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Show i 1 V I UINTAH BASIN STANDARD, Lamanite tour was a success Sharing . , , . clothing with the impoverished Otivalo Indiana of Ecuador and raising money for children's hoapitala in Jamaica do not sound like part of the itinerary of a group of college studenta singing and dancing their way through the Caribbean and South America. When the group if Brigham Young Universitys Lamanite Generation and ita goal is friendship, activities outside the performing arena are aa important as those on Janielle Christensen. Every place we visited wu important for a different reason," says Simpson. We received a warm welcome in Puerto Rico and met a mayor who took us into his office and prayed for our success. We had an impact on top government leaders in Jamaica; and we had emotional, gratifying encou- personal stage. . nters with Ecuador's Otavalo Among the ensemble's highlights was the applause and friendship of Fadrique Lizardo, acknowledged head of folklore for the Dominican Republilc. The Lamanite Generation was also treated to a cultural exchange with a Dominican dance troupe led by one of Lizardo's proteges, where dance routines were traded and friendships were formed. In Jamaica, the group worked with Mike Henry, minister of culture, to raise money for the . The American Indian, Polynesian South American studenta who make up the Lamanite Generation and in Puerto recently Rico, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Florida. The group was founded in the early 1970s by Janie Thompson and tours today with Ron Simpson. 8hows are developed by Simpson, Randy Boothe, Mark Huffman and spent four weeks Arrowettes will hold tournament course other awards and prizes will be given." The tournament will take place at the Ft. Duchesne ball park. Times will be announced later after the roster is filled, said Grant The proceeds of the tournament will go to help the Arrowettes travel to other areas to compete. Interested teams can contact Joy Grant and Betsy Santion. at The Arrowettes, a Ft. Duchesne tribal softball team, will be holding their third annual Arrowettes' softball invitational freon July 23 . 25. through July This will be a tournament for all men's open softball teams. Joy Grant who is in charge of the tournament said that all local teams are being encouraged to enter. "There wUl be an entry fee of $100, she said, We will be giving away 15 championship jackets, and of Jensen takes unit office Marianne F. Jensen who wu raised in Roosevelt and graduated from Roosevelt High in 1948 hu been presented with the office of President of the Kearns Unit 132 of the American Legion Auxiliary. Her eligibility for the position came through her husband Dahl Ray Jensen, a World War II veteran who served in the navy. She hu been a member of the Auxiliary for 26 years. She is the daughter of the deceased Marion Feller and of Beth Feller. Jensen hu held all other offices and chairmanships on the unit level. She is a volunteer and hu served a delegate to the National Convention. She hu also been a girl . u scout volunteer. The Jensens are the parents of five children, they have six grandchildren, all are affiliated with the American Legion. extension 249. They can 722-514- 1, ' u In- dians. . Lady Bustamante Childrens Hospital and the May Pen Hospital. The idea that we would go there at our own expense for the children really seemed to capture the imagination of the government leaders and auxiliary organizations that helped us, and we were accepted instantly, uya Simpson. In Ecuador, guests of the Ministry of Culture and Education, the Lamanite performers spent a day. of in Otavalo, visiting the famous market and trading legends with the Otavalo Indiana, finding that they coincide remarkably. - also contact Trudy Willie at 722-471- 6. Fiddlers from all Western States join with Utah fiddlers for the will 2nd annual Old Time Fiddlers in Panguitch. Contest July The event will begin Thursday July 16, at 6 p.m. with a combination ' dinner, registration and entertainment Dinner will be served to contestants, and the general public by the Panguitch High Cheerleaders. Competition will be held Friday and Saturday July 17 and 18fromfla.rn.to9 p.m. Sunday, July 19 will be a 16-1- 9 hymn sing-a-lon- g. 0 in $4,800 prize money. Also highlighted will be mandolin, guitar and banjo competitions. The event is expected to draw hundreds of spectators, along with the usual vacationers that regularly fill Congressman Jim Hansen in- a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to designate the Donner Trail and the Transcontinental Railroad Trail located in the State of Utah u study trails for potential designstion as National Historic Trails. "I am proud of our Utah history and have introduced this bill to commemorate the pioneers who crossed the Utah west desert and to honor the workers who helped built the origins! stretch of the transcontinental railroad to the north of the Great Salt Lake, Congressman Hansen stated. "This period of our history is fascinating and the inclusion of these trails in the Historic Trail system will allow us to preserve the heritage of many of our forefathers," Hansen said. This bill has several important elements to it First, neither trail designation will interfere with the pumping of the Great Salt Lake. Second, the designations will not affoct the HOI Air Force Base bombing and gunnery range. Third, the designations will not affect valid rights of owners of land kr cited on or contiguous with the trails. And fourth, the bill will not affect any county road located either resting upon or near such a trail. The bill will direct the Department of Interior to study the trails and develop a proposed design for suitable markers describing the significance of the two trails. The Donner Party wu a group of eighty-seve- n California-boun- d