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Show i Commentary LETTER TO THE EDITOR By Tim Hiiber POLITICALLY CORRECT Dear Editor, In the last paragraph of his letter to the editor of March 9, Patrick N. Sundstrom indicates that the decent Demopeople that used to nm this (the out clean and it back take cratic) party it. is running that trash the currently referwas Mr. Sundstrom Though ring to the problems on a national and state level, the time and place to begin to address these problems is at the pre cinct caucus meetings on March 23. On behalf of the Democratic Party secof Emery County, I would like to recommendation. ond Mr. Sundstroms All the decent people of Emery County, and I would include everyone in the category, are invited to particiin the Democratic caucus in their pate hometown. Together we can help keep the political process of this great country on a high moral level while ensuring that both of the major political parties represent the values of interests of the majority of the people. Duane L. Collard Huntington Letters to the editor should focus on public issues rather than private personalities or entities, missions must ba verified prior to publication reserves the righito edit letters not only to satisfy space constraints, u"r9ress Democrats respond to President Bushs campaign ads. Happenings Open burn window is March 2. Come into the city hall for for compensation, pension, hospitalization and other benefits on April 8, 0 a.m. in the Price from Workforce Service Center. 27-M- ay a burn Individuals burn. before you permit who do not obtain a burn permit may 8:30-10:3- be subject to penalties. Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scout cookies will be sold March Community members can pur- Controlled burn season will be 2. Stop in at city hall March and fill out a burn permit before you burn. Calling in burn information to city hall will no longer be acceptable. Individuals who burn without signing a permit maybe subject to penalties. 27-M- ay Emery County Historical Society 19-2- 9. chase cookies at booths at to go to www.gsutah.orgto order. Vintage Photo Contest The 2004 Vintage Photo Contest is out to spur interest in old photos with Castle Dale Library Story cash and prizes. Finalists will be Time judged on aesthetic value and the inwill be for Time Story terest of the stories behind the photos. 11 and Come a.m. at held every Friday Finalists will be selected through us. with it up laugh www.vintagephotocontest.com where visitors can browse through the conReading Rainbow Annual test entries, read the stories and cast National Contest . their votes. Monthly winners will be Dale Library announces its Castle chosen to receive a free photo restora-k- , intent to promote the Reading tion and an 8x10 print. Deadline for Rainbows lOthAnnualNational Connew entries is Ang. 31. Upload your test. third through grade Kindergarten f own photo or browse entries at students can enter by writing and www.vintagephotoeontest.eom. own stories. Every enTeacher of the Year will receive a certificate of trant ' Honor a teacherwith a nomination for achievement signed by La Var Burton. the Crystal AppleySoutheastem Teacher Twelve national winners will be seof the Year award. Sponsored by Emeiy lected, three for each grade level. ConTelcom. Nomination forms can be picked test ends April 2. Visit the library for up at your local schools and at Emery more information. Last years winners Telcoms business offices in Price and can be view at www.pbskids.org Orangeville. Nominations due on readingrainbow. April 16. For more information call Little League Sign Ups Sandy Behling at Emery County Little League sign ups Cleveland Burn Window will be held on March 24 and 25, from Locations are as follows: y Mortensen residence, 205 East e Main; Cowley 2280 Southflat residence, Road; City Hall; Castle Dale-Kers Elmo-KeU- Cleveland-WynnAnn- ld nt Jorgensen residence, 315 East 600 North; Orangeville-Cottonwooementary, Perron-Cit-y Cleveland Town bum window will be March 2. Cleveland Town now requires everyonewho plans acontrolled bum to obtain a bum permit from the town hall. For more information, call 0. This includes yard waste. 22-M- Crafters Wanted Crafters are needed for the Castle Country Annual Spring Festival to be held April For more informa8 tion, contact Gay Lee at or or Debbie at 23-2- 4. 381-210- 472-957- 0. 50 Emery Jones Retirement Come one, come all, to celebrate the retirement of Emery Jones on April 13 at 6 p.m. at Emery High School auxiliary gym. Peer helpers, teachers, associates and friends are welcome. Cleveland Easter Egg Hunt Cleveland Town will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt this year on April 3 at noon. All preschool and elementary age children are welcome to meet in front of the town hall. Bring your baskets and dont miss the fun in Cleveland. Its free and fun and everybody gets a prize. Dont be late. For more information call the town hall at or Jamie at 653-23- El- d t Sundstrom residence-14- 4 West 200 North. For more information call Mark Tanner at Practices begin March 28, play begins April 20. 