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Show Wednesday, April County clean up days announced In the effort to beautify local byways, Uintah County will offer free landfill clean up days on two weekends in May. The first free day weekend will be Friday May 1 and Saturday May 2. The clean up weekend will be the following Friday May 9 and Saturday May 10. Only yard waste will be accepted. Please no household trash. Remember to tarp the load to get in free. Our Ads are worth the time in the... IT" VF.frN mi 54 North Vernal Avenue vernal. Utah - 435-789-351 1 www.vernal.com Time is ticking Call 801-975-7781 and get pre-approved over the phone Clayton Homes 3768 So Redwood Rd West Valley Utah Fax: 801-975-7782 Phone: 801-975-7781 A10 For Great Gardens! i Mountain Garden Cent g 789-5512 9-6 Monday - Saturday, 11-4 y ' v NOW THROUGH APRIL! wvjv.macu.com IBfTiKHiriii' 23, 2008 Kindergarten students at Uintah Basin Christian Academy turn the first shovels of dirt in a groundbreaking ground-breaking ceremony last Thursday. Uintah Basin Christian Academy breaks ground Students at Uintah Basin Christian Academy were the centerpiece last week of a groundbreaking ceremony for the school's 32,000-square-foot expansion. When UBCA started nine years ago, there were 27 students and four teachers. In 2003, the school moved into a four-classroom building renovated from Vernal Christian Church's chapel. cha-pel. UBCA Principal Theresa Bruch said the new building is a pioneering effort of visionary community members. "Those visionaries are not afraid to step out from the crowd," she said. She added that the expanded school is part of an effort to focus on future generations. genera-tions. "Vernal is a great place to Your First Stop Lots of spring color! Pansies! Vegetable starts and seeds! New shipment of trees and shrubs! 10 minutes East of Vernal, Hwy 40 in beautiful downtown Jensen v. f s- '' .... '..,..f t fli.i.W GET YOUR KICKS WITH THIS LOW rf wf i .Jim gg- f ifW''ff'raSf? Vernal live," said Pastor Marty Young. He said too much of the world is losing ethics and -values are eroding. "Against that backdrop, there are people - like those int Vernal and the Uintah Basin - that say that's not the way it has to be," he said. Young said UBCA hopes to further that effort by partnering partner-ing academics with Biblical and family values. The school is at its capacity, and Young said there is a constant waiting list. In 2007, administrators determined de-termined a new building would be necessary and the school acquired ac-quired 5.5 acres for the planned building in 2007. That sameyear, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students began attending classes at the First Sunday I I 7 n 7--j Cvf. in-! 1 '. r- W" 'Branca pr . unmm America Express Baptist Church to allow younger grades the needed space. The new school will house 12 classrooms, a library, a computer center, offices, a multipurpose cafeteriaauditorium and gymnasium. gymna-sium. With the expansion, UBCA will be able to accommodate 350 students. Young said the future is filled with excellent opportunities and hopes UBCA will do its part to influence the few students it can to realize those opportunities. With the building designed, the school is running though the permitting process. Site prep work is slated to begin in June, with heaver construction over the summer and into the fall. The completed school is expected to open its doors for students in 2009. Youth ATV course in Daggett County Utah State Parks and Recreation Recre-ation offers a Know Before You Go! all-terrain vehicle education course in Daggett County Saturday, Sat-urday, May 3 at 9 a.m. Students must pre-register for classes. Youth age 8 to 16 are required by state law to take a safety class prior to operating all types of ATVs on public lands or trails. To pre-register or for more information infor-mation about Utah off-highway vehicle programs, please call 1-800-648-7433 (1-800-OHV-RIDE). X f., 1 .. kaic ....... af,do.'.ii'-Mi,,'1 ""V v. Author keynote UAC speaker The Utah Arts Council announced last Monday that internationally renowned poet, author, and lecturer David Whyte will be the keynote speaker for the 2008 Mountain West Conference on the Arts. Whyte will lead a workshop entitled "Life at the Frontier: Leadership through Courageous Conversation." He will also give a speech titled "Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity," at the Governor's Leadership in the Arts Awards Luncheon. Both events will take place on May 9, at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City. "I have been acquainted with Whyte's work for several years now, having first learned about him when I worked for Utah Power. I continue to be