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Show 16 Vernal Express Wednesday, - v'-" - t v? t y J, v ' n miin-mirTiiiiiiiinMinwiniiii Tiiiii Tracy Caldwell Tracy K. Caldwell returns from Mission Tracy K. Caldwell, daughter of Terry and Kathy Caldwell, will return to Vernal on Oct 10 from a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She has been serving in the Chile Concepcion Mission. Tracy will speak at sacrament meeting of the Gline's 4th Ward on Oct. 14. Services begin at 2:20 p.m. Tracy plans to return to school at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. News from Manila bv Clara Robinson 784-3463 J) Manila receives $458,000 loan The town of Mainla is to receive $458,000, no interest loan for the new water project. Mayor Carole Scott attended the Safe Drinking water meeting in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 27. During this meeting it was agreed to give the town this loan to use on the Long's Park Reservoir source of water. Recently the Sheep Creek Irrigation Company agreed to sell the town 100 acre feet of the water in the reservoir. When the irrigation project pro-ject was set up, 300 acre feet was set aside for culinary water use besides water for wildlife. With that amount of water, the town should not have to worry about water for along time. Members of the M & L llomcmakcrs Extension Service Club plan on attending the Sweetwater club's "Hubby Day" at the public library in Green River, Wyo. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 12. The regular meeting of the M & L Club will be conducted at the senior citizen center at 7 p.m. on Oct. 18. Judy Canova will instruct the group in making juic maw. The cost of the project will be $2.12. If interested in Liking this class, contact club President, Florence Murphy at 784-3230. 784-3230. About a docn people took llic 35 Alive m.imre driving course at the senior eiucn center on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning la l week. Marie DecVsteaJ instructed instruct-ed t! cl.is.es. The courses arc sponsored by l!ic AARP and helps wnior ciucns u become safer, more defensive drivers. The senior tiurns will be giving trow U1 tlsc Manila tlemcntary ;hi!.t;ert the day of the. their n.illoccnp.irav!c, Ihc rof is neady complete on -e wuion of the new hsgh khivl. Vvt hu.l, bowevrr, an; Mill king f!cJotnncg)mafca. West fiihay 4 lf,)ift Manila b bftfi rcirntly imj-rovcd but UfCte mil lUipping to da cL y4 Don't ). j? lust hanr. (($ mound Kct your flds Into tho Vernal Express Oct. 3, 1990 LDS General Conference set for October 6-7 The 160th Semi-annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be conducted Saturday and Sunday, October 6 and 7, in the Tabernacle on historic Temple Square. Thousands of Latter-day Saints, including leaders from around the world, will fill the Tabernacle for the five sessions of the conference. In addition, many thousands more will view the conference on television televi-sion in their homes or via the Church's satellite network, which includes "downlinks" at some 3,000 church buildings in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the West Indies, and the Dominican Republic. General sessions are scheduled for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., mountain time, both Saturday and Sunday. In addition, addi-tion, there will be a general priesthood priest-hood session at 6 p.m. Saturday. Speakers at the conference will include members of the First Presidency, the Council of Twelve Apostles and other General Authorities of the Church. - I A, Brian Bristol Scott Kidd f . , i Jorey Taylor Congratulations Congratulations to the following little boys for passing their first milestone: Jorey D. Taylor, son of Corey D . and Raqucl Taylor, birthday September 23,1990. Scott Paul Kidd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Creed Kidd, birthday, September 25, 1990. Brian Clinton Bristol, son of Terry and Melissa Bristol, birthday, October 3, 1990. Hours; Morifri 3 6 0 News from Whiterocks 353-4584 Pike family returns from California trip Clifford and Connie Pike, with their three children, just returned from a nine day vacation to southern south-ern California. The first leg of their trip took them to Orem, where they met Connie's mother and stepfather, step-father, Laura and John Nusink and other family members. Five cars were used for the trip, each equipped with citizen band radios, so that if one car were to get lost, they all would. They took in Knotts Berry Farm and Disneyland. On the way to San Diego, one of the cars ran into another one and required some repairs. While waiting for the car to get repaired, several members of the family went wading in the ocean. Tracy Pike got stung by a Sting Ray and required medical attention. The family visited San Yaidro, on the Mexican border and then Tijuana to hunt for bargains. While in San Diego, they toured Sea World and the San Diego Zoo. Ron Morrill spent five days at Sheep Creek near Flaming Gorge fishing for Kokonee salmon. Tony and Peggy D'Andrea drove to Red Fleet and reported that the fishing there was excellent. Mae Oberhansly and Virginia Ferguson joined eight Roosevelt lady golfers for a special