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Show Emery County Progress Cast'e Daie, Utah Tuesday Novemtr 33 1999 5A Progress Bulletin Board v. The Emery County Progress ulcomes your bulletin board items for publication. We will publish the item for two consecutive weeks. All entries must be of a nonprofit, chari table or community service nature. Please mail copy to the Progress at PO. Box 589. Castle Dale, Utah 84513; or Deadphone it in at line is noon on Friday. 381-243- Dec. 1 7 cial season. Light Parade Get ready for Moab's Electric Light Parade, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. This years theme is Christmas Holiday, and the Moab Area Chamber of Commerce wants you to participate in this 2nd annual event! The parade will be followed by an awards ceremony at the Moab Arts & Rec. Center to honor participants of the Christmas Tree Festival. Dont miss the annual ComCerHuntington Elementarys munity Second Annual Craft Fair will emony Dec. 2, at 5:30 p.m. at be held Dec. 1, from 12:30 to 4 the new location this year on p.m. at the School Gym. Ev- the lawn of the Grand County eryone is welcome. Come Courthouse. Call the Chamhave a great time. Great gifts ber for information about for Christmas. Treats and how to register your float. Craft Pair Tree-Lightin- g many other items. (435) Aids Awareness Twisted Christmas The World Aids Awareness Night will be held Dec. 2, at the Emery Spartan Center at 7 p.m. You may earn extra credit in your classes! 259-781- service and veterans ned not be a member of the American Legion to receive assistance. The Service Officer will be at the Price Employment Center on Dec. 8, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Please bring DD Form 214, Emery High School is seeking volunteers to serve as ushers in the Spartan Center for birthadoptioa'death certificates, childrens social secu- Season Tickets papers, marriagedivorce ision will by visiting Orangeville Christmas Village at the City park Dec. 4. Enjoy a Night of Lights. Lights will be turned Neighborhood Watch Start the Christmas season on at 6 p.m. The Christmas story will be told in word and music as you visit the Nativity scene. The Village Pantry will be open for you to enjoy The Drivers License Divbe at the Emery County Courthouse from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 8, and 22. The Neighborhood Watch Coordinators Meeting which was scheduled for Dec. 8 has been changed to Jan. 12. 2000 to allow more coordinators to attend. We still need coordinators for the Castle Dale area. For more information call Judy Lang, 687-534- The Service Officer from the sights and sounds of the American Legion, will be Christmas. We will be visited in your area to assist you in by carolers from the Dickens understanding and applying era. They will be presenting for VA benefits, including beautiful music of the season. We invite you to decorate your homes and yards for this spe f is a fee for Food Service Managerial Training, sponsored by Utah State University will have upcoming workshops. Each restaurant. bar, care center or the 1 convenient store needs to have at least one manager who has gone through this food safety course. There is a fee for the course. Many of you have gone through this 381-268- Pesticide Workshop Emery City licensing workshop for Food Service course but many still have not taken it. The following workshops are being offered. Jan. 4, 5, 6. and 7 from 8 to 10 30 a m. Satellite broadcast program at your local extension office in Carbon County. There are three ways to obtain a certificate: 1. Satellite 748-530- You are invited to a once in a millennium fun filled New compensation, pension, hos- pitalization. education, and other benefits. This is a free Ushers needed 8 381-290- Scofield State Park and facilities, please call 435) (Continued on page 7A) cut.a slit in each marshmallow and insert a cherry in the middle. Pour .cocoa into four cups and put a cherry surprise-marshmalloin each one. (Continued from page 3 A) fold in half. Using the ink pad, make - regarding park conditions after mears Family Day. There are family gatherings that include traditional almond soup and music played on guitars, tambourines and castanets. Gifts are placed As the marshmallow in an Urn of Fate, then each melts, the cherry will mix family member takes a turn with the cocoa and add a dedrawing one out. On Epiphany Eve (Jan. licious flavor. Drink a cup of cocoa together as a family 5 or the day the Wise Men recame and share some stories of portedly to Christmas around the Bethlehem), children stuff world: their shoes with straw to In Africa. Christmas be- feed the Wise Mens camels gins at four in the morning who. according to legend, when church bells ring to traveled through Spam on begin the holiday. Christmas their way to Bethlehem. In afternoon may find African the morning the children children going swimming in find presents left by the Wise the river or going on family Men. All Christmas traditions picnics with local game and focus on the spirit of love tropical fruit to eat. Scandinavian children and brotherhood, as well as place wheat or barley on the the joy of giving to those tops of tall tree trunks so around. us. Now even very the birds can have a