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Show 1 2 Vernal Express Wednesday, October 13. 1999 Randy L. Vincent receives a certificate of completion of NRECA's Credentialed Cooperative Director program from ???? Vincent receives director certification Randy L. Vincent, president of Moon Lake Electric Association, was honored by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and received a certificate denoting completion of NRECA's Credentialed Cooperative Director program. NRECA curriculum allows directors direc-tors to prove the value of their training through comprehensive courses covering a variety of subjects. sub-jects. Those directors who have mastered the competencies required are able to help their cooperative grow and succeed in a rapidly changing electric utility industry. A course curriculum includes subjects Celsius ESuireaiu to wpdlate om emipDoymeiniti amid ecdycatom) According to the latest Census Bureau data, the unemployment rate in the United States is 4.2 percent This figure was calculated using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). During the week of October 17, 1999, updated information will be collected in the CPS the largest and longest running household survey sur-vey conducted by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau for the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly 2,000 L&L Tree Farm END OF THE YEAR SALE 50 Off Cottonless Cottonwood & Park Grade Shade Trees dug last spring Call Larry Searle 789-3401 Walter Gale 789-8756 for more information See Our Trees North of Basin Nursery. South OfSteinaker. Become a part of the good neighbor tradition. . . 'v f ecome a State Farm atgfe: Now you can control your destiny. And what better wa.vj , than with the successful tradition of State Farm Insurance behind you. if you're self-motivated, personable, and aspiring for a new career, serving the Vernal area as a good neighbor insurance agent may be 1 If you're interested, pleaae end State Farm Insurance Attn: Kristan Hatch, H.R. Specialist P.O. Box 30463 Salt Late City, UT 84130-0463 Fax:(801)956-4197 itati utm An Equal Opportunity Employer 3fu ion rf j such as Business Financial Planning, Director's Duties and Liabilities, and Understanding the Electric Utility Business. The electric utility industry is experiencing unprecedented changes. New demands are being placed on directors who are responsible respon-sible for the decisions necessary to cope with these changes. Moon Lake directors must be prepared for the conditions which affect their cooperative. It is in this context that these courses are offered by NRECA. Census Bureau field representatives will conduct the interviews. "CPS households are invaluable in the effort to provide current, reliable reli-able labor-force statistics used to plan programs that provide new jobs and stimulate economic growth," said Susan A. Lavin, director of the Census Bureau's Denver regional office. The CPS is the country's primary source of information on labor force characteristics. The survey collects data on the number of people cur 30 Off Large Shade Trees Honey Locust Silver Maple Patmore Ash Tree Lilacs tor you. cover letter and rt!8um t 11. TriCounty Health Dept. awards grants TriCounty Health Department is excited to announce the recipients of $5,500 in Injury Prevention Mini-Grants funds to assist community commu-nity agencies, schools, or coalitions in the tri-county area with injury prevention projects. This past week TCHD awarded funds to the following fol-lowing groups: UBATC's DECA organization received $725 to conduct a pedestrian pedes-trian and Halloween safety program for elementary students in Duchesne County. UBATC's FFA program was awarded $525 to implement an Outdoor Fall Safety Program for Union High School students. The program w ill cover ATV and truck safety, hunting safety, back country first aid, and the proper use of horses hors-es in the back country. KIFX Radio Station's DUI 101 Program, a partnership with all seven high schools in Uintah, Duchesne, and Daggett Counties, was granted $1000 to address situations situa-tions contributing to motor vehicle fatalities, including drunk driving and road rage. Uintah and Duchesne County F.A.C.T. organizations received $800 to fund a Fire Safety Program. The primary objective of this program pro-gram will be to assess the fire safety, safe-ty, needs of the families in the F.A.C.T. program and assist families fami-lies in obtaining basic fire safety equipment, i.e. smoke alarms, fire extinguishers. Uintah High School's SADD organization was awarded $700 to conduct a Speed Kills Awareness Campaign. The campaign will focus on increasing student awareness aware-ness of the consequences of drunk rently working full time or part time, the number currently unemployed unem-ployed and earnings. As one of the primary sources of data on demographic demo-graphic and socioeconomic trends between