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Show Museum Views Vernal Express Wednesday, December 8, 1999 7 Asd wtistiaimdDirflg addition By Grant Southam The Field House has been an outstanding out-standing addition to the city of Vernal for 51 years now. The Lions Club was instrumental in getting the State to build the facility. I was in the Lions Club when this all started and the members made many trips to Salt Lake City to talk to the legislators. legis-lators. The State appropriated $200,000 to build the Field House and it has always been a State owned and operated facility. It is without a doubt one of the best things that ever happened to our community. My family was young when it opened and they all visited it regularly. regu-larly. One son, in particular, however, howev-er, was at the museum all the time. When we couldn't find him we knew he was there with Ernie and Billie Untermann. They took him under their wings and taught him many things and let him help where he could. They were wonderful with people of all ages but certainly made youngsters feel welcome and eager to learn. I wish they could see the thousands of visitors we have each year and the school children that are bussed from other states for their field trips. In the early 50s the Carnegie Museum agreed to give a cast of the Diplodocus dinosaur back to the Field House. The original came from the quarry near Jensen and the Carnegie's made several casts of it through the years. The community was excited to have "Dippy" return to his home territory. I took my truck and trailer and drove back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to haul him home. What a trip that was! Every state that I went through wanted to know what I had on the trailer and it was pretty neat to tell them "Oh, I'm just hauling a dinosaur." Vernal welcomed "Dippy" with open arms and he held the place of honor by the front of the Field House for many years. Then he started showing wear and tear from the elements so he was moved inside. It is now time to renovate the building and bring it up to required codes and enlarge the building for new exhibits. We have over 130,000 visitors each U'ar now and that will increase greatly when the project is finished. I urge the community to suport this project just like we did 53 years ago when this all started. The Utah f ield House is raising funds to help remodel and expand their services and facilities in down town Venial. Ainone wishing to give a tax-deductible contribution to the (non-profit) fund rasing campaign cam-paign may sen. I the donation to Friends of the I 'tab Field House of Natural History. 447 K. Main St., Venial, Utah 84078. Donation jars are also placed in businesses in the down-town area and in Wal-Mart. A I-cgacy Brick is also part of the Friends of the I'tah field House fund raising efforts. Anyone purchasing pur-chasing a brick for $50 will have their name engraved in the brick and it will be placed in the" plaza entrance. See Kam Pope at the 7-11 Ranch Restaurant if you are interested inter-ested in purchasing these permanent markers that show 'your commitment commit-ment to building a belter community. Rec District offers wood shop class The Uintah Recreation District is offering a wood working class to be taught at the Vernal Junior High wood shop. The class will be five weeks long and will be offered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The class offers 30 hours of instruction and wood shop use. The cost of the wood working class is $60 which will include storage stor-age of the projects. The instructor will be Bart Miller, a woods shop instructor at Union High School. For more information call Uintah Recreation at 781-0982 or stop in at 134 West Main 101. The first 20 paid registrations will be taken. There is a 20-student limit in the class. Advairaceiniuenufts in garage ctooirs made tthenni safer According to a seven-year survey compiled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 1996, garage door-related finger injuries were the second-highest second-highest household injury, sending close to 10,000 people to the emergency emer-gency room. Knife-related finger injuries were the highest, while injuries caused by lawnmowers, garbage disposals and snow blowers combined were the third highest Of the approximately 10.000 injuries related to garage doors, one-third were sustained by children. "How do you keep kids from riding rid-ing the garage door?" asks Dave Martin, owner and chairman of Martin Door Manufacturing of Salt Lake City. "They're just kids. But there are ways to keep children from getting injured." And that was what 'Martin set out to do - develop new safety features on all of his company's doors to prevent serious injuries, both to children and adults. In February 1995, after meeting with one of his dealers in England, Martin, a self-made engineer and inventor, realized the extreme need for some kind of finger protection against the door's large section joints, which when closed create nearly 1,000 pounds per square inch of pressure. "The dealer greeted us with his arm in a sling and his hand in a cast," says Martin. "He was in a hurry and had put his hand in a section sec-tion joint of a garage door and closed it down and broke all of the fingers in his hand." Martin explains that although there are warning labels stating to keep fingers away from the joint, trapping hands and fingers inside the joint is still a common mistake, particularly when there is a power outage and owners are not familiar with how to manually operate their automatic garage door. After returning from England, Martin and his engineering team began a crash program to develop what is called the Martin Finger Shield, a flap that covers the door joint, preventing fingers from entering. enter-ing. A year later Martin realized the need for additional safety features on his doors. At a meeting in July 19 with teh CPSC and other manufacturers, man-ufacturers, he was told that the spring system used on garage doors was dangerous and could cause serious injury or even death. "We didn't know anything other that the section joints were a problem prob-lem until this meeting," explains Martin. "I was so proud of our new product siting in that meeting. We were pretty much the only ones in America offering it. However, they pointed their fingers at all of us and said that we ought to be ashamed of ourselves for the spring system that we have and the holes in the tracks." Once again, Martin went to work - this time developing an additional eight new safety