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A2 Grand Stye 1 ®imeB-3n&epcniitt- iA Mid-wa- Those people of Mohb who wished to participate in the community campaign by setting out trees in the street in fKmt of their homes were urged to place their orders for trees on or before the 15th of March in order to share in the wholesale price which the Moab Lions club had now the positive News stories in the Times the past two weeks have reported on several areas of problems and needs at Allen Memorial Hospital However simply because some problems have been pointed out to the public does not mean that things are going downhill at the facility The report from the survey team from the 3 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals was far more positive than it was negative Recommendations for changes and improvements made by the team were in moist instances concerned with programs that are already underway but not entirely Implemented at the hospital In other instances they were dealing with new requirements detection of minor staph infection there came ' ' about entirely as a result of improvements at the hospital Five years ago laboratory equipment was not sophisticated or adequate enough to detect die presence of staph Staph can be found about anywhere at about anytime we are told and dealing with the problem is a "simple matter Another plus is that this is not nearly the problem in a small hospital that it is in a large one During the past several years many fine additions have been installed at die hospital to give the citizens of Grand County more services and better quality services The lab has been upgraded to the point where very few tests must be sent elsewhere the department had excellent hew equipment installed last year the cardiac care unit provides monitoring Of victims of heart attack impossible here before its completion and die Grand County Ambulance can save many lives through its service y Allen Memorial Hospital is an institution of which we can all be proud ob-taln- h ay GiriScoutWeek 10-1- mmk the&Btor £ Dear Editor I am insulted that the Continental Telephone Company of Utah used a photograph of the Sonora Desert on the cover our rfcw phone books We are endowed with some of the most beautiful scenery in the world The Sonora Desert is beautiful but it does not represent this region at all The rock stucture is volcanic and the flora is different I feel r that this is an example of how corporations tend to be insensitive to human aesthe- tics Nik Hougen Dear Sam: I would like to commend the public servants of Moab both those who are hired and the volunteers Had the fire department been slow or Inefficient during the recent fire in our home a small loss would have turned into a total deThe departstruction ment arrived sooner than we could have expected and their prompt and ef 0 0 0 ficient methods brought the fire under control and held the damage to a minimum We want to thank each me who helped a recent trip we roads the best maintained we traveled On the return trip roads in New Mexico and Colorado were snow packed and slick but Utah’s roads were cleared of snow except in a few spots where snow was constantly blowing I think we are fortunate to have the kind of public servants we see in our part of the state Lowell B and Odessa Davis On found Utah Dear Editor: Many people often nounce Community tion away deAc- Programs as giveprograms whose functions are based solely upon unnecessary charity They fear such charitable intentions are both demeaning to the individuals involved as well as a wasteof money Nothing could be further Comtamit - over was He Although there is still a good deal of snow in back the shady spots and mi the been south hillside the time l rdlypprochl Moab s week oi down y a great I approached a lad couldn’t have 7 years old skiing like a pro wore an official-lookin- g number on his indicating that be had racing earlier in the to tu danced tom around w when i spring followed bsum- - at me and immediately lo8t a11 his composure Slid it s time alsot that in about the worst ed SrI 53-1- : ' Doctor of the federal bureau of animal industry had been in southA mum renin we on do a svek-j- eastern Utah In company m Through the Files of The Timesalndependent tee Grand Valley Times MMMMMMMtWMWMAAMnMMIMVWMMlIWUWebvMMwUHWUM WMWM ' 10 Years Ago election to the Senate ba- ties had been investigatSenator Frank E Moss sed mi his record and pro-w- ing the possibilities of a to be the guest of gram Drive - In Theatre for honor at the luncheon at An old time "Leap Year Moab Arrangements for the Towne and Country Dance" was to be held modern equipment the Club The Utah Senator Feb 29 at the Junior High latest ir their line were was to be greeted Gymnasium Both teen- - announced while the folks Mayor Norman G agers and adults were in- - were in Salt Lake com-vitThe Senator stated to attend foe once paring theatres tended to wage a most vi in every four year event and Corbin Wally gorous campaign for re- - Music for dancing was Stromberg - Carlson by tiie Rhontels staller Warren Kohoutek from the truth and dancing was to be tackled foe Job of' conLong ago the Plains front 9 pm to l am meeting foe 50000 con-TIndians referred to the Mo- - ductors necessary to put tourney-boun- d Give Away Spirit as a ab Red Devils were get- - into service 30 new local necessary part of life for ting ready to wind im Re- - telephone circuits for foe growing in mind body and gion Eight action in the Midland Telephone Co In giving last game when they jour- awareness The Eastern Gaa Co : to Blandingfoineet installed a: new gas something to others they realized that they too Broncos of San Juan v ter in the DUP Hall in received gifts from their high school place of foe oil heater fellow man as well as "Guns Rio Conchas" which had caused a re- natural gifts from the a Twentieth Century Fox cent fire They reported Great Spirit clear when was to be foe : flue production In a sense CAPs filmed in foe Moab area checked The small fire goal is to carry on the in March foe Moab Movie that had occurred Just Give-Awtradition of Committee was assured recently was caused by the Plains Indians - not Saturday The decision what appeared to be a in the usual materials and to locate here was an- faulty heater The heater was