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Show 2 Vernal Express rndoy, August 22, i?86 mm Taxpayers' group jabs, councoD holds ground Members of the newly formed Uintah Uin-tah Taxpayer Association went after another county group, the Uintah County Community Council, and they were not pulling any punches. The Uintah Community Council was formed almost a year ago to provide pro-vide a sounding board for public input in-put into county issues before they are passed by the Uintah County Commission Com-mission or other governing agencies. Monday, county ' commissioners had scheduled time to listen to a report from council members, but what they got were feisty jabs at the council from members of the taxpayers tax-payers group that far out numbered the council at the meeting. The council was spearheaded by Hyrum Toone who now acts as its chairman. "The majority of people do not want what Hyrum Toone wants," said Lloyd Eaton. "They want their money left in their pockets so that they can spend it." Eaton referred to his $14,000 tax bill on 11 pieces of property which had gone up in taxes this year. Merrell Mecham, a member of the Community Council Tax Committee, said that his concern is that there is not a determined effort to do anything about taxes and budgets. "They're too high, and there are no decreases. It is no good to cut evaluation, evalua-tion, if you don't cut the budgets." "The county is not exercising control con-trol of expenditures," charged Alvin Nash, Uintah Taxpayers' Association. Associa-tion. He cited instances of moneys being disbursed without permission from elected officials. Incident reports... Continued from page 1 Bruce Shields, D'Anza said he had taken several prescription pills and a prescription capsule prior to the accident. acci-dent. Citations are pending the results of a blood test taken on D'Anza. D'An-za. About $4,000 damage was done to the pickup which belongs to Naples City Fire Department. Due to the heavy structure of the crane, it received no damage. The crane was driven by Dean Alton Harwood, 55 of Naples. On August 15 at 7:15 p.m. Trooper Heber Smith arrived at the scene of an accident six miles west of Alta-mont Alta-mont near Mountain Home Junction. A Hatchco tanker had failed to negotiate a curve while loaded with cement. The pup (a trailer on the rear) tipped over and blocked the road. The driver was cited for failure to maintain control. On August 17 at 3 p.m. Blakely Fred Reynolds, 20 of Vernal, was driving a 1985 Chevrolet pickup 20 miles above Dry Fork Canyon on Red Cloud Loop. Reynolds told Sgt. Les Langford of UHP that he had swerved to miss a Vernal Express (USPS 6580-8000) Published tvery Wednesday and Friday for $1 8.00 per year in ihopping area and $28.00 per year out of ihopping area wilhin Hale and $30.00 per year out of state within USA by the Vernal Expr.ss Publishing Company, 54 North Vernal Avenue, Vernal, Utah 64078. 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V Commissioner Bryce Caldwell said that the commission is now approving approv-ing the bills by signing two signatures Cn all disbursements of revenue. "How are the members of the community com-munity council selected?" inquired Nash. Toone said the members of the council are chosen from those "willing "will-ing to serve." "The only way to get budget cuts is to work with people. Take it from a positive point and gradually work to meet needs of the people," Toone said. v Commissioner Bryce Caldwell said that he was "very pleased" with the work of the Community Council, and that he would listen more to them than to the Taxpayer's Association because the council has a "more helpful, positive attitude." "So, you are not receptive to our group because we bring up the county's problems?" Eaton questioned. question-ed. "Does Mr. Toone have to be a cushion between me and you?" questioned ques-tioned Tom Synder, Uintah Taxpayer Association. Other members of the Taxpayers Association questioned the purchase of room and board for Rep. Gayle McKeachnie and others to speak with the Community Impact Board in behalf of the Community Center concept. con-cept. Commissioner Caldwell said that those expenditures were re-imbursed to the county by the individuals who went to the meeting. "When you dig up the expenditure deer and rolled the truck. He and his passengers Ted Dexter, 16, and Justin Jenkings, 17, "of Vernal, received multiple lacerations. Langford said he was not notified about the accident until after the vehicle was towed into Maeser. On August 14, Trooper Bruce Provost Pro-vost investigated an accident that resulted in the arrest of Geoffery Serawop, 25 of Fort Duchesne for DUI. The accident occured 18 miles south of Ouray on Seep Ridge Road at 8:15 p.m. but was not reported until 11:15 p.m. Serawop lost control of the 1986 Chevrolet pickup he was driving and the vehicle rolled. It is believed to be a total loss. Serawop suffered bumps and bruises in the accident. PUBLIC FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR What is your opinion? The Express welcomes letters from its readers concerning any subiect pertinent to the Uintah Basin. There are no restrictions as to contents, it not libelous or vindictive vindic-tive and of reasonable length. Letters must be submitted exclusively to the Express and bear the writer's full