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Show A2 Wednesday, April 20, 2005 .Vernal Express, Sen. Hatch wants to ban Internet gambling p IF if 1 I Dashell Bristol and Lando Blakley take part in a play performed by students at the new Dinosaur Community Charter School in Dinosaur, Colo. Charter school grows in Dinosaur By Virginia Harrington Express Writer Dinosaur Community Charter School in Dinosaur, Colo, has been awarded a $160,000 grant from the Walton Foundation. The school opened in the fall of 2004 and has already grown to 15 students and four teachers. teach-ers. The student body includes students from Vernal and Rangely. Dana Forbes is not only principal and an upper elementary elemen-tary teacher at the school, he is also one of the founders of the school. Forbes said the school was started to fill the educational educa-tional vacancy created when the Moffat School District closed the town's elementary school and started busing the children to Rangely in Rio Blanco County. $he charter school is located locat-ed Sn the building that was vacated by the Moffat School District, which provides students stu-dents and teachers with ample facilities and plenty of room to grow. Forbes said the grant will help that growth, opening up vistas of progress and the ability abil-ity to buy needed supplies and equipment. Part of the planned growth includes a green house and hydroponics. Products will Woolly Bunch to hold first annual Kings Peak Classic pgg Bryson Foy, Chance Gooddrich, McKay Foy, Rylee Foy and Kyle Foy are busy preparing their sheep for the first annual King's Peak Classic lamb jackpot. jpi VERNAL Express (ISSN 0892-1091) Published every Wednesday for $24 per year in the shopping area and $36 per year out of the shopping area within the state and $39 per year out of state within the USA by the Vernal Express Publishing Company, 54 North Vernal Avenue, Vernal, Utah 84078. Periodicals postage paid at Vernal, Utah 84078. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to VERNAL EXPRESS, P.O. Box 1000, Vernal Utah 84078. Steven R. Wallis Editor and Publisher Carissa Magee Feature Writer Virginia Harrington.. Feature Writer Patty John Proofreader Kitta Dory Ad Layout Rock Ad Layout Jennifer Downard Ad Layout Jacque Hobbs Advertising Lynne Murray Advertising Terri Black Circulation Madonna Parker. Classifieds, Obits & Legals Phone 435-789-3511 FAX: 435-789-8690 Website: www.vernal.com e-mail: editorvernal.com DEADLINES News Monday 12 noon Display Advertising Friday 5 p.m. ClassifiedAdvertising Monday 12 noon Public Notices Monday 12 noon be given to families in need and will also provide the students with business experience. Special education teachers Edie Jansen and Gaila Bell are continuing to write grants for the future as well as teaching the Title I classes and other special spe-cial education classes. Carmen McKay and Forbes teach all other classes with the help of several volunteers. Forbes said many of the students stu-dents are children who didn't enjoy going to school in the past. He said the teachers notice a marked change in attitude among the students in a short period of time. Tawnya Ellifritz of Vernal said her daughter, Dashell Bristol, is one of those students who has made major improvements since starting at the charter school. Dashell, age 10, was falling behind in reading read-ing and other subjects. Within one month of her enrollment in the charter school, her reading read-ing had improved and she now loves going to school, Ellifritz said. There is a seven member school board that oversees the school and currently all members mem-bers are from Dinosaur. Forbes said he would like to see that change in the future with board members from Rangely and Vernal. No tuition is charged to students, stu-dents, whether from Colorado or from Utah. Forbes said that by next fall the school will be able to provide transportation for all the students. While music and art classes are already in place, both will be expanded next year. The students stu-dents learn piano and guitar and will soon be making potter items using their own kiln. A sports program for junior high students is also in the planning stage. The school currently serves kindergarten through sixth grade plus a preschool. Seventh and eighth grades will be added next year and there are plans to expand to the high school level in the future. Forbes said one of the greatest great-est advantages of the charter school is that students work at their own pace. Progress is based on ability rather than age. The extremely high teacher teach-er to student ratio is complemented comple-mented by having students of all ages in the same classroom. Students more advanced in a subject help those who need tutoring, regardless of age