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Show . , - i - --4SD DUJLu i .--1- -II,; Z? 4 Vernal Expre Wednesday, Morch 28, 1984 Abandoned mines hearing set in Vernal TWO MEMBERS of the Naples City Police Department recently graduated from the Utah State Police Academy. Pictured here are graduates Sam Arbgast and Mike Bond. Two officers from police Two members of the Naples City Police Department graduated from the Utah State Police Academy in Salt Lake City March 23. Officers Mike Bond and Sam Arbgast Ar-bgast successfully completed the 10 weeks of academy training and will do additional field training before they can go on patrol unaccompanied. During the 10 weeks of training the 25 police recruits were required to run three miles every other day and perform per-form various calisthenics daily. In addition ad-dition to physical training they were instructed in Utah State Criminal Codes, traffic investigations, criminal investigations and court procedures. Recruits also had to demonstrate firearm proficiency. Both Bond and Arbgast graduated above the class average of 91 percent. Bond graduated with a 96 percentile Players featured in Camelot' Blaine Pierce, Clair Spencer, Don-ny Don-ny Sawyer, and Denice Angulo are cast in supporting roles in the USU musical "Camelot" being directed by Kathy Jo Tucker. It opens on April 6 at 7: 30 p.m. in the Uintah High School auditorium. Blaine Pierce plays Merlin, the wise, perceptive, court magician. Blaine has appeared in leading or supporting sup-porting roles in such plays as "The Order is Love," Mormon in "Moroni," the King in "The King and I," Motel in "Fiddler on the Roof," Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha." He and his wife, Jane, have four boys and enjoy teaching pre-school children in the Young Achiever's Nursery School. Besides acting, Blaine has supported the USU productions in many ways backstage. This year he has designed all the hats and floral pieces. He enjoys floral and landscape design and making wall sculptures. He loves music and children and MASH. His favorite sport is doing acting improvizations. Claire Spencer plays the elegant, bewitching fairy queen whose love of chocolates helps cause the fall of Camelot. Claire is the drama and forensic coach at Uintah High School. She has a BFA in theatre from the U of U. She served as a performing arts specialists in the army for several years. Among her many triumphs in theatre, Claire has played leading roles in "Plaza Suite," "12th Night," and "Fiddler on the Roof." She played Golda in the USU Community Theatre production "Fiddler on the Roof" in 1981. Claire ia a member of "Showtime USU," USU's Education Center program pro-gram bureau directed by Julie Hansen. aire's hobbies include history, the Society for Creative Anachronisms, graduate academy and Arbgast with 92 percentile. Recruits must obtain at least an 80 percentile to successfully complete the course. The two Naples officers were also in the top 10 percentile in the physical tests and in the marksman portion of the course, f : 1 - v Bond, 25, joined the department in November of 1983 and has lived in the Vernal area for approximately four years. He is married to the former Judy Oaks. They have a 10-month-old son, Stuart. Arbgast, 27, joined the department in December of 1983. He has lived in the Naples area for about four years. He is married to the former Jan Cult and they have no children. Mrs. Arbgast Ar-bgast is currently teaching at the La-point La-point Elementary. traveling, playing the guitar while she sings folk songs. She has directed many shows and done a great deal of choreography. She is doing the choreography for "Camelot." Her knowledge of the historical dance, music, and customs of the Medieval period help give the show the feeling of authenticity it needs. Donny Sawyer portrays Mordred, the ruthless, malicious evil son of Queen Morgause who planted such seeds of hatred in him during his growing grow-ing years that his sole desire in life is to destroy King Arthur and his Round Table and steal his throne. Donny has been seen onstage in Vernal Ver-nal as Max in "Sound of Music," as the Major-General in "Pirates of Penzance," Pen-zance," and the "Star-Spangled Girl" in high school. He played Buddy Baker in "Come Blow Your Horn" at Bottle Hollow Resort last summer. He was in "Grease" at the College of Eastern Utah last year. Donny enjoys acting and reading science fiction and fantasy. Denise Angulo plays the nymph, Nimue, who steals Merlin's magic and locks him away in a crystal cave for