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Show r 72nd Year No. 20 Wednesday, May 15, 1985 Roosevelt, Utah 22 Pages Barneck's hurt in car accident Cents jr , A Duchesne County school bus with 48 children was struck from behind by a car driven by Charles Bameck, four miles North on the Neola Highway, Wednesday, May 8 at 3:35 p.m., according to Utah Highway Patrolmen, Bruce Provost. A citation for failure to stop for the school buses flashing lights was issued Sunday to Bameck, Provost said. Bameck, 57 and his wife Evelyn, 54 were injured in the accident. No other injuries occurred. Mr. Bameck was admitted to Duchesne County Hospital but waa later flown by Life Flight down to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. He was listed in serious but stable condition at the LDS Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit. He was listed in 25 and wae released Monday, according to the public relations office at LDS Hospital. Mrs. Bameck was admitted in Duchesne County Hospital listed in fair condition with a broken and abrasions, left shoulder according to Caliens Jensen, director of nursing. Jensen said Bameck was released Thursday weekend in stable condition. The Bamecks, who were re- sidents of Roosevelt until January of 1985, moved to St. George tb become managers of the Rodeway Inn. They were in Roosevelt for business and to visit their son, Michael, when the accident occurred. Carl Walker, 50, Roosevelt, was the driver of the bus. He has been driving for the County six years. This was Walkers first accident as a bus driver. . . satisfactory condition over the MARK STEWART City Councilman resigns position Roosevelt City Councilman, Mark Stewart, resigned bom his elected office on Monday evening, May 13. He decided to resign because of a conflict of time. His business has demanded much more time than he ever anticipated. I was loo busy to fulfill all my committments to family, ineas, church and City Council,. said Stewart, so I felt obligated . to cut back my schedule." His resignation has been officially accepted by Mayor Lawrence Yack and the City Council. A replacement for the vacancy has not yet been appointed. The City Council will discuss an appointment in next Council weeks . . Meeting said Mayor Yack. Stewart served on the Council for 3 12 years. His term would have expired this November. During his tenure, he learned a great deal from the excellent leadership provided by the City Council and Mayor. Stewart also acknowledged that the cooperation between City employees has been a great help in decision making. I appreciated the support the people gave me, and enjoyed the opportunity of serving them, said Stewart. I hope that my lime on the Council has been beneficial to the community. Let Roosevelt know opinion Residents of Roosevelt will soon have an opportunity to tell what they think is right and wrong with our community through a "Community Attitude to be distributed Survey throughout the City on the evening of June 3. Volunteers will deliver questionnaires to homes and return to pick them up between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday, June 3. About 600 households will be selected on a random basis to receive the survey question-nai- r. This represents about 12 of the households in the City. A high response is needed to make the study truley representative of the total community. Although only about 12 the households will be contacted, anyone who wishes to complete a survey will be welcome to do so. Anyone not contacted on June 3 may call the City offices at 1 and request to receive a survey. A survey will be mailed upon request or can be picked up at our City offices. 722-500- The questonnaire, which will be used by the City Council in its Planning and Budgeting efforts, several important will cover phases of .the community including planning - and zoning, human relations . and cultural enrichment, economic development, physical environment and community services. Community Specialists from Development Utah State University will assist with the survey. The primary purpose of the survey is to find out in what areas the Community is doing a good job and what areas could use improvement. car driven by Charles Bameck was heading north on Neola Highway when he struck this COLLISION With the information from the Roosevelt City can identify problem areas and develop action programs said Roosevelt City Glen Vernon, Administrator. survey, "We want to know how Roosevelt measures up as a place to live, said Vernon, and the only way we can be sure of a complete picture is by asking the people who really know-t- he people who live here. Roosevelt City would appreciate your cooperation when a local volunteer comes to your door with the survey. Accompanying the survey, will be a special subscription ' offer from the Uintah Basin Standard. If survey participants purchase a one year subscription to the Standard for $10, then me half of that amount or $5 will be donated to either the swimming pool bubble fund of library im movement fund of your choice. The same- offers applies to a two year subscription for $16, wherein one half of that amount or $8 will be donated to the Roosevelt City improvement project of your choice. - The STANDARD also extends this subscription offer to those people who miss out on the survey. Just come in to the office to get your subscription. You can take advantage of this special arrangement, even if your subscription hasn't expired. and to the you can be a contributing factor to helping the community grow in the right eubscribing STANDARD, direction. Duchesne County School bus. Barneck wgs cited for not stopping for the buses flashing lights. Moon Lake territory upheld . territorial The rights and integrity of Moon' Lake Electric has been preserved, at least momentarily, by a recent ruling of the Utah State Supreme Court. The Court upheld an earlier order of the Public Service Commission, which directed Utah Power and Light to cease . construction of a transmission line extension to White River Shale. The cease and desist order was issued in December of 1983, after Moon Lake filed a complaint that UP&L was invading upon their service area. Moon Lake has been serving the electrical needs of White River since 1974 said Grant Earl, General Manager of Moon Lake. In fact, by mutual agreement, Moon Lake has been exclusively authorized to serve the portion of Uintah County that contained . White River Shale. 