Uintah Pioneer Day parade boosts community spirit in Vernal
Residents enjoyed a Monday Pioneer Day with a reorganized parade route from the courthouse to Main Street, featuring floats and a crowd along the route. The Margerite Colton Bicentennial Pavilion opened with a spacious park complex, enhancing observation space and reducing downtown congestion. Organizers were praised for the well attended Scout breakfast and overall success. The piece lauds pioneer heritage and calls for a new medical center and nursing home in Ashley Valley.
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Main Street
Margerite Colton
Vernal
Ashley Valley
Pioneer Day parade and breakfast draw large crowds
Large crowds enjoyed Pioneer Day activities on July 25 with over 2600 fed at a breakfast from 6 to 9 am. Twenty six grilly teams kept lines moving. parade entries ranged from mountain men to a blacksmith shop replica. Winners included Vernal LDS ward with a locomotive replica and Maeser 2nd Ward in church division.
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Uintah Railway Co
Vernalth Lds Ward
Maeser
Maeser 2Nd
Rex Gardner
Clarin Gardner
Vernal City approves five percent pay hike for workers
The Vernal City Council on July 20 approved a five percent salary increase for city employees to be applied based on department head recommendations and individual performance. The 1977-78 budget anticipated four percent, but city officials expect the overall average to stay within budget. Some employees may receive more than five percent with justifiable reasons. The meeting covered sewer plant upgrades to meet EPA guidelines, population estimates for Maeser and Vernal, water billing policy changes, tax anticipation note bids, building license approvals, and a beer license for Triangle Oil Co with safeguards to prevent minor access.
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Vernal City
Grade I
Nelson
Frank Nueckerl
Valley Engineering
Logan
EPA
Itis
Rueckert
Maeser
Vernal
Delis Morrill
Out
Zion’s Bank
Zion
Frank Grossman
Frank
Motorcycle Works
East 400 South
Vernal leader receives Outstanding Public Service Award
Gene Hall, Vernal community leader and executive, was honored by the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce with the Outstanding Public Service Award for his Bicentennial county chairmanship and two years of planning and projects. Hall, born September 11, 1928, served in the Navy, held roles in local business and various civic posts, including Vernal City Council and Small Business Administration advisor.
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Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce
Brent #eltch
Gene Ray Hulk
Hall
Dinosaurland Golf Club
Feltch
Vernal
Lorenzo
Elreo K. Hall
Uintah High School
Harold Lundell
BYU
All
U.S. Navy
Gene
Elaine Wilkins
Terri
Scott
Durk
Navy
Bank of Vernal
Zlous First National Bank
Vernal Jaycee’s
Vernal Rotary Club
Vernal City
Small Business Administration
Uintah County Bicentennial Committee
Hals
Cattlemen vote yes in 1977 beef referendum
Vintah and Doggett County cattlemen backed the national uniform collection plan by 66 percent in a July 20 tally at the ASCS office. If two thirds approve, a tax of three tenths of one percent on cattle sales will fund beef promotion research and consumer information, with an estimated thirty to forty million dollars yearly administered by two Beef Boards of 68 members.
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Vintah
Doggett County
Lyle Taylor
ASCS
WRIA
FAA funds approved for Vernal east west runway project
County Commissioner Melvin J. Burke said the FAA approved its share of the east west runway project at Vernal Municipal Airport. Schocker Construction Co. was the low bidder at 501635. The project was budgeted at 500000 with FAA paying 91 percent while State Aeronautics, Uintah County and Vernal City cover the rest. The scope includes a 4200 foot runway, paving, drains, lighting, painting and markings.
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Melvin J. Burke
Federal Aviation Administration
Vernal Municipal
Schocker Construction Company
FAA
Uintah County
Vernal City
Utah PSC hearings set on Utah Gas Service fees
The Utah Public Service Commission schedules two hearings in eastern and southeastern Utah over Utah Gas Service Co connection fees. Hearings will be at 2 p.m. September 12 in Vernal Uintah County Courthouse and 10 a.m. September 14 in Moab City Council chamber. Residents allege excessive charges. hearings follow a PSC investigation and Division of Public Utilities recommendation.
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Utah Public Service Commission
PSC
Utah
Utah Gas Service Co
Uintah County Court House
Vernal
City Council
Moab
Public Service Commission
Public Uilies
Dinosaurs to Return to Vernal Utah in Unique Display
Utah State Parks plans a dinosaur garden and prehistoric nature trail at the Natural History Museum in Vernal. The Porter collection of 14 fiberglass replicas and one woolly mammoth, valued at 130000 dollars, will be purchased and relocated for display. The exhibit, created by Professor Elvert Porter, highlights world class fossil art and plans include transport from Orderville in the fall.
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Utah
Vernal
Earl Kubler
Utah State Division of Parks and Recreation
Natural History Museum
Kohler
Elvert Porter
Orderville
Porter
Fle
University of Utah
LDS Church
Vernal City
Uintah County
Uintah Basin
Utah plans sidewalk funding for Duchesne Uintah counties
The Utah Transportation Commission allocated 20000 to safety projects in Duchesne and Uintah Counties while Daggett County did not request funds. A July 13 committee endorsed using 1.5 million Safe Sidewalk Funds to install pedestrian safety features with a formula based on crashes population and school children. The Duchesne River Road U-35 project will pave about 0.24 miles at the east end, with a total of 4.4 miles planned.
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Utah Transportation Commission
Duchesne
Uintah
Daggett County
Utah Department of Transportation
UDOT
Department of Public Safety
STATE
PTA
Legislature
Utah Association of Counties
Utah League of Cities
State Board of Education
VDOT
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Salt Lake
Naples
Ward
Davis Ward
Davis
Dnvision
Roland Merkley
Randy Houtz
Alice White
Butler
Jordan
Vernal Elementaries
Ann Caldwell
Yankee Doodlers
Beckie Gardner
Rangerettes
Maeserettes
Judy Stoll
Eva Wilson
Doris Burton
Raunt Higley
Gayle
Drollinger
Bryan C. Neilson
Eagle Marketing Corp
Frano
Daniel T. Hughes
Sapom Security
Triangle Oil Co
West Main
Gulfport
Mississippi
San Diego
California
Phillipines
Lgl
Carter Oi Company
Marshall Islands
Gene R. Hall
Shi Pht
The
United Railway Co
cKgAe
Aly
An Keates
Utall State Division of Parks On Recreation
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