damaged beyond fur- dollars concept but nounced by Director use with other dam rather by giving of themther after a two' Douglas selves aiuT their energies week study of potential age being slight to the Moab community settings Moab had been e Oliver’s Fruit Stand We hope to give in- competing with Page Ar- - located onfoeFD Powell ' itially til rough creating izona for foe picture property at 344 E Center St opened for business a public awareness of the with a nice supply ofpro-Fo- r resources ' available to 20 Years Ago local people and will some time they i duce to offer to foe Moab soon be implementing a said a couple of Moab- - consumers community resource "Switchboard" We have currently been obtaining as much information as is possible and compiling a resource directory of social and civic resources public services etc existing throughout the local community and will make these listings available to parties interested in obtaining a And as r- - tion because of the feel shortage although there is a lot of positive thought in foe community about foe prospects for the sea- answered "you’re only absolutely headed skier I’ve ever seen" jt-- Talking about foe poson winter sport enspector the doctor had Nevertheless we need pular can’t be ough a number inspected large a good project heaped praise those in foe upon of herds of sheep in this Working cleanup hard outside with recreation section Although an out- rake shovel and hoe will community break of scabies was fea- help take year mind off program who have given red no trace of the con- the shortages of almost their Saturdays for foe past two months helping ' tagion was found tv the in- everything over 100 Moab young- spectors sters learn how to ski is more dis- The program operated couraging to a skier ap- at Blue Mountain near middle proaching his Monticello is one of foe years than to watch the most worthwhile endeaease with which small vors foe recreation group SELL THROUGH has ever involved in Con- to all who CLASSIFIED gratulations ADVERTISING with the State Sheep ed They are nearly 4 million strong and come from every ethnic racial economic and cultural group in the nation They work together learn together and help make the United States a better place to live They are the Girl Scouts of the USA an organization which proudly commemorates its 62nd anniversary ' during Girl Scout week March 6 this year Since its inception in 1912 Girl Scouting has in- t stilled ideals of intis membership the highest Whether it be Character erviceand patriotism --- abuse pre-- ri "through programs of conservation) vention Scouts are or a1 hundred others the fr always in the forefront offering a positive and creative outlet for the energies of modern youth The 1974 Girl Scout Week theme is "Wanted- Girl Scout Leaders" which is a concise reminder that Scouting Can be brought within reach of all eligible gins only if more adults step forward to help guide die young leaders of tomorrow As the organization urges " be a Girl Scout leader it means so much to our youth and so much to all of us” who ng : In- ’ — sjt-Not- tiing he - ay ! iwnif “ “ contracted forratan av eratt) of 13 '12 cents per pound and thatalarge proportion of Utah wool clip has been contracted for at from 12 cents to 16 cents per pound" A uranium -vanadium ore buyer of Salt Lake City spent one day investigating foe Pack Creek carnotite mines A big opening of good ore had just been struck on foe wade claims (belonging to foe owner of and foe foe deposit cm foe surface about a quarter of well-kno- afore-mentione- d) le long i showing encountered particular service simply by their calling our switchboard---25- 9 -- 6434 Realizing that giving is y a concept we would gratefully receive any information that you might feel relevant to our mission any information that would in some way help to satisfy needs or provide solutions to the problems existing in our community To those of you who like and to those of you who wonder— Have a Nice Day two-wa- Community Action Program Staff Keep Abreast of Activities in This Rapidly Growing Visitor Mecca Subscribe Now to THE TIIHES-INDEPENDE- NT 175®° NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ed landing Grand County ' High I’ve seen all year pile-u- p School’s basketball team thfaiUnK in terms slowed as I passed f alter getting away to a community-wid- e asking him if he was OK flying start by defeating program he said "I’m In past years under as he alright" Roosevelt the first night to dig himby a score of 6 lost foe auspecies of various self outbegan of a badly mangits chance to participate groiqis such a campaign led snowbank in the state tournament has been a good start A few hundred yards when it met defeat at the toward improving foe down the slope I waited hands of Central High of community’s appearance he past "What Castle Dale and Uintan for foe summer traveler up as poled to you" I said happened High of Vernal at the This year whether or not we get a lot of travelers fyeu were going great" region five round-robi- n shook me up! he held at Vernal is still an unknown ques- "You the - x-r- hill -- tree-planti- X 6 bald dome) ' rf! fc co-ver- ' ties ' Telluride leighboring with the weather so good that not only did I doff by down Jacket I even took off downhill urith-o- ut my hat (risking ac-- ‘ cording to my wife extreme problems with ex- posure to a normally from Thompson over the Book mountains to connect with a Uintah county road The road if con- structed was expected to provide a north - and -south connection between Grand and Uintah coun- ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE AT MOAB JTAH UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3 1897 Second Class Postage Paid at Moab Utah 84532 Official City and County Newspaper Published Each Thursday at 29 E Center Moab Utah Samuel J Taylor Editor and Publisher Adrien F Taylor Feature & News Editor Ernest B Milner Foreman Sports Editor Kathy Kemper Typesetter ft started county work on a survey of the proposed highway leading Tt s? s of The commissioners t: I youngsters swing the slopes Last week' 1 was enday joying a spring-lik- e on the great slopes at r 40 Years Ago February 28 1974 ZIP Grand County— 500 Out at Grand County— 600 per year These Prices IriMe Freight S $200 Delivery to Tour Heme! |