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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, May n, 1994 19 7V rj 0 . ti VERNAL JUNIOR High School's Concert Band received a superior rating at a recent band lestival. Jr. High Band receives superior rating at festival The Vernal Junior High School Concert Band, under the direction of John G. Priest, Jr., loaded up everything ev-erything from students to sousa-phones sousa-phones and headed for Ephraim, this year's site for Utah's Jr. High Band competition. There were nine bands competing and Vernal certainly cer-tainly held its own by receiving two superior ratings from the judges. This year's judges were Vance Larsen, music director at Snow College and Dr. Mark Ely, professor of woodwinds at the University of Utah. ' "I was a bit skeptical about this year's performance because of its difficulty," commented Priest, "but the students did a remarkable job of concentrating and coming through when they had to." This year's superior rating marks the third year in a row for such a high degree of musicianship and follows suit in a tradition of excellence excel-lence established in the music department de-partment in Uintah School District. This young group of musicians as well as the all-state Jazz Band, and Symphonic Wind Ensemble will be at this year's concert next Tuesday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Uintah High School auditorium. The concert con-cert is free. THE UINTAH High Acappeta Choir win perform, auditorium. A SI donation will be collected at th along with the Hi Ues and Girt Chorus, during a door and used tor the choral department. The spring concert. Monday. May 1 6 at 7 p m, in the choirs are under the direction of Reed Hansen. 'ALTM BEAT COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR Saturday, May 14, 1004 0 am - 5 pm Wcttcm Park Convention Center ucattt it.) t,ut , x1 t ,5M fq tiff x tU t frfW.,, Uet4f h& V)i f mitf ( r!(Mit fcf (of VAfewO hVt t oRw. K44r tifiHl 0 faw4r IK ft,fc (jkHU I'V fviW f-,. t .: f - 1 j -f fmifa rMl. fnw-- fvh r,MH ltmttH't JM-' V.!t (""!l!t f )- ftt--! t ix .-um.v J-44' -.V'ir4' tr f3tr Ar4-" A-V-r V crr May is Better Speech and Hearing Month People seldom talk about speech problems, but speech and language disorders are serious, treatable conditions con-ditions that affect 16 to 18 million Americans. Since 1927, May has been designated desig-nated as Better Hearing and Speech Month, a time to raise public awareness aware-ness of hearing and speech-language disorders. "Speaking comes so naturally for most of us we take it for granted," said speech-language pathologist Elaine Paasch, director of , the University of Utah Speech-Language Speech-Language Clinic. "But for someone with a speech or language problem, words don't come easily. Expressing any thought is a struggle." strug-gle." Speech-language problems take on many forms. Babies can be bom with them. Accidental injury or illness ill-ness can cause them at any age. Whatever their kind or cause, speech-language disorders have serious se-rious consequences. Speech-language problems can limit academic achievement, social adjustment and career advancement "Fortunately, most people with speech-language problems can be helped," said Ms. Paasch. "Even if the problem cannot be eliminated, we can teach people with speech-language speech-language problems strategics to help them cope. They may not fully regain their capacity to speak and understand, but a speech-language pathologist can help them express their needs and live more independently." indepen-dently." Some common speech-language problems include stuttering, the most widely recognized problem; articulation problems that cause people to pronounce sounds incorrectly, incor-rectly, making their speech difficult to understand; language disorders that limit a person's ability to understand un-derstand spoken or written words; and voice disorders that make speech impossible or extremely difficult. dif-ficult. Aphasia is a speech-language disorder dis-order that frequently follows a stroke or brain injury. People with aphasia can think clearly, but cannot effectively express their thoughts. An estimated one million Americans have aphasia. Speech-language pathologists arc professionals who treat all types of speech, language and related disorders. disor-ders. They hold at least a master's degree and are certified by the American Speech Language-I Language-I tearing Aswciaixw, tn Utah, they are alio kenned by the Mate. Speechtanguage pathologists in wthonlt, privjie practice, hospitals, tltfuct mi othef health and cdiKXKtuI K-tungt. Lot ally t. ti, t), Ktmhll pf the Bureau of ChytU(AU!C Diwrdrt, UCt), ipc pmu fti Nrh id It )xjS pf igc. "the ttCt) a pWtf heal pmgwti iMdua the luh tVpanv ttf tfcahh, rfitr ee ma t4 tt 4.tv prptury $vA i &wdM0tcm rtiml M jnoptt; "Anyone who has any difficulty speaking or understanding should consult a speech-language patholo gist," said Ms. Paasch. "A communication commu-nication problem is just too important impor-tant to ignore." Outlaw Trail Theatre ' "' ' 1 ... Cassidy The mostly true story of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. Opening June 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, July 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 18, 19 8 p.m. Pre-show 8:30 p.m. Curtain Western Park Amphitheater, Vernal Adults: Lower $7 Upper 6 Sr. Student: Lower $5 Upper $4 Family: Lower $30 Upper $25 Family Tickets $5 off if purchased before June 15 Tickets available at Music Music or write Uintah Arts Council P. 0. Box 1417, Vernal, Utah 84078 Production sponsors: Uintah Arts Council. Utah State University UBEC, Vernal City. Uintah County. Utah Arts Council. National Endowment (or the Arts. Uintah Video Productions. US West Foundation, Utah Power Co., Vernal DrxessThnfty Shopper r Folk Arts Festival July 2, 4 Western Park Exhibits, Demonstrations, Collections and Entertainment Story Telling Festival r Poetry Contest The Western Landscape, Pest Present Future 3 OMsona: Student: uo to 18 AflyJU 19 60 Sense GO ad ocf tntrles must be marted by May 30 IS entry lee Prim Mail eri to Unan Au CowkJ. P. 0. Bo 1417, Vcna4, Van 8073 r Western Art Show Qtn Hetite Wui4vm JuV 1 h V 9 Cntry Deadline June 304994 fh4 p aMe4 14 Wr&toW) sge i)lsey FA ?Oj W. V-TH M? AI19 tt cwy !f A1 IHJS f i:m rm fixe itri rute in tw nM f j fwt term yt.a(S A'"! CMj JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT Appllcallotift nrc now being accepted for the JTTA Stimmef Yotilh trnrm. Application mfntinaUnti can yc djtaineel at the Vernal Job Jknice, Applicatkrttn fclN W acteplecl fmtii Ntay 9th to May 27th, lb tie clihic ff the program, you mtisl fit into one of the following categories: 1 . tk eccitwinikally cllaftvatitagcvl 2 tk a tUablcd pcrti l(jTafB ot oUrr 3, tk a tVisfrr Cfiltd Jon stmici; mAL Utah ewe tsoiirp? i si t SM. |
