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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, August 5, 1992 13 State records broken during Elk Foundation banquet by Melanie Morrison Lifestyle Writer Utah State attendance and sponsor member records were broken during ihe Uintah Basin Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation banquet last Saturday night, conducted con-ducted at the Western Park. Paid attendance at-tendance was 363 people for the dinner and auction as well as 25 sponsor members were signed up with the Uintah Basin Chapter. The old record for sponsor memberships was 15, which the Uintah Basin Chapter set in 1991. The banquet activities raised more than $36,000 this year up $10,000 over last year's figures. The net income in-come from the banquet, which goes into elk conservation projects, climbed from $12,371 in 1991 to over $16,000 for this year. According to John McKeachnie, committee chairman, $225 of the $250 membership fee stays in the Uintah Basin Chapter. One hundred percent of the $225 will be donated to the Book Cliffs Initiative. Sponsor members also received a special sponsor hat, sponsor pin and a plaque from the RMEF in appreciation appreci-ation of their support to the Foundation. For every five memberships, member-ships, sponsor members are given the opportunity to win a Winchester Model 70 rifle. Five rifles were given giv-en away Saturday night to Sam Wacher, Diana Noel, Curt Rollins, Deb Fisher, and Tracy Henline for their sponsor memberships. Sponsor members who signed up Saturday night were: Mark Brown, Marta-Co Wellhead; Steve Oldroyd, S and S Enterprises; Curt Rollins, Curt's Tool Inspection; Curt Bilbey, Bilbcy Inspection; John McKeachnie, Mt. States Tool; Ron Ufford, Mt. West Oilfield Service; Kevin Stratton, Production Logging Service; Sam Wacher, Four-Star Fishing; Deb Fisher, Deb Fisher's Day Care; Jeff Johnson, Oilfield Marching band ends busy summer, begins school year "Mark time mark," may be one of the calls heard during a marching band rehearsal at Uintah High School this past summer. The UHS band students have been very busy. Band director John Priest said, "What is a parade without a marching march-ing band? Like a cake without the frosting and our students at Uintah have been frosting cakes all sum-mer. sum-mer. The band, which now consists of over 50 members, has performed in six parades and attended, as spectators specta-tors only, the Drum Corps International competition at Weber State University. The latest parade was Monday night opening the Uintah County Fair. They will march in the UBIC parade in Roosevelt Thursday night The band recently was seen in "Hand Cart" days in Bountiful and the "Days of '47" parade in Salt Lake City. Band members are sporting new marching uniforms and an all new percussion section. Both were acquired ac-quired through the efforts of parents and band members who hosted fund raising events throughout the year. According to Priest, the Uintah Foundation, Uintah School Board and Ted Taylor, principal at Uintah UHS MARCHING Band, sports Justin Jacobsen concentrates on Rental; Kevin Campbell, Campbell Plumbing; J.C. McCarlcy, Cutter Wireline; Cary Smith, Applied Drilling Service; Brent Borcn, Gateway Saloon; Mark Henline, Mercury Wireline; Greg Harmston, Basin Builders; LaVcrne Musich, La Verne Musich Custom Spraying; Larry Tauegia, Lynette Henline, Jay Bolton, William Stroh, Tracy Henline, Diana D. Noel, Tafni Ann Kay and Charlie Walton. Bill Christensen, field director for RMEF, emceed the banquet and auction. He reassured the group the Foundation will raise the required $950,000 to purchase the Cripple Cowboy ranch in the Book Cliffs. The Foundation has until February of 1993 to raise the funds. Steve Mallory of West Jordan, a professional auctioneer, called the auction. Items included prints and original paintings by such wildlife artists as John McNaughton, Chuck Kneib, Brent R. Todd, Carl Seyboldt, Michael Bargelski, Roger Flythe, Leon Parsons, Brent Todd, Jancne Grende, Dave Wade and Manual Mansanarez, Jr. Bronze statues by Dan Snider were also among artworks auctioned. Roger Flythe's original acrylic paintings, "Seasons of Silence" and "Winter Blanket" brought $470 and $525 respectively re-spectively and earned the most money for artwork. An RMEF limited-edition Winchester Model 70 Sporter 7mm caliber commemorative rifle was successfully bid on by Clifton Fisher. The early bird winner of a Savage Model HOG 30.06 caliber rifle was Nate Sunkies. A six day spring bear hunt on the 273 square mile Bugle Point Outfitter Ranch near Elk City, Idaho was successfully bid on by Don Goins. Bugle Point Outfitters is owned and operated by local Basin residents, Jerry Hascall and Bob and Diana Noel. The six-day hunt came as a spontaneous gesture on the company's part during the banquet CORY TIMOTHY uses a new snare drum, purchased with money from fund raisers, school board and the Uintah Foundation. High School, have been very supportive sup-portive of the music department. The new percussion equipment and new uniforms