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Show 10 Vernal Express Wednesday, August 18, 1993 Basin skies rumble with helicopters piloted by former Vernal man by Melanle Morrison Express Writer Each week for the past year the skies have rumbled with what many believe is an attack from an alien country. Instead, the rumbling is not an attack but U.S. Army helicopters Emery named Teacher of the Year' "We were able to watch Ryan's desire to learn and grow with each new day," writes a parent of one of Francis A. Emery's students in a nomination for "Teacher of the Year." "Reading became an adventure. adven-ture. He went from a child with little lit-tle or no attention span to one who Francis Emery wanted to learn everything he could, and would watch and listen to all that was going on around him." , Mrs. Emery belongs to the first grade staff at Davis Elementary. She takes with her 29 years of teaching experience, 27 of them for Uintah School District. Besides Davis, she has also taught at Central, Naples and Discovery elementary ele-mentary schools, the first, third, fifth and sixth grades. She spent her first two years of teaching in the Murray School District at Liberty Elementary. In 1989, Mrs. Emery was named "Outstanding Teacher of the Arts" by the Utah Alliance of Arts Education, as well as "Elementary Rural Teacher of the Year." In 1990 and 1991, she was chosen for National Diffusion Network Program and Talents Unlimited Certified Trainer. She has been named Discovery Elementary and Uintah School District's outstanding outstand-ing teacher and Davis Elementary "Reading Teacher of the Year." A former student of hers, Kyler McCarrel, wrote in his recommendation recommen-dation to Uintah School District, "She never yells at me. She helps me in math and she makes reading fun. She always says nice things about me. She's a good teacher. I wish she could come to second grade." Mrs. Emery says her goal has been to welcome change and work for personal, school and district improvement She believes in providing pro-viding experiences that bring the passion for learning to students and staff. She uses 'Talents Unlimited", a higher level thinking skills model, together with "Whole Language" in hopes that her students will achieve to greater levels, develop self-esteem self-esteem and develop a love for reading read-ing and writing. She says that each child is unique and important and can learn. That it is, "My privilege to help them do so!" In addition to academics, Mrs. Emery is involved with community and school music programs. She is a volunteer director for Davis "Music Makers" choir, the choir that performed in Symphony Hall and at the State Capitol for then, Governor Norman Bangerter. She also is the chairman and member of the elementary music committee for the Festival of the Arts and a member mem-ber of the Community Youth Orchestra. Mrs. Emery was chosen by a committee of judges from Uintah School District. She will compete against colleagues on a state level later in the fall. 'i rf ... V - J a h on their way to and from Boise, Idaho enroute to their base station at Fl Carson, Colo. Piloting the craft is former Vernal resident, 1st Lt Kenneth G. Campbell, son of Keith and Jan Campbell. Keith Campbell said his son has shown an interest in helicopters from the time he was 5-years old. Even then he knew his son would become a pilot Ken graduated from Uintah High School in 1985 and attended at-tended the University of Utah in the field of sports medicine on a ROTC scholarship he received as a sophomore sopho-more in high school. He served as an assistant operations officer in a medium lift helicopter company in the Republic of Korea. He also attended at-tended air assault school in Hawaii and jump school in Ft Benning, Ga. He pilots the Chinook Air Transport helicopters and the Huey air assault craft, similar to those used during the Vietnam war. Lt. Campbell is a flight platoon leader in a medium lift helicopter company at FL Carson, Colo. This consists of eight CH47D aircraft, 26 vehicles, 130 assigned personnel, person-nel, and ground support equipment worth over $228 million. He is responsible re-sponsible for high altitude search I ' ! 'mi .w5in " ,,J" mm THE ANDERSON bedroom is tastefully decorated decorat-ed with handmde crocheted items. The total cost IKlairQdlinrQaicOcB IhieDirDooinriis adloiron MaipDes hoinmo by Melanle Morrison Express Writer How can a wife, mother of three and woman with a career find time and money to decorate a new home? Cathy Anderson of Naples has solved that question. Mrs. Anderson had a desire to learn to crochet and to use that knowledge when she, and her husband hus-band Lance, were remodeling their home in Naples. But the remodeling job became expensive. When they finished, they had new walls that weren't there before. To fill all those wall would be cosdy. Mrs. Anderson has an advantage over others in that she has the opportunity to get many of her ideas from other homes in the Ashley Valley. She is a sales associate for Century 21 Dart Realty in Vernal and as she is showing homes in the area, will pay close attention to how they are decorated. "I always wanted to learn to crochet," cro-chet," Mrs. Anderson said. "It wasn't until 1989 when I was pregnant preg-nant with my daughter that I had the time or ambition to pursue the interest" inter-est" She began collecting books and talking to friends who did handiwork. handi-work. She said the first challenge in crocheting is to learn the basic stitches and how to identify the variation of those stitches. Then she began picking up ready-made doilies to duplicate the patterns. This seemed to be fairly helpful and with books, magazines and her friends and family, she was able to begin her first project It was October; hunting season, and she found herself with more and rescue and water bucket fire fighting operations for the entire Rocky Mountain region. He manages man-ages all scheduling, training, administration, admin-istration, maintenance, operations and safety to ensure combat readiness readi-ness within the company. He conducts con-ducts helicopter support of the Fourth Infantry Division and functions func-tions as an alternate operations officer offi-cer to ensure that operational control con-trol of CH-47D aircraft is maintained main-tained at Ft Carson. Lt. Campbell has been called an "outstanding officer" by his superiors. superi-ors. And despite his youth, he is capable ca-pable of commanding his company at Ft. Carson. He will be eligible for an evaluation in October promoting him to captain. His father stated that each time he flies over the Uintah Basin, he stops to refuel at the Vernal airport Several times, he has hovered over his parents' house with the helicopter heli-copter just to say "hello." Last winter, Lt Campbell and members of his company gained national na-tional exposure when they successfully rescued skiers from an avalanche in Aspen, Colo. His father fa-ther said ironically, they were grounded due to a snowstorm for a few days following the rescue. 