impressed and inspired by his body of work, as well as his fresh and . compelling insights into daily life," said Utah Arts Council Executive Director Margaret Hunt. "He was a natural choice for this conference and I am confident conference attendees will walk away from his speech with a new sense of purpose Charges filed in copper wire thefts By Geoff Lesik Uintah Basin News Service Prosecutors in Duchesne and Uintah counties filed charges last week against three men in connection with the theft of copper wire from two different companies. Mike W. Reickenbacker, 42, and Troy L. Taylor, 38, were each charged last Monday in Duchesne County for allegedly stealing 518 pounds of copper wire from Moon Lake Electric Association's yard in Roosevelt on March 13. Reickenbacker faces a second-degree second-degree felony theft charge, two third-degree felony, burglary charges, and a third-degree felony theft charge. Taylor is charged with one count each of theft, burglary, and theft by receiving stolen property, all third-degree felonies. According to a probable cause affidavit filed by Duchesne County Coun-ty Sheriffs Detective Dan Bruso, police in Pleasant Grove arrested the men on drug charges while they were trying to sell the wire at a recycling plant in Utah County. Pleasant Grove police also told sheriffs investigators that they recovered a laptop computer and cell phone that had been stolen from Moon Lake Electric during the March 13 burglary. Bruso and sheriffs Lt. Travis Tra-vis Tucker traveled to the Utah County Jail and interviewed Reickenbacker and Taylor. Bruso said both men, after being advised of their rights, admitted to entering the Moon Lake yard through a hole in the fence and loading, the wire onto a trailer they had brought with them. The detective said Reickenbacker Reicken-backer also admitted to stealing T""''' """j""11"!"1- j- Call T89-351 1 . . . TRUSTED SECURE RESPECTED r, , f;! ?i Dale Van Pelt Kn0.8WlK:N Cell: 970.640.K727 towards not only their work, but their own lives as well." Whyte, a native of Yorkshire, England, is a professional speaker who utilizes a blend of poetry and commentary.' He applies his perspectives on creativity to the field of organizational development, where he works with a wide and diverse international clientele including major corporations and firms, governments, nonprofits, and educational institutions. Whyteholdsadegreeinmarine zoology, and is an associate fellow of the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. His extensive travel includes work as a naturalist guide and leading anthropological and natural history expeditions in the Galapagos, the Andes, and the Himalayas. Whyte is the author of six volumes of poetry and two bestselling books of prose. For information on Mountain West Conference on the Arts events and registration, visit www.arts.utah.gov or contact Jason Bowcutt at 801-236-7554 or jbowcuttutah.gov. For more information on David Whyte, visit his website at www. davidwhyte.com. a $27,000 infrared video camera during the! break-in. In an unrelated case, prosecutors pros-ecutors in Uintah County filed charges Wednesday against 25-year-old Danny James Winner after he allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of copper wire and a truck from a work site in the Book Cliffs. Uintah County Sheriffs Lt. John Laursen said Winner entered en-tered a Pyramid Electrical Co. yard at about 4 a.m. last Monday and loaded the wire onto one of the company's trucks. Investigators Investiga-tors received information after the theft that led them to search a section of Colorado Highway 318, near Maybell, Colo. , - - Laursen said a Moffat County sheriffs deputy located the truck . and saw a person, later identified as Winner, run away from it. Detectives from Uintah: County joined officers with the; Colorado Division of Wildlife,: Moffatt County deputies and a: U.S. Bureau of Land Manage-; ment r anger in a search for Win- ner. Laursen said the three-hour: search was aided by air patrols: conducted by Colorado wildlife; officers, who spotted Winner hiding in the brush. ; Officers said Winner tried, again to flee on foot after being! seen, but was chased down by a BLM ranger in a truck. : Laursen said the truck Win-: ner is accused of stealing had run: out of gas. Winner remains in the Moffat County Jail on Colorado charges. : He is awaiting extradition to: Utah where he faces charges of theft, burglary, and criminal mischief. No court dates have been set. for Reickenbacker, Taylor or Winner. Grizz is a chow border collie mix, male and about 4 years old. His companion is Cub, a Jack Russell male-mix about 3 years old. They came to the shelter together last March. 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