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Show T I 0 It Page 10 - November 1. 1989 dJJintah. Education Basin Standard Historical look Borderline of Union not a problem anymore By LA. situated between easter Duchesne and western Uintah counties. A movement began that supported the projects, but each county constructed its own sepa- Eaton rate school. Years later, as population grew and better school facilities were needed, the two counties agreed to finance their share of the project after. Congress approved a If you walk down the middle of the hall at this school, you cant feel it If you ask the students what its about, they don't know. Even if you stare for hours at the invisible border line through the middle of the building, it is hard to imagine the history behind Union UNION REPRESENTATI Lloyd Burton poses with student leaders in the hallway which is divided by an invisible border line. Although the school experienced problems in the past, todays students arc not worried about the borderline. VES-Princ- ipal Duchesne County School Board also has supervision of the school compared to the days whan a separate board was create specifically for Union. The high school is also preparing for more students when Rooeevelts ninth grade is moved up tofit with the state curriculum. The only problems left from the first agreement may be from the legalities of police enforcement Its not a terrible problem but ife $250,000 federal appropriation in behalf of the tribe. The total cost of the building came to about awkward sometimes, said High School. $618,080. incident an Burton. if Technically, If you ask us what county one Representative Walter K. occurs on the west side of the of the students is fiom, we havent Granger, chairman of the Indian sdiool, such as at a football field, the foggiest idea, said Principal Affairs committee, exercised his Uintah County officials an reLloyd Burton. "When they come influence to push the measure sponsible. here theyre just our kids. Roosevelt City and Uintah past an indifferent Congress, acBut the original concept of cording to The Roosevelt Stan- County am good to work with us, building the high school on the dard, Sept 8, 1949. He was aided he said. "Weve had no real probborder line between Duchesne materially by officials of the In- lems. and Uintah County has caused a dian Affairs Bureau, who wanted In fact Union is doing quite few problems over the years. to see the federal allocation go well with file abundance of educaSeveral years ago it was operthrough so that Indian children tional opportunities in the ana. ated as ifthere wen two schools in go to the school on the same Were probably the only school in might one, said Burton, who was a vice basis as whites. the state that has these kinds of principal 15 years ago. There Union educators throughout facilities, Burton said. We have two were sets of eveiyfhing-ae-countthe yean have hoped that Union the Utah State University center records, everything. has been a benefit to its Indian and the vocational center in one The situation also created students. The agreement gave block. problems with the two counties, them the right to come here, said The school has plenty of entisaid Duchesne County School' Burton. We work with the tribe ties to work with, including the Superintendent Dennis Mower. "I and have JOM (Johnson OMaley) tribe, that enhance the learning remember when Uintsh would to help out. Its worked well. We process for high school students. have money for repairs, but we have Indian students on the foot- That atmosphere has been a posididnt Then wed have the money, ball team and in a lot of dubs. tive one for students who don't but they wouldn't It was very They am quite popular here. worry about which county their ' confusing. The name of Union is also friends live in. But the idea of coming together popular, said Mower who was Now, when they look down the among three entities to create file involved in a debate over whether halls of Union, the students see high school was not intended to to changed the name or not Al- their friends, teachen and pride cause problems. though many residents fed that for the Cougar spirit Union was opened in 1949 few people know where Union is when the two counties and the Ute because ofits name, a larger group Indian Tribe screed to unite for spoke out against the change. the project Although some may The schools supervision was have foreseen problems, the high changed Aug. 14, 1986, when school probably wouldnt have . Duchesne County purchased Uinbeen financially possible without tah Countys share, said Mower. the three groups. Duchesne County paid $2 million Back then it was probably the which eras then returned so that. Navy Seaman Recruit Jerry. D only way, saidBurton. a) Uinteh County, tydentlM&e fo , Hayatonei, . of , prances L Even earlier than bade then, in the border could attend Union Mahkewa, . ..soq. has comRoosevelt, the 1930s, the idea on me high until the year 2001 or enrollment Recruit recruit at pleted training school between counties was readies 800 students. San Diego. Center, Training Mower said the purchase of brought up by David Gourley, a During Havatones eight-wee-k Uintahs half has benefited Union secondary school supervisor ofthe cycle, he studied genera training state who went on to be superinwith the remodeling of the gymnamilitary subjects designed to pretendent of Granite county. sium, just completed, and last him for further academic and pare weeks approval of a $4.2 million Gourley wrote a thesis on the training in me of the need of a consolidated high school project to renovate the achooL The Navys 85 basic fields. 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