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Show Wddnasdoy, October 15, 1986 School funds... (money's mo object DOCTOR JU5T ByJockWallis Hunter fever This is the weekend all the deer hunters head for the hills to enjoy the outdoors and try their skill at bagging a buck. The opening day of deer season is the crucial test for the real sportsman. Hunting is a competitive sport, especially as the number of hunters increase in-crease in relation to the number of animals. As the success ratio decreases and more hunters enter the hunt equipped with all kinds of fancy equipment, the regulations seem to increase in direct proportion. Hunters nowdays enter the field with campers, off road and all terrain vehicles, powerful rifles with telescopic sights and all types of camping cam-ping equipment. Managing and regulating big game hunting has become a complicated business. The 1986-87 Utah Big Game Proclamation contains 16 pages of explanations, ex-planations, definitions and regulations telling hunters what is legal and what is illegal. At first it would appear that it would take a law school graduate to figure out the entire proclamation. But the basic regulations are pretty simple sim-ple and needful. New regulations this year require hunters to transport their own game. The person whose tag is on the animal must be present when it is transported. The tag must be completed, com-pleted, cut out and securely attached. In three-point-or-better deer hunting units, the head and antlers must remain re-main attached to the carcass during transport. A new regulation concerning aircraft air-craft restricts their use to transport hunters, equipment or game 48 hours before the hunt begins and 48 hours after the hunt ends. The test of a real sportsman is his attitude toward these game regula tions, private property of landowners and the safety of other hunters. Most regulations have been made out of necessity to prevent the hunting abuses of a few hunters out of safety for all hunters in general and the management of big game numbers in relation to the available habitat. Big game management's biggest job is that of hunter management. Most hunters go out with the idea of bringing home an animal. When it is only possible for about one-third of the hunters to bag an animal, some have to come home empty handed. This reality can cause some hunters to compromise good sportsmanship standards. But after all, is bringing home the game worth losing ones reputation of being a good sportsman? Being a good sportsman, obeying all the regulations and having a safe hunt is more important than actually making mak-ing the kill and bringing home the meat. A good hunt is one that is remembered for the good experience of getting out in the woods and seeing nature with all its wonders and feeling the thrill of seeing wildlife in its natural setting. We are looking forward to a good, safe hunt. For those who choose to stay home, the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce Com-merce is promoting its Deer Widows Sale among the Vernal merchants. This is the time to shop for special bargains and fill out lucky forms for a chance to win valuable prizes being offered by the various merchants. Whether you are hunting for bucks with horns or dollar bucks savings, we hope you do it wisely and come home after a great experience of either hunting hun-ting or shopping. PUBLIC FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR What is your opinion? The Express welcomes letters from its readers concerning any subject pertinent to the Uintah Basin. There are no restrictions as to contents, if 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. Reader reaction Dear Editor: My hearty congratulations to young Scott Peterson for his quick thinking and bravery after the 4-wheeler accident acci-dent on Blue Mountain. Seeing his smiling face in the Oct. 1 Vernal Express Ex-press made my day. He's the kind of brother we should all have. I applaud the county for its action recognizing Scott's bravery. As for Ms. Sims of Ballard, Utah, I get the impression she would condemn the rescue of a child from a burning house because she disapproves of fires started by careless smokers. Many people are injured or die each year from swimming, hunting, and football, too. Should we make these activities criminal as well? Nothing in life is as safe as we'd like it to be. Accidents happen, and no one adults included is immune. Hindsight is 2020, but it's foresight we have to deal with. If Ms. Sims is a parent, I wish her luck in raising well-balanced children accident-free. Well done, Scott! I like a good hero. And don't judge all adults by their letters let-ters to the editor. DANIEL A. JENSEN Salt Lake City Continued from page 1 the public know of the "tremendous" risk local governments take with public funds by speculative trading is to head off efforts by the Utah School Boards Association to get the Money Management Council to lower the standards on the type of investments public funds can be invested for their own investment pool. The state auditor's office and the Money Management Council do not object to the formation of the school investment pools, but are concerned with its investment plans. Their concern centers on the possible possi-ble plans to invest the money in an out of state liquid asset fund that charges ' a commission 12 times greater than the State Treasurer's investment in-vestment pool and has yielded a lower rate of return for the past year. "It appears that some districts will do almost anything to avoid, what I think is one of the most sensible things to do with public funds," said Tom Allen, Utah State Auditor. "That is put it in the State Treasurer's investment pool like most of our cities, towns, and counties." coun-ties." Richard Tolley, Uintah School District Clerk, said the Uintah District has not joined the districts' investment pool, but will wait and see the returns from the pool. All the Uintah School District's operation and maintenance revenue is placed in the state pool. Only bond money bonded for capital improvement improve-ment was used in the investments questioned by the state. Allen also charges that the risks involved in-volved in speculative investments are not worth the possible interest returns. "They are speculating on whether interest rates are falling or rising and if they guess right, they can possible make significant gains, if they guess wrong, tremendous losses can result. The Alpine School District suffered a $872,000 loss a few years ago when the investment officer, no longer with the district, guessed wrong. The Money Management Act specifically states that public funds are to be "...not for speculation but for investment, considering the probable pro-bable safety of their capital...." "Most if not all of our large financial finan-cial