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Show 10 Express Wednesday, July 8, 1998 Obituaries R. Eugene McLean R. Eugene McLean, 75, died June 30, 1998 at the Salt Lake LDS Hospital, the results of an automobile automo-bile accident. He was born April 5, 1923 in Vernal, a son of Ernest Eugene and Marie Britt McLean. He married LaVerda Timothy on March 21, 1946 in Vernal. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on Dec. 14, 1955. She died Nov. 27, 1994. Gene worked as a masonry contractor con-tractor and was. a general contractor. contrac-tor. He served in WWII as an Army Paratrooper. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a high priest in the Maeser 2nd Ward. He loved to bow hunt and fish. He enjoyed en-joyed raising his registered cattle and pheasants. His special love was his family. He loved spending time with his children and grandchildren. grandchil-dren. He was a kind and caring person. It wasn't unusual for him to plow driveways or help with chores or other jobs and quietly leave. He was a convert to the church and had a very strong testimony. His temple work was very important to him. He was proud of his brick and stone work and anything he built. He had a special sense of humor. We will miss hearing his stories, and he always had a joke to tell. He loved to have fun and always tried to be positive about everything. Although he will be missed, there was a joyous reunion with his wife, family and friends that had passed on before him. He was preceded in death by his wife, LaVerda McLean; his grandson, grand-son, Jared Michael Sheffer; and his parents. He is survived by his children, Gary Eugene (Jewel) McLean, Ogden; Barbara Patterson, Vernal; Wendy (Lorin) Sheffer, Vernal; and Penny McLean, Vernal; 15 grandchildren; grand-children; 15 great-grandchildren; brother, Max (Mary) McLean; sister, sis-ter, Carolyn (Eddie) Slade, all of Vernal; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services were held Katherine Lamb Funeral services for Katherine Lamb, born May 30, 1983 and died June 27, 1998, were held Thursday, July 2 in the Vernal 1st Ward Chapel with Bishop Dan Heiner officiating. of-ficiating. Dratin Lamb, brother, offered the family prayer with meditation music mu-sic and the opening and closing songs sang by the Vernal 1 st Ward Youth choir. Greg Hawkins offered the opening open-ing prayer with a life sketch given by Stephanie Merrell, sister. Speakers were President Robert Foley, Kory Kunz and Bishop Heiner. Crystal Evans, cousin, accompanied accompa-nied by Virginia Ewe'.l, sang "The Test." Doran Lamb, uncle, offered the closing prayer with a dedicatory prayer given by Sherrill Lamb. Active casket bearers were Andrew Merrell, Brady Willis, Dratin Lamb, Dustin Willis, Jf We would like to thank neignoors ror tne love ana support snown to us at mis time. Thank you Frank and Sharol Thomson - youre the best. Maeser 2nd Ward, everyone who brought food, flowers or came by. We love and appreciate all of you and feel very fortunate to have you a very big part of our lives. We know dad would have been overwhelmed and also very please with everything. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We will sure miss him. ! 1 1. C .1 . 1 1 The Family of R. . -PS 3 Robert E. McLean Friday, July 3 in the Maeser 2nd Ward LDS Chapel with Bishop Douglas B. Murphy conducting. Lorin Sheffer offered the family prayer with prelude and postlude music played by Daun DeJournette. Ivan Thomas gave the invocation with remarks and obituary given by Bishop Murphy. Lorin Sheffer gave a tribute with speakers Rian Peltier and Erik Johnson. A recording by Collin Ray, "Love Me," was played and son, grandsons grand-sons and son-in-law, accompanied by Wendy Sheffer, daughter, sang "How Great Thou Art." Eddie Slade, brother-in-law, gave the benediction and Gary McLean dedicated the grave. Pallbearers were Ivan Thomas, Lawrence Siddoway, Joe Calder, Raymon Bascom, Roger Beckstead and Frank Allen. Honorary pallbearers were the Maeser 2nd Ward high priests. Interment was in the Rock Point Cemetery with full military honors given by the American Legion. Services were under the direction of Thomson's Vernal Mortuary with compassionate services offered of-fered by the Maeser 2nd Ward Relief Society. Stephen Lamb, Eric Clarke, Ryan Evans and Troy Clarke. Honorary pallbearers were cousins, Justin, Preston, Clayton, Brett, Gregg, Pace, Travis, James, Aaron, Parker, Jim, Delynn, Mark, Tyler, Joe, Toni, Trevor and Jason. Interment was in the Rock Point Cemetery under the direction of Hullinger-Jolley Funeral Home, with compassionate services offered of-fered by the Vernal 1st Ward Relief Society. with TENNENJ7I ll Natural Alternative Available at CHALET HALLMARK 67 W. Main Vernal For more information call: 1-800-424-7768 our family, friends and .1 . . t I Eugene McLean Treat Yourself to Fine Dining At: FLAMING GORGE'S MOST SCENIC RESTAURANT NOW OPEN DAILY (435) 889-3759 Hwy 44 Flaming Gorge NRA Partners in Recreation with Ashley National Forest J. Hoyle Robinson Funeral services for James Hoyle Robinson, born May 29, 1912 and died June 21, 1998, were held