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Show C2 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Vernal Express UBATC instructor receives state honor i I,. J"4 . y Mazie LeFevre and Geri Lou Rasmussen won three medals each for bowling at the Utah Summer Games. Bowlers take top honors at Utah Summer Games Mazie LeFevre and Geri Lou Rasmussen competed in the bowling competition June 12 at the Utah Summer Games in Cedar City. They participated in singles, doubles and team events all in one day. LeFevre won a silver medal in the singles event for Division 2 with a final score of 606. In Division 1, Rasmussen won a bronze medal with a final score of 629. In the doubles event, LeFevre and Rasmussen won a bronze medal in Division 1 with a final score of 1191. In the team event the two joined two other bowlers from Cedar City to win a silver medal in Division 2 with a final score of 2411. ' LeFevre and Rasmussen hope to recruit other youth bowlers from Vernal to make the trip with them next year. , Boys Soccer Continued from C12 were to play the Dixie Fire 96, who had previously beaten them 3-2. When time ran out in the bronze medal game however, they were tied up at 2-2. Once again VC United went into a shootout. But the result was the same the second time around, as Dixie Fire 96 went on to win the shootout and the bronze medal. In the U10 division VC United played their first game against, Cedar Rush 98. VC United won the opener 1-0. Their next game was against the Ivins Gladiators, The Gladiators were ready for battle as they went on to defeat VC United 3-0. Then in the next game VC United played FC Ivins and the game ended in a 0-0 tie. VC United played their final game against Extreme 13. Extreme 13 came out with the victorv 4-1. The Utah Business and Computer Com-puter Education Association has honored Uintah Basin Applied Technology College Business instructor Leslie Morris with the 2008 Distinguished Post Secondary Second-ary Business Educator Award. The award was given in honor of Morris' dedicated work as a teaching professional. Morris has promoted business education in the Basin, provided solidarity to the partnerships between UBATC and regional high schools, and contributed to committees, both local and statewide. She presently serves as the business department chair at UBATC. The award was presented at this year's CTE Conference at Syracuse High School in Syracuse, Syra-cuse, Utah. "UBATC business instructors attend each year," Morris said. "It is good for networking and learning new software. Every year we are given new teaching methods, which always make it worthwhile to attend." How did Morris react when her name was read as the recipient re-cipient of the business educator award? "I was absolutely in shock! " Morris said with a laugh. "I thought I had heard the wrong name." The award came from an ap-. ap-. plication that had been submitted submit-ted by UBATC co-worker Colleen Stewart. When asked about it, Stewart said, "I just thought that Leslie does a lot of really good things and she ought to be recognized for it. She does a great job with her students, making a difference in their lives, and she has made worthwhile contributions contribu-tions to many committees she has served on."' One of Morris's former students, stu-dents, Pamela Ryan Cochran, described Morris as "really friendly and fun." "I remember going up to her one time when I was taking filing fil-ing from her and showing her my filing box. She looked at it, started to laugh, and said, 'You have everything in her e wrong, ' " Cochran said. "I thought, filing? I have filing all wrong? I thought it would be so simple. Then, she stepped me through it to show me how to correct what I had done wrong." Cochran said one of the best business classes she took from Morris was job seekingkeeping, which helped her on job interview skills. "I learned how to build a resume and how to fill out an application," Cochran said. "We went over sample questions to help us know how to answer interview questions. She helped me prepare for interviewing and applying for jobs." "This is a well-deserved honor for Leslie," said UBATC President Paul Hacking. "This prestigious award is a tribute to years of hard work and dedication to the teaching profession.". Morris graduated from Brigham Young University with a business teacher composite-major composite-major in secondary education in 1989. Immediately after graduation, gradua-tion, she was hired as a business instructor at Springville High School, where she taught for five years. In August 1994, Morris was hired by UBATC. She has served as a member of Utah Business and Computer Education Asso