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Show ISasSn UUintiah tfsimtiairdl August 3. 1988 - Pace 9 S:i! if; . : UBIC Royalty Tea The UBIC Royalty Tea will be held Friday, August 5, from p.m., at the home of Lessle and Iynette Gardner in Hancock Cove. Mias Utah, Sophia Symko, will be there, along with Miss Ute Tribe and the newly crowned Miss UBIC and her court. Chairpersons Glenna Brotherson and Joan Crosier cordially invito all ladies of the Uintah Basin to attend the is free and meet the royalty. tea-admis- sion contests August 10 4-- H contests will be held Wednesday, The Duchesne County August 10, at Duchesne High School. The contests will include demonstrations, public speaking, talent, style revue, meal contests. Please prepreparation, and all agriculturally-relate- d register by Friday, August 5. If you h ave questions or would like assistance in preparation, please call the USU Extension office at or 4-- H 722-460- 738-208- 1, EMTs hold 0. fundraiser during UBIC The Roosevelt EMT Association will be raising money to ambulance. At their booth during equip their new back-u- p UBIC, you can vent your frustrations on a junker", by bashing an old car (they will display the car in the UBIC parade) with a sledgehammer. Also, for every dollar donated at the booth, you will receive a ticket for the drawings that will be held Saturday night, Auguat 6, during the program. Tickets for toe drawing may also be purchased from any EMT. Questions may be directed to Dan or Tammy Thomas, 722-928- 6. Ute presentation at UBIC ITS UBIC TIMEl-Parad- cs, people, ait, floats...these are only a part of the activities to be enjoyed this weekend by thousands attending the annual UBIC celebration. Nothing but a hole at mine rescue effort After extensive rescue effort! by the Duchesne County Sheriffs Department, Search and Rescue volunteers, and numerous Tabi-on- a residents at the site of an apparent mine cave-i- n Tuesday, July 26 in the Blind Stream area northwest of Tabiona, workers found an empty hole, and the search was called off by Sheriff Clair Pbulson'.' Officials are suit against Barney Powell, a old Salt Lake City resident and the owner of a mine claim where the search took place. Workers hired by Powell contacted Sheriffs Deputy Jack Bird in Tabiona Tuesday morning about 9 a.m., claiming a man was trapped in the mine following a cave-iWith the possibility of a live man inside the mine, the department responded immediately with rescue teams; they contacted Powell, who told them it would be impossible to get to the mine without first building a road up to the spot on wilderness territory. Sheriff Poulson and others investigated, and found this to be the case, and proceeded to build the road, hiring backhoe and caterpillar operators to do the work. With an ambulance and EMTs standing by, officers and Search and Rescue personnel worked throughout the day Tuesday to dig out Uw slide rock area where the worker was presumed to be trapped. The search was called off about 8 p.m. by Pioulson t when the was completed and no one was found in the hole. As officials left the area, the road was covered up and the area was restored as much as possible to its original state. According to John Robb and Dave Kiblinger, Powells hired workers at the mine, three ofthem had been digging in the mining claim when they reached a spot where they could reach back and feel air movement They decided to try and determine if toe opening went dear through the hillside, and two of them went to what they claim was an opening that con- - ' nected to the mine, on the other side ofth e slope. One li t a cigarette to see if the smoke would be sucked into the hole, evidence that the two openings connected. When the smoke did enter toe hole, they returned to the original spot, but the third worker, Danny Holtz, had disappeared, and the mine opening had caved in. It was at that point, they say, that they assumed Holts was buried in the mine, and contacted Deputy Bird. When no one was found in the hole, the only explanation Powells workers had was that perhaps Holts had managed to get out himself, and had left the scene. Sheriff Poulson and his men believe then never was anyone in toe mine cave-iand the whole episode was a hoax to get a road built to the mine. We an consid n, 1-- 722-514- waste, says Poulson, are the countless hours wasted by person0 nel and volunteers, residents from the Tabiona area. Poulson says Powell, disabled and unable to hike into the mine site that he has never seen, was angry when toe road to the mine was covered; with no previous sceess to the area, he believes this was Powells way of securing a road to his mine. Powell hired his workers from a transient shelter in Salt Lake, and the workers themselves say they were afraid of him. The two remaining claim maybe that is why Holts left the scene. Powell stands by the story the workers gave officials. .No further action has been taken at this time. 50-7- ering a civil suit against Powell. So far, we have no criminal charges against him, but we will try to recover toe expenses incurred hy the Finest Service, toe Sheriffs Department, Search and Rescue, and the EMTs. At least $3,000 in equipment costs has been determined, and though we havent it made an could involve a very large sum. In addition to the direct financial nt, accurate-assessme- 79-ye- n. dig-ou- .. Witney said that Richens accepted that loss with no reserva- According to Gary Witney of the Utah Highway Patrol, a former Uintah Basin resident and Utah Highway Patrol Trooper, Col. Duane Richens was named Superintendent of the Utah Highway Patrol during the week of July tions because he felt that toe UHP has always been his first love and concern and that he felt that this was areal chance to make an Richens, who is 52 years old, is currently a resident ofSalt Lake County, but grew up in the Uintah Basin. He attended Union High School in Roosevelt and later the U of U and University of Wyoming before graduating from the FBI In comments before toe press and radioTV reporters, Richens said that toe UHP did more than .just issue citations, but that enforcement of the laws and citations were an important part of helping keep toe public safe on toe academy. Richens was a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper in Green River and the Uintah Basin in the 1960s before being assigned to