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Show 2 Vernal Express Fridoy, June 1, 1984 Our Town Excuse me, I'm fishing By Steven Wallis Express News Editor Humans are notorious for excuses. Take fishing for instance. What better bet-ter excuse is there to crowd around a lake, stream or river watching the water lapping at your feet, sitting back in a relaxed position with a fishing pole in one hand and a can of pop in the other? There is no better excuse than fishing to get out into the wilds, enjoy some of the best scenery in the West, and come home smelling like garlic cheese and campfire smoke, with fish scales and blood ground into your clothes and to throw your slimy catch into in-to the kitchen sink. People excuse this poor physical state by saying, "Oh he's just been fishing." Then there are the many excuses used us-ed by fishermen as to why they return-home return-home without a creel full of fish: "It rained, the wind blew, used the wrong bait, went too early, we were too late, and too many people." Our society pays large sums of money for hatcheries to grow fish only on-ly to turn around and set the fish free so that some lucky angler can get his hook into them its a poor distribution distribu-tion system. About 300,000 fish were stocked for Saturday's opener and about 400,000 fishermen will be out this is a third of the entire population of Utah. For those who don't latch on to as many fish or as big a fish as they would like, there are the too often repeated tales about the "one that got away." "He was so big he pulled my pole ight out of my hands and it fought for nearly half an hour before it got away." These tales usually develop such descriptive adjectives and nouns as lunker, chunky, old big gut and big gill which fishermen use to identify those unusually big fish which are never caught. UP&L... Continued from page 1 and cable television services lease the lower portion of UP&L poles to attach their services. They are required to have a minimum clearance of 18 feet on their lines. The line that was hooked by the garbage truck was 11 feet 3 inches above the ground, Thompson said. During high temperatures, lines and insulators will expand causing lines to sag. "If persons will report any low line to us, it would save a lot of problems later on," Thompson said. Many lines to homes were pulled down during the incident which had to be replaced. Mountain Bell will bill for the damages. Power was restored last Thursday. Employment... Continued from poge 1 also follow-up applications and interviews inter-views by calling the employers two or three days later to see if the position has been filled. The Vernal Job Service will offer job search workshops every other Friday to assist applicants in their job search. The workshops will cover application completion. Interview skills, sources to find jobs, personal appearance, job retaining re-taining skills, etc. The workshops are open to the public and job service employees are encouraging local youths to attend them, for more information on the summer sum-mer youth programs or workshops, call Job Service at 789 1211, ask for Daun or Ilcba. fOUUKTlON' In an article in the Wnlncvlay. May M edition of the Vernal KxprrM the djt.e lr the ro)ro quern competition khoulfJ have Urn June 28 and not June 25 ai was reported in the article, We ftm any tin wvenirfire thtj may have caued Vernal Express iu K t ft 4 s;; &3 r e t ,i!vj r;-,vit J-4 . W.Tt J", V , S I. v f-r; -- A hr-t 'S . rv, -.! j l!r f-tj g-4 je- . , . , .W i-T, f xt'ti I .. ....... C-"- , J'l h( .., . Cr--1". r 3 5 t.. . , t-" ii ;r j (re-- ?"9 ', -I' i i '- '. r5 ; I- - i t.,., r c; Vr9n try, t'.i 5M t"-) f --" Ve !T( - . 1 X e M .-.- Vt4- i T t All these tales about "that big one that got away" are eagerly listened to and approved of, all for the sake of fishing. There are the secret fishing holes, Walkup Lake, Queant Lake, Crouse Reservoir, and Goose Neck. All these places wouldn't be so popular were it not for the scaly creatures that swim in their waters. - But there is more to fishing than just catching fish. It provides an excuse to get out of the city, breath air that has not been infiltrated by automobile exhaust, ex-haust, eat all the junk food you can hold and sit back and meditate on life. For some people it is a reason for having an expensive boat parked in their garage 360 days of the year. It's a good excuse to get out of varri work, to delay repairing that leaky faucet, fencing in your yard, foregoing that weekly Saturday ritual of mowing the lawn. Yes, fishing is an excuse the best one I've ever come up with. 251 1 Unemployment rate dips slightly in Uintah County The May unemployment rate in the Uintah Basin increased slightly over the revised April total rising from 6.6 percent to 7.1 percent. Although, the Basin on a whole experienced ex-perienced an increase, the unemployment unemploy-ment rate in Uintah County decreased. decreas-ed. The rate dropped from the revised revis-ed Arpil total of 6.7 percent to 6 percent per-cent in May. Unemployment in Daggett County also decreased slightly in May over the revised April total dropping from 2.4 percent to 1.7 percent. The unemployment unemploy-ment rate increased in Duchesne County in May, rising from the revised revis-ed April total of 