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Show HHimftah Bsisam tBtiaumdlaiirdl 13 Thursday, July jJ3,1981 ., Altamonts Longhorn Days something for everyone Altamont's Longhorn Days celebration started Monday with a ladies ball tournament and will conclude Saturday night with fireworks. Most of the celebration's events will be Saturday, "so people who work will have a chance to go," said Longhorn Days Chairman, Diane Giles. I just wish that everybody would come so we can continue it." This years theme is Our Pioneer Heritage - Back to Basics." The ladies ball tournament games were held Monday through Thursday at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Altamont high school cheerleaders are sponaoring a dance on the tennis courts at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Musk will be by Mike McKee and admission will be $4 per couple and S2.50 stag. Local children will present a talent show at 10 a.m. Friday morning in the Altamont high school auditorium. is in Ellen Remington, of entries. charge who want to Children ages 5 participate in the treasure hunt will meet at the blacktop between the elementary and high school at 12:30 p.m. Friday. The grand prize will be four helicopter rides. Beth Myrin, is heading the activity. 454-395- 454-349- Uintah opts to keep interest in Union high The Uintah School District is no longer interested, at least at the present time, in having the Duchesne County School District purchase its interest in Union High School "We're not going to move on it at the present time," said Elouise Turner, president of the Uintah Board of Education. It's down the road a few years." Union High School was initially built with funds from Duchesne and Uintah District and from a federal grant. Uintah School District has ownership interest in the original building. An appraisal was made by Scott Bean, of the State Board of Education, which put the value of the original building at S1.4 million. Lowell Caldwell, superintendent of A ball tournament for the men will begin at 1 p.m. in the high school and elementary ball fields Friday. Participating teams will be Altamont, Bluebell, Boneta, Mt. Home and ShelL Additional games will be held Saturday at 11 a.m., and the championship game will be at 4:30 p.m. the same day. win be in Amy Palmer, charge Of a fashion show at 1:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. At the same time there wiU be movies in the band room for 50 cents per person. The films shown will be The Lone Ranger and Little Rascals. A rodeo will top off Friday events at 8 p.m. Saturday's festivities will begin bright and early with a sunrise breakfast at the Altamont Ward Chapel Serving will begin at 6 a.m. and end at 10 a.m. Cost wiU be $10 per family, $2 for adults, and $1.25 for children 12 and younger. After the sunrise breakfast, a parade with the theme of Our Pioneer Heritage - Back to Basics" will begin at the high school parking lot at 10 a.m. Lineup will be at 9 a.m. Nancy and Ann Stevenson, Miles, are accepting entries. They 454-313- 454-359- Duchesne School District, said that the proposal was feasible. Uintah School District Superintendent Phil Ellis said the contract allows either district to purchase the other's interest in the school. "Generally, the administration of a school that has students from two different counties creates problems," said Ellis. There is a situation there that is hard on both aides, said Turner. Duchesne School District has been the administrative body at Union High School since 1970, said Caldwell Turner said that Uintah School District is not unhappy with what Duchesne School District has done. We've had a good working relationship with Duchesne County School District," said Turner. No word on Hydro plaint -- till August It wont be until the end of August that Duchesne City will know whether they will be allowed to build a hydroelectric power plant at Starvasaid Mayor Ed tion Reservoir, Browning. Duchesne City filed an application Oct. 17, 1980 to build the plant, immediately after the federal government designated Starvation as a possible site for a hydroelectric plant. Browning said the City went to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to investigate the plant proposal. Recently the Bureau of Reclamation and FERC signed an agreement assuring that applications for development of hydro potential on non-feder- 454-361- dams or other feature of Reclamation projecta will receive timely and proper consideration. Under the new agreement, applicants will be required first to clear their plans with Reclamation to ensure that there will be no conflict with existing projects. Reclamation will provide reasonable access and available studies, and will review the applicant's plan at the latter'a cost. Reclamation will coordinate ita review with FERC. Browning said the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers have already performed feasibility studies at the Starvation site. The new agreement will not effect canals, non-feder- can still enter Saturday morning, Diane Giles said, but they'd rather have them before then." The men'a and ladies' ball teams will serve a barbecue behind the Altamont chapel at 6 p.m. Saturday, the menu includes beef and pork, salads, rolls, drink, all you can eat. The meal costs $10 per family, $3 for adults, and $2 for children, 12 and younger. They served over 500 last year, Diane aaid. There will also be a bazaar, headed and by Connie Holgate, at the Debbie Bingham, Altamont Chapel Saturday, along with a cake decorating contest to be run by Diane Giles, Longhorn Days chairman, 454-380- 454-382- 454-382- Other activities will include a watermelon bust, entertainment, and fireworks at dark on Saturday. I think people really enjoy Longhorn Days, Diane said. It's really the only celebration we have in Altamont. Diane stressed that Longhorn Days celebration is for anyone who wants to attend. If anyone from Roosevelt, Duchesne, or any place else would like to come, we would just love it," she said. were selected last Saturday during the annual queen pageant Tht royalty for 1981 are, front to back, Jennifer Lynn White, Queen; Vicki Burton, first attendant; Sheila Samuels, Second 1981 UBIC ROYALTY Attendant; Kalene Hansen, third attendant, and Yvette Collette, Fourth Attendant. The young ladies will reign over the 1981 