golfing trip to Rangely, Colo. AF Sergeant gets medal Air Force Staff Sgt. Roger A. Merkley has been decorated with the Joint Service Achievement Medal at Kecsler Air Force Base, Miss. The Achievement Medal is awarded award-ed to an individual for meritorious service, acts of courage, or other accomplishments. ac-complishments. Merkley is an air traffic control radar technician. He is the son of Edward H. and Gcraldine F. Merkley of Vernal. Offers FINAL WEEK- SALE ENDS SAT. Open Friday, Oct. 6-10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Open Saturday, Oct. 7 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 531.10 5 News from Naples hv Aria f)nn:h?iw I 789-3145 Nash family vists in Nevada Ray and Marial Nash went to Las Vegas, Nev. to spend the weekend with Clyde and Ruby Nash and family. They returned home early this week. Willis and Carol Southam and Connie Haslem and family travelled to Winnemucca, Nev. last Friday to attend the baptism of Bendego LiebhardL Bendego is the son of Scott and Teresa Liebhardt and the grandson of Willis and Carol Southam. LaWanna Ross of Red Bluff, Calif, is spending sometime here with her mother, Elva Manwaring. LaWanna's husband, Val Ross, was buried in Tridell last Monday. Elder Tim Bentley was honored at an open house on Sunday afternoon at the home of Dan and Brenda Olsen. Elder Bentley will enter the mission home in Provo on Oct. 3, preparing to go to Kentucky on his mission for the LDS church. Also a family dinner was held at the Bentley home where many family members and relatives met to wish him well. Jan Haslem went to Orem Thursday to assist at the home of her daughter, Karen Cook. Dave and Karen Cook became the parents of a baby daughter that day. She weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and will be named Camille Cook. Grandparents are Norman and Janna Haslem and Floyd and Sarah Cook. Gawin and Phyllis Goodrich of Las Vegas, Nev. spent two days here last week visiting with their daughter daugh-ter and son-in-law Robyn and Reid Mcrrcll and with their sister Vcrgie Gee. Charlie and Leri Dawn Smith and Adam came from Orem to be with their mother, Vcrgie Gee on her birthday Saturday. They returned home Sunday evening. Helping your child Succeed in school by Lily Eskelsen, president Utah Education Association How to write As an Army brat, I traveled with my family extensively. I probably saw my grandmother less than a dozen times in my life. But my mother made her children write to her every month. It seemed like such a little thing, and I never thought much about it. But my grandmother told me once that in many ways she felt closer to me, my brothers and sisters-eyen though we lived thousands of miles away-than to some of my cousins who lived right there in town. When I became a teacher, I found that a good way for kids to learn how to write is for them to write and write and write. So my students visited a retirement retire-ment home, made friends with the greying residents, and became pen pals with them. Angela was upset one day because be-cause her pen pal never once wrote Golden Age Center Activities by Ada Seniors picnic at Twenty senior citizens of the Uintah club traveled to Iron Springs picnic area on Thursday Sept.27 to enjoy a delicious dinner, prepared by the cooks at the Golden Age Center, and good company. Games were played and stories were swapped. A warm fall day was enjoyed by all. The next picnic will be on Oct. 11 at Stcinaker State Park. Guests at Monday's dinner were Pauline Becker from St. Louis, Mo., Judy Scott, Joan Politte, Mary Freeman and her daughter, Conna Mar, Mr. and Mrs. Clcll Freeman and Gladys and Earl Allrcd. Wayne Hall entertained the group by singing and playing his guitar during dur-ing dinner. Mr. Hall is a candidate 1 i 4 t a her a letter. When we took on our project, we knew there would be problems with pen pals who have poor eyesight and arthritic hands, but we always got excited at the prospect of having our letters answered. an-swered. No, Angela never did get a letter from her pen pal. But one day she received this note: "My aunt recently passed away. As we were cleaning out her room we found several letters on her dresser tied with a ribbon. They had your name on them. The nurse told me about your school's pen pal program. pro-gram. My aunt was very ill and could not write back, but I am told she would show your letters to all her visitors and have them read them to her over and over again. I'm glad she had you as a friend." I think tonight would be a good night to have my sons write to grandma. Murray Iron Springs for one of the Uintah County Commission scats. Bingo was played on Tuesday and Mildred Long, Patty Warby, and Thelma Jenkins each won four games to place first. Nita O'Driscoll and Norma Simper placed second by winning three games each. The big winner for September was Patty Warby. The weekly dance on Friday night was enjoyed by all. Birthday wishes were sung to Elmer Caldwell and Bill Brishin. Myrth Caldwell, Elmer's wife, provided ice cream and cake to those attending. Thought for the day: When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself. -Louis Nizer- li 11.00 V.et Hwy 40 7 B1) 0523 r a I |