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Show . A" . V . t : . Vf ':; IV ' - ' Jfcesday J 4 V1 -- ' .!. . W'.1 c aiufH-- . A ' : v Decemberll,2001 llOthYear-No.9- 9 V. V : W . ' 501 PriCt, Utah VV: . IB y. JfejiiafMtfncScrowA By KAREN BASSO Staff reporter '.; ;( v ks ?A day g fun turned deadly Dec. 9 near Soldier Creek Rc in Wellington. ;i TWoyoung men, 2Zyev-ol- d Tfcny Udovich and JurimFk)res,wereriimbingfoe offour-wheelin- hills snow-cover- ed in a Suzuki until foe outing culminatedin afetal mishap Sun-' ;. day afternoon. : The pairhadbeensighfitfby local residents at various points foroughoutfoeday, while travel-in- g akm the back reads (rfWdl- d drive ve--. ington in the T : s . '&$: fbur-whd- fV.V:. At abouf3 p.m.t the men re- hide,-,;- . , ii:-- V- portedly attempted to dimb a v j fonkxated approximately at 300 W North 2000 East ; - While dimbingupatanangle. the Suzuki purportedly slipped and rotted over onto foe drrrcrV drive ve- -; 7:. side. The four-whe! , .Wr 7 i; t hide flipped back to an upright position at die bottombf the bin. : During the incident, Flores, 7.7 from 'dent was Justin Flores from the scene of Emergency penonnei prepare to transport the body of Occident on Dot 9 near Soldier Creek Road in Wrifington. Flores and fatal far-whee- lir thevehideand enuSedby the Suzuki, indicated the investiga-- torsfomthecountysharifiTspC-fee.. Flores wm pronounced dead at the accidentscene after suffer -- Tof- even lunie seat bdts explained Carbon Deputy TbmStefanoff.; ' At press time, investigators had nm determined whether foe tion with the incident TTbe victim was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the ina- - ingmbeadtraumainctanecvVd board would discuss die matter, and the pgiyjMl that uiwrading the schocA districts transpotta-li- c tion fleet was necessaiy. , Tn die past, the district has re- placed three buses yearly tokeep aOthe buses indie district as cur- - . . picsenlatitai byDoujg Rasmussen, a Cotified public acoountantwith ; Smuin, Maningand Riche. gram to keep the fleet current indicated Boris. ; - The board members voted four to one to pass me purchase of the new busei ; .Theboaid that discussed die highlighted the school districts annual finarv-ia- l subse-quoi- : members. S' 7 The accountant inchcateddiat the district is right on track for the past year in lending ; Rasmussen explain diat the report fornextyear will be ccxs-- tyqiy Rfhftnling . a slightly. s vehicle wtren the S'-; , Die Carbon County Sheriffs Office will review eyidenceand determine the details of thefatal mishap. four-wheeli- ng J oreiL-.- 1 . r . L . board disagrees with the ao-tfo- n. .... Legislatures idea to reimburse tuition to private and religious : ; v-v;- - ;; ! ; . bo-com- e ! 7 - . ; :g! 7 : . . . i : , i pro-cedures- to 7 . - . program, l;1.':; . : d 1 .? pn-gra- - The policy explains the enter a child in home schooling and the criteria for a student to participated in sudi a ; ex-pr- era tend to home school their chik . After reviewing the financial ftpoits, the boards of education d dead atthescene. ' ty Cbuntyresidentsvdkiin-pnse- that demands attention and : : Thedistrict bas come up with poliqr to be .followed by aH Carbon hi a difraent form than seen in the past Die new form is doigned to be more readable, but the audits wifl raise in cost a Suzuki The board ofeducation Will ' schools. review the issue of a sportsmanmaintains The USBA that ship policy in future meetings. Atthc Dec.5 session, the'; tuitipn tax credits will result in board members dedded to allow reduced funding for ptablie the baseball and wrratling teams , schools," i fo travel 150 miles for pfeseason ; The USBA alsostates that .foe childrenvrivmi we are edugames and meets that are scheduled for March. 