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A tanker hauling oil waste water caught fire yesterday on Highway 40 at mile marker 121, blocking traffic in both lanes, according to a press release from the Utah Highway Patrol (UHP). The Roosevelt Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire at 3:39 p.m. “Roosevelt fire was paged at 15:39 (3:39 p.m.),” Assistant Fire Chief, Nathan Goodrich said. “The fire was at Highway 40, just across from the store Junk In The Trunk at mile post 121. It was a semi truck pulling one of those little pup trailers and he was headed east
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Volunteer fire crews battle a fire on Highway 40 that blocked traffic in both lanes for hours. The Roosevelt Volunteer Fire Department used class B foam on the high heat fire to help cool the intense blaze and had no option but to let the the overturned semi-truck burn. The fire took place on December 7 at 3:39 p.m.
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FOR RENT: 1 BDRM house close to schools, stores and restaurants. Very clean. Outside storage & A/C. NO PETS. References required. $425/mo. $500 Deposit. 435-789-3147 4 BDRM 2 BATH Quailbrook, $1,200/mo, $500 cleaning deposit. Call or text 435-724-2006. 4 bedroom home for rent in Vernal. 1800 Sq feet, newly remodeled, partially fenced back yard, $950 per month 435-828-0811 2-BDRM 2-BATH RENTAL in Duchesne with mature fruit trees in a nice, quiet neighborhool. $440/mo. Call 801-4502378. Beautiful Vernal Rental.
DUPLEX, 3BDRM, 2 B AT H , c e n t r a l - a i r, fenced-yard, pet-friendly, new paint/carpet, $790/ m o . i n c l u d e s Wa te r / Sewer/Garbage, $600/ deposit, good credit and rental references needed. 1588 W 500 S, Vernal. 435-790-7207 2 bdrm house in nice condition in Dinosaur. Fenced in yard for rent. Call 435-790-3736 ROOMS FOR RENT Month to month, separate entrance, utilities included, non-smoker/ drinker, looking for professional individuals. Brandnew house 4300sqft on
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3 BEDROOM, 2 bath home, fenced yard, double garage, new paint and carpet, unfinished basement, built in 2007. Call Dart Realty Inc. 435790-4960. Misc Real Estate FOR SALE by owner: Building Lot. Utilities stubbed. 4140 S 220 W, Vernal, UT 84078. Seller pays closing costs. Contact Dan 781-8376. Uintah Basin Association of Governments is looking for homeowners who are in need of a new home. Contract Kendra Hackford 435-
The Mutual Self Help Housing Program is looking for applicants who are interested in homeownership. 5 lots are available in Roosevelt and 2 lot left in Vernal. Call Jeannie 722-4518.
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PIANO TUNING and Repair. 30 years experience. Serving the entire Uintah Basin and Rangely. “A Tuned Piano Beats a Sour Note” Call 435-7892496 Mike Knibbe.
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A personal aircraft lands shortly after a Federal Aviation Administration flyover, that published approach patterns. The Vernal Regional Airport debuted their much anticipated new runway on December 6, closing down the old runway officially. The FAA published their official approaches on December 6 at 10:30 a.m.
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The Vernal City Council met on December 6 and opened the meeting by Mayor Sonja Norton giving the Engaged Citizen Award to Dustin Sprouse. “This is an award that I wanted to give out to someone in our community ...that come to almost every meeting,” Norton said. “Every meeting it seems like he is always here and he just listens and is always positive and upbeat.” Dustin Sprouse was the recipient of the award from Mayor
Norton and was presented with it at the beginning of the meeting. After mayor Norton presented the award to Sprouse, the Ashley Valley and Uintah County Trails Master plan was discussed with Engineer, Aaron Averettt from Sunrise Engineering. He gave a short presentation before the city council on some of the trails that might take a priority and be completed in the next few years. The trail system is extensive and is currently in a master plan phase. The approval of the
2018 meeting schedule was approved, as well as the approval of the 2018 Planning Commission Schedule. Two alternates for the planning commission were appointed by the city council in addition to the approval of the 2018 meeting schedule. Mike Davis gave a presentation before the city council that outlined the budget status and outlook for this year compared to previous years. The 2018 total general fund for the city is $9,844,100. Of that
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The Best Western Landmark Hotel in Ballard was recognized with the brand’s highest honor, the M.K. Guertin Award at Best Western® Hotels and Resorts’ 2017 North American Convention held recently in Nashville, Tennessee. The award was presented in front of approximately 2,500 Best Western hoteliers and staff. The prestigious M.K. Guertin Award is held in high regard as hotels that receive this award best represent the vision of Best
Western’s founder and demonstrate exceptional levels of quality, guest satisfaction and dedication to the brand. The hotels must also meet other brand standards and membership requirements to qualify for this award. The Best Western Landmark Hotel is one of only 41 hotels out of more than 2,100 properties in North America to receive this award.
