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Show Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Vernal Express HIGHWAY CLEAN-UP SET FOR APRIL 12 Trash pickup to result in free barbecue meal B7 By Aldon Rachele Uintah Basin News Service The reward for picking up trash along U.S. Highway 40 during an annual cleanup event, set for April 12 - aside from a cleaner community - will be a free meal. The cleanup, which targets U.S. 40 from the Ioka junction to Vernal, will begin at 8 a.m. Barbecues will be held later in the day at the Ouray turnoff and Old Mill Park in Roosevelt for those who bag garbage. This year's theme is: "Remember "Re-member trash has a place and it isn't along the highways." Those interested in taking part can call 722-4215. No one under 11 will be allowed to participate, and people are asked to bring their own gloves. "We need everyone - we need you," said members of the Community Beautification Betterment Bet-terment Committee (CBBC) in a flyer distributed around the Uintah Basin. "The highway is horrible with trash all over the place." The committee is encouraging businesses along the highway to get a jump start on the annual cleanup by taking care of their own areas, and urged Union High School students to volunteer to help in removing garbage from their campus as part of the project. proj-ect. Roosevelt City Councilman Vaun Ryan pointed out that the city cleanup is set from April 26 to V f'S I w ' - - We'll insure v iC? , ' 7-1 " Y IV- - -- UiuJ Ofc i Boats, Campers, Jetski's, ATV's, Motorcycles Think of us before Perry Insurance 781 - 209 South 500 J i j; ! 1 - ' LI J : 4.. May 3. Roosevelt citizens will be able to dump their trash for free at the K&K Sanitation transfer station in Ballard. The station will be also open on Saturdays, April 26 and May 3, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. K&K's regular hours, Monday through Friday, are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The transfer station sta-tion is closed on Sundays. Trash wasn't the only topic of discussion at week's CBBC meeting. The committee was educated by Utah State University Extension Exten-sion Agent Troy Cooper about weed control options for familiar plants with unfamiliar names such as perennial pepperweed, hoary cress, Russian knapweed, leafy spurge, purple loosestrife and Dyers woad. "Weed control needs a plan. The weed needs to match the right chemicals," Cooper said. "Don't be afraid of your label - it is your friend. Read, understand and follow it. The label tells what controls and when to spray." Noxious weeds are becoming the No. 1 threat to public and private pri-vate lands in Duchesne County, Cooper said. Noxious weeds are plants usually of foreign origins. Duchesne County has spent $80,000 annually over the last few years controlling weeds on county roads and lands. The weeds invade areas and steal soil nutrients from crops, which reduces yield and quality. Under the Utah Noxious Weed Act, all landowners are required to control noxious weed 1 u - "ft - J all your toys: .1 you 20 out & Play! '( 0404 West Vernal t V - .... GO FOR A WALK IN THE WOODS THIS WINTER. Enjoy a winter wonderland, complete with fine dining. Restaurant open every weekend -luxury cabins available any night. 435.889.3759 w www.redcanjonlodge.com -J RED ? mmpn 1 LODGE THE CIVILIZED WAY TO ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS. i i , , t" .,-4 infestation on their property and prevent noxious weed from spreading off their property, Cooper said. Highway cleanup workers will likely see noxious weeds up close, but their main focus will be on man-made junk - bottles, cans, and fast food containers. Bike ride for health It's called "Bike Ride for Health," and riders are needed to join the group that will be riding Friday from Roosevelt to Ballard. The meeting place is the Crossroads Center in Roosevelt at 9:30 a.m. The bike ride is the brainchild brain-child of bestselling author Dian Thomas who will be in Roosevelt on Thursday to present a public relations seminar. Thomas is the author of "Roughing It Easy." She spoke two weeks ago to area business women gathered at the Duchesne County Area Chamber of Commerce's first Women in Business Conference - that's when the plan to hold a bike ride was hatched. Three years ago Thomas weighed 320 pounds and suffered suf-fered from numerous physical ailments due to her weight. Once she got serious about changing her lifestyle through diet and exercise Thomas lost 90 pounds over the past three years, due in part to cycling. "Once I started riding my bike I kept a log of it and I rode over 