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Show DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ENDS MEET THE CANDIDATES A MARINE WEDDING - Soldiers get more than they signed up for. B1 S nh iig: Weather by Highs tn the Highs in tihe WSO, km 50 and Coo A7 ind tow? tows in the KJOC I the low 30s. upper 20. 81124-1501 I I T A I I , . - P: C 7tss association JS2l E 3900 S O a i t- . . . h L l LAKE CITY UT 84124-150! 114th Year No. 44 Vernal, Utah 84078 50 CENTS www.vemal.com Wednesday Cctctcp 31, ZC07 T Ji l 77, . ; - twists' crash snarls traffic The cause of a crash Wednesday Wednes-day at the base of "the twists" on U.S. 40 west of Vernal remains under investigation, the Utah Highway Patrol said. Trooper Rex Olsen said the 3:15 p.m. crash occurred when 64-year-old Nila Bowler of Vernal Ver-nal crossed the center line and sideswiped a camp trailer being towed by 46-year-old Bradley Brown of Layton. Olsen said Bowler also collided with a second trailer that Brown was using to haul two ATVs. "The second trailer was detached from the first trailer which caused the two 4-wheel-ers to land in the middle of state Naples residents to vote on Proposition A By Mableah Jacobsoh Express Writer Naples city residents will vote on Nov. 6 for or against a 0.25 percent tax increase. If the tax increase is approved, the money will be used to cover the increased costs of maintaining roads , in Naples. The tax proposed by Proposition A is known as "a special highway sales and use tax." At the Oct. 25 Naples City Council meeting,. Mayor. Dean Baker said he and the council were for the tax increase. "It is not a real negative to the city," Baker said. The tax increase would raise taxes from 6.5 to 6.75,,which would put them in line with the Vernal area. Naples officials are pushing for the tax increase because of the steady increase in road building costs. In 1980 the average cost of road construction per mile was $168,000. Today, that number has risen to $1.7 million per Mr VERNAL MAIN STREET CHANGES COLORS WITH THE SEASON Vernal city workers clear flowers from a pot last week near the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce Building on Main Street. The bright purples, pinks and whites of the flowers have been replaced with the golds and yellows of fall leaves, which will soon give way to the festivities'of Holly Days. Exit Realty Professionals 1285 West Hwy 40 Vernal, Utah 84078 (435) 789-EXIT (3948) Route 40," Olsen said in a press release. Bowler's 1994 Pontiac went off the right side of the highway and down an embankment before coming to a stop. Firefighters from the Vernal-Uintah Vernal-Uintah County Fire Department extricated Bowler from the car. She was transported to Ashley Regional Medical Center with undisclosed injuries. Brown and his wife, Kathryn, were not injured. Olsen said the Browns and Bowler were wearing wear-ing seat belts at the time of the crash. No citations have been issued. is-sued. mile. This increase in cost can be attributed to the increase cost of labor and materials including concrete and asphalt. Currently, the city has more than half a dozen road projects that will hopefully be completed within the next five years. "There is a great need to get the roads improved," said Naples planning and zoning secretary Denise Hacking. "Traffic has been pretty hard on the roads with the boom that has been going on." Baker said all the funds raised from the potential tax increase will go towards road maintenance. mainte-nance. "We do have a vital need for roads," he said. "Even if this tax increase goes through it is not even going to be a 10th of the money we need, but it will help offset the costs." Naples officials also plan to go before the CIB and the Uintah Transportation Special Service District to seek help in paying for the roads. r m ' L mm Gretf Mmmt baton, m two story honw wit sjwnri nrW. 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West has fallen short of the Adequate Yearly Progress re quirements established under the No Child Left Behind Act since the act was signed into law seven years ago. "We're now to a point where the school is small enough that the board has said something needs to be done," said Leonard Sullivan, the district's cur Utahn to vote on vouchers By Prbtmi McCom Uintah Basin News Service Utahns statewide will vote next Tuesday on whether state tax money will be used to help pay for private school tuition. On ballots at county and city polling stations, voters will be asked to vote yes or no on Citizens' State Referendum 1, the first referendum since 1974. Unlike citizen initiatives, which appear on most even-year bal Two arrested in high speed chase BtLbBowbi Express Associate Editor Vernal police collaborated with threeother law enforcement agencies to end a high speed chase in Vernal on Friday. Two subjects, both with outstanding warrants were taken into custody after the chase which reached speeds above 100 mph. . j!A spokesperson for Vernal Police Department said the incident inci-dent started shortly after noon on Oct. 26 when Vernal