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Show 2 Vernal Express Friday, August 8, 1986 fi9" Maeser Enid Hatch Phone 789-3150 Kiwanis Scout Troop wins high honors Maoser 2nd sponsors fund raiser for Helco The Maeser Second Ward is sponsoring sponsor-ing a fund raiser for Bobby Helco, son of John and Jeri Helco. It has been planned for all day Saturday, Aug. 9. Bobby is at home again after a three month stay at a hospital in Denver, Colo. Clisty Lawell of Columbus, Ohio has been here visiting her cousins Betty Bowden and Dan Turner. While here she attended the Jessen family reunion at Avinaquin Campground in Indian Canyon. She also visited all the points of interest and attended a ward cam-pout. cam-pout. Mrs. bowden will take her to the Salt Lake Airport for her return trip home. While there she will pickup Margaret Bowden who has been visiting her husband Steve Bowden in Bakersfield, Calif. The Frances and Betty Bowden family of El Paso, Texas came to visit his mother, May Bowden, his brother Don Bowden and his many sisters. They attended the Bowden Reunion held on the mountain. Their daughter Galynn Fridrickson and daughter Crystal Lym of Seattle met her folks here. Mrs. Fridrickson brought the youth of her ward to a B.Y.U. workshop. They also visited at Glenn and Marlene Mckee's. Virginia Tervinin of Brouse, Ariz, and Flora Jean Sullivan and Mary of Delta, Colo, visited with Clara and Dee Jenkins on the weekend and attended the Murray Reunion. Thelma Draper accompanied Daris and Billy Smuin to the Draper family reunion held at Palisades, Colo. Sunday, Sun-day, Aug. 3. Boyd and Jean Williams of Springville, Utah arrived Friday, Aug. 1 to visit Boyd and Enid Hatch. They attended the Murray reunion. Thayle and Helen Denney of Orange, Calif, visited their daughter and family, the Wynn and Alys Mansfields and grandchildren, Wyatt, Amber, Melanie, Megan and Micheal at thier home in Dry Fork Canyon. Erin and Shannon Mecham, daughters of Les and Faith Mecham, have been visiting their grandparents Lynn and Betty Mecham. The Bob and Jan Langford family of Arizona are visiting their parents Brent and Carol Feltch and the David and Kathy Feltchs and Mark and Ranee Feltch families. Lawana Funck, Larry and Carol Lee Winn and children of Orem and Shana Rae Draper and children of Roosevelt were visitors at the Randy and Teresha King home. Mrs. Funck is Tresha Kings mother. Carol Lee and Shana Rae are Teresha kings sisters. Alicia and Teresa Vilbrum of Houston, Texas, daughters of Douglas and Patricia Stone Vilbrum, flew to Salt Lake City where their grandparents grand-parents Arthur and Eunice Stone picked pick-ed them up. They visited Hogle Zoo and other points of interest in Salt Lake City around the 24th of July. ' Doug and Patricia Vilbrum went to San Francisco, Calif, to a seminar for the Sam Hair styles and shapes, they have one shop now and are setting up one more. The Stones took their granddaughters grand-daughters back to Salt Lake Airport Aug. 4 for their return trip home. Thomas and Lucille Smith of Mid-vale, Mid-vale, Utah spent the weekend with the Evan and Norma Smith family. Vernal Express (USPS 6580-8000) Published every Wednesday and Friday for S 1 8 .00 per year In shopping ana and $2 8 00 per year out of shopping orea within tlale and $30.00 per yeor out of Hate within USA by the Vernal Enprett Publishing Company, 54 North Vernal Avenue, Vernal, Utah 64078. Second class postage paid ol Vernal, Uioh 64078. POSTMASTER; Send oddresi changes to VERNAL VER-NAL EXPRESS, P.O. Box 1010, Vernal, Utah 84078. Jack R. Wollis Publisher Sloven R. Wall's Editor Aldon Rachele Sports Editor Morle Young feature Editor Janet 0. Wollit Advertising Sue Ann Robinson Advertising Nell Curr , . , .Circulation ond ClostUled Adi Nancy Cotton Accounting Phone 789 351 1 Membuf of Utah Ptesi Association ond Ndtionol Newspaper Association Ata torrepondsnii: Jemen , . . , ....... .Vera Snow, 789 0628 Mamlg . . . .Clara Robinson, 784-346 Naples ...... .Ada Openshow, 789-3 US Tridell ......... Ufno MclCe. 247-2350 lapoint ...... .Arda Mansfield, 247-2375 Mopsk ......... , .Enid Notch, 789-3150 Whitrocls . .Virginia Fctgutofl, 353-4584 Dead'mM Wednesday Edition Nrwi . ............ Mondoy 3 00 p.m. Ade'tisi"g ....... i . .Tuesday 11.00 0 n. Friday Ed'tiot Ns .TMirJay 10 00 0 . Advertising .Thurjdoy ) 00 p m. Boy Scouts of Kiwanis Troop 237 recently spent a week at O.A. Greager Scout Ranch near Norwood, Colo, and competed with 12 other troops from Colorado and New Mexico to win Troop of the Week. The troop averaged 15.6 points per scout. This competition is based on rank advancements, merit badges, skill awards, super activities, (mile swim, Paul Bunyan Axman, conservation conserva-tion projects and etc.) and daily campsite camp-site inspections. Chris Coffelt was voted Scout of the Week by the O. A. Greager Staff. Saul Switzky was voted Swimmer of the Week by the waterfront staff while Jeremy Moosmann- received top honors from the craft staff for his baskets. Scoutmaster Lee Coffelt received first place for adult wood carving. Two members of Troop 237, David Beacham and Tim Coffelt have been on staff as counselors at O.A. Greager for the past six weeks. Scouts who attended camp and the awards they earned are: Jeremy Moosmann, woodcarving, Indian Lore, cooking, pioneering, leather-craft, leather-craft, basketry, swimming, canoeing, space exploration, weather merit badges and Paul Bunyan Axman award; Ross Kimbrough camping, fish and wildlife management, environmental en-vironmental science, life saving, space exploration, weather, coin collecting, orienteering and botany merit badges. Saul Switzky, cooking and first aid skill awards, leatherwork, swimming, first aid, wood carving, basketry space exploration, fish and wildlife management, manage-ment, weather and wildernes survival merit badges. Chris Smith cooking and swimming skill awards, leatherwork, basketry, pioneering, weather, and fish and wildlife merit badges and advanced ad-vanced in rank to First Class. Chris Coffelt, pioneering, fish and wildlife, life saving, coin collecting, space ex ploration, weather and botony merit badges and mile swim. While on staff David Beacham completed pioneering and weather merit badges and Tim Coffelt earned lifesaving and small boat sailing merit badges. Life guard BSA and hunter safety. He also set a new camp mile swim record. Accompanying the scouts to O.A. Greager were their scoutmasters. Lee Coffelt, Ray Moosmann and Advancement Advance-ment Chairman Bill Collins. The troop celebratd their honors at a pizza party July 29, 1986. Our Town FOR A FEELlNGr TflA-T MAKES YOU VERY MUCH ALIVE SENSITIVE TO EVEP-T MOVEMEMTOFYOUR. BE I H& AND AWARE OF THE VIBRATIONS OF-YOUP. ENVIRONMENT THERE'S NOTHING, I I I 1 A I CI IkIRI tDtvl mi r. i r o . ni ceo How to describe the undescribable By Steven Wallis Express News Editor The Ron and Michelle Solmonsons joined the Warren family for their annual an-nual family campout near Hannah, Utah. Dean Merkley had an accident while at work. He was taken to Ashley Valley Medical Center but had to be transferred to the University Medical Center for surgery. Ann Merkley has been with him along with other members of his family. Ray and Donna Weeks of West Valley City, visited with the Garth and Linda Wilkey family over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Aird Merkley of Salt Lake City visited last week with J. Ferron and Louesa Hacking. Mrs. Pearl Allen is at home now after undergoing surgery in a Salt Lake City hospital. Lawrence said she made the trip home well. The descendents of Jeremiah Hatch Murray, Karen Maria Nielson and Mary Ashby held their 36 annual reunion reu-nion at Remember the Main Park on Saturday Aug. 2 in Dry Fork Canyon. One hundred forty seven were in attendance. Doris P. Morrell Darin won the genealogy quilt. Eloise P. Horrocks won the family quilt made by the Ward Murray family. Genealogy told of new people and new jobs, missionary experiences by Ward and Verna Murray. The group enjoyed the barbecue meat cooked by Dallas Murray. Rich Hall has published an entire book, "Sniglets," on words that are not found in the dictionary but should be. In the book, he has coined words for various undescribable situations that affect people on a daily basis. For example, Brattled is the unsettling unset-tling feeling, at a stoplight, that the busload of kids that just pulled up beside you is making fun of you. Ex-pressholes Ex-pressholes are people who try to sneak more than the "eight items or less" into the express checkout line. Hall's book is filled with words that describe the undescribable. In many instances these "words" are localized to a particular area. Many words are unique to the Vernal Ver-nal area and are not found in any dictionary. dic-tionary. If you want to add these words to your local vocabulary read on. -Dinosaurdaz Idi' no sor daz) n. The feeling of craziness