748-552- Hall; Emeiy-Pa- 2. Emery High Rodeo The Emery High School Rodeo 653-231- 381-28- Team will host their annual rodeo April 7 at the rodeo grounds in Castle Dale. The rodeo will begin at 4 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday. A moment to honor the seniors on the team will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday 16-1- evening. Womens Conference CEU will host the 25th annual womens conference on April 16 with Norma Matheson keynoting the afternoon session. The conference will take place in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center. For information call For Woman of the Year nomination, contact USU Extension at and return form by March 26. 6. 10 A Chris Boniol kicking and punting camp will be held in Salt Lake City on Fbr more information on July the cost, location and time, contact Chris at or visit http: ChristBoniolKickingCamp.com. 1. Veterans, Widows and A field service officer from the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be in your area to assist you in understanding and applying for rightful VA benefits, pre 381-567- 748-516- 5. . Foodhandlers Workshop Mule Deer Foundation The Castle Country Chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation announced the rescheduling of the banquet due to unforeseen circumstances. Rescheduled dates will be announced at a later date. 8 , in- Canyonlands Institute Canyonlands Field Institute offers soft adventure educational programs that enhance the experiences of visitors to the Colorado Plateau. For more information on courses offered, go to www.canyonlandsfieldinst.org. Emery County Progress Has Moved paper office has moved to 410 East Main Street, Suite B, in Castle Dale. Ten Star Basketball Camp 381-225- 2. Ride A Swell Cure for Cabin Fever spring poker ride, sponsored by Emery County Recreation and Southeastern Utah Off Highway Vehicle Club will be held March 27. This ride will be held in Utahs scenic San Rafael. For information, call or 435-381-22- 44 58 Help With Inhalers The in home Rx programs makes available breathing medications and Nebulizers to patients who may have asthma, emphysema or COPD at no cost to the recipient, if they qualify. Call or visit the web site www.inhomerx.com for more information on the details of this program. Ferron Reading Program Ferron Elementary PTO encourages all residents of Ferron to help them to read one million pages. As you read for work or leisure, keep track of the pages you read. Record keeping forms are available at Ferron Elementary, Ferron Library and Ferron City Hall during business hours. Forms maybe returned to the same locations. Totals will be recorded every Friday and posted on the marquee in front of the school. For information contact the school at if they qualify. Call see if you qualify. Each year hundreds of children in Emery and Carbon counties become wards of the juvenile court system due to child abuse, neglect or abandonment. The child welfare system can only devote so much time and attention to each individual case and, consequently, to each individual child. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Volunteers are ordinary men and women who find it in their hearts and their schedules to help these abused and neglected children. Those ested in volunteering should contact Kerrie, the CASA coordinator at Conference on Service The 2004 Utah Conference on Service Engaging Community will be to Utah Valley Cancer Center Utah Valley Cancer Center, located at Utah Valley Regional Medical Cene ter has a new phone number. to Anyone can call schedule an appointment, get informatoll-fre- tion about local cancer'support groups or to find out more about IHC cancer services and physicians. Hours are 8 a.m.-- 5 p.m. Emery County Fair Entries Begin thinking about entries for the Emeiy County Fair exhibits. Now is the time to start. For information , contact Bernice Payne at the Extension Office at or Kathy Justice at This years theme is Building Bridges. We encourage everyone to join in and submit an entry. Prizes will be awarded this year. The exhibits will become a thing to remember. There are many talented people in this county and the exhibits in last year were among the best in the state. Help keep the number of exhibits growing and improving. 