decennial censuses, the CPS periodically is the source of data on other topics as well. For example, in the October survey, field representatives will gather information on school enrollment and completion. Interviewers gather information from about 48,000 households once Health program improves for Indian children The Health Care Financing Administration last week announced that American Indian and Alaskan Native children will be exempt from cost sharing in the new Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP was established estab-lished by Congress in 1 997 as a partnership program between HFCA and states. CHIP enables states to expand health coverage to many children whose parents or guardians earn too much to qualify f s : n in rs' llr i s driving and the failure to use seat belts. Uintah High School's DECA program pro-gram received $750 to conduct A Perfect Fit, Buckle It! motor vehicle vehi-cle safety program for local elementary ele-mentary students. The program will include a youth health fair exhibit to be displayed at the Vemal Area Chamber of Commerce's Health Fair in March 2000. Uintah Video ProductionsVTV-6 was awarded $1000 to development two service announcements with local high school students on sexual harassment and its consequences. The announcements will air during Uintah High School Sports telecasts and the Uintah High School News Program. Selection of mini-grant recipients was made according to the following follow-ing criteria: (1) the extent to which the project addressed injury andor violence issues faced by residents in the Basin; (2) the scope of interaction inter-action with the project target population, popu-lation, i.e. children, youth, senior citizens; (3) the extent to which the project collaborated with other community partners; (4) the level of creativeness of the project to deliver prevention messages; and (5) the methods and extent to which the project will evaluate program objectives. Mini-grant funds for the 1999-2000 1999-2000 Fiscal Year are secured through TCHD contracts with the Utah Department of Health Injury Prevention Program. For more information, call Lori Olmstead at 781-5475. a month. By law, the Census Bureau keeps all identifying information about survey respondents and thelFhouse-holds thelFhouse-holds strictly confidential. Local households selected for the nationwide nation-wide sample receive a letter informing inform-ing them of the survey from Census Bureau Director Kenneth PrewitL Some households will be interviewed inter-viewed by telephone and others in person by field representatives who carry an official identification card. for Medicaid, but too little to afford private insurance. Cost sharing such as premiums, premi-ums, co-payments, coinsurance, deductibles or similar fees is permitted under CHIP. Many of the states have instituted cost sharing requirements as part of their CHIP programs. This announcement means that HCFA will no longer approve state CHIP plan amendments amend-ments which require CHIP services. HCFA will also work with states, which currently require cost-sharing by CHIP participants, to modify their programs to begin exempting American Indian and Native Alaskan children from all forms cost sharing. "The federal government has a special relationship with the American Indian and Native Alaskan tribes and nations. This CHIP cost sharing exemption will help more of the American Indian and Native Alaskan children get the health care they need to live longer, healthier lives," said HCFA Deputy Administrator Michael Hash. "I ask tribal leaders and organizations organiza-tions to help spread the word about the CHIP cost sharing exemption," said Michael Trujillo, Director of the Indian Health Service. "The future well-being of American Indian and Native Alaskan children can be much improved by getting them enrolled in CHIP or Medicaid. Together, we can do it" HFCA notified all of the states regarding this exemption in a letter. The letter to the states was signed by Michael Trujillo, Claude Earl Fox, Administer of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and Rachel Block, HCFA'ssc Deputy of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations. Agricultural prices Prices received by Utah farmers and ranchers during mid-September were up for all milk and other hay, the same as last month for alfalfa hay, and down slightly for barley, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. ' The Utah mid-September all milk price was $14.90 per cwt, up $1.60 from the previous month but down $1.00 from September 1998. Barley, at $1.84 per bushel, was down one cent from the previous month's price but up 8 cents from the same month last year. Baled Judy Kraft for Vernal City Council Vole (or a lifetime resident of Vernal Positive Action Party -VoteKovember2- Paid political advertisement tr-, . ....... . . . crisp Cash. 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