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Show Obituaries wrciH X" J i 'pi Juana Banks ' Juana Marie Banks, aka Juana Morse, passed away Jan. 7, 2008 peacefully with family by her side after suffering a stroke the week before, at the age of 90 in Cardiff, Calif. Juana was born Aug 16, 1917 to Desire Louis Broussard Jr. and Martha Effie (Rush) Broussard in Anahuac, Texas, the oldest of three children. Juana graduated from University of Texas with a degree in music and English. Married Thomas Larsen in Salt Lake City 1944. Widowed February Febru-ary 1945 when Tom was killed in Italy during World War II. Married Claudius Alva Banks of Vernal in 1946. They raised four children in Vernal. Later divorced. In 1972 she moved to Baggs, Wyo., where she taught school. Married Robert Morse of Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1982. Widowed in 1984. In 1985 Juana moved to Cardiff, Calif., to be near her son, Ron. Juana was a wonderful and devoted mother. She ran a dance school; taught band, choir, English Eng-lish and Spanish at the junior and high school level; nannied, organized and prepared church senior dinners, and she was always caring for or doing for someone; she was a passionate care giver of her-self to others. LA 6 ! it j- I .: Ah sXttrV Crews from Brent Woods Construction work on preparing the foundation to be poured for a new Landmark Inn Hotel in Vernal located on 1 00 South and 300 East. New extended stay hotel under construction Ground was broken on Jan. U1UU11U vv Utj ni unvu vi " 2 for the construction of a new hotel at 300 East and 100 South in Vernal. The new hotel will - be named Landmark Inn and Suites. The new inn will feature 36 units sfherliiled to be oDened for occupancy sometime this summer. Each unit will contain a kitchenette or full kitchen, two queen size beds, a large flat screen high definition TV and free wireless Internet connec- tion. Three of the units will be I - "r m v w TauiTht bv"RachiMarsen III' ' l' ! inil, i, i . .i . Juana was preceded in death by father and mother; younger brother, Desire Louis Broussard III; and baby sister, Doris Eloise Covington; Thomas Larsen, Claudius Banks; Robert Morse, and granddaughter Tracy Fletcher Fletch-er Hardman. Juana is survived by son, Jon Alan (Carol) Banks of Redmond, Wa., son, Ronald William Banks of Cardiff, Calif.: daughter, Claudia Clau-dia (Lane) Fletcher of Vernal; son, Kent Louis Banks of San Earl Carrm 1 Earl David Camp was born in Vinita, Ok., Feb. 19, 1918. His father Lorenzo Dow Camp died when he was 9 years old. He went to live with his older sister and husband Thelma and Dutch Poison. At the age of 10 he quit school and went to work to help support his mother, Sarah Frances Scott Camp Ritenour. He worked in the cotton fields, wheat fields and any other job he could get. His average pay was 25 cents a week plus room and board. Most of the time he had no shoes. He met his wife, Lura Edna Kincade and they were married onApril26, 1938. Their first child was Lura Frances born in Vinita, Ok., April 15, 1938. He worked . in Vinita at a filling station, and later at the Vinita Sanitarium. He would do any odd jobs he could pick up. He was always a hard worker. The times got tough during the depression and there was no work. His relatives left for Rocky Ford, Colo., because they heard there was work in the melon fields. They notified daddy and we packed everything we owned in to a Model A Ford and headed to Colorado. We slept where we could at night. We had a crate of Banty Chickens on the running board given to me by my uncle Bill Drake. So every morning we would have eggs for breakfast. It took us several weeks to arrive in Colorado. We were escorted through Denver by the police. vt r nparlvdmihle the size of normal 'j hotel rooms, providing a living room area ana a iuii mtcnen in- eluding a dishwasher, refrigera- , t i . tortreezer ana a range ana oven, a it i f a . . ii A tree continental Dreaiuast win also be provided. r "The new Landmark Inn and suites win, De a penect onermg for business and family travelers and is well suited for those who may need a temporary longer term stay," said co-owner Steve rienaerson. Steve and his brother, Harold, also own the Landmark Inn "V V. 11' 'U J' 1' . Vernal Diego, Calif.; grandchildren, Brian (Kim) Fletcher, Christian (Vanessa) Banks, Jonathan Banks and Brittaney Banks; great-grandchildren, Josh, Lauren, Lau-ren, and Tess Fletcher, and Conner Con-ner Banks. A celebration of life will be in Solana Beach, Calif., March 1 at 10:30 a.m. at the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the charity of your choice. We have laughed many times thinking we must have looked like the Beverly Hillbillies. When we got to Rocky Ford, Colo., my daddy heard of mining jobs in the Craig area so that is how we got to Craig. We lived in an old one-room log house where the Craig city park is now. Daddy worked in the mines in Hayden and