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Show National Guard undergoes training Vernal txpmt Wednesday, June 26, 1991 7 J i- Nearly 700 Utah National Guard engineers, who didn't participate in the Persian Gulf war, have invaded Piute County in central Utah. The guardsmen from the 115th Engineer Group are rebuilding eight miles of state road 153 across the Tushar Mountains between Beaver and Piute County. They are also widening and grading portions of the Fishlake Forest road to Kent's Lake and constructing picnic shelters shel-ters and restrooms at recreation sites on the forest Units involved include the 117th and 118th portable bridge companies compa-nies from Lehi, Tooele and Vernal. The 116th combat support equipment equip-ment company from Springville and an Army Reserve Combat Engineer Battalion headquarters ' from Montana are also involved. Col. Kenneth Burnhope, group commander says the main goal of the three-week long training exercise exer-cise is to train the guardsmen in the missions they would accomplish if called to war. The guard units were not activated for Desert Storm. "Most of these projects would never get done without the guard," said Co. Burnhope. i allocated by the federal government for materials only. We do the projects pro-jects for the government and for the people of Utah," he added. Col. Burnhope, who is retiring next month after 34 years military service, says the mountainous terrain ter-rain is similar to the unit's primary war-time area of responsibility and is providing excellent training. The work is being done under simulated combat conditions complete com-plete with attacks by aggressors. The guardsmen are facing an imagi- ' 1 tr". VPS. .AT UTAH NATIONAL guardsmen from the 117th and 118th engineer engi-neer companies conduct bridging operations on Piute Reservoir. Using their unique ribbon bridges, the companies transported engineer equipment across the lake as part of large engineer training exercise in Piute County. nary army from California which has invaded Utah in a dispute over who owns the water in the Colorado River. The road would be used by friendly forces in a counter-attack. Building roads for recreation and commerce is no different than building build-ing roads for combat, according to CapL Craig Morgan, assistant operations oper-ations officer. The guard's bridge companies have been deploying their unique, ribbon bridges on Piute Reservoir. CONGRATULATIONS To Uintah County Western Park on the GRAND OPENING We are proud to have been a partner in this project as an Electrical Contractor. HANK'S ELECTRIC 10 years in Vernal and looking forward to 10 more. 102C S. 500E. Vernal , . , Phone 789-6740' Their wartime mission includes spanning rivers or ferrying equipment equip-ment across lakes. The bridge sections sec-tions and jet boats used to maneuver them into position are carried in the beds of trucks. A well-trained unit can deploy and assemble a five-span bridge in under IS minutes. As part of the exercise, all equipment used in the road construction was first ferried across the lake. The guardsmen will pack up and move home June 28. Having a blast safely this July For thousands of Utahns July is filled with celebrations, parades, picnics, barbecues and time with family and friends. It is also the busiest month of the year for fireworks. fire-works. According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, more fireworks are used for America's celebration of independence than for any other holiday in the world. For every commercial display, many more ' fireworks are exploded by people in back yards, fields and streets across the country. Unfortunately, these festivities can lead to tragedy. Each year, approximately 12, 000 people are injured in fireworks-related accidents. 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Anderson is currently teaching a weekend summer art class in Vernal. Other items on display for the opening will be a county store complete com-plete with pot belly stove and checker game. This display was erected for the museum by Old Ashley Antiques. The Outlaw Trail Cowboy and Outlaw Association will be displaying memorabilia. Many other local donors have donated do-nated of their family treasures and the museum will open with many displays and items of interest Museum director is Janey Hokett, a new-comer to Vernal. Hokett is a graduate of USU with a history major. ma-jor. She brings with her a wealth of experience, having run a book store and written biographies. Museums are her love. Hokett is'the mother of an 11 year old daughter. Her husband works at the hospital in Roosevelt. On the opening day a Valoy Eaton print will be given away. Utah weekly crop report Number of days suitable for field work in Utah during the week ending end-ing June 23 averaged 6.9, according to Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. Soil moisture was rated as 30 percent short, and 70 percent adequate. Heading of winter wheat was 83 percent complete, 14 points below a year ago, and 17 points below the average. Twelve percent of the winter win-ter wheat crop was turning color, compared with 37 percent last year, and 49 percent average. Spring wheat had reached the boot stage in 72 percent of the crop, 18 points below be-low 1990, and 16 points below average. av-erage. Heading of spring wheat was 49 percent complete, compared with 67 percent a year ago, and 69 percent per-cent average. Barley was 83 percent booted, compared with 87 percent last year, and 86 percent average. Fifty-four percent of the barley crop was headed, head-ed, 21 points below the previous' year, and the average. The oat crop was 78 percent jointed, compared with 99 percent a year ago, and 93 percent average. Oats had reached the boot stage in SO percent of the crop, 8 points below 1990, and 17 points below the average. Oat heading head-ing was 27 percent complete by week's end, compared with 36 percent per-cent last year, and 38 percent average. aver-age. The corn crop was virtually all emerged. Average height of corn was 8.6 inches, 5.4 inches below the previous year, and 7.8 inches below the average. The first cutting of alfalfa al-falfa was 56 percent complete, 23 points below last year's level, and the average. Other hay was 27 percent per-cent cut by.wcek's end Cattle movement to summer range was 92 percent complete, compared with 100 percent last year, and 100 percent average. 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