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Show Lapoirati by Krlsten Kremln Express Writer Lapoint Elementary is starting this school year off with big plans for new literacy and learning programs. pro-grams. After visiting an urban learning learn-ing center in California, principal Leonard Sullivan hopes to be able to follow their model and to set up a similar program at Lapoint Elementary. Sullivan explained that the school change will take place over the course of a few years, "The school change needs to be done properly and it's going to take time to do it properly. We are just going to take baby steps so that the change isn't overwhelming. The process is just in it's beginnings, we still need to evaluate what things are going to Maeser to use by Krlsten Kremln Express Writer Focusing on a balanced literary approach with an emphasis on the four blocks to literacy, Maeser Elementary is looking towards a great year of improved writing and reading skills. Principal, Dennis Atkin explained that the four blocks program designed to concentrate on self-selected self-selected reading, writing, guided reading, and working with words. Four teachers have already received this training in the past two years and are the school literacy coaches. Six more teachers received their training this summer and will con Local ranch honored at fair The T P J Ranch. Inc. Crow Creek Ranch will be honored as a "Utah Century Ranch" at the Uintah County Fair Aug. 12. The farm, owned by Wayne Justice of Lapoint is one of 10 farms and ranches throughout the state to receive the distinction from the Century Farm and Ranch Committee this year. The program started during the 1996 Centennial year and honors the owners of Gail Atwood Nancie Thurman Sherriff's Warrants Outstanding warrants of arrest as of Aug. 7, 2000 have been issued from Uintah Justice Court for the following individuals: Gail Kristie Atwood, born Jan. 25. 1973, is wanted on $135 and $640 warrants issued Aug. 2, 2000. Nancie Ann Thurman, born Oct. 15, 1965, is wanted on a $400 warrant issued June 2 1 , 2000. Hoompanh Vanvilay, bom June 10, 197 1, is wanted on a $2000 warrant war-rant issued June 23, 2000. Dennis R. Gardiner, bom April 1, 1952, is wanted on a $1030 war- z 7:' -"v ft ' t "r J Free health hotline on orthopedics What are the latest options for people who need hip or knee replacement surgery? How do you know if you need surgery on your shoulder, hip or knee? What questions ques-tions should you ask when selecting an orthopedic surgeon? The answers to these and other questions are just a phone call away. Orthopedic issues will be the topic of August's Dcseret Newslntcrmountain Health Care Health Hotline. The free hotline will be offered Saturday, August 12. from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The toll-free hotline number, 1-800-925-8177, can be tio make stay the same and what things are going to change." , Funding for the program will be from a federal grant given to help in the change to improve academic needs. The "Cell" literacy program will be used to focus on reading and writing at Lapoint. The teachers will be continuing their training for the program throughout the year. Sullivan said that he felt that the program was a good program all around in improving literacy. Lapoint, along with West Jr. High and Todd Elementary, is more rural than the other schools in the district. It is also a Kindergarten through sixth grade and proves to be more ethnically diverse than most of the other schools in the districts. building blocks to literacy tinue it throughout the school year and will become the school literacy trainers "This year, we really want to push writing with reading," commented Atkin, "We also want to work on character development." Atkin went on to explain that they would work on character development develop-ment and education through a program pro-gram called Positive Action. The program will be school wide. Each classroom will be working together to create a unified learning process. Two new kindergarten teachers will be coming to Maeser. Valerie Peraz and Stacie Brakefield will be working with the other kindergarten farms or ranches that have been in the same family ownership for the last 100 years. "The Utah Century Farm or Ranch designation is a w ay to pay tribute to those Utah families who have worked hard to keep the strong farming and ranching tradition tradi-tion of Utah live," said C. Booth Wallentine, CEO of the Utah Farm Bureau and chairman of the Century Farm and. Ranch, .commhr . Hoompanh Vanvilay Dennis R. Gardiner James A. Patterson James Perry Evans rant issued July 25, 2000. James Perry Evans, born March 30, 1974, is wanted on a $1280 warrant issued July 31. 