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Show Wednesday, December 5, 2007 B3 Vernal Express n i: - Junior Girl Scouts folding clothes for families in Mexico. r n ! I 0 4 Brownie leader Jennifer Brady of Troop 1434 with Brownies Sydney, Savanna and Lauren making clothes for the Tiny Tim Foundation. Daisy Troop 2352 making decorations for the Uintah Care Center. appy Birthday P future readers of C . mm 4 M we "vernal express n. V'-.v . i (--'-" ""' ' - " ' ""J.I-'-" "I. .Ml .1., .11,1 .....ill ! ' " " i i. , ' I EmmaNaseyShelton.daugh- Chloe Glines, daughter of ter of Casey and Natalie Michael and Megan Glines, Shelton, celebrated her first will celebrate herfirstbirthday birthday on Nov. 27. on Dec. 6. - : 'fa t " - , .ifw . : ' ; .... : ' " ''t W'' ' - Jaydlen Schurz, daughter of Brooklyn ElyseOlsendaugh Coby and Sandy Schurz, will ter of Wyatt and Heather celebrate her first birthday Olsen, will celebrate her first on Dec. 8. birthday on Dec. 8. Girls Scouts help Flu vaccine available While the Christmas season can be frenzied it is also very charitable. Most everyone, young and old, try to make things a bit brighter for those less fortunate wherever they may be. It was a busy evening for the leaders, girls and parent helpers of the Vernal Elks sponsored spon-sored Girl Scout Junior Troop 2353 (fourth to sixth graders), Brownie Troop 1434 (first to thirf graders) and Daisy Troop 2352 (kindergartners) as they sorted, bagged and boxed toys, blankets, blan-kets, clothing and shoes. Items were donated by the girls, their families and friends in a Tiny Tim Foundation for Kids drive. The drive organizes medical help for children with disabilities in Mexico and gives items to the affected families. Brownie leaders lead-ers Jennifer Brady and Melissa Gardiner, Junior leaders Stephanie Stepha-nie Merrell and Liz Rich, and Daisy leaders Faith Schlaegel and Heidi Doyle oversaw what appeared to be organized chaos in their effort to get all done. In addition, the Daisy Troop made Christmas tree decoration for the Uintah Care Center. Tammy and Delmer Hyde will see to it that the Mexico-bound items are delivered. ll . . Ml f 1 UUUUIJ-L" "J in n Vernal Tang Soo Do Korean Karate Develops 1 Courtesy 1 Self Esteem Courage Pride Respect Fitness Fun!!!!! r - x 1 M Our Professional Instructors are Dedicated to bringing out the best in your Children... SPACE IS X LIMITED, ACT NOW! Our Tiny Tiger Program For Kids is Now taking registration for January! www.vernaltangsoodo.com 287 E. 100 S. SUITE 2 781-1323 V Give a Bundle, Save a Bundle With Bresnan! 'Tis the season for giving! And when you donate a gift to help the community, you'll receive a free installation on Bresnan services! Happy holidays! s Your donation of a $15 toy will be given to "Santa's Community Effort" and in return, you will receive a free installupgrade to any Bresnan Service - to include liresnan highspeed Internet and Ikesnan cable tv service. , V i A. .;, Catl Today 1.877.BRESNAN i www.brpsnan.comordcinow L.'l.l' The week of Nov. 26 to 30 was national influenza vaccination vacci-nation week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that the nation's influenza vaccine manufacturers manu-facturers report that more than 103 million doses of flu vaccine have been distributed as of Nov. 2 - an amount that represents more doses than had been previously pre-viously been distributed at this date. "This is good news. Influenza vaccine appears to be more widely . available than ever before, and we want people who should be receiving an annual flu vaccination vaccina-tion to be sure that they do," said Dr. Jeanne Santoli, deputy director of CDC's Immunization Immuniza-tion Services Division. "Thanks to the increased production of flu vaccine, more people than ever can get protection from a potentially very serious disease. We are hopeful that this year a record number of people will get vaccinated." The 2007-08 influenza season sea-son is just beginning, and nationwide, na-tionwide, influenza activity is currently very low. So far, only two states are reporting local influenza activity. In the United States, influenza activity can begin as early as October and continues through May. On average, aver-age, from five to 20 percent of the U.S. population is infected with influenza, resulting in 36,000 deaths and more that 200,000 hospitalizations from flu-related Newborns Gideon O'Neil, son of Trevor and Sarah O'Neil, was born on Nov. 26. Steve Roko Kurusiga, son of Roko and Anna Kurusiga, was born on Nov. 26. Mayson Alexander Russell Gale, son of Alexander and Mea-gan Mea-gan Gale, was born on Nov. 27. Kaleb Preston Boyette, son of Nathan and Jennifer Boyette, was born on Nov. 27. Miracle Wy J'vonte Burton, son of Daryl and Tina Burton, was born on Nov. 28. Collin James Morris, son of Jerry Morris and Michelle Walker, was born on