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Show u ; bo. ual, ) j s Li y. j i y , u:a:i ; ;):v, qhoi NUMBER 4 VOLUME 57 PTA & at DUCHESNE COUNTY, ROOSEVELT, UTAH - 84088 THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1989 Av-v; vl Union i called for Thursday night A dan was constructed to channel the river around the area where the youngster disappeared. Huge chunks of ice were moved by the eats that were brought to the area to assist In the search for the boy. DAM DIVERTS THE RIVER fv The first Union high school PTA will he held this Thurs' day, Jan. 23 beginning at 8 1 p.m. at Union high school. and Ted Olpln Is president urges all parents of students . at Union to be present at this meeting and also to become members of PTA. The PTA membership drive Is being held this month. Dues are 75 cents per person and can be purchased Thursday. Icy Uintah River yields body Ft. Duchesne boy of 4-yr.-- The Lord helps those help themselves. All others should contact the government. A. J. Hudson, The Olustee (Okla.) Chieftain. who furrows A few of worry are beginning to show on the brows of formers In the area. The reason for the concern Is the Here It coming water year. Is nearly the end of January, and there Is very little snow pack In the high mountains. This last storm helped some, but there Is still a lot of room for Improvement. Unless there is pecclpitatlon above normal for the next few months, the water supply will probably be for below normal during the summer, and this could hamper forming operations. And a cut back in farm production we don't need. A is person diplomatic one who thinks twice before saying nothing. the With Utah legislature faced with some of the biggest financial problems In Its history, charges and counter- charges are being bantied back and forth as to the possibility of Increasing taxes, or cutting expenditures from the requested budget needs. course one Of of the areas largest of concern is the schools of the state. With school needs growing each year, budget In- creases asked for are presently higher than at any previous time. admit that it Is our responsibility as tax payers to offer the young people of the state the best education possible. If this requires greater then perhaps expenditures, well all have to dig deeper. We to use has schools''. In new funds, Is If you think facts. Hut Utah the argument that its order to Justify rather ridiculous. Short-Chang- ed not, review some Since 19G0 pupil dally atten- dance has gone up ber of 30. Num- classroom teachers has 4G. Total state Instructional costs are up 105, and risen Instructional costs per child Is up 57.. There has been, since 1960, 9288.5 million spent on new and Improved school facilities. Administrative costs are up 94 Operating costs are up 119. Average teacher salaries are up 35, plus taxpayer buttons for teacher retirement which are up 200, plus additional expenditures for hospital and surgical Insurance. Total spending for state schools has climbed from 999.2 million in I960, to 9197 million In 1968, or a 99 Increase. Maybe Utah Is not spending as much per student as other states, but this does not mean the kids are being short-change- d''. It would appear that Utah's future educational needs must be based, In part at least, on ability to pay". No other state pays a higher percentage of Its Income for education thaq does Utah. To say we are not doing our part Is not fair. Let's temper Increases with economy, rather than Just holler,' Look, we're not spending as much money for our schools as other states are. old Tragedy struck last Thursday In Fort Duchesne when a small boy was drowned In the An Intensive Uintah River. three-da- y search for the body was successful Sunday about 5 p.m. when searchers recoveElred the body of DuShane 70 some Michael wyn yards from the place where he slipped In to the Icy stream. Police were notified at Fort Duchesne about Thursday 5 p.m. that a youngster was believed drowned In the river, Immediately a search was started with Indian police. Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel, Duchesne and Uintah County SheVjt ' riffs Search and Rescue Patrols ki and many other men from the the Elwyn Michael Du Shane . . . area participating In final rites set for Thursday. search. Holes were cut In the Ice with hugh saws and then probes were put in to try to locate A cat arrived to the boy. break some of the foe Thursday evening and It dropped Into deeper water and had to be re- moved. 11-33 A dragline and another cat were brought Into service to try to dam off the River and On January 15, 1969 Duchesne divert it Into a channel west District Ranger Allan W. Ashof its present bed. When this ton met with Utah State highwas done the water dropped in Salt Lake way planning people but the Ice also dropped making City, along with Forest EngiIt very difficult to find the neer Bob Ellsworth to cobody. ordinate their plans for the They were also hampered by final section of the constructhe fact that there were several tion of the Indian Canyon highway. The section from Jones layers of Ice with water flowing between the layers. At some Hollow north to the Forest bounplaces there was ice a total dary Is planned to be completed during the coming summer. of almost four feet thick, according to a report of offiPlans for protecting the highat the scene. cials way from side canyon floods Dynamite was used to blast are Important to both the Forest Service and the Highway the earth away In making the