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Show 07th Year Thursday June 5, 1980 No. 28 don Lake Electric cost At the present rate of return which to required so that the Association's financial position is not impaired. Protests, comments and ideas from the public were also brought forward at the meeting. It was explained to those in attendance that the eost of ' wholesale power constitutes mately 80 percent of the board meeting held Immediately following a public hearing at 10 a.m., Kay 28, Moon Lake Electric Association's Board of Directors approved an increase of 10.87 mills per kfiowstthour to be applied to ail of their rate schedules in the Utah - service area. The increase will become effective on June 1, or if a delay is encountered, it will become effective when the new power source, through Joint participation in Utah Power A Light ' Companys Hunter II Power Plant, is fully operational and the Association to receiving the power that to generated that plant At the hearing, : ooentin exDense. Attention was called to the fact that the approximate 20 percent that from testimony wss Rnted to substantiate that the. to necessary to cover the cost of purchssed power and maintain the ' : makes up the balance of Moon Lake's expenses is, for a great part, composed of fixed costs over which the Association has little or no control, including taxes, interest, and depredation. Another item discussed was the costly regulations and laws which have been, and continue to be, enacted which create a burden on the PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY s Roosevelt, Utah mm 22 Pages 20 Cents Vss mi 'vVH V, -- j: consumers. Participation in the Utah Power A Light Hunter H Plant became necessary due to a Utah' Public Service Commission order in June of 1979, which called for the cancellation of wholesale power contracts by Utah Power A Light Company, one of Moon Lake's wholesale power suppliers. It was imperative for the Association to find an alternative source of power and it was determined that the Hunter H plant to the most available and economical source for the Association's present and near future needs. Man hurt in cycle wreck Ronald Decker, 28, Roosevelt, suffered a broken leg Friday morning accident in an on Lagoon Street in Roosevelt. d on Lagoon, Decker wss just west of the traffic light, when an automobile driven by Guy Thompson, 67, also Roosevelt, backed out of a parking place and bit Decker's cycle. Decker was thrown from the motorcycle, which wss pinned under the rear bumper of Thompson's car. According to Roosevelt City Detectj automobile-motorcycl- e east-boun- The Roosevelt City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 9, at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers of the Roosevelt City building. The fiscal 1981 dty budget will then be presented to the dtisens for their comments and suggestions. A discussion of federal revenue sharing funds will be held in conjunction with, the budget hearing. ". Copies of the budget are available to the public prior to the hearing and be obtained from the city offices, mong those issues to be discussed include a proposed five percent d eost of living increase for all permanent dty employees. This increase, combined with a proposed two percent merit step increase and a proposal by the city to pay 100 percent of permanent employee's health insurance premiums, would i average of approximately to ten percent per. year in salary increases. For the first time, an allowance for depreciation has been written into the budget In order to fund this. area of expense the council must increase rates and fees in each id the utility and ' enterprise funds. City Administrator Glen Vernon, who recommends the budget which has been before the dty council on two defends the employee occasions, increase by comparing it with other governments. "Vernal has proposed a 14 percent increase and the State of Utah recently gave their employees 11 percent, related Vernon. TThe average increase to anywhere from 10 to IS percent among local governments, so this proposal will bring us closer in line with other. cities and towns. The combined salary increase and benefit package will cost Roosevelt an additional $25,000 per year. . The budget assumes that the Roosevelt area will continue to grow at its present rste, that intergovernmental funding such as federal revenue sharing will be maintained, ' and that such proposals as the removal of sales tax on food would - not . ' Continued on page 3 . . across-the-boar- ' . in abuse of child Court - Wfikerson was charged with sexual- ty abusing his granddaughter on two occasions. .The defendant waived his right to a jury . trial and was convicted by 7th Circuit Court Judge Kenneth G. Anderton, who was asked to sit on the Fourth District Court bench for that ease. In his appeal, Wfikerson ssid the child shouldn't have been allowed to testify because insufficient foundation was presented on her competency. When children testify. Judge Gordon R. Hall said in the unanimous opinion, ld the trial discretion judge has to determine substantial the child's ' - ive Wayne Embleton, who investigated the accident, Decker was issued a citation for operating . a motorcycle without a motorcycle operators li' cense, while Thompson was cited for improper backing. Dedter was transported by ambulance to Duchesne County hospital, where he was treated and 'released. r' According to an article in a Salt Lake City paper, the forcible sexual abuse and forcible sodomy convictions of Carl Wfikerson, Duchesne, were upheld Friday by the Utah Supreme . ability to perceive and truthfully relate facts. In this case, Hall said, there wss sufficient evidence that the child had a sense of moral duty to tell the truth. WUkerson also said there wasn't enough evidence to convict him. Hall ; said although the charges were based