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Show T 7 t 73rd Year 20 Pages Roosevelt, Utah Wednesday, March 5, 1986 No. 10 over 400 Moon Lake meeting .. One challenger won ' In the election of the board of directors for 'the cooperative, only Over' 400 members jammed the Roosevelt Junior High School Auditorium for the annual meeting of the Moon Lake Electric One last Saturday. Adding to the excitement of the Board of Director elections was discussion on motions to be considered in the next general membership meeting. One that was passed, and made by Marion Ross of Roosevelt, concerned limiting the number of terms a member of the board could run for consecutively. Hus idea took several minutee of discussion and clarification before a question was called for on the motion. The vote eras dearly voiced in favor of the idea. One motion a concerned Grant Earl, the manger of Moon took Lake, charge of the annual membership at the Roosevelt Junior meeting, Saturday, March TAKING CHARGE 1 High School Auditorium. 50 Cents challenger beat an incum-ba- nt ; In the contest for District Six and Seven, E.W. Long received 860 votes and Lillian Peacock won with 880 votes. Peacock in beating the board president required the board to meet and r which they did the membership meeting adjourned. In the other races, all won by the incum bants, Cal Monks and imme-afte- Lloyd Nelson were, declared winners. Monks received 767 votes from District 2 while the Morris Casperson challengers, and John W. Burdick, received that didnt pass 451 grandfathering amendment to Ross motion. The idea was for the present. Board members to be exempt from the limit of our terms, but that motion failed on a voice vote. Another motion that was too dose to judge by voice, but failed in a division of the house, was made by Art McKee from the Lapoint area. He suggested that the voting districts be reorganized to reflect the number of members better. He had already presented the idea to the board of directors and . Moon Lakes Manager, Grant Earl, said they will continue to look at the idea, after the motion foiled. votes and 633 votes respec- tively. In District 8 Nelson got 776 votes to 675 for challenger Smiley Denver and 312 for Keith Goodspeed. With the board reorganization, Lewis Vincent is now the president, Willard Wall is the and Lloyd Nelson is the new secretary-treasure- r. Anxious members After a lunch, tour through quilt displays and free gifts from in addition to free the co-oinformation from the Duchesne County Hospital display, the main thing on most members minds seemed to be the prize vice-preside- p, Continued on page 3 Some of the prizes, which were anxiously awaited by many members, were right by the ballot box. Two of the most popular things members did at the Annual meeting were voting and getting the prizes. VOTE DIRECTOR ELECTIONS Uintah Basin Telephone plans annual meeting ranch. He is also employed by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District as the Uintah Basin Area Administrator. He and his wife, Lareta, are the parents of eight children and enjoy the rural lifestyle and the people of the Uintah Basin. He is currently serving as a board member? of the Uintah Basin Telephone Association and is a past president of it. Active in his community, he is presently serving on the Duchesne County Hospital Board of Directors and is a past president of the Duchesne County Cattlemens Association. Brady is also a past board member and officer of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, has served on the State Board of Natural Resources and the Water and Power Board. The general membership meeting of the Uintah Basin Telephone Association is scheduled for Thursday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m., at the Moon Lake Electric Building in Roosevelt One of the major items of ( this years meeting is the election of board members for the Tabiona and Randlett exchanges. Candidates for the seats include; (Tabiona) Leo Brandy, the incumbent, Jessup Van Tassell, Max Fabrizio, (Randlett) Gale Wilkins and Ivan Rogers. Wilkins is the recently appointed board member, filling the unexpired term of the late Ron Dudley. Leo Brady Brady is a Native of the Uintah Basin and resides in Utahn where he owns a purebred Hereford safe stolen, suspect is caught Grill and apprehended him two miles west of Currant Creek. The suspect was transported to Roosevelt and had his first appearance before Judge Hammond at 2 p.m. Monday afternoon, The suspect is reportedly identified as 24 year old Christian Pyle of Midvale. He is being charged with burglary and theft by Roosevelt authorities and with auto theft by county authorities. Hie safe from Frontier Grill's office along with other reportedly stolen items have all been recovered. The burglary was a forced entry into the Grill about 3 a.m. Monday morning, according to Chief Gurr. Frontier Grill's office was ransacked and robbed early Monday morning, March 3, according to Roosevelt Police Chief Cedi Gurr. Gurr stated Duchesne County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Williams a. observed suspicious vehicle heading