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Show 14 Vernal Express Wednesday, September 22, 1999 o m Calendar September 24 The Uintah Arts Council wil present Vladimir Kochanski, pianist, at 7:30 p.m. at the Vernal Middle School auditorium. A community dance to be held at the Golden Age Center, open to all ages, beginning at 7 p.m. . , ;:.j -- -- - - - - : - - - - - Inflated balloon creates a shadow Ballooning lifts the spirits By Carol Jewart Express Writer To Rex Alan Jennings, a day without a lift is like a day without sunshine. A hot air balloon lift that is. Jennings, who has had a private pilot's license since 1985, started flying hot air balloons as a hobby. Not long after that, in 1987, he got his first balloon. He recalled the history his-tory of the hot air balloon: In 1783, two French brothers who were paper hangers by profession, had a fire going in their fireplace one night. As they were burning paper they noticed how the burned paper would go up the chimney. They began to wonder, if theyould build a big paper bag and fill it with smoke, would it fly? So they tplt a fire in a pit and tried to make it as smoky as possible, because they thought it was the smoke, rather than the heat, that made it fly. In the first balloon they built they put a duck, rooster and a sheep in a big basket. It rose to 1500 feet, landed and the animals survived. The next one they built was to be bigger and they planned to send up a couple of convicts. However, some French Nobleman got wind of it and thought the occasion was too important impor-tant to send up convicts so they volunteered vol-unteered to go up instead. The balloon bal-loon rose to approximately 3,000 Sewing takes on creative mode The Utah State University (USU) Extension service is sponsoring a sewing conference, "Sew Creative," to be held Wednesday, Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the USU Education Center, 978 E. Lagoon St. in Roosevelt. The sessions at the conference will include presenters from USU as well as local artists and businesses. Twenty workshops are available. Karen Biers.the EntrepreneurshipHome-Based Business and ClothingTextiles Extension specialist, says this workshop work-shop focuses on sewing services, as well as finished soft goods. For instance the spiraling workshop will demonstrate how to use "really small" scraps of cotton and cottonblend fabrics to make quilt blocks, pillow tops, etc. Strip spiraling spiral-ing method will show how to use strips of fabric to create wearable textile art. ,Johnna Blackhair and Roberta Windchief have been beading on costumes since they were nine years old. Participants will be introduced to several styles of Native American beading. A beaded button will be demonstrated and made by participants. partici-pants. Nena Caldwell will be teaching Brazilian Embroidery. She has taught quilting at Northwestern Regional College in Rangely, Colo., and many needle working and quilting quilt-ing classes in Vernal, Salt Lake City andOgden. Anna Clayton will teach the of one of the lift off crew members. feet and landed safely. "The early pilots had no control over the hot air balloon," said Jennings. "They even developed some balloons with the gondola built around the outer edge of the balloon itself and would actually build a fire on board in the center of the balloon. After a few disastrous fires, though, ballooning faded out for some years." The rebirth of ballooning came in 1960 when Ed Yost developed a hot air balloon for the U.S. Navy. He built a heater very similar to the ones that are use today. These balloons bal-loons were not certified as flying aircrafts; that came a few years later. Jennings explained how the safety aspect of ballooning became an important issue: Two well-known pilots who went flying in the middle of the day got caught in a rain storm, which can produce dangerous up-drafts. They were sucked up in a big cloud and couldn't tell how high they went; some up-drafts can go as high as 20,000 feet and higher. As they continued to climb they peered over the edge of the basket and saw the edge of the inflation envelope hanging hang-ing down beside them. Finally, they were spit out the back side of the storm and began to descend rapidly, probably 125 miles an hour. They Tenerife Swedish embroidery. This is a process of creating designs with an embroidery floss on fabric using a web and weaving method. Designs can be made in a variety of shapes and can be embellished with beads. She has taught workshops in Yuma, Arizona during the past few, winters. Betty Cook will hold a Crocheted Edges workshop. She will demonstrate demon-strate and present edgings on receiving blankets, clothing, etc. Linda Hokanson, who is the owner of Bemina Etc. in Vernal, will teach Basic Machine Maintenance - In this workshop participants par-ticipants will be taught how to clean and oil sewing machines and how to trouble shoot problems. She will also teach Serging Basics. Cleaning, oiling, threading and adjusting the tensions on sergers will be covered. She will also teach a Machine Quilting workshop and will show machine quilting techniques that work on almost any sewing machine and on any sewing project. The use of a walking foot for straight lines and gradual curves will be demonstrated as well as free-motion quilting for stippling and intricate designs. Korinne Hullinger will teach Altering Formal-wear and also a workshop on Sewing with Outdoor Fabrics. Kathy Kitchen will share Internet Adventures. Kathy Kitchen and Rhonda Olsen will share Sewing Room Ideas. ' Q Balloon gradually lifts off the ground give chase. knew that if they didn't get their flated. It was like a parachute open-envelope open-envelope reinflated, they would ; i . . . , j. . 