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Show T V 'r Page 2 Tt4 OPINION May 21. 2002 -- Uintah Basin Standard ? Ufa fk jww" wrap So Many Changes In Just A Year Submitted By Richard J. Santos on the front lines of the terrorist assault on America. All lost their lives on Sept. 1 1 or the days following. It is fitting that as wc remember the military men and women who died in service to America, wc also just this once remember as well the first casualticsofthc War on Terrorism. They arc also American heroes who died in the ine ofduty . They gave their all in service to their country as surely as i fthey had One year ago, wc were a nation at peace, hut not now. A short year ago. Blue Star Service I Janncrs were lost in the memories ofa ago, but not now. On Memorial Pay 2002, 1 see more and more Blue Star Service Banners in front win-- d ws ofhouscs and businesses across America. A banner reminds us that a loved one from that family is serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, fighting terrorism in Operation EnduringFrcc-doand providinghomcland defense. Unfortunately, iold Star Banners are rcplacingsome of the blue. Ttxlays men and women sent into harm's way dill'erlittle from the doughboys who fought in the trendies off- ranee, the GIs who stormed the beaches at Normandy, or the troops who bought inches of land with blood at Koreas C'hosin Reservoir. ndecd, they arc no different than the millions of men and women who have answered the clarion call throughout American history. As did those before them, todays men and women that we honordid their duty. Regrettably, we must now acid 3,(X)0 more names to the ist of our honored dead. Some of the honored dead were in the Armed Forces, but some were not. Each was half-ccntu-ry 1 been on the front lincsof Afghanistan. Again, young Americans, wearingtheuni-formso- f our armed forces, are fighting in a war without borders and without clearly identified m C combatants. Some of them have given the supreme sacrifice for ournation. We are thankful that wc arc a nation that docs not forget... that wc arc a people who remember and honor the memory of those who died fighting the wherever and enemies of the United Slates - whenever they threaten. On this Memorial Day I ask all citizens of this great land to remember the sacrifice of nxxc than oncmillion Americans whose memory 1 we honor today. Richard J. Santos of Greenhelt, Md., is the national commander of The American Legion. He represents 2.8 million wartime veterans. I : EDITOR'S NOTE: The Uintah Basin Standard uvtcomes and encourages opinions from readers in the form of Utters to the editor, tellers may hie utilised to express opinions or gomments, to highlight outstanding service of an individual or organization, or, any other worthwhile purjrose. 'Letters may not he used to replace Cards of. Thanks, or to list sponsors, 'participants or contributors to a licular event or purrose. LETTERS ST CONTAIN 4U0 WORDS OR BE TYPED OR WR11TEN LEGIBLY, SIGNED. AND INCLUDE address and piione Name, JiUMBER OF THE AUTHOR, tetters St ill he mhlished unless they ermtain libelous or defamatory statements. We reserve the right to edit letters and to Withhold a name by request ifthe nature pT the letter is tositive. Letters may he Submitted to the Standard office at 26B S. 2(H) E Roosewlt, Utah, 114066 hy the ?" uhlished deadline (normally hursdavs at 5:00 p.m.) All letters hcaime rmqrerty of the Uintah Basin fondant. Home Education Convention is valuable for everyone Before Iron County went to the "block I and a fellow teacher visited Taylorsville High. We talked to various teachers about it. The main reason given to Mr. Banka and myself as to why the teachers liked the "block were: (1) They eqjoyed their prep and (2) they didnt have to see the kids every day. These reasons were sad commentaries for those people who should be championing education. I hope the people of Roosevelt and the surrounding area will carefully consider what they are doingif they go into this most degradingof education schedules. JefifCony supply all the extracurricular activities it has been able to provide in the past. Home Educators have been supplementing public education through dual schooling for years. I encourage everyone who possibly can to take advantage ofa great learningopportu-nit- y for yourself and ultimately your 9 or entire family. Please call 8 for more information. VelindaW. Mitchell 353-475- 722-062- Citizen initiative would be disastrous Dear Editor, An initiative to increase taxes and radioactive waste fees on could prove disastrous for Utah farmradioacers and ranchers. Low-levtive waste opponents, homeless advocates, and the Utah Education Association are teaming up to run a citizen initiative that would increase taxes radioactive waste and fees on by $200 million per year. initiative is If an industry-specifi- c