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Show House subcommittee asks for full CUP funding The United States House public works appropriation subcommittee has allowed the full $32 million asked for fiscal 1978 for the Central Utah Project. They allowed the full $31,965,000 asked by the Ford administration, and added $1 million at the request of Rep. Gunn McKay, a member of the parent appropriations committee. The new money would be for preconstruction work on the upper Stillwater reservoir. The balance is earmarked for the first mile of the Alpine Aqueduct, continuing drilling on the completed Vat tunnel, work on' the Stillwater Tunnel and rehabilitation of Provo reservoir canal. The subcommittees also allowed $8,204,000 for the Jensen Unit of the CUP. There was also $548,000 for the Vernal Unit and $4,219,000 for the Lyman Project which is in Utah and Wyoming. The work in Utah during the next fiscal year will amount to $4,213,000. Other Utah items in the bill are $800,000 fen advance planning on the Uintah project one-thir- and $800,000 for the Upaleo project. There is also $3,424,000 in the bill for Utah recreation facilities at Flaming Gorge, Currant Creek Rservoir, Strawberry Reservoir, Tyzack Reservoir and the Jensen Unit. In testimony in behalf of the project, Governor Matheson stated that 62 percent of the population of Utah resides within the boundaries of the twelve counties served by the Central Utah conservancy district. 700,000 people will benefit by the water to be delivered for municipal and agricultural purposes from the project. Chairman Tom Bevill, presided Monday afternoon at the closed session of subcommittee. He said it the was planned to report the bill to the full appropriations Committee on May 25. Water ., SERVING UTAH'S GROWING UINTAH BASIN d VOLUME - Lions elect new officers H&30N wme vice-preside-nt A consolidation of the ROOSEVELT STANDARD and UINTAH BASIN RECORD With lots of cleaning up already done, clean-udrive continues in p kwsY t - . r r Duchesne. Through Saturday city crews and trucks will pick up large discarded items, such as tree limbs, appliances, old furniture, etc. All debris must be placed in front of houses, and must be able to be picked up with a front end loader. ' Several individuals and groups been making headway in this year's clean up and beautification campaign. .. City crews are rieaning irrigation ditches, planling trees and shrubs in Wallace Park and at the cemetery, and are readying Roy Park for landscaping work. The old baseball diamond at Roy Park came down Friday, and county crews are hauling fill dirt to fill sloughs and level Roy Park near the fair grounds. Sod was laid last week at the new law enforcement renter, and the Mother's Club is planting shrubs in the planters on .main street. The Lions Club is installing street signs, and will soon he selling house numbers. The hoy scouts cleaned the church lots north of 'town. Several individual residences are taking on a fresh roat of paint, and old cars and sheds are being removed. The clean up committee includes Kathy Harrison, Sherry Parker, Betty Wilkinson. Lela Baum and Carole kV ROY PARK to fill and LANDSCAPING-Coun- ty crews are hauling dirt level Roy Park, near the fair grounds in Duchesne. Duchesne City has received a grant from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to develop two ball diamonds and a picnic pavillion at the park, and to landscape. Lions to sell white canes yCvvvt)ftvfc.'e Wallare. A recent letter to residents stated: "We now have a beautiful state park at Starvation Reservoir, and since we anticipate the influx of visitors this coming year, we are greatly concerned with making our town more presentable." Unoccupied old houses and sheds, junked cars and equipment, weeds and general neglect of yards are all things which need immediate attention. 'nf high school's traveling assembly" will present a special performance for the community next hacked up hy hand students. The assembly performs skits and songs of the 50's and fiO's. and 70s, but their most Thursday. May 12 beginning at 8 p.m. The assembly has been performed for students at Union. Altamont, Tabiona. Wasatch. East Carbon, and Duchesne, where it has been well received. Admission is $1 for the special community performance at the high school auditorium next week. This is the first year Duchesne has had a traveling assembly. The students organized after enjoying an assembly from Wasatch last year. The senior swing rhoir forms the basis for the group. popular Duchesne Sunshade n Rain concert tomorrow The ppu1ar singing trio Sunshade n Rain" will he holding a return performance in Duchesne backed up hv the group Quintessence". The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. with a dance immediately following. Tickets are being sold in advance for $3.50 on they may be purchased at the door for $4.00. in n Rain" performed Sunshade Duchesne Inst August during the Duchesne County Fair and were so well aceepted hv the county that they were scheduled to come back. They have performed with such famous groups and personalities as the New Seekers, the King Family, and Mac Davis. Washington. D. C.. Atlanta, Chicago. Phoenix, and Las Vegas are just a few of the cities they have given performance in. They recently completed a tour of the west coast and Hawaii. Recause of limited seating and demand, tickets will he sold in advance at the following places: in Roosevelt at the Uintah Basin Vocational School. LeNel's Shoe Store, and Union high school; in Duchesne at the high school, Kohl's and the Uintah Basin Standard office; in Tabiona at the high school; and in Altamont at Mohlman's. This week has been declared White Uane Sales Days" by the Utah Lions Clubs. This is the time chosen for the members of Utah's 145 Linns Clubs to sell white canes, or to raise money in some other way, to finance the sight conservation and service to the blind projects of their dub. The money collected in the Duchesne area will be used to finance a glaucoma clinic this fall in Duchesne. Any additional money will go to Utah charities. Of the many activities Lions Clubs perorm for their communities, the activity of sight conservation and services to the blind is possibly most