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Show 4 t Events Sat in Altamont to raise funds for fire engine equipment Schedule, Altamont's Fire Sale-A-Th- on Saturday, September 3 7 :30 1 0:00 a.m. Breakfast. $2 plat, $10 family. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Carnival. Handmade articles, baked goods, games. Beginning with breakfast, at 7:30 a.m., and ending with an auction at 7 p.m.. Altamont's Fire Sale-- Bration will dominate activities this Saturday, Sept. 3. Festivities will be held at the Alta 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hourly presentation of special film, "Roughing it Easy" 7:00 p.m. Auction. Almost anything. Donations are wanted. Sponsored by the Uintah Basin Young Homemakers, for the benefit of the Altamont Fire Engine Fire Equip, improves at Altamont, as new items are added Work began last week on a new building in Altamont, which will eventually house the new fire truck, ambuAre engine. lance, and a back-u- p With much donated labor and materials, the building will take shape rapidly, and should be ready for use before cold weather sits in. The cinder block building will be 32 overfeet square, have to two head doors, and include three bays for parking vehicles. At the present time the fire truck has been equipped with 2100 feet of new fire hose, 800 feet of reels of hose, as well as two 800-foIn hose. the addition, pressure truck has been equipped with much of 10-fo- lVi-inc- h 2'-in- the other support equipment needed, including fire extinguishers, masks, protective clothing, entry equipment, ladders, etc. celebration Funds from the day-lonwill to help defray the costs go Saturday g , , Vf of these Altamont These trucks, owned by Duane Hall Trucking, have been pledged to back up the Altamont fire department, particular on fires outside the city. AID FIRE DEPT. items. g city SERVING UTAH'S GROWING UINTAH BASIN is also involved in a training course for 22 volunteers. A VOLUME 65 NUMBER 35 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1977 training officer from the Provo Trade Tech is traveling to Altamont each week, and will give a total of 24 hours of training to the fire crew. Six men also attended oil fire training at Shell Oil Co. In addition the equipment and training, Duane Hall Trucking has offered his dispatch service as well as his back up water system for use in the county area around Altamont. His trucks mont high school. The event is being sponsored by the Uintah Basin Young Homemakers as a means of raising money to aid the Altamont Fire Engine project. Consider ably more money is needed to completely equip the engine, and provide all items necessary to offer complete fire coverage in the area in and around Altamont. Since it is a project that will benefit a wide segment of the area, an invitation is extended to residents throughout the - Basin to participate. The schedule for the day begins with the breakfast from 7:30 to 10 a.m. The cost will be $2 for one plate, or $10 per family. Two different events will be carried on throughout most of the day. A special film, made by Dian Thomas, author of Roughing it Easy, and Roughing it Easy II", will be shown at the Altamont room. Show elementary times will be hourly, at 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3 and 4 o'clock. The cost is 50 cents jier person over 12 years of age. Copies of both books will be available for sale and autographing at the same time. Ms. Thomas is a former forest ranger's multi-purpos- The hold 4200 gallons of water, and can pump 600 gallons per minute. This help is being offered as a public service by the trucking Arm. Because of the training and improved equipment of the Altamont department, Are crews were credited with saving a daughter, and an avid outdoor enthusiast. She has rereived her MA degree from RYU, and has been a camp director and home economics teacher. Currently she is a full time author and lecturer, and has appeared on over 300 TV shows. She is listed in the 1976 volume of Outstanding Young Women of America. The film shows techniques of outdoor cooking that are easy, including cooking in paper cups, orange shells, paper sacks, cardboard boxes, etc. Also during the same time, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., a carnival is being held. This will include the sale of handmade articles, ; supervised by tais Goodrich, baked goods, under Connie Holgate, and Maxie Hartman, Items are invited for donation to this event. Also games, including fish pond, bell ringer and many more, will be conducted by Paula Jenkins, The final event of the day will be a public auction at 7 p.m. The sale will cover hundreds of items, from household items to farm machinery and livestock. Donations can be made by calling Kay 454-3331- 454-377- 454-380- 454-396- Janice White, or Lois Jennifer Seeley, Fausett, 454-317- 454-345- 6; 454-327- e . Goodrich, of event feel the day-lon- g Sponsors strongly that the fire engine is one of the greatest assets in the community, and the proceeds from Saturday's activities will go a long way to help obtain needed equipment. 