features. One area of great concern was the torsion spring. With the old version, the spring was center-mounted above the door, increasing the risk of injury for do-it-yourselfers, especially espe-cially when trying to tighten a loose screw while the springs were still wound. "We have moved our springs off on the side and locked them onto the track system," says Martin. The old bottom roller brackets, which hold all of the spring tension, could be unfastened under full spring tension, resulting in injury. The new bottom roller brackets lock-on while under spring tension and cannot be removed until the springs are unwound. Besides riding the garage door, the CPSC also found that children enjoyed touching and playing with the door. To prevent fingers from becoming trapped under the door's roller, Martin designed the Roller Shield, a plastic coer. which he combined with a rolled edge track, greatly reducing hands and fingers from begin cut. "We hae also taken out the big holes on the track and redesigned our hinge so you can't get your fingers fin-gers in there." say s Martin. Children also like to play on the outside lift cables, which are commonly com-monly installed on doors with low clearance. The cable, now located on the inside, behind the track, is out of reach from childten. therefore there-fore reducing risk of injur). The new Martin 'Reu'rse Angle Shields not only provide safety for the Consiiirtt-r. but' 'AAf allow the garage door to be installed in a more attniPtise manner and at less cost. The shields mount the track to the wall, closing otf huge gaps where amis, hands, and fingers could once be trapjvd. "Most builders will add wood on the outside of the sheetnvk before installing the divr." says Martin. "You don't have to avid the wood with a Martin Ir. By leasing off you get safety and save money on framing costs. The dxr ends up costing about the same as other doors." As of August of I'H'S. Martin Doors has implemented the nine safety features on ail residemfal and commercial models. ecepl for 10 percent of its larger commercial doors, of which the lock -on side-mounted side-mounted spring i still being developed. devel-oped. Other manufacturers offer only a couple of these safety features fea-tures on one or two of their models, says Martin. "We feci very comfoita'e that we now have eliminated ir.v'st of he risks of the caiage door for not only children but for adubs." explains Martin. The company also offers upgrades for its older models. "Originally we didn't want to obsolete any of the garage doors we had out there," he says. "If somebody some-body doesn't want to put out the money for a brand new door, we can upgrade it, however, upgrading all of these items would cost about the same as a new door." Besides safety, high-quality is also a priority at Martin Doors. Unlike many manufacturers, all Martin Doors are hot-dipped galvanized in order to prevent rusting. "The galvanizing is a 2.000 degree bonding process," explains Martin. "The galvanizing ions sacrifice sacri-fice themselves to prefect a damaged dam-aged part. Not all kinds of galvanizing galvaniz-ing protects the steel." Martin stresses that his company is the only one that offers a lifetime warranty on its full line of products. The company also offers up to a 20-year 20-year warranty on the spring. "We have the technology to create a longer life," says Martin. "It's a little bit more expensive, but we feci that if a home owner is going to purchase a garage door, they certainly cer-tainly ought not to have put out $200 on springs after the new door is only five years old." He states that the Martin torsion spring, which is a 30.000-cycle spring, can expect to last for about 25 years before needing to be replaced. "Yes, you have to pay maybe a $ 1 50 extra for a Martin Door, but if you keep it for five years, just the springs alone make it the least expensive door you can buy," Martin says. Established in 1936, Martin Door Manufacturing sells garage doors throughout the western United States and in 42 countries. r ... A'' New journal features Baggs, Wyo. Outlaw Trail Journal showcases Baggs, Wyo. Butch Cassidy and his gang of outlaws out-laws once enjoyed Baggs, Wyo., as' a rest stop and playground. Using the proceeds from various illegal ventures, gang members drank hard, gambled long and purchased feminine femi-nine favors in the Snake River Valley town originally settled by ranchers. The story of Baggs' settlement and place in Wild Bunch history is told in the Winter 1999 issue of the Outlaw Trail Journal, a semiannual publication of the Uintah County Library Regional History Center now available for $6.50 at the Center and in area bookstores. This issue of the Journal alsc includes articles about the Buffalo Soldiers; African-American cavalry troops, once stationed at Ft Duchesne; Butch Cassidy's boyhood home near Circleville Utah; Ufc Chief Wakara and a humorous illustrated illus-trated story of Roy Freestone' favorite childhood sled jump. The Outlaw Trail Journal boasts t list of subscribers throughout tht United States, Canada and England Annual subscriptions cost $18 arte include two journals and twe newsletters. For more information, contact the Regional History Cento at 789-0091. Money Management, Inc. Post-Dated Check Loans; Consumer Loans; Income Taxes and Amended Returns, and Personal Service to go with it. You only pay for interest you use. Confidential & quick. Open M-F from 9-5 or by appointment. Call 781-2031, or stop by at 46 S. 600 W. Venial, Ut 84078. 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The December Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 14 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the West Junior High School Auditorium. An agenda will be published pub-lished for their meeting under separate cover. Dated this 7th day of December, 1999 Bill Phillips Business Administrator I fj L f 1 ''' x. A if It 1 '& t St - M' -- v . Wa t . t, . ' , n-ta'-imii, . It's the ultimate power tool. But a portable electric generator should help, not hurt you. Installed incorrectly, a generator can become a serious hazard to you, your home and Utah Power crews who work on power lines. You must use an approved transfer twitch to connect a generator to your home's wiring, so the power can't travel back into Utah Power's system. And the switch must comply with the National Safety Code and local building codes - have it installed by a licensed electrician. What else can vou do to stay safe? A lot, actually. ! 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