Show J t A q fi Uintah County 1 1977 Chronology January li 6 Ii 1977 Miss New Year of 1977 just squeaked und under r the wire arriving at 11 1150 0 pm p.m. January 1 L The 7 pound ounce daughter of Mr and Mrs David Plumb of Vernal has been named Christena Marie The lack of snow combined wilh with very low soil moisture makes the water outlook for January 1 the worst on record according to the report The oath of office was administered administered administered ad ad- ministered to two new County Commissioners Monday noon Neal H. H Domgaard will serve a year two-year term and Roland Merkley will serve a year four term Twelve burglary and theft cases have been cleared and five more are pending from a arash arash arash rash of complaints to the Vernal City Police Dept according to Jonathan Jones chief Properly Property recovered In the various thefts Is valued at al more than according to Chief Jones Utah's air quality reclassification plan is under al attack tack from the Environmental Protection Agency and the state slate of Colorado as public hearings are arc scheduled to begin this week A school landmark in Maeser will soon be removed to make room for a new modern structure to be known as the Uintah Learning Center The Theold Theold Theold old building once the Maeser Element Elementary ry School was converted converted converted con con- to the New Life Training Center Now a new home and a anew anew anew new building will be given to handicapped children in Uintah School hool District to take lake care of the special learning needs The new structure will have about square feet of floor space and will contain some of the most modern features now being heing used in construction staled Mr Willdon superintended tended on the job for Remco Construction Company Douglas Murphy a graduate of ol Colorado Stale Slate at al Fort Collins ollins Colorado has hus joined the stall al at Dr Ed Veterinary Clinic al ut N. N 85 E. E January ii 11 1177 As one of his first official acts Monday 1 Gov Scott M. M Matheson 1 appointed a native Vernal man as one of three new jUlI judges es to the Utah Ulan Supreme Court Among those named was Judge Gordon R. R Hall lIall 50 who is presently a Third District Court judge Judge Hall lIall is a native of Vernal and has resided in Tooele for 28 years By a 1 split decision Uintah County Commissioners voted to grant r. a a 7 percent cost of living a wage l' l and salary increase to all its lis employees inc including luding elected Logon Leger Construction Company ol of Vernal was the low bidder on the new now Uintah School District office building to be built buill on an d 21 d South between Gin and und lh West St on the west wesl side of the Vernal Jr Seminary building The bid was for lor the square foot fool structure to 10 be built buill in working days or less 1 Margaret a r gar e Hemmert m mer l manager of Vernal's radio stations AM and und FM Fl will willbe lo Ill installed Friday as the first female president of the Utah Broadcasters Association Roosevelt City Council undersigned undersigned undersigned un un- a letter leller to President President- elect Jimmy Carter January 4 and und sent copies to 33 agencies political entities individuals and news medias In the area concerning the Ule ute Indian Tribe receiving disproportionate amounts of federal grants and other considerations Chickenpox and scabies are reported to be prevalent in the area al at this time lime The Uintah Utes Ules blanked the American Fork Cavemen 57 to 0 last Thursday for their second Region Six win and the victory for wrestling coach Dennis al at Uintah High School Mr and Mrs Arthur L. L Kindt received an Invitation to lo the Inauguration of Jimmy Carter as President of the United Stales States of America Mrs Kindt is is chairman co-chairman for the th Democratic Parly of Uintah County A gallon propane lank tank was blown out of Its ils concrete enclosure at the Uintah County County- Vernal City Cily sanitary landfill operation some time lime Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- night President Jack A A. A Seitz will preside over and direct the sessions of Slake Stake Conference to lo lobe tobe tobe be held January 15 and 16 in the Vernal Utah Ulah Ashley Slake Stake Center January 29 20 1977 1177 Uintah High School was closed Thursday of last week and many residents in the west wesl westside westside side of Vernal City were without water waler for a 24 hr period due to lo a wave shock-wave of pressure on a 12 inch main water waler line The pressure caused nine major leaks in the system extending as far east as Vernal Ave The contract was signed last ast week by Vernal City Cily with wilh the Bureau of Reclamation for feet acre of municipal and industrial water waler from the Ty ack reservoir in a step agreement as the need arises Kiwanis Club of Vernal is celebrating 30 years of public service on Jan 14 having received their thel r charter charier on January 14 1947 Charter Charier members still active in the club are arc Claudius A A. A Banks Frank S. S Couture N N. N J. J Meagher Jr and und Don Dom B. B Showalter Mrs Isla King an un admitted Republican received an invitation in- in to lo the presidential inauguration for Cor Jimmy Carter Carler and Walter Waller Mondale in Washington DC D.C. Jan 20 Station celebrated its ils year veur of continuous