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Meet your special service districts Animal Control SSDmeets on the third Thursday of each month at 4 p.m. at the north conference room State/County building - 152 E. 100 N. Fire Suppression SSDmeets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 5 p.m., at the Fire Suppression Office 280 W 100 N, Street B. Health Care SSD- meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Adult Day Care Center - Care Center during Nov/Dec - meets on the third Thursday- 510 S. 500 W. Impact Mitigation SSDmeets on the third Thursday of each month at 3 p.m. at the USU building - Law Library 1680 W. Hwy 40
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tor at Northeastern Counseling Center, Robert Hall said. C That’s not to say that there are not preventative measures for adults. “There are some efforts with adults, like putting out collection sites at pharmacies to remind people to properly dispose of their pain pills,” Hall said. “There are a lot of prevention things going around, and I think they have positive effects, but we’re still going to have problems to deal with after the fact unfortunately.” Northeastern is one of the only counseling centers in the Basin and they do have medication available for their patients going through addiction treatment. “We do have medication assisted treatment,” Hall said. “Which for the opioids, would specifically include Suboxone.” Suboxone is a drug that helps alleviate pain for the user as well as addiction. “That’s a medication that can be used in conjunction with therapy,” Hall said. “We prescribe that, and there are a also a couple of medical providers in the community that also prescribe that medication.” Treating drug addiction with a drug may seem counterintuitive, but if you are court compelled to seek treatment for drug addiction, it is a means to an end. “A lot of those individuals, especially women, but not exclusively women, trauma plays a role in their substance abuse,” Hall said. If trauma is one of the main factors in addiction and addiction triggers and the court system also plays the role as a trigger in programs such as drug court, the obvious way to avoid addiction would be to avoid trauma of the court system as a whole. Treatment has to be specifically catered to the individual in order for that treatment to be successful, according to Hall. Trauma is something that happens in life, as well as addiction. Both must be treated in order to recover.
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unclear exactly where addiction is created, let alone how to heal somebody with an addiction problem. An addiction is completely unique to the individual and there is usually one universal to addiction problems, everybody is different in how they respond to addiction treatment. If addiction is looked at as an illness that can be treated, the entire process of rehabilitation and sentencing changes. “I’ve had people tell me that taking heroin is like having the warmest most comfortable blanket just wrapped around them,” Public Defender Lance Dean said. “And it gives you this nice little hug.” According to Dean, he gets many clients that are repeat offenders and eventually make their way to Drug Court. “What happens is that if somebody has a lot of drug history, and they get some new charges, there is drug court,” Dean said. “In my opinion, the only local treatment that is drug oriented for people with addiction is the drug court program, the Unitah County drug court program.” The Uintah County Drug court is held on Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. by judge McClellan. The mission of the Uintah County Drug Court program is:
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“Our primary goal is to assist addicts in conquering addiction. Through frequent court appearances, intensive therapy and learning life skills, you will receive an opportunity for a drug free life,” according to the participant handbook. There are several admission criteria for entering drug court, such as, certification by the county attorney’s office, demonstrated substance abuse history and a current substance abuse related felony charge. “The prevention program is targeted at youth,” Clinical Direc-
