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Show M j krM J974 j T - to r :j M-- W A 1 ilJl larrels being Big m No. Kim m No. Lion is field, A JJ 1 i ounty " ugust, gures s :7 . s) t i I Christmas opening planned next week in Roosevelt ft nr: - The merchants committee of the Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce announced this week that they are looking forward to the opening of the Christmas shopping season, which is scheduled to be observed in Roosevelt the Thanksgiving weekend. Committees are presently working on various phases of the annual observance, ranging from decorations to Santa's visit. Stores also are planning an allout push to have Christmas merchandise on hand to fill the needs of shoppers of the area. Present plans call for sales to begin in stores throughout the community on Friday, November! 29, the day after Thanksgiving. Many businessmen are planning promotions to assist tasks.. shoppers with their gift-givin- It is anticipated, also, that the Christmas tree will be up by Saturday of that week, so that Santa's visit might coincide with the decorating of the tree. has American The post Legion volunteered to set up and decorate the tree. Santa's visit y Chris D. Ashby We just heard about the latest club erase. It's called the Currency Club. You just pay your bills in cash and get your change in credit cards. It looks like something is finally being done. Or at least there's hope. In the news letter from the National Newspaper Association in Washington this week, there was an item stating that hearings on changes in the federal lottery law will be held this month. NNA has been asked to testify on changes that would allow newspapers to carry storys about lotteries. These have been illegal in the past, on those papers at least that are mailed through the U. S. mails. We have long felt that if lotteries (including raffles) are legal at all, it should be legal for newspapers to publicize them. Many raffles, for instance, are for worthy causes, and could use all the publicity they can get. And another factor is the inconsistency of the enforcement of the present law. Many postal officials enforce the law as written, a policy which we agree with. But many others have long since closed their eyes to enfractions of the raffle ban, I: r Ariel Michie, who moved down to St George a while back, dropped us another clipping of the Uintah Basin UFO story. It was the same one already brought in from Ballard a month ago. Like Mr. Michie said, it's a shame that many people in the know still think there's only 4,000 people in the whole Uintah Basin. And that we're so isolated out here that UFO's can operate without being detected. We're glad to see our former residents keeping track of the Basin. Ariel's going to have to keep up on the local paper, though, because he missed our item on it last month. n A miser is n a man who lets the rest of the world go buy! non Although traffic counts throughout the state have dropped this year over last, the vehicle count on Highway 40 is still up over last year, according to a state survey. For instance, the county on highway 40 west of Roosevelt shows that it is 76 greater than it was in 1965; 46.6 greater than in 1970, and 4.1 greater than last year at this time. The only other point in Duchesne County that showed up on the permanent survey information was on 7 North of Duchesne. There the traffic is 260.1 greater than it was in 1965; 99.5 over below what it 1970, but it is down 21 was at this time last year. Highway 40 traffic has really picked up in the last several years. The peak load during August thto year hit 8,270 vehicles in one day. Now that's slot of wheels. The average for August was 7,682 cars per day. On the county west of Roosevelt, the peak hour during the month was between 5 and 6 p.m., when an average of 680 cars past the counter in one hour. Thats one vehicle about every 5 seconds. a U-8- a n Thanks to the Grand Junctin Daily Sentinel, we received a copy of their Oil Shale review this week. It is a composite study of what has been and what they expect will he done in the oil shale business in coming years. It looks like an interesting publication. If you want to kiok at our copy you're welcome. Otherwise, the prire on the cover says S3. A real interesting study. I g Moon Lake's Crew Foreman, Glendon Hanberg, and Lineman, Alan Hatch, replacing broken insulators, will be under the direction of a committee headed by LaMar Nielsen. The schedule that will be followed will be announced next week. Treats will be Junked auto roundup scheduled which had been shot by vandals. They are working on a prepared for youngsters who visit with Insulators are costly target for vandals Santa. Chamber officials have extended an invitation to all shoppers of the area to plan a visit to Roosevelt during the Thanksgiving weekend. Junked auto litering the landscape is a problem in the Uintah Basin." This was the conclusion of County Commissioners and city officials at the November 13 meeting of the Uintah Basin Association of Governments. The County Commissioners of Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah along with cities of Manila, Vernal, Roosevelt, and