1,000 miles that first year," she said. "I attribute a lot of my weight loss to bike riding." Over lunch on Thursday at the Crossroad Center Thomas will share her story of how she made the changes in her life, as well as recipes for healthy meals to begin including in daily menus. The bike ride will go from the Crossroads Center on Lagoon Street to the radio station in Ballard Bal-lard and back to the Crossroads Center for lunch. Everyone who comes for the bike ride should bring their own sack lunch. The chamber will provide bottled water wa-ter and oranges. Other healthy snacks will also be provided. For more information contact chamber president Nick Lund-strom Lund-strom at 722-3066 or 722-4598. Matthew and Travis Batty bring lambs to the 4-H weigh-in and tagging at Western Park in Vernal on Saturday. The 4-H livestock program teaches young livestock producers the care and management of lambs, goats, pigs and cattle throughout the summer season. Uintah County residents receive arts funding Two Uintah County residents are among the 14 grant recipients to receive $31,102 from the Utah Arts Council's board of directors direc-tors through the 2008 Folk Arts Teaching Grants program. Teaching grants support the transmission of traditional arts and cultural practices in an educational edu-cational settingbetween a master artist and apprentice or a master artist and a class composed of members from the master's cultural community. Recipients have one year to complete their educational programs. "We were very pleased with the number and range of applications appli-cations for our teaching grants program this year. We received over 30 grant applications and funded 14," said Margaret Hunt, executive director of the Utah Highway 44, Hiiminj! (iorgc Coiintr Partners in rcrcaiion with Ashlc Natinnal lurcsi - J' v '" , " - f ' : . - ' " f I 1 ' j vlt 1 r M - , li -- . . 1 finmi.i.i.i.-nn-uii-i.HT mum ,ni inn- I, iitt- r UBATC-CAREER EDUCATION Mark Holyoak, chief clinical officer for Ashley Regional Medical Center spent Friday discussing career opportunities with Uintah High School students. Students are enrolled in Uintah Basin Applied Ap-plied Technology College allied health courses taught by Holly Hilton. "These are students who are taking anatomy, physiology and sports medicine courses," Hilton said. "They are serious about careers in the medical field, Mark gave them insight on what to prepare for and what to expect in the medical profession." Is V J . r II V 4H WEIGH-IN Arts Council. "It is promising to know that in the light of today's many distractions, Utahns still hold an interest in learning the crafts of their cultural backgrounds. back-grounds. Traditional art forms are often lost to technological innovation, in-novation, competing interests, time, or financial situations in general, Hunt said, but can be vital to a community's identity. " It is our hope that the impact of these teaching grants will eventually benefit the health of traditional communities," she said. Uintah County resident Paul LaRose and Salt Lake County resident Harold Garcia received $1,996 from the arts council for a pair of master-apprentice grants. LaRose will teach Garcia ? ) : . " UINTAH ANIMAL CONTROL & SHELTER ' SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ' x- 1 ' ' " j NEW HOURS OF OPERATION i FOR SHELTER i t - ... W V Mm i i STARTING ON MONDAY FERRUARY 41" 2008 - MONDAYS & THURSDAYS ' .: t 1 0:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. H TUESDAYS-FRIDAYS-SATURDAYS 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. :K " " CLOSED WEDNESDAYS & SUNDAYS ... ! .. i . I t ,. In Northern Ute beadwork, while Garcia will teach LaRose native quill work. Fellow Uintah County resident resi-dent Mariah Cuch and Ute tribal elders also received a $3,000 master classworkshop grant to teach Ute Bear Dance apparel making. Grant awards made by the board of directors ranged from $630 to $3,000. In addition to the grants given to LaRose and Cuch, projects funded include the teaching of Armenian needle lace, saddle making, Navajo rug weaving, Hawaiian hula dancing, Kathak dance, Tahitian drumming, drum-ming, Tongan and Polynesian crafts, Kolam Rangoli (traditional (tradi-tional household decoration from India), Cambodian dance, Mexican mariachi music, and Didinga (Sudanese) music and dance. Grants are open to any member of a traditional, ethnic, or cultural group interested in developing their knowledge of an artist's practice from their heritage. Our Ads are worth the time in the... 1 VEPHUl sip. VEPfiai 54 North Vernal Avenue Vernal, Utah -435-789-3511 www.vernal.com |