successful, it will set the stage for other industries to be targeted, especially minority ones like agriculture. In California and Oregnn, agricultural practices have already been restricted by initiatives. Farm Bureau opposes government by referendum, except as an absolute last resort. This new use of the citizen initiative in Utah would cause our republic form of government to deteriorate into a pure democracy, where the voters decide every issue instead of our elected lawmakWs. Our republic form of government is the single most important protection for a minority group like agriculture to avoid radical, populist-driven ideas. In fact, the legislature actually increased the taxes and fees to Envirocare during the 2001 legislative session; they just refused to increase them to the extreme level Utahns for Radioactive Waste Control wanted. The current effort is a direct attempt to bypass our elected lawmakers and our republic form of low-lev- el el system and an agriculturally-unedu-cate- d populace making decisions. Environmental groups currently appealing BLM grazing permits illustrate just how much ofa target agriculture has become. I urge you to consider the implications for our rural economy if industry-specific initiatives make it to the ballot, because the Wasatch Front will control the outcome of any state-wid- e ballot question. However, because of signature requirements, rural Utah controls the ability to get the initiative on the ballot. The petition drive must collect 76,180 signatures, constituting 10 of the voters in the last gubernatorial election from at least 20 of the 29 counties. This means rural Utah will make or break this initiative. Refusing to sign the initiative petition will help to protect agricultures future and our republic form of gov- Committee formed to improve highway 6 non-prof- - ernment Keith Jensen, President Duchesne County Farm Bureau low-lev- el Block schedule will be detrimental to students Dear Editor, As a former member of the Basin and one who had ten of the most eryoy-abl- e years of his life while amongyou, I foel that I need to address a situation Editor, that has come to my attention. On June 8 the Uluh Home EducaI was recently informed that Union tion AKWM'iution will hold its 22" anwhere I taught for ten years, has High, nual Convention and Curriculum Fair. decided to go to the "block schedule It is oKii to all ieople who are interfor its education plan. What that their ested means is that the students will meet children's eduralinn. Parents who in each class only every other day for a have attended the convention in the of approximately 87 minutes. period past, hut do not officially home eduSome weeks the students will have a cate, have said that it is the single best class twice a week and some weeks tiling they have done as a couple to they will have the same class three r thoir lives as a family. pTfiiti-times a week. TheworkKlmpsarevaluabletoany I have taught on theblock schedule eduthe best concerned with parrots for the past fouryears at Cedar High. for With cation iMissihle thcirchildrcn. I have taught both American History the current public education budget and German. The block schedule" is governance. crisis it is hcrnniingclcar that parents the most damagingthingfor academic amendin use Pesticide and more Utah, to a to take have ate going learningthatl have ever experienced restricor water to ments stale laws, more active role in the education of in my 27 years of instruction. At Cedar their children. Wc will not be able to tions on agriculture production could High math has suffered extremely. all be targeted by a citizen initiative The sit hark and expect the government to number of students taking and passing the A.P. Calculus test has decreased immensely. Our SAT Scores have generally gone down. Our English program has suffered. Under the "block schedule" stuPeriodical postage paid at Rooscvcll and Duchesne. Utah 'SI'S dents are asked to remember what Published weekly at 2 Ml S. 200 E., Roosevelt, Utah 84066-310- 9 happened 48 hours previous in a class POSTMASTER: instead of 24 hours; since they don't Send address changes to the Uintah liasin Standard at have each class every day. Daily con9 Utah F... S. 200 268 Roosevelt, tact in secondary education is critical OFFICE HOURS: and the "block" takes that away. If the thru K INI a m. to I INI 5:00 m. to 9:00 a Tuesday Friday. p.m. Monday, p.m. initiators of the "block schedule, Fas: Phone whoever they are, think that ones DEADLINES: attention span is as good for 87 minI or all New s. Legal Notices. Ctassificiii A Advertising, the Deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m. utes as it ia for 47 minutes they are EDITOR: Lezlee E. Whiting PUBLISHER: Oaig Ashby completely wrong. Parrish Bonnie MANACER: OFFICE ADVERTISING: Matthew Evans IVe taught under both schedules PRODUCTION: and