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Show V December 20, '1994- - Page 9 : (Basin Life Uintah Basin Standard iiMmiaMiHi iini ii mi r- - Vi's? v.. Utah author, Lee Nelson visits Basin visits school, meets local people By Cheryl Mecham visiting with area residents at Lee Nelson, a Utah author is living the adventure he dreamed of as a boy, and hes making a living doing it Nelson, best known for the Storm Testament book series, has added another book to his already popular nine volumes, entitled, Storm Gold. Nelson spent a few hours in the Uintah Basin Wednesday, Decem-vb14, first speaking tar seventh and eighth grade atudents at Duchesne Junior High and then f' er inRooee-vel- t Gale's Office Supply while signing his newly liahed book. Writing historical fiction is a process tint suits Nelson, who readily admits he is fascinated with the events of the past and thrives on the two or more years of research required for each volume. . Storm Gold captivates .the reader through Nelsons brimming talent of transporting the reader into the past and holding them there with a story line that is both . ,V' Basin Medical Center purchasing director Jerry Young (left) and Layton Wallin stand next to an incubator being donated to a small hospital in Richard Dr. physician it volunteer effort CHOICE' He will take the Dr. Wallin works with the India. southern UBMC to India in February. the incubator and other surplus equipment donated by DONATION-Uipt- ah non-prof- donates equipment to hospital in India UBMC By Lezlee E. Whiting equipment for use in a medical clinic in Gudahir, India. Gudalur is in the A newborn infant in a remote, section of India will soon eryoy the warmth provided by an incubator courtesy of the Uintah Basin Medical Center (UBMC). Until the infant warmer arrives however, newborn children in need of special care will continue to be placed in a wooden box, with a bare light bulb inside and glass cover over the top. The incubator, along with a set of operating room lights, an EKG machine, microecope, gastroacope, autoclave (a. machine used to southern part .of the country near the Nilgiri Mountains. Dr. Wallin sterilize surgical instruments), and miscellaneous surgical supplies were all donated by the UBMC to the Salt it Center Lake City-basefor Humanitarian Outreach and Intercultural Exchange (CHOICE). Layton physician Dr. Richard Wallin, approached the hospital to non-prof- request the donation of surplus says 400 villages surround the town of Gudalur, which houses a email, ill equipped hospital. Dr. Wallin arrived last Thursday to pick up the equipment which was no longer used or needed at the UBMC. He will personally package smaller items to ship on the same plane which will take him to India this February. Larger pieces of equipment will be given to the LDS -- Church to arrange tar shipment This is Dr. Wallins second trip to Gudalur. On his first visit in September 1993, he. brought the hospital suture material and a gastrointestinal scope, at the request of Indian doctors. When he arrived at tiie facility he found it practically bare, and asked why they hathrt requested more supplies and Altamont Elementary students will perform a Christmas music program on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Altamont High School Gym. A Christmas luncheon will be held Thursday, Dec. 22 at the Ducheene Senior Citizen's Center at noon. Guests are welcome! D.U.P.'To Meet The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers will hold a Christmas potluck dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 1 p.m. at the Duchesne County Senior Citizen Center. A gift exchange will be held. For more information contact Nelda Bolton at 722-561- 7. New Year's Eve Party for Single Adults New Year's Eve Party The Young Single Adult Institute (Ages will be held Saturday, Dec. 31, at the Rock n Roll Roller Rink in Roosevelt from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Cost is $1 withyour Institute card and $3 without the ciud. 18-3- 0) The Legislatures Judiciary Interim Committee is backing a proposal that would prohibit cities from passing firearms ordinances stricter than state law. The move is a victory tor champions fa Utah. Sen, Alarik Myrin is a member of the state Weapons Task Force which voted last month to approve the proposal fa order to pass it on for consideration by the interim committee. Interim Committee members endorsed the measure with votes to spare, giving it a considerable momentum .going into the 1995 Legislature, which begins next Towns lobbyist Steve Allred pleaded with lawmakers to allow communities to enact their own ordinances, to no avail If approved by the fall Legislature, the bill would eliminate ordinances