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Show Utah Prees As&cxjUUco 467 East 300 South Salt Lake City, Utah' WEDNESDAY, September, 28, 1983 Vernal, Utah 84078 91st Year No. 77 I INSIDE g Computer age at Uintah High 4 How to pick a police officer . 5 g Chevron employees 9 S Federal tax take in Basin 12 g Governor Matheson 13 Express tennis winners 25 Classified Ads. .. .10.11 Expressions 13-23 Sports 25-32 TV Guide 21-22 Seven Adv. Inserts mm i verna !Zv M I - U L Sinole Codv 25 I? SbteNofeeV 7 8 1 , 1 fVr'; T7V e 01f(?iv3 bl X T-wT " ; ' . v : w rf v ft h ' I f f 'r' 8 I ii J l I .-WA JT . THE NEXT question please. Matheson WELL, LET me see, what can we do to help.. WE WILL check it out and get back to you. I Dfl's'flliffiie for syira'fllfobflite (dleelpri3fleil, Development of synthetic fuel and as quickly as possible was the political Jargon flying Monday as Governor Scott Matheson sat down with the press and local officials to "let them have at me." The main purpose of the governor's trip to the Vernal area was to dedicate the White River Bridge which will be the area's link to synthetic fuel development in southeastern Uintah County. Naturally, that was the hub of the governor's talks to the community. Matheson avidly favored Synthetic Fuels Corporation support for shale development in Uintah County. "lam very anxious to see the Basin rebound from economic recession, and synthetic fuels development is the key," he said. He said he is in constant contact with the SFC, but not so frequent to become a nuisance. Matheson said that the SFC is "really "real-ly getting buffeted" politically. He wasn't concerned that the SFC wasn't being treated fairly, but that they must provide the guarantee incentive for energy independence. The SFC is a quasi-public group given $15 billion under the Carter administration to advance the production of synfuels. "We need to prepare for synthetic fuels as an alternative energy source and I am very anxious for the SFC to be the catalyst to see that legitimi. ; companies have the opportunity to do so." Presently the SFC is considering backing four synfuel projects in Utah, three of which are in Uintah County. Matheson felt certain the SFC would back two of those projects. He said he fears that if the SFC funds were cut by $10 billion, as proposed pro-posed by some Congressmen, that the Utah projects wouldn't be funded. The SFC will make its next cut Oct. 21 which should indicate if a Utah project pro-ject will be funded. In the governor's meeting with public officials from the Uintah Basin, the major problem was getting semaphores across streets: two in Naples, one in Ballard and one in Lapoint. Matheson said he would work with the Department of Transportation to see what could be done. Mayor Lawrence Kay wondered what was happening to the widening of Highway 40 through Naples. Matheson said the Naples highway widening would cost about $3 million which will be sought through the DOT. Naples lost $10 million in impact money, that could have gone to widen the highway, when the state Courrty Commissioners consider alleged! gambling in local bars legislature used the money to balance the budget. Matheson said he supported sup-ported the use of the Ua and Ub money for that purpose. . ... .- Impact Money "What has happened in the year that ended July 1, is I ended up having the problem of replacing 11 percent of state revenue," he said. The 11 percent represents $112 million from sources other than tax revenue to balance the budget. In no other year in Utah's history has the problem of balancing the budget been so tough. All surplus funds of 1982, $18 million, were used. In September, expenditures were reduced reduc-ed across the board 2 percent, another $18 million. About $30 million was taken from the Uniform School Fund to balance the budget. Afcain in March, the budget wasn't balanced so state agencies were reduced a half a percent. per-cent. The finale of the budset story is that $10 million in Ua and I'b money An infrequently convened County Commission Court was In session Monday Mon-day for a hearing concerning alleged alleg-ed illegal gambling at four local bars. The Uintah County Sheriff Office, the Vernal City Police Department, and Utah State Liquor and Narcotics li)w Knformnmt Agency confiscated gambling machine from four bars, and are charging five bars with illegal gambling two tteeks ago, One of Ihe bar, brrau H t in Vernal Ver-nal City, not Involved in the Man-day Man-day bearing, bncauw it is ouUide the jurtsdirttnn of be Uintah County Com-miMlwi Com-miMlwi The five bars Involved in-dude in-dude Kay's lounge, the Gateway tyounge. Hud's Tavern. The Chance Salnnn, and tarry 's Cntws in Jenwti, A machine as not