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Show Y T Pane ?0 - L'INTVH BASIN S TAM )K! ;x: S..v vii:K:r up even more. The Bastians hit with a $10,000 repair bill RODEO CLUB o cts pile Continued from page c lining home after a rodeo in Kanab. 13 driving somewhere to care lor their animals, attending rodeo safi-t- din icsor training workshops. or competing at rodeos, then they are either at high school or working so they can afford to do these things! People don't know how much of a financial sacrifice this is. We all have jobs to make this work. Ju-- t this fall we have spent $400 per weekend at the ten fail rudene we've attended, plus contestant fees at every rodeo totaling about $700 and that doesn't count fuel, vehicles, horse y trailers and equipment around 9100.000," explained Michelle Bastian, whose children Justin and Mandy are competing in the St. George Series. Good rodeo horses don't come cheap, either. And when the unexpected happens, as it tends to do when you're traveling so much, the - - i.,,, glhfii their truck - went off the road Luckilv no one was hurt. Is it worth it? "Yes. indeed! Definitely!" said Bastian. "I didn't get to d j this when 1 was young so I really want to give my kids this opportu- nity." The Harris family, of Neola, has also made the St. George Series an annual holiday event. We really eijoy the Thanksgiving tradition. Traveling together has brought our family so much closer," said Sue Harris, whose son Cole is rumpetmg in the event. "We believe that if we keep the kids buy with something that they enjoy they will stay out of trouble. We an.- sure it will be worth it down the road We couldn't do it if Cole didn't want to rodeo real bad. His desi re keeps us going and somehow it all works out. she related. The extended "family that many Hud on the high school rudeo circuit - is also a plus. "You can easily call them family when you see them go out of their wgy to be friends with your kids. A lot of people have risked their lives to save our boys when they were in a tight spot, you don't forget that," said Duchesne resident Jerry Wilson. who is a former rodeo dad. Wilson recalled a rodeo where his son Galen needed emergency medical care. Because the Wilsons weren't able to attend the rodeo another rodeo dad took him to the Richfield hospital and staved with him until the arrived. In the meantime he missed seei ng his own sons compete. e Both of Wilson's sons earned scholarships to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, because of their involvement in high school rodeo. We haven't had U pay a dime for their educations. 1 guess that we paid for their college at the high school rodeos. The boys have gone on to professional rodeos too, and we cant keep up with them now, so we mostly just stay at home and wait for them to call and report on how they are full-rid- piW V i ut tatv r ROPING AND I IOPING Jake Gines, Tabiona, and Rhett Shiner, Roosevelt, double hock em to get a good score at State Finals. This team is tearing down the barriers as if nothing can stop them now. I folding fifth place in the state, we expect them to represent the Uintah Basin Rodeo Club well in the St. George Senes. ft ; i h i kUtoSfaei Jibv HiwUUikn. til Awi l Ul 3 or zmwm FAMILY HISTORY CENTER interest financing Continued horn page 13 MEMO computer experience. Basic skills in computer use are taught, Teresa sgys. Advanced Beginner PAF is for those with computer experience and moves fester than the beginning class. Organization is a course on how to organize paper records and file them in one place so that any information is easy to find. The Internet class explores ways to search through available genealogical sources. Intermediate PAF teaches how to assemble and share information via a GEDCOM or Genealogical Exchange Data Communication computer disc. It also explores how to add documentation to PAF records. Advanced PAF teaches how to add photos to an ancestral file, and ways to make research easier and even fon. Classes are also taught on how to research records from specific locations like the United Kingdom or Scandinavia. The computers and readers are always available to help with research. And, appointments can be made with Center staff for personalised tutoring. Though the Center cannot ask for donations of any kind, it will accept contributions. The staff are especially pleased with the donation of computers. Several local businesses have given their old computers to the center when they upgnuie. In fact, most of the computers at the Center are donated, and more would gladly be accepted. The Center could also use more volunteers. y payments for 90 days October 10 and continuing through January 2, 2003, CM is ousting ZERO ZERO ZERO' which mtans no monthly payment tor 90 days, no down payment and 0.0 APR financing ratss thru GMAC lor quaHM buyers on the purchase o ad new 2002 and 2003 GMC vehicles See dealer tor (toads. Etlectiv focuses on helpful Basic Research things to know before starting research, and keeping track of where one has searched. Beginning Beginner PAF is for people who have no down payment sZimMo) doing," he said. Members of the Uintah Basin High School Rodeo Club are required to maintain a 2.0 grade point average and have no citizenship violations. Drugs, alcohol, and tobacco use are reasons for disqualification. Fighting and causing trouble arent allowed either. There are bylaws for conduct for parents as well. Good sportsmanship is also required. i YUKON YUKON XL 1 AND OUT JUST LIKE RIBBON WEAVING-ILindsay Gines, Tabiona, runs the poles in Tremonton. Just starting out in the high school rodeo club but shes no stranger to rodeo and working horses. She is using legs to que him in to what she wants him to do and directing him with voice commands. The human and the animal have to work with each other, each listening and responding to the other in order to be successful in any rodeo event. N Tuesday Morning skies are clear meteor storm could produce dazzling show If If predictions come true there could be a dazzling sky show next Tuesday morning, Nov. 19 when an enhanced version of the annual Leonids meteor shower storms across Utahs skies. According to NASA Solar System Ambassador Patrick Wiggins, Unlike regular meteor showers that produce maybe a hundred meteors per hour, this year's Leonids could produce ten times that many and maybe even more! Knowing when to look is a chal- J V' ENVOY vr lenge but many astronomers say the best time for Utahans to look will be next Tuesday morning between 2 and 5 a.m. MST, with maximum activity peaking between 3 and 4 a.m. Last years Leonids did not disappoint those who managed to find dear skies but this year s show could be even better, despite a bright foil Moon in the sky. Next years Leonids display is expected to return to normal levels of only a handfUl of meteors per hour. The next meteor storm is thought to be several decades in the future. This particular shower is known as the Leonids because the meteors appear to radiate from the constellation Iieo the Lion. Wiggins cautions, Its best not to use telescopes or binoculars to observe meteors because they restrict the amount of sky you can see. Instead, aspiring meteor watchers are advised to, Travel to a rite away from urban light pollution, set up a lawn chair and just lay back and look up. Wiggins adds that theres no one best part of the sky to watch for meteors. Leonids showers occur eveiy year when Earth hurtles headlong through the trail of debris left be- hind by comet Tempel-TuttlFriction with the atmosphere then causes the tiny comet particle to burn up producing the streaks of light many call falling stars" or shooting stars. Tuesday mornings meteors are thought to ha ve been shed by Tempel-Tuttl- e in 1866. Wiggins notes that "Most meteors are about the size a grain of sand and burn up on the edge of space, high shove our heads. Typical meteors travel about 20 kilometers per second but Leonids are the fastest of all meteors, traveling about 70 per second. At that speed, a Leonids meteor could travel from Snowville to St. George in fees time than it takes to read this sentence. The next normal meteor shower, during perhaps 90 meteors per ur, is predicted to occur the night of the Dec. 13-1For further astronomical information please go to http: planeLatate.ut.ua. e. 33 GMC-PONTI- AC Home of Fine Used Cars" Uintah Basin's Transportation Needs "Since 1936" the Serving FAIR PRICES AND HASSLE FREE BUYING Plaza Power Sports 345 No. Main Hbr City, UT i 435-654-70- I i 73 u M Nat dwiwwpia mt kilo-moto- rs 4. nwtMt IS YAMAHA' - i POOR 1, |