business this week The station went on the air January 19 1 1947 under the hl call name The Tho Uintah Basin Area Areu Vocational Center has been awarded provisional accreditation accreditation ac ac- ion according to lo a letter leller received this week lCk by Marlin Johnson director Liles LiltS 1 the he Chief hid of Maintenance 1 al at Dinosaur National l' Monument I since olne 1803 ended over 37 17 years nars ol of I I employment on on l December ii 1 HI 1976 The rah Public Service Commission has approved the Ihl Moon 1 Lake Luke Electric Associations Association's rt request for a rate increase equaling about aboul 11 wills cents a month for an average residential customer 97 27 1977 A local man Richard Martin I 27 Ii has been arrested and Ild charged i with wilh aggravated arson in connection with the bombing of the thc Uintah Vernal County-Vernal City it sanitary landfill watch station and propane lank tunk early Saturday morning The structures valued al at approximately approximately ap up- proximately were destroyed Uintah County Con Com Commissioners missioners agreed Monday to lo participate in a cloud seeding program planned by the Utah Ulah Division of ol Water Waler Resources to lo help increase the amount of moisture falling on the south slopes of the Uinta Mountains The cloud seeding plan will start immediately using ground methods as well as aerial drops Into Inlo clouds We should see increased oil and gas drilling activities In the next few years in the Uintah Basin area said Robert Hobert Covington to lo the directors of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday noon The Ulah Utah Population Work Committee has estimated that the population of Uintah County grew to lo as of July 1 1976 This is an increase of Son Vernal Vernul City Cily Police Department Department Depart Depart- men ment has added a Canine Cunine Corps to lo its force to assist in building inspections at night and detection of burglary attempts During the year of 1976 Search and Rescue Hescue chalked up miles and 2238 man hours This time lime and expense of men fuel and vehicle wear and tear loar is not nol subsidized it il is done doneit It it the members member's expense purely as us a public service Craig Blunt last Friday became the first person to complete 50 miles of swimming al at the Vernal indoor pool February February 1177 t. t 1977 A Denver Colorado construction construction construction con con- company Brown Root Hoot Western Inc submitted a alow alow alow low bid of for the Dam and und Reservoir construction phase of the Jensen Unit of the Central Utah Ulah Pro Project j eel Eight persons were jailed and arrest warrants were issued on six others following a Sunday afternoon drug raid on seven separate Vernal residences The raid was the largest drug bust in Vernal's history Uintah Vernal County City Cily Volunteer Fire Department answered 87 fire alarms during 1976 1176 for a u total properly property loss of according to lo the annual annual an an- nual activity report Starting Tuesday February I 1 law luw enforcement agencies throughout the Uintah Basin will commence strict enforcement en en- of a uniform curfew ordinance The hours established for curfew curfew are are 1030 p pm p.m. m. m for lor youth under the age of Hi 16 years and 1230 am a.m. for youth 16 and und 17 years old The Natural Resources Appropriations Committee recommended Monday I nearly 1 million for increased work workload loud in state stale parks incI including including in in- cI to lo buy a collection of dinosaur models to toIK IK he located in the grounds next to lo the Iho Utah Fieldhouse Museum 1 in inVerna Vernal Verna I. I Vernal Junior High captured first place last Saturday at al the Vernal Junior High Tournament Tournament Tour Tour- with a total of 2951 points I III 1177 A I degree murder charge bras been again t a man in Hock Rock Springs Wyoming in connection with wilh the shooting death of a Vernal man Jerry M. M Chew hew 28 Chew was shot Saturday in downtown Rock RockSprings RockSprings RockSprings Springs by Arlie Ray Hay Duckett 33 11 A year five-year building plan for possible growth needs in Uintah School District was discussed by Superintendent Wayne Reid Heid ai at the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce directors director's meeting Tuesday noon Lawrence Y Sec manager of the Uintah Water Waler Conservancy District was honored February 1 t at a noon luncheon al at the Lamplighter Hotel by the Bureau of Reclamation Water Wader Conservancy Conservancy Con Conk District members and Vernal City representatives Save water waler you youcan youcan youcan can says the Utah Ulah Agricultural Development Council of the Utah State Slate Dept of ot Agriculture The water supply outlook as of Feb 1 I for eastern Utah Ulah is far below normal A Economic Econom ic Development Administration grant has been approved for the Ute Ulc Indians of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation at al Ft Duchesne it was announced Monday by US U.S. Senators Jake Garn and Orrin G G. Hatch Adjustments in grazing licenses for grazing on Bureau of Land Management administered administered administered ad ad- ministered National Na Resource Lands may have to be adjusted if drought conditions continue according to lo Lloyd Ferguson Vernal District Manager Bids will be