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Show t naif 1 2 Vernal ExprettRdverttsef Wednesday, September 25, 1985 HriH vii TUf ig, ill -- - ny- announces honor students from Vernal area USU Utah crop and weather summary Wet weather last week hampered hay and onion harvests, and delayed potato harvest, but provided ranges with much needed moisture according to the Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. A considerable portion of third crop hay got wet in the swathe, with a resulting drop in quality. The onion crop has been very good, but if wet weather continues, producers may see yet another year of high spoilage. Frost killed foliage on potatoes just in time for harvest, which was moving into full swing at the end of the week. This saved many the expense of D spraying defoliant. Peach harvest is over, and apple harvest will be moving into full swing soon. Dry bean harvest is underway with average yields expected. About 60 percent of the winter wheat is seeded, and with last weeks rain, remaining acres will be planted soon. Corn silage harvest is running a little d of the early, with about harvest complete. Harvest of corn for grain will also begin soon. one-thir- Statewide, 72 percent of the third crop alfalfa is harvested, with Dixie finishing up the fourth crop and beginning the fifth. Two Vernal students were among the summer quarter honor roll members at Utah State University. It has been announced by Dr. Val R. Christensen, vice president for student services at USU that Derek K. Hein who has a family life major, and Jane Merrell, whose major is humanities and arts and social sciences, are listed on the honor roll. According to Christensen, a student must carry twelve or more credit hours and earn 3.5 or better grade point average to achieve honor roll. Naples City awarded grant to start police juvenile center The Utah Board of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention last week approved assistance grants for several communities in the state including funding for a juvenile center in Naples. Committee members awarded the Naples City Police Department $12,500 which will cover 75 percent of the cost to establish and operate the center for one year. The remaining funds will come from local revenues. The bulk of the funding will be used for the maintenance and establishment of the center and will be used to purchase video teaching equipment, educational materials, and recreational Educational equipment. materials will include booklets, displays and handouts. The entire personnel budget will be contributed by the police department. Volunteers will be used whenever possible to encourage community involvement and keep personnel expenditures to a minimum. Police Chief Everett Johnson will be the chief supervisor for the project. Johnson has had over 20 years of experience in the field of law enforcement. He has a deep commitment to juvenile relations project and has been involved in many juvenile programs in the past. In 1981 Johnson established a program for youths in Monticello, Utah. His project was honored by the Utah Chiefs of Police Association as the states outstanding departmental effort for that year. Naples officers Dan Schofield, Randy Gale and Tim Fagen will be assisting Johnson in the daily operations of the center. All three officers have had prior police experience. Officer Schofield worked with Johnson previously and has experience with other youth programs. The program will be aimed at reaching students between the ages of Officers hope to establish a between positive relationship themselves and older youths in the community. Officers say that after the students make the transition to the middle school and upper grade levels their contact with the youths is often of a negative nature and they would like to reverse the trend. 12-1- "More and more we find that our only contact with most of this age is of a negative nature, ) group when we have observed them unsafely or unwisely using bicycles, motorcycles or motor vehicles; when problems arise because they are bored and wandering the streets or when that same lack of activity leads to vandalism or destruction of property, " said Johnson. "In short, we spend six years (in school elementary programs) building good policejuvenile rela- (12-18- tions, safety awareness and citizenship habits and spend the next six years slowly watching the ground we added have gained slip away, Johnson. The main objects of center will be to provide safety training and increase safety awareness among youths; to increase community pride by encouraging good citizenship; to improve and maintain desirable with policepublic relationships youth and to discourage and prevent and delinquency. Ofnegligence ficers have a variety of activities planned during the next year to meet their goals. The center will be housed in Naples but an exact location has not been established. Several other communities in the state also received funding for juvenile programs. One of the two largest grants approved by the committee was for $62,000 to help support the Weber, Morgan and Davis County Services Center in Clinton, Davis County. The center is a facility for status offenders run by the Division of Family Services. The program is entering its second year. The other large grant, also for $62,000, was awarded to the Division of Family Services Salt Lake County juvenile sex offender program which provides counseling and assistance to offenders and victims. Other grants were also awarded to Iron County