The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 48

i 48 -The Daily Sentinel Thursday, November 27, 1975 i 'V 'I Hit --y fjj ft TELLER1 Al 'CENT $9. fife1 Christmas Hours for Your Convenience will be 9-9 Weekdays, 12-5 Sunday IF IT'S QUALITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 0 PEW FRIDAY SATURDAY 9:00 to 9:00 1 These Prices Good Friday and Saturday while Present Quantities Last San Miguel welfare levy finally okayed TELLURIDE On a second around in Denver, San Miguel county won state approval for a 1.55 welfare fund mill levy, .90 mills above the state set 105-per cent yearly Increase. State Division of Local Government Budget officers turned down an earlier county request for more 1976 welfare fund tax money and set a .65 mill levy ceiling. A letter from official John F. Tomsic said in no case will we support a request in excess of a five per cent increase.

However, Commissioner Tillmon Reed, county budget officer, said state officers last week called the earlier turndown a misunderstanding over budget forms. County Welfare Director Mrs. Kathy Critchell said a 1.55 mill levy was absolutely necessary to raise sufficient local taxes to pay for state mandated programs. Reed then personally pled the countys problem with state officials at a meeting in Denver last week. Reed said the total 1976 county mill levy with the newly approved welfare increase received state certification also.

The new 8.71 mills includes 5.87 for the general fund; .32 for both public works and employe retirement funds; .65 for the contingent funds, plus the new 1.55 for welfare. Oi GCf Loma, Mesa postmasters appointed The U.S. Postal Service has announced the appointment of MrsN. Laurene Wells as postmaster at Loma and Elden L. Crosby as postmaster at Mesa.

Mrs. Wells, a native of Palisade and a resident of Mack, entered postal service in 1963, and her assignment at the time of the appointment was that of rural carrier at Loma. Crosby, a native of Karvel, was a maintenance mechanic in Grand Junction at the time he received his appointment as postmaster. He resides in Mesa, and he entered postal service in 1972. Fruita Lions repairing toys for Christmas FRUITA The Fruita Lions Club are sponsoring a toys for Christmas program.

Each season the Lions repair and refinish toys to make the Christmas season more enjoyable for children of the area. If anyone has repairable toys please contact Earl Russell or any other mem- 1 ber of the club and the toys will be pick-ed up. Local policeman completes course Sgt. Jerry Frazier completed a 14-week course at the Southern Police Institute in Louisville, Friday. Frazier, 42, earned 15 college semester hours for courses which included police management, police administration, constitutional law, psychology and communications.

He graduated with 60 other law enforcement officers from 19 states and the Panama Canal Zone. He is a 12-year veteran in police work, spending two and a half years with the Wichita, force before transfering to Salem, Ore. Frazier joined the Grand Junction department nine months ago and has been temporarily assigned to the detective bureau since returning from the Veterans Ask By Dawane Melsby Veterans Counselor, VA Hospital Are all women veterans going to get a special bonus from the VA? A No. Women veterans who are married and who trained under the GI Bill between June 1, 1966, and October 24, 1972, may be eligible for about $30 for each month they were in training under the GI Bill while they were married. The retroactive payment equalizes benefits with male veterans who received a GI Bill allowance for their wives.

Women veterans must file prior to July 1, 1976. Claims will not be accepted after that date. How were veterans benefits affected by President Fords proclamation ending the Vietnam era on May 7, 1975? A -Potential eligibility for persons tering service after May 7 was terminated for such wartime benefits as nonservice-connected disability pensions for veterans, burial allowances and non-service-connected death pensions for widows and surviving children of veterans. Unaffected was GI Bill educational training for which eligibility is linked to service dates established by Congress. COLOnAQO VCCT (sSte 4 El4 tv 1.