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Show fij UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. Anril 17.2001- - Pag fcl , and said, "There are more portant issues and especially the road from Constitution Park. More people use the road than play golf. Hancock explained the reasons for the road delay is putting in water, sewer, utility lines plus getting easements, which takes time. "I agree the clubhouse is too small, but I don 't agree on the need to spend all that money. What can we do for those who dont golf, play softball, etc.? We need walking and bike trails. We have a little tunnel vision. We need to expand our horizons, said Jean Eklredgs. flunking Out Loud Our little neighbor girl held up her Bertie doll for ell to see. There ahe was-neo- n pinkdothes-straig- ht heir end blue eye shadow. Yep, a new Barbie. She twirled off while I told her that yes inieedwhenlwasalittlegirllplayed with Barbies." She moved away dream-lik- e doing some sort of tiptoe Barbie dance on her way out. Our Barbies were stiff, I told her, though she wasnt Batenins. "You couldn't bend their elbows white-blond- e andknees,"IsaidiwnemberingRigor Mortis Barbie; All ahe could do was the splits, hand stands and sit there bent in two like . their own high arches. My Barbies hair was molded into an elegant and eternal french twist. Her eyelashes n poked out like awnings -ahe portrayed the beauty ofwomen in the sixties. Now Jane West was my kind of girl. She was "poseable. She was half-moo- constructed of hard plastic with hinged knees and elbows. A cowgirl with painted on hair, the tightest Wranglers youd ever seen old-yell- er (painted on ofcourse)and absolutely no make- - up. Nope, Jane was a natural beauty - representing the western kind ofBarbie. She even had her own .horse and the horse had its own barn and I spent hours rubbing the knees out of my pants galloping that horse and Jane West all over the house. Jane hadabqyftiend. Johnny West - the sole property' of my brother. Their's was an unrequited romance. Mark could hardly abide playingwith me, so Johnny saw little of Jane. Though cast of the same polymer, he so rugged and untamed, she so vexingly demur - they were rarely in the me company. Hand holding was out, kissing was strictly forbidden. It was one of those "never the twain shall meet,situations.AndGI Joe kept things stirred up. He was always fighting with Johnny. Johnny could harelly get a look at Jane before a fiat or boot came a flying his way. Mark kept his boys pretty busy, repelling offthe back ofcouches, quicksand in the backyard, hangingon oftrees and finding their way strapped to roller skates and suffering the force of many explosions. 1 had matured somewhat when poseable Barbies came along with their tiny little waists and pointed pinky fingers. They were so cool. No hinge showing. Just a small you could feel as you bent them every which way. Ritfii about this time my mother came across a yard sale and brought home cases 1 mean cases of Barbie clothes and dosens of tiqy plastic high heels andhat boxes. I used Pepsi bottle caps far plates and fashioned Aimiture from shoe boxes. The inside of the cases were "lets of fabulous pretend, back-drotown houses. I sewed curtains out of winbits of fabric for make-believ- e pop-pop-p- WATER Continued from page -- than its 30 year average which is 19.5 inches, or its yearly average, 20.3 inches. Currently water content at Brown Duck is higher than it was in 2000 or 1999. Lake Fork 1 measured 15.7 inches in snow water content, 30 percent above average. Five Point Lake was above average at 114 dows. My bedroom floor looked like a Barbie asylum. Id leave it set up for days and rush home to continue the story line of Barbies lift. Then one day I came home to CARNAGE. There were limbless Barbies lying strewn from my bedroom to the dining room table. Legs and arms scattered belter skelter. Heads chewed into distorted pulps. I screamed in anguish as my mother's Dachshund ran past with a leg held between her teeth. I screamed again. About this time Mark came home. "Ewww, he said, stooping to pick up the limbs and carcasses. Every last one of the Barbies were maimed. He took them away. I imagined he put them in a shoe box and buried them in a solemn ceremony in the beck yard. When my mother came home I tearfully told her the miserable tale of destniction. She consoled me by promising to take me Barbie very next payday-andBhe- 'd keep little Hitler locked up. It