differences. dif-ferences. Forbes said the school creates cre-ates a family atmosphere rather rath-er than that of a traditional classroom. The WooUy Bunch 4-H Club has had a busy spring getting their project lambs ready for the first annual "Kings Peak Classic" lamb jackpot that will be held in Duchesne at the Duchesne County Fairgrounds, Saturday April 23. The industrious youth members mem-bers and their leaders are sponsoring spon-soring the jackpot as a leadership leader-ship project. Members have enthusiastically been out into the communities seeking support sup-port from local businesses and are prepared to award many exciting and well earned prizes. The jackpot is open to any youth in the state of Utah up to age 21. There will also be a showmanship showman-ship class for peewees up to 8 years of age. Weigh-ins start at 8 a.m. The entry fee is $10 per lamb and $10 for showmanship. The judge for the event is Kelly Burch from Casper, Wyo. Mr. Burch is the livestock judging team coach for Casper College. The show is sanctioned sanc-tioned by the Utah Show Lamb Association and association members can earn points for the 2005 show season. Youth do not need to be a member of the USLA to participate in the jackpot. jack-pot. In conjunction with the jackpot jack-pot there will be a project lamb sale beginning at 9 a.m. Lambs can be viewed at 8 a.m. These lambs will make great project lambs for 4-H and FFA youth planning to participate in county coun-ty and state fairs lamb shows. The show is a progressive show and lambs need not be finished to participate. The jackpot is great practice for youth planning plan-ning to show project lambs this summer. For more information contact con-tact any Wooly Bunch 4-H member mem-ber or the County Extension at 738-1140. Sen. Orrin Hatch disagrees with a recent decision by the World . Trade Organization (WTO) decision that the U.S. and Utah are not allowed to outlaw Internet gambling. "If the WTO system is to work in benefitting all involved, we can't be forced to bow to the wishes of some obscure island nation and allow our citizens to gamble over the internet," said Hatch. "It is difficult enough to keep kids away from the lure of easy money. We simply cannot can-not allow other countries to circumvent U.S. and Utah gambling gam-bling laws." Hatch's objections to gambling gam-bling come at a time when Texas Hold'em is sweeping the nation and the state. Salt Lake County recently started a major crack down on the newly popu TriCounty Health plans busy spring TriCounty Health Department Depart-ment under the direction of Joseph B. Shaffer, has planned a busy spring for residents in Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah Counties. A safe Kids Fair is planned for May 7 at Vernal Middle School. It will feature a car seat checkpoint, a bike rodeo with distribution of helmets, gun and fire safety, the Highway Patrol convincer, 911 simulator simula-tor and the Dino Pediatrics Dinocar. There will also be presentations presenta-tions from Division of Wildlife Resources, fun rides, free hot-dogs hot-dogs and beverages provided by the Masons and Shriners, Smokey Bear, Crash test Go One Better fv Better not wait. 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But he also said there are ways to use Texas Hold'em and other mechanisms such as drawings, for charitable purposes without breaking the law. The first condition is that Dummies, the Drag-Not Dragon and many health booths. The Literacy Commission will be giving free books to children. Face painting and a dunking booth will provide additional fun. A three-on-three basketball tournament will be provided by Split Mountain Youth and Diversions Program. The fair will move on to Lapoint Elementary School May 11 and to Manila May 14. A bike rodeo is planned for both days. The Roosevelt Safe Kids Fair will be held at the Uintah Basin Medical Center May 21. Most of the events planned for the Vernal Fair will also be held in Roosevelt, including the basket 29.99 AUDIOVOX 8910 CAMERA PHONE l After $50 mail-in rebate i: f; with 2-year agreement for $99.5. 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The fair moves to Flaming Gorge Lodge May 28 with a car seat checkpoint. The Legacy Gold Medal Mile for 2005 will be held May 2 at Freestone Legacy Park in Vernal from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. "Embrace life, health and wellness" well-ness" is the theme of the event. June 3 and 4 will be a busy two days with not only the Relay for Life, but also the CBR Kids' Stampede, which will receive national television coverage. cov-erage. The stampede starts at noon and will include a mini-fair. mini-fair. 508 W. Main, 790-7400 855 E. 200 N., 724-3400 taxes. Utrw restrictions mav iuuiuiik. King distance, or i |