UBIC festivities. Miss White reigns UBIC Queen After murh preparation, and hours of anxious anticipation, the 1981 Miss UBIC was selected from among 15 Basin girls during last Saturday's competition. After competing in interview and swimsuit competitions at a tea sponsored by the Socialette Club Saturday afternoon, then appearing in evening gown and performing a vocal miIo that same evening, Jennifer Lynn White, 18, daughter of Dr. Gary B. and Carol White, Roosevelt, won the title and will reign over this She year's UBIC activities Aug. also earned a $500 cash scholarship and the right to compete for the Miss Utah" crown and title next year. Miss White is a 1980 Union high school graduate where she was a cheerleader for three years, Homecoming (Juci-n- , placed in State drama arid forensics, was Most Talented and Most Preferred" senior. She has attended Dixie College and BYU for the ast year where she won music and academic scholarships to Dixie College. She is majoring in business education and minnring in musk. 6-- Jennifer toured Europe in 1980 with Amerka'a Youth in Concert and has been in several performing groups at college. She enjoya musk, sewing, sports and writing. Jennifer plans to continually better from myself through graduating college and finding a job in my field; bettering myself through church and social activities; improving my talents by sharing them with others." Besides winning the queen's crown, robe, trophy, ribbon and bouquet of rosea, Jennifer also won the interview competition for whkh ahe also won a trophy. Jennifer was sponsored by Utah Machinery, Roosevelt. Cydnie Workman, Miss UBIC 1980, who recently returned from competing in the Miss Utah Pageant, was in attendance to perform a dance and to crown thia year's queen. Completing this year's Mias UBIC royalty are: First Runner-up- : Vkky Burton, 18, of Roosevelt, is the daughter of Tex Burton and Mrs. June Wilken. As the first runner-up- , Vkky received a $200 cash scholarship. She also won the swimsuit competition and trophy. Sheila Marie Second Runner-up- : Samuels, 19, daughter of Ralph and Joan Samuels, Roosevelt, also receives a $200 cash scholarship. She also won the trophy for the evening gown conqielition. Kalene Hansen, Third Runner-up- : 17, Vernal She is the daughter of Glen K. llansen and Carol Dahlberg. Fourth Runner-up- : Yvette Collett, Roosevelt, was also the recipient of the talent trophy. Ladd and Helen Wilkins, Roosevelt, were the emcees for the evening. The judges for this year were: Bruce and Helen K. Beaman, Provo; Monette W. O'Keefe, Ogden; John Adkins. Coalville; and Mrs. Utah 1981, Martha H. Bullock, Providence. Mrs. Vicky Jenkins, pageant chairman, anil her committee wish to thank the many businesses that sponsored girls, the many patrons, and the Uintah Basin public for attending and supporting the pageant and Duchesne City's application now, but it will down the road," said Browning. Bountiful City, Utah Power & Light Company and Central Utah Water Conservancy District have also submitted applications to build the plant at Starvation. The power and revenue generated from such a plant would give Duchesne City an alternate source of revenue, said Browning. This agreement with FERC resolves conflicts which otherwise might have taken new legislation or resulted in litigation in the courts," said Interior Secretary James Watt. Until now, disagreements as to Federal authority and policy have burdened interests private and other wishing to develop small hydroelectric plants on the existing works of Reclamation." non-feder- THE BEGINNING OF A TREND-feat- ures these three girls as Altamont Royalty for 1981. Pictured are center. Queen Angie Tucker. Arlene Parry, right, was First At tendant and Miss Congeniality, and Lisa Shiner, left, was Second Attendant. The royalty will reign over the 1981 Altamont Pioneer Days. BUCKAROO RODEO INCLUDED Duchesne schedules July 24 injured in this accident when her van left Highway 40 near Plateau and overturned. She suffered a bruised shoulder, fractured wrist, and a crushed hand. Mrs. Lemon was pinned in the vehicle for approximately 30 minutes while EMTs and Police attempted to free her. Kim Olsen, Roosevelt RPD, was directly TESS LEMON WAS vehicle when it left the road. Olsen informed dispatch and first aid. Plateau Oil furnished a crane for extrication and Frandsen's also aided in efforts to free Mrs. Lemon from the vehicle. EMTs at the scene were Gary behind the Lemon ed Bolton, Goodhue. Carol Christensen, and Fred It has been many years since the pioneers rame to Utah, but celebration of that occasion is still continuing. Duchesne is only one of many communities in the Basin to hold a day of festivities to celebrate Pioneer Days. The day will begin with a community breakfast at Roy Elaison Park. The breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. and continue until 9:30 a.m. will Breakfast consist of eggs, pancakes, sausage, hash browns and juice. The cost for children 12 years and younger is $1. For persons 12 and oider the cost is $2. After the completion of the breakfast the day's activities will begin. At 11:30 a.m. there will be the children's parade held on Main Street. From 1 to 3 p.m. then will be a mixed aoftball game. Also during this time then will be a swimming meet at the Duchesne City Pool July 24. Grand Buckaroo Rodeo. The evening will wind down with a chicken dinner at Roy Park, sponsored by the Duchesne Fin Department. The dinner will be served from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Along with the activities planned for the morning and afternoon the Little Buckaroo Rodeo will be held the .evening of July 24. The Duchesne Little Buckaroo Rodeo will also be held this evening. July 23, at 7:30. First and second place winners from that rodeo, aa well as other Buckaroo Rodeos around the area, will be competing in the Friday, evenings. Tickets for children under Champion Little Any riders who are interested can register at Duchesne Western Auto. The rodeo starts it 7:30 p.m. both six are free. Children six to 12 are $1, while tickets for those 12 to 16 are $2. Those 16 and over will be charged $3. After the completion of the Grand Champion Buckaroo Rodeo on July 24, there will be a fireworks display at the fair grounds. Residents are encouraged to spend a day of fun with their neighbors. |