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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wadnesday, April 11, 2001 - Page 6 ROUND THE REGION Tlw San Juan Reconi wdcomet letter from our mderi. Letter to the Editor must be: No more than 3 SO wonts 'Signed Include the author' address and phone number The San Juan Record reserve the right to edit letters for length, clarity and to eliminate libelous or tasteless material. REANet declares bankruptcy Cortez - No capital credit checks are likely to be cashed by members of the Empire and La Plata Electric Associations this year. The associations' joint private telecommunications venture, REANet, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, leaving Empire and LPEAwith REANets $15 million guaranteed loan to repay in August By law, the associations cannot raise electricity rates to make up from a loss from a diversified business, hut they can use the available cash on hand, such as capital credits. Spokesmen from both associations said that the amount of capital credits returned will be determined at the next board meetings. Its my understanding that you simply can't raise rates to recover losses from diversified businesses, said Empire General Manager Neal Stephens. "However, were going to have to obtain some kind of a loan from one of our lenders to pay the loan back if REANet The San Juan Record HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY. UTAH SINCE 1915 AN AWARD WINNING NEWSPAPER Pubfisher-Edtt- or BILL BOYLE Office Manager TERRY CRAMER Pasta-u- -- p Ad Design AMANDA HILLHOUSE is not successful in their reorganization. Last year. Empire issued $800,000 in capital refunds to its 13,000 customers. Empire and LPEA originally started REANet because U.S. West refused to build a fiber optics network in the area, and as an attempt to diversify before the electrical market was deregulated. REANets acting CEO Raymond Keith blames the companys financial problems not on management, Cortez Journal but on a business plan that was too large. . SERVING ALL YOUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS TOM PALMER After school news program in Dove Creek 435-678-21- 08 Fax Extension Agent Dan Fernandez reports that Dove Creek TV (DCTV) got a big shot in the arm recently from a $92,000 grant from the Colorado TVusts After School Initiative Program. There are presently two part-tim- e employees who work with the after school news program, and the grant will expand their jobs to half time employees for the next four years. Denver PBS is also broadcast over the Dove Creek Press Dolores County Broadcasting network. Dove Creek - CSU when . Sevier River infused with bacteria Delta - 435-678-32- 68 do you know you're really covered? It may be dirty, but the Sevier River is the lifeblood of Millard It also provides recreational opportunities such as fishing, County. Proofreader DAWN BOYLE Office Assistant NICOLE BYRNES water skiing and other water sports that residents and visitors have enjoyed for almost 100 years. Because of the usage along the Sevier, the river is infused with bacteria, according to an environmental health scientist. A test several years ago showed the bacteria Giardia and was present. A health risk is present any time surface water is used for recreational purposes, and everyone is probably aware that the Sevier River is not clean water, said the environmental health scientist. After seven cows and a deer were found recently floating in the river, the rivers bacterial level may be temporarily increased, but officials say it is not a public health issue. Milaid County Chronicle Progress E-C- Writers ANNA THAYN FREDA ARON NELL DALTON MAXINE DEETER MARY LOU HOGGARD LEOPLATERO GARY TORRES TERRI WINDER SUBSCRIPTION RATES San Juan County Outsido County - USA APO or FPO address Newsstand $15 $18 $1S 50c $14 JO 17.50 Sr. Citizen Sr. Out ot County when it strikes like a bolt from the blue. Q.44) pniiiMH Will new golf clubhouse bring more play? Jmat mg mkm Roosevelt - Those backing a plan to build a $600,000 clubhouse at the Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course want to get one thing straight right away the loan repayment proposal for the project will be done with fees paid by golfers and not by taxpayer dollars. A public hearing is scheduled to discuss the proposed 4,400 square foot clubhouse. The Roosevelt Golf Course Committee anticipates generating additional revenue through tournaments at the course. Uintah Basin Standard tAmwrfW ! Jeff Nielson Faxm bubeau - Monticello financial Sebvkes. 435-587-26- 11 ,lir.WIMMaeiw MkefcaH fciaMBMtl M JUJUS Pfe.NMOr Con artists scam local merchant PHONE & FAX 435-587-22- 77 sjmewsaol.com WEB PAGE www.utahpress.com sanjuanrecord To have a sample copy sent to a friend, send us his or her address. Write to PO Box 879, Monticello, LIT 84535. Copyright, The San Juan ReoordO, 1998. AN rights reserved. Reproduction, reuse or transmittal of all matter herein Is without prohibited prior written permission by the pubieher. ISSN PuMMied 0894-327- awakly 3 al Mstrv MonMoatoalMt 49 SouSi PuiodU poataga paid at MonUoaSo, Utah 4SS5 (ISSN0494-S273- ). haacae la P.O. Bn 171, MeattaaSa, Utah I4SM. Tha San Juan Racead la a mmbar d Utah Praia AmocMoii and Green River - A Green River merchant learned the hard way that the only thing magical about recent visitors to his establishment was in how fast they could make his money disappear. Emery County Sheriffs Office receive a complaint from the businessman, saying he had been swindled out of $6,500 from a group of con artists who had convinced him they could magically double his money. The four subjects first Rocky Mountain Housing We reportedly read the merchants palm and showed him a number of magic tricks. They then told him they could double his money. According to the Sheriffs Department, the business owner gave the men $6,500 which was placed in a rag and then tied in a knot They told the business owner to untie the rag later and the money would be doubled. When the business owner untied the rag, both the money and his magical visitors had disappeared. After the merchant notified police, the four suspects were spotted and pulled over. A search uncovered $6,600 in cash on the suspects. Emery County Progress A Reality 20 years experience In the field High Quality Houses One Stop Shop . Concrete Financing Historical Quarterly highlights Moab history Home Set & Finished Service After The Sale Moab - The interactions ofhumans with each other and the land change in detail over time. But the different stories often have a similar theme: individual and limited resources. Anasazi families were to Ute families were trying to keep their traditional survive; trying cowmen were to lifeways; trying prosper, uranium miners were trying to make a fortune or at least a living; the merchants and real estate developers of todays Moab are trying to make a profit And bikers just want to have fun. The stories of the fight in the La Sals and the Moab uranium boom are told in the latest issue of the Utah Historical Quarterly. Each is a rattling good ptory. But each also shows what can happen when individual pursuits collide. 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