worked, I was serene, until venturing into the back yard I found Mark there using Barbie parts as war carnage while GI Joe and Johnny West fought the enemy. Mother hollered for him to gBt them out of my sight until I had my new poseables. "If Cheryl can't play with her Barbies then neither can you, she said. It was one of thoee sentences of Kiddom that continue to ring in your ears yean after the war crimes. nts includingJohn Gale, andAIawnaEldredge plus otlwrs listen to Jean for funds to Eldredge voice her concerns during a public hearing oil approaching the Community Impact Board no had Golf Course. The Roosevelt opinion. young baby provide a new clubhouse for the CONCERNEDCITIZENS-Rooscveltresidc- er LETTERS m CLUBHOUSE Continued from page is all about awimming outdoors. Wo need to upgrade what we have. An indoor pool wont pay for itaelf. A summertime pool is a good thing." er Ri . a few of7..the r spot-mark- non-golfin- Allred is an attorney for Roosevelt of the Vernal-base- d city and is a law firm McKrachnie, Allred, McClellan and Trotter. mt-mlt- Higher energy costs? State energy programs offer help When Utahns feel pressured by energy prices, state programs administered by the Utah Division of Community Development's Office ofEn-erg- y Services can help. "Our programs can certainly help with sticker shock that cornea with recent utility bills, says Kerry Bate, division director. Programs include the Weather-izatio- n Assistance and Home Energy Assistance Target programs for citizens. For more information on energy efficiency programs and ideas, contact the Office of Energy Services low-inco- treat-mentoft- 2000 orinutes with ne at FREE nationwide long distarice, $39.99 RASPBERRIES They lilt it cool! kooslvil GET YOURS HERB LffVftJtVf hometown Three membersofa Vernal fomily were injured when their 1994 Oldamuhife' left Highway, 40 and landed in Daniels Creek last Satur- not iijured. et FOLKS ARE PLANTING roads g uses' for the' clubhouse. Swimmers werent the only ones day, April 7. Clark Allred, 50, was drivingweat-boun- d in attendance as there were others on I lighwuy 40 just before 10 with concern 9 that when a.m. anowy conditions caused didnt involve a pool or the golf course. "I'm on record as being opposed for him to Ioho control of the vehicle and a golf course clubhouse until we have slideoflThc road. Thecar went across taken care of otherprqjects, said John Daniels Creek, struck a cement barrier and then spun around coming to B.Gale. Another person questioned why rest in thocon ter ofthe creek, accord200 South (back road to Constitution ing to a Utah Highway Patrol report. Allred sustained a knee iiriury and Park) hasnt had its paving com- - underwent surgery last Wednesday. His wife, Rebecca, remains in a coma in Utah Valley Medical Center. Megan Allred, 1 4, sustai ned a broken jaw in the accident. Juntin Allred, 11, waa JSSt Snapdragons Vernal family injured in accident on wet 4 MOON LAKE Jenkins expresses thanks to his Rock Creek drainage was below aver-- , ago, with 87 percent, the latest measurement taken there recorded only 5.8 inches ofwater snow content. Av-50 percent oragua are down-undat both StrawberrydrainageiaswelL There was approximately 5.2 more inches of snow water content at the Sira wlieriy divide drainage last year at the sumo time. Snotel reading can change from day to day, due to several factors including wind and evaporation. Next week could bring higher or lower percentage on snotel readings depending on tho weather. However, with storms over the lust week, ratings are expected to go up even higher. mouth pay for themselves. The golf course comes the closest," Another concerned citizcnawim team supporter, Sunny HalchoTNoola said, "I m just a mom with aix kids. Im for anything to get the pool going." Many inattendance wondered why the coat was so high for the proposed club house at 5600,000, and Roosevelt City Administrator, Brad Hancock explained that included in the plan are regular clubhouse needs as well as a covered patio and deck, storage for carts, a caf6, retail sales area, restrooms, pros office. "We might draw 300 people at one time, and it has to be a nice facility. The clubhouse could also be used bv HB34 under-standingoft-he Unfortunately water content in measurement, indicating that the water content in recent snow was below the 30 year average. The last snotel reading at Trial Lake showed only 1 7.6 indies of snow water content, 8.1 inches lower than the 30year average. 