6.7 percent to 8.9 percent per-cent in May. The unemployment rate for the state as a whole experienced a slight increase in-crease from the revised April total of 5.5 percent to 5.7 percent in May. Wasatch County had the highest unemployment rate in the state at 16.3 percent. An increase from the revised revis-ed April total of 13 percent. Daggett County had the lowest unemployment rate in May. Part of the increased unemployment rate in Wasatch County can be attributed at-tributed to the closing of most of the ski resorts in the area. The 1984 May unemployment rates are significantly lower than the May rates a year ago. In may 1983 the state had an unemployment rate of 8.9 percent. The Uintah Basin's unemployment rate stood at 12.7 percent in May 1983. Uintah County had an unemployment rate of 12.8 percent with Duchesne at 12.9 percent and Daggett at 4.4 percent. Non-agricultural jobs in Uintah County were up 6.6 percent in May over the May 1983 total. Jobs increased increas-ed from 7,800 in 1983 to 8,400 in 1984 Driver injured in rollover Ronald Saathoft, 28, was slightly injured in-jured in a one-vehicle rollover on SR 87 about three miles south of Talmage, Thursday morning about 12:50 a.m. Saathoft was headed west on SR 87 when he came around a curve and lost control of his 1974 Chevy pickup truck. The truck rolled over once. Saathoft received bruises and an injured knee in the rollover. He was arrested by Utah Highway Patrolman Heber Smith for driving under the influence (DUD. A 15 year-old year-old passenger in the vehicle also received bruises in the accident. Am i .XitAtw i 1 1. Mm 1 LJ V -Mm I COO TMOVfSOM win UP&L in Vernal present Diame Peter-Vol Peter-Vol ?h tcck for vthoiafvh'p artante. D'.vne pl.jns to a! lend Utah S?ae Umvervljr at Itcin in te tail. Blaine Peterson receives scholarship assistance t' J'frT,n n t4 1 4 t'lr.h K4 is t.Hs pviel t cv ffr;pc-r. ff I?3 Jf h.'t c-;p gi; finrrj "lyati fV-Tt $r1 it1 4 IT41..V Kiti i-4f ! (3:ref :-r.ri rf f -j- at -r y z f-flrjer, n e?cf 1 f r i':1 - a:; i 4 5 vo cx--J f f h Jv ft-- :j"t- c t j -c t f -3 - e ; - 5 3- tvx f - 4 1i,e wt.4.f-iV;p cii)m pivrft d nr e'. . in fs'hH I1 1 1 s 'eh JvtsaI Jtan fa b l Mat-jfwiarsf-'p t.ietanrrtrenn Is an ! r-arr f '? n( ' Ht st 1 f-rt 1 '- ie e"1 iirrrii'f .- c-e 1 ('ft! n J ' k ll r- h f i -J is f- fc-.Tl r ,a g-,rj r. RUMOR. IS VERNAL CITY, IS THINKING ABOUT RAISING- THE WATER RATES CAUSE THEY HEARD THAT PEOPLE ARE PANNIM& Gold in it V I Convention... Continued from page 1 the state. He would urge local control of the schools and involve parents in the education of their children. As a member of the Oil Shale Economic Advisory Ad-visory committee, he said he is familiar with the problems with oil shale development in Uintah County. As an alternative to raising taxes, he plans to enlist volunteers in state and local committees and advisory boards. The five gubernatorial candidates were given five minutes to speak at the Uintah County Republican Convention Wednesday. All the candidates claim the upper hand in the race for the Republican nomination, but public polls show Marriott Mar-riott and Bangerter in the lead. Snow said he is strong in the outlying areas and his home district in Utah County. Marriott claims strength in Salt Lake County, where Bangerter and Wright also claim strength. Candidates say that the governor seat has evaded Republicans because they lost the Democratic and Independent vote in Salt Lake County. At the Uintah County Convention, 35 state delegates were selected: Gary Taylor, Dan Price, Kathy Jones, Gayle McKeachnie, Roger Hacking, Lillian Henderson, Glade Sowards, Kathleen McKeachnie, Nile Mott, David Rust, Dennis Mott, Merrell Meacham, Randy Anderson, Willard Wall, Reed Johnson, Ken Domgaard, Bob Harop, Doris Morrill, John D. Stagg, Donald Meacham, Marilyn Hunting, Sam Snyder, Ray Hunsaker, Dennis Spackman, Carlos Reed, Blayne Morrill, Janice Bigelow, Richard Millett, Grant Gerber, Harvey Madson, Myke Weber and Mark Folley. Election returns of the 159 county delegates show a close race for two Uintah County Commission seats. Delegates cast 77 votes for Bryce Caldwell and 82 votes for Leo Snow, who are both running for two-year county commission seats. Byron Merrell received 76 delegate votes and Thomas Wardel received 83 votes. Since no candidate received 70 percent of the delegate vote, the Republican nominations for county commissioners will be decided by an August primary election. Overdose... Continued from page 1 A pint-size prescription bottle was found at the scene and is believed to have contained the narcotic methadone, which the victims apparently ap-parently consumed, said Det. Paul Parker, Vernal City Police. A 14-year-old charged with distribution distribu-tion of a controlled substance is a suspect in the case. Parker said there was no evidence of foul play and consumption of alcohol could have been involved, based on evidence at the scene. "Apparently they knew what they were taking, but didn't know its strength," Parker said. Police expect an autopsy from the state medical examiner in (wo weeks which will give a definite cause of death. NEWS ITEMS call the Vernal Express 789-3511 tat-, Now every kid can have an Apple after school. 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