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Show I "" I . J t; Vernal Expfeat Wednesday, April 10, 1991 7 7 CO-CHAIRPERSON DEB Bailey, a MS patient is excited about the start of the 9.4 mile walk. J'l 2 1 ,t2Ef ' (; 4 ; ,4-: A (i . r y ft rs r 4 j MAYRO LEONARD Heeney proclaimed the week of April 14-20 as American Cancer Week. Cancer Chairman, Daryl Acor, presented pre-sented a copy of the proclamation to the Mayor during a program pro-gram of the Vernal Rotary Club. Cancer Week proclaimed, Norse to kick off drive Mayor Leonard Heeney has signed a proclamation naming April 14 through 20 as American Cancer Week in Vernal. To help kick off the event, Dick Norse, KSL-TV news anchorman, will speak to crusade area captains and block workers on Saturday, April 13 at the 7-11 Ranch Restaurant from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. The crusade will begin on April 16 and continue until April 27. Crusade volunteers will visit homes for donations. The "Great American Food Fight Against Cancer" will be on April 18, during which local grocery stores and restaurants will participate partici-pate in. A dietitian will be at each grocery store from 4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. and provide' brochures and information on the American Cancer Society's nutrition guidelines. guide-lines. These guidelines provide information in-formation that may help reduce the risks for certain cancers. Local restaurants will participate by providing pro-viding menu selections that also follow fol-low the nutrition guidelines. Six nutrition guidelines provided by the American Cancer Society are: 1.. Watch your weight 2. Cut down on total fat intake 3. Eat more high-fiber foods 4. Eat fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins A and C and choose more vegetables from the cabbage family 5. Limit alcohol intake 6. East less salt-cured, smoked and nitrite-cured foods WCT P f VIONE PARRISH, the senior woman walker, warmed up with the anxious participants. Parrish finished the course In approximate ly i-iz nours. TOM BERRYMAN presented a donation check to Alta Winward, executive producer of the Outlaw Trail Production. U.S. West Communications donated $3,000. Donation received from U.S. West Communications MS Walk... MS ue. Society provides will contin- Continued from page 1 route. They are: Donald Udenk, age 3; David Hazelbush, 6; Angelica agnosed with the disease. The moa Zepeda, 7; Minday Smithey, 8; ey will help the new patients by re Bailey said that an immediate pay off will be made available toi those people who have been recently di- Increased flows sought for four days on Green by Ron Stewart, DWR Fisheries biologists for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources have requested several days for high water wa-ter flows to be released from Flaming Gorge Dam from the Bureau of Reclamation. "We've requested increased flows from the Bureau of Reclamation while we do our stocking and population popu-lation study work on the Green River, said Steve Brayton, UDWR Flaming GorgeGreen River Project leader. "This year, we'd like to give the public some advanced warning so they can plan their schedules to' avoid our work hours when the water wa-ter will be high and the catch rate will be low. Normal flows for the last year were at about 800 cfs. The' Division is requesting about two to four times the normal amount of flow. The release times are at the dam. Add three hours for flows at Little Hole. Laura Ingwell, 8, who skated seven miles of the route; Rosa Zepeda, 8; Arthur Bell, 9; Patrick Steenburg, 9; Annie Zepeda, 9; Cresha Evans, 9; Jowanda Campbell, 9; Joni Young, 9; and Rick Hazelbush, 9. The youngsters can claim their certificates certifi-cates by contacting Deb Bailey at 789-1371. Gleaves said, "Several things will happen, as a result of the money do-nated, do-nated, to people who have MS. As a long term pay off, research will continue and as a short term pay off, the MS clinic can still operate oper-ate and other services that the Utah search into the unknown disease and also to help the many support groups established throughout the state with a network system. Research can continue at the University of Utah Medical Center where a lab has been set up. The U of U's Center is the only research clinic in the west that is designed to investigate the disease. The walk was sponsored by the National MS Society. Nationally, the walk was on Sunday and Utah was the only state participating on Saturday. The walk is scheduled for the first weekend in April each year. Alta Winward, executive producer of the Outlaw Trail Production, received, re-ceived, on behalf of the Outlaw Trail Committee, a donation check in the amount of $3,000 from Tom Berryman, manager of U.S. West Communications in Price. "U.S. West likes to find ways to support worthwhile projects and organizations or-ganizations in the local communities. communi-ties. We feel the Outlaw Trail Production is one of those projects. It has good support from the local community and we (U.S. West) enjoy en-joy doing our part,'' said Berryman when he presented the check to Winward. Winward said that the money will be used to offset the expenses of this year's production, "Riders of the Wind," about Ann BassetL Town meeting to discuss changes in the Utah justice system Green River Flows Requested by DWR (800 cfs is normal) April 23 '. , , 1600 cfs 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. April 24 1600 dfs 330 p.m. tolOp.m. April 25 (makeup day) 1600 cfs 3:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. April 29 ..;..;. 