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Show T 1 UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. January 2t. 1999- - Page 2 4H group enjoys horsing around By Bobbie SortoH, Hi reporter A group of young people from Rooeevelt and Keola are members rtf' a local club. Weekly meetings are held Thursdays at the home of LeeAnn Haslem from 6:30 pm. to 8.30 pm. These young folks are learning to train their horses for competition and showmanship. They are also receiving instruction in team pinning, barrel racing, pole bending, and on how well they handle their horses. The ages of club members are 10 and up. The kids have a great opportunity to learn about their horses: how to train, feed, and care for them in general. During the spring and summer the 4-- club members will work 4-- GOING TO DISTRICT-The- sc lop 1 2 spelling bee winners will go on to compete in the district spelling bee this in Altamont. Winners in alphabetical order Heather Boren, Brendan Dennis, Bree Anne Duncan. Chris Thursday Eckles, Erik Hacking. Megan Haslem, Owen Hullinger, Jordan Liddell, Lindsay Morris. Garrett Snow. Tyson Todd. Lee White. H with their horses in Neola at LeeAnn's home. Come up and watch them. You'll have fun. Utah gas prices at 10 year low says AAA Survey Utah gas pricea continued n downward spiral to reach a low, AAA Utah reported. "Utah gas prices now average under a dollar for the first time in five yean and are at the lowest price in 10 years," said AAA Utah spokeswoman Rolaynt Fairclough. The Utah average ia 96 cents for a self-eergallon of regular unleaded, down 8 cents from last month, according to AAA Utahs monthly gas survey. The last time prices were this low waa in January 1989, when the Salt Lake area average was 95 cents a gallon, according to figures from the Utah stale Office of Energy and Resource Planning. Local averages for regular un10-ye- ar . TABfONA SPELLING BEE WLN NERS-Thurd- ay. Jan. 2 1 at theTabkma School held their annual Deseret News Spelling Bee. The winner, a 3th grade student, was Dalas Jones, von of Vera and Ron Potter of Tabiona. Placing 2nd was Jennifer Pratt, a ?ih grade student and the daughter of Virginia and Merrell Pratt of Tabiona. 3rd place w as captured by Sheree Fryar. a 5th grade student and the daugh.rr of Diana and Ken Ludwig of Fniitland. These students will represent Tabiona at the District Spelling Bee in Myton on Thursday Jan. 28. Nevada gas pricea are down 2 centa to 11.12 a gallon in the same period, according to AAA. AAA Utah serve more than 100,000 members with an array of travel, automotive, insurance and financial service. ve STUDIOUS STUDENTS-AUamo- ot Elementary School Spelling Bee winners: from row, left to right, Melanie Christensen, 1st; Natisha Miles, 2nd; back row left to right. Amber Duncan. 3rd; Leandra Tew, 4th; and Shantel Swenson. 5th. leaded gasoline are: self-serv- e Ogden. 97 centa (down 4 cents from December 17k Provo, 96 cents (down 12 cents); and Salt Lake City, 94 cents (down 6 cents), according to Utah. Utah's prices are 2 cents lower than the national average of 98 centa, which fell 4 cents from lest month, according to AAA. A yearlong global oveieupply of oil has brought down crude prices, causing lower gaa prices throughout the AAA country. Demand is lower because ofweak economic conditions in parts of the world. Oil supplies are high from overproduction, analysts say. "There's nothing mi the horizon to .drive oil prices significantly up--, ward," said Alan Kovslu U The 01. Daily, a Washington, D newsletter. Not even recent military conflicts SPELLING BEE WIXNERS-La- st Wednesday Roosevelt Elementary held a spelling bee contest Pictured are the I "three place winners from left to right: Chris Eckks-secon- d place. Owen Hullinger-firs- t place. Heather Boren-thir- d place. New immunization laws B require Hepatitis Duo to new immunisation laws. Utah schools will bo unable to admit kindergarten studenta and other studenta entering school in Utah lor the first time who have not been immunised against Hepatitis B. This law will take effect beginning July 1. Kindergarten studenta and new entranta to Utah schools who have not received this immunization prior to school registration for the 19992000 school year, will not be allowed to enter school until the Hepatitis B immunization has been brought The usual schedule for Hepatitis B immunization is an injection at birth, at two months and at 6 months. Ifyour child never received this immunization or if the series waa never completed, TriCounty Health Department can advise you e. in the Persian Gulf stirred much reaction among oil traders, Kovski said. "The ail markets get used to these tensions," Kovski said. "Markets get dull when traders realize these things donl cause much of s disruption of oiL" Since last month, gas prices in ' northern California are down by an average ofa penny a gallon to $1.15. size really matters, Pluto could be in the doghouse If Tkt Associated Prtu Plutos days as one of our solar system's nine mqjor planets may be numbered. Two groups within the Interna- tional Astronomical Union are thinking about reclassifying the relatively puny planet either calling it a "minor planet" or lumping it in with an entirely new class of object. "For at least 20 years, it's been obvious that Pluto doesn't fit," said University of Maryland astronomer Mike AHeara, who heads the Planetary Systems Sciences Division of the International Astronomical Union. . With a diameter of only 1,440 miles, Pluto, the planet farthest from the sun, ia smaller than the moon. And while other "nugor planet" hai roughly circular., orbits, Piute serves wit a sweeping ellipse that frequently takes it closer than Neptune, planet No. 8, to the sun. ICLASSiriED jf 1 SEASONED SPELLERS-Winn- ers v'f the N cola Elementary Spelling Bee are pictured left to right: 1st place Leisa Hew ard. Angela Goodale, Beau Mair, and Shalayne Houston. 1;800M278679 K shot Nr j.e v Mirw $200 of Programming Gets You All This! about bow to catch up. If your child qualifies for medical, personal or religious exemption, papers to exempt your child from immunization must be properly filled out and taken to school at the time of registration. TriCounty Health Department can assist you with the paperwork for exemptions if desired. 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