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Show B4 Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Vernal Express The Children Pace By J.R. Rosa-Copley News Service DRAW A FOOTBALL FOR MH TO CATCH. GIVG M 5 RHVM6S FOR HOLD THIS UP TO A MIRROR TO S66 HOW TH6 QUARTERBACK QUARTER-BACK DID ON THE FINAL EXAM... PLAYING FOOTBALL IS SO FUN ! WE PUNT, PASS, KICK, TOSS AND RUN! UNSCRAMBLE THE GHOST TO SEE WHAT IT WAS HE SAID TO ME ! WHERE DID THE GHOST CARRY THE FOOTBALL ? ROEV: J eth r5 71 LUOGH W it r cm WRiTeus LL WKiTe TOU BACK: FYOU HAW ANY F UN GAM6S OR jOKeS S6ND mPMTO:PUP 95 LAUR6.L STReeT H ARRISONBUR 6,VA 22 BO 1 OR e-MAIL'- PUP Toon AtL. COM WHICH TYP6 OP DOG IS GREAT AT PLAYING FOOTBALL ? A GOLDEN RECEIVER !! l n T r m m m I ate. MSrhminii fL f" mm W lotl! & Shtmeh I 1 sa a r-tv J 1 IIV 11 Let me tell you, it is worth shopping in the pages of the... 54 North Vernal Avenue Vernal, Utah 435-789-3511 www.vernal.com l . 1 1 Wrinkles Y A O Mgeopois baggy byes Aren't Cute on Everyone Now available in Utah! The Active FX Cosmetic Laser Takeoff 10 years with One SingleTreatment Dr Steven Jepson MD Just off 1-15 in Murray IQJlDjkflllilG B01-ZS1-U0ZZ www.UtahLaserMD.com 5 Mm-Surgicat 'Cosmetic A Anti-fying Medicine Talking with our Teachers Tom Elder sings into science Express Writer Science classes generally begin with a lecture or a PowerPoint, Power-Point, but Tom Elder begins his science classes in a very different way. With a song. "Last year I started playing a song on my guitar at the start of every class," he said. "It is a really enjoyable way for me to start the day." Elder, a teacher at Uintah High School, was recently recognized rec-ognized as the Science Educator of the Year by the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake City. He was nominated by UHS principal Mr. Stearmer for the award. "They look at what the teachers teach-ers have accomplished and they give the award," Elder said. In addition to the award, he will receive $1,000 dollars in cash. He said he plans to spend the money on a SMART board - an interactive interac-tive board that can be used in the classroom. He will also be honored at an honorary luncheon in Salt Lake City on November 13. The Utah Museum of Natural Natu-ral History chooses only three teachers a year for this award, which, according to the UNMH website, recognizes teachers who are "dedicated to teaching science in the stimulating and engaging way it deserves." Elder does just that. "I try to get the students out of doors as much as possible," he said. "Ialsoliketotrytopullinto the classroom places I've been or experiences I have had. I like to encourage them to see the world and travel." Elder has been teaching 20 years at the Uintah High School. Before beginning teaching, he was a park ranger. . "When I was a park ranger, I spent a lot of time discussing science with tourists," he said. "I enjoyed it." So Elder, who had a degree in forestry from the University of Idaho, returned to college for his teaching certificate and became a science teacher. On his first day of teaching, he learned to take things one day at a time. "My favorite teaching memory mem-ory was my first five minutes of class when I was trying to think of what happens next," he said. "A kid approached me and passed out like a sack of potatoes. I sent for another teacher to come over, but I kept trying to explain to the class how school was going to work that year." The student was all right, but Elder never learned the cause of the fainting. Still, he learned a lot from this experience. "When you first start teaching, teach-ing, take it one day at a time," he said. "Just get through that day and the next day. Over time it gets easier. The first year it's kind of brutal." "The most important thing I do as a teacher is be a role model of how people should treat others," he said. "That is more important than science or math or any of the other subjects. But science is important too." Elder also believes in service. "I like to have the students do service projects such as teaching teach-ing younger students," he said. "Service is really important." Vernal 100 years ago According to Iho registration list, there are 269 voters m Vernal, 157 on (ho South idc and 112 on the North ido If Vernal has a population of 1 000 this woull hdicitc that there muRt be flirfivrflt?G of over five child- w r n to iho family, counlin? every two voters to bo the head of a family And we know of some voter who h3vn't even a wtf o to to fp them straight This announcement was first published in the Vernal Express Ex-press on Nov. 1, 1907. There were 269 registered voters distinguished by two areas of Vernal: north side and south side. As of Oct. 25, 2007 there are 17,887 registered voters in Uintah County, divided into 2& main precincts. This announcement indicates the estimate population popula-tion of Vernal in 1907 was 1,000 people and the average family size was more than seven members. The 2000 census records Vemal's population as 7,714 people and Uintah County as 25,224 people. Though there is no official statistic for' 2007, the Vernal Chamber of Commerce estimates the population of the Uintah Basin between 36,000 and 43,000 people. There are approximately 1 4,500 households with an average household size of three people. This announcement implies that women, as part of the head of a household, were allowed to vote in Vernal in 1 907. Utah became the third woman's suffrage state in 1 896 behind Wyoming in 1890 and Colorado in 1893. Nationally, women were granted the right to vote in 1920. 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