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Show I H'k".J". IM Vernal Express Wednesday, October 17, 2007 A7 fun Jensen Park will once again become a glowing spectacle as the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Festival gets underway on Oct. 30 at 5 p.m. Families and organizations organiza-tions are already busy making plans to create some fantastic pumpkin art displays. The festival is free to the public. Follow winding paths through the park to view carved, painted and decorated pumpkins. Enjoy the bonfire tended by the 1 Jensen Volunteer Fire Depart-ment. Depart-ment. Take off the evening's chill with hot drinks and snacks sold by local youth groups at the pavilion. As part of this year's Pumpkin Festival, the public will decide which pumpkin or display will receive the festival's first ever People's Choice Award. Every year the Pumpkin Festivalattractsnearlytwo thousand thou-sand people to view the displays. The park has been expanded with asphalt walking paths and a ne w parking lot so there is no waiting in line to enter. The festival committee is encouraging families and groups to bring their pumpkin creations to the event. Pumpkins may be carved, painted or dressed in a manner appropriate for all ages. Single pumpkins or elaborate scenes are welcome. Company or sponsor names may be used, but please remember that this is a non-commercial celebration. There are benches, bleachers and straw bales for display areas. Those interested in displaying their creations are welcome to bring any other tables or props they need as well as battery powered lights or large candles LIMIT that last at least four hours. A cardboard sign identifying the 1 creator will let others recognize their talents. Petroleum jelly applied ap-plied to the cut surfaces will help pumpkins last several days. So grab a pumpkin, a knife or paint and props, and bring your creation to the Jensen Park so others can enjoy your masterpieces. master-pieces. Setup for the event will be from noon to 4 p.m. on Oct. 30. Those participating may drop offpumpkins during those hours and festival volunteers will light them at 5 p.m. Those planning a large display must call by Oct. 28 to reserve the space needed. Displays may be taken down at 9 p.m. and the Great Pumpkin Festival is not responsible for those left in the park overnight. Any pumpkins not picked up will be donated to local livestock growers. For more information contact the Split Mountain Garden Gar-den Center at 789-5512. DRUG FREE 0 SCHOOL TNEl i - i Framing the 20 mph sign in the background is the Naples School on 1900 S. The Naples Police want drivers to know that there will be zero tolerance of speeders in the Naples school zone. Zero tolerance for school zone speeders Naples city officials and Police Chief Steve Guibord want to keep our children safe. They remind drivers within the area of Naples Elementary to adhere to the 20 ' mph speed limit on 1900 South. Local speed limits have been lowered to 20 mph within the school zone. Signs and marked cross walks warn drivers of the change. And signs warning criminals to stay away have also been posted. "We will be aggressively pa- . trolling the school and surrounding surround-ing area to insure the safety of the kids," said Lt. Mark Watkins of Naples Police Department. As an extra precaution, Cpl. Patrick Eden has been assigned as the Naples School resource Sffccer, ":L ' r ' watKins aiso Baia atnree-way stop sign at the intersection of 1990 South and 2000 East is intended in-tended to slow the flow of traffic along adjacent roads. "Every effort is being made to secure the safety of our children." said Chief Steven Guibord. 789-3511 LariBda isaacsea, Clsiy Pan Race ftijillt Carrie Serrano, nay Hall Providing Insurance Service InTheTri-CountyArea In A Manner That Each Client Will Be Proud To Introduce Us To Their Family & Friends. Mil WlW Ruling disputed in McBride case Accused rapist Patrick Henry McBride has asked the judge in his case to reverse the finding of probable cause made at a preliminary hearing in August. In a motion filed Thursday, McBride's attorney, Ken Brown, argues that 8th District Court Judge John R. Anderson erred when he bound his client over for trial. McBride is charged with first-degree felony rape, first-degree first-degree felony forcible sodomy, and two counts of second-degree forcible sex abuse. The charges stem, accordingto