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Show B8 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Vernal Express I I v i ..... L f r r- rr- Ik . "T""": : ' ; .-- - -- - Jayden Fulkerson catches some air on one of the many ramps down at the skate park. Outlaw Trail Festival celebrates 20 years of .22 Rifle Josie Shoot Twenty years ago, Alta Windward Wind-ward had the idea to include a woman's .22 rifle shoot as part of the Outlaw Trail Festival to honor local pioneer woman, Josie Bassett Morris. Prizes were donated by local merchants and a $5 fee was charged. Fifteen women took on the challenge to participate in this one of a kind event. Carole Jackson was one of the participants and the following year Alta Windward asked her to be the Josie Shoot Coordinator. Jackson is still the coordinator and the fee is still $5 thanks to the support of National Oil Well, Mustang Drilling, Vernal Rod and Gun Club, Browning and the Uintah Arts Council. Over the years Basin Sports, B & D, and several individuals have also helped make the Josie Shoot possible. pos-sible. The Outlaw Trail Festival Women and Girls .22 Rifle Josie Shoot is being hosted from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 28 at the Vernal USDA releases deadline for '05-'07 livestock programs Bruce Richeson, state execu tive director for the U.S. Department Depart-ment of Agriculture's Farm Service Ser-vice Agency in Utah, announced earlier this month that livestock producers have until July 18 to enroll in the 2005-07 Livestock Compensation Program and Livestock Indemnity Program. Sign-ups began on Sept. 10, 2007, for the two programs that provide aid to livestock producers who suffered eligible livestock or livestock feed losses between Jan. 1, 2005, and Dec. 30, 2007, n v n rs fs1 '"I "Mark Raymond will make an excellent leader. On June 24th, I will be supporting Mark Raymond...' -Kevin VanTassell Rod and Gun Club. Junior shooters shoot-ers have tobeatleastllandpass a hunter education class. Women 18 and older are considered adults. The categories are junior open sight or scope, and senior open sight or scope. Prizes will be given for first, second and third place. Sporting .22 rifles only. No target rifles or handguns. Also, .22 long rifle shells only. No magnums are allowed. For 18 years the targets were paper. Spinner targets were introduced in-troduced for the first time last year and were well received. Unlike the paper targets that were only seen by the contestants and were scored after 15 shots, the spinners are visible and the contestant knows the result of her shot instantly. Five points are given for a hit (swing) and 10 points are given if the target spins at least once. There are five shots each, standing, sitting and prone at approximately 30 yards. All participants are eligible for because of a natural disaster. "The deadline to enroll in the 2005-07 Livestock Compensation Compen-sation Program and Livestock Indemnity Program is rapidly approaching," Richeson said. "I encourage all eligible producers to enroll soon." The LIP provides payments to eligible livestock owners and contract growers who incurred the death of livestock because of a natural disaster. The LCP provides payments to eligible 1 f ; - i a free drawing of a Browning .22 rifle. In the beginning, the rifle was given away as a high score prize and the ladies were serious and uptight. Since it was decided to be given as a drawing prize the ladies relax, help each other, laugh and just enjoyed shooting together. All participants will also receive a door prize. The Josie Shoot is a day for women to enjoy a ladies day out with their friends, sisters, daughters, mothers and grandmothers. The guys are welcome to watch and cheer them on. Participants are encouraged to preregister. A special prize will be drawn for those who preregister by June 25. Registration Regis-tration can also take place the day of the shoot. Registration forms can be found at Basin Sports, Uintah County Library, the Division of Wildlife Resources Office, or by emailing Jackson at ccjackeasilink.com for forms or information. Jackson can also be reached at 781-2218. livestock owners and cash les sees who suffered feed losses or increased feed costs because of a natural disaster. More information about LCP and LIP is available online at: http:disaster.fsa.usda.gov. For more information on FSA programs, visit the USDA Service Center in Roosevelt located at 240 W Highway 40, or by calling 722-4621. Information is also available on the agency's Web site, www.fsa.usda.gov. 4 " 4 Local youth enjoy skate park By Ryah Alien Express Sports reporter It's that time of year again, we're into the summer months. The kids of the community are starting to exhale and enjoy themselves by not going to school for a couple of months. They enjoy themselves in the summer months with many different activities, one of them is going to the skate park. They go to the skate park because be-cause they can do different things there. They can skateboard of course. Or, they can ride bikes or ride their scooters. J s? &i i': ftVv.X ?v?v.;-'' ; - CANAL FISHING 1500 WEST Brett Brandt doesn't have to go too far from home to find a great shady, cool place to fish in the canal along 1 500 West. He has eliminated worms and chosen salmon eggs as his bait of choice to land four to five, fish each afternoon that he makes it out fishing. And cleaning fish is not a problem as he explained that he has been doing that since he was five when out fishing with his dad. Today, he was out fishing with his cousin Eddie Brandt, not pictured. Aug 6th-14th LDS Chruch History Tour Liberty Jail, Independence, Far West, Nauvoo, Carthage Jail, Winter Quarters, Nauvoo Pageant and plays, Nauvoo and Denver Temples Oct 1 0th-1 8th Autumn in Branson Precious Moments, 14 showsattractions in Branson, including Silver Dollar City, Soji Tabuchi, Showboat Branson Belle, the Presleys, the Hughes Bros., and Dixie Stampede For more information or an itinerary, Please call Kathy or Todd at 435-789-5519. 1 1 a i 1 1 1 ; - Some of the kids who ride their scooters are Jayden Fulkerso, Cheyenne Housley, Christian Wiley, and Joseph King. When asked how often they come down to the skate park, as they put it themselves, almost every single day. They go down there all the time to have a good time. When asked why they go down to the skate park with their scooters scoot-ers they said it's just to have fun. They go down there just to have fun with their friends and hang out pretty much. They like scooters in particular particu-lar because they think they are 1 1 H - 14 - Cpciojrojwitc easier to ride than skate boards. They said pretty much anybody can do it. They look forward to trying to get some organized competitions goingfor people that ride scooters down at the skate park. They also suggest making a change to the format of the park. They said that the fence in the middle should be taken out so that a bowl could be put there. I don't know about the bowl, but what I do know is that going to the skate park is one way for kids throughout the community to have a good time. 'J ' 1 i. . |