Christ- busy families can get out of mas feast too. They go into the mall and crowded warethe forest to select a tree to house stores, at least for one decorate at home. This is night, and create Jheir ow n the origin of our Christmas homemade traditions to tree tradition. share with neighbors and In Spam, Christmas Day friends. u 381-210- 749-167- Habitat for Humanity is seeking qualified applicants for two homes that will be constructed m Castle Dale. Applicants must be living in inadequate housing, must be able to make payments of about $250 a month and must be willing to partner with Habitat and to work 500 hours on their home and on the homes of other Habitat families & must be an Emery County Resident For an application please call lunteer Program (RSVP) is in need of used greeting cards to 636-323- The Retired & Senior Vo- or with ruler and scissors; notes Emery County Mens Basketball registration is now open to the first 8 fee paying teams. Games will be held on Monday nights during the months of January and February. The tournament will be held the 1st week of March. Register at the Emery County Recreation Office in the Castle Dale City Hall. For more information, contact or Shannon Hiatt at Habitat for Humanity Simple Xmas projects for families: .. Mens Basketball 687-516- 9 RSVP Serfustini in FTice at two thumb prints in the middle at right angles (see mosphere with friends and illustration). After the ink dries, use the black marker enjoy hours of scrapbooking. Its the perfect time to share to make eyes, ears, nose and ideas and work hard on your tail of the mouse. Use green and red markers books. Please join us at 225 W. 400 S. Huntington (office of to make a sprig of holly in corner. Let Macs Mining Repair Ser- lower right-hanvice). For more information your kids send these to friends or use as thank-yoSuzanne 687-2055- recycle. Please call and we will arrange to pick them up. Scofield State Park closes for season. Facilities at Scofield state park are shut down for the 1999 season. The Mountain View campground is open for dry- camping, but will close w hen snow arrives. The Madsen Bay campground is closed, although access to the boat ramp will remain open until snow and ice prevent further access. Scofield will reopen in May of 2000. For more information Course. 2. Take a class. 3. Challenge the class and pay and take the test. For more incall Ellen formation Years Eve party. Food, games, entertainment, prizes, movies, fun for the whole family-youn- gest babe to oldest grand. Participate in a Time Capsule (bring something that depicts life in the 20th century). Ring out the old Millennium and ring in the new 21st Century on the old d hot chocolate, doughnuts, and wassail. Then visit the Village Sweet Shoppe for homemade candy. Santa will be there, and his elves and helpers will be at Santas Veterans Workshop, where all may see 1 Anyone interested in performing at Emery High halftimes, please contact Nadene Come Hinkins at join us in the fun! 2 Drivers License this year. There Come on Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for this. To get more information or to make reservations call Paula at A welcome. Boys Basketball season chance to enhance this waiting, to use the energy of waiting more effectively. Hey a 381-238- Orangeville Christmas Village for an application. game season. You may purchase the tickets at the high school during school hours. For more information and the cost you may call the high school at Performers!! ' songs with a serious note will be at the Museum of the San Rafael on Dec. 6. This hilarious entertainment starts at 7 p.m. and it is free! Presented by the Emery County Community Theater. 637-367- 1 9 A Time of Waiting We are waiting for many things, especially at this time, at the end of this year. Home private pesticide applicators will be held on Dec. 15 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Carbon County Courthouse in Price. This will be the only pesticide Food Handlers The Southeastern Utah licensing workshop offered in Southeastern Utah this year. District Health Department Persons wishing to obtain a will be conducting two Food Handler's Workshops, Dec. 2. Ferron Youth BB private applicators license The Ferron Youth Basket- should attend the workshop. at the Health Department in Castle Dale, 25 W. Main St. at ball Organization is having Those who have a license can Dec. 7th and 8th at earn three Continuing Educa4 and 7 p.m. You must attend sign-up- s one Food Service Training Ferron City Hall. You may tion Units by attending. For Program (one and a half hour come between 6 and 8 p.m. more information, contact class! and pass a written ex- either night. The basketball the USU Extension Office at amination based on the class program this year will include every two years. There is a fee students first through 12 for the class. For more inforgrades. There is a fee. Scrapbooks A scrapbooking party will mation call Terri Rushton at be held every Wednesday in Castle Dale or Dr. Dec. 8 -- 14 in Claron D. Bjork at Night from 5 to 9 p.m. Come and enjoy a fun, relaxed atPrice. 