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Show Editorial Pag THE UINTAH BASIN STANDARD A Consolidation o! the Roosevelt Standard and Uintah Basin Record Published Weakly at Roosavalt, Utah HIM-P- .O. Box 111 Second-Clas- s Utah at Roosevelt( Poataga paid MI-M- I) (USPS Subscription Rotas: Ona yoar, 97.M . Paid In Advance Two Yoars, 111 .M KEVIN ASHBY ; ; . . .PUBLISHER . Lets Hope For A Quick End To The Twice-A-Mont- Re-alignm- h One of the biggest problems facing towns in the Uintah Basin is that of road repair. Roosevelt City faces road and street repair with the same fears as those which plague- local - everywhere . governments where will the money come from. The intermountain area, with its frequent and often drastic temperature changes, is well known for disintegrating city streets and crumbling state highways.. Many theories have been promoted as to why Utah's thoroughfares and avenues seem to break down foster than those of its neighbor states. Much of the blame can be placed on Mother Nature as she drops various forms of water on Utah and gleefully turns on the freezer only to have the machine break down and all the ice cubes melt. Some of the blame however must be focused on money problems; Mother Nature isn't good with money. She can't even budget her rainfall properly. The Intermountain states generally, and Utah in particular have spent the last twenty years attempting to open themselves up to the rest of America. The Interstate Highway System has been the priority recipient of funds earmarked for all streets and highways. Chuck holes are harder on tourists cars at 55 miles per hour than on Mr. Jones' station wagon as he attempts to negotiate his way around the craters on Lagoon Street while coming home for lunch. Money problem number two concerns those taxes through which public transportation departments receive their funding. Much percentage of doctors, lawyers, educators and business executives. And it of the money earmarked for streets and roads comes from the gasoline tax. Contrary to popular belief, that tax does not go up with the price of petrol. Were. that the case, Utah, would be up to its ears in blacktop.' The point is this: inflation has not raised the gasoline tax, thus streets and roads funding hasn't markedly increased. Not only have the funds not increased with the . price of gasoline, but gasoline is refined from oil and oil is the primary ingredient in road surfacing materials. While the cost of repairing streets has skyrocketed, the funding available has remained largely static. Let's bring it home. In order to resurface just two blocks of Lagoon Street, Roosevelt City will have . to expend nearly $40,000. Although streets is a priority item to the City, this year's budget for that purpose is $98,050. Roosevelt obviously needs more than four blocks of resurfacing. There are several experimental resurfacing plans which the city is glancing at. Glancing, because of the untried (not road-teste- d if you will) nature of such projects. Still, the city is h working hard to alleviate your . Ike Uintah Basis STANDARD welcerfee all letters to the editor. An letters mint he signed, but be withheld apea request, expressed in letters to the editor de net necessarfly reflect the editorial peBey ef the STANDARD. i Traffic twice-a-mont- the way, every chuckhole will be patched this summer. The only hot patch plant in this area only opened a couple of weeks ago. This fact combined with the cool weather, which is only now becoming a thing of the past, have forced the patching crews- to postpone their' repair work. It is hoped, by those who work at the Roosevelt City Building, that the cavities will be filled beginning this week. By - full-tim- . . Vice-preside- nt More school daze The Chamber Maid one-roo- . hard-to-fin- "Retail for . tid-b- it bloom, Sometime RoliabllHy" You're the beat qualified in the roan. 722-245-4 1 ftliSLXJpl them. Everybody is invited out and that includes the supporters and curiosity seekers to see what a good job the management has done getting ready to these races. ' Prairie Dog Racing Asss. Summer library program Dear Editor: .. We'd like to take this time to giv "Join the Summer Sleuth Club" ia our Special Thanks to Sherman Sorenson his time, guidance and, the theme to Duchesne elementary centers summer library above all his promptness, in wanting schools media ' to help set the lights on the track, so program. Reading will solve all aorta of that