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Show 7 East JOO South Salt Uke City, Utah Deadlines: FRIDAY, January 20, 1984 News: Thursday 10:00 A.M. Vernal, Utah 84078 Advertising: Thursday 2:00 P.M. 92st Year No. 6 Phone 789-351 1 12 Pages 25 Single copy Rep. Nielson einfi)plrDoD mi d(arfin) Howard Nielson, U. S. Third District Congessman for Utah, said more emphasis em-phasis should be put on classrooms rather than buildings while in Vernal for a series of town meetings. Meetings were scheduled in Fort Duchesne, Lapoint, and Davis Elementary. The meetings were conducted con-ducted during the evening hours and Nielson and his two employees, William Arseneau and Ronald Crittenden, Crit-tenden, spent the days attending local activities and visiting businesses throughout the area. Because education is a major concern con-cern not only nationwide but also locally, Nielson addressed some of the education concerns to Utahns. Many of the classrooms in Utah are overcrowded, not only because of a shortage of teachers, but also because of misuse of space in school buildings. Many of the buildings in school districts were not designed to accommodate accom-modate the large population growth Utah has experienced, Rep. Nielson said. "The funding and control of education educa-tion should be on a local level; federal guidelines should simply be that, a guide and a helper," Nielson. said. Money given to schools should be based bas-ed on performance. As results are shown, the schools would be egible to receive additional funding. At this time Nielson doesn't think the taxpayers could handle the tax burden that Governor Scott Matheson is proposing pro-posing to improve the educational system. Less money and better organization would help improve the system in Utah, he said. - Nielson advocates the raising of funding fun-ding for educational improvements I ' -'"' 4 ' t n -. .. ." y v tV 't . . t .Jv ,s , i, t - I' , " ; . . - " -t . V '-' ' ' l 1 , '. f r t, I , - ji-' , - v 'V " . I ' ; 'VX ? 4 ' fc - I "t - v ' --v f' ' i; . - -. . Cvr.' vi'-O" i S r :t-n . i - ; , t , - .t- - j, , . ' . ? ' " it K ' i - . BIGHORN SHEEP dashes to freedom on Bear Mountain. Sixteen other sheep were transplanted form Wyoming this week as the INSIDE lCamelot, costumes Planning through income and sales taxes. He doesn't think a severance tax would be the answer because the cost is ultimately passed on to the consumer. The "A Nation at Risk" report is good at pointing out the problems in the educational system, but doesn't offer of-fer any specific solutions to the problems. pro-blems. "The report takes on an elitist tone, because it assumes all high school graduates plan to attend college and completely ignored the vocational education system," Nielson said. Another area of concern that Nielson addressed dealt with the U. S. Synthetic Syn-thetic Fuels Corporation (SFC). Currently Cur-rently there is a proposed bill before Congress to change the operations of the SFC to a Research and Development Develop-ment Agency and to reduce funding $2 to $3 million. Although many rumors have circulated that 1984 will be the last year of the SFC, its president, Edward Ed-ward Noble, said that they will remain in operation. While Nielson agrees that the SFC is a worthwhile corporation, he doesn't think that Congress will give them additional ad-ditional money to fund projects. He would like to see the SFC continue to operate under their $16 million allotments. "The SFC has not really been unfair to Utah, only slow. I would have thought the SFC would award Utah at least one major project before awarding awar-ding Colorado two," he said. Although funding might not be awarded in April, when the SFC allocates the rest of the funds, letters of intent will be sent to one of the major ma-jor oil shale projects in Utah, Nielson said. Nielson doesn't believe that the SFC will fund both of the major pro I i beings early. jects in the area; he feels that one of them will receive a letter of intent and later funding. Another area of concern to Utahns, particularly in the Uintah basin, is the passage of the Wilderness Proposal. The latest version of the proposal was presented before Congess convened in November and is acceptable to the governor and the delegation. About 33,000 acres in the High Uin-tas Uin-tas were added in the latest version of the proposal was land that was previously requested by the Forest Service. The land that was added is not land that contains the heavy mineral areas. Much of the language in the proposal pro-posal was also stricken when it was submitted to Congress. The proposal still has a lengthy process pro-cess to go through before it can become law. When Congress reconvenes the first matters that will be discussed will be budgetary items. School fund raising activity okay buf only up flo a limit, board says After several meetings of deliberating over the topic and recomendations from district staff and the School-Community Council, the Uintah School Board has agreed, first reading only, to a district-wide fund raising policy. The fund raising proposal will become policy only after the second reading is approved, possibly at the U.S. Forest Service and Wildlife the sheep herd once indigenous Beer license tabled Vernal City Council tables controversy beer license. See page 