the "block schedule only hastens Wrilera; Aldon Radicle, Thercna Morrill. Sue Collier the Dumbing down of America." Your Production; Colette Ashby. Andrea Harper, Valerie Winn. children will not learn as fast as they Man Evans and Doris Hertorh used to. One of the points that was CORRESPONDENTS: ALTAMONT - ; BLUEBELL - Shana K( Teresa llarmslon tSEVELT brought to the faculty of the Iron. LAPOINT HANNA School District, where I teach, lee Lnertscher Tracy Roberta County MYTON - ; MONTWF.LL - Nola Nelson Marlene McClure was tha t the teachers will now have an DUCHESNE Mondi IRIDI LL; WIIITEROCKS; Taylor preparation every day in4 itnnda (ice stead of the usual 47 minute prep. Sacrificing our children's learning for an teacher prep is sel Rates: Subscription ish. I'm sorry you have gone into this In the Uintah Basin Clip and Send to: academically lacking system. As a 1 Yr.S24-2Yr.- S37 classroom teacher I would plead with Uintah Basin Standard you not to bring this on the Uintah 268 S. 200 E. Out of the Uintah Basin Basin. Remember also that when a 84066-3102 I Yr. S36 9 Yr. S56 Roosevelt, Utah student misses one class in the "block he is really missing two since classes Name. only held every other day. The I' Address 1. number of people dropping out of I City. ZipA Cedar High since we have been on the Cash or Chech ontv. Surry No Charges "block has also dramatically Df-ii- r m Uintah Basin Standard Inc. 1 84066-310- 0 ' 434-397- 3; 333-434- 4; 738-263- te - j Dear Editor, A group ofconcerned citizens are in it the process of forming a corporation called Highway 6 Improvement Committee or "HIC whose purpose is to lobby federal, state and local officials to accelerate improvement to the infamous road between Helper and Spanish Fork. diOur goal ia to have a four-lan- e vided highway the entire way similar between Green to the stretch of River and Salina. If you are interested in being part of the Improvement Committee or want more information, plan to attend an organization meeting to be held at the following places on the following dates: May 28 in the Price City Hall; May 30 in the Huntington City Hall; or June 4 in the Spanish Fork City Hall. Call or for more information or if you can not attend the meetingbut would like to be part of the group. As part of Highway 6 Improve-IC- ) ment Corporations continuing efforts to draw attention to the dangerous highway between Helper and Spanish Fork, we are asking anyone who has lost a loved one on the road because of an auto accident to place a roadside memorial near the accident location as a reminder to motorists to drive cautiously and also a message to road officials ofthe need forcontinued improvement. HICs goal is for the road to be a divided four-lan- e highway. Individuals can make a difference. The state does need to do more to change this deadly highway. We can work together to reach this goal. Remember, slow down and be careful and have a safe holiday. Kathy Justice Mark Justice Thinhing Out loud I like guys who can fix things. Cars, plumbing, window blinds. They are my childhood ideal of real men. My dad was a real man. My husband is a real man, and my sons are on their way. They can fix things. They have an insatiable appetite to discover why the car isi making that whirring sound or where that rattle is coming from. They are never so happy as they are when the plumbing gets slow so they can flush it out - and they re always on the ready against marauding insects and sneaky stray cats. But, youve got to be carefUl what you ask of real men. On occasion I've deeply regretted talking them into a prqject, when its not their idea and they want nothing to do with it So, now I rate such things as "high and "low-cus- s jobs. My dad cussed when my mom begged him to install a new air conditioning unit to cool down the trailer, which she proclaimed was nothing but, "an oven, but the real cussing didnt begin until hed cut a finger dear to the bone, scrapped up every knuckle and still couldn't get the thing to sit right on the factory molded mount. We realized we were witness to a maximum-cus- s job, so we hid out best we could. Grumbling, he stalked ofT to his workshop and after an hour or two that would emerged with a work, and work better than the factory mount. Shortly the cussing had stopped, the air was cooling, and mom waa pouring dad a lemonade. A few years into marriage I learned fast that if an idea was proposed that prompted a quick and disgusted cuss I'd better do it myself, hire it out, or supplyeveryone in the family with ear plugs, because it had the potential of y ahigh-cuBsjo- b. If things went wrong, really wrong, there were going to be official swear R317-11-- 3 wastewater disposal systems, or conduct percolation and soil tests for underground wastewater disposal sys- tems. 1 low-cus- Destruction of Signs County offers reward for information on vandals