currently in effect in Salt Lake City and other urban areas that impose waiting periods and background checks on gun buyers that go beyond state and federal requirements. Pepsi-Col- a By Lezlee E. Whiting Its official The Pepsi-Col- a plant and its employees will be leaving Ducheene County for new headquar- ters fa Vernal Accoding to Paul Yoder, general manager for Birrell Bottling of Roosevelt, the company has purchased the property just to the west of Vernal on Highway 40, where Gibsons formerly stood. Now that the old building which once housed the defunct department store has been demolished and removed from the site, Birrell Bottling plana to erect a 70 ft. by 200 ft. warehouse and 30 ft. by 80 ft. office to serve as their new head- 5. Babysitting Offered The Family Support Center in Roosevelt is offering child care to relieve some of the stress ofthe holiday season. Babysitting is offered by appointment only on the following days, Dec. 20, 21 and 22. Care serve basis. will to provided for up to six hours on a first come-firto make an 1 The service is offered free of charge. Call appointment st 722-240- Family History Center Hours quarters. The Pepsi-Col- a The Family History Center will be dosed fin: the holidays beginning Dee. 23. It will reopen Jan. 2. If you have any questions call Hazel it became apparent that the company had outgrown the facility they put the metal building and property up for sale and began at 722-484- The Basin's first production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," by USU Uintah Basin Campus and the Basin West 2000 Fine Arts Council, will begin with auditions Tuesday and Wednesday, December 27 and 28, 6 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Venial USU Center. Come prepared to recite a sonnet or approximately 60 seconds of a scene from a Shakespeare play. Tne production will run in Vernal, Roosevelt and Duchesne in February under the direction ofVarlo Davenport If you need more 4 information, contact him at or full-fledg- ed 722-928- 789-610-0. - Miracles of giving brighten this holiday for area children! tee member By Cheryl Mecham Connie McCurdy something miraculous is happening Hoi Hoi Ho! The Community every day. The idea behind the coalition Christmas Coalition is still on the go and like Santas busiest elves, was te allow the applicants to be committee members and applicants part of the process, to help others are waking quickly to make this and thamaelvea. Parents were Christmas a day of delight for area asked to take part by contributing The coalition was ten hours of service within the children. formed to assist needy families program. Parents are building and paintprovide Christmas gifts for their children. The task has been sizable ing cradles, sewing doll dresses, and with ony a handflil of commit- wrapping gifts, sorting donated tee members and a deadline loan- toys, tying quilts, stuffing throw ing; the success which has been pillows, and doing whatever tasks met thus far is just short at a needs to be done. In the process miracle ... yet, this is the season of friendships have been formed, new miracles and according to commit- - drills leaned and worries about providing for Christinas have been washed away by the joy of giving of oneself. When Cathy Simpson learned that the Sub for Santa program would not be administered this year she said she literally pan-- , icked. She recalls thinking, "what are we going to do?" Assisting fa the workshops she said, "its been fan! I told my kids I was helping Santa Claus and the expected to begin this spring and should be completed by mid to late kids wanted to help- him too." summer. Pepsi-Col- a Kelly Banks, coalition member employs 10 Tepsi-Col- a that for the most part everysaid Roosevelt The locally. people plant is owned by Binwll body has responded well to the idea of service, and sane have waked Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Admitheir 10 hours and returned to ral Beverage Cop. which is based serve everyday, waking as many fa Worland, Wyoming. Birrells as 40 hours a week along with the westside corporate headquarters are located fa Provo. ha and sister, Connie. . plant With approximately 40 applica- - - approved- - a collected. "They are fantastic people with big hearts. I thank the Lord far making people like that," McCurdy said, referring to all those who hare donated to the program. Yet, the coalition can still use more contributions. Cash donations will be accepted until Decemba 22. The committee asks that tax . deductible cash donations be made out to either the Roosevelt Christian Assembly Church, Roosevelt Baptist Church, Myton Presbyterian Church and mailed to the Ducheene County'Area Chamber of Commerce at