2000. James A. Patterson, bom Feb. 26, 1961, is wanted on a $365 warrant issued July 31, 2000. Persons with information about these individuals should contact the Uintah County Sheriff's Department at 789-2511, Central Dispatch at 789-4222, or the Secret Witness Line at 78 1 -5400. called from anywhere in the Intermountain region. All calls are confidential. Calls to the hotline will be answered by Kent M. Samuelson, MD, orthopedic surgeon at LDS Hospital, and Missi Burton, RN, nurse coordinator, Joint Replacement Center at IDS Hospital. More information about orthopedic orthope-dic issues and joint replacement can be found on the Internet at ww.ihc.com. The health hotline is a free community service provided by the Deseret News and IHC. Li m i i II- - I s 1 ; I V changes Lapoint also receives help from the Ute tribe. J.O.M personnel helps by tutoring tribal members in the more difficult concepts. Lapoint Elementary also has a preschool program similar to the Head Start program for children with special needs. As a Title One school, Lapoint received funding to buy new computers com-puters to replace the old work stations sta-tions in the computer lab, and teachers teach-ers also have received new computers comput-ers to work from. In commenting on the main focus for the year, Principal Sullivan said, "We are going to be working hard this year to improve literacy; not only reading but writing as well. I am looking forw ard to this year." teachers in the kindergarten center. In addition to new teachers at the kindergarten center, the school district dis-trict has built two new rooms to be used as kindergarten classrooms. There will also be a room designated designat-ed for music, one for special services, ser-vices, and another for a library. Maeser Elementary is expecting approximately 600 students this year. Atkin believes that good teachers are the best people on earth, and complimented Maeser teachers, "We have some of the best teachers in the district here at Maeser. We are looking to a great school year." tee. "It's important to recognize that agriculture is still a very viable and dynamic industry in Utah," Wallentine said. At the fair, a county extension agent w ill present the ranch w ith a certificate signed by Gov. Michael O. Leavitt Cary Peterson, commissioner commis-sioner of the Department of Agriculture and FooA and Wultenririff! The1 Justices will alsc receive a commemorative Century Farm and 'Ranch sign to put at the entrance to their ranch. "The signs can be found on several sev-eral farms and ranches throughout Utah," Wallentine said. "The sign is representative of the owners tremendous wori ethic and pride they have in their family heritage." The Utah Century Farm and Ranch program is a cooperative effort of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. USU Extension and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. Naples to host Back-to-School night Naples Elementary will be welcoming wel-coming appaiMmately 369 students for the new school year. An estimated esti-mated 200 third graders and 169 fourth graders will make up eighteen eigh-teen classes. Of eighteen regular education teachers and two special education teachers at Naples, five teachers will be new to the school. Anita Garner, Amy Gorum, and Mollie Wright w ill be teaching third grade. Annette Pederson and Shilo Rich w ill teach fourth grade classes. The Naples ElenKntary staff will be involved w ith activities designed to enhance teaching and learning. .Naples principal, Lee Gagon said, "Fostering a school climate where learning is sparked and where students stu-dents feel safe will be the focus as staff members welcome students to school." Gagon explained, "The 'first morning bell at Naples will ring at 8:45 a.m. Students are to arrive at school between 8:30 and 8:45 a.m. during which time breakfast w ill be Tomatoes for your DLT's! Locally 'rlJJ I n n i-' Also ueii Hot Peppers Morning Glory Produce 3235 N. 250 W. 709-5955 Mori, - Sat 8 am - 6 pre Closed Sundays fV -t 1 A VV' j i . J- w .'if, 'i ' f : 'U I -Mr Colorado travelers, Dave and D.C. Buterbaugh, prepare for trip out of Vernal. Two travelers seetc ways oir the Old Westi To ride the open ranch and follow the way of the Old West is a dream of Dave Buterbaugh of Dove Creek, Colo. Today the ways of the Old West are drying up. Before all public lands are blocked, Buterbaugh. a truck driver by profession, decided to take one more stab riding the open range. He and his son, D.C. , left Dove Creek July 8, on horseback, horse-back, with six-shooters strapped to their sides, they set out for Rock Springs, Wyo. On their return trip. Save on back to school clothes It seems like kids just got out of school. Nevertheless, it's time to start thinking about saving on back to school clothes. If you're on your frugal toes, you already have a stash against the expense, but even if you don't, or don't have enough, there's still plenty of time to work on it. School clothes can be a major expense, .with , estimates ranging from five hundred dollars for a 'family of four to over five hun-. dred dollars per child! (Seventeen Magazine August, 2000) One thing for sure, buying clothes all at one time at a department store with a credit card, (even if they are on sale) is frugal death. But there are alternatives. Shop second hand and it's the middle of garage sale season. With so many yard and garage sales to choose from take your time and find the very best clothing. Kids don't want to go to school looking as if they are wearing 'old clothes served. School will dismiss at 3:25 p.m. four days per week. On Wednesdays, however, school will dismiss at 12:50 p.m., to allow teachers time for weekly preparation." prepara-tion." Parental involvement is strongly encouraged at Naples. All parents and students are urged to attend the Back-to-Sehool Night which will be held the evening before school begins. This Back-lo-School Night, scheduled for Tuesday, August 22 will begin at 6 p.m. It will provide an opportunity for each student to become familiar with his or her new teachers, classmates, and classroom. Students will be meeting with teachers to practice a