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Show Golf Course Continued from Bl Shaffer. "We are putting into effect long-term benefits and they are already paying off . dividends. He was referring to the 14th fairway and 15th green that were problems all year last year. One of the course's biggest big-gest projects was started last fall and will improve the golf course immensely in the future. Crews are in the middle of clearing a series of three ponds that will be lined with rubber to keep water from seeping onto the course. The linings should be installed on April 14 and 15 "with good weather," said Shaffer. Crews are also redoing the sixth fairway and will complete sodding and seeding work later this spring. Drains are being installed to improve fairways 6 and 12 so they will dry out quicker. The drainage system also helps improve salty conditions condi-tions on the course, and crews are using a salt tolerant grass in those areas. Work to install the liners will include 20 workers helping with backhoes and track hoes as each liner is laid out and hot welded together. The three ponds cover about four acres. Two of the ponds are 600x80 feet and up to 10 feet deep. The third pond is about 400x40 and up to five feet deep. Shaffer is excited to see the amount of ground water presently pres-ently flowing onto the course that will be contained after the liners are installed. Lined ponds will also give the course more water for controlled irrigation ir-rigation schedules. Shaffer has a turf degree and has been working at golf courses in Iowa for the past 16 years. He said high humidity in Iowa required him to address all types of turf diseases. But in the Uintah Basin, salinity in the ground and dry, windy conditions con-ditions call for his attention. Myers has been in Vernal part-time since Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing and started full-time in The Uintah ArU Council Proudly Presents Live in Concert mm ..'( t " 4' Friday, April 18, 2008 Uintah High School Auditorium 1 880 West 500 North. Vernal, UT April 18, 2008 7:30 pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm) Purchase & Print Tickets right from your computer on our website. Powered by www.MyArtsCouncil.org or ... Purchase Tickets at Vernal Davis Jubilee, Bitter Creek Books or at the door Adults: $9 Seniors 62: $8 Youth 3-17: $6 Call 1-888-240-2080 for more info Concert Series XIII 20072008 Sponsored by: Uintah County, Venial City, Parks & Recreation, Western Pirk. Uintah School District, National lindowmeiU lir (he Arts through the I 'tah Arts Ownd! k (onicrrarfe Spring is the time to plant trees. Trees are beautiful and beneficial to mankind, livestock and wildlife. Low cost trees are now available for planting in your area. For a tree list and order form contact: Roosevelt Darrell Gillman 722-4621 ext. 127 Craig Poulson 722-4621 ext. 112 William Merkley 722-4621 ext. 123 Vernal Bill Rasmussen 789-2100 ext. 137 Tree pickup is April 18, 2008 at the USDA office in Roossvelt. A 1 ' A :. la January. He said in the long run change is good and he sees lots of potential in making the Vernal golf course even better than it is now. "The course has an excellent excel-lent layout and we can address the course condition issues that will bring about improvements," improve-ments," said Myers. Because of work being done on the course, only nine holes are open to play with 18 holes to open the first week of May. "I hope that what I bring to Vernal will be noticeable, like more professional customer service, better viability and improved im-proved golf course conditions," said Myers. "I want to get the course to a level that this community com-munity deserves." Myers applauded the workers work-ers at the golf course, stating that they are willing to put in the time necessary to make the needed improvements. Golfers will also see a new logo and a sale on all the clothing cloth-ing items with the old logo. Customers will also be able to purchase breakfast, lunch and snacks at a new cafe under construction at the clubhouse. Miken Vandaam has been hired as the cafe's manager and should have things up and running run-ning by the end of April. Todd is also the coach for the high school girls' golf team with the girls' schedule underway under-way this spring. He is interviewing inter-viewing for the boys' coaching position this week. Their schedule begins in the fall. Club repair is also a new offering by the pros at the clubhouse. They will offer full service repair including re-shafting re-shafting and gripping. While carts are not equipped with GPS units as found on more progressive courses in the state, Dinaland offers 60 carts, many of which are newer models. There is a sale on golf lessons les-sons at four for $99, which includes up to 45 minutes with the pro per lesson. Prices are set this year at $10.50 for nine holes and $7 for the cart. You can ride 18 holes for $30.50 or walk 18 holes for $19.50. A season pass is $575. Available species include: Littleleaf Linden Siouxland Poplar Quaking Aspen Amur Maple Chokecherry Purple Lilac Cotoneaster Golden Currant Nanking Cherry Dogwood Norway Maple Norway Spruce Oakleaf Sumac Ponderosa Pine Blue Spruce Scotch Pine Black Walnut , Manchurian Apricot Vernal FSC "rolling out the barrels" for fundraiser By Lflia E. Whiting Uintah Basin News Service For the past 15 years, the Family Support Center has been coming to the rescue of everyone from newborns in need of care to adults struggling to cope with the demands of parenting. Now the Roosevelt-based center cen-ter is asking the community to support its Blue Ribbon Benefit to raise money to keep its vital services operating. It's not by chance that the center - an emergency shelter and 24-hour a day crisis nursery - is holding its inaugural "Roll Out the Barrels Blue Ribbon" fundraiser this month. April is recognized nationally as Child Cjolf Cou rse The new Dinaland Golf Course logo ties in with the other logos used by the Rec. District. What's missing? The dinosaur. USE FIELD HOUSE NOTES HEADER The Vernal Equinox We have just passed our namesake celestial day, the Vernal Ver-nal equinox. Most of us think of the equinox as "the first day of spring," in this case March 19. Others think of it as the day where everywhere on earth the length of day is equal to the length of the night. Equinox means "equal night." But another meaning of the equinox is this: it is place in the heavens that the sun reaches, at a particular time. This year, on March 19, at 11:48 p.m., our sun reached that point in the constellation Pisces. So the name of our town is intimately connected to the idea of the sun's return in spring. Exactly Ex-actly why the name was chosen, we don't know. Certainly our little desert oasis doesn't remind people of spring that much. Perhaps it was the same impulse that led Vikings to name a giant, ice-covered island Greenland. The sun moves north of the equator in summer, and south of the equator in winter, and the constellations the sun is "in" at those times are north and south of the equator. Confusingly, when the sun is "in" a constellation like Leo, that's precisely the time, we n Western Park Ice Arena Building 302 East 200 South.Vernal, Utah East Doors For details, visit our website at wvvvv.MyArtsCouncil.org and click "Outlaw Trail Theater" or call 1-888-240-2080 Show opens June 17th and runs to July 5th, Tuesday thru Saturday nights. Rehearsals begin at the end of April If you would like to be In the show but don't feel comfortable auditioning, call us or come see us . . . we'll help you auditionl Express Abuse Prevention Month, said Family Support Center Director Janet Row. "We want the community to be part of this," Row said. "We want them to know we support families fami-lies and we want to strengthen families." Row is inviting the community to attend an evening of dinner and dancing on April 18 at 7 p.m. at the Red Barn Event Center in Ballard. Thousands of dollars in merchandise and services have been donated by area businesses to give away as door prizes at the event. Proceeds from the $50 a plate prime rib dinner will help keep the center operating. The services provided by the Fam- can't see those stars. When the sun moves north across the celestial equator, it is "in" the constellation Pisces. This location in the sky where the sun crosses the celestial equator is called the Vernal equinox. The Vernal equinox functions func-tions like a celestial Greenwich, England. When people drew the prime meridian on earth, they used two points: the north terrestrial pole and Greenwich, England (two points are all you need to draw a straight line). When people drew the zero-hour zero-hour circle in the heavens, they used two points: the north celestial celes-tial pole, and drew the line south to the vernal equinox in Pisces. The great map that astronomers astrono-mers have made of the heavens uses this imaginary line as the "prime meridian" for locating the stars. At the equinox, the sun rises directly in the east and sets directly di-rectly in the west. This makes driving a little more difficult for us, since at dawn and dusk the sun is shining directly jnto our eyes. In another week or so, the rising sun will have moved far enough north that this will no longer be a problem. k 'K The Uintah Arts Council's utlaw Trail Theater production of Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 7PM 'til 9 PM Monday, April 14, 2008 - 7 PM 'til 9 PM Tuesday, April 15, 2008- 5:30 PM 'til 7:30 PM Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 7 PM 'til 9 PM Wednesday, ily Support Center are all free, that's why they depend entirely on contributions and grants to keep their doors open, Row said, adding that reservations for the event need to be made as soon as possible. The Family Support Center's fundraising committee wanted to make their first large-scale project a tribute to local oil field companies for their generous donations. do-nations. That's why they tagged the event with the "roll out the barrels" theme. "Most of our big grants come from the oil field. One grant included $10,000 to sponsor this benefit," Row said. "We want the oil field to know what a big part they play and how much they are appreciated." Last year the center - located in Roosevelt behind Rocky's Place, just off of U.S. Highway 40 - provided care for 275 children who required their services anywhere any-where from a few hours to a few weeks. The center helps families from throughout the tri-county area. "The main thing we want people to know about is our crisis nursery nurs-ery - we provide a safe place for children to be while their families are in crisis," Row said. f " . - - - V tJ Janet Row and members of the Family Support Center's Fund-raising Fund-raising Committee have been making calls to remind community members about the center's inaugural fundraiser on April 18. A prime rib dinner and dancing to a live band is offered for $50 a plate. Thousands of dollars in door prizes will be given away. The Family Support Center operates 24-hours a day, 365 days a year as a crisis nursery and emergency shelter. Call 722-2401 to donate or buy your tickets to the fundraising benefit at the Red Barn in Ballard. for MJ tut bi -V April 9, 2008 B5 The same service is available to parents who have doctor appointments ap-pointments and similar commitments commit-ments but cannot find or afford child care. Services at the Family Support Sup-port Center don't stop there, Row noted. The center provides parenting classes, a large selection selec-tion of educational videos and brochures on topics including potty training, step-parenting and grandparents raisinggrand-children. raisinggrand-children. Right now Row has a new "pet project" - educating expectant teenage mothers; taking them through what to expect during childbirth and preparing them for motherhood. The next class is slated for Vernal in mid-June. Row and her board of directors are working hard to correct misconceptions about the center, mainly because people confuse it with the Children's Justice Center. "We both work for children," she clarified, "but children are at the CJC for an hour or so, we end up having the kids after that sometimes for a week ... we have to answer the tough questions. We are the ones who have to be prepared to handle the trauma that happens to them." rn |