almost entirely upon the childs testimony, the judge nad the prerogative-. to determine the weight . and significance of the evidence. The third print in the appeal said the time of the two incidences war uncertain, so the defondant-tplaced in dapger of double jeopardy. Hall said a complaint does not need to narrow the time to the exact minute. In the Wfikerson ease, times were narrowed to two occasions when the parents had left town and the girl stayed with her grandparents. "Defendant, himself, . ' O- -r . ' . west-boun- d 1 The Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its meeting Thursday, June 6 (today) at Zfams First National Bank, beginning at noon. Richard M. Taggart, Executive Manager of the South Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, will be the featured speaker at the meeting. ' T broken leg in the accident. Emergency Medical Technicians administered first aid on the scene, and Decker was transported by ambulance to the Duchesne County hospital for treatment. f V Bruce Oliver Yancy H, old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Oliver Yancy, Neola, apparently fell from a bridge over an Irrigation eanal Wednesday, May 28, and was carried some 75 to 100 feet downstream, before being pulled from the water. The accident occurred Wednesday morning. The parents said they missed the bpy about 11:15 a.m. After searching for him and suspecting that he might be in the canal Yancy called several neighbors for assistance. One of the .searchers spotted part of the boys clothing in the water, and Yancy and Naturich Davis, a neighbor, pulled him from the eanaL th collaborates the visits, the opinion said. Wfikerson was sentenced to pay a $5000 fine on the two charges and placed on probation for three years. He also wss ordered to seek counseling. The judge also ordered him to establish a $1500 trust fund for the victim, who may need counseling or therapeutic assistance in the future. Yancy said that he began heart massage and artificial respiration, which be continued until arrival of the Emergency Medical Technicians from Roosevelt The father of the child said that there wss no water in the boy's lungs, and he surmised that the boy had struck his head as he foil and that the blow knocked him unconscious. Following emergency treatment at Duchesne County hospital the' child was transported by Life Flight to a hospital in Salt Lake City. At press time Tuesday, the boy was reported as still in critical condition by a spokesman for Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City. . Plants in pots turn out to be pot plants Two Board id Equalisation meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, June 10, and Tuesday, 17. The meetings will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. These meetings offer the taxpayers their only opportunity to adjustments on their 1980 tevefi County Clerk Janet Cowan, stated, "Taxpayers should take a good look at their evaluations and u there to any discrepancy, attend one of the above mentioned meetings. . Duchesne County Sheriffs Deputy Jack Bird was visiting a man in Hanna on official business recently when he accidently discovered a few unusual house plants. Three, foot-ta-ll marijuana plants, along with several smaller sprouts, were observed through the window of the man's house. Deputy Bird arrested the man when he answered his door, charging him with cultivation of a controlled substance. An offer was msde to the suggesting that if he take a polygraph test in support of his contention that he didnt realize just what kind of plants were growing in his living room, charges would be dropped. He refused the polygraph test and wss taken before Judge Keith Rowley. Rowley fined the man $30, gave him a y suspended sentence, and put 60-da- him on probation for 6 months. . Seven area LPNs complete training Mexican man dies Betts. vr-- Neola child hospitalized after fall into canal Chamber meeting today Tax appeal meetings scheduled Manuel Guerra, 21, Sonora, Mexico, died Friday, May 80, while of working about three .miles north " Bottle Hollow in Ballard. According to Uintah County Sheriff Arden Stewart, the medical examiners report said that the died of natural causes involving a severe heart condition. The incident was Investigated by Uintah County Deputy Sheriff Lynn , Ronald Decker, 28, was on Lagoon Street in Roosevelt last Friday when Guy Thompson, 67, backed his car out of a parking place and into Decker's motorcycle. Decker suffered a f jk. CRRRJNCHI . v Members of the fifth practical nursing class at the Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center received certificates and pins Friday, May 23. The graduates and their instructors are, back row, left to right, Jean Smith, program director; Beth Sweat- GRADUATES field, instructor; Reba Clerico; Linda Pohl; Sharon Peck; Lilian Mangan, Instructor; front row, Sylvia Smart, Denise Warn, Joyce Thomas, Susan Willingham, and Michele Lancaster. S Ml The fifth Practical Nursing completion exercises were held May 28, in the Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center malL The invocation was given by Michele Lancaster, and guests were, welcomed by Marlin Johnson, UBAVC Director. Dr. David Shupe was guest speaker. Student speakers were Reba Clerico and Joyce Thomas. Delores Deardoff accompanied herself on the guitar while singing "Summer Wine" and Someone to Looking For Someone Like You. Students from ConAmore Training Center perfumed the Lord's Prayer in . sign language. Certificates of completion were presented to the students by Jeanne Stringham, and they received their pins from instructors Beth Sweatfield and-Lili- Manangan. Receiving certificates of completion were Reba Clerico, Lapoint; Michele Lancaster, Sharon Peek and Joyce Thomas, Vernal; Linda Pohl Ft. Duchesne; Denise Warr, Bluebell; and Susan Willingham, Roosevelt |