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Show B6 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Vernal Express A.aj.-.stMt ntn vn rT-ifiiiTWiFBriyw 3 Uintah School Board candidates disqualified GLOVE LADY Jennifer Lee and Carrie Stubblefield beside the Pink Glove Lady Hummer. They were caught resting for a moment after a quick delivery to Joe Mullins of Hard Rock Paving on a job site in Vernal. Lady's Hummer is catalog on wheels About a year ago, Jennifer Lee became the first franchise owner of a Glove Lady business in the Uintah Basin. After a little training, Jen brought her distinctive pink Hummer and safety product supply business to eastern Utah. Jen's service area covers 16 counties covering northeastern Utah, northwestern Colorado and southwestern Wyoming. "The Glove Lady brings the inventory to the laborer, not the other around," Lee says. "Employers need to assure the safety of their employees. But can't waste time running all over town looking to buy the right Sidweil quits voter fraud case in Daggett County MANILA, Utah (AP) - Bryan Sidweil - the prosecutor in the Daggett County voter-fraud scandal - has quit the case. Sidweil removed himself before be-fore 20 of 51 defendants could be -arraigned. He refused to Bay why. Paul Murphy, a spokesman for the Utah Attorney General's Office, told the Uintah Basin Standard in an e-mail that an assistant attorney general will likely handle the case in the wake of Sidwell's withdrawal. Murphy said court hearings are scheduled for half of the defendants on July Butch Buonanato, Pete Winterton and Duane Schoenfeld n You guys have always been your family's hero, now you are the community's hero. Thank you for your selfless act of courage. We love you. UVpIus is formulated to protect and condition the exterior wood of - .. i our home. Use it to enhance the . , . --j . natural beauty of wood decks, JZ' ' fences, siding, log homes, outdiwr 2 PAP Qf iCD?0 furniture and railing. Features: Sviiali) Cotmiiijial lor tYiais uxl from titnor hihuI. I'ltra-imlct rajs. k Ri-ilikfs ,iq :g, trakmg. Sjiuul oil codilittt ol and and shniiljng ill (x. tnliiimt ils rwlura 1 Li-l -iiji ;i!cr rqvlVih.;. Cmmn ln!nvi.irtnl licnOude Pipmt'KU. n. LTD V,.' 534 North Vernal Avenue 789-3241 v, 'i j '; !" equipment." Printed on the side of the Glove Lady Hummer is the question, ques-tion, Hows Your Glove Life? It's a reminder to contractors to Think Safety, Think Protection. "We have been everywhere with safety goods from the oil field, the school district, several restaurants and various construction con-struction sites," Lee explains. "We manage a client's inventory and can provide delivery to their job site on their schedule." Lee came across the Glove Lady franchise purchasing safety products for her family's small business. She offers gloves, hard 11. The remaining defendants are due in court on Aug. 8. The voters are accused of illegally registering in Daggett County even though they don't live or maintain a primary resi-' resi-' dence there. The charge is a class A misdemeanor. The case involves the 2006 election, when then-Sheriff Alan Campbell complained that the voter rolls were growing in the small county near the Wyoming border. Campbell, a Democrat, lost the election to Republican Rick Ellsworth by 20 votes. Sidweil is an appointed rather el It r. fffi NATURAL WOOD FINISHES 1fi fkONtkumnleuaf Wt Mm, in MOM M071MMt harmful yy find Messmer's 8t" hrimly. v4 PAINT k GLASS Vs A hats, safety vests, protective eye wear, fall protection and first aid kits. Lee has brought her personal experience in business management manage-ment to this new endeavor. She also brought her friend, Carrie Stubblefield, into the business to make service calls throughout the region. "Some day, I'll have a fleet of pink Hummers to care for all this territory," Lees says. "Our goal is to help contractors prevent accidents and reduce liability for workers." The Glove Lady can be contacted con-tacted at (435)781-6354 or (435) 621-8647. than elected county attorney, and two weeks ago the chairman of the Daggett County Commission said his employment was under review. ..The prosecutor, quit a day after af-ter Corby J. Eaddon filed papers in Manila's 8th District Court accusing Sidweil of withholding evidence that exonerates him and trying to silence defense witnesses, The Salt Lake Tribune reported on June 13. Raddon is asking a judge to dismiss the charge against him. Sidweil said he won't comment until the cases are resolved. sidy's Q xJ Now Appearing J MflSSflDONNfl Friday, June 27 & $5.00 Cover Charge '08 Harley Davidson Fat Bob $100.00 per ticket Only 400 tickets sold! 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Bruckner said because the ballots for Tuesday's primary were already been programmed, USU planning changes to concurrent offerings By Iacey McrVluRRV Uintah Basin News Service A recent decision by Utah State University officials to cut back on distance-learning concurrent enrollment courses offered to urban areas won't impact the number of offerings in the Uintah Basin. "The rumors you may have been hearing are right, but the concurrent enrollment program in the Uintah Basin will not change or will see very few changes," chang-es," said Vincent Lafferty, USU director for academic programs and concurrent enrollment. And although high school students taking courses through USU Uintah Basin won't be impacted by cutbacks in the immediate future, at least one thing will change slightly for local professors - their workload. Startingthis fall, Lafferty said concurrent enrollment classes from the Basin will no longer be broadcast to high schools in the Jordan and Granite school districts, helping reduce the workload for local professors. Over the years, Lafferty said, urban districts like Jordan and Granite were attracted to the Basin program because of the quality of the classes. But with concerns about funding shortages, short-ages, he said the cost of providing provid-ing the program to urban school districts eventually became