Duchesne decided to join together to help solve this problem. On Nov. 23rd they will pick up junked autos at no charge from any point in the Basin. This will be a cooperative effort of the cities and counties as well as private industry. The old cars will be placed in stratigie locations where they can be cleared for title and taken to a shredder for recycling in useable steeL The broad participation of Basin residents is encouraged and residents are asked to call ahead of time to have any cars on their property hauled away. If title's are available it would be helpful to have, though not it is not necessary. Residents can call one of the following numbers before Nov. 23rd if they wish to have their junked vehicle picked up on that day. FFA welcome new members, name contest winner The FFA Greenhand Initation was held Thursday November 14, at Union high school where perspective members underwent several to experiences become eligible for membership. Tuesday of the following week the new greenhand members were officially accepted into the club. Sam Mitchell of Roosevelt was winner of the FFA sponsored Big Buck contest George Berrett, Line Superintendent ' for Moon Lake Electric Association, asks all citizens of the area to help put an end to the dangerous practice of shooting power lines and insulators. The pictures accompanying this article tell the story better than a thousand words. These pictures were taken near the Vernal Substation in the Naples area. Mr. Berrett warns of the dangers involved by these senseless and malicious acts. Electric current, seeking a path to the ground through a power line damaged by rifle fire, can bring instantaneous death or severe electrical burns if it comes in contact with a person. This can be an innocent victim, but it is quite likely to be the vandal who did the shooting, as was the case recently when a Utah Power & Light line was shot down in Skull Valley, hospitalizing the shooter. Electrical service to every family, hospital business, and industry in the area can be disrupted in a fraction of a second, jeopardizing human life and costing thousands of dollars in wages and business losses. The repair of these lines by the power company crews is a very dangerous undertaking. The linemen must work in close proximity to energized high voltage lines at the top of 7(T poles, making the repairs while the consumers power remains on. Duchesne problems to be tackled by steering committee A Mayor's Steering Committee is in of being organized by the the process Duchesne city council according to Dale .W. Workman, mayor of Duchesne. The Steering Committee will be composed of fifteen residents of Duchesne city and will be a part of an effort to develop a three year Community Development Plan." We are asking a cross section of the community to participate on this Steering committee, explained Mayor Workman. The committee will receive input from five citizen task forces who are being set up to evaluate areas of city government where improvement can be made. The five citizen task forces include the areas of Economic Development, Community Services, Planning and Iniatkm, Human Enrk'hment and Cultural Resources, and Physical Environment. Community residents interested in developing recommendations for each of these five areas should contact the city office or Cam Caldwell, city manager," stated Mayor Workman. Two members from each task force will be appointed to the Mayor's Steering Committee. Two members of the Duchesne City Youth Commission will also be appointed to this steering A chairman, the City committee. Manager and I will also be on this commettee." Explained the mayor. The recommendations of the Mayor's Steering Committee will be used by the city council in setting .priorities for the city. We hope that his system of task forces will enable each resident to with become involved community government," mayor Workman said. We will annouce the meetings of each task force. They will be publicized and open to the public," he said. Each City Councilman will be involved with a task force as a liaison for the council We want to be active in the process of determining community attitudes towards areas of improvement at the grass roots level, emphasized the mayor. Only by participating with the people in discussing city problems can we arrive at solutions that reflect their desires," he continued. The Community Development Plan will also play an important part in enabling the city of Duchesne to obtain federal grants. Most federal programs are beginning to require citizen input to problem identification," explained Mr. Caldwell. This is the opportunity for local people to really become involved with their city government," commented Mayor Workman. I hope they take advantage of this opportunity. There's plenty of work to do, he concluded. The first meeting of the Mayor's Steering Committee will be at 6 p.m., in the Duchesne County Courthouse on Wednesday, November 27. 