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Show T IM in T v UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. November 10. 1W8 Incumbent turned out In school, board election Longtime Uintah County teacher charged with sexually abusing students degree countofforcible sexual abuse. The charges involve a single victim, but Vernal Police Detective Bob Taylor says other alleged victims have been identified and additional charges are expected to be filed against Vanwagoner. Similar scenes are also being played out in Oregon, where child charges have been filed, according to Taylor. The former language arts teacher who reportedly traveled a lot is also under investigation in Idaho. The Vernal incidents allegedly occurred between Sept. 1, 1994 and Nov. 30, 1994, and on July 23, 1996, according to documents. They involved a boy who was in Vanwagoners Vernal Middle School class. Most of the sex acts took place at Van Wagoner's home, according to police. Vanwagoner retired at the end of the 1997-9- 8 school year, according to a spokeswoman at the school district. Vanwagoner began his career with the district teaching at West Junior High and was later transferred to the middle school. The alleged activities came to light in August when the victims mother saw her son having problems. She obtained counseling for the boy and the story tumbled out, Taylor reported. Since the initial claim was made, others have stepped sex-abu- se - Jay Vanwagoner By bezlee E. Whiting Investigators say it was Jay Vanwagoner' position as a respected educator and religious leader that made it easy for him to manipulate some of the young boys that he taught. The Vernal man, who has been an educator for 30 years. 15 of them in the Uintah School District, was arrested in Orem last week on one charge of e felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child and a second- first-degre- Home heating assistance for eligible Utahns The Utah Division of Community Development's HEAT program is gearing up to help eligible Utahns keep their homes warm this winter. StartingNov. 1, the HEAT (Home Energy Assistance Target) Program began accepting applications from elderly or diseligible abled residents seeking help in paying a portion of their home heating bills during the winter. On Nov. 16, the general public can also start applying for assistance. 722-451- 8. Applications are also available at some senior citizen centers, utility companies, and community service agencies. Home visits can be made to those who are homebound. HEAT is administered by the Utah Division of Community Development, which hosts the states efforts to help local governments, organizations, and individuals in creating and maintaining public infrastructure, facilities, services, housing, and economic development to enhance the quality of life for all Utahns. low-inco- HEAT is a federally-funde- home d program that househelps eligible holds pay their winter home heate ing bills. HEAT offers a utilithe made to directly payment ty company with the amount based on a household's income and energy usage. Households with an elderly or disabled person or with children under age six may also qualify for additional assistance. Applicants must hve identifies-- " tion and social security cards for all household members 18 years of age and older, a copy oftheir utility bill, and proof of income for the past calendar month for all household members. For information on applying for the HEAT program, residents may contact the agency listed for their county of residence: Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah, Uintah Basin Association of Governments (435) energy-assistanc- e low-inco- City to bid on grant monies for new restrooms at park Roosevelt City will apply forCom-munit- y Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to build a restroom near the baseball diamonds at the old city park. Next year the area will have between $350,000 to $400,000 in federal funds to divide among entities and organizations who submit applications. The money comes with strings: it can only be used on projects that meet specific criteria such as the elimination of blight and whether or not it would ty GREAT WESTERN LEASING & SALES (801) forward. He was able to manipulate children through his teachings at school , through his teachings at church and they believed him, said Taylor. Vanwagoners alleged victims had three things in common: they came from structured, LDS families, they were all male and all took an interest in Vanwagoner as a teacher. A lot of kids were drawn to him; they enjoyed his teaching ... they just slowly