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Show ELECTION Thinking Out Loud Continued from page members are Mike Fenn and Larry Dye. Thinking Out Loud November 13, 2001 Cheryl Slowly rising to kid consciousness Mecham while butted under a mound ofcovers in the curve of Grandma Browns lumpy mattress Id wake to pans clanking and cupboard doors banging onacriapAutumn morning. Grandma birth to but myself. There was adozen liad a method to her madness, she was or so of us at one time: The neighbor heatingup the chilly kitchen with her lady had lost an eye while peering little propane powered oven, but be-- through a key hole when someone ing one of the first conservationist in t inadvertently stuck the wrong key New England, she wouldnt expend inside which was long and skinny and Aral without baking something. as sharp asaneedle. She screamed, fell Id finally wake sufficiently to backward and broke her back and I stumble downstairs with half open had to go over to her house every day m and an expectation of the new and polish that glass qye that she kept f. I didnt know exactly what would in a water glass on the hall table; Our happen all I knew was that Grandma dogs leg was broke the night we took loved me to distraction (which was him to the circus when a big huge completely taken for granted) and she elephant stepped on him. The vet said would have something up her sleeve, he'd never be able to walk again, so On one such day, after a tedious he'd sit and mournfully howl morning hair grooming session, Istood freshly till night sensing the tragedy of it all. dressed and perfiimecLItdidnt bother On this crisp autumn day we tugged me that I was powdered with a scent on our sweaters and made our way to only the silver haired club appreci- - her old car. Where we going?" ated. I folt like a pretty little girl. I said while she dug around in the Though no one ever called me pretty. It was my eye that was the distraction. bottom of her hand bag for car keys. To the church bizarre in Olive A flawed tear-du-ct that wouldnt hold my tears. Theyd puddle up until I Town, she answered. Afterashort drive over windy roads blinked, then theyd run down my cheekeveiyminuteorBo,tiIbnished to make me sufficiently car sick we them away. Folks often bent down in arrived at the white stoppled church sympathy and asked why I was crying. withahand painted sign staked out on patch of leaf covered grass, mbmma? theyd query, lookingpast Dont touch, she warned walk- me, hoping shed appear around the ing through the double doors. Inside bold. there were stacks of hand made goods It was an embarrassment, but soon (mostly yam things) and a table set I adapted. I was tired of explaining aside just for cupcakes and loaves of which bread. I lost interest in about three about the problem tear-duc- t, the doctor uM I should out grow by minutes and just watched grandma the time I was four. By Kindergarten who touched, smelled and tasted evIddevisedabunch ofwell constructed erything in the building. Why couldn't kids touch? I wondered. You couldnt tear jerking stories: My little brother had died. This break anyoldyam things. She chatted was true. Except he and I never met. with everyone. My legs were cold. I He onhr survived a few hours after wanted to find a restroom. Finally I birth: The neighbor lady had a glass planted myselfinfrontofa very grand eye and could only see out of one (I didnt bother to explain that she had lost her eye twenty years before I was bom and how fascinating the single eye appeared staring eerily from a waterglass on the hall table) ; Our dog hear that special tone ofvoice attached had a broken leg. Or so was my diag-- to the question, Oh dear, what is it? noses once I tired of wrapping dolls Whats the matter? with an old Ace Bandage found behind I sucked in a quick shuttering the couch. breath. I appreciated the sympathetic tut My legs are cold, do you have bathtuts and Im so sorrys, It felt good to room here? She jumped up, escorted me to the be hissed over, even though it was by strangers. Often, theydsearch through tiniest restroom Id ever seen with a coin purse and mesa a dime in my the coldest toilet seat south of the palm, or pull a stick ofgum from their north pole and had a pair of crocheted pocket By the time mom or grandma leggings for me tty this time I flushed, arrived the visit had nearly come to its It was manipulative, no doubt conclusion. A confttsed introduction about it, and while manipulation is usually followed and a remark that one hair short of a lie, I didnt know how much mileage Id get from that didnt make much sense. once Id discovered Poor little darling. Verytender wacky tear-duits marvelous power,Itmade sense to k so use it, after all, Iceuld wake uptomor-ro-w very satisfying. What was that all about?" and it could be gone. It didnt seem exactly right, but it didn't seem Myye. -"Oh." exactly Wrong either to use the only As stories do, thty grew within my advantage God had given a scrawny d own peer group: My Daby brotherdied kid. ..other thanapretty as well as every child my mother gave good imagination. ct dsapp - buck-toothe- Source: V.S. Qeneral Accounting BETTERS Lady Cats thank fans for their support support of the hkm Ifyfh School Booster Club. The "Lady Cats have the best home crowd in the State! Thanks again for all of your support. Leslie Morris, Coach Proud to be an American To the Editor I wish to express my thanks and appreciation tothe Uintah Basin Standard, the Union High history teacher JeffHanke and thebusiness sponsors for the patriotic and inspirational Flag insert in last weeks Standard. I am sure that all the veterans in the Basin join with me in thankingall for this fiaetributeduringVeterans Day weekend. As a matter of information for all, I would like to present an official tabulation of the total numbers of casualties suffered by our country in all the wars of the past century. U5. Armed Forces casualties in overseas conflicts: World War I 116,516; World War 11405,399; Korean War 58,177; 36,914; Vietnam War 383. 