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Show Kptessions C&ifiuuuuiy Wednesday, December 31 , 2008 n. n B1 fM n n kH7 I VJ By Tabatha Deans Express Writer The world's official timekeepers timekeep-ers have added a "leap second" to 2008 in an effort to ensure that time continues to coincide with mankind's concepts and ideals of tracking our lives. Adding the second to the end of the year seems appropriate since many of us feel that time is passing us by. Each year we utilize the end of one year and the beginning of another to declare ritualistically what we will change about ourselves, or our lives, in the new year - often done under the guise of New Year "traditions" or resolutions. We dress in our finest clothes and gather with friends and family fam-ily members to reminisce about all the things we did throughout the year, or to lament the many things we meant to do, but didn't. Some unfortunate souls will spend the evening remembering loved ones they've lost, wishing they could have just one moment of time with them again. Others will spend the time wishing they had made different differ-ent choices, perhaps reliving a second in time when their lives were altered by the carelessness of others. Still others will spend ATION By Mary Bernard Express Writer Many celebrate the New Year by reflecting re-flecting on things past and anticipating antici-pating things to come. It's a holiday measured in resolutions, reso-lutions, usually made and broken as quickly as they are crafted. Today, there's football, parades and polar bear plunges. But one holiday holi-day was defaced by murder when an innocent card game on Dec. 24, 1891 turned ugly. According to a front-page story in the Uintah Papoose, Pa-poose, on Jan. 1, 1892", card players assembled f jolly good evening plied with whiskey began a wrestling match, which resulted re-sulted in a fatal stabbing. Wrestlers Joe Tolliver and John Martin were playing cards at Charlie Crouse's Park Livestock Ranch before the match. Other men in the group included John Martin, Albert Segar and Joe Davenport. Tolliver, said to be "rough and tough, not afraid of man or beast" found himself pinned in short order by Martin. In his anger, Tolliver pulled out a knife, which sent Martin and the other men running from the cabin. In the mayhem, Tolliver somehow stabbed Charlie Segar in the chest, but none of the other card players saw the incident occur. uni in ay w Ejch olfice Is independently owned and operated. t :! t .-V A portion 4 donated to the i 1820 West 1 Children's Miude " Vernal, Utah Hwv.40,SteF Network. i 435-781-2500 Outstanding Agents. Outstanding Results ri the evening rejoicing in a moment mo-ment when their lives changed for the better. So what will you do with your extra second? Will you use it to think one more good thought before going to sleep? Or spend one more second looking at your sleeping infant, or takingjust a little more time to talk to your teenager. Maybe you'll wait that extra second sec-ond in traffic, rather than darting in front of another vehicle to get through the intersection one second faster. I'm not sure what I'll do with my extra second, but I know what I won't do with it. I won't spend another second worrying about Dad ttangs that could happen, or stressing out about the economy, money snoruans n orthe rA- - - A ' j ? . -' t M YA -A I V: i I I X 1 - 1 I ill r ' ? I . . I . J x y I BTABUINQ AFFAIB IN BROWKB PARK On' Climtnms evoiiing'SoyeraUincaiiwoio at Croueo' ranch on Green IliV' er, In BrowiiB Park, they woro lmviiig time nnil in tho course of. the4 . T i . . one oi wio young men jnoisiiimn declared ho waj tho best wrestlor in tho crowd, Joo Tolliver who was preset) t got much excited nnd taking up tlio gauntlet sprang upon the young limn and began t.o wrealle, Tolliver was thrown on his knees' whou tho young man he wa wrcstljn with felt a pcrutch on his shoulder, at d looking buck saw that Tolliver had a knilo. Ho sprang tip nnJ punliing Joo Davonport out of the door rushed out leaving tn tho room Jojs Tolliver and Charles Segar, tho latter was on his way to Hpy's ranch. No "one saw tho stabbing, bht tooa Sognv came ont nnd went to saddle his Iiomo, hut tlib wound in his breast bled so fast that he wont back into tho houso and said "hoy I'm cut." They undressed him, Tolliver assisting and found that ho had heou sUhhed belotv tho right nipple, tho wound hoing a )tuncturil. lie died in four day. Hn was from Medina Wis., tiud was about 30 ye.us old. The men, including