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y money, $2,632,980 is for water funds, $1,873,000 is allocated for sewer and e$505,700 for garbage. n The city will spend sa total of $4,911,980 on utilities. Mike Davis went on lto breakdown revenue the city generated during 2017. Sales tax was the highest revenue generator in 2017, bringeing in $3,435,396. The highway tax was the hsecond highest revenue generator, making the city $1,231,658. The franchise tax came in as the third highest income for the eyear with $1,065,328. e Property tax, which was a topic of discussion as pointed out by a council member, was the eighth highest, making the city $369,896. The city listed 19 forms of incomes for the past year. “We’re seeing posietive signs in the ecosnomic reports and our sales taxes,” City Manager Quinn Bennion said. “So we’re being optimistic...It’s .a slow growth, but we are seeing some good asigns in the economy.” Compared to the 2016 sales tax revenue for the city, 2017 tax revenue was up $235,000 from last gyear. “We’re projecting that we’re going to be dprojecting a little bit rhigher sales tax coming in as the economy
picks up.” Mike Davis summed up the presentation saying the city is being fiscally responsible during trying economic time and spending will be tight. It was decided during the meeting that all city employees will be receiving a $200 Christmas bonus. “I believe that we should give when we can,” councilman Bert Clark said. Although the city council was just discussing the budget prior to the agenda item of giving Christmas bonuses, the city gave what it could, echoing Clark’s sentiment. The City wrapped the meeting up and applauded several Boy Scouts who were in attendance and stayed through the entirety of the meeting. The next city council meeting will be held in town hall on the Dec. 20 and will be the last council meeting for mayor Norton.
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Uintah’s Carson Talbot wins the 50-yard freestyle with Orem on Thursday night in a dual at the Uintah Community Center Pool.
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Moments after the swimming dual with Orem on Thursday night at the Uintah Community Center Pool, Uintah High School senior captain Eric Brown was quick to point out his 200yard medley relay is currently sitting in the top 10 in the state. The top 16 relays qualify for the state meet. “It’s awesome,” Brown said. “I’m hoping it stays that way or it even gets better. It will give us a chance to go to state.” During the dual with Orem, the UHS medley relay team was made up of Landon, Jones, Kylon Mortenson, Brown and Shane Ashby. “Anytime that we can drop those times will help us secure those spots,” UHS head swim coach Wendy Harris said. “We have three boys fighting for spots in the A relays.” The four finished in second behind Orem with a time of 2:10.31. Brown said Uintah’s top medley relay team
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includes Carson Talbot (backstroke), Troy Young (butterfly), Jason Valadez or Jones (freestyle) and Brown in the breaststroke leg. “We had a couple of personal records in the relay with Orem,” Brown said. Brown is one of the selected captains on the team. The team voted him into the role. He was surprised when he found out his captain position. Brown communicates with the coaches during the meets and practices. “It’s a lot of fun,” Brown said about his role. “I like working with the team. I’m one of the only three seniors on the team. The chances were pretty good.” Brown doesn’t have any complaints on how the season is progressing right now. “I have a few personal records,” Brown said. His standout event is in the 100-yard breaststroke. He has been doing the event for the past four years. “That is my favorite event,” Brown said. Brown’s set goal is to get the breaststroke under a 1:10. He has recorded a 1:11. Brown didn’t end up swimming the breaststroke event with Orem, but he was in plenty of other races for the Utes. “It will take a lot of hard work, and sticking with it,” Brown said.
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The dual with Orem hit the midway point of the season. In the team standings, the Uintah girls edged Orem 88-82.
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“I think they are doing great,” Harris said. “For how small we are, I feel like we are competing well. The
kids are cutting their times.”
The Orem boys downed UHS 91-70. “We were pretty similar in size with Orem,” Harris said.
All the UHS girls relays are sitting in the top 15 in the state.
“The girls need to drop some time on their relays,” Harris said. “They need to push it. Last year, we didn’t even get to go. We are in a lot better position this year.”
Uintah’ss Celia Peterson, Kelli Cazier, Alma Winberg and Molly Kiever won the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:15.28.