court records, from a May 18 sexual encounter in McBride's Roosevelt home between the 50-year-old and a 17-year-old girl. At the August hearing, the alleged victim testified that she didn't want to have sex with McBride, but never said no or fought back. Instead, the girl said she "froze" when McBride started to undress her. In his motion, Brown argued that, based the legal definition of rape and forcible sodomy in Utah, the prosecution failed to demonstrate a lack of consent on the victim's part and therefore had not met its burden of proof to have McBride stand trial on the charges. Anderson offered to have fellow 8th District Court Judge A. Lynn Payne hear arguments from Brown and Duchesne County Attorney Stephen Foote, but Brown said he was comfort able with Anderson reviewing ms own decision 7t,"AbanngonBrown's;motion McBride remains free on bail Anderson modified the terms of McBride's release Thursday, allowing him to return home and attend church because the alleged victim has moved away. Clinic employee guilty of stealing A former employee of the Duchesne Medical Clinicpleaded guilty last Monday to stealing prescription medication. Kandi A. Thomas pleaded guilty to a reduced count of class A misdemeanor theft and to possession pos-session of a controlled substance, a class B misdemeanor. In addition ad-dition to reducing the severity of the theft charge against her, prosecutors also dismissed a felony burglary charge against Thomas in exchange for her plea. According to investigators, Thomas entered the clinic after hours on June 28 and stole money and quantities of Ambien, a prescription pre-scription sleep aid. In court last week, defense attorney Loni DeLand said his client'sbehaviorwastheresultof her prescribed use of Ambien. "She does some pretty bizarre things on Ambien," DeLand said. "This being one of them." Thomas asked to be sentenced immediately. She was given a suspended jail sentence of 60 days and placed on probation for 2 years. She was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine. Man breaks neck in rollover wreck An 18-year-old oil field worker suffered a broken neck Wednesday Wednes-day after the pickup truck he was riding in rolled off the road. Uintah County Sheriffs Lt. John Laursen said the 5:30 p.m. crash occurred when a semi-truck semi-truck was attempting to turn off a main road in the Book Cliffs and was struck by the pickup truck. laursen said the driver of the t pickup 18-year-old, Levi, Laursen said the driver of TfcotebM Zf. tu i:v;Jrseu-ches don't always !S?mL!1. ing." ' investigating deputy that he believed the larger, slower truck was pulling over to let him pass. But when the semi-truck began its turn, Thatcher's truck hit it, sending him off the road. The pickup truck rolled once, ejecting passenger Krystofer "BJ" Button. Button suffered a broken neck and was taken to Uintah Basin Medical Center before being flown to a Salt Lake area hospital. Laursen said no one in the pickup truck was wearing a seat belt. Missing hunter found by copter An 19-year-old man who went missing in the southern extension of the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation near Hill Creek earlier this month was found the Utah Department of Public Safety's helicopter. Misty Bruns, the state Division Divi-sion of Homeland Security liaison for the tri-county area, the Ute Indian Tribe and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said the man was hunting on the reservation and got separated from his party. The man, whose name wasn't available at press time, spent one night out in the cold with only a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. Bruns said because of heavy fog the man couldn't get his lighter to work. "That's some really treacherous treacher-ous country down there," she said. "He went the first night without a fire in pretty cold temperatures.'' Bruns said the man got a fire Business Or Home Affordable weekly, Bi-monthly and monthly window Cleaning service Christmas Ught Installation During The Holiday Season For a free estimate call MAX 435-724-7024. ' I ; V - ' 31 . , i - rVv a win V -v u"v . i 73T7 C-n r? Wi - C c ' ...rr vrv.r-. . . k . . . ' Some displays at the Great Pumpkin Festival in Jensen are bigger than others offering something new around every corner. Carved, painted, and artistically designed pumpkins will fill the Jensen park for the Saturday, Oct. 