Tolliver, Toll-iver, tried to attend to Segar's wound. They even sent for Herb Bassett, Josie Bassett's father, who was knowledgeable in first aid. Browns Park historian Diana Allen Kouris, quotes Bassett saying of the cowboy's death, "I couldn't save him... He bled inward... I couldn't do anything for him." Tolliver was taken into custody cus-tody and transferred to Park City for trial. Ultimately, Tolliver Toll-iver was exonerated of murder and released from jail in June 1892. He became Vernal 's marshal mar-shal in 1899 and served until 1901. in hern a rd&'vern a l.com Jin Sharp 828 4000 Yr 3 judgment of others. I will take a little extra time to visit with my grandmother, listen to my daughter's drama and talk to my parents. I'll take an extra second to visit with the cashier at the supermarket or the waitress at the restaurant. I'll take an extra second to really listen to what others are saying. And I'll take an extra second to remember that although New Year's is about resolutions and tradition, it's really what you do all year long that counts. tdeansvernal.com HONS By Kevin Ashby Express Publisher Happy new year! And while we are at it, let's talk about New Year's resolutions. resolu-tions. For me, I think it is great when the end of one year bumps up against the beginning of another, an-other, givingus the opportunity not only to look back on what we accomplished last year, but also to take some risk by betting on what can happen in the new year that is coming. I also have to come to terms that sometimes it will be better to live the old adage "out with the old, in with the new" and get rid of some of those old tired resolutions and do something different. Every year I come up with a list of resolutions with about 90 percent of them reworded for the new year, resolutions reso-lutions that I failed to achieve during the year before. Maybe a new list would prove more exciting and, therefore, more obtainable. Maybe I should replace my regular resolutions of losing weight and starting an exercise program with more exciting self-improvement projects, such as sharing music files with my kids or being more spontaneous. sponta-neous. Maybe I should try mak ; 'k . " ' :J 4 Bedroom, 2 12 bath home on large lot. Open floor plan, fireplace and built in curio cabinets. Huge master bedroom with extra storage. MLS 851646 $160,000 M flirt mm By Patrick Timothy Muujqui Express Editor Forget the noisemakers. Pop a steaming forkful of spicy tamale in your mouth this New Year's Eve and be part of a tradition Mexican families have practiced for years. For Mexicans making, then eating, tamales on New Year's Eve and Day is an auspicious way to usher in the coming year. Rumor has it that way back ing my kids laugh more often or trying to smile at strangers and people I don't know. I go days without using the right side of my brain. Maybe a resolution to grab my camera more often and take a picture of anything that moves would be a good one for me. This would go great with a resolution resolu-tion to discover more about this beautiful area we live in, and do this by staying at home more and taking the time to explore locally. And, of course, using my right brain to capture these memories. We are entering a time when interest rates will be at their lowest, and it would be a great time to refinance and pay off loans as quickly as possible. Even though we are living in an area that is still booming amidst the doom and gloom affecting other areas in the United States, there is a need to be come as fiscally responsible as possible. I am in the business of writing and communicating with others, but I constantly am reminded of the need to improve these skills. I don't know about you, but I am still bogged down from all the bad that happened in 2008. I am glad that we can offer a greater amount of good and happy news about people living here, and I resolve to continue this trend and look for the positive posi-tive news. With the building of a new Vernal Express home, plus moving mov-ing into a new home personally, , ! . ... -x r?