'v' cating rnourkx public schools 7 The board also agreed fo al- - will suffer from ecooomicsegre- -. low the Mont Harmon ninth gation if tuition tax credits avaUable. grade boys and girls basketball teams to travel with the Carbon .. The Carbon school board Dinds to Cedar City on Deo 20-- voted to support foe resolution 21 to play against other high the USBA has promoted. 7 "All 40 distnets in foe state ' schools. The experience will allow the junior high squads to must support the USBA resolu-tio-ri or the Legislature will apcompete against high sdiool , nnsfino mii.Vltnwt at school p wink and the thy. teams learn trktdpesnothaveaqiortsman-shihigh prove the tuition ta? creditslf there is a little cradt in the door, ; policy in place; The board entrance ways at the various ; addressed the issue at last. qiwtingeventsaddtopublishthe the Carbon panel they will open it up to pass it," 7. voted unanimously to pass foe pointed out Boria. ;, 7 , Wednesday tegulariy scheduled policy in school newspapers. ' Last week board of educatioa public meeting and reviewed a Although the policy is stilt tuition tax. credit resolution memin drafted by foe Utah School Board gathering ended with the pands use the Utah at board policy currently being created, school district bers pointed outthat it uimpor- - Association. The state board' confirmation of changing .foe Die policy reviewed by the tanttoformielatedguidelinesin developed foe draft to oppase foe meeting dates to foe second board simply sets guidelines for the district v V tuition tax credit inesdution the WMlneschycrffoemonth. ' ; Thercfbre, if a polity is in Utah Legislature will review next : The monthly scheduling proper behavior at a sporting KV wentfromathlelctstuden!gb parplace, thecoaches will bebacked :year.;',.:-change will start info foe first V-The USBA resdution statra meeting of 2002 being conducted ents and coaches. ' up by formal guidelines in the Theboard of education oiffi- - r event an incident dtould occur that the specified education on Jan. 9. '.-- and audit reports feff the board - : School board member Whiter Boris expressed ha concerns for ' rotating the buses yearly. Wfe stioukl continue the pro- - ' ; - , Die piottcy developed by the i dais felt that other pdidesfooin district meets the state require-- . ' various schools slrnuld also be ments and is.intended to be a reviewed, then Carbondistrict ' guideline for parents who wish will fcHm a policy that will best fo teach then children at home, - suit the local area,.',: :i.v jTheeducaripnpimelalsqfctt1 . Membos of theboaid passed ' tfial thc policy should here- -' the policy, however. they did concerns reganfingmoni-i- : viewed bydistrktcoachesand toririg the students work and :.prinls.DieK individuals witt be responsible for enforcing the hours at bone. , Currently, there is no moni- j sportsmanship policy arid will dso decide upon what punish toring system for students particimentswill be imidemented at pating in die home school Carbon sdiool district ' each individual ichooL " v Hopes that a monitoring system v .In order to tnake the policy will be required in the near fukoowntoallwho attend sprating ture to ensure that studentsare . events, flieoffirialsdSscussedsey-- . receiving the proper edixioa at eral advertising ideas, V The ideas included, printirig home, v ; dis--- - the Ckibonichoat Atpresent, adoptod policy in sportspro- - DecSwasthefitudtimethe DieCarbonCoimtySdiool District ccmducted its moodily board meetina Dec. S to address the issues affecting the local pub- - V ? ; ; education system. Atthemeetingmanycoaches and teachers approached the board Of education members tp discuss matters pertaining to their programs. The meeting opened widi a or the pas-senger when the fatal accident occurred. 