Show 11 PUBLIC FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR What is is your opinion The Express welcomes letters from its readers concerning any subject pertinent to the Uintah Basin Wt While le there are no restrictions as to contents or reasonable length letters should be submitted exclusively to the Express and bear the writers writer's full name signature and address Names may be be- withheld for good reasons if requested n. n Wrestling program praised To the Editor Being eing the parent of a wrestler taxpayer and owning a business in Meeker Colo I 1 feel compelled to mention my view of the Vernal community the Uintah school and your our wrestling program You can be very very proud of your our wrestling program Your young athletes are exemplary of what a wrestler should be well prepared well conditioned well disciplined and humble You can and should be proud Colorado is facing a tremendous increase in school taxes therefore our school is looking at all avenues to reduce cost Our athletics are being cut wt while le I believe Vernal to be a good example of why not to cut expense but to use our natural resources as an income producer We attended the Tournament of Champions recently held field in Vernal and I feel certain the tickets to your wrestling tournament more than paid for the cost of the tournament and helped toward paying for other school events The taxpayers should be thanking the school hool Extra business is hard to come by and without a doubt the Tournament of Champions brought in considerable extra HH business to the community during the slow part of the year A business can certainly use the boost I believe Coach scheduled the sessions to allow my wife ample time to spend all the money she could while visiting your fine community I feel sure to 1000 was spent in Vernal during the tournament by wrestling parents and Od boosters The businesses should be thanking the school We have attended many many wrestling tournaments over the years but we have never attended a better organized or well run tournament tournament tour tour- than the Tournament of Champions It was truly truly- a first class tournament all the wa way Your fine school did not only illustrate to other communities your our excellent wrestlers but al also o a snappy disciplined color guard and a drill team surpassed surpassed surpassed sur sur- passed by none We of the Meeker community thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the complete show put on by your school The student body involvement involvement involvement in in- was wonderful Parents should be expressing their appreciation to the school administration drill instructors and coaching staff for a top quality wrestling program Your wrestling coach Dennis Pennis J reece goes far beyond the call of his duties in many aspects His teams are the best prepared for or their individual matches of any team in our two states If f win-loss win record is the he only picture to see this illustrates it very well but the manner in which h each ach match is approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap is more important win draw your boys have given their all and are aregood aregood aregood good sportsmen afterward Coach is one of the few coaches willing to help any boy whether he is from Vernal or an opposing sing team this quality cannot be commended adequately as school and community relationships are developed tremendously through his fine gestures I thank you OU the people of Vernal for the learning opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op and your gracious hospitality enjoyed by my family and community and for forthe forthe forthe the invitation to your tour tour- It was a privilege Sincerely Pat Pak Sullivan father taxpayer HOd Meeker l Colorado |