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Show VOLUME 67 NUMBER 24-J- une 14, 1979 UINTAHfBASIM O SERVING ALL OF DUCHESNE COUNTY, PLUS WEST UINTAH COUNTY Duchesne closes dump again, this decision final The Duchesne City Council, laced with a state health order to either dean up the city dump or dose it down, has made a final decision to dose the dump, effective July 1. The dump will be open Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a city employee on duty. City Administrator Kenneth Mitchell emphasized that the council had stressed that anyone using the dump on a day other than Saturday or dumping in side canyons would be "prosecuted to the full extent of the law." The decision on the dump was reached at the June 5 City Council meeting. Earlier in the year State Health The office of the old motel just east of Duchesne on the old river appears to be a safety hazard, as its LEANING SHARPLY department officials had inspected the dump and ordered the dty to either meet state health standards or close the five-year-o- ld o roof leans close to the ground. The entire motel is to be tom down this summer by ty crews. d-ro- ad judgement was delayed until June 25. In District Court, May 29, Robert Young was sentenced to a term in the Utah State Prison not to exceed five years, and to pay a $500 fine after he entered a guilty plea to a charge of County jail: no place for cMldren - " "A great need exists," said offenses, according to the report, are Juvenile Probation Officer Vera tehcnically not detainable, but the Dudley, "for adequate facilities in the ' offender simply may have no place to area to detain juveniles who, for go other than into a detention facility whatever reason, cannot be returned ; of one sort of another,. ' Juveniles who'are referred for to their homes. detention are admitted to This need was the subject of a long-terrecent study which resulted in a the Utah County Youth Home in technical aaaistance report prepared Provo. The relatively small number of detainable juveniles in the rural areas by Robert Kihm of the Community Research Forum under a grant from! under study precludes the establishthe Office for Juvenile Justice and ment of a facility comparable to the Provo institution, at least at the Delinquency Prevention, Washington, "'rBr m D.L present time. emanated Five recommendations from the survey: . 1. Establishment of a salaried shelter home by the Division of Family Services, to be Incited in Vernal. Hie recommendation includes an annual salary of $10,000, with the house parents' required to be available 865 days a year and accept all referrals. of the juvenApproximately one-thiiles jailed during the survey period could have been placed in such a shelter home, had one been available. Such a shelter home would be used primarily for children who are difficult to place, such as runaways for which court officers have no history, and for youngsters who present behavior problems. 2. The juvenile court shall issue orders to prohibit placement of juveniles in adult jails. Therefore, a holdover facility should be established for use while a juvenile awaits transportation. The survey indicated that a three-be- d capacity, that is, three separate rooms, would adequately handle the requirements of the local area. Jails are considered totally unsuitable for handling young The report was presented and discussed at a meeting held Wednesday, Junft-6- , in Venal, attended by representatives of the Duchesne County Sheriffs office, the Uintah County Sheriffs 'Pffiee, Division of Family Services and the Third District Juvenile Court. While Utah has in general been a leader- in Appropriate developing measures for dealing with young offenders,, a serious deficiency exists in rural areas, where juveniles are often incarcerated in adult jails in the absence of suitable facilities for detention. At the present time, the Uintah County jail has two eells designated for juvenile use. In neither facility are juveniles sufficiently isolated from the adult population, and neigher makes any provision for a detainee to spend time out of the eelL Roosevelt has no juvenile detention facility at aQ. Not only are existing facilities for the detention of inadequate juveniles, they fail to conform to Federal standards, and are therefore illegal for this purpose. Ms. Dudley feels there is insufficient puhUe awareness of present conditions, and that only through increased can funding concern be pubUe generated to correct the situation. The survey which generated the study of report involved an conditions in three rurti areas, the - area, the Grand-8a- n Juan area, and the area. Facilities were and juvenile court aqd inspected, family services personnel interviewed. The basis of the study was the criteria of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Thsurvey was also authorised by the Uintah County Commission, which has an interest in improving existing facilities. Results of the survey win be reported to the Commission as well. Thdrecommendationa contained in the retort, made available by the Vernal .loffice of the Third District JuvenfieTljrart, were in part based on nmfdfon that most juveniles the who are detained could be placed in a temporary shelter hone rattier than in a lock-uMany offonsehor which juvenilea are detained ardb jsocalled "status offenses,' actionable because of the age of the offender, rather than because of inherent criminality id the act Status Include Incorrigibility and from home. Many status away running ' rd te 48-ho- . offenders, and since arrest is likely to be a traumatic and critical event in the life of the juvenile, it is essential that the negative aspects of the event not be compounded by incarceration in the company of adult criminals. 