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Show LIST Ml BASIN STANDARD. June 8. 19?. Pare II Work at Altonah Memorial Cemetery is becoming a dream come true By Aorjr H'trti The friends of the Altonah Memorial Cemetery net their goal of having an irrigated cemetery Wednesday, June 2, when the water was turned on. "Its been two years in the making, said Arda Ames, whose parents, Leo and Lillie first donated the 10 acres the cemetery sits on to the LDS Church years ago, that efforts to procure a new irrigation system began by a committee ofl5in December ofl997. An earlier irrigation system consisted of plastic pipe and a high pressure pump. Water was hauled in with a milk truck by Miles and Doris Christensen who spent their ow n money to start a lawn and keep it watered. The new system is of buried metal pipe, a pond and a new pump and pump house. 'All the work was done through donation.saidAmes.A!otofheavy equipment has been volunteered. Financing has been done entirely through donations from community members and businesses. The small town of Altonah at 6,000 feet is in Northern Duchesne County about 15 miles from Moon Lake Reservoir. The town was established shortly after the reservation was opened to homesteading in 190$. Living in tents, wagons and dirt houses homesteaders embarked on the business of establishing a town. In the fall of 1907 construction work was started on a canal to bring water to the town which previously had to be hauled from Chidester Spring ln 1910 the first post office was established and the town called Alexander- - it was later changed to Altonah. In 1910, or 1911 the first school in Altonah was taught in a log cabin with a dirt floor and one window. A blacksmith shop and planing mill set up shop in 1914. In 1915 the first store was put up 40 acre parcels and others oven before her grandparents were buried there. The John neons donated the cemetery land and mineral rights to the LDS Church who later gave the cemetery to the town of Altonah. The city of Altamont carries the records for the cemetery. Early dgys in Altonah were difficult. Pneumonia claimed the lives ofsomeeariy settlers who were some oflhe first to be buried in the Altonah Cemetery. On a winter's day in 19 19 influents claimed the lives of 13 Altonah residents. The cemetery is on a rocky, cedar hill with mountain views in all directions. Two of the older grave markers are slender eolumnsofhigh, decorative, white stone with obituaries on all four sides. In addition to chase of nearly 50.000 homes for low and moderate incomo families in aU areas of Utah. Information on applying for the new loans may be obtained by call0 or ing UHFA at across the state. A 5.95 fixed mortgage interest rate is available for home buyers paying 2 percentage points. To reduce the downpayment and closing costs, UHFA is also offering a 6.25 fixed mortgage loan with no discount points. Prospective buyers qualify for the loans if their income and the cost of the home they want to buy are below certain limits. These limits vary from county to d mortgagcounty. The es can be used to finance new or low-intere- st FHA-insure- 30-ye- ! fpt IPi H UBIC Dates Change Makeanote ofthis on your calendar and teD your friends; The annual UBIC celebration will be held July 29, 30, 31, the last weekend of July. Miss UBIC Signups Sign upa for Mias UBIC will be held Tuesday. June 22 at the Moon Lake Budding at 7 pjn. Call Lynns Smith at 3S&4036 for mors information. Booths for UBIC Ifyou or someone you know is interested in ha ring a vendors booth at UBIC this year, don't waist your time getting registered. The booths are filling or Tom up fast. For booth information contact Vied Reary at Nordstrom at 722-249- 722-571- 4 3. UBIC Talent Show 1 - 1977, UHFA mi - fart CEMETERY LMPROYEMENTS-Effo- m by community members have made Cemetery thanks to the installation of a new sprinkler ) stem on the grounds. I ' easier to maintain the Altonah y y -- - Yi Hi 359-520- ' .H. .i vV .. .imp on" arthritis awareness Arthritis is our countrys leading cause of disability; it affects one in six people, which is equal to 15 percent of the population or nearly 43 million individuals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predict this number will surge to one in five by the year 2020, equal to 20 percent of the population. Arthritis takes a financial aa well as a personal toll on America, costing our country $65 billionayear, equivalent to a moderate recession. Yesterday, the Arthritis Foundation unveiled its findings regarding the state ofarthritis knowledge and treatment in the United States. Arthritis in America? A Nataomd Report Card was released to the general public and the results am quite clear. Americans do not understand the severity of arthritis or receive comprehensive care needed. In most cases, people who suffer do not have access to appropriate medical cam to treat arthritis. On Tuesday, May 18, the Arthritis Foundation UtahIdaho Chapter will urge America to take action against arthritis by participating in Arthritis Action Day- This new annual event was developed by the Arthritis Foundation aa an initiative to increase awareness concerning arthritis and to coincide with National Arthritis Month I May X Arthritis Action Day is a universal day of public action to unify America against arthritis. While the overall month of May continues to represent an important time to become informed and taka action. Action Day is designed to motivate people to do something immediately, that day, about their arthritis or on behalf of someone with arthritis. For mom information, contact your local Arthritis Foundation or Chapter by calling ZONING DISCUSSION-DuchcsCounty Planning and Zoning Director Claytoa Chidester points to the me of a proposed zoning change which would allow two businessmen to store large propane Unis. (See story on front nc pcgc-- l clear their names. If a person passes t check, his paperwork should be handed back, and bo records should exist anywhere even unindexed on a hard dnv. Cannon to introduce gun legislation - background checka because the check took several weeks, Cannon