name, signature, phone number and address. The name or names of those submitting letters must appear on all published letters. All letters are subject to condensation. New school payments Dear Editor: As I have contacted people in my district concerning educational matters mat-ters I am surprised at some of the comments I hear about the financing of the new high school. Some believe we will start paying off the bonds next year after the school is complete. Others think their grandchildren w ill be paying for the school. Many believe our taxes w ill be raised w hen we begin paying for the bonds. " The following is a debt service schedule: Uintah School District Pond Payment Schedule $17,000,000 Hond Issue Payment Total Itond Year Principal Interest Principal & Interest V.M ll'.w.ooo 1.l.2.Wi0 I1.W12.0O0 Paid 1.lll5 $."B..000 $1,324,000 SI.9o9.0H0 Paid 'M S.VW.OOO $2,017.0(10 S2.S37.OoO Paid ITO7 $UB0.W $I.077.W)0 S2.257.txfO '.M $1,250,000 $1,007,000 $2,257,000 1989 $1,335,000 $9215.000 $2.261. 0o0 v.m $i.42.i.ooo inn.m s2.2r.ji.oo0 'M $1,540,000 $726,000 S2.2M5.0O0 m $i.rrti.noo s.vtf.ow 12.25a.ooo :m i.msm im.m $2.21.000 1994 $I.Bf3.0otj $.501,000 ll.KA.im 199-1 $2,150,000 $131,000 S2.281.00 Total SlS.V.S.tmo $10.5W1.009 $X.1.0 Total savings from the two Ixmd refunding is $1.05.1.11 plus shortened the length of the original isue from thirteen year to twelve years Assessed valuation of I'intah County fur I'M under the old valuation program pro-gram $ VA.2nim mill levy to pay eurenl years principal and intrrrsl 6 22 mills. The M hcdule shows that the first tbte payments have already been made. We are now in the fourth year of the bond rrpayments. The needed funds are already intludrd in your iaxr The total levy hrvled to pay prm cipal and interest as 6 22 mills on the I: arrd valuation of Cintati County. If eluding the bonds Uit e trailed in 8 savings of tl ."?. plus shortening the repayment period by one year. Siwerelv TlloMAS F. ItoWfcXLS Cinfah County Khil IWard side of the books, you also need to dig up the receipt side to get a true picture." pic-ture." Caldwell adjourned the meeting with little input from the Community Council, but numerous baited comments com-ments from the Taxpayers Association Associa-tion and their charges still echoing in the hallway. Baby bom on sidewalk Dr. Larry Wilcken, emergency room doctor at Ashley Valley Medical Center, Friday showed curb-side curb-side skills that are not the normal conditions for delivering a 7-pound, 12-ounce baby boy. Dr. Wilcken was pulling the night shift at the emergency room when a 3 a.m. call from the emergency room door sent him into action. Collen and Mitch Clark arrived at the hospital unannounced Mrs. Clark had just gone into labor 25 minutes earlier. From 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. the emergency emergen-cy door is locked because a Registered Nurse is not stationed during those hours at the emergency desk. Nurses can be summoned from other parts of the hospital by ringing the buzzer at the emergency room door. A nurse arrived at the door when the Clarks rang the buzzer, and she went for the doctor. Mrs. Clark said that while outside the hospital her legs began to feel rubbery, and she laid down on the sidewalk. Two police officers who noticed the anxious husband outside the hospital stopped and provided pillows and blankets. When Dr. Wilcken arrived at the emergency room door there was no time to spare. The doctor dashed to the sidewalk and moments later, the Clarks became the parents of a baby boy, their seventh child. The new baby joins five sisters and a brother, ranging in ages from 2 to 11 years, at the Clark home. The Clarks are excited about their new son, they wanted a boy, and they have named him, Philip Mitchell, after his father. Mrs. Clark said that the hospital staff and police treated her very professionally, pro-fessionally, but there was just no way the baby was going to be born in the hospital. Mr. Clark, who once claimed that life was a little dull, now has no complaints, com-plaints, Mrs. Clark said. I? THINGS SAD IN k OIL. PATCH, ETHIOPIANS are making- Jokes A30UTUS Our Town Awed by Primary By Steven Wallis Express News Edito It was quite a Primary election. In fact there were more people crowded into and outside the Uintah County Clerk's office Tuesday night for the elections than any other election elec-tion of recent memory. "We were in bed and my wife kept asking 'Who is ahead now? Who is ahead now?' Finally we got dressed and had to come down," said one of those at the crowded clerk's office. After all the votes were counted, both Republican and Democrat chairmen said they would rather not comment about the results. They were awed. They had been observing the new punch card reader that can read the ballot at a rate of 5,000 per minute. It was the first time the punch card counting system was used and the count was a little slow. But those at the clerk's office were more interested in-terested in the election results . 