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Show 14 ' Vernal Express Wednesday, September 8, 1999 r Y t1 I. A t !J 1 X! I 'A Blanche Smith 1 i I v1 III I II fi i ii f 3 n & u ' 4 TfV Sr. 1 -.i" -r 'V o 1 I Jackie and Wayne Wilkins celebrate their 50th anniversary in Salt Lake City. Wilkins celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Wayne and Jackie Wilkins celebrated cele-brated their 50th wedding anniversary anniver-sary in Salt Lake City where they were married 50 years ago on Sept. 6, 1949 in the Salt Lake Temple. They are the parents of one daughter, Kathleen (Randy) Gray and three sons, Brett (Pam), Todd (Kathy) and Mike (Brenda) Wilkins, all of Vernal. They have 14 grandchildren, seven boys and seven girls ranging in age from 21 to five years-old. Wayne has spent most of his life driving a truck or a bus. He now has a new enterprise, a gift and snack shop at the entrance to the Invaders... Continued from page 12 with a weed problem in the parks. When I joined I was surprised because both there, and here, people peo-ple look at it and because they see no impact on the- park they think everything's okay. It's not! The native plants and animals are being destroyed by the influx of nonna-tive nonna-tive plants and animals, which can destroy the ecosystem. There are rare species and those that are becoming extinct all over the world. So all parks are very important impor-tant to us to protect and they are not protected if someone does not remove foreign weeds" Not all weeds are removed said Alverez, some are a natural component com-ponent and used by wild life. But the natural hydrology of the river has to be kept as natural as possible possi-ble to keep sandbars from forming which affects the river and causes it to become narrower and narrower narrow-er making the river run faster. This will alter the ecosystem eventually and recreation areas as well. "The Tamarask thrives in the east and has evolved over millions of years," said Dougherty, "There are insects that eat the Tamarask, then the birds eat the insects, etc. It's in its native habitat and an important useful plant. Here the insects are not adapted to eat the Tamarask so if left alone the Tamarask will continue con-tinue to upset the whole system and will take over the native plants." Alveraz explained how the Tamarisk was introduced to California to control flooding, invented by a former member of the HRT program and is currently Who's Who Among American High School Students Erin L Ladies are you interested in antiques, histories of ancestors, swapping stories with others, guest speakers from International DUP, lunch and touring the remodeled museum? Attend Daughters of Utah Pioneers Convention Golden Age Center 186 S. 500 W. Vernal, Utah September 1 1 1 999 1 0:00 am For reservations please contact Peggy M. Pitt 789-8653 Dinosaur Quarry. The shop is open from the middle of May to the end of September, just the right length of time for a semi-retired old man. Jackie retired from the Uintah School District after teaching school for 19 years. Since retiring the couple have enjoyed traveling and spending time with their fami- iy. Their anniversary was celebrated by spending a day at Lagoon with their grandchildren and then attending attend-ing the temple with their children. A dinner was held in their honor at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. selling them to the public. The trees have to be twisted and turned and finally the more people that work on the big ones the easier it gets, she said. "A large plant with two or more people working on it will take a half hour to remove," said Cochran. "While digging down on one tree we found a part of a tent that must have fallen out of a boat going down the river years ago and was buried by the sand." "Next year when we come back we will be better equipped," said Alvarez. "We will have a better idea what we are dealing with." 'The area here is so different from where we are from," said HRT member, lngrid Cabada. "We don't want to go home. I loved the lightening and thunder. We don't have that back home." The HRT made their own travel arrangements, some came by car taking at least two days, and some hoped aboard an airplane. The group stayed in tents on one of the river islands, under very rainy, nasty conditions. Four or five members of the group have stayed with the program since it's beginning begin-ning and have gone national to visit other parks. One member pulled weeds in Hawaii and several on the Grand Canyon. They are looking for more volun- teers for Tamarisk removal both locally and from around the area. All the parks in the US and globally global-ly arc threatened by certain species that are moved around by humans mainly, not always, but can alter the natural features of Dinosaur National Monument and what it was created for," commented Alvarez. Bullock has been selected to XTin'c JiTin Among American High School Students. Only 5 of the students from our nations 24,000 high school students are honored in Who's VTio each year. Erin is a junior at Uintah High School and a 2 year cheerleader. She is involved in many academic as well as elective activities. She enjoys cheering, soccer, foods, football, foot-ball, basketball and many other activities. She works at Vernal Floral and enjoys (lowers. Erin is very health oriented ori-ented and her goal is to be a nutritionist when she graduates gradu-ates from high school. She has a 3.6 grade point average. Smith celebrates 90th birthday Family and friends will help Blanche Smith celebrate her 90th birthday this month with an open house and buffet lunch in her honor at her home in Maeser between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11. Smith was born to Catherine and Hyrum