ton-fucaied ton-fucaied from Larry's, although that gn art being prwpd. and tmnef Larry Murray admitted I bete had bm a mar bine at one time. The bearing was meant trt determine deter-mine if the berr limws of the four bars, excluding Hud s Tavetfl. should he revoked heraue of the gambling Violations The miel"S of the bars were ordered to bow can by their beef Itretw should M be revoked Nwne of the bnkV of bm fcrpfw actual!) ac-tual!) Vrt that ambbrg fwd nrrW-in nrrW-in tbeif eaNibttetts. A second cbafte. of tfttin (HpssI liquor. a fUmanli oVnioil bt all of ihehpfinnnMer Dutingataid. I. Nn fie Home ket machine t cnff from four of fhp hM. Iunr w tfm fmtl Kat S I ifp. lartt s Cnwo. and The taM tfcnn tono Cuot AtfomPT Mat NaMi ft pLnitr4 the CunT Cm!on w miie wV the auibntiit wn hr fbe tf te mrutae fca! d H-fcl H-fcl r?i wiih tbe rrT He ft tla"H be fnM.br! ed w rfTem thatt n criminal cwrl tbe tection or privileges as in court, such as appointed attorneys, and the burden of proof Is less than in court. He said it would be enough to show that the offense of-fense probably occurred. The commission commis-sion cannot levy fines or imprison anyone. Uintah County Sheriff Ardcn Stewart said the gambling In the area had been going on for several months. He said he received a tip four or five months ago that a person had lost a large sum of money In one of the machines, At that time he said there was word sent out the activity was strictly illegal and that It must cease immediately. The owners of the bars deny that they were ever warned to discontinue the use of the machines, The onm of the bars also said the machines were not specillcally meant for gambling purposes, they were meant for entertainment, and there were signs right on them that say "For Knlerlainmenl Only," Itowrvrf, the bar owners did not specifically deny the machines may have, in certain isolated Incidents, been used for gambling purpose's. Sheriff Me art espbinrd lo the enm-mi enm-mi Miners bow the machines worked, since they did not actually payoff as they might where gambling Is legal. What the machines do. according lo Sbmifl fapwart is accumulate points pipcitonkally in the corner of the rren The machine lakes away pwnfs depending on the bet. hkh can be from one lo eght quarters. If the plapt should in. the machine pays off lo depending on bow many quarters are bet Al any lime a player mat ask the bartendet te payoff, the bartend makes a notation in a nrtebook. clears Ibe machine by hig a button kepi behind the bar. and pays the ptarer from the tash fWt f of the bat owners retained ksl cwwfwl Port Romi turns Ibe Gateway Lounge, although he dtxs not manage the lounge. Boron is also an experienced police officer, and is currently cur-rently Chief of Police for the Ute Indian In-dian Tribe. Lee. Dever, a local attorney, at-torney, represented Borcn at the hearing. While Boren, nor Dever denied that gambling may have occurred at the Gateway lounge, Boren adamantly claimed he had nothing to do with it, nor did he have knowledge of lis occurrence. occur-rence. Boren told the County Commission Commis-sion he would not risk his career over such a trivial thing as one electronic gambling machine, State officer Mark Whllaker testified he entered thd Gateway along with officer Gary Bryant, played the machine, and was paid off by a bartender. Although there was no implication that Boren was involved. in-volved. Uintah County Attorney Mark Nash pointed out that Boren's involvement involve-ment was immaterial In this instance, since all that was in question was Die beer license. Boren was not being accused ac-cused of anything and no criminal charges wrre being made against any of the bar owners. Any criminal charges that may arise form the gambling incident would come through law enforrrmrnt agencies and the conventional court system All that was in question at the Monday bearing, according lo Nah. was whether it was reasonable to believe that the gambling did in lad occur. He said thai would be grounds for the County Commission to revoke the bm licenses. Lee Dever defended all of the beef license holders by saying gambling gnes on in all walks of life, on babaH ponls and many other activities. Gambling has been aHoe1 in tj many ways for too onj. and this !a-lion !a-lion te hM one of many. lTt said the? people are by and large not violating the law. There have hern no continuing problems with any of the from White River Shale federal leased leas-ed money went to balance the budget. Some local officials contend that the money should have been spent in Uintah Uin-tah County where the money was generated. Matheson was quick to point out that $40 million of the $30 million in Ua and Ub money did go to the Community