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Show 69th Year " Thursday November No. 46 18, 1982 22 Roosevelt, Utah Pages 25 Cents Several awards were made last Thursday at the Utah Peace Officers Association District G Banquet in Roosevelt. The officer of the year is David Jacobson, front left, and the Citizen Valor award as presented to Bob are Dave Everett. Also pictured Fern Reynolds, Holmes, Leonard Ferguson, Arden Stewart, George Marett, Judge Richard Davidson, and Chad Crosby. Area Peace Officers give annual awards speaker for the evening. Seventh1 County Sheriff George Marett who is retiring this year. Were going to miss George in law enforcement, said Sheriff Stewart. Marett served as Sheriff for 24 years. Looking around to see how many old timers are left, said Marett, makes you realize there are not that many. It has been a real pleasure to work with all you people. We have ironed out a lot of problems over the years." Marett will be leaving his post as Bnerffi on January 1. Following the words from Sheriff Marett, Stewart introduced the guest Law enforcement ia often a thankleu job, one which require long hour with little pay. Although eometimea eaiily discouraged, officer in the Uintah Basin continue to work. Last Thursday evening 35-4-0 officers from the various agencies within the Uintah Basin met for the First Annual Awards Banquet for District G of the Utah Peace Officers Association. The evening began with a dinner of moose meat, supplied by the Department of Wildlife Resources. Following dinner, Uintah County Sheriff Arden Stewart paid tribute to Duchesne District Judge Richard C. Davidson, have really enjoyed working with this man, said Stewart. He is very dedicated to good law enforcement in the Basin area." Judge Davidson began his talk by asking the officers in attendance to think about why they are officers. He said the most often heard answer is that someone has to do it." However, Judge Davidson said there are better reasons than this. Police officers are the difference between anarchy and civilization," said a police officer is. Judge Davidson. "You're here to protect society, and you do a good job of it I'm proud of you." The judge expressed concerns that our law enforcemeci. officers are not given the Along with supporting police officers, he described their position. Judge Davidson said he feels the police take the greatest amount of abuse of any arm of the judicial system. You, in my opinion, are the one's ho have the biggest job, said Judge Davidson. The Judge then stressed t he importance of the officers and the prosecuting attorneys working together. He explained that both parties should become very familiar with one another, thereby allowing them to support they deserve. You are dealing with undesirable people in undesirable situations," said the Judge. The people who write the laws don't have the pressure you da" because of this The Judge stressed pressure there is a need for highly motivated people who are dedicated to doing the best job possible. We want leaders," said the Judge. That's what tut come to trust one another. Youve got a tough job thats often thankless," said Davidson. Its about the tuu ghestjob in our society, but its worth doing the job. 1 look forward to working with you in law enforcement." Following the statements of Judge Davidson, the remainder of the evening was spent presenting the awards for Officer of the Year," and the "Citizen Valor," award. Sheriff Stewart said they have never presented these awards before, but they hope to make them annual Continued on poge 3 Plans progress for recreation complex Plans for the construction of a new swimming pool in Roosevelt have changed greatly during the past year. Initial plans, after the completion of e a survey, were for an indoor pool As time progressed, and costa increased, the (Mans slowly changed to an outdoor pool During the time, discussion has been entered into concerning the construction of a library facility. Expansion of the existing facility was proposed, but construction of a new facility has also been discussed. now estimated at less than $1 million. However, the plans submitted Monday evening to the City Council are only preliminary plans. According to City Administrator Shane Luck, the architect is now After months of discussion between the swimming pod and library committees, both consisting of to citizens, the architectural of Cannon and McCune have submitted a plan which would include a 25 meter pod, library, and four raquetball courts. It was felt the costs of heating systems could be saved as could overall contstructkm costs. The initial plane included an estimated cost of Sl.l million for the indoor pod. Through the development of plana, the cost for the total project is City-wid- evaluating the possibility of something other than a flat roof. They are also looking at the possibility of solar heating and alternate plans for the library. Our major concern is to make it a family center, said Luck. He said they would like to provide the fitness aspect as well as the learning aspect. F 4 'm. However, Luck said that cost