noteworthy. Following are some of the activities that have been financed by funds obtained from previous White Cane sales: Assistance at glaucoma and sugar diabetes clinics; collecting used eye glasses to be sent to countries where glasses are made for underpriviledged people; providing fare for transportation to the seeing eye dog school for persons needing a seeing eye dog; purchasing eye glasses for those unable to aford them; selling brooms which are a product of the broom factory at the Murray B. Allen Blind Center in Salt Lake; sponsoring parties for the blind; purchasing special equipment for the S tale Library for the blind; supporting the eye bank; helping provide for eye operations, etc. Collision claims Duchesne woman traveling assembly , '& ... UPl-W- alls DHS to present popular Duchesne midway into clean up campaign the big the size of the school district's central office, which staffs 14 employees. The project should be completed during August. GOING were erected last for addition the school district to the Friday central office in Duchesne. By afternoon, all three walls were up. The addition will double WALLS t, Rey-bur- ' . The Duchesne Area Lions elected new officer last week for the 1977-7- 8 year. President John Vasten will turn over his gavel to Clint Park. John Vasten will and second serve as first is Ralph Madsen. Secretary! reasurer for the new year will be Norm Letter. Duane Meriwether will be tail twister, and Kim Hamlin is Lion tamer. New directors are Pete Burdick and Dave Wegner, who will serve with present directors Sam Burdick and Glynn Mayson. The new officers will be installed during June. Past officers were: president, John Vasten; first vice president, John Clint Park; second tail twister, Ralph Madsen; Lion tamer, Dave Wegner; secret arytreasurer, Leon Youd; and directors Ted Riessen and Duane Meriwether. The Lions are currently installing street signs in Duchesne, and will be selling house numbers in the near future. 65 NUMBER 18 THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977 segment A double fatality collision claimed the life of Arlene Thompson, Duchesne, early Tuesday morning. Mrs. Thompson was headed eastbound on Highway 40 near Heber when she was collision. Her involved in a head-o- n twelve year old daughter, Mary Alice, was taken to Utah Valley Hospital in Provo. The driver of the other vehicle was also killed instantly. He was Carl Gilbert, Salt Lake City. His brother Donald Gilbert, a passenger, was also injured- . is the audience involvement dedirat ion. Advisors for'the traveling assembly are Dennis Stott and John Foster. Karen Chapman is pianist, and technical assistants are Mike Meriwether and Troy Millet t. The troop includes: Debbie Sue Fov. Tammy Hornwks. Shawna Ohm, Marilyn Merklev. Connie Rreakfield, Mary Colbert. Amy Colbert. Debbie Iott. Liz Cornelius. I,ana Malinski. Kathleen Caldwell. LeAnn Jensen, Mark Tharh. Jody Liddell. Bret Rn'wp. Iconic Millet t. Park Rurdirk. Sue pp Mitchell. Bobby Reyhurn. Todd Wilkinson. Mit'h Hoffman. Mike Buckley, and Kathy Letter. . Lions to sell house numbers in Duchesne The Duchesne Area Lions will be selling house numbers during the next two weeks part of their street sign project. Heavy 4' inch brass numbers will be sold for $1 per digit. The Lions will be canvassing town during the next two weeks. The entire city has been mapped with earh house and business assigned a number. The Linns club has a copy of the map and will sell the proper numbers for each location. City officials encourage residents to purrhase house numbers from the Lions so the address system will be uniform throughout town, and also to support this community project. If a residence isn't contacted by May 15. please call for your house numbers. js The clean-udrive appears to be in full swing in the Duchesne area. Lots of dehris is being removed, and several people have been working to beautify and improve their yards and lots. Government and service organizations are setting a good example. The city is beautifying both parks and the cemetery, in addition to cleaning irrigation ditches, it's exciting to see the progress already made at Roy Park. If everything goes as scheduled, Roy Park will be an asset during the county fair and to Duchesne the entire year. The clean-ucommittee has spent hundreds of hours inspecting residences and identifying owners. Letters have been sent out to several residents urging them to remedy specific violations. Many of these violations have already been removed, but there are a few who are balking at the suggestion to clean up. hope these few individuals will join in the spirit of improving the community and do their share to make Duchesne a more attractive, desirable place to live and visit. p 738-251- 8 p It's Looks like the decision on the jurisdiction issues has been postponed a while. high school has organized a "traveling assembly," including skits and songs of the last three decades. They will hold a special perfor TRAVELING ASSEMBLY-Duches- ne mance for the community next Thursday, May 12, beginning at 8 p.m. The troupe has performed all over the region. Judge Ritter has put the rase involving the Ute Tribe Law and Order Code on his fall calendar, although it was originally scheduled for May 17. Actually, this will be to the advantage of both sides. In light of the recent Rosebud derision, which literally reversed the trends for Indian litigation, both sides will need additional time to prepare their rases. Although Inst week's derision to halt meetings to trv to settle the issue out of court is still confusing, it's probably for the hest. Neither side was willing to make substantial compromises, and there were questions of the legality of the state determining jurisdiction of Indian lands anyway. Ijct'a hope there's no attempt to renew the negotiation meetings, and that the issue will be determined hy the proper court according to due process of law. Regardless of what happens in Judge Ritter's courtroom next fall, the rase will In appealed, so it will be some time before a final, absolute ruling is handed (lown. president John Vasten inspects a new street sign in Duchesne. Half the signs are up, and the Lions are going to begin selling house numbers next week. Lions |