short presentation presen-tation for their parents. During this time, parents will meet in the multipurpose multi-purpose room to hear information regarding PTA and PTO. Lee Gagon said that she looks forward to meeting all of the students stu-dents and parents at this special Back-lo-School Night activity. Grown A reDDers & for fresh salsa - -Sr- V V ,V ' they came into Vernal Wednesday last week. "I caught up with them at Thompson's Mortuary in Vernal." said Woodey B. Searie, w ho offca'd them a place to pasture their horses for the night. At 9 a.m. the next morning the pair were ready to go. but they had decided to take up Searie on his offer to haul them to the Colorado line. "Over the past week, this seat has become real comfortable," said Buterbaugh as he mounted his and they don't have to! Top of the line quality clothing can be found hardly worn, since kids grow fast and some parents buy brand name clothing for "good" (limited) wear. Watch for the goodies that make going back to school special. Since kids can only wear one outfit at a time, don't buy everything ahead if you can't find a decent bargain. Retailers sometimes, overstock in anticipation tor back to school shoppers and some of the best bargains bar-gains are 'back to school' sales after school has started. Try to buy mix and match pieces, not outfits for a better variety. Let the kids help by giving them a set amount of 'Century in Review' to be presented at library The Uintah County Library Regional History Center will sponsor spon-sor a lecture about events in county history during the past century on Monday. August 14, at 7 p m. The lecture will be ghen in the library 's multi-purpose room. At the turn of the 20th Century . Sheriff William "Billy" Preece was tracking down outlaws such as Harry Tracy and Matt Warner. The old courthouse and Central School were built, and the Social Hall on south Vernal Avenue was the mo.t popular place to be seen. There was an increasingly tense relationship relation-ship between cattle and sheep grazers, graz-ers, and saloon-keeper S. M. Browne retired as Vernal City mayor, to be replaced by Elisha Davis. Thaxighout the century. Uintah County experienced all the trials and tribulations of the great wars, diseases that ravaged the population popula-tion and a variety of economic hardships. But residents of this rugged comer of Utah have also seen the rise of hydrocarbon industries, indus-tries, business district expansion, the establishment of modern utilities utili-ties and technology and a fourfold increase in population. The lectures, to be given by Kathleen Irving, will cover many July 31.2000 Open Utter to tlx Vernal-area community: Vic ire the four o1im who rrr arrcMcvl in your nr rW riding without our clothes on July 8, 2000. In this Icttct, wt wivh to express our sincere regret, emKrramem nd apology for our wrongdoing. This summer we are riding our bicycle from San Francisco to VE'ashington, D C for Bike-Atd, l program administered by its nonprofit parent organization, JustAct. We began on June I?, and will reach Wadiington. D.C on August 20 after riding for nine weeks and performing community service projects on most of our non-riding days. In our lapse of judgment, we failed to think of the impact our action would have on thewt who saw us. and of the impact it would have on us. We were truly embarrassed, and regret that we cauwd you, the local aniens, to be embarrassed. We regrettably failed to think of those who might observe us and of the potential impact such experience may have on them. Thank you. Sincerely, Jennifer Ctiwmnski, William Smith. I induv Swain, and Norah Van Dtirn Vernal Express Wednesday. August 9, 2000 3 4 ; horse. "To share this experience with my son has been a real pleasure." plea-sure." Buterbaugh said he did the trip on horseback for three main reasons: my son is 19 jears old. and 1 11 never have this opportunity again, I love ranching and the BLM is closing clos-ing public lands to this tvpe of travel. trav-el. Searie hauled the two travelers to Rangely. Colo, where he bid them farewell. money and explain that there isn't any more available for clothing. Mo;.! kids are happier wearing a shirt they chose at a five dollar sale, than a shirt nou chose for five times that amount. Give them the money and let them pay for the items themclves. if they're old enough Shop with them if you need to. but let them make the choices. Make sure they understand trtcy have to live with those choices! The most common mistake shoppers make is buving too much on impulse when faced with a large selection or buying too much of the wrong thing." savs Dr. Pam Norum, a family budgeting expert of the historic highlights of Uintah County's lat century, including lesser known stories of local people peo-ple and practices. It is presented in conjunction with the published "Century Express a free tabloid newspaper filled with photos and news articles about a variety of topics from the last century. Copies of the newspaper can be obtained at the library where a photographic exhibit relating to this lime is also currently on display. All community communi-ty residents, especially families, are welcome to attend. The program pro-gram received funding from the I'tah Humanities Council. The Utah Humanities Council promotes history and heritage, books and reading and public discussions of issues important to communities. 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