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Show Editorial Uintah (Basin Standard Recent actions support medical improvements would be a detriment to medical improvements. Because the responsibilities of assuming a role on the Hospital Board are large, it may be a possibility to designate one position to be maintained by a doctor on staff at the Hospital. Along with this, the doctors could rotate service on the Board and thereby provide a constant supply of new ideas. We feel the inclusion of a doctor on the Board is a necessity and feel a sense of relief that a decision was made which placed a doctor back on the Board. While this action should provide Duchesne County Residents with better medical care because improved communication, the decisions regarding the construction of the new facility are also paramount. Presently, no plans have been decided upon. While many residents may feel there is a "dragging of the feet" on the part of the County Commissioners, we feel the opposite is true! While the money will soon be here for the construction, we must be absolutely certain that final plans are the best possible. The $5 million amount is a large sum of money and we as residents should be grateful that our commissioners are attempting to spend this money on the most beneficial plans. The hospital expansion is desperately needed, but not to the point of sacrificing a conscientious plan. To rush into the construction with plans we are unsure of would be a mistake we would pay for for many years. We need the expansion, but we need the proper expansion I Actions of the County Commission seem to be headed in that Many changes have been proposed during the past year for the improvement of medical care within Duchesne County, and several actions taken recently have solidified the county's position of attempting to provide these much needed services. The first of these was the retention of Dr. Terry Buxton on the Duchesne County hospital Board. Last month Dr. Buxton's term on the Board expired, as did several other members'. In an effort to provide better representation from County residents, Dr. Buxton was replaced by a citizen from another part of the County. We are pleased to see the representation of the County, but a doctor is needed on the Hospitol Board. of the However, last week the by-laHospital board were ammended and Dr. Buxton was placed back on the Board. And a good thing! Duchesne Presently, residents County and its are facing many medical challenges. The manner in which we meet these challenges will have a far reaching impact on life in Duchesne County. There must be a medical person on that Boardl There have been statements to the effect that the doctors control the Hospital Board. Any negative effects, if such a situation were true, would be balanced by the expertise and knowlege a doctor could provide. This is especially true with the construction of an addition upon us. The doctor's input is now more important than ever. No matter how positive our intentions as citizens are, none of us are capable of comprehending entirely the complexities of operating the County Hospital. Without the guidance of the doctors' decisions could prossibly be made which Currently J o DENTAL t X-RA- FIND YS TROUBLE QUICKLY At most every regular dental examination, your dentist may first want to take a series of These can pinpoint trouble spots before they get to the stage where extensive work is needed or where a painful toothache results. X-ra- ys. X-ra- ys Even when work Is required, the new anesthetics and high speed equipment make it fast and with hardly any discomfort. Many dentists will prescribe a tranquiiiier for a patient before their appointment and a pain reliever for use when the anesthetic has worn off. We fill many dental prescriptions and keep the medications they need on hand. Rend fa RellflbilHf I o 1 Rocxlt, 722-245-4 By Letters The Hatch Report By Justice? Dear Editor: I would like to state a few facts since my name has been on the front page of the newspaper. I would like to tell the true story. On the night of Feb. 8 I was following a car towards my property in Pleasant Valley. I have had quite a few things stolen so I followed the car until it went on past my property. I then recalled a year and a half ago I had bought and paid for $450 worth of straw from a previous owner of Evan Pro bit's land. When I went to get the straw it was gone. When I took 60 bates of hay, I felt I wasn't stealing anything that hadn't been paid for. At this time the Sheriff picked me up. I explained to him the situation and he then told me that Evan Probst was not the owner, something I had been unaware of, and was missing 350 bates of hay. I paid $962.50 for 350 bales of hay because Evan Probst reported he was absent that many. There was no way to prove I had not taken 350 bales. I took 60 bales of hay, worth $135. Moon Lake Electric If anyone feels justice was done that Kite flying in fun, but it cm also be very dangerous if kite flyers are careless about safety. An kite flyers, and parents of kite flyers, should heed safety ruin before launching kites into March's windy skies. Lightning has always made the kite hobby hazardous, but age-ol- d electricity running through today's transmission snd distribution lines makes the springtime rite even more potentially dangerous. Kites use in transmission wires have in recent years started fires that destroyed entire forests and communities. They have also caused electricity blackouts, costing thousands of dollars as well as customer inconvenience and hardship. To protect kite flyers from danger, cited below are seven safety rules that every kite enthusiast should learn and remember: 1. Fly kites in an open field, away from electric power wires or transmission lines. 