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Show - -!t 0 Wee AugUSt L3y .uuu Single Copy 50C Vernal, Utah 84078 114th Year No. 32 ICECREAM Area's favorite treat See B1 www uornal ftm t WEATHER BY STRUT YOUR MUTT Every dog is a winner. ASPEN BROOK REALTY, INC. C7 See C5 823 824 9358 9259 More sun than Partly cloudy. Highs clouds. Highs in the in the low 90s and Lightning Lightning Saturday evening and early Sunday morning caused four fires and kept Vernal City-llintah County firefighters busy. Man charged for biting ear A Uintah County man has been charged with second-degree second-degree felony mayhem after investigators allege he bit off part of his son's ear during a domestic dispute. According to court records filed Tuesday, Kris Lamont Porritt, 55. and his 22-year-old son began arguing about finances at their home Aug. 6. The argument escalated into a physical confrontation when the younger man punched his father in the face, a Uintah County sheriff s deputy wrote in his probable cause statement. state-ment. In the ensuing scuffle, Porritt told deputies his son bit him in an attempt to free himself from a headlock, and Porritt responded by biting down on his son's right ear. The two separated, according to the Mi L-H- ..... - I sr it Chris Piner tells about what happened to grandpa's teeth while reading at County Fair while a young listener can't wait to see the next page. , II A Photo by Linda West display deputy's report, but the son began throwing garden tools at his father, striking him in the eye with a pair of metal hedge trimmers. The deputy on-scene noted that Porritt's left eye was bleeding bleed-ing and that the white portion of his eye was bloodshot. He also observed that "the entire bottom portion" of the son's right ear was missing. Both men were transported to separate hospitals for treatment. treat-ment. Porritt was booked into the Uintah County jail. He is set to make his initial court appearance on Aug. 21. No charges have been filed against Porritt's son. A call to the Uintah County Sheriffs Department to seek additional information about the incident was not returned at press time. w .'..ii u V5 ' p.-. " ; :. -': County By Elizabeth Goode Express Writer On Monday, August 21, 2006 the Uintah County Commissioners approved the creation of three new Special Service Districts (SSD), and the modification of one SSD, as outlined in the public review in June. A resolution modifying the Health Care SSD was approved; the Administrative Control Board will remain in place. The modification creates an over-all Board over the SSD, to include Golden Age and the Uintah County portion of Tri-County Health. Following this establishment estab-lishment of the modified SSD, the SSD will replace Uintah County in the agreement that forms Tri-County Health, and the entity remains Tri-County Health. Early treatment keeps WN Uintah County Mosquito Abatement's nearly "perfect" aerial treatment of over 20,500 acres of Green River wetland, may be preventing the spread of West Nile Virus. Hardest hit by the virus have been Utah and Salt Lake counties. coun-ties. Dr. Stephen Romney, Uintah County Mosquito Abatement director for the past 31 years, said that now is the primary season for West Nile. "I suspect that it will get worse on the Wasatch Front before it gets better," Romney said. The virus has a foothold in the state with 31 human cases and two fatalities this year. Utah County had 14 cases and Salt Lake County had 12. Horses affected by the disease are 5 in Salt Lake County, 5 in Utah County, 5 in Salt Lake City and 2 in Weber. Wildbirds affected by the disease dis-ease are 36 statewide including 26 in Salt Lake County, and 6 in Utah County. There have been no reports of human or horse West Nile Virus cases in Uintah County this year. "Last year we had 15 human cases and 1 death," Romney said. "That was the year that over half of the cases in the U.S. were in our neighboring - Camp Read-A-Lot during the Uintah W- '1 ., ... 5- a-' J : 111 creates A Letter of Intent by the County Commission relating to the modification of the Health Care SSD and the creation of three new SSDs was presented. The letter spelled out the transition transi-tion for employees moving from Uintah County to the Special Service Districts. There are to be no negative impacts; similar simi-lar merit and compensation, including benefits are to follow the employee. This approved letter had the consensus of all three commissioners. All procedural requisites and statues had been met, prior to the County Commission Meeting. The three new SSDs created cre-ated were: 8212006R3, Animal Control and Shelter SSD, approved by all commissioners; commission-ers; R4, Uintah Economic Development SSD, approved by a majority, one dissenting vote; state of Colorado." West Nile virus is a virus commonly found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East. It is carried