centuries. She also plays Lady Catherine of the King's Court. Denise has been in several productions in high school and in the USU productions. She played Fruma-Sarah in "Fiddler on the Roof," the housekeeper in "My Fair Lady" and now will play Nimue. These four fine actors will be costumed and ready for opening night April 6 and for the eight other performances perfor-mances on the 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, and 23 in the Uintah High School auditorium. Tickets for the show are being sold by Scout units in the area. A major mine reclamation project involving 22 abandoned mines in six different areas in Uintah County will be discussed at a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m., in the Uintah County Courthouse Cour-thouse Circuit Court Room in Vernal. This meeting is being held by the Division Divi-sion of Oil, Gas and Mining as part of its statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program. Mary Ann Wright, administrator of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation program, pro-gram, reported that many hazardous open portals, highwalls and other old structures, abandoned equipment, and dangerous subsidence holes are at the abandoned mining sites. She said public safety and other aspects of the reclamation project will be explained at the meeting. Residents of the area can help by providing additional information infor-mation on hazards or other aspects of the project. Ms. Wright noted that funding for this project comes from Utah coal mine operators through the Federal Office of Surface Mining. Funds are available for a variety of projects involving in-volving reclamation of all types of mining operations. Anyone interested in the reclamation reclama-tion of abandoned mining sites in Uintah Uin-tah County, or has information on other abandoned mine sites which pose a threat to public safety or health, is asked to attend this community meeting. Written information may be sent to the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, 4241 State Office Building, Salt Lake City, UT 84114. Hearing set on Jordanelle water storage A public hearing will be held by the State Engineer on Tuesday, April 17 in Heber City on applications by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to store water in the proposed Jordanelle Reservoir " of the Central Utah Project. The hear-. hear-. ing will be at 10 a.m. in the Wasatch Middle School Auditorium,. 175 East 800 South, Heber City. X State Engineer Dee Hansen said protests to granting the filings to store water in the Jordanelle Reservoir, a part of the CUP Bonneville Unit, will also be considered at the hearing. Objections to granting these filings had been made by officials of Utah Power and Light Company, Kennecott Copper Corporation, Greater Park City Ci-ty Company, United Park City Mines Company, Heber City, Provo, Salem, Payson, Spanish Fork and Springville. The Bureau of Reclamation applications applica-tions seek storage and exchange rights for up to 300,000 acre feet of water in the Provo River after meeting existing water delivery rights. Baptist church invites friends during April April is Fellowship Month at Vernal Landmark Missionary Baptist Church, beginning with "Bring a Friend to Church," April 1. "All of our friends are invited to bring a friend to church Sunday, April 1. As there are no strangers, only friends we haven't met, you are especially invited to come and hear the Good News," said Pastor Herbert Watts. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. and church services follow at 11 a.m. Refreshments are served following the 11 a.m. service. There is also a church service on Wednesday evenings beginning begin-ning at 7 p.m. Members of the Vernal Landmark Missionary Baptist Church have been invited to join members of the Layton Missionary Baptist Church for a special service April 14. Members of the Ladies Auxiliary at Layton are planning to present a program centering center-ing on a theme of fellowship. The program pro-gram will be followed by a luncheon. Pastor Watts is making a list of names to arrange for car pools to Layton. The public is invited and anyone wishing to attend may contact Pastor Watts. Plans are also being made for Easter Sunday Worship and Fellowship program. Members of the church are also planning a special program pro-gram for the children featuring Easter egg hunts and baskets. A pot luck din- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Ki. PERINO. D.D.S. RJ). WESTPHU, D.D.S Diplomote American Board of Orol and Maxillofacial