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Show 1 VVCIV AHA A2 Wednesday. July 5. 2006 .Vernal Express. " yX IflT VV"u-V 471T U .'X- f 4 SFC Russ Lofthouse participates in humanitarian effort in Iraq. -T"- f;Ni ff Q Qp;; l . i ff! - tlkf Iraqi school children line up to thank the 71st Corps Battalion Uintah Basin woman receives appreciation for humanitarian effort uu" 1 mmHef WHatf(l BtSftWni. - x"10nlf i " 1 Li L-j fc.x.- "On behalf of the people of Iraq and the solider of the 71st Corps Support Battalion, I want to thank you for your donations to our humanitarian aid efforts," said Lieutenant Colonel Russell M. Livingston, 71st Corps Support Battalion, in a letter to Nissa Lamb of Mt. Home. Lt. Col. Livingston said that on April 11, 64 soldiers participated in a humanitarian humanitar-ian mission to the town of Tal Aptah, in the Nineveh province prov-ince of Northern Iraq. Over 180 boxes of donations were received from people in 18 different dif-ferent states and two locations in Germany in support of this effort. "The first stop was the school, where cheers greeted us from the students whose faces pressed against the windows," said Livingston. "The chant 'U-S-A" began to be heard coming from the classrooms." Soldiers lined up to distribute distrib-ute 350 bags of school supplies to the students who filed past. Additional school supplies and books were given to the school headmaster for use by his teacher. "From the school, we head- "Kf hen yon hew the Have Jones Paint & Glass replace your windshield and receive a... PAINT & GLASS F1REE CAR WASH CARD! Vernal Roosevelt 543 N. Vernal Ave 140 E. 100 N. 789-3241 722-3926 Offer good through month of July. ed to the medical clinic where we delivered the medical and hygiene supplies that were donated," said Livington. "Our last stop was the mayor's office, where the toys and clothes were delivered for later distribution to those most in need." After we finished with the bags, we were invited to visit some the classrooms," said SPC Holley Sullins, 71st Corps Support Battalion. "There were several children that filled each small room. Their desks consisted of tiny wooden tables, with at least three boys per each. The students' smiles reached from ear-to-ear, as they waved and gave the thumbs-up sign to the soldier who visited their room. Like most children, they especially enjoyed candy." "It was neat to see how interested they were in having hav-ing their picture taken," said Sullin. "Each time I took a picture, pic-ture, I would show the kids what it looked like afterward. Their amazement in seeing themselves in the camera still makes me chuckle a little. They couldn't speak much English, but they did say works like "picture," "good-bye," "thank you," "please" and "Mister, give me." "It is because of generosity of people like you that we had the honor of distributing these donations to people very much in need of this assistance," said Livingston. "This effort greatly contributed to the building of strong, positive relationships with the Iraqi people who participated. par-ticipated. The soldiers appreciated appre-ciated the opportunity to be involved in something so meaningful mean-ingful and to have personal contact con-tact with the Iraqi people." About 50 boxes of donations were gathered from the Uintah Basin for the effort. Nissa, who has a brother, SFC Russ Lofthouse, serving an 18-month mission in Iraq, organized the Uintah Basin effort by involving involv-ing students at Vernal Junior High, Lapoint Elementary, West Middle School and Neola Elementary. Lofthouse, is originally from Cache Valley, but is deployed with a unit out of Iowa. In addition addi-tion to the schools that have contributed, the employees at UBTA-UBET where Nissa works also contributed. Both IGA in Vernal and Stewarts in Roosevelt set up collection boxes to help solicit donations from the public. "Besides the donations we collected, there were people such as Launa Mair from Roosevelt that sent boxes directly direct-ly to Iraq," she said. "The 71st Corps Support Battalion has continued to receive donations since this letter was printed in April. If anyone is interested in making donations, they can contact me at 435-454-3393 or nissalambhotmail.com." Soliders from the 71st Corps Support Battalion deliver boxes of donations to Iraqi school. Bascom bronze sculpture to be given to top cowboy This year's Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Committee will present a new award the Earl W. Bascom Award. The Earl W. Bascom Award will be given as a perpetual trophy, tro-phy, an All-Around Award for the cowboy who wins the most monies in two or more events. The winner of the Earl W. Bascom Award will have his name and year and events engraved on a small plate and placed on the trophy base. The cowboy who wins the award three times in any three years gets to keep the trophy. The award will be the bronze sculpture (with silver patina) created by the late Earl Bascom entitled "Spurring High, Wide and Handsome," which has a current certificate appraised value of $57,500. This bronze depicts a rodeo bareback rider and horse making a wild ride. In 1924 Bascom designed and made rodeo's first one hand bareback rigging. The one hand bareback rigging is now the standard rigging used at rodeos around the world. mm ' '""i!i"i!!sMi Bronze scuplture to be awarded as a perpetual trophy at the Rodeo. The award will be donated donat-ed to the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Committee at no cost, but the committee agree to keep the award in public view at Western Park or some other acceptable venue. Bascom was born in 1906 in Vernal on June 19 and passed away in his 90th year in 1995. 77? 5 Vernal vr irMsrcs (ISSN 0892-1091) Published every Wednesday for $26 per year in the shopping area and $38 per year out out of the shopping area within the state and $42 per year out of state within the USA by the Vernal Express Publishing Company, 54 North Vernal Avenue, Vernal, Utah 84078. Periodical postage paid at Vernal, Utah, 84078 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to VERNAL EXPRESS, P.O Box 1000, Vernal, Utah 84078. Steven R. 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