Police CO. BtttiMMtiMmlwtt hMK. Ifct ftMf MM Mrf farijF (ML tor arwnas MHJJON EMI 1229 ,90W 5 . " riculum director. "We've tried a number of things and we're struggling to get some of the basics up to where they need to be." On Nov. 5, school board members will conduct a hearing at West Middle School at 6 p.m. to take public comments. There were several options on the table at a school board meeting last week. Uintah Schools Superintendent Superin-tendent Charles Nelson offered eight alternatives: Reopening West Middle School as a charter school; replacing all or most of the staff (Nelson said much of the staff has changed and it would take adjusting a few more lots, referendums do not pass new laws proposed by citizens' groups, but are used to overturn laws passed by the state legislature. legisla-ture. In April, the legislature passed House Bill 148, which was im-. im-. mediately signed by Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. In his campaign for governor, Huntsman had pledged to support private-school vouchers. None of the Uintah Basin's state lawmakers voted in favor of the HB 148, which calls for grant Officer Rod Eskelson initiated a routine traffic stop for a Red Ford Mustang with an alleged faulty brake light traveling west on US. Highway 40 near 1500 West. Prior to stopping the vehicle, Eskelson identified the driver as Daniel Ray Peters, who was being sought by Adult Probation and Parole. Peters reportedly did not stop on the highway but turned left onto 1000 South, heading east, and reportedly stopped the vehicle ve-hicle in the roadway. m J mJa !!Syi3iKIjHiaS'I3l0J' Great In-town location. Beautiful two story with ati new everymtng. new ratm, nrw i-arpet. New THe& mod Hoon, New Vbiyl Windows, New Siding and beautiful Alder custom kitchen (a must seel) Four bedrooms, three baths, living room and formal dining room. This home has a large family room In the basement with additional area to finish more rooms rf needed or makes nice storage. v Susan can td aY Ml 1MI Mtf 4MB rf Mi i ' " changes to fulfill this requirement require-ment under NCLB); contracting with an outside agency to manage the school (the superintendent said this option has not shown to be effective in other schools where it has been tried); reopening as a theme school, with an emphasis on a particular particu-lar subject, such as science or math; hiring a turnaround specialist spe-cialist or consulting group (the school district tried this in previous previ-ous years and still has an outside specialist working with West); closing West Middle School; or reconfiguring the school, ing $500 to $3,000 to help pay for Utah students to attend approved ap-proved private schools. The size of the voucher would be based on family size and income. "I had questions whether we ought to give public tax dollars from public schools to private schools," said Sen. Kevin Van-Tassell Van-Tassell in an interview Monday. The senator added that most constituents he spoke with indicated in-dicated they were not in favor of the bilL He said when talking with one private school in the At this point, Eskelson began to approach the vehicle and saw a blonde female passenger. However, How-ever, before Eskelson reached the vehicle, Peters purportedly attempted to fee, but stalled the Musting. Peters started the vehicle ve-hicle and police reports indicate he headed east on lOOo South to 1500 West. . Peters then turned right, allegedly al-legedly running a stop sign, and headed south on 1500 West. He continued to 3000 South, where he turned left and headed east. ii JO. ' S V' ' merging West Middle School into Todd Elementary, to meet the requirements of NCLB. Nelson said the board will also discuss the district's plans to remodel or rebuild a new school for Todd andor West Middle School. Sullivan said in an interview last week that efforts in the past to improve test scores have been largely unsuccessful. He said the biggest areas where the school can improve are lowering absenteeism, increasing parental involvement and instilling educational edu-cational values. One of the first moves for the SEE WEST'S FUTURE on A2 Uintah Basin, he had been told the school had no interest in using us-ing voucher funds. The bill was due to go into ef feet during the 2007-08 academit; year, but Utah's teachers unions and parent-teacher organizations organiza-tions succeeded in gathering ap$ proximately 100,000 signatures within 30 days, which put th program on hold until the Nov 6 vote. ' ' ; - ' Arguments in favor of the bill in the Utah Voters' Guide claim SCHOOL VOUCHER on A2 in Vernal i Police reported that as he turned onto 3000 South, he passed another civilian vehicle stopped at a stop sign. g Heading east on 3000 South; Eskelson reached 100 mph as he pursued Peters. However; the Mustang was reportedly gaining distance from the Verna officer. I Peters turned right arid headed south on 500 West, but soon made a U-turn and headed back to the north and then left SEE TWO ARRESTED on A2 mm I RtJ I LajMraiM&MmBMcaMaMMBMi sjMOmBNsiAUMlMttN-Mh I lUtTMflMMt I |