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Show T"TTr., j r.r - ? c Er-L- r, ; 'v p ipi.,j U L T !T L--E i l..t. lii irj 2 !.i Li&F:4f-.iE3- , COO 041 M jTCOT3-D- i - r v i I " 1 '. , ra,i Mi i rb (($ &n &V& ?. tr-crSE- HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH 50 cents Vol 84 No 13 SINCE 1915 January 5, 2000 Navajo judge reinstates preliminary injunction at Montezuma Creek Clinic IQUOTABI!E9 With a stinging rebuke of the San Juan Health Care Service District, a Navajo Nation judge has reissued a preliminary injunction in regards to the Montezuma Creek Clinic. Judge Raymond Begaye ruled that the Health Care District was guilty of mismanagement, nepotism, conspiracy, witness intimidation, misrepresentation of facts in court, hiding evidence, civil rights violations and racism. The ruling regards an $18 million lawsuit against the Health Care District by Donna Singer, Fred Riggs, and Alison Dickson. Begaye wrote that the county had r ffered absolutely no credible evidence to rebut the plaintiffs I charges. Marquez Bryant Hathale is less than a week old, but already has claim of having excellent timing. The 8 lb. 6 oz. son of Tanya and Lyle Hathale is the New Years Baby of the year 2000. He was bom at 3:28 a.m. January 1, 2000 at the San Juan Hospital in Monticello. Marquez was not due until January 2, but rushed things along a little bit. The millennial baby will travel home with his parents to Aneth, where he joins sister Madison, age 4, and Alexander, age 2. The New Year, New Decade, New Century and New Millenium baby was delivered by Dr. Steven MacArthur. surrphoto Donna Singer claims that she was wrongfully terminated as manager of the clinic in November, 1998 because of time card errors. The judge stated that time card errors are rampant throughout the district and that Singer was unfairly singled out for her errors. The ruling reinstates Singer as manager of the clinic. The judge further rules that even if the allegations of time card fraud are true, it does not excuse the denial of due process and equal protection. Fred Riggs claims that his salary was reduced at the same time and that he was unfairly placed on probation for similar time card errors. Alison Dickson claims that he was e denied employment status, even though he worked more than 1 200 hours in a temporary sta- a Are they going to teach the deer to read the signs? San Juan County Commissioner Bill Redd, in response to a state proposal to place deer warning signs on area hignways 9? full-tim- Arvydas Trajan boy tus. The injunction was issued on December 28. Management of the Montezuma Creek facility was transferred from the Health Care District to Utah Navajo Health Systems on January Births 1. Despite the high drama of the courtroom, transfer of Montezuma Creek Clinic from the district to Utah Navajo Health Systems is going ahead smoothly, according to Health District CEO Cleal Bradford. Bradford stated that there arc several issues that have yet to be settled in regards to transfer of the clinic to Utah Navajo Health Systems, including the status of the pharmaceutical inventory and accrued sick leave of clinic Jane Ann Silas & Norman Ray Benally December 26 Tristan Dine Arlinda Haliday & Marvin B. Tohtsonie boy December 29 girl Julie Rachel Marie & Kevin Guymon December 29 boy Marquez Biyant Tanya & Lyle Hathele January 1 Weather State Supreme Court makes unanimous ruling on grave desecration case V. The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that two San Juan County The Redds were charged with desecrating a dead human body, residents must stand trial for their part in the alleged disinterment of human remains in an Anasazi ruin near Bluff. The Courts ruling clarifies a state law, which has already been changed by the Utah state legislature. James and Jeanne Redd will be tried on two counts related to the incident, which took place in 1996. A trial is anticipated to take place before the end of the year 2000. In January, 1996, the Redds were observed digging in a known Anasazi site on state land near Bluff. While federal law is clear in regards to the desecration of archaeological sites, state law was ambiguous. but Seventh District Judge Lyle Anderson dismissed the charge, stating he was uncertain whether disinterring remains which presumably are a thousand years old constitutes a criminal offense of desecration of a corpse. After an Appeals Court upheld Andersons ruling, the state refiled San Juan Record takes charges. This time, Anderson Cl bound the Redds for trial on one charge, but dismissed a second, stating that moving a few bones a few feet is not the same as removing them. In a 0 ruling, the State Supreme Court ruled that in order to reflect sound public policy they concluded that any human re- - at EEOTORIAL 6-- jPOOR COPY ! CARTOONS FROM 1999 cartoons by staff member Amanda Hillhouse. See page 5 |