P.O. Box 1417 Roosevelt, Utah 84066. a The Community Christmas Coalition reminds contributors that all fluids and donations will be protected and handled fa a manner with the utmost integrity and will be open to scrutiny. plant is currently ' to look for a new location. So far, Yoder says there have been no offers on the facility. Yoder says the decision to move out of Duchesne County "basically boiled down to economics. We were sending three trucks east out of here end one truck west," he explained. "The move will centralise us a little more, and well send two ' trucks west and two trucks east" The local Pepsi-Col- a plant ' services the area from Current Creek in Duchesne County on the west to Maybell, Colorado on the east The territory encompasses five counties, three fa Utah and two fa Colorado. Yoder says construction on the steel warehouse and office is . . with an estimated 150 children, will the coalition be ready by Christinas? Yes, McCurdy said. But there is much tobe done. The coalition has depended solely on contributions from business, industry and the community. They have received ova $2,000 fa cosh. Donations of toys, handmade purchased have been contributed as well as hand sewn quilts, pillows and dolls have been tkms 40. When Cub Scout Leaders Needed Shakespeare auditions r Lee Nelson of "Storm Testament" BOOK SIGNING-Aut- hor fame autographs copies of his new book, "Storm Gold", which is centered in the Rock Creek area, while Brad Gale of Gales Office Supply looks on. located west of Roosevelt on Highway 6. The East Elementary PTA is looking for adults who are willing to work with a Cub Scout pack. Male and female volunteers who can serve as den leaders, pack master and on various committees are needed; If you are interested and available, call Paul Chambers at East Elementary. v to move to Vernal It's not too late to join the Northeastern Utah Choral Society. Practices are held once a week at Roosevelt Jr. High. John Van Wagoneer is the conductor. Anyone interested in joining should contact Van Wagoneer at 7224)455, or assistant conductor Diana Hanks at Call soon for farther details. Brough twenty-secon- gun-righ-ts "States rights are a lot different than local rights," Myrin stated during hearings. "There are places where it's appropriate that we have uniform state laws." Utah League of Cities and twenty-on- e and is busy completing research for hia which he disclosed "at this point is called "The Maria Confession." As a bey Nelson read a great deal Staying up late at night he read the words from the literary genius of Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain and John Steinbeck. His parents let him stay up and read but he would find himself in trouble at school when he would rather be lost fa a book rather than tackling a lesson in a subset ha was not interested in. Surprisingly, history was me subject which gave him difficulty. "I must have had baring history teachers," he explained, because now he finds history fascinating. According to Nelson his ship covers a broad area, "from sixth grade students to people 80 years old." He currently livee on a ranch fa Springville where ha does most of his research work. books, Gun control law eased Community Choir 722-045- haven't heard about this massacre because there were no Spanish survivors and the Indians didn't keep written records at the time. He explained, "I know about it because Ute Indiana have told me about it from their verbal history, and because I've found physical evidence of the battle fa the Du- equipment. Their response was, "we didn't want to seem greedy." When Wallin returns in Februaiy, he will bring as much as he possibly can to assist fa equipping the small hospital Medicine is not something that is needed, he explained, because India has a large pharmaceutical industry. gun-contr- ol Duchesne Seniors commented. Within the pages of Storm Gold, Nelson writes shout the early Spanish influence throughout Utah and its surrounding states. Most of the events fa Storm Gold take place near Vernal Nelson relates the story of a terrible Indian massacre of Spaniards near Duchesne that was, "bigger than the one at Little Big Horn and wasnt covered fa most history books." Nelson says that most people chesne area." Nelson has published month. Altamont Elementary interesting and educational "Essentially I'm a history teacher using books to teach history." he PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WINNER-Je- ff Burton, Roosevelt, took this photo which won second place honors in a recent photography contest sponsored by the Duchesne County Area Chamber of Commerce. Burton picked up $150 for his winning entry of an old farm sitting with Mt. Tabby in the background. |