Mt. Harris. He also worked as an iceman, a truck driver, a foreman on the railroad docks for JJ Stanton Trucking, managed man-aged a pipe yard for some of the oilfield companies, he was on call every night to load out drilling mud for Milwhite Mud Co. He worked a janitor at an electric motor shop, was a weed sprayer for the county. He had so many jobs that it is hard to remember them all. He retired three times and went right back to work each time. He worked hard to provide for his family and we loved him very much. He was a good man and everyone loved him. He will be missed so much by his families. fami-lies. He fought cancer for two years and for the last five years he has resided at Mesa View Retirement Center in Grand Junction. He loved it there and everyone knew and loved him there. Earl had five children, Laura Frances Clare, Vernal; JackDavid Camp, Craig, Colo.; Vernon Earl Camp, deceased; Roy and Linda Camp, Craig, Colo.; Howard and Terri Camp, Grand Junction, Colo. He had 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. k 4 ' te. -'-' which is a bed and breakfast renovated from Vernal's previous Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. The Landmark Inn and Suites will be located across the street from the Landmark Inn Bed and Breakfast which has been in operation ior 1 1 years. "We are excited to provide this n ! j i ill : new iaciniy to meet, me growing i i i.i tt: i.l t aemanas oi me u iniau oasm iui temporary lodging," said Steve Henderson, y -: , ; ;M H E U I O N A L. CAMPUSES AND OIHTAMC POM CATION Express QC1S releases enforcement statistics for '07 fiscal year The Internal Revenue Service continues to make strong progress prog-ress in a number of key enforcement enforce-ment areas, according to a press release issued by the agency last week. The IRS is showing consistent improvements in areas critical to maintaining a fair, efficient tax system while bringing billions bil-lions of additional dollars into the U.S. Treasury, the release noted, while at the same time continuing to improve service to taxpayers. The agency's enforcement efforts increased again in Fiscal Year 2007. For instance, during 2007 the IRS audited 84 percent more returns of individuals with incomes of $1 million or more than during 2006. Overall, enforcement en-forcement revenue reached $59.2 billion, up from $48.7 billion in 2006 and nearly $34.1 billion in 2002. Highlights of the enforcement enforce-ment and services numbers for FY2007, which ended on Sept. 30, include: Individuals Audit rates increased in 2007, both for overall individual rates and for higher-income taxpayers. tax-payers. Audits of individuals with incomes of $1 million or more increased from 17,015 during FY2006 to 31,382 duringFY2007, an increase of 84 percent. One out of 1 1 individuals with incomes of $1 million or more faced an audit in 2007. Overall, the total individual returns audited increased by 7 percent to 1,384,563 in 2007 from 1,293,681 in 2006. That's the highest number since 1998. Audits of individuals with incomes over $200,000 reached 113,105 returns, up 29.2 percent per-cent from the prior year total of 87,885. The IRS increased audits of individual returns with income of $100,000 or more, auditing 293,188 of these returns in 2007, up 13.7 percent from last year's total of 257,851. The IRS filed 3.8 million levies and almost 700,000 liens I EXp 54 North Vernal Avenue Vernal, Utah - 435-789-3511 1'r .vi f ; will be held at the Uintah County Building-South 147 East Main Vernal, Monday Tuesday Jan.21 22 Start Early Vote 8 am -5 pm 28 8am-5pm 29 8am-5pm If you are a registered voter and would like to vote early or if you are not able to go to the polls on election day, February, 5th. the Electronic Voting Machines will be available for early voting. Any questions please call 781-5361. Wednesday, during 2007, an increase from the previous year and a substantial increase from five years earlier. Businesses In the business arena, the IRS continued efforts to review more returns of flow-through entities - partnerships and S Corporations. "Our business numbers reflect re-flect that we have placed more emphasis in the growing area of these flow-through returns," said IRS spokesman Bill Brunson. "While large corporate audits are down slightly, we have increased our focus on mid-market corporations- those with assets between $10 million and $50 million dollars." dol-lars." The IRS enforcement budget bud-get in 2007 was similar to the budget in 2006, and in times of flat budgets, the agency cannot increase activity across the board but must address the areas where there is growth and potential risk, Brunson said. Audits of S Corporations increased to 17,681 during 2007, up 26 percent from the prior year's total of 13,984. Audits of partnerships increased in-creased to 12,195 during 2007, up almost 25 percent from the prior year's total of 9,777. 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