Few local Dolores residents turned out for the hospital planning session last Thursday at the Dolores State Bank meeting room although a large group of interested persons from the county at large heard architect Robert Muler outline current planning progress. Dr. E. G. Merritt took the floor and made some exceptions to the size and scope of the planning. He indicated that the proposed layout was not adequate for projected health care needs of the area. In later discussion that revolved around the required election to form a hospital district, Dr. Merritt said that he was very disappointed the steering committee did not see fit to include a doctor in the list of proposed candidates for the district board.

Repairs were made to the old Dolores County Courthouse this week in Rico with the aid of a crane, a piece of equipment, seldom seen in the small town.

Hunting season brought the inevitable storm on opening day that left hunters wet with snow in the high country. Some parties reported good success but most were having trouble seeing elk to shoot at.

Two Tate brothers showed up Monday at the Star office with a pair of bears after shooting them on Bear Creek not far from Highway 145. The big bear weighed over 300 pounds and the smaller was a 2-year-old cub.

Rainbow Bridge, located in Southeastern Utah, is an Indian religious shrine endangered by the rising waters of Lake Powell, a group of Navajos, some of them medicine men, charged in U.S. District Court of Utah last month.

According to a report from the Colorado State Patrol Office this week, five accidents in the Dolores area were investigated by their office within the last eight days.

Jimmy Goode was up from his job in Tucson last weekend to go hunting. He, his son, Billy and four friends from Arizona hunted up in the Nipples area.

Darlene Reimer and Glenda Perkisn shopped and had lunch in Cortez on Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Leavell were here visiting with family and friends the first part of the week. They returned to their home in Snowflake, Ariz. on Wednesday.

Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Corky McClain this week were Holm Bursem form Socorro, N.M., Buddy Avrill from Albuquerque, Bill Buchanan from Flagstaff and Duane Kirk from Gallup. They spent three days hunting and they bagged one elk before going home.

Harry Rash has been home for a few days form his job at Central Merc. where he is a meat cutter. He had a fall where he pulled ligaments in his leg and bruised his kneecap badly.

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stephens spent the weekend in hunting camp where Connie got her elk and is now home with Jimmy still in the woods hunting. They left their little daughter with Mrs. Plank while they were gone.