'Moon Lake was "all set up to serve the expanded power requirements that were being anticipated by White River. A ". line was being Bonanza Power Plant, just ten miles away, to the While River site. But in August of 1983, Utah Power and Light entered the picture and began to make arrangements to provide electrical service to the area. We felt the move by Utah Power and Light to cut in on our service area, said Earl, "was another direct attempt to pirate our best customers." Since UP&L doesn't provide electrical service to areas near White River, they would have to build a 40 mile transmission line from the Vernal substation to a point just outside of Moon Lake's transmission planned . from exclusive territory. Then White River would build a transmission line from its project site and connect with UP&Ls newly constructed line, a distance of about three miles. (See Map). "After learning that UP&L and White River were planning to squeeze us out, said Earl, "we filed a complaint to stop them. Apparently White River was being offered better power rates from UP&L than Moon Lake could afford to give said Earl. But the whole plan, in all fairness, didn't make sense, because the Bonanza Power Plant was only a few miles away, and could serve White River much easier than UP&L said Earl. After receiving the complaint from Moon Lake, the PSC held a full hearing and extensive briefing by all parties concerned. MOSQUITO Snaith terminated, Buckmaster resigns The Mosquito Abatements Director was terminated and the Assistant Director resigned after the Abatement's public meeting May 9 at the Roosevelt City Building, according to Duchesne Attorney, County Dennis Draney. Russell Snaith Jr. has been suspended with pay since March 26. He was given the opportunity to resign and he chose not to, Draney said. So he was terminated. Snaith has received his pay for March, April and after his termination May 9, he will have vacation pay and two-wee- severance pay coming. Snaith' s salary is $1,750.57 a month. one-wee- k The Assistant Director, Luticia Buckmaster, "was given the opportunity to resign and she did, Draney said. Buckmaster, who has been suspended with pay since April 25, has received her pay for April and after her resignation May 9,; she will have vacation pay along two-wee- ks with in the eurvey By participating ' This one-wee- k severance pay. Her salary is $1,441.58 a month. The reason the two were given their choice of resigning or being terminated is not public record. Neither is what they discussed public record. The public meeting opened at 7:40 p.m. and went into Executive Session at 7:43 p.m., because of the request of George Mangan, Snaiths at-- i tomey. The session lasted until after 1 a.m. and it never went K"rk to a public meeting. The Utah Open Meetings Law some exceptions for closing meetings. One exception for closing is the discussion of character, professional comor physical . mental petence, health of an individual. Mangan said that was the reason the Board acted on. has the the the The Board members present at the meeting were Francis Joe Thompson, Curtis Dastrup, Sherry Baldridge, Antone Pedro, Owen Van Tassell and RoJean Addley was sitting in proxy for Tom Abplanalp. Snaith, who was charged with misuse of public funds March 26, is si ill under investigation for the charges, Draney said. "They (charges) are still pending. They have not been dropped, he said. "He is still under investigation." Buckmaster was never charged with any criminal charges, Draney said. In fact, she was given criminal immunity at the time of her suspension. According to Dastrup, the Board will start advertising for a new director Monday, May 13. He said they are "looking for competent people within the area that could take it over." Gerry Moler, an employee of Abatement Center, is basically in charge for the next three weeks, but she will not be doing anything with the books and if she has any questions she will discuss them with the board, Bhe said. the On behalf of the public interest, the PSC told UP&L to stop construction of its transmission line extension. UP&L and White River werent satisfied, so they asked the PSC for another hearing, which was granted. In February of 1984, the PSC went over the case again, and affirmed its earlier cease and desist order. Left without other legal remedies, UP&L petitioned to the Supreme Court, which issued a writ of certiorari on March 28, 1984. On appeal to the High Court, it was argued that the PSC does not have the authority to issue a cease and desist order, especially in this case, where UP&L was attempting to service its own territory. But the Supreme Court ruled that the PSC clearly has the authority to issue cease and decease orders. It has been established that the PSC has the power to perform functions of a judicial nature and enforce the law. Therefore, it was decided that the PSC acted in the publics best interest by issuing the cease and desist order. It is important to note, however, that neither the Supreme Court nor the PSC has made any ruling on which utility should serve White River. It is probable that UP&L will ask for another hearing to determine if they have the right to serve White River. In the meantime, however, a harmful precedent has been avoided. "It is important for our survival to protect the territorial rights of our customers," said Earl. We have a large, rural area to serve, and it's diffidull for us to keep rates down when UP&L pirates our large, bulk rate consumers. The Supreme Court ruling has given Moon Lake a small, temporary victory. But all these legal battles, with large attorney fees, has upset officials at Moon Lake, especially when the cooper alive knows it's right on territorial issues, but must show up in court to prove it said Earl. Golfing Champs Five members of the Union High Golf team pitched into take the school's only State athletic championship honor by shooting a team score of 328. the Cougar golfers next closest team, Richfield, by 12 shots. Leading ' the team to victory was Mike Olsen, who shot a 79 and earned medalists honors. out-strok- He earned the title in a sudden death playoff by making par, as his opponent slipped to a bogie. Other members of the winning team are Brian Allred, 82, Troy McGhee, 83, Buff Harms ton, 84, and Shane Henrie, 100. The tournament was played at the St. George Golf Course in Bloomington Hills. |