the Moab area in 1972. Five years later in 1977 he was promoted to Lieutenant of toe Utah Highway Patrol and in 1978 he became Field Captain of Southern Utah far toe patrol. In 1981 he moved up to become Assistant Superintendent, under Dennis Nordfelt before retiring from toe patrol in 1986 to continue working in toe Department of Public Safety as Communications Coordinator. In that position, Richens helped establishment of consolidated dispatch centers in the state. After two years in that position, he was asked to come out of retirement, to become the Superintendent of the UHP, a duty that he accepted, even though, according to Witney, he will havw to take a financial loss on his retirement during his time of service. impact on saving lives and making the highways safer for everybody. highways. Bow hunter Tune-u- p coming The 1988 UBIC Bow hunter Tune-u- p will be held Saturday, August 6, at the Trails End Archers Range at Bottle Hollow, near Ft Duchesne from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. This isnt a tournay fun shoot to sharpen bow hunting skills ment, but a with two animal ranges. Cost is $7 per person and participant are entered in a prize drawing with over $700 worth of prizes. There will be other activities such as card shoot and others. For more information contact Trails End Archers at Ft Duchesne. full-da- Flower Show entries being sought Those wishing to enter flowers and plants in toe Duchesne 7 County Fair Flower Show should contact Effie Ames at for details on entries as soon as possible. 454-353- Cat show at County Fair Workshop to be held Superintendent Richens is married and his wife Myrna and he have three grand-childre- 2. 4--H There will be a special ceremony on August 3 in Salt Lake at the Utah Highway Patrol Post Gymnasium where Richens will officially take over the post of children and seven 722-499- Entry form s for toe Duchesne County Fair Feline Show, to be held at noon on August 18 in the County Fair Building, must be received by August 12. Forms can be picked up at First Security Bank with Edith Christensen or Becky Runnells at Central Utah Insurance. There is a $1 per entry fee and three classes, . open, adult and Former resident named superintendent of UHP 27. The Ute Indian Tribe will be presenting a special program on Saturday, August 6, from 4 p.m. at the Roosevelt West Stake Center, in toe Childrens Meeting Room. The program will feature videos on the history, music and beliefs of the tribe, special presentations on clothing language, foods, bead work and the tepee as well as reservation life today. For more 1 ext. 243 or at information contact Larry or Clifford at n. Richens is an avid flyer and a former member of the Roosevelt Flying Club. He also eiyoys snow and water skiing; as well as golf and flying. The Federal Procurement Office in Roosevelt is offering a workshop on August 4, 1988 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bottle Hollow Resort in Ft. Duchesne with speakers from Hill Air Force Base, the SBA and toe State Federal Procurement Office, among others, on Procurement and Federal contracts. There is a $10 registration fee to cover lunch and workshop materials. Register my mail or phone for more information, (or to register) or at 722-45- 18 789-727- Literacy Program offers help The Basin Adult Literacy program offers assistance to the as well as a chance for those who adult new and would like to tutor adults in the Basin area. Volunteer tutors are trained and for the students, the only cost is a minimal fee for the books used in the confidential, tutoring sessions. Hours and locations are flexible and set between the tutor and student but usually one hour, twice a week. For more informaor tion contact Jacqui Betts of Basin Literacy at low-read- er one-to-o-ne 722-403- Collision victim critical in SLC A collision Friday evening; July 29, near the Pennziol Refinery in Roosevelt, resulted in severe injuries and theextremely critical con dition ofHelen G. White, 69, of 2 722-310- 1. Arts Festival to be held A special Childrens Arts Festival will be held in conjunction with UBIC and sponsored by the Roosevelt City Recreation Department and will be held Thursday, August 4, 10 a.m. until 2 .m. at Constitution Park Pavilion. Cost is $5 per child, (with a 15 maximum cost per family) and parents are free. marily in the neck and chest region; a main aorta to the heart was Continued on page 15 Roosevelt Utah Highway Patrol officer Lloyd Mecham was called to the scene st 9:20 p.m. Friday night; he old Robert L. reports that Howard, Roosevelt, pulled the semi truck he was driving onto Highway 40 from the Penn roil loading entrance, turning west when White, heading west at about 50 mph, ran into the rear end of the truck. White sustained injuries pri 84-ye- ar Youth drowns in high Uintahs The GrandDaddy Lakes re- gion abdveHanna was the scene of a drowning Wednesday, July 27, when a old youth went for a swim in toe ice-comountain water and was unable to make it back to shore. 20-ye- ar ld Search and Rescue personnel were called about 3 p.m. Wednesday, but they determined that the drowning was about noon that old Karl day. The victim, M. Arnoldsen, Orem, and his 20-ye- ar companion, 25-ye- ar old Doug Ol had hiked into the wilderness area Tuesday night, and were fishing Wednesday morning when Arnoldsen apparently tired of catching nothing and decided to swim. Oliver says Arnoldsen had apparently headed for an island in the lake, then turned around and headed back. About 150 yards from shore, he called for help. Oliver, out in the shallows, was wearing waders, and returned to shore to remove them before striking out to iver, Provo, hip-leng- th help his companion. Arnoldsen went down in the meantime, and Oliver was unable to find him. He then hiked out to get help. Sheriff Clair Poulson and deputy Doug Horrocks arrived with four divers, who found the body within seven minutes of entering the water, and brought it into shore within a half hour. Arnoldsen had recently received a mission call for the LDS Church. 85 chcv was being driven by Helen White of SEAT BELTS WOULD HAVE HELPED-Th- is of a semi in front of Pcnnzoil Refinery on Friday, July 29. Roosevelt when she ran into the rear-en- d She sustained severe injuries and is in the U of U Medical Center in extremely critical condition. She was not wearing a scat belt |