The vandals who destroyed traffic control and road signs in HancockCove earlier this month may soon be on their way to jaU thanks to Duchesne County resolution 98-2- 3 which allows the county to offer a reward. Any person with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Contractors! to certify is coming close TriCounty Health Departments Environmental Office would like to remind contractors that time is runout to be certified. fou must be certified by the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality by July 1. Utah Adminisstates that trative Code certification is required to design, inspect and maintain underground words hurled about, and those words were going tobe spoken emphatically, passionately, with real meaning. The way swear words should be said, if youre going to swear at all. Ever heard the expression, "He swears like a sailor?" Ditto. The room clears, we all slink away quietly dosing the door behind us then run like (heck)! On the other hand, s a job sort ofsneaks up on you. It starts with his apprehensive, "OK, (UBualfy accompanied byaheavysigh). I know he doesnt really want to do what Ive asked, but hes doing it because he wants me to be happy. When frustrations arise the words arent really bad and they an generally few and for between, something I can live with. Maybe not in the same room, but generally in the t with the radio turned up a little. Driving in the city is always a high cuss job. Climbina under the dash board in a compact car is a high --cuss job. Stringing barbed wire on a 100 degree day is a high-cus- s job. Anything that gets the adrenaline or temperature rising is going to cause verbal combustion, be warned! We've been married long enough now that neither of us want to cause the other any type oftorture, so I drive in the titjftake the car to the garage for dash board problems and never, ever suggest expanding our livestock herd. It just boils down to marital management. And he never expects me to watch football, rub his fleet, or spend money on guns. After all, he wouldnt want his wife to throw things. We all have our bad habits. For more information on certification or testing dates and times, contact Mike Hansen at The State Department of Environmental Quality, Ifyou have questions or would like more information, please contact Cindy Austreng at TriCounty Health Department, (435) (435) (435) Duchesne, or toll free at You can also contact us web site: our through ritricountyhealth.com. 738-220- 2, culprit or culprits is entitled to the $750 reward. The damage apparently occurred after 5 a. m. on Sunday, May 5. Most of the damage occurred between the Roosevelt city limits on the west and Osier Comer. The removal and destruction ofthe traffic control signs posed a significant hazard to drivers because of lack of adequate warnings. The vandals also moved hefty signs into the road creating dangerous obstacles for drivers. The culprits took the green street signs and knocked down the danger- ous intersection sign at Osier Corned, and all of the mail boxes between Hollingers and Killians were moved or destroyed. j When caught the culprits can be charged with misdemeanor counts at criminal mischief for the destruction of the traffic signs and could have t appear in federal court on destruction of property charges for damaging the mailboxes. j -- V Closed fire season expanded to cover all of Utah The Utah State Forester has ex- estry, Fire and State Lands. Stat panded a dosed fire season to encompass all of Utah, effective May 6 and deshave noted a worsening fire situ- aturn throughout the state,explained extendingthroughOct.Sl.Aprevkma dosed fire season order issued last Acting State Forester Karl Kappe. A month covered Beaver, Garfield, Washdosed fire season ia usually declared on June 1 but conditions dictate we ington, Iron and Kane counties. A closed fire season requires that take this action at this time." . For more information contact Dave any open burningbedone only by first securing a permit. Permits are avail- Dabymple, fire management coordiable from county fire wardens, county nator for the Utah Division of Forfire chiefr, county sheriffs offices and estry, Fire and State Lands at (801) through offices of the Division of For-538-550- Be sure to buckle up j and slow down, copsj will be out in force I Uintah Basin law enforcement oft fleers will bepulling extra duty later this month. From May 20 - 27, which includes the Memorial! weekend! area roadways will be heavily patrolled by officers ducking for seatbelt use speed, and other violations. j gTfP De4 Roosevelt Police partment will provide funding for ofr fleers to work overtime in order tq : promote safe driving. "We will be issuings kit ofcitations and very few warnings, said Roosevell Police Sgt. J.C. Hansen. "We waht everyone to be safe, cars can be fixed, but lives cant" j ,w,re 1. 0 POOR |