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Show Lay ton man killed in accident A 43-year-old Layton man was killed in an accident while assisting a motorist in a wood cutting area near Oaks Park, Saturday. According to a report filed by Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Roy Steen, Edward Mathias was crushed while assisting, C. Vance Christensen, 47 of Vernal, who was cutting firewood in the area. Christensen was stuck in the mud and Mathias was helping him get the vehicle out. Christensen engaged en-gaged the clutch in his 1988 Ford pick up but his foot slipped off. Christensen applied the brake, his foot slipped off and onto the gas pedal. Christensen's truck lunged forward pinning Mathias against a tree. Mathias sustained internal injuries and was taken to Ashley Valley Medical Center in Vernal where he was pronounced dead at about 7:40 p.m.. No citations were issued in this accident. Dinosaur Monument free entry day Vernal Express Wednesday, August 24, 1994 3 Dinosaur National Monument Superintendent Denny Huffman announced an-nounced that all regular fees for entry en-try into the dinosaur quarry section of the monument will be waived Thursday, August 25. Superintendent Huffman explained ex-plained that Dinosaur will join numerous nu-merous other National Park Service areas across the country in waiving fees on that date in recognition of the August 25, 1916 founding date of the National Park Service. It was on that 1916 date that Congress created the National Park Service to manage a growing collection col-lection of federally administered park lands. The core portion of Dinosaur National Monument, which immediately surrounds the dinosaur quarry itself, was .among the early parks that existed in 1916. From those early beginnings a system sys-tem of national park areas has been established which now protects a diverse range of natural, historical, cultural and recreational locations across the nation. The unique mission of the newly established National Park Service was to "Conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." The national park examples that began be-gan in the United States have since been adapted on a world-wide basis to parks in other countries. Superintendent Huffman said, "We encourage anyone who has the opportunity to do so to come out on the 25th and join those of us at Dinosaur in celebrating this latest birthday of the National Park Service." Hours of operation at the Dinosaur Quarry Visitor Center on the 25th will be from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. : m7 XL ft -it-1 llmjV M 'I 4 1 vf "r- hi J 1 J tjs ;;itif ,1 I ; . v ' PRINCIPAL BILL Caldwell is surrounded by stu- Vernal Middle School. The school reported 952 dents before the first period of the year at the students. Vernal man sentenced to prison A 38-year-old Vernal man was sentenced Tuesday in Eighth District Court by Judge A. Lynn Payne for sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony and lewdness, a class-A misdemeanor. Mark Evans Nielsen was sentenced sen-tenced to 1 to 15 years in the Utah State Prison for the felony count; 1 year in the Uintah County Jail for the misdemeanor count; $2,000 in fines; and restitution. The judge allowed al-lowed the two periods of incarceration incarcera-tion to run concurrent. Nielsen was originally charged with three counts of sex abuse of a child and three counts of lewdness involving a child from an incident involving three boys, ages 9, 11, and 12 in the men's locker room at a local swimming pool last May. None of the boys were related to the defendant. According to court records, Nielsen admitted to being sexually active with young boys since 1978. He asked for compassion from the court through a religious statement he read before the sentencing. Judge Payne stated his compassion compas-sion must not interfere with justice in the matter and felt Nielsen was not a good candidate for probation, bated on his own admissions. Nielwn was remanded 10 prison officials 10 begin nerving his sentence. sen-tence. Neola man sentenced for sexual abuse Gregory H. llwmtU, daw tf Hnh J, 16, J9?, tf Nc4a, itfflifntifd TW4ay in LgH?h Diauttt Court fry A. t)tn a)tic for ptrd tape t4 4 tfuM, a mm4 degree fcUwy, lUmU appr-artd irt trofl tl Jtfe 17 t4 th )xt pirk4 gwliy to the rmpv4 rape charge Thrrih pk4 hfgir t!'ft tVth CW Ajct, JoAwi jtH frfisj, & thft nhivl cim. f?4rd to 06 tjrtt Itomtlk tiv2Jj' t hyf r4 tm fl i f apC t4 a imU, a ffW?'i rlt' rl a i"M a 4r pwei tM44 a &ev( TV 4 t e a t?ie pf tv fr t? tv4 H! wei H UH KwsM a rcr('4 0f?4 Kf t t .Mt,44 IV pw . t"A C't 11. pt a i;.rr fwi n pwc ftliurMi lot, nw,, He 1 M ft p tniwi