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Show A6 Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Vernal Express Obituaries Continued from A4 Belva Winward Hatch Belva Winward Hatch, age 82, born in Vernal, Utah to Joseph and Mary Herbert on Dec. 8, 1923, passed away in Vernal on Dec. 3, 2006. She enjoyed being with her family. Belva was a wonderful gardener, and she loved her flowers, especially her roses. She loved cooking and was an excellent cook. She married William Winward in 1942. She later married Clayton Hatch in Elko, Nev. Belva is survived by her husband, Clayton Hatch. Daughters Narvene Cook, Jody Winward, and Denice (Dale) Allen; grandchildren William Shane Cook, Denson Angulo, Vanessa Chamberlain; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William Winward. Christmas is a time for giving, helping A .. . By Janine Shannon Belva Winward Hatch Funeral Services will be held Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 at Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary at 11 a.m. Friends and family are invited to attend a viewing one hour prior to services at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Vernal Memorial Park following the service under the direction of Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. Express Writer A spirit of generosity often accompanies the Christmas season, sea-son, and there are many ways to give, whether it be time, money, food or gifts. Santa's Community Effort collects new toys and clothes to give to families who are financially fi-nancially struggling because of circumstances. Individuals, Individu-als, families, and other entities enti-ties can adopt these families to "supplement" their Christmas. Children aged zero to 16 each receive two articles of clothing and two reasonably priced toys. New items may be dropped off at the Vernal City offices and monetary donations may be made at Mountain America Credit Union until Friday. Money Mon-ey collected in dontations will be used to purchase items for families who are not adopted. The project organized by Kathy Mashburn and Teddie Evans, is expected to help 200 to 300 children chil-dren this year. "Shop with a Cop" will take place December 16. People can donate money to K-Mart or to the Vernal City Police before that date so that children in need can buy Christmas presents pres-ents for their families. WalMart's "Angel Tree" benefits ben-efits foster children in the area. Until December 15, people can select a tag off of trees located at the WalMart entrance that includes the age and gender of a child one or two things they would like for Christmas. There are 195 foster children that will benefit from Angel Tree this year.People can donate money to purchase presents for those whose tags are left on the tree Gale pleads guilty to federal charge Brad R. Gale, co-owner of Gale's Office Supply and Bookstores in Vernal and Ashley VeC&g Buying a house is as easy as 1,2,3 with Ashley Valley Realty. We want to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. WfflnitiimHtixmm k. rr.iTViiTJvl a &1 m m mm MAiMeValley II U Realty, lac U 36$ West 50 North Suit WS Vernal (435) 789-7265 iui j Cindy Browfi1 ! ........ 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No trial has been set in the Utah case, but in the event of a trial prosecutors say 76-year-old John West, who allegedly watched Gale perform per-form sex acts on the 14-year-old boy, will be subpoenaed as a witness. West has been charged with one count forcible sodomy, sod-omy, a first degree felony, and forcible sex abuse, a second degree felony. He pled guilty "to forcible sodomy, a class A misdemeanor, and will be sentenced sen-tenced on Feb. 1. Sentencing in Gale's federal case is set for Feb. 8. KM LOW-RATE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS EQUIPMENT LOANS REVOLVING BUSINESS LINES OF CREDIT Mountain America CREDIT UNION BUSINESS SERVICES TEAM Take the next step toward getting a SBA loan with Mountain America's Business Services Team. We have business loans with low down payments, low rates and low fees that save you money so your business can grow and succeed. For more information, contact Jason Woods at our Vernal branch today. after next Friday. The Ashley Valley Food Pantry Pan-try is always in need of non-perishable food donations. At this time last year, the pantry had 70,000 pounds of food, but this year they have only collected 30,000 pounds so far. Food may be dropped off at the pantry, located lo-cated at 426 East 200 South, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Thursdays Thurs-days from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The pantry is short-staffed at this time, so please be patient. Smith's is also collecting food donations to give to the pantry. The Uintah County Homeless Shelter is accepting donations