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THE SAN 'JUAtf RECORD Thursday June 171982 Page l4 1 1 Seventh District Court Tuesday Signs of the Times divorces to both Douglas Doane and Scott TUylor of Blanding. Taylor was given custody of two children. Doane and his former wife, Lark, were awarded joint custody of two children in spite of Judge Bunnells reservations about the effectiveness of such joint custody arrangements. Richard Eubanks was granted custody of two children by his estranged girl friend. Judge Bunnell ordered a new writ of attachment be prepared by Kenai Drilling Company against the property of Megadon Enterprises, and Megadon Energy Corporation.

Kenai contended that the debt structure of the Megadon companies made it necessary to attach an oil well owned by them. Counsel for Megadon stated that the writ presently in effect did not distinguish between defendants and does not specify the nature of the! property attached. Judge Bunnell instructed Kenai Drilling to specify the exact nature of the property they were asking the sheriff to attach and ordered oil production income allotted to Megadon to be placed in escrow pending issuance of a new writ. Brent and Sherry Redd of Mon-ticello were granted an adoption petition for Ryan Allen Redd. Ted D.

Palmer of Blanding was granted an adoption petition for Val, David and Johnnie Lynn Mon-tanye, children by his wifes previous marriage. The petition is subject to proof of service on the natural father. Photo submitted Send us your Sign of the We will pay $5 for any picture we publish. Signs should be humorous or make a comment on the state of life on planet Earth, 1982. (We cannot satisfactorily reproduce pictures from other publications.

Black and white photos preferred. Diank You.) ASCS conservation tour June 23 C02 pipeline bid $700 million Cortez Pipeline has awarded a $700 million contract to Willbros Energy Services, Tulsa, a subsidiary of Williams International Group, to construct a 30-inch carbon dioxide gas pipeline which will extend some 500 miles from southwestern Colorado to west Texas. Construction is scheduled to get under way next month, with completion anticipated in 1984. The line, which will transport C02 reserves in McElmo Dome and Doe Canyon fields, will extend from a point near Cortez southeastward across New Mexico to the Denver City area of Gaines County, Texas in the northern Midland Basin. The C02 will be used for enhanced recovery in the Denver unit of Wasson oil field.

Cortez Pipeline Co is a partnership comprised of subsidiaries of Shell Oil (50 percent), Mobil Oil (37 percent) and Continental Resources 13 percent). Interests in the C02 gas fields, where reserves have been put at between eight trillion and nine trillion cubic feet, are held by Shell with 50 percent and Mobil with 37 percent, with the remaining 13 percent held by undisclosed investors. The Cortez Pipeline will initially carry 330 million cubic feet of gas daily, with a maximum capacity of 650 million cubic feet per day. Thirty wells have been completed in the southwestern Colorado C02 area, with another 10 scheduled to be drilled before start-up of the pipeline. Some $1.2 billion will be spent to initiate the first C02 flooding -in the west Tfexas area, with expenditures totaling approximately $2.8 billion anticipated over the life of the project.

Included in those totals are some $335 million to develop the Colorado C02 fields and $200 million for treating facilities and injection wells in the Denver unit at Wasson field. Shell has estimated that an additional 280 million barrels of oil could be recovered in the Denver unit -through the C02 enhanced recovery project. Faye Belle (Continued from page 1). According to Bunnell, the probation office had recommended a jail sentence and two examing psychologists had opposed such a sentence. Bunnell said this was not the only divergent opinions.

On one hand, he had received a number of positive testimonials from reputable people, whereas, the daughter of the defendant were antagonistic to the defendant. According to the psychologists, McPherson might be harmed rather than helped by a prison sentence. Judge Bunnell concluded that a $5,000 fine and probation was appropriate and reflective of the severity of the crime and would allow for rehabilititation of the defendant. Judge Bunnell stated that there is no way of linking the conspiracy charge to the subsequent death of Paul McPherson, husband of the defendant. Bunnell said many may speculate, but such speculations have absolutely no point in fact to the charge on which McPherson was convicted.

by Carl Eisemann On the criminal court docket in Seventh District Court Tuesday, Judge Boyd Bunnell adjudicated the following cases: Richard Jack Hertzler and Gordon Trautschold were both given one year probation and fined on two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Hertzler was fined $1,000. Since he had paid a previous fine of $300, Trautschold was fined $700. Both defendants pled guilty to the charges. After he pled guilty to a third degree theft charge (embezzlement), Howard Rogers in was given one-year probation since he made full restitution.

