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Show 4- M Wednesday, liarch 7, 2007 Obituaries Maurine Corless Richins Maurine Corless Richins of Vernal, passed away . Feb. 20, 2007 at her home. She was born May 6, 1914 in Vernal, Utah to Arthur and Dora Preece Corless. : t . Maurine married Lowell Jacobsen on Dec. 26, 1935. A short time later ' he passed away, she then married Henry Thomas Chapman on June 25, 1945. Together they had two children, a still-born son, and a daughter Leta. A year later he later passed away. On May 23, 1952 Maurine married William Arthur Richins. .' Maurine was a great mother , to her children. She loved gar-, gar-, dening and providing fresh flowers to her friends and family, fam-ily, Maurine also loved to bake pies and to make chocolates. She took first place in pie baking bak-ing at the county fair. Maurine loved decorating for Christmas as well. She also enjoyed the Karl 'Wayne' Collier f. Wayne loved life, horses, the Uintah Mountains, and the Green River. He worked as a rancher,., farmer, plumber, truck driver, cowboy, pipe fitter, fit-ter, and welder. Wayne was a W.W. n Veteran. He was proud to be an American. He was a member of the L.D.S. Church. The memorial service is Friday, March 9 at 2 p.m. at Thompson-Blackburn Mortuary. He is survived by 1 ,77,.Hi-"V l iil HI ,1 , Extend their heartfelt appreciation. love and thanks to the many relatives and friends who have so graciously helped us in the care of our mother and in our time of sorrow. Special notice and time went into the many beautiful floral arrangements, cards of comforting words, and delicious food and donations. This is such a tribute to a wonderful and talented mother. This, too, has been a blessing to each of our families and us. For the excellent care of our mother, special thanks goes to Good Shephard Hospice Care, and Dr. Kasif A. Memon. To Thomson-Blackburn Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary for the quality and well done job that .t , - rnrrrjnrrT'n I I J I iwvflTO?7357n t .mvmv-' BRAND NEW 07 CANYON BRAND NEW 07 SIERRA , I T4t Ui AC T "0mmmt Aote trans. 21 MPCr TiJt i W Cnto wt pfcf. 4 AM Wtav. ABS, AmfM tero F24118A ... tf 1 WfSSSj BRAND NEWTYUItH BRAND NEW 07 ENVOY , " A BXAKO KEW 07 Mb 5 3 teac Month Uom' 0 Maurine Corless Richens great outdoors and loved to camp and fish. Maurine is survived by her son: Nicholas (Robyn) Richins; daughters: Leta (Leo) Snow, Cherie Bascom; Lana (Monty) Lee; Marlene (Tom) Wilhelm. She is also survived by 21 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandson. - Maurine is preceded in death by her husband, William A. Richens; granddaughter, Lori Kay; son-in-law, Wayne Bascom; and siblings: Thelma Licht, Charlotte McCarrell, Wayne Collier his wife, Jeanette; 2 brothers and one sister; 2 sons, 1 stepson, step-son, 3 daughters, and numerous grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Proceeded in death by his mother and father;-' his : first wife, Helen; a son, Matt; and a grandson, Jason. W V ff iri ...7 they always extend. We express love and thanks to Uintah Packing Company, Bob Williams, and Davis 1st Ward Relief Society for the wonderful meal that they provided for our family. ' '' The coming is easy, the going is hard...... Thanks to all of you. Leo and Leta Snow, Cherie Bascom, Nichlos and Robyn Richins, Monty and Lana Lee, Tom and Marlene Wilhelm 1 kj - t l i xw I hi " " 1 ., ... i mTWM'i YUKON XI 4WD U aML -fcfr1rvl BRAND NEW 07 SIERRA 1500 CREW CAISU M.VlOT-?J r ' r r--n I 1 SsShES? A V Month leose P " ' ffHrgHg r- T-;i rmi Maurine Corless Richens Raymond Corless, Ronald Corless, Howard Corless, Betty Hargrove, and Marie Lee (her twin). Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Davis First Ward LDS Chapel, 3990 South 1500 East. A viewing was held for friends and family at the mortuary mor-tuary Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and at the chapel one hour prior to services. Burial was in the Vernal Memorial Park under the direction of Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary March is National Collision Awareness month Allstate offers tips to avoid auto accidents and enhanced coverage if you're in one. According to the Insurance Information Institute, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people ages three to 33. A motor vehicle death occurs on average every 12 minutes while an injury occurs every 12 seconds. In 2005, an average of 119 people died each day in motor vehicle crashes. March is National Collision fS&wness'MohifiI. 'Allstate TWA, company oners local' resirnVseverai important impor-tant tips to ensure safe driving habits. "Motor vehicle safety is of utmost importance and Allstate hopes to raise awareness aware-ness among local residents with reminders of some basic safe driving tips that will hopefully hope-fully save lives and prevent accidents from occurring," said Shelley Beeler, Allstate spokesperson. spokes-person. Allstate offers the following fol-lowing safe driving tips: 1. Buckle up. Ensure the driver and all passengers are properly buckled up for safety and check to make sure that any child passenger safety seat is properly installed. 2. Don't drink and drive. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says there is an alcohol-related traffic traf-fic fatality every 31 minutes. 3. Minimize distractions. Do not talk on your cell phone, text message, change a radio station, put on makeup. ll 0 C i I iimn i 'ill i i i i a iiimiI BMMMhMMMMmI Vernal Express Prevention, promotion X Joe . Shaffer, TriCounty's Health Department director, presented the department's yearly report to the Uintah County Commissions on Monday morning, March 5, in the north conference room of the Uintah County Building. TriCounty Health can pack more positive product into one year than most departments can do in several. TriCounty has a slate of updated programs not the least of which includes their immunization immu-nization clinic. Chiefly aimed at children's vaccinations, the immunization clinic operates as a proactive program, which means that the department stays informed of coming concerns. con-cerns. For example, rather than purchase vaccines that linger on shelves unused, TriCounty gets the immunizations out to the people with a cost-effective program where necessary shots are available initial at a $10 fee. According to Shaffer, "At one time, we were doing immunizing immuniz-ing about 90 percent of the children" chil-dren" in the tri-county area. He says, "Now we have the mass of people who are immunized as opposed to the individual without; whereas, years ago it was the reverse." Last year, TriCounty Health's active program pro-gram performed about 6,000 immunizations, including 1,800 influenza injections, 150 pregnancy preg-nancy tests, 90 clinical evaluations, evalua-tions, 70 injections (outside of Walk for A Walk for Fragile X Syndrome will be held in the Freestone Legacy Walking Park on April 21. Besides being a fund-raiser for the Fragile X Association of Utah, the walk is intended to raise awareness of Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). The leading cause of inherited mental men-tal impairment, early detection of Fragile X Syndrome can provide pro-vide direction for intervention, so early diagnosis is important. It is often mis-diagnosed as another condition, or it may be coinecLjaiother. .disabfl- ty. u z The webte for, further information infor-mation about FXS is www.fragi-lex.org. www.fragi-lex.org. If information sounds an alarm, please contact your physician to see if a blood test is warranted. Fragile X Syndrome is the world's leading cause of inherited inher-ited mental impairment which can affect both males and females. The spectrum of intel- 4. Maintain at least one car length between your car and the vehicle in front of you for every ten miles per hour of speed. 5. Be aware of road conditions. con-ditions. Ice, snow, fog, rain - all of these weather conditions require extra caution and slower slow-er speeds. To learn more about safe driving habits and Allstate Your Choice Auto, contact a local Allstate agent or visit www.allstate.com. protection and of healthy lifestyle those immunization), 70 stress-tests, stress-tests, 500 tuberculosis tests. 2,500 blood pressure test, and 160 cancer screens. More than proactive in their approach to communicable diseases, TriCounty's flu vaccine vac-cine (seasonal) and meningitis immunization clinics provided shots either free or at a reduced cost before the vaccines lapsed out of date. TriCounty's pragmatic prag-matic approach is summarized by Shaffer, who says "We held a special clinic at USU to immunize immu-nize students against meningitis, meningi-tis, instead of dumping the vaccine." vac-cine." TriCounty's early childhood development programs track kids with physical or psychological psycho-logical needs, provide nursing support, and promote disease prevention. Programs like WIC, which include food vouchers for women, infants, and children, have been operational in the TriCounty facility for almost twenty years. Shaffer explained that the program provides roughly "$53,000 a month in three counties into our community," commu-nity," although numbers have been dropping-off recently with the rise in revenue and employment. employ-ment. TriCounty Health's educational educa-tional programs may be the most gratifying as well as the most fun planning aspect of the department. Health education focuses on prevention and public pub-lic information with cancer and Fragile X Syndrome lectual involvement ranges from subtle learning difficulties difficul-ties and a normal IQ to severe developmental disability and or autism. In addition to mental men-tal impairment, FXS is associated associ-ated with a group of physical and behavioral characteristics as well as speech and language delays. FXS is also the cause of a Parkinson's-like condition called Fragile X-Associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS). FXTAS affects adult .carriers ( usually over the age of 50, pausing progressive balance, bal-ance, tremor and memory problems. Formerly thought to be only male carriers, there are cases of females who are diagnosed diag-nosed with FXTAS nearing 50. Females who carry the FXS gene are also at an increased risk for Premature Ovarian Failure (POF), a condition where the ovaries stop functioning func-tioning normally in a woman younger than 40. As many as 70,000 women currently between the ages of 18 and 