454-3331- at the rate of double-wid- e BtdgHohd Wtirtwrofks trdil IdUolM Bollard Cfevhei BASIN mobile home last week, when a blaze engulfed an adjoining shed. A prompt answer to the call prevented the blaze from moving into the trailer. Ft DmlMM Ouray Bundle MS) r' r Legislators tour A consolidation of the ROOSEVELT STANDARD and UITAH BASIN RECORD area CUP sites Some 60 members of the Utah State Legislature visited the rainy Uintah Basin tour of On Friday, the group traveled to last Friday on a two-da- y Central Utah Project sites. Steinaker Dam, Tyzack Dam, Starvation Dam and the site of the planned Jordanelle Dam and Reservoir. A trip to the Upper Stillwater Dam was cancelled because of the rain. The State Legislature requested the tour be given by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation. Thursday's stops included the Utah Valley Water Purification Plant being 'A' NEW FIRE BUILDING Men Jf 4. '" and equipment were busy last week running the footers for Altamont City's fire station. The 32 x 32 foot cinder block building will house the fire truck, ambulance and a back up fire truck. There is nothing no easy but that it beeomea difficult when you do it with relurtanre. nnnn There seems to be a continual running verbal battle going these days and the between the "pro-55'ers- " Agin 55'ers." Even the courts have gotten in the act, in some roses refusing to fine motorists traveling above the 515 limit, because the edict setting up that speed is no longer valid. It seems to lie settling down some now, however, as state officials again reaffirm the fact that the speed limit is 55, and it will be enforced on that basis. But we still have some concerns. It seems that the motorists are being divided into two groups, those who adhere fairly strictly to the 55 limit, and those who figure that they will not be bothered by patrolmen as long as they are not more than seven or eight miles over the limit. And this latter group is fast becoming the majority. Many years ago state studies indicated that there are natural" speed limits on most highways. By that we mean there is a speed for a particular stretch of road that seems comfortable and is easily met. The studies showed at that time if the posted limit is too far below this natural s)teed. problems were created. Most motorists found themselves driving beyond the speed limit. They felt uneasy doing it, hut justified themselves with "everyone is doing it." But the problem rose in the fact that those actually observing the law were creating a hazard. Since they were going slower than the majority of the traffic, it created passing situations that were more hazardous than a steady speed hv all vehicles. For example, one stretch of state built above Orem, Soldier Creek Dam, part of the Strawberry Reservoir enlargement, Current Creek Dam and the Vat Tunnel, all parts of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. The legislators, accompanied by water officials and a contingent of newspaper reporters spent Thursday night at Bottle Hollow After viewing the sites of various CUP units, a number of legislators stated that they were more convinced than ever of the need for the Central Utah Project. called Sen. Edward T. Beck, it a very fine project" and added, "I think that we should do everything possible to carry on the project to help Utah and conservation in the future. Utah is allotted 23 per cent of the 13 million acre feet of water which runs through the state via the Colorado River each year and the CUP is designed to provide storage and distribution of the water instead of losing it to other states. Rep. Genevieve Atwood, R Salt Lake City, said there has been some talk in the State Legislature about a statewide bond to finish funding the project if the federal government does not complete it. She added that even if the federal government provides the necessary funding, the state will still need to have funds available for unexpected costs. -- Resort. highway in Emery County was posted miles per hour. The bulk of the traffic traveled much faster than this, since it was open country and fairly fiat. There were many accidents. The limit was then raised to 60 miles per realistic speed limit. nnnn 50 hour, and the conditions improved, and then it was even raised to 70 miles per hour, one of the few highways, other than interstate, that al lowed this faster speed. But arcidents decreased, rather than increased. That seems to be the case now. The limit at 55 miles per hour, no matter how noble a cause, is not a natural" speed. As it was first imposed, the majority adhered to it because it was justified by fuel savings. And with the majority of the vehicles staying within the proximity of 55, traffic arcidents decreased. Now, however, with the majority of vehicles moving up to the more reasonable "natural" speed, the are again rrcating a hazard, and nrridrnl and death rates are climbing. It is a sad commentary when those who obey the law are