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Show Vernal (Q - Violent crime waning in Vernal City A preliminary 1983 crime report for Vernal City shows a significant decrease in violent crime, but also an increase in burglary and theft, which pushes the total crime rate in the city up slightly. Although the final Vernal City crime report will not be released until later, Chief Robert T. Downard said that preliminary figures show a decrease in violent crimes such as rape, robbery and assault in 1983. However, burglaries and thefts increased, in-creased, eight and 37 percent respectively, respec-tively, over 1982. These increases boosted the total crime r:at in Vernal to about 10 percent per-cent o : V '.032 mark. Violent crime in 1983 wa j-dcwr. about 25 percent and robbery decreased by about 70 percent. The final Vernal City Crime Report, prepared by the police department, will be presented to the Vernal City Council next week. At the regular city council meeting last week there was some discussion of the police budget in light of a possible possi-ble declining crime rate in some areas. The Vernal City Council began the formation of a new city budget during a special city council meeting Wednesday. Hearing van to be in Vernal The hearing testing van from the Utah School for the Deaf will be in Vernal Ver-nal Friday, April 27. The testing van, made possible through donations made bv the Elks J, MILL b 1 U 1 111 ixxigtsoi uian, travels uiruugnuui me state to provide hearing evaluation services. The van will be at the Uintah School District Office from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Parents who may have concerns about their child's hearing are encouraged en-couraged to have them evaluated. For further information contact Susan Williams, parent advisor for the Utah School for the Deaf at 789-5812. Vernal mam errters not guilty plea to aggravated kidnapping charge Michael Robert Phillips, 25, of Vernal, Ver-nal, plead not guilty to two first degree felony charges, when he was arraigned arraign-ed before 7th District Court Judge Richard C. Davidson at law and Motion Mo-tion Day, Tuesday. Phillips has been charged with aggravated ag-gravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery in connection with an incident that occurred at the Maeser 7-11 Store. The charges allege that Phillips abducted ab-ducted a Vernal woman from the premises and later released her. He is also accused of robbing the store. Attorney for the defendant, John Anderson, asked Judge Davidson for 30 days to review the motion in the case. Anderson estimated that it would take one day of court time for each of the charges against Phillips. An exact trial date has not been set, but will probably pro-bably be scheduled near the end of June. Judge Davidson passed sentencing in two cases that were previously before the court and passed judgment on two cases for probation violations. SFC board to review Geokinetics shale project In closed session Thursday, April 26, the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation will review the proposed letter of intent in-tent for the Seep Ridge project in southwestern Uintah County. The Seep Ridge project is expected to produce 1,000 barrels per day of shale oil utilizing the "LOFRECO" in-situ in-situ extraction technique developed by Geokinetics, Inc. On Dec. 1, 1983, the SFC board of directors authorized the chairman to enter into a letter of intent with the sponsors of the Seep Ridge project. The letter of intent, which has not yet been signed, contemplates up to $43 million in financial assistance, consisting con-sisting of a loan guarantee of $21.3 f ' V Sv. S. '-I" I 1 J r - S . , , . J I?' I ', . ,J - " v..8 , r I ':' ' h , f , A I 7 - - Y- J.i , , ' ,'--,- - ' .? .' Ji-","-"S s. -'.w. i ' 'YOU CAN GET rid of this,' says Joyce Williams, dressed as Clean-Up Dinah as she pulls on the flabby belly of her costume. Dinah reminds Tommy Gurule, who plead guilty before Judge Davidson March 13 to a second degree felony charge of distribution of a controlled substance was present in court Tuesday for sentencing. Judge Davidson was supplied with a presentencing report from Adult Probation and Parole (APP) prior to imposing sentencing. He suspended the prison term for Gurule and placed plac-ed him on two years probation with restrictions. Restrictions of the probation include that Gurule make restitution if the amount is under $100 and that Gurule continues to work on a rehabilitation program with Social Services. Davidson David-son also ruled that Gurule be incarcerated in-carcerated in the Uintah County Jail for a period of one year with a review in three months. Gurule is to begin his sentence Wednesday. Michael Rhoades who previously plead guilty