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Show 'I B8 Tuesday. July 25, 2007 Vernal Express Randlett's Joe Frost becomes champion bull rider 1 Uar ny.ar Uintah Basil NtwtStnrtn In the Uintah Basin, the name Frost is synonymous with the sport of bull riding, and 15-year-old Joe Frost is doing everything in his power to strengthen that word association. Earlier this month, Joe was named winner of the bull riding OREM 1-666-666-2131 Me fit Met 2007 NISSAN A W S3CM0 HSRP -$300 DkOtcount 41,500 HlgB Sale on ontv art thta price $14,125 a4 MA -J- - riUl - kxu i is a 'J IJiccan OREM 285 Weat Univeralty Parkway 1-866-448-0136 www.kengartfnissanorem.com -ymfrt pk tax. tg, title, and Pfkasdl - 1 V . - ,.? .arlaaTTIfclaa CROOK pjj ajBKaaBa avBAa' -ill" 1. 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The family is also closely related to Lane Frost, a PRCA World Champion Bull rider who died in a rodeo arena in 1989 after being smashed by a bull he had just dismounted. Given their family history, some people find it surprising that the Frosts are still actively involved in the rodeo scene. From Shane's perspective though, once you've been bitten by the rodeo bug, not participating in the sport is just not an option. "rmafirm believer that when it's your time to go, it'syour time, whether you're driving in a car or riding on the back of a bull," Shane said. "My dad died in a car wreck, so does that mean I should never drive a car again? You gotta do what you love because that's what makes life good." Lisa Frost, Joe's mom, was a stranger to the rodeo arena until she started dating Shane. Out of necessity, she's become a self-trained expert over the years, helping Shane coach their four children on an almost-daily Joe Frost hangs on tight to his bull at a qualifier rodeo in Vernai earlier this year. In addition to being named overall winner of the bull riding competition at the Wrangler Junior High Finals Rodeo Championship this month in Gallup, New Mexico, Frost also placed eighth in the boy's all-around competition and eighth in goat tying. Constitution Members and friends of the Constitution Party in Uintah County will meet in August for an annual county convention. The meeting will be on Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Golden Age Senior Center, 155 S. 100 Win Vernal. WEST RIDGE W Financial L-J basis. After the work is done on the family ranch, evenings at the Frost home are always full of roping and riding in their outdoor arena. "People have different worlds, and I didn't realize that until I was put into this world of ro-deoing," ro-deoing," Lisa said. "Watching my kids ride will always give me those mom jitters, but I've learned to love rodeos because they love them so much. For us to be able to share this interest as a family and be together is a big thing." Mind Over Matter Shane and Lisa said their son has overcome a lot to become the champion bull rider that he is today. When he was younger, he was uncoordinated and big for his age. That awkwardness - combined com-bined with discouragement of losing - made rodeoing difficult. But Joe's desire for perfection allowed him to overcome those obstacles. "Joe didn'thavealotof natural ability when he was younger, but Party county convention The purpose of the convention conven-tion will be to elect officers for the coming three years as well as identify local and national issues is-sues to be addressed by the party. This group will also help identify issues to be placed on the party platform of the Constitution Party. Over the past three years the Constitution Party has added members from Manila, Lapoint and the Vernal areas to the Uintah Uin-tah County convention. "Basically, people who want us to return to constitutional principals princi-pals have come together with the Delay urged Gorge water A western Colorado water agency wants federal officials to hold off on reviewing a proposal to funnel water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Colorado's populous Front Range, the Associated As-sociated Press reported. The Colorado River Water Conservation District said Friday that Colorado officials need time to study a plan by Fort Collins entrepreneur Aaron Million to divert up to 450,000 acre-feet of water a year from the reservoir. reser-voir. Million's plan calls for a 400-mile, 400-mile, $4 billion pipeline that would take the water east across Wyoming over the Continental Divide and then south into Colorado Colo-rado as far as Pueblo. The pipeline could supply enough water for up to 900,000 people a year. The fast-growing cities along the Front Range, with an estimated es-timated 3.8 million residents, already draw water from a wide swath of the state, and many would welcome more. Eric Kuhn, general manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation Con-servation District, said Million's plan could leave less water available avail-able to western Colorado. Water sent through Million's Call News Items to 789 - he made up for that by working twice as hard," Shane said. "He finally caught up to his size and started winning and developing more and more confidence." Then, when Joe was 10, his knee was cut up when a calf he was riding ran him into a fence. After 22 stitches and a few weeks' time, the knee was healed. Mentally though, Joe had some problems shaking the injury. "For awhile there, I'd think of the injury when I was riding and anytime I got near a fence I'd just fall off," Joe said. "I finally convinced myself that if I was timid, I was going to get hurt more. To ride bulls, you gotta love what you're doing or you're going to get hurt." Joe is driven to succeed by a fierce sense of competition. He recalls a time when he was 5 or 6. His dad was trying to encourage him to ride a steer, but he was afraid. Then, his younger brother hopped on and rode around the arena. Being showed up by his younger brother was all the encouragement en-couragement he needed to come to grips with his fear, he said. Over time, that sense of hesitancy about riding developed into an intense love for the sport. These days, Joe describes the experience of sitting on top of a raging, 1,500 pound bull as "awesome." "awe-some." To him, there's nothing more incredible than feelingthat power and being able to harness it. "It's something that I love," he said. "Some kids grow up playingbaseball. Igrewup riding bulls." Most of what it takes, to become a champion bull rider is mental, Joe said. During the day, he rides bareback horses and sits on bucking barrels to improve his sense of balance. But practice that is just as valuable comes at night, before turning in for sleep. In the evenings, Joe can usually usu-ally be found sitting on his bed with his eyes closed, picturing the split-second twists and turns a bull can make and the actions Joe will have to take to stay securely on top. "With bull riding, there is only so much actual practicing practic-ing that you can do," he said. "Before I ride, I'm figuring out what I'm going to do, but when I'm actually riding, my mind is completely blank. I try to block -outeverytbing." -"That mental strength will ; serve Joe well in the future. As a freshman at Union this coming ' academic year, he plans to join the rodeo team. And someday, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of so many Frosts who have gone before him and be a cowboy in the PRCA. Constitution Party,'' explained party member Shane Luck. "We had 50 some candidates in Utah during the last election." Luck went on to explain the Constitution Party stresses principals prin-cipals over policy that differentiates differenti-ates them from other political parties. "Party platforms are changing chang-ing and we want to come back to constitutionally approved services," explained Luck. "We need to define constitutionally approved services and what they would they cost." on Flaming proposal pipeline would count against Colorado's share of Colorado River water under interstate agreements, Kuhn said. Flaming Gorge is on the Green River, a tributary of the Colorado, which supplies much of western Colorado's Colo-rado's water. "We really do not know at the moment how much water is needed internally in western Colorado," Kuhn told the AR Taking water out of Flaming Gorge would require a contract with the US. Bureau of Reclamation. Reclama-tion. The Colorado River Conservation Con-servation District Board voted this month to ask the bureau to halt any work on processing the proposed contract, including an environmental study. Wyoming water officials have also expressed reservations about whether the plan is feasible. Mike Besson, director of the Wyoming Water Development Commission, Commis-sion, has questioned whether Colorado has legal rights to the amount of water envisioned in the plan. Million has called the Green River "the largest underutilized river in the West" and said his plan would benefit the Front Range's cities, agriculture and environment. the Vernal Express! 3511 |