69,000 volt line and must use the "hotsticks you see in the picture, to keep the lines away from them while they work. Note the damaged insulators on the right Another view of the men working on the pole, which is 70' high. On the ground are linemen, Ricky Spurlock and Burke Hanberg. This picture shows over 30 insulators which had been shot by the vandals. This is but a few of the many insulators which have been shot recently. Not only is the repair of these lines and replacement of insulators hazardous to the linemen, it is also costly. For every damaged insulator, replacement costs in excess of $100 and repairs to damaged conductor is an even more costly item. Moon Lake offers a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons quilty of shooting (or otherwise damaging) insulators or other equipment. Being a good citizen includes the responsibility for reporting an action which may cause the loss of life or damage to properly. Chamber meet sets w rap session u The regular meeting of the Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce is scheduled to be held this Thursday, Nov. 21, at noon in the Zions First National Bank building. All members of the chamber, as well as others interested, are invited to attend. A luncheon will be served. Besides the regular business scheduled for the meeting, time is being allowed this week for a rap session on needs, goals and suggestions for the chamber. Members are urged to be present to discuss their feelings concerning the chamber. ANNUAL MEETING Duchesne C. of . elects Board, hears from state officer The Duchesne area Chamber, of Commerce elected three new members of its Board of Directors and heard from a state planning official to bout high problems the area can expect in the future at its annual meeting last week. Elected to serve on the Board of an Directors were: Jerry Allred, engineer in the city; Elaine Farnsworth, a banking officer in Duchesne; and Craig Brown who works' in the oil industry. Burt Calson was the featured speaker. and He is the State Planning his topic was on the problems Duchesne city and county will face in the next few years with the fluctuation in populations. The three new board members replaced Les Brown, president of the Chamber this past year, John Shumway, and Chad Peatross. The new member will members in electing join six hold-ove- r new officers for the organization. Mr. Carlson said that statewide, Utah will have a pattern of heavy population increases in the last quarter of the century and that the declining populations in the rural counties has stopped and will probably show an average growth rate of about five per cent annually for some time to come. He noted population predictions for Duchesne and the Uintah Basin are almost impossible to set because of the uncertainty surrounding the development of the oil shale in the area. But he said, even without the oil shale 1 i i . 4 Duchesne city would not return to its 0 size and in fact would probably show about an average five per cent growth rate up to 1980, the growth rate of students who will attend county schools however will show an even greater percentage increase he stated. He cited as one of Duchesne Citys main problems that of obtaining mfre solid tax base. He said in spite of the fact that the assessed value in the county has gone from $14, million in 1970 to $60 million in 1973 that Duchesne city had actually went down from its $1.1-- million dollar assessment. "Duchesne city must change from a city of passers by to one of permanent residents" he saidr Outgoing Chantbew president, Les Brown told the Chamber efforts to obtain a medical doctor or doctors was progressing under the leadership of Royden Hill John Shumway, and Cam no single Caldwell, problem has concerned us as much as the medical one," he reported. Mr. Brown also suggested to the Chamber that: Regular offices and a staff should be established for the Chamber within the next few years. The Chamber should continue towards the goal of establishing a medical clinic and services in the town. They develop the attitude that to improve the quality of life in Duchesne, we'll have to sacrafice." pre-197- 3 Contract awarded for Ballard water project Thane Construction, Syracuse, was the apparent low bidder for the Ballard Water Improvement District pipeline and storage tank. There were eight other bids, according to President Golden Collins. Seven of these were within range of the engineers estimate cost Nyle Chapman of Roosevelt was next lowest bidder. A concrete tank, which is considered better than a steel tank and is $40,000 less expensive, will be used. The water district will serve 200 hookups vhich will service approximately 20 m3 is frontage in Ballard. Funding for the iroject was begun with each subscrib r giving $25.00 each. This paid i for the engineering, then later each subscriber paid $300 to pay for the connections and water meter. FHA granted the association $50,000 and the Four Corners Regional Commission granted $81,000 for the project. Bonded indebtedness for $110,000 to the Farmers Home Administration will complete the funding for the project A letter of intent was given by the engineering firm Nelson and Maxwell of Salt Lake, engineers for the district to Thane Construction, advising them that it is the intent of the district to sward them the contract in the near future. It is expected that construction will begin soon. i t h ? |