Nov. 28. KaydreannaLynn Hill, daughter daugh-ter of April Hill, was born on Nov. 28. Jesalyn Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Charles Miller and Kristina Allen, was born on Nov. 28. Tristen Sage Hill, son of George and Deveni Hill, was born on Nov. 30. The selfish truth By Csey DgggTHsa Express Writer Sports Illustrated Il-lustrated ran a recent article ar-ticle about Timpvie w High School and their budding bud-ding dynasty - they won their second straight title in 4A, beating PineView. The article discusses what has helped the program achieve such success. The coach attributes the team-first attitude they take towards everything, stating they don't even pick team captains. Throughout my time as a sportswriter I have had more than one coach refuse to acknowledge ac-knowledge individual players, claiming it was a team effort. The Timpview coach is partially wrong, his success does not come only from a team first mentality, mental-ity, it also comes from superior athletic ability, a committed off season program and, most importantly, im-portantly, a humongous offensive line. The Timberwolves' line averaged 6'1 and 270 pounds, an immovable rock standing before any defense. The whole team before the individual cliche1 has reached a surrealistic level. I agree team sports require every athlete to do their part in order for the team to win. However, stellar individual efforts ef-forts are still required to push a team past mediocrity. In the case of Timpview, one player from the offensive line signed with Michigan. I never saw the team play, but apparently the scouts thought one of the linemen was good enough to move on to Division Divi-sion 1A. That's a perfect example of how contradictory the cliche is - neither the high school state championship team nor the NCAA championship team moves up to the next level - only select athletically superior players play-ers move on and signs on collegiate col-legiate and pro levels. Where is the team in that? . I realize playing as a team is important, but after the game, why not recognize those players who did something extra to help the team win. It doesn't necessarily neces-sarily have to be the players who had the highest stats, instead it can be the kid who exceeded expectations. We know in order for somebody some-body to become better at any sport they have to practice and work. Why not recognize those individuals who have put in the time and the effort to help the team succeed. Anybody involved with sports understands winning and losing is a team effort, what we want to know is who stepped up and pushed the team to a win. Was it a pass, a steal? Who made a key play swinging the momentum? mo-mentum? Don't give the public the generic answer of it being a team effort. We know the whole team will get the credit for the win, but we want to know who played the biggest part in the win. complications in a typical year. Santoli noted that almost 75 percent of Americans are recommended recom-mended to be vaccinated, and health care providers and people at higher risk for influenza-related influenza-related medical complications should especially make getting a flu vaccination a priority. While anyone can get influenza, influ-enza, the flu can be particularly dangerous for certain groups of people who are at greater risk of flu-related complications, such as pneumonia. Groups at higher risk of flu-related complications include infants and young children, chil-dren, pregnant women, children and adults with chronic medical conditions like asthma, diabetes, or heart disease, and people 65 years old and older. In addition, close contacts of high risk persons, such as other household members, caregivers and health care personnel should also get vaccinated in order to protect their loved ones or those they care for. Vaccination of those who live with or care for infants is particularly important because children less than six months of age should not get a flu vaccine. Vaccination is also encouraged for anyone who wants to decrease his or her risk of getting the flu. For more information, or to receive an influenza vaccination, vaccina-tion, contact TriCounty Health Department at 781-5475 or 722-6302. 'A COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY' In-depth Bible study Informal setting Christian fellowship , Non-denominational Please call Dave 789-2305 pl....M...j.i ii. .. n. ., .. n i mmm .mi., in i. mn iiumiuiiiui.1i tf&i'"-,'J'tem'w w, Christmas '$' Concert i 'Bake Safe ) Friday, ecen6er 14, 2007 ttf lymi out iiurm 7:30 f.m. (fionatiofi&Ktypreeiated 7' Si: M'l iiS I i i 'J d. os net discriminate c j'n, gander, religion,' 5 Get involved , with your community with the Express t- ..... i. Give the Gift of Light & Warmth Are you looking for the perfect gift for a friend or relative? 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