30 evening events, beginning at 5 p.m. i going the second night, which allowed the forward-looking infrared radar on the helicopter to spot him within 20 minutes of ''ft was nrettv'excitinir h 3 sne arriving on scene. Amputee arrested after crash for DUI A 46-year-old woman with one leg was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana after she crashed into a ditch. Uintah County Sheriffs Lt. John Laursen said a deputy was called to the crash at 2000 South 4-H clubs Br MwfM Jumm Express Writer Decked out in their finest costumes, they could have been any anxious Halloween trick-or- treaters. But they weren't just any trick-or-treaters; their goal h 4 IP v J ; Lr'i CUm Cn2? Members of several 4-H clubs met at Heritage Park on Friday night before beginning trick-or-treating forfood for the food pantry. While the final total of pounds of food collected hasn't been tallied, it was estimated as more than 500 pounds of food. Members of 4-H canvassed various Vernal neighborhoods seeking food donations as part of the service project Its Nifty o m be " URfty! f ! loye. Your family ;! Mother Jewell, Randy A 500 West and found Shirley Mor ns oi vernal trying to get out of her vehicle. Morris told the deputy she was having difficulty getting out ot the car because she was "unable to get her walker in a position" to do so. - i -u Tribal and, state, Wildlife, pfc washelpingMorrisoutofthlcai istrative checkpoints during the ne noticed a small bagof marijuana marijua-na and an open bottle of alcohol. The deputy administered field sobriety tests to Morris, which Laursen said she failed. . Morris was arrested on suspicion of DUI, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, expired registration, registra-tion, no insurance and an outstanding out-standing arrest warrant issued by the Nephi City Justice Court. She was booked into the Uintah trick - or - freat for food was to collect food for the food pantry, rather than candy for their enjoyment. And it wasn't Halloween night. More than a dozen 4-H club members gathered at Heritage Park (the old Dinosaur Gardens) on Friday, Oct. 12, to begin trick- - County Jail. Wildlife officials plan checkpoints Tribal and ,atate, wildlife, pfr , next two weekends. The Ute Tribe Fish and Wildlife Wild-life Department will set up its checkpoints on Sunday at the Turkey Trail Area, and on Oct. 28 at Rocky Flats, five miles north ofAltonah. ? The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will set up its checkpoint check-point on Sunday at milepost 27 on state Route 35 in Wolf Creek Pass from noon to 8 p.m. There will be a second checkpoint in the same location on Oct. 28. or-treating for the food pantry; Trick-or-treating for food was first introduced a few years ago. "It just started a few years ago with the Beehive Club and . they challenged other kids in the county to do the same," said Ronda Olsen of the USU Uintah County Extension 4-H office. Three 4-H clubs took this "hands to larger service" challenge. The 4-H Teen Council, Adventure Adven-ture Kids and Kay's Krafty Kids circulated throughout Vernal neighborhoods from around 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday seeking food donations from Vernal residents for the food pantry. Led by their group leader, Traci Frost, six members of the Adventure Kids collected a combined total of 271 pounds of food. "There will be other 4-Hers in the county collecting food anil taking it to the food pantry op Monday," said Olsen. "All the clubs are invited to do it," explained 4-H leader Peggy Marshall. USU Uintah County Extension Ex-tension Agent Director Boyd Kitchen said the food pantry was going to keep a running tally of the total amount of food collected, but that tally had not yet been completed. Before beginning the trick-or-treating, Marshall took a group of 4-H members around with plates of home-baked goods to thank groups and individuals who had helped or supported 4-H. ; "Last week was take-and-bake week," she said.. "These kids are preparing to go out and trick-or-treat for tte '. . food pantry. Today has been designated," des-ignated," said Olsen on Friday, shortly before the 4-H members left to begin trick-or-treating. Before leaving, club members recited their pledge: "I pledge: My head to clearer thinking. My heart to greater loyalty. My hands to larger service, and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world." |