said. We now have an automated database that allows background checks to be done in a couple f minutes qo we can screen out felons is Rep. Chris Cannon introducing legislation that would keep more criminals from purchasing firearms, in conjunction with tougher sen toners and swifter prosecutions, while ensuring that no permanent government record is kept of legal gun owners. Cannon announced details of the legislation last Thursday. (R-Uta- Blaze damages Chuckwagon Cafe -- attempting to purchase guns at shows. The same technology will also allow these checks to be done without even being downloaded to s hard drive 1 believe this legislation chang-e- a the debate, Cannon Mid. The 2nd Amendment right to own a gun is tied inhervntly to the right to not have the government know who owns a gun 'With a fully operational database of felons and other classes prohibited from buying guns, we can eliminate any federal record about gun owners, Cannon said. 'My legislation guarantees no records ill be kept of legal gun owners, while strictly enforcing current laws for criminals who attempt to purchase guns. When there is a question a to w hether a gun buyer is a i citizen, there must be a process where innocent people can easily ' Republicans and Democrats agree that criminals should not be able to purchase guns. Cannon said. At the same time, the federal government should not keep permanent records of gun owners after they have been cleared. No gun owner has a problem with a background check to purchase a firearm. What they resent is central government unconstitutionally keeping records of gun ownership by innocent people. Cannon said the Brady Bill is meant to keep dangerous people from owning guns, not for the government to keep a record of legal law-abidi- law-abidi- gun owner. When the Brady Bill w as passed, gun show sales were excluded from Uw-ab- J-i- A restaurant on East Highway 40 was'damaged by fire over the weekend, sustaining extensive losses. At around 6.30 Sunday morning. June 6, the Roosevelt and Lapoint Fire departments were dispatched to the blase at the Chuckwagon Cafe in Gusher. According to Resmll Assistant Fire Chief Lee Rockwood, when they arrived smoke was coming from the windows ofthe cafe. Firefighters made their way into the building and could aee the flames in the kitchen. Rockwood said firefighters were able to contain the blaze to the kitchen area, but the entire cafe was damaged by smoke and water He aid the official cause of the blase hssni been determined. The Slate Fire Marshall was at the scene Monday to invesugste. Rockwood Mid damage is estimated at $50,000 - $75,000. No one was in the building at the time of the fire. dation is the largest organisation dedicated to find- ing the cum for and prevention of arthritis. WEATHER KING Gal., starting at Is Pain Turning Your World Upside Down? ISSRl AND c? NEIGHBORS FULLER OBRIEN c Latex Semi Gloss F . lnt.Ext. starting at $12.95 How To Get Back On Your Feet! FITZGERALD ZZ-JL40- JL CHIROPRACTIC 48 South 200 East, Roosevelt, Utah S4066 Hiiif $18.99 ASK YOUR FRIENDS jlhS 1 4 FULLER OBRIEN family a. v has financed the pur- America graded it ' r. . The Arthritis Foun- Attention all who are interested in participating in the UBICTalent Show. Entry forms can be picked up at the Chamber of Commerce in the Crossroads Center. The absolutecut offdate for entries will be July 23. tbs entry fee goes up after July 19 so please register early. F - .. ,. Tuesday. With a few more days of watering, all the grass up there will be green, mused Arda.The pond is full of water. It's a dream come true. home buyers e - well-love- the same homebuyer would have a monthly payment of $616. Additional monthly costs for taxes and insura nee will vary with each home. The Utah Housing Finance Agency is a public agency that finances and develops affordable homes and rental properties throughout the state. UHFA is totally and receives no appropriations from the stats. Since its inception in first-tim- -- known as Mrs. Ridden. The midwife delivered many babies in the community and Burgess wanted people to remember her for a long time. Drought in recent years has been hard on the land, the Friends of Altonah Memorial Cemetery celebrated with the first watering last Utah families earning a low income may soon realize the dream of buying their own home. The Utah Housing Finance Agency (UHFA) Board of Directors approved the release of S27.2 million in home mortgages with interest rates as low as 5.95. The mortgages are financed through the agency's sale of bonds earlier this month. This r, fixed rate mortgages are available for some 300 lower-incom30-yea- - home-mad- home buyers benefit from bond said pt - traditional stone markers are many e markers. unique One in particular Arda recalls is a cement block with inlaid metal made by Glen Burgess also buried d midwife there- - for a Low-inco- me and a newspaper called Reservaowned tion News published. Now only previously homes, townhouses. condominiums or manfarms and homes dot the countryside in the foothills to the high ufactured homes on permanent Uintas. The pool haU, stores, school foundations. and mill are gone,' and even the According to UHFA Deputy Dichurch was taken apart and the rector. Grant Whitaker, many Utah families are paying $900 or mors in lumber sold. It was a thriving community, rent, which can increase at any time. said Arda Ames who settled in Monthly mortgage payments reAltonah with her parents in 1917 main virtually unchanged over the life of the loan. the year she was born. Her mothers The average income of families parents, Rob and Sarah Snyder were original homesteaders and were served by UHFA is $31,000 a year, both buried in the Altonah ceme- with some considerably lower. At earning tery in (9tOnd 1921. Ards Amo's the 6.95 rate, parents owned three 40 acre par- $30,000 annually could purchase a cels. $100,000 home with a monthly prinThe graveyard sat on one of the cipal and interest payment of approximately $597. At the 6.25 rate. V !- rT&GLASS We Want To Be Your Paint Source I itlx A. 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