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Show B5 Vernal Express County library celebrates 100th anniversary w i L- 1 j , Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Uintah County Library celebrated cel-ebrated 100 years of success on Tuesday April 15. There was cake, balloons, streamers and celebrants throughout the day at the library. The evening's centennial celebration kicked off with an awards presentation for student writers. Authors were judged on their written and poetic efforts, which were themed "If my library card could talk." Student authors included work by Rachel Hardin, Marissa Roloff, Collin Peterson, Brittany Brit-tany Stevens, Courtney Mahrt, Karra Ottesen, Katrina Ellis, Courtney George, Christian Petersen, Audrey Tanner, Keleb Clay Hamann, Kyle Parker, Nick Anfinson, Ashley Larsen, Emily Em-ily Despain, Jessica Dofelmire, Jecob Bender, Mariah Flake, Ben Kitsmiller and Rhianna Ried. On hand to encourage the young authors was state librarian librar-ian Donna Jones Morris. "Keep writing and keep reading," she said, prompting the young authors to pursue a lifetime of entertainment. Doris Burton, Uintah County historian and retired director of the Regional History Room at the library was honored for her years of service. Keynote speaker Jack Harrell talked about the importance of writing and reading in everyday life. Harrell's work Vernal Promises Prom-ises won the Marilyn M. Brown Award for fiction. A resident of Rexburg, Idaho, Harrell teaches English and creative writing at Brigham Young University-Idaho. University-Idaho. The library in Vernal started with humble beginnings in 1907 with the presentation of a charity char-ity play. The play was a drama set in biblical times starring some of the earliest residents of Vernal. Sue Ruple Watson wrote that the opera house stage was in Jake Workman's home. The footlights were coal oil lamps, the royal robes were a couple of couch covers and the crown looked like a paper sack. Despite "misteps and mistakes," Watson said the evening was a success. JL J J, - Httug f Ti A l' 3 V A , . , v if It- 4 " ;)! 1 " iv . r Amid friends, streamers and balloons, Uintah County Library Director Sam Passey reads some of the winning written and offerings in honor of the Uintah County Library's Centennial Celebration. All the proceeds went to buying a few thousand books to get the library started. Today, the Uintah County's Library has more than 100,000 volumes, 13,000 videos and 4,500 DVDs, 5,700 books on tape, 2,000 music CDs and nearly 200 periodicals. More than 20,000 library li-brary card holders place 520,000 checkout a year. Once again, the Summer Reading Program will continue to forge new readers-for-life. Contact the library at 789-0091 for more information on opportunities and program offered of-fered through the Uintah County Library. Uintah PTO announces general meeting and grad night celebration The Parent Teacher Organization Organi-zation of Uintah High School, together with the UHS Community Com-munity Council, will be holding a general meeting for all parents on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m., at Uintah High School. There will be a short presentation on 'Teens and Steroids.' Attendees will also vote on new officers to serve on the PTO executive board, and the community com-munity council, for the 2008-09 school year. The positions that need to be filled on PTO are vice president (who automatically becomes president the next year), secretary and treasurer. Parents who are interested in volunteering to be an officer breakfast at 5 a.m. If a student leaves, they will not be permitted permit-ted back in, the same as school dance policy. If a student chooses to leave, parents will be notified by phone call. The theme of Grad Night will be kept secret. However, the games, shows, activities, entertainment, food and raffle prizes will be shown on morning morn-ing announcements beginning the last week of April. The PTO hopes to have 100 percent of seniors attend. Reservations for grad night are $25. The price will increase to $35 after May 5. The cost of reservation includes a 2008 Grad Night T-Shirt (ticket into e-fflmitteIJlA4Uirb,, ' eiWWtj&&p&, 3Ue' Stivers sttr 789'lQt3Q.K tf9V.Wt xnffw WWmS, 100 parents attend the general and many opportunities to win meeting, the student at Uintah great prizes. High School will receive a 10 minute passing time between classes the next day. The PTO is also excited about Grad Night 2008 at Uintah High School. The night is an high-energy, alcohol and drug-free, all-night all-night celebration that the PTO and parents host for students. All 2008 graduates of Uintah High School are invited to attend. The celebration begins at 9 p.m. after the Uintah High School graduation ceremony and goes until 5 a.m. the following morning. Grad night kicks off with the dance for all 2007-08 students, stu-dents, sophomores, juniors and seniors from 9 to 11:30 p.m. At midnight the seniors will check into the school to continue their celebration and the sophomores and juniors will go home. Once seniors enter the high school, they should remain until The PTO recognizes that the evening will not happen without the many hours of effort, support sup-port and donations from the community and volunteer time from the parents, from any school age. This year's steering committee com-mittee has started the process, and hopes the community will join them. Call Shellie Chivers at 789-1620 or 828-1620 or visit the grad night Web page at www. uintahhigh.netgradnight to see what you would like to help with and donate. Ask a friend as well. 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