40 may develop premature ovarian ovar-ian failure associated with the Fragile X pre-mutation. It is estimated that one in every 250 women and one in every 800 men carries the premutation pre-mutation of FXS. One in over 3800 males is estimated to have the full mutation for FXS. Many families affected by FXS are unaware of its presence pres-ence and the majority of children chil-dren and adults with FXS are either misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. undiag-nosed. Individuals with mental men-tal impairments of unknown cause, learning and behavior problems combined with any of the characteristics described below may need to be tested for FXS. A simple DNA blood test exists that is more than 99 per cent accurate. Although there is currently no cure for FXS, early diagnosis diag-nosis is important since early intervention can improve the lives of those affected. Characteristics of FXS can include: attention problems, delayed development, delayed speech, cognitive impairments, or poor eye contact. Individuals diagnosed with FX are also fun Funds available for energy assistance The Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT) Program is a federally funded energy assistance program designed to help eligible low-income low-income households and families fami-lies pay a portion of their winter win-ter home heating bills. The HEAT program assisted over 35,000 Utah households in 2006. yet applications for 2007 are lagging far behind applications applica-tions received last year. The HEAT program is concerned that many eligible households heart public programs, child and infant car seat purchase and installation clinic, safety fairs, bike rodeos, schooi.age children's exercise program tobacco cessation programs and dental health education Many items can be purchased at a low cost. Shaffer notes that the department is proud of the Gold Medal Schools Program, which helps schools to estab-lish estab-lish policy and promote healthy lifestyles for kids and their par-ents. par-ents. Putting all this into per. spective, Shaffer said, "A good example of TriCounty's pro-active pro-active health planning is the West Nile Virus outbreak, where we planned with a huge public education and mosquito abatement program a year in advance, so by the time it got here, we were affected in smaller small-er numbers, but Utah County got whacked because they weren't ready for it." In closing, Shaffer said, "The new building for TriCounty Health will break ground in April, and the facility will be around 20,000-square-feet in area. TriCounty's new facility will be built in the lot by the old Utah Power and Light across from the BLM, at a projected cost of $4 million dollars in construction." con-struction." No doubt, the new facility will enable TriCounty Health to continue a legacy of prevention, protection and education edu-cation for the Uintah Basin. and like to have fun. They can have a good sense of humor, be very loving, extremely helpful, have a great memory for things they like, and have a great ability abil-ity to mimic. There are many treatments which have proven to be beneficial. ben-eficial. Some of those are occupational occu-pational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language behavioral therapy and special education programs. There are also certain medications that can be given. Individuals with no apparent appar-ent sign of the condition can pass on Fragile X in a family. In some families it has affected numerous family members through the generations, while in others, it seems to have cause problems in only one person. The walk will be on April 21, at the Freestone Legacy Walking Park in Vernal and will benefit the local Fragile X Association. Walkers may be sponsors, or may be sponsored by another party. Sponsors who contribute $100 or more will be named on "Fragile X Facts" signs along the pathway. path-way. "Walk as much or as little as you want," said Burgandi Dorter, one of the organizers. "There will be T-shirts with sponsors listed who donate early, so people are encouraged encour-aged to go out and get sponsors now." For further information, to make a donation, or to enter as a sponsor, call Burgandi Dotter, 781-6255 or 790-5760, or e-mail her at vernalutfxhot-mail.com. vernalutfxhot-mail.com. Registration is from 9 to 9:45 a.m. that Saturday morning, with the walk from 10 to 11 a.m. Photos and announcements will be done between registration registra-tion and the start of the walk. A raffle will be held during the walk as a fund-raiser for the Fragile X Association of Utah. Tickets will be available for purchase closer to the day and also at the event. "Mark your calendar for April 21," urged Dotter. "Join us to learn more about Fragile X Syndrome and make a contribution while having hav-ing a good walk." may be unaware of the program pro-gram and is encouraging these households and families to take advantage of this assistance. , Residents of Uintah County should call the HELP toll-free number 1-877-488-3233 to get the phone number of the nearest HEAT office. HEAT is administered under Housing and Community Development, a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture. The program closes April 27, 2007. .ri: Ttra.f: r V |