“I do change them, but our A relays are pretty set,” Harris said. “We keep changing the order, hoping maybe with one of them going first will make a difference. They just need to get their personal best times.”
Winberg won the 200-yard individual medley (2:35.70) and the 500-yard freestyle (6:19.70). Kiever claimed the 200-yard freestyle (2:17.05) Uintah’s Adalie Blackburn finished first in the 100-yard freestyle (1:06.38).
Young finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.15) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.03). Valadez added a top spot in the 100-yard freestyle (58.32).
Talbot, Jones, Valadez, and Young had the fastest time in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:47.48). The same four were first in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:39.96). Talbot was first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.83) and the 50yard freestyle (23.36).
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Uintah’s Madi Foster plays tight defense with Union’s Kennedy Ross on Friday night at Uintah High School.
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With less than a minute left in regulation, Uintah’s Camry Myers dived after the basketball, forcing an intense scramble with the Union players on Friday night at Uintah High School. Despite the hustle effort put in by the Uintah Lady Utes, the Union Cougars came away with a 50-36 victory. Just seven days ago, Uintah came up with a 55-43 win against Union during the annual Shanon Johnson Basketball Classic. “It’s always a good game with Union,” UHS head coach Kristy Putnam said after the tournament. “I like playing them because we are intense and they are intense.” The win by Union marked the last meeting between the schools less than 30 miles apart. Uintah is playing in the 4A division this winter and Union is in 3A. Uintah stands at 3-3 on the season and the loss completed a six-game homestand to open the season. Uintah now plays Hurricane on the road on Thursday, Dec. 14. Uintah’s next home game isn’t until Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, against Region 10 foe Orem High School. With the victory over UHS, Union broke a three-game losing streak and is 4-3 on the year. Emery pounded Union 85-47 on Tuesday, Dec. 5. In the first eight minutes at Uintah High School, both the teams were on a fast paced team. Union was up 17-12 after the first period. Union built the
advantage to 13 points at 28-15 in the second period after Tori Ross knocked down a 3-pointer. Kennedy Ross connected for a 3-pointer right before the break, and the Union Lady Cougars raced into the halftime break with a 31-17 edge. Union outscored Uintah 14-5 in the second period.
points and Tori Ross finished with nine. She had the other two 3-pointers.
At the third period, Union struggled from the field goal range. Uintah’s Kaidi Calder registered an offensive rebound for two points, making the scoreboard read 3121. At the 4:29 mark of the period, Kennedy Ross completed a three-point play the old fashion way for the first points of the second half.
Union was 9-17 from the free throw line. Uintah was 11-16.
Uintah’s Taylee Elison swished a 3-pointer, cutting the score to 3425. Union’s Kennedy and Tori Ross had back-to-back 3-pointers for a key stretch in the contest. After three periods, Union seemed to be in control at 40-26.
For the Uintah Lady Utes, Calder and Kassidy Callahan scored 10 points apiece. Teammate Madi Foster put in eight points. Ellison had the lone 3-pointer for the home team.
Union 17 14 9 10 – 50 Uintah 12 5 9 10 – 36 Union – Carly Blake, 7; Ellison Weaver, 2; Kennedy Ross, 21; Reagan Anderson, 11; Tori Ross, 9. Uintah – Camry Myers, 2’ Kaidi Calder, 10; Kaitlyn Callahan, 2; Kassidy Callahan, 10; Madi Foster, 8; Sydra Putnam, 1; Taylee Elison, 3.
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At the start of the fourth quarter, Uintah’s Kaitlyn Callahan added a pair of free throws and Calder had a field goal, making Union use a timeout at 40-30 with six minutes left in regulation. After the timeout, Union was all over the scoreboard building the score up to 44-30. In the end, the Lady Cougars pulled away to split the season series. Union ended the contest with six three pointers, including four from Kennedy Ross. Reagan Anderson contributed 11
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Wall, Frost earn return trips to NFR
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Roosevelt’s Kimmie Wall and Randlett’s Joe Frost are representing the Uintah Basin during the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wall locked down her second straight spot in barrel racing, while Frost will be challenging for a world title in bull riding. This year’s Super Bowl of professional rodeo is made up of the top 15 contestants in each event qualified for the NFR, following a grueling regular season ending Sept. 30 after hundreds of rodeos across the United States and Canada.