1 mingand golfing, but said, "Summer en i Plus a FREE Nokia phone We have tome nice Dear Editor, I would like to thank the people of Roosevelt and the entire Uintah Basin for fouryears of support . A special thanks to all ofthose who came to our concert, and those who have purchased our CD. It has been a dream come true for me, and I know that it could have never happened without the support of ell of you. Thanks to my family-al- l of them. u for givingus the chance to come and for making all of the arrangements. I appreciate the help from the community with advertising; ticket sales, facilities, etc. Thoee friends who came with me to Roosevelt for the first time, expressed again and again how great it was to be here. They were very impressed with your kindness and generosity. My home town is awesome, and so are all of you. Thanks again Charley Jenkins and Friends FBLA-thankyo- OPY 1 BASKET PLANT OF GOLD SOME OF OUR BIG TOMATO PLANTS And other CELLULARONE AND PROTECT THEM WITH PERENNIALS To jive Owe early color to your yard. One Show Sunday 7;30 Call WAUL O WATER PLANT PROTECTORS O Six Varieties TT VmwJ 1 Notes High Valley Tom's talking baby wasn't much more than an inch frog long. Wb were digging in moist sand next to the croekbed. Whan his arm was in up to his elbow, he pulled tt out and I heard him making sounds like mom did when she talked to our baby brother. When I looked, he had the frog next to his car. It said there's another one in there!" 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Hole-in-Ro- effect it may create more harm Ilian good, particularly in rural arcuuofthe country. ated at the plant. A substantial portion of power from Bonanza is sold in secondorystudents. USU Uintah Basin branch campus administrator Beverly Evans, who is Utah. Deseret also has two long-teralso a state senator from the Uintah fixed contracts with the California of Anaheim and Riverside. Basin, said she has concerns about how cities ' not going to have planned "Were would status ATC the college giving impact the concurrent enrollment blackouts. Right now we Bee no reason we would have to raise rates within program which allows high school students to take college courses while in the next 3 to 4 years based on present high school tuition free. In one draft, conditions andavailability ofpower, ' language in HB 34 would allow ATCa Earl stated. The power crisis in Calito offer owor division college credits. fornia helps people understand the Jones said he doesnt expect the critical difference in what motivates finalized bill to compete with colleges electric cooperatives, as opposed to utilities. in terms ofwhat classes or credits they profit-drivBecause ofthe demand for power in offer. "Were not in the position to offer the West, Deseret Genera tion&Trans-missio- n is considering construction of any general education rlssnoe, wenever intend to be. We dont plan to become a second power plant. Deseret already has a site permitted for a plant, said a credit competitor, said Jones. USU Uintah Basin branch campus Earl. However, it wont be built unadministration officials agree the col- less studies show that it would be good for the membership and would not lege and UBATCeivqyagood relationship, but question what would hap- Jeopardize Deserets current position. Two construction options are bepen if legislation were enacted that would put the two institutions in coming considered, said Earl. One would petition, rather than continue on with utilize low BTU coal and be considertheir separate missions. ably smaller than the Bonanza plant, Sen. Blackham acknowledged the generating about 80 to 100 megabenefits of the way the USU branch watts. The other would be a larger campus and URATC work together. unit, similar in size to the Bonanza, continued from page 2 "We dont want to come out here and but would generate about 250 megawatts. messui die and speak out against our gov"There are risks no matter what well," he said. ernment when we are not satisfied. direction is "The is can we this you look. If we dont build a say problem Hw March SO and April 3 editions of Continued from page 13 what we want to do, but as long as its plant and Bonanza goes down with an written in thebUlthatsthelaw,said extensive outage that would severely entitled Forest Health Education to pass a hard line resoluEvans, who also expressed concern damage Deseret Ifwe build the larger Marvin McDougsl of West tion that rescinds any prim support