by mosqui Dr. Stephen Romney toes. West Nile can cause disease in humans, birds, horses, and some other mammals. mam-mals. The virus was found in the U.S. in 1999 and in Utah in August 2003. Since 1999 it has spread to 48 states. The virus is transmitted from mosquito to bird to human or horses. "Birds and horses are highly susceptible to the virus and birds are the only known pool for the virus," Romney said. "It is my opinion that we are still in trouble," Romney said. He has 13 field workers frantically fran-tically treating 1500 known sub up areas in Uintah County. Although the virus may be deadly in humans, only 80 percent per-cent of those with the disease show any symptoms and 20 Free books given at camp Many visitors young and old attended Camp Read-A-Lot at the Uintah County Fair. Everyone who came was invited to choose a free book as well as participate in a variety of activities. activ-ities. Jean Klein, director, and Hostesses Amy Farnsworth, Teresa Phillips and Glenda Brown, welcomed everyone. The Uintah County Literacy Commission sponsored the event. More than 150 people participated. par-ticipated. With the assistance of Sammi Ufford and Roberta Hadlock, Miss Uintah County and her first attendant, camp visitors sang songs, read poetry and readers' theater, as well as reading a recipe and preparing Oobleck. With audience participation partici-pation and a magical chemical reaction, the slimy green concoction con-coction was completed and then divided so each child had a sample sam-ple to take home. McKenna Wheeler and Kelli Kitchen, Miss Uintah Outstanding Teen and her first attendant, along with Rachel Kitchen helped with Book Bingo and the Book Walk cir- See Camp Read-A-Lot on A10 specosD districts R5, Uintah Fire suppression SSD, approved by all commissioners. commis-sioners. Prior to the presentation of the SSDs to the Lt. Governor, the municipalities in each Resolution must provide an authorization that states that the city resolves to enter into the Uintah Special Service District. All four SSDs, including the modified Uintah Health Care District, will be established as presented in the Public Hearings. Each of the four Districts will have a board of five members, including one Uintah County Commissioner. The Uintah Animal Control and Shelter SSD will function with a director who serves the Board. The Economic Development SSD will have a Board and the entities of Economic Tctst V.rt Vina Hc-rJrt Lz-U Cottony a4 ....v i, . I4mma ... ' " !-; Beavcf 0 0 0 Box Elder 0 1 2 Cache 0 0 1 Carbon 0 0 0 Daflgett 0 0 0 Davw 3 1 0 Duchesne 0 0 0 Emery 0 1 0 Garfield 0 0 0 Grand 0 0 1 Iron 0 0 0 Juab 0 1 0 Kane 0 0 0 Millard 0 0 0 Morgan 0 0 0 Piute 0 0 0 Rich 0 0 0 Salt Lake 12 4 26 San Juan 0 0 0 Sanpete 0 0 0 Sevier 0 0 0 Summit 0 0 0 Tooele 1 0 0 Uintah 0 0 0 Utah 14 5 6 Wasatch 0 1 0 Washington 0 0 0 Wayne 0 0 0 Weber 1 2 0 State 7ofi Jf 1$ I 36 Chart provided by the State Department of Health, office of Epidemiology. Epidemiol-ogy. percent have a fever and flu- use of mosquito repellent like symptoms before recovery, which contains DEET and to Less than 1 percent die from empty stagnant water where the disease. mosquitoes may breed. Romney recommended the Vernal City Council approves new logo. udotj log By a majority vote, the Vernal City Council Wednesday approved a new city logo. The new logo, designed by Lori Gilman, Uintah High School graphic arts instructor, has the words "Vernal City" over the top of an outline of the State of Utah. Mayor pro tern JoAnn Cowan asked each council member to vote on three of the nine color variations of the logo. Once the council settled on three, they voted on the best of the three. The council chose a logo Development will be coordinated coordi-nated by the Director, who will also be a liaison between the Board, the Chamber of Commerce and Travel Board. In the Fire Suppression SSD, a Fire Marshall and the Avalon, Ballard, Naples, Vernal, Jensen and Lapoint Fire Stations will be under the direction of the Fire Suppression SSD Board. The funding for the Special Service Districts will be from the mineral lease monies, but the budgetary amounts have not been set by the Commission, according to Commissioner McKee. In other business, it was announced and approved that Tri-County Health has received a grant and a loan from CIB for $1.9 million each. The loan, set at 0 percent interest for 30 years, will be paid with the mineral lease money. at bay with red lettered Vernal, black "City" and the state's border in dark blue. The logo will be used on the city's letterhead, police vehicles vehi-cles and city uniforms. The City Water Department will continue contin-ue to use the old logo until they are used up. Even after the voting, there was still some discussion among council members as to the colors and some minor modifications could be made depending on what color the logos are placed on. 4 |