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Show Top Ten... Continued from pagt 1 und provided support as the county braced for the worst. Weeks late the high water subsided and only a few homes were flooded. The bids were opened this month for the long-awaited Jensen Welcome Center. The announcement announce-ment was listed as the eighth story of the year. The contract to build a Utah welcome center was awarded to Wadsworth Brothers Construction Inc. of Salt Lake City. The bids were opened Dec. 1 5. but the award was not made until the following week because of a "computer "com-puter glitch." Of the six bidders on the project, Wadsworth was the lowest at $ 1 ,388,0 1 5. The bid was $62,000 over the engineer's estimate, esti-mate, but was within the 10 percent allowed. Of the six bids on the project, pro-ject, two were from local firms. Contracts for the construction will be signed Dec. 1 5. after which the contractor has 270 working days to complete the project. The project began three years ago when Uintah County, Vernal City and Naples City purchased 1 6 acres for the welcome center and donated the property to the state of Utah to expedite the project. The welcome center will be located on the northeast north-east corner of the junction of Highway 40 and SR 1 49 to Dinosaur Quarry. This year Vernal was named "Community of the Year" by the Utah Center for Rural Life. Mayor Leonard Heeney received the recognition recog-nition on behalf of the city last September. The city was noted for making "a significant improvement in the quality of rural life." "It is the people of this community who make the difference," said Mayor Heeney. The story and honor was voted number nine for the year. The number ten story of 1 995 ends tragically, but features a hero. Last September, Kent W. Schmidt, 36, of Vernal, accidentally died after saving a child while swimming on the Green River. Schmidt had taken children to swim near the Jensen Bridge, when one swam too far out, he rescued the child, but was pulled under, reported the Uintah County Sheriffs Department. His body was found a short distance down river by Uintah County Search and Rescue volunteers. volun-teers. Express office to be closed New Year's Day Because of the New Year's Day holiday Jan. 1, the Vernal Express will be closed Monday. Monday's closing will mean the deadline for news items and correspondence corre-spondence will be moved to Friday, Dec. 29 at 4 p.m. The deadline for classified advertising adver-tising will remain the same, Tuesday at 11 a.m The display advertising ad-vertising deadline will also remain, Tuesday at 11 a.m. The Express office will open again at regular hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday. "Ited Ccrn:r" by Jannlne Smith ir. ' HOME OWNERSHIP-WHY OWNERSHIP-WHY BUY? While home ownership is a good investment, reasons for buying a home often extend beyond financial benefits. Some ideas you might have considered are: Pride of ownership. Sense of belonging to a community and a neighborhood. neighbor-hood. Freedom to change your living environment any way you choose; to paint or wallpaper the walls, hang pictures and shelves, change the carpeting or add a room. Satisfaction of making improvements on your own property, and not someone else's. Often people want something that belongs to them, not the landlord. That's why buying a home will continue to be one of the most important goals for American families.0 JcnnJno Smith - s i tz City changes meeting time After years of beginning their bimonthly bi-monthly meetings at 7:15 p.m., the Vernal City Council has finally agreed to push their start time back to 7 p.m. The odd meeting time more or less became a tradition after it was adopted years ago to accommodate a former council member's water share turn. But enough is apparently enough. "Let's really be daring this year!" Councilor Allan Mashburn said, tongue-in-cheek. "Let's change it!" His motion carried unanimously. Ice rink nears opening Construction on the Uintah County ice hockey rink is in progress with a hopeful startup date of around Jan.l. Rink manager Al Brown said Tuesday that everything depends on the weather. "If it stays cold, we will be up and running." The rink in located on the east outdoor arena inside the track at Western Park. Shades to protect the ice are going up this week. Side boards were in place last week. Contact Uintah Parks and Recreation for actual opening date of the rink. Community Calendar December 30 Post 124 American Legion is having their New Year's Eve Dance at the Legion Hall in Jensen, from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Members, guests, and veterans are invited. Ladies bring a potluck snack for midnight intermission. Doorprizes, noisemak-ers noisemak-ers and a great time for everyone. January 2 Ladies of Elks meeting will be at 8 p.m. at the lodge. The Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. All wives, widows and daughters of Elks are welcome. This is the initial get together of 1996. The men will also meet this night. January 9 Vernal Toastmaster's meetings will be at 7 a.m. in the lunchroom lunch-room in County building. Regular meetings will resume in Feb. To place items of public interest on the community calendar, mail to, or call the Vernal Express at 789-3511 . Materials subject to edit. Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. 7 -8-0. 0D5M WemraaD mayoir SDQJDDS Vernal Mayor Leonard Heeney has proclaimed Jan. 22-27, 1996 as Missing and Exploited Children Awareness Week in the city and he is encouraging parents to participate partici-pate in Project KidCarc. The project, sponsored by several local businesses, will provide families fami-lies with the opportunity to meet police officers and complete KidCarc identification packets at Davis IGA on Jan. 27. The packets, which cost $1 per child, contain space for emergency information about the child, as well as spots for current, and future, updated, photos. pho-tos. According to Project Director Steve Evans, an information booth and photographer's station will be set up at the grocery store. Parents and their children will also al-so learn the seven Rules for Safety. They are: 1 . Check first with parents, or the person in charge, before going anywhere. any-where. Tell them where you are going, go-ing, how you will get there, who will be going with you and when you will be back. 2. Get permission from parents before getting into a car or leaving with anyone, even someone you know. Check first before changing plans or accepting money, gifts or drugs without your parents' knowledge. knowl-edge. 3. Remember the "buddy system." sys-tem." It is safer to be with other Wf-' . THMOKOL 't2SN0icr, h1M'I .J"M' t SB people when going places or playing play-ing outside. 4. Say NO if someone tries to touch you in ways that make you feel frightened, uncomfortable or confused. Then go and tell a trusted grown-up what happened. 5. Know that it is not your fault if someone touches you in a way that is not acceptable. You never have to keep secrets about those touches. 6. Trust your feelings and talk, to grown-ups about problems that are too big for you to handle on your own. Remember that a lot of people care about you and will listen to and believe you. You are not alone. 7. It is never too late to ask for help. You can keep asking until you get the help you need. According to Evans, the KidCare Project is part of a country-wide campaign by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to increase awareness about missing miss-ing children and to educate parents about the steps they can take to protect pro-tect their children. Eight hundred photo ID packets will be available during the January event. Evans hopes to bring the project back every year. Local sponsors include KVELKLCY, UBET Cellular, Davis IGA, Ashley Valley Medical Center, the PTA Council, State Farm Insurance Agency, Vernal City and the Vernal City Police Department. Call the Phone 789-3511 54 If. Vernal Aw. . . si-- v,js a " The Codfish lays l4 J ten thousand eggs. " Et The homely hen fr lays one. I The Codlish never cackles I to tell you what 4 she's don.. ft and so we scorn kll the Codfish k while the homely JLti hen we prue. VfffS. show you that it JfcAPAVS TO ADVERTISE! Vernal Express III ( ..r'"V Lamar Hawkins receives award from Gordon D. Hawkins, campaign chairman for the Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Classic. Vernal golfers support celebrity event Vernal golfers showed support fcr the Arthritis Foundation Annual Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Classic in Palm Springs. The event is in its eleventh year. "Our recent tourney had some distinguished dis-tinguished people from Vernal participate par-ticipate to generate funds to help find the cause and cure of this crippling crip-pling disease arthritis," said Gordon D. Hawkins, campaign chairman. 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