Thursday, June 25 in the Jensen Ward LDS Chapel with Bishop Harold Auer Warren conducting. Shirley Ainge offered the family prayer with prelude and postlude music played by Mary Ann Snow and Sylvia Slaugh. Grant Ainge gave the invocation with remarks and obituary given by Bishop Warren. Preston Smith sang "Red River Valley," Kay Hunting and Ron Walker sang "Home On The Range," Mary Ann Snow, Sylvia Slaugh, Addie Snow, accompanied by Rebecca Morrill, sang "How Great Thou Art," and Lorene Slaugh played a violin medley. Speakers were Sharon Barney and Nial Robinson. Byron Tolman gave the benediction benedic-tion and Jay Haslem dedicated the grave. Pallbearers were Gary Robinson, Mike Barney, Wendell Kirby, Greg Robinson, Tom Barney and Nial Robinson. Interment was in the Jensen Cemetery under the direction of Thomson's Vernal Mortuary with compassionate services offered by the Jensen Ward Relief Society. Frances Atwood Funeral services for Frances "Fran" Shirley Atwood, born Nov. 23, 1936 and died June 26, 1998 were held Wednesday, July 1 in the Davis Stake Center with Bishop Daniel R. Howell conducting. Stephen Thomas Atwood offered the family prayer with prelude and postlude music played by Deette Spencer. Bruce R. Atwood gave the invocation invo-cation with remarks and obituary given by Bishop Howell. Speakers were Errol Johnson, Christopher Piner and Bill Bedell. The congregation sang "I Need Thee Every Hour" and "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." Amy Bedell sang "Wind Beneath My Wings." Lance Hatch gave the benediction and Bishop Howell dedicated the grave. Pallbearers were Bruce Atwood, Frank Atwood, Dean Atwood, Doyle Atwood, Bill Bedell and George Coop. Interment was in the Vernal Memorial Park under the direction of Thomson's Vernal Mortuary with compassionate services offered of-fered by the Davis 3rd Ward Relief Society. I Vernal 1 City I SECRET ! I WITNESS I D 1023 ITI .V call 789-8888 RED CANYON LODCa E School Board... Continued from page 1 finding as to the total number of votes cast, the number of affirmative votes, number of negative votes, the number of mutilated ballots and the number of challenged voters, and shall declare the bond proposition to have carried or lost." Mary McAllister made a motion to declare the official findings on Proposition A and Proposition B with Proposition A having 1,843 vote for, and 2,708 votes against: Proposition A failed. For Proposition B, 1,076 votes for and 3,418 votes against: Proposition B also failed. There were no mutilated ballots or challenged voters. John Busch seconded sec-onded the motion and the motion carried unanimously. Principal Ed Johnson requested that the name of West Middle School be changed to West Jr. High. This request was prompted by the move of the ninth graders back to West Middle School. The request was granted by the Board. West Jr. High will house grades six through nine and operate under the Junior High policy and procedures regarding regard-ing attendance. Principal Allen gave the first reading read-ing of the proposed revision to attendancetruancy atten-dancetruancy policies. This particular particu-lar policy is to communicate to students, stu-dents, parents and guardians that attendance at school is required by law and is supported by the Board of Education. Superintendent Gawrys pointed out that every absence from classroom instruction has a deleterious deleteri-ous effect upon learning. He also said that we want to establish a degree of consistency regarding emphasis upon attendance. Principal Allen discussed with the members the Board of Education that procedures have been established estab-lished for the elementary schools, the middle school, the junior high and the high school. She also pointed point-ed out that the penalties are a little stiffer for the secondary students. The Board of Education approved the proposed policy revisions to the AttendanceTruancy Policy on the first reading. Members of the School Board approved the Special Program Compensation Policy on second reading. This policy sets forth the procedures dealing with the Fifth TermExtended Year program and the coordinator of the program. Administrators and teachers at Vernal Middle School have requested request-ed an additional 15 minutes to be-added be-added to the school day at the Middle School. Superintendent Gawrys commended Vernal Middle School for its desire to increase the level of education with this proposal. Three Good Reasons To Advertise In The Paper Instead Of On TV. 1. The paper is always there to read. Commercials only run a few times each hour. 2. Potential customers can read your ad as often as they want. Commercials are gone in 30 seconds. 