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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. November 27. 2001- - Page 9 Lawsuit targets county with claims contract was breached A west Uintah County woman and the family trust of her Late husband have filed a lawsuit against Duch- Tax Commission ruling, combined with a substantial reduction in its property valuation esne County. The civil complaint, filed prompted the need to discontinue 3rd in District Court in Summit the purchase agreement, and use the County, alleges the county has brotar sands on a lease basis. ken its contract with Esther Fausett Attorneys for Fausett contend the and the John E . Fausett Family Trust county reneged on the purchase for the purchase of tar sands from the agreement, not because of budget familys asphalt pit. constraints but because the pit was The suit maintains that in Sepdown, making it more diftember 2000 the Duchesne County narrowing ficult for county crews to harvest the Commission illegally converted their and because it was becomtar sands purchase agreement to a product, ing increasingly expensive for the lease and stopped making their quarcounty to haul the tar sands from the terly $50,000 payments. in west Uintah County to Duchpit The county purchased a 25 peresne County. cent share in the pit in 1992 for $1.8 The lawsuit also alleges that the SERVED ITS PURPOSE The old Roosevelt Golf Course clubhouse was moved by a crane last week. The old clubhouse is and is too small to accommodate larger tournaments being hosted at the golf course. It is being replaced by a clubhouse that will be more than double the size. clubhouse comes down, construction to begin on new & improved facility Old years ago the Roosevelt Golf Course received its first clubhouse. The modular unit was 1,000 square feet. A few months Twenty-eigh- t ago, Roosevelt was successful in ob- taining a $500,000 Community Imloan to fluid pact Board construction of a new clubhouse. Last week crews prepared the old clubhouse to be removed from the site in two separate pieces. Plans for the new clubhouse are being finalized in preparation for construction which is scheduled to begin by the end of the month. The new clubhouse will be 2,664 square feet and include patios and a covered deck. Abasement wiJlbeused for golf cart storage, said city administrator Brad Hancock. Approximately half ofthe clubhouse will be a mated $30,000, said Hancock. The gas fireplace, television and city will act as their own contractor to restrooms, the other half will include save more money. They will bid out the office of the golf pro and golf subcontract work for the foundation, merchandise. cement, electrical and mechanical The old clubhouse, which was jobs, dry wall, lighting and roofing, moved into in 1973 worked fine, but hesa' ' with the addition of the back nine, a Plans call for pouring foolers and growth in the golfing public, and the walls by the end of the month, and course hosting high school, college having the clubhouse framed by De-and junior golf tournaments, the cember and completed by the end of According to the letter, the new clubhouse is needed, he said countys loss of airliner fly over tax May. The clubhouse which will have revenue as the result of a Utah State a rock and stucco exterior will cost about $350,000 to $400,000. The remainder of the money will be used on landscaping, resurfacing the parking 4 lot, and improving the driving range. Contractor Lance Denver donated his time in drafting up plans for the clubhouse, saving the city an esti Poll shows half in U.S. fear germ warfare announces hiring of 300 federal agents crimes involving tax fraud, financial-relate- d narcotics crimes, organized crime and public corruption. IRS special agents become involved in many high --dollar investigations of all types of illegal activity. Once selected, special agent candidates attend the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, underk course going a demanding eigh in criminal investigation basics, from federal criminal la w to firearms training. After initial training, candidates attend specialized courses that include instruction in tax law, criminal tax fraud, computer fraud, money laundering and a variety of financial fraud schemes. Candidates are also introduced to undercover operations, electronic surveillance techniques, forensic sciences, court procedures, and trial witness training. t-- Inmate pleads guilty in attempt to escape jail A Duchesne County Jail inmate who was accused of attempting to escape from the jail with another inmate last month, entered guilty pleas to a third degree felony escape from official custody and class A misdemeanor attempted damaging a jail. Vato Tahguv, 20, was observed during the midnight escape attempt and apprehended as soon as he and a cellmate climbed into a hole in the ceiling which they entered through a shower. Tahguv will be sentenced on the charges in 8"1 District Court in Duchesne on Jan. 28. Tips lead deputies to burglary suspects Christy Barnes, 42, and Robert Brunyer, 40, of Duchesne County, were arrested and have been charged with several counts of theft and burglary after an anonymous tip lead sheriffs deputies to their western Duchesne County property. According to Duchesne County's Sheriffs Detective Sgt. Dave Boren, an anonymous tip from the Neighborhood Watch in that area was cal led into the sheriffs office. Deputy Ron Herbert was able to confirm the tip and obtained a search warrant for Three-fifth- s ofAmericans say they would want a smallpox vaccination if it were widely available, according to an Associated Press poll that suggests continued nervousness about bioterrorism. About half of the respondents say they are concerned about the threat of a smallpox attack and think last month's anthrax attacks are the beginning of an extended campaign, according to the poll conducted for The AP by ICR of Media, Pa. Some ofthose still concerned about bioterrorism say they generally are nervous because they do not know whats coming next. To me, now, anything can happen, said Michelle Hunt, a retail clerk from Boulder City, Nevada. If its out there, it could happen. I try not to worry about it. The U.S. government is stockpiling the smallpox vaccine in case of terrorist attacks, but has no plans to routinely vaccinate the general public. Smallpox vaccine is made with a live virus related to smallpox, so it can cause some very serious side effects. Experts estimate that if every American were vaccinated against smallpox, some 400 people would die from the vaccine. A majority of Americans indicate they would get the vaccine if it were available, even after they are in COPY mail, which rattled the nation throughout October, had subsided a bit But last weeks discovery