and Southwest Mental Health Centers PALS, (Peers to Assist and Listen Sensitively) group. PALS is abuse program. Youth non-secu- re Election to decide where westside goes The Uintah School Board is planning to conduct a survey in the La-poi- would be allowed to vote or if only patrons of the district. Tridell and Whiterocks areas The details of the election will be to determine if the majority of determined in the work session, he residents prefer that students attend said. school at the new high school near Morrill said he made the motion to Vernal. allow residents in the three areas to The majority of students in these attend the new school, after Tridell areas have been attending Union residents approached him with the High School under contract with the What about us. question, Duchesne School District. The three areas were strong supWhen the Uintah District bonded of the bond which also included port for the construction of the new an auditiorium for West Junior High school, residents in Lapoint, Tridell ' School. and Whiterocks were promised that I assume they will want to go to they would have the opportunity to the new high school, Morrill said. attend the new high school. Currently Lapoint students go to A resident of the Tridell area last Union High School and Tridell and week questioned the boards intenWhiterocks students go to Union High tion concerning the proposal. School. We need to conduct an election or Details concerning the elections some type of survey to determine the will be discussed during a work sesopinion of the residents, said Gary sion, Monday, Sept. 30. Taylor, school board president. Union needs to know where they stand. Taylor indicated that the board TEMPERATURES should make a decision on handling the election. Union has been a good school, but I also feel that Vernal is the center and we should have the same opportunities and advantages, said Ralph McKee, Tridell resident. Board member, Blayne Morrill, who made the motion to give the option to residents in the areas to come to the new high school, said that he did not know if all registered voters 'ii r1j)lrjrtngj-fclj' nn' "H1' un Nurse honored for Vital statistics for Uintah Basin outstanding service Stacy Martin, a registered nurse at Medical Center Valley Ashley (AVMC) has been chosen for KSL Radios People Make the Difference Award. The program honoring Martin was heard on KSL Tuesday, Sept. 24. Martin is a staff nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital. She began her employment with the hospital Aug. 16, 1982. Prior to starting at the hospital Martin completed a structured ICU training program at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. In addition to being a staff nurse Martin also serves as the diabetic educator for AVMC. She has developed and instructs patients and families on the disease process and treatment program that their physicians have set up for them. It is appropriate for Stacy to receive this award from KSL since she was also chosen as the Dr. T. Frist Humanitarian of the Year by her peers at the hospital, said Kathie Brendemuhl, public relations director at AVMC. Stacy demonstrates her concern for people in her day to day activities and provides human caring for her patients and families at the hospital. Comments from Martins coworkers indicate that she is a good nurse to work with and that she is always ready to help and has a cheer f There were 722 live births in Uintah County in 1984, according to the Utah Department of Health Vital Statistics Summary just released. In the report there were 137 deaths, 302 marriages and 134 divorces and annulments listed for Uintah County. In Duchesne County there were 446 live births, 83 deaths, 121 marriages and 69 divorces and annulments. In Daggett County there were 22 births, 6 deaths, 23 marriages and 4 divorces and annulments. In Uintah County the infant is listed as 5 last year with 65 births and 57 abortions. Duchesne County had 4 infant births and 25 deaths, 43 abortions, according to the Utah Health Department report. v. Injuries minor in Neola crash t - STACY MARTIN is HjiniTinfL-- A Roosevelt man was slightly injured when the vehicle he was driving struck a cow on State Road 121 Saturday at approximately 4:45 a.m. Lynn K. Rich was eastbound on 121 approximately four miles east of Neola when he struck the cow and went off the road. Richs vehicle also struck a fence. The accident was not reported to the Utah Highway Patrol until 7:50 a.m. Trooper Bruce Provost investigated the accident. tii honored for outstanding service. ful outlook. The KSL award recognizes Martin for her outstanding service to the hospital and for her continuing work with the diabetic education program. VMNAL, UTAH Changes in Vernal BLM nuHlfc Several changes in the Vernal District BLMs management hierarchy have just been instituted. Ralph Heft, Diamond Mountain Area Manager, has transferred to Vale, Ore. Ron Trogstad, District Resource Chief, has been appointed Diamond Mountain Area Manager, replacing Mr. Heft. Dean Evans, Bookcliffs Area Manager, has been appointed to the District Resource Chief positon, vacated by Mr. Trogstad. ELK HUNTERS GRUB BOX SPECIALS Dave Moore, District Chief of Planning and Environmental Coordination, USDA Bookcliffs Area Manager, temporarily replacing Mr. Evans. Don Alvord, Associate District Manager, has been temporarily assigned to fill in for Mr. changes are in Choice Bacon lb. Lean, thick sliced, Hickory smoked Moore. 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