is a major factor in the construction of the building. We are presently evaluating the proposal in an attempt to keep the cost down, said Luck. He said at present estimates the cost would be about $50 to 860 per year per property owner. The City will be holding meetings and presentations to meet the needs of as many people as possible, explained Luck. Its planned to provide something for the community. Luck said the Library portion of JK Alto-mon- t, program. The City Administrator said the work of the library and swimming pool committees has been very . '"' valuable. However, he said input is still needed from residents of the community. The intent now is to finalize plans sometime in December so the project could be decided upon in It was a Bond Election. emphasized, however, that they want to insure the project is what the people desire Indore it is placed to a vote. For this reason public opinion is encouraged. Councilman law Woodside said he feels good about the project for several reasons. The first of these is Continued on page 3 Not all deer hunts are this cold with the wind blowing and the snow drifting, but this past weekend for the final days of the muzzel loading hunt it was cold. Here Joe "Bud Kemp Jr. works his way down off the mountain as it was time to call it quits after chasing deer all day on horseback. Nobody had to explain to Joe that winter has finally found it's way to the Basin. "i , , MM the proposal is the heart of a proposed Satellite Library System'' for Duchesne County. This plan would utilize the existing school libraries in Duchesne, My ton, Tabiona, and Neola. The library in Roosevelt would provide storage for the Bookmobile. These books would then be transported around the county, thereby providing a broader reach of the existing s, . r &"" n 'v, Krissman assumed by Airport management Management changes at the Roosevelt Municipal Airpcrt seem to have been a fairly common oeeurance during tiie past few years. Various problems have plagued the operation of the facility, but Monday evening wul Council took action which they foel solve many of the problem freed in the past. After the process of screening applicants for the position of Airport Manager, the Council acted upon the recommendation of the Airport Board and accepted Robert Buh Kinsman's proposal to manage the Airport. The Airport Board met last week and interviewed four potential applicants. After the meeting they review of the completed an application! by contacting the FAA, Banka, Insurance Companies and other individuals with information about the applicants. After this process the Airport Board made the suggestion to the City Council to develop a contract between tiie City and Mr. Krissman. I was very impressed the presentations we received," said Garth Sorensen. According to Gordon Harm-toBuzx" was viewed favorable, among other reasons, because he will be managing the airport from n, Roosevelt and not some distant location. The Council said they feel very good about the selection of Krissman, and look forward to a very good operation at the airport. There has been a lot of potential at the airport, said Krissman, "but no one has really tapped ft. He said he realizes that thing are fairly slow presently, but feel it will pick up. According to Robert, they will be offering a complete line of service. They plan to provide a complete charter service. Krissman said he presently has four planes, two of which will be used until the need increases. He said they will be using a Cessna 206 single engine and a Cessna 421 twin engine. This plane has a pressurized cabin and eight passenger capacity. In addition to charter services, they will offer flight instruction including ground school, private through come mercial, instrument, and instruction. Maintenance services will include sirfrtme repair and overhaul, multi-engin- powerplant repair and overhaul, aircraft renovation and restoration and ales and service. Finally they are planning to provide transient aircraft services such as fueling, a courtesy ear, an A and P mechanic on duty or on call at all times and overnight hanger storage. He added that a qualified person will be 24-ho- available at all times to perform routine maintenance such as battery charging; tire repair, aircraft aircraft washing, and oil changes. He Iso mentioned that if the City will allow it they will consider placing a mobile home within the airport boundary for the purpose of convenient pre-hea- t, 24-ho- service availability. We want to extend a welcome to the of Roosevelt to come out and involved in aviation." said Robert. He said their main goal ia to make a profit, but to do it ina very friendly way. We want to make the Roosevelt Airport a very comfortable place for people to fly into." To help accomplish this Krissman is planning to complete some landscaping at the facility. This would include lawn and shrubbery, a pilot lounge, including television, coffee, etc. Also planned are picnic tables and a trailer at the airport for security. Krissman ia certified aa a flight instructor, flight engineer, airframe Continued on page 3 24-ho- |