3 , ing anu as they shot back up they surely die. So they got up on the edge of the basket and held open almosl fe" off but were ab,e to fly the throw and sure enough it rein- it to the ground and land safely. Student learns to weave a rug in a workshop at the sewing convention. Peggy Meyer will teach how to make a Crocheted Button Necklace. Arlene Murray and Liz Moncrief spin their own yam. They will teach Twining which is an easy, inexpensive way to make rugs, placemats, runners, etc., using rags or surplus fabric. Lucinda Nielson will share her love of English Smocking. Nielson will also teach Counter Change Smocking. This is a very old style of smocking that had almost died until the early 90's then the designers design-ers at Ann Hallay Designs revived it and began publishing designs for children's dresses. It is a simple process of taking a striped or checked fabric and manipulating the colors to make a design. . Wendy Owens is a self-taught header, who has been beading for over nine years. She will demonstrate demon-strate Embellishments, a workshop in which will demonstrate beading ' it i 'V- i H "S, V' . - a "'A Pilot Rex Jennings checks the burner before launch. as the ground crew prepares to Liz Moncrief will teach a workshop convention. on fabric and students will be given a hands-on experience in bead embellishment. Sharon Schambcr will teach Quiting and will demonstrate the .4 (1 - - I Li t . ; ' . ' If K V v v is rz : t r .... . isil , - """'T .7, nil I i - - '1 This experience teaches a safety lesson; when to fly and when not to fly. The study of weather conditions condi-tions is an important part of flying. It should be checked from at least three different sources explained Jennings. A thorough weather report is provided on the Internet, check the national weather report and watching the television weather. weath-er. Jennings stated that pilots should check the weather daily to be current with systems that are coming through. If the weather report comes faim only one source then you're not getting the complete com-plete picture. "I've never been up in the air and got caught in something I didn't know about," said Jennings. "I have been in some marginal weather weath-er conditions when I was a little younger but it's like the old saying, it's better being on the ground wishing you were flying, than being in the air wishing you were on the ground.'" Modern hot air balloons have to be built pretty safe to have a six to one safety ratio. "I'm a big chicken at heart, really!" real-ly!" said Jennings. "I don't like sur prises, but hot air ballooning has a certain amount of adventure and See Uplift on page 15 Students take advantage of workshops work-shops available during the "Sew Creative," sewing convention held at USU in Roosevelt on weaving during the sewing Caroline Lily and how to set "Y" scams. She will also teach a workshop work-shop which includes fitting pants. Addie Snow will demonstrate Window Treatments and September 24, 25 Uintah School District will be offering the GED Test at the Uintah School District Office, 635 V. 200 S. The test will begin at 6 p.m. Friday. Those interested in taking the test need to fill out an application by 5 p.m. Friday, A $35 fee is required to take the test. For more information call Elaine at 781-3100. September 25 Local land managing a gen cies in the Vernal area invite you to participate in the sixth annual National Public Lands Day cele bration. The Vemal BLM office will be hosting a work party on Red Mountain and Dinosaur National Monument staff will be working on the Jones Hole Trail below the fish hatchery. Contact Brian Bellew at the BLM office. 781-4473 for the Red Mountain Work Day or Gary Mott at 970-374-3031 to volunteer for the Jones Hole project. Utah Field House will kick off their winter lecture series with a new program on a new fossil-finding technology beginning begin-ning at 7 p.m. September 26 A fireside will be held for all LDS single adults over 31 at the Roosevelt East Stake Center at 7 p.m. Jason Willard will be the featured speaker. - - -September 28 , The BusThess Symposium will be held at Western Park. For information call the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce at 789- 1352. September 29 An open house will be held for the Family Support Center, 259 N. 700 E in Roosevelt from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (just north of Chicken Time), a red brick home. Refreshments will be served and drawings for door prizes at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. For working people please come on lunch hour and everyone is encourage to attend. October 2 Due to a scheduling conflict, Rising Star Riders Open Charity Horse Show has been postponed from Sat. Sept. 18 to Oct 2. Sign up will be held at 10 a.m. with the show starting at 11 a.m. For more information phone Wanda at 789-2924 or Jacque at 789-r 2363. To place items of public inter est on the Community Calendar mail to Vernal Express, P.O. Box 1000. E-mail. editorvernal.com or call the Vernal Express at 789-3511. Materials are subject to edit Deadline is Monday at 12 noon. Accessories in a workshop during the convention. Connie Stafford will teach textiles tex-tiles and clothing in Heirloom Sewing. Wendy Wood claims the title of "That Crazy Costume Lady," and will show how to sew quick and easy costumes. One hour of college credit will be offered for a nominal fee to those attending the entire confer-, ence and completing a project. This is an upper division course that may be used for re-certification. For more information call ' Ronda Olsen at 781-5452 at the Uintah County Extension Office. Supplies andor additional reg- istration fee required. One hour of college credit will be offered for a nominal fee by attending the entire conference and completing a project. This is an upper division course that may be used for re-certif cation. |
