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Show i m " w 'm "m 18 Vernal Express Wednesday, August 14, 1991 ''HT 't"nn --... , . t . J 1 1 CAR NUMBER 69 balances precariously dur- The car had the mis-fortune of being hit by ing first heat of demolition derby Friday night. two other cars at the same time. oyimtiy Fair eirodls with eflesftowSooiH) The athletic end of the 1991 Uintah County Fair had a very busy agenda last week and a very diversified diversi-fied schedule of activities. In last weeks edition of the Express, the softball tournament and Bull-O-Rama were covered. This week several other activities took place including tennis, golf, volleyball, horseshoes and a demolition demo-lition derby. Much thanks and appreciation must go out again to the fine individual indi-vidual who put this years activities together (along with all the different activities chairman like Shane McAffee with sports) and has made sure they went off smoothlyJean Fabrizio. k Demolition Derby In it's third year after being discontinued dis-continued for several years, the Demolition Derby packed the house at the Fair Grounds and did not disappoint dis-appoint After being carefully planned out since last October, with no detail left untouched, the Derby supplied the thrills and chills it had been promising. The brain child of Everett Johnson and Jean Fabrizio with help the last two years from Max Martin, the Derby has steadily gotten got-ten bigger and better. "We tried to do it several years ago through the Varsity Scouts, but because of insurance and other factors, fac-tors, had to discontinue the event," Johnson stated. "After trying to put on a Derby, we changed it to a mud rally, again to raise money for the scouts, but ran into the same difficulties diffi-culties because we couldn't find a safe place to hold it" But Everett wouldn't be dissuaded. dissuad-ed. You see, he has been 'involved with demolition -derbys for the past 20 years, helping to stage them in Richfield and- Monticello and knows how popular they are and the way they bring communities together. togeth-er. So he tried again and this time with a little luck and a lot of footwork foot-work and discussion from Jean, was granted the usage of the Fairgrounds. "We took the approach of conciliation with all the parties If 1 ' V DUST FLEW and so did just about everything the final "wipe-out" event. Somehow not one else including various car parts during action In driver was Injured during contest. i 4 F 3U 'M!tjE&SS n - THE STANDS were packed for the popular Demolition Derby Friday night. Logs kept car and driver from fence and people. involved instead of confrontation," Mrs. Fabrizio stated. "Two years ago there was 15 cars in the event and I built five of them. We had a small crowd that year," Everett said. "Last year we had 22 cars and I built three and Max built two and we had a gate of $3,500. CM1 iiuv-r COACH MARESH showing off before start of contest. Car won best paint job. wMAIN This year, Max and I only built one car each and we had 28 in the field with a gate of over $8,000 and I think it will continue to grow. Jean really went out and persuaded drivers from other Derbys to come out and give us a chance and it worked. Heber put a Derby on this year and had over 100 cars." This years edition featured three heats into the finals with several categories and prizes. The last two cars from each heat qualified for the main event with the last running car getting a trophy from those heats. On the way to the main event, several other trophies were awarded. award-ed. Susan Rants won the $75 first place money and trophy in the powder pow-der puff division. Coach Bill Maresh won the best paint job prize (again) with a picture of wrestlers on his 51 hood which was good for $75. The main event was staged with drivers contending for the $500 first place money, $200 second and $100 third. After several great "hits", several near misses and a little ducking from a couple of the cars, Alan E. Leigh of Vernal, in car number 42 emerged the winner. Steve Thompson, also of Vernal finished second in car number 19 with another an-other Vernal driver Steve Kidd in car number 66 taking i o r Archery hunt begins August 17 Some things never change, like mom's apple pie, the sun rising in the east and. the hunt . . . right? wrong! With Archery season fast approaching ap-proaching (August 17), some sweeping changes are being considered consid-ered by the powers that be. The Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) recently commissioned commis-sioned Utah State University to conduct con-duct a survey of licensed hunters to find out how they felt on certain pressing issues. Those findings were released to the Big Game and Wildlife Boards Monday and according to Tom Wharton from the Salt Lake Tribune, contain some surprising conclusions. "Nearly two thirds of Utah deer hunters' say they are ready for a change in the traditional 11 -day late October season," Wharton states. What does that mean to hunters here in the Basin? It could mean a lot since the DWR and Big Game Board submit then-findings then-findings and recommendations to the legislature, which usually follows fol-lows those recommendations. According to local representatives of the DWR, the agency is in the process of revamping (reviewing) the current seasons and codes which all hunters must abide by. What changes are being considered? consid-ered? There are three major changes on the table right now. Restrict hunters to one season in a split season format. for-mat. Hunters would be forced to choose between an early four day hunt or a later seven day season. The second proposal would be to have a choose your weapon hunt where hunters are allowed just a rifle, ri-fle, archery or muzzleloader hunt period. The last option is to keep things the way they are, possi- bly giving hunters a "choose your cm nntiVwi" Iwhiiwn We nr hnMre sex option between does or bucks What option was favored by hunters polled throughout the state? 