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Show tniwwl Cage 2a THE UINTAH BASIN STANDARD A CcmolidatiM of RMiu.it Standard Hi ROOSEVELT AND DUCHESNE Snhscriptiaa Ratal; Ona Taar, St. 00 - Two WILDLIFE REPORT and Uintah Baiia Racard t. 0. BOX I II, ROOSEVELT Vaan, S10.00 CLARIN D. ASHBY - Paid la Advaaca ASSISTANT EDITOR 8ECKV GILLETTE ASSISTANT EDITOR AMY WEGNER ASSISTANT EDITOR JOAN CROZIER BOOKKEEPING RUTH ANN GREEN CIRCULATION KEVIN ASHBY LIN A EDITOR AND PUBI ISHER NEDENEWARDLE ADVERTISING STAFFORD . RECEPTIONIST CORRESPONDENTS PASSAGE OF WATER BOND ISSUE WOULD BENEFIT ROOSEVELT CITY T Tax payers in Roosevelt City are being asked to vote December 2 on a proposed general obligation bond issue by the city, to assist in the present water system improvement program. We l'eel there is some confusion as to the purpose and need for the bonds. The total program of water improvement for Roosevelt City will extend over several years, and is designed to provide a continuing water supply for the foreseeable future, including all anticipated growth. In order to move toward this goal, voters in the city approved a revenue bond issue more than one year ago, in the amount of $465,000. But due delays in getting EPA clearance, the bonds are just now being sold, and is anticipated that the actual construction of the various phases of the project will begin next spring. But in the meantime, the city needed water immediately. They therefore proceeded to develop a well in Hancock Cove, bringing a pipe from that well into the city. The project is now complete, and was to be placed into operation this week. The total cost of the project was approximately $150,000. Some of the money used for this purpose was diverted from the Campbell well and storage tank project, in order to get water immediately. In order to complete the Campbell well system, and construct the one million gallon storage tank, an additional $150,000 is needed. It was found by city officials that this money could be obtained through the Utah Board of Water Resources on an interest-fre- e loan, to be repaid over a twenty-yea- r period. City officials felt that this is the best way to move in order to meet immediate water needs, as well as push forward on the e water improvement project. To approve such a bond issue and the acceptance of the loan, however, it is necessary for a vote to be held, to get the concurrence of the taxpayers. Such a vote will be taken December 2. We feel that the approval of this bond issue would reap at least two beneficial results for the city. First, it would provide the immediate water that is needed by the city for the next high use season, while waiting long-rang- e for the larger, to be completed. project Secondly, it would provide three seperate sources of water for city use, rather than placing all of our eggs in one basket. We feel that the passage of the bond issue Dec. 2 is essential to the continued development and growth of our city. LV . '. Teacher salaries up 76.8 since 1970 Classroom teachers who began a teaching career in the Duchesne School district have received salary increases totaling $4,414 or 76.8 per cent since 1970. This fact was brought out in an analysis of teacher salaries prepared by Utah the private research Foundation, organization. According to the Foundation report, a teacher with a bachelors degree who began teaching in the Duchesne School District during the 1970-7school year received a starting salary of $5,750. This same teacher with five year's teaching experience would now be receiving an annual salary of $9,680 during the 1975-7- 6 school year. About $2,853 of this increase came from the boosts in overall salary schedules, with the remaining $1,077 coming from annual increments for added teaching experience. In addition to these direct salary the increases, Utah now provides employee's share of teacher retirement costs which formerly was borne by the teach her. This special event adds another $484 to a teacher in the Duchesne School District with five years of Thus, the total effective experience. r salary increase over the period,, is equal to $4,4 14 or 76.8 per cent.. Moreover, teachers who earned added college c redit during this period might be entitled to an even greater increase. The Foundation study shows that salary schedule increases averaging $772 or 9 per cent were provided to classroom teachers with a bachelor's degree in the Duchesne School District this year. This compares with a statewide average increse of $889, or 9.8 per cent, in the teacher salary schedules. In addition to the overall raise in the salary level, most teachers