3. It will probably be some time in February or March before the Wilderness Proposal comes up for discussion. The first step will be to send the proposal pro-posal through the Public Lands Subcommittee Sub-committee and then public hearings on the issue will be held in Washington. From the hearings the proposal advances ad-vances to full committee for consideration con-sideration and then goes to the floor for a vote. Nielson left Vernal on Wednesday afternoon and will be returning to the area in February. While in the Vernal area, Nielson attended at-tended the split-sessions at Vernal Junior High (VJH). Nielson sat in on several classes and participated in assignments the classes were working on, including a test in history class. Although it has been a few years Continued on page 2 next school board meeting, but adoption adop-tion of the first reading is a major stride forward. Thursday evening the school board was torn between two policies: one elimates all fund raising activities in schools and the other allows fund raisers but implements more restrictions restric-tions than the present policy. The board approved a modified ver- Resources continue to build to the area. I I. : I .j t f. f mm CONGRESSMAN NIELSON participates in Rick Bowman's class history test at Vernal Junior High. sion ' of the policy allowing fund raisers, but added to the proposal that funds would not be allowed to accumulate ac-cumulate or invested to generate more revenue from one year to the next. The policy allows vending machines in all schools except use of the machine will be restricted during lunch hours at the elementary schools. The tentative policy places responsibility respon-sibility on the school board to provide the financial resources for every student stu-dent to be given a quality education. Time spent by employees and Officer awarded for saving infant Reserve officer Roger Griffin, Vernal Ver-nal City Police Department, was given an accommodation, by the Vernal City Ci-ty Council, Wednesday for saving the life of a new born infant while on duty Jan. 10. Officers Bob Vanderbusse and Griffin Grif-fin were called to the scene of a home delivery being performed by a midwife. mid-wife. When the two officers arrived, the baby was blue and still attached to the abilical cord, City Manager Kenneth Ken-neth Bassett said. Officer Vanderbusse attended to the mother, and Griffin administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to the in 17 bighorn sheep find Daggett home The last bighorn sheep, indigenous to Daggett County, was seen over 10 years ago they were driven out by domestic sheep. But no more. A plan that began eight years ago was initiated last year with 19 bighorn sheep being planted on Bear Mountain, Moun-tain, directly across Flaming Gorge Reservoir from the Red Canyon Overlook. The project is a cooperative effort by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the U. S. Forest Service and the Wyoming Fish and Game. Wednesday morning personnel from both the Utah divisions released 17 more bighorn sheep in the area. The sheep were captured on Whiskey Mountain near Dubois, Wyo. It is less stressful to capture and release the animals in the winter, so both transplants were in January. This year Forest Service and Wildlife Resources braved subzero weather, 45 degrees below zero in Dutch John, to transplant the animals. To gain access Truck Route Vernal has own truck routes. students in fund raising activities should be evaluated "very carefully " because it can occupy a major part of the school and can deprive teachers and administrators of providing classroom academic expriences to students relating to a good education, reads the proposed policy. Guidelines for fund raising activities allowed by the policy restrict elementary elemen-tary and middle school students from soliciting funds through selling of commercial com-mercial items. Continued on page 2 fant while the ambulance was in route. Griffin's efforts were somewhat hampered by cayenne pepper put on the baby's chest by the midwife. The cayenne pepper burned the officer's eyes, Bassett said. Griffin was able to clear the baby's mouth and restore breathing. "The officers' response was timely and without their expertise the infant wouldn't have survived," Bassett said. As a reserve officer Griffin servos the police department on a volunteer basis with no compensation. He intends in-tends to become a regular officer when he turns 20 years old. to the area for release of the animals, a cat operator spent six days clearing the snow off nine miles of road south of Antelope Flat. The sheep were injected with vitamins and dewormer, and radio tracking devices were attached around the necks of several of the animals before they were released. The 19 animals that were planted last year were reported to be doing well! The area is closed to all hunting and motorized vehicles, but if someone wants a glimpse of the animals, they have been spotted from Red Canyon Overlook. The project is in keeping with a 1H Congressional mandate requiring the area to be set aside for its seen if, wildlife and recreational potential. The sheep were captured in Wyoming Wyom-ing with nets that are triggered to fall on the animals when they eat food set out for them. 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