Seeley at Hazelton, Idaho on Sept. 12 in 1909. She had one sister, Hope. The family moved to Vernal when Blanche was eight years old and settled in Ashley. Smith married Marvin E, Smith on May 19, 1934. They had four daughters, Maralea Beckstead (Roger), Marva Joy Burke (Jay), Gail Jenkins (Cody) and Waneta Fawcett (Lorin). She has 17 grandchildren grand-children and 24 great-grandchildren. Marvin passed away in 1961. Smith taught school in Ashley and Maeser before her marriage then returned to teaching during the second World War and spent many years teaching first grade. Currently she enjoys her home, garden, reading read-ing and making quilts. News from Whiterocks by Virginia Ferguson Annual chicken fry held at Bacon Park The annual chicken fry for the Whiterocks Branch was held at Bacon Park. Lowell Thacker and his son, Duane, cooked the chicken at their home assisted by some of the branch members. The dinner was pot luck with approximately 100 people present. Eileen Christensen, of British Columbia, Canada, a sister of Kay Rasmussen, has been visiting friends and relatives both in Whiterocks and in Colorado for the past three weeks. Kay Rasmussen held the brother and sister party at her home Saturday night, August 28 with all eight present. The family had a big dinner, visited and exchanged Christmas presents. Jessie and Tony Cadie, of Payson, spent Friday and Saturday night with Kay Rasmussen and returned home on Sunday. Matt and Virginia Ferguson enjoyed en-joyed a weekend visit with Janet Ferguson, Matt's sister of Salt Lake City. Newborns August 31, 1999 a son was born to Kristy and Tyler Coon. He weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz., and will be named Brayden Tyler Coon. September 1, 1999 a son was born to Kelly and Jim Anderson. He weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz., and will be named Clinton Max Anderson. " September 5, 1999 a son was born to Heather Hatch and Billy Watson. He weighed 8 lbs. 2oz., and will be named Brady Jace Hatch. September 5, 1999 a daughter was born to Brandi L. Pyles. She weighed 8 lbs. 2oz., and will be named Amber Lynn Pyles. Jamilxi and friends of wyson and 'Avery gmy are invited to attend thttouptt's Of en House, ?rL,Sept 10 7:00-9:00 Jjn. QCmaStafy Center 475 West 100 SoutH jBIRTHS New royalty selected at the Uintah High School rodeo competition are: Kandace Jacobs, Miss Congeniality; Jody Stark, first attendant; Ashley Kendall, second attendant and Angi Prevedel, queen, for the second year in a row and best in horsemanship. Rodeo Queen crowned at Uintah High School Rodeo A new high school rodeo queen was chosen at the Uintah High School Rodeo competition held at Western Park Friday, Sept. 3. Crowned queen, for the second year in a row, was Angi Prevedel; First Attendant, Jody Stark; Second Attendant, Ashley Kendell and Miss Congeniality, Kandace Jacobs. Judges were: Kimmie Walls, Cindy Jensen and Shaunie Rogers. A Uintah Basin girl was one of 19 competing throughout the state of Utah in this year's contest, Laci Southerland, daughter of Ruth and Linden Southerland, of Roosevelt The National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA) contest is held for girls grades freshman through junior. These contestants are able to participate in numerous queen competitions held from June to June throughout the year with state finals usually held in Heber City. The girls hailed from Farmington, Sanpete County, Lehi, Ogden, Tooele, Morgan, Brigham City, Oakley, Grantsville, North Utah County, Bridgerland, Summit and Wasatch. The contestants use their top seven competition scores toward state finals. "These contests are a learning experience ex-perience for the girls," said Kathy , Farnsworth, coordinator of the competition. "The girls gain experience experi-ence and learn how to adhere to rules and codes of the contest during dur-ing each competition." During the speech and modeling portion of the competition, contestants contes-tants will have the option of wearing wear-ing prairie skirts, dresses, suits, blouses and dress pants or colored jeans and shirts. During the horsemanship horse-manship they have to wear Wrangler five-pocket jeans with a plain white shirt. No ruffles, accessories acces-sories or tuxedo shirts. All blouses and shirts have to have long sleeves; a collar and cuffs. The panel of judges, look closely at all segments of the competition and break a tie if there is one. There is only one go round in horsemanship horseman-ship earning a possible 50 points. Each queen contest there is a written writ-ten test with questions taken from the National High School Rodeo Rule Book. Seventeen multiple choice and 16 fill-in's. Each question ques-tion is worth a half point. The speeches delivered by each contes in "D c o Creative Trends fj Creative Trends is celebrating their 8th anniversary Amberty Sorensen. Janelle Duncan, Lara Murray, Sharon Rylo (naM technician), Suzanne Bailey, Lisa Reynolds. Robbie Winn, Lisa Smuin (nail technicain), Marie Richardson, Sue Hooley (owner) IBANKS FOR 8 GREAT YEARS! 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Mullins vision was to maintain integrity, keep high standards, stress the importance of education and teaching life skills such as leadership, responsibility, dedication and commitment "It is the inherent desire of every American youth to play cowboy. They want to be good cowboys, for cowboys made America. It is our responsibility to provide for them the chance to participate in a clean American sport." - Claude Mullins, NHSBA, Founder. During the competition held last year Southerland was 14 years-old, now with another years experience under her belt, next year may be the one! ii Creative Trends Q o ir Q Q. o r-r 0 CL O O Q D CL Creotive Trends |