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Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Wc, the citizens of Highland High-land Drive, appreciate our good friends across the creek. We are assured of their con-tern con-tern for US each time one of the famous torential rains hits ted mountain. The constant flow of traffic to view our usual predicament convinces us. True a mighty pond in the middle of a quiet street Is rather unusual in this area is ejuite a phenomenon to those with irrigation ditches sufficiently suf-ficiently carrying off other excess ex-cess water. Each time a vehicle fords our pond, it creates small tidal waves which push mud, silt and debris four to six feet farther onto lawns on both sides of the street than would have been necessary, thus tear-ing tear-ing out bushes, trees, shrubs and flowers. We have tried various ways to alert folks to our dilemma. Some of our residents have tried blocking traffic with their cars. But the citizens of our city are so enterprising that after stopping and surveying sur-veying the situation they just drive out around and go ahead anyway full speed sometimes. some-times. Some wave joyfully at those standing on the curbs, shovels in hand. Those with DEAR EDITOR: This Friday, the citizens ol Southern Utah have a chance to find out more about something some-thing that may have a pronounced pro-nounced effect on our environment. environ-ment. I refer to the plans foi the Navajo Generating Plant, to be located near Page, Arizona. Ar-izona. Representatives of the plant, and Bureau of Reclamation Reclam-ation officials will be in Cedar City to discuss the project, particularly in terms of its effect ef-fect on our environment here, aad elsewhere in the Southwest. South-west. The meeting will be at 1:00 p. m. in the auditorium lounge of Southern Utah State College, Col-lege, and a question and answer ans-wer period will follow- I, personally, per-sonally, would like to urge as many citizens as possible to attend. All of us, myself included, in-cluded, need to know more about these massive projects which may pose a threat to our land, our water, and our air. Page, Arizona may seem a sufficient distance away; but smog, if it develops, is no respector of staate lines. Sincerely, Dr. R. A. CHRISTMAS, Cedar City, Utah shovels sometimes wave back and sometimes they whisper uncomplimentary nick names under their breath. Sometimes the water is so deep that the cars stall in mid-stream. This is terribly embarrassing when folks have to take off shoes and socks and wade in the murky waters wa-ters to push their car out, with neighbors silently standing stand-ing by watching. We think people SHOULD be aware of what is going on about them, and we do appreciate appre-ciate any interest shown in our behalf. However, if the good folks of our city would please stay off our street during dur-ing a rain storm and see that their young do likewise then they can give us a call on the telephone and we will tell them in detail what is happening. hap-pening. Honest! It is hoped that as soon as our good city fathers find a spare moment they will help us find a solution to our annual an-nual Monsoon dilemma-Respectfully, dilemma-Respectfully, CITIZENSERY OF HIGHLAND DRIVE |