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Show F .-, 4 ) - t f fV v' Susan Davis and Jeremy Hacking Davis and Hacking to be married at Elks Lodge Susan Davis and Jeremy Hacking will be married at the Elks Lodge in Vernal Oct. 30. The bride is the daughter of William Glenn and Linda Davis of Casper, Wyo., and Rodney and Martha Jones of Lapoint. She is currently attending UTEC and is working at Little Caesars in Vernal. The groom is the son of Core and Halloween can be scary and sweet It's that time of year when sculls, spider webs, tombstones, skeletons, mummies, and scarecrows can be scary and I sweet. Make these Halloween goodies and it will be scary how fast they disappear. Forget about buying candy bars or gumdrops, they will love these cookies and will not be playing tricks this holiday. Halloween cookies 2 12 c. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking powder 12 tsp. salt 12 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature 23 c. sugar 1 egg 1 Tbsp. orange juice Sift together flour, baking powder and salt onto waxed paper. Beat butter and sugar in bowl until smooth. Beet in egg, orange rind and juice. Add flour mixture, a third at a time, stirring well after each addition. ad-dition. Shape dough into ball; flatten flat-ten slightly. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight. To bake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheets. Roll out half of dough on floured surface to generous 1.8 inch thickness. thick-ness. Cut into shapes, using Halloween cookie cutters, 1 12 to 5 24 inch. Place cookies 12 inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake in 350 degree oven for nine minutes or until light golden around edges; cookies should not brown. Transfer cookies to rack to cool. Repeat with second half of dough and scraps. Prepare Royal icing. Decorate cookies: using small fine-tipped paintbrush, coat cookies with thinned icing. Let stand until dry. Decorate cookies with thicker icing, piping with pastry bag fitted with writing tip. Chocolate variation: Add 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder to flour before sifting in first step. Add 1.3 c. granulated sugar, for total of one cup. ta n dm ar c Q$nn BED & BREAKFAST 288 E. 100 S. Vernal (435) 781-1800 Spend yau 3ianetno-att with u& Suites include jetted double bathtub, fireplace, TV and queen size beds. Delicious breakfast also served We guarantee satisfaction with your accommodations or your money back Visit our website at www.landmark-lnn.com E-mail: landmarkeasillnk.com i I V ' fW(IP'W,r,, 1 DeAnn Hacking of Vernal. He is a 1998 graduate of Uintah High School and is currently employed at Sweetwater Ranch in Ouray. A reception will be held in their honor following the wedding at 7 p.m. The couple plans to make their first home in Vernal. .- aw .....v. .Ja Spooky and scary depict Halloween cheer and lots of goodies. Royal Icing Beat 3 tbsp. meringue powder or powdered egg whites, 4 c. (1 -pound box) confectioners' sugar, sifted, and 6 tbsp. water in bowl until peaks form, 10 minutes (makes 3 cups). Divide icing in half. To make base coat for glaze: Thin half with water, a drop at a time, until consistency of sour cream. Use thicker second half for piping. Tint icing with food colors. col-ors. Makes 15 large cookies or approximately ap-proximately 1 12 dozen small cookies. Cool Spider Treats Cupcakes 1 tub (8oz.) whipped cream Chocolate sprinkles Black or chocolate licorice candies can-dies Frost upside-down cupcakes with whipped cream, sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles. Insert licorice pieces into tops of cupcakes .to create cre-ate spider legs. Top with candies for the creepy eyes. r i Lit I r fv,Uf , kp- vr LitegM i uf. 1 :..cw.v: r vi Dragon's Rest hosts Halloween event by Christine Smith As Halloween approaches, most people are preparing for trick or treatcrs, spooky costumes and the consumption of an amazing amount of goodies. For the members of The Incipient Shire of Dragon's Rest (SCA.Inc), the local middle ages re-enactment group, preparation for the upcoming upcom-ing holiday is a bit different this year. They are hosting a Samhain Festival event and items being readied are period garb, armor, feastware, registration forms, event tokens as well as mundane items such as tents, fire pits and sleeping bags. This event will be held in the Roosevelt Constitution Park Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the bulk of activities being on Saturday beginning be-ginning at 10 a.m. with the heavy armor tournament. This is an SCA (Society for Creative Anachonism, Inc.) activity. activi-ty. To make the history come alive, we encourage participants to attempt at-tempt to dress in a period manner. It is not mandatory to be a member of SCA. Dragon's Rest has a mixture mix-ture of members and non-members that equally enjoy this pastime. The theme is centered on celebrating cele-brating Oct. 31 as the Celts did in ancient times. The rituals of the eve of Samhain have passed into modern mod-ern mainstream custom as-Halloween. as-Halloween. Today, of course, there is rarely any religious feeling in the festivities, but a fascinating cele PTA President Lois Eaton, Stewart Peterson, Joshua Bullard and Sharon Bowthorpe begin Red Ribbon Week with a flag ceremony and serving breakfast. News from Whiterocks by Virginia Ferguson Bellons take three day weekend Phyllis Oberhansly, Loraine Richens and her son, Robby Paulson, drove to Park City last Thursday, where they attended the 1998 Brain