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The 10-day NFR runs Dec. 7-16, with each nightly performance to be televised live on CBS Sports Network. “It’s going to be pretty good watching this year with all 15 bull riders in all 10 rounds,” Frost said last week. “Every year there are some young guys who are coming up and riding good. There are a bunch of us that have been going who are pretty much the same age that are getting better every year.” This season, Wall finished 15th in the barrel race standings with $76,294. Tiany Schuster from Krum, Texas, rolled in $205,377.66. Stevi Hillman from Weatherford, Texas,
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Kimmie Wall from Roosevelt rides around the barrel in the 2016 National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. ($185,952.93) was second in the regular season. Wall’s highlights include victories at the Pendleton (Or-
egon) round-up for the second time in three years. She also won the Farm City Pro Rodeo
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Ask an Expert: Six Tips for Holiday Spending
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According to The
National Retail Federation, American consumers spent $655.8 billion on the holidays (excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants) in 2016. Consumer spending is expected to increase by up to 4 percent this holiday season. Determining how much to spend on Christmas can be tricky. Financial planners advise us to spend no more than 1.5 percent of our income on holiday expenses. So, if you made $50K, you’d want to stay under $750 for total holiday spending. If you love the holiday,
but do not want to be paying for it in May, here are a few things to consider now: 1. Stick to it: Focusing on your gift-giving budget is one of the easiest ways to control holiday spending on your terms. Set a total spending limit on gifts, and carefully think through the gifts you buy. If it helps you stay within your spending budget, suggest a gift exchange with family members, coworkers, neighbors, etc. Draw names instead of buying gifts for each person. 2. Divvy it up: Once you’ve determined how much to spend, based on the recommended 1.5
percent, divide the total among the people you plan to buy gifts for, the holiday food extras and any other expenses you know you will incur. Finish the spending plan before you start shopping, and keep track of spending as you go. There are plenty of Christmas gift budgeting apps on iOS and Android to help. Choose one with high customer ratings. 3. Set it aside: If you are spending $8 to $10 each day for lunch, pack your lunch and save that money in a separate account for Christmas expenses. Over the next four weeks, SEE SPENDING on Page 18
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UBH continues to grow their diabetes education program
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UBH Diabetes Educator, AnneMarie Rousseau Achieves Certified Diabetes Educator Status.
Submitted The National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE) announced that AnneMarie Rousseau, BSN, RN at Uintah Basin Healthcare in Roosevelt, achieved Certified Diabetes EducatorÂŽ (CDEÂŽ) status by successfully completing the Certification Examination for Diabetes Educators. Candidates must meet rigorous eligibility requirements
to be able to take the Examination. Achieving certification status demonstrates to people with diabetes and employers that the health care professional possesses distinct and specialized knowledge, thereby promoting quality of care for people with diabetes. Currently, there are over 19,300 diabetes educators who hold NCBDE certification. The Uintah Basin Healthcare Diabetes Self-Management Education & Training
Program is accredited by the American Association of Diabetes Educators. AnneMarie has been the program developer and coordinator since its existence in 2015. For those interested in diabetes education appointments, please contact the Uintah Basin Healthcare Clinic at 435-722-6130 or visit the Clinic at 250 W 300 N, Roosevelt, Utah, 84066 (Clinic 1, Level 2). A referral SEE DIABETES on Page 18
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with personally managing diabetes. Continued from Page 17 NCBDE was established in 1986 to defrom your Primary velop and administer a Care Provider may certification program be required for insur- for healthcare profesance coverage. If you sionals who teach indineed assistance in viduals with diabetes obtaining a referral how to manage their from your Primary disease. The mission Care Provider or have of the organization not yet established a is to define, develop, PCP, please schedule maintain and protect a diabetes education the certification and appointment with credentialing process AnneMarie and she to promote quality will help you obtain diabetes education. Through the prothe referral. AnneMarie Rous- gram, NCBDE recseau graduated from ognizes and advances Uintah High School, the specialty practice completed the Reg- of diabetes education. istered Nursing pro- NCBDE supports the gram through Utah concept of voluntary, State University- periodic certification Uintah Basin and for all diabetes educalater graduated with tors who meet credena Bachelor of Sci- tial and experience elience degree in nursing gibility requirements. from the University of For more information, Utah. AnneMarie was visit the website at diagnosed with type www.ncbde.org or call 1 diabetes in 2000, the national office at so she has almost 20 877-239-3233 or 847years of experience 228-9795.