3. Commercials are like roulette...You can't guarantee that a potential customer will be watching when your ad runs on TV. You can read the paper anytime! Advertise In The wm VERNAL Express 789-3511 Business Administrator, Scott Ruppe, informed the board that the busing schedule would not allow for this change. Flc pointed out that if a change should be implemented at Vernal Middle School, all other secondary sec-ondary schools would require a time increase change as well. The possibility possi-bility of, this change has been researched and it is Mr. Ruppe's suggestion that we leave all schedules sched-ules in place this school year allowing allow-ing time for a further study of the situation. sit-uation. Business Administrator, Scott Ruppe, presented a Resolution authorizing the issuance of a Tax Anticipation Note in the amount of $2,500,000. Scott Ruppe pointed out that this is something that the district does every year to protect against any cash flow shortages. Members of the Board approved the Tax Anticipation Note and authorized Business Administrator, Scott Ruppe and President Fran Harding to sign the note. Scott Ruppe also presented the certified cer-tified tax rate figures for the Fiscal Year 199 for board approval. Ruppe mentioned that the School district is right on the certified rate. There is a reported 45 million dollars worth of new growth this year. The Board approved the Fiscal Year 1999 tax rate as presented. The Board approved the purchase of a total of five new buses: one wheelchair accessible bus, two route busses and two activity busses. Unfortunately, due to the backlog of transmissions for the busses, the District will not revive delivery on them until March of 1999. Only one contractor responded to the bid for lowering the ceilings at Maeser Elementary School. Angus Construction was awarded the bid for the remodeling at Maeser Elementary. Due to questions about the 98-99 Capital Outlay Budget, the Board of Education had earlier requested additional time to approve the Capital Outlay Budget separate from the 98-99 Proposed Budget. Scott Ruppe explained that due to new growth in the area and money received from fees in lieu, there is more money in the Capital Outlay revenue than what had originally FREE Case of with each WINDSHIELD REPLACED! When You Here The Crash, Think Of rflJDD! 543 N. 789 WHERE GOOD 295 North First West LARGE PINE TREES AND ARB0RVITAE TEN DOLLARS OFF PERENNIALS BUY ONE, GET ANOTHER FREEI Delphiniums Gold Dust Popples Sweet William Coreopsis Purple Sage Candytuft Yarrow Shasta Daisies Others Ed Rowley's Tyr high rh i Mf NURSERY W 7 .ran WJ er prices out there than they do here. No wonder so many folks have been after our plants this year, Including some from distant places. But we do have some nice ones left and, this near the planting season's end, you can get a better deal on them. 01998 Ed Rowley budgeted. Members of the Board discussed the idea of reducing or totally eliminating elimi-nating the $125,000 allotment the School District pays to the Uintah Recreation District. This money could then be used by the School District towards the purchase of such things as sporting equipment or help to pay coaches andor extracurricular advisors. No official action was taken. The Board approved the Capital Outlay Budget as presented with the exception of athletic equipment, which the District expects to fund with some of the money from the Recreation District allotment. Upon the recommendation of Superintendent John Gawrys, Jr., the Board of Education accepted resignations resig-nations from the following personnel: person-nel: Charlotte Shope, Custodian at Vernal Middle School; Antone Purcell, Teacher at Todd Elementary; Shelly Hunt, Secretary at Lapoint Elementary and Dr. Larry Klein, Principal at Maeser Elementary. The Board also approved the appointments of the following individuals: indi-viduals: Cal Huber, Business Teacher at West Junior High School; Deborah Chatham, English Teacher at West Junior High School; Louis Wright, Science Teacher at West Junior High School; Hollis Dixon, Band Teacher at Uintah High School and Vernal Jr. High School; Myrna Philipp, Business Teacher at Uintah High School; James Sowards, Music Teacher at West Junior High School; Anna LeFevre, Special Education Coordinator; John Nielson, Educational Technology Coordinator; Tamara Hawkins, Registrar at Uintah High School; Trisha Hamner, Receptionist at the District Office; Carolyn Simkins, Special Education Teacher at Preschool; Virginia Exton, Full-time English Teacher at Uintah High School and Sheila Birchell, Teacher at Toff Elementary. The next School Board Meeting is scheduled for Aug. II, 1998 at 7 p.m. at the District Office. On behalf of the Uintah High School Board of Education, President Fran Harding offered condolences con-dolences to the family of Principal Sherrill Lamb in the recent death of their daughter. Soda Pop PAINT & GLASS Vernal Ave. - 3241 Vernal GARDENS BEGIN Roosevelt, Utah ALL SHRUBS IN 1 GALLON CONTAINERS: BUY ONE, GET ANOTHER FREE! (IncMw lwi itinibl Kit wtitwwl ANNUALS BUY ONE, GET ANOTHER FREEI Petunias Snapdragons Ageratum Cockscomb Strawflowers Marigolds Nlcotlana Daisies Verbena Others High Valley Notes I believed him when he said he was embarrassed. He'd gone to Salt Lake City, looking for cheap plants, and found them. He learned they can be cheap in more ways than one and returned without any. In spite of his embarrassment, he was man enough to tell me of his mistake and apologize for It. And buy his plants here. Others have told us that good plants often sell for high |