7 7v'Die investigation is ongoing , wound andalcohol is believed to be contributing factor inthe fatal aaidcnt, acoording to the county law enforcement agency victim was the driver ; Mils in show-cover- ed i members discussed the issue of .three new school. ByKARENBASSO :.7; 'Stoffrqxnter, : 77 a 1eny Udovidi were reportedlyclmbing the mishap occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Flores was . ; . ! ', . ! Carbon Countys unemoy-mer- it rate dimbed from the 43 percent joblessness posted In Octoberto5.9 perceiri m Novem- irage and salaried jobs, has fallen shiriy since foe firstof foe year. - f'--- : November 2001, st about 70,000 jobs, is down 1300 positions from foeyear-ag- o mark, a Joss (rf The current 0.7' percent ; is a small fraction of 2,1 percent growth ' ber.-. .. During 2000 and most of Januarys 2.4 pereenL. Utah is . " The latest data compiled tiy witnessing foe states slowest em- 1999, emptoyrorat in Utahs ser foe Utah Department of Workployment expansion since 1987, vices dmsioq grew more rigidly force Services indicate that last Between Novcmber2000 and foan that ct any other division, months jobless rate exceeds foe November 2001, Utahs 66,000 Business services were foe 53 percent reported bv Carbon ' enlployerscreated8300netnew leadingjob producing activities. But the economic slowdown hft nnsfann jobs. County in November 2000. Tb put foe slow growth into the sector hard, and, beginning i Atthestatelevel, Utahs un- employmoit rate for November 7 context, Utah's historical average in Febniaiy 2001, its year-ov2001 dinfoed to A4 percent from employment expansion rate of job growth has dowed sharply. Octobers 42 peroenL In fact, foe November esti33 percent would have produced mates show a year-ov.r Thenirgeinlayoffr tiwfrll V 38,000 new positions. . loss of is impacting Utahs unemplqy- - - Fcv the United States, foe un- - 5,600 business services jobs or . men! fate, pointed put Ken employment rate jumped from about 6 percent '.j:Jrasen,woriEforBervicesseftior 3.4 irfOctober to 5.7 percent in Fortunately, several services : November, the nation's highest categories acoderated eqiansiati : "One reflection bf this is the level since August 1995,', and Utahs largest induroial di- : 53 percent rise in the number of Correspondingly,- rhiiro are visions continues to furnish.! weeks of unemployment insurof the states net actually fewer jobs in nearly one-ha- lf ance daimed foxoui DWS for 2001 than there were in Novem--. jobgrowth. of QJ pereenL i Services 3,900 new jobs since compared to foe her 200Q, a same period in2000. The rate is The last time the U.S. lost jobs November 2000 represent year- - ; r at its highest level since January was m 1992. Over growth 12 percent 1993, continued foe economist In February, foe financefin- - ' Interestingly, only 18 months In November 2001, appraxi- -. ago, U3. jdb growth was 17 peN surancereal estate division be-came Utahs leader in the pace ; mately 50300 Utahns were un- cenL After peaking in 1999, cf year-ovemployed, representinga39 perenmioyment eq3aii- cent leap from foe 36,400 (A a Utahs construction sioa TheMctorscunmt 4.1 pervear earlier when foe statewide industry has remained fairly re- -, cent job growth refiects 2,400 new ' silient In 2000 and 2001, foe poatkns. jobless rate was 32 percent ; Utahs other losses have gradually year-ovprimary indicaDepositoly institutions grew tor of current labor market congrown larger, but so far have not by 400 positions, while a 000 ; rate of ditions, the year-ovjob gain occurred in foe remain V. in the number of . Construction enqrioymem in (Continued on pega 2A) : . .1 - f . ' : 1 ' . V er 5 er a. . i ir. V . , r, t ( a I.1'-'''- ''1 p ' - V. ''- ' . . .C r r 1 - I r fr non-far- m - ' k. . - ks ' S . ,r year-ove- . . . er . Veterans remember 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day As the recently raised Pearl Harbor memorial flag flies ; overhead at Price Pea Garden, Steve Vliltovicli fa stands at attention with his sailors hat ovw his heart at thecereriiQrytotonortheKSbamiiverMyoftheatlaclL : isItto testlito'itKimlitmy suiviMirirftfieattack vhocunentfivesinCartx)nCotmiy.Morefiisn2S fanner, servicemenatlefried the cerenwnyatttM Peace Garden and paid tribute to their fallen MiHunrich ! er er se non-far- . . . . V' |