of a suspicious letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy, cern. D-V- t., may revive public Eighth District Court Judge John R. Anderson had previously granted a change of venue from Duchesne County to Summit County in accordance with a provision in Utah law which allows such civil cases to be heard in any contiguous county to the county named in the suit. Duchesne County Deputy Attorney Roland Uresk is in the process of submitting the countys reply to the complaint. forest restoration projects The Four Corners Sustainable Forests Partnership has issued the 2002 Request For Proposals for commforest restoration demonstration projects and will award over $500,000 in grants early next year to qualifying parties. Since 1999, the Partnership has granted more than $2.1 million to 48 it orcommunities, tribes, unity-based non-prof- ganizations, businesses and other entities for projects that develop and support technologies and practices associated with forest restoration and business community-base- d sustainablity. The partnership is seeking proposals for 2002 that transition previous demonstration projects toward sustainable business enterprises and demonstrate the application of new technologies or development of new products and markets derived from materials gained in forest restora- tion. Projects must take place and be directly beneficial to tribes andor communities within Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. Utah counties included in the project are: Beaver, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emeiy, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Kane, Morgan, Piute, Rich, San Juan, San Pete, Sevier, Summit, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, Wayne and Weber. In considering the proposals, the Partnership will be putting special emphasis on collaborative approaches involving more than one entity. In addition, to be considered, a proposal must fall within one or more of the following Partnership objectives: - Increase regional expertise on small-diametwood utilization, marketing, and innovative forest restoration strategies by connecting local entrepreneurs and other interests to technical assistance specialer ration and create high value manufacturing opportunities with the byproducts; - Merge environmental and economic concerns by helping identify relationships between ecosystem needs, jobs in the forest, and manud forest prodfacturing value-adde- ucts; - Develop and expand markets for products made from small diameter material by fostering regional and national networks as well as providing professional assistance to businesses; - Reduce the lorn of natural resources as well as improve wildlife habitat by encouraging the restoration of forest ecosystems at risk for catastrophic fire, insects and disease; - Increase regional agreement and understanding around forest resto- ration through numerous learning forums such as conferences, workshops, and demonstration project field trips. Grants will be made under a UJ3. Forest Service award to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resource Department from Economic Action Program, Rural Development Grant Funds. New Mexico is serving as fiscal Agent for the Part- nership in the demonstration projects. For information on the Four Corners Sustainable Forest Partnership and its projects, please visit www.fourcorneraforests.com. Subscribe Now! ists, demonstration projects, and workshops; - Strengthen and diversify rural economies by supporting community led prqjects that achieve forest resto 435-722-51- 31 B con- People aare evenly split about whether the anthrax attacks are part of a long-tercampaign. Reprinted uith permission of the Deseret News m gBgfjfchiiffiBeere 4990 Windrower 172 hp, 14-fo- A the most available. ot cut. ch s V v; - X New T 4 cutterbar. low-prof- ile Exclusive A shearhub cutterbar protection. 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Both remain incarcerated in the Duchesne County Jail. formed of the possible risks. Smallpox is incredibly contagious and they only have 15 million vacciBradford nations, said Rubinoff of Tucson, Arizona. If people would use anthrax ... whos to say they wouldnt use smallpox? Asked if he would want to get the smallpox vaccination even though it carries some health risks, Rubinoff said, Absolutely. Among the risks: About three in every one million people vaccinated would get encephalitis, which can cause permanent brain damage or death. Another 250 would get a smallporash that also can be fatal if x-like not properly treated. People with weak immune systems patients who have AIDS, cancer or organ transplants or are taking high-dos- e steroids are most at risk for the side effects, as are people with the skin condition eczema. The anthrax attacks through the The plaintiffs are asking that the case be heard by a jury. Four Corners offers grants to According to the lawsuit, the county stilled owed approximately $726,112 when the last payment was made in July 2000. In addition to seeking the remainder due on the purchase agreement, the lawsuit is also seeking interest in the amount of $140,446, and other damages asso- ciated with the countys default of the purchase agreement. On Septi 2000, County Commissioners sent a letter to Esther Fausett notifying her of their decision to convert to a lease because it was "not in a position to utilise all of its tar sands under the agreement, grill and dining area complete with a IRS The Internal Revenue Service announced the availability of an online job application process for Criminal 1 agent position. more than 300 federal agent positions in fiscal year 2002. Criminal Investigations hiring efforts will help ensure the IRS continues to achieve its tax objectives. The additional resources will also enable the IRS to commit special agent support to the nations terrorism-related investigations and to assist in the Air Marshal program. If selected, applicants join a workforce of nearly 3,000 IRS Criminal Investigation special agents who perform a critical role in protecting the integrity of our national tax system. Known as the world's finest financial investigators, IRS special agents investigate complex financial million. The county contends the conversion to a lease where they would pay only for the amount of tar sands removed was legal because the purchase agreement gave them that option if budget restraints prevented them from continuing to make their quarterly payments. Tar sands are crushed to produce native asphalt, used by the county to pave new roads. state-assess- ed lease option does not apply any longer because the county has already removed 25 percent of the available' tar sands from the property. 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