wed be prepared to our opening mysteries, says Dona Hansen, who is weekend at Prairie Dog Speedway. media coordinator to the school and Due to the bad weather Saturday, in charge of the project. The media May 10, the races were called, off, to center will be opes from 6 p.m. if our regret, but we still had lights Tuesday afternoons, June 8 through the races did go on. We've had a few July 1. Story hoars will .be held far before, on the subject of children ages 7 at 2 p.m. and to setting lights on the race track, but those 8-at 8 p:m. due to finding a great guy like Sherm ana records can be used Filmstrips Sorenson, they (the lights) were fixed at the center, and . hooka and with great success. magazines will be made available to If anyone is wondering what stock check out Children are encouraged to ear racing is all about, its a hobby like use the north door to the building. horse racing, snow skiing, hunting and ; Mrs. Hansen hopes that parents will a few others, that takes place in the notice that this year summer library is summer. Anyone who has participaheld during June, instead of being him been who ted, or just a spectator, later.in.the. summer.;.!,,,. ! uiJten,f to 1-- ' run-aroun- 4-- . 1 -- . w r 3 Get sl Refund from WhiteWestinghouse . When you purchase anyof these fine Dishwashers between March 1st and June 30th. White-Westinghou- se 18 programmed cycle combinations 10 pushbutton controls Water Saver Cycle Sanitizer & Energy Saver settings Interior one-teach- in . ; - . bees. When someone missed a word, it would go down the line, and whoever spelled it correctly moved up the line to the first miss, and eventually to the head of the line. We learned to read by using did quite well, thank phonetics-an- d ' SU852C. you. We learned math by drilling on the times tables, 12 x 12 144 and combinations in addition and subtrae-turn- , 8 4 -- 10 or 11 - 5 - 6. We also did well in general science, art and literature. Viewing these experiences of long ago from this number of years, I aee many Treasures of Truth" picked up by often listening to lessons being taught in the various grades and out of that eight years in that aw room school came an unusually high 18 programmed cycle combinations 7 pushbutton controls Sanitizer & Energy Saver settings in interior 10 programmed cycle combinations 3 pushbutton controls Energy Saver setting Interior when you take it for granted Rowcvoll, race track safety factors to facing a stock car. And one of them is having the proper lighting on the race track, so that the driven can see what's going on around d CHOOSING A PHARMACY REQUIRES THOUGHT records. Twenty-seve- n presidents have served the Chamber. Twenty-fiv- e of them are still living. All but ' three live in the Basin. I have enjoyed my work for the past even years and hopefully can continue serving the area through my position with the Chamber. Just to help put things in I perspective HI pass along a ran across: The Indispensable Man Sometime, when you're feeling important Sanetime when your ego's in standards. Dear Editor: Re your editorial of May 22 may I comment? On the whole I agree, but I note particularly the last sentence of Paragraph 5: ia it too much to expect one elementary teacher to be proficient at teaching reading and writing and arithmetic. With you, I answer with a resounding No! I am 78 years old and some say Fm a crank." Perhaps I am, but I began my education In a school and eight grades. These teachers were marvelous. They didnt count hours - they counted the find education and characters they produced. They spent hours gong to the slow" ones to homes of the make sure they reaehed their fullest potential Going to school was a fun experience. We learned to spell by up twice a week and having us-an- loads of important decisions. You are trying to get everything off to a good start and want to choose things carefully. Choosing a pharmacy is certainly something to be given eareful thought Its important to know that any prescription you need to have filled will be correctly handled and any specific instructions for deriving the full1 benefit of your medication will be explained. We will gladly order any d item for you. bearable Thanks! rd like to make two pleas to the motoring public coming to the ballpark complex. First, to all driven, but. particularly those coming, west,, at sundown, please. slow down .to avoid the many, small, ehildrenakmg,, the way; it will also create a little leas dust, perhaps. The