actually s the rause of problems, but studies would seem to bear it out. And we would suppose that the arcident and death rate will rontinue to climb, unless some means of arriving at total adherence In the 55 law is found, or Ihc state moves to a more The story is told of Alexander Diogenes looking intently at a large collection of human bonea piled one upon another, whereupon he asked the philosopher what he was the Great watching looking for. I am searching, said Dio- genes, for the bones of your father, but I cannot distinguish them from those of his slaves. nnnn By the way, the state is taking steps to see that the speed limit is adhered to more strictly. They have organized some sperial teams of patrolmen, who travel in groups around the state, concentrating on slowing the traffic down. We've had the group in this area on two occasions. Sgt. Ken tawton of the Highway Patrol reported tn us that on the first stay here, which covered about 28 hours of pat ruling with four cars, the group made 270 contacts with speed- ers, some vehicles running up to as high as 98 miles per hour. Of course the hook was thrown at the extreme speeders, but even those slightly over the 55 limit were ticket cd. FIREMEN Upper Country volunteer of the fire in this shed prompt dousing SAVE ALTAMONT HOME fire department's mobile is credited with saving the adjoining double-wid- e first call the The Mrs. Loa was Hansen. owned home, by truck and firemen were for Altamont's new fire truck. The on the scene only five minutes after receiving the call. Moon Lake Water Users plan to rebuild aging high country dams Three aging and ailing dams in the Brown Duck Basin of the High Uintas Primitive Area will soon be undergoing repairs, according to Robert A. Rnwen, Ashley National Forest Supervisor. The Moon Lake Water Users Association will begin reconstruction of the dams at Brown Duck, Island, and Kidney Lakes soon and plans to complete the project by the end of October. TTie dams are over 50 years old and in need of major repairs to keep them functioning Rowen said. Brown Duck Reservoir had to be breached in 1967 because the outlet works failed and takes structures are deteriorating rapidly and show signs of Island and Kidney failure, he said. The Water users have elected not to wait for the completion of the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Prnjpct. They feel, in light of the drought situation and the uncertainty surrounding the CUP, that they must repair the high lake structures now to have irrigation water next year and thereafter until Taskrerh Chamber lunch to introduce new teachers The Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce will honor all new school teachers in the area at its luncheon meeting Thursday (today) at noon at the Zion's First National Bank Building. Paula 0. Bell. Chamber executive director, said all new teachers from the Duchense County School District and the west end of the Uintah County School District will be introduced to the Chamber member at the meeting. Superintendent Thomas Ahplanalp will perforin the introductions. Mrs. Bell said the teachers will also receive orientation information on the area and will hear messages from Mayor Hollis Ilullinger and Chandler officials. The luncheon for new teachers is an annual Chamber event. Reservoir is constructed, Rowen explained. The Forest Service has granted the Association permission to use a helicopter to transport materials to the lakes within the High Uinta Primitive Area and to use gasoline-powere- d equipment to move earth and mix concrete. This approach is expected to lessen the overall impact on the wilderness values. The same work accomplished by primitive means would take two to three summers, Rowen said, and the area would be heavily impacted by constant trail use to and from the construction site by men and horses moving the equipment in and out. Rowen added that many of the men who will be working on the dams are the grandsons of the original builders who used horses, wagons, picks, and shovels to build the structures. Recovery service office located in Vernal The opening of seven new offices throughout the state, including one in Venal. will make it easier to crack down on welfare abusers and parents who are not paying child support, according to Dennis Cooper, director of the Utah Department of Social Services. Office of Recovery Services. Cooper said, "The office is geared to track down absent parents who leave their families and hide from their child support obligations. New laws passed during the last regular session of the to legislature have given top priority child support enforcement." The Keeovery office serving the Uintah Basin is located at 3 West Main, No. 24, Vernal. Other new offices are located in Ogden, Salt Lake City, Provo, Price. Richfield and St. George. Cooper said the Office of Recovery Services (ORS) is set up to locate absent parents and make them carry out their financial responsibilities both (or families on public assistance and those that are not. |