in the 1 five-yea- A Letters to the With a Free 10-St- Anti-free- ze condition B'Fan belt 0 Radiator cap 0 Heater hose 0 Radiator hose 0 Radiator check Selection of Guaranteed 2nd hand snow tires 5 liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain. John F. Kennedy Mules were good then Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the sixteen Boy Scouts from Troop 257 on their hike. The boys took part in the 50 mile Amos Alonso Stag hike last weekend. No adventure is undertaken alone and I would like to thank the parents and friends who drove the cars, the truckers who took special rare in their driving, and the C.B.'s who followed the boys by radio, to insure another safety factor, on the boys. Mrs. Robert 0. Pavne iiiiniiliuimlin-.- : (. i inuMtirs wiih ilie.r would iM'Mitin id.. 100's Of Windshields . i :'.iin-.- : - .;uzzling exhausts In. In Stock Pressure Snow tires a good Duchesne District who are not at the top bracket of the salary scale also received anormal experience increment averaging $.167 this year. Thus the total average increase for teachers with a bachelors degree in the Duchesne School District who have not reached the top step amounted to $1,139 in the 1975-7- 6 school year. The beginning salary for teachers with a bachelor's degree in the Duchesne School District was equal to $7,957 in 1975-76- . This compares with a statewide average beginning salary of $7,986. A teacher with a bachelor's degree can earn $10,889 in the Duchesne School District after eight years of experience. Additional amounts are provided for teachers who obtain academic training he.vond the bachelor's degree. In most cases these annual salaries are for about nine months of servcice. Foundation analysts point out that while teacher salaries have risen sharply in Utah and the Duchesne School Dsitrict during recent years, they have also increased substantially in most of the other states. As a result, salary levels of Utah teachers still are slightly below national -- tndf regional averages. 1975-7Estimatles ;,for indicate that the average salary ' aid " to classroom teachers in Utah last year was about 4.6 per cent below the average of the eight Mountain States. Utah, however, does pay the employee's share of teacher retirement costs, a benefit not in other states. generally available ' When this special benefit is taken into consideration, the average salary paid to Utah teachers last year was approxi-- . mately equal to that paid to the average teacher in the Mountain Stales. EDITOR ep Winter Check! 0 protection 0 Battery We have MAN... BACK-U- P long-rang- GET THE JUMP ON WINTER V Thus far, the 1975 elk season has brought about the arrest and subsequent conviction of 29 Utah elk hunters, according to T. Dean Sparkman, assistant law enforcement chief. Sparkman said that this number was nut a complete list of all the violators who were ticketed during this year's hunt. It includes only those who have been to court and were convicted. The most often cited misdemeanor to date is for making unlawful application for a permit. By law, hunters are allowed lo apply for only one elk permit each year. Sentences for a typical Class B misdemeanor (such as applying for two permits) vary from an average fine of $50 up to the maximum penalty of a $299 fine and six months in jail. , Violations categorized as Class A misdemeanors include the endangered species list. Maximum penalty for Class A violations is a $1,000 fine andor one year in jaiL Citations for carrying a gun on a game preserve and having a joaded gun in a vehicle were the second most frequent violations. Several hunters were guilty of hunting outside designated elk hunting units, while approximately the same number of errant hunters took cows in the bull only season. Spackman indicated that citations are a necessary part of game management Uncontrolled shooting of procedures. our game species would eventually reduce the number of animals necessary to maintain a breeding population. Once that number is reduced too far, the species is endangered," he aaid. It's only the small minority of hunters that break the rules. Most good hunters make every effort to be informed of the regulations and to abide by them. Those who do not, however, could cause serious population depletions and upset sex ratios by harvesting unauthorized animals. It is necessary to control those individuals who are unable to see the long range effects of their actions. The negative effects, however, are not limited solely to the animals. The wrongdoings of some hunters reflect a bad image on all other hunters. And as previously stated, most