and infatuation that affects the people of the Vernal area once a year usually associated with a localized holiday, Dinosaur Days, and resulting in bargain prices by merchants, fish scrambles, bicycle bicy-cle races and barbecue. (This weekend) Shrugasaurus (shrug' a sor us) n. A person on the streets of Vernal who gets a blank look and shakes his head when an out-of-town guest to the area asks "What is there to do in Vernal, Utah?" The creature is on the extinction extinc-tion list of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce. -Fossiltoesus (focil to sas) n. Is a disease affecting some dinosaurs, indigenous in-digenous to Dinosaur Gardens, causing caus-ing them to lose portions of their feet and to have them turn up in local resident's backyards. - -Slitheridous (slith er idas) n. Is the feeling of a 14-inch trout slipping between bet-ween your feet as you scramble to catch the scaly thing. Reported cases of the condition escalate during the Annual Dinosaur Days celebration set for this weekend. The feeling usually is reported among those under 12 years old, but some adult cases have been reported. -Looseacordia (luc a cor dia) n. A condition that affects people (mainly the female gender) in such a way that makes the bargains offered during dur-ing Vernal sidewalk sales irresisti- City Council... Continued from page 1 the district now, could be presented next spring to form another district. Residents at the hearing said that many who opposed the issue were not informed enough about the issue to support it. The district would require residents to pay a yearly assessment for the improvement over a 10-year period. They would not be charged for replacement of curb, gutter, sidewalk or road, just for any new improvements. The city council approved the formation for-mation of the district, but excluded the two areas which protest the district. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION CRAIG-BONANZA 345-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT MOFFAT AND RIO BLANCO COUNTIES. COLORADO, AND UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH Notice is hereby given that the Department of Energy (DOE). Western Area Power Administration (Western), will conduct public meetings to discuss the proposed environmental planning and construction of a 105-mile 345 kilo-volt kilo-volt (kV) transmission line between the Craig Switchyard near Craig. Colorado and the Bonanza Switchyard near Bonanza, Bo-nanza, Utah. The project is known as the Craig Bonanza 345- kV Transmission Line Project (Project) and will be located lo-cated in the counties of Moffat and Rio Blanco in Colorado and Uintah in Utah. The purpose of the public meetings is for Western to inform the public of the Protect at an early stage and to provide an opportunity tor the puDiic tooner comments that will assist in identifying the scope of issues and concerns to be addressed during the environmental studies for an Environmental Assessment (EA). The public scoping meetings will be held: Tuesday, August 12. 1986, 7,30 p m. Wednesday. August 13. 1986 7 30 p m Thursday. August 14. 1986. 7.30 p m Bureau of Land Management Municipal Building, Council Chambers Moffat County Courthouse Vernal District Oflice 209 East Mam Street 221 Victory Way 170 South 500 East Rangply. Colorado Craig. Colorado Vernal, Utah The results of preliminary engineering studies, conducted by Western and the other interested utilities, indicated that a transmission line between Craig and Bonanza would serve their needs. Joint participation in the Project will allow for satisfying power requirements of the participants and minimizing the number of transmission lines to be built in the region, Proposed participants include Platte River Power Authority, Tri State Generation and Transmission Transmis-sion Association, Inc., Oeseret Generation and Transmission Co operative, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, Sys-tems, Utah Municipal Power Agency, Western, and possibly others, Western will have the lead role for Proiect devel' opment and mansRement. including environmental work and construction of Proiect facilities. