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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, October 3. 2001 - Page 4 ROUND THE REGION Four Corners power plants boost security Fears of possible terrorist attacks are affecting everyin the Southwest, from security at power plants to crop thing d power plants in the area produsting. Three major vide millions of people in California and the Four Comer states with electric energy. All are operating with a heightened sense of security. Security staff was beefed up 30 percent at the Four Comers Power Plant outside Farmington, NM. Cortez Journal Cortez coal-fire- . Vandalism, threatening note up the ante Moab - In a development that upped the ante in a local environmental controversy, a note referring to the radical environmental group Earth Liberation Front (ELF) was left at the gate of a seismic oil exploration project north of Canyonlands National Park. Sheriffs deputies are also investigating numerous survey markers that were reported missing from the projects field line following a morning of protests by local environmentalists. The exploration project has security since then, local officers and BLM rangers. enforcement law provided by The note was not signed and was not attributed to any group, but it did include a reference to the ELF, which has previously claimed responsibility for millions of dollars of aimed at stopping certain development projects associated with Times Independent threatened lands. round-the-clo- ck eco-sabota- Miracle marathoner Spanish Fork - Running 26 miles is grueling enough. Complicate running with coming back from a life threatening illness, and the marathon Ken Money ran in 2000 is nothing short of a miracle. Money says he is a lucky man. Some say he is a run- ning source of inspiration. He was diagnosed with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, which has mortality rates between 80-9-0 percent. However, he finished the St. George Marathon pushing a stroller with his oxygen container. Spanish Fork Press Mistaken identity for Roosevelt man Roosevelt - In the old television series The Fugitive, Richard Kimball was a good guy who was mistaken as a bad guy. He was hunted by law enforcement authorities week after week. Cant happen in real life? Wrong. Russell Mullens of Roosevelt is no Richard Kimball, but a warrant for his arrest was issued nonetheless. Innocent of any wrongdoing, he just happened to be working on a day when a state inmate decided to escape. The fugitive escaped from a work group. It was a few days after the escape before Mullens realized his government employee identification was in the glove compartment of the stolen truck. Law enforcement officers had no choice but to issue an arrest warrant for Russell Mullens, who they knew is really Thomas Patrick, posing as Russell Mullens, lb help avoid further confusion, the Sheriff gave Mullens his very own get out Uintah Basin Standard ofjail free card. Meth lab More meetings on jfrom tfje $)at plan north of Moab US-19- 1 60 years ago the Dry Valley CCC camp, Captain of On his first inspection of Utah The Oleson is very favorably impressed. Six men from Monticello Department Transportation (UDOT) is are enrolled in the Dry Valley CCC camp; Paul Eagleburger, seeking input on a proposed Leland Beeson, Joseph Bustos, Alfred Pehrson, Reginald road project in Moab Canyon Beeson, and Allen Eagleburger. An innovation for Monticello and will host an open house is noted with the announcement that the Monticello Cafe has Wednesday, October 17 from 4 inafallpH a modem refrigeration plant and will begin making to 6 p.m. at the Grand County ice cream and other frozen delicacies. Commission Chambers, 125 50 years ago East Center St, in Moab. Harold A dance Lyman, Chester Redd, and LaMar honoring UDOTs engineering team Wright, who are being inducted into the Armed Service, is held has developed a three-lan- e four-lanin Blanding. e alternative and two alternatives to address growth, safety, bicycle access, economic, visual impact, and other issues. The alternatives will be 40 years ago Speed and intoxication are blamed by county law enforcement officers for 13 of the 14 highway deaths in the county so far this Reports indicate that the mine that started the urayear. nium boom, Charles Steens Mi Vida, has been sold. presented at the open house. UDOTs goal is. to gather 30 years ago additional community input Dr. Carroll Goon announces that one of twelve Medex currently on the advantages and in training at the University of Utah College of Medicine, will disadvantages of each option join him, Dr. J.C. Smith and their staff. The Medex are former to assist in. selecting the best military medical corpsmen who are trained to assist physicians alternative. who are overworked and need additional help. Utah State Legislators have 20 years ago allocated $17 million for Black reports Gibson Dome in Calvin Commissioner improvements to U.S. 191 County favorable most is potential nuclear waste refrom Moab to Crescent Dry Valley the Junction. The road through pository. Rio Algom Corporation announces cutbacks in proMoab Canyon was identified duction and workforce at its Lisbon mine and mill due to the. as first priority for these funds depressed state of the market for uranium oxide. when traffic studies verified 10 years ago the segment has the lowest The University of Utah Hospital emergency medical service service level. made 11 flights to San Juan County to transport patients to State Legislators originally the past year. earmarked the funds in 1996 hospitals during to address safety concerns in the canyon. Comments are welcome any time throughout Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. Mark Van Daren the project process. suspects arrested Price - Four local law enforcement agencies in the Carbon Metro Drug Task Force participated in. the seizure of suspected methamphetimine labs at two locations in Wellington. Four Sun Advocate Utah residents were arrested. Empire Electric refuses REANet revival Cortez - No more money for REANet, Empire Electric Association has decided. At a recent meeting, the Empire Electric Board discussed whether Empire would join La Plata Electric Association in its renewed effort to bring its now bankrupt subsidiary, REANet, back to life. LPEA said it is prepared to pour an additional $1.8 million into reviving REANet. But Empire said it is only prepared to hand over its share of REANets assets to LPEA and will not contribute any further funds than the $8.5 million it has already sunk into the venture. Cortez Journal Rico wants out of School District has filed notice with the State of Colorado that the town wants to switch from the Dolores County School District to the Tblluride School District. State law stipulates that a committee must now be formed that includes members of the school district from each district and a member of the schools accountability committee. The school district recently began Rico - Rico construction of a new high school in Dove Creek. No school construction is planned in Rico, which is in Dolores County but does not send high school students to Dove Creek. District officials say they have no intention of turning over the Districts Dove Creek Press assets ifa change in affiliation is made. Learn about the Navajo experience in southeastern Utah from to the present. Instructor: Bob McPherson pre-histo- ry HIST 2720 (3 credit-hour- s) pm-a- t Tuesday and Thurs. the USU Cultural Center in. Blanding. 15 o ituaa scbbiq grmm |