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6. Get creative: You do not have to Continued from Page 15 sacrifice that personal touch because that could add up to you are spending $200. cautiously. There are 4. Shop it smart: many ways to reduce Major shopping expenditures and events are designed still give appreciated to encourage you to gifts. Non-monetary spend more. Take adgifts are a fabulous vantage of the sales, way to keep costs but stick to your down. Homemade list to prevent overgifts are often more spending. meaningful. Coupons 5. Power shop or certificates for it: Find someone to service or quality watch the kids during time are a great way the day (to avoid the to share talents and nighttime shopping make memories. crowd) and plan a Stick to these six power shopping day tips and you’ll be a lot where you tackle less flustered as you your entire gift list check off your holiday in one day. Be sure shopping list. You will you do not shop on also have the peace an empty stomach, of mind that comes and be firm about from knowing you sticking to your list. won’t be paying for Then, you will be able Christmas into next to enjoy time with year. your family making Amanda Chrisholiday memories tensen is a Utah State while everyone else University Extenis frantically trying sion associate profesto findGive last-minute your website the sor, Amanda.chrisgifts. tensen@usu.edu sophistication it needs!
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standings at a rapid pace this summer beContinued from Page 14 fore he suffered a pulled groin muscle (Hermiston, Oregon) in a Calgary rodeo, and the Clovis (Cali- forcing him to sit out fornia) Rodeo. She six weeks. finished second at the “It was going really World’s Oldest Rodeo good at the Fourth of (Prescott, Arizona), July,” Frost said. “I Strawberry Days Ro- won $24,000 in just deo (Pleasant Grove) those six days. It was and the Dixie National terrible because there (Jackson, Mississippi). was so many big money In her first appear- rodeos. I tried to ride ance at the NFR last in Salt Lake City and year, Wall won a pair I got one bull rode. It of rounds in her first just wasn’t enough appearance at the na- points to make it to tional finals, boosting the medal round.” her to a fourth-place Frost believes he finish in the average. is right in the thick of She ended up fifth in things in the race for a the world standings, world title. He said he pocketing $242,603 won $35,000 in his last in her most success- month of the season, ful season on the pro while riding a majority of the bulls. Oklahoma circuit. In 2016, Frost fin- cowboy Sage Kimzey ished in fourth in the earned $237,152.27 to top the money in world standings. “I have learned the regular season in just the importance bull riding. Garrett of keeping a level head Smith from Rexburg, and not getting ahead Idaho, was second of yourself,” Frost ($204.239.46). said. “You have to be “I came back to focused on the mo- finish strong,” Frost said. “It’s not my best ment.” Frost was moving season, but also not my up the bull riding worst.”
Wall and Frost aren’t the only contestants in the NFR from Utah. Beaver’s CoBurn Bradshaw collected more money than any Utah cowboy in the NFR after earning $124,115 in saddle bronc during the regular season. Plain City’s J.C. Malone qualified for his first NFR in tiedown roping with $86,299 for a 10th place finish. Mason Clements from Santaquin was 15th in bareback ($86,114). In the saddle bronc competition, Jesse Wright from Milford qualified 14th with $76,630. Ryder Wright also from Milford finished eighth ($99,361) and Wright which is 10th ($91,745). Tremonton’s Baylor Roche was sixth in steer wrestling ($99,340) and Honeyille’s Tim Bingham is seventh in bull riding ($106,188).
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