too much. "The mission of the Uintah Basin is to serve the Uintah Basin first and other rural communities com-munities second, and we felt these other school districts could be better served by their local higher education institutions," Lafferty said. "Using university employees to teach concurrent enrollment classes is not always Saturday, June 28 Friday & Saturday Prime Rib WM CIAS! f n .0) V .A. I' Thompson, Thorne and Wallis still appeared as candidates. However, she said the clerk-auditor's clerk-auditor's office will post notices at all polling places informing voters that any votes cast for the disqualified trio will not be counted. Bruckner said the deadline for filing the campaign finance report was explained to candidates candi-dates when they filed for office. She said her office is also mandated man-dated by state law to send out reminder letters 10 days prior a financially viable option when you go outside your service area." For the immediate future, Lafferty said the USU Tooele campus will ease the transition by broadcasting some concurrent enrollment classes to J ordan and Granite school district students. Eventually though, Lafferty said, the hope is to turn all concurrent enrollment classes for the two districts over to Salt Lake Community Com-munity College. Despite careful planning, Jordan Jor-dan and Granite school district students risk being negatively impacted by the change. As a worst-case-scenario, high schools in the Jordan School District that offer USU's distance learning classes could lose two or three concurrent enrollment courses each, and the Granite School District may only be able to offer half as many distance-learning credit hours this fall. In the Basin,' high school students will have a slightly smaller selection of concurrent enrollment classes to choose from next year. Lafferty said two or three classes will be closed for enrollment to high school students. stu-dents. The decision was based on the sensitivity of subject matter discussed in the classes and not on funding or other concerns, he said. It will in no way impact high school students' ability to earn an associate's degree,' he added r "Some departments felt like some of these classes just should not be in the concurrent education educa-tion system," Lafferty said. "One of these, a marriage and family class, deals with certain marital issues that it would actually be illegal to talk about to high school students." Despite no significant changes in the immediate future for the Basin, the distant future is less certain as officials from higher education institutions across the state are discussing the need to overhaul the concurrent enrollment enroll-ment system. Some of the changes being considered include modifying the requirements for high school students to earn associate de Incentive-based salaries studied for Utah teachers SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Test teachers stay focused on student scores and other benchmarks of achievement, student performance could soon Currently pay scales for Utah determine just how much Utah teachers are based on years teachers get paid. of experience and educational A committee of state lawmak- background, ers is studying a national trend A Utah State Board of Educa- toward incentive-based pay to see tion committee is conducting a if it could help Utah's education similar study, system by easing a teacher short- Some teachers wonder if an age and improving instruction. incentive system would be fair Rep. Brad Last, R-St. George, because student performance says incentives would help varies from year to year. i m Pa mm t HUP TI1C (UKSIflCDI to the submission deadline for the report. Despite the departure of Thompson, Thorne and Wallis from the primary election, incumbent in-cumbent school board member Shane Frost still faces challenges from Allen A. Huber, Raymond Murray, and Jason A. Rasmus-sen. Rasmus-sen. The top two vote-getters in today's primary will face each other in November's general election. grees and requiring high school students to take placement exams ex-ams before enrolling in college courses. Some public education officials offi-cials have expressed concern in recent newspaper articles that this could discourage students from enrolling altogether in the courses or make it more difficult for them to qualify for the New Century Scholarship, which funds 75 percent of students' tuition at state universities if they earned an associate's degree while in high school. Lafferty said USU officials are also considering eliminating eliminat-ing some concurrent education classes altogether because they are duplications - meaning students stu-dents can meet the same requirements require-ments by taking another offered class. At this point though, Lafferty said, discussions about potential changes are still in the beginning stages. "All the higher education institutions are getting together and discussing the issues from A to Z," he said. "It's possible that we may see some significant changes within the next couple of years but I don't see anything happening right away." . Other possible future changes in the Basin could include the need to adjust schedules. . i.. Jack Bell, assistant superin.. ' tendent for the Duchesne County School District, said officials have been told there could be concerns with the block schedule, that students at Union High School are currently on and the class times of concurrent enrollment courses. It's possible a separate schedule may need to be created for high schoolers who want to take USU Uintah Basin courses, he said. Bell said the concurrent education program is a valuable asset to the school district and to the students who are prepared for the rigors of college courses. During the 2007-08 school year, Duchesne County School District students earned a combined total of 1,800 college credit hours, he said. -. . riser Red Fleet! Available (or Company Parties, Weddings & Family Reunions ;m , .m... -m 54 North Vernal Avenue Vernal, Utah 435-789-351 1 www.vernal.com |