institutions in the state feel that these 30-year bonds are too risky of an investment for them to participate in." Not all of the charges involved in the case are not being made public until the end of the State Attorney General's investigation of the case, but Allen did say that "It was just a case of following big brother" for the Uintah School District. The two districts speculate even on shorter term authorized securities as they are bought and sold frequently and very seldom held even the short term securities to maturity. Frequent buying and selling is not illegal, but it has the auditor questioning ques-tioning the two districts' investment practices. "My concern is, who really benefited from the risk these school districts took?" The Uintah School District received receiv-ed $400,000 or about one mill over what it would have in the state pool. k'k'k'k'k'k'kic Vernal Express (USPS 6580-8000) Publitktd tvery Wtdnetday and Friday for S 1 8 00 ptr ytar in topping ono ond $28 00 per year Owl of topping area within i'o'i ond $30.00 per yor out ol na'i within USA by (he Vtmol Eap'ttl Publithing Compony, 54 North Vernal Anu, Vtmol, Utah 84078, Stond don ponagi po'd ot Vtmol, Uioh 84078. POSTMASTER: Stndodd'tuehangst to VERNAL VER-NAL EXPRESS, P.O. Bo 1000, Vernal, Uioh 84078, Jock H Wafti PwbinW Sitvtn R, Wollii . 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The figures were included in the FBI's semi-annual Uniform Crime Keport which shows data based on an index of selected offenses used to measure changes in the level of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies across the country, "Overall Increases were recorded universally throughout the nation," commented Director Webster. "Upswings "Upsw-ings were evident in each of the nation's na-tion's geographic regions, as well as In cities in all sizes and counties, both suburban and rural." Crime index upturns among the geographic regions 're 13 percent in the southern slates, six percent in the western states, five percent in the northeastern nor-theastern states, and four percent in the midwestcrn stales Candidates... Continued from page 1 munication among the community and citizens. Laursen, 34, has nine years in law enforcement, six in Uintah County. He also has 19 years supervisory experience ex-perience in the U.S. Marine Corp and 1,600 hours of in-service training and is a Peace Officer Standards certified cer-tified instructor. He is a resident of Vernal. Christiansen, 40, has three years law enforcement experience with the Uintah County Sheriff's Department. He graduated from the Peace Officers Of-ficers Standard and Training Academy in the top five percent of his class. I le is a Jensen resident. White, 30, has been a member of the of the Uintah County Search and Rescue for six years, has expertise in computer analysis and ad minislralive and budget analysis. He is the store manager for Land and Marine Oil Company. He Is a former reserve officer for the Vernal City Police and was commander of the Uintah County Search and Hescuc last year. He Is a resident of Ballard. Lapoint residence fire now under investigation The residence of the John E, Fausset family in Lapninl was destroyed by fire Saturday. Oct. 1 1 in 8 wind driven Maze. Depu'y Wane Hollrlwke, in Vestigaiing officer for the Uintah Crunfy .Sheriffs Department, said the flonsevell Fire Department was called to the scene at 2 p m. A high ( FOR THE DEEP. HUNT' ) ' THE VOICE OF BUSINESS American industry is strong By Richard L. Lesher President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States When Mark Twain was in London, he heard of reports back in the United States that he had passed away. He sent a cable back to New York stating, "The report of my death is greatly exaggerated." To those who suggest the United States is a failing industrial power, I offer a like response. Industrial production pro-duction has grown more rapidly in this country during the 1980s than in any other nation. The reports of our industrial in-dustrial demise are premature, to say the least. It is true that total employment is declining in many of our industries, such as steel, apparel, metal working and auto manufacturing. In fact, employment in manufacturing is almost one million less than in 1980, a reduction of about 5 percent. At the same time, however, industrial in-dustrial output has risen an astounding 25 percent. The simple fact is that our industries are producing more with fewer employees. To be sure, the loss of a million manufacturing jobs is no small matter. mat-ter. It has meant disruption and hardship hard-ship in the lives of many good people. But the picture isn't all that bleak. Many of those jobs didn't actually disappear at all. They were simply transferred to the services sector as more manufacturing companies contract con-tract out various services functions that they used to perform inhouse. And although some jobs have disappeared, disap-peared, their loss was more than offset off-set by new opportunities. We have created more than 10 million new jobs at a time when job creation in other countries has been relatively stagnant. We live in an age of dramatic technological progress, when every aspect of the way we work and live is undergoing rapid change. Just as our ancestors endured the rigorous transformation from an agricultural society into an industrial one, so are we embarked upon another period of transition. No one can say with certainty what this next stage of our economic development will be like, but one thing is certain it will not witness erosion of our manufacturing base any more than industrialization did our agricultural sector. We are simply learning to apply our labor more efficiently effi-ciently and effectively in more productive produc-tive ways. Those who demand government subsidies sub-sidies and protectionism to prop up employment in manufacturing are barking up the wrong tree. The world abounds with nations that have taken that approach and their economic performance per-formance is dismal. The roots of our nation's prosperity lie within our free market economy and our ability to accept and respond to change. These qualities have always served us well, and never more so than in times like these. wind thwarted all efforts to control the fire and the home, valued at about IjO.wio and its entire contents were ltst. It is believed the fire started in the furnace area. An investigation Is taking tak-ing place to pinpoint the exact cause. None of the three rnenilxTS of the family were injured in the fire. If you're thinking about running an ad, call usl Our knowledge- p able staff will do the Job from dM start to finish . . . Including writing 789-3511 effective copy, producing urac- Right Now! tlve artwork and type. Ask about our budget-stretching co-op adsl Vernal ExpressAdvertiser |