second pies is to fill your vehicles up with teammates or family. Jhia will again lessen traffic, and dust, bonus of gas with the added conservation. Thanka again to the responsible party who ordered the watering of our roads. Good luck to aU ball players. Roberta Jones P.S. Perhaps, a third plea; to the parents of the small children on these roads lets know where our children are when the ball games start, and that they are carefully latched. blues. activities. Open house was held on Tuesday and prises were furnished by local businesses to help celebrate the to corresExecutive day. These prises were given through-ou- t the radio broadcast by KNEU at pond with Jobs throughout the country and opened an office, originally along the office all day. Thankrto the Cow Palace, Basin Interlake Press, Roosewith Roosevelt Realty uptown. velt Floral, Amys Floral, Frontier On November 1, 1978 we moved into this office. Mont Larsen is the landlord ; (hill, First Security Bank, MontgomStewarts, and has been very cooperative with d ery Ward, Selections, very supportive. We appreciate KNEU, Doyle's Electric, Uintah Basin to the need his responsiveness Standard, Elaines, Modern Drug, J.C. Penney Co., and Bathers. provided by the Chamber for the The seven years I have served the community. Roosevelt Area Chamber have been interesting and week we will be calling This Chamber of Commerce edueatkmaL I have gained an insight attention to the functions and services into the needs of the community, area of the Chamber. Mayor Shields By Paula O.Bdl and state. I believe that we have proclaimed June 1 through 7 as Roosevelt Area Chamber Week with provided a service to the community the hope that more people will become ' that only a Chamber of Commerce can Anniveraariea eomo and anniversaries go, and another one has gone acquainted with the Chamber and its provide. It has been said that the Chamber is a vehicle by which volunteers come together to serve the needs of a community. I think this has been the ease with our Chamber. Of. course, as I have mentioned previously, the job has had its glorious momenta and it has had its frustrating ones, but we learn through adversity, and I can say that I have learned. of Thanks go to those board directors and presidents who have served with me over the years. I have Theres nothing; like a June wedding, so the gained an appreciation for each person saying goes. If you area June bride (or even a May with whom I have worked. The bride) or any kind of bride and just setting up Chamber itself goes back to about 1952, as far as I can tell by my housekeeping, we know you are in the middle of to the dust at Lights on and dust Dear Editor: These past several weeks, our an neighborhood has experienced increase in traffic, and consequently, dust, as the new park complex has been opened to the public and ball playing. Although we dont enjoy all the dust and traffic, we realise the need for good, dean, supervised recreation. rd like .to thank whoever ia responsible to the city water truck dampening our roads. It has reduced . now. On June 1, 1978, 1 came to work e for the Chamber aa a of the title later picked up manager. 1W was all so peaceful and unconfusing. I view with dismay our present LQ. scientiftests, analysers, and ic gadgets to try to find out what makes a child tick - when a little tender, loving care by a dedicated teacher with discipline backed up by understanding parents, could do a world of good. So heres to education: : Beadin and unitin' and 'rithmetie, ' Taught to tho tune of a hickory tick. Sincerely, Geo. W. Bartlett Blues ent can tell you that these races are great to any type of person with any taste to sports. And there are a great many Sometime when you feel that your leaving Would leave an unfillable hole, Just follow this simple suggestion - ' And see how it humble you souL Take a bucket and fill it with water, Put your hand in it up to the wrist; Pull it out and the hole thats remaining . Is the measure of how youll be in missed. You may splash all you please when you enter, You can stir up the water galore, But atop, and youll find in a moment That it looks quite the same as before. The moral to this quaint example Is to do the best that you can. Be proud of yourself, but remember, bs no indispensable man! CHAMBER CHALLENGE: Get behind those leading b.the Chamber and . help them do their-jo- SU4S2A SULLIVAN'S noonvuT, UTAH "Where Quality Costs Less" Roosevelt, Utah |