381-225- 381-268- ticketsare available again 0. Twisted Christmas," a night of funny Christmas activities during the winter months. If you are interested includes Pot luck treat, contact the high school at snacks, or munches. Everyone rity numbers. Place in Orangeville offers you Church bell, release balloons at midnight. It will be held at the Emery Ward Cultural Hall, starting at 8 p m. Ticket Christmas. Grandma and Grandpa will think youre raising creative geniuses, and the kids will love it. Cheery Cherry Hot Chocolate ingredients: one quart of milk, half cup chocolate syrup or your favorite cocoa mix (follow its directions for amount), four large marsh- mallows, four maraschino cherries. Mix milk and chocolate syrup or cocoa mix and heat slowly in a sauce pan. Watch to see that it doesnt get too hot and boil over, while you a $250 million dollar plus coal company headquartered in Lexington, Ky, is expanding into Utah and Colorado. Formerly a company with operations focused exclusively east of the Mississippi River, Lodestar has recently purchased the White Oak Mine near Scofield, the Horizon Mine near Price and the Grand Valley Mine near Grand Junction. These mines now collectively referred to as Lodestar's ."Mountain Operations" will spearhead the companies western division. i 9 ENERGY MOUNTAIN OPERATIONS Beginning with the White Oak Mine lodestar is progressing with a carefully planned rehabilitation program for the entire Mountain Operation'. White Oak is expected to yield one million tons of cool for the current fiscal year endm Oc- tober 21,2000. Target dates and tonnage estimates for Horizon ond Grand Valley mines have yet to be calculated os their reopening is subiect to currently indeterminate variables such os sales commitments ond permitted issues. lodestar Vice President of the Western Division Bill Potter states 'Not withstanding the obvious ex- pansion of our operational basis into the Western regions ond market radius, the Mountom Operations present on exciting opportu- nity to show what a commitment to efficiency ond flexibility can accom- plish.' Potter continues 'We realize we have our challenges to overcome and are working diligently and closely with regulating agencies, vendors, employees, customers and other integral parlies to make these mines successful. Mark Wayment, the Generol Monager of Mountain Operations states, 'One of our primary goals is to improve employee moral and skills. It is the mining personnel that are key to successful mining ond we need good people to put out the production that were targeting. I need to hire a number of good people. We have a particular shortage of qualified efectncians and LODESTAR ENERGY EXPANDS - CREATES "MOUNTAIN OPERATIONS" operator's, but I don't expect too much trouble finding them, lodestar has on attractive com- pensation package, providing competitive wages, overtime pay, medical ond dental insurance, o 401K plan wjjh company matching funds, life insurance, paid vocations ond paid holidays. Qualified ond motivated individual who would like to explore employment opportunities m Lodestars Mountom Operations should write to Human Resources, lodestar Eneigy, PO Box Cloy, KY 42404. Vice President Bill Potter further 448, emphasizes, 'lodestar will be committing over 1 1 million dollars in capital improvements in the Mountom Operations over the next 12 to 18 months.' Poer continues, 'The employees of the Moun tain Operotion should be pleased to see lodestars commitments to proper capital. rations, employee welfare, and safety. LODESTAR - A COMMITMENT RESPONSIBILITY TO In the cool business for over 30 years ond formerly known os Coso m Cool, lodestar Energy Inc. controls approximately 300 million tons of reserves m three of the Countrys major coal to the recently acsupply regions. In odd-toquired 'Mountain Operotion' properties, lodestar Energy bosss ownership of the larges mine in Kentucky, th Baker Mine, the Tug River Mine in easen Kentucky, and Two Central Appalachian mmes boh undeigrounj and surface. Comm.hed to adapted! y and f e b.1 y m or der to mamtom operations in todays changing energy supply business lodesar hos completed over 150 m,!lon dollars tn capital investments smee 1993. An example being the Komatsu 575, worlds largest dozei currency housed at the companies Appalachian mines. lodestar be1 eves m beng a good corpo'o'e and noturcly extends to the environment lodestar spends roughly $5 m.liion per year on activit.es oben improving land volues and usobd y m the process. The Stratton Branch envifonmento!V sound ond fully permied Osh disposed hxil.ty is o proud reec'ion o Our dedication, Costing $4 million to build ond providing eivovgh d sposol capooy for 20 yea's this C't.zen, including th $18 m.ion m taxes peed too1 ty closes the circle of coal product supply each year and contribut-onto non-prot ond resoonsib'e by product management For the 1,000 plus workforce and lodestar QOups, the company sr,ves to momtam o posilocal communitive wO'kmg re!a'iOnsh,p w-employee saey ond wefare are ties by COntr.bumg resources ond personnel to of the utmost concern. Focusing on homing ossst in municipal projects. lodesar Energy and safey incentive programs thereby continto poetic 'POe actively in your comrwvn !y ues o set a standard beyond the strict safety plans and to be a good ne regulation and laws set by governmental Our sense of respom bd,y is o serious one f f, h c |