Speech and Hearing Screenings

The Emery School District conducts annual speech and hearing screening to identify students who might need further evaluation of their speech or hearing. Students who fail the initial hearing screening will be given a re-test in three to four weeks. Screening is scheduled with the schools involved and takes place anytime during the school year. District Speech-Language Pathologist administers the tests. All district preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, new students and any referrals will be screened for hearing. Pre-kindergarten students will be screened during kindergarten registration and 3rd grade students will be screened for speech only. You must tell your school’s secretary if you do not want your child to receive speech or hearing screening tests.

Festive Friday

The Utah Stae University Extension is sponsoring the third annual Festive Friday at the old county courthouse on Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 9, 16, 30 and Dec. 7 and 14 at noon. The cost for the class is $2 per class. RSVP at 381-2381.

Huntington Film Festival

The Star Theatre is sponsoring the Huntington Film Festical on Nov. 9-10 at the Star Theatre at 7 p.m. Enter your own movie in the festival for the chance at prize money. Public admission for the festival will be $2 and enter your own movie for $5. The theater is sponsoring a free film class on Oct. 20 and Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. where you can learn tips on shooting a better video. Feel free to bring your own camera.

CEU Amateur
Photography Exhibition

The College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum staff invites amateur photographers to participate in its photography exhibition being displayed from October to December on the second floor mezzanine.
According to Christine Trease, submissions will be accepted the weeks of Oct. 8 -12 and Oct. 15-19 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the museum.
She says no size limit has been set, but the gallery staff reserves the right to jury pieces at their discretion.
“No limit has been placed on number of submissions and submissions will be accepted until the gallery space is filled,” Trease said. “If the need arises to limit pieces, the museum [staff] will do so and inform the public of the new criteria.”
After the photography exhibit concludes, submissions must be picked up Jan. 2-4 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. with no exceptions, she added.

Museum of the San Rafael announces reception in honor of Peter L. A. Goss

The Museum of the San Rafael in conjunction with the Emery County Historical Society is pleased to announce a reception in honor of Peter L. Goss, Ph.D.
Peter L. A Goss is an architectural historian and documentary photographer at the University of Utah’s College. Peter has undertaken a rephotography project in which he tracked down a number of original houses and rephotographed them with today’s occupant’s standing before them. Goss has written extensively on historic architecture in Utah and is the co-author of Utah’s Historic Architecture, 1847-1947.
The original photographs were George Edward Anderson’s, one of Utah’s most prolific late nineteenth and early twentieth century photographers. His collection of nearly 15,000 of his glass plate negatives reside in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at the BYU Lee Library.
Goss’s exhibition will contain three homes from Emery County including the J.W. Seely and John Y. Jensen house both in Castle Dale and the Bishop Oveson house in Cleveland.
The reception will be held on Oct. 24, at the Museum of the San Rafael at 7 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy the exhibition of Peter L. Goss. There will be light refreshments served.
For more information please call Margaret at The Museum of the San Rafael at 381-5252.

Millsite All Day Pass

Millsite Golf Course would like to thank everyone for their support of the 18 holes, so they are offering a year end special play all day pass for $25.

Huntington Library

Come check out the Huntington Library. We have some fun programs going on such as pre-school story time. Each week we tell stories and make a craft. On Halloween we dress up and tell scary stories and at Christmas we make a special craft. Our last story time theme was princesses and princes. We read Bubba the Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman and The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-To-Be by Mini Grey and the children made crowns.
The Library also has a junior book club for elementary school students on Wednesday’s after school. Every week the kids tell about a book they have read or are reading and we then read a book together as a group. We are currently reading The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler.
Don’t forget to stop by the Library for story time on Fridays at 10 a.m. and junior book club on Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. Hope to see you there.

Emerald Dream Ball National Search

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month the Emerald Dream Team, headed by Lana Fuchs of Lana Fuchs Couture, in association with Vicki Tashman of Pink-Link, is pleased to announce a National Search for 12 women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and have a compelling story to tell. The women chosen will be whisked away, with a guest, to Las Vegas on Dec. 26. All of their expenses will be paid for a week of absolute pampering and fun. During their week long stay in Las Vegas the women will each get complete makeovers, a new wardrobe and much more. Their week will end with a New Year’s Ball thrown in their honor which has been deemed “The Emerald Ball”.
The application process for this National Search will run from Oct. 8 – Nov. 8. During that time all women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer are encouraged to visit www.emeralddreamball.com and submit an application in which they are able to tell their breast cancer story. On November 21st the 12 women chosen will be announced and then on Dec. 26 their fairy tale will begin in Las Vegas. For more information visit the internet address above.

Meet the Candidate Night

The Orangeville Youth City Council is sponsoring “Meet the Candidate Night” on October 16 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at Orangeville City Hall in the Council Room. Everyone is invited to attend.

Farm Bureau Story Contest

Emery County Farm Bureau announces the 2007 Essay or Creative Story Contest. This year’s contest theme is “Celebrating Agriculture”. Entries should not exceed 1,000 words and may be shorter in length. Age groups will be divided as follows: Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12 and an adult division. Both stories and essays may be illustrated. Entries are due by October 23, 2007 and may be mailed to Barbra Jones, Box 1234, Huntington, Utah 84528 before the contest deadline. Prizes will be awarded on a county level and winners will be advanced to the state level judging.

Food Handler’s Class

There will be a Food Handler’s class held Nov. 8 and Dec. 13 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Southeastern Utah Department of Health, 25 West Main Street in Castle Dale. For more information call 381-2252.

Relay for Life Volunteers Needed

The American Cancer Society is looking for motivated and enthusiastic volunteers who would be willing to serve on the organizing committee for the Emery County Relay for Life event to be held in June 2008. The committee has the opportunity to attend a training summit on Nov. 3 so please respond as soon as possible by calling Kristi at 653-2471 or 749-2533 or Deanna at 653-2410 or 749-2666 ASAP for more information.

Soldiers Addresses Needed

American Legion Auxiliary #42 of Ferron is looking for addresses from people of Emery County that have loved ones serving our country in a war zone such as Iraq or Afghanistan.
The Legion has a program called “Operation Home Support” which sends packages to soldiers, but we need help from Emery County Residents with the name and addresses of your loved ones that are serving.
They need packages from “Operation Home Support” to let them know they aren’t forgotten and that we care and we support them. Please contact us if you have a family member serving. Call Jan Hess 384-2753 or Dixie Swasey at 384-3172.

Bible Study

Bible studies are being conducted by The Seventh-day Adventist of Emery County on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m.-12:00 pm at the home of Robert and Elsie Law. 1065 E 300 N Bench Road Ferron. Everyone is welcome to come! For information call 384-2424 or 384-2447.