19: Iraq War Grenada OPY r -- - Of- fice. continued from page 2. in the Basin. You should all be so proud ofwhatyou have accomplished. It was very evident the amount of effort and hard work that went into yourshow. I am so proud to have beena Union High graduate and to have been born and raised in goodold Roosevelt, Utah. Way to go Pat and Tana, you did it again! Congratulations to everyone involved in this great production. Sincerely, Stephanie Harmston Pascua Dear Editor: The Union High La tty Cats Volleyball team eiyoyeda very successful season thu year finishing 1" place in Region X for the fifth season tnarow. The coaches and players would like to thank the Uintah Basin Standard for the coverage our team received. We would also like to thank the.. Union High administration, faculty, staff, student body, cheerleaders, and Booster Club for their support. The Lady Cats also received monetary donations from local businesses this year and are very grate Ail for their generosity. The team appreciates the local com- - 1 i Cal Monks, Proud to be an American Area 3State Commander The American Legion, Dept, of Utah Stringham tha'nks supporters, urges council to got to work! Dear Editor: I would publicly like to thank everyone who supported my unsuccessful bid for city council. It was a great experience. I made some new friends and had an opportunity to visit with many old friends that I havent seen fin: a while. Visiting with the townspeople was an education in itself. I will say to all of you that we have some very wonderfiil people living in our town. Many of you have a lot to contribute to the betterment of Roosevelt. I urge you to be more aware In theTabiona Town mayoral race, Jerry Turn bow defeated Levaifghn Gines. The new Tabiona Town Council members are Dan Brusso andJason Curry. In Altamont, incumbent mayor Travis Mitchell ran unopposed. New council members are Doug Curry and Clyde Watkins. LAWMAKERS Continued from page 1 of hate crimes, to the prevalence of illegal drugs in the community. I think it gives us a reasonably good feel for how people feel about a variety of issues, said Snow. Snow and Sen. Beverly Evans, who serve the Uintah Basin, worked to-are the most relevant and read each survey when it is returned. This input is critical. We read everyone one ofthem and we are able to say this is what our constituents want, Evans related. Lart year 300 people took the time to answer the survey and send it in. OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK Claude Nebeker grew up in the grocery store business. H is father owned several Each response is appreciated, and small grocery stores in Duchesne County, and he spent his life in the same occupation. When he had a stroke 13 extremely helpflil, the pair noted. and operates in Fort Duchesne. He is Evans senate district includes years ago he sold two other stores and bought the store he currently owns 6 to 7 behind the counter at foe Nebco Store from a.m. p.m. Monday through Saturday, and open from 8 a.rn. to 4 Duchesne, Uintah, Daggett, Summit, and Wasatch counties. Snow repreare children five his said demanding he retire and hes ready to take their advice. p.m. on Sunday. He sents Duchesne and Wasatch counties in the House of Representatives. . Unlike last year, when the state -eryoyed a budget surplus and lawmakers spent much of their time deciding who would get a bigger piece of the pie, this year belt tightening is in order, due in part to a significant decline in state income tax revenue. Gov. Mike Leavitt has asked state departments to lookat ways to reduce By Lezlee E. Whiting The thieves fled on foot with about three times by armed robbers. In one ofthe robberies he was beat up pretty their budgets by approximately four $1,000 in cash from a money bag, with the exception of Public badly by his assailants. which contained Claude Nebeker has just about had Nebekers wallet Education, which have been enough. The Its gettingworse, he Baid. This owner of a $2 bill cigarettes and a couple is said Snow. Nebco, a convenience store in Fort bottles ofbeer. Nebeker was scraped younger generation something else. over. Kids ain't all I that its way all guess After week. scene. at last the robbed was treated and Duchesne, again up This time two teenage gunmen wearthe commotion died down he spent got nothing to do but get in trouble." In each incident the ing black ski masks, silently slipped the rest of the day behind the counter thievespractically after the same booty: been have in heart store located the small he unlocked store into the ofthe just after money, alcohol and cigarettes. the back door at 7 a.m. to open up the ofFort Duchesne. It didnt take long before two teenstore. In the darkened room, Nebeker As near as Nebeker can re member, his boys, ages 15 and 16, were in marks age was pushed down and found himself the robbery last Wednesday Continued from page 1 twentieth confrontation with thieves custody and diarged in connertion with staring at the barrel of a gun. since he purchased the store 13 years the crime. Less than two hours after They put the gun right between state