4 . The only two incumbents to survive the primary were Dorothy Luck, Uintah Uin-tah County Clerk and Amy Pope, Uintah Uin-tah County Auditor. Mrs. Luck will face Democratic candidate Janet Hatch in the November election. Voter turnout during the election was the best ever for a primary: 48 percent. Upsets during the election included an overwhelming victory by Alarik Myrin of Altamont over incumbent Glade M. Sowards of Park City for the Utah Senate. Sowards is original- Silent majority Dear Editor: Hooray! The silent majority finally spoke out. They weren't for anything; they were against everything. They were tired of commissioners spending thousands of taxpayer dollars to pave a road at the upper end of 1000 South for two or three families. They answer to all taxpayers, not one dominating individual. The people were tired of people in government drawing large salaries when so many are unemployed. They are most of all tired of a weak school board who pays principals enormous enor-mous salaries for sitting on their duffs while the hard-working teacher can barely make ends meet. lite people ore tired of principals who won't let us parents select a leather for our particular child but lets the Superintendent of Uintah School District select teachers for his grandchildren! We are tired of our children being herded into classrooms like cattle into in-to a loading pen. We want decent class sies of 20 22 children like many other Mates, Wc want changes quickly and fairly. fair-ly. We want board members who are strong enough to make decisions and tt-ukp all abide by those decisions, A few select principals must abide by the decisions made by the majority majori-ty . They must not agree to the decision then pull aw ay from the group as in the case of adopting a new reading program pro-gram for our district. If these changes aren't made, our silent majority will speak again at lb next election. Thank You. l,tt)A AMKS AM) HKBUCCA SLU'CH P S. Most of all. we il disgusted at lite expense being poured Into that "hite tlephant" on the Maeser Highway. We dre.m of what that money could do to l.etp those losing homes and jobs here in the Hasin Attention alt nrly ties, led In al of fit. ia's. ptrar .please start listening In that ma jority of prpte hi have been Silent av too lmg ARE SO THE ly from the Vernal area, but his recent re-cent move from the area and the "it's time for a change" attitude of voters cut him off November's ballot. The next shock of the election was the defeat of county attorney Mark Nash by his uncle Alvin G, Nash. Most expected an easy win for the younger Nash, but Alvin took it by a 501 vote margin. Already there is rumor of a write-in candidate to challenge Alvin Nash in the General Election. There was a close Democratic race for Sheriff John Laursen is three up on Darrell Lance, but there are 14 absentee ballots yet to be counted. They will be opened next Monday. It's been 10 years since a Democrat has won a county election in Uintah County. Melvin Burke, 4-year commissioner, com-missioner, was the last one in 1977. In all of Burke's campaign pictures he always wore a hat. Perhaps that is the secret to a Democrat getting elected in Uintah County. The county needs more good Democrats in office 'like Mr. "Burke. - ' . " The county election has not always been over-run by Republicans. Yes, ' iwv - o iff i I ! V 'STtT I OWNER OF Campground Dinah, Donna Abegglen is presented the Dinaland Travel Board's Vernal Ambassador's Award by Dick Winters. The honor is bestowed on someone who goes the extra mile in promoting the community. Loans... Continued from pog 1 mayor, Uintah and Daggett commissioners, commis-sioners, and four members selected at large. The main difference between this type of community funding and others, Is thai it makes the revenue available directly to private citizens, "This grant will provide a much needed lift to the Uintah Basin economy," said Congressman Howard Nielson, who announced the award of the grant, "With the downturn In the synthetic syn-thetic fuel and oil industries, the Basin has been especially hard hit." The revolving loan board met for its first meeting this month, The bylaws and initial review of the applications ap-plications for loans will begin during the September meeting. Jerry Conley, t'BAG director, said the program has the endorsement of I'Hral bankers and in many cases, the loans will be supplementary to bank or other loans. The purpose of the program is to spur economic development and en Hi election in 1956 it was a Republican landslide, but in 1958 the Democrats made a come back. A democratic sheriff, state representative and four-year commissioner were elected. In 1962 the Republicans made some gains, but in 1964 the first Democratic governor in 16 years, Calvin Rampton, was elected. U.S. and State representatives represen-tatives were Democrats. In 1966 it was a clean sweep for Republicans except for the sheriff, Norman Fletcher. Flet-cher. In 1968 Republicans took every office. of-fice. Since that time until 1977, one or two Democrats have been in office, but not like in the late 50s. Perhaps the Democrats can make a comeback in this election or have more candidates on the primary election elec-tion ballot next year. That way Democrats would not have such a big decision to make come primary election elec-tion time whether to vote on the Democratic ticket or the Republican. .... Yes, it's Primaries like that one that ALMOST convince me to vote Democrat, especially if they are wearing a hat. courage expansion of existing businesses. As the loans are paid off other loans are to be Issued. 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