653-221- 381-23- 687-240- 2, 81 3. Miss Teen Utah International and Mrs. Utah International Applications are now being accepted for citycounty titleholders to compete for the title of Miss Teen Utah International and Mrs. Utah International to be held May at Bingham High School. Each citycounty titleholder will receive a banner and crown pin as well as a wonderful prize package just for entering. Call or write: Miss Teen Utah IntemationalMrs. Utah International Pageant, PO Box 459, Riverton, UT 84065, (801) fax (801) 7-- 8, 254-461- 6, 254-854- 7, or staceytix.netcom.com, arborday.org or contact the National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, Neb. 68410. - Check out the Spacecraft Activities To learn more about the activities of spacecraft from NASA, log on to their website http: marsrovers.jpl.nasa.govnewsroom. More information can be found from Utahs ambassador to NASA, Patrick Wiggins at http:planet.state.ut.us. email visit www.mrsutah.com for more information. Arbor Day Foundation Ten free white flowering dogwood trees can be received free for joining the National Arbor Day Foundation. For more information go online at The Utah Arts Festival is now accepting applications from visual, performing and culinary artists who would like to be considered for participation in the 2004 Festival at Library Square. Applications are available online at www.uaf.org or at the office at 33 1 West Pierpont Avenue in Salt Lake City. For information contact Lisa Sewell at 322-242- 8. , , Eyeglasses for Lions Club The Huntington Lions Club is eyeglasses to be distributed to needy people in Third World countries. There is a special need for childrens glasses. For more information, contact Judy Lang at gath-eringus- ed 687-534- r 9. New Exhibits at the Museum of Church History and Art Four new1 exhibits have opened at the Museum of Church History and Art. They are Landscape and Life: The Ru- ral Setting of the Latter-da- y Saint, Boyd K Packer: the Lifework of an Amateur Artist, Music and the Spoken Word: Celebrating 75 Years of Mormon Tabernacle Choir Radio and You Have a Family Tree. For information concerning museum hours call College Tuition Assistance The US Commission for Scholastic Assistance offers many scholarships inmany different categories. For information on obtaining these scholar- ship lists, send a self-addresss- ed stamped envelope, business size, to: The US Commision for Scholastic Assistance, P.O. Box 3209, Farifax, VA 22038-320- 9. H.E.A.T. Need help with your heating bills? Get in touch with HEAT. Apply at Emery County Community Center, 40 South Center Street in Castle Dale. Applications will be taken from Nov. 3, 2003 to March 31, 2004. Proof of income, family size or disability will be 0 required. Call for an appointment. 381-541- Power Wheelchairs The Senior Wheels USA Program makes available power (electric) wheelchairs to senior citizens (65 years and older) and the permanently &bled at no cost to the recipient, if they qualify. Call toll free at ' 6010. Salvation Army Donations are needed from Emery County residents to the Emery Chapter of the Salvation Army which emergency assistance for the people of Emery County as well as people traveling through the area. Mail pro-vid- es donations to the Emery County; Sheriffs Office, Box 281, Green River, Utah 84525 or Emery Couniy Sheriffs Office, Box 817, Castle Dale, Utah 84513. For information, contact Cheryl Keener at ; ; J Union Local 6363 Attention, union meeting for local 6363 will be held the third Wednesday of every month at the District 22 office in Price. The meeting will begin at a.m. mm V I.) Utah Arts Festival The Emeiy County Progress News- The Southeastern Utah District Applications are now being accepted Health Department will be conducting for the Ten Star Basketball Camp Sumtwo food handlers workshops March mer Camps. For a free brochure, call 25 at the health department in Castle anytime. Dale (25 West Main Street). The first at Biking by Choice 4 p.m. and the next at 7 p.m. For more Biking by Choice is sponsoring a information call Terri Bennett at bicycle ride through Utah to remind Utahns about the Utah donor registry. Scout A Rama The ride will begin on the Idaho border Scouts have you been working on in late April and rides will be on the your booth for the Scout A Rama that weekends to continue through the state. will be held on May 1 at the Emery A main event ride will begin in HunCounty Recreation Building in Castle tington and will continue for six days Dale? Cub Scouts do you have your the heart of Utah. For details, through posters made? The Cub Scouts will be write to David at 215 East 300 North, around selling tickets for this. Ticket Orem, UT 84057 or send an email to sales will begin April 1. To make this Scout A Rama successful, we all need (bikingbychoiceyahoo.com). Senior Mobility to have a booth. Lets make this the bigThe Senior Mobility Program makes gest Scout A Rama ever. Support the available to senior citizens and the perscouting program. manently disabled, power electric SEUOHVC Spring Poker wheelchairs at no cost to the recipient, CASA Volunteers Needed Chris Boniol Kicking and Punting Camp Dependents Jan Petersen and Dixon Peacock will present the History of the Pioneer Museum at the Pioneer Museum in Castle Dale. The program will begin at 7 p.m. For more information contact Bert 6 or Joyce Staley at Oman at Salt at the Delta Center in Visit Lake City. 6-- www.volunteers.utah.gov for more formation and to register. 384-238- 3. 653-221- 9. 30-3- held April Ferron Burn Season paring and documenting application Orangeville Burn Permits V 10 ; |