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Show r T 14 Vernal Express Wednesday, October 29, 1997 IBpff(Bssii(n)ims It's the spooky, scary, frightfully gruesome grue-some season and the kids love it. But that doesn't have to spell trouble for trick-or-treaters. Steve Howe with the Naples City Police Department has been a Halloween safety spokesman to the many schools in the District. He has shared his expertise with the students who will be trick-or-treating on Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31. "If I had to sum all the instructions for a safe Halloween into one, I would tell the kids to go in groups and have an adult accompany them," stated Howe. Safety Rules 1. Parents should inspect any treats before you eat them! 2. Mask holes should be large enough to see through easily. The three little pigs lined with witches and EDdeirlhiostel offfeirs adhflBunftiiflire focr sobddws There are new worlds to be explored, ex-plored, ideas to be shared nnd stimulating stim-ulating people to be met. Utah Valley State College sponsors spon-sors a group of seniors that form Elderhostcl. This group is an independent, inde-pendent, non-profit organization, offering short-term academic experiences expe-riences for people over 55. Marva Eggctt, a staff member, said that turning 55 is just the beginning. be-ginning. It's time to discover new fields of learning for self-enrichment. Elderhostcl programs offer liberal arts courses in more than 1,9(X) colleges, col-leges, universities, museums, national na-tional parks and environmental education ed-ucation centers. "They challenge your thinking processes but don't require any prior knowledge or formal for-mal training. There arc daily classes class-es available and what's nice is you don't have to worry about homework home-work or taking tests," stated F.ggctt. In 1992. Elderhosicl introduced Service Programs. Working with well-established volunteer organizations organi-zations such as Habitat for Humanity, Global Volunteers and Oceanic Society Expeditions, hostelers share their skills and talents tal-ents as they learn about different cultures and ways of life. Lldcrhostcl met at the H.iming Gorge Lodge the second week in October to volunteer their services to help excavate one of the archco-logical archco-logical sues that was located close to Dutch John. Byron Looslc, an archeologist with the Bureau (if Land Management, said that in the 2.700 acres around Dutch John that has been surveyed. 77 archeoloical sites have been discovered and 32 of these sites were significant. With limited funding available Loosle was pleased to accept the volunteer efforts of LldcrhoMcl. Testing kits were placed in the ground surrounding one of the sites and dark soil was soon discovered, indicating an occupation. "Interesting artifacts were found so wc tame in here to sec how cMcn ive some of these artifact occupa t-immm star. . - . are made of wood, sitting beside the ghosts, leading to the cemetery. lions were," said Looslc. "It appears ap-pears from the spear points we're finding, the occupation was probably proba-bly close to 7,000 years ago. We have been finding pieces of scrapers scrap-ers that were used to pick the flesh off hides and punchers used to put holes in the hide. Wc think wc might have uncovered a hide processing pro-cessing area." Thursday Oct. 16, during the time it took to snap a few photographs the Elderhostcl group uncovered a spear head that was in almost perfect per-fect condition. Looslc said, "It is too big to be an arrow head but was a spear head used on a spear thrower. throw-er. Hie way the spear throwers were built back then, the Indians could throw them great distances with great speed. 'Dial particular point is around 7.000 years old." One of the members of Lldcrhostcl, ' Judy John from Colonial Heights. Virginia said, "I thought this would be something exciting to do and I am not disappointed disap-pointed at all. I'm having a wonderful wonder-ful time." She met her college roommate in Cincinnati and they flew out "o-gcther "o-gcther to meet the rest of the jTtVi) at the Ilatning Gorge Lodge. ' 'P, is educational. I'm learni tg iioi. PUff - - 1 Mk:M long Irom St. George and a member of Elderhoste! shows oft the spear point that was discovered. 3. Use a flashlight to let drivers see you and to see where you are going. 4. To avoid tripping, don't wear costumes cos-tumes that are too loose and too long. 5. Reflective bright colors should be used so drivers can see you in the dark. 6. Walk on sidewalks, or as near to the curb as possible if there are no sidewalks. side-walks. 7. Observe safety rules when crossing or walking on streets, and stay clear of traffic. 8. Do not put plastic bags over your head! Since November ushers in the darkest half of the year all the ghosts, witches, hobgoblins, fairies and demons of all kinds are roaming the streets. Keeping a close eye out for these little trick-or-treaters will help insure a safe holiday for all little brick house that sits on the pathway from this vacation than I would ordinarily. or-dinarily. I've learned, when you excavate ex-cavate a site by hand, you don't dig down, but across, and skim only the top. You go down 15 centimeters fill up a bag to be screened and then you go down another 15 centimeters, centime-ters, etc. We are excited over the smallest find," she said. "I'm having a great time digging. I'm the one that found the spear point," stated Micki Long from St. George who is another member of Elderhostcl. "Wc met each other in a hole where wc found a few bones, a big buffalo bone, ana a lo. of dirt." said couples front I'loridr. nnd California. "This is a great wny to make lasting friendships." "I have been to 51 Oldcrhoslels, and there has never been one that didn't offer mc something good. I have met people who never finished grammar school, and some with as many ns five advanced degrees. White, black, brown, red and yellow, yel-low, blue collar, w hite collar and no collar nt all. At Lldcrhostcl you meet a lot of people," said Barbara Ranucci. Deming, New Mexico. r.ctwccn excavation sites, the Lldcrhostcl group toured Vcrnal's r.cw LDS Temple and made a trip down the Green River in a raft. i ' .:, A,: tAS ' 1 1. ".-Kilt1 A ' j : - 4 14 '"t ""' j The thought and imagination that went into decorating the home of Teresa Moon, Ik M located at 298 E. 100 N., makes it a real treat for those driving by. Sftrl This home located at 650 W. 200 N belonging to Clayton, is a real eye catcher for young and old Halloween trick or Judy Johnson, Colonial Heights, near Dutch John. I Byron Loosie, archeologist tor Dutch John area. n w v Va., rests, taking advantage of the r: VTT'H1 'TTu BLM, on the left, working on sile 7 r--.fi, -& m Si. St:."'. -.m r r wr: Darlene and Mary Hardy, treaters. sun while at the archeological site with the members of Elderhostel In |