prisoners next year. period in late 1999 the robbery, BIA police started getmy eyes when I was laying on the ago. Inasix-mont-h Federal Payments In Lieu,ofTaxes floor, Nebeker related. and early 2000, Nebeker was accosted ting anonymous telephone calls with some pretty solid leads, said BIA Po(PILT) to Duchesne County will take lice Chief Michael Halbert. at least a jump of $ 1 00,000 and possiThe callers reported that these bly more. The increase is due to a new kids were acting strange, and with method of reimbursing counties for this incident that had just occurred we untaxed federal lands in their boundchecked it out and low and behold, aries. said Halbert. Both boys were located Increases in property tax and sales at various schools they attended, he tax revenue are beingconservatively" said. adjusted, said Freston. Property tax BIA officers Teriy Olsen, Kevin revenue to the county is forecasted to rise due to new growth. At the same Myore anddgyqytftii?lmnwprkcd with law enforcement officers from time, sales tax dollars are prqjecte to i 'i i J I the Uintah GountyBherifFs Departbe down, due to the economy, said Freston. ment, the ITtah Highway Patrol and CommitTime is running out! The Uintah Basin Medical Center Literacy FBI in securing the scene and tracking Commissioners and department the Let Freedom Ring tee and Uintah Basin Standard are down the suspects. heads will spend the next weeklweak-in- g 9 -- 12; 6 years; divisions: contest three has The Contest ages Essay The majority of the muney, as well commissiontheir budgets. The and 17 and older. Essays should be 1,000 words or less. Prizes will be which was not loaded as the pistol ers recommended budget is expected awarded. The deadline is this week! were found behind some shrubs in to be finalized Nov. 20. A public budFort Duchesne, "occordingto Halbert. get hearing is scheduled for Dec. 10 at I appreciate all their help, every7 p.m. in the County Administration one did a tremendous job. It's not very building. often thutyou have an armed robbery of whats going on in the city and for Veterans are invited to attend a special program to honor them on Friday , like this and have it cleared up by the that matter government at all levels. Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. andor 2 p.m. at East Elementary. The children would end of the day. There was good coopDon't be afraid to be more vocal at love to have as many veterans as possible come to the program. eration, he staled. council meetings, let your feelings be The teens have been charged by known, volunteer for committees and BIA police with robbery. Halbert said ' get involved! Remember these elected his department will also submit a officials are working for you! report to ( he U.S. Al torncy's office for All of the candidates were good A new GED test will be offered on Jan. 1, 2002. Ifyou need to take the GED their review on thu possibility of filing men with good ideas and good intensections or the a federal count of armed robbery. or need to complete sections of the current test, or tions. In our small town its OK to . current version, Uintah Basin Applied Technology College testing center Thu federal government may bedisagree about some ofthe issues, but come involved because hot h juveniles must have testing completed on Dec. 6 or 7. After that date, only the new we must be the friendly opposition. 6 reside on the UintaliOuruy Reservato schedule test can be administered at a cost ofat least $55. Call We all want basically the same things tion and are members of the Utc Inan appointment. for the place where we live Just differ- -' dian Tribe, explained Halbert. ent paths to get there. Let us all get behind the new council and Mayor Jenkins. I wish the new council the best and Parents of East Elementary students are reminded to encourage their most definitely fell that the city is in children to participate in the Reflections art program. The theme this year good hands. is, I hold in my hand... There are seven categories to interest anyone. Congratulations John, Larry and Entries need to be submitted to Mrs. Peterson no later than Nov. 30. Call Dennis. Now get to work! 5 with any questions. Michelle Catten at Thanks to all Alfred Stringham year old store owner "almost" ready to retire after 20th robbery 71 Ent, COUNTY BUDGET Essay' Contest $ 13-1- East Elementary Honors Veterans UBATC Offers Current GED Tests re-te- st 722-694- Reflections Program at East 725-005- One Show Sunday 7:30 . Signs found in Potter Harry and the kitchens Ictean house every other day. Tody is the other day! So this isnt Home Sweet Home . . . Adjust! Ring bell for Maid Service. If no do it vounelf! If you write in the dust, please dont date ft! I would cook dinner but I cant find the can opener! ' house wasclean last week. Too bad My you missed it! A clean kitclien is the sign ofa wasted an-sw- life. I came. I raw. I decided to order take out. Ifyou dont like my standardsof cooking ... lower your standards. Apology. Although you'll find our house a mesa, come in, sit down, converse. It doesnt always look like this. Some days its even worse. A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is delirious. Martha Stewart doesnt live here!! If we are what we eat, then Im easy, fast and cheap. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. Help keep the kitchen clean. Eat out. My next house will have no kitchen just vending machines. Sorcerers Stone "Ki" OneShowOnh 10 p.m. gaggES Monsters Inc. XT 7:30 and l:l5p.m. niTwTOTi Spy Games "R" Robert ReJorJ BroJ Pitt One Show Only 7:10p.m. |