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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, July 26, 2000 - Page 18 DETAILS Official drought makes way to La Sal La Sal LDS Branch hosts a cookout on the La Sal Mountains, usually at Canopy Gap. That was the case again this year except most of the to be a dry food had to be cooked down season. home and transported to the First, the mountain. Vehicles could be seen Young IN Women of streaming out of La Sal FROM SIERRA IA SAL headed east and up the Deeter Maxine Monticello by mountain road. A huge plume L D S of dust rose in Stake made it all the way the air from so through Girls Camp without many vehicles any downpours. Then came on the dusty, the 4th of July, and still, only dry, mountain a few drops. road. The local farmers are now in The menfolk the process of knocking down had spent a good their second cutting of hay, a portion of the surefire way to bring on the day slaving over rain. We are not even getting a hot fire clouds building up cooking the fare. threatening in the afternoon of late. i m J come of The 24th July has Blankenagel and sons did a and gone with nary a drop of deep pit barbecue featuring moisture. The only clouds we both roast beef and turkey. are seeing lately are smoke Jims other half Loris columns from the various fires produced many gallons of around the area. Its a drought homemade rootbeer. for sure. Our land is parched Trent Bristol and Les and burning up. We pray daily Thayne provided dutch oven for rain. potatoes, with or without Pioneer Day has now come onions andor bacon. The and gone. I always think of ladies of the town brought Chet Smith, who referred to it homemade rolls. There were as "This is It Day. According salads of every description and to Chet (who was not LDS), desserts enough to cause a Brother Brigham looked down week long sugar high. I mean, on the Salt Lake Valley and we are talking FOOD! declared: This is it!. You can This is going on public inflection on own the record: The event was slated put your to start at 7:00 p.m. sharp! Let phrase. But, be it This Is It Day, it be noted that the blessing Pioneer Day, or the 24th of concluded at 7:01 p.m. And July, La Sal celebrated in their that is mountain daylight usual fashion on July 21. The savings time, NOT La Sal We Come To You Wa'll wash invthlnfll Vehicles Farm Equipment Driveways Buildings and many more Call for an appointment selves into oblivion. There was food and then there ivas food and more food. And, as always, lots of good friends. It was so nice to sit and visit good Northern ews AUTO DETAILING AND WINDOW CLEANING standard time! Folks then commenced to feast them- San Juan County is now officially in a drought. That comes as no surprise to most of us. The signs started early this summer that it was going 435-587-35- 20 folks and enjoy the cool mountain air. Ask for Steve (cell) 979-182- 1 Victor Lovato has officially retired and been honored at a retirement party. Along those lines, I pass the US R 251 N. MAIN MONTICELLO 587-275- along a note I received from the expatriate, former Deputy 2 OPEN 24 HOURS GENERAL STORE DAILY SPECIALS Breakfast Bill Pierce: 7 -- (includes fries and 32 oz. drink) 11 am Featuring Biscuits & Gravy "It is about time Victor retired. It is a sign of the times, change all. and However I will bet that whoever replaces Vic Deli Open 7 pm Monday - Friday and Saturday dedication. Whenever I was out in the middle of the night in bad weather I could always be Fire Fighters TRAIIISID0SALUTES will not have near the reassured that if I needed assistance Vic was a short radio call away. Or if I needed a road cleared, like the time the rock (and when I say rock I mean a BIG rock) came down closing the La Sal Creek switchbacks, Vic was a noncomplainant when he got up and got the road cleared. 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