for money and just about everything every-thing else. The shelter needs everything from furniture to kitchen appliances and from clothes to toys to help people get back on their feet. Other local organizations accepting monetary donations this year include the Uintah County Sheriffs Department for the family of Detective Keving Orr, Harvest Fellowship Fellow-ship and Deb Turney for the family of Kim Turney, the 4-H Advisory Board, Ashley Valley Amateur Hockey Association, Ashley Valley Medical Center Volunteer Auxiliary, Children's Justice Center, Relay for Life, Uintah Basin Christian Academy, Acade-my, Uintah Care Center, Uintah County Animal Shelter, Uintah County Literacy Commission, Uintah County Search and Rescue Res-cue (in care of UCSD), Uintah School of Music and the Arts, Uinat Schools Foundation, Victim's Vic-tim's Advocacy, and any local schools. For more information about these charities, contact the Vernal Ver-nal Chamber of Commerce at 789-1352 New clues appear in 20-year-old case Although it's been nearly 20 years since Rhonda Karren disappeared dis-appeared from her home, clues are just now coming to the surface. sur-face. Last week, the sheriffs department was contacted by Lena Rasmussen, who bought Karren's former home, when she remembered dark stains she'd found on the floorboards when she replaced the carpet several years ago. Rasmussen thought the stains were engine oil because from the top, they just looked black. Sheriffs detectives went to Rasmussen's home and took up almost all of her living room floor as possible evidence. Investigators said the flooring lit up after spraying it with a chemical that detects the pres ence of blood. Detectives in the case have investigated Mark Karren who was Rhonda Karren's estranged husband at the time of her disappearance. dis-appearance. Kareen has always maintained his innocence and said he does not know about the disappearance. Last week, investigators found Mark Karren's old pickup truck and say chemicals detected traces of blood in the truck too. Though investigators do not have enough evidence to make an arrest in the case, more tests and investigations are planned. DNA was also taken from Rhonda Karren's mother in an effort to match DNA with the blood stains. School Culture thoughts "Culture" can profitably be defined as 'the way we do things around here.' A school district's culture profoundly affects employee morale and effectiveness and can either be purposefully created or left to haphazardly create itself. Wise education leaders pay attention to how things are done in their organizations. We, in the Uintah School District, have decided to be as wise as we can be, basing our culture on five core values: professionalism, pro-fessionalism, accountability, unity, purpose and integrity. Professionalism is described as treating others with respect and courtesy. We start and end meetings on time, dress appropriately, appro-priately, use respectful language lan-guage and recognize the worth of all human beings through our treatment of them. We understand that our respect for others isn't earned, but simply given to all regardless regard-less of their behavior, and that courtesy for others is a statement state-ment about us, not them. Accountability means taking tak-ing responsibility for results and making things happen. It doesn't mean placing blame, but rather making improvements improve-ments by linking results to actions through data assessment. assess-ment. Unity is more than a goal, it's a necessity. All we do and say must promote and protect pro-tect unity between people and groups in the school district if we are to concentrate on the real problems we face. Clearly defined purposes purpos-es lead to maximized use of resources and focused effort, as well as increased motivation motiva-tion and quality decisions. Everyone, parents, students, and educators, should have the purpose of our actions and requirements defined. Finally, integrity: nothing else matters without it. These values are assumed they must be core. They are effectively effec-tively communicated by what the organization's leaders are willing to confront. We believe that the quality of a school district's education is, in large measure, determined deter-mined by its culture, or how things are done, in the district. This cow was shot on November 15, 2006-east 2006-east of M Fleet Reservoir on Donkey Flat Plateau. A reward is being offered in the amount of $1,000 for information leading to conviction of person(s) responsible. If you have any information regarding this, please contact 435-828-8833. Puzzled? m ish somebody could help you put your car -insurance puzzle together? As a local professional independent insurance agency representing Auto-Owners, we re up to the challenge. 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