to a third degree felony charge of issuing bad checks was also present in court for sentencing. Judge million and an initial price guarantee of $23.7 million. The amount of the price guarantee would increase up to a maximum of $45 million as the loan is repaid. The terms of the price guarantee would run for ten years with the guaranteed price of $42.50 per barrel escalating with the Producer Price Index. In-dex. The Corporation would share in the projects' cumulate after tax cash flow for 15 years from the start of shale oil production. Since the SFC's decision last December, the Seep Ridge project has been seeking additional financial backing to secure their position with the SFC. Chamber members to participate in Clean Up week April 28 to May 5. Davidson ruled that Rhoades' prison term be suspended and placed him on two years probation, with restrictions. Rhoades was ordered to pay a fine of $3,000 and to make restitution. Judge Davidson ordered that the fine and rstitution be made as quickly as possible. He also ordered Rhoades to come back before the court in July. Ricky D. Richmond came before Judge Davidson on probation violations. viola-tions. Davidson ordered that Richmond Rich-mond explain to the court reasons why he had violated his probation. White River Shale to address annual The 35th annual meeting and banquet ban-quet of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce will be held Friday, April 27 at the Sheraton Inn starting at 7 p.m. Keynote speaker will be Robert N. Pratt, president White River Shale Corp. The subject of Mr. Pratt's talk will be, "Is Anybody there? Does Anybody Care?" Mr. Pratt is a native of McGill, Nev. He joined White River Shale Oil Corporation Cor-poration in August 1981. Prior to joining join-ing White River he had spent 32 years with Kennecott Copper Corporation. From the time he started with Kennecott Ken-necott in 1949 as a laborer at its Nevada Mines Division, he filled assignments as division industrial engineer at the Utah Copper Division and as assistant to the president in New York City. Mr. Pratt was appointed president, Kennecott Sales Corporation, in 1972. In May 1975 he was transferred to Utah and was named operations WEDNESDAY, April 25, 1984 Vernal, Utah 84078 92nd Year No. 33 32 Pages Single Copy 25 Violations were not paying his fine or making restitution and failure to meet with APP officials on a monthly basis. Richmond told the court that he had been unable to pay his fine and make the necessary restitution because he was unemployed until recently. Judge Davidson ruled that Richmond Rich-mond meet with his probation officer and review the terms of his probation. He also ruled that Richmond commit in writing the amount of money he Continued on page 2 manager, Utah Copper Division, and in 1976 he was appointed general manager. He was named senior vice president, Kennecott Minerals Company Com-pany on July 1, 1979. Pratt graduated from the University Universi-ty of Utah, received a Masters Degree as a Sloan Fellow in management from the Massachusetts Institute of technology, and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Westminster College. Mr. Pratt is a senior member of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers ; a member of the American Institute of Mining; Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers; Mining and Metallurgical Society of America; and, is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Utah Mining Association. He serves on the Board of Trustees at Westminster College and on the National Na-tional Advisory Councils of Utah State University and the College of Business and Graduate School of Management of Brigham Young University. He is a I INSIDE I City's one-man garbage operation UHS language students compete . 'Safety through song' Kindergarten screening g Classified Employees Week Petroleum Downs race meet .... Editorial 2,3 Classified Ads. Obituaries 6 Expressions Public Notices 8,9 Sports Clean Up Week Fir dDSf Vernal City and Uintah County will open the landfill to free use, and extra garbage crews will be out Saturday to assist people in observing Clean Up Week. During Clean Up Week, April 28 to May 5, the residential and commercial fees for dumping at the Vernal City-Uintah City-Uintah County landfill will be waived, waiv-ed, said Kay Overson, Vernal City Public Works director. Landfill hours will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. starting April 28. Also, Vernal City will have four trucks on the south side of Main Street to pick up large articles that need to be thrown away. The following Saturday, Satur-day, May 5, the four trucks will be on the north side of Main Street. They will haul away most anything except car bodies, Overson said. Residents