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will participate in the Protect as a cooperating Tederal agency. The primary purposes for the construction of a new transmission line in the region include: (1) to provide more stability to the existing iystem, (2) lo alleviate "bottlenecks" of east west power How presently experienced on the existing low-voltage (138 kV) transmission line, (3) to provide a high voltage connection to deliver reserve power between northeastern Utah and the Inland Power Pool, (4) to assure that Western can meet its present and increasing increas-ing contractual obligation! to its Customers, and (5) to provide an opportunity for the other participating utilities to meet their current and forecasted load obligations. The obiect of the environmental studies i to comprehensively study and assess the effects on the natural, human and cultural environments that would be caused by the construction, operation, and maintenance of the proposed transmission line and terminal facilities withm the study area identified on the map below The environmental studies will consider air. earth, biological, and cultural resources; aesthetic!, socioeconomics, and electrical effects. ef-fects. The completion of the EA i! tent.it.veiy scheduled for May of 1987. Integral lo the environmental process is the active solicitation of comments from various federal. State, county, and local agencies, and interested organisation and individual! by mean! of a comprehensive public involvement pro gram throughout the Project. The intent of the public involvement program i! to assure that the most accurate and curtent environmental information and public opinion are incorporated into planning and decisionmaking As the initial opportunity to comment en the Proicd. Western will conduct the public scoomg meetings as described above. Notice! of other opportunities to comment on the Project will be published All interested agencies, O'gani-latiohS, O'gani-latiohS, and individual! ae invited la Submit question!, comments, and iuggeMions retarding the scope ol the Project to the addres! provided be'ow Also, those interested in receiving information over the course of the Proiect Should send names and addrgssci la be included en the Project mailing list. Mr. Uoyd Gremef Area Manager Western Area Power Administration Sa't lake City Area O'hte PO Bon 11606 Sal LaMCiiy Utah 8414? (801)524 6372. .tvJ i - - i .tut CRAIG BONANZA 345 kV TRANSMISSION tINt rROJECT ble. The condition is directly proportionate propor-tionate to reduced prices and local frivolity and usually causes some dismay among the more conserr vative half of a marriage partnership. partner-ship. -Firstdoomer (first dumer) n. A person per-son who has to be the first to announce an-nounce the closure or forecloser of a local business. -Vernalmites (Ver nal mits) n. People Peo-ple or an organization (in some cases the suffix mite is at the end of the group's name) that never give up on the the future or potential of the Vernal Ver-nal area no matter what the local economy is like. -Neurone wites (Nu ro nu its) n. People Peo-ple who believe that they have to tear-down before they can make change. -Ticklecoristant (tiki con stant) ri. A mythical feather -that touches certain people in such a way so they seem to be continually smiling. -Chamberites (cham ber its) n. Those who like to eat while listening to Tuesday noon speeches of important impor-tant issues and at times lower themselves to attire of hard hats, carpenter aprons and caps, turkey and dinosaur outfits, and bringing the house down while dressed in outlaw and western wear all to further fur-ther their cause of improving the Vernal area. (The condition is very contagious.) Business success... Continued from page 1 Since the success of the computer software, the company has moved to Park City to be closer to the Wasatch Front. This week, however, he returned to Vernal to film training and sales videos with the police department. The videos will be used to market the product in California. Chief Robert T. Downard said the police department will receive a free copy of the training videos for use by police officers. Kirwin Production of Park City is making the videos. Steigemeier said the company will spend most of it's time developing and servicing the police software, but it has branched out into other areas such as recreation and a personal data base. HATSQFF Senator Glade Sowards To Senator Sowards for his past accomplishments and for his position in the senate which enables him to influence legislation in the future that will bring prosperity pro-sperity and growth to the Uintah Dasin. Vote Sowards for Senator August 19 so you can vote to re elect him November 4. FOR. SENATOR COMMITTLE Paid Political Announcement |