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Show I J JV -- T I i' --- 110 fll 75th Year No. 47 Wednesday, November 23; 1988 Roosevelt, Utah 18 Pages 50 Cents Ute Tribe at economic and social crossroads , General Council Meeting Report By L.A. Eaton Editon note; This if second part in a series on the Ute Indian Tribe. ' Die Ute Indian Tribe is at the crossroads of their economic and alcoholism is above the national average, health care reflects a high mortality rate and life span is below the national average. "Todays young members have a lack of identity, said Ute Bulletin editor Carleen Kurip. "The male role is not as important as it use to be in our culture. The Utes are family oriented with the male figure being the provider and leader. In the Ute family structure, each family stuck together including cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Each person had a responsibility. There were no appointed leaders, but older members were respected. Children learned about values through legends like the one of a boy who forgot his fathers instructions and was killed by enemy warriors. The Skunk obtained his offensive., smells because he refused to settle a dispute with Chipmunk. The young members also learned to share and respect others belongings and to stay quiet until an older person asked them to speak. resources readily available to meet our needs for much too long. Because of declining prices in the oil industry, the tribe is looking towards other projects for its social survival, according to busi-nebudget The current budget for. committee members. fiscal year 1989 is $12,290,000. We must begin to think of Out of oil and gas incomes will tomorrow and the future," wrote come $7 million, severance taxes chairman Lester Chapoose in the will bring in $2 million and $2,520,000 will be drawn from judgment funds. While the tax severance, implemented Nov. 1, will be the most immediate source of income, the tribe is also asking for compensation with a bill introduced in congress as "The Water Settlement Act. The Utes also hope to see success from the Ute Manufacturing LTD and a Tomato Green House project in joint operation with Bonneville Pacific. The Ute Manufacturing is to employ 400 to 500 expected Roosevelt police officers have people in the next three years. At been kept busy with the investigation of several burglaries in the the present time, it employe 90 Roosevelt area of late, according . people. The ground breaking of to RPD chief Cedi Gurr. Smileys Sporting Goods The male role is not as important as it used to be in ported a break-i- n early Monday morning; the cinder block outer our culture. The Utes are family oriented with the wall had been broken through, male figure being the provider and leader. and several hand-gun- s were taken. Officers are investigating the incident and anyone with relevant information should conThe Ute Indian Tribe has the green house will begin in late tact the police department reOctober or early November and is been talked about a lot lately as it ward is being offered. No other hoped to employ between 90 to 100 fights for water rights and taxes information was released at this users of its resources. But ths people. time. The Tribe has been fighting over land Tribes continued efforts A residential burglary occurred during the afternoon of to be self sufficient involves Ute rights since the early 1800s. Ute legend says that the dividends given to individual Thursday, November 17. Police members from royalties. "The Creator, Senawahu, placed the are withholding Anther details on Indians on the land and filled it biggest difference in other tribes this incident as well, while inveswith resources for them to use. An Ute the and Tribe is other that continues. tigation do not dividends while acreage of 144,000,000 included give groups That same afternoon, an auto the 50 over of our tribal boundary from Wyoming to percent occurred in the alley burglary New Mexico where the' behind the former office of George budget is dividend to members. Parianuche and Taviwach Although officials do not have Mangan, on Main Street The plans to cut out dividends, the lived. perpetrator attempted to remove The southern edge into AriTribe must find other resources to a cassette stereo from tire car, and zona and New Mexico was the several cassette tapes were stohelp its members. home of the Moache, Kapota and Besides financial concerns, len. Weeminuche. In the Utah area soalso Tribe is with the dealing inciSeveral other criminal lived Sheberetch, Pah Vant, San Utes issues. cial The are the facing dents have taken place recently, dilemma at solving problems of Pitch, Timpanawach, Cumumba states Gurr, and officers will conand the Uinta-at- a who traveled tinue their inquiries. Citizens are unskilled personnel and a 65 perbetween the Uintah and Duchcent rate. unemployment asked to be on the alert for any esne Rivers. The high school dropout rate actions of an unusual or suspiBoundaries were not rigid is triple tiw national average, cious nature, and contact Continued on page S according to the annual report; , the . of 1988. "We have dwelt on the past when we had the financial ' ss - Burglary up in THROUGH THIS SMALL HOLE Smiley Denver, pictured, is not a happy store owner. Someone bored right through the cinder block outer wall at Smileys Sporting Goods over the weekend, and stole several hand guns. Roosevelt Police officers are investigating the incident, and a reward is being offered for information that will lead to an arrest in this matter. Another seatbelt testimonial as two survive local crash Rita Mecham, Myton, and Jamee David, Bluebell, are both alive today because they were wearing seatbelts when their vehicles collided on Highway 40 at the Doves supermarket