Injury Conference being held there. The family returned home on Friday. The Arvin Bellons enjoyed a three-day visit last weekend from two of their children, Jan Bellon, San Diego and Gary Bellon, Salt Lake City. Saturday, Heidi and Robby Paulson drove to Salt Lake. Tammy Kelly spent two days in Salt Lake last week, training for her new position. She is currently employed em-ployed at DDI Vantage in Roosevelt as a registered nurse. Muril Moosman had p week vacation vaca-tion the first of October. She accompanied ac-companied her daughters Barbara Bolton and Kay Dennis, and Kay's daughter Amanda, to Carson City. They spent the night at Elko and spent one day at Fernley visiting the D'Andreas where they found Tony landscaping. The party drove to see Helen Frazier at Carson City and resisted re-sisted the temptation of the slot machines. ma-chines. To submit articles and pictures of your wedding or engagement 1. Get a good 3x5 black and white photo (color pictures do not reproduce or print well, however color photos can be used if no black and white is available.) 2. Either pick up a form at the Vernal Express or write up the who, where, what, why, when and how about your wedding or engagement. 3. Submit information and pictures pic-tures by 12 noon on Monday. There Is no charge for engagement and wedding stories In the Vernal Express bration of night and imagination remains. re-mains. Samhain, pronounced Sow-wyn, comes from the Irish-Gaelic word "samhraidhreadh," which means "the summer's end." Oct. 31 was considered New Year's Eve and Nov. 1 as the first day of the new year, it marks the end of one summer sum-mer and the beginning of winter. It is the final harvest of the year. This is the time of year when the ancient tribes harvested for the last time during the year, and prepared for the long months of winter. Food was stored, animals brought in from the fields, animals needed for food supply were slaughtered and prepared for long storage, activity was moved from outdoors to indoors, in-doors, by the warmth of the hearth fire. On Saturday, the activities of this event will include a heavy armor tourney, archery contest, pumpkin carving, pumpkin juggling and other oth-er games for young and old during the day. Evening brings a feast (bring your own feastware) with a masquerade ball to follow. There will be dancing (medieval style) to the music (on CD) of the Musician's Quild of Loch Salann. There is a fee for camping or a small fee for a day pass. There is an additional fee for the Saturday feast. Reservations need to be made in advance. For more information concerning this event call Christine Smith, 789-5368. Marriage Licenses Travis Glendon Nielson and Angela Dawn Hatch, both of Lapoint, issued Oct. 22, 1998. Tony Albert Batty and Danielle Gray, both of Vernal, issued Oct. 25, 1998. Sean William Edwards and Kassey Lynn Rollins, both of Vernal, issued Oct. 26, 1998. Wal-Mart hosts cookie contest Wal-Mart's 1998 Bake Fest Cookie Decorating contest is coming com-ing Nov. 7 in Vernal. This event is open to all ages and is free to enter. Please bring your decorated cook-ond, cook-ond, and third place prizes will be awarded. Cookies should arrive by 2 p.m. in order to be judged. For more information call Judy Smith at Wal-Mart 789-9784. Golden Age News , by Brenda Foster Blood Pressure clinic held at senior center A Halloween dance will be held on Friday, Oct 30, costumes are optional and prizes will be awarded for best costume. Refreshments will be served and are donated by Jiffy Pawn Grocery. Even if you don't dance come see all the spooks and listen to the music of Kay's Band from 8-10 p.m. The Golden Age Center will hold a Blood Pressure Clinic on Monday, Nov. 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Winners for Bingo Tuesday, Oct. 20, were Neta Fenstermaker first place with four games and Mollie Stockton, Wilma Zoller and Joseph Curiale in second place with three games each. Oct. 23 winners were Lorna Holmes in first place with four games and seven others tying for second with three games each. Vernal Express ft fF. i PrcsidenU of Uintah Company : " '"" lifgj 0ighiw$ol Owh Pioneer ' j, 7 f, r vliJ7rF-r Try W i - . 1 - li.-' l..,..M.,,..-M.i.,..,,,.-i,J'' Peggy Pitt accepts check from Peggy Pitt accepts check from Delynn Rodeback, Utah Power to go toward the new roof. DUP receives two contributions for roof Utah Power's Ashley District Operations Manager, Delynn Rodeback and Mayor William Kremin was on hand recently to present a substantial contribution toward the purchase of a new roof for the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) Vernal museum. Local DUP camps have worked diligently to raise funds for the new roof. They have created and sold hand crafted items and candies in the museum's gift shop, and held fund raisers at Wal-Mart. t r Via. 'r Lyssa Jane Anderson is pleased to announce the arrival of her new sisters, Kate Kristine, 5lbs. 6 oz. and Annie Dawn 4 lbs. 5 oz., born on Oct. 1 daughters of Daren and Shellie Anderson. Wednesday, October 28, 1998 15 Mayor Kremin to help with new roof. Several Vernal businesses have been most generous. The Weston Plaza Restaurant has recently joined this group. The first Wednesday of each month, every diner who says "The Roof," will have one dollar contributed on their behalf to the roof fund. If you would like to assist in preserving pre-serving the Vernal museum, making it a safe place for our ancestral treasures trea-sures and artifacts, please call Peggy Pitt, 789-8653. v a |