2. Use only perfectly dry kite string - never wire. 8. Do not try to remove a kite if it catches on an electric power wire or a high pole. 4. Do not use metal in making a kite. 5. Do not fly kites on or near a public highway. 6. Never fly a kite in wet or stormy is their choice, but I am not guilty of staling 350 bales of hay. In fact, the 60 bain which I took from the stack I felt I had paid for in the beginning and was only trying to recover what was mine. Thank you, Nolan 0. Larsen your crops dog, would have been better irrigated beause of a dike above the town, and you wouldnt have had to go too far out of your way to cross an irrigation anal That's beause Kanab's accomplished mayor in 1912 saw to it that stray dogs were controlled, a dike was built, and bridges were constructed over the town's anals. That mayor was Mary W. Howard, one of the first woman mayors in Ameriun, who wasn't content to stick to uses women at that time were expected to promote. The accomplishments of Mayor Howard and women like her are being commemorated this which is designated week, March by Congress as Women's History Week under a resolution I sponsored aimed at spurring awareness of the contributions women have made in the building of America. History traditionally has been a study of the great men of the world; as such, it has ignored a large part of our heritage by overlooking the great women who have also shaped our past. As long as were studying history, we might as well learn all of it. Since understanding the past an promote a greater understanding of the present and future, it an also help us see ourselves and our possibilities in the context of our forebearers. It is fitting to recall, for example, when driving through the farmlands of a Cache or Sanpete or Sevier County, that it was often early Utah women who planted the first crops there, milked the first cows, and, in some cases, built the first abins, as their husbands and sons were often away on missions, business or other assignments. It adds something to Utah's d state reputation as a to remember that it began as a partnership of men and women, as Utah historian Leonard Arrington ays, where women were given the right to vote some 50 years before other Amerian women gained that right, and some, like Kanabs Mayor Howard, beume among the first in the nation to fill elective or civic Mormon family-centere- offices. In 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon beume the first woman in Ameriu to be elected to a State Senate seat, when she bat a number of other undidates, including her husband, to take a seat in Utah's first legislature. Sen. Cannon, a physician, sponsored a bill that created the State' Board of Health, which operates today as the State Hulth Department. Women's History Week is not one of major acts of the present Congress. It wont alter the course of history. But it don remind us what women in Utah's and America's past have done, and what possibilities await them in the future. the Roosevelt City HOT CAN ON KM AND PESHARS EVEN HELT YOU WITH XXIR HOMS WOmO At the regular meeting of the Rooaevelt City Council on March 8, the' following took place: Youth City Council Fawn Lewis, Mayor of the Youth City Council met with the City Council to report on projects with which they have been working. Min Lewia reported there will be a program held on drugs and alcohol. Rose Milter will be the speaker at Union High School March 17 at 3:30 p.m. This will be for all youth. Swimming pool Motion was made by Gordon Harmston, Jr., seconded by Dennis Jenkins, to retain Boettcher L Co., as for the new a bond consultant swimming pool Motion urried. UINTAH BASIN will be held with the Town of Ballard March 10. Mayor Lawrence Yack and Councilman Garth Sorensen will attend as representatives of the Roosevelt City CoundL Utility Exemption board After review and discussion on ARE TVRMIM6 TO AOMKPlNfrTB SoMS oocmms. U&M6 the mnip HELM FMMCVf IT.IFYMl'VE WEMMTLV 6o NE ACT0 SCHOOL, JDINEPA MVWEKwr OR. EMR0UKP IM A URM Of AMERK-AN- C LEAKMMC. any kino, you MMtr kwe-KAK IN MIND A Cur Of SoeTWNC TEA HEUU CONCEW1WATC 91UPCS Joint meeting weather. TT If you lived in Kanab in 1912 you wouldnt have been bitten by a stray a A meeting 7. Have be saf- while flying a kite. Observing these few simple rules will their keep kite flyere-an- d fun-a- nd Senator Orrin Hatch e- THE kites-saf- e! STANDARD A utility exemptions, on motion by Gordon Harmston, Jr., seconded by Dennis Jenkins, and carried the Utility Exemption Program in Roosevelt was abolished. Legion carnival Motion was made by Garth Soren- sen and seconded by Dennis Jenkins to approve the Amerian Legion holding its annual carnival in Roosevelt. Motion carried. Knollcrest P.UJ). Kay Labrum presented to the Council the final plat changes for Knollcrest P.U.D. Motion was made by Gordon Harmston, Jr., seconded by Garth Sorensen, to approve these changes, providing they meet the Planning and Zoning Commission's approval, and are reviewed by Glen Vernon and the city engineer. Motion carried. Consolidation of the Roosevelt Standard and Uintah Basin Record Published Weekly at Roosevelt, Utah 84066 P.O. Box 188 Second-Clas- s Postage paid at Roosevelt, Utah (USPS 646-96- 0) Subscription Rates: One Year, $9.00 Two Years, $16.00-F- aid in Advance PUBLISHER KEVIN ASHBY EDITOR MARK E. IBACH AAGR. BUSINESS CROZIER Z. . 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