Laraine Stucki Joins BYU Honor Group Abroad
Miss Laraine Stucki daughter of Mr and Mrs Willard Stucki Paris is among 20 BYU honor students touring the Middle East on the Semester Abroad Program. The group left Salt Lake City January 27 aboard a chartered Dutch airliner stopping in Cairo Luxor Amman Petra Beirut Nicosia and Jerusalem where they will stay until May 31 en route home visiting Rome Athens and London.
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Laraine Stucki
Willard Stucki
Paris
Brigham Young University
Jerusalem
Israel
BYU
Salt Lake City
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Luxor
Uar
Amman
Jordan
Petra
Beirut
Lebanon
Nicosia
Cypress
Miss Stucki
Rome
Athens
London
Snowpack Water Content Drops in Bear Lake Valley
Snow and water content in seven watershed courses around Bear Lake Valley are below last year per Feb 1 readings by John Taggart of the Soil Conservation Service. Emigrant Summit shows 61 inches snow and 13.8 inches water, near average for this date. other sites include Emigration Canyon 39 inches snow 7.1 inch water and Slug Creek Divide 34 inches snow 7.6 inches water.
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Bear Lake Valley
John Taggart
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Forest Service
Emigration Canyon
Summit View Campground
Georgetown Canyon
Wayne Keetch Named Soldier of the Month at Arctic Test Center
Mr and Mrs Alfred Keetch of St Charles Idaho display a letter from the commanding officer confirming their son Sp4 Wayne C Keetch was chosen Soldier of the Month for January 1968 at the U S Army Arctic Test Center. Selection was by senior NCOs for outstanding qualities and duty devotion.
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Wayne Keetch
Arctic Test Center
Alfred Keetch
St. Charles
U.S. Army
Mrs
Alfred D. Keetch
Idaho
Wayne C. Keetch
Georgetown Creek Project Hopes For Hearings Restart
Congressman George Hansen notified Walter Diamond, chairman of the Bear Lake Conservation District, and Lloyd Dunn, president of Georgetown Irrigation Co., that the Georgetown Creek Project, previously denied by the House Agricultural Committee, is reopened for hearings. He sponsors committee approval though outcome remains uncertain.
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George Hansen
Walter Diamond
Bear Lake Conservation
Snowmobile Derby Returns to Bearake Valley This Weekend
The 2nd Annual Snowmobile Derby is set for Sunday February 11 at Lyle Stephens ranch east of Highway 30N between Montpelier and Bennington. Qualifying heats start 9:30 am with children events at 12:30 pm and races at 1:00 pm. a quarter mile exhibition features John Wells and Der Wayne Dimick. Admission is 1 per car, with registrants urged to sign up at Moss's Mens Wear in Montpelier or at the race site Sunday morning. Trophy prizes of 200 are planned with entrants from Idaho Falls among others.
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Bearake Snow Monsters
Lyle Stephens
Montpelier
Bennington
John Wells
Cutter
der Wayne Dimick
Moss
Bentsen- ‘Mossi
Idaho Falls
Inspectors designate official inspection stations in Bear Lake County
Oscar Miller the Motor Inspection Supervisor in Pocatello designated several Bear Lake County businesses as official inspection stations under Idaho law. The list includes Mark's and Mike's Chevron in Paris O K Tire Store Bud's Phillips 66 Harold's Union Service Joe's Chevrolet Service Tapper Chevrolet Montpelier Automotive and Bear Lake Motor Co all in Montpelier. The Idaho Vehicle Inspection Law requires each vehicle registered in Idaho to be inspected annually at official stations beginning January 1 1968 and every 12 months thereafter unless reciprocity applies.
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Oscar Miller
Pocatello
Bear Lake County
Idaho
Mark’s
Mike's Chevron
Paris
O.K
Bud’s
Phillips “66
Harold’s Union Service
Joe’s Chevron
Tapper Chevrolet
Montpelier Automotive
Bear Lake Motor Co
Montpelier
Dept. of Law Enforcement
Marshal Warns Dog Owners Snowmobilers
City Marshal Ben Kelsey announced several complaints about a pack of dogs roaming and molesting livestock. He reminded residents of the 7 PM to 7 AM dog restriction and said enforcement will be strict. The council approved a shotgun for enforcement if needed and warned against unsafe snowmobile use by youths.
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Ben Kelsey
Paris
Kelsey
Sheriff Names Leonard Banks Deputy Sheriff in Vermont
O .K. Mac Monson appoints Leonard Banks 26 of Bennington as Deputy Sheriff to fill vacancy since Bob Miller resigned July 31, 1967. Banks joins Larry Lloyd as part time fill in. Banks to assume office February 19.
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O .K
Mac’’ Monson
Leonard Banks
Bennington
Banks
Bob Miller
Larry Lloyd
Montpelier
Mapleton
Utah
Springville High School
Snow Junior College
Ephriam
Utah Trade Technical
Provo
Texas
Fort Ord
Calif
Maxine Ashby
Spanish Fork
Kvsi Radio
PTA Observes Founder's Day With District Program
A Founder's Day program will be held Monday February 12 at 8:00 p.m. at Bear Lake High School for all district schools. It counts as February PTA meetings. Speaker Glacus G Merrill of KVSI Radio will address The Best Today for a Better Tomorrow. Each school will provide entertainment. Everyone is invited.
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Bear Lake High School
PTA
Glacus G. Merrill
Kvsi Radio
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Slug Creek
Steac-Co
Mr. and Mrs. Keetch
Wayne
United States Army
Georgetown Creek
Derby
George Bartlome
Nard Jacobson
Don and Stella Perkins
Terrell Jensen
DeWayne Dimick
Kay Allred
The
Snow Monsters
LaVoy Lewis
Donniel Jensen
Bentsen Moss
Don Kunz
Marshal
Don K. Jensen
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