im- migrants who traveled through Utah and were delayed by slow travel through the western muddy salt flats and were subsequently blocked . by winter snows while following an unfamiliar route south of the Great Salt Lake and central Nevada. Camping at Trochee Lake at the NevadaCalifornia border in November of 1946, the party suffered indescribable hardships, the survivors esesping starvation only by eating the flesh of those who died. During the winter, successive reseue parties from California broke through and led out, with heavy loss of life, thou who were able to travel. In the end, of the original group survived. The Donner party, wu but one of the many parties who crossed the west desert of Utah and settled the West. In later year, immigrants traveled around the northern edge of the Great Salt forty-seve- n Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shields and daughter Lorraine Lister visited at Provo Saturday with other family members, Colleen and Jerry Gardner and children, Ogden; JoAnn Shields and Beverly and Brett Thompson, Salt Lake. While there the group attended the fourth of July Freedom Festival Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert McKenna attended the wedding of their granddaughter Sheri McKenna, daughter of Joan Todd McKenna and the late Earl McKenna; and Calvin Egbert at the Salt Lake Temple June 26.. They also attended the wedding reception at the Institute Building at Logan that evening. Approximately 60 family members of the Gilbert McKenna family attended a family reunion during the July 4, weekend at the Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Brent Allred and at the Naples City park, Vernal From out of town attending were, Mr. and Mrs. Todd McKenna and family from Mesa, Arizona, Mr. and Mrs. Reed McKenna and family, Boston, Massachusets; Joan Todd McKenna and children, Mr. and Mrs. Warren McKenna and family, Hyde Park; Mr. and Mrs. Panguitch. Orinda Gee Lilly Wimmer, Maurine Pitts, Maxine Burdick, Phyllis Day and Pattie and Sam Burdick all attended the American Legion in Roosevelt. Lake because the salt flats were too troublesome to traverse. At the turn of the century, the Union Pacific Railroad Company decided that it would be more economical if they built a causeway acrou the Great Salt Lake than to continue using the existing original railroad tracks built in 1869 when the original transcontinental railroad wu finished. We have a fine national monument at Promontory Point where each year there is a reenactment of the joining of the two railroad systems. Yet, when the original railroad track wu abandoned to the west of the monument, there hu been little, if anything, said about that abandoned railroad bed. This bill, will provide the additional Auxiliary Department convention in St George. Lilly Wimmer was installed as District 9 president Dave Standing of Provo was a weekend guest at the home of Dean and Pam Peterson. Nellie Lang attended the John Pearson family reunion June 19 and 20 at tiie Hobble Creek Camp ground in Springville. They camped with approximately 100 members, e Nellie Lang spent Thursday night in Provo with her niece, who took her up to the reunion on Friday morning. e Vernal and Alton Bromely had their 60th Wedding anniversary given by their daughter Connie and Howard Stroup and their grandchildren at the Bromley's home July 5. They had a large crowd that attended with lots of relatives from out of town. We wish them another 60 years. They had over 200 people calling on them. The Dave Thomas' had their great grandson spending time with them this last week. He is the son of Chris and Dee Thomas of West Valley. His granddad Dave, took Mark with him and another friend down the Green River where they stayed over night Marianne F. Jensen will serve as president of the Kearns Unit 132 of the American Legion Auxiliary. Jensen was raised ARCADIA NEWS Ida Horrocks Stake High Councilman, Keith Hopper and Dean Peterson were speakers in Sacrament meeting Sunday. comme- moration fw this historic railroad line. ' Chet Clayburn wu passed on to be ordained to the office of a Deacon in Sacrament meeting. The Junior and Senior Primary boys and ' girls sang a song in Sacrament meeting. Relatives of Lois Stansfield from surrounding visitors Sunday. areas were Jennie and Jerry Merkley attended the funeral for Frank Giles Saturday then they drove to Heber Sunday and went to the blessing for their little granddaughter, baby of Jona and Brent Sweat After church they went to Charlsten to the Chatwen family March of Dimes fund help out locally March of Dimes Walk America, Mothers Marches, Phonathons, mailing Houses-whe- re Haunted do all your dona- campaigns, tions go? According to March of Dimes Southern Utah Division Director Jean Hatch, "52 percent of the money we raise goes to support national research and educational programs fighting birth defects. The remaining funds are used locally with 14 percent being used to raise more funds, 11 percent used in community services, 10 percent for health education, 8 percent for medical services, 8 percent for professional health education and 2 percent for management costs." Whether used nationally or cally, the March of Dimes is lo- com- mitted to use u much of the funds raised possible to combat todays number one child health problem- birth defects. In the past, the March of Dimes u used much of its funds in helping individuals with special needs. Leg braces, medications, travel ex- penses, etc. were given free of charge to children and their families. Today, March of Dimes officials greater awareness about birth defects and what can be done about them. ' Local grants are given through a special committee consisting of local doctors, nurses and health educators. These individuals use their expertise to determine the necessity and feasibility of each grant request. ' - iJ n WtAu t V;i 1'S - t(S V Wi- , i - 2 Wi ' 'v' . .fchv ? ' 'W-v'- Vz -- , . f f V.'V Paige Asay, 10, caught this nice fish at the Uintah Youth Camp at Mint's Cabin in Wyoming. She won some nice prizes for her catch. She is the granddaughter of Nile and Ranae Chapman of GREAT CATCH Roosevelt. Consumer Information by Dennis Hinkamp consumer information writer Utah State University Irradiation has the potential to allow raw meat storage without refrigeration or just prolong potatoes from sprouting in your vegetable bin. Unfortunately, irradiating food gives some consumers the image of nuked vegetables in movies featuring rampaging tomatoes and mammoth low-budg- et eggplant Irradiation really isnt a product of the nuclear age at alL It was first proposed as a food preservation method in 1896 (about the same time as canning jars), according to Charlotte Brennand, food scientist in the USU college of family life. Brennand says irradiation should not be confused with microwave codling. Irradiation is a cold process. Radiation passes through the food, but none of it remains after processing. There is only a slight increase in temperature due to irradiation, so it is desirable for treating heat sensitive foods. For instance, spices, garlic and onion powders are frequently contaminated with dirt and insects. Conventional heat processing could destroy the flavor, so irradiation is used to replace heat treatment Chemical fumingant treatments can also be used but their safety has also been questioned, Brennand says. She says there are currently three levels of irradiation being used.' Low dosage inhibits sprouting, kills insects and delays ripening. Medium dosage reduces levels of microorganisms and pathogens such as salmonella. High dosages are used for sterilizing food, utensils and hospital products. Food products treated at this level have only been used in special cases such as for astronauts and patients with depressed immune systems. Irradiation of foods has been subject to 40 years of organized research and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed more than 400 studies on the subject The FDA has concluded that consuming irradiated food eauses no adverse health effects. Irradiation does cause some nutritional changes, but they are -insignificant to the diet aa a whole, Brennand says. The FDA recently approved irradiation for pork to reduce the level of trichinella, but she says the only irradiated foods consumers are currently likely to find in the supermarket are fresh potatoes and some spices. Billions signed here A check-les- s society? No way. Last year, Americans wrote between 40 and 45 billion checks, which is an increase from the 32 billion written in 1980. reunion. realize money spent on research, and education can help a greater number of children achieve a healthier life by prevention of birth defects. Locally, the March of Dimes has spent more than $102,000 for the fiscal year 198687 on programs ranging from a $34,000 grant for the salary and fringe benefits of a genetic counselor for the State of ' Utah, to a $300 grant for defraying the costs of guest speaker 'for the first conference of the Support Organization for Trisomy 1813. Southern, Eastern and Central Utah residents are affected by a grant of $18,000 given to Utah' Valley Regional Medical Center to help train nurses from, remote locations about the latest in birth defects prevention. With such local grants, the March of Dimes hopes to achieve .f Richard McKenna, Farmington; NEWS This contest is certified by the National Old Time Fiddlers '. datum.' President WeS Nivens and ' wife Lena will be attending. No drugs or alcohol will 1m allowed. - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, and family Denver, Colorado; Mr. and Mrs. Aral Allred and Nathan from Dillon, Montana, and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Smith, Logan. Don Harris from Salt Lake was a guest during the past week of his brother and wife Albert and Nellie Harris. e Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harris returned home July 4, from a twelve day Wilkins Bus tour with 34 other people touring the Southern States, some of the inter- DUCHESNE Hansen fights to put Donner trail on map troduced Gladys Ross e, a.m. free to the public Winners in 14 divisions will share 11 Pag : NEWS Missouri. e Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McDonald has spent several days at Granger, recently with her sister Maurine Timothy Dean who is seriously ill Recent guests of Dicia Emert was her nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carwin Agas, from Lacomba, Alberta Canada. will compete 1987. ROOSEVELT esting places they visited was Nashville, Tennessee and LDS Church historical area in Indepen-danc- Local fiddlers July 15. July 21 is cherry day To recognize the importance of the cherry industry to Utah, Governor Norman H. Bangerter has declared Tuesday, July 21, as the First Tart Cherry Day. Invited guests will tour tart cherry orchards in the Payson area. They will see a new, one unit wrap around'' harvester. Participants will also visit new processing and storage plants. According to recently released figures, Utah ranks second in the Nation in the production of tart cherries. Utah's 6,000 acres of tart cherry trees represent the heaviest concentration of cherry acreage in the Western United States. During tiie decade of the '80s the value of the tart cherry production ranged from $2.4 million to $9.2 million. The Tart Cherry Day is being sponsored by the Utah Department of Agriculture. Tart Cherry Marketing Board, Horticulture Association and Farm Bureau. KEWAKID OFFERED For information leading to the arrest and conviction of person or persons who have tampered with the headgate at the Heller Lake Reservoir. Contact the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office with any |