were purchased from Foundation funds and through the various fund raising events. "We can all be very proud of these young students. They work very hard and are dedicated to represent new uniforms. his saxophone music, while Aaron Wood phone, not a tuba. to show their support for the local RMEF efforts and in particular to the Book Cliffs Conservation Initiative. Two "Honeymoon Specials" to the Pcppcrmill in Wcndovcr, Ncv. and the Weston Plaza in Vernal were a hit again this year. They included in-cluded lodging, a nightgown for the lady and a basket full of goodies. Karin Hollcbcke was this year's featured artist and displayed many of her fine paintings. She enjoyed discussing her feelings about the local lo-cal beauty of Dry Fork Canyon and the Uinta Mountains with many of the evening's guests. Over 150 local businesses contributed con-tributed in some way to the success of the banquet and auction Saturday night STEVE MALLORY gets the audience excited about the auction items. Roger Flythe's, wildlife artist, "Seasons of Silence" and "Winter Blanket" brought $995 total at the auction. and support our community," Priest stated. He encourages the audience to show their appreciation by applauding ap-plauding when the band passes by. "It is the only reward the members get while performing," he said. "The audience has the power to turn a mediocre performance into a fantastic fan-tastic show by turning the kids on with their applause." blows on the sousa- j, .0-, . m f . . m . J ft - - ; A , -aJL'- Mr i El 1 " " "' 25 SPONSOR members show their support to Book Cliff Initiative, during the Saturday Banquet. f f C 1 i. & v v fi ry l AT- --Bm FIRST ATTENDANT Dejah Dyck, Queen Nikki Lemon, and Second Attendant Aaryn Snow, stand on a float made by Moon Lake Electric during the Three crowned to represent Nikki Lemon will reign over the 1992 Uintah County Fair activities with first attendant, Dcjah Dyck and second attendant, Aaryn Snow. The young ladies were crowned during the 1992 Scholarship Pageant last Saturday night. Nikki is the daughter daugh-ter of Lloyd and Ellen Lemon; Dcjah is the daughter of Gary and Marcy Dyck, all of Vernal; and Aaryn is the daughter of Gawain and Addic Snow of Jensen. A total of ten young ladies competed in the pageant. Besides the royalty court chosen, Jodie Fountainc, Andrea Taylor, Dcscrct Foley, Stcfani Cook, Debbie Anthon, Jody Thomson and Chclcnc Slaugh performed for a packed audience in the Uintah High School auditorium. Pageant chairperson, Wendy K. Owens said, "We only had three weeks to pull this off." The original chairwoman had to resign from her duties. Owens continued, "I received re-ceived a comment from someone saying that this was the best pageant they had ever seen." Owens was assisted as-sisted by Jamie Weeks and the two of them formed a committee to oversee the pageant. If if "ki- m V! FIELD DIRECTOR, Bill Christensen, acted as emcee. Miss Lemon has been attending Utah State University in Logan, majoring ma-joring in communications. Her interview in-terview question from the judges was "The five Ws; Is it anyone's business?" She responded to their question by saying, "The media has the responsibility respon-sibility to portray all sides of a story. sto-ry. But behind each story is a person and ihc media has a responsibility to protect the privacy of the individual." individ-ual." She has aspirations in becoming becom-ing an anchor for a local news station sta-tion and eventually a nation anchor. an-chor. Miss Lemon performed a lyrical jazz dance for her talent competition. competi-tion. She explained that lyrical jazz dance is similar to ballet and is usually performed to ballad style music. Other talents performed were a humorous interpretation, flute solo, ballet, vocal solos, piano solo and a character jazz dance. She said that the day before the pageant, she almost bowed out. The pressure was quite stressful. Then the day of the pageant she decided that she was going to continue and just have fun. "When I made up my The banquet activities raised more than $36,000 to work towards elk conservation projects. parade on Monday night. They were crowned on Saturday night. Uintah County mind that I was going to have fun and just do my best, I cased up and I can't remember when I had so much fun. That night I was relaxed and just enjoyed myself. The pageant was a very positive experience for me. The ten contestants became the best of friends during the past three weeks. Miss Lemon explained, "There was not any competition between be-tween us. We were there helping and supporting each other especially during the interview part. When one of us would come off the stage and the next question was announced, we would help the girl with her answer. an-swer. "We all did the best we could and we were all there to help one another." anoth-er." Owens said she had never worked with such a great group of girls. "They really worked well together." The young ladies had a short time to prepare for the pageant. They were treated to workshops by Barbara Hatch Pincr, the 1990 Continued on page 15 |
