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Show B-section-XJ.inaa, rxat i ot a - rages (n, i) 1U3 lit tn BIO Wednesday, July 20, 2005 .Vernal Express. The racers round the second corner toward the finish. The races were all very close competitions. By Bremen Eden Express Writer Dirt was flying, kids were yelling, and the crowd was cheering on July 15th, 16th, and 17th. The Uintah Recreation District opened up their new BMX biking track for the ABA (American Biking Association) races. These races drew in a large Vernal crowd, as well as a out of town crowd, including Colorado and Wyoming. Tina Dall, the track operator, opera-tor, said, "This event was awesome. awe-some. It was one of the best we've ever done and everyone was impressed with our track." bumps and jumps, around the turns, and through the dips in the field. All of the riders enjoyed the track setup, and the races were all fun. But the real fun started Sunday. Sunday the 17th was the double points round. This race had 30 local riders, as well as 60 out of town riders. After a rocky start, the races were ready to begin. All the points earned in these races would be doubled at the end of the event, and the rider with the most total points would be crowned the victor. The entire day was filled with intense and fierce races, and at the end of the day, everyone every-one had had a good time. All the Tina was the one in charge of posting races, as well as count- out of town representatives said ing riders. Neither of which is that they liked the field and an easy task with yelling fans and touchy power. But even with these problems, everything every-thing worked out. FridjX&and Saturday were point rfiaxies, where bikers had to compete to earn points for the finals. Points were awarded that they would love to come back. Team Altitude Cycle of Vernal came home with a trophy, tro-phy, proud of their racing and holding their heads high. 5050 drawings were held at the races as well. Prizes from all the bike stores were given for wins, as well as overall per- away, as well as from local busi- formance. On an average, 40 nesses, totalling $470 worth of riders competed each day. At prizes. After a big thank you to the start of each race, the gate all of their sponsors, the races would drop and racers would ended, take off down the hill, over the : Jk V--' , J w fc - ' 1 g i" ' mists,'' ' V 4 1 " " I , ' f rv ! Ar Oj: - - - - -r. - The races were for kids of all ages. rA p m1P ! )r Blue Mountain Angels take first 2005 Vernal Girls Softball first place league winner and second place tournament winners are the Blue Mountain Moun-tain Angels coached by Stephanie Cook and Cliff Grua. Left to right are Jesse Slaugh, Rashell Boren, Lindsey Mattison, MacKenzie Calder, Karly Simper and bottom row, Sami Jackson, Rylie Blackburn, Dacey Mattison, Annicka Gray, Paige Holmes and Traci Caldwell. Summer Hours !:;.:.M.S.:iii:Si Vernal women win in Green River Three teams of women represented rep-resented the Vernal Ladies Golf in an invitation golf tournament tourna-ment held by the Rolling Green County Club in Green River, Wyo. on July 14. Lynette Rollins and her partner part-ner Shauna Dotter claimed first place gross in D Flight. They fired a 97 in the tournament, which featured a Best Ball on the front nine and scramble on the back side. . Joining them in the winner's circle were Helen Atwood and JoAnn Cowan who shot an 82 to claimed a tie for second in the Championship Flight. Annette Hatch and Nancy Martinez posted post-ed an 83 and won third place in the Championship flight. Youth and teen volleyball clinic Uintah Recreation is taking tak-ing registrations for volleyball clinics. There are going to be two divisions; Youth and Teen. Youth starts for girls and boys in grades 3 through 6 which will play three nights a week from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Teen volleyball clinic is for girls and boys grades 7 and 8. They will also be playing five nights a week starting at 6 p.m. and finishing around 7 p.m. All participants receive an award after finishing the clinic. Registrations through August 12 are $25 after that it raises to $30. Registration deadline dead-line is August 26. Clinic begins September 13. Animals Continued from B8 antibiotics are effective against plague, but treatment must begin promptly. Symptoms include swollen and tender lymph glands accompanied by fever, chills, headache and extreme exhaustion. Mr. Shaffer reminds residents resi-dents to be aware of unusual pet, rodent and ground squirrel squir-rel deaths and report such to the Health Department immediately. imme-diately. Additionally, he warns that interaction with rodents, alive or dead, should be avoided whenever possible. 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