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Show 1 - wA"4 Page 10 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. September 3. 1996 Nine Mile Canyon Fall Gathering is this weekend "A Centennial Homecoming" is the theme for the annual Fall Gathering in Nine Mile Canyon. The event is scheduled for this coming weekend, September 6-Specially planned activities will include a homecoming for former Nine Mile residents. Russell "Rusty" Wirnmer, chairman of the Nine Mile Coalition, announced that the event will be a fundraiser for planned in Nine Mile improvements Canyon. Russ indicated that the highlight of the event is the silent auction. Auction items have been donated by prominent Utah artisans. "The items will be on display throughout the weekend at the old hotel in Harper," said Wirnmer. "The old town will also be home for all the activities, and is home for the new Nine Mile Coalition gift shop which recently opened. The old hotel is located on land 8. 20 DUI owned by the Wirnmer family. The schedule of activities includes check-i- n and registration on Friday or Saturday. On Friday evening, a campfire program and story telling session will be hosted by Norma Rich Dalton, former canyon resident. Saturday's activities include tours to eight different locations in the canyon. One lour will focus on pictographs located cm private property not open to the public. Other activities that day include an atlatl (ancient spear throwing device) throwing demonstration and contest, an outdoor cookout featuring either steak or chicken, cowboy poetry, and western music. A small charge will' be made for the dinner, with Nine Mile Coalition board members donating their own funds for the food. Laync Miller will do his famous Dutch-ove- n potatoes. "The purpose of the fundraiser and the coalition is to preserve. protect and educate the public Mile Canyon," Nine about Wirnmer. "Carbon explained County is building a day-us- e facility and we need help with that, and the coalition is committed to preserving the canyon and the private land found there. Interpretive signs and trails are another goal of the coalition. To this end, we have established the Harper Station gift shop to raise funds for the canyon." Nine Mile Canyon is rich in Fremont Indian rock art and dwellings, for which it is known world wide. Another important aspect of Nine Mile Canyon is the Nine Mile Road. This road win built by the Army in 1886 to service newly established Fort Duchesne. It was the main road into the Uintah Basin for over Judge sets release date for repeat offender and issues a serious warning By Lezlee E. Whiting argued that Hartman should be sentenced to prison because of his lengthy history of DUI arrests and failure to successful complete treatment programs. Anderson said he opted Judge far jail time instead of a 0 - 5 year ison term because in all lihood Hartman would spend more time behind bars in jail, because prison sentences for firsttime offenders are typically shorted to just a few months by the Board of Pardons. Defense attorney Roland Uresk told the court Hartman has already checked into alcohol programs available locally and asked that he be allowed to go that route in order to get a jab and help his family financially. Hartman completed 500 hours of community ' service while incarcerated, and earned status as a jail trustee. Hartman told the judge he was An 8th District Court judge has commuted the one year drunk driving sentence of a Vernal man down to nine months, but in the process of giving the man a break he also issued a somber warning to the man who has 20 DUI convictions on his record. "If you disappoint me and have a slip, or violate any other laws during your probation period you're looking at a prison sentence hanging over your head," Ji John R. Anderson warned old James C. Hartman. "Dont disappoint me and don't disappoint yourself." Duchesne County Attorney, Herb Gillespie had asked that Hartman be released from jail and ordered to successfully complete an alcohol treatment program. When Hartman had failed to complete the last two d y weeks of a alcohol treatment program in committed to Alcoholics November 1995 his earlier 60 day Anonymous and to his plans to jail term was extended to one year. pursue therapy. At the time of the previous The judge placed Hartman on 1 probation. sentence, the prosecution and Adult Parole and Probation had 31-ye- ar ' all-bla- de an ' 722-229- 4, e years. In addition to other activities during the Fall Gathering, and in commemoration of the military thirty-fiv- 738-274- Bureau of Lang, Managements citizen Resource Advisory Council is hosting a series of meetings to receive public comment on their draft document which identifies standards for rangeland health and guidelines for grazing management on the 22 million acres of public lands in Utah. "The primary goal that we have tried to achieve m developing the standards and guidelines was to emerge with policies and practices that are based cm ecological principles and good science," dated Dr. James Bowns, chairman of the Utah BLM advisory Council. . "Public rangeland and forest 738-263- 637-506- Public grazing meetings in Vernal and Roosevelt The Convictions presence in Nine Mile Canyon, the Utah Humanities CoLvtcil is sponsoring a lecture by local USU instructor, H. Bert Jenson. Jenson will present a poignant life history on Benjamin O. Davis, one of the soldiers who served in the Ninth Cavalry at Fort Duchesne between 1898 and 1901. It was this recruits experiences at Fort Duchesne that set him on the path that ultimately led him to become Americas first African-AmericGeneral. "This will be a chance for people to talk to former residents of the canyon and to tour the historic landmarks of Nine Mile with people who know what the buildings and locations were really used for," added Wirnmer. For further information call Nine Mile Coalition charier member Bert Jenson at Rusty Wirnmer at 6 9, or or the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum at - 0. ecosystems managed by the BLM are complex and a challenge to manage because of their many components, great biotic diversity and complicated interrelationships," said Bowns. A public meeting on the proposed standards and guidelines for grazing management will be held in Roosevelt, Thursday, September 12, 1996, 7:00-9:0- 0 p.m., at die Uintah Basin Applied 1100 E. Technology College, Street An Open House will also be held at the Bureau of Land Managements Vernal Office from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 pjn., 17b South 500 East Vernal, Utah. For a copy of the Draft. Standards and Guidelines or for further information, contact Deane Zeller at the BLM State Office, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, Utah. 84145-015or call for a copy at (801) Gines, daughter of Joel TABIONA PRINCESS-Princess-Kri- ssy Gines, daughter of Lcvaughn Heidi Gines; 1st Atlcndant-Lindse- y ina Casper, daughter of Leon Carla Gines; 2nd Attendant-Tri- e Miss Congeniality-NicBaglcy, daughter of Gale Gingar Casper, Bagley. Amy ki and and and and Gines, daughter of TABIONA JR. PRINCESS-J- r. Princess-Briltian- y Defa, daughter of Luke and Joel and Heidi Gines; 1st Attcndant-Sky- a Idawna Defa; 2nd Attendant-AmbPippy, daughter of Frank and Ellen Jo Fillmore, daughter of Joe and Pippy; Miss Congeniality-Tann- a er 539-405- 2. out-patie- nt se 60-da- court-ordere- out-patie- New web page for farmers created by USU stations and links to other management and agricultural sites around the world. "The Internet virtually opens up the world as a library of helpful resources," Bond said. The most recent features of this agriculture web site include two slide show presentations. One show outlines die benefits of keeping business records and the other presents useful ideas for managing family finances and getting out of debt, he said. To visit this site, type: http:ext.usu.eduagecoii. Certified Public Accountants and other tax practitioners might also want to visit a tax page Bond created Computer software packages that help farmers and ranchers customize crop and livestock budgets are now available free on the Internet, courtesy of Utah State University Extension. In an effort to use the latest technology in disseminating information to the public, USU Extension, under the direction of Larry Bond, Extension economist, has developed a new Web page called "Farm Management Resources." The new web site currently has It publications for viewing or for at:http:ext.usu.edutax. downloading and printing. Included announces details of the tarf are crop and livestock budget schools offered each year by USU software packages, slide show Extension. BIGO TlfrES.VBIG(TfRES L'O.WlC O STfS R E C I A LS & ) ALIGNMENT i SPECIALS ANY BRAKE SERVICE dlgamaS 1 I a. Me Store tor Details. 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