- '1 f:';lh'' "" M lT! i ' p , j 4 Bedroom, 3 bath twin home in excellent condition. Knotty alder kitchen cabinets, tiled kitchen and baths. Large bedrooms with lots of storage. Room upstairs can be used for an office or playroom. MLS 851097 $229,000 n n in 1519 Aztec emperor Montezuma Mont-ezuma plied - and staved off, briefly - Cortez and his invading invad-ing conquistadors by feeding them hot tamales. Tamales can be traced back as early as 5,000 B.C. The "Hot Pockets" of their time, tamales were a cheap, nutritious and portable food source for Aztec, Mayan and Incan warriors. Unless you've been living under a rock and never heard of a tamale, it is a staple of Mexican Mexi-can restaurants: a corn meal dumpling with meat filling and wrapped in a corn husk. For Mexican families the rit ual of preparing prepar-ing tamales is as enjoyable as eating the finished product. prod-uct. Usually a day-. long event, it's just as easy - or difficult depending on your view of the. half-filled water glass - to prepare a dozen or several sev-eral hundred tamales. Henry Ford would have appreciated the assembly-line format used to churn out tamales. tama-les. The first workerfamily members smears prepared masa (a sticky mixture of corn meal, lard and red chile sauce) onto a carefully trimmed corn husk. The second worker places a spoonful of filling (beef, chicken, pork or green chiles) in the center. The third worker, folds and ties the tamales. The fourth worker arranges the finished tamales in a large pot for steaming. The aroma of steaming tamales on New year's Eve is at once intoxicating and sobering. sober-ing. My aunt, a vivacious woman, was a master tamale maker and storyteller. She was born in East L.A. (an area immortalized in song and movie by Cheech and Chong) and held her salivating sali-vating audience captive with her tall tales as she churned out dozens of Chihuahua-style (the region, not the dog) tamales. The ingredients for making homemade tamales are available avail-able at area supermarkets. These stores - even Walmart bless its heart - also offer frozen tamales. They're not bad. If the prospect of spending New Year's Eve day making tamales is too daunting, fresh homemade tamales are available avail-able at any of the numerous taco wagons that dot the Vernal landscape. pmullikinvernal.com 2008 was a year without much time set aside to recharge my J own personal batteries. For me to be a better publisher, I am going to figure out a way to take the time each week to reconnect not only with myself, but my God. I can be a better person when this happens. Well, there are a lot of other items that I probably should mention - like lose weight, get fit, reduce stress, take a trip or offer more volunteer service - but I need to keep this list doable. Good luck with your own resolutions. kashbyvernal.com 4 Bedroom, 4 bath home with walkout basement. French doors from kitchen exit to a wrap around deck. Beautiful landscaping, the views are amainq from this home! MIS 1833641 $379,000 Very Happy New Calendar December-January Golden Age Center Dances, 1 55 S. 100 West Vernal. Every Friday night, 8 to 10 p.m. Kays Band, all are welcome. TOPS club meets in Vernal City Offices, 447 E. Main Street, Thursdays 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tot and Mom Story Time, 10:30, 11 and 11:30 a.m. at the Uintah County Library, 155 East Main, 789-0091. Joy Club, ages 4 through 6th grade, Grace Baptist Church, 3816 South 2500 East, Vernal, Thursday 6 to 7:30 p.m. Epilepsy support group meets at Uintah County Library, second Tues. of the month at 7 p.m. Call Kari (435) 790-8589. December 31 New Years Community Dance, Crossroads Senior Center, 50 E. 200 W., Roosevelt, 8 p.m.-12:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Live Band, refreshments, call 722-4296 722-4296 for info. Singles New Year's Party, LDS standards, start ca. 8 p.m. at Nolan Toone's house, 5920 N. Dry Fork Can. Rd., Call 781-2365. New Year's Dance at the Golden Age Center, 155 S. 100 W., Vernal, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Call Betty Lewallen 781- 0461. January 1 ' Happy New Year! January 7 Hypnotist Show. Uintah High School auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door. January 7, 14, 21 & 28 How to cope with 'Hard: of-Hearing, Golden Age Center 155 W. 100 S. Vernal, 11a.m. to 12 p.m. Free, no registration. Call 789-2169 for more info. January 15 Ham Radio Class begins at RNI Office, 244 W. Highway 40, Roosevelt. Contact 828-8012 828-8012 or ad7ovarrl.net for more information. January 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday! January 21 Book Club Uintah County Library, 7 to 8: 30 p.m., Call Melinda Barlow 789-0091 ext. 25 or mbarlowco. uintah. ut.us. Hosting an event? Post it for free on our community calendar at , - .- ' s J V . Approximately 2000 sq. ft. metal building with two 10 foot overhead doors. Easy access off Hwy 40. Sits on close to 1 acre. MLS 798749 $189,000 Year |