1 Jtm& v ' " t r" w e ,. , Mm " j ,i - .,.7 of decorating a than $100. time on her hands since her hus- , band, an avid hunter, was gone, and the older children were in school. Since she was pregnant, she felt a need to begin with a baby afghan. She found a pattern, bought the yarn and hook, and slowly began her project After some challenging times and a few redone stitches, the afghan was finished. She thought to herself how easy it was to make the small blanket. "I found I could crochet anything. All I had to do was have a pattern to follow, and even they came easy." From that first basic afghan, came another more intricate pattern in a blanket; a shell stitch. From the 4-ply 4-ply yarn she moved to more delicate cotton thread. Even though the thread is more difficult to control, she feels added satisfaction with whatever she is working on. Over the next couple of years, she began making doilies and table runners. run-ners. These were more challenging than she had done before. She was in the Uintah County Assessor's office of-fice one day and noticed a stiff, starched hat hanging on the wall. It had been crocheted. When she asked a clerk who made the piece, one replied, "I did." She then asked if she could get a copy of the pattern pat-tern and the same clerk said "yes" and pulled it from her desk. The hat is made using a series of single, double and triple crochet stitches. When it was finished, she mixed two parts sugar to one part water and dipped it in the mixture. Then she molded it over a serving bowl, pinning the edges out straight to a covered board; and allowed it to dry overnight. Thus, a wall hanging hang-ing for a bare wall in a recently finished fin-ished bedroom. To compliment the hat, she made Jf f i Jl f f-yZX. A 1 1 ' . !S::Z''- J. fit AT THE mouth of Pike's Peak in Lt Campbell and his wife, Camille, live in Colorado Springs, Colo, with their two children, Ian, 6, and Hillary, 9 months. His only brother, Keith Campbell, is a mem- i r l j i ":... ni: Department '- recently remodeled room is less a fan from the same pattern and used the the mixture to preserve its shape. It is hung as a grouping, just under the hat She added, that a doily folded in half, could be used to make the fan. Since the hat and fan were finished, fin-ished, she has made several more wall hangings to decorate her home. She says using the sugar mixture to shape is not only less expensive but is also washable. She warned, however, how-ever, if the piece is washed, it has to be reshaped She indicated there are commercial glues available that are permanent, but also more expensive. expen-sive. She figures the wall grouping cost less than $10 including a few dried and silk flowers used to accent ac-cent it "I recommend to preserve the beauty of the crocheted piece, not to use too many dried flowers because it distracts from the piece. The beauty is by itself, not in the flowers," flow-ers," Mrs. Anderson stated. She has given many of her items away. "They make beautiful gifts for weddings, birthdays or just a friendly 'hello.' And are appreciated appreciat-ed by the recipient more because they know you made the gift Yet, are inexpensive." Time is a commodity to many people so Mrs. Anderson spends evenings, while watching television, working on her next project Or many times she will work on an item while they are traveling. She admits this may become irritating to her husband at times, but he knows she is making something to brighten up their life. ' Mrs. Anderson says anyone can learn to crochet but they have to stick with it until they feel comfortable. comfort-able. One of the more challenging thinss for her to learn was the cor- r Colorado, 1st Lt.' Kenneth Campbell fv A TWO-BLADED helicopter flies by former Vernal resident, 1st Lt. 1 CATHY ANDERSON relaxes in her next project, an oval shaped A SUGAR starched crocheted rect position of her hand and tension ten-sion placed on the thread coming from the ball of string or yarn. Once she overcame that challenge, she says the rest came easy. She said crocheting is a terrific way to loose weight or stop smoking because the hands are constantly being occupied. occu-pied. She also uses crocheting as a stress relief following "just one of those days." Many times the world can be forgotten with just a stitch or two. Besides crocheting, Mrs. Anderson paints, makes macrame hangings, glass etchings and arranges ar-ranges flowers. Her oldest son, Corey, has shown an interest in learning to crochet and many times will pick up the thread and a hook v!J.m . X ' S finishes a training mission. over the Ashley Valley, piloted Kenneth Campbell. i-vs ; V (vy an easy chair while crocheting doily. hat and fan fill a void in a wall. and begin a chain while his mother loaches him. Besides Corey, the Andersons have another son, Casey and daughter, Kayla. Lance works as a postal elker at the Vernal Post Office. The family enjoys outdoor activities and spending quality time together. Mrs. Anderson considers crocheting crochet-ing a good way to make heirloom pieces that can be passed from generation gen-eration to generation, just as many families have done in the past She hopes her children and eventually grandchildren will appreciate the doilies, wall hangings and blankets she makes, just as she has much as she has enjoyed creating them. 9 : 1 - V'v. i . i |