F'nr. i- ft fww. W ! frrt ir t"W C,, jHI sfti ifm-tfff wt fwrs ji f a Survey looks for student housing availablity A survey will be sent early next week to apartment owners in the Vernal area to determine if post-high post-high school student housing could be made available to Uintah Basin Applied Technology Center and Utah State University Basin Center students. Dick Jones, UBATC assistant director, di-rector, said they have 12 or more students' enrolling this fall who could use housing in the Basin if available. Gaylc McKcachnic said he felt if housing was available students would fill it. One rental property owner has already pledged he will rent two units to students. Kris Atwood, student of USUBC, expressed a need for low cost housing hous-ing for married students. Other concerns were how the rentals would be handled. The com mittee agreed that if USUBC and UBATC would have students fill in a space on their registration if they had housing needs the Chamber will compile a available list of housing and provide it to the students stu-dents who would then make their, own arrangements. McKeachnie encouraged private home owners who might have empty emp-ty basements or extra rooms to consider con-sider renting them to students. Any home owners or apartment owners who do not receive a survey and who are interested in providing student housing may contact the Vcmal Area Chamber of Commerce for a copy of the survey. The project is being spearheaded by the Higher Education Committee of the Vcmal Area Chamber of Commerce. The committee is chaired by Todd Tcsar. The director is Clark Allrcd. Min 1 1 mi U ' X. ' if 4 - J 4m rv..ni V THE RICHARD JOLLEY family go to Back to gave students an opportunity to meet their School night at Maeser Elementary. The event teachers. Utahns take horseplay seriously Mr. Ed may be dead, but not the horse industry in Utah. More horses today are chomping at the bit statewide than there were nearly 20 years ago. That was the last ume a study of the horse industry indus-try in Utah was made. A new study, commissioned by the Utah State Legislature in 1991, was recently completed by Utah State University's economics department. In 1975 there we about 133jOfJO hones in the state. By 1992 that number incrcavd to 182,700. It is estimated there ill be some 250,000 hot! in Utah by 1997, said tlruce Godfrey, a Uuh State University Estensktn sptdattst and cwnomto professor. ttal hctt, Nelly, that's this about Salt Uic Cm)f? There are more hartic ters living there (1803 percent) than an) here cWe to the iAate, udmg the the udy, In (tt, Godftty v4, the main aiuae-lion aiuae-lion to thcc hctU vm?i mammal U fwvl amnti rtM&Mf living iV the Wjkh ttWL Wasatchcrs own more than 60 percent per-cent of all the horses in the state. Utah County came in second at IS percent, followed by Weber County at 11.86 percent. Cache at 6.81 percent, per-cent, Davis at 6.36, and Box Elder County at 5.08 percent, the report states. Godfrey, who wrote the report, said the average horse owners in Utah arc relatively young couples, two-wage earners with above-average income and education. More than 40 percent of them are college graduates, according to the report They need the good income to support their habit, "Utah horse owners spend more than S775 per animal in order to maintain them," he laid. This repre km an annual average expenditure of nearly S3,0f)0 ($775 times 3.8 hordes per houucbiild) for cath family fam-ily ho oti a hone in Utah. Mo4 horve nc in Uuh Veep their animals on land they on, Only 25 pctttnt ieeo their horei on someone else's property. Most of those, in this group, live in urban counties. The average amount of land Uuh horse owners own is 57S acres, he said. The most popular horse is the Quarter horse. It comprises nearly SO percent of all horses in the state. Other popular breeds or types include in-clude Arabian, Appaloosa. Paint, Thoroughbred, Standardbrcd, ponies and mules, he said. "Most Uuhns own hordes for pleasure riding, youth activities and hunting," he said. "Less Uun 5 percent per-cent receive any income from the horses they own." The biftgest group who cams any horse-rcbted income, according w the report, dies so through Needing, Need-ing, racing and show-related activities. activi-ties. Tboc ho earn an income from horses average SI 3100 a year from racing, S70S fwm show, $2300 from rodeos, fntn sales and S3,100 from whet tnurtc a4xiated ih their bone. D increase your tax Knowledge a obtain a new skill o convenient times & locations H&R BLOCK For More Information Call: 789-3335 So Vn Q W tell hiinsvou otta watch for the power lines 0 9 wnen you re on the rootcPaaad!' UTAH POWER |