opened February 15 IS al at the Bureau of Reclamations Reclamation's Duchesne Office for modification of the power plant intakes on Flaming Gorge Dam February 17 1177 Al At the Utah Ulah Press Association convention last weekend the Express received an award for third place in Best Besl Front Page contest Coach Dennis has announced his resignation after twelve years as wrestling coach al at Uintah High School The Public Service Commission Commission Com Com- mission has given Utah Ulah Gas Service Co final approval of an through pass rate rale increase increase increase in in- crease which went into effect Jan 1 I. A hoax houx bomb scare was received at al Uintah High School Tuesday just after afler noon Arlie Duckett 33 of Tucson Ariz riz pleaded innocent by reason of mental menial illness Monday londay to lo a charge of first degree murder in the Feb eb 4 shooting death deuth of truck driver Jerry Chew 28 28 of Vernal He Ill was ordered held without bond until he can cun be sent to lo the State Slate Hospital at al Evanston for a psychiatric examination Members of the Tri-State Tri Development Committee asked the Utah Ulah Transportation Commission in Friday to give the proposed Browns Brown's Park Road Hoad in Daggett County first priority status for whatever Federal Lands Highway funds' funds that state stale may muy receive in the future City sewer system to lo gel get TV camera inspection to lo detect infiltration as well as us worn-out worn pipes cracked pipe joints or connections etc elc At a Bicentennial Award luncheon held Friday February 11 II at ut the Lamplighter Lamplighter Lam Lum- plighter Inn an Appreciation Award Certificate of Meritorious orious Service was awarded to 10 the Iho Uintah Bicentennial Bicentennial Bicentennial tennial Board of Directors by Marguerite I Collon Colton hris Chris Godfrey Uintah High School senior has been heen named as 1977 General Mills 1 Family Loader Leader of Tomorrow A 30 On reward was presented this week to lo Chad Chud McClure I of Roosevelt by the Uintah and und Duchesne Cattlemen's Associations for his information leading to the arrest and conviction con con- of a. a cattle rustler Marjorie I Merrell I 13 13 daughter of Mr lr and Mrs I Dale Merrell I was injured Tuesday night when she dove love from the edge of the Community Swimming Pool A new chapter of Ducks Unlimited was initiated initialed inVernal inVernal in inVernal Vernal at al a recent Vernal Hod Rod and md Gun Club meeting h by John Bud I Phelps recently retired r Director of the Utah Ulah Division of Wildlife e Resources I 2 21 1177 Charred remains remain are all that hail thatis is left Idt of the nearly finished scenic overlook home of Woodey and Searle Scarle The Tho home hone was completely destroyed in an early morning fire Friday The Scout recognition banquet banquel is scheduled for Saturday March 12 7 pm p.m. in inthe inthe the Vernal Junior High School building The Tho Uintah Ute Ule gained first place honors al at the Region Six Tournament In Price last Friday and Saturday Mrs 1 Arthur Eunice Stone Slone of Vernal has been awarded a 4 gallon pin from the Uintah Chapter of the Red Hed Cross Helen Bennett Marlee Balka and DeeAnn were crowned queens al at the second annual Bela Beta Sigma Phi Sweetheart Ball last Saturday evening at the Elks Lodge Over relatives and friends feted Douglas and Eleanor Wilkins Chew al at their Golden Wedding celebration February II 11 The outstanding public service award given by the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce every three months was presented to L L. L V Y Sid Sid- Tuesday al at the Directors Director's Directors Director's tors tor's meeting President Carter has cut cul the million Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Ulah Project from his proposed 1978 budget it was learned Saturday March March The Sunrise Convalescent Center closed its ils doors Friday after afler transferring its ils 22 occupants occupants oc oc- oc to 10 other nursing and private homes The Uintah Utes Ules captured their ninth stale state wrestling championship in the past ten years cars last Friday and Saturday in Salt Sall Lake City Cily when they edged the Pleasant Grove Vikings to for first place in the A 3 State Slate Tourney which was held at al the University of Utah Linda and Cindy James won national recognition as finalists In the National Merit Scholarship Program An Air Force helicopter lifted lined three bodies from the wreckage of a light plane which crashed into a mountain about 35 miles north of Duchesne Saturday A court battle batlle may be looming to settle a boundary line dispute between Grand and Uintah counties According to lo the Utah Ulah Taxpayers Taxpayers Taxpayers Tax Tax- payers Association total maintenance and operating costs of Utah schools increased from lo to or percent In the ten years since 1966 Per capita operating costs in Uintah District were compared with wilh the state stale average of Teacher-pupil Teacher ratio ralio in Uintah District was compared to the state average of Uintah District average classroom teacher leacher salary was March larch 10 1177 Uintah County has received an agreement with the S Church and Vernal City to acquire the entire city block of property now occupied by Vernal First Fifth Fifth Ward Chapel and the Uintah County Hospital Californian |