Impact Board from which Uintah County has received more grants and loans than any other county in the state. "We didn't turn to mineral lease funds until we had exhausted every fund we could have looked to," he said. "I am familiar with the statue ( that says the funds be used for impact of the project ) , but it also allows the legislature to prioritize impacts, but they are not required to do so in emergencies." During the past two years nearly 50 percent of all loan and grants from the Community Impact Board have gone Continued on pogt 2 establishments and this should be taken into account when any decision is made by the commission. Dever suggested perhaps the most appropriate action for the Commission to take would be a short suspension of the beer liceasc, perhaps 10 days, and then place the establishments on probation pro-bation for a longer period of time, He suggested 45 days, during which time the establishments would need lo remain re-main clear of any wrong doing or the license could be revoked for a longrr period of time, Dever said this would make the point that commission w ante no further violations of the law without crippling the businesses. The liquor charges were denied by all of the bar owner on similar grounds, that they did not know where the liquor came from, and that the only on-ly reason it was behind the counters was because someone had brought It in and lefl It there. Bather than allow a person to take the liquor and put il in their car, they were willing to let them leave it. Tw different owners said they did not want people lo gel pickpd up for having an open bottle of liquor in their car. Nah explained to them that il is not illegal to have an open bottle of liquor in an automibile. as long as it is in the trunk A couple of the bar owners said they would have eventually thrown the liquor li-quor away, but just bad not done il yet perhaps because the people would return who had left it All VniH that they had served alcohol over the counter as w as being alkced by Ibe law enforcement officials The Iwo slate officers said Ibey only witness ed the bartendet pmfring a drink in !be Last (nance Sakwm. and they saw no money being paed in that instance Nash said the pasing of money j irrelevant, ir-relevant, since the la statps lpr cannot be served in that mn?t hrihpf fi i paid ft or not V'bt j fvvMittvfl SVtfVS4Bj Candidates for local elections determined The deadline for filing for candidacy for this year's municipal elect ion came and went Tuesday w iih only one person other than currently elected Vernal officials filing for thrre city council seats which espire this year, Karl Migtiori and Greg Hawkins, both current council members, waited until the final day before Ihry bird for the seat thry now hold Jack Nil had previously f ilrd in an attempt to rrtain his office, Brent Boren filed his can didacy late Tuesday afternoon. All circled positions for Naples City Ci-ty arc open this year, since state statute requires officials in new cities to run for election on the first grnrral elrrtinn day, The portion of Mayor and three of the council seats will be lour year Bond election fails Naples bid to resurface roads refused Naples City will not be building a nrw Naplo City Building, nor will thry be repaving I to 1$ mile rd toad within the city. A bond r lection to svure a II million Km from the Community Com-munity Impact Board failed Tjr4ay by a vote of 245 against and ?t lot The loan w as offered to Naples City at 4't percent intrtest and a to be paid back ev?f 12 years Nnl" City officials were all adamantly in f avnf of the bond, which they sad w as the only way they wyH he able to do anything sohs'antial low ard r?pting the rrtad in the ti'y. . the prhim of rppa t'rg f'K r cetdifg l Naples City Mar Lawrence Kay, Is thai maintpanre ctrs cannr l(ep wp jih rw pto-hiptn pto-hiptn hkh are c,t'HHy at';r-g iilj (He ptTv( rw1 11 a':d lv nuM vA la go on a tt" r? pa-r ta'nps'gn in or lo bring ! r ' tapaMo r4 fna4a"g ?ti ta! was what the bond rWlion was all alut But it was not lo be Thrtt ha brn a gnmip of rridrnts ho have Nn adaman'ly against the bond rkction. as well a againcl the Hicipttre r.l Nsplr Oiy at all lal wrrk an agtwTnm! tk(x o( briBrn tfi'Vnu and Nap5r Ci'y officials of-ficials lo allow a erKi of the city to dicnntmrf Citi7f n(i So wfe ag:at the bond rlr1nj tad IVy d'd not nrfeaf ilf bplwve Varl City oC?c iah who ad hc re w miH he no rl lo inptenwl a prf1y las in otdf ts pay back the Vwn The t it y Cwncil Sa4 KtT w rJd b ab" lo pay of h ms through fkn aady SdgtH Huitdiog fvrd aod fd mainieAanr ftd Tb harT m ?Kf eff thp tnyWj n( ptxfc had b hmr1ml. thry M nll"Wirfi That thy v-t in the H irit tt.(M a Vat O-ff O-ff r i"H oapprxn-al |