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Show -oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo y VernaS's Annual City Wide SPECIAL ACTIVITIES: . "Vernal Race Meet May 18 & 19 Big U Square Dance May 17 & 18 'Petroleum Golf Meet May 17 & 18 0 o o o o 0 0 0 o o o o o o 0 o o o Shop Vernal's Sidewalks for Bargains Sponsored by Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18 "3 Vernal Area Chamber of Comme oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 1 2 Vernal ExpressAdvertiser Wednesday, Moy 15, 1985 I 1 I n 1 1 1 0 i i . . twfd- T " . LAWRENCE KAY (right) congratulates Dan Schofield on becoming becom-ing a Naples City Officer. Schofield assumed his officials duties May 13. , New police officer to patrol Naples' streets Record season for winter wheat being forecasted The first forecast of Utah's 1985 winter wheat production by the Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service is 8.33 million bushels, 29 percent above last year and a new state record. The current record production level is 7.99 million bushels set in 1981. This record forecast is the result of an indicated record yield of 37 bushels per acre, two bushels per acre above last year's record high 35 bushels per acre. Harvested acreage is expected to total 225,000 acres in 1985, which is 15 percent above 1984 but well below the record of 342,000 acres harvested in 1953. United States winter wheat production produc-tion is forecast at 1.97 billion bushels, down 4 percent from 1984. Yield per harvesated acre is placed at 40.7 bushels. If realized, this will be the second se-cond highest yield of record, according to Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Crop and weather report According to the Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, Utah farmers and ranchers had an average of six days suitable for field work last week, during which irrigation, fertilizing, fertiliz-ing, planting and weed control were the major activities. Spring planting of small grains neared completion, with barley seeding reaching 92 percent complete and spring wheat seeding reaching 90 percent. Corn planting was 58 percent complete. Emergence of early seeded grains is coming along, as 78 percent of the . barley is up now and 66 percent of the spring wheat has emerged. Winter wheat continued to show good progress, pro-gress, with the average height surpassing sur-passing six inches. . . Alfalfa cutting was active in the southern counties, while stands in the north reached four to seven inches in height. Range and pasture conditions remain re-main good to excellent across the state.. Grasshoppers have been hatching, hat-ching, but no damage has been reported to date. Calving and lambing neared completion, with the mild spring minimizing death losses. MARINE PROMOTED Marine Lance Cpl. Gary W. Rhodes, son of Gary D. and Lynne Rhodes of Vernal, has been promoted to his present pre-sent rank while serving with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Helicopter Air Station, Tustin, Calif.. TEMPERATURES Date May 7 .May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 Hi Lo Pet. 78 42 --- 81 40 --70 --70 46 -69 45 .40 58 37 .1 60 41 --62 --62 37 --- Courtesy Sky West Airlines Area man wins infant car seat Dan Schofield, of Monticello, recently became the newest member of the Naples City Police Department. Depart-ment. Officer Schofield assumed his duties after being officially sworn in by Lawrence Kay, Mayor of Naples, May 13. He replaces Sam Arbgast who resigned to accept a position with Vernal City. Schofield has been involved with the law enforcement field for the past four years and graduated from the Utah State Police Academy in September 1984. Since his graduation from the academy Schofield has served with the Monticello Police Department and has previously worked under the direction of Naples Chief Everett Johnson. During his time as an officer of-ficer in Monticello, Schofield sue cessfully completed several training programs offered to peace officers throughout the state. He is schooled in detection of DUI drivers and what do when stopping a driver for DUI. Schofield also has training in juvenile and legislative law. Prior to becoming a police officer, Schofield was employed with Allied Chemical in Green River, Wyo., as a miner. His strong desire to become involved in law enforcement prompted pro-mpted him to leave the company in 1981. Schofield said he is looking forward to living in Naples because of the many opportunities the area has to offer. He subscribes to the same philosophy as Chief Johnson on drug and alcohol enforcement and is interested in-terested in keeping DUI drivers off the highways. In addition to his interest in alcohol and drug programs Schofield is also interested in participating in youth related programs. Schofield and his wife, Kristen, have three young daughters. The selection of Schofield as an officer of-ficer brings the total police force up to four including Chief Johnson. GED tests set for May 17-18 The General Educational Development Develop-ment Tests will be given at the Uintah School District office, 635 West 200 South, on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18. Testing will begin at 6 p.m. Friday and continue at 8 a.m. Saturday. Satur-day. Examinees must attend both sessions. ses-sions. David John will administer the tests. The testing fee and application must be at the district office by Thursday noon, May 16. Additional information may be received by calling Rhoda T. DeVed at 789-0020 or 789-0392. Testing hi the Uintah School District is available in January, March, May and November. Anyone needing the To illustrate their support of health and safety, Girl Scout Troops in the area have presented Glade Calder with a Century Love infant car seat. Calder had registered to win the car seat during the Vernal City Health Fair. Calder said he is a firm believer in the use of safety restraints and plans to use the car seat when he is transporting his grandchildren. The car seat was donated for the health fair by Dave Jolley Chevrolet. The awarding of the seat and safety safe-ty belt booth at the health fair were a culmination of two months work by girls in Daisy Troop 656 and Cadette Troop 503. Stephanie Golden, member of Junior Troop 442 also assisted the girls with the Suzy Safety Safe-ty Seat Belt program. The Pink Ladies from Ashley Valley Medical Center assisted the girls with running the booth. During the health fair the Scouts distributed printed materials on the importance of using seat belts and other safety restraint devices. Residents stopping by the booth were asked to sign a pledge card promising promis-ing to continually use their safety belts for two weeks. Residents were also asked to fill out a quiz on safety belts. Of the 124 hm sn VUf JVC55! GLADE CALDER (left to right) is presented with an infant car seat from Tim Reynolds and Juan Goodrich of Dave Jolley Chevrolet; and Molly Glover with the local Daisy Scout Troop. The car seat was the prize offered in a drawing at the recent health fair. tests at another time may contact the' residents completing the quiz, only Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center in Roosevelt or any of the universities. three scored 100 percent. Consent cards to ride the Seat Belt Convincer were also available at the booth. The convincer is a machine which simulates the impact experienced when traveling in a vehicle at eight miles per hour. During the past two jnonths of work, the scouts have fulfilled many requirements of the Suzy Safety Seat Belt Alert Patch. They have placed posters in businesses around town. Girls also conducted surveys to gauge family and public usage of seat belts. Sgt. Lee England, public service officer with the Uintah County Sheriff's Office, along with McGruff, canine crime fighter, talked to the Girl Scouts about usage of seat belts and infant and child restraint devices. Girls earning their safety patch include in-clude Daisy Scouts, Ann Marie An-tonson, An-tonson, Kathleen Harper, Angela Bowles, Keesha Jackson," Jennifer Firth, Angela Smithey, and Valerie Zellmer; Cadette Scouts, Kristine Schatz, Amber Crellin and Cindy Johnson; and Junior Scout, Stephanie Golden. mm r t Petunias Marigolds . Roland Searle is back again this year Large selection of si55 Tomatoes , White Marigolds, doz. pack $1 55 w X doz. pack $l55doz $1 65 pack doz. pack Lilly Miller Morcrop 10-20-20 Vegetable Food Sec the difference it nuihvn. SQ95 500 q. ft eavcrags Quality plants at low reasonable prices. Open Mori. 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