want of Roosevelt. The vehicle evaded Williams and was eventually ditched in Myton. ,The driver of the vehicle evaded officers who were searching for him in the area. The suspect apparently stole a vehicle from Myton and was headed west on Highway 40 when Roosevelt Officer Jerry Payne, en route to another location, observed the suspect's vehicle Roosevelt man charged with abuse Roosevelt man An was sentenced to 1 to 15 years in the Utah State Federal Penatentary Tuesday for sexual abuse of a child, according to Duchesne County Chief Detective Doug ld Horrocks. Horrocks said the man was of charged with felony November 28, but waived his preliminary hearing. One-cou- nt first-degr- , The judge ordered him to have a 90day psychological evaluation at the Utah State Medical Hospital. The man, who was found guilty by 7th District Judge Sam Davidson, was transported Tuesday afternoon to the prison for abusing his Horrocks said. own business; "Maxs Meat. He has worked with the public for ten years and feds he has made Brady said he is gratified to be part of the vital and progressive UBTA and is committed to its and continued improvement growth. He is dedicated to providing economical service and being fiscally responsible to the membership, he said. Jessup William VanTasseU reVanTassell is a sident of Tabiona. He graduated with a degree in Business Management from BYU and is as a dairy now rancher. He is married to the former Lucile Pratt and they have two children. He is currently on the State Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Committee and is active in community affairs. He feels that his experience and training in the business field would help him understand and evaluate decisions that need to be made in cast control and other areas. He hopes to bring new ideas to the Board that would be beneficial to the Association. Max Fabrizio Max Fabrizio, and his wife VaLona, have spent their lives in Tabiona and Hanna. He is the father of five children. He is a former and owns his life-lon- many friends throughout the Basin. He would like this opportunity to represent the people of the area on the Board of Directors of the Uintah Basin Telephone. Fabrizio eqjoys playing basketball. He has worked with the Community School and has taught the third and fourth grades for many years. He is active in church work and now serves as a High Councilman in the Duchesne Stake. He said he would appreciate the support of the people of the area at this time. Ivan Rogers Ivan Rogers is a resident of the Randlett area. He was employed by the Uintah County School District until his retirement in 1979. Much of his time is now spent taking care of his ranch near Pelican Lake. He has been active in his community and has served on the Ouray Park Irrigation Board along with holding various positions in the LDS Church. Rogers would liketo see that g life-tim- Max Fabrizio Ivan Rogers Jessop VanTassel Gale Wilkins e Continued on page 3 Crime watch group formally organized by Tom Brennan staff reporter Not wanting the misconception of a vigilante group, Roosevelt Neighborhood Watch Committee was formally organised Tuesday evening, according to Larry Murray, chairman. The committee, which originated after Murray decided to call some residents, all of whome had too been victimized, from the southeast section of the dty, to see if he could generate interest' in organizing a neighborhood watch program. Murray said he found quite a response. Committee members and assignments indude: Tom Nordstrom, head of neighborhood watch organization; criminally-victimize- Vice-chairma- n Julie Montgomery, secretary and treasurer; Ileen Taylor, fundraising; Terry Luke, public relations, advertising, education and information; Don Fitzgerald, overseeing dty ordinances, blight areas and lobbying; Michelle Fitzgerald, legal council; Darrell Mecham, d . . dty council represen- tative, chairman of complaints and enforcement. The boundaries the committee will confine itself to includes: State Street on the West side of Highway 40, South boundry will be Eighth' South, East will be the gulch and North will be First South.. According to Murray, the committee has some certain goals they would like to attain: rid that area of crime, have a more aesthetic neighborhood appearance along with keeping residents informed on the judicial system. Murray said the committee brainstormed some ideas Tuesday on some important areas that might help lower the crime, which has plauged that area in recent months. Having a CB radio in line with a resident's CB home base, could help out tremendously, Murray said. If a resident saw a strange car driving in the area late at night, they could write the license plate number down. Report the number to the homebase, and if something criminal happened in the area that night, the number could be given to the police. All we want to do is try and find out what is going on in our ' Leo Brady Murray said, and it will be in a good, friendly effort by all committee members." Munray is hoping, though, that other neighborhood watch programs will organize in other areas neighborhood, Continued on page 3 |