fell victim. Vanwagoner is married and has five or six grown children, said Taylor. He lived in Vernal until about a month ago when he moved to Orem to live with a daughter temporarily. It took Orempolice about a month before they were able locate him and serve the arrest warrant out of Vernal. Uintah County Deputy Attorney, Ken Wallentine, said dozens and dozens of computer discs and several dozen written journals were seized in a search of Van wagoners home. Investigators are reviewing the writings. Wallentine said so far it appears that none of it contains visual pornography. Vanwagoner remains free on bond, pending further court (800) 1 211-281- 1 young political activists were worn out on election day campaigning for their old Marissa Fausett and her 2 grandfathers on election day. Five-yeold sister. Shanelle, are the granddaughters of Lewis Fausett who ran fora seat on the Duchesne County Commission and Gordon Snow who was elected to the Utah State Legislature. Their parents are Scott and Michelle (Snow) Fausett. TOO POOPED TO PARTY-Thc.after a day of going ar long-await- Duchesne and Uintah school boards. workshop held The preliminary hearing of Jason Westergard, charged in the shooting death of William Joseph Miller of Duchesne, ended on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in Provos 4th District Court. Westeigard's attorneys will submit a brief this month to Judge Lynn Davis arguing why the case should not be bound over for trial. Prosecutors will also submit written arguments to urge the judge to take the matter to trial. Westergard, 30, of Heber City, was charged last July with Millers murder. Prosecutors maintain that Miller admitted to the shooting shortly after he was detained for questionDefense attorney Ronald Yengich said that the shooting was the result of two friends drinking and acting recklessly. benefit low- - to moderate-incom- e areas.. "Hie,eAtity,.$eeking4he funding must also be prepared to adhere to some pretty strict requirements if their application is accepted. All projects must pay workers rather high federal wages in accordance with the Davis-Baco- n Act, and historical studies must be completed i at the site of the project. Applications must be submitted by Dec. 1. The Uintah Basin Association of Governments Board of Directors has responsibility to determine which proposals will receive funding. Their decision is expected to be released in February. Several years ago the city sue-cefully obtained about $56,000 in CDBG funds to construct restrooms at Constitution Park. Fast Pickup & Delivery Clerk Pat Barker breaths a sigh of relief as the automatic vote counting machine sails through the ballots without a hitch. On the night of the primary election last June the process didnt go quite WHAT A RELIEFl-Coun- ty as smoothly. Water board OKs money for Hanna and Uintah During the October meeting of the Utah Board ofWater Resources, board members were briefed on a new project by Utah State University dealing with urban water conservation. Action taken by the board during the meeting included: Authorized $1,146 million to the Hanna Water and Sewer District in Duchesne County to develop and chlorinate a spring, construct a million-gallo- n storage tank and in stall 22 miles of transmission and distribution pipeline. Committal of the mopey will be contingent on the district obtaining commitments of at least 250 initial connections needed to repay the loan. Committed $391,000 to the Island Ditch Company in Uintah County to convert its open canal and ditch irrigation system to a pressurized pipeline system. Additionally the board received four new applications for assistance on various water projects throughout the state. These requests have been turned over to the staff of the Utah Division ofWater Resources for study and review. ' JacflfLance Cataf28, of Vernal, Vernal brothers arrested for armed robbery On the evening of Nov. 3, Uintah County Sheriffs deputies responded to an armed robbery, which had taken place on the Blue Mountain Road. Two brothers allegedly entered an unlocked camp trailer and held the occupants, including a baby, at gunpoint while demanding money. After determining the hunters had no money, the suspects took other property belonging to the victims. With a description given by the victims, deputies located the vehicle east of Jensen and arrested two male subjects. Arrested were Ben and Rick K. Cates 26, also iff Vernal. The brothers are presently incarcerated in the Uintah County Jail on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges with bail exceeding $50,000 for each of them. Sheriff Rick