new channel for the river. SunDepartment, Mr. Ashton staday afternoon workers were ted. Erosion control, catch baalso using dynamite to blast sins for debris, and preventing some of the ice. Charaway to the damage highway, range who. was In the and watershed resources will les Denver, brush felt water, something careful Under planning. require him and reaching down the Multiple use sustained Yield brought the little boy out of the Act of 1960, all resource values must be considered before any water. This was about 5 p.m. and the long search was ended. activity Is carried on within Ray Wardle, chief of police National Forest boundaries, of the Ute Law and Order Dewhether It be by Forest Service personnel or any others, partment, said that there had been between 200 and 300 men he continued. helping in the search. ProWhen asked what Multiple Use meant, Mr. Ashton said, bably about 100 each day though It Is difficult to make a short some men didnt participate In statement of the Act's meaning. looking for the boy every day. Michael DuShane, Elwyn Basically Multiple Use means 4, died Jan. 16 In the Uintah the management of Forest and River, He was born March 5, related areas In a manner that 19G4 In Vernal to Elwyn Leon will conserve the basic land and Alice Nell Cuch DuShane. resource Itself, while at the He was a student at the Head el same time producing high-levStart school at Fort Duchesne. sustained yields of water, timHe was also a member of the ber, recreation, forage and Catholic Church. wildlife harmoniously blended for the use and benefit of the Survivors Include his pagreatest number of people. rents, Ft. Duchesne; three sisThe resources on any planned ters, Cassandra, Michele and activity must be weighed. Is Ness,, all Ft. Duchesne; three there Interference or conflict of the planned use between wildlife, water yield, grazing, timber or recreation? With the Indian Canyon Highway, all those resource values must be considered. How will the In- Plans underway for final section of Mrs. Rebecca Cuch, Ft. IHichesne and Mr. and Mrs. Lyman DuShane, Neola. Requiem Mass will be Thursday at 10 am at St. Helens Catholic Church In Roosevelt. Friends may call at the family home at Ft. Duchesne Wednesday evening and Thursday prior ' to services. Holy Rosary was recited at the family home Wednesday at 7 p.m. Burial will be in the Ft. Duchesne Cemetery. grandparents, Education Week four-year-o- cut-and-- gain banner for advancement Boy Scout troop 269 was 0 0 mous. Ford Gardner, manager at the Uintah Basin Alcoholism Rehabilitation Center, noted that the new home is practically furnished but that they could use donations of small kitchen utensils, pots, pans and dishes. Bill Griggs, HEAVY EQUIPMENT USED Several pieces of heavy equipment were brought south of Fort Duchesne to move brush, cut a new channel for the river and carry fill for the dam to the Uintah River while searchers looked for the body of a boy who fell through the ice and drowned there last Thursday. te on was In the Roosevelt area Monday to speak to students at the Roosevelt Junior high school and Union high school Monday and at Vernal to speak to students In that area Tuesday. For further Information on where to go to find help persons can call the rehabilitation center In Roosevelt, in Roosevelt or Fleet Stanton, 789-33in Vernal. alcoholism 722-22- 30 17 CYO dance u caseworker from the State committee set Feb. 1 In Roosevelt A dance will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, at the American Legion Hall In Roosevelt sponsored by St. Helens Catholic Youth Organization. Tills CYO dance will start at 8:30 p.m. and close at midA live band will furnight. nish the music. The public Is Invited. Auditor reports on Insurance used by district C Roosevelt January 14 I Weather -- 35 General comments by the January 15 certified public auditor rela- January 16 -- 40 tive to the Duchesne County January 17 -- 43 school District's Insurance reJanuary 18- - 43 36 flects Insurance In force In January 19 50 1968 Is consistent with the preJanuary 20 vious year. Fire Insurance Is January 21 maintained on all properties of According to the report of the school district. Coverage Lewis Taylor, weather obser-vo- r for public liabilities and proprecipitation recorded duperty damage Is carried on all ring the week Included .22 of an inch Jan. 14, .01 on Jan. school district buses and vehi16 and .02 on Jan. 19. cles. A fidelity bond Is carried on the Disability insurance Is carried on all employees of the school district through the State Insurance Fund. McNeil Jr. Duncan, Roosevelt, presented the report of Television viewers of the examination to the school board members and the other school state will have an opportunity to see a program concerning the district administrators. establishment and operation of the Uintah Basin Center for Continuing Education during the next several weeks. The show was filmed and compiled by Art Hlgbee and The Duchesne County School Jim Randall of the Extension District received approval for Service of Utah State Univer94,854.00 under the Elemensity. The show will be broadcast tary Secondary Education Act, Public Law 0 Title proSaturday and Sunday, Jan. 25 and 26, 6 to 7 a.m. on KCPX-Tject last year. As shown In the annual audit, Sunday, Feb. 2 8 to 9 funds approved under this law a.m. on KUTV, Channel 2; were 92,366.00 for resource Thurs, Feb. 12 8:30 to 9 p.m. Channel 12 and on KUSU-T- V (library) books; $122.00 for periodicals, etc.; $2,366.00 