses the approach of Mrs. Effie Robinson in teaching Patterns of Arithmetic to her fourth grade. Mrs. Robinson is assisted by Educational Television programming for this specific course each Tuesday and Thursday at 10:05 a.m. The program settling of Kanab by the pioneers. It was suggested that perhaps an activity for each month by different organizations would be a good way to commemorate the event. Suggestions were made for pageants, church meetings, the race meet, cantatas depicting early events, braiding the May Pole, and other activities all geared toward Kanabs centennial celebration. Different clubs are encouraged to choose an event and begin planning now. Harold Lindsay, County Agent, urged the organizing of a cleanup committee in connection with the centennial. Mr. U. S. Gardner reported that the TV difficulties were due to a tube that went out on the equipment near St. George, and that things will be back in shape soon. Kanab News Notes Phyllis Stewart and Enid made a hurried trip to St. George on Wednesday after a phone call from Georgia informing them she was in the hospital about to have her appendix removed. Georgia is now out of the hospital and on to recovery. Sup-erna- the-roa- d DAILY TEMPERATUES AND MOISTURE COUNT Total precipitation to date for January is 3.16 inches. Courtesy, Sterling Johnson Meet Your Teachers was produced by the Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning at the University of Wisconsin. A considerable portion of this program is concerned with the four fundamental operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Computation is an important aspect. the emphasis on ideas make the four operations more than rote calculation. Computation alone exhausts motivation. With this program, pupils are presented verbal situations in which they can apply their newly acquired computational skills. It gives the student an understanding of geometric terms and figures such as parallelograms, rectangles, squares, triangles, and polygons. Actual figures are made from paper and the student can find the vertices, edges and faces. The why of the processes are explained. Ratio, fractions and averages are dealt with. Students write equations to tell the story" of the problem, i.e. 3 x 26 equals 3 x (20 plus 6) equals 60 plus 18 equals 78. Special provisions are made to provide for individual needs and differences. Perhaps you would like to participate with your children in this program. If so, tune in on Channel 7, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:05 a.m. Mrs. Robinson is originally from Union, Utah, and graduated from Jordan High School in Sandy. She attended the University of Utah and in 1959 graduated from Utah State University with a B, S. Degree in Elementary Education. Mrs. Robinson has taught in Moccasin, Ariz., and in Kanab. She has taught a total of 19 years. She has taught every grade level from 1st to 12tn. She has taught 7th and 8th grade science and math, and 12th grade Home Economics. Most of her experience has been in the elementary schools and she is now teaching the 4th grade at Kanab Elementary School. However, |