Surgery 315 West 100 South VERNAL, UTAH For Appointment Call: 7890011 MEMBERS FROM Jamie Knaus' fifth grade class dance originating in Greece. The dance was part try their hand at "Zorba's Dance," which is a folk of folk dance festival conducted by Linda Lugren. Students participate in folk dance festival Students from all grade levels at Davis Elementary School recently participated in an International Folk Dancing Festival, which featured various countries throughout the world. The dance festival was the culmination culmina-tion of a two-week residency by Linda Lin-da Lungren. Mrs. Lungren's program is one aspect of the Utah Arts Council's "Artists in Education" program. "JOY, IN CHRIST," a musical ministry will pre- Christian contemporary music at Our Saviour sent a concert of praise and worship through Lutheran Church on April 3. - . . Musical ministry to perform Travel increase r predicted this year at Lutheran Church Stating that tourism is everybody's business, William H. Edwards, national na-tional chairman of the Travel Industry Association of America (T.I.A.), this week predicted that travel in the U.S. should increase sharply this year, more than last year's 10 percent increase. in-crease. Edwards was addressing the awards banquet during the Governor's Conference on Tourism at the Ogden Hilton Monday. "With your wide-open spaces, beautiful National Parks and exciting rivers for white-water rafting, you offer of-fer what many American travelers are seeking more than ever outdoor adventure travel," Edwards said. He called upon Utah to follow T.I.A.'s lead and develop an overall marketing plan based on cooperation between the private sector and government to take advantage of the international market, noting that domestic and foreign travelers spent $195 billion in the U.S. in 1982. Edwards, who is also president of the hotels division of the Hilton Hotels Corp., congratulated Utahns for their "obvious commitment to the promotion promo-tion of travel and tourism in the state." ner will also be held at the church. Free rides are available for anyone wishing to attend the special events or regular services. Anyone interested should contact 781-1138 during the day or 789-8521 during evening hours. Fellow American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Mrs. Lungren travels to various schools within Utah to instruct students in international folk dancing. In addition to teaching the students the mechanics of dancing she also tries to give them a feel of the individual countries' coun-tries' cultures. She also brings a doll collection with her to the programs. The dolls represent repre-sent costumes and flags of the countries coun-tries whose dances the students learn. Mrs. Lungren currently lives in Salt Lake City with her husband and "Joy, in Christ," a dynamic musical ministry dedicated to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, will present a 90-minute concert experience of praise and worship wor-ship through Christian contemporary music at Our Saviour Lutheran Church on April 3 at 7:30 p.m. This popular program shares music, drama, and testimony that has been enjoyed throughout the country from coast to coast, by people of all ages. "Joy" has been lifting up Jesus as If one drives from Los Nevada, he travels west. ' "3ATT ' "---.mi, If I lf I 1 ff f Cape Cod Beauty with a view in Air Village Hills. 3 bdrm. 1 V2 bath, 2 story with unfinished unfinish-ed basement. If you're looking for something different, this is it!! Must see to appreciate. Call Shirley Century 21 Dart Realty 789-1482 or 789-3083 Open House 3123 W. 1790 So.! Saturday 11-5 (Air Village Road) children. Instructors from Davis Elementary said that they were pleased to have Mrs. Lungren for a two-week residency residen-cy and enjoyed watching the various dances the students performed. Dances performed by the students ranged from a simple folk dance entitled en-titled "Carnivalito" from Bolivia to a complicated "Zorba's Dance" from Greece. Instructors also had a chance to perform by doing an American folk dance entitled "Cotton Eyed Joe." VTTTT? Lord through an average of one program pro-gram a day since September of 1975. This year's 8-member group has dedicated their time, talents and their lives to continue this ministry of renewal in the Body of Christ. This is the third year that "Joy" is visiting Vernal and offering their unique uni-que ministry at Our Saviour Lutheran Church. Everyone is invited to share in this celebration of "Joy." Angeles, California, to Reno, I " I 1X1 L. . s. -. , up |