8. An additional police officer should be hired to provide transportation for theft. However, the judge suspended the prison term and placed Young on two years probation. He must also pay the fine as well as the fine and restitution imposed on another ease in Circuit Court, and spend four months in the Duchesne County ja.iL The judge stated that, after two months of the jail term have been served, he will entertain a motiqn for work release program for Young. And two men who had been arrested in a series of drug "busts last December changed their pleas to guilty on charges of possession id a controlled substance with intent to .. ' - juveniles to other areas without disruption of normal police activities. A policeman must often transport a juvenile to the airport in Salt Lake City, then, wait several hours before returning to his regular duties. Considering tliegiL FACE LIFT Duchesne city crews are scheduled to tear down the old stairway, chimney and other structures at the back of Floyd Spilsbury's main street building, which has been declared a public nuisance. Stances invof ,ved, trips must be kept to a minimum, and every effort made to avoid disrupting normal police activities in this connection. 4. Police should notify the Juvenile' Court or the Division of Fi Services immediately after a juvei is arrested and not returned to the parents. A Division of Family Services case worker andor an officer of the Juvenile Court should be on call 24 hours a day to act in these situations. 5. Secure detention, Le. lock-ushould be reserved for children who pose a significant threat to the public safety, the court' process, or to p, themselves. Ms. Dudley emphasized that the areas other juvenile probation officer, VanTaaaell, supervisor Tom Freestone, and Judge Merrill Herman-sen- , who serves this area, are concerned that prompt attention be given the facilities for the handling of juveniles. According to Ms. Dudley, there imply isn't enough public interest, Boyd Continued on page 6a distribute it. Michael Scott Murphy and Robert Leland Taylor both changed their pleas. Following a presentence investigation by the Adult Probation and Parole Department, they are to be sentenced Utahs claim to oil The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to consider Utahs case demanding title to 157,000 acres of federal land, including some 10,000 acres currently leased under the oil shale exploration program. like most Western states, Utah received land grants to support public education when it became a state. Congress later provided that if these lands were lost to private use such as mineral mining, substitute tracts would be given to the states. Between 1965 and 1971, Utah selected 194 parcels of federal land in June 25. BUSin ESS shale lands goes to U.S. Supreme Court BRIEFS To qualify for the Million Dollar Round Uintah County in payment for lost mineral lands. However, Interior Secretary Cedi Andrus contends that he holds the authority to decide which federal lands should be given to Utah. He feels that the Uintah County grazing lands -which are also rich in minerals are selections more valuable than those lost earlier to mining claims. Last August the court ease reached the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which handed down a ruling restrict- - - international Table, an insurance underwriter must secure over one million dollars in life insurance production for two or more years. DELOY ELDER, CLU, Mass Mutual Life, joined this elite group as a 1979 Utah member. Hi Need upholstery for your home, auto, RV or camper? Need a tractor or motorcycle seat? David Richman of OLD WEST UPHOLSTERY will take on almost any job. The Roosevelt business is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.mH Monday through Friday, or call Continued on page 8a SIS Summer program assists Indian youth to aim at the sky Paiute-Wayne-Sevi- er Duehesne-Uin-tah-Dagg- e "It is better to aim at the sky and hit the fence, than to aim at the fence and hit the ground, said Grandfather. The Ute Tribe Summer Program, a companion program to CETA, seeks to assit young people in aiming at the sky. The program, under the direction of the Tribe's Personnel Department, is designed for Indian students, age 1 years, who are not eligible for . . . 14-2- employment SUMMER YOUTH . PROGRAM Motivation, career exploration, communications skills are but a few areas explored by Indian students under the tutelage of skilled in structors. Pictured wjth a group of Ute students are, standing, left to right, fessor Vincent J. Lafferty, Counselor Glen-n- a Harper, and Dr. Vamell Bench. Pro- through CETA - stu- have a higher income level, but still have the need id special help in appreciating the importance id jobs, and who need exposure to a variety of work experiences with a view to developing aspirations based on realis- tic information. Some 80 young people are participating in the program, which was' proposed and developed hr Annette Christensen, the present director. The dents p. . Duchesne man pleas guilty in sex case landfilL The council closed the dump except on Saturdays at that time but, met with strong public opposition, rescinded the action for further study. City Councilman Rod Harrison said the council had little choice on the A man Duchesne matter. "We have to meet those "forcible sexual abuse of with charged standards," he said, "and we dont neighbor entered a have the money to maintain it (the his third degree felony to the guilty plea dump) according to state regulations. in Court Monday. District charges The State Health offidala had given He will now undergo a the dty until July 1 to meet the ( investigation by the Adult Probation standards or dose the landfill as an and Parole Department and psychiat"open dump", which is now illegal. ric evaluation by two of three psychiatrists appointed by the court before he is sentenced Jufy 9. Also Monday, the sentencing of a Fruitland man who has also plead guilty to charges of forcible sexual abuse was postponed because the prosentence investigation had not been completed. Pronouncement id , who program is funded by the Ute Tribe. The first three weeks id the program involve participation in four to five daily sessions dealing with motivation and career exploration. Glenna Harper, counselor in the program, described this initial phase a concentrated effort to teach the young people to "sell themselves" , to "put their brat foot forward, to prepare themaelves for exposure off the reservation to some of the work experiences for which they may be suited by intellect and personality. Hie preparatory stage of the program is followed by an extended visit to the Utah State Univar&ty campus for handson experience in' some 50 job modules. Thanaim of the handeon phase is fenpart to the u Continued on page 8a |