over how the UintahBasin would fore unit we could find ourselves in the Slopei Resources. There is no doubt wweinthalBSOs. that forest health is an important"1. ifAlvraraplacwdergmbecause it is estimated , nance ofthe Board ofKegentl-whe- ra witiBqnanza, issue andHrasltoall dtizens svitt who has hailed the Uintah Basin is not represented. there mqybeupwards of 18,000 megaing those ofthe Uintah Basin who use "as one of the roost remarkbill the "We need to be certain we dont watts of power on line in the West and depeiul on the Ashley National able changesineducation in 33 years, the role ofthe ATC who serves within this next couple of years " as change Mr. Forest. Unfortunately, still believes that a compromise can so many who dont want a college power plants under construction beinMcDougals articles contain many be reached and has no plans to forego degree, said Evans. gin operations, he stated. accuracies and distortions as well as the planned special session. Until more power plants are built Jones said the bill continues to be what appears to be a lack of Meetings held last month in reviewed and revised, and that com- conservation is the word of the day. requirement and comRoosevelt with Uintah Basin public But Earl questions the wisdom of input is appreciated. plexities involved in managing a naand higher education officials and the munity "We need to change consistently offers by Utah Power & Light to pay tional forest. billssponeor Sen. Leonard Blackham and appropriately, noted Duchesne irrigators in Utah and Idaho to stop The Ashley National Forest has demonstrated both local CountyCommiiwinner Larry Roea.We producing food so they can conserve. been an integral part of this commuconcern and support ifthe change can would like to have the 1908. people have a He believes that because ofthe "ripple of since Many ouri nity be made so it wont interfere with voice and an opinion. Weneed to build era trace their family historical relationships and coopera- from where we are at We need to to the original settlers of this basin.. positive tive programming among the define our position. Ifwe really want Those who do not are no leas dediDuchesne County School District, to have an influence on government cated to both community and forest Utah State University Uintah Banin we need our educators, businesses and health. Our employees are commitbranch campus and URATC. community-at-larg- e to apeak up. ted to serving all citixens try obeying One of the main concerns arose resource and implementing natural over a proposal to allow applied techlaws and regulations and providing nology centers to offer an Associate of reprofessional, environmentally Applied Technology Degree, with creduse i sponsible, multiple its that would be accepted if trans- Continued from page 1 onthisoutatandingNationali ferred to a college or university in We have tried very hard to do that in centered on Utah. concern Another the past and I believe we have been the possibility that the new status for successfol. We stand on our record. ingit ATC would bring duplicity. Because of their ownership in the Ifyou have any questions regard"Wedo not desire, nor do we intend Bonanza Power plant the Roosevelt-base-d ing the Forest Health articles or any to compete with USU (Uintah Basin Moon Lake Electric Aaeodation other aspect of the Ashley National branch campus) in any way, saidJones. hasasocure and stable Forest please call or stop by the ofpower "Weve been fonningalliances, we do for their consumers. Atsuppiyof the same time, fice. Our telephone number is 789-11not want to cut thoee alliances off in Deseret is able to sell and our office is located at 366 surplus power any of our regions. Jones said the through firm and conN. Vernal Ave. We also have offices in is a in written legislation way tracts. Deseret members use only being Duchesne, Roosevelt, Dutch John, that would protect access to ATCs for about 50 of the 450 megawatts gener- and Manila. You ore always welcome. One final comment, in the six years I have been Supervisor of the National Forest, I have found that local citizens, the local media, the Chambers of Commerce, and other civic and community organisations HIGH to be foir and unbiased intheir VALLEY Forest Service. leant ask for more than that. Thank you NURSERY BertKulessa Forest Supervisor WHERE GOOD GARDENS BEGIN 295 North fust Wat Roosevelt, Utah shop-pingo- 1 7:30 One Show Only No Show on Sunday Call 722-20- 95 For Current Movie |