hunters are conscientious, ethical people. Aside from the damage done to game animals and the unethical aspersions cast upon many hunters by the acts of a few, the violations can be costly. Last year $117,310.25 in fines for hunting and Tishing related violations were paid to the stale. During 1974 these same violations resulted in a total of 236 days spent in jail. Spackman concluded by saying, We are hopeful that Utah hunters will take the initiative to police their own back yards'. If and when that becomes a consistent proposition, the effectiveness of Utah's game management programs will provide more hours of recreation in 0 0 solvent for a greater number of the sportsmen. Ry keeping careful watch over their hunting activities, sportsmen can help to keep game animal populations in balance. Law Enforcement personnel, due to the size of the huntable territory in Utah, are unable to cover as much countryside as their job demands. The ethical hunter can help by reporting violations and by insisting that other hunters abide by the regulations. Spackman aaid, Hunters do offer a great deal of assistance to Division officers. Many arrests are made from the initial information given to the Division by other hunters. Until all hunters obey the hunting laws, violators will continue to be prosecuted, and those who insist on breaking the laws will have to pay the price. The Chamber Maid Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce By Paula O. Bell The vote turnout was great, but our responsibility does not end there. We have an obligation to get behind our elected officials and support them in their jobs as Mayor and City councilmen (and Councilwoman). As I look about the community observing the new streets, curbs, gutters; drive out and see the new airport and work with its planning; and observe the many projects underway about the city, I cannot help but be amazed at the number of man and machine hours involved in improving our community. These prople, many of them put in hours withou1. pay, deserve our thanks and appreciation. Our next Chamber of Commerce meeting will be held at Bottle Hollow Resort on November 20. We will have our business meeting and lunch at the restaurant followed by a tour of the new and motel restaurant convention, facilities. Those needing a ride should contact me at the Chamber office. Non members are invited to join with us on that day. We hope to have a good attendance to tour these first class facilities. Invite a friend and meet at Bottle Hollow. The Employment Newsletter discloses some very interesting facts about the Uintah Basin. Just one of many topics covered was retail sales. It discloses that retail sales as measured by sales tax collections, registered $43.1 million in the Uintah Basin District for the second quarter of 1975, up 19 percent from a year earlier and 13 percent from the first quarter of 1975. All counties in the District posted gains; Daggett County Posted the largest percentage gain. Uintah County has the largest volume of retail sales of all the counties in the District, accounting for 57 percent of total sales. Vernal is the largest single retailing center in the District, doing 25 percent of the business in the district and 43 percent in Uintah County. Many businesses in the Roosevelt and Duchesne Areas of Duchesne County are in the process of expanding their facilities to accomodate increased business. This Newsletter .also pointed out that oil production in the Uintah Basin during the first six months of 1975 had reached 14 million barrels, up 8.8 percent from the same period of 1974. Eighty percent of the production occured in Duchesne County. Gas production is also up as is tourism and building construction. All of these statistics point out that we are fortunate here in the Basin in that we have not hit many of the problems other areas of the country have. True, we have our problems, but putting everything in its proper perspective we have a lot going for us here in the Uintah Basin. Chamber Challenge: Bring a friend and potential member to chamber on Nov. 20. Windshield E Head Start Turkey Shoot Windshield wipers NO COST!!! NO OBLIGATION CHEVRON SERVICE TCHIT CAMI'EKS TIKE SALES MOTOR KUTEKIIS Tl'NK-I- T BRAKE SERVICE RADIATOR SERVICE MtONTFMl AI.K.NMIM KOAII Roosevelt, Utah 84066 - Phone 722-961- 6 ( ALLS November 15 10:30 A.M. Clear View Concessions Windshield cracked or discolored? We replace with shatterproof, non-glaglass. re Quick Vernal 1 Roosevelt 722-201- turkey or ham l00 instdlation JONES PAINT & GLASS 789-324- Test your aim for 6 J Shot Ft. 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