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Show ' VjwUuvJkS? LiLru LI WMnaiKD Spring activities planned for first day of sunshine The Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, backed by the media, will shed sh-ed the shackles of winter and hail the first day of spring, the Vernal Equinox, in grant style during "Swing "Sw-ing into Spring Week" March 16-23. The activities began Tuesday, the week before, when the likes of singing sing-ing telegrams, spring carols, tales of cabin fever from Long Shot himself filled the air at the weekly noon Chamber meeting. The ABC Local Promotion Committee Com-mittee of the Chamber has decided that since the word "Vernal" means springtime, there should be more fanfare on the first day of spring. Vernal merchants will put their wares on special spring prices to help the community come alive. The Ver-' Ver-' nal Express will be putting out a Spring Special Section which will include hefty lists of spring buys plus "feature articles on how to prepare for spring. Trivia questions will be asked by merchants in the special section, and those who think they know the answer can be eligible for a trivia prize from each merchant. Activities will include burning a snowman in effigy and a fashion show at the Vernal Municipal Swimming Pool the evening of March 20 sponsored spon-sored by KVELFM-93. The Nickel Ads will be doing their Spring fantasies turn to football They say in the spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love, and there really is some truth In the statement. However, It was never clarified by the "they" just what the young man was supposed to fancy loving. Through years of extensive research by ex-spurts Into Just what the love objects of a young man's thoughts art centered on, what came to light was not exactly what one would expect, At about the wme time sap starts returning to the trers and tiny buds begin to swell on little bitty branches, some sort of strange sap starts running runn-ing Into the little bitty brains of a young rnrn vhich create just that, (taps). Cne ere the serious thoughts of winter like bow to keep warm and fed. Strange Image begin to dance through hti Mpjed up Vision, He ers fit-hing flies, bare leg! In wrt i-horts, golf r-s end Cold drinks STVrd by loving Individuals as be lnmg- in the lafl chair. He thinks trf cashing tii tar, tnavb. He thinks kA fating, if M meone rise bring the fd. And be Get in step. . . Swing into ? ! ! 4 s I i s i i own. thing by offering a shopping spree to a lucky shopper. Vernal City's Mayor Samuel Snyder has recognized the importance impor-tance of the day and signed an official of-ficial proclamation declaring March 16 through March 23 as the official "Swing into Spring Week." The proclamation states that it has been a long winter in the city of Vernal Ver-nal and all its citizens seem to be very tired of the snow and ice and cold... "Therefore, I, Sam Snyder, mayor the city of Vernal, hereby declare March 16th through the 23rd as official of-ficial "Swing into Spring Week," to be appropriately noted in the public media, to be appropriately celebrated by the community events and Vernal Merchants, with special attention to March 20th, Vernal Equinox day, with appropriate frivolity, snow man burning other "rites of Spring." The Chamber's ABC committee intends in-tends to build on the Swing into Spring Spr-ing celebration and make it a bigger event every year. Jeff Abate, chairman of the ABC committee, heavily supports the spring hoopla. "By now people are tired of winter and are ready for spring." After all, it is the "Vernal" Equinox. spends more and more time musing on the dread of every All- American Sweetheart type girl, FOOTBALL Yes, it Is unfortunate that the men of the world may "fumble" throughout the whole of spring. Fumbled romance, fumbled odd jobs, and fumbled funds all lost to the wilcy saps of spring running from the tips of their smelly sneakers to the top of their baseball cop with the "Dallas Cowboy" Insigna glued on the crown. Other unusual, usual side effects grab hold of theic victims of spring fever. These sorry Individuals hose fancy has made them want to tip toe through to lips with their pucker ell a flutter, seem to want to plant this unbridled affection on the neighbors mongrel pup who he is sure til be a field champtnn hen be gets bimwlf trained for pbeant seain, The Other thing pointed twl by lhee imp ex pyrts U that spring sap b really the fountain tf youth. Ye, it ha Id be! tuber iu?, bow could this young man's fanry syndrome in chute ell mair Mween the egr of UendlU? I'll ppting you for the eref ! -4 1 . It, - .. Swinging into spring is Stephanie Miller. Spring Section In support of the Vernal Area Chamlier of Commerce and after surviving sur-viving one of the longest, coldest inter in Vernal history, the Vernal Ex pre Advertiser t swinging in! spring i!h a sr-ofd lahloid lection springing forth March 20 It ill be I hietomirg i!h ad, each nne featuring a rirr, arm Irtvia ft' r. V y I queiiion. Anjm i!l be placed by hftcrs in a box prmidrd by the Ex pre- in participating bv&ineej, Answrrs ill be plucked Old n Satur-day, Satur-day, March el i p m. The mer-thant mer-thant will provide a spring trivia pf i;e fof the first corftcl anef. I'agni ef money saving coupons Milt elM bring jmiling ttptnrorrs tn- Spring i i 71 1? !' t I 111 i f i 3 I ill ! 1 - V.; L 1"?, rV, VJV. 1 . ' to participating biinmes. Features en Home Decorating. Gardening. Fix up for spring, and Fashions fcf Springs Fal will enhance thii Sunny tabloid. Yep, the Vernal ExprrMAdver-tief ExprrMAdver-tief has a Contagious ca&e of spring ever, and we're sharing tt ith ell tf Come sing int spring with the Vernal Epfr'AdvetiiM?. Match wits with spring trivia 1. What does the word "equinox" mean? 2. At what time will the 1985 Vernal Equinox occur? 3. In a south American village on the equator a native walks out of he grass shack at the same time as the equinox. Where will the sun be? 4. What happens during an equinox? 5. How many equinoxes are there a year? 6. What is the name of the equinox that occurs in the autumn? 7. What does the word solstice mean? closest to the earth? 8. What does "Vernal" mean? 9. On the first day of spring there is equal daylight and night. True or False? 10. What causes the changing of the seasons? 11. Anciently why were the equinoxes important? 12. During what month is the sun closest to the earth? 13. 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