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Show B8 Wednesday, July 20, 2005 rpDrft M O - Mok DUE TO THE FINDINGS OF VESICULAR STOMATITIS (VS) IN THE VERNAL AREA, CHAMPIONSHIP O-MOK-SEE HAS BEEN MOVED TO CRAIG, COLO. IT IS SCHEDULED TO START SUNDAY, JULY 24. The National Saddle Clubs Association will once again hold the O-Mok-See pattern horse racing show. Beginning in 1966 in Billings, Mont., 0-Mok-See has become a family fam-ily tradition for many across the country year after year. This year is the 40th Annual National Championship O-Mok-See Show. O-Mok-See, a Blackfoot Indian word for 'Riding Big', is just the title for this type of pattern pat-tern horse racing show. Horses 7) .wtj h OCJ - t. . ----- - JZ&Q Iff 4 - mb tjf 2005 0-Mok-See Princess Amberlee Partridge competes at Gillette, Wyo. 2005 National Championship. Health officials urge caution: stay away from wild animals Joseph Shaffer, Director Health Officer, TriCounty Health Department, advises the public to leave wild animals ani-mals alone because of the risk of disease. Shaffer encourages parents to teach their children chil-dren to stay away from all wild animals, even if they appear friendly and unafraid. For example: Bubonic plague is transmitted by fleas that may be carried by prairie dogs. The bacteria - Yersinia pestis -thrive in prairie dog fleas. Once infected, prairie dogs contract a form of plague and die within Eight compete in State Golf Skills Shootout Eight Jr. Golfers from the Uintah Basin competed in the Utah Elks Jr. Golf Skills Shootout in Provo last week. The event was at the East Bay Golf Course. The eight participants were all age group winners from a local shootout shoot-out held at the Dinaland Golf Course last June. Each golfer competed in six events which included Long Driver, Mid-Iron, Short Iron, Chip Shot, Long Putt and Short Putt. Each contestant was given three shots at each event with the best counting for score of 2 to 10 points depending on how close they were to each target. The winners were determined by an aggregate score of all 6 events. The results were: 8 and under girls, Cheyenne Denver 2nd place; 8 and under boys, Tyler Seifert second place; 9 State winners are McLeye Eldridge, Elks state president Hit - See rides again, not in Vernal and riders are timed in various vari-ous fast paced, exciting events racing against one another in three 30 foot wide lanes where 'riding big', and fast is a must. Each horse and rider is timed and a standard 165-foot pattern is used in each race. O-Mok-See is not breed specific so everyone every-one is welcome to compete, regardless of whether their horse is registered or not. Events at the O-Mok-See competition are designed to provide the horse and rider with a fun challenge. Ranging from traditional barrel racing to pole bending and the quick flag race, there is an event for everyone, making O-Mok-See a great place for families and people of all ages to compete. days, usually deep within their burrows. Other animals known to carry the disease are deer mice, rats, badgers, coyotes, bobcats and antelope. Shaffer continues to say that plague outbreaks among prairie dogs is nothing new, but people are advised to keep themselves and their pets flea-free flea-free and away from plagued areas. So far, the prairie dog towns infected are in very remote areas, miles from the nearest cities or tourist attractions. attrac-tions. and 10 girls, Nicole Begay second sec-ond place; 9 and 10 boys, Jace Woolstenhulme second place; 11 and 12 boys, Alex Baldridge first place and overall points winner with 48 out of a possible 60; 13-14 boys, Blake Rollins, second place; 15 through 17 girls, Kaylee Massey, first place, and 15 through 17 boys, McLeyne Eldridge first place. After competing in 100 degree-plus temperatures all golfers and parents were treated treat-ed to lunch at the deli at East Bay compliments of the Utah Elks. The is the first state competition competi-tion for the shootout with plans to make this event grow larger each year. Members of the Vernal Elks appreciate all participants and their parents for their support of the event. Kaylee Massey with Meryl Am, Utah Along with the many other events as part of the national O-Mok-See competition, a show queen and two princesses are chosen each year at the event where contestants are judged on their riding ability, appearance, appear-ance, personality and overall conduct. Year after year families compete com-pete in the O-Mok-See cheering one another on and renewing old friendships along with the making of new ones. The 2005 O-Mok-See will be held in Craig, Colo, beginning Sunday, July 24 and ending Friday, July 29 with an awards banquet and dance later that evening. The event is free to spectators. During the past 30 years, plague activity in animals has been identified in 17 western states; human cases have been reported from 13 of these states. An average of 13 human cases of plague per year (range 1-40) was reported in the U.S. from 1979-1999; about 14 percent of these cases were fatal. Human plague is very rare. Most cases occur during summer sum-mer months when people are active outdoors and flea activity activ-ity is the greatest. Modern See Animals on B10 Golf winners are Blake Rollins, Zack Ci i- Jujl. iji : '. .--;ffi5L-' j ":r"" . "wh fx tins goiflhootouf winners are iyleT3eerQaceloolstenhu!meTtTyeiirlTei Beoav. Riders of all ages participate in a 0-Mok-See. Slap Hockey is back! Well, sort of, as we'll have to wait until next season to really see any. Your columnist isn't a fan, having only attended two organized hockey games ever. Playing hockey, as with all sports, is much different than watching a game. The games played in the flooded Fairbanks parking lot Perkins, and Bryant Aldred with Meryl !0 number of exciting, fast paced events B A S E K Shot are fond memories. The youthful youth-ful recollection of watching the game between Olympic East Germany and West Germany teams is not. The memory of a smear of blood on the Plexiglas from a checked player's broken nose remains vivid many years on. Off Base has some sugges- Arns, Utah Elks state president. 5 T y-r -- V f enverTAie lex baidriage ana Nicole M 4" , . "-$fiOft.-- m at the annual National Championship tions for the NHL towards restoring some dignity to the sport. No teams located in California, Texas or Arizona. Drop the entire Southeast Division: it's a winter sport, in case media marketing people have forgotten. Hockey doesn't belong anywhere south of Omaha, nor west of Salt Lake (except in Canada). St. Louis and Tennessee too! What were they thinking? Oh, right, it's about the money. Anybody with me on banning ban-ning the fights? Up-armored players whaling at each other reminds one of the WWF on one hand, and serious assault on the other. It's dangerous and just not very interesting as a component of an otherwise fast-action skilled sport. Arena sports are compressed, and one can see how emotions can flare in this confined environment. Thuggishness, however, does nothing to contribute to skilled execution in the game. Hockey has always had trouble trou-ble developing a fan base in the U.S. Remember the silly Fox Sports Net experiment with the glow-puck? A microchip was placed in the puck that created cre-ated a tracer effect on camera. The idea was to make the small game puck easier to follow during dur-ing broadcasts. Silly. Many hockey arenas do double duty with basketball. 20 rows back from the rink and you spend most of your time looking at the big Trinitron. It's just not suited to large venues, plus errant flying pucks do cause periodic serious injury and death to fans in rows 5-15. No professional sport genre has ever had an entire season cancelled due to a labor dispute before. Given that hockey is a stepchild in the majors' arena of sport in the U.S., Base thinks this action will relegate it further fur-ther down the ladder in the media coverage, with soccer moving up, finally. Your correspondent calls on America to give professional hockey back to the Canadians and northeastern Europeans. Perhaps the blue line belongs at the 48th parallel. Maybe we could construct some sort of NAFTANATO deal. America has iced the puck! Batter up anytime soon at Off.BasegmaiI.com Update 71905: Kenny Rogers turned himself into the Arlington Texas Police Department yesterday on an assault warrant filed by a cameraman. |