David Milstein was given a five-year suspended sentence and a one-year probation subject to voluntarily returning to Montana for prosecution on pending charges. Judge Bunnell informed Milstein that if he was not incarcerated on the Montana charge, he would be returned to Utah for final sentencing on a burglary charge. Calvin Tsosie was ordered to make full restitution, given two years probation, fined and remanded to Four Corners Health Agency for treatment. Judge Bunnell warned Tsosie that his excessive drinking led him to commit dangerous actions and that he was on the verge of being jailed. Die sentencing of Mark Herron and Brad Eldredge on controlled substances charges was reset for July.

Judge Bunnell granted default Little guys left by Carl Eisemann The continuing trial of Atlas Corporation on Velvet and Royal Flush mining claims in San Juan County ground on through the legal morass in Seventh District Court Tuesday. According to Bruce Coke, attorney for the defendants, much of the action in the Tuesday session centered around getting the little guys out of the fight. Coke pointed out that Atlas had made settlement with most of the small individual claimants, leaving on a few "little guys to fight the giant. Die case could involve over $100 million dollars. Coke said.

In the Tuesday session, Judge Boyd Bunnell allowed joint stipulation and motions which granted one half each of Atlas Mortgage Companies interests in the case to plaintiff Atlas and defendant Hancock interests. Commission (Continued from page 1) meeting, commissioners approv- -ed agreement with the Forest Service to the county for summer sheriff patrol. The commission was granted a June 2 1 extension to file tax levies with the State Tax Commission. Commissioner Black reiterated that county tax revenues will decrease because of the drop in the estimated county tax evaluation, down to $215 million from the estimated $240 million. Black stressed that this drop was due to optimistic estimates on mine property which failed to materialize.

Black pointed out that actual assessed values had risen from $145 million in 1981 to $2 15 million in 1982. The San Juan Soil Conservation District Board and the County ASCS Committee extends an open invitiation to anyone interested in soil and water conservation activities to attend their annual summer conservation tour to be held June 23.. The Tour will begin at 9 a.m. from the church parking lot behind the post office in Monticello and will conclude at approximately at 1 p.m. Transportation and light lunch will be provided for a small donation of one dollar per person to help defray tour expenses.

Also, a in-bus will depart from the Blanding library promptly at a.m. for those attending the tour from the southern part of the County. This years tour will highlight existing and planned range improvement projects on Peters Point north of -Monticello and a groub gravity sprinkler system originating from Gordon servoir northwest of Monticello. by Alvin Reiner Both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Forest Service will participate on the tour. Scheduled stops will include: a BLM controlled burn on an old P.J.

chained and reseeded area conducted two years ago which we will be evaluating and discussion on a planned FJS. project to be burned using the Flying Drip Tourch method this Fall on Peters Point, We will look at a new seeding and a recent P.J. chaining project on private land, plus a stop at the groub gravity irrigation system project west of the Monticello airport. Die SCD board and the County ASCS Committee would like to have the support and participation of anyone interested in conservation, and especially those interested in controlled burns on rangeland and in gravity irrigation systems, to attend this tour. Plan now to attend and to enjoy the morning with neighbors and friends looking at a few conservation practices together sealants often have an value of at least four or five and will seal in the energy generated by your heating and air conditioning systems.

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Die nagging debate over document access was partially revolved when the court accepted a modified Atlas procedural motion which will allow 60 days to complete document exchange. In final action Tuesday, Atlas Corporation was awarded quiet title to the Velvet and Royal Flush claims pending boundary adjustments and settlement of filed claims. Utah Highway May report Troopers of the Utah Highway Patrol in San Juan and Grand counties investigated 13 accidents in May including two fatal accidents with three deaths, nine injury accidents and two property damage accidents. Total dollar damage to vehicles involved in the 13 accidents was $97,000. A total of 883 citations were issued in May including 447 hazardous arrests, of which nine were for Driving Under the Influence; 55 non-hazardous arrests; 308 hazardous warnings and 73 non-hazardous warnings.

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