early Saturday morning; November 19. "Its a testimony of wearing seatbelts, declared Highway Patrol officer Jack Peterson, who investigated the incident According to Peterson, Mechams car stalled just inside the exit drive at Doves just after 7 a.m. When she restarted the engine, she pulled onto the highway, intending to make a d turn. She drove directly into the path of the Gary Energy pickup driven by David. left-han- He was driving withing the speed limit heading eastbound in the inside lane at the time, but was unable to stop in time to avoid impact Mecham turned her wheel to the right David hit the front left comer ofher 81 Oldsmo-bil- e with the right front comer of his pickup. She spun around in the middle of the street while his vehicle careened across the road, crashing through the fence at the Echo Drive-i- n across from Doves. Mecham received a laceration across the scalp; aside from bumps and bruises, says officer Peterson, both victims were otherwise unscathed. Mecham was taken to Duchesne County Hospi tal by Roosevelt EMTs, and released after treatment David walked away from the scene with no apparent need for medical at- tention. The vehicles received extensive damage, however, amounting to $15 or 16 thousand dollars worth. Both were probably a total loss, says Peterson, particularly Mechams vehicle. Regarding the fact that he his seatbelt at the time of the accident David commented, "I never liked wearing seatbelts, but its company policy to wear them. Now I know why. was wearing Utah has high percentage of despite the states tight budget and over crowded classrooms, arid Duchense County Superintendent Dennis Mower. "Utah had 65 percent of its students take the ACT score in Utah, said Mower after a aim in last weeks school board meeting. Thats a very high percentage which shows that more students are willing to take the tost than they would in other states. In Utah, 15,012 students took the ACT test this year. The state composite score was 18.9 in 1987 and 18.9 in 1988 compared to the national seme of 18.7 in 1987 and 18.8 in 1988. In English, Utah scored 18.6 in 1987 and 18.8 in 1988. Nationwide, students scored 18.4 in 1987 lower-scorin- g and 18.5 in 1988. Utah was lower in math with 16.8 in 1987 and 16.6 in 1988 compared to the national score of 17.2 both years. In social studies, Utahns scored 17.8 both years while the national totals were 17.5 in 1987 and 17.4 in 1988. Utah scored high in natural science with 21.9 in 1987 and 22.0 in 1988 with national scores of 21.4 both years. In other school board business the remodeling of Union High School was postponed for a year. "We cant build the additional classroom portions without scaling down the budget, said Mower. The project will not include the proposal to rebuild the Union gym. - Uintah County During the Uintah County -- School Board last week, members heard a second reading of the meeting;' county sex education policy. "The only thing we can do goes along with the Utah State Handbook, said superintendent Grant Drollinger. "As . Roosevelt merchants gear for weekend Christmas opening students taking ACT test Utahs high school students scored well on ACT scores in 1988, Yam-parik- a, far as AIDS, we can only tell them what causes Abstiit and "how to prevent nence is the best prevention but in the schools we can tell students what is right or wrong. Uintah lCounty along with Duchesne County has been train- it ing teachers to handle an AIDS The Roosevelt Area Chamber will be the Christmas lighting ct Commerce, in cooperation with ceremony, planned for 6 p.m., participating, merchants, has Nov. 25. theLimits will extend community, from completed plans for a weekend of through sales, celebrations and Santa Cow Palace on the east, to Dans Tires on the west Claus. Merchants will kick off the Christmas sales season with an "Early Bird Sale Friday morning from 8 to 11 a.m. Many specials will greet shoppers who venture out to beat afternoon pre-openi- euririculum crowds. meeting to discuss the program. The curriculum must be appropriate to the ages it is being taught and teachers are not allowed to initiate questions outside the confirmed outline. If a student has a question outside of that, the teacher must Ei, in classes. Parents, teachers and officials will soon be Continued on page S The sales will not end at 11 a.m., however. Most area merchants have geared up to handle all the needs of Christmas shop- at prices that will encourage purchase of gifts and holiday needs. The sale will continue through Saturday evening. Another highlight Friday, Saturday events will include avisitfrom Santa, a ping pong ball drop, and drawings for free turkeys. At 12 noon, hundreds of ping pong balls will to dropped over the main part of downtown Roosevelt The balls will be multicolored, with each color representing a particular store. Persons finding the ball must take it to the merchant which the color represents to redeem their prize. Colors of balls, and the merchants they represent, include: Burgundy, Robbs; orange. Prime Cut; red, Pats Cleaners; yellow, IGA; green. Taco Time; blue, Country Cupboard; white with name, Sprouse Reitz; white with no name, The Clothes Garden; silver, Sathers; gold. Childrens Den; purple, Yellow Front; pink, Shoe Rack; black, J. P. Saddle. Also at noon, Santa plans to arrive for a visit with area children. He will be located at the First Security Bank from noon to 2 p.m., where he will greet the children, and hand out goodies. Each Saturday, between now and Christmas, a turkey drawing will be held. This week, at 1 pun., in the Yellow front parking lot, a drawing will be held for the first set of turkeys. Tickets will be issued to those attending the drawing. You must be present to be a winner of a free turkey. |