3300 cfs 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 30 3300 cfs 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Colorado welcome center at Dinosaur opens May 1 Citizens of the Vernal area are invited in-vited to a town meeting to discuss ,the future of the Utah Justice System on Tuesday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Uintah County Courthouse. The meeting is sponsored by the Commission on Justice in the Twenty-First Century, a 28 member group appointed by the Utah Judicial Council to take an in-depth look at where the court system is now, and where it needs to be in the next 20 to 30 years. The Commission is chaired by Roy Simmons, Board Chair of Zions First National Bank, and includes in-cludes judges, bar members, and representatives from the legislature and the executive branch, education, business, the religious community, and the public at large. The Colorado Welcome Center at Dinosaur will open for the 1991 season on May 1, according to Rick Hildebrand, , Colorado Tourism Board staff member and manager of the Welcome Center. The Center is a state operated rfacility set up to promote tourism and travel throughout through-out all of Colorado. There are presently four other such Colorado Welcome Centers located lo-cated in Burlington, Cortez, Fruita and Trinidad, Dinosaur is the newest, and it opened to the public in Sept. 1990. The Dinosaur center will close for the season as scheduled sched-uled on Nov. 30. ' With the exception of the manager -and assistant manager positions, all the staff are volunteers. These people peo-ple serve as travel counselors who give information and assistance to all the Visitors who stop in the Welcome Center. The Center will be open 7 days a week from 8 a.m.. to 6 p.m. Last year about 20 people from Rangely and Dinosaur worked as volunteers at the center. For the past year the Commission has been accumulating material about the operations of the courts system, and the degree to which the system is meeting present and future fu-ture public, needs. Important sources of public input were opinion surveys sur-veys conducted last spring, and testimony tes-timony at "community representative representa-tive meetings" held for representatives representa-tives of business, the medical community, com-munity, the social service community, communi-ty, and other groups. The commission has now prepared pre-pared an initial set of recommendations recommenda-tions for the future of the court system, sys-tem, and is eager to present them to the public, and gain feedback from the citizens whose lives will be affected af-fected by these policies. A 22 minute video on the work of the Commission will be presented, along with a 15-20 minute summary of Commission recommendations. Light refreshments will be served. WANTED for the ; New Museum at the Western Park Old West Artifacts Paraphernalia Memorabilia Old Machinery Fire Arms Antiques Western Art If you have any of these "WANTED" items and would like to donate, loan, share or have someone look at them call Janet WaUis Nyle Blgelow Jack Seitz Western Park 789-1822 789-0288 789-0650 789-7396 i MALE, TEN week old Shar-Pei cross pup is available at the Uintah County Animal Shelter. Call 789-5601. Utah State University Continuing Education Center I K'o Dinner Theatre "the foreigner" by LarrysShue April 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 May 3, 4, 6, 10, 11 Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Dinner served at 7:00 p.m. : Price: $1500 . . Group rates available "CONGRATUUTIONSrto the Charter Members of the newly formed UINTAH - VERNAL POST 5560 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. Commander Duane Hall Sr. Vice Commander Jim Goodman Jr. Vice Commander Vefn Batty Surgeon Wayne Hall Historian Keith Richardson Trustee Gene Lamson Judge Advocate Rex Jacobsc'n Adjutant Quartermaster Jim Barth Chaplain & Service Officer Hollis Haws Officer of the Day Art Hansen Jr. Legislative & Trustee Officer Pat Dunn Trustee Brent Boren Mayor - Leonard Heeney ' -John Carter Smokey Rasmussen Cliff Wardle Maxie Chapoose Virgil McMickell Ed Reamer Art Hansen III vLynnSilcox Richard Horton Lyle Holmes Marvin Richens Dennis Stevens Shirley Slaugh Milton Searle J. J. Kerlin Marvin P. Evans Bill Simmons Roy O. Durham - Enoch Archibeoug William A. Brown James T. Kamaua George D. McNeil Lester E. Bryan Dewey B. Matthews Doug Stam John Stagg Lloyd Jones If you wish to Join this group of VETERANS write to: V.F.W., Box 1571, Vernal, Utah 84078 , 'i or contact any of the above members i A ' ' ' " ' ' |