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Show Fall 2000 Discover Dinosauriand 19 Vernal offers scenic 18 hole course The new 18-hoIe Dinaland Golf Course is located in the beautiful Ashley Valley of Northeastern Utah. This course offers one exhilarating round of golf after another. The view is fantastic with the Uinta Mountains in the background and Split Mountain nearby. This is a 6,780-yard championship par 72 course with lots of water, tree lined fairways and creeks flowing through the course. The course is open to the public seven days a week with full service restaurant and snack bar complete with pro shop. Lessons are available from the PGA professional pro-fessional on staff. There is a driving range, cart and club rental, and reserved Tee-times seven days in advance. There is guaranteed group play one year in advance. The green fees are Sl8 for 18 holes and $16 for 18 holes for seniors. The course is located at 67S South 2000 East in Vernal, (435) 781-1428. Temple... Continued from page 13 used for stake conferences, funerals, meetings, meet-ings, and for other various reasons, however, how-ever, in the 1970s the practical uses of the tabernacle were limited, and the expense and liability of the building became a heavy responsibility. Still, by the mid 1980s the Uintah Tabernacle was one of the only tabernacles left standing of the some 40 that had been built in Utah and the surrounding states at the same time. In an effort to ensure that the same fate would not come to the Uintah Tabernacle, the Save The Tabernacle Committee was formed. Impressed by the 'Save The Tabernacle" effort, director of the Division of State History. Melvin Smith printed an article about the importance of preserving historical roots, and buildings that symbolize sym-bolize those roots, in the Dcserct News on June 25, 1984. A year later, famous actor, Robert Redford, wrote a letter to the editor of the Vernal Express supporting the effort to save and restore the tabernacle. Also in 1984, the tabernacle was under the direction of Glines Stake President Gayle McKeachnie. He and his presidency felt they were left with only three options for the old building. None of the three were very appealing. Two of McKeachnie's associates suggested that perhaps the building could be converted to a temple. The following seven years of proposals, reorganization of area leadership, rejection, rejec-tion, and new proposals, the efforts of converting the tabernacle to temple were generally unknown to Church members. Still, another three years passed before serious efforts were revived to restore the tabernacle, this time, the efforts were successful. suc-cessful. The announcement that the Uintah Stake Tabernacle would be renovated into a temple tem-ple was made throughout the newly created creat-ed 12-stake district on Feb. 13, 1994. Once again the Church members excitedly agreed to support the reconstruction of the tabernacle. And again, they donated time, money, whatever it would take to transform trans-form the tabernacle into a temple. A tabernacle open house was held through the last few days of April and the first few days of May 1994. so that community com-munity members could walk through the temple and see what the old building looked like before renovation began. An auction was held to sell the miscellaneous miscella-neous tabernacle furnishings on April 15, 1995. The ground breaking ceremony was held on May 13, 1995. During the 15 month interval between the announcement and ground breaking, architectural and building build-ing designs were finalized. The tabernacle pews were saved for restoration and reuse in the temple, the old seminary addition on the east end was torn-down, and by June 14, 1995, excavation excava-tion for the addition had begun. The stairs were removed, the tabernacle interior was dismantled, and the brick was stripped from interior walls. Bricks from the Reader Home, donated by Nick Meagher, provided replacements for the holes in the tabernacle and in the west gate of the finished temple. The addition was built and waterproofed, water-proofed, and the old lowerdome was removed and was later placed in the Ashley Valley Community park. The chimneys and one-third of che roof were removed, west interior wall dismantled brick by brick, and pipes were installed to anchor the west exterior wall. After much more work, dismantling, and building the temple was finally finished and McCuIlough Engineering turned the building over to the Church on Sept 16. 1997. The temple open house and tours were held throughout October for Church and community members. The Cornerstone Ceremony was scheduled sched-uled in conjunction with the fi-M temple dedicatory session on Nov. 2. 1 997. The cornerstone was also a "coverune" for a stainless steel "time capsule" containing a historical record of the construction of both the tabernacle and the temple. Other items placed in the time capsule were scriptures, books about President Gordon B. Hinckley, newspaper articles on both tabernacle use and temple construction, photos of temple construction and of the Church genera authorities and the local temple committee. The dedication lasted from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4. and thousands of Church members attended. After almost a century of existence the former Uintah Stake Tabernacle and present pres-ent Vernal Temple w as the LDS church's 51st dedicated and operating temple. Two years later, the church has 58 dedicated and operating temples, and many more announced andor in construction. Philosophy of the Vemnl Chamber We promote the community and develop its Total economy. We provide leadership in solving ' problems facing this community and serve as a dynamic force for constructive change. We constantly strive to preserve and improve the quality of life in this community. We believe the people represent this community's commu-nity's greatest resource and should have an opportunity for maximum personal development. frlission of the Vernnl Chnnber The Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce is organized for the purpose of advancing the com mercial, agricultural, industrial and civic interests of the Vernal Area; to promote integrity and good faith in the community and to positively represent the area in decisions deci-sions of city, state and national issues. For information Contact the Vernal Area Ouanber of Commerce at: 134 West Main Vernal UT 84078 (435) 789-1352 vchambereasilink.com |