Hawkins stated he would like to commend the victims ofthis crime. "Under very stressful circumstances, they were somehow able to remain calm, and gave the deputies descriptions and information, which resulted in the arrest of these individuals. Hawkins also commends the sheriffs deputies for finding the suspects, gathering evidence, and making arrests in less than 30 minutes from the time they received the report, "Our deputies are among the beet in the state of Utah. each C You WIN A NEW HONE! A sc door-to-do- Private pesticide ss Mobile Storage Containers and Mobile Offices Buy Rent Lease 40 ft. Containers $110 per mo. 20 ft. Containers $85 per mo. Duchesne County School Board member, Lynn Snow, lost his bid for in District 1 against Neola resident, Linden Dye, by only 22 votes. Snow had served for two terms and says that he is, of course, disappointed. 1 enjoyed serving ays Snow. "Education is so important and I think our school system is a really good one. John Hullinger retained his seat in District 2 receiving over 82 percent of the ballots cast. Opponent Pat Wiaener took only 17 percent of the vote for a loaa. Duchesne School District 3 decided in favor of incumbent Newell Richens over Bobbi Winterton by a 74 percent - 26 percent split Sixty-seve- n percent of Uintah County School Board District 4 cast their ballots in favor ofMichael McKee. Opponent Maxine Natcheea cornered only 33 percent of the ballots cast 1 am very interested in working out the difficulties regarding west-en- d district boundaries and finances, said McKee. 1 am looking forward to working toward solutions to these problems and feel I can work well with both Ruling awaited on possible murder trial ing. one-tim- 295-181- By Loma Stradinger $250,000 VALUE the Pennzoil "Win A Home Under The Cap Game and you could be an instant winner! To find out if you've won a $250,000 home, one of five $10,000 home workshops, or one of 10,000 Black I Decker VenaPak tools, just took under the cap of specially-markquarts of Pennzoi I. Can Place An Ad This Size In 3 Newspapers Throughout Utah For Only $195 Per Week Stop In Or Call The Uintah Basin Standard 722-51- 31 For More Information The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and Utah State University Extension Service will hold a private pesticide applicator workshop for Duchesne, Daggett, and Uintah counties on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 9a.m. -- noon at the Education Center, 987 East Lagoon, Roosevelt The workshop will be held for those people whose private license expires at the end of 1998, or who are not currently certified to buy and use Restricted Use Pesticides. and New for 1998, all first-tim- e n private applicators are required to complete a general and at least one category exam. All recertifying private applicators are required to take at least one category exam. General and category exexams with ams are take-hom- e study books. General exams are 100 questions, category exams are 50 questions. A $20 examination and educational material fee is now required tiffeslor-certifiM- New study1" ? irmnimti and exams have been and are available through your local County Cooperative Extension Office or from your local Utah Department iff Agriculture Field Representative. For more information call David Wilson at ed 722-399- 8, 822-46- ext 142. Man pleads guilty to rape of a child A transient who waa living in Vernal has pleaded guilty to the felony rape of a Vernal girl. Lawrence Jackson, 44, has been ordered to undergo a diagnostic evaluation at the Utah State Mental Hospital prior to sentencing on the charge which carries a minimum mandatory sentence of six, ten or 15 years to life. The rape occurred at Steinaker State Park last May. Jackson waa found with the girl in his parked truck by a state park ranger. The girl told investigators that Jackson "took her. The child was a neighbor of Jacksons and he had cultivated a relationship with the victim, said Uintah County Deputy Attorney Ken Wallentine. When he waa confronted, Jackson fled from authorities, but gave up after a short chase when his tire blew. Wallentine said he will seek a to life term for the crime. first-degr- 15-ye- ar Play ed Thank You For Your Support In tho 1998 County Election Carb. & Injector Cleaner FomzoiLr Stop.9 Go. Pmnmi Products tgtartw 1998 5 South 200 East, Roosevelt 722-92- Office 722-228- 1 - Auto Parts 48 Store Hours: 7:30 a.m.-6:3- 0 p.m. Mon-Sa- t. closed Sunday Company 10 DAYS OF SAYINGS Sale Runs Tuesday, November 10th - Saturday, November 2 st 1 Roosevelt Auto Value Diane Freston Duchesne County Auditor PARTS STORES m POOR |