39 percent favored a choose-your- r . s rf ':1 if-1 REFEREE LANA Carroll looks on as Dave Swett from Dave's Surf Shop goes up high to block kill attempt by The Mac Attack's Shane third. A wipeout was held for the 24 remaining re-maining cars which could still run with Aaron Herrera winning the $100 prize and trophy as his car was the last one running. This was a spectacular spectacle as two cars caught fire and two others oth-ers almost flipped from the "hits" they took. The safety precautions the organizers orga-nizers had taken really came to bear as the Fire Department was on hand (even if it wasn't quick enough for announcer Carl Stewart who seemed to be stressing just a bit) to extinguish the flames and the huge logstrees that Simper Lumber donated do-nated to line the interior of the fences kept the action contained within. Two other trophies were awarded after the wipe-out Best Hit which went to Gary Hazel from Dutch John in the popular car 2 (pinky) and Most Aggressive Driver which went to Blaine Shirk in car number 27." , The only injury of the evening occurred oc-curred off the course, as one of the drivers got his finger caught in a tow chain. Jean Fabrizio and the Fair com mm h Jfe I v 'slv; , tft'll his-. I AREA HUNTERS will soon be seeking out area deer. Be sure you know what and where you are shooting this season. hunt system as compared to 33 percent per-cent who favored keeping things the way they are now. Officials in the Basin acknowledge acknowl-edge the fact that hunting pressure has dramatically increased the last few years especially on Taylor and Diamond mountains. Utah currently ranks last in the western United States in bucks to does ratio with that figure being right at 9 bucks for every 100 does. Stay tuned for future up-dates on the situation. Basin projections for hunter suc- ..cess JbiSv year are similar to last, " mote to expected. -if . 1 . Vfi v The Basin does have one area left for anterless hunting with primitive weapons only (archery and muzzleloader) muz-zleloader) in section mittee express their heart felt gratitude grati-tude to all the volunteers and sponsorsbusinesses spon-sorsbusinesses which made this years, fair one of the best ever! Beach Volleyball Friday and Saturday, the Fair, in conjunction with UBRA (Uintah Basin Recreation Association) staged the third beach volleyball tournament of the summer with this one being the first three on three contest Teams from Roosevelt and Vernal splashed around in the sand and sun for two days trying to determine supremacy in the new (to the Basin) sport. The teams, with creative names like 'The Beach Bums", "Dave's Surf Shop" and "The Beachcombers" had never played three on three before and didn't have any idea what to expect. What they got was a very demanding athletic ath-letic workout. "I think some of the players didn't have any idea how demanding and athletic this sport is," stated Lana Carrol, one of the UBRA organizers. organiz-ers. , Carrol was referring to the sore muscles and cramps many of the 09124 Ashley Valley. Those permits per-mits can be obtained by mail through the state office of the DWR in SaltLake City at a cost of $13. The archery hunt for deer runs August 17 through September 2. Antelope, August 16 through August 30 and Elk August 31 through September 15. Rifle hunt for deer runs October 19 through October 29. Antelope runs August 31 through September-8 September-8 and Elk runs October 2 through the 15. Muzzleloader for deer runs November 2 through 10. Antelope does not have a muzzleloader sea- son and Elk runs September 14 a thrrmcrh thp ')') . ', 3 through the 22. Remember to tag your animal immediately im-mediately upon bagging it and always al-ways practice safety first! McAffee during action in three on three beach volleyball tournament last Friday and Saturday. contestants experienced during and after the first day of competition. "There is so much jumping and diving and just falling back off balance, bal-ance, you don't realize what you are doing to your body until the pain sets in," Carrol stated. There was plenty of all that as the teams played in a 29-6 by 29-6 pit on each side of the net, that's a lot of ground to cover with only three people and if those people are competitive, com-petitive, a lot of that ground (sand) is covered with a fully extended body (as in flat on the sand). After almost two days of play in a round robin format, two teams Dave's Surf Shop from Vernal and The Beach Bums from Roosevelt emerged with the best records and a meeting in the final. The Surf Shop had overcome a determined bid from the Bulls, a group of local high school graduates gradu-ates (Shane Bullock, Justin Dccol and Amy Dickson) with an U-8, 7-11, 7-11, 11-3 win to get into the finals while the Beach Bums defeated an all-female team of Lana Carrol, Becky Gaylor and Roberta Poglajcn also in three 1-11, 11-9 and 12-lO.i . Continued on page 21 s. |