ciation, a Business Technology AAT Degree Committee member for the Utah College of Applied Technology, the chair of the Utah State Office of Education's Office Occupations Certifications at ATCsATCRs, a UBATC Accreditation Accredi-tation Team member, a member of the Career Ladder Committee, Technology Committee, Land Change Board, and FBLA advisor. advi-sor. Also attending the CTE Conference Con-ference from UBATC's business department were Sue Timothy, Diane Franklin, Bob Jameson, and Brandon Aycock. Leslie Morris OPTIMUM MORTGAGE, L.L.C. 1 v ; Phone: 435.789.7705 Conventional f f j Fax: 435.789.7706 FHA ivM I Purchases (Up to 100) f j 80 North Vernal Avenue State Income Loans Lii 1 .J Vernal, Utah 84078 . Manufactured Housing fett Relds breynoldsoptimumusa.com . Im p Mortgage Loan . Specialist Jurrius barred from Lite tribal land By Lezlee E. Whiting Uintah Basin News Service Ute Tribe Security and Bureau Bu-reau of Indian Affairs police have been instructed to escort John Jurrius - the tribe' s former financial adviser - off of tribal trust lands if he shows up on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. The Ute Tribe Business Committee Com-mittee unanimously adopted a resolution last week barring Jurrius from the tribe's 3 million acres of trust lands. Jurrius' verbal resignation was accepted in August 2007. But that hasn't stopped him and his supporters from continuing to push for his return to involvement involve-ment in tribal operations, said Business Committee Chairman Curtis Cesspooch. "He realizes that he lost his gold mine and all the deals that he wrote himself into and now wants to get back into it," Cess- WHAT'S "AFOOT" IN YOUR COMMUNITY? j m. i mm mw iiiiuiilwhi mami nwmpm 'H' ) h i mt pooch said. "His supporters feel that he's made us wealthy when all he did was shuffle our own money around." Business conducted within Indian tribes typically lacks the checks and balances that would take place in traditional business busi-ness settings, Cesspooch said. He claims that it's this fact that entices Jurrius to continue his efforts to be associated with the Ute Tribe, rather than pursue possible business opportunities " with mainstream commerce. ' ' Former Business Commit tee member Richard Jenks Jr. has voiced his opposition to the resolutionthat bans Jurrius from the reservation. In a letter to the editor in this week's Uintah Basin Standard, Jenks argues that tribal leaders have "stepped outside their authority" with the ban. "The tribe does not have an expulsion ordinance ... to exclude Mr. Jurrius from the reservation reserva-tion by resolution is illegal and unconstitutional," Jenks said. Jurrius served as the tribe's financial advisor for over six years. Depending on what they believed about the controversial and secretive figure, tribal members mem-bers saw him as either a scourge or a savior. The current six-member Business Busi-ness Committee ran successfully in two different elections on an anti-Jurrius platform. Their predecessors pre-decessors - all Jurrius' supporters support-ers - were voted out of office. Jurrius threatened on several occasions to leave the tribe. When he offered his resignation at a tribal meeting 10 months ago, elected leaders accepted. Jurrius supporters viewed the loss of his guidance as a calamity. Jurrius has declined all requests re-quests from the Standard for comment on his departure from the tribe or his future plans. Jurrius' supporters have organized orga-nized to bring him back on board, maintaining he was the reason the tribe was able to financially flourish. He scored big for the Utes when it came to making oil and gas companies pay for their use of tribal resources. But he also gave himself a 10 percent cut of all new oil and gas lease agreements. Detractors say Jurrius had the good luck to start working for the tribe at the same time oil and gas prices began their climb. They maintain the increase in tribal revenues and royalties were largely independent of Jurrius' efforts. Jurrius has been criticized for becoming involved in more than just tribal finances. Similar accusations dogged him while he was employed by the Southern Ute Tribe in Ignacio, Colo. According to the resolution that prohibits him from coming on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Res-ervation, Jurrius "continues to be involved with tribal affairs, that has caused a division in the membership of the tribe." "We've hud enough," Cesspooch Cess-pooch said. "The powers of the Business Committee include safeguarding and promoting the peace, safety, morula and general welfare of the Ute Indian Tribe ... so the resolution is to exclude him from the reservation." . |