are urged to leave the garbage gar-bage to be hauled away on the two Saturdays at the curb before 8 a.m. Car bodies can be hauled away free of charge by local junk yards. "We will begin hauling away the garbage at 8 a.m., but since we don't know the area we will start at, people should have their garbage ready by 8 a.m.," Overson said. Naples City is also getting into Clean Up Week by providing a truck for bundled or bagged trash Saturday, May 5, at the Naples Elementary. Concentrated efforts are being urg- Uintah County Officials to attend Hawaii conference Uintah County Commissioners and several other elected county officials will be attending the Western Interstate In-terstate Region Conference in Kona, Hawaii April 30 to May 4. The purpose of the week-long conference con-ference is to discuss issues regarding natural resource policy and management manage-ment as well as the federal versus the local government role in these areas. Workshops, tours and panel discussions discus-sions are planned to give county officials of-ficials the opportunity to discuss ways to confront changes in federal water policy, federal intervention in local land management and the preserving and expanding of existing resources. Most of the items addressed at the conference will deal with specific issues concerning states in the western region, but there is also several national na-tional issues on the agenda. Two of the major issues to be discussed at the conference that are of local concern deal with the changes in federal water policies and relation Corp. president chamber meeting director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Salt Lake City Branch and Utah Home Fire Insurance In-surance Company, and is an Honorary Colonel in the Utah National Guard. The annual election of five three-year three-year term directors will be conducted at the meeting. Those directors whose term is expiring are Gary Taylor, Laura Morrison, Gayle McKeachnie, Robert Foley and Gene Hall. Persons nominated to be elected at the present include Robert Foley, Bill Gurr, Elouise Turner, Harvey Madsen, Brad Gale and Dennis Mott. Other nominations may be made by presenting the names to the Chamber of Commerce office or nominations may be made from the floor at the time of the annual meeting. Special musical numbers will be presented by Jan King and Julie Hansen, accompanied by Laura Hacking. Tickets are being sold by chamber directors and committee chairpersons. .4 .5 6 .12 .13 .25 . . . 10-11 TV Guide 21-22 13-24 Four Adv. Inserts 8 25-32 ed to clean up 500 North from Vernal Avenue to the landfill, east and west Highway 40, north and south Vernal Avenue and Market Street Drive. Local Boy Scout Troops wil be employed Saturday to help clean up these areas. "We would like to urge people not to leave trash out so the Boy Scouts have to clean it up," said Joyce Williams, chairperson of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce Clean Up Committee. "Everyone is urged to get involved," she said. In addition to encouraging residents and businesses to clean up their properties, pro-perties, the committee members want the public to be aware of the ordinances or-dinances regarding noxious weeds, garbage and abandoned vehicles. Dumping trash either accidentally or intentionally is in violation of the county and city ordinances. Fines imposed im-posed on the offending parties can range from $25 to $299. Depending on the sentencing judge, offenders can also be required to spend one hour for each offense cleaning up trash in designated areas. There is also an ordinance requiring garbage being hauled to the landfill to be covered and securely tied down. Also Saturday, April 28, C&H Distributing will be paying cash for aluminum cans at a truck to be located at Day's Market. ships between native Americans and county officials. County commissioners said the main reason they are attending the conference is to protect the interests of Uintah County and to be brought up to date on major issues concerning county government. "Policies set at the conference generally set a precedence for the entire western states to follow," the commissioners said. Commissioners are also interested in policies concerning Indian affairs and boundaries. In addition to officials from Uintah County, officials from Daggett and Duchesne counties will also be present at the meeting. Some of the states that will be represented at the conference include Colorado, Texas, California, Arizona, Alaska and Montana. Last year's Western Interstate Region Conference was in Phoenix, Ariz., and was also attended by county coun-ty officials. County officials will leave from the Vernal area on Sunday and return on the following Saturday. Robert N. Pratt ? ; v; T ML 1 |