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Show UINTAH HIGH SCHOOL TS A.I z,::;z;xn' By Teresa Smith Many important things have happened hap-pened at Uintah in the last two weeks. The studentbody elections, for one thing. The election assembly was held on April 6 and the convention took place on April 8. At the convention, two finalists were chosen for each studentbody office. The final election was held on April 13. Because of the closeness of some of the races, and questions about the balloting, a recount was deemed necessary, so students re-voted re-voted on April 14. The winners were announced in an assembly later that afternoon. The results were as follows: studentbody president-Calvin Knight; vice president-Marianne Kay; chief justice- Roger Walker; social chair-man-Johnna Wiseman; publicity chairman-Keri Bartlett; Boys League president-Jerry Allred; Girls League president-Rakeyl Massey. Congratulations to a fine new council and thanks to all who made the effort to run. Another major studentbody contest was conducted last week. Next year's cheerleaders were selected. The contestants tried out in front of judges on Tuesday, April 14, and performed for the studentbody on Wednesday, April 15. The studentbody then voted and the winners were announced Wednesday night at a dance. There were 14 girls elected to build and maintain spirit at Uintah next year. They are: basketball-Markay Caldwell, head; MargoEnce, Annie Harris, Sheri Brighton, Richelle Mecham; wrestling-DuJuanna wrestling-DuJuanna Horrocks, head; Sheri Hicks, Lori Hanchett, Melanie An-derton, An-derton, Korrine Wall; and J.V.-Louise Gudac, head; Brenda Jacobsen, Brooke Stubbs and Shelley Chivers. Several Uintah students took part in a state-wide "Mock Trial" competition on April 8 and 15. The contest was designed to give kids an opportunity to see how our nation's court procedures work. The trial was based on a confidentiality con-fidentiality of sources case, in which a child snatching news story could reveal the whereabouts of a child that had been snatched from his father. The petitioner wanted to get a court order to make the news reporter reveal his sources, so he could find his child. The respondent had to prove that there were other channels that the father could go through to locate his child. On April 8, Uintah played the part of the petitioner, and lost to Orem High, here in Vernal. On April 15, Uintah traveled to Salt Lake, where they played the part of the respondent and defeated John F. Kennedy Jr. High. Uintah's scores weren't nigh enough to advance them into the finals, but it was a valuable learning experience for all those who took part. |