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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. November 27. 2001- - Page 1 1 Christmas assistance deadlines approaching , donations needed By Therena Morrill If a family is in need of assistance to insure their children receive the makings of a merry Christmas, help is available but time is running out. Various organizations around the Uintah Basin have organized efforts to provide food, toys, clothing and other gifts to needy families at Christmas time and those interested in receiving assistance must till out an application. In Roosevelt, the Christmas Spirit Connection is in full swing. They are a group of volunteers who function under the umbrella of the Family Support Center. Their deadline for applying for assistance was Nov. 21, but it's not too late to become a donor to the cause. They are accepting cash donations, or those who want to help can select a gift angel from Trees of Hope located at Alco, Stewarts , Ben Franklin, and Davis Jubilee in Roosevelt. Linda Anderson is the chairman of Christmas Spirit Connection and donations should be dropped off to her at 44 S. 200 W. in cial Services building. The deadline for the applications is Dec. 7. All applications will be computerized and applicants will be assigned a number for privacy purposes. Service organizations who want to help families can receive the prescreened names from the food pantry. In this way, hopefully all families who need help will receive it but assistance from more than one organization will be prevented. "We are trying to eliminate duplications, said Teddie Evans, one of the organizers of the Santa Community Effort. We are hoping that local youth groups and service organizations will help with the shopping and wrapping involved with filling the applications. Were taking help from anyone. If you would like to help insure a child has a Merry Christmas , you can donate cash at Mountain America Credit Union in Vernal or fill a gill wish from one of the many gill trees located in various stores in Vernal. Roosevelt. In the Duchesne area, a Sub For Santa program is being coordinated by the Duchesne Lions Club. Dec. 1 is the deadline to apply for assistance. Applications can be picked up at Al's Food town, Kohls Store, First Security Bank and Zions Bank. All applications must be completely filled out and returned to Zions Bank or Clint Parks Repair on West Main Street in Duchesne. Schools, businesses, scout troops, and other service organizations will be participating in the Sub. For Santa assistance program. To join the Sub For Santa partner-ship- , take a name tag from a one of the Angel Trees located in Zions Bank, Kohls Store, and the County Administration building in Duchesne. Buy a gift for that child and return it to the place where the angel tag was obtained, or take it directly to Clint Parks Repair. Money donations are also appreciated. The Santa Community Effort, a program to coordinate assistance for needy families in Uintah County, has been put into place by a few Vernal residents. Families who live in Uintah County who have children age newborn to 16 can apply for Christmas assistance at Davis Jubilee in Vernal, The Chamber of Commerce, the food pantry, and the Uintah County So n prepares for Jarvie Ranch Christmas BLM The Bureau of Land Management in Vernal is preparing for the eleventh annual Jarvie Ranch Christmas Open House in Browns Park. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 8. The historic ranch will be alive with the sounds and sights of the late 1800s. The festivities will run from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and are free of charge to the public. For many families thiTevent has become a holiday tradition. This year there will be kids crafts, live entertainment, Btoiy telling and wagon rides. Christmas tree permits will be available for those wishing to cut a Christmas tree from the public land hills surrounding the ranch. To obtain further information on the program contact the Bureau of Land Management office in Vernal, or the John Jarvie (435) Historic Ranch at (801) 781-440- 0, 885-330- n fi nfi In stark contrast to the controversy and emotional outcry from parents in the fall of 1999 when the board announced it would adopt a class schedule, there was little fanfare Nov. 6 when the Tooele School District board voted in a favor of returning to a traditional schedule for Although the district continued to grow rapidly, the current growth rate will allow us to return to a traditional school calendar, said Superintendent Dr. Larry Shumway. The Tooele Transcript Bulletin TOOELE year-roun- d 2002-200- 3. RICHFIELD Murder suspect Morris Mullins, 18, was taken to Sevier Valley Hospital late Sunday nightearly Monday morning when he claimed to have swallowed a razor blade, saidSeVier County SherifTPhil Barney. This is the third time Mullins has either claimed to have or has swallowed a razor blade. Mullins has been in the Sevier County Jail since he was arrested in May Richfield resident Amy as the primary suspect in the murder of Davis. The Richfield Reaper WASATCH Plans forarefrigerated ice rink to beupandrunninginMidway by Thanksgiving is not likely. Midway City Councilman Harold Remund said he is still working to obtain a grant from the National Hockey Association (NHA) to help finance the rink. Midway is asking the NHA for $80,000 in grant money to build its ice arena. The Wasatch Wave PRICE A freak accident near the Scofield cutoff on Saturday afternoon left a Carbon County man dead after he was hit in the head by a driveline as he prepared a truck for towing. Dennis Norman deau, 36, was reportedly killed after a driveline popped up and hit him in the head as he was trying to undo it. Another man under the truck at the time was not iryured. The Sun Advocate SAUNA The construction and operation of a short line railroad is viable according the engineering firm that recently completed a feasibility study. Washington Infrastructure Services indicated that the conditions necessary to construct and operate a railroad appear to be in place and that those conditions support the concept given the level of analysis they completed at this first stage. They also recommended that further and more detailed study be completed. TheSalinaSun NEPHI Two people received minor injuries when the aircraft they were flying was forced to land on Interstate-1-5 just north of Mona on Thursday. Because of the low altitude the plane was flying at the aircraft struck power lines in the area and was forced to land on the freeway. The couple were in the process ofshultli ng the aircraft north for abuyer who had purchased the plane and was having it flown to him. The Times-Neut- s TOOELE Tooele County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $20 per head bounty on coyotes. Commissioners said the move was done with some reluctance but ultimately was necessaiy to cull a vast and growing, not to mention potentially destructive, population of the animals. The Tooele Transcript Bulletin MOAB As reported in national media, the tragic events of Sept. 1 1 have apparently caused tourists across the nation and around the world to stay home in droves. If anyone had their doubts about how that trend might impact Moabs national parks, October visitation figures from Arches and Canyonlands showed a continued decline. Arches reported 7.5 percent fewer visitors through the entrance brxith in October compared to October 2000. Canyonlands saw their October numhersdrop 13.4 percent from October last year. The Times-lndepende- SUMMIT Having a hospital in Summit County is reaching serious potential with a $100,000 anonymous donation for a feasibility study. Although a smaller survey was conducted this past summer, it is now time to get into specifics such as location, services to be offered, accessibility, use bythecommunity, architectural andcnginceringcosts," according to Linda Blonsley, who has been on the board for the past year. The Summit County Bee TOOELE Utahns hoping to stop a proposed nuclear waste storage facility in the Skull Valley on the basis of the sites susceptibility to airplane crashes and errant missile strikes got a rejection notice last week the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said there was less than a qhance that a plane or missile could accidentally hit the site. The Tooele Transcript Bulletin |