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Show I The Eureka Reporter December 11 1979 vacation from school, but score was 7170 with also an opportunity to Escalante winning by one age Six THS news The spirit of Christmas is ringing the halls of Untie. Last week the students decorated the halls. Trees, crepe paper, snow flakes and Christmas stockings fill the empty halls now. Everyone is really looking forward to the Christmas vacation. It not only gives us a and friends visit relatives. Dec. 7 the basketball team traveled to southern Utah and played a couple of games. Friday night Tintic played point. Last Wednesday was the team's first season game. The results of that game will be in the paper next week. Bryce Valley. At the end of the game, Jeep patrol meets the time they put forth in secretary - treasurer; the Tintic winner. trying to make this years Glen Davis, quateam basketball best the rtermaster; Barry Saturday evening, though our team tried hard, the yet. . Franks, chaplain; Gary the score was with 69-6- 7, re- Unfurnished house on the annual Christmas held be Church Street. 4 rooms will which party 8 in at Ray's Cafe in Nephi on and bath. Call 7 28 at p.m. Dec. n23tfc lyson. 465-203- the Christmas tree light cords and con- UL safety seal? Make sure the UL is inside a circle . not a square. Have you checked that moving Santas and other lighted Christmas . k. nections? Have you investigated ' newer lights that burn cooler and use Underwriters Laboratory tightened loose safer, FOIt KENT Plans were made for cords all carry repaired frayed and v decorations and placed or plug-cor- d 433-630- 3. UL SAFETY SEAL Do your lighted TREE LIGHTS Have you Large unfurnished Boswell, reporter and home on Church St. in Eureka. For further historian. contact information Father Ludo at: d28 Retiring commander of is the patrol Gary At the meeting of the West Juab sheriffs jeep patrol, held Wednesday, new officers were elected. Filling the offices for the upcoming term are Boswell. Kenneth Taylor, com. the boys on our teain and mander; Bill Hansen, We are really proud of FOIt KENT: less electric- ity than some of the older ones? Test your lights before mounting them on your tree or house. Many lights for indoor use on trees are rated 7 watts each, and no more than 85 such lights should be connected to a single outlet. The new pinpoint mini" lights use very low wattages (about 0 watts for a full string of 30 to 50 bulbs) and it is unlikely that the average home-own18-2- er would put enough on tree to overload a circuit. a OCTOPUS OUTLETS Have you any of those octopus" outlets around the house. the ones with too many ap- . . pliances plugged into one circuit? Never overload electrical circuits; use proper size fuses. Overloaded circuits are a fire hazard. OUTDOOR LIGHTS Have you checked your outdoor holiday lighting cords to make sure they are outdoor rated," good condition, and are properly protected from weather in (especially where cords may be plugged together)? Are you careful not to stand on wet ground when rigging and testing them if they are plugged in? Most outdoor lights are rated 10 watts; the maximum number of such lights connected to a single outlet is 50. . decorations are properly grounded? LEAVING HOME Have you briefed your family on turning off Christmas tree lights when you leave home? (If you want to leave the house lighted when you're away, it's safer to do it with other lighting.) |