for Tues. Feb. 18 10 to 10:30 p.m. audio-visu- al Channel 11. on KBYU-Tmaterials. The . district On the early morning proexpended $2,231.61 for resource books; grams the Flying Faculty $120.50 for periodicals; , Is part of a longer series under 92,056.77 was spent for audio- - a different title and Including visual materials, the audit a USDA program titled "Across shows. the Fence", clerk-treasur- er. Flying faculty to be featured Funds approved school use by county Sunday in Duchesne 89-1- Duchesne Stake quarterly conference will be held January 25 and 28, reports Elmer R. Moon Stake president. There will be no General Authority In attendance. Those to be In attendance it Saturdays meetings at 7 p.m. at the Duchesne stake center Include, the stake presidency, High council and clerks, bishoprics and ward clerks, priesthood quorum Mel-chlze- (Continued on back page) Bluebell Scouts and TV programs. A program Is being presented at KVEL Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Thursday there will be a discussion of therapy groups with Ralph Slddoway as moderator; Friday a teenager gives her views on alcoholism and Saturday there will be a program cm Alcoholics Anony- Stake Conference set and what hazard will the animals have on the traveler? What type plants can be used on slopes that will discourage livestock and deer from getting on the highway and will grow to prevent erosion? The Forest Service and the livestock permittees have reached a verbal agreement of non use for a certain period of time to allow plant reseeding to become established. ld Governor Calvin L. Rampton signed a proclamation designating this week, January 19 through 25 as Alcoholism Information Week. This week is being observed In the Uintah Basin with radio o creased highway traffic affect the deer or grazing livestock River last Thursday. Here some of the men haw probes which were used to reach through holes made in the ice in an effort to find the body of Michael DuShane. WORKERS SEARCH FOR YOUNGSTER Several hundred men were involved In the three-da- y search for a lost boy who slipped beneath the ice on the Uintah underway on alcoholism care presidencies, unit leaders, group leaders and secretaries; stake auxiliary superintendents, presidencies and board members, ward auxiliary and presidencies; ward Aaronlc priesthood general secretaries, youth and adult, and all other members of ward council. A general session for the public will be at 10 am Sunday, Jan. 26. les V; R. Earl Dillman opens March of Dimes drive Happier New Year for child beginning life is the every goal of the March of Dimes A fund-raisi- ng year, R. campaign this Earl Dillman, said today as the annual drive was launched here. Mr. Dillman, Duchesne County chairmen of the traditional January drive, added that of course the other objective Is financing research that In time we hope, will overcome the birth defects that afflict 250,000 newborn Infants each year In our country alone. The task is an enormous one and calls for major support. By providing these babies and youngsters with tpe most advanced medical facilities, we can alleviate much of the physical and mentally disabling aftermath of these tragedies," he said. Dillman noted "that Mr. heartwarming achievement In our community Is due entirely to the generosity of our Duchesne neighbors, Just as throughout the nation the American people are supporting more than 100 March of Dimes Birth Defects Centers coast to coast. V, . "In the 1969 March of Dimes Campaign," he said, It Is up to each of us thinking of our own children as well as tomorrow's Infants to give as much as we can." the Duchesne District Advancement banner for their outstanding advancement and participation In court of honors during the year 19GB. The troop Is sponsored by the Bluplell Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da- y Saints. Paul Bird Is the scuutmaster of the troop. The January Court of Honor was held in Altamont with troop 266 serving as liost unit. Advancement Moon, Philip Chairman conducted the court of honor. Awards for troop 249, Moon Lake Ward were presented by Scoutmaster Wayne Davies to Johnny Thayne, Kirk Christensen, Eugene Jensen, Craig Burton. Each received their second class badges. Scoutmaster Kent Remington presented to Brent Rolwrts, Tenderfoot Badge; Joe Fleld-ste- d, second class badge; Michael Miles, First rlass badge; and merit badges to Joe Fleld-ste- d, Mike Miles, Calvin Roberts, Patrick Allred and Eric Fisher of troop 266, Altamont. David Atwood received his first class badge and Kaye Seeley, Everett Yump, Gregory, Todd and Ronald Bird received Merit badges from scoutmaster Paul Bird of troop 269. Dennis Ercanbrack was Introduced as the new scoutmaster of troop 268 In Duchesne. He presented a second class badge to David Okley and a first class badge to Craig Stansfleld. The next court of honor will be held Feb. 16 at the Bluebell Ward. A new advancement contest will he announced at that time. County officials attend Salt Lake convention and Commissioner Wllmer Murray, other County Mrs. commissioners and county officials attending the convention of Utah Association of County officials held In Salt Lake January 15 to 18. In addition to meetings duconvention ring the four-da- y there was entertainment and Information for those present. Mr. Murray was recently made chairman of the county commissioners he has served on the commission for the past ten years and has two more years of his present term to serve. |