A6 The Emery County Review, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 VOICES Celebrating the People and Lifestyle of the San Rafael Swell Area Spartans compete for Homecoming Queen/King title Rebecca Lofley Casey Wood blindly helps Marie Harvey do her makeup during the ‘talent’ portion of the contest. WEDDINGS Lara Harris Joey Bernard Vallyn and Debbie Bernard of Lawrence, announce the marriage of their son, Joey, to Lara Harris, daughter of James and Kaylene Harris of Kaysville. They were married Sept. 19 in the Salt Lake, LDS Temple. The couple will be honored at an open house on Sept. 26, from 6-8 p.m. at the Huntingtion Stake Center in Huntington. All friends and family are invited. Joey and Lara will be making their home in Price while attending the College of Eastern Utah. Nine girls and nine guys paired together, running around on stage and performing extraordinary talents can indicate only one thing: it is Homecoming Week at Emery High. On Sept. 16 students competed for the title of Homecoming Queen and King in the Mr. and Miss Emery competition. The 18 contestants were paired off at random with another student in their grade to compete together. No preparations had been made beforehand by the contestants. They found out what they were supposed to be doing just before the audience witnessed it. The competition started with the introduction of each couple. The couple’s names were announced and they proceeded across the stage in their own style, some pulling out James Bond moves while others danced across. Then there was the improvised dancing portion. The couples went out on stage and danced to a random song played by the stage crew. The songs ranged from Scottish bagpipes to hip hop to country swing music. The modeling portion of the competition came next. The outfits were costumes which were paired together but not assigned. Each couple drew a number from a hat and dressed in the corresponding costumes. They were judged on how well they modeled their costume and how much personality was exhibited. The costumes were far ranging: a restless prisoner and a struggling policeman, Keera Allred and Justin Cox; a passive hunter and a frantic squirrel, Colton Judd and Rebecca Lofley; a ferocious lion and a French maid, Jacob Davis and Alisha Royall; a sailor and nurse, Devin Hales and Sabrina Wood. Finally, there was the talent portion of the competition. Contestants had to perform feats such as lion taming, Landon Fehlberg and Kaitlin Potter; feeding each other chocolate covered bananas while blindfolded, Elise DeBry and Nathan Mecham; gymnastics, Anna Turner and Kalin Burr; applying makeup blindfolded, Casey Wood and Marie Harvey; and a Shakespearean balcony scene, Keera Allred and Justin Cox. The competition concluded with this portion and the results were tallied as the contestants waited on stage, laughing about the crazy things they’d done and dancing to music. The results were then finalized and announced. Nathan Mecham and Elise DeBry were crowned second attendants. Jake Clement and Sabrina Wood were crowned first attendants. Justin Cox and Keera Allred were announced the Homecoming King and Queen, followed by much well-deserved cheering. The competition was an overall success. An attendee stated, “It moved quickly and was so fun to watch. I really liked the way it was set up.” This reaction seemed to be exhibited by the entire crowd as they laughed and cheered throughout the competition. Photos by Rebecca Lofley Sabrina Wood and Devin Hales strut their stuff during the modeling portion of the Mr. and Miss Emery Contest. Kaitlin Potter and Landon Fehlberg improvise a dance performance. Conservation councils set to celebrate ‘RC&D Week’ The Castleland Resource Conservation and Development Council joins 375 RC&D councils across the country in celebrating “RC&D Week,” Sept. 21 – 27. RC&D Week was declared in recognition of the anniversary of the designation of the first 10 RC&D ar- eas. In the past 44 years the program has grown from 10 designated areas to 375 designated areas that cover more than 85 percent of the United States and its territories. Joan Smith Freeman, president of the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, expressed appreciation to the thousands of RC&D Council members who celebrate the national community service that RC&D Councils provide to America. The Castleland RC&D council has partnered with the Skyline Cooperative Weed Management area and completed the Order of the Arrow Tamarisk Control project at Buckhorn draw and Joe’s Valley reservoir. This project included 350 boys and leaders and more than 100 agency person- nel during the week of June 16-20.   When finished, 19.7 miles of riparian area (925 acres) had been treated on national forest system lands; 26.6 miles (12,925 acres) had been treated on Bureau of Land Management lands. The CWMA also completed seven other spray and bio-control bug release projects during the month of July. Two hundred releases (105 bugs each) of musk thistle bio-control bugs were spread at Electric Lake area and some other locations in Emery and Carbon counties. They also sponsored a tour on Sept. 3. The tour highlighted the Price River Tamarisk and Russian Olive removal, Carbon County Russian olive research sites and bio-control bugs at Fuller’s Bottom and the Order of the Arrow Tamarisk Control project at Buckhorn draw. Sam Cunningham , chair of the local RC&D council, said “The strength of RC&D is that local people create solutions for local needs. In these times of economic downturn, RC&D councils are invaluable in solving community problems in conservation and community development. Our RC&D council is far too important to go unnoticed in our community.” Resource Conservation and Development Councils are made up of volunteers who serve their communities in all 50 states and U.S. territories.   RC&D councils identify, address and solve the challenges needed to sustain and improve the quality of life in their own communities. To learn more about RC&D councils, visit http:// www.rcdnet.org. Markdown Madness Sale 10% Off Accessories Carbon-Emery MotorSports 4510 North Highway 6 Helper, UT 84526 (435)472-